Seeing that his war elephants had swept his army to pieces, Tunba was angry, frightened, and overwhelmed. However, after all, Tunba was a battlefield general, and after a short period of panic, he calmed down and hurriedly ordered the army to retreat to the city.

At that moment, someone pointed to the east and shouted in a panic. Tunba and the others felt bad when they boarded, and hurriedly looked to the east, and saw the smoke and dust billowing in the city, which was obviously the large army of the Ming army had entered the city. Immediately, I saw smoke and dust billowing from the edge of the city wall, but it was another Ming army rushing along the city wall towards this side. When Tunba and the others saw such a scene, their hearts couldn't help but sink to the bottom. Everyone looked at Tumba one after another, and Tumba also looked panicked, although Tumba had been war-torn for a long time, but the situation in front of him still made him overwhelmed.

Without waiting for Tunba's order, the Bagan army had already begun to flee in all directions, like ants that had exploded in a pot. And those crazy war elephants are still rushing around like crazy, knocking the Bagan soldiers out from time to time, and screaming one after another.

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The chaotic battlefield finally calmed down, and the field was littered with corpses, all of whom were Bagans, a considerable part of whom had been killed by their own war elephants; Most of the Bagan people who were lucky enough not to die failed to escape and became prisoners of the Ming army; The war elephants that went crazy before have all quieted down at the moment, and their owners have all surrendered to the Ming army, so they have also surrendered to the Ming army, and the war elephants at this moment have changed back to their docile and obedient appearance, which is completely different from the crazy scene just now.

Accompanied by a group of generals and his own soldiers, Shi Liancheng rode his horse to the front of the war elephant. The officer in charge of escorting the prisoners shouted at the prisoners: "When the general arrives, kneel down!" The shouting was in Bagan, and when the captives heard this, their hearts sank, and they knelt down one after another. All the captives had their hands bound with ropes, one strung by the other, each holding his own war elephant; In this way, they can not only bring the war elephant with them, but also do not have to worry that they will jump on the war elephant and drive the war elephant to flee for their lives.

Shi Liancheng looked at these huge war elephants like walls in front of him, and couldn't help but marvel in his heart, feeling that these war elephants were bigger than the war elephants of the Yue Li Dynasty, just looking at it was enough to feel shocked, I really couldn't imagine what it would be like to be rushed into the military formation by these behemoths! Then Shi Liancheng thought: "Although this kind of war elephant is incomparably powerful, it also has a very obvious shortcoming, that is, it is easy to be frightened!" Although these war elephants have been rigorously trained to withstand ordinary fire and loud noises, they cannot withstand the tremendous power of explosive packs! As soon as the explosives bag exploded, these behemoths were all frightened and jumped around uncontrollably, trampling their own army! The reason why this battle was won so easily was because the Bagan army was trampled by its own war elephants! However, although these war elephants are easily frightened and difficult to take on important tasks on the battlefield, they can be used to transport heavy goods off the battlefield! This kind of behemoth has infinite material resources, and is good at moving in the steep mountains and rivers of the south, using these elephants as a means of transportation must be a good choice. ’

Shi Liancheng was dignified, and everyone went to other places to inspect. Later that day, Shi Liancheng and the congregation will gather in the big tent to discuss the situation in Dali. In fact, before the battle with the Bagan people, Shi Liancheng had already received an urgent report of the fall of Dali City, but at that time it was already ready to fly, so he had to put the problem of Dali City aside for the time being. Now that the Bagan army has been annihilated, it is time to consider the problem of Dali City.

Shi Liancheng currently has very limited information, only knowing that Dali City was captured by Duan Zhichun, and the Dali Emperor is dead. I don't know the exact situation. Shi Liancheng had already sent a light cavalry unit to the commander of the Eighth Army Corps to help Longwei Pass, and he was worried that Duan Zhichun would raid Longwei Pass after attacking Dali City.

Shi Liancheng pointed to Dali City on the map and said, "Not long ago, I received an urgent report that Dali City was attacked by Duan Zhichun. "The generals had already received the news and knew that Dali City had been attacked by Duan Zhichun, so they were not surprised to hear Shi Liancheng's words.

Sun Wei frowned and said, "This matter is really unexpected! It seems that that the purity has buried a lot of shadows in Dali City, otherwise it would never have been possible to take Dali City in an instant! ”

Shi Liancheng said: "It should be like this. Then he said: "Although the specific situation is not very clear, it is expected that there will not be too many enemy troops in the direction of Dali City!" If nothing else, our army should be able to capture Dali City smoothly! Glancing at the generals, he said: "My plan is that the army will enter Longwei Pass, and then leave a part of the soldiers and horses to guard Longwei Pass, and the main army will be under the city of Dali." The generals nodded thoughtfully, but none of them objected. Shi Liancheng saw that everyone had no objections, so he said, "Okay, it's decided!" Huyan Bixian asked, "General, what should we do with those Bagan captives?" Shi Liancheng pondered for a moment and said, "You sent 10,000 soldiers and horses to escort the captives to Shanxian Mansion and wait for disposal." "Huyan will show his fists in response.

After Duan Zhichun took Dali City without blood, he immediately left 30,000 cronies to guard Dali City, and he himself personally led more than 100,000 troops to leave Dali City and march towards Longwei Pass. He intended to attack Longwei Pass by surprise when the defenders of Longwei Pass did not know that Dali City had fallen, so that the Tianzhu people and the Bagan people were blocked out of the scope of Dali City, and the damage suffered by Dali was minimized! At this time, he had already sent two messengers, intending to inform the Bagan and Tianzhu people, and after he thought that the Tianzhu people and the Bagan people would stop attacking the direction of Dali City after receiving their own notification. In fact, he was faintly worried that the two helpers invited from outside would not listen to him, but he was unwilling to think about the bad side.

Just as the army was moving at full speed towards Longwei Pass, a scout officer caught up from behind. Duan Zhichun reined in his horse and looked at the scout officer who was rushing quickly, feeling a little nervous.

After a while, the herald rode up to the front, reined in his horse, turned over and dismounted, and hurriedly reported: "General, the messenger who went to the Tianzhu military camp has returned!" As he spoke, a group of people were riding horses from behind, and they were the same people who had been sent to the Tianzhu military camp by Duan Zhichun not long ago. Duan Zhichun was surprised, he didn't understand how they came back so soon?! All of a sudden, all kinds of speculations came flooding in, suddenly happy, and suddenly worried.

When the messenger came to Duan Zhichun, he didn't care about saluting, and said urgently: "General, it's not good, the Tianzhu people have run away!" ”

Duan Zhichun didn't understand what it meant for a while, frowned and asked, "What did you say?" What ran away? ”

The messenger said: "The Tianzhu people are no longer outside Longwei Pass, and have retreated towards Tengchong Mansion!" ”

Duan Zhichun was stunned, unable to accept this matter for a while, and said angrily: "Tianzhu people ran away?" How can they run? This kind of thing is impossible! ”

The messenger said: "It is true! The subordinates passed through Diancang Mountain to the south of Longwei Pass, only to see that the Tianzhu people had long since disappeared. The subordinates were surprised, and immediately found the local villagers to inquire, only to know that a few days ago, the Ming army raided Tengchong Mansion and burned the grain and grass that the Tianzhu people had gathered there! The people of Tianzhu were short of food and grass, so they had to retreat! ”

Duan Zhichun was shocked, and he didn't know what to say for a while. Then he thought of the people of Bagan and hurriedly asked, "What about the people of Bagan?" What is the situation of the people of Bagan? ”

The messenger said: "I heard that Yanyun's General Shi Liancheng gathered hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses to surround the Bagan people near Zhao Yan City, I am afraid that the Bagan people are more than lucky!" ”

Duan Zhichun panicked and muttered distractedly, "How can this be? How so? "He couldn't believe it, how could the situation suddenly take such a turn for the worse?! Thinking back that the Ming side had done almost nothing for a long time before, I can't help but feel that the Ming side has been planning since then, and I thought everything was under my control, but I didn't expect that in the end, it was the praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches behind!

Duan Zhichun's eyes suddenly showed a ruthless color, he wanted to take advantage of the fact that the main energy of the Ming army was still dealing with the Bagan people, to capture Longwei Pass in one fell swoop, and then use Longwei Pass to block the Ming army from the pass. However, reason told him that this would not work, not to mention that now that Dali City has just been occupied, the people's hearts are unstable, and the internal dark tide is surging, which is the strongest time, I am afraid that it will not be able to resist hundreds of thousands of Ming troops with a dragon tail pass! But Duan Zhichun felt that now might be an opportunity, if he could occupy Longwei Pass in time, and then go out of Longwei Pass and attack the back of the Ming army, he might be able to achieve a big victory. If so, the whole game will come alive! Duan Zhichun wanted to go out of Longwei Pass for a while, and then he was a little worried, and his face was cloudy.

After a long time, Duan Zhichun finally gave up his intention to capture Longwei Pass and then attack Longwei Pass, because he felt that with the current situation of the Bagan people, it was probably impossible to hold out until he captured Longwei Pass.

Duan Zhichun passed down the order, and the army immediately turned to retreat towards Dali City. As soon as I returned to Dali City, news came that the people of Bagan were besieged by nearly 300,000 Ming troops near Zhaoyan City, and the entire army had been wiped out!

Although Duan Zhichun expected this result, he was still shocked when he heard the news and didn't want to believe it. After a short period of distraction, Duan Zhichun immediately convened a meeting under his command. When everyone heard the news that the Tianzhu people were forced to retreat and the Bagan people were annihilated, they were shocked and inexplicable, looked at each other, and were speechless for a long time. In the end, it was the Dao Guifei who broke the silence, looked at Duan Zhichun, frowned and asked, "Why didn't the general capture the Longwei Pass first?" If Dragontail had been in our hands, the situation would not have been as unfavorable as it is now! ”

Duan Zhichun felt that Dao Guifei took it for granted, and explained: "This is impossible! It is impossible for me to capture Longwei Pass in the short term, but the Ming army will soon arrive at Longwei Pass! ”

Dao Guifei didn't understand military affairs, and when she heard Duan Zhichun's words, she only felt plausible, and frowned: "The Longwei Pass has been lost, and now it's useless to talk about the Longwei Pass." General, what are your plans? ”

Duan Zhichun frowned and said: "Dali City is no longer defendable, so I decided to give up Dali immediately and retreat in the direction of Fengyu County......" Dao Guifei didn't wait for Duan Zhichun's words to finish, and immediately objected: "No, how can we give up the capital?" Then he said: "Dali City is high and wide, and the money and grain reserves are enough for hundreds of thousands of troops for a few years, we can completely resist the city and hold on, why give up such an important city!" Several generals and ministers who followed Dao Guifei to Duan Zhichun nodded thoughtfully, they were obviously not willing to give up Dali City. It's no wonder that almost all of these people's worth is in this Dali City, and now they are suddenly asked to give up, how is it possible! They all have a fluke mentality in their hearts, and they are all thinking: hundreds of thousands of troops, with a strong city to rely on, and so sufficient money and food, should be able to resist the attack of the Ming people!

Duan Zhichun understood everyone's thoughts, frowned, and said, "You think that Dali City can resist the Ming army if you take care of it." But I tell you, it's not enough to rely on! The Ming army has a weapon called cannon, which can send out thunderbolts and thunderbolts, and the stone city wall is like paper paste in front of this weapon, and it is vulnerable! Hundreds of thousands of troops, hehe, it is indeed a lot, but the enemy army is twice as large as ours, and the Ming Dynasty is invincible, even if their strength is equal to ours, we can't resist it, let alone now! Every time Duan Zhichun said a word, the faces of Dao Guifei and the others sank, and when Duan Zhichun finished speaking, the faces of Dao Guifei and the others had become very embarrassed. Some people can't help but regret it in their hearts, they originally saw Duan Zhichun with the help of Tianzhu and Bagan, and the momentum was monstrous, thinking that they could keep their glory and wealth by taking refuge in him, but they didn't expect that there would be unforeseen circumstances in the sky! The Ming army was so cunning and fierce that it first forced back the Tianzhu people, and then completely annihilated the Bagan people! The situation reversed in an instant, I thought I could sit back and relax, but I didn't expect to fall into a deeper abyss!

Dao Guifei asked Duan Zhichun: "According to what you say, we will only have a dead end?" ”

Duan Zhichun smiled slightly. When everyone saw his smile, they couldn't help but calm down when they were originally flustered. I only heard Duan Zhichun say: "As long as we give up Dali City, we can make a comeback." There is a way to take a step back and open the sky, and now that the situation is urgent, you must not miss yourself for the sake of the immediate affairs. ”

Dao Guifei and the others were very unhappy when they heard him say that they wanted to give up Dali City, but they knew that what he said was reasonable, and now there seemed to be no other way than to give up Dali City. A nobleman said: "General, can we stick to Dali City, and then ask the Tianzhu people for help!" As long as the Tianzhu people arrive in time, wouldn't we have saved the day! No matter how strong the Ming Army is, we should be able to hold on for a period of time! The nobles' eyes lit up and they agreed.

Duan Zhichun saw that they still didn't want to give up Dali City, he was a little unhappy in his heart, and said angrily: "You must stay in the city, then it's up to you, in short, General Ben is leaving!" ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other, and secretly said: If you leave, won't we people stay and die?

Duan Zhichun glanced at everyone, and said in an irrefutable tone: "Everyone go back and pack up immediately, I won't wait for you for a long time, and then evacuate after an hour!" The crowd was astonished, and one of them shouted, "How can an hour be in time?" Even if it's three or four days, I won't have time to clean up! Duan Zhichun stood up and waved his sleeves and said, "There's nothing to bargain about!" If you want to grind, I naturally won't do anything to you, but I'm afraid that the Ming Army is coming, and I won't let you go! The Ming army has always been ruthless to the rich and noble, if they enter the city, how do you say they will deal with you? When the people heard this, their faces turned pale.

Duan Zhichun stopped talking to everyone, and went away, and the generals left. The rest of the nobles looked at each other, feeling overwhelmed.

"Mother, what should we do?" A nobleman asked the sword concubine.

Dao Guifei frowned, and said angrily: "What else can I do?" Go back and pack up! The crowd was depressed, looked at each other, and left silently.

Dao Guifei hurriedly came to the harem, and asked her cronies and eunuchs to pack up valuable treasures, and for a while, the harem was full of eunuchs and palace maids who were panicking to pack up their treasures. Dao Guifei went straight to the back of the screen, behind which there were many large and small mahogany-inlaid gold-edged cabinets and wooden boxes. Dao Guifei frowned, only felt very embarrassed, hesitated, walked straight to the cabinet on the left, took out the key from the side, opened the cabinet door, and filled the entire dormitory with jewels, it turned out that this cabinet was stored in her most precious treasures, what jade coral, what pure gold Bodhisattva statue, etc., each of which can be said to be rare.

Dao Guifei took out a large parcel from the bedside table, spread it on the embroidered couch, and then put all the treasures in the cabinet on the parcel skin, and then carefully wrapped it.

At this moment, footsteps came from outside the huge landscape screen, and then the voice of the palace maid came: "Niangniang, Niangniang!" ”

Dao Guifei stopped to clean up and turned out of the screen. The palace maid saw the concubine Dao Guifei coming out from behind the screen, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and then said: "Qi Niangniang, Lord Li and Lord Feng are here, saying that they have urgent matters to see Niangniang." "The Li family and the Feng family in the mouth of the palace maid belong to the Li family and the Feng family respectively, and the Li family and the Feng family are the two largest nobles in Dali except for the royal family. This Lord Li and Lord Feng are the contemporary heads of the Li family and the Feng family, because both of them hold important positions in the Dali court, so these two are also faintly the leaders of the entire Dali non-royal aristocratic system.

When Concubine Dao heard that it was Lord Li and Lord Feng who came, she was a little surprised, and immediately did not dare to slack off, and said to the palace maid: "You go and bring the two adults to the palace." When the palace maid heard this, she showed surprise, it turned out that the palace where the harem concubines lived had never allowed the foreign ministers to set foot in it, and it was a big taboo for the foreign ministers to enter the concubines' bedrooms, and they would often be punished for the crime of disrespect.

Seeing the palace maid's hesitant look, Concubine Dao frowned and asked, "Why don't you go yet?" ”

The palace maid hurriedly said: "Niangniang, this harem has always not allowed foreign ministers to set foot in it!" Let them come, but they are afraid of ......"

Dao Guifei said angrily: "When is it now, what are you still taboo about?" Just go! The palace maid hurriedly agreed and ran down. After a while, he led two middle-aged people with a clear appearance and a bit of fairy wind and bone temperament to the dormitory of the Dao Guifei. At this time, there was a lot of noise in the palace, but it was still very quiet in this dormitory.

The two saw the Dao Guifei and bowed together: "Weichen has seen Niangniang." ”

Dao Guifei said: "The two adults didn't go back to clean up, but they came to me, I don't know what happened?" ”

The two glanced at each other, and Master Li said, "Niangniang, let's abandon Dali City and escape, is it really okay?" The foundation of all of us is here, not only thousands of mansions, countless industries, but also thousands of acres of fertile land! This time, all of this will be lost! ”

Dao Guifei sighed, "There is no way to do it!" As the general said, we can't be the opponent of the Ming Army at all, and we can only become prisoners of the Ming Army if we stay! Now that we're gone, one day we'll be able to come back and reclaim what we've lost! ”

Lord Feng asked; "Do you believe there is such a day?" Dao Guifei was stunned for a moment and frowned. Feng Dadao: "Previously, Duan Zhichun united with Tianzhu and Bagan people, and the tripartite alliance was so arrogant!" However, in an instant, the Tianzhu people were forced to retreat, the Bagan people were annihilated, and the Ming army was about to sweep in the blink of an eye! In the future, will Duan Zhichun still be able to gather the same strength as before? I'm afraid it's hard! Even if it can, at that time the Ming army had already gained a firm foothold in Dali, and we are still defeated by the Ming Dynasty, and when the Ming Dynasty gains a firm foothold in Dali, can it compete with them? Master Li nodded and said, "Lord Feng is so right!" ”

Dao Guifei glanced at the two of them, frowned and asked, "Why did the two adults suddenly come to me and say such things?" ”

The two glanced at each other, both looking a little hesitant. Lord Feng raised his eyebrows and said, "Master Li, the matter has come to this point, what else is there to scruple about!" Say it! Master Li hesitated, nodded, and said to the Dao Guifei: "Niangniang, we all think that it is better to stay after throwing away the foundation of more than 100 years!" Lord Feng nodded, and continued: "The Ming side is actually not very bad for us nobles, they just want to take away the land in the hands of the nobles, but they protect all other industries, and even encourage business. For him to throw away more than a hundred years of foundation, it is better to defect to the Ming Dynasty! ”

Dao Guifei was startled, and subconsciously shouted: "How can you say such a thing!" Shut up, if the general hears it, you will all die without a place to bury! ”

Since the two of them had already spoken, they simply let it go, and Master Li said: "Niangniang, escaping is definitely not the best strategy!" From now on, I can only live a life of precariousness and fear! Whether Duan Zhichun, Tianzhu people, or Bagan people, it is impossible to come back, if we leave Dali, we are destined to die in a foreign land, and we will not die well! Dao Guifei's heart was shocked.

Feng Dadao: "Only staying is a really wise choice!" Although we will lose some land, we will still have the gold and silver treasures that we will not be able to eat for several lifetimes, which will allow us to live the rest of our lives in peace! Why bother with the precarious pain of displacement! ”

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.