Dao Guifei couldn't help but be moved, and asked, "What do you want to do?" ”

The two glanced at each other, but did not answer, Lord Feng hugged his fists and said, "Dare to ask Niangniang what she wants?" Dao Guifei understood the scruples of the two, and couldn't help but sigh, and said, "Things have developed to this point, it's really embarrassing. But what you said is very reasonable, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back this time! It is better to live that precarious life than to die now! The two of them were overjoyed when they heard this, and Master Li asked urgently: "Does Niangniang agree with my two views?" Dao Guifei nodded, glanced at the two of them, and said, "If the two of you have any feasible good way, this palace is willing to cooperate with the two." ”……

Duan Zhichun packed up and stopped, only bringing gold, silver and jewelry, and the rest should be abandoned. A cronie general rushed to Duan Zhichun's side, hugged his fists and said, "General, you called me?" ”

Duan Zhichun asked, "How are the nobles prepared?" ”

The cronies said: "They are all preparing, but looking at their posture, I'm afraid they won't be well prepared for a while!" I'm afraid that I won't be ready well at this time tomorrow! Naturally, they had to bring gold and silver treasures, as well as a lot of antiques, calligraphy and paintings, silk and satin, clothes and bedding, and even a lot of furniture! Many people are still reluctant to give up land and mansions, and some have retreated. ”

Duan Zhichun said angrily: "It's all things that can't make a big deal!" ”

The general asked puzzledly, "General, why do we have to take them?" These people are a burden! ”

Duan Zhichun frowned and said, "You must bring them!" Each of them has a lot of money and can provide us with great support in the future, on the contrary, if we keep them, wouldn't it be a subsidy for the Yanyun people; Second, with the support of these people, it will be even more justifiable to counterattack Dali in the future! The general nodded. Duan Zhichun instructed: "You go and urge each of them immediately, and you must gather outside the North City Gate in an hour!" The general asked, "What if some people are unwilling or procrastinating?" Duan Zhichun's face sank, and he said: "If you dare to do this, you will be punished for collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country!" The general answered the promise and ran down.

A subordinate general beside Duan Zhichun said: "General, the Ming army is coming, do you want to leave this gorgeous city to them?" Duan Zhichun frowned slightly and asked, "What do you mean?" The general looked at the surrounding Dali city with beautiful mountains and rivers, and said to Duan Zhichun: "General, since this city is not going to belong to us, it is better to destroy it!" Duan Zhichun's heart moved, and his face showed hesitation. Duan Zhichun faced this city that was about to be gained and lost, and he couldn't help but feel an evil fire in his heart, just as the same general said, since he couldn't get it, he would simply destroy it. However, Duan Zhichun was a little reluctant, he only felt that if he destroyed it now, if he could counterattack back in the future, wouldn't he get nothing!

The cronies have been by Duan Zhichun's side for a long time, and they understand Duan Zhichun's thoughts very well, as soon as they saw Duan Zhichun's expression, they understood Duan Zhichun's thoughts, and said: "General, the Ming army is not an ordinary opponent, if we occupy this city that occupies all the situation, we have little hope of fighting back!" But if it is destroyed, it is hoped that the Ming army will not be interested in staying here, and will retreat to the east of Erhai Lake. In this way, it will be more conducive to our future counterattacks, and it can even achieve the effect of surrendering without a fight! ”

Duan Zhichun nodded thoughtfully, feeling that what the general said was very reasonable. Looking up at his generals, he commanded: "After you lead your troops and horses to break, when you are almost retreating, you will immediately burn the city!" The general clenched his fists and promised. Duan Zhichun looked at the beautiful landscape city in front of him, and couldn't help but feel reluctant, frowned, and said angrily: "This is all the sins made by Yanyun!" ”

The entire Dali city was a panicked and miserable scene, and the cries and shouts echoed over the city. The common people had a herd mentality, and when they saw that the nobles were preparing to flee, they also panicked, and they followed suit, preparing to flee for their lives. Almost every household in Dali City is preparing to flee for their lives, move on the ancestral tablet, bring gold and silver fine, the furniture is unwilling to give up, the bedding is also unwilling to fall, a number of ox carts and carriages are crowded in the streets and alleys, and the city gate is almost congested to the point of flooding. Duan Zhichun looked at such a scene, couldn't help but burst into tears, and couldn't help but say: "Our people in Dali are really the best people in the world!" With them sharing weal and autumn with us, we will be able to make a comeback in the future! "At this time, Duan Zhichun is probably thinking of himself as Liu Bei.

However, the speed of the Ming army's march greatly exceeded Duan Zhichun's expectations, and the scout came to report: "General Qiqi, tens of thousands of Ming cavalry are coming at full speed towards this side, and the distance is only thirty miles!" When Duan Zhichun heard this, he was shocked, and immediately did not dare to delay, and after ordering his cronies to cut off Meng Ke, it was the general who had just suggested to Duan Zhichun to burn Dali City, and then led a large army to flee from the north gate with the gold and silver treasures that had been packed.

The news of the imminent arrival of the Ming army spread in Dali City, and the people panicked, scrambling to flee for their lives outside the city, trampling on each other and killing hundreds of thousands. And some other scoundrels, seeing that the situation in Dali City is out of control, they take advantage of the fire to rob, rush into the rich family to loot, kill people and set fire, for a while, the screams in Dali City are shocked one after another, mixed with the crazy laughter of gangsters. In troubled times, life is as cheap as a dog, and Dali City at this moment is a good interpretation of this sentence!

However, the gangsters did not be arrogant for long, and soon, Meng Ke personally led his soldiers to arrest all the gangsters who took advantage of the fire to rob, and slashed and killed them on the street to set an example, and the situation in Dali City soon calmed down.

Meng Ke also sent people everywhere to maintain order, persuade the people, and let the people return to their homes and not run around. Some of the people heeded the advice and went home, while others insisted on fleeing for their lives.

Xingfang led tens of thousands of horsemen to gallop all the way, and in the evening, he saw Dali City. Dali City is located on the shore of Erhai Lake, next to the verdant Diancang Mountain, by the mountains and rivers, the scenery is beautiful, it is really like a fairyland on earth. The priest immediately led a large army to the city gate.

At that moment, the gates of the city were opened. The division raised the broadsword, and tens of thousands of war horsemen were ready to attack.

I saw that the first to come out of the city gate turned out to be a, a woman with a noble temperament and gorgeous clothes, holding a mahogany inlaid gold box respectfully in her hand. She was followed by many people, the one on the left was dressed in armor, which should be a general of the Dali army, and the two on the right were dressed in scribe robes, which should be civil officials of the Dali court, and after these people were a group of unarmed sergeants and officials.

Xingfang looked at them without moving. Everyone came out of the city gate and came straight to the front of the Ming army, and then the woman at the head knelt on the ground, and everyone behind him knelt down. The woman held up the gold-inlaid mahogany box high, and said loudly: "The Dali Imperial Concubine Dao clan coerced the officials of the Dali City Guards to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, and please have mercy on the Ming Dynasty!" The people behind her followed in unison: "Please have mercy on Daming!" ”

Xingfang raised his voice and said: "Da Ming accepts your surrender!" When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but let go of their original fears, and the sword concubine couldn't help but bow happily: "Thank you, General!" The crowd followed and bowed, "Thank you, General, for your kindness!" ”

The secretary raised his voice again: "According to the will of King Yan, all those who submit to the Ming Dynasty are subjects of the Ming Dynasty, and they are all protected by the laws of the Ming Dynasty and the army. This law, my Ming soldiers and you abide by it together! When everyone heard this, they were only pleasantly surprised, and the remaining worries were completely put aside.

Everyone respectfully bowed and thanked them, and then the sword concubine stood up, held the gold-inlaid mahogany box and came to the front of the horse, held the wooden box high above her head, and said: "This is the jade seal inherited from generation to generation by the Dali royal family, please accept it!" ”

Xingfang turned over and dismounted, took the jade seal with both hands, and tens of thousands of soldiers couldn't help but shout in unison: "Long live, long live...... This long live is naturally not about the company, but about the Ming Dynasty.

Immediately, the Ming army entered the city under the leadership of Dao Guifei and others. Xingfang was a little surprised to see that the city was intact, and said, "I thought that Duan Zhichun would wreak havoc on the city before retreating, but I didn't expect the city to be safe and sound!?" ”

Everyone smiled, and Dao Guifei said: "That Duan Zhichun really wanted to destroy the city, but Lord Li and General Meng Ke did not carry out Duan Zhichun's perverse and unconscionable life, saved the city, and protected the city from the destruction of gangsters before the general came!" ”

Xingfang couldn't help but be moved.

The lord said with a smile: "Thanks to Niangniang presiding over the overall situation, otherwise this city would not be so easy to preserve!" Master Li and Meng Ke echoed one after another. The so-called sedan chair is carried by everyone, and this good word must be said to each other to be interesting. Dao Guifei hurriedly humbled herself.

Xingfang nodded, and said: "Your contribution to the city is still secondary, and the credit for preserving the city is great!" Rest assured, our Ming Dynasty has always rewarded and punished clearly, you have made such a great achievement, wait for me to report to Your Majesty and the Cabinet, Your Majesty and the Cabinet will definitely reward your merits! Everyone was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked them.

Master Li glanced at Meng Ke and said with a smile: "Duan Zhichun ordered General Meng Ke to burn the city, but he never thought that General Meng Ke loved Dali as much as his life, how could he destroy every grass and tree in Dali!" Meng Ke snorted, "General, he is too ridiculous, he can even give an order to destroy Dali City!" If we compete with others, we will be defeated if we lose, so why do we have to do such evil things that make our ancestors live in peace! ”

Duan Zhichun led the army all the way north. In the evening, the army climbed the Diancang Mountain. Duan Zhichun stood on a cliff and looked back towards Dali City, but he didn't find the expected scene of fire, and he couldn't help but be surprised and puzzled.

At this moment, a scout rode over and reported: "General, the few nobles who were originally following us and the Dao Niangniang and their party suddenly turned back to the city. ”

When Duan Zhichun heard this, he was only very surprised, and asked, "Turned back?" The scout nodded and said, "Turn back." Duan Zhichun asked, "Why did they suddenly turn back?" The scout shook his head and said, "I don't know." I didn't receive any news, but I saw them suddenly turn around and return to Dali City! Duan Zhichun frowned and muttered, "What the hell are they doing?" Looking up at Dali City in the distance, seeing that the city that should have been engulfed by raging fire did not move at all, I couldn't help but feel a bad feeling in my heart, feeling that I might have been calculated.

Just then, another scout sped up. Ran straight to Duan Zhichun's side not far before he reined in his horse, turned over, ran to Duan Zhichun's side, and said with a worried face: "Oh no, General, the Ming army has already entered the city!" ”

Duan Zhichun was shocked and said angrily: "So this is the case? Why didn't Meng Ke set the fire? ”

The scout swallowed his saliva, his expression was a little strange, and said: "It is General Meng Ke and the Dao Guifei, Lord Li, and Lord Feng who opened the city to surrender to the Ming army!" ”

Duan Zhichun only felt incredulous, glared at him and shouted angrily, "You mean, Meng Ke betrayed me? And the sword concubine Li and Feng Dasama? ”

The scout nodded hesitantly and said, "I'm afraid that's the case!" ”

Duan Zhichun's heart rose with boundless anger, and he couldn't wait to break Meng Ke and Dao Guifei into thousands of corpses, gritting his teeth and saying: "These rebels who betray their masters and seek glory!" None of them will die well! Come to a sticky end! However, now he can only use the ability in his mouth, how to kill them well, but there is no way at all, just hope that Yan Yunjun will kill them all, but he himself knows that this expectation is almost impossible.

After Duan Zhichun learned that Dali City had surrendered to the Ming army, he knew that the situation was even more unfavorable for his side, and immediately ordered the army to accelerate its retreat. Fortunately, the army has entered Diancang Mountain, the mountain road is rugged, the mountains are high and the forests are dense, and the Ming war cavalry can no longer catch up. Before the early morning of the next day, Duan Zhichun led the army to retreat into Fengxian County. Immediately convened all the cronies and generals to discuss countermeasures.

The hall was silent, and everyone looked depressed. Now that the situation has taken a turn for the worse, in the face of the Ming army that forced back the Tianzhu army overnight and annihilated the Bagan army, everyone has lost confidence and just wants to escape as far away as possible.

Duan Zhichun saw that everyone was demoralized, and he was secretly anxious in his heart. Pretending to be calm, he smiled slightly, and said: "The Ming army has temporarily taken advantage, but in the end, it is not certain who will die!" I firmly believe that our coalition forces will eventually be able to recapture Dali! ”

In the past, every time such a speech was made, the generals would involuntarily restore their confidence. However, today, when the generals heard these words, they only felt that it was the wind in their ears, and their hearts were still very heavy. An ugly-looking, dark-skinned, short, sturdy general asked, "General, can we really defeat the Ming army?" The generals looked at Duan Zhichun. Duan Zhichun said categorically: "It must be possible!" As long as we have this confidence! The generals looked at each other for a long time, and two or three sighs sounded, obviously everyone didn't believe Duan Zhichun's words at all. It's no wonder that the generals have already seen Yan Yun's power, and it's really hard to believe that there is still a chance to turn defeat into victory.

To turn defeat into victory, the first question is how to defeat the Ming army in front of you? Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses on their own side is definitely not enough to see, to defeat the Ming army must rely on foreign aid, the Bagan people have suffered heavy losses, I am afraid that it will collapse, whether the Tianzhu people can compete with the Ming people is really hard to say!

Duan Zhichun saw the expressions of the generals in his eyes, and knew that if he couldn't dispel everyone's doubts, he wouldn't talk about counterattacking Dali, but he was afraid that it wouldn't be long before his group would fall apart! As soon as he thought of this, he couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, and pretended to be calm and said: "In fact, the Ming Army is not as powerful as you imagined!" And we're not as weak as you think! It's not hard to beat them! ”

The generals were surprised, looked at Duan Zhichun, and wondered, 'Why is the general still so confident?' Is there really a way to do it? As soon as I thought about this, I couldn't help but have some expectations in my heart.

I only heard Duan Zhichun say: "It's true that the Bagan army was completely annihilated. However, this is not necessarily a bad thing. Speaking of this, he glanced at the generals, and the generals looked at each other, not understanding what Duan Zhichun meant? Why is it not a bad thing that the army is wiped out?

I only heard Duan Zhichun continue: "King Bagan, I know this person very well. He was irritable and face-loving. The Bagan army was completely annihilated, and for others, they may be frightened and never dare to provoke the Ming army again; But this king of Bagan is not, not only will the annihilation of the whole army not scare him, but will make him angry, and then seek revenge from the Ming army! We could have added a few fires to the wrath of the king of Bagan! If the king of Bagan pours the whole country into counterattacking the Ming army, hum, even if the Ming army is strong, it will be enough for them! ”

The generals listened to Duan Zhichun's words and couldn't help but nod.

Duan Zhichun continued: "There is also Tianzhu. He glanced at everyone and said with a smile: "In the process of confrontation between Tianzhu and Yanyun people, they actually didn't suffer losses. Outside Longwei Pass before, didn't the Tianzhu people repel the assault of the Ming Dynasty cavalry? Duan Zhichun was talking about the previous incident when Huang Xin led 10,000 war cavalry to aid Longwei Pass, Huang Xin counterattacked the opponent's hundreds of thousands of troops with 10,000 war horses, and was finally defeated by the war elephants of the Tianzhu people, and the loss was not small.

After listening to Duan Zhichun's words, everyone only felt a shock and nodded one after another.

Duan Zhichun said: "As for the Tianzhu people being forced to retreat, hehe, it was their carelessness, the grain and grass base was attacked, and the supply of grain and grass was not available, so they had to retreat temporarily." I think the Tianzhu people must be very angry about being defeated so confused, and they are eager to seek revenge from the Ming people! The next time, the Tianzhu army will clash with the Ming army again, and they will definitely learn a lesson, and they will not repeat the mistakes of the past! I think the combat effectiveness of the Tianzhu army is very strong, especially the war elephant troops, even if it does not exceed the combat power of the Ming army, but it should be between the two of them! The Tianzhu people are making a comeback, just this one, I'm afraid the Ming army will be difficult to deal with! ”

After listening to Duan Zhichun's analysis, the generals couldn't help but change their views just now, only to feel that the situation was indeed as the general said, although the current Ming army was arrogant, but their own side actually had a faint advantage! The depression was swept away, and all the generals regained their confidence, only feeling that they still had the strength to fight.

Duan Zhichun saw the change in the generals' expressions, and couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, he was really worried just now, if he couldn't calm the army's heart, even if the Tianzhu people and the Bagan people fought back, then Dali would not belong to the Duan family, but to the Tianzhu people and the Bagan people. If that happens, he won't be blind when he dies.

Duan Zhichun immediately said to a middle-aged man with a calm expression on a medium build: "Duan Jiang, you can go to Bagan and persuade the king of Bagan to raise troops for revenge as soon as possible." I won't tell you exactly how to do it, but I'm sure you can do it well. Duan Jiang clenched his fists and promised.

Duan Zhichun pondered for a moment, glanced at the generals, and said, "The top priority at the moment is whether to give up Fengyu County?" Let's all share your opinions. ”

Meng Tuo said loudly: "Naturally, you have to stick to it!" After listening to what the general said just now, we have a good chance of winning, in this case, it is more beneficial for us to hold on to Fengyu County! ”

Another general frowned and said, "Having said that, you must be able to hold on!" Looking at Duan Zhichun, "The Ming army will attack soon, can our army withstand the attack of the Ming army?" "This general's name is Ba Zhi, a native of the Pengyi tribe, and he is one of the most important cronies and generals under Duan Zhichun.

Meng Tuo said grinningly: "What's wrong with this? Fengyu County sits on such a steep mountain, the Ming army is doubled, and we can resist it! Several of the generals nodded in agreement. Meng Tuo looked at Duan Zhichun and said, "General, if we occupy Fengyu County, when the Tianzhu people and Bagan people counterattack in the future, we can condescendingly take the opportunity to recover Dali City in one fell swoop!" ”

Duan Zhichun nodded thoughtfully. raised his head and glanced at the generals, and when he saw that no one objected, he said: "What Meng Tuo said is very reasonable, we want to occupy Fengyu County!" All the generals bowed together and said, "The general is wise!" ”

Transfer to Dali City beforehand. Concubine Dao Guifei invited the party in the palace, and Meng Ke, Lord Li, and Lord Feng were all present to accompany her. After three rounds of drinking, the knife concubine clapped her palms. Immediately, three graceful and moving palace maids came to the hall with three very expensive wooden boxes inlaid with gold edges. Xingfang showed a puzzled expression, and turned his head to look at the sword concubine. Dao Guifei smiled slightly, stood up, walked in front of the palace maids, and opened the three wooden boxes one by one. When the pearls are ascending, the whole hall is reflected. Dao Guifei smiled and said: "General, this is a little bit of our heart, not a respect, please accept it with a smile!" ”

Xingfang saw that the treasures in the three wooden boxes could be said to be rare and rare, and he couldn't help but be greatly moved, but when he thought of Yanyun's military law, he couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Absolutely not!" Never! ”

The Dao Guifei and the others showed a look of surprise, but they didn't expect that Xingfang would refuse to accept these priceless treasures.

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