A knife in love

Chapter 3918
King Liang believed that the border between Yunnan and Sichuan was dangerous, so the Red Scarf Army in Sichuan did not dare to march south because of the disaster, and all the generals under him were also thinking like him. He never thought that Ming Yuzhen would lead the Red Scarf Army to march south.Therefore, after Ming Yuzhen's soldiers and horses crossed the mountains, they suddenly appeared on Zhongqing Road. The Tatar officers and soldiers guarding Zhongqing Road were unprepared and were defeated by the Red Turban Army. Fortunately, the Tatars survived The officers and soldiers were terrified, and where they dared to resist, they ran away with their heads in their hands.The Red Scarf Army captured five or six cities one after another, and the soldiers pointed directly at Kunming Mansion.Liang Wang originally thought that Yunnan was far away and the terrain was dangerous, and the Red Scarf Army would not attack south.Even if the Red Scarf Army attacked Yunnan regardless of life and death, the officers and soldiers under their command occupied the advantage of the terrain enough to resist the enemy, so they had no defense at all. Unexpectedly, the Red Scarf Army marched southward, conquering several cities, and fought all the way to the vicinity of Kunming Mansion.After Liang Wang received the military report, he was stunned and wanted to gather soldiers and horses to defend the Kunming mansion and wait for soldiers and horses from other prefectures and counties to come to the rescue, but his officials reported to him that there were only a few thousand old and weak soldiers left in Kunming city. Not to mention confronting the Red Turban Army, even the elimination of the local ruffians who set fire to looting in the city of Kunming is beyond their power.King Liang had no choice but to flee Kunming Mansion with his wife and children under the protection of his own soldiers, and went to Chuxiong to avoid disaster.

Ming Er, the vanguard of the Red Scarf Army who attacked Yunnan, led five thousand elite soldiers to conquer several cities, and the soldiers were very aggressive.After the spies inquired about the news that King Liang had abandoned Kunming and fled, he immediately reported the matter to Ming Er.Ming Er was ecstatic after receiving the military report, and led [-] elite soldiers on a starry night journey, hoping to occupy Kunming City as soon as possible and defeat Yunnan in one battle.Unexpectedly, when they were only [-] miles away from Kunming City, they were ambushed by Tazi soldiers.At that time the red scarf army was running wildly, already exhausted, suddenly encountered an ambush, the whole army was thrown into chaos, almost [-] elite soldiers were killed, the main general Ming Er desperately fled, only took more than [-] remnants of the defeated generals to escape by chance.

Ming Er fled back to the Red Scarf Army camp, and told the Red Scarf Army commander Ming Yuzhen about the ambush encountered on the way.Since the Red Scarf Army invaded Yunnan, it can be said that Lien Zhan was victorious, conquered several cities, and robbed countless food, grass, military equipment, gold, silver and jewels.Ming Yuzhen did not expect that the Southern Expedition would go so smoothly, and she was very happy, thinking that the whole territory of Yunnan was at her fingertips. In addition to grabbing enough military rations, she could also recruit tens of thousands of elite soldiers.When the soldiers and food are sufficient, a general can be sent to the north to capture the middle of Shu.At that time, with the two provinces of Yunchuan in his hands, he can seize the Central Plains when he advances, and hold on to the southwest when he retreats, and he will already be invincible.Thinking of this, Ming Yuzhen was very happy, and was about to send an envoy with gold, silver, and silk to reward the meritorious soldiers of the Second Ming Army. Unexpectedly, before the envoy left, Ming Er fled back in embarrassment. Ming Yuzhen was stunned and at a loss .

General Ming Er described in detail how he was ambushed on the way and the whole army was defeated.After hearing this, Ming Yuzhen was furious, and ordered the knife and axe to push Ming Er out and chop him up.Ming Er was frightened out of his wits, knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately to beg for mercy.The generals knew that Ming Er was Ming Yuzhen's younger brother, and Ming Yuzhen would never cut off her brother's head. The reason why she was furious was just to put on a show in front of the generals.Therefore, all the generals knelt in front of Ming Yuzhen to intercede for Ming Er, begging Ming Yuzhen to spare Ming Er's life, and allowing him to take the crime and make meritorious service.If Ming Er loses again, he will be beheaded at that time.Ming Yuzhen didn't intend to kill Ming Er at first, but Ming Er was her younger brother, and he led five thousand elite soldiers to attack Kunming City, but was completely wiped out by the enemy army. I'm afraid that the soldiers will say behind his back that he protects his shortcomings, and the army's morale will inevitably be scattered.At this time, seeing that the generals were pleading for Ming Er, Ming Yuzhen deliberately pretended to be righteous and exterminate relatives, and threatened that if Ming Er was spared, the soldiers in the army would definitely say that he was protecting his brother, which was not good for major events, and insisted on sending him to Ming Er. Ming Er must be executed.The generals begged repeatedly, and Ming Yuzhen reluctantly agreed not to kill Ming Er, allowing him to take the crime and make meritorious service.Ming Er hastily kowtowed to Ming Yuzhen and thanked the generals.The generals knew that the brothers of the Ming family deliberately played tricks in front of the generals to buy people's hearts, but everyone knew in their hearts that no one dared to tell the truth on the surface, so they all bowed their hands and returned the salute, which really appeased Ming Er.

After Ming Yuzhen calmed down the army, she immediately sent people to inquire about the news, wanting to know which general King Liang sent to ambush Ming Er.After the spies found out, they hurried back to report to Ming Yuzhen.It turned out that it was not Liang Wang's soldiers who ambushed Ming Er on the way, but an army led by Duan Gong, the general manager of Dali.The ancestor of Duan Gong was the royal family of the Duan family in Dali, and Yunnan was originally ruled by the Duan family.Later, the Mongol Yuan marched south and forced the Duan family to surrender, and the Dali Kingdom perished, and most of the descendants of the Duan family were lost among the people.However, there were also many descendants of the Duan family who were unwilling to be just ordinary people. Some of them joined the Tartar army and became generals of the Tartar army.Duan Gong served in the Tartar army. After every battle, he was promoted to the general manager of Dali after every battle, and his official career was very smooth.Hearing that the Red Scarf Army had invaded Yunnan, and their soldiers were pointing directly at Kunming City, Duan Gong thought that the opportunity to make a contribution had come, so he immediately led a troop to Kunming City to serve King Liang.Unexpectedly, he received a military report on the way, saying that the Red Scarf Army had several cities in a row, and their soldiers were pointing directly at Kunming City.Duan Gong was very anxious when he heard the words, knowing that Kunming City is the capital of Yunnan, if there is a loss, all the prefectures and counties will only think that King Liang is no longer among the rebellious army, and they must surrender to the Red Turban Army one after another.In this way, the entire territory of Yunnan will surely fall into the hands of the Red Scarf Army, and it will be more difficult to recover than ascend to the sky.With this in mind, Duan Gongli led his troops to travel all night and night, and arrived in Kunming City before the Red Turban Army.After Duan Gong entered the city, he sent people to report the news to King Liang who had fled to Chuxiong, asking him to return to Kunming City to preside over the plan, and at the same time sent spies to inquire about the news, wanting to know how far the Red Turban Army was from Kunming Mansion.

The spies went out of the city to inquire about the news, and soon returned to Kunming City, and reported the news to Duan Gong.Duan Gong heard that Ming Er led [-] soldiers and horses from the headquarters of the Red Scarf Army, and went straight to Kunming City in the starry night, not far from Kunming City. He concluded that although Ming Er's soldiers and horses were brave and good at fighting, Ming Er was too greedy for merit. In this way, when Ming Er's soldiers and horses rushed to the outside of Kunming City, they must become exhausted. As the so-called end of the crossbow, they will not be able to wear Lu Jin. As long as he leads the soldiers and horses in An ambush in a dangerous place outside the city of Kunming will definitely wipe out the army led by Ming Er.Duan Gong made up his mind and personally led a team of soldiers and horses to sneak out of the city and lay an ambush in a dangerous place more than [-] miles outside the city, intending to ambush Ming Er's soldiers and horses and defeat the red scarf army's attempt to capture Kunming Mansion.

(End of this chapter)