I will be the prince at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 30 Battle of Kunming ([-])
As night fell, dark clouds hung low, and the thick night shrouded the entire Kunming city.Occasionally, a group of Tartar soldiers drooped their heads, yawning non-stop on the empty street, "Step!"tread!tread! 'The listless patrol.

The Ming army beat gongs and drums to harass the Tartars in the city for more than a quarter of an hour, but not a single Tartar appeared on the city wall.The night was gloomy, there was no starlight in the sky, nothing could be seen ten steps away, and it was even more pitch black outside the city.

At this time, the moat a hundred steps away from the city wall was crowded with Ming troops holding bows and crossbows. There were a total of 1 people. The Ming army continued to flow, and came silently.

Farther away, [-] cavalry were standing in battle.People hold grass, horses hold pieces, and the entire army was silent without making a sound.

The Ming army coming from behind carried a ladder, and they put the ladders on the moat one by one. The vigorous Ming army passed the moat quickly along the ladder, and came to the city wall, waiting for [-] Ming troops to pass. After crossing the moat, the soldiers of the Ming army pulled out the ladders on the moat and gently put them on the city wall. The soldiers of the Ming army lined up and climbed up the city wall along the ladders.

There was no one on the city wall, and the Tartars guarding the city didn't know where they all went. As more and more Ming soldiers climbed up the city wall, the Ming army divided into two groups along the city wall, and each moved towards the tower ahead. ...

The Ming army outside the city saw that five thousand Ming troops had already climbed the city wall. Fortunately, they lit up torches. For a while, it was bright outside Kunming city, and more ladders were built on the moat. Holding the torches, the Ming army stepped on the ladders and divided into dozens The team rushed to the bottom of the city and climbed up the city along the ladder left by the five thousand Ming troops in front.

The Tartar gatekeepers were soundly asleep, and the Ming soldiers who climbed the city wall had already touched them. They raised their steel knives and chopped down the sleeping Tartar sentries one by one. People started killing the Tartar defenders who were sleeping soundly in the cave of the Tibetan soldiers. For a while, the heads were rolling, and many defenders were killed in their sleep.

The "creaking" suspension bridge was put down by soldiers of the Ming army, and the suspension bridge hit the moat with a "bang", which was especially loud in the silent night.At this time Li Dingguo's general Wang Guoxi had already lit a torch, and led the army to rush into the city gate, killing the Tartar soldiers in the city gate like cutting melons and vegetables.

Niu Lu, a Tatar guarding the city gate, suddenly felt heart palpitations in his sleep, and sat up from the bed in a jerk. There was a loud "tom" in the quiet night, and the entire city gate shook violently.He was shocked, this is... This is the sound of the suspension bridge falling and hitting the ground, oops!No, the Ming army entered the city, and he immediately thought of it.

He jumped to the ground, didn't care to put on his clothes, picked up the scimitar and rushed out of the house in a hurry. When he got to the door, before he had time to see the situation outside, he heard a strange "beep beep" sound in his ears There was a sound, and "Puff Puff Puff" was shot several times in an instant, and he fell to the ground with his eyes wide open, dying of breath.

"Squeak!" The city gate opened with a tooth-piercing sound. More than 100 soldiers of the Ming army rushed out of the city gate in two teams holding torches. Lighted the way into the city.

The Ming army outside the city immediately rushed onto the suspension bridge and entered the city through the suspension bridge quickly and orderly.According to the pre-arranged military orders, they were divided into several teams and rushed towards the city quickly under the leadership of their respective generals.

Seeing that the city gate was wide open, the cavalry of the Ming army in the distance lit torches and urged the horses to move. The sound of "rumbling" horseshoes sounded. It looks like a fire dragon, straight into Kunming City.

The movement at the gate of the city finally attracted the attention of the Tartars. While blowing the horn, the patrolling Tartars "Dudu" rushed towards the gate of the city with all their might, and met the Ming army rushing into the city head-on. Without answering, they raised their knives and guns and fought together.

A team leader of the Tartars, who was extremely brave, cut down three or four soldiers of the Ming army one after another. A crossbowman of the Ming army approached and shot a crossbow arrow, which hit his shoulder. He raised his scimitar and wanted to strike at the crossbowman of the Ming army.

The two spearmen next to the crossbowman took advantage of the open door in his chest, and the two red-tasseled spears "Pu Leng Leng" pierced out like lightning, and "Pu Pu" almost pierced his chest and pierced through his back. , the two gun heads disappeared in a flash on his back, the movement of this tartar was instantly frozen, the scimitar in his hand fell to the ground with a "bang", and then the whole person lay face down on the ground straight...

As soon as a group of Tartars rushed out from the corner of a street, they ran into dozens of Ming soldiers holding crossbows. These Ming soldiers stopped advancing immediately, and raised their hands to pull the crossbows at the group of Tartars. Suddenly, more than a dozen crossbow arrows of 'Beng Beng Beng' flew out, shooting the two or three Tartars running ahead into hedgehogs, and the two or three Tartars fell on their backs.

More than a dozen soldiers of the Ming army who shot the crossbow arrows stood in place, quickly pulled out the crossbow arrows from the quiver, put the crossbow arrows into the arrows, and then pulled the bowstring back and hung it on the hook, preparing for the second shot.

When they fired the first wave of crossbow arrows, stood in place to load the crossbow arrows, and when it was stringed, the crossbowmen behind them quickly flashed out, rushed in front of them, held the crossbows and shot at the Tartars on the opposite side, " Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!" The crossbow arrow flew out, shooting several Tartars through.

When they stopped, loaded the crossbow with arrows, and when it was stringed, seven or eight Ming soldiers with crossbows poured out from behind them. At this time, the Tartars on the opposite side also reacted, and cleverly began to counterattack with bows and arrows.

The two sides shot arrows almost at the same time. Two Ming army crossbowmen fell with arrows, and two or three Tartars were shot through their bodies by crossbow arrows.

The soldiers of the Ming army who fired the first wave of crossbow arrows charged forward with the loaded crossbows in hand. After aiming for a while, they pulled the crossbow trigger. When they stopped, the soldiers who fired the second wave of crossbow arrows rushed forward again. "Beng Beng Beng" the crossbow arrow flew out...

These dozens of crossbowmen of the Ming army formed three waves, which went round and round.The Tartars on the opposite side decreased rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the Tartars on the opposite side were also red-eyed.

Every moment, soldiers on both sides were shot down by arrows. Given that the Ming army outnumbered the Tartars and pre-empted the attack, after several rounds of shooting, there was no Tartar on the opposite side who could stand.

A group of Ming army spears rushed up from behind these Ming army crossbowmen, holding the long spears, pointed at the fallen Tartars, "Puff, puff" and poked them until the Tartars could no longer move. Continue down the street to find your next target.

(End of this chapter)