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

Chapter 31 Battle of Kunming ([-])
With the sound of "rumbling" horseshoes at the gate of the city, Li Dingguo led a brigade of cavalry from the Ming army and galloped into the city.

"Master Dutong, Lord Dutong, something is wrong, the Ming army has entered the city, the Ming army has entered the city." The sleeping Tazi Dutong Abutu was awakened by the shouts of the guards outside the door. For several days in a row, the army beat gongs and drums every night outside the city, and Abutu hadn't rested for several days.

Before going to bed today, he drank a few more glasses of wine in an irritable mood, so he slept very soundly at night, when he was suddenly woken up, he flew into a rage, regardless of why the soldiers woke him up, and angrily shouted: "Daddy!" What are you howling in the middle of the night?"

"Master Dutong, the Ming army has entered the city from the south gate." The soldiers also ignored Abutu's scolding, and shouted impatiently.

"What? The Ming army entered the city from the south gate?" Abutu suddenly lifted the quilt, shook himself, and sat up. There was a lot of wine, he only felt dizzy, his eyes turned black, he subconsciously held his head with both hands, and it took him a while to recover.

The guards outside the door were about to cry, thinking, my lord!What time is it now, the Ming army is about to kill here, why don't you get up quickly, gather soldiers and horses, drive the Ming army out of the city, and ask when it will happen, you don't want to die, I will Still wanting to die, so, with a mournful face, he said loudly:

"My Lord Dutong, the Ming army will kill us soon, you should make up your mind!" But I kept cursing in my heart, if you hadn't died, even if I escaped, I would have to be beheaded, you I thought I was still here to grind with you.

Abutu finally touched the scythe, lit the oil lamp, got out of bed in a daze, put on his clothes in a hurry, opened the door, held the door frame and said out of breath, "Quick, bring my horse, follow me Go kill the enemy."

A soldier led the horse, and several soldiers hurriedly helped Abu Tu onto the horse, rushed out of the courtyard gate, and came to the street. There was a bright red area at the south gate, illuminating half of Kunming City. .

Suddenly ahead, at the end of the street, a large number of cavalrymen holding torches emerged, and with the sound of "tattling" intensive horseshoes, they rushed towards them like a fire dragon.

Abutu's face changed drastically, and a soldier beside him trembled and said tremblingly, "Master, sir, we can't hold this Kunming city anymore, let's run! There is no Ming army at the north gate yet. , let's run towards the north gate."

Abutu looked at the more and more Ming army cavalry who were getting closer, and turned his head to look in the direction of the dark north gate. Knowing that the situation was over, he gritted his teeth, turned his horse's head, and shouted angrily: "Withdraw, Withdraw." With his legs clamped on the horse's belly, he galloped in the direction of the north gate.

"My lord, there is a group of Tartars." The sharp-eyed Ming army saw Abutu's group fleeing in a panic, and pointed to Li Dingguo, who was galloping on horseback, to report.

At this time, Li Dingguo also saw Abutu and the Tartars. Under the flickering torches, Li Dingguo could vaguely see that these Tartars were wearing armor that only the elite of the Eight Banners could equip. The location was exactly where the government envoy of Yunnan Chengxuan was located, and he immediately judged that this group of Tartars was unusual, so he raised his sword and shouted: "Chasing, don't let them run away."

As soon as he lifted the reins, he galloped his horse and chased after Li Dingguo. The cavalry of the Ming army followed Li Dingguo closely.

Surrounded by all the guards, Abutu came down to the north gate and shouted repeatedly: "Open the city gate, open the city gate quickly." Hundreds of Tartars who were at a loss at the gate of the city saw Lord Dutong coming, and immediately found the backbone One day, a Niulu heard Abutu's order and immediately ran into the city gate with a dozen Tartars.

Amidst a tooth-piercing "squeak" sound, the city gate was opened, and Abutu, the guards and the three hundred Tartars who guarded the gate rushed out of the city in a panic.Without looking back, he desperately beat the horse's ass with the whip, and fled in embarrassment.

The [-] cavalry led by Li Dingguo also rushed out of the north city gate, biting the buttocks of Abutu's group tightly. During the pursuit, the Ming army cavalry in the forefront took off their long bows, bent their bows and set arrows, " Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!" Long arrows flew out, and from time to time, some tartars fell off their horses.

In view of the fact that the cavalry led by Li Dingguo were equipped with horses captured from the Battle of Mopan Mountain, they were fast and durable. After half an hour, the Ming army gradually caught up with the fleeing Abutu group.

Abutu turned his head and saw that the Ming army was gradually chasing up, shooting from behind with bows and arrows from time to time, and those of his own people fell off their horses from time to time, and immediately knew that if they continued to run like this, the entire army might be wiped out, so he was heartbroken. roared, said:

"Warriors of the prairie, come back with me and kill these damned Ming people." After finishing speaking, he pulled the reins abruptly, and the horse "Herod" on his crotch neighed, and the two horseshoes in front raised high, hundreds of The Tatars followed their horses and reined in their horses, turned their heads around, and rushed towards the Ming army who were chasing them, screaming strangely.

Li Dingguo, who was chasing him, saw that the Tartars had stopped running, turned around to fight, sneered, and slapped his horse and wielded his sword to attack Abutu, who was obviously the leader of this group of Tartars.

Abutu stared at Li Dingguo. Although he didn't know Li Dingguo, he knew that the man in front of him must be a general in the Ming army. He took a deep breath, and when he was two or three feet away from Li Dingguo, he jumped on his horse's back. Jumping up, holding a scimitar in his hand, he smashed Huashan Mountain with all his strength, and slashed at Li Dingguo viciously.

Li Dingguo looked at Abutu, who was rushing towards him with strong wind, and calmly raised his knife, while lying on his back on the horse's back, when the two knives intersected, there was a loud noise, and a ball of sparks came out .

Abutu took advantage of the opportunity to somersault into the sky, and just landed on the back of a galloping horse below. Two cavalry spears rushed towards him. It turned out that two Ming army cavalry arrived on flying horses. After all, Abutu was A brave and skilled fighter, otherwise, when Zhao Butai led his army to leave Kunming, he would not have been allowed to guard Kunming.

Although he was not disturbed, the scimitar danced with a flash of light, parrying two stabbing lances, then he reined in the reins and turned the horse's head around. At this time, Li Dingguo also rode back.

The two men rode horses to confront each other, and when the two horses crossed each other, they quickly drew out their knives, and the two knives intertwined together, and both of them flew off the back of the horse and jumped into the air. Both of them kicked each other with their legs together.

Li Dingguo was superior. After the two people's feet collided five or six times, Li Dingguo kicked Abutu in the abdomen with a "slap", and Abutu flew upside down and fell to the ground with a "plop".

(End of this chapter)