The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 664 Kunming Offensive and Defensive Battle (recommendation ticket requested)

Looking at the majestic giant city in front of him, memories flooded Li Dingguo's mind like a tide.

Back then, when Li Dingguo left Kunming and led his troops southward, he thought that his departure would be a farewell forever.

At that time, although he still had the desire to serve Daming in his heart, he was also mentally prepared to die in a foreign land.

He really didn't expect that Daming could really be revived!

There is still a day to restore the Central Plains!
"My lord, Yungui will recover after this battle!"

"If the decisive battle between Da Ming and Wu Sangui in Huguang can be won, then the south of the Yangtze River will return to my rule!"

"At that time, as long as His Highness Jian Guo can quickly integrate the population, money and grain of the entire south of the Yangtze River, and then launch the Northern Expedition to reproduce the great achievements of Emperor Taizu back then, it will only be idle!"

Zhu Tingyun reined in his horse and stood beside Li Dingguo, his face full of earnestness.

Li Dingguo also nodded vigorously.

"If Daming can be restored, you and I are all heroes!"

"At that time, the imperial court will definitely reward you!"

After saying this, Li Dingguo turned his gaze away from the direction of Kunming City, and ordered.

"Pass down the order and start attacking the city!"

"Conquer Kunming as soon as possible and occupy the whole of Yunnan in order to cope with the next actions of the Ming court."

When people around Li Dingguo heard the words, they clasped their fists and accepted the order.

Following Li Dingguo's order, his Ming army launched an attack posture outside Kunming City.

Groups of soldiers of the Ming army put on their armor, pushed their shield carts and ladders, and headed towards Kunming City.

The terrain in Yunnan is rugged, even if Li Dingguo had a lot of artillery aided by Ming Dynasty, he could not transport them to Kunming in a short time.

Facing the Kunming city in front of them, Li Dingguo's troops could only attack the city with traditional cold weapons.

Use shield vehicles, ladders and other siege equipment to attack!

Of course, the siege equipment such as the shield car and ladder were not transported over long distances, but were made in a hurry outside Kunming.

Boom!dong dong!

The dull sound of war drums resounded, and the attacking troops of the Ming army under the city continued to pour firepower towards that Kunming city.

Waves of arrows formed a dense rain of arrows, falling towards the top of the city.

The musketeers below the city fired rounds of volleys in an organized manner, and the dense lead bullets shot towards the top of the city.

The gravel that was shot against the walls of Kunming City splashed!
The Guan Ning army at the top of the city was also bending their bows and setting arrows, pouring arrows at the Ming army below the city.

Waves of arrow rain were thrown out, either hitting the human body, piercing through the flesh, making a popping sound.

Or simply shoot one end on the ground, the arrow drilled into the soil, but the arrow feathers on the arrow tail were still trembling.

Some soldiers of the Ming army were shot by arrows, their bodies were pierced by the thrown arrows, and they were nailed to the ground, making miserable wailings.

"what……"

The number of casualties on both sides is constantly rising.

The wounded were dragged off the battlefield for treatment, and more corpses were left on the battlefield, smelling blood.

But this does not hinder the Ming army's offensive!

Amidst the earth-shattering shouts of killing, the Ming army's offensive was like a tide, and countless soldiers of the Ming army rushed towards Kunming City, shouting to kill.

But the defenders in Kunming City are still desperately resisting!

It is true that most of the Guanning Army's garrison in Yunnan and Guizhou were transferred to Guanzhong and Huguang by Wu Sangui.

However, this does not mean that the Guan Ning Army has no troops stationed in Yungui!

The other places are indeed empty, and there are indeed not many troops, but Kunming, as the capital of Yunnan, and also the place where Wu Sangui was stationed, and the accompanying capital of the Western Qing Dynasty, still retains a certain number of troops stationed.

Amidst the earth-shattering shouts of killing, finally some Ming soldiers rushed to the top of Kunming City, staring at the rain of arrows and rolling logs and rocks all over the sky.

In the process, countless soldiers of the Ming army were killed by the arrow rain!
Killed by the rolling logs and stones falling from the sky, and the hot golden juice.

The people who were hit by rolling logs and stones were bleeding and their brains were bursting.

When the hot golden juice is poured on a person's body, even if it is protected by armor, it can scald blisters on the person's body.

And what is even more frightening is the problem of wound ulceration and inflammation after being scalded by golden juice.

Many soldiers of the Ming army were splashed with golden juice. Even if they did not die on the spot, they would die in pain and torture in the next period of time.

The Ming soldiers and Guan Ning soldiers who rushed to the top of the wall fought fiercely!

Face to face, face to face fight!

The heavy armored soldiers slashed fiercely, and the spears pierced the heavy armor, sparking a stream of sparks.

The long knife can't break the armor at all!

Even if it hits the heavy armor with a blunt weapon, unless it hits a vital part, it will at most make people stumble.

Because, Chinese armor has the effect of unloading force!
Between the first leaf and the first leaf are layer upon layer, densely arranged.

Once hit by a blunt instrument, the force will decrease layer by layer through the gap between the nail plates.

Or be absorbed by nearby nails!

If a blunt weapon wants to break armor, the best way to attack is to hit the head!

This is how the Jin people dealt with Bu Renjia of the Song Dynasty.

The musketeers shot face to face, and the crackling gunshots took away fresh lives.

Heavy armor can't hold back the musket fire!
During the fierce fighting, the city of Kunming quickly turned into a scene like Shura's hell.

The Ming army is still increasing its troops, and it keeps throwing elite soldiers and horses onto the battlefield, trying to capture Kunming City.

Li Dingguo looked at the battle situation at the head of Kunming City, and the expression on his face made it impossible to see the joy and anger.

The situation on the battlefield is very anxious now, but he is not worried.

Because anxiety is only temporary.

Now the Ming army has an absolute advantage in strength and can withstand long-term fierce battles.

Even if an army is hit to the point of low morale and heavy losses, Li Dingguo can replace it at any time and send a new force to fight.

However, the Guanning Army defenders in Kunming City have limited strength, and there is no new force that can be used for rotation.

As long as the Ming army can hold on, and when the Guan Ning army can't hold it anymore, the change of hands in Kunming City will be a breeze.

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At the same time, the Huguang battlefield!
The first main confrontation between the Ming Army and the Guan Ning Army ended with a complete victory for the Ming Dynasty.

The Guan Ning army retreated to their own camp in embarrassment to repair!
Facing the onslaught of the Ming army, Guan Ning's army barely supported it.

The gap between the two sides is not generally large!
It wasn't until the sky became completely dark and the sun went down that day that the Ming army's offensive slowed down.

From attacking across the board, it has become a nighttime raid with scattered troops.

Since the Ming army harassed at night, even if it was just a sporadic attack, the Guan Ning army suffered a lot.

The Ming army kept rotating its attacking troops, attacking the Guanning Army camp with a small force, while the main force of the Ming army was restorating.

Guan Ningjun was forced to stay up all night and couldn't sleep well!

On the next day, the Guan Ning army, who hadn't slept all night, was about to face off against the energetic Ming army who had rested all night.

On the second day, the Ming army's offensive continued!
(End of this chapter)