The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 335 Against Kunming
After a while, several soldiers came around a short man with short beard.

When the man saw Zhu Linmi, he saluted him first, claiming to be a general in Qujing's defense, named Chu Pingmao.

The guard of Qujing is from Shadingzhou.Zhu Linmei frowned and said, "What's the matter here?"

"Return to Your Highness," Chu Pingmao said, "I have heard rumors from the Mu family that those who have made great contributions to the imperial court's peace will be rewarded."

"It's true." Zhu Linmin nodded, thinking, Mu Jing did a good job in publicity work.

Chu Pingmao said again: "The next official must first speak for Puzhi Prefecture. Pu lord...Pu Mingming rebelled, but he has already been punished, and his son Pu Fuyuan is very different from him, and he is loyal to the court.

"This time Wan's stealing Ami's military power and reuniting with the Sand Bandit is not the intention of the Pu family. Moreover, the two also killed Pu Zhizhou, which shows that the Pu family is unwilling to rebel."

Zhu Linmei nodded and said, "The imperial court will find out the reason. Why do you bring this up?"

Chu Pingmao fell to his knees: "I implore the imperial court to exonerate Pu's death penalty. As well as the failure of the Pu family to prevent it strictly, I am willing to make up for it with merit."

"Equivalent to work?"

"Your Majesty would like to offer Qu Jing to Your Highness."

A smile appeared on the corner of Zhu Linmei's mouth, "General Chu, please stand up. If you can really capture Qujing quickly, I will definitely report what you said to the Ming court."

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Later, Chu Pingmao explained the deployment of Xiancheng in detail, and Zhu Linmi realized that this person was originally a guard of Pufuyuan, and the current Ami Zhizhou Pufuyuan died. I have always thought of myself as a general of the Pu family.

This time, the Mu family sent people to contact him, saying that the Pu family planned chaos with Sha Dingzhou, and when the imperial court's [-] troops entered Yunnan, the Pu family would be killed.

When Chu Pingmao was in a hurry, the Mu family told him the strategy of exchanging Qujing for the peace of the Pu family, so he rushed to meet the "Frontier Division" of the imperial court.

Zhu Lin thought in her heart that she only asked Mu Jing to be responsible for intimidating the chieftain who had defected to Shadingzhou, but she never thought that he could be distracted from instigating rebellion.

But he didn't know that the person who came into contact with Chu Pingmao was actually sent by Mu Yi, and the plan used was definitely from Mu Zhiqing.

Qujing's defenders were not strong in combat, and with the help of internal support, the process of seizing the city was extremely smooth.

At Zishi, Chu Pingmao opened the east and south gates. Zhu Linmi was not afraid of tricks, and ordered the Dragon Guards to clear the way with cannons. Three infantry battalions advanced flatly into the city, with hussars covering both sides.

This way of fighting, even if there is an ambush, he can take the blame, not to mention that Chu Pingmao really surrendered, and he even brought all his troops to lead the way.Therefore, before dawn, Qujing was completely under the control of the Dragon Guards, and almost all of the more than 400 soldiers guarding the city were captured.

With Qujing as the gateway to Yunnan, Zhu Linmi has many more strategies available.

He summoned the officers of the Dragon Guards to discuss overnight, and finally decided to order Pi Xiong and Cen Jilu to station [-] Guizhou soldiers in Qujing.One can go north to attack Dongchuan, so that Lu Trillion can't take care of both ends.Second, it can threaten the chieftains in the southeast, so that they dare not send troops to reinforce Shadingzhou at will.

In addition, Qujing can also be used as a transit station for grain and grass. After all, there are tens of thousands of people guarding it, so it will not be easily robbed.

But what Zhu Linmi didn't expect was that when the [-] Guizhou troops entered Yunnan, Sha Dingzhou just thought that the main force of the army had begun to mobilize, and his eyes were fixed on Qu Jing.

He didn't get Du Qifei's urgent report until the Dragon Guard soldiers arrived fifty miles outside Kunming City.And he was very relieved to order the Kunming defenders to deal with the [-] "imperial stragglers" by themselves, and not to disturb their important tasks of attacking Chuxiong.

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Zhu Linmi looked through the binoculars and saw several battle formations lined up outside the city. There could be six to seven thousand troops, more than ten cannons were placed in front of the formation, and nearly a thousand cavalry were pressing down on the formation.And the most conspicuous one is the elephant with five scales covering its face dotted in the formation.In the army, the flag with the word "Du" fluttered, and the soldiers were shy and arrogant.

He was a little puzzled by this posture, and ordered the Dragon Guards to stop three or four miles away, and be cautious.

Soon, Zhao Shichao came with someone to urge his horse, and saluted Zhu Linmi: "My lord, my subordinates have sent people to search the surrounding area carefully for more than ten miles, and there is no sign of an ambush."

Zhu Linmi, who had already prepared for the siege of the city, was even more astonished when she heard the words. The Southwestern Army usually defends the city, and rarely would it be so lined up and confronted head-on.

Zhang Jiayu on the side was also extremely puzzled. After thinking over and over again, he suggested to Zhu Linming: "My lord, should we use a cannon to test it?"

Zhu Linmi shook her head and said, "According to Guest Tang's statement, there are [-] guards in Kunming City. In front of you, the enemy seems to be coming out in full force, and all the troops are in front of the formation.

"This is an opportunity. If we can wipe it out of the city, it will be much easier than attacking the city."

Zhang Jiayu said again: "My lord, if Du Qifei dares to be so arrogant, or if he has something to rely on, he must guard against it."

Zhu Linmi then ordered: "Order the Dragoon Battalion to the north of the city, and the Second Cavalry Battalion to the south of the city. If there are enemy reinforcements, stop them on the spot." He pointed to a narrow gentle slope in the distance, "Using this gap, my main force moved here. Arm your defenses, as long as there is no serious problem."

"Yes!"

East of Kunming City.

Du Qifei sat on the saddle in a brand-new armor, looking proudly at the chaotically dressed "official army stragglers" in the distance.

A chubby middle-aged man beside him approached obsequiously and said: "General Du, if it is as I said, these weak brigades will not dare to move forward when they see the majesty of your army. Let alone see you later War elephant, I'm afraid I'll pee my pants in fright!"

Du Qifei pointed at the soldiers in front of the formation and laughed loudly: "Without Mr. Sha's salary and incentives, these bastards would not be so energetic.

"Lord Sha, don't worry, I will give you [-]% of the enemy's heads obtained in this battle. Maybe the Lord General Palace will use him again when he is happy."

"Then I will thank General Du first!"

More than ten feet away from them, two officers from Du Qifei's troops were aiming at this side, muttering softly, "Hey, isn't that Sha Dinghai? He was ordered to be idle in Mengzi, why did he come here?"

"Probably seeing that the master's event is about to come true, I can't sit still and want to ask for an official position. Oh, by the way, it is said that the reward silver issued before the war is from Sha Dinghai."

"That would be thanks to him."

"It's just an idiot who doesn't understand the army. He urged our general to encircle and wipe out the enemy army, hoping to gain some military exploits for himself."

"If these [-] miscellaneous soldiers dare to attack the city, they can get more heads."

"Haha, exactly!"

With the sound of rhythmic drums in the Dragon Guard army, the line array composed of nearly [-] infantry began to move forward neatly.At the same time, the artillery on the two wings also moved under the cover of the cavalry, but Zhu Linmi gave them the order not to move forward as much as possible.

As soon as the army moved, Zhu Linmi vaguely heard the sound of military drums from the other side of Kunming City.He frowned and looked through the binoculars, only to see that Du Qifei's army was also rushing towards him, moving a little faster than the Longwei army, and the formation was messed up a bit.

(End of this chapter)