Duan Yu, who has become Master Guanghong, naturally cannot eat fast and chant Buddha's name all day long.
Even if you become a monk, you still have to leave some "contributions".
First, he rebuilt the Arhat Hall of Wuwei Temple and called in craftsmen to chisel 500 stone Arhats. Then he picked up a hammer and carved out the statues of eminent monks of all generations in Wuwei Temple.
"Dangdangdangdang..."
The hammer kept hitting the chisel, carving out lines on the stone wall. Duan Yu became more and more skilled as a stonemason.
Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps.
Duan Yu put down the hammer and chisel and turned to look at the running soldiers: "What do you want?"
The leader of the army was Gao Guanyinmiao, the son of Gao Guanyinlong. He knelt down and saluted Duan Yu and said, "I am reporting to the Supreme Emperor that I have been ordered to take the Supreme Emperor back to the city."
Duan Yu said: "My dharma name is Guanghong and I am a monk of Wuwei Temple. I should stay in Wuwei Temple."
Gao Guanyin wonderfully said: "Your Majesty, Shanchan Mansion has been captured by Ming thieves. Gao Zhenshou's tens of thousands of troops were defeated. Gao Liangcheng collected his remaining soldiers, but refused to enter the capital to serve the king. This seems to be a sign of treason and surrender to the Ming. Ming thieves may attack Dali at any time.
, The safety of the Supreme Emperor in the mountains is unpredictable, so he should return to Dali City as soon as possible to preserve the dragon body. Moreover, at that time, the Supreme Emperor was in harmony with Gao Liangcheng and his ministers, so he also asked the Supreme Emperor to personally issue an edict to order Gao Liangcheng to be King Qin."
"The Shanchan Mansion was attacked?" Duan Yu asked in surprise.
"It has been captured by Ming thieves for many days." Gao Guanyin said wonderfully.
Duan Yu asked again: "Gao Zhenshou's remnant soldiers were captured by Gao Liangcheng, and you said that Gao Liangcheng refused to enter the capital as King Qin. Then who is in charge of the government in Dali City now?"
Gao Guanyin wonderfully said: "Ning Guogong, the prime minister of the country is more than a city student."
Duan Yu's eyes widened when he heard this, and he pointed at Gao Guanyinmiao with trembling arms: "You people, you are still fighting for power when the country is about to be destroyed!"
Gao Guanyinmiao lay prone on the ground: "Please return to the city, Your Majesty."
"Please come back to the city!" A large group of soldiers knelt down and surrounded Duan Yu.
Duan Yu wanted to pick up the hammer and knock Gao Guanyinmiao to death with one hammer.
More than 60 years ago, the powerful official Yang Yizhen usurped the throne and established himself as the leader of Dali. He also killed Duan Lianyi, the leader of the country. Gao Zhisheng and Gao Shengtai and their sons brought order to the chaos, destroyed the Yang family's pseudo-emperor, welcomed the Duan family back to the country and ascended the throne, and took the opportunity to arrange their children and grandchildren to control the states and counties.
.
Immediately afterwards, Gao Shengtai usurped the throne and established himself, changing the country's name to "Greater China" and calling himself the "Zhengde Emperor of Great China".
In order to win local support, Gao Shengtai did not disrupt the jurisdiction of the Gao family's princes, but instead further confirmed the Gao family's control of the state capital.
At that time, it was decided that the descendants of Gao Shengtai would rule western Yunnan for generations, and the descendants of his younger brother Gao Shengxiang would rule eastern Yunnan for generations.
If everyone always abides by the rules, there will be no chaos in Dali's state affairs.
However, the Thirty-Seven Barbarians captured the Shanchan Mansion, and Gao Shengxiang's descendants suffered heavy casualties. Gao Shengtai's descendants took advantage of the opportunity to suppress the rebellion and crossed the border to seize territory.
Including Gao Liangcheng's territory, Weichu Mansion, his father also snatched it away at that time!
Once someone breaks the rules, will no one follow suit?
The fiefdoms that have been designated long ago can be seized. Will the Gao clan princes not be jealous?
Fiefdoms can be snatched, but can the position of prime minister be snatched?
Seizing the prime minister's position makes it easier to seize territory!
For example, Gao Liangcheng and his father not only forcibly took away Weichu Mansion, but also took away Xishuangbanna and Pu'er further south.
Facing a group of soldiers kneeling and shouting, Duan Yu closed his eyes and gave up resistance, and followed them back to Dali City obediently.
The villages we passed along the way were all in a state of decline.
Gao Zhenshou had already drawn troops once in the Gyeonggi area, and Gao Yucheng was now forcing young men to serve as soldiers, and even went to death to collect food because of insufficient food and grass.
In every village, all the young people who could escape fled!
The motorcade caught up with a team escorting young men. Duan Yu opened the curtains and was shocked to see that among the "robust men" who had been captured as soldiers from nowhere, there were also gray-haired old men among them.
Duan Yu suddenly remembered "The Stone Hao Official".
Duan Yu had never led an army in a war, but he knew in his heart that such a gray-haired "veteran" could not defeat the wolf-like and tiger-like Ming army.
These rebellious officials and traitors are causing harm to the country and the people, and they should all be killed!
It's a pity that this Duan Yu doesn't know the Six Meridians Divine Sword or the Beiming Divine Art. He doesn't even have the freedom to stay in the temple. He must return to the palace as the Supreme Emperor to avoid being captured by the Ming army who suddenly killed him. .
…
Sichuan, Lizhou.
In the barbarian areas south of the Dadu River, a county has been established and placed under the jurisdiction of Lizhou. The county seat is located in the northeast of Yuexi County in later generations.
Troops were also sent there. Only two thousand soldiers of the Ming army went south, and the remaining troops were all barbarians.
The leader of the barbarian soldiers is none other than Bai Qi's old friend Cun Aguo.
After besieging Jianchangfu City (Xichang) for many days, the defender Gao Yuochenghui was forced to surrender - it was originally the territory captured by Gao Liangcheng. In order to gain the support of Gao Yuochengsheng, Gao Zhenshou took the Jianchangfu exercise (military position) ) was replaced by Gao Yuecheng’s son.
Further south, Tongshi Mansion, Gao Yuochengsheng's old nest, was captured by Lin Chong and Gao Liangcheng.
However, no prisoners were captured and no amount of food was seized. Gao Yuochengsheng had already moved all his troops, tribesmen and property to Dali.
Bai Qi personally led the main force to conquer the prefectures and counties southeast of Dali and Gyeonggi one after another.
More than ten days later, Bai Qi and Lin Chong, who were divided into two groups, collected various state troops along the way, and finally successfully reunited at the bank of Erhai Lake.
Gao Liangcheng took the initiative to help analyze the battle situation: "Dali City borders Erhai Lake to the east, Cangshan Mountain to the west, Longwei Pass to the south, and Longshou Pass to the north. If we have a large number of warships, we can cross the Erhai Sea and take the city directly, but the ships are all blocked Gao Yucheng has collected everything, and it is too late for us to temporarily build a warship. Therefore, we must storm the Dragon Head and Dragon Tail levels."
"The key to attacking these two gates is to capture Cangshan Mountain first. There must be military strongholds on the mountain at this time, and those military strongholds must be captured by force."
"Although Gao Yuechengsheng is the prime minister in the city, Gao Guanyinlong must also be very powerful. The two of them jointly steal state affairs, and there will be discord in the long run. Because Gao Guanyinlong is a direct descendant of the Gao family on the East Road, while Gao Yuechengsheng is not They are from the Xilu Gao family branch, and the two of them got mixed up purely out of interest."
"While attacking Cangshan, you can shoot a letter at the dragon's head and dragon's tail gates, claiming that we only kill Gao Yucheng, and if Gao Guanyinlong surrenders, he will be treated well. This conspiracy of alienation will ensure that they will cause chaos on their own. "
"The Dong family, Zhang family, Yang family and other prominent families here also have private soldiers in the capital. At this moment, they are all under the command of Gao Yuocheng. You can also shoot a letter to make them surrender, so that Gao Yucheng will suspect everyone of betrayal and scare them. The generals who got the surnames had no choice but to surrender..."
This is the role of the leading party. The situation in Dali is clear.
Bai Qi summoned the generals to discuss and finally decided to divide the troops.
Lin Chong led his troops around the northern end of Erhai Lake and attacked Longshou Pass there.
Bai Qi went straight to the southern end of Erhai Lake and attacked Longwei Pass there.
"Commander, the enemy has another envoy coming to see you."
"If he doesn't see you, let him go back and order the king and ministers of Dali to surrender quickly."
Several groups of envoys from Dali Kingdom have come.
The first time was to request that Shicheng County and Shanchan Prefecture be ceded to the Ming Dynasty in exchange for the Ming Dynasty withdrawing its troops.
The second time, in addition to ceding Shicheng County and Shanchan Prefecture, Jianchang Prefecture and Dongchuan County were added.
For the third time, Weichu Prefecture, Huichuan Prefecture and Suining Prefecture were added.
I don’t know what those guys in Dali City are thinking. They have been holding on to the chance of peace talks and are even willing to cede half of Dali’s land.
Just don’t surrender!
Bai Qi took his soldiers and generals, as well as a group of Dali surrendered generals, to observe outside Longwei Pass in person.
From Erhai Lake to Cangshan Mountain, there is a wall all the way, extending eight miles wide.
In the far west, where it connects to Cangshan Mountain, there is a gate called Tiansheng Pass. There is a valley that leads to Tiansheng Pass. However, there are heavy troops guarding both sides of the valley, and the peaks must be captured to pass.
The mountains were high and the roads were far away. Bai Qi did not bring any heavy artillery, and the heaviest field artillery in his hand only weighed a few hundred kilograms.
If you want to demolish the wall, I'm afraid you'll have to waste time.
He carefully observed the pass for a while, then approached Cangshan Mountain and used a telescope to observe the village. He couldn't see clearly due to the trees, and the information provided by Xizuo was not detailed. After all, no one would casually explore the important military area.
Those surrendered generals worked together again and drew a schematic map, marking all the routes that would facilitate the attack on the mountain.
On the first day, they cut down trees and shot letters to persuade them to surrender.
On the second day, they cut down trees and shot letters to persuade them to surrender.
The third day...
Gao Yuechengsheng sent his son Gao Yuechengguang to lead the army, and seemed to want to rely on Longwei Pass to defend it.
In their opinion, Longwei Pass is impossible to break.
Gao Zhushou stood on the city tower and observed for a long time, and said: "The enemy has high-quality guides, so they must attack the mountains first and then attack the key points. They are cutting down trees to build siege equipment. Do you want to send troops out to destroy the equipment?"
"Sending troops out of the city will probably be difficult to accomplish anything." Gao Yuechengguang shook his head.
Gao Zhushou said: "The letters that have been sent in these days have a great impact on morale. It is obviously a divorce plan, but..."
They all belong to the descendants of Gao Shengtai, and Gao Zhushou is the uncle of Gao Yuchengguang in terms of seniority.
But Gao Guanyinlong, who was guarding Longshou Pass at the moment, was a descendant of Gao Shengxiang. It was difficult for both sides to urinate into the same pot.
Gao Zhushou was also capable. His territory was in Lanping, Jianchuan, and Heqing, and he brought thousands of soldiers to respond to the call and come to Qinwang.
"Boom boom boom boom!"
Suddenly the sound of cannon sounded, and the uncle and nephew stopped talking and picked up their binoculars to observe the situation.
But they saw dozens of artillery pieces, large and small, being fired one after another on the south coast of Erhai Lake. The target was the Dali warship patrolling in Erhai Lake.
Most of these warships were temporarily recruited merchant ships. Although their combat effectiveness was not very good, they just bullied the Ming army and had no ships.
Gao Yuchengguang and Gao Zhushou didn't think much, thinking that the Ming army was preparing to attack the pass and not allow warships to transport troops southward from the east side of the pass to harass them.
After one warship was sunk and four warships were damaged by artillery, Gao Yuchengguang ordered all the warships to retreat three or four miles. They retreated to a place that was out of the range of the Ming army's artillery but could be killed at any time.
The next day, Gao Yuchengguang went to the city again, and the situation in the southeast made him furious.
The Ming army deceived people so much that they even camped on the south bank of Erhai Lake. They divided their troops and set up camp only two or three miles away from the eastern section of the wall!
This is just a fucking sign of not treating the defenders as human beings.
If it were Yang Zaixing who came to guard Longwei Pass, he would have ordered all his troops and horses to fight out at this moment.
Do you dare to go higher than the city light?
He didn't dare.
While the Ming army camped nearby, they also built mounds across the Xi'er River to a height slightly higher than Guancheng.
Then, place artillery pieces one by one on the mound.
Attacking the mountain first as Gao Liangcheng suggested? It would be too troublesome and the casualties would increase greatly.