Han’s Son is Not a Slave

Chapter 1143: Shaanxi Man

Le Tongwu brought back the good news that the Taiping army had captured Guiyang, and also brought back information that the governor of Yunnan, Lin Tianqing, intended to surrender, and the Ming army also obtained a batch of food, grass and medicinal materials from Daluo on the border. Although the number is not large, for the Ming army, who lacked medical care and medicine, it was undoubtedly a relief.

For a while, Yunnan was about to recover, and the good news that King Jin could lead everyone back to the country spread throughout the Ming army camps in Mengma and Mengyang. The Ming army outside the borders and their families were excited and cheered for the good news.

King Li Dingguo of Jin and King Bai Wenxuan of Gongchang were also pleasantly surprised. They had already ordered each of the businesses to pack up their belongings and prepare to leave the camp and return north at any time. However, after more than half a month, the Ming army found that the Wu army stationed at the border still did not withdraw. Except for the envoys who could enter the border, the rest of the people were still blocked.

The envoys sent by the King of Jin received vague answers from the Wu army in the border. As the days passed, there was still no movement in Yunnan, which made the Ming army, including the King of Jin, bewildered and anxious, not knowing what was going on.

Le Tongwu once again left Mengma with a letter written by King Jin to Yunnan Governor Lin Tianqing and Guizhou Taiping Army Commander Shao Jiugong, and entered Yunnan via Daluo. Governor Lin Tianqing immediately changed his flag and welcomed the King of Jin back to his country.

Le Tongwu was warmly received by Lin Tianqing’s subordinates all the way and sent to Kunming. However, after arriving in Kunming, Le Tongwu was unable to see Lin Tianqing, because the latter went to western Yunnan to contact the chieftains in various places to prepare for the change of flags, so he could not rush back to Kunming for the time being. As for the food and grass that Le Tongwu requested for relief, Kunming also declined it because it was also short of food.

Although Le Tongwu was in a hurry, he also knew that the change of banners in Yunnan was a big deal, and the attitude of those chieftains was very important, so he didn’t think much about it, so he sent people back to tell the Queen of Jin. He was in Kunming waiting for Lin Tianqing to return, and at the same time he sent people to Guiyang. Ask about the progress of negotiations between the Taiping Army and Lin Tianqing. He also presented a personal letter from the King of Jin. In the letter, the King of Jin clearly stated his attitude towards the country, that is, he took Emperor Dingwu of the southern capital as Zhengshuo.

This attitude was also the condition that King Jin decided to ask Zhou Shixiang, King of Qi for help. Recognizing Emperor Dingwu as Zhengshuo means that King Jin has officially become a Dingwu courtier and will no longer support the Yongli Crown Prince, making his return to the country a reliance for some people in the country to establish a new emperor.

The news from Le Tongwu made King Jin and King Gongchang temporarily press their hearts to return home urgently. There is a need for priorities, and the change of flags in Yunnan is a big thing. Lin Tianqing, the person in charge, must do everything in order to achieve it. Make sure nothing goes wrong. However, the situation in the army was deteriorating day by day, which made King Jin and the others very worried.

As the weather warmed up day by day, miasma war ravaged the Ming army again. In less than six days, more than 150 soldiers and soldiers died of illness, more than 400 family members, and as many as 1,000 people were convicted. Even the officials in the army and the guards of the King of Jin were also convicted.

Faced with this situation, King Li Dingguo of Jin could do nothing but heartache and anxiety. There are extremely limited medicinal materials in the army, and it is really impossible to save so many people who have been infected. In the end, the King of Jin could only reluctantly ordered the convicted soldiers to be isolated, and the dead cremated on the spot to prevent the situation from spreading.

For a time, the Ming army, which had been boosted by morale due to the improvement in the domestic situation, fell into a downturn again. Lin Tianqing’s food, grass and medicinal materials were almost exhausted, and the Ming army was once again in a situation of lack of medical care and food, struggling on the line of death.

After discovering that the Ming army was in service, the Burmese thought they could take advantage of it, and sent troops to loot a camp of Ming army family members, resulting in the killing of more than 500 Ming army families. After the incident, King Jin was furious, and personally led 1,200 elite soldiers and three war elephants to attack the Burmese army’s Wuguakouhe camp at night, killing more than 2,000 enemies. It is a pity that the Burmese army set fire to the camp when it was withdrawing, so that the Ming army captured very little, and even could not replenish the loss.

After the war, the Burmese side never dared to contact the Ming army. The Burmese king deeply realized that no matter how many times his soldiers and horses were than the Ming army, he would not be able to eliminate them. Nothing, after all, he ascended the throne by killing his brother. Therefore, the King of Burma ordered that all bridges leading to the king’s city be destroyed, and all the Han people in the territory were executed, so as to avoid future troubles forever. He was determined so that the Ming army could not get a grain of rice or medicine in Burma, and died of starvation and illness at the border.

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The victory of the Battle of Wuguakou River failed to solve the internal and external problems of the Ming army. Every day, more and more people died of illness. Whether it was day or night, the camp was burning corpses.

When the Ming army first arrived in Mengma, the King of Jin had more than 5,000 soldiers, and Bai Wenxuan, the king of Gongchang, had more than 3,000 soldiers. Later, Wu San Province, who came to meet, also had more than 2,000 soldiers, and another 1,000 followed Jin. The king’s Yunnan Tusi soldiers, plus other scattered Ming army skirmishers, once amounted to more than 15,000 people, and there were more than 7,000 family members with the army.

But now, there are only less than 5,000 people left in the entire Ming army, and the rest either died in battle, died of illness, or left the camp and surrendered to the Wu army. There are only more than 4,000 people left in the family of the army. Most of their husbands or sons are Shaanxi children from the Daxi Army. They have followed King Jin for nearly 20 years. They have already been integrated with King Jin, and it is impossible to leave King Jin.

In the face of this critical situation in the army, Wu Sansheng and Zhao Desheng and other generals thought that they could not wait any longer. They should contact the Guizhou Taiping Army immediately, and the two groups jointly entered Yunnan from the north and the south. Otherwise, if we continue to do this and wait, I am afraid that more and more people will die of illness.

Gongchang King Bai Wenxuan disagreed with Wu Sanxing and the others, because there were too few active soldiers in the army, and there was a lack of weapons and provisions. If they take the initiative to launch an attack on Yunnan now, they will only be blocked by the gates like the previous few times, and the loss will be even greater.

King Jin also disapproved of sending troops. He believed that Lin Tianqing would definitely surrender.

“Wait, wait until when! Don’t you have to wait until all the brothers are dead!”

The commander-in-chief Zhang Guoyong knelt before Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, and begged him to bring them back to Yunnan. The King of Jin was very painful. He knew the hardships of the soldiers, and he was also suffering, but the Wu army in Yunnan was not a Burmese. If it was really easy to fight, why would he still be living here, and let the children live a life better than death.

“Wait for another three days. After three days, if the side door still doesn’t open, call it.”

King Gongchang sighed. Although Zhang Guoyong and Zhao Desheng were his subordinates, they had abandoned him and wanted to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, so he was very worried about whether these people would leave King Jin and him. Instead, it’s better to take them to a chance. If it goes on like this, it’s really heartbreaking.

All the generals had to go out of their way, and King Jin had no choice but to agree. He knew that Bai Wenxuan had already won for himself, and he had also won the three days for the big guy. If three days later, the side door is still not open, he can only gamble. Right now, the Taiping Army in Guizhou can’t save the near fire from far water, and if they want to save themselves, they can only grit their teeth and attack the side gate.

After the generals dispersed, the King of Jin felt sad. Ever since he led the soldiers out of the battle of Mopanshan, he has always felt guilt in his heart. Seeing so many children die with him in a foreign country, no matter how hard-hearted a man is, he will always be heartbroken. It is precisely because of this guilt and despair of state affairs that King Jin fell ill in this exotic land when he was in his prime. Now, what propels him is the belief that he will bring these children back to China.

Bai Wenxuan knew the bitterness in King Jin’s heart, so he took King Jin out of the camp to relax. Along the way, I wanted to say something, but I couldn’t say anything.

In the dense forest, there is no starry sky, and the four fields are always pitch-dark, except for the whispering cry in the camp, the ghostly sounds of birds.

King Jin and King Gongchang just stood on a high **** and looked at the vast field. The two of them were indescribably depressed.

Down the slope, there was a sudden sound, but it was a few soldiers carrying a corpse wrapped in tree bark, moving forward slowly and laboriously.

King Jin knew that what was wrapped in the bark must be the soldiers who had just died of illness. His heart was bitter and bitter, and a line of tears rolled down his eyes.

“Your Highness,”

Bai Wenxuan swallowed and his eyes were covered with tears.

Down the slope, those soldiers were still dragging the bodies of their comrades. But now, they are dragging desperately. They want to send their good brother one last ride.

The open space where the corpses were burned was full of grass and wood ash, and the entire mass of soil was black ~www.readwn.com~, in stark contrast to the surrounding grass.

Above the head, it seemed like a hole had been opened in a piece of black cloth, revealing a little starry sky.

After laying the comrade’s body flat on the ground, a few soldiers, regardless of exhaustion, went out to pick up dry wood, panting heavily. Pick them up one by one, and then set them up one by one. After half an hour, they were so tired that they almost lost their strength, and then they put the body of their comrade-in-arms on the firewood.

“Er Niu, we are going to burn!”

A soldier lit a torch tremblingly, looked at the two cows who were motionless on the wooden pile, and lit the fire with red eyes.

The flames started to burn from the bottom hay, spread little by little, and finally the whole clearing was full of fire.

In the firelight, there are two oxen that were burned; by the firelight, there are brothers who can no longer cry.

“Er Niu, don’t worry, we will pick up your bones and bring them back to Yulin’s hometown!”

“We will definitely take you home!”

Several of Erniu’s best brothers were middle-aged. They are no longer young. Time has worn away their youth and youth, but they have not worn away their brotherhood.

They resisted together to survive, they fought **** battles to kill Tartar together, and they struggled together to return home. Now, together they send their best brother out of this cannibalistic world.

On the slope, King Jin and King Gongchang heard the familiar local accent, which is the most vicissitudes of the voice of Shaanxi men. Whether they are happy or painful, they love to sing the local accent.

“After drinking wine and urinating, the man from Lao Shan loves Meijiao. My little girl, Jin Lian’er, loves Meijiao, hey, loves Meijiao…”

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