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Chapter 1030
King Talong has indeed experienced the southern and northern wars, and has rich experience in warfare. Although he doesn't know the old Chinese saying, he also understands the same meaning, that is, one effort, then decline, and three exhaustion.If Meng Mi cannot be captured when the morale is high, and repeated attacks fail to succeed, then the morale of the army will definitely be hit hard.He didn't want to see this situation.

Now that the Ming army should be placed outside the city, and it is not feasible to trick the Ming army into opening the city for reinforcements, then there is only one way, to attack by force, and crush Meng Mi with a strong force.And this, the first step to do is to clear the chieftain camp outside the city!
Regarding this point, after what happened today, King Long is still confident.So, he immediately arranged it again, and after lunch, the army began to prepare for the siege again with great fanfare.Just in front of the various chieftain camps, there was a lot of movement, as if they wanted to strike with all their strength to destroy these camps.

This kind of momentum is indeed a lot of psychological pressure for the chieftain troops from all walks of life.During the first battle in the morning, they saw two chieftain troops defecting to the enemy, which also had a great impact on them.

King Long specially arranged the manpower in front of him. After observing the tension of the chieftain army, he felt that the time was almost up, so he started to shout.

"Our Highness said that as long as you surrender, you will be our friends in Dongwu, and you will not be held accountable for helping the Ming army!"

"If you don't surrender, the army will launch an attack in a while, and no armor will be left behind! After we, Dongwu, take down Meng Mi, we will go and attack your territory as well. You can figure it out?"

"My Dongwu army is invincible, and the Ming army will definitely be wiped out. Surrender as soon as possible!"

"..."

Even the chieftain of Longchuan and other people who surrendered to Dongwu, among these shouters, showed their own experiences to the camp under Mengmi city.

"Ming Kingdom doesn't treat us as human beings, and arranges us outside the city just to kill us, right?"

"Ming Kingdom is actually nothing special, with him, King Long, don't be afraid!"

"Ming was beaten to the ground by Da Jin in the north, and it didn't care about our small border land at all."

"He Long Wang said, now you surrender, everyone has a share in Meng Mi's jade mine, if the army launches an attack, you will only have a dead end!"

"..."

It has to be said that against the backdrop of Dongwu's army preparing to attack with great fanfare, this kind of persuasion, especially the persuasion of the two chieftains who surrendered, still had a great impact.In the camps of many chieftain troops, morale was low and there were many discussions.

The situation outside the city is so lively, it is impossible not to hear it from the top of the city.After a round of inspection, Deng Kelu understood King Long's intentions, and couldn't help but sneer in his heart, did he really think that Daming relied on these chieftain troops to defeat Dongwu?

Before that, the factory guards had already conducted an investigation and knew about the repetition of these border chieftains.The meaning of the emperor's order is to take this opportunity to identify those who are loyal to Daming?As for the others, it is not important. Those who dare to surrender to the enemy will destroy their territory and abolish the Department of Consolation when this battle is won.

The power of Ming Dynasty is beyond the imagination of small border countries like you.I didn't take it seriously before, but now the emperor is paying attention to this battle, and mobilized the troops from the southwest region, just wait and see!

Even though he thought so, he still had to do what had to be done. Deng Kelu immediately asked the soldiers of the Ming army to send a message to the chieftains in the camp below the city.

"It's an unforgivable crime to surrender to the enemy!"

"The imperial court has sent a large army to help, and Dongwu is about to be destroyed!"

"..."

Unlike Dongwu, who used various threats and lures, which took a lot of effort; the Ming army emphasized two points, don't destroy Dongwu, and those who surrender to the enemy will die!

To be honest, these chieftain troops were still terrified of the behemoth Daming from the bottom of their hearts.But over the years, Daming's inaction to the southwestern frontier and the arrogance of the Dongwu army many times made them despise Daming.

Speaking of which, in the eyes of later generations, Daming's countermeasures against this point are indeed bullshit.Not to mention anything else, Chieftain Mengyang and Dongwu were originally feuds, and they resolutely resisted Dongwu.When Dongwu's army came to attack, together with the generals of the Ming army, they defeated Dongwu and returned home. If they took advantage of the victory and pursued it, it is estimated that the Dongyu Dynasty was over.But the local officials of Daming not only ordered to stop the pursuit, but even let the Dongwu soldiers captured by Meng Yang go back, and comforted Dongwu with good words, thinking it was just a conflict between two tribes on the border, which finally gave the Dongyu Dynasty a sigh of relief The opportunity came, and finally made a comeback, not only destroyed Meng Yang, but also invaded the interior to burn, kill and loot.

In the original history, Daming was restrained by the Jianlu in Liaodong, and was overwhelmed by the thieves in the northwest. There were wars everywhere, so there was still room to take care of the small things in the southwest.The huge empire, in this southwestern border, has not even seen the light of day.

Therefore, even on this plane, the Ming army organized and trained the army, and recovered Meng Yang, Meng Mi, and Mu Bang, but in the hearts of these chieftains, Dongwu was the greater threat.Faced with the pressure of Dongwu's army attacking immediately, and under the background of both the Ming army and Dongwu shouting, many people hesitated, and even leaned a little bit on Dongwu's side.

The imperial army came to help, they would not believe such nonsense!
At this time, suddenly, a chieftain army rushed out of the camp, ran to Dongwu, and chose to surrender to Dongwu.The Ming army was not relentless, and attacked immediately, but this time, things happened suddenly, and the long-range weapons such as archers distributed in this section were limited. Although some traitors with their backs to the city wall were killed, most of the traitors were thrown into the hole after all. my side.

In the distance, King Talong was still on the platform this time, but he had stopped enjoying the delicious food and wine, and kept staring at the city. After seeing this scene, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

This army of chieftains was the one that he and the chieftain of Longchuan induced to surrender beforehand and became the internal response.Without the opportunity to lure the Ming army out of the city, it is considered a good use of it as an example.

In fact, this internal response also has another usage.Just don't expose them, and beat them hard until the chieftain army outside the city can no longer rely on the defense of the camp, withdraw to the city, and then cooperate inside and outside the city to take down Meng Mi.

But this usage can only be thought about, it is absolutely not feasible.After all, the chieftain's side is not Dongwu's subordinates, but more of an alliance or vassal relationship.If this method is followed, who knows when the Ming army will open the city gate to let them retreat into the city?In case of being beaten by Dongwu and suffering heavy losses, even the entire army was wiped out and failed to return to the city, then who would shout this grievance, at least the Tusi army would not dare to take such a big risk.King Talong was also helpless about this.

However, Neiying set an example at this time. Under the large crowd, he blatantly took refuge in Dongwu, stood with Dongwu's army, like brothers meeting, and finally gave it to the other chieftains who were hesitant. The motivation for the military to make decisions.

Soon, another army of chieftains made an uproar on the spot and threw themselves at Dongwu.With the first and the second, there will be the third. Suddenly, half of the chieftain army was thrown over in one breath.

Seeing this, King Long finally showed a smile on his face, and burst out laughing.His civil servants, seeing that their king was in a good mood, suddenly became active again.

"Your Highness is so famous that the enemy is terrified!"

"So many chieftain troops have come to vote, I congratulate Your Highness, congratulations to Your Highness!"

"Your Highness, this coup is a good one. The Ming army is dumbfounded now, and their morale must have been greatly hit!"

"..."

King Long listened with a smile. After a while, he held his hands imposingly, and immediately ordered: "Beat the drums to cheer, the three-way drum is finished, and those who still don't surrender, kill!"

Immediately, the thundering drum sounded, and the momentum could be said to shake the sky and the earth. Every time the drum sounded, it resounded in the hearts of everyone inside and outside Mengmi City.Even King Tang, who was catching up on sleep, was startled awake, but when he saw Zhong Lizhi's calm smile, he thought of the preparations he had made, so he went to catch up on sleep again with confidence.

But the chieftains outside the city didn't know the Ming army's hole cards. Under such power, another chieftain army rebelled against Daming and joined the Dongwu army.When the three drums were finished, there were only two chieftain troops outside Mengmi City.

These two chieftain armies are both close to Yongchang Mansion and a little far away from Dongwu.Therefore, they know more about Daming than other chieftains, and they are less afraid of Dongwu than other chieftains.Although he heard Dongwu's coercion and lure, even though he saw other chieftain troops surrendering to the enemy continuously, but the Ming army at the head of the city had little choice, they also had no intention of surrendering to the enemy.

Deng Kelu couldn't help but nodded as he watched the two chieftain troops strengthening the defense of the camp.Lujiang appeasement department and Wadian appeasement department are not bad!

After the drums finished, the battle finally started.However, this time the fighting was mainly concentrated on the only two camps outside the city.Although Dongwu's army attacked with all their strength, with the support of the Ming army at the top of the city, they did not finally break into the camp, and the corpses left on the ground were withdrawn.

This time, King Long looked normal, and his main combat objective had been achieved. It would be a matter of time before the two nails outside the city were pulled out.Next, it's time to prepare for the official siege.

So, during the rest period, under the supervision of Dongwu soldiers, the Dongwu civilians dug soil to fill the trenches, leaving a lot of corpses, and even the corpses were pushed into the trenches, and finally filled all the trenches.

Afterwards, the army began to attack the city, but the main attack direction of the Dongwu army was still the camps of the Lujiang chieftain and Wadian chieftain army.This time, because Dongwu's army attacked more smoothly, a bloody battle started under the city. The outer camps changed hands several times, and the defending chieftain army suffered more casualties.

Towards evening, Dongwu's army finally returned without success.The loss of the two chieftain troops was about [-]%, and if they had no way to retreat, they would have been defeated.At this moment, their morale was a little low.Listening to the groans of the injured comrades, everyone's heart was very heavy, they didn't know if they could survive in the end!

With so many chieftain troops surrendering to the enemy, the Ming army in the city will definitely be cautious. It must be impossible for Kaesong to bring people like himself into the city, and they don’t even dare to go out of the city to support them. After all, they have become Dongwu’s army so much!This time, I'm afraid I'm going to die in the city!

When the chieftains of the two places were thinking this way, they saw the gates of the city opened and a group of Ming troops leaving the city, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

In the distance, King Talong sighed a little. It would be great if the Ming army opened the city gate earlier.He even vaguely regretted it. The acting with Longchuan chieftain seemed a bit too fake. He should really kill him like this and give him more rewards. As long as Master Jiuzhao survives, he may still agree. .It's just that it's really inconvenient to contact the two parties, which is a pity.

"I came here at the order of His Highness. Your Highness is very pleased with your performance. I have brought all the military supplies. You wait for the wounded, and I will bring them back to the city for treatment. Your Highness also explained that the imperial army is already rushing On the way for reinforcements, although Dongwu's army is numerous, it is vulnerable, and this battle will end soon!"

Hearing the message from the officials of the Ming Dynasty, the chieftains of the two chieftains couldn't help but feel a little happy.If this battle can really be won, then I will be rewarded by the court for sticking to the practice of being loyal to Daming, against the backdrop of other chieftains!The way the Ming army replenished ordnance supplies and resettled the wounded also showed them that the Ming army would not really ignore them.This time, their morale increased a lot, thinking that the imperial army would arrive soon.

On the third day after Dongwu's army arrived, King Talong ordered a strong attack again. After paying the price of a lot of corpses again, the two chieftain camps were almost destroyed, and the loss of personnel was more than half.At this time, less than 1000 people from the two chieftains finally withdrew to the city.Mengmi City was completely exposed to Dongwu's army.

This situation made him a little dissatisfied with King Long.Originally, he thought that under the coercion and temptation, as well as the internal response to set an example, Meng Mi's outer defense should be able to win quickly.Unexpectedly, it took three days and a lot of casualties to take it down, which was a bit far from what he expected.

He was also worried that the Ming Dynasty would have reinforcements after the Mengmi war had been going on for a long time.Therefore, on the fourth day, he convened another military meeting, strictly ordering that today he must attack with all his strength and take down Meng Mi.And a heavy reward was given, the first one to climb to the top of Mengmi city will be rewarded with ten thousand taels of silver, and be promoted to three levels in a row!

It has to be said that this is the highest reward he has been given by King Long in recent years, and it can be said that he has paid his blood.All of a sudden, his generals at all levels screamed, vowing to be the first to climb to the top of the city and break into the city.

At the same time, Baojing, not far to the south of Mengmi, is where the food and supplies of King Talong's army are concentrated.An elite army is stationed here, guarding this important stronghold in the rear.The folks in the rear are still delivering supplies here continuously, and many folks are transporting grain and grass from here to the front line.The national military force is in Mengmi, and the food, grass and materials needed for this are also huge.

(End of this chapter)