On the third day of the first lunar month of the thirteenth year of Yongli, the Qing army vanguard arrived outside Kunming City.

The generals who led the troops were Wu Sangui and Zhao Butai.

Needless to say, Wu Sangui was originally the general of Shanhaiguan in the Ming Dynasty.

In the 17th year of Chongzhen, the Jiashen Kingdom changed. In order to fight against Li Zicheng, this son actually opened Shanhaiguan and let Dorgon enter the pass.

Since then, the situation in the world has suddenly changed and has become uncontrollable.

As for Zhao Butai, he is also a ruthless person.

This person is from Guarja, a man of the Manchurian Yellow Banner. Since the Qing army entered the pass, it has made countless great achievements in fighting south and north.

He was awarded the second-class Ashanihafan, Gushan, Manchu.

This time the Qing army attacked Yunnan and Guizhou, Zhao Butai and Wu Sangui were awarded the titles of General of the Conquest of the South and General of the Pingxi respectively.

Wu Sangui led the old Guanning Army, while Zhao Butai held elite Manchu flag soldiers.

The two cooperate with each other, which also means restraining.

In fact, Emperor Shunzhi was not so relieved about Wu Sangui, which made Zhao Butai attack Yunnan and Guizhou with him.

Of course, Wu Sangui didn't mind this.

Although Han generals like him who defected to Shanhaiguan halfway would still be somewhat guarded.

In other words, in order to win the absolute trust of the Qing court, he had to make a bigger letter of vote.

What is more important than Shanhaiguan?

After thinking about it, it was the head of the Ming Dynasty emperor.

This time, Wu Sanguiduan used twelve points of his strength to conquer cities and land without reservation, killing his former compatriots.

In his eyes, these Ming soldiers were all stumbling blocks that prevented him from becoming an official and promoted, and they must be killed.

Now Guizhou has already won, and the rest is Yunnan.

When the army sets out, food and grass are a big problem.

Therefore, the Qing army raised food and grass for a long time before marching towards Kunming City slowly. Half a month had passed when it reached the foot of Kunming City.

After some discussion, Wu Sangui and Zhao Butai finally decided to set up camp five miles outside Kunming City. Their camps were connected, but the coaches were in the center of their respective camps.

Because it was already dusk, the Qing army was not in a hurry to attack, but instead buried the pot and prepared to fill their stomachs and attack the city early the next morning.

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After the Qing army arrived outside Kunming City to camp, the atmosphere in Kunming City was already very tense. The war was about to break out, and the city walls were filled with Ming soldiers garrisoned.

Kunming City in the Ming Dynasty was not a earth city in the Yuan Dynasty, but a solid city built by Mu Ying in the 15th year of Hongwu. The city was more than 4,000 meters long and the city wall was nine meters high, slightly square and covered with bricks.

There are six gates in the city.

It is divided into Weihe Gate (East Gate), Yongqing Gate (Northeast Gate), Baoshun Gate (North Gate), Hongrun Gate (Southwest Gate), Guangyuan Gate (West Gate), and Lizheng Gate (South Gate).

Under Zhu Youlang's order, the elite Ming army had already climbed to the city wall to set up defenses in advance.

Among them, King Bai Wenxuan of Gongchang led his troops to guard the east gate, Bo Dou Mingwang of Tai'an guard the northeast gate, King Feng Shuangli of Qingyang guard the north gate, Marquis of Pingyang Jin Tongwu guard the southwest gate, Duke of Qian Mu Tianbo guard the west gate, and King Li Dingguo of Jin guard the south gate.

The next morning, Emperor Zhu Youlang also climbed to the top of the city to center to boost morale.

Zhu You hammer wears a gilded protective top vanilla pressing six-petal bright iron helmet, wears yellow velvet and square leaves, bright armor, tied with bright yellow waist knife belt, hanging bow bag, arrow bag, and sword.

This outfit made the thirty-five-year-old emperor look heroic and brave, like a god descending to earth.

The effect of the emperor climbing to the city personally was significant. The soldiers of the Ming army were all excited and ready to fight to the death.

Many soldiers who had never seen the emperor could see the beauty and suddenly felt it was worth it.

Even the emperor is willing to take the lead in the city. What reason do they have to fight to the end?

At this moment, Li Dingguo felt mixed feelings.

If the emperor had been able to perform as bravely as he is now a few years ago, the situation might not have been so dangerous.

Of course, it's not too late now.

As long as the emperor stands at the top of the city, it will be a huge appeal.

The soldiers will feel that what they are guarding is no longer an illusory court or a noble king, but an emperor who is willing to live and die with them, and the emperor of the Ming Dynasty!

Surrounded by the personal guards of the Jinyiwei army, Zhu Youlang walked to Li Dingguo and said in a harmonious voice: "King Jin, are all the equipment to guard the city ready?"

Facing the emperor's inquiry, Li Dingguo replied respectfully: "Report to Your Majesty, the wood, the stones are ready, and the gold juice is also heating up. As for the batch of Thai firearms that Your Majesty sent to buy, they were transported to the top of the city."

Zhu Youlang nodded with satisfaction when he heard this.

More than ten days were enough to prepare for all the matter. What made him feel gratified was that after he decided to stick to Kunming, Feng Shuangli's troops who had gone north to Jianchang in history were able to stay in the city, which was a good thing for the Ming army.

After all, Feng Shuangli is a rare general, and his soldiers are brave and good at fighting.

Although Zhu Youlang was holding a batch of Prussian guns and cannons in his hand, it was not possible to defend the city by relying on these firearms alone, and he also had to rely on people with flesh and blood.

Moreover, the number of these guns and cannons is limited, and there is always a time when the ammunition is used up. It can only solve the urgent problem and cannot be changed into dependencies.

The current situation is that the Ming army is united and united, with Prussian guns and cannons to help. It is absolutely impossible to defend Kunming.

"Come here, bring the traitor Ma Jixiang's followers!"

After killing Ma Jixiang with his hand, Zhu Youlang ordered Ma Jixiang to be imprisoned and died.

However, he did not immediately issue an order to execute these people, but instead wanted to wait until the Qing army attacked Kunming before pulling out these treason criminals out and beheading them.

He wanted to tell the military and civilians in Kunming that the Emperor of Ming is with you, and those who dare to treason the country and surrender the enemy will be killed without mercy.

After Zhu Youlang ordered, soldiers led Ma Xiongfei and Ma Jixiang, led by Yang Zai, pressed up.

They had been tied up long ago and knew that they could not escape death, but they were really scared to death.

The soldiers looked down on such soft-boys who surrendered to the country and treacherously kicked them hard.

For a moment, more than a dozen traitors fell to the ground and cried bitterly.

"Behead the flag of sacrifice!"

"Behead the flag of sacrifice!"

"Behead the flag of sacrifice!"

The soldiers of the Ming army shouted one after another.

What Zhu Youlang wants is this effect.

He could see endless anger from the soldiers' eyes. The morale increase brought by these dozen heads was too great.

"Tell me my will and beheaded a group of traitors and traitors!"

The soldiers were waiting for this order, and they waved their swords toward Ma Xiongfei, Yang Zai and others' necks.

For a moment, blood gushed out from the neck, and more than a dozen heads rolled to the ground like watermelons.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

"Your Majesty's magical martial arts!"

"Long live the Ming Dynasty!"

"Kill the Eastern Captains and prosper the country!"

The soldiers were excited for a moment and chanted Zhu Youlang's wisdom one after another.

Zhu Youlang himself did not float, pressed his hands down and said in a deep voice: "Today I will be with you all on the top of the city. The city is there, and the city is there, and the city is dead!"

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Chapter completed!