The Tusi soldiers on the city wall had already been frightened by the sound of Ming army's artillery fire.
When they heard the grenade explosion, they thought the Ming army was firing again.
Subconsciously I wanted to step back and avoid it.
But in front of them were the Ming army wearing heavy armor.
While the Tusi cave soldiers were retreating, the Ming army's heavy armored soldiers also launched an attack.
As the Tusi's soldiers advanced and retreated, they were defeated!
They swarmed toward the stairs, intending to escape.
But the steps were too narrow and steep to accommodate so many soldiers escaping at the same time.
With obstacles in front and pursuers behind, an accident happened.
In the chaos, the soldier in front was pushed to the ground by others.
Before he could even stand up, he was trampled to death by his fleeing companions.
More and more soldiers were tripped by the crowd and died under each other's feet.
Seeing that the road leading to the city was blocked, the remaining soldiers immediately ran away along the city wall.
Connected to the south city wall are the east and west city walls.
"Why are you running?" the defenders on the city wall asked loudly.
"That's nonsense! Run quickly, or it will be too late!" The defeated soldiers ran while calling their companions to escape together.
They are all related to each other, and some of them are even from the same ethnic group.
Led by the defeated soldiers in the south city, thousands of Tusi and Dong soldiers in the city began to compete to see who could run faster.
Since there were no Ming troops stationed outside the west of the city, the defeated soldiers fled westward collectively.
The cavalry were the first to leave the city.
After leaving the city, they did not stop at all, and fled to the southwest after finding the right direction.
The capital of Yunnan was just two hundred and fifty miles away to the southwest, where Sha Dingzhou’s main force was numbered in the tens of thousands.
If you want to save your life, you must join them.
The cavalrymen swung their whips: "Horse, horse, please run!"
The warhorse may have sensed its master's emotions, and stomped its limbs hard on the ground, disappearing into the dust in the blink of an eye.
The infantry then left the city.
In order to reduce the weight and run faster and longer, he threw away all his armor and weapons before leaving the city.
Some smart soldiers ran directly into nearby houses and stole a set of civilian clothes to change into.
These people had just changed their clothes when the Ming army arrived to pursue them.
"Have you seen the rebels?" asked a Ming soldier.
The chieftain soldier disguised as a commoner said nothing and looked at the owner of the house.
The homeowner shook his head in horror: "No...I didn't see it."
"If you see it, report it to the police immediately. If you catch anyone, you will be rewarded with one or two taels of silver." The Ming army said as they turned around.
"That's him!" The homeowner hid behind a pillar and pointed at the Tusi soldier and shouted, "He's a rebel, his weapons and armor are still in the backyard."
"Brothers, go ahead!" The Ming army stepped forward and put their knives against the rebels' necks.
Under the pursuit of tens of thousands of Ming troops, the rebels in the city were either killed or captured.
The rebel infantrymen who escaped from the city ran while looking back for traces of the Ming army pursuers.
At the beginning, I could still hear the shouting and killing behind me, but after running for a while, not only could I no longer hear the shouting and killing, there was not even the shadow of the flag shaking.
"No...I can't do that anymore. I'm going to run out of breath if I run any further."
"Me too. Let's all stop and rest for a while. There are no pursuers behind us."
"Yes, yes, yes, take a break before running again!"
Hundreds of defeated soldiers lay sprawled on the road, gasping for breath.
Just when they thought they were safe, the sound of hurried horse hooves came from the front.
"What's going on?" The soldiers stood up and were on alert.
Soon, the source of the sound appeared in everyone's sight.
This was a cavalry group. They were wearing armor and holding bows and arrows, and they were running in a very panic.
"They are our soldiers!" A sharp-eyed soldier saw the flag of this cavalry.
"Are they lost? Yunnan's capital is in the southwest, and they are fleeing to the northeast. Qujing has just fallen."
While they were confused and talking, the Tusi cavalry came closer.
A cavalryman shouted at the top of his voice: "The Ming army has ambushed an elite cavalry ahead, run!"
"ah?"
The Tusi infantry was in complete disarray.
They thought they had escaped from the clutches of the devil the moment before, but unexpectedly encountered the devil the next moment.
Some turned and ran, while others gave up resistance and knelt on the roadside waiting to be judged by their fate.
In the eyes of the cavalry, the scattered infantry were like lambs to be slaughtered.
Plump and irresistible.
A moment later, hundreds of Ming army pursuers rushed past.
The bowstrings kept clicking and arrows rained down on the rebels on the roadside.
The blade flashed and the head fell to the ground.
The Ming army reaped the lives of these rebel surrendered soldiers like mowing grass.
Surrendering is a technical job. When there are many people, the one who surrenders first can survive.
Because the army wants to hunt down deserters and maximize enemy casualties.
When there are fewer people, those who surrender later have a greater chance of survival.
Soldiers need to accumulate military merits by killing people. They will stop killing only when they have enough heads or are tired of killing.
The chieftain soldiers who escaped from the city suffered heavy losses in Gao Wengui's ambush. Except for a small number who escaped into the mountains and forests and survived, most of the rest were killed by the sword.
At nightfall, Gao Wengui reluctantly led his troops into the city.
He gained a lot from this battle.
"Your Highness, Governor Wen, General Li," Gao Wengui saluted Wen Anzhi and Li Dingguo respectively, "I was ordered to set up an ambush ten miles west of the city, and as expected, I encountered the retreating Tusi soldiers."
"We killed more than a thousand enemies in this battle, and all their heads have been brought back. We captured more than 620 surrendered soldiers and are keeping them in the military prison."
Wen Anzhi laughed, stood up and said, "General Gao has lived up to everyone's expectations. I will record your achievement."
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