The siege continued until the evening, and the Qing army retreated like a tide without giving up.

The sky gradually faded, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse. Outside Kunming City, countless bonfires were dotted in the Qing army's camp and the starry sky outside the horizon. In the brightly lit Qing army camp, more than a dozen generals were in a quarrel.

On the left is the governor of Guangxi Nikan, the lower is the generals of Guangxi, the leader of the generals and the leader of the Guanning Army. On the right is the generals of the Guanning Army headed by Zhao Fu. The two arrogant armies gathered together. As the governors of the three provinces disappeared, the central army in Sichuan was dispersed, leaving these two armies without unified command. What's so bad is that neither of the generals of the two sides obeyed each other. On the one hand, there was the arrogant Eight Banner Generals, and on the other hand, the awesome Guanning Army. No one wants to obey the command and be at the mercy of others.

Especially during the day, the first attack was frustrated. The entire afternoon of siege, even the Ming army's Mao had not even touched the Mao, and left thousands of corpses and retreated in shame. Naturally, someone had to stand up and take responsibility for such a defeat, and neither side admitted that the responsibility was related to them. Just kidding, of course, the credit had to be taken on themselves, but who had ever seen the guilt take on them?

"The two admirals should calm down. No matter who is studying for whom, in the eyes of the court, both of them are defeated generals. For the sake of the current plan, they should quickly take Kunming. It is important to atone for their merits and sins. Moreover, the defeat should be suppressed. The two admirals should discuss the casualties carefully. Only in this way can big things be turned into big things and small things be turned into small things?" An aide who participated in the military discussion smiled and persuaded him.

Zhao Fu and Nikan blushed and glared at each other and closed their mouths. Everyone knew in their hearts that if you impeach me and I impeach you, in the end, neither of them would be able to fall well in the eyes of the court. We should sit down calmly and talk about how to report the court to the court, and try to minimize the casualties. As long as the two people report in unison, the court will not see the flaws and minimize the guilt. However, everyone knows this, but everyone is so angry that they are so angry that they are frantic. If the aides came out to comfort and give both sides a step, they would have to continue to argue.

After all, Zhao Fu was a Han man. Now that King Pingxi is dead, the Han army in Guanning is like a child without a mother. The court is lukewarm with these old subordinates. Zhao Fu knew in his heart that if he had a quarrel with Nikan, the best result would be to lose both sides. The court favored Nikan and was more likely to punish him heavily. Therefore, he first calmed down his anger and said, "Mr. Wang is right. Everyone is a grasshopper on the same rope. What's the use of fighting for these? The most urgent thing is to seize the city as soon as possible and redeem the land of sin."

Zhao Fu stood up from his chair and said to Nikan: "Admiral Ni, if there is any collision in Zhao's words just now, I hope Admiral Ni will not be surprised. When he takes down Kunming, Zhao will serve wine and apologize to you."

Nikan is not a person who doesn't know the general. He laughed happily and said, "Admiral Zhao is so serious. Everyone is working hard for the master, even if there is an occasional collision, it is not intentional. We don't know each other without fighting, and no one is at fault." After saying something to deal with the scene, Nikan frowned again: "Admiral Zhao, your Guanning army and the Ming army took over the formation. The Ming army's firearms are really sharp. In your opinion, what should we do?"

Zhao Fu sat back on the chair and said, "The most feared thing about firearms is water. Oh, the best way is of course to attack the city during the rainy day, but waiting like this is not a solution. Li Dingguo has led his army to break into Sichuan. If it continues to waste, it will be not great when Li Dingguo gains a foothold in Sichuan and returns to rescue Kunming. What's more, Haidu City, which is pseudo-Ming, has also sent reinforcements. Therefore, if you want to seize Kunming, you must do it as soon as possible."

Nikan nodded and rubbed his temples in pain. The Qing army originally entered Yunnan in three directions, tightly clamping Yunnan in the middle like pliers. However, in more than ten days, the Qing army became a lonely army under Kunming city. In the city was Mu Tianbo's troops who were defending Kunming, Li Dingguo troops who entered Sichuan in the north, and in the south, the Ming army troops who came from rescue. If the Kunming city cannot be taken down as soon as possible, I am afraid that he and Zhao Fu will become turtles in the jar.

If you can't attack, you can't retreat, you can't retreat. If you retreat rashly, you will not only be criticized by the court, but you will also be chased by the Ming army. Therefore, you can't retreat. But how should you attack?

The tail ties chased? Nikan's eyes suddenly shone brightly. He slapped his thigh and said, "Well, let's retreat!"

"Retreat?" Zhao Fu was shocked by this stupid man. He left after a day. Nikan was a man. There were people above him. At most, he was just dismissed and investigated. But although he was also an admiral, he might not have such good luck. A crime of fear of war is enough for him to eat a pot.

"That's right!" Nikan nodded confidently and explained to Zhao Fu carefully: "The Ming army relies on firearms to sharply relies on firearms. The city is high and vast. If we force ourselves to attack the city, it will only increase casualties. It is better to pretend to be defeated and leave messages to the place of retreat. Then the entire army retreated west for dozens of miles. The Ming army in the city will definitely go out of the city to chase. At that time, we ambushed beside the mountain road. The divine weapons descended from the sky. Take them off guard. What if we take advantage of the chaos to seize the city?"

Zhao Fu was stunned when he heard this. He always felt that he had heard of this strategy. He could only recall it after a while. Isn’t this method a joke in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"?

It is rumored that Nurhaci and Huang Taiji read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" as a military book. They praised Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu, the characters in the Three Kingdoms, so they could not be attached. As early as before the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, they regarded Guan Yu as the guardian god of the Manchus. They had conquered Mongolian tribes. He used the story of the Three Kingdoms Taoyuan, calling himself Liu Bei, calling Mongolia Guan Yu Guan Yu. Each of the Eight Banners was even more inclined to his preferences. Each of them had a copy of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". During the Shunzhi period, he even ordered Guan Yu to be named the Zhongyi Shenwu Guan Sheng Emperor. The figures of the Three Kingdoms in the Qing Dynasty received extremely high honors. The Guan Yu sacrificial ceremony was even one of the important ceremonies of the state to worship gods and heaven and earth. The Qing Dynasty stipulated that the sacrifices of Zhongyue Suji and May 13 will be celebrated every year.

As a Manchu, although Nikan may not know a few big words, he has certainly heard of the storytelling of Romance of the Three Kingdoms. It is reasonable to come up with such nonsensical strategies. Zhao Fu closed his eyes and thought about it, and always felt that this strategy was not reliable. But apart from this method, he really couldn't think of a more comprehensive strategy. After a brief hesitation, Zhao Fu still recognized Nikan's plan.

In the early morning of the next day, Nikan and Zhao Fu announced the order to retreat to their troops respectively. Many Qing soldiers began to pack up. The atmosphere of preparation outside the city decreased a lot, and only some scattered Qing troops were on guard outside the camp.

In the afternoon, the cavalry of the Eight Banners and Guanning began to send out horses from the camp, and some infantry began to advance gradually towards Guizhou, and the cavalry stayed at the end to prevent the Ming army from pursuing.

The Ming army on the city wall was still on high alert and stared at the orderly retreat of the Qing army. However, the chieftains of the village soldiers could not help but come to Mu Mansion to petition together, hoping to pursue the Qing army.

Mu Tianbo was also hesitant about this. The Qing army had just arrived for one day. Although the first attack failed, this was not a reason to retreat. In this world, there was no such thing as a matter of siege in cities and territories? But why did the Qing army retreat? Is there any fraud? Will the Ming army go out of the city to pursue? This series of questions made him feel very troubled.

Mu Jianming's meaning is very clear, that is, the current task is to guard the city carefully. As long as you defend Kunming, you will win. As for where the Qing army loves, you don't have to pay attention to it.

However, the heads of the chieftains were in a state of great enthusiasm and asked to go out of the city to pursue, unwilling to miss the opportunity to massacre the Qing army.

After listening to the opinions of both parties, Mu Tianbo felt that his son's words were more reliable. Kunming City was the top priority and there was no mistake. It didn't matter whether the Qing army outside the city was annihilated or not. Even if they went out to pursue, the defense battle would just become a field battle. The Ming army was fine with firearms behind the city wall to deal with the Qing army that was attacking, but they were not sure about fighting with the Qing army outside the city.

After weighing the trade-offs, Mu Tianbo planned to get along with the enemy. More than a dozen generations of Guizhou Duke ruled in Yunnan for three hundred years, and basically used this method of mixing with the enemy to adjust the contradictions, which was very effective.

"Everyone, the movements of the Qing army are really suspicious. The army cannot leave the city yet. You can send more scouts to see. If the Qing army really retreats, then we will attack with our heads. If there is something suspicious about the Qing army, we will continue to defend the city." Mu Tianbo spoke.

The heads of the chieftains had nothing to say, and they all returned to the camp, ready to go out of the city to slaughter the Qing soldiers after the scouts came back.

After everyone left cleanly, Mu Tianbo called Mu Jianming, who had stepped halfway through the threshold.

Mu Jianming sat obediently on his head, wondering why his father scolded him.

Mu Tianbo said: "Jian Ming, I'm asking you, if you pursue the Qing army, how many troops will you need? How much chance of winning?"

"Father, I firmly oppose sending troops. The Qing army has many cavalry. Even if they retreat seriously, we may not be able to seek anything after we leave the city. What's more, the security of Kunming City is as heavy as Mount Tai. Therefore, it is better not to send troops." Mu Jianming replied.

Mu Tianbo nodded and sighed: "Hey, what you think about is military, but what you want to do for your father is wider. If the Qing army retreats, if we dare not go out of the city to chase, the morale will be weaker. In addition, the chieftains help us to defend the city, and they are eager to kill the thieves. Most of their parodies are on the border of Yunnan. Once the main force of the Qing army still exists, the Qing army may cross the border and enter the deep mountains to attack their villages at any time. Therefore, if we cannot wipe out all the Qing soldiers from Guizhou and Guizhou provinces, everyone will be in danger of the mountain living on the border of Yunnan, and we must think about it for them."
Chapter completed!