Le Tongwu brought back the good news of the Taiping Army's capture of Guiyang, and also brought back the information that Yunnan Governor Lin Tianqing intended to surrender. The Ming army also obtained a batch of food, grass and medicinal materials from Daluo on the border. Although the number was not large, it was undoubtedly a timely help for the Ming army, who was short of medical treatment and medicine.

In a moment, Yunnan was about to be liberated, and the good news that the King of Jin could lead everyone to return to China spread throughout the Ming army camps in Mengma and Mengyang, and the Ming army outside the border and their families were excited and cheered for the good news.

King Li Dingguo of Jin and King Bai Wenxuan of Gongchang were also surprised and ordered the battalions to pack up their belongings and be ready to withdraw the camps and return north at any time. However, more than half a month passed, the Ming army found that the Wu army stationed on the border had not withdrawn. Except for the envoys who could enter the border, the rest of the people were still blocked from the border.

The envoy sent by the King of Jin received a vague reply from the Wu army in the border. Day by day, there was still no movement in Yunnan, which made the Ming army, including King of Jin, confused, and anxious, not knowing what was going on.

Le Tongwu once again left Mengma with a handwritten letter written by the King of Jin to Yunnan Governor Lin Tianqing and the commander of the Taiping Army of Guizhou Shao Jiugong, and entered Yunnan through Daluo. This time, in addition to requesting some food and supplies from Yunnan, he urged Yunnan Governor Lin Tianqing to change his banner immediately and welcome the King of Jin back to China.

Le Tongwu was warmly received by Lin Tianqing's subordinates all the way and was sent to Kunming. However, after arriving in Kunming, Le Tongwu failed to see Lin Tianqing because the latter went to western Yunnan to contact the chieftains from all over the country to prepare for changing flags and could not rush back to Kunming for the time being. As for the food and supplies that Le Tongwu requested to provide assistance, Kunming also declined because he was short of food.

Although Le Tongwu was anxious, he also knew that the change of flags in Yunnan was a big deal, and the attitude of the chieftains was very important, so he didn't think much about it and asked someone to go back and tell the Queen of Jin that he was waiting for Lin Tianqing to come back in Kunming. At the same time, he sent someone to Guiyang to inquire about the progress of the negotiation between the Taiping Army and Lin Tianqing. He also presented the King of Jin's handwritten letter. In the letter, the King of Jin clearly stated his attitude towards the country, that is, Emperor Dingwu of Nandu was the Zhengshuo.

This attitude was also the condition that the King of Jin decided to ask King Zhou Shi for help. The recognition of Emperor Wu as the righteous means that King of Jin officially became a minister of Dingwu and would no longer support the Prince of Yongli, so that his return to China would become a support for some people in the country to establish a new king.

The news sent back by Le Tongwu made King Jin and Gong Chang temporarily suppress their urgent desire to return to the country. Things are light and urgent, and Yunnan has made great changes in flags. Lin Tianqing, as the person in charge, must do everything to ensure that everything is foolproof. However, the situation in the army is getting worse day by day, which makes King Jin and the others very worried.

As the weather became hotter day by day, the miasma army was raging again. In less than six days, more than 150 soldiers died of illness, more than 400 people from their families, and as many as 1,000 people were infected. Even the officials in the army and the King of Jin's personal guards were stained.

Faced with this situation, King Li Dingguo of Jin could do nothing except heartache and anxiety. The Chinese medicinal materials in the army were extremely limited, and there was no way to save so many people who were infected. In the end, King Jin could only order the soldiers who were infected and the dead were cremated on the spot to prevent the spread of the situation.

For a moment, the Ming army, who had been motivated by the improvement of the domestic situation, fell into a slump again. The food and medicinal materials that Lin Tianqing helped were almost exhausted, and the Ming army was once again in a situation of lack of medical treatment and food, struggling on the brink of death.

After discovering that the Ming army was invaded, the Burmese people thought there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, so they sent troops to loot a Ming army family camp, resulting in the killing of more than 500 Ming army families. After the incident, the King of Jin was furious and personally led 1,200 elite soldiers and three war elephants to attack the Wuguakouhe camp of the Burmese army at night, killing more than 2,000 enemies. Unfortunately, the Burmese army set fire to the camp when it withdrew, which made the Ming army seize very few, and even could not replenish the loss.

After this battle, the Myanmar side never dared to contact the Ming army again. The Burmese King deeply realized that no matter how many times his troops were as big as the Ming army, they could not be eliminated. Instead, they continued to lose their troops and generals. If this continued, his prestige would be gone. After all, he ascended the throne by killing his brother. Therefore, the Burmese King ordered that all the bridges leading to the royal city be destroyed and all the Han people in the territory be executed, so as to eliminate future troubles forever. He was determined to let the Ming army not get a grain of rice or a medicine in Myanmar, starve to death, and die of illness on the border.

The victory of the Battle of Wuguakou River failed to solve the internal and external troubles of the Ming army. More and more people died of illness every day. The camp burned the bodies, whether during the day or late at night.

When the Ming army first arrived in Mengma, the King of Jin had more than 5,000 soldiers, and the King of Gongchang Bai Wenxuan had more than 3,000 soldiers. Later, Wu Sansheng had more than 2,000 soldiers, and more than 1,000 Yunnan chieftain soldiers who followed the King of Jin. In addition, other scattered Ming army scattered soldiers, there were as many as 15,000 people at one time, and the family members of the army were more than 7,000.

But now, there are less than 5,000 people left in the entire Ming army. The rest will either die in battle, die of illness, or leave the camp to surrender 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 children from Shaanxi from the Daxi Army. After following the King of Jin for nearly twenty years, they have been integrated with the King of Jin and it is impossible to leave the King of Jin at all.

Faced with this crisis in the army, Wu Sansheng and Zhao Desheng and other generals believed that they could not wait any longer and should contact the Taiping Army in Guizhou immediately. The two families entered Yunnan from both sides of the north and south. Otherwise, if they continued to wait like this, they would be afraid that more and more people would die of illness.

Gongchang, Wang Bai Wenxuan, disagreed with Wu Sansheng and others because there are too few soldiers in the army that can move and lack weapons and food. If he takes the initiative to attack Yunnan now, he will only be blocked by the pass as before, and the losses will be greater.

The King of Jin did not agree with sending troops. He believed that Lin Tianqing would definitely surrender. If everyone gritted their teeth and persevered, they would definitely be able to return to China one day.

"Wait, when will you wait! Will you have to wait until all your brothers die?"

General Zhang Guoyong knelt in front of King Li Dingguo of Jin and asked him to take them back to Yunnan. King Jin was in great pain. He knew the suffering of the soldiers, and he was also suffering, but the Wu army in Yunnan was not from Burmese. If it was really easy to fight, why would he still wander here and let the men live a life worse than death?

"Wait for another three days, after three days, if the side door is not open, then just fight."

King Gong Chang sighed. Although Zhang Guoyong and Zhao Desheng were his subordinates, they had abandoned him and wanted to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, he was very worried that these people would leave King Jin and him. Instead of doing this, it would be better to take them to try their luck. If this continues, people's hearts will collapse.

All the generals had to sacrifice their lives, but King Jin had no choice but to agree. He knew that Bai Wenxuan had already helped him fight for him and also helped everyone get these three days. If the border gate was still not opened three days later, he could only take a gamble. At present, the Taiping Army in Guizhou could not save the neighboring fire. If they wanted to save themselves, they could only grit their teeth and attack the border gate.

After the generals dispersed, the King of Jin felt sad. Since he led the soldiers out of the border in Mopan Mountain, he had always felt guilty. Seeing so many children die with him in a foreign country, even if he is a man with a heartfelt heart, he will always be heartbroken. It is precisely because of this guilt and despair of state affairs that the King of Jin fell ill in this foreign land in his prime. Now, what he is forced to support him is the belief that he will bring these children back to China.

Bai Wenxuan knew the pain in King Jin's heart, so he pulled King Jin out of the camp to relax. Along the way, he wanted to say nothing, but couldn't say anything.

In the dense forest, you can't see the starry sky, and the fields are always dark. In addition to the crying in the camp, the sound of birds like ghosts.

King Jin and King Gong Chang stood on the same high slope, looking at the vast fields. The two of them felt unspeakable depression.

At the bottom of the slope, a sound suddenly came, but several soldiers were carrying a corpse wrapped in tree bark and moving forward slowly.

King Jin knew that the bark of the tree must be the soldier who had just died of illness. He felt a sense of sorrow and tears flowed down his eyes.

"Your Highness,"

Bai Wenxuan swallowed his throat, his eyes covered with tears.

Under the slope, the soldiers were still dragging their comrades' bodies hard. They had been malnourished for a long time and were too thin to be human. They usually had to go around more. But now, they were dragging hard regardless of everything. They wanted to give their good brothers their last journey.

The open space where the burning corpse was covered with wood ash, and a large piece of soil was black, which contrasted sharply with the surrounding grassland.

The sky above my head seemed to have a hole in a black cloth, revealing the starry sky.

After placing the comrades' bodies flat on the ground, several soldiers panted and picked up dry firewood regardless of their fatigue. They picked them up one by one and then put them up one by one. After half an hour, they were so tired that they almost lost their strength that they placed their bodies on the firewood.

"Erniu, we're going to burn it!"

A soldier lit a torch tremblingly, looked at Erniu who was motionless on the pile of wood, and lit the fire with red eyes.

The flames began to burn from the bottom hay and spread out little by little, and eventually the entire open space was filled with flames.

In the fire, there are two burned cows; beside the fire, there are brothers who can no longer cry.

"Eniu, don't worry, we will pick up your bones and take them back to our hometown in Yulin!"

"We will definitely take you home!"

The best brothers Erniu during his lifetime were already middle-aged people. They were no longer young. Time has worn away their youth and youth, but they cannot wear away their friendship for their brothers.

They resisted together to survive, they fought bloody battles to kill the Tartars, and they struggled to return home together. Now, they sent their best brothers out of this cannibalistic world together.

On the slope, King Jin and King Gong Chang heard the familiar local accent, which was the most vicissitudes of the Shaanxi men. Whether they were happy or painful, they loved to sing the local accent.
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