Good plans were thwarted time and time again. Even though Commander Yang was confident, he couldn't help feeling depressed. In addition, the food and grass were burned, so they really couldn't delay any longer. He looked around at everyone coldly and turned back to the military tent.
Admiral Wang followed in and saw Commander Yang had already sat down. He sat down opposite Commander Yang with a worried look on his face. "Now something has gone wrong with the food and the gunpowder has exploded. This is not a coincidence. It must have been done by Liao Jingxu and his men. But you say, since they were able to sneak in and place explosives and know our food and grass routes, could it be possible that he has people among us?"
If they can place traitors in the imperial court, the imperial court can naturally do the opposite.
However, the troops they arranged in Kunming city had not yet played any significant role, while the other side had already made great achievements.
Commander Yang's face became even uglier when he heard him say that. He was not a person who deceived himself, so after listening to what Adjutant General Wang said, he hummed coldly, with an undisguised murderous intent on his face: "It must be so. There are only a few people who know the transportation route of grain and grass. I will order people to conduct a thorough investigation to see who leaked the news. Don't worry, we will attack the city in advance today to catch them off guard and not waste time with them any more."
Admiral Wang shook his head in his heart. It should have been done long ago. By now, the opportunity might not be on his side.
However, war is a matter of life and death, so one cannot say anything unlucky. So Admiral Wang forced himself not to say anything, but just nodded and went back to his tent while there was still some time before nightfall.
As soon as he entered the tent, he did not rest for a moment. Instead, he wrote a letter and gave it to his confidant: "Send the letter back, and make sure you deliver it to the chieftain in person!"
Their Anhua Prefecture was also governed by a chieftain, who was in charge of all the land and population.
After sending the letter, Admiral Wang felt a little relieved. He lay on the bed, closed his eyes and waited for the battle in the evening.
As night fell, the weather, which had been unbearable for people during the day, turned cooler. Admiral Wang opened the curtain and went outside. As the night was getting darker, he asked Commander Yang who was walking over, "Did you find anything?" At the same time, he took out his clairvoyance to take a look.
But now it was dark, and even in the dark, I couldn't see anything.
Commander Yang shook his head: "It's almost time."
Admiral Wang hummed with a serious expression: "Then let's start the attack!"
He mounted his horse and led several thousand cavalrymen to charge forward together with Commander Yang. This was their usual strategy, first using the cavalry to charge, and then the infantry to follow up. In this way, the enemy must have suffered heavy losses, and the infantry would be able to start reaping the benefits.
Although many unexpected events happened today, the advantage is still on our side. If we can win quickly, the chances of winning are almost certain.
At a command from Lieutenant General Wang, the cavalrymen flew out like arrows from a bow, making earth-shaking roars.
As the charge horn sounded, the cavalrymen rushed straight to the city gate. Although it was heavily guarded, it was of no use. As long as they set up the ladders, those people on the city wall would not be a problem.
Shouts and cries of killing were heard everywhere. The general on the city wall was none other than Yang Xin. He was so anxious that sweat was pouring down his forehead. Before Tang Yuan left, he entrusted the remaining 7,000 soldiers to him. However, each of these soldiers was very difficult to lead, and there was almost an internal conflict a few days ago. Thanks to the concerted efforts of him and Yang Fengshun, they were able to suppress these soldiers.
Now that the enemy was coming aggressively and in large numbers, he had no choice but to grit his teeth secretly, and drew his sword first, and said loudly and passionately: "Brothers! The final life-and-death duel is here! We are no longer the same as before, and our lives are better! His Highness promised us that as long as we wait for His Highness to come back, we can get rid of the hard days in the past. Think carefully, don't listen to the instigation of those treacherous people! Think about the placement of those orphans! Think about how many people are behind us! Charge! Defend Kunming to the death!"
He shouted with all his strength, and the soldiers below were also infected by his heroic spirit. They raised their hands and shouted with him: "Defend Kunming to the death!"
Yang Xin breathed a sigh of relief and nodded to Yang Feng. Several people led their troops to defend the area strictly.
When the ladder was placed on the city wall, Yang Xin was the first to rush forward and desperately chopped off the head of the first person who climbed up. Then he ordered his soldiers to throw stones and gunpowder, and quickly repelled the first wave of attacks.
Although the enemy had several times more manpower than Kunming, because the civil and military officials led by Liao Jingxu were united as one, Commander Yang and Lieutenant General Wang had no way to deal with them for a while, and several attacks ended in failure.
This is also due to the fact that Liao Jingxu always attached great importance to things like building bridges and roads. The city wall of Kunming was also rebuilt after he came, and it is very solid.
For four or five days, there was no progress on the part of Brigadier General Wang and his team. Commander Yang was fine, but Brigadier General Wang was very irritable and seemed to be thinking of backing down.
Commander Yang stared at him coldly: "It has come to this. If you turn back, will the court tolerate you? I think you should just give up!"
Admiral Wang had indeed not received the reply from the chieftain yet, and he glared at Commander Yang fiercely: "You talked a lot before, saying that you had already arranged spies and knew everything about the situation in the city, but now, have you accomplished anything?! On the contrary, we have been dragged into this vortex by you, and now we have slipped and fallen into it and cannot escape! If we don't take Kunming quickly, if the Crown Prince hears the news and comes back to rescue, won't we be surrounded by dumplings?!"
What you fear will come to you. Just as Admiral Wang finished speaking, he heard bursts of shouting and screaming outside. He couldn't help but feel a jump in his heart. He rubbed his brows, frowned, and suddenly walked out of the tent. He was stunned for a moment - at this moment, the tent had already become a sea of fire. Most of the tents were on fire. The wind was strong at this time, and the fire burned more and more vigorously. The soldiers were burned and screamed, and fled everywhere. Some of them who couldn't run fast fell to the ground and couldn't get up again. The people who followed them rushed to step on the bodies of those who fell and squeezed forward desperately.
Even though Admiral Wang always boasted that he had seen big scenes, he was still stunned when he saw this situation.
Commander Yang's face also turned pale, and he immediately ordered his personal guards and elite troops to organize their troops and retreat first.
But at this moment, there was another commotion in the northwest corner. Admiral Wang looked in that direction and saw that something was wrong, so he took a few steps towards that direction.