Dai Jianxiong, the Green Camp general stationed in the north of the city, was not the first Qing army general Deng Ming met, but he was the first to take people to the south of the city. General Dai could not recognize a basket of words that were big, and his name was later asked for help from his master. He was a simple-minded and fat martial artist. His ancestral home was Hangzhou. After the Qing Dynasty destroyed the Hongguang regime and controlled the south of the Yangtze River, Dai Jianxiong joined the army to eat food. He followed the Qing army to fight east and west for ten years, and his merits were promoted to guerrillas. After the Qing army attacked Yunnan and destroyed the Yongli regime in Kunming, all the Green Camp generals were rewarded. General Dai had just obtained the title of General Dai for more than a month.

Although he had fought for so many years, Dai Jianxiong was used as a dog under the commander. When he was confronted with the enemy soldiers head-on, this person dared to go forward and rush forward, but that was all. There is no war around Kunming for the time being, and Wu Sangui was in charge of the city, so he asked Dai Jianxiong to lead his subordinates to camp outside the city. This is the greatest trust Dai Jianxiong has gained over the years. As for the important task of entrusting himself to stand on his own, it is something that no commander familiar with Dai Jianxiong would consider.

Of course, all the generals in high positions would never tell Dai Jianxiong this point. He himself never realized that when he saw his colleagues with similar status as him being sent to somewhere to eliminate the enemy, Dai Jianxiong would feel a little disappointed. A few days ago, an inconspicuous colleague was sent to the uninhabited area of ​​Dongchuan to build a beacon tower. This errand made Dai Jianxiong envious for a long time. After all, he was in charge of one party and was responsible for his own political work. Dai Jianxiong was so old, but he had never had such an opportunity to be free and free, and he would always obey orders by the commander.

Today, after learning that Wu Sangui's personal guards had given him a trustworthy order, Dai Jianxiong was so excited that his heart was about to jump out of his throat. He kept encouraging himself to never let down the commander's trust. Although he was very excited, Dai Jianxiong also noticed the costumes of the guards - the commander's confidant was going to fight to the battle. When would his dog not pounce on him and bite the enemy hard?

Late at night, Dai Jianxiong urged the soldiers to set off. When he arrived at the south of the city, he saw a group of people from afar, as if they were about to leave in a hazy state. It was Deng Ming's first Xiying surrender army notified.

When the officers of the Xiying camp knew that they were from the north, they were even more angry: "Don't they just want us to leave? Why send troops to urge us? Do we dare not leave?"

Although he felt that Wu Sangui was too bullying, these surrendered troops in the Xiying did not dare to show it. They accelerated the retreat and tried to show these Qing soldiers who were monitoring them so that Kunming City could be completely relieved.

But when Dai Jianxiong saw that these surrendered troops were leaving the camp at night, he immediately sent someone to stop the question. Dai Jianxiong did not think too much. When he saw the surrendered troops in the West were about to go south, he thought they knew that they were going to run away. If he saw these surrendered troops approaching the city, he would think that they were planning to enter the city to support him. In short, these Western thieves must have colluded with the city's internal riots. Even if the surrendered troops remained firmly in the camp, Dai Jianxiong might suspect that they were waiting for the opportunity - if they didn't need to suppress these Western thieves themselves, why would the commander give him the "cheap" order? It would be a pity for the warm trust of the General.

After hearing the messenger's return, saying that the surrendered army in the Xiying opposite claimed that they had been ordered by Wu Sangui to detach the camp, Dai Jianxiong suddenly laughed wildly. He had heard Deng Ming say that Wu Sangui had ordered the Xiying to stay in the camp and not move: "Shameless Western thief, the general had long expected that you would be capricious!" That's right, wasn't the order given by the general to "do things cheaply" to control this situation?

After laughing wildly, Dai Jianxiong's face darkened. Without hesitation, he drew out his sword and shouted loudly: "Kill!"

Some officers and personal guards tried to persuade, but Dai Jianxiong analyzed seriously: "This Western thief in the camp was in a hurry to flee and openly deceived me. It must be a rebel. Kill me!"

The Xiying surrendered army on the opposite side explained the situation and continued to retreat in batches. Wu Sangui's order came urgently. It was not easy to retreat at night. When another group of troops began to evacuate, the Qing army next to him who was monitoring suddenly rushed over and chopped everyone indiscriminately. Seeing this, the generals of the Xiying surrendered army were first stunned, and then infinitely sad and angry: "The Tartars are going to kill us."

These Xiying generals and officers judged that they must have been deceived. Wu Sangui first tricked him out of the camp, and then the Qing army lies ambushed by the roadside to come up to kill people. Because of pessimism and disappointment in the battle, these Xiying officers and soldiers felt that there was only one way to die if they resisted, and had to surrender. However, after surrender, they were not only humiliated, but also had no difference in the end. The desperate Xiying generals felt that they had reached the last moment. The shame, anger, and hatred for the Qing army had finally erupted together.

"Fight with the Tartars!"

After Dai Jianxiong took the lead in launching the attack, the attacked Xiying surrendered troops quickly returned to their faces, and instead of retreating, they rushed towards the Qing army. In the eyes of the Xiying generals, since Wu Sangui wanted to ambush him, he probably could not escape, and could only think of killing one Tartar.

The other two Qing generals who followed Dai Jianxiong were also almost indifferent. Seeing that the fight had started in front of him, one of them came up to help the box without saying a word. The other one was a little cautious and sent someone to investigate the situation first. After learning that the Xiying was trying to escape, then raided the officers and soldiers, he was immediately furious. Not to mention the command of the general to "do things cheaply", even if he didn't give it, he couldn't stand by and watch the fun.

Some of the other camps of the surrendered troops in Xiying have been prepared to retreat according to Wu Sangui's orders; while some are more cautious and are still discussing how to deal with it, whether it is necessary to send envoys to express their loyalty to Kunming, and even the generals can go there in person to reassure Wu Sangui.

But suddenly he heard the sound of killing shocking the sky. Several troops coming from the north besieged a battalion of Western Army. Whether it was the Western Army who wanted to retreat or the Western Army who were still hesitating, the entire battalion was in an uproar, thinking that this was an action arranged by Wu Sangui. Although he had hope before, he felt that the Qing army might not kill them all, but now Wu Sangui clearly wanted to break his promise and began to massacre the surrendered army. Most of the chance to escape tonight. Naturally, none of these former Western Armys were willing to sit and wait for death.

"If you surrender, you won't give me a way out, so no one can live!"

This was almost the idea of ​​everyone in the Xiying Surrender Army at this time. It was supposed to be a dark night when he could not see his fingers, but the fire in Kunming City was burning vigorously. Under the reflection of this firelight, war drums were soon heard in all the Western Army camps, and a large number of Western Army soldiers rushed out of the camp to reinforce the friendly army that was being besieged. Fortunately, Wu Sangui gave some food and grass in the past two days, but did not confiscate the weapons of the various army. Maybe he was to numb people's hearts. Anyway, he was full today and still had a guy in his hand, so he would destroy these Qing army bastards first.

Not every Qing army general was the same as Dai Jianxiong. The Qing army general in one camp did not rush to lead troops out of the camp. He just woke most of the soldiers and kept them on alert, and made some deployment adjustments, and sent a small surveillance force to the south of the city. His understanding of Wu Sangui's order to "do things cheaply" was: not let the surrendered army in the Xiying do harmful behaviors.

But not long after, the south of the city suddenly shouted loudly, and the scouts sent there to monitor the movements of the surrendered troops rushed back to the camp. The scouts rolled and crawled into the central army's tent, reporting that all the 30,000 surrendered troops in the Western Camp were siege and were besieging the Qing army. General Dai and others were surrounded and fell into a hard battle.

"The wolf's ambition is indeed not as expected by the commander!" The Qing general was shocked when he heard this. He just learned that Dai Jianxiong and several other generals led their troops directly over, and he felt reckless. He did not expect that the thieves in Xiying were indeed connected with the city's internal riots, and they all rebelled all of them all at once. The general felt that his reaction was a bit slow, as if he had let Wu Sangui down. Fortunately, there was still a chance to make up for it.

Except for Zhao Liangdong's battalion who did not act without permission because the leader and general were absent, the other battalions in the north of the city were in chaos and chaos, the Qing army went out in full swing and rushed towards the south of the city.

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In front of the grain warehouse, Hong Chengchou urged the soldiers to come forward. With the current fire, it would be unsafe to not flatten the house without flattening the house. The fierce fire would throw a large amount of Mars and fired things into the air and then fall into the warehouse. If the fire is too close, the water poured on the walls and the ground will be quickly dried.

After the soldiers went to execute the order, Hong Chengchou went to the grain warehouse to look at the water tank again. The tank was indeed full of clear water. Some people around the well were talking lively but did not lift water. Hong Chengchou rushed over and scolded him. The people beside the well were all guards of the warehouse. They did not have much confidence in defending the grain warehouse. However, when they saw Lord Jinglei bringing people to inspect, they no longer dared to whisper and rushed to the well to start lifting water with all their strength.

"If these slaves don't keep an eye on them, it won't work." Hong Chengchou cursed again, preparing to leave a few personal guards as supervisors to prevent these warehouse guards from being lazy and sloppy.

But before Hong Chengchou had finished his explanation, he was ordered to go to the front to supervise the worker and ran over angrily and shouted at Hong Chengchou: "Sir, it's not good. The hundreds of soldiers outside have run away, and the generals can't stop him no matter how hard they stop him."

Although the fire had not yet reached the house near the nearest, the rolling heat waves had already come to the face, giving people the feeling of being in a stove. Some soldiers wisely poured some cold water on themselves before rushing to demolish the house, but after pushing down a wall, the clothes were dried, the roof and walls were dried, and the mud and wood were already hot when they touched it with their hands. You could also see that the paper on the window was burned and started to turn yellow and was curled and scorched.

Flosing the house is just the first step of the order. The soldiers need to move the hot wood away or throw it forward to the wall of fire. However, many soldiers now feel that their beards and clothes are hot, as if they are about to burn, and there is no place to stay. Hong Chengchou doesn't care about the lives of soldiers. Even if hundreds of people die, they have to open up the isolation belt, but the soldiers themselves care. They know that in the hearts of officials, the lives of soldiers are worthless compared to the granary. Now it is so dangerous before the fire is approaching. When the danger is even worse, his life will be too serious.

A few bold soldiers looked at them secretly and found that the guards who were monitoring them were a distance away. Hong Chengchou's personal guards were shocked when they saw the fire in front of them. Moreover, the temperature in front was too high and the people couldn't stand. The guards hid behind the wall and just shouted at the soldiers to come forward. The soldiers who were extinguishing the fire were united, and ran away regardless of the situation, quickly fled from the fire.

Since someone took the lead, the remaining hundreds of soldiers also scattered. After a short while, the firewall approached two more streets. Seeing this, the soldiers behind the street threw down everything and ran away desperately, hoping to run faster than the fire that was chasing behind.

Hong Chengchou was shocked when he heard the news and hurried to the wall of the warehouse. When he arrived, the fire was already close, the fire was already dazzling, and the whole field of view was red. The paper on the houses across the street had begun to burn. The wall of the warehouse was only a few meters high, and it seemed vulnerable in front of the fire wall that was more than ten meters high. Even standing behind such a thick wall, Hong Chengchou could feel the heat coming continuously, the wall was already hot, and the paint on it was crackling and peeling off.

"Splash water quickly!" Although the situation was extremely critical, Hong Chengchou still did not intend to give up. There were many wells in the warehouse. If the water was constantly lifted, it might also prevent the heat from passing through this thick wall.

But before the shouting fell, the guards who stayed behind the warehouse also came to report with a sad face. After learning that all the soldiers in front had run away, the warehouse guards responsible for carrying water, and the water transporter also scattered. As soon as Hong Chengchou went forward, the guards behind shouted, and ran to the warehouse wall behind the warehouse at the back. It was useless to chase the guards. The guards rushed over the x-wall and escaped. Just stopped one, and the other had already crossed the wall; when they pulled this one and then pulled another, the one in front got up and climbed over the x-wall again. In the end, not only did the guards escape, but many Hong Chengchou's personal guards also escaped across the wall.

Hong Chengchou sent his generals to call the surrounding teams to come to the warehouse to put out the fire. Although the generals agreed, they fled far away without looking back after leaving the warehouse. Hong Chengchou waited for a while, and at this time the fire had engulfed the houses outside the warehouse wall. The flames began to lick the exterior wall of the warehouse. Soon, a corner of the wall near the fire wall gradually turned purple and red...

Something hot from the air began to fall and fell on the ground of the grain warehouse. Hong Chengchou, who was eager to see his generals and soldiers coming to put out the fire. Even the personal guards sent to check the movements outside were gone without returning.

"Sir, it's too late if you don't leave." The last few guards beside Hong Chengchou hugged his thighs and cried.

"These slaves don't take the emperor's great cause of unification to heart!" Hong Chengchou cursed in his heart, but he also knew that the grain warehouse was really helpless.

Seeing Hong Chengchou nodding, the guards immediately picked up a bucket of water and poured water on Hong Chengchou and themselves. Several people carried Hong Chengchou on their backs and ran towards the back wall of the warehouse. First, they raised the old man and threw it across the wall. After they opened the warehouse, they carried the old man on their backs and ran wildly towards the city wall.

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After Wu Sangui and Zhao Liangdong learned of the mutiny outside the city, they hurried to the top of the city. They knew that Hong Chengchou had gone to supervise the fire, so they put down the fire in the arsenal first, and were anxious to know what happened to the 80,000 army outside the city.

Hong Chengchou's order to the city gate guards made Wu Sangui and Zhao Liangdong suspicious, feeling that the old master seemed to be hinting about something, but the two were still dizzy now. There were many people talking to them at the banquet yesterday. Both of them had impressions of Mr. Baoning Qian, but this impression was a little blurry and some words could not be remembered. Although the personal guard who Wu Sangui sent to the arsenal last night had never come back and Li Ming was not seen, Wu Sangui still didn't believe that there would be a bold person who dared to coax himself in person and set fire unscrupulously. Before meeting him today, Mr. Baoning Qian could not know that he would have the opportunity to enter the arsenal, so this could not be a premeditated arson.

After the mutiny outside the city, Wu Sangui believed in his feelings more. If it was just a fire, it might be a destruction action by some people. But now the fire broke out in the city and fierce battles occurred outside, which gave Wu Sangui the feeling that it was a planned conspiracy in advance. Compared to the statement that Baoning Qianzong temporarily initiated the destruction, Wu Sangui was more willing to believe that this was a long-planned action, which was easier to explain. A group of surrendered troops did not know what methods they used to sneak into the city, and even managed to sneak into the arsenal. Whether they found the inner supporter or rely on bribery to guard, in short, these people successfully set fire and then sent a signal to their accomplices outside the city.

If this is true, the problem will become very serious. What is the purpose of the enemy? Is it a sneak attack, capture Kunming, or is it a preparation to attack himself? Is it because Li Dingguo's army used the surrendered army as cover to sneak near Kunming? Wu Sangui's head was already in pain, but now this messy thing made him feel even more aggravated.

There are reliable troops in Kunming City, and more than 50,000 loyal Qing troops were stationed outside the city, which was enough to overwhelm the more than 30,000 former Xiying surrender troops in the south of the city. However, as long as Wu Sangui had not yet understood the scale of the enemy and the scale of the rebellion, he could not be completely relieved.

After leaving the mansion, Wu Sangui first wanted to rush to the city tower to the north. Since the Xiying Suspension Army launched a rebellion and a battle broke out outside the city, it must be the Xiying Suspension Army attacking the Qing army's camp.

But the personal guards reported the war at the south of the city. Wu Sangui was shocked when he heard this. Could it be that the Qing army launched a counterattack so quickly and attacked the rebel camp?

The closer they got to the south of the city, the more deafening the shouts of killing came from outside the city wall. After Wu Sangui and Zhao Liangdong rushed up to the city wall in the south of the city, they saw the fire illuminating the land in front of the city, and endless soldiers were fighting.

Wu Sangui asked his followers anxiously: "Who did it first?"

"I can't see clearly, Grand Marshal." The guards of the city tower could not recognize Dai Jianxiong's banner because of the night, but it must be the old Qing army in the north. He told Wu Sangui that several teams of troops came from the north and kept walking towards the army in the south of the city, and then a conflict broke out.

"What did you say?" For a moment, Wu Sangui thought the officer was talking nonsense: "You said the army from the North Camp in the city attacked friendly forces at night?"

"Yes, Grandmaster." The guard officer of the city tower gave Wu Sangui a positive answer.

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