Father can be an enemy to the country

Of course, if there is no accident, Silunfa will basically not challenge the Ming army again.

This time his vitality was severely damaged, and the foreign chiefs in Luchuan would definitely take the opportunity to cause trouble. Even within the Dai people, there will be careerists ready to take action, and he will have to put all his energy into dealing with the upcoming crisis in the country.

However, it is not within his control whether his son or grandson will keep their promise when they calm down.

This is also the reason why Silunfa felt confident to challenge the Ming Dynasty. The long history told him that the leader of Fanbang and the Central Plains Dynasty defeated the young model in the club, and the defeat was only three cups of self-imposed punishment. The returns are too high and the risks are too small. What’s there to be afraid of? Of course I'll fuck him if I get the chance!

This thought made Silunfa feel a little better. He ate some dry food and drank some rice wine, and then told Dao Ganmeng to cheer up and pay attention to gathering the broken troops who arrived later.

Although there is nothing to brag about, it is indeed beneficial to escape as quickly as possible, at least it will make it easier to gather the defeated army behind. If we were too slow to escape, we still don’t know where the defeated soldiers who fled first would have fled to.

Most of the time he fled deep into the mountains and fled back to his hometown, never to be seen again.

~~

The next day, Silunfa stayed in Changning and continued to gather the defeated troops. At the same time, he sent people to Yongchang to convey the order, asking his son Sixingfa to send half of the troops and bring 20,000 stones of food and grass to meet him.

Marching thousands of miles, it is impossible for him not to station people at key points along the way, firstly to protect his own retreat, and secondly to transport food and grass.

Because the location of Yongchang was so important, Silun sent his eldest son to guard it. In order to protect the safety of Si Xingfa and with the abundance of troops at the time, Silunfa retained a total of 20,000 people. Unexpectedly, what was an idle chess move at the time has now become a life-saving straw.

By evening, Silunfa had gathered more than 100,000 people. He also told the hungry defeated troops that reinforcements and food would be arriving soon. In addition, at this time, the Ming army has not caught up yet, which means that they really don't want to pursue them anymore.

Isn’t the situation gradually stabilized?

By dinner that day, Silunfa had already moved into the wooden house that the soldiers had hurriedly built, and had hot lemongrass grilled fish and steamed buns. Although they were two of the most common Dai food, and there were no condiments added due to limited conditions, Silunfa devoured them without leaving any food.

"Hiccup..." Silunfa burped and smiled at Dao Ganmeng beside him: "I haven't eaten so much in many years."

"Your Majesty's good appetite is a blessing to the country." Meng Daogan said with a flattering smile: "These two delicacies can be considered a great contribution. They can be designated as national dishes when we go back."

"Haha, okay!" Silunfa agreed deeply, and looked at Dao Ganmeng with a smile: "I will not treat anyone who shares hardships with me badly."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Dao Ganmeng smiled happily and said, "Nearly everyone will be here tomorrow. Should we wait for the Eldest Prince to come to meet us, or should we continue to move forward?"

"Keep going." Silunfa said decisively: "It's too unsafe to go deep into enemy territory. It's better to leave for a day and feel relieved."

"The king's words make sense." Dao Ganmeng responded and ordered to go down.

~~

Silunfa's sleep quality that night was much better than the night before, so he was particularly annoyed when he was woken up in the middle of the night.

"What's the matter? I have to go on my way tomorrow morning..." He rubbed his sleepy eyes and asked angrily.

But before he finished speaking, he saw clearly that the person standing in front of him was his eldest son, Si Xingfa. Silunfa couldn't help but said in surprise: "You came so quickly? Have you brought the food? Those hungry soldiers are about to rebel, they need to be fed quickly..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw his son's depressed face clearly, his heart suddenly skipped a beat, and he asked, "What, what happened?"

"Father," Si Xingfa knelt down and said with a tearful tone: "My son, I can't help you. Yongchang is lost, the army of 20,000 is gone, and not a single grain of food has been snatched away..."

"Why did I give birth to such a useless thing like you..." Silunfa cursed out of habit, and then thought that he was even more useless, which showed that his son was indeed his own. Then he swallowed his words again, suppressed his anger and asked in a low voice: "What did you do? How can an army of 20,000 be gone just because it's gone?!"

"Because the strength of the Ming army was ten times that of Erchen," Si Xingfa reported in frustration: "They surrounded us, blasted open our camp walls with artillery, fired countless rockets, and set our camp on fire. and granaries. The soldiers who stayed in the stockade would only be burned alive, so they had no choice but to risk their lives to break out. The ministers managed to break through under the protection of the forbidden soldiers, but most of them were not so lucky."

"Impossible!" Silunfa couldn't help roaring again: "The Ming army is still in Nanjian, how can they fly to Yongchang? Besides, they don't have that many troops!"

"It's true." Dao Gan Meng and other civil and military personnel also came after hearing the inquiry. The former said quietly: "Has your Majesty forgotten the hundreds of thousands of guards training in Kunming City?"

"Ah, yes!" Silunfa suddenly remembered this, fell back on the bed and said, "Have they completed the training?"

"It seems so." Dao Ganmeng said with a self-deprecating smile: "Besides, so what if you haven't recovered? Why don't you deal with us with a pinch of salt?"

Neither Silunfa and his son nor Dao Siyang and others refuted his self-deprecating remarks. It was obvious that he had been completely defeated by the Ming army and was left with a psychological shadow.

"The king has been defeated, why did they send so many troops?" Silunfa rubbed his disheveled hair and asked doubtfully: "Just to deal with Yongchang's few troops, why do they need hundreds of thousands of troops?"

"They must have ulterior motives, and their motives are not superficial." Dao Ganmeng said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, you don't care about these things right now!" Seeing that the two of them were talking and talking but couldn't get to the point, Dao Siyang, who had been silent since his brother's death, finally couldn't help but said: "The biggest problem now is Yongchang is lost, and our way back home is blocked! What should we do?!"

"Yes, what should we do?" All the civil and military officials also agreed.

"What else can we do..." Silunfa sighed dejectedly: "I can't advance, I can't retreat. I don't want to sit back and wait for death, so I have to submit."

"Ah..." All the civil and military officials looked surprised.

They were not surprised by the decision itself. In fact, at this point, everyone considered surrendering.

They just didn't expect that Silunfa would actually say it directly. Shouldn't it be raised by the minister? Then he said that as a king, even if he died, he could not humiliate the country. Then the two sides repeatedly pushed and pulled. Finally, under the persuasion of the ministers, he reluctantly put down his pride and handed over the seal, putting the common people first. Let them do it themselves?

"You don't have to be surprised, I have already thought it through. The only way to save yourself now is to surrender. Of course, it is best to return to Luchuan first, but since the way is blocked, it is not a bad idea to surrender now." He then heard Silun say. He said calmly: "As long as the army can be preserved, I can survive. If I surrender too late, if I am completely wiped out by the Ming army, I will be completely worthless. By then, I will be dead."

"I understand." Dao Siyang and others nodded in response. This makes sense, but coming from the king's mouth only shows that he has lost his temper.

The tiger that roams the mountains and forests of Central and South China wants to be a house cat.