Daming's army moved out the next day, swarming into Rising Dragon Manor. This time, Daming wanted to settle Rising Dragon Manor in one battle.
Earth Dragon Claw.
Ever since they broke through Loushan Pass, the whole of Bozhou opened its arms to Liu Wei's army. The army advanced like a hurricane with irresistible force.
Yang Yinglong's men were beaten back step by step. Under such circumstances, Yang Yinglong chose to lead his men to fight to the death. He still relied on the natural stronghold.
From the Earth Dragon Claw to the Sea Dragon Camp, this was the last barrier Yang Yinglong could rely on.
At this point, Yang Yinglong had nowhere to hide or retreat. He could only fight to the death with Daming.
Liu Wei didn't care about this at all. The result of this battle was simple: Yang Yinglong would die.
Now, all of Sichuan's Chieftains knew that Yang Yinglong was finished. So, in this battle, the Chieftains did not put in any effort like before. Instead, they gave it their all. This caused Liu Yi's troops' battle strength to soar.
Wanli's twenty-first year, September 6th, Liu Wei's army broke through the Earth Dragon Claw and Yang Yinglong's army suffered a crushing defeat.
Wanli's twenty-first year, September 13th, Liu Wei's army broke through Hai Yun and reached the Sea Dragon Camp, Yang Yinglong's last nest.
Sea Dragon Camp was a fortress built by the Yang family. It had been built since the Song Dynasty and could be said to be impregnable. This was also Yang Yinglong's last capital.
There were nine passes on the mountain. The first six passes were the Bronze Pillar Pass, the Iron Pillar Pass, the Flying Tiger Pass, the Flying Dragon Pass, the Facing Heaven Pass, and the Flying Phoenix Pass. The last three passes were the Wan An Pass, the Second Pass, and the First Pass.
Wanli's twenty-first year, September 23rd, Liu Wei's army attacked Sea Dragon Camp. Famous for their cannons, they broke through the first six passes in seven days.
On the eighth day of the tenth month in the nineteenth year of Wanli, the army broke through the last three passes of Hai Long Fortress. Yang Yinglong and his wife and concubines committed suicide, while the rest were all captured. Daming was precisely the occupation of Hai Long Fortress, marking the end of the entire Bozhou campaign.
Liu Wei sent people to Nanjing to report the good news to Zhu Yijun, while at the same time waiting for Zhu Yijun's next transfer order.
At the same time, in Jiaozhi, Wu Weiying and Zhang Weixian led the army forward at an extremely fast speed.
Starting from the 6th of September, the army had occupied the entire northern part of Jiaozhi within half a month. All of Mo Jinggong's cities and territories were now under Daming's control.
On the 28th day of the ninth month, Daming's army arrived in the vicinity of the Rising Dragon Manor.
Inside Hai Yang City.
When Qi Jin received the report, there was no expression on his face. After slowly sheathing the saber in his hand, Qi Jin said, "Prepare the entire army. Tomorrow morning, the army will leave Hai Yang and head straight for Ruan Huang's troops. I will annihilate Ruan Huang's troops in one battle, then the army will head straight for the Rising Dragon Manor."
"Grand Marshal, don't you want to wait a little longer?" When the person beside him heard Qi Jin's words, he asked hesitantly.
"Now that Grand Marshal Zhang has arrived at the Rising Dragon Manor, I think Ruan Huang will surrender soon."
Qi Jin glanced at the person who spoke, his face still expressionless, and said, "There's no need for that. If he had surrendered before, I might have tolerated him. Now that he has surrendered, I can no longer tolerate him.
Whether he surrenders or not is up to I, but now I doesn't want him to surrender.
Pass down the order, I wants to annihilate Ruan Huang in one battle. "
For Qi Jin, he didn't need to force people to surrender, but he needed them to take the initiative. Since Ruan Huang didn't want to surrender, then he should just die.
In any case, the Li Dynasty's rightful heir was not Ruan Huang. Ruan Huang and Jeong Jian were both powerful officials, and there was still Li Weitan in the Li Dynasty.
It was enough for Daming to have Mo Jinggong and Li Weitan in his hands. The others didn't matter, as long as people like Ruan Huang and Jeong Jian were all exterminated.
Compared to Ruan Huang and Jeong Jian, Qi Jin believed that Li Weitan was easier to control. In the past, Qi Jin wanted Ruan Huang to surrender, but now it seemed that his idea was too idealistic.
After Qi Jin's military order was issued, the Great Ming Empire's army quickly assembled. As the saying went, a military order was like a landslide. This was naturally carried out thoroughly by the Great Ming Empire's army.
The next morning, Daming left the sea and went straight to Ruan Huang's army. On the way, the army met Ruan Kuan and Ruan Bingqian, the envoy of Ruan Huang, who came with Ruan Kuan.
In front of the army, Qi Jin looked at Ruan Kuan and Ruan Bingqian, who was pressed together with him, and said expressionlessly, "Ruan Kuan, go and have a rest!"
After saying that, he waved his hand and signaled Ruan Kuan to stand aside. Ruan Kuan naturally obeyed and quickly stood aside. He also knew that Grand Marshal Qi didn't really want him to go and have a rest.
Glancing at Ruan Bingqian, Qi Jin didn't even ask a question, but just said, "Drag everyone down and behead them!"
His tone was very calm, but Daming's soldiers didn't dare to be negligent. They directly dragged Ruan Bingqian and the others down and directly beheaded them.
Qi Jin didn't need to ask what happened. Obviously, Daming's army had entered Rising Dragon Mansion, and Ruan Huang had chosen to surrender when he saw that he couldn't do anything. However, Qi Jin already felt that there was no need for him to do anything.
Since there was no need for him to do anything, then there was no need to waste any more words.
"The army continues to move forward and annihilate Ruan Huang!" Qi Jin said, and at the same time, he urged his warhorse.
This warhorse was requisitioned from Jiaozhi, but in Qi Jin's opinion, it wasn't much better than a donkey, but it was good enough that it could be ridden. The army continued to move forward.
Since Daming occupied Haiyang, Ruan Huang had been retreating again and again. Now, it had basically retreated to the position of Wenlin County in the future.
In the city, Ruan Huang was anxiously waiting for the news from the front. His previous wishful thinking was completely gone now, and all that was left was fear.
Daming's army came from Liangshan, and 100,000 soldiers rushed forward, heading straight for Rising Dragon Mansion.
The Ming Army in Haiyang was also eyeing them covetously. Ruan Huang knew that the situation was hopeless, so he chose to admit defeat immediately and sent his men to surrender. However, he didn't know how Daming would react.
"Sir, bad news!" One of his subordinates ran in from outside, "The Ming Army is here, and the Ming Army is everywhere outside the city!"
Ruan Huang's expression suddenly changed. The Ming Army was here?
Calculating the time, his envoy group couldn't have arrived in Haiyang so soon, which meant that the Ming Army didn't come after his envoy group arrived in Haiyang, but before his envoy group arrived in Haiyang, the army had already set off. Then, the purpose was self-evident.
"Come on, go to the top of the city wall!" Ruan Huang didn't dare to have the slightest neglect and said loudly. He wanted to see what was going on.
After Ruan Huang ascended to the top of the city walls, his expression immediately became very ugly. The Ming army outside the city had formed into a line. With one glance, it was clear that it was a large army. Furthermore, from their posture, it seemed that they were here to attack him.
Ruan Huang's heart was breaking down, and at the same time, he was determined. Fight?
Okay, then fight!
Did they really think that he didn't dare to fight with his life?
He had to teach Daming a lesson.