Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 168 Integration of Sichuan
The mountains and plains are endless.

The battle was stalemate for several hours, but the moment of decisive victory was extremely fast.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the Western Army was completely defeated, and a large number of flags fell, which was dazzled to see in the afterglow of the setting sun.

After all, there were 200,000 people. Some surrendered, some resisted, some lost, and so on. They worked hard until the next day before it was finally over.

As for the cavalry battalion, they also pursued Zhang Xianzhong wholeheartedly, vowing not to give up until they achieve their goals.

In this way, it gave Qin Jun a great opportunity to clean up the mess.

Li Jizu, Liu Tingjie, Bai Wang, Wang Guangen, Hui Dengxiang, Zhao Guangyuan, Yan Guochao and others were all smiling and extremely happy.

This is the main force of 200,000 western thieves. After cleaning up all of them in one day, who is the opponent in the south?

"Your Highness, in this battle, [-] thieves were captured, more than [-] were killed, and the rest fled away."

"I see!"

Zhu Yixi nodded and sighed softly: "However, Zhang Xianzhong left after all, there is regret in perfection!"

Everyone raised their heads and worshiped.

Qin Liangyu, Qin Yiming, Wang Yingxiong and others on the side witnessed this battle with their own eyes, and they were filled with admiration.

The King of Hanyang is truly invincible!

"This battle is a big victory, His Highness regained Bashu, as it should be, he was promoted to prince."

Wang Yingxiong hurriedly cupped his hands and said, his face was full of excitement.

"Bashu is newly restored, and the western thieves are fleeing. It is better to have a capable minister to control them."

Zhu Yixi immediately received this gesture of goodwill, nodded and said modestly:

"A certain person regained Bashu only for the sake of the Ming Dynasty. I don't really care about some titles."

When Wang Yingxiong heard this, he didn't understand what he meant, he held his head high and his chest was full of excitement.

Zhu Yixi praised all the generals one by one, especially the brave Zeng Ying. He said without hesitation:

"The General Zeng beheaded Feng Shuangli in one fell swoop, which can be said to boost the prestige of our army. After this battle, I will play the role of the Ming court. The position of commander-in-chief must be a matter of course."

Zeng Ying's long beard trembled, and he hurriedly bowed down: "Your Highness praises the merit of size."

Everyone cast envious eyes.

Afterwards, Zhu Yixi discussed the rewards for meritorious deeds and said:
"In this battle, the firearms battalion and the cavalry battalion were the first to win, the heavy infantry battalion was the second to be won, and the rest of the battalions were all last. Do you have any objection?"

"Follow His Highness's order."

All the generals nodded in agreement.

"Then, let's go to Chengdu!"

Zhu Yixi stood up, looked at the crowd, and said in high spirits: "I will also have the courage to chase the poor, and I can't sell my name to become the overlord!"

"Zhang Xianzhong, you can't escape my palm."

At this time, the sun was high in the sky, and the strong sunlight shone into the tent, adding a layer of light and shadow to him in vain.

Everyone was amazed and praised: "Your Highness is wise!!!"

So, after resting for a long time, the army set off again, looking for the marks left by the cavalry, and chasing them away.

When they arrived outside the city of Chengdu, the gentry who came here admiringly were so excited that they knelt down and shouted:

"I'll wait, welcome His Royal Highness King Hanyang—"

When entering the city, all the people in the city were looking forward to it. On both sides of the street, there were heads of people watching.

Zhu Yixi rode a horse, wearing armor, and entered in high spirits.

All the people facing the street knelt down and shouted: "The King of Hanyang is a thousand years old, a thousand years old——"

Hearing this reverberating voice, Zhu Yixi was full of pride for a while, and looked at the adoring eyes of the people, he waved his arms and shouted:

"Long live Daming—"

"Long live Daming—"

The people, the soldiers, also shouted excitedly one by one.

For a time, the entire city of Chengdu was filled with this eagerness, which lasted for a long time.

At this moment, he is the king of Chengdu and even Sichuan.

At the same time, he issued an edict of Anmin, exempting Chengdu, Chongqing, Kuizhou and other places affected by military disasters from paying taxes for half a year.

It is almost the same as Zhang Xianzhong's edict when he first entered the city.

But the feedback we got was just the opposite. There was joy and cheers all over Sichuan.

In just a few days, all the states sent messengers to congratulate the King of Hanyang for recovering Sichuan, and secretly sent a private letter of surrender.

Obviously, between the Nanjing court thousands of miles away and the Hanyang King in Chengdu, everyone wisely chose the Hanyang King.

Anyway, they are all Daming, so there is no difference.

At this time, in Sichuan, Zhu Yixi's prestige reached its peak.

Taking this opportunity, Zhu Yixi directly asked the troops from all over the country to gather in Chengdu Mansion for screening and adaptation.

The reason is to gather troops and wipe out the western thieves.

No one dares not to come.

Those who don't come will be labeled as accomplices of the thieves.

Soldiers and horses from all over Sichuan, nearly 100,000 people, reluctantly accepted the reorganization of King Hanyang.

As a result, Zhu Yixi's soldiers and horses swelled to 150,000.

……

But for Zhang Xianzhong, no matter how beautiful Zhu Yixi was, he was as embarrassed as he was.

Seeing that the situation on the battlefield was not right, he had no choice but to turn around and run away.

At that time, 30,000 soldiers and horses were chased and intercepted by the cavalry of the Qin Army along the way. When he fled to Qiongzhou, there were no more than [-] people.

Yes, he did not choose to go to Hanzhong Mansion.

He is not stupid, he naturally knows that Zhu Yixi entered Huguang from Hanzhong in the first place, and going north to Hanzhong is tantamount to courting death.

Therefore, he followed Sun Kewang's advice and went to Yunnan.

After fleeing for several days under the scorching sun, Zhang Xianzhong is really old, panting heavily:
"How can this damn cavalry keep chasing?"

"Father, you can't stop!"

Along the way, along with the decline of Zhang Xianzhong's prestige, Sun Kewang's prestige continued to rise due to the retreat of the organization.

He said in a deep voice: "Qiong (Qiong) state can't wait for long, only after crossing the Qiongjiang River can we get rid of these flies."

Zhang Xianzhong nodded, and then he saw that all the generals were doing the same, and his mood became inexplicably unhappy:
"Hopefully, Yunnan is vastly different from Sichuan. There is also Prince Mu's Mansion. It is very difficult for us to stay here."

"Father, Mu Wangfu has been in Yunnan for more than two hundred years. Except for the previous generations of Duke Qian who were wise and powerful, the rest of the descendants are worthless."

Sun Kewang had long wanted to leave a way out for himself, so he naturally found out clearly.

He knew that Zhang Xianzhong had to be persuaded to go south, and his prestige was not enough to lead the whole army.

"Prince Mu's mansion extorted violently and commanded the military households of the Yunnan guard, but it has annexed most of the land. Now that the guard is abandoned, the people are dissatisfied. Many chieftains also covet the gold, silver and jewels of Prince Mu's mansion."

Speaking of this, when he saw the eager eyes of all the soldiers, Sun Kewang couldn't help but continued:

"Prince Mu's Mansion has occupied Yunnan for more than two hundred years. It has everything from ivory, agate and gemstones. It is richer than the King of Shu."

"Father, Yunnan is not a land of smog, but fertile soil."

The generals are also full of longing. The wealth of Mu Palace is too seductive, and it can just make up for the loss.

After a long time, Zhang Xianzhong thought about it, and then said: "We are waiting for the volunteers, and naturally we are pleading for the people. Since the Mu Palace is not benevolent, then don't blame me for being rude."

"March, Yunnan!!!"

(End of this chapter)