Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

"After their defeat, Dang Shousu and Cai Kui abandoned Zhongzhou and retreated to Wanxian. Ma Tengyun abandoned Dianjiang and fled to Liangshan without firing a single arrow. The Ming army is really a bunch of chickens and clay dogs and cannot withstand a single blow. Should our army attack Wanxian or Liangshan next? Please give me your instructions, Marshal," Deputy General Zhengnan asked General Zhengnan Xi Rimo with great joy that day.

Xi Rimo was actually a little confused about why they gave up attacking northern Sichuan and turned to attack Kuizhou. It was like a wolf biting a fat sheep half to death and was about to eat it, but had to let go. How could he not be frustrated?

But he was a general who had experienced many battles, and he would never fight against the Hu people. After receiving the imperial edict from the Great Khan Lianhua and the military order from the King of Qi, he immediately ordered Yang Xianzhu, the Sixth Division Recruiting Envoy of Tianquan, to launch several offensives against the Nanbu County of Baoning Prefecture to confuse the Governor of Qingchuan and Shaanxi, Li Guoying. Li Guoying was a difficult person, and if he knew that he led the main force to turn east, he would not know what he would do.

This move really confused Li Guoying, who ordered his general Liu Yingju to reinforce Nanbu County and personally led troops to deploy defenses at Dahuo Mountain, Liangshan Pass, Langzhong, Nanjin Pass, and Hexi Pass. Hearing that Li had fallen into the trap, Xi Rimo laughed loudly and ordered Sichuan Governor Asumu, Sichuan Provincial Surveillance Commissioner Mamut, and Tianquan Sixth Division Recruiting Envoy Yang Xianzhu to lead 30,000 troops to defend the rear, while he led 50,000 elite troops to attack eastward.

A few days ago, the Qing and Wei armies fought fiercely in northern Sichuan. The Kuidong army had been watching the fight from the sidelines, but they did not expect that they would suddenly become food for the tiger. When Xingping Hou Dang Shousu, who was stationed in Shiqu, was attacked, he thought it was a rebellion by the local Bijika (Tujia) chieftains who did not obey him. It was not until the attack he suffered was far beyond his imagination that he realized something was wrong.

The Ming army was quickly defeated, and Dang Shousu had to lead his troops to retreat to Zhongzhou to join Cai Kui, the general stationed in Zhongzhou. Cai Kui was originally a Ming general. When the Kuidong army entered Chongqing, he resolutely responded and offered Zhongzhou back to the Ming Dynasty. Seeing that Dang Shousu was defeated, he joined forces with him to resist the Wei army, while seeking help from Ma Tengyun, the Marquis of Tongcheng stationed in Dianjiang.

The guards transported heavy artillery onto the ships, and the warships approached the shore and fired continuously at Zhongzhou City. Half a month later, a large section of the southern wall of Zhongzhou was blown down, and the guards poured in like a storm. The coalition forces of Ma and Cai were defeated and had no choice but to retreat to Wanxian.

Ma Tengyun, the Marquis of Tongcheng in the Ming Dynasty, led his army from Dianjiang to reinforce Zhongzhou. Halfway through the journey, he received the news that Zhongzhou had fallen. He was shocked and led his troops to flee north to Liangshan County. The Wei army captured Dianjiang without a fight, which marked that the Ming army forces entrenched in the northeast of Chongqing had been expelled. The next target was Kuizhou Prefecture, an important town in Sichuan. This place connected Shaanxi and Huguang. The Great Khan Lianhua issued an edict to the Wolf of Oirat, seizing Kuizhou at all costs and cutting off the connection between Shaanxi and Kuidong.

After hearing Na Risong's words, Xi Rimo did not answer. He pondered for a moment and asked, "Is there any movement from the bandit Li?" Not long ago, he led his troops northward and was about to take over all of central and northern Sichuan, but was stopped by Li Guoying, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi in the Qing Dynasty, in Baoning. As a result, he became wary of Li Guoying, fearing that this bandit would make trouble in the rear while he led his troops eastward.

"When the thief Li heard that our army was advancing eastward, he indeed launched an attack on our rear and successively captured four counties, namely Yilong, Yingshan, Pengzhou and Xichong. Fortunately, the commander left 30,000 troops to garrison and thus avoided any loss. A letter from the Asumu Fuyuan said that he was leading his troops to fight the thief Li in the areas of Nanchong and Quxian. They had fought several times but the outcome was still unclear. I guess it's all right," he answered easily that day.

"Last time, I won consecutive victories and was about to take over northern Sichuan, but the thief Li saved the situation. This thief has always been treacherous in using troops. Tell Asumu to be careful and only defend but not attack. As long as he can hold the rear, it will be considered a great achievement. As for the Kuidong thieves," Xi Rimo sneered, "It is said that the Kuidong thieves are fierce, but they are a group of scattered sand. Obviously, they are at a disadvantage in terms of military strength, but they are still scattered in Liangshan and Wanxian, clearly waiting for us to defeat them one by one! Why should we be afraid?" This remark hit the soft spot of the Kuizhou Ming army. Since the death of leaders such as Li Zicheng, Li Guo, and Gao Yigong, the Kuidong righteous army has each had its own territory and governed itself. Although Li Laiheng was elected as the leader of the righteous army, he could not interfere in the internal affairs of each unit. In the final analysis, he was just the leader of the alliance. If Li Laiheng was in Kuizhou, he could naturally rely on his prestige to unify the command of the Kuizhou Ming army. But he was not in Kuizhou. Xingping Hou Dang Shousu and Tongcheng Hou Ma Tengyun had similar qualifications, so who could obey whom? Cai Kui and Xue Wanzhu were surrendered generals, and they had no prestige to command the troops of Kuizhou.

The Wolf of Oirat showed his ruthless nature and ordered Sichuan Admiral Jiancun Jiangqu to feint an attack on Wanxian, while he and Uszang Admiral Batu Mengke led the main force to raid Liangshan. Ma Tengyun, the Marquis of Tongcheng, was alone and defeated, and fled to Kaixian to join forces with the Kaixian garrison commander and general Xue Wanzhu.

After Xi Rimo captured Liangshan, he attacked Wanxian again. Dang Shousu and Cai Kui tried their best but failed to resist. After the city was broken, they had to retreat to Yunyang. After learning the news of Wanxian's fall, the various Ming troops in Kuizhou finally united. Ma Tengyun and Xue Wanzhu led their troops to leave Kaixian and join forces with Dang and Cai. Liu Tichun, Yuan Zongdi and He Daoning, who had retreated to Wushan, also sent General Suo Yanlong to lead 5,000 troops to aid Yunyang. The Kuidong army assembled 30,000 troops in Yunyang, and their opponents were more than 40,000 well-equipped and well-trained guards.

At this time, the Wolf of Oirat had learned that the King of Qi had conquered Fang County and Xingshan, and killed many generals including the regent King Han and Duke of Yiguo Hao Yongzhong of the Ming Dynasty. He was so excited that he shouted to his subordinates: "If the credit for pacifying Kuidong is given to the King of Qi, wouldn't we be ashamed? We must conquer Yunyang within five days, otherwise don't blame the military law for being ruthless!"

On the sixth day of the first lunar month in the twenty-fourth year of the Qianyuan reign (1667), the Wei army launched a general attack on Yunyang City. Under the personal supervision of the Wolf of Oirat, the Wei army advanced without retreating, and their offensive was extremely fierce. During the fierce battle, Wang Gongcheng, the general of the Wei Ming army, led his troops to climb the city wall, but was besieged by the defenders. He fought to the death and was shot and killed.

At noon on the fifth day, Yunyang City was broken. The Ming army generals Xue Wanzhu and Cai Kui died in battle. Dang Shousu, Ma Tengyun and Suo Yanlong led more than 10,000 remnants to flee to Fengjie, the capital of Kuizhou Prefecture.

"General, I request to serve as the vanguard to attack Fengjie," "I am willing to go." Inspired by the victory, the generals one after another asked Xirimo to fight.

Xi Rimo smiled and said, "The Khan's order to me is to capture Kuizhou and cut off the connection between Shaanxi and Kuidong. I will complete the order first and attack Fengjie later." He led his army northward from Yunyang, captured Tanjiaping, Majiazhai and other places, deployed his troops between Dushui and Beijiang, blocked the road from Kuidong to Shaanxi, and captured Kaixian, Xinning, Dongxiang, Dazhou and other places, further completing the blockade of Kuidong.

When the Wei army entered Dazhou, Li Guoying, the governor of Qingchuan and Shaanxi, also sent troops to seize Tieshan Pass in the northwest of Dazhou. When the Wolf of Oirat heard the news, he was not annoyed, but laughed happily, "Li thief, Li thief, you are still one step slower than me!" (End of this chapter)