Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

After receiving the news that the vanguard had made smooth progress in capturing Loushan Pass, Altan Cang was very happy. He ordered Du Zixiang to continue leading his troops towards Zunyi. Fearing that his troops were too few, he ordered the captain of the capital, Menggudi, and the general of Ningxia, Ma Anbang, to bring 6,000 cavalry to support Du Zixiang, while he led the central and rear armies to speed up their advance.

After taking Loushan Pass, Du Zixiang gained confidence. He continued to attack without waiting for reinforcements to arrive, and quickly occupied Yong'an Post, an important traffic pass on the west bank of Renjiang River. This Yong'an Post is located on the Sichuan-Guizhou Ancient Road, which is a key point between the north and the south. It is one stop away from Zunyi in the south, Tongzi in the north, and Suiyang in the east (the folks consider a day's journey of 60 miles as one stop). During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, Madam Shexiang presided over "opening the road to Cancong, reaching Biji and Jinma (referring to the Kunming area of ​​Yunnan), and opening the Chishui and Wusa roads to Wumeng". From then on, Yunnan and Sichuan were connected, and the ancient road of Bozhou was connected in all directions. Yong'an Post was set up as a second-class station, equipped with 30 post horses and 50 postmen. Official business and business travel continued, and it was extremely prosperous. To this day, although it has been affected by war, it is still an important transportation hub for going south to Zunyi.

Upon hearing that Yong'an Posthouse was lost and that Du Zixiang had led his troops deep into the enemy's territory, Zheng Jiaolin, who had recovered from his shock, decided to deal a heavy blow to Du Zixiang before the main force of the Wei Army arrived. He gathered troops stationed in various places at Yamen Pass in the north of Zunyi, and ordered General Ke Duo, the right wing general of his personal cavalry, to lead a 5,000-strong detachment to ambush at Hailongdun to the east of Yamen Pass, waiting for the Wei Army to attack the pass and then attack it from the side.

Du Zixiang arrived at Yamen Pass with nearly 6,000 soldiers and more than 4,600 Wu prisoners. He was reluctant to waste his own troops, so he ordered She Zhen and An Xiangheng to lead 1,000 soldiers to force the Wu prisoners to attack the city, while he led his own troops to supervise the battle at the foot of the city. These prisoners were nothing more than consumables of war to him, and he didn't care about the casualties, but only ordered the army to beat the flags and drums to advance.

Under the urging of drums and the coercion of the supervisory team, the prisoners fell one after another, and it seemed that it would never stop. In Zheng Jiaolin's eyes, the enemies under the city fought without any rules, but they were "fearless and fearless".

"Swoosh!" He drew his bow and shot down a "guard" attacking the city. He looked in the direction of Hailongdun and muttered, "Why hasn't Ke Duo arrived yet?"

The right wing general of the imperial cavalry, Ke Duo, has arrived! He suddenly appeared on the flank of the siege guards with 5,000 elite soldiers. Du Zixiang was startled, but fortunately, the attackers were only local soldiers and prisoners, and his headquarters had not moved, so he quickly ordered his men to line up to resist.

Seeing the friendly troops arrive on time, Zheng Jiaolin was overjoyed and led 8,000 soldiers to attack the city. The captives were forced to attack the city, and now that the situation has changed, how can they still have the will to fight? They all fled, and She Zhen and An Xiangheng had to lead their troops to resist. Although the warriors were brave, there were only a thousand of them and their equipment was simple, so they were quickly surrounded and annihilated. She Zhen and An Xiangheng both died in the chaos.

After defeating the enemy, Zheng Jiaolin and Ke Duo joined forces to surround Du Zixiang's troops. Although Du Zongzhen fought desperately, he was outnumbered and the encirclement became smaller and smaller, gradually showing signs of collapse.

"It's so painful~" Du Zixiang secretly hated himself for being greedy for credit and should have waited for the arrival of the army before moving forward. But it was useless to regret now and he could only wait for death silently.

"Da da da~ da da da~"

The thunderous sound of horse hooves was heard, and the Wei army captain Menggudi and general Ma Anbang suddenly appeared on the battlefield with 6,000 cavalry. The sudden cavalry quickly broke through the Wu army formation, killing Zheng Jiaolin and Ke Duo who had no time to react, and they had to flee to Yamen Pass. Menggudi and his men followed closely into the pass.

"Gee~Gee~Gee~" Zheng Jiaolin was panicking and fled on his horse. The Mongolian saw his attire and knew he was an enemy general, so he chased him with an axe, found a flaw, and chopped him off his horse with an axe. Seeing this, Ke Duo was shocked and did not dare to look back, and led the remaining troops back to Zunyi.

"Thank you very much for your help!" After breaking through the barrier, Du Zixiang respectfully thanked Menggudi.

Menggu nodded arrogantly, which was considered a return of greeting. In fact, he had arrived a little while before the attack, and waited until now to attack because he regarded Du Zixiang's troops as bait for fishing.
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"The governor-general has been killed in the battle. Our soldiers have lost their will to fight after a series of defeats. Zunyi cannot be defended. Please ask the governor to accompany me to Pingyue." As soon as he entered Zunyi City, Ke Duo sought out Zhang Dedi, the governor of Sichuan, to discuss the matter, hoping that the governor would accompany him to the Pingyue Military and Civilian Government.

"Right General, we can't retreat! Governor Zhao wrote to us a few days ago asking us to hold on to Zunyi, saying that the general and Admiral Li defeated the remnants of the Guizhou Wei army in Ma Xiang and Dahua, beheaded Wang Yingzhao, the appeaser of Jinzhu in Guangshun Prefecture of the pseudo-Wei, and the chief of Xiaolong Fan, Long Zhengfei, the local people Su Gangbao and Kuang Rong, and the chief of Lu Fan, Lu Dayong, surrendered. The pseudo-Guizhou governor Ren Zhen and the Guizhou admiral Danbadarjijie led a small number of defeated soldiers to flee to Kangzuo Prefecture. As long as we hold on for another month or two, the general will surely lead his army back in triumph," Zhang Dedi urged.

A few days ago, fearing that the rear would be unstable during the war, Wu Sangui ordered Wang Pingfan, the Prime Minister of Sichuan Military Affairs and the General of Poshuo, to lead his troops into Guizhou to assist Guizhou Admiral Li Benshen in eliminating the remnants of the Guizhou Guard Army as soon as possible, and ordered the Governor-General Zheng Jiaolin to temporarily lead the defense of Zunyi. After Wang Pingfan led his troops into Guizhou and joined forces with Li Benshen, they fought several brilliant battles in succession, killing the Guizhou Governor Ren Jian and Admiral Danbadarjie, who had to abandon their armor and weapons and flee to Kangzuo. However, Guizhou was full of mountains, and although Wang Pingfan and Li Benshen had a large number of troops, it was extremely difficult to find the traces of the remnants of the Guard Army in the vast mountains, and this delay took time.

"It's too late! Our army has been defeated repeatedly and the morale is shaken. We can never defend Zunyi. Our only option now is to retreat to Pingyue and wait for the general to return for our support," Ke Duo sighed heavily and rejected Zhang Dedi's advice.

"Even if you insist on retreating, you can't do it so easily. You have to create some trouble for the guards." Seeing that he refused, Zhang Dedi tried to persuade him again.

"Oh, how can we cause trouble for the guards? Please give me some advice, Governor," Ke Duo became interested.

"Some time ago, the royal army attacked Zunyi. The magistrate of Meitan County Wen Ruzhen, Zunyi chieftains Song Huan, Zhang Weizhen, He Shihong, Feng Shitai, Li Yongchang and others enthusiastically welcomed and helped the royal army capture Zunyi. Why don't you open the treasury and allocate food, fodder, weapons and other supplies to them, and order them to harass the rear of the Wei army? They are worried that the Wei army will retaliate and get supplies, so they will certainly obey your orders. This can delay the time for the Wei army to move south and hold out until the general returns triumphantly," Zhang Dedi said slowly.

"Great idea! I have to retreat anyway, so I'd rather give the military supplies I can't take with me to the local chieftains than let them benefit the enemy," Ke Duo readily agreed. Inspired by Zhang Dedi, he not only opened the treasury to arm the pro-Wu chieftains of Zunyi, but also ordered his garrison commander Ma Biao to lead a thousand elite soldiers to station in Meitan, and join forces with Meitan County Magistrate Wen Ruzhen to harass the rear of the Wei army. He and Zhang Dedi led the defeated troops to retreat to Pingyue, and joined forces with Lieutenant General Nan Rong and the guerrilla cavalry infantry stationed in Pingyue. (End of this chapter)