Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

"It seems that the old thief Ren is at the end of his rope, and unexpectedly the enemy comes from the north. Brother Li, we have to say goodbye!" Wang Pingfan, the Prime Minister of Sichuan Military Affairs and the General of the Battle of Shuo, said helplessly to Li Benshen, the Governor of Guizhou. As a famous general with both wisdom and courage, he made countless contributions and was deeply trusted by Wu Sangui, but he was still modest and cautious, and was very polite to Li Benshen, who was older than him.

"After the surrender of Lu Dayong, the chief of Lu Fan, Hong Guozhao, the chief of Hong Fan, also surrendered to the Great Zhou with more than 200 people. I judge that the army under the command of the old villain Ren is less than 4,000. As long as we search patiently, we will be able to wipe out the remaining enemies one day. My dear brother, you can go without worry. I will take care of Guizhou." Li Benshen smiled confidently. His confidence was justified. As the encirclement of the Wu army became tighter and tighter, the Guizhou guards were indeed in a desperate situation. There were only more than 30 personal soldiers left of Guizhou Governor Ren Xun, Admiral Danbadarjie, Langdai Xuanwei Envoy Long Anfan, and Pu'an Tuzhizhou Long Jizhao each had more than 500 subordinates left. Wolong Chief Long Yitu and Dalong Chief Long Feihan each had more than 300 men left. Xiaolong Chief Long Zhengfei's son Long Lei and Kangzuo Tusi Xue Rong each had more than 200 men left. Together with the more than 100 remnants of Jinzhu Pacifier Wang Yingzhao who died in the battle, the Guizhou Guards at this time had only more than 2,800 people at most, and together with their families, they could not even make up 4,000. Not only was the strength of the troops greatly reduced, but they were defeated in successive battles, their morale was low, and military supplies began to run short. More and more people came down the mountain to surrender.

"Well, with Brother Li here, Guizhou has no worries. Zheng Jiaolin came to report that Zunyi is in danger, so I have to rush back to Zunyi immediately. Now I'll take my leave," Wang Pingfan bowed to Li Benshen, said goodbye and left.
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It's raining again! This is a common thing in Guizhou, where "there is no clear sky for three days and no flat land for three miles", but someone uses the rain to express his feelings and sigh about his fate. It was none other than Ren Jian, the governor of Guizhou in the Kingdom of David. The situation was critical, and his subordinates kept deserting. Governor Ren was very anxious. He took advantage of the rainy day to recite "Stories to Awaken the World": "The roof leaks and it rains all night, the boat is broken and there are thousands of hatreds. The pedestrians stopped and sighed, and the inexpressible sorrow added to the sorrow. Alas~" A deep sigh, unable to express the sorrow in his heart.

"Fuyuan~Fuyuan~" Kangzuo chieftain Xue Rong ran over hurriedly.

Seeing him like this, Ren Zhen was startled. There had been a lot of bad news these days. Could it be that another general had defected? After all, it was a provincial border. He calmed down and asked slowly, "What's the matter?"

"Your Excellency, great news! The people I sent to investigate the news reported that the imperial army is attacking Zunyi, and Wang Pingfan, the general who defeated the Zhou Dynasty, has led his troops back to Zunyi. The only army left to encircle and suppress us is Li Benshen's army."

"Wang Pingfan is gone?" Ren Zhen was overjoyed when he heard this. This Wang Pingfan was extremely difficult to deal with. His subordinates had fought with the Wu army several times in recent days, and they suffered a great loss every time. It seemed that they were about to run out of money, but unexpectedly, this plague god actually left. When people are happy, they recite poems differently. They recited with a smile on their faces: "The roof is leaking and it rains all night. The ship is late and encounters headwinds. Don't give up when you are unlucky. What's wrong with everything going wrong?" After reciting the poem, he excitedly ordered: "Come on, call all the generals to discuss matters."

Although Governor Ren was already over 70 years old, he was young at heart and was always thinking about making achievements. His career was not smooth in the first half of his life, until he met Sun Kewang, the King of Qin, and then he became successful. Unfortunately, Sun Kewang failed to achieve anything, and by chance he joined the Kingdom of David, where he really thrived. Who would have thought that there would be unexpected events? He wanted to be a governor, but he was surrounded in Guizhou. Seeing that his life was in danger, the enemy withdrew at the critical moment. The old man's heart of fame and fortune was awakened, and he wanted to go down the mountain to harass the Wu army and make more achievements.

"Fuyuan, our army now has less than 3,000 soldiers. Even if Wang Pingfan withdraws, Li Benshen's troops at the foot of the mountain have more than 20,000 people. We are really powerless to fight the enemy." "Yes, Fuyuan, the soldiers can't even get enough food now, how can they have the strength to fight?"... The complaints of his subordinates made him realize the reality. With his current strength, he could only hide in the mountains. If he dared to go down the mountain, he would die! No matter what, it was a good thing that there were fewer enemies at the foot of the mountain, so he gave up the plan to go down the mountain and happily ordered his subordinates to hunt some game to celebrate.
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"Are these all for me?" Gaoping local commander Li Yongchang looked excitedly at the 100 sets of cotton armor, 30 bird guns, 100 bows, 100 pairs of swords and shields, 200 spears, as well as food and other supplies sent by Sichuan Governor Zhang Dedi, and he was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.

"That's right. In addition to these, there is also the official title of the Water Pacifier given to you by Zhang Fuyuan," the messenger said politely, but he was full of disdain in his heart. He was so happy with such a small thing. He was truly a local official who had never seen the world.

Li Yongchang didn't know that Zhang Dedi gave Caotang Pacifier Song Huan, Meitan County Magistrate Wen Ruzhen, and Huangping Pacifier He Shihong much more supplies than he did. Even Chong'an Division Chief Zhang Weizhen, Baini Division Chief Yang Yao, and Langcheng Local Co-governor Feng Shitai received more than he did. With promotion and supplies, they were overjoyed and ready to work hard for the Great Zhou.

"Pacifier, the Wei army is powerful, and Zhang Fuyuan is using you as a gun. It is better to abandon Wengshui City and retreat to the mountains," advised Tu County Magistrate Youchang.

"As the pacification commissioner of Wengshui, I should guard Wengshui. Moreover, Zhang Fuyuan said that General Poshuo is on his way back. As long as we hold on for a while, reinforcements will arrive soon." Li Yongchang glanced at Youchang with caution. Among the four chieftains of Wengshui, You, Ting and Yang have declined. Now that my Li family has obtained the position of pacification commissioner of Wengshui, it is just a matter of time before we dominate Wengshui. What is your intention in persuading me to give up Wengshui? Are you trying to trick me out of the city so that you can restore the glory of your You family?
After being glanced at by him, Youchang dared not say much and slowly retreated. Forget it, forget it, since you won't listen to good advice, I will just surrender to the Wei Kingdom! Thinking of this, Youchang sent someone to secretly send a letter to the Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou of the Wei Kingdom, Alatan Cang. Unexpectedly, Li Yongchang had been prepared, and the messenger was captured as soon as he left the city. Knowing that You had betrayed him, Li Anfu was murderous. He led his army to surround You's mansion overnight and slaughtered all of his family of more than 100 people. After thinking about it, he was still worried, so he slaughtered Ting and Yang as well.

The three families who escaped the net fled to Zunyi and reported to Altan Cang. Upon learning about the change in Wengshui, Altan Cang hesitated. Should he continue to cross the Wujiang River to attack Guiyang directly or attack Wengshui and Xiangtan first to clear the enemies on the flank? He remembered that Fang Yuxuan, the governor of Yunnan, had some strategies, so he invited him to discuss.

After listening to him, Fang Yuxuan smiled and asked, "Excuse me, how many troops does the governor have?"

"I originally had 30,000 troops, and after a series of battles, there are still 28,000 left," Altan Cang replied slowly.

"Is this military force enough to pacify Guizhou?" Fang Yuxuan asked again.

Altan Cang pondered for a long time and said slowly: "I'm afraid not."

Fang Yuxuan said seriously: "Since you know that your troops are not enough to conquer Guizhou, why do you continue to move south? Since ancient times, those who are good at using troops have always put stability first. I think it is better to clear the flanks and stabilize Zunyi first."

"What you said is very good!" After hearing this, Altan Cang made up his mind. He led 20,000 troops to defend Zunyi and ordered generals Xin Sizhong, Fan Dingge and Liu Ding to lead 8,000 troops to sweep the flanks.
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Xin Sizhong was nicknamed "Tiger Flame Squad" and was called "General Xin". He was a famous ruthless man in the army. When he was the Right Mighty General of Li Chuangbiao, he killed countless people. Fan Dingge, the general of Yan'an, was also a veteran rebel who had killed countless people. With these two people, the southeast of Bozhou was soon filled with a strong smell of blood. The first target of the "Tiger Flame Squad" was Wengshui. Li Yongchang, the newly appointed Wengshui pacification envoy by Wu Zhou, was ignorant of the world and led 3,000 local soldiers to fight, but was defeated in the first battle.

"Da~Da~Da~" Li Yongchang, who had tasted the power of the guards, rode away desperately. Da Yuanzhen, a guerrilla under Xin Sizhong, caught up with him on horseback, swung his iron mace, and smashed Li Anfu's brains.

"Come here, kill the entire clan of the traitor Li Yongchang and confiscate their property," Xin Sizhong coldly issued the order. It was very easy to escalate the genocide of a clan. After receiving the order, Xin Sizhong and Fan Dingge's subordinates went there excitedly. Not only did they kill the entire Li clan, but also many of Li Yongchang's local houses were affected. Those who were lucky only lost some property, while those who were unlucky were tragically exterminated.

After conquering Wengshui, Xin Sizhong led his army to Yuqing. Mao Lu, the local county magistrate of Yuqing, saw that the Wei army was powerful and opened the city to surrender. Unfortunately, he met the old thief Fan Dingge. Fan Dingge, the general of Yan'an, did not gain much military merit this time when he went south, and he did not rob much spoils in Wengshui a few days ago. His ferocity as a thief in the past was revived. He wanted to get some in Yuqing, so he met Mao Lu and stabbed him. After killing Mao Lu, he slaughtered all of Mao Lu's 200 men as military merits, and searched the city for rich families to rob.

"Brother Fan, you want to make a contribution!" After hearing about Fan Dingge's actions, Xin Sizhong muttered with a smile. He waited for an hour, estimating that Fan Dingge's subordinates had looted enough things, before leading his troops into the city to maintain order.

Originally, they were just local officials with little money. Unexpectedly, these local chieftains had accumulated wealth for hundreds of years and their subordinates made a fortune in Wengshui and Yuqing. Since ancient times, money has moved people's hearts, and the army's morale was greatly boosted.

The two generals took advantage of the situation and headed north to Meitan. Wu's garrison commander Ma Biao and Meitan County Magistrate Wen Ruzhen gathered 4,000 soldiers to resist, of which Ma Biao's 1,000 soldiers were very elite. Xin and Fan attacked for five consecutive days but failed to break through. Soon, news came that Wu's Caotang pacification envoy Song Huan had gathered Huangping pacification envoy He Shihong, Chong'an chief Zhang Weizhen, Langcheng local co-magistrate Feng Shitai, Baini chief Yang Yao and other 6,000 troops to come to Meitan for assistance.

Frustrated by the failure to capture the city immediately, the Tiger Flame Squad was furious when they heard that the local army was trying to touch their tiger whiskers. They ordered Fan Dingge's troops to continue to besiege Meitan, and led 4,000 troops to fight Song Huan. In this battle, Xin Sizhong led the way with a steel knife, and his generals Ding Guodong, Yang Guanglie, and Da Yuanzhen all fought bravely. Although the local army was large in number, they were mostly a motley crowd. They had never seen such a powerful enemy and were quickly defeated. Feng Shitai and Yang Yao were killed, and Song Huan and others fled back in embarrassment, with most of their men killed or wounded.

After defeating the enemy reinforcements, Xin Sizhong sent the heads of Feng Shitai and Yang Yaozhi into the city and ordered the captured prisoners to persuade them to surrender outside the city. The soldiers in the city were in chaos, and someone opened the city gate in the dark and surrendered the city. The guards rushed in, killed Ma Biao in battle, and captured Wen Ruzhen alive.

"I heard that you are a good official. Are you willing to surrender?" Xin Sizhong asked Wen Ruzhen.

"You were a thief before. Although you were cruel, you were still a good man. But you didn't expect to become a running dog of the Hu people. You really brought shame to our ancestors. Bah!" Wen Ruzhen cursed angrily.

"Skin him! Skin this man for our town!" Xin Sizhong was far inferior to Wen Ruzhen in bickering, and he was so angry that he issued a vicious military order. Not satisfied with skinning Wen Ruzhen, he ordered all the officials in the city to be beheaded and their property confiscated. For a time, ghosts and wolves howled in Meitan City.

Next, the "Tiger Flame Squad" marched to Caotang. Caotang pacification envoy Song Huan was unable to defeat them and hastily fled to Huangping Prefecture with his family. However, he was caught up by the guards while fleeing, and his entire family and more than 700 subordinates were killed.

The bloody massacre frightened the remaining chieftains. Huang Ping's pacification envoy He Shihong and Chong'an chief Zhang Weizhen dared not resist and led their troops to surrender.

Xin Sizhong originally wanted to spare the lives of the two men, but unexpectedly he received a secret letter from Altan Cang saying, "The local chieftain is fickle and should be eliminated to prevent future troubles."

Upon seeing this letter, the "Tiger Flame Squad" was no longer polite and ordered their generals Ding Guodong and Yang Guanglie to surround the residences of He Shihong and Zhang Weizhen and kill both of them and their entire families.

At this point, the Tusi forces in the southeast of Zunyi were completely wiped out. (End of this chapter)