Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1014 Bingzhi Guangyuan
On that day, Chen Ke was restrained on the archery target by Yu Youming and others. The general of Zhongyi Town either used bows and arrows, or used firecrackers.

This is a lynching in the army, which is against the rules, but during the war, not only killing an individual, but also killing the whole family and slaughtering the whole city, the Ming army has not done it before, so this is not a big deal.

Zhao Dongjun and other four generals, one of them received the same punishment for rebelling with Chen Ke and offering the city. The three of Zhao Dongjun went out of the city to join the enemy and did not participate in the rebellion to seize the city. Li Dingguo asked him to commit suicide.

If the three of them surrendered and returned to justice when the army reached the city, they would still have a way out, but if they followed Chen Ke to break out of the siege, they would only have a way out.

After dealing with Chen Ke's matter, most of the knots in Zhongyi Town about Hezhou were resolved.

After the recovery of Chengdu, all parts of Sichuan were looking forward to the wind. Ma Jinzhong sent people to Luzhou to report the victory, and at the same time counted the harvest, and found that most of the property and grain in Chengdu had indeed been removed.

At this time, as Chengdu was captured by the Ming army, the scene of the Dashun Dynasty appeared in the Kingdom of Jin. The entire Chengdu Plain, plus western Sichuan, northern Sichuan, three prefectures, two prefectures and one guard, a total of more than 20 prefectures and counties, fell in anticipation.

In the final analysis, it was because Wu Sangui deliberately gave up Sichuan. The foundation of a young country like the Kingdom of Jin is still too weak.The Ming Dynasty has been supporting scholars for 300 years, but there are still countless scum, and the Jin Kingdom has only been established for four years. There are too few favors for the gentry, landlords and common people, so basically no one is loyal to him.

The news of the restoration of Chengdu spread to Luzhou, and the Sanhuashan meeting was basically over. In Luzhou, the Ming Sichuan Governor’s Office, the Governor’s Office, and the Taiwanese Yamen all arranged to move to Chengdu. He Tengjiao was also preparing to end the Luzhou Meeting , Moved the Xingyuan of the University Supervisor to Chengdu, preparing to manage Chengdu and plot Hanzhong and Guanzhong.

At this time, Wang Guangtai swept the land in western Sichuan, and Wang Deren had already captured Jianmen Pass and rushed into Guangyuan.

Jianmen Pass is a natural danger in the middle of Sichuan, but what he was guarding against was the direction of Hanzhong in the north, but he didn't have much defense against the direction of Sichuan. Wang Deren conquered this pass after three days of attacking the pass, opening up the road to Guangyuan.

At this time, Ma Jinzhong and Li Dingguo had also swept around Chengdu. After they arranged Chengdu's defense, they led the army northward to Hanzhong.

But in the process of marching, they discovered that not only the money and food in the prefectures and counties along the way, such as Mianyang and Tongchuan, had been emptied by Wu Sangui, but also [-]% of the population of the entire county had been relocated, leaving only the old, weak, sick and disabled.

This shocked Ma Jinzhong and Li Dingguo. They didn't expect Wu Sangui to be so ruthless and clean up the northern Sichuan, leaving nothing to the Ming Dynasty.

During the Little Ice Age, food production decreased, and the population became a burden on the imperial court for a long time. The huge refugee team even destroyed the Ming court.

All parties in the world did not pay much attention to population, but at this time, Wu Sangui began to emigrate to Hanzhong. This shows that population has begun to become a resource at this time.

Li Dingguo participated in the battle between the Western Army and the Qing Army in Hanzhong. In that battle, the Western Army adopted the strategy of fighting against the Qing Army with strong walls, clearing the fields, and fighting on scorched earth. As a result, the people in Hanzhong suffered heavy casualties, and many areas became deserted. place.

Wu Sangui wanted to run Hanzhong and resist the pressure from Huguang and Sichuan and Sichuan. In addition to money and food, he must have a source of soldiers, otherwise his people would die and one less, and sooner or later he would be exhausted.

Ma Jinzhong hurriedly dispatched cavalry to inspect the counties in northern Sichuan and found almost the same scene. If the Ming army hadn't attacked early, Wu Sangui could have moved the people of northern Sichuan first, and then moved more than 5 households in Chengdu to Hanzhong.

Soon, news came from Wang Deren that Wu Sangui wanted to move a large number of supplies and people to Hanzhong, but the road to Shu was difficult, and the Jin army still had a large number of supplies and people stationed in Guangyuan.

The Ming army also needed a large amount of money and food to conquer Sichuan and Shu. Otherwise, there would be no money to buy seeds and no iron to make farm tools. It would be difficult for Sichuan to recover, and it would be difficult for the army to enter Hanzhong and Guanzhong.When Ma Jinzhong and Li Dingguo got the news, they immediately decided to get the supplies back.

The location of Guangyuan is important. The Jinniu Road goes out of Sichuan here. After walking from Chengdu to Guangyuan, it is difficult to walk on the plank road when going north. You have to pass through layers of mountains to enter Hanzhong.

Because the road to the north is difficult, many supplies from Sichuan to Hanzhong were blocked in Guangyuan, and Wu Sangui also knew this, so he sent Hu Guozhu to rush to transport supplies here in order to transport more things to Hanzhong.

Hu Guozhu was stationed in Guangyuan and rushed to transport supplies. He originally thought that the Ming army would be delayed for a while, but he did not expect that the Ming army would attack in several ways. Wang Deren's troops broke through Jianmen Pass and entered Guangyuan. The main force of the army made Ma Jinzhong and Li Dingguo also come to Guangyuan.

The gap between Hanzhong and Sichuan is too far, and the population is sparse. Wu Sangui forcibly relocated many people from northern Sichuan to the past. A large amount of supplies, money and food are needed to settle these people down.

If there is no material, money and food, these people can only starve to death even if they arrive in Hanzhong, and the goal of enriching the population of Hanzhong cannot be achieved.

Other places in Sichuan do not need to guard, but Guangyuan and Wu Sangui must guard, at least until the supplies are almost delivered.

In order to prevent the Ming army from occupying the plank road and cutting off the return route of the army, Hu Guozhu, with 1 horses, set up a solid camp in a valley where the Ming army must pass through in the south of Guangyuan.

Wang Deren attacked for a few days, but he didn't break through Hu Guozhu's block, allowing the flustered Jin army to calm down a little.

The Ming army occupied Sichuan so quickly, the soldiers of the Jin army were still very afraid, but Hu Guozhu was very confident. He was proficient in the art of war and had extraordinary martial arts skills. More importantly, Wu Sangui assigned him [-] elite soldiers who had conquered the Western Regions. The veterans who passed through Fotu Pass in a bloody battle are very powerful.

Hu Guozhu believed that although there were many Ming troops, due to the terrain constraints of Guangyuan, even if he came with 20 troops, he would not be able to deploy them.

At this time, in the camp of the Jin Army, Hu Guozhu was gathering all the generals to discuss the situation.

Hu Guozhu is tall and burly, sitting on the commander-in-chief, and General Guan Ning sits on both sides.

"Everyone, my commander lined up between the two mountains. Wang Deren lost more than a thousand people, and he couldn't shake this commander's line. No matter how many Ming troops come, this commander will not be afraid of him!" Hu Guozhu opened the scene loudly, giving The subordinates cheered up and strengthened their hearts.

The generals below nodded in agreement. They occupied the hill and a valley in the middle. The Ming army could only invest one or two to 3000 people in each attack. If there were too many valleys, they would not be able to expand. It means that every time the Ming army attacked, they would fight more with less Thus occupying a huge advantage.

"You don't have to worry. The prince told us to guard Guangyuan, and we didn't keep guarding. When the civilian husbands emptied Guangyuan's supplies, I will take you back to Hanzhong!" Hu Guozhu smiled when he said this, "At that time, we will Once the plank road is burned, even if there are millions of Ming troops, it will be difficult to get out of Shu! We will be able to cultivate our voice and restore our strength in Hanzhong!"

The generals nodded frequently. The Jinniu Road was burned down by Zhang Xianzhong before, and it took the Kingdom of Jin two years to restore it. If they burned the plank road, the Ming army would be trapped in Shu and unable to get out.

Just as the people in the tent were talking, the curtain of the tent was lifted suddenly, and a general walked in with the wind, "Commander, Ma Jinzhong and Li Dingguo soldiers have arrived!"

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