Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 517
In mid-June, the troops of the Eastern Route Army were in Pengshui County, south of the Shizhu Xuanfu Division. With the help of the [-]-year-old Madam Qin Taibao and more than a thousand white-armed soldiers, they repelled [-] Qing soldiers who encountered by chance. Then take Pengshui County lightly, continue to advance, chase and kill the defeated army all the way to the Yangtze River in the south of Wanxian County, which shocked Wu Sangui.

At this time, because Hu Guozhu and Xia Guoxiang brought all the ships back to the north bank, the East Route Army had to set up camp on the south bank temporarily and confront Wu soldiers across the river.

The old matriarch Qin Liangyu had enmity with the Shun Army and the Western Army. At this time, he also abandoned the previous suspicion. Qing, and find ships for the army.

In folk stories, the Song Dynasty had a family full of loyal Yang family generals, and the old lady Qin's family did no worse than the Yang family generals, and there were not a few family members whose husbands, brothers and children died of the king's affairs.

During the reign of Chongzhen, wars broke out frequently. Qin Liangyu's family settled in She'an in the southwest, swept the bandits in the Central Plains, and fought against the Qing Dynasty outside the pass.

Elder brother Qin Bangping and younger brother Qin Minping died successively. Later, in the battle with Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Ling, a famous general in Sichuan, was killed by Li Dingguo, and Qin Liangyu's [-] white-armed soldiers were also wiped out.

In the 15th year of Chongzhen, Ma Xianglin, the son of the old matriarch, stood firm in Xiangyang, and resolutely died for the country after the city was broken.Before he died, he wrote a letter to the old lady: "My son vows to live and die with Xiangyang, and I hope that adults will not worry about my son's safety!" And the old lady's reply letter only had one sentence: "Good! Good! Really my son!"

After Jiashen, bad news came one after another. In addition, the white soldiers were killed and injured, Ma Xianglin was martyred, and the health of the old lady who was over [-] years old was getting weaker and weaker. She is the Prince's Taibao, named Zhongzhenhou, and Zhendong General, but she is already old, and with all the soldiers and horses in her hands lost, the old matriarch is already powerless.

This time the Qing soldiers crossed the river to hunt down the Western Army and passed by the border of Shizhu. The old lady wanted to find an opportunity to attack, but she only had a thousand people in her hands, and she never got the chance, so she asked her nephews Qin Yiming and Qin Gongming to follow behind, which happened to help The Eastern Route Army is very busy.

Hu and Xia returned to Wan County with more than 10 remnants of soldiers. Wu Sangui was surprised when he learned that the Zhongzhi Army had entered Sichuan. Wu Sangui was shocked, and while shrinking his troops, he hurriedly informed Chengdu and told Hauge, "It's a disaster, let's escape the fucking summer!"

On the other hand, after occupying Luzhou, the West Route Army's confidence has greatly increased, and Ding Kuichu intends to seize the first victory in Fuchuan.

Isn't the reason why Wang Yan is so arrogant now is that he regained Chu Gan?When he gets the first victory in restoring Sichuan, maybe the position of governor of Sichuan will be his.

Now Guangdong, Huguang, Jiangxi, and Fujian of the Longwu court have all been divided up. Whoever Ding Kuichu fights with is because his arms can’t twist his thighs, but Sichuan is different. , and Wang Yingxiong and Fan Yiheng are both officials appointed by Hongguang Dynasty, so there is no way to compete with him.

Immediately, Ding Kuichu followed suit and ordered his confidant Yan Zungao to lead five thousand troops to guard Luzhou, while he encircled Fan Yiheng, the governor of Sichuan, and Wang Xiang, Ma Yingshi and other ministries of the Ming army in southern Sichuan to encircle Hezhou in a roundabout way.

In this way, he can not only control Luzhou, but also complete the mission of the West Route Army, and take the opportunity to incorporate and annex the Southern Sichuan Ming Army during the march, weakening the strength of his potential opponent Fan Yiheng.

At the same time, the Central Route Army led by Wang Yan also advanced rapidly along the Qijiang River to Ba County.

The Sichuan governor Wang Zuntan, who was stationed in Baxian County by the Qing army, first received a report from the general who guarded the water, saying that he was attacked by the Ming army, but he didn't care. The troops under his command went to attack, but as soon as Mr. Qian left, there was no further news.

On the second day, the news that Dongxi and Sanxi were lost one after another came. Wang Zuntan realized that something was unusual. It might be that the main force of the Ming army in Guizhou had come. In the afternoon, Qijiang County was also captured, and the forward of the Ming army was only one day away from Ba County.

This frightened Wang Zuntan, and hurriedly asked people to inquire, but the scouts brought news that the five loyal troops had entered Sichuan, and Wang Yan personally led tens of thousands of troops.

Some of the Sichuan Qing army returned to Chengdu with Hauge, and some followed Wu Sangui to Wanxian and Chongqing. Because there was no threat, there were only more than 8000 green battalion soldiers left in total.

Wang Zuntan listened to the report of the scouts and explained that at least 4 troops had come. He had 8000 troops, and [-] were at Fotu Pass on the opposite bank. How to resist Wang Yan?

Hearing the news, Wang Zuntan was so frightened that his liver and gallbladder were torn apart. Before Wang Yanbing arrived, he voluntarily gave up Ba County and retreated to the north bank of the Yangtze River. .

On June [-], Wang Yanbing recaptured Ba County without bloodshed, and as time went by, the Qing soldiers finally reacted.

At this time, [-] troops and [-] civilians in the middle road were crowded around Ba County, in the narrow area south of the Yangtze River, and wherever they could see, there were dense troops.

Wang Zuntan stood on the north bank and looked around, and saw that the land on the south bank was covered by the Ming army, and the sky was covered by banners. Even the breath of 8 horses was enough to gather into a storm, cloudy and sunny.

Before the formation of the Qing army, Li Guoying, who came to support from Fotuguan, also stared at a pair of eyes like eagles and wolves, observing the lineup of the Ming army.He had to admit that the Ming army was very strong this time, and he had never seen so many Ming troops since he surrendered.

"Today I received two pieces of news, and my heart is very anxious!" Wang Zuntan looked at the Ming army on the other side, which was several times larger, and said worriedly.

"What's the news?" Li Guoying wasn't too worried. Although the Ming army was numerous, they didn't have ships, so they basically couldn't pose a threat to them.

Wang Zuntan took a deep breath, "These two pieces of news, one is that the scouts discovered a Ming army of more than 3 people in the west, and they made a detour to Hezhou, apparently to cut off our connection with Chengdu. The other is that King Pingxi Send it here, and say that Gao Yigong led a hundred thousand troops, and he is confronting him across the river, so let us pay attention to defense, in case the Ming army splits up and crosses the river from Chongqing Mansion, and outflanks his rear!"

Li Guoying took a deep breath when he heard this, "It means that the army came from three routes. Doesn't it mean that more than 20 people entered Sichuan?"

"Yes~" Wang Zuntan nodded, "Wang Yan is really aggressive this time, and he is bound to win!"

Li Guoying frowned and thought for a while, then his heart moved, "Master Futai, Dadukou and Wangjiatuo, can you send someone to guard them?"

"This is the easiest place for the army to cross the river, so people are naturally guarded."

Li Guoying breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good. Now the king of Pingxi in the east is blocking Gao Yigong in Wan County, so that he can't cross the river. If we block Wang Yan here, the Ming army will waste food and grass. As for detours We don’t have to worry about the Ming army in Hezhou, Prince Su will take care of it.”

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