Wanli 1592

Chapter 860 Ma Qiancheng Made a Decision
Juniper is a brave general who will go forward as long as there is a battle. Like his brother Du Tong, both of them are brave generals among frontier generals. Gotta understand.

Li Chengliang's political wisdom was more or less taught to his children, and Li Ruzhang began to waver after receiving Xiao Ruxun's secret letter.

Not to mention that Xiao Ruxun's spies have been able to go deep into these places to carry out spying work, but the facts explained by Xiao Ruxun are very convincing.

He can now be sure of his final victory, and the struggle of the Northwest Frontier Army is meaningless. The Sichuan and the Grand Canal under his control have already cut off the Northwest Frontier Army's food routes from two aspects. If the Northwest Army cannot surrender to the He has no food to eat.

Is Li Wen important alone, or the food supply of the entire Northwest Army?

No food, no matter how strong the army is, it has no combat effectiveness, not to mention that the army under Xiao Ruxun has always been the most effective army in the Ming Dynasty, and if it is forced to fight against Xiao Ruxun, or in a mountainous and rugged place like Hanzhong, the power of the cavalry is simply not enough. Expand, what advantage does he have?
Besides, isn't Li Rusong's statement enough for his reference?
Li Ruzhang knew that he was far inferior to his elder brother, and even his elder brother did not dare to participate in the matter, how dare he participate?
After much deliberation, Li Ruzhang decided to work with Li Wenxu and appoint snakes, and use various methods to delay the marching time. Anyway, Li Wen asked Li Ruzhang to lead the troops to walk down the reward ramp, so as long as he entered the reward ramp, how to go, how to Moving forward, isn't it still his own business?

Li Wen took people along the Lianyun plank road by himself, could he still control himself remotely?
Li Ruzhang quickly decided on his own course of action in this war.

Juniper obviously didn't understand Li Ruzhang's thoughts, he just wanted to fight, and it was a bit complicated to explain some things to him, so we should wait until he entered the praise ramp, and let him fool him now.

"This battle requires us to enter the Baoxie Valley Road to fight against the rebels. Most of our army is a horse army, which is good at horse warfare and not good at mountain warfare. If we suddenly enter the mountain to fight, I am afraid that the army will be unaccustomed to it, so I think , we can walk slower and allow soldiers to adapt to the rough terrain, which is more conducive to combat."

Juniper frowned, but didn't understand what Li Ruzhang meant, and felt that this explanation was a bit far-fetched. Walking on the land of Guanzhong, how rough is it?
But seeing Li Ruzhang's impatient expression, Juniper wisely didn't ask any more questions.

He can still understand this kind of atmosphere a little bit.

On the eighth day of November, Li Wen led Niu Bingzhong and [-] troops to Baoji. After consolidating the city defense and taking away the food and fodder, he continued south to Dasan Pass.

On the same day, Li Wen's vanguard army had arrived at Dasan Pass and entered the Chencang Ancient Road. They had to enter Gululi first to prepare for the main force, such as searching for enemies. I don't know if there is an ambush in the way forward.

Their route is to cross Sanguan and take the Chencang Ancient Road to Fengxian County, then from Fengxian County to Bulianyun Plank Road, pass Feiqiu Pass and Chai Pass, and then arrive at Liuba, and then go south from Liuba to Hanzhong.

The road is steep and difficult to walk, and it is difficult to transport grain and fodder. Li Wen can only do his best, such as ordering each soldier to carry three days of rations to reduce the burden on the horses and horses. A guide familiar with the road was found to lead the army.

In contrast, the route taken by Du Tong is a little easier. Although the route is longer, there are many rivers along the way that can be used, and ships can be used to transport food and fodder, which greatly reduces the burden on the army. Be faster.

As for the Baoxie Road that Li Ruzhang took, starting from Meixian County and heading south, it also needs to go through Liuba. Simply put, after arriving at Liuba, you can take the same road southward along the Lianyun Plank Road, although the difficulty is not small. .

For the Northwest Frontier Army who are good at grassland conquest and horse warfare, this is indeed a huge test.

It's just that Li Wen has no other choice but to pin his hopes on the relatively strong body of the frontier army.

After all, the army is short of food right now. If we don’t capture Hanzhong and recover Sichuan to get food as soon as possible, it’s hard to say whether the army will continue to be obedient. After all, the old saying is good. The same obediently starved to death.

Of course, the refugees may not necessarily starve to death obediently.

On November [-]th, Li Wen led the army to Sanguan. After a little reorganization, he personally led the main force into the Chencang Ancient Road and began to advance to Feng County. Wei's letter.

Ma Wei hopes to rely on the assistance of white soldiers who are familiar with the terrain and good at fighting in the mountains, so he hopes that Ma Qiancheng and Qin Liangyu can lead their white soldiers north to Hanzhong to help them fight against the invasion of the trilateral governor Li Wen.

Ma Wei promised the benefits of money, and at the same time said that he could ask Xiao Ruxun for rewards for them. As long as they come and make military exploits, they can get better military positions, such as asking the emperor to appoint Ma Qiancheng as the general soldier of Sichuan, etc. .

The letter also said that Xiao Ruxun had already blocked the food sources of the Northwest Army and the court, and both the court and the Northwest Army were facing a situation of no food available. As long as they survived the last wave of madness from Li Wen, the Shen Yiguan court would surely be destroyed.

Everyone is a meritorious minister.

After Ma Qiancheng received the letter, he immediately discussed with Qin Liangyu.

"Shall we go?"

Qin Liangyu looked at the letter for a long time, and said: "Xiao Ruxun's progress, in fact, I also sent people around to inquire about the news, and the information they got was similar. Xiao Ruxun had already taken advantage of it. With Sichuan and the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, the imperial court was facing a food shortage. In the past few years, the harvest in the north has been very poor. Without Jiangnan and Sichuan, the imperial court must be short of food.

Therefore, what Ma Wei said is not a lie. As for what Xiao Ruxun will do after defeating Shen Yiguan and entering Beijing, we cannot predict, but if we support Xiao Ruxun in winning the battle, we will definitely get some benefits. Supporting the imperial court is useless, but whether to wait and see or support Xiao Ruxun, my husband, depends on how you decide. "

Qin Liangyu still respected her husband's opinion quite a lot, and Ma Qiancheng was not a little man without his own opinions, so he took out Ma Wei's letter and read it for a long time, hesitating a little.

"Over the years, the imperial court has treated me well..."

As soon as these words came out, Qin Liangyu already knew what her husband was thinking.

If you wait and see, you can only stay here forever, no success, no big development in the future, but if you put all your eggs in one basket to help Xiao Ruxun's army, if they win, then there will be a big breakthrough in terms of merit and deeds, right? ?

The imperial court treated me well, and this was Ma Qiancheng's last psychological obstacle.

"No matter what choice your husband makes, I will support you."

Qin Liangyu expresses her support for her husband in a clear manner.

Ma Qiancheng then made a decision.

(End of this chapter)