The crisp sound of horse hoofs echoed in the canyon. Li Dingguo was on horseback with a determined look on his face. Behind him was an army of 150,000, which was the most elite army under his adoptive father Zhang Xianzhong.

On the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, we must attack Kuizhou Prefecture in Sichuan, completely defeat the white-armed soldiers stationed in Kuizhou Prefecture and Shizhu area, completely eliminate hidden dangers, and then occupy the entire Sichuan in about a month. This is what Zhang Xianzhong ordered.

Order.

The army led by Sun Kewang was still attacking the Guangdong and Guangxi areas, but the momentum of the attack slowed down for a while.

According to the information Zhang Xianzhong received, Zhang Guowei, the Minister of War in Nanjing of the Ming Dynasty, led the imperial army in the south. While defending the city of Nanjing, he planned to rush to the aid of Guangdong and Guangxi. However, the so-called aid army was still lingering in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. As for the situation in the north, it was in chaos.

The rebel army led by Li Zicheng, while occupying Henan, also captured Xi'an Fucheng in Shaanxi and Taiyuan Fucheng in Shanxi, which can be regarded as completely occupying Shaanxi Province and Shanxi Province.

Zhang Xianzhong knew very well that Li Zicheng's power had grown unprecedentedly, and the next step must be to march into Beizhili, and maybe even occupy the capital of the Ming Dynasty. Once he occupied the capital, Li Zicheng would definitely ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.

Therefore, Zhang Xianzhong cannot relax at all and must develop his own strength as soon as possible.

For several months, Zhang Xianzhong has been planning hard. His superficial attack direction is Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang and other places, preparing to take over the entire south in one fell swoop. However, his ultimate goal is to occupy Sichuan Province and regard Sichuan as his foothold.

land.

Judging from the current situation, Zhang Xianzhong's goal has been fully achieved. By feigning attacks on Guangdong, Guangxi and Jiangsu and Zhejiang, he successfully attracted all the troops of the Ming Dynasty to Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The real elite army under his command has been resting in Wuchang and has not attacked at all.

, In order to make the attack more realistic, Zhang Xianzhong did not hesitate to send the most capable Sun Kewang to lead the army to attack. The momentum of his attack was extremely fierce, and many cities in Guangdong and Guangxi were captured.

Through such planning, the troops in Sichuan have been mobilized several times. Currently, only the 30,000 white-armed soldiers led by Sichuan General Qin Liangyu are left. The rest of the guard sergeants have either been deployed to the north or south to rush for reinforcements, or they are huddled in

Don't dare to take any action in the city.

In Zhang Xianzhong's view, except for the white pole soldiers in Sichuan, which are qualified to be opponents, the rest of the guard troops are not worth mentioning. However, being able to support more sergeants is still beneficial to the army under his command.

The road to Shu is as difficult as climbing to the sky. Li Bai, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, described the roads in Sichuan in this way. More than a thousand years have passed, but this situation has not improved, and the roads in Sichuan are still difficult to travel.

During the Three Kingdoms period, among the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu, the Shu Kingdom occupied Sichuan and was founded. The story of Zhuge Liang is well known to the world. Zhang Xianzhong was deeply affected and believed that occupying Sichuan would definitely establish a country and fulfill his dream of being an emperor.

The troops were very fast. The army led by Li Dingguo set out from Wuchang, took ships and marched by land. After the two armies entered Kuizhou, Sichuan, they did not meet up immediately and continued to march towards the capital city of Kuizhou.

Li Dingguo ordered all ships to be converted into merchant ships, marched day and night, deceiving the people and officials along the way, and suddenly launched an attack when the fleet approached the capital of Kuizhou.

This day is the fifth day of the first lunar month, and the entire city of Kuizhou is still immersed in the atmosphere of the Spring Festival.

What's even more critical is that the white-armed soldiers under Qin Liangyu were not stationed in Kuizhou City. They were all evacuated to Shizhu County. In the seemingly steep Kuizhou City, there were only more than 2,000 soldiers stationed there.

Li Dingguo captured the capital city of Kuizhou without spending much effort.

Everything was calm. Li Dingguo issued strict orders. No one was allowed to harass the people or rob property. If anyone disobeyed the order, he would be killed mercilessly regardless of his identity.

There were no sergeants to harass the people, and the capital of Kuizhou maintained its original calm. The people here did not show any disgust towards Li Dingguo and his army. On the contrary, some squires took the initiative to go to see Li Dingguo.

Occupying Kuizhou Fucheng was only the first step. Li Dingguo's main combat target was the white-armed soldiers. Therefore, after the two armies met in Kuizhou Fucheng, Li Dingguo did not stay in Kuizhou Fucheng for a long time, leaving 10,000 soldiers to garrison Kuizhou.

Fucheng, led the remaining 150,000 soldiers to Shizhu County.

The news must have been leaked, but Li Dingguo was not particularly anxious. Even if Qin Liangyu got the news, it would not be a big deal. After all, he had 150,000 troops under his command, while Qin Liangyu had only 30,000 white-armed soldiers. Comparing the strength of the two

The disparity is too great. Even if Qin Liangyu uses his troops like a god, it is unlikely that he will win the battle.

With such confidence, on the ninth day of the first lunar month in the 17th year of Chongzhen, Li Dingguo sent a large number of troops from Kuizhou Fucheng to Shizhu County and took the initiative to attack the Baigan soldiers under Qin Liangyu's command.

Shizhu County is under the jurisdiction of Chongqing Prefecture. It is more than 700 miles away from Kuizhou City and the road is difficult to travel. However, Li Dingguo had been prepared for a long time. He prepared a large number of ships in Kuizhou City, and all the sergeants were on board. The warships passed thousands of times.

County and Zhongzhou, all the sergeants disembarked in Fengdu. Fengdu was only a hundred miles away from Shizhu County, and the army could arrive soon.

As for places like Wanxian and Zhongzhou along the way, if Li Dingguo was interested, he would probably lead his army ashore and attack the city to increase the supply of the army. If he was not interested, he would not stay.

After defeating the Baigan soldiers, the army will still return to Fengdu and take a warship to Chongqing.

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Shizhu Xuanfu Division.

Sichuan Commander-in-Chief Qin Liangyu, dressed in military uniform, looked solemn and resolute as he looked at his daughter-in-law Zhang Fengyi, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Qin Yiming and Qin Gongming who were standing in front of him.

Since the Tianqi period, Qin Liangyu's family has made great sacrifices for the Ming Dynasty. Qin Liangyu's son Ma Xianglin guarded Xiangyang Fucheng for fifteen years.

The Eight Banners Army of the Later Jin Dynasty entered the pass and caused chaos and died in the battle while rushing to the aid of the capital. Qin Liangyu's nephews Qin Zuoming and Qin Zhaoming were seriously injured in the battle and completely lost their ability to fight.

Qin Yiming and Qin Gongming also experienced hundreds of battles. During this period, Qin Yiming was dismissed from his official position due to poor combat performance.

When the news came that Zhang Xianzhong had sent rebel troops to attack the capital of Kuizhou, Qin Liangyu quickly reported it to Sichuan Governor Chen Shiqi, proposing to divide troops into thirteen passes in Sichuan and guard them carefully. According to the suggestions of the rebel troops outside Sichuan, there was no response.

Although Qin Liangyu is famous as the commander-in-chief of Sichuan, he is unable to dispatch other armies in Sichuan and is mostly stationed in Shizhu County on weekdays. Unless he is out fighting, he rarely goes out.

The Ming Dynasty's emphasis on culture over military affairs was particularly obvious in Qin Liangyu.

Qin Liangyu's family made great sacrifices for the court. Under such circumstances, logically speaking, the court should pay special attention to Qin Liangyu, and the successive governors of Sichuan should also respect Zuo Liangyu. Unfortunately, this is not the actual situation, because Xuanfu envoy

Qin Liangyu has never received due attention due to his identity. Once Sichuan is attacked by bandits, Qin Liangyu not only needs to send troops, but also needs to prepare his own money and food. If the battle is won, he can get a few words of praise. If the battle fails,

, the words of rebuke were merciless.

Qin Liangyu didn't care about all this. In the third year of Chongzhen, Qin Liangyu led the white-pole soldiers to Beijing to serve the king. He was summoned and rewarded by the emperor. The emperor also specially composed four poems. Qin Liangyu spent a lot of money to advertise these four poems and hung them in the lobby.

middle.

It was precisely because of the emperor's awards and poems that successive Sichuan soldiers never dared to embarrass Qin Liangyu.

Qin Liangyu's husband Ma Qiancheng was falsely accused by an eunuch in the 41st year of Wanli and died of illness in prison. Qin Liangyu had seen too much. As Shizhu's envoy, he could protect the land of Shizhu so that others would not dare to covet it.

Even if it is good.

Besides, Qin Liangyu is still a woman.

"We got news yesterday that the traitor soldiers came for our Baigan soldiers. We previously judged that after the traitors captured Kuizhou Fucheng, their next target would definitely be Chongqing Fucheng, and then they would attack Chengdu Fucheng. The Baigan soldiers have already done this.

We have made all preparations to rush to Chongqing Fucheng, and now it is time to lead the white-pole soldiers to Chongqing Fucheng."

"Yi Ming, Gong Ming, you led 20,000 white pole soldiers to take the initiative to attack. Fengyi stayed with me and stationed in Shizhu County. The thieves are too courageous. They don't know how powerful my white pole soldiers are, so let's

They’ve seen it all.”

"I have heard some comments recently, and there are many complaints among them. You must not agree with me. My two brothers, Qin Liangyu, and my son Ma Xianglin, both died in the battlefield. I am a woman who has received the emperor's favor for more than 20 years.

, in the current situation, we dare to rebel against the enemy."

"Yi Ming, Gong Ming, the bandits are said to be 500,000 people. I don't believe there are that many, but there are still around 100,000 people. So you can't underestimate the enemy. You must rely on the terrain to deal with the bandits. Remember not to confront the enemy head-on.

Our total strength is only 30,000, and once the war begins, I will not have the strength to rush to your aid."

"My white-armed soldiers have defeated the traitor soldiers countless times, and the traitor soldiers were frightened by the news. This time, we will also completely defeat the traitor soldiers and protect Sichuan..."

Before Qin Liangyu finished speaking, the messenger came closer with documents in his hands.

"General, the governor sent someone to deliver a letter."

Qin Liangyu nodded and took the letter.

"This, Master Chen, what do you mean? The thieves are clearly attacking the Shizhu Xuanfu Division in a large scale, but Master Chen ordered me to lead the white-armed soldiers to rush to Chongqing Fucheng and Chengdu Fucheng. Is it possible that I should give up the Shizhu Xuanfu Division..."

Qin Liangyu's face became ugly. If he led the white-armed soldiers to rush to the aid of Chongqing Fucheng, the traitor soldiers would definitely take over the entire Shizhu County, and the white-armed soldiers would lose their home.

"Mom, I think it's better to defend Shizhu County first and defeat the rebels. I don't think you can blame the governor..."
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