Muchuansi, Mahu Prefecture, Sichuan, was originally the territory of Chieftain An in the early Ming Dynasty. Time passed by, and hundreds of years passed, and the An family declined.
Li Dingguo, the deputy general of Zhengxi and the Marquis of Dinglu, came here.
He is twenty-nine years old, eight feet tall, and handsome. Looking at the boundless beauty, his heart is surging.
Muchuan is just a small river, but it merges into the big river (Yangtze River). How majestic! What a long, big river!
"Da da da", the rapid sound of horse hooves sounded, and a horse galloped to the side.
"Call!"
Tightening the rope, a Confucian scholar got off his horse and turned out to be Li Dingguo's counselor Gong Yingzhen.
"Brother Gong, you have come at the right time. It will be a pleasure to look out across the river with me and pay homage to our ancestors!"
Gong Yingzhen is very happy, his boss is so magnanimous and noble, even when the war is approaching, he still has this leisurely mood.
"Hongyuan, come back to camp with me, there are people from Jiading coming to work for the army again."
The people of Jiading hated Yuan and the two thieves Wu. Since the Ming army was stationed in Muchuansi, there was an endless stream of people who wanted to reward the army. They all came to beg Li Dingguo to quickly send troops to attack Jiading and save the people from the fire.
Li Dingguo remained unmoved.
This young general likes to take the lead in battles and is known as "Little Yuchi", but he is by no means a foolhardy person.
The 20,000 Jiangxi soldiers allocated to him by Zhu Hengjia have not yet arrived. At this time, his headquarters only has 30,000 soldiers, plus 10,000 soldiers from the Lu family of Dongchuan, the Long family of Zhenxiong Prefecture, the Lu family of Wumeng Prefecture, and the An family of Wusa Prefecture. The five thousand native soldiers are only 45,000. But the two thieves Yuan and Wu have 80,000 soldiers. The enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered.
Li Dingguo believed in not fighting an uncertain battle. He let the wind out and said that he came here only to prepare for the Northern Expedition to the Qing Dynasty, and not to fight against Yuan and Wu thieves.
While enjoying the scenery leisurely, they set up camp and waited patiently for Wang Deren and Song Kuiguang's 20,000 Jiangxi soldiers.
"Hongyuan, the one who came to reward the army this time is Zhang Kui, a wealthy businessman from Jiading City. According to him, Yuan Tao and Wu Dading were scattered because of insufficient military pay. Wu Dading went to Meizhou, and Yuan Tao stayed in Jiading."
"The two thieves dispersed?"
Li Dingguo was stunned: "Quickly, follow me back to the camp and ask Zhang Kui for clarification."
Although "Little Yuchi" is only twenty-nine years old, he joined the army at the age of ten and is already a veteran who has been fighting for nineteen years. His sensitive sense of smell, honed in hundreds of battles on the battlefield, allows him to smell the smell of fighter jets.
Returning to the camp, he summoned Jin Tongwu, Dou Mingwang, Chen Jian, and Wang Hui generals to question Zhang Kui carefully.
"Are you saying that Yuan and Wu have separated? How many soldiers and horses are there in Jiading City at this time?"
Zhang Kui said: "The two thieves were short of food and pay, so Wu Dading went to Meizhou. Yuan Tao's tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were divided into Emei, Qianwei, Rongxian, Weiyuan and other counties to get food. There were only 30,000 soldiers and horses left in the city. Commander, this is a good opportunity to attack Jiading!"
"Commander, please send troops to Jiading. This God-given opportunity must be taken!"
The generals asked for battle one after another.
Li Dingguo stared at Zhang Kui and saw that he looked calm and did not seem to be deceitful. He nodded, the enemy has 30,000 troops and our army has 45,000. This battle can be fought.
However, Yuan Tao's old bandits are mostly among these 30,000 people, and they have a strong city to defend, so they should not be careless.
After thinking for a while, he asked Zhang Kui: "Shopkeeper Zhang, can you help smuggle the elite of our army into the city?"
Zhang Kui thought for a while and said: "I can bring at most two hundred people into the city. If there are any more, the thieves may become suspicious."
"Well, two hundred people were caught by surprise and should be able to seize the city gate. Wang Hui, you will lead two hundred people into the city with shopkeeper Zhang. When our army seizes the city, you will take advantage of the chaos to seize the city gate and let the army enter the city."
"The last general takes orders".
Li Dingguo suddenly sighed: "Although fighter planes are available, this Jiayuan is located at the junction of Dajiang, Yangjiang, and Qingyi Rivers. It will take time to build ships to cross the river. I might miss the opportunity!"
Zhang Kui said: "What's so difficult about this! When Yuan Tao killed Duke Yang Zhan, the people in Jiading wanted to eat his flesh raw. I will contact the people on the riverside and prepare boats to ferry the army across the river."
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Li Dingguo's army went to Jiading Prefecture and first entered Jianwei County.
General Chen Jian reported: "Commander, there are three thousand Yuan troops stationed in Jianwei City. Do you want to capture the city first?"
Li Dingguo laughed and said: "The division of troops means we are weak. Ignore it, concentrate your troops and take Longyou County, the prefecture city. As long as Longyou City is captured, let alone Qianwei, I expect that Rong County and Weiyuan County will all surrender."
If the Yaohuang Thirteen Family is the leader of thieves, the Daxi Army is the king of thieves.
Li Dingguo has been a thief with Zhang Xianzhong for more than ten years, and he knows the nature of thieves well.
Those who are thieves are afraid of power but not moral. They are unethical and scattered. If they are strong, they will gather and if they are weak, they will scatter. As long as Yuan Tao's 30,000 veterans of the headquarters stationed in Longyou City are eliminated, the others scattered in various counties will be destroyed. The men and horses dispersed naturally.
In order to confuse the enemy, Li Dingguo ordered that the entire army put on flags with the word "Yuan" and disguised themselves as Yuan's soldiers who had returned from collecting food. The Qianwei defenders were deceived and did not send a single soldier to stop them.
The army came to the river, and with the help of the Jiading people who had been waiting for a long time, they crossed the river.
Seeing countless people rowing small boats and bamboo rafts to lead the army across the river, Li Dingguo sighed: "Since ancient times, those who win the hearts of the people win the world. The ancients are honest and will not be deceived by me!"
Huang Sanlang, the guard at the south gate of Longyou City, is an old bandit who has followed Yuan Tao for many years.
Sitting on the city wall, picking the meat off the teeth, savoring the aftertaste with relish.
In the past few years, I lived with Brother Yuan and had a hard life. I was hunted down by the officers and soldiers and had to hide in Tibet. I had no food or clothing. Many of my old brothers starved to death and froze to death.
After capturing Jiading, the brothers lived a good life, and everyone made a little fortune. Those with high status even married mothers-in-law.
I also got a wife, but I didn’t spend any money on this wife, she was stolen from her.
Marshal Yuan found out that there were several wealthy businessmen in the city and asked him to pretend to be a thief and rob them. He originally wanted to silence them all after getting the money. Unexpectedly, there was a young girl among them who was very beautiful. He couldn't bear to do it, so he simply robbed them and made them his mother-in-law.
There are three kinds of unfilial piety. The greatest is not having an heir. It’s time to leave an heir for the old Huang family.
While Huang Sanlang was thinking, suddenly smoke and dust billowed in front of him.
"No, an army is coming. Close the city gate quickly."
As an old bandit, he is still more vigilant.
"Creak, creak", the heavy city gate was half closed and could no longer be closed.
"What's going on?"
"Master, there is a caravan belonging to the shopkeeper Zhang Da in the city, which blocks the city gate and cannot close it."
When Huang Sanlang went down to the city, he saw that Zhang Kui's motorcade was about to leave the city, and a large car happened to be pushing against the city gate.
"Zhang, please move the car quickly, or I'll kill you."
"What a big statement. Grandpa saved you first!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Hui's sword arrived. It was such a fast sword! It was as fast as the wind and could be cut in half with one strike.
Two hundred elite men were like tigers descending from the mountain. They caught the city gate guards unawares and killed them, then opened the city gate.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
When the Ming army entered the city, Yuan's army was caught off guard and fell into chaos.
Yuan Tao was shocked. How did the Ming army enter the city? Why didn't the Jianwei city in front call the police?
In panic, they gathered thousands of men and horses, but they still wanted to resist. Suddenly it was reported that the east, west and south gates had been lost. Knowing that they couldn't do anything, they seized the north gate and left.
They escaped from the city and gathered up the defeated troops. There were still more than ten thousand soldiers. Just as they were about to take a breath, they suddenly heard the sound of horse hoofbeats. Ming Dynasty General Chen Jian led 1,500 cavalry to kill them.
Li Dingguo was always ruthless in his military use. Although he only had 1,500 cavalry, he used them on the edge.
Yuan's army was newly defeated, and they were heartbroken and fled one after another. Those who fled slowly would be killed by the pursuers as soon as they arrived.
How can the infantry escape the cavalry? Their corpses are everywhere.
Poor Yuan Tao, the "King of Fighting for Heaven", fled to Emei County under the desperate protection of his confidants. After counting the soldiers and horses, only 3,000 people were left.
Emei County is garrisoned by 5,000 troops of Yuan Tao's counselor Li Gande.
Li Qiande was shocked when he saw Yuan Tao: "Commander, why are you here?"
Yuan Tao sighed: "Forget it, Longyou City is lost??"
If Yuan Tao and Wu Dading are wolves, Li Qiande is embarrassed. This man was a Jinshi in the fourth year of Chongzhen. He was resourceful and sinister. Back then, he was the one who gave advice to Yuan Tao and Wu Dading, plotted against Yang Zhan, and captured Jiading.
After listening to Yuan Tao's words, Li Qiande calmed down and said, "Commander, the top priority is to quickly take back the garrison in each county, and then notify General Wu to lead the troops to rendezvous."
Yuan Tao nodded and hurriedly sent people to summon the garrison from Jianwei, Rongxian, and Weiyuan to Emei to meet up.
It's too late. Li Dingguo has been a thief for many years and knows the nature of thieves well. These thieves will disperse when they are weak. If they are suppressed too late, they will flee into the mountains and suffer endless troubles.
Therefore, as soon as Jiading was captured, Jin Tongwu, Dou Mingwang, and Wang Hui each led eight thousand troops to force the surrender of the Qianwei, Rongxian, and Weiyuan rebels.
Sure enough, when the thieves in these three counties saw that Mr. Yuan was defeated and the Ming army pursued them, they all surrendered. The three generals took 15,000 surrendered troops and returned to Emei to return their orders to Li Dingguo.
Gong Yingzhen was a little worried: "Commander, these bandits are all old bandits. They are forced to surrender due to the situation. They are afraid that if they surrender later they will rebel again, which will cause endless troubles!"
Li Dingguo smiled: "Brother Gong, don't worry, I know it well."
In the name of reorganization, Li Dingguo conferred official positions on each of the demoted generals. Either to the commander-in-chief or to the deputy generals. Everyone was very happy for a while. In the evening, Li Dingguo invited the newly appointed officials to dinner. Everyone was not prepared and went happily.
When the wine was half drunk, an ambush broke out and killed more than 300 leaders, big and small, in one go. He also led his troops to surround the surrendered military camp, eliminate the old and weak, and obtained more than 6,000 elite soldiers, who were scattered and organized into various camps.
With an additional 6,000 men and horses, Li Dingguo asked the Ministry of War for instructions to expand two battalions. In these years, Zhu Hengjia has been pursuing the separation of military and political affairs. The general in charge of the army has no right to collect taxes from the local area. The expansion of the army must be approved by the Ministry of War, otherwise he will not get military pay. .
The expansion of two battalions was originally a small matter, but unexpectedly it caused an uproar.
Li Dingguo was a Daxi bandit, and there were always some officials in the court who were wary of the Daxi bandits and Li Chuang's old tribe.
Immediately, memorials to impeach Li Dingguo were flying all over the place, saying that he "expanded the army without authorization and had ulterior motives", "the traitorous nature is hard to change and he intends to commit rebellion" and so on.
Zhu Hengjia was furious after seeing this. It was ridiculous! If Li Dingguo wanted to rebel, why would he only expand the recruitment of 6,000 people? These people are really full and have nothing to do!
He immediately approved the expansion of Li Dingguo's army by six thousand, and sent people to deliver the memorials impeaching Li Dingguo to Li Dingguo's camp.
Li Dingguo read these memorials and was both frightened and moved.
What is frightening is that I have been loyal to the imperial court for so many years and have gone through life and death, but unexpectedly there are so many ministers in the imperial court who treat me as a thief. What is touching is that King Jing, the superintendent of the country, has great trust in me.
It's hard to repay your kindness! Li Dingguo shed tears of excitement.
This generous man did not know that although Zhu Hengjia appeared to have great trust in these generals, in fact he had already secretly ordered the Jin Yiwei to have eyes and ears in each army.
It's not that he doesn't trust these generals, but that as a king, if you listen well, you will be wise, and if you believe only, you will be dark. Which wise emperor in ancient times did not have so many ears and eyes that his ministers could not be deceived even if they wanted to?
There is no saint like Taizu! He even knew clearly what his courtiers said to their wives and concubines in bed. In this regard, Zhu Hengjia felt that he had not done enough, far from enough!
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After wiping out the main force of Yuan's army, Li Dingguo wrote a letter of persuasion to surrender to Yuan Tao and Wu Dading of Emei, urging them to surrender early, otherwise they would "hunt Min'e" with them.
He is well versed in the art of war, and he can defeat the enemy without fighting, and he is a good person!
Yuan Tao now only has 3,000 remaining troops, and Li Qiande only has 5,000 troops. Adding Wu Dading's 30,000 troops, the total strength is less than 40,000.
"Brother Yuan, the imperial court is so powerful that we and I can't stand a chance, so why not surrender?" Wu Dading said to Yuan Tao.
"Yes, wise brother, foolish brother also has this intention."
Yuan and Wu were afraid of the might of the Ming army, so when they saw the letter urging them to surrender, they wanted to surrender.
Li Qiande was shocked when he heard this: "If you want to surrender, I, Li Qiande, can surrender. After surrendering, I can still become a rich man and save my life. The two commanders must not surrender. After surrendering, their lives will be lost." /p>
Yuan and Li were surprised and asked: "Why is this?"
"The two marshals have a bad reputation in Sichuan. If King Jing surrenders, he will definitely kill them both to win over the people of Sichuan. If you don't believe it, you can send someone to find out what happened to the surrendered generals under Marshal Yuan. ”.
Yuan and Li were suspicious and sent people to inquire about the news.
His subordinates reported that all the generals of the 15,000 old troops who had surrendered to the Ming army under Yuan Tao's account were killed by Li Dingguo, and the soldiers were scattered and organized into battalions.
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The two of them were shocked and hurriedly bowed deeply to Li Qiande: "Thank you sir for reminding us, otherwise how would we survive after surrendering? Now we have a plan, please teach us!"
Li Qiande smiled and said: "The terrain in the Emei area is steep and steep. If you are guarding against the mountains, what can you do to me?"
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"Commander, Yuan Tao, Wu Dading's envoy has sent a message."
Li Dingguo was in the camp, and his subordinates came to report.
"Oh, these two thieves responded so quickly, are they planning to surrender?"
Li Dingguo opened the letter calmly.
Looking at it, looking at it, I became furious and a mouthful of blood spurted out.
"Commander", Gong Yingzhen on the side was shocked and hurriedly helped Li Dingguo sit down.
"I am so angry." Li Dingguo took a breath and handed the letter to Gong Yingzhen, "Brother Gong also read this letter, how dare you insult my father!"
Gong Yingzhen opened the letter and saw that it read: "When I entered the silkworm bush, the road was blocked by thorns, and there was no smoke for thousands of miles. I looked desolate, with lush grass and barren forests, only horse tracks, foxes and tigers chasing each other, and few human traces. There were one or two relics here and there. Li, all of them had their facial features mutilated, their ears and noses cut off, their feet and hands cut off, as if they were traveling in a foreign land and suddenly saw a Rakshasa, whose shape was not human, and he was gasping for breath. After asking for information, he learned about the late emperor (referring to Zhang Xianzhong). It has brought blessings to Sichuan, and its merits are as tragic as this. However, the head of the ancestor of the king who once did not turn around was in a different place, and his body was full of greedy crows. It can be seen that heaven's retribution and man's deeds have served as a warning. Even if you are busy, you are still not timid. If you want to offend Jiading, you will show off your old wisdom. There are many absurd words and dangerous meanings. If you cultivate good neighbors and follow the teachings for a period of time, like Yunhui hunting Min'e, the waterway can be opened to the boat. There is room for carriages and horses on land, but I can only cross my arms and stare."
This letter has three meanings: first, to reveal that your father, Zhang Xianzhong, was a murderer in Sichuan, cutting off people's limbs and ears and noses at every turn. There are still many disabled people in Sichuan today because of your father's blessing; second, to warn, Your father was so powerful, but didn't he end up with his head missing? Third, demonstration, you said you wanted to hunt with us in Min'an, okay, come from the water, we have warships, come from the land, we There are carriages and horses.
Li Dingguo respected his adoptive father Zhang Xianzhong the most in his life. Without him, he would have starved to death long ago. How could he not be angry when someone insulted his adoptive father in letters? These letters mentioned some of his adoptive father's actions. , in fact, many of them are true. Li Dingguo has personally experienced many things. Because of this, he is even more reluctant to hear others mention them.
Gong Yingzhen sighed: "Yuan and Wu could never have written this letter. It must have been written by Li Qiande."
Li Dingguo nodded: "That guy is so hateful, I will kill him sooner or later."
He ordered the messenger to be beheaded to vent his anger, mobilized his troops, and pointed his sword at Emei.
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