The defeated troops in Hongya City fled back to Qingshen County. Only 3,000 of the 7,000 soldiers and horses escaped, and General Zhang Linxiu was also killed.
Wu Dading was a little panicked and hurriedly gathered his troops at Qingshen, preparing for a decisive battle with the Ming army here.
At that time, two thieves, Yuan and Wu, defected to Yang Zhan. Yang Zhan ordered Yuan Tao to be stationed in Qianwei and Wuhan University to be stationed in Qingshen.
Qingshen is the hometown of Cancong, the first generation of Shu king. It is said that Cancong's family "taught the people in Qingyi how to farm and mulberry, and the people became gods".
After Wu Da settled in Qingshen, he used Qingshen as his base to operate, repaired the city, and widened the moat. The city is uniquely endowed with a great river in the east and the Wuming River in the west. The two rivers converge here, shaped like a forked branch. The city is located at the split of the branches. Not only that, there is Longquan Mountain in the east of the city and Baima Terrace in the west. The picturesque mountains and rivers guard the City of Qingshen.
Wu Dading was very confident in the defensive capabilities of Qingshen City. With such natural danger, even if the enemy had millions of soldiers, what would he have to fear?
"Wu Dading, what an idiot! He wants to have a decisive battle with me in Qingshen, but he has to ask me if he agrees." When he heard that Wu Dading had gathered a large number of troops in Qingshen, Li Dingguo laughed.
He ordered Jin Tongwu to lead 10,000 troops and go north to annihilate the bandit army Wu Guoyong's troops stationed in Pujiang City; he himself led 25,000 troops to set out from Danling City to attack the bandits Wu Guozhi and Yuan Tao's troops stationed in Meizhou City. .
Meizhou City is located in the north of Qingshen City, behind Qingshen. By capturing Meizhou, you can avoid the rivers and mountain dangers on both sides of Qingshen City and go straight to the city.
Li Dingguo was very confident in his tactic and called it the "Great Detour."
A key point of this tactic is that Wu Dading cannot be aware of his plan and return to Meizhou to aid.
Li Dingguo thought for a while and decided to send a group of soldiers and horses to pretend to attack Qingshen and confuse Wu Dading.
Who should he send? His eyes focused on Dongchuan Chieftain Lu Wanzhao.
In this expedition against Yuan and the armed bandit army, Zhu Hengjia not only mobilized Li Dingguo's main army, but also mobilized 15,000 people from the Lu family of Dongchuan Prefecture, the Long family of Zhenxiong Prefecture, the Lu family of Wumeng Prefecture, and the An family of Wusa Prefecture. The troops were handed over to the command of Lu Wanzhao, the chieftain of Dongchuan.
Lu Wanzhao once made great achievements in the battle against Zhu Rongfan, the puppet king of Chu. His two sons, Lu Yongsheng and Lu Yongbang, were killed in the battle. After the war, Zhu Hengjia named Lu Wanzhao the deputy general of Dongchuan and Lu Yongsheng the general of Wuyi. Lu Yongbang was General Wujie.
"Lieutenant General Lu, I want you to lead 15,000 men and horses to pretend to attack Qingshen and attract the main force of the bandits. Are you willing to go?"
"I will go where I will in the end."
Li Dingguo gave a few more words of warning: "You only need to attract the main force of the thieves to Qingshen Fudou, and that will be a great achievement. Do not fight, remember, feint attack."
"Commander, don't worry, you will be saved in the end."
After issuing the military order, all the generals retreated, except the counselor Gong Yingzhen who refused to leave.
"Brother Gong, what else can you do?"
"Commander, Yuan and Wu, the two thieves are bandits. If you are a bandit, you will run away if you cannot defeat them. It is easy to defeat the two thieves, but it is difficult to destroy them!"
"Brother Gong, don't worry. I predict that after the two thieves are defeated, they will go north to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. Chengdu is the only way for the two thieves to escape. I have given an order to Lin Shitai, the commander-in-chief of Chengdu. Once the two thieves escape to Chengdu, , then raised troops to capture him."
"Oh, Marshal, it is this Lin Shitai that I am worried about! This man is apparently the commander-in-chief of Chengdu, but in fact he is a vassal town in Tongchuan and Chengdu. He has always been in collusion with Yuan and Wu. I am afraid that he will trap him. Open one side, let Yuan go, and let the two thieves go north to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. In this way, there will be endless troubles!"
"Hahaha, brother Gong, don't worry. I sent someone a gift to Lin Shitai. I'm afraid Lin Shitai won't dare not try his best to kill the thief after seeing it."
"Oh, I wonder what the commander-in-chief gave Lin Shitai?"
"Li Qiande's Head".
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In early October, hibiscus flowers bloomed all over the city, and the flowers were in full bloom, which were very beautiful. During the Five Dynasties, the Lord of Shu loved hibiscus flowers and planted hibiscus all over Chengdu, so it was also called "Rongcheng".
Lin Shitai, the commander-in-chief of Chengdu, was not in Chengdu at this time, but in nearby Huayang City.
Chengdu is a big city, and there are two prefectures, one is Chengdu and the other is Huayang. The two cities are very close to each other and are closely related to each other.
I heard that tigers appeared near Huayang City, and Mr. Lin led his men to hunt tigers.
Yes, a tiger, a man-eating tiger.
Sichuan experienced the massacres of Zhang Xianzhong and Hauge, as well as the melee in the feudal towns, and the population dropped sharply. Especially in Chengdu and Tongchuan, the killings were particularly severe, and it was almost an uninhabited land.
Therefore, although Lin Shitai controlled the land of Erfu, which was a large territory, he did not have many people under his control, and his strength was far inferior to that of Yuan Tao and Wu Dading, with only more than 7,000 soldiers and horses.
The population in Chengdu is small, so tigers have descended from the mountains and there are tiger dens everywhere.
Tigers generally do not eat humans, but some old or sick tigers begin to eat dead bodies, and gradually "man-eating tigers" appear.
Hearing that "man-eating tigers" appeared near Huayang, Fuzhou, Lin Shitai couldn't sit still and led the "Tiger Fighting Team" to hunt tigers.
It went very well. I killed two tigers in one day and returned in triumph.
"Come on, let me peel off the tiger skin and make some tiger bone wine."
Lin Shitai had already thought about it and gave two tiger skins, one to Li Guoying, the governor of Sichuan in the Qing Dynasty, and the other to Prince Jing, the supervisor of the Ming Dynasty.
As a weak vassal town, General Lin knew very well how the weak survived, which was to rely on the strong. Now that both the Qing Dynasty and the imperial court were stronger than themselves, neither party could offend, so naturally each of them received a tiger skin.
During these days, Lin Shitai lived a very comfortable life. After Li Guoying, the governor of Sichuan in the Qing Dynasty, was defeated by He Zhen, he realized that he was not strong enough and vigorously induced all forces to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.
Rewarding officials and giving silver are both very effective.
First, Yang Zhan's subordinate Cao Xun led thousands of people to surrender; then, he recruited the old troops of Qin King Zhu Cunying, Li Tingming of Jianzi, Tang Yunhui, and Yan Xici of Jiangyou.
Lin Shitai had 7,000 troops, so he naturally became a "hot potato" in Li Guoying's eyes.
A while ago, Li Guoying asked someone to give Lin Shitai an official seal and a generous gift.
Lin Shitai accepted the generous gift. As for the official seal, he has not expressed his position for the time being.
"Report to the commander-in-chief, Li Dingguo, the deputy general of the Western Expedition, has sent someone to give you a gift!"
"Another gift-giver is here! Hahaha, it's good to have soldiers on hand these days! No matter which side you join, you will be popular and drink hot food."
Since others are asking us for gifts, we have to put up a good show!
Lin Shitai sat on a big tiger-skin chair, decorated with armor and armor, and majestically greeted Wang Hui, Li Dingguo's envoy.
Wang Hui didn't even look at the armours on both sides and entered with his sword.
Lin Shitai took a look at Wang Hui. He was wearing a military uniform, with a strong back and a heavy waist, and a murderous look in his eyes.
I was immediately shocked, this messenger has such a strong evil spirit!
As a veteran soldier, Lin Shitai knew that this kind of evil spirit could only be found in those ruthless people who had experienced hundreds of battles and killed countless people.
Not daring to be negligent, he said with a smile: "General, please sit down. I wonder what gift Marshal Li has given me?"
Wang Hui said disdainfully: "What nonsense! If you open it and take a look, won't you know?"
Lin Shitai took a look and saw that it was a very heavy square box. What was it? Gold or jade?
When he was brought to the case, he laughed and said, "Dashuai Li is too polite. How can this be so embarrassing? Hahaha!"
"Yeah!"
With a scream, the box fell and a bloody human head rolled out.
Wang Hui was even more disdainful: "Thank you for being a general, but just a human head!"
Lin Shitai broke out in a cold sweat: "I wonder whose head this is? Why did Marshal Li give me this head again?"
Wang Hui snorted coldly and stared at Lin Shitai with his piercing eyes.
"This is the leader of Yuan Tao and Li Qiande, the military advisor of the two bandits of Wu Dading. This man was captured after the defeat. According to his confession, Mr. Lin and the two bandits of Yuan and Wu have always colluded. I don't know whether it is true or not?"
Lin Shitai hurriedly complained: "General Mingjian, this is Li Qiande's random attack and bite. He will eventually be loyal to the Ming Dynasty. There is no such thing!"
Wang Hui's face softened: "The commander didn't believe it was true, so he chopped off Li Gande's head and sent it to General Lin."
"Oh, Marshal, you are so wise! Thank you, Marshal!"
"Don't be too busy thanking me. The commander also said that the two thieves Yuan and Wu are in dire straits and will inevitably flee north to Chengdu. If General Lin can offer the heads of the two thieves, he will be a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, he will be He is an accomplice of the two thieves. We must send troops to suppress him."
Lin Shitai's whole body was soaked with cold sweat, and he said tremblingly: "Please report back to the commander-in-chief, and the general will offer the heads of the two thieves to prove his innocence."
"That's very good. I will take my leave."
"General, wait a minute, I have two tiger skins to present. One is dedicated to His Royal Highness Prince Jing, the supervisor of the country, and the other is dedicated to the commander-in-chief. It is just a small gift, not respectful. General, please speak kindly to the commander-in-chief for me when you return! ”
Wang Hui agreed and left.
"Commander, didn't you say that one of these two tiger skins was given to Li Guoying, the governor of Sichuan in the Qing Dynasty, and the other was given to Prince Jing, the governor of the country. How did you transfer the tiger skin given to Li Guoying to Li Dingguo?"
A confidant asked Lin Shitai in confusion.
Lin Shitai glared: "Idiot! Can't you see? Then Li Dingguo is better than Li Guoying!"
This chapter has been completed!