Chongzhen Ming Dynasty: Starting from Meishan Chapter 456 The General Trend of the World
Dagukou and Xuzhou fell into silence temporarily.
The Gaizhou Guards were never attacked from the beginning to the end.
The situation on the battlefield in Sichuan appears to be full of twists and turns.
At this time, the 250,000 troops led by Qin Liangyu and Li Xiangjun once again attacked Luzhou.
Originally, according to Qin Liangyu's original plan, the army should have reached Jianwei and wiped out Wu Dading by this time. However, when they marched into Xuzhou Prefecture, Zeng Ying, who was staying in Chongqing, suddenly raised his troops and rebelled.
As a last resort, Qin Liangyu could only return to Chongqing to defeat Zeng Ying first.
After Zeng Ying was beheaded, his subordinates Li Zhanchun, Yu Dahai and other remaining troops dispersed.
Qin Liangyu no longer trusted the Sichuan frontier troops this time and left the new army to garrison on the road to prevent the food route from being cut off.
After going back and forth like this, half a month passed. Qin Liangyu's army reached Luzhou for the second time. At this time, Wang Xiang, who had originally separated Zunyi, took advantage of the opportunity to occupy Naxi and blocked the way of the army.
At this time, various warlords and bandits in Sichuan gradually began to merge.
He even "appointed" Wang Yingxiong, the governor of the three sides, to warn Qin Liangyu.
"Marquis Zhongzhen, Cao Xun, Wang Xiang, Li Xiaoli, Fan Wenguang, and Liu Linchang want them to handle all military and state affairs in Sichuan. Yuan Tao, Wu Dading, these two thieves, and Zhang Ni, they will kill them one by one.
At that time, the imperial court only needs to send officials to take over the place, and there is no need to mobilize troops at all."
Wang Yingxiong thought he had said it tactfully enough.
Because Cao Xun, Wang Xiang and the others' original words were even more exaggerated.
Cao Xun, Wang Xiang and others said that matters in Sichuan can only be decided by Sichuan's civil servants and generals. Outsiders are not allowed to interfere, not even the imperial court. If the imperial army does not withdraw from Sichuan, then all the generals, deputy generals, and staff of Sichuan Province will have the final say.
The generals and guerrillas will all unite, and even join forces with Yuan Tao, Wu Dading and Zhang Xianzhong to fight against the imperial court.
"Wang Butang, do you believe this?" Qin Liangyu asked, "Who are Wang Xiang, Cao Xun and others? You should know better than I do. They are just another Zeng Ying."
"Marquis Zhongzhen, if you persecute him too hastily, he may conspire with Zhang Ni."
"I borrow a word from the Holy One, if it's going to rain and my mother wants to get married, let him go. If they really want to hook up with Zhang Ni, let them do it and see if they can get any advantage from Zhang Ni.
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Qin Liangyu's words silenced Wang Yingxiong because what she said was true.
Cooperating with Zhang Xianzhong is like seeking the skin of a tiger, and you will definitely be chewed to the bone.
"Wang Butang, I still have an official letter from the cabinet here, which is for you."
Qin Liangyu took out the official letter and handed it to Wang Yingxiong. Wang Yingxiong opened it and saw that it was a letter of appointment.
After reading the official letter, Wang Yingxiong sighed softly. The cabinet wanted to transfer him back to Nanjing to serve as general affairs envoy.
The second-level local governor was transferred back to Nanjing to serve as the third-level general affairs envoy. At best, he could only be regarded as a neutral transfer. Obviously, the cabinet was very disappointed with his performance as the third-level governor.
At that moment, Wang Yingxiong bowed to Qin Liangyu and said, "In this case, Sichuan will entrust Marquis Zhongzhen."
"Wang Butang, take care of yourself all the way." Qin Liangyu had no intention of talking to Wang Yingxiong about personnel affairs in Sichuan, and said calmly, "I will send troops to escort you to Wuchang."
After sending Wang Yingxiong away, Qin Liangyu called out Li Xiangjun from behind the screen.
"Girl, we have to divide our troops when we get to Huzhou." Qin Liangyu spread out the map and continued, "Naxi River is steep and steep. If one man takes the lead, ten thousand men cannot move forward. If the formation cannot be deployed, no matter how many troops there are, it will not help.
, but it is a waste of food and wages.”
Li Xiangjun's expression also became serious: "Master, are you saying that we should divide our troops from the alley to outflank Naxi's back?"
"Yes, surround Naxi from the alley." Qin Liangyu said, "If attacked from two sides, Wang Xiang will definitely be defeated."
Li Xiangjun said decisively: "Master, since this is the case, I would like to lead five thousand elite soldiers to outflank you."
"No, you must stay." Qin Liangyu said flatly, "Leave the matter of outflanking to my master."
Li Xiangjun hurriedly tried to dissuade him: "Master, you are very old..."
"Although I am an old teacher, my foot power is not inferior to that of you young people."
Qin Liangyu smiled and said: "The important thing is that I am familiar with the terrain."
Li Xiangjun felt quite reluctant to give up.
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Let’s talk about the Daxi Emperor Zhang Xianzhong.
Compared with Chongzhen, Fulin and Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, the Daxi Emperor, was indeed a little poor, because the only territory that now belonged to the Daxi Kingdom was the four prefectures in northern Sichuan.
During this period, Zhang Xianzhong's focus has been on northern Sichuan.
The Daxi Army first competed with the Ma Ke Division of the Dashun Army for the northern Sichuan area, and after driving Ma Ke away, they marched into Hanzhong, preparing to capture Hanzhong Prefecture from Li Zicheng.
By the way, this was instigated by Daxi Prime Minister Wang Zhaoling.
Wang Zhaoling told Zhang Xianzhong that Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, sent troops from Hanzhong to conquer Guanzhong and then conquered the world. Liu Bei, the first leader of Shu, also defeated Cao Cao in Hanzhong and then was able to save Sichuan and claim the title of emperor.
When Zhang Xianzhong heard that it made sense, he decisively decided to send troops to Hanzhong.
Then a fierce battle broke out between the Daxi Army and the Dashun Army.
Because the main force of the Daxi Army was transferred to northern Sichuan, the troops in western Sichuan, southern Sichuan and eastern Sichuan became empty. Then the good situation in Sichuan was ruined. Wang Xiang, Zeng Ying, Yang Zhan and Wu Dading and other former Ming generals launched their troops to counterattack.
, in the end most of Sichuan's territory was taken away, leaving only four prefectures in northern Sichuan.
Until now, the main force of the Daxi Army has been unable to get away.
If Yang Zhan did not die, Zhang Xianzhong decided to abandon Chengdu.
Because Zhang Xianzhong truly believed in Wang Zhaoling, he was determined to capture Hanzhong.
However, as soon as Yang Zhan died, all Ming armies instantly fell into internal strife. The pressure on the Daxi Army suddenly eased, and Zhang Xianzhong was no longer in a hurry to abandon Chengdu and run away.
After all, there are so many gold, silver and jewelry stored in Chengdu.
It is very troublesome to take away so much gold and silver jewelry.
Wang Zhaoling, the prime minister of Daxi, also came up with the idea of these gold and silver jewelry.
Wang Zhaoling was originally just a failed scholar in Tongcheng. Because no scholar was willing to defect to Zhang Xianzhong, Wang Zhaoling, a failed scholar, became the mastermind and became the prime minister of Daxi Kingdom.
Wang Zhaoling's intelligence and Niu Jinxing's talents can be described as sleeping dragons and phoenixes, and they shine brightly for a while.
But Wang Zhaoling's heart was a hundred times more vicious than Niu Jinxing's. Ever since he became Prime Minister of Daxi, the whole of Sichuan had been stirred up by Wang Zhaoling, and it was bloody.
Zhang Xianzhong established political power many times in Fengyang, Gucheng, Shucheng, Huangzhou and Wuchang. In addition to adopting a cruel killing policy against the clan and gentry, he did not do any harm to the common people.
Especially after Wuchang was established, his governance of Hunan was well supported by the people, and some even built a shrine for him.
However, after occupying Sichuan and establishing the name Daxi, his painting style changed suddenly. Under Wang Zhaoling's instigation, Zhang Xianzhong began to swing the butcher knife at the civilians in Sichuan. People said that Zhang Xianzhong killed people like hemp, and he killed people every day. In fact, Wang Zhaoling, Daxi,
The prime minister must bear most of the responsibility. If it weren't for him, the people of Sichuan would not have suffered such a catastrophe.
To get to the point, Wang Zhaoling has already set his sights on the treasure in Zhang Xianzhong's hands.
"Your Majesty, I have heard that the puppet emperor Chongzhen has entered Sichuan with an army of 250,000 men, led by the elderly widow Qin Liangyu as his commander and the famous Qinhuai prostitute Li Xiangjun as his deputy."
"What are you talking about? It's enough to take Qin Liangyu as the commander-in-chief, but also appoint a famous Qinhuai prostitute as the deputy commander?" Zhang Xianzhong almost laughed and got angry when he heard this, "Chongzhen, this dog emperor, why is he crazy?"
After a pause, he added: "But I heard that this Li Xiangjun is quite good-looking?"
"A prostitute, she must be good-looking, otherwise she wouldn't be able to become an oiran."
"Go back and let the hopeless child catch her. I happen to be short of a queen, haha."
"Just as I was about to talk to Your Majesty about this, I now have a God-given opportunity to defeat the puppet Ming army effortlessly. At the same time, we can also eliminate Cao Xun, Wang Xiang, Yuan Tao, Liu Daozhen, Wu Dajun and other rebels."
"Is there such a good thing?" Zhang Xianzhong suddenly became interested and asked, "How to do it?"
Wang Zhaoling said: "Buy the rebel generals such as Cao Xun and Wang Xiang with heavy sums of money, and then use General Pingdong or General Anxi as commanders to gather rebels from all walks of life to fight against the Ming army. In this way, you can use the rebels to defeat the Ming army and also defeat the Ming army."
We can use the Ming army to weaken various rebel armies. It can be said that we kill two birds with one stone, and even the heavy gold sent by His Majesty can be recovered."
"Well, this is a good idea!" Zhang Xianzhong obeyed Wang Zhaoling's advice.
"But who should be sent? Will he be beheaded by various rebel generals?"
"If this person does not have certain eloquence, he may be beheaded by various rebel generals."
Wang Zhaoling volunteered and said: "I am not talented, but I am willing to give it a try for your majesty and Daxi Dynasty."
"Okay, then let me help you, Prime Minister." Zhang Xianzhong waved his hand and said, "The Prime Minister will give each rebel general five carts of jewels, no, ten carts of jewels, and an additional one hundred thousand taels of silver for each rebel! The Prime Minister told them again
, I will have more rewards when I defeat the false Ming army, and our country in Daxi has gold and silver treasures."
Anyway, these gold and silver treasures will eventually come back, so Zhang Xianzhong is willing to give them up.
While the two were talking, a eunuch came in and reported: "Long live my lord, General Anxi has just sent flying cavalry to bring good news. He said that he defeated the puppet and shun army at Qipanguan, killed the puppet commander Ma Ke and beheaded more than 2,000 people."
, Now that we have captured Ningqiang Prefecture, we will soon send troops to Nanzheng to seize Hanzhong Prefecture for the Great Western Kingdom."
"Okay, Dingguo boy is doing well!" Zhang Xianguo was overjoyed when he heard this.
Wang Zhaoling was a little unhappy that Li Dingguo had made such a great contribution, so he reminded Zhang Xianzhong with a worried look on his face: "Your Majesty, you need to be careful of this hypocritical plan to lure the enemy deeper. At this time, you are ordering General Anxi not to go deep, because the road to Shu in northern Sichuan is dangerous.
The area is difficult to navigate and the transportation of grain is difficult. Once General Anxi penetrates deep into Hanzhong Prefecture, it is easy for the puppets to cut off the grain route."
"Oh, yes, yes, if the Prime Minister hadn't reminded you in time, it would have almost ruined the matter."
Zhang Xianzhong truly trusted Wang Zhaoling and immediately ordered Li Dingguo to suspend his duties.
Li Dingguo missed a good opportunity to seize Hanzhong, and he would not have the chance next time.
Because Li Zicheng heard that Ma Ke was defeated at Qipanguan and decided to personally lead an army to attack Sichuan. Li Zicheng had tolerated Zhang Xianzhong for a long time and decided to settle the old and new accounts together this time.
