The terrain of Shizhu is steep and the territory is vast. It governs the eighteen caves of Jiuxi, extending to Lichuan, Hubei in the east, Qianjiang River in the south, Fengdu in the west, and Zhongzhou in the north. It is 230 miles wide and 240 miles wide. It is definitely a local tycoon.
It is because of his wealth that Qin Liangyu was able to gradually increase his strength from 3,000 white-armed soldiers to nearly 30,000 soldiers, and he could still afford it, which was more than enough.
Besides, after the four tigers of the Qin family were informed, they all rushed back before noon the next day. Qin Liangyu presided over the meeting and first explained the emperor's secret decree: "This matter is big and urgent. We should immediately build momentum to attract the traitors."
Only by paying attention can the southern part of Yunnan be at ease and calm."
The four tigers discussed each other for a long time. They were all experienced battlefield veterans and the family had enough tacit understanding. It only took less than two hours to decide. After noon, Ma Wannian led 500 soldiers to bid farewell to Qin Liangyu.
Follow Qin Yiming to Shamao Mountain on the southwest border of Shizhu.
Shamao Mountain borders the Yangtze River to the north, and the Long River (which runs north-south and connects the Yangtze River to the north) to the west. To the west of Hexi is Fengdu County. Yes, it is the ghost town of Fengdu. In the early Ming Dynasty, it was under the jurisdiction of Fuzhou (now Fuling).
It is under the jurisdiction of Zhongzhou.
Separated by a river, there are two worlds.
At this time, Fengdu was a three-nothing zone. Although Chongqing was in the hands of the traitors and many surrounding counties had surrendered, due to the unstable situation in the surrounding areas, their troops were permanently stationed in Chongqing for defense, and their jurisdiction over the surrounding counties was extremely weak, not to mention the distance from Fengdu.
It's hundreds of miles away, across the river, and right next to the stone pillar!
For such a place, the thieves have no extra troops to garrison, and if you send more troops, Qin Liangyu will be angered. If you send fewer troops, it will not help, so it gradually evolved into a buffer zone. Even the people of Fengdu don’t know who they belong to and what their surname is.
Zhu's surname is still Zhang.
And even though it was only separated by a river, Qin Liangyu didn't intend to include it. It was still the same thing, a burden!
If you occupy it, you have to send troops to garrison it. But right now, Shi Ding's military strength is only enough to protect itself, not enough to expand outwards. And if you don't occupy it, it might be fine. Once you occupy it, Zhang Xianzhong will fight for it!
As time went by, Fengdu became something that had no control over. Indeed, the imperial court wanted to take care of it but couldn't, Zhang Xianzhong had no guts to take care of it, and Qin Liangyu had the will and power to do so.
Any place where troops can be garrisoned and fortified is a dangerous place. Shamao Mountain is a place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Set up a stronghold here to defend the enemy from crossing the river from the north and the enemy from the west. One stronghold can defend both sides of the stronghold.
It was built on the mountainside, and lookout posts were set up on sixteen hilltops and dangerous places around it. A total of more than 2,000 troops were stationed there, which is where the largest number of troops were stationed for Shizhu.
It was already late at night when they arrived at Shamao Mountain, but Ma Wannian and Qin Yiming did not rest and sleep immediately. Instead, they sent people across the river to the west for reconnaissance, and at the same time dispatched 300 elite troops to cross the river to seize Fengdu City. They were defeated before noon on the second day.
Xue easily brought Fengdu into his fold, and then regained Chongqing before he was released.
At the same time, Qin Gongming and other three tigers who were stationed elsewhere also began to mobilize troops and horses to rush to Shamao Mountain. In one day, troops and horses gradually crossed the river to Fengdu. It was said that thousands of them marched west along the Yangtze River. The next day, hundreds of miles away
Outside the city of Fuzhou, more than a thousand soldiers with white poles appeared. There were bandit troops stationed in Fuzhou, but there were only a few hundred. Seeing the army approaching the city to sharpen their knives, the bandits were shocked and quickly rode to Chongqing.
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The thief general stationed in Chongqing was Liu Tingju. After hearing the news, he was shocked and surprised. It was almost the New Year. What was Qin Liangyu going to do? Why not fight after the New Year!
He knew that with the combat effectiveness of the white pole soldiers, the hundreds of thieves in Fuzhou could not stop him. Even if there was a city to defend, if the white pole soldiers were fully prepared and could not defend for a day under a fierce attack, Chongqing to Fuzhou would be
There is only more than 200 miles of land, so if you want to rush for reinforcements, you can still catch up.
But he hesitated, or rather did not dare to send troops for reinforcements!
Because Qin Liangyu launched his troops too suddenly, without any warning. He went to Fengdu in the buffer zone overnight without anyone noticing, and suddenly his troops arrived at the gates of Fuzhou City. All this was so strange that he felt that there was something deceitful about it. Qin Liangyu
Did he want to divert the tiger away from the mountain? In fact, the drunkard's intention was in Chongqing. Even if he didn't, he had to cross the Yangtze River to get reinforcements from Chongqing, and most of them were mountainous roads, so it was easy to be ambushed. Did he set up an ambush long ago?
There are actually not many troops stationed in Chongqing. Although Zhang Xianzhong claimed to have 200,000 troops when he entered Sichuan, they were actually the same as Li Zicheng during his Eastern Expedition. There were not many regular troops, and the rest were cannon fodder. They fought all the way into Sichuan.
Constantly consuming cannon fodder, in fact, there were only less than three to five thousand regular troops and horses left in Chongqing, and there were still some cannon fodder. The rest went to continue fighting fiercely along the river with Zhang Xianzhong. This was because Qin Liangyu left more troops and horses because it was close to the stone pillar, otherwise it would have
less.
And these thousands of soldiers and horses are also divided into more than ten surrounding states and counties for garrison. There are definitely no more than 3,000 regular troops in Chongqing city. This is a town that cannot be moved at all, but it cannot be ignored and let Fuzhou fall easily.
Qin Liangyu's hand, this will greatly boost the opponent's morale.
So the surrounding counties such as Banan and Changshou were ordered to send troops to support. There were only a thousand regular troops in these places, but they also gathered more than 2,000 cannon fodder in one day. At the same time, they also ordered Chungju, which is across the river from Shizhu, to send troops to pretend to be
Cross the river and test Qin Liangyu.
At the same time, Liu Tingju also sent people to Chengdu to inform Zhang Xianzhong, because he was a rough man and really couldn't understand what Qin Liangyu was going to do, especially since he had said that he would regain Chongqing years ago, which made him panic. After all,
The surrounding situation was unstable and he was alone, but Qin Liangyu was different. She was very prestigious and could mobilize all the surrounding soldiers to besiege Chongqing with just one word.
Three days later, just as Liu Tingju was worrying about gains and losses, he finally received the latest news. Qin Liangyu's soldiers and horses surrounded him without fighting. They even bypassed Fuzhou and directly faced the incoming reinforcements. They fought with Gu on the bank of the Yangtze River twenty miles west of the city.
Shanxia defeated the reinforcements.
Liu Tingju was horrified. He knew the seriousness of the situation and that Fuzhou was hopeless at this time. He had to reset the defense line to stop his advance. After discussing with his subordinates, he deduced that his next step would be to cross the river and attack Fuzhou on the other side.
Changshou County may not be large, and we may march along the Yangtze River to the other side of Chongqing, and then cross the river to attack the city, because there is no longer a city to hinder us.
In the next few days, as expected, first the bandits in Fuzhou City surrendered, and then the spies detected the white-armed soldiers marching along the other side of the Yangtze River towards Chongqing. Everything was as expected by Liu Tingju, but there were also unexpected things.
, the surrounding chieftains and Xidong began to respond, and mobilized soldiers and horses to join the expedition team.
This really made Liu Tingju feel the pressure. If the other party really gathered tens of thousands or tens of thousands of people, he was afraid that he would be in danger. He was panicking and hurriedly summoned his generals to discuss it. But at this time, bad news came again, Changshou County was lost!
How is this possible? Liu Tingju was really hacked to death. The spies monitored the white-pole soldiers and did not cross the river to attack Changshou County. However, they did not know that it was not Qin Yiming and Ma Wannian who attacked Changshou County, but Qin Gongming directly from
Cross the river from Shamao Mountain to fight.
At this time, Liu Tingju suddenly realized that Qin Liangyu's soldiers were attacking in two groups.
He was panicked when the soldiers came, but when they were about to approach the city, Liu Tingju suddenly didn't panic anymore.
Because it is not easy to break through Chongqing City!