The middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River.
In this late summer season, it is once again lively.
On the Jingjiang section of the Yangtze River, boats are coming and going all day and night, and countless people and horses are moving back and forth.
A boat sailed all the way through the Three Gorges, arrived at Chongqing Prefecture in the upper reaches, and then turned overland to Shizhu Xuanfu Division.
After Zhang Xianzhong invaded Sichuan, the Ming army was once defeated and had no strength to fight. Ming armies from all over the country surrendered if they were defeated. Zhang Xianzhong took Chengdu and proclaimed himself emperor, founded the Western Dynasty, and named it Dashun. He sent troops to recruit chieftains from all over the country, but only the stone pillars of Chongqing were available.
Don't dare to attack.
There is a 72-year-old heroine Qin Liangyu in Shizhu.
Although she is old, she can still hold up half the sky. Her husband was a hereditary Shizhu ambassador. After his son was killed, his son was young, so Qin Liangyu took over the duties on her husband's behalf and led his brother Qin Bangping and Qin Minping to participate in the fight against the Qing army, the She Chong Ming Rebellion, and Zhang
He made outstanding achievements in many battles such as the Xianzhong Rebellion.
Shizhu Baigan Sichuan soldiers are world-famous elites.
Today, this seventy-two-year-old hero specially put on the attire of a second-grade imperial concubine conferred on her by the imperial court.
The eight thousand stone pillar soldiers with white poles are also in high spirits today.
"Aunt, the envoy is still on the way, why not go back to the house and wait?" Qin Yiming, the commander-in-chief, supported his elderly grandmother and persuaded him. He was the son of Qin Bangping and a general who had been fighting for many years.
"How can we be negligent when an angel from the imperial court comes to announce the edict?" Although Qin Liangyu is over seventy years old and has white hair, her body is still strong. She is very tall, a tall woman over 1.8 meters tall. Because she has been leading the army for a long time, she has
The momentum of not being angry and being proud.
His grandson Ma Wannian and his brothers Ma Wanchun also stood beside him wearing helmets and armor.
Hearing this, Ma Wannian couldn't help but said, "Is there still a court?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? Of course there is the imperial court. The sun and the moon will last forever, and the Ming Dynasty will last forever." Qin Liangyu scolded his grandson.
Wan Ma Nian reluctantly slapped himself twice. The Ma family and the Qin family were all loyal and loyal. His father died in Xiangyang in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, and his mother Zhang Fengyi died in Henan in the sixth year of Chongzhen. His uncle Qin Bangping and Qin Banghan,
He died in the bloody battle of Qinghe River against the Jurchens.
My uncle Minpingze died in the Pingshean Rebellion.
During the Apocalypse and Chongzhen dynasties, Chieftain Shizhu led white-armed troops to conquer the east and west for the sake of the Ming Dynasty. Many people sacrificed their lives for the country, but the fighting continued. Now the two capitals of the Ming Dynasty are gone, and even Sichuan is occupied by Zhang Xianzhong.
The Qin and Ma families could only barely save the stone pillars, but now another Lu supervisor came out to mobilize them for the expedition.
Young brothers Ma Wannian and Ma Wanchun are not willing to fight in the Ming Dynasty anymore. They just want to protect their hometown and guard Shizhu. It doesn't matter whether the Jurchens will rule the world in the future or Zhang Xianzhong will separatist Sichuan. As long as they are willing to recognize the autonomy of their Shizhu chieftains, then they will
I am willing to surrender.
However, the old grandmother Qin Liangyu was still loyal to the emperor and served the country. As soon as she heard that the prisoner country was going to send an envoy, she immediately made preparations in advance.
"Here comes the messenger."
Supervisor Zhu Dadian, Huguang Governor Du Yinxi, and Xingguo Marquis Li Chixin sent a team of elites to escort the envoys to Shizhu.
"I am Zhang Dai, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, who came to Shizhu to announce the decree to the general on the edict of supervising the country."
A handsome man in his fifties bowed to Qin Liangyu as soon as they met him. Even though he was an angel, he was very polite.
Qin Liangyu smiled and said, "It turns out to be Zhang Hanlin. I have heard of your name for a long time. Your articles are good and you are famous all over the world."
"Articles are trivial." Zhang Dai said with a smile. Although he was famous for his articles, the imperial examination had always been difficult. Later, when the world was in chaos, he simply stopped taking the imperial examination and lived in seclusion in the Siming Mountains to study and write.
He and his second assistant Qi Biaojia were from the same hometown of Shanyin, Shaoxing, and were classmates and friends. His father was once an official of the Prince of Lu's Palace, so he was closely related to Lu Jianguo. Under Qi Biaojia's recommendation, Zhu Yihai
After being called up for the first time, he finally came out and is now an editor of the Hanlin Academy. Although his official position is not high, Zhang Dai is quite satisfied with it.
This time he brought an envoy to Sichuan, and the Supervisor State specially gave him the title of Supervisor and Censor of Sichuan.
There are three main tasks in coming to Sichuan. The first task is to announce the decree to Qin Liangyu and confer officials and titles.
The second task is to gather the remaining soldiers, generals and officials from Sichuan during the Ming Dynasty to re-stabilize the situation.
The third task is to contact Zhang Xianzhong who occupied Sichuan and proclaimed himself emperor to see if he can appease him. Now there is also a chieftain rebellion in Yunnan. Mu Tianbo, the Duke of Guizhou, has lost the entire city of Kunming. Zhu Yihai offers Zhang Xianzhong conditions, as long as he
Zhang Xianzhong was willing to lead troops to Yunnan to quell the rebellion, so he was granted the title of King of Yunnan and promised to rule Yunnan forever.
Trading Yunnan for Sichuan is certainly not a loss for Zhu Yihai. Even if Zhang Xianzhong refuses to give up Sichuan, provoking a fight between him and the Yunnan chieftain will also be beneficial to the Ming Dynasty. As long as Zhang Xianchuan does not fight the Ming army, or even does not leave Sichuan, Zhu Yihai is now
Want to appease him.
"We are entrusted to supervise the country. The edict says that the times are difficult and we must use diligent troops and brigade. The appointment of a general must come from the temple. He is not an outstanding person. Who can be allowed to send him? The governor and the commander-in-chief, the second-grade imperial concubine Liangyu, Fengyun
I feel that the star is born. I have a civil and military attitude, and I have economic tools. I am crazy and create disasters, but I am not peaceful. I have loyalty to establish myself, and I am righteous and courageous to do things.
In addition, his vision is far-reaching and his strategies are profound.
Therefore, we can wipe out the strong bandits, recover the two capitals, build great honors, and become our king.
Although he was the heir of Shaokang, Xia Mi praised his achievements; Guangwu was revived, and Deng Yu concentrated on his work. Looking at the past from the present, it is not enough. But because the atmosphere is not clear, the army is in a hurry, and the love is seeking great preparations, and the battle is based on the loyalty of the teacher.
, it is appropriate to bear heavy responsibilities and overcome difficulties.
He can serve as admiral, general officer of Sichuan Military Affairs, left governor of the former military governor's office, be granted the title of Taibao and Crown Prince Taibao, bear the seal of Zhendong General, be granted the title of Marquis of Zhongyong, and be given the title of "Fengtian Yiyun Zhongxing Xuanli Xianli".
"This is the seventh month of the first year of King Lu's supervision of the country!"
Qin Liangyu was stunned.
"Marquis Zhongyong, please accept the order."
"Your Majesty Qin Liangyu accepted the order to thank you for your kindness, long live the prison country!"
After receiving the imperial edict, Qin Liangyu asked Zhang Dai about the situation in eastern Zhejiang.
"The situation is excellent," Zhang Dai said. "Previously, His Highness the Supervisor of the State personally led three thousand tigers and soldiers north to Sanwu, and fought all the way to Zhenjiang, sweeping across the south of the Yangtze River. Although in the end, because the Tatars were still strong, they did not hold on after capturing the cities.
It also calmed people's hearts and strengthened their strength. The supervisory state has returned to eastern Zhejiang with tens of thousands of troops from the imperial camp in ten towns, and now the troops are strong and strong."
With that said, Zhang Dai waved his hand.
"This is one hundred thousand taels of silver coin, which was given by the Supervisor to Marquis Zhongyong and the Shizhu soldiers."
Shizhu chieftain Bai Pangbing was also given the military title Zhongyong by Zhu Yihai. Qin Yimin was appointed as the chief soldier of Zhongyong Town, and Ma Wannian was appointed as Shizhu's ambassador of comfort and deputy chief soldier of Zhongyong Town.
Ma Wanchun was awarded the rank of fifth-grade sword-wielding guard in Qianniu Town...
One box after another was brought up and opened, revealing boxes of silver coins.
A full 100,000 silver coins.
"Is this newly minted money from the Supervisory State?"
"Well, this is the newly minted silver coin with the dragon pattern of Lu Jianguo in the first year of Jianguo. It is a special reward for the officers and soldiers of Zhongyong Town."
Looking at the money, even Ma Wannian and others were extremely surprised. It seemed that Lu Jianguo was really powerful. He was actually able to provide military pay to them in Shizhu, Sichuan, directly sending him one hundred thousand taels.
"Zhang Gong passed by Huguang. I wonder what's going on over there now? How many troops does Master Zhu need from Shizhu? I have eight thousand troops now. If necessary, I can recruit more. I can personally lead ten thousand troops there."
Zhang Dai was moved.
"Now most of Sichuan is still in the hands of Zhang Xianzhong, and Chongqing is not safe. The purpose of supervising the country is to ask Zhongyong Marquis to sit in Shizhu, unite with Bozhou, and prepare to regain Chongqing."
Zhang Xianzhong gave up Jiangxi and Jiangxi to attack Sichuan for the fifth time, went all-out to attack Sichuan, fought a decisive battle with the Sichuan army in Chongqing, breached Chongqing by blasting the city wall, and then marched all the way into Chengdu.
At the beginning of the year, only Shizhu in Chongqing and Bozhou in the south were left in Sichuan that had not fallen into the hands of the Daxi Army. Shizhu had Qin Liangyu and Baigan soldiers.
And there is Wang Yingxiong in Bozhou.
Wang Yingxiong was a native of Chongqing. In the sixth year of Chongzhen's reign, he entered the cabinet and became the Minister of Rites and a bachelor of Dongge. In the seventh year, he was promoted to a bachelor of Wenyuange. In the eighth year, he was convicted and returned to his hometown.
Last year, Hongguang appointed Wang Yingxiong as Minister of the Ministry of War and Bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion, governor of Sichuan, Hu, Yunnan and Guizhou military affairs. Chu Yungui Guangzhi obeyed the rules and specifically suppressed Zhang Xianzhong. He gave 30,000 taels of silver and Shang Fang's sword.
However, only stone pillars were left in Sichuan at this time, and Wang Yingxiong had no teachers to supervise in Bozhou. However, he still spent his wealth, recruited thousands of soldiers, opened a palace in Zunyi, Bozhou, and gathered and recommended Sichuan generals Luo Yuxin, Hou Tianxi, and Zeng
Ying, Wang Xiang, etc.
Previously, Li Chixin, Gao Yigong and others took the road from Shaanxi and Gansu to Hanzhong and went south. After fighting with He Zhen, they entered Kuizhou Prefecture and successively captured Dazhou, Wanxian, Kuizhou Fengjie, Wushan and other places from the Great Western Army, and went straight to Jingzhou.
Hunan.
However, at that time, Li Chixin and others had no intention of staying in Badong to confront the Daxi Army. They just passed by on the way. Wang Yingxiong took the opportunity to go to the eastern Sichuan area to recruit troops and occupy Kuizhou Prefecture to resist Zhang Xianzhong.
In June, General Yang Zhan raised troops in Qianwei, attacked Jiading Prefecture (Leshan), and captured Xuzhou (Yibin) with the cooperation of Fan Yiheng, Ma Yingshi, and Yu Chaozong.
Wang Yingxiong heard about Jie and immediately went south to assist him.
Yang Zhan first defeated Feng Shuangli, and then was defeated by Sun Kewang, and retreated to Huairen. After paying homage to Wang Yingxiong, he joined forces with 80,000 troops to recapture Yongning, stationed Yubel Pass, crossed Hejiang River secretly, and returned to Jiading Prefecture.
Speaking of which, this Yang Zhan is also a legendary figure. He is more than seven feet tall and has a heroic appearance. He was the third martial arts scholar in the ten years of Chongzhen. He joined the army under Yang Sichang and was under Zeng Ying's command. He was awarded the Guangyuan garrison and was later promoted to the rank of General of the Chinese Army.
When Zhang Xianzhong attacked Chengdu, he led 3,000 elite troops to defend Chengdu. The city was broken and captured. When he was about to be killed, he grabbed a knife, cut off the rope, hacked two people to death, and escaped by jumping into the river.
Then he gathered troops in southern Sichuan and caught the Western Army by surprise. He even destroyed the Western Army fleet by himself, interrupting Zhang Xianzhong's plan to go south.
Zhang Xianzhong turned to Hanzhong, but at the beginning of the year he sent a large army to attack Hanzhong, but was defeated by He Zhen, the former general of Dashun Army who had surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. The Qing army took advantage of the situation and approached northern Sichuan. Zhang Xianzhong fell into a passive position and could only station troops to defend northern Sichuan.
The Ming army in Sichuan also took advantage of the situation to counterattack.
Wang Yingxiong led Wang Xiang to regain Qijiang, Yang Zhan regained Xuzhou and Jiading, and Zeng Ying entered the outskirts of Chongqing.
It can be said that the situation in Sichuan was surprisingly good for a while. Zhu Yihai, who was far away in eastern Zhejiang, received good news from three supervisors.
One was sent from Zunyi by Wang Yingxiong, the Hongguang Governor-General of Sichuan, Hu, Yunnan and Guizhou, and the other was sent from the Dabie Mountains by Zhang Jinyan, who was appointed Governor-General of Hebei, Henan, and Shanxi Military Affairs during the Hongguang Dynasty.
Another one was Zhu Dadian, the military governor of the seven provinces of Sichuan, Shaanxi, Henan, Chu, Jiangxi, Guizhou and Yunnan appointed by Zhu Yihai, who came from Changsha.
