Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 208 Passage into Sichuan, Kuibei Deployment

Speaking of which, since Zhu Yuxi's defeat of Zhang Xianzhong in Chengdu, she has adopted a defensive strategy against the Dashun Army.

One is because it was true that there were not enough troops to attack Hanzhong at first.

The second is that they don't want to attract the firepower of the Dashun Army, and they don't want to change the movement of the Dashun Army too much before Li Zicheng goes south.

However, during the Ming and Qing dynasties, the northern part of Sichuan was no longer as easy to defend as it was during the Qin and Han Dynasties. In fact, from ancient times to the present, Sichuan has been said to be surrounded by dangerous passes, but it has never been able to rely on the dangerous passes to stop enemies who want to enter Sichuan for too long.

Apart from human reasons, geography is also a major reason.

Until the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were five passages from west to east in the north of Sichuan that could enter Sichuan.

In the west, there is the Yinping Ancient Road, which can go south from Jiezhou and Wenxian in Gongchang Prefecture, Shaanxi Province, and enter Sichuan through Yulei Pass, Baishui Pass and Jianjia Pass.

Then there is the most famous Jinniu Road.

Jinniu Road can be divided into two roads. The west road can directly enter Sichuan from Lueyang along the upper reaches of the Jialing River to attack Chaotianguan.

However, Chaotianguan can be said to be one man's gate, and ten thousand men can't open it. It is extremely easy to defend and difficult to attack. Generally, no one would choose this way to enter Sichuan.

Of course, if the cannons are good enough, that's another way of saying it.

The east road is the one that Zhu Yuxi, Hong Niangzi and others took before they entered Sichuan. They broke through Qipan Pass from Ningqiang Prefecture in Hanzhong, and joined forces from the upper reaches of the Jialing River to attack Chaotian Pass.

Going further to the east is the third passage, Mi Cang Road.

In the area of ​​Micang Road, Sichuan and Shanxi are separated by Micang Mountain and Baling Mountains. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, it was originally an extremely difficult path, but in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, three mature roads have been opened.

Two of them can be sent directly from Nanzheng County, Hanzhong Prefecture. After passing Bayu Pass, Daba Pass, and Micang Pass in northern Sichuan, they can go all the way to the west and go south to take Baizhang Pass.

All the way, you can go south along the upper tributary of the Bajiang River, break through Hualin Pass and other passes, and take Nanjiang and Bazhong.

The westernmost road needs to pass through Mengba and other passes and then go south to Tongjiang along the Bashui River.

During the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, Sichuan and Shanxi commerce were quite developed, so the Micang Road was opened up so many ways.

However, in order to continue to make this Sichuan-Shaanxi passage dangerous and easy to defend, various dynasties successively set up many large and small passes on various roads. The above is only a part of them.

Going east from Micang Road is the famous Lychee Road in history.

Many people know the allusion of "a concubine laughing while riding the world of mortals, but no one knows that it is a lychee".

But few people know that there are four ways to send lychees from the south to Chang'an.

The easternmost one leads to Fujian, the middle one leads to Guangdong, and the westernmost two are both in Sichuan. The end point is Hezhou and Fuling. In the Tang Dynasty, there were also lychees in southern Sichuan.

Among them, the fourth passage into Sichuan, Litchi Road, was opened by Tang Xuanzong.

As far as the Ming Dynasty is concerned, that is, from Xi'an to Xixiang County in the east of Hanzhong Prefecture, then through Zhenba, Taiping (Wanyuan), and Dongxiang, and then it is possible to take the water route, from Tongchuan River to Qujiang, through Quxian County, Guang'an You can go to Hezhou.

Or go east from Dazhou to Liangshan, then follow the branch of Fujiang River to Dianjiang and Changshou in the south, turn to Fujiang River (a section of the Yangtze River), and then go down the river to Fuzhou (Fuling).

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, this Litchi Road also became less difficult to walk because of business travelers. The system of post stations and inns along the way is also quite complete. Within a few tens of miles, there will be a town where business travelers gather.

Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong both entered Sichuan via Lizhi Road.

As for the fifth passage to Sichuan in the north, it goes upstream from the Yangtze River, crosses Yiling and enters Kuizhou.

Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan in the 16th year of Chongzhen, and he walked this way.

In comparison, as long as your navy is strong enough, taking this route is easier than the four land passages to the west.

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After everyone was silent for a while, Li Yan said again: "There are Baishui Pass and Jianjia Pass in the west of Guangyuan, and Chaotian Pass and Qipan Pass in the north. Li Ren and the others are guarding the dangerous passes, and they have the cannons that were transported earlier to help. It's hard to break through.

Now the key lies in how to deal with the soldiers and horses entering the northern part of Kuizhou from Lizhi Road.

According to Li Dingguo's military report, although most of the Yellow Bandits have been wiped out, a small number are still hiding in the dangerous mountains and waters in the northern part of Kuizhou.

If these people were united with the puppet army, the situation over there would be even more difficult. "

After Li Yan finished speaking, Lu Daqi came out and said: "I have reported to the Supervisory State, I think that the Puppet Shun Army that invaded the northern part of Kuizhou is nothing to worry about.

With our current military strength, even if we wipe them out for a short period of time, we can still prevent them from leaving Kuibei.

In this way, we only need to wait for our army to come out of Sichuan to deal with the other puppet obedient troops in Shaanxi, and the puppet obedient army in Kuizhou will become a source of water, and sooner or later it will be suppressed. "

Hearing this, Li Yan said: "Now the puppet Shun army is retreating steadily under the Qing army's offensive, no accidents, they will lose even Shaanxi in the first month of next year.

What if most of the Puppet Shun Army did not go to Huguang, but entered Sichuan continuously through Lizhi Road? "

Lu Daqi glanced at Li Yan and said, "You can send a group of elite soldiers to take Taiping directly. After Taiping County is recaptured, they will block the Lizhi Road and block the follow-up Puppet Army in southern Shaanxi."

Li Yan thought about it, and did not refute Lu Daqi's proposal.

Seeing this, Ma Ke came out and said: "I think what Lu Butai said is feasible-taking a step back, even if we can't seize Taiping and block the Lizhi Road, with the strength of our army, it is enough to keep the puppet Shun army in Kuibei.

It is believed that if Li Zicheng found that he could not enter Sichuan through Kuibei, he would choose to go to Shangluo, leave Wuguan, and go south to Huguang via southern Henan. "

Hao Guangming heard this through the mobile phone video, and said: "After all, the Lychee Road was developed and perfected in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. For the army, it is definitely not as easy as taking the road from Shangluo to Wuguan.

In addition, in history, the litchi road should be guarded by Li Zicheng's people, but in the end Li Zicheng chose to take the Wuguan road, which shows that there must be other reasons for him to make this choice.

Perhaps it was because Wuguan was easier to walk, or maybe he was more familiar with this road, or it might be because he had to take this road to arrange for the Dashun army in southern Henan and Huguang to go south together.

Of course, it is more likely that there are three reasons. "

After hearing Hao Guangming's words, and seeing that the other people in the palace had no other opinions, Zhu Wei said, "Since that's the case, I will order Li Dingguo to try to take back Taiping County and block the Lizhi Road.

But tell him that there is no need to force it.If not, then set up defenses at various critical points in Kuibei to block the way for the puppet Shunjun army to leave Kuibei.

In addition, if Lu Qing has nothing else to do, tomorrow he will take a battalion of border guards as the supervisor and set off for Baoning Mansion to take up his post.

For the Puppet Shun Army, we still mainly recruit and surrender. As for the offensive against Shaanxi and Gansu, we will start after the first month of next year. "

Lu Daqi bowed immediately and said, "Your servant accepts your orders!"

After talking about this, Zhu Wei was about to end the meeting, but Long Wenguang stood up and said: "I report to the supervisor, as far as I know, when Fan Yiheng was preparing for the army in Shaanxi, Zhao Ronggui and He Zhen were his subordinates." .

Now that it is He Zhen who is leading the army to attack Qipanguan, the minister thought that maybe Fan Yiheng and Zhao Ronggui could each write a letter to recruit He Zhen. "

Auntie Zhu nodded after listening, "Yes."

Then he added: "In addition, it is proposed to promote Chen Junchong to participate in politics and grain supervision in northern Sichuan, and be responsible for the transportation of grain and grass for the Shaanxi-Gansu Raiders."

"Yes!"

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The next day.

Lu Daqi selected the only remaining battalion of border guards as the supervisor, and set off for Baoning.

As for going back to his hometown to persuade Kuang Zhao to work for Aunt Zhu, he can do it along the way.

On the day that Lu Daqi left Chengdu, Liu Wenxiu also "escorted" Wang Yingxiong, Wang Xiang, Hou Tianci and others with a town of imperial guards to Chengdu.

(End of this chapter)