Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 91 Dashun's Uncle Huai Yuan and Li Ge's Department
In the Ming Dynasty, Baoning Mansion included Guangyuan, Nanjiang, Bazhong, Langzhong and other places of later generations, and it was regarded as an important place in northern Sichuan.

Tongchuan Prefecture and Shunqing Prefecture are located in the south of Baoning Prefecture.

Yanting is located on the border between Boryeong and Tongchuan, and is under the jurisdiction of Tongchuan.

Therefore, Ma Ke first broke the Yanting Pavilion before entering Tongchuan Prefecture.

There were basically no officers and soldiers in Tongchuan. After Ma Ke entered Tongchuan Prefecture, he soon surrounded Qi County, the state capital.

Qi County is also the Santai County of Mianyang in later generations.

Of course, Santai at this time was just a town. Because it was located at the confluence of Peijiang River and Zhongjiang River, influenced by the prosperous agriculture and trade around it, it was already a quite wealthy town in the late Ming Dynasty.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the county seat of Qixian County was destroyed by wars. Later, during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, Santai was simply governed by the state.

The distance between Langzhong and Qi County is only more than 200 miles, and the distance is only more than 300 miles.

Although Li Yan and Hong Niangzi promised Li Yutian to escort Ma Ke's grain and grass, they were not dragged down by the convoy transporting the grain.

The two sent a captain of infantry to lead a thousand people to escort the food delivery team and the heavy battalion of the headquarters, and then led more than a thousand cavalry and more than 3000 elite infantry to Qixian County.

Since leaving Beijing, the officers and soldiers of the Red Lady Division have been inspired by the military rations and movies of later generations, and have developed a pair of iron feet.

After traveling more than seventy miles a day, we arrived at Qixian County on the morning of the fifth day.

At this time, the Tanma of the Red Lady's Troop also met Ma Ke's Tanma scattered in the outer realm, but because the Red Lady's Troop was still in the uniform of the Dashun Army, and they were flying the Dashun's flag, there was no misunderstanding between the Tanmas on both sides.

Then he reported the encounter to the generals of both sides.

When Li Yan and Hong Niangzi heard the news, they did not order the team to stop—if they ordered the march to stop vigilantly, it would make Ma Ke suspicious.

Since they were sent by Li Zicheng to support Ma Ke in his fight against Sichuan, they shouldn't be timid when they see Ma Ke.

So the team continued to march, and soon saw the county seat of Qixian County.

Sitting on a reddish-brown horse, Auntie Zhu saw black smoke billowing from Qi County, but could not hear any shouts of killing, her heart sank.

Sure enough, when Li Yan saw this scene, he also frowned and said, "It seems that Ma Ke may have broken through Qi County."

Hao Guangming also saw this scene, and thinking of the historical records about the battle between Chen Junchong and Ma Ke, he said: "No accident, even if Qi County was breached, Chen Junchong was killed by the software a few days later, you should still have chance to save him."

After hearing this, Auntie Zhu no longer thought about it, but said to Li Yan: "Let the team speed up."

Li Yandao: "I know His Highness is worried about Chen Junchong's life, but it's just that he is approaching Qixian County now, and speeding up rashly may cause Ma Ke's misunderstanding—Yu Dashun said that he is a surrendered general after all."

Auntie Zhu took a deep breath and said, "Then listen to Mr. Li."

Soon, a large group of cavalry ushered in.

The leading cavalry general looked at Li Yan and Hong Niangzi, and immediately got off his horse, knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists.

"Ma Xing, captain of the cavalry under Uncle Huaiyuan, the last general, pays homage to Li Ge's troops and General Red!"

Li Yan took a few steps forward on his horse, and said condescendingly, "You don't need to be polite, Captain Ma. Uncle Huaiyuan has already captured Tongchuan Prefecture?"

"Yes." Ma Xing stood up and replied, "It's just that the county seat of Qi County was severely damaged in the battle, and it is no longer suitable for garrisoning troops. Our uncle's general camp is still set up outside Santai Town.

When the uncle heard that Li Ge's department and Hong Niangzi came to help, he ordered his general to come to greet him; on the other hand, he sent people to open up a camp and prepare a banquet to clean up the dust for Li Ge's department and the red general. "

Li Yan nodded, "Well, let's lead the way."

Ma Xing responded, got on his horse and led the cavalry of hundreds of people to turn around and go to Santai Town.

The Hongniangzi Department followed unhurriedly.

The red lady walked to Li Yan's side and said in a low voice, "We still have to be careful, then Ma Ke is not a simple character."

"I know." Li Yan nodded.

Immediately, the Hong Niangzi Department secretly raised its alert.

Even if there was a real fight, although the Red Lady's Department was small, they might not be afraid of Ma Ke.

It must be known that these days, Zhu Yu not only delivered military rations for the Red Lady, but also brought a few things that can be directly used in the battlefield.

Although these few things are not many, they can be used well, but they can also affect the outcome of this tens of thousands of battles.

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Outside Santai Town, in front of the barracks.

Li Yan and Hong Niangzi met Ma Ke.

Zhu Yuxi also saw this person while hiding among the female soldiers in the Red Lady's personal guard camp.

Ma Ke is about 50 years old, neither tall nor short, lean, with a little white hair and deep wrinkles on his face.

As for the skin color, most of the soldiers who marched and fought all the year round had dark skin, except for female generals like Hong Niangzi who were more careful.

"The last general, Ma Ke, met Li Ge's department, and met the Red General!"

Although Ma Ke was granted the title of Uncle Huaiyuan, he dared not take it seriously in front of Li Yan and Hong Niangzi.

Dashun has no examples of civic officials conferring titles so far, and it seems that civic officials are not allowed to confer titles.

And the red lady is a woman, and there is no example of a woman conferring a title in Dashun so far.

Therefore, there is a reason why Li Yan and Hong Niangzi did not have titles, otherwise the titles they would have won would never be worse than his general.

Li Yan and Hong Niangzi didn't hold back, and got off their horses to return the gift to Ma Ke.

Li Yan even smiled and said: "You are very polite, Bo Huaiyuan. After you arrived in Sichuan, you went down to Baoning and Tongchuan in a short time, and opened the way for our Dashun army to attack Chengdu. You have already made a great contribution. .”

Ma Ke didn't feel complacent at all, he just smiled, cupped his fists to the northeast and said, "It's all thanks to His Majesty's Tianwei that the last general can go so smoothly."

What he said was not all entertainment.

If he hadn't become a general of Dashun, but was still the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty, how could it be possible for him to attack an inland prefecture like Sichuan with few troops?Most of them were transferred to deal with Dashun's army, or the Qing army.

Facing these two, he can't play such a good record.

Afterwards, Li Yan exchanged pleasantries with Ma Ke, and then went to his barracks for a banquet.

As for Hong Niangzi, she still stayed in the army on the grounds that she had to arrange camping.

When Li Yan came back from a banquet at noon, he said, "Ma Ke captured Qi County two days ago, and Chen Junchong was imprisoned by him in the Wuxian Temple in the county seat.

When mentioning Chen Junchong, Ma Ke gritted his teeth in admiration, because Chen Junchong defended Qi County to the death, which cost him five or six hundred elite soldiers. "

Auntie Zhu immediately asked: "Did Ma Ke say what to do with Chen Junchong?"

Li Yan said: "He didn't say anything, and I didn't ask too much—for fear that he might get suspicious."

The red lady said: "Princess, don't worry, we will invite Ma Ke to the banquet in the evening, and we will take him down then, saving Chen Junchong is not a one-sentence matter?"

Auntie Zhu nodded first, and then said: "I hope Chen Junchong can persist for a long time."

On the other side, Hao Guangming said: "I think what you should consider now is how to take down Ma Ke, and how to take over Ma Ke's troops in the future."

Auntie Zhu felt that Hao Guangming's reminder was right, so she immediately discussed the matter with Li Yan and Hong Niangzi.

At the end of the discussion, all three felt that the key to doing this well was not how to win Ma Ke, but how to subdue Ma Ke on the spot after winning.

Once Marco is subdued, it will be much easier to take over his army.

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The sun goes down.

Ma Ke was sitting in the big tent of the military camp dealing with military affairs.

As a general of an army, one needs not only to lead troops in battle, but also to have an understanding of other aspects of military affairs.

It can't be that your food and grass are almost gone, but you don't know it?

"Our next batch of grain and grass, Li Futai, has been handed over to the Hongniangzi Department for escort. The Li Ge Department told me at the reception banquet earlier that he was in a hurry to come to support. The dozens of carts of grain and grass orders sent 1000 people to escort them. It will take two days to arrive. arrive."

Although Ma Ke is from Shaanxi, he has already changed his accent because he moved around in Shanxi, Henan, Guanwai, and Hebei in the past 20 years, and his official speech is pretty good.

The food officer in the army has been replaced by Ma Ke's confidant. Hearing this, he couldn't help but say, "Uncle just took down Qi County, and now Li Yan and Hong Niangzi are here. Could it be that they are stealing credit?"

After hearing this, Ma Ke laughed and said, "What merits are you grabbing? He wouldn't say that Baoning and Tongchuan were taken down by him, would he? As for going to Chengdu, with Zhang Xianzhong around, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to fight."

The food officer wanted to say something more, so he heard the soldiers outside the big tent shout: "Li Ren, Li Ren, the captain of the Red Lady Department, has been ordered to come here to deliver the invitation card!"

Ma Ke and the grain officer looked at each other, then raised his voice, "Let him in."

Li Ren walked into the big tent, handed out an invitation card, and said: "My general has prepared a banquet in the camp, and I invite uncle to attend the banquet."

Ma Ke glanced at the invitation card casually, and said: "Li Duwei, please tell Li Ge's department and the Red General, I will be there later."

"Yes."

(End of this chapter)