Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 457 The general trend of the world
Dagukou and Xuzhou were temporarily silent.

Gaizhouwei has not been attacked from the beginning to the end.

The situation on the Sichuan battlefield seemed to be full of twists and turns.

At this time, Qin Liangyu and Li Xiangjun led an army of 25 troops to Luzhou again.

Originally, according to Qin Liangyu's original plan, the army should have fought Qianwei to destroy Wu Dading at this time, but when they marched into the territory of Syria Prefecture, Zeng Ying, who stayed behind in Chongqing, suddenly rebelled.

As a last resort, Qin Liangyu could only return to Chongqing to defeat Zeng Ying first.

After Zeng Ying was beheaded, Li Zhanchun, Yu Dahai and other remnants under his command collapsed.

Qin Liangyu no longer trusted the frontier army in Sichuan this time, and left the new army stationed on the road to prevent the grain road from being cut off.

After going back and forth like this, half a month passed. Qin Liangyu's army attacked Luzhou for the second time.

At this time, the warlords and bandits from all walks of life in Sichuan gradually converged.

He even "appointed" the governor of the three sides, Wang Yingxiong, to warn Qin Liangyu.

"Marquis Zhongzhen, what Cao Xun, Wang Xiang, Li Xiaoli, Fan Wenguang, and Liu Linchang mean is that Sichuan's military and state affairs can be handled by them. Yuan Tao, Wu Dading, these two thieves, and Zhang Ni will all be wiped out 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 that his words were euphemistic enough.

Because the original words of Cao Xun and Wang Xiang were even more excessive.

Cao Xun and Wang Xiang said that the affairs of Sichuan can only be decided by the civil servants and military generals in Sichuan, and outsiders are not allowed to intervene, even the imperial court. 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 sneered, "Wang Xiang, Cao Xun and others are what kind of people, you should know better than the old man, that generation is just another Zeng Ying."

"Marquis Zhongzhen, if the persecution is too urgent, the other generation may hook up with Zhang Ni."

"The old man borrowed a sentence from the Holy One, the sky is going to rain, the mother is going to get married, let him go, if the other generation really wants to hook up with Zhang Ni, let them do it, and see if they can get a little bit of money from Zhang Ni. ?”

Qin Liangyu's one sentence made Wang Yingxiong speechless, because what she said was the truth.

Cooperating with Zhang Xianzhong is tantamount to seeking skin from a tiger, and he will definitely be gnawed 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, and the cabinet wanted to transfer him back to Nanjing to take up the post of co-administrator.

The local governor of the second rank was transferred back to Nanjing to serve as the general governor of the third rank. At best, he could only be regarded as a mediocre transfer. Obviously, the cabinet was very disappointed with his performance as the governor of the three sides.

At that moment, Wang Yingxiong bowed to Qin Liangyu and said, "Since this is the case, please entrust the Marquis Zhongzhen to Sichuan."

"Wang Butang take care all the way." Qin Liangyu had no intention of talking to Wang Yingxiong about Sichuan's personnel affairs, and said calmly, "This Marquis will send troops to escort you to Wuchang."

After sending Wang Yingxiong away, Qin Liangyu summoned Li Xiangjun behind the screen.

"Girl, we will divide our troops when we reach Huzhou." Qin Liangyu spread out the map, and continued, "Naxi is steep, and there is a tendency that one man will be in charge, and if the formation cannot be formed, no amount of troops will help. , but wasted money.”

Li Xiangjun's face also became serious: "Master, did you mean to divide the troops to outflank Naxi's back from the alley?"

"Yes, outflank Naxi's back from the small path." Qin Liangyu said, "If you attack from both sides, Wang Xiang will definitely lose."

Li Xiangjun said decisively: "Master, since this is the case, I would like to lead five thousand elite soldiers to outflank."

"No, you have to stay." Qin Liangyu said decisively, "Leave the outflanking to the teacher."

Li Xiangjun hurriedly dissuaded him: "Master, you are old..."

"Although you are old as a teacher, your foot strength is not inferior to your young people."

Qin Liangyu smiled and said, "The most important thing is that the teacher is familiar with the terrain."

Li Xiangjun felt quite reluctant.

……

Let's talk about Zhang Xianzhong, Emperor Daxi.

Compared with Chongzhen, Fulin, and Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, the Daxi Emperor, is a bit shabby, because now it belongs to the territory of Daxi Kingdom, and there are only four prefectures in northern Sichuan.

During this period of time, Zhang Xianzhong's focus has also been on northern Sichuan.

The Daxi Army first competed with the Ma Ke Department of the Dashun Army for the northern Sichuan area, and then marched into Hanzhong after driving away Ma Ke, preparing to fight for Hanzhong Mansion from Li Zicheng.

By the way, this was instigated by Prime Minister Daxi Wang Zhaoling.

Wang Zhaoling told Zhang Xianzhong that Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, sent troops from Hanzhong to settle in Guanzhong and then took over the world. Liu Bei, the ancestor of Shu, also defeated Cao Cao in Hanzhong before he was able to keep Sichuan and become king and 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, and then the good situation in Sichuan was ruined. Wang Xiang, Zeng Ying, Yang Zhan, and Wu Dading and other former Ming generals fought back. In the end, most of the territory in Sichuan was taken away, leaving only four prefectures in northern Sichuan.

Until now, the main force of the Great Western Army has been unable to get away.

If Yang Zhan survived, Zhang Xianzhong decided to abandon Chengdu.

Because Zhang Xianzhong really believed in Wang Zhaoling, he was determined to seize Hanzhong.

However, once Yang Zhan died, the various Ming armies fell into internal strife instantly, and the pressure on the Daxi army suddenly eased, so Zhang Xianzhong was no longer in a hurry to give up Chengdu and run away.

After all, there are so many gold, silver and jewelry hoarded in Chengdu.

It is very troublesome to take away so many gold, silver and jewels.

Daxi Prime Minister Wang Zhaoling also came up with the idea of ​​these gold, silver and jewellery.

Wang Zhaoling was originally just a failed scholar in Tongcheng, because no scholars were willing to defect to Zhang Xianzhong, so Wang Zhaoling, a failed scholar, became the mastermind and then the prime minister of Daxi Kingdom.

Wang Zhaoling's intelligence and Niu Jinxing can be described as crouching dragons and phoenixes, shining brightly for a while.

But Wang Zhaoling's heart is a hundred times more vicious than Niu Jinxing's. Since he became the prime minister of Daxi, the whole Sichuan has been stirred up by Wang Zhaoling and bloody.

Zhang Xianzhong once established political power in Fengyang, Gucheng, Shucheng, Huangzhou, and Wuchang many times. Apart from adopting a cruel killing policy against the clan and gentry, he can say that he has done nothing to the common people.

Especially after the establishment of the Wuchang government, the governance of Hunan was quite supported by the people, and some even set up a shrine for him.

However, after occupying Sichuan and building the name Daxi, the style of painting changed suddenly. Under the instigation of Wang Zhaoling, Zhang Xianzhong began to wave the butcher knife at the common people in Sichuan. They all said that Zhang Xianzhong killed people like hemp, and he killed people every day. In fact, Wang Zhaoling is Daxi The prime minister should bear most of the responsibility. If it weren't for him, the people of Sichuan would not have suffered such catastrophe.

To get to the point, Wang Zhaoling has already set his sights on the treasure in Zhang Xianzhong's hands.

"Your Majesty, I heard that the puppet Emperor Chongzhen led an army of 25 people into Sichuan with 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 okay to use Qin Liangyu as the commander-in-chief, and a famous Qinhuai prostitute as the deputy commander?" Zhang Xianzhong almost laughed angrily when he heard the words, "Chongzhen, the dog emperor, why is he crazy?"

After a short pause, he added, "But I heard that Li Xiangjun is pretty good-looking?"

"Famous prostitutes, good-looking must be good-looking, otherwise you won't be able to become an oiran."

"Let Ke Wang'er catch her later, I just need a queen, haha."

"Just as I was about to tell His Majesty about this, now I have a god-given opportunity to defeat the puppet Ming army without any effort. At the same time, I can take advantage of the opportunity to eradicate Cao Xun, Wang Xiang, Yuan Tao, Liu Daozhen, Wu Dajun and other rebels from all walks of life."

"Is there such a good thing?" Zhang Xianzhong suddenly became interested and asked, "How to do it?"

Wang Zhaoling said: "Buy rebel generals such as Cao Xun and Wang Xiang with a lot 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. You can use the Ming army to weaken the rebels from all walks of life, it can be said that you can get two birds with one stone, even the heavy money sent by His Majesty can be recovered."

"Well, this is a good idea!" Zhang Xianzhong obeyed Wang Zhaoling's advice.

"But who should I send? Will the rebels beheaded directly?"

"If this person doesn't have a certain eloquence, he may be beheaded by various traitors."

Wang Zhaoling volunteered and said: "I am not talented, I am willing to give it a try for His Majesty and Da Xichao."

"Okay, Prime Minister, then." Zhang Xianzhong waved his hand and said, "The Prime Minister will give each rebel general five carts of jewelry, no, each will give ten carts of jewelry, and each will give an additional 10 taels of silver! The Prime Minister will tell them again , When the army of hypocrisy is defeated, I will have more rewards, and our Daxi State has gold and silver treasures."

Anyway, these gold and silver treasures will come back in the end, so Zhang Xianzhong is willing to do so.

While the two were talking, a eunuch came in and reported: "Long live, General Anxi has just sent flying cavalry to send a good news, saying that he defeated the Puppet Shun army at Qipanguan, beheaded the puppet Shun general Ma Ke and beheaded more than [-] ranks. Now that we have captured Ning and Qiang Prefectures, we will send troops to Nanzheng in a short time to capture Hanzhong Prefecture for Daxi Kingdom."

"Okay, Dingguo boy is doing well!" Zhang Xianguo was overjoyed when he heard that.

Wang Zhaoling was a little displeased with Li Dingguo's great achievements, so he reminded Zhang Xianzhong with a worried face: "Your Majesty, we need to be careful that this is a hypocritical scheme to lure the enemy into deep, and the current order is for General Anxi not to go deep, because the roads in northern Sichuan and Shu are rugged. Difficult to move, difficult to transport food, once General Anxi goes deep into Hanzhong Mansion, it is easy to be cut off by the puppet Shun."

"Oh, that's right, if the Prime Minister hadn't reminded me in time, it would have almost ruined the event."

Zhang Xianzhong really trusted Wang Zhaoling, and immediately ordered Li Dingguo to suspend it.

Li Dingguo missed a good opportunity to seize Hanzhong, and he will have no chance next time.

Because Li Zicheng heard that Ma Ke was defeated at Qipan Pass, he decided to personally lead the army to fight Sichuan. Li Zicheng had endured Zhang Xianzhong for a long time, and this time he decided to settle the old and new scores together.

(End of this chapter)