Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 980 It's Good to Watch the Three Kingdoms
Chen Shiqi, the governor of Sichuan, was cursing in the street.

The Hammer bandits besieged Chongqing, and despite repeated pleas, no reinforcements from the imperial court came.

Now he is required to prevent other bandits from entering Sichuan, and send troops to Kuizhou (Fengjie) to guard against Zhang Xianzhong and other ministries.

If it weren't for Yang Sichang being the emperor's favorite minister, Bixiong Wencan would have wanted to do something.

In addition, he promised that as long as Zhang Xianzhong was defeated, he would cooperate with him to vigorously encircle and suppress the hammer bandits.

Chen Shiqi didn't want to send troops from Chongqing to reinforce Kuizhou, let's destroy it.

The siege for such a long time had long ago completely confused his nerves.

The string in my mind was tense from the very beginning, and gradually became so stretched that it lost its elasticity.

At present, Chen Shiqi only hopes that the Hammer bandits want to watch the drama of sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight, and watch with cold eyes, the official army and Zhang Xianzhong's troops will have a battle.

If he fought on two fronts, he would really be incapable of keeping Chongqing.

Therefore, Chen Shiqi particularly hoped that a large number of officers and soldiers would enter Sichuan.

Zuo Liangyu learned that Yang Sichang was ordered to concentrate all his efforts to wipe out Zhang Xianzhong first, and suggested to Yang Sichang to go to Shu to pursue him.

Yang Sichang had another plan. He transferred Zheng Chongjian, the governor of Shaanxi, and Li Guoqi, his deputy, to enter Shu, and ordered Zuo Liangyu to stay in Zhuxi to prevent Zhang Xianzhong from returning to Zhushan and Fangxian.

Zuo Liangyu judged based on his years of experience in the army and horses, that it may not be effective to send only partial generals to pursue, and Zhang Xianzhong will definitely turn back at the end.

If he could be accepted into Shaanxi by He Jinchao, he would have gone to Ankang a long time ago, and there was no need to make a detour.

What's more, with his style of dealing with the hammer bandits, he may not accept Zhang Xianzhong's troops who have not very good military discipline.

In addition, Zuo Liangyu felt that Yang Sichang didn't use him as the main attack, but also used others, which was to give Zhang Xianzhong a chance.

Yang Sichang didn't take Zuo Liangyu's analysis seriously, but on the surface he still wrote back to explain.

"Zhang Xianzhong doesn't seem to want to enter Sichuan, and may move to Shaanxi, bowing his head to congratulate He Jinchao.

After all, this person is good at deceiving people, once the limelight is not right, he will lie low and become a small person.

He Jinchao had enough soldiers and food, so he was Zhang Xianzhong's first choice for refuge. "

Because even if Zhang Xianzhong wanted to surrender, the Ming court would not give him this chance.

Otherwise, if you are fooled once or twice and still be fooled, where is the face of the emperor and his officials?
"If the general enters Sichuan, if Zhang Xianzhong follows the old road to Zhenping and still enters Zhushan and Fangxian, how will he resist?
Otherwise, if Zhang Xianzhong went to Ningchang (Daning, Dachang) to Wushan and joined Cao Cao (Luo Rucai), it would not be the best policy for me to pursue him with a general and rush him back to Chu.

According to the original plan of the shogunate, Qin Du sent troops to Sichuan, and Qin Fu stationed in Ningchang.

Our soldiers are still stationed in Zhuxi, this is a positive move, and it is a strange move to send some people into Sichuan to pursue and suppress them.

Zuo Liangyu disagreed with this arrangement and wrote back to Yang Sichang.

"The supervisor should know that even though most of Sichuan is occupied by hammer bandits, the land of Shu is fertile.

Even though Zhang Xianzhong was not retained by the hammer bandits, I believe that He Jinzhao can still do it on the surface if he donated some military rations.

Zhang Xianzhong went through the dangers and let him run freely, which was difficult to control.

Moreover, Zhang Xianzhong had food to eat when he entered Sichuan, but he had no land to plunder when he returned to Xunyang.

Liangyu is expected to be extremely embarrassed (unless he and the hammer bandits fight each other), otherwise he will never return to Huguang.

Besides, our Ming army is strong when united, and weak when divided.

Liangyu's command is to suppress soldiers, not defenders. If the main soldier does not fight but defends instead, when will Zhang Xianzhong be destroyed?

For today's plan, it should be attacked by surprise, and once it is greatly damaged, it will naturally disintegrate. "

After Zuo Liangyu finished writing the letter, he led his soldiers directly into Sichuan from Yudu River.

Yang Sichang was very dissatisfied with Zuo Liangyu arbitrarily violating his own integrity.

If it weren't for my strong support, would it have allowed you to form such an elite team in a short period of time?

Now that the wings are a little stiffer, they start to jump up. I really don't know how to be grateful.

Yang Sichang forwarded Zuo Liangyu's application to Emperor Chongzhen, which meant that he would keep it as a record, and he had nothing to do with him if he lost the battle.

On the contrary, the military adviser Wanji comforted him: "Zuo Liangyu's writing is generous, but the enemy is asking for it. He will not be restrained outside, so he should let it go."

Yang Sichang originally wanted to use Zuo Liangyu to check and balance the ministries, so they all listened to him.

But he forgot one thing, he didn't have an army to check and balance Zuo Liangyu, and he felt that he was arrogant and unusable.

In addition, Yang Sichang continuously enlarged Zuo Liangyu's authority, almost at the same level as him.

Now whether Zuo Liangyu wants to make contributions or to seek revenge, he can decide for himself.

On the contrary, Zheng Chongjian, who was supposed to be entrusted to the main force by Yang Sichang as the governor of Qin, led his men to reconcile with Zuo Liangyu, but Li Guoqi, the main lieutenant, did not go to Sichuan to reconcile with Zuo Liangyu.

After all, there are people who do not want to fight for fish, and there are people everywhere.

Of course, Li Guoqi's excuse was "lack of food", which was not enough to support the expedition.

Of course Zuo Liangyu put all these things on Yang Sichang's head, thinking that Yang Sichang deliberately hindered him, and even held his breath to win the battle.

Yang Sichang is so sensible to Li Guoqi, in order to check and balance Zuo Liangyu, he also hinted to him that with the presence of my supervisor, you can replace Zuo Liangyu in the future.

This big cake smashed him into confusion all at once.

Li Guoqi never expected such a good thing to happen, so he became more and more grateful to Yang Sichang, and wanted to die for him!

Yang Sichang took a firm step in his determination to check and balance Zuo Liangyu.

Zhang Xianzhong learned that there were two outflanking routes behind the officers and troops, and interceptions in front.

He also saw that Guanyin Rock was quite steep, so he obeyed the judgment of his military adviser Pan Duao and entered the mountain to defend it.

The men and horses are going to defeat the pursuers first, and then go to capture Kuimen with the power of a great victory.

If the Hammer bandits seized the opportunity to harass Chongqing, how many of the official troops stationed at Kuimen would be able to hold on?

As long as he wins and makes a little noise, those dog officers and soldiers will surrender if they are not sure.

Zhang Xianzhong was very satisfied with the arrangement of this battle. The officers and soldiers who had fought before were defeated, but this time they didn't know how to live or die, and they would definitely beat them up.

Xu Yixian was not as good at tactical arrangements as Pan Duao, but he definitely beat him when it came to analyzing the general situation.

Based on this, Zhang Xianzhong's department waited for work with ease.

When Zuo Liangyu rushed to the foot of the mountain, Zhang Xianzhong had already occupied the top of Guanyin Rock, riding high and clamoring with great momentum.

The flags are flying, and the mountains and plains are full of thieves and bandits.

The way of bluffing is what makes Zhang Xianzhong slip.

Zuo Liangyu held his breath in his heart, seeing that Zhang Xianzhong took the initiative to stop and wait.

How dare you go up the mountain and wait for work?
He immediately got off his horse and went through the thorns and thorns to observe the situation in person, and suddenly realized.

Zhang Xianzhong, a thief who has never read a book, is he worthy of being compared with Ma Di?
Putting on such a posture, it really is God helping me!

Zuo Liangyu immediately divided his troops into three groups and besieged Zhang Xianzhong.

Zhang Xianzhong felt that his soldiers were excellent and good generals, and he could easily catch the officers and soldiers from a high position.

Zuo Liangyu commanded the second route himself, Zheng Chongjian commanded Liu Guoneng the first route, and ordered all the troops to listen to the sound of the drums.

When the war drum sounded, the left army pretended to rush to the middle and right, and Zheng Chongjian sent people to pretend to attack from the left.

In fact, it is completely besieged here.

Faced with the tentative attack of the official army, Zhang Xianzhong's army stood firm.

Zhang Xianzhong was extremely satisfied with how his subordinates trained in such an orderly manner, and did not lose their positions when encountering the enemy, but remained calm and composed.

This proves that when he was in Gucheng, his training was not in vain.

Regarding the encirclement and suppression by the government army, the rebel leaders headed by Zhang Xianzhong were all very optimistic.

But Zuo Liangyu is sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai.

When Zheng Chongjian heard that Zuo Liangyu, who had no ink, could also learn the strategy of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he was extremely shocked.

Even though Liu Guoneng was a juren, he never thought that Zhang Xianzhong's situation was exactly the same as that of Ma Di.

Zuo Liangyu was extremely proud of everyone's shocked expressions.

We don't understand Sun Tzu's Art of War, but the Romance of the Three Kingdoms has been told.

How easy to understand!
So the officers and soldiers honestly implemented Zuo Liangyu's strategy, besieged Guanyin Rock, cut off the connection with the outside world, and prevented the bandits on the mountain from getting water.

Zhang Xianzhong and others were quite proud of the siege on the first day, thinking that they would continue to hit the morale of the officers and soldiers the next day, and then take advantage of the victory to chase down and destroy the officers and soldiers.

However, the next day, the officers and soldiers did not attack the hill at all, and began to dig trenches, as if to prevent them from escaping.

Although Zhang Xianzhong had doubts in his heart, Pan Duao said that the officers and soldiers might be waiting for reinforcements to arrive.

I hope that the king can send messengers to communicate with the hammer bandits, saying that the two parties are in partnership, and they will attack Chongqing back and forth.

Zhang Xianzhong agreed and sent envoys.

But Zhang Xianzhong didn't know whether the envoy sent the letter to the hammer bandits.

Because the siege by the government and army was too long, it dragged on.

As long as someone comes down from the mountain, not to surrender, they will all be killed, and there will be no chance for you to contact the hammer bandits.

The long siege caused Zhang Xianzhong to cut off his food and pay, the morale of the army was shaken, and the whole line collapsed.

Soldiers jumped off the cliff to flee for their lives, or surrendered to the officers and soldiers.

Zhang Xianzhong couldn't stop him, and wanted to charge forward, but he was blocked back.

Zuo Liangyu seized this opportunity and ordered his general Liu Guoneng to pretend to transport food to help.

Liu Guoneng used to be nicknamed Chuang Tian Tian, ​​who did more rebellion than rebels, and suddenly surrendered.

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong was hungry and desperate, so he opened the gate of the camp to welcome him.

Liu Guoneng took advantage of his unpreparedness, set fire to the war, and wiped out his camp.

Zhang Xianzhong had no choice but to flee, wearing rattan makeup and escaping into Wushan from a cave.

Taking advantage of the victory, Zuo Liangyu pursued and ran for forty miles, annihilating 500 of his elite troops.

Among them are the big boss sweeping king Cao Wei and the white tiger Huo Zong (Zhang Xianzhong's former battalion general).

Deng Tianwang Zhang Shou'an (Zhang Xianzhong's Zhongba general) and Zoushanhu, Guojianglong, Flyingshanhu, Guotianmang, Pashanhu, Chuangtian Harrier, Up to the Sky, Down to the Sea, General Sha, etc.

The thief who was nicknamed walking, swimming and flying, all of them didn't run away.

There were more than 300 people who surrendered before the battle, including Da Lingshao Guan Suo and Ten Anti Wang Yang Youxian.

Seven people including Zhang Xianzhong's wives and concubines, Gao Shi and Ao Shi, were captured alive, and the most important military adviser Pan Duao and others were captured alive.

A gold seal of Zhang Xianzhong, a golden dragon stick, command flags, command arrows and eight pieces of money (used for divination) were seized.

A gold-plated Ssangyong iron rod used by Zhang Xianzhong himself was also seized, engraved with the five characters "Eight Kings Golden Whip".

And a gold-plated broadsword, engraved with the words "God-given Flying Knife".

After all, the bribes he gave to Xiong Wencan and others were real gold and silver, and Zhang Xianzhong, a poor man, can only use gold plating to decorate his appearance.

After Zuo Liangyu won such a big victory, he was extremely excited, thinking that it was achieved by not obeying Yang Sichang's orders.

If you really listen to his words, let other people destroy Zhang Xianzhong, if you are not sure about the result, you have to rewrite it.

The officers and soldiers were beaten and fled by Zhang Xianzhong's top-down attack.

Yang Sichang was overjoyed when he received the news, he never imagined that Zuo Liangyu could make such progress.

After that, he personally imprisoned Zhang Xianzhong's wives and concubines, military advisers and many captives in Xiangyang Prison.

Only then did Chongzhen send a good news to Chongzhen.

After all, Yang Sichang was also afraid that the military leaders under him would exaggerate the results of the battle and use his mouth to deceive His Majesty.

When Yang Sichang, who was excited, faced Li Guoqi's questioning whether he could replace Zuo Liangyu, Yang Sichang could only pinch his beard and tell him that the appointment would be discussed later.

Therefore, Li Guoqi held a grudge, and directly told Zuo Liangyu afterwards.

The gap between the two sides is getting deeper and deeper.

Zuo Liangyu believed more and more that Yang Sichang deliberately wanted to hinder him and prevent him from making meritorious deeds.

Yang Sichang's cakes were not only not painted well, but he also didn't know people, so they were sold directly.

Zhu Youjian was overjoyed to receive Yang Sichang's good news!

The person I rely on most, as expected, gave me a great surprise as soon as I made a move.

The last time Li Zicheng's wives and concubines were captured, Li Zicheng was beaten with a dozen of them left.

This time, Zhang Xianzhong's wives and concubines were captured, which means that there are not many Zhang Xianzhong left after beating.

Regarding Zhang Xianzhong's hatred, Chongzhen was much stronger, otherwise, before going out for the expedition, he would not have told Yang Sichang to focus on him alone.

Of course, Yang Sichang gave Chongzhen the document about Zuo Liangyu's disobedience and acting without authorization before, but Zhu Youjian didn't care at all.

Even if this battle was not fought by Yang Sichang, it was Yang Sichang who gave Zuo Liangyu a chance.

Otherwise, could Zuo Liangyu win such a big victory?

Zhu Youjian immediately summoned Chen Xinjia, who had just been promoted from Governor Xuanda to Minister of the Ministry of War.

He ordered Chen Xinjia to formulate rewards for the generals of this great victory, and then reward the second army with 5 taels of silver and [-] pieces of brocade and silk.

In the battle of Guanyinyan, Zuo Liangyu made the most contributions, and Zhu Youjian decreed that he be crowned Prince Shaobao.

Zuo Liangyu suddenly became the new general of the Ming Dynasty behind Wu Guojun, Marquis of Jingliao.

Even if Zuo Liangyu was more rebellious, Zhu Youjian could still win the battle anyway.

In terms of loyalty, the appointment is not as good as my unparalleled general.

Zuo Liangyu got such a result, and the courtiers also became more happy.

At least I saw hope.

Daming can still be saved, and Yang Sichang didn't brag, he has some skills.

Chongzhen also sent a handwritten letter to Yang Sichang, who was thousands of miles away.

"To the supervisor and assistant minister, it has been more than half a year since Qing resigned from the court on the sixth day of September last year!

I miss you every day, and think of you while marching and sharing joys and sorrows with soldiers.

As a result, your beard and hair are all white, and I feel heartache all the time.

Now that I am in the capital, I also heard that you were planning a strategy to win a decisive victory thousands of miles away, with careful planning, strict rewards and punishments, and a great defeat of the thief Zhang Xianzhong.

For a long time, I have thought about the merits of the army before, and there may be some shortages. Now I will send you 5 taels of internal money to help you.

Then give Qing a bullfighting suit and two pommel horses, as a vehicle for driving.

When the reward arrives, you can put it on for me to show my Ming Dynasty's prestige!
Qing also needs to encourage the soldiers in many ways to wipe out the bandits as soon as possible.

When your class teacher returns to the court, I can count the days and nights, and gather with you to drink and recite the merits! "

(End of this chapter)