The wind rises at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 200 Crossing Pass Mountain Again!

"Officers and soldiers stationed in Baoji County and set up camps in the mountains. The camps they set up were as numerous as they were in Mian County, and they were staggered from each other. There were many forts on high slopes along the way, and the conflict was sad..."

Chongzhen 11th year, February 25th.

Tuo Yangkun arrived at the eastern outskirts of Qinzhou with a thousand fine cavalry, more than [-] cavalry troops, and more than [-] troops, and successfully joined forces with the main cavalry led by Li Zicheng.

The infantry and horse troops that Tuo Yangkun brought this time are the elite of the army, and the hungry soldiers, old and weak, basically stayed in the Cheng and Jie mountain areas.

These 2 troops have all been trained in the military formation, and they are not troops that only know how to swarm forward and fight without rules.

Li Zicheng led [-] fine cavalry and [-] cavalry troops. They went all the way and fought for thousands of miles, but it was not without casualties.

The cold weather in the northwest affected not only the pursuers led by Hong Chengchou, but also Li Zicheng.

Although there were fur clothes exchanged from the Qiang tribe and winter clothes looted to keep out the cold, many people were still affected by the severe cold, and many people just fell down on the road of tossing and turning.

However, on the way, they also recruited a lot of people and generals, and recruited a lot of Qiang people. In fact, their combat power did not decrease but increased.

Now Li Zicheng has 6000 fine cavalry, 5000 cavalry, and [-] Qiang cavalry, for a total of [-].

Counting the troops led by Tuo Yangkun, the total strength is nearly 7.

The 7 people seem to be much less than before, but those who are able to stay after fighting until now have experienced a lot of wars, have seen blood, and have been popular.

Li Zicheng wore a burqa with a belt and a Fan Yang hat, riding a horse on a high slope, observing the surrounding situation.

Years of military service and expeditions have allowed Li Zicheng to develop a cautious character and a habit of observation.

Even though it was clearly known through scouting cavalry that the chasing Ming army was still far away from them, and the surrounding situation was also clear, Li Zicheng did not slack off because of this.

"The officers and soldiers came quickly."

Li Zicheng snorted coldly, the officers and soldiers were really in a hurry this time, he had dealt with Hong Chengchou for many years, and Hong Chengchou had never chased him so urgently like now.

I'm afraid it was some order from above that made the officers and soldiers go crazy.

Li Zicheng's eyes were narrowed, he had no way to know about the things above the temple, so he simply put them out of his mind.

The news reported by Tian Jianxiu is more important to them now than the news from the temple.

While listening to the reports from the surrounding generals, he was still paying attention to the disturbances in the surrounding area.

Tian Jianxiu's report made Li Zicheng frowned slightly, and the murderous intent appeared in his eyes.

It's this Chen Wang again... Seriously... a lingering ghost!

There are many edges and corners, which are staggered from each other, which is the same as the situation encountered in Mian County.

"Hanzhong Mansion is Chen Wang's defense zone, and the camp outside Mian County was created by him."

If I remember correctly, when I reported it earlier, Sun Chuanting moved to Pingliang Mansion in the northwest to block their way to the north.

It seems that Cao Wenzhao was stationed in Baoji, Fengxiang Mansion after the defense change.

Li Zicheng's eyes rolled slightly, and he had already guessed the inside story in an instant.

"Before I led troops into Sichuan from Wenxian County. To the surprise of the officers and soldiers, Hong Chengchou sent Cao Wenzhao from Lueyang all the way to the south, passing through Qipan Pass and chasing him from Baoning Mansion in Sichuan."

"Chen Wang seemed to have been conscripted by Cao Wenzhao at the time. When he passed through Mianzhou, didn't the subordinates say that there was a battalion of soldiers and horses in the east besides Cao Cao and Hou Liangzhu, and they were flying red-bottomed black-striped flags. The battalion soldiers and horses should be the Hanzhong army under Chen Wang's command."

Li Zicheng looked south and spoke in a deep voice.

To the south is the rolling and winding Qishan Mountains.

The sun is approaching dusk, and the red clouds are like blood, dyeing the sky and the mountains red.

The red sun, red mountains, green water and green Tan in the distance are all reflected in Li Zicheng's eyes.

Li Zicheng's eyes were deep and his expression was gloomy.

"Gao Jie...Chen Wang..."

Li Zicheng muttered in a low voice, his voice was very soft and low, even the people who followed him couldn't hear what he was saying.

To say that the people he hates the most are undoubtedly Gao Jie and Chen Wang.

I wish I could eat its flesh, eat its blood, sleep on its skin...

Li Zicheng's expression was cold, and he held the rein tightly. Because of too much force, even his knuckles began to turn slightly white.

The main force of officers and soldiers led by Hong Chengchou is in Ningyuan County, more than 200 miles to the west.

The Pingliang Mansion in the north is the Qin Army and Xi'an Guard Army led by Sun Chuanting.

In Fengxiang Mansion to the east, there are Datong soldiers led by Cao Wenzhao now...

"Hou Liangzhu is the commander-in-chief of Sichuan and is still in Sichuan. I think the officers and soldiers fortified in Baoji County should be the three battalions of Xiao Cao and Chen Wang."

"Cao Wenzhao has more than 3000 cavalry and more than 2000 cavalry. Cao Bianjiao has more than 3000 cavalry. I don't know the details of the soldiers under Chen Wang. Last time in Mianzhou, there seemed to be about [-] to [-] people..."

Li Zicheng thought about it, his brows were slightly frowned, and his voice was slightly condensed.

When he was in Chunhua, Chen Wang swallowed [-] Liao cavalry under Zhang Waijia's command, and later he got a lot of horses, so there should be a lot of cavalry under his command.

Li Zicheng's eyes were full of coldness. In the first battle of Chunhua, he really lost his wife and lost his army, literally.

At the beginning in Sanshui, he destroyed Zhang Waijia and seized a large amount of armor and gold and silver.

Those things could have helped him make his way to the top, and become the leader of the battalion comparable to Zhang Xianzhong.

But the big fire in Chunhua burned everything completely.

"Sun Chuanting is here in Pingliang Mansion, and Cao and Chen Wang are here in Fengxiang Mansion..."

Tuo Yangkun's face was gloomy, and his heart was depressed. Whether he went to Fengxiang Mansion or Pingliang Mansion, he felt that he had no chance of winning and couldn't get in.

Sun Chuanting was guarding the Pingliang mansion, and the detectives reported that he had tens of thousands of troops under his command, including Luo Shangwen and Li Yuchun, and the boneless waste of former Tianxing Hui Dengxiang.

Both Luo Shangwen and Li Yuchun were not bad, and they were brave enough to fight among the officers and soldiers.

Fatty Zhang, the king of Qi, was killed by Luo Shangwen, and Li Yuchun also killed Saima Chao, Ma Yu, and two other leaders of the 72nd Battalion.

As for Fengxiang Mansion...

To be honest, if Liangfu is tied, there may still be some chances of winning.

But Tuo Yangkun didn't feel that they had a half chance of fighting against Fengxiang Mansion.

In Fengxiang Mansion, whether it is Cao Wenzhao, Cao Bianjiao, or Chen Wang, they are all men with a bad reputation.

The Ming court divided the rogue 72 battalion into three battalions, upper, middle and lower, with 24 battalions each ranked according to their strength.

Among the rogues, there are naturally corresponding rankings, which are also three levels of upper, middle and lower.

Civilian governors such as Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting, and Hong Chengchou also have rankings, but they are another ranking, belonging to the rankings of governors from all over the country.

Generally, ordinary battalion soldiers are counted in the lower ranks, such as Ai Wannian and Liu Chenggong, who are brave and good at fighting, are ranked in the middle ranks, and Luo Shangwen and Li Yuchun are in this rank.

As for the superiors, such as Cao Wenzhao, Cao Bianjiao, Qin Liangyu, He Renlong, Zuo Liangyu, these powerful and publicized generals.

Among them, the upper level is subdivided into two levels, A and B.

He Renlong, Zuo Liangyu, Hou Liangzhu, Zu Kuan, Zuo Guangxian, Tang Jiuzhou and other generals are all in the second class.

There were originally only three people in Class A, and the first and second were naturally Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao.

Cao Bianjiao usually follows Cao Wenzhao's side, so they are listed together.

The third person was Qin Liangyu.

Although Qin Liangyu hadn't fought many battles with them, but in the battle of Kuizhou, Qin Liangyu led the white soldiers to kill the bandits. The river was full of blood, and the bloody corpses floated for miles.

The 72nd Battalion did not dare to violate the territory of Eastern Sichuan again. Even if Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong broke into Hanzhong Mansion through Yunxiang, the army did not cross the salt field and enter Eastern Sichuan.
However, after July of the ninth year of Chongzhen, there was one more person in the top rank.

And this person is Chen Wang...

Famous in Chunhua, he killed Li Guo first, then Li Yangchun and Lin Shengquan.

In the first battle of Hanzhong, [-] people were defeated, so the name was passed down to southern Shaanxi.

Then Gao Yingxiang was beheaded in the battle of Heishuiyu...

As a result, Chen Wang was ranked fourth in the upper class, and his fierce reputation even vaguely overwhelmed Cao Wenzhao.

"There are wolves in the north, and tigers in the east..."

Tuo Yangkun's face was gloomy, whether he went north or east was a bloody battle, and whether he could win or not was anyone's guess.

Hong Chengchou led the pursuers to follow, if they could not break through in time, when Hong Chengchou led the troops to chase after them, they would become the turtles in the urn and be surrounded in a desperate situation.

The surrounding area was extremely empty, but Tuo Yangkun felt a little short of breath, and felt that an invisible big net was encircling them, shrinking and tightening...

The ins and outs of the Battle of Heishuiyu and the course of the battle have been disseminated in detail.

Gao Yingxiang, as the leader of the 72nd Battalion and the leader of the rebel army, after beheading him, the Ming court naturally wanted to make good use of it.

Because of Gao Yingxiang's death, countless people from all over the country surrendered in despair.

To be honest, even Tuo Yangkun himself thought about surrendering.

Tuo Yangkun looked sideways slightly, and looked at Li Zicheng who was standing not far in front.

Li Zicheng's eyes were like eagles and his nose was straight. He was somewhat similar to Gao Yingxiang in appearance.

Originally, Tuo Yangkun had been acting with Li Zicheng for a long time, so he was quite familiar with Li Zicheng.

From meeting last year to now, Li Zicheng has changed a lot. From Li Zicheng, Tuo Yangkun saw many shadows of Gao Yingxiang.

If Li Zicheng hadn't joined forces with Li Zicheng, and then Li Zicheng had led them to defeat Sun Chuanting first, and had won consecutive battles all the way, he might have really surrendered...

Tuo Yangkun's eyes dimmed again for a few minutes. Although he had fought and won all the way, to be honest, he was actually a little disheartened now.

In Huguang and Henan, both Liu Guoneng and Zhang Xianzhong had already surrendered, and the originally powerful coalition forces were now scattered again.

Now in Henan, Huguang, and Nanzhili, there are not many soldiers left.

Luo Rucai was still in Nanyang, Zuo Jinwang He Jin and Ge Liyan He Yilong fled into Yinghuo Mountain, the rest of the people were all scattered, many of them had disappeared...

On the other side of Hanzhong Mansion, hundreds of thousands of horses surrendered, but the little red wolf was nowhere to be found.

Now in the huge Shaanxi, only the last of them is left...

But now officers and soldiers are encircling and suppressing from all directions. Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, and Cao Wenzhao have nearly [-] soldiers and horses. There are many elite soldiers and strong generals like clouds.

The government ordered four corners, six corners and ten sides to set up a net, levying 280 million salaries and 12 soldiers.

This time it seems that they really can't hold on...

King Chuang is dead, Zhang Xianzhong has surrendered, how long can Luo Rucai and He Yilong last.

Failure seems to be a doomed thing...

Perhaps surrender is also a way out...

Tuo Yangkun looked at Li Zicheng standing in front of him, hesitated in his heart, wanted to speak, but didn't know how to speak.

At this moment, Li Zicheng's eyes just happened to sweep towards him.

Tuo Yangkun's expression changed slightly, and he was shocked.

Li Zicheng's eyes were sharp and sharp, and his current aura was far from what it used to be. Just one glance made him feel great pressure.

Tuo Yangkun's strangeness was also seen by Li Zicheng.

The sluggish morale in the army and the thoughts in the hearts of the generals under his command have not been hidden from Li Zicheng's eyes.

Li Zicheng's eyes swept across the generals behind him.

He had already noticed the hesitation and hesitation on their faces.

Now he is constantly innovating tactics in the army, and the innovation of tactics must first complete the reorganization of the troops under his command.

Driving the hungry infantry to siege, and using the fine cavalry to support the tactics, can win a small number of battalions, but once they encounter stronger officers and soldiers, there is no way.

The advantage in numbers has often become a disadvantage.

The turn along the way is not just to throw off the officers and soldiers, to drag them down.

In fact, Li Zicheng has more considerations in it. Up to now, he has almost completed the change of the military system.

Now following his battalion leaders are General Manager Qi, King Renyi, King Zhengshi, Great Heavenly King, and Tuo Yangkun.

Li Zicheng reorganized the army, and now he has a total of elite cavalry under his command. He has [-] elite cavalry and [-] Qiang cavalry.

The remaining 500 fine riders were divided into ten teams by him, with [-] people in each team.

Li Zicheng handed over five of the ten teams of elite cavalry to five battalion leaders including Tuo Yangkun and Director Qi.

The other five teams were handed over to Liu Zongmin, Gao Yigong, Tian Jianxiu, and Liu Tichun, four generals who had been under his command all along, and the other team was handed over to Gao Yingde.

In addition to fine cavalry, each team is also allocated more than [-] horse troops.

There are about [-] troops in each team, and there are ten teams in total, that is, [-] soldiers and horses. This is the core force under Li Zicheng's command today.

Those infantry soldiers were just consumables, and Li Zicheng didn't count them.

The infantry and hungry soldiers are usually temporarily assigned to each team during the war, which is the same as before.

Every two teams form a battalion, and there are five battalions: front, back, left, right, and CCP.

In addition to these five battalions, Li Zicheng also set up a battalion led by himself, called the standard battalion.

Biaoying used red flags with yellow patterns, and Li Zicheng changed his big flag to white mane and silver pagoda.

The white flag of the left camp, the red flag of the right camp, the black flag of the front camp, the blue flag of the rear camp, and the yellow flag of the middle camp.

The color of each battalion banner is the same as that of the battalion flag.

Li Zicheng withdrew his gaze, turned his horse's head again, and looked south.

There are wolves in the north, tigers in the east, and pursuers in the west. It seems that there is no way, but in fact, the bright road is in front of you.

Going south at this time, there are only a few thousand battalions between the Cheng and Jie mountains...

In Sichuan Province, most of the Sichuan soldiers who rushed to help Chengdu on the three routes should have dispersed.

At this moment, who would have thought of crossing the Guanshan Mountain and breaking into the north of Sichuan? !

　There should be no water today, right?

　　During this period of time, my brain may have been really burnt out. Yesterday my mind went blank, and I couldn’t even write a complete sentence about Ali. Today I have recovered a bit, and I am really in jail.

　　
　
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