Nanming Yiming

Chapter 201 Liu Wenxiu Was Captured, Wu Sangui Conquered Himself
Mianzhu is a hundred miles away from Mianzhou City, and because of the rugged mountain roads, Liu Wenxiu walked for a full day and night before arriving at Mianzhou City.

Although the soldiers were exhausted at this time, the most important aspect of the raid was timeliness. If the Qing army found out their whereabouts after the rest of the army was over, the sneak attack would turn into a strong attack, and the difficulty would increase a lot.

It was late at night, and there were not many soldiers in Mianzhou City.Liu Wenxiu asked the soldiers to cut down some bamboos, made simple bamboo ladders and began to attack the city.

I saw a burst of arrows piercing the sky, instantly breaking the silence of the night.Several Qing troops patrolling the city were overturned by feathered arrows, and the remaining Qing troops quickly rang the alarm bell and shouted: "The enemy is attacking, someone is attacking the city!"

Then the Qing army began to shoot arrows down the city, and a large number of Ming troops rushed to the bottom of the city pushing ladders, and began to prepare to climb the city.

At this time, there were only a few hundred Qing troops on the city, and they were powerless to stop the Western army from attacking the city. Soon, the Ming army climbed to the top of Mianzhou city. After a while, the Ming army occupied the top of the city and opened the city ​​gate.

Seeing that the city gate had been captured, Liu Wenxiu drew out his saber and directed a large number of Ming troops to charge into the city!

After all, the Western Army had occupied Sichuan for a long time. Liu Wenxiu knew that there was no Wengcheng at the south gate of Mianzhou, so he was not worried about fraud.

Based on the current situation, it is estimated that the Qing army does not even have 2000 people. I believe that Mianzhou will be captured soon.At this time Liu Wenxiu was already planning how to go north along the Jinniu Road and break through the Jianmen Pass.

Just as the two sides were fighting fiercely, there was only a loud noise, and the whole ground trembled. Everyone looked at the city gate, and saw a thick cloud of dust rising there.

The Ming army shouted: "The Qianjin gate on the city gate has been lowered. There is an ambush in this city."

At this time, a large number of Qing army cavalry suddenly rushed out from the streets in the city, attacking the Ming army entering the city.At the same time, there were also killing sounds on the city wall, and a large number of Qing troops from the east and west sides were killing towards the south city at the same time.

The Ming army in the city was stunned by the sudden attack, and couldn't react at all. They were obviously not the opponents of the Qing army, and soon began to retreat steadily.

Liu Wenxiu knew that the city must have been ambushed, so she immediately called the soldiers outside the city to continue climbing to the city to support the 3000 people already in the city.

But at this time, there were also bursts of horseshoes outside the city, and a large number of cavalry came from all directions and surrounded the [-] Ming troops outside the city.

The Ming army was already exhausted after driving for a day and a night, and was in a state of preparing to attack the city, so it was too late to form an array to meet the enemy.Although the [-] Ming army cavalry on the outskirts fought against the Qing army cavalry, they wanted to leave enough time for the infantry to form formation.

However, it is clear that the horses of the Ming army were as tired as the soldiers, and their hasty confrontation lacked impact. A large number of Ming troops were cut down by the Qing cavalry in one encounter, and the cavalry of the Ming army fell to the ground one after another.It didn't take long for the cavalry of the Qing army to break through the blocking of these cavalry, and charged towards the infantry of the Ming army in chaos.

Although the number of Qing troops outside the city could not be seen clearly in the dark, judging from the scale of the horses running and the speed at which the Qing army defeated the Ming cavalry, there should be no less than 3 Qing cavalry outside the city at this time.In addition to the Qing army participating in the ambush in Mianzhou City, there may be no less than [-] Qing troops in Mianzhou. It seems that Li Guoying has bet all his family fortune here.

He wanted to take advantage of the situation to rob, but in the end, he was tricked by the other party. Liu Wenxiu was also very helpless.Years of experience told him that the defeat in this ambush was inevitable, and the Ming army must have suffered heavy casualties under the impact of the Qing cavalry.

The screams of the surrounding Ming army also confirmed his judgment. According to this speed, the Ming army will collapse soon.

"If you keep the green hills, you are not afraid of no firewood." As long as you can stand out, there are still nearly 3 soldiers and horses left in the nearby prefectures, and you can still continue to deal with Li Guoying.

Soon Liu Wenxiu made a decision. Under the protection of a group of personal soldiers, he broke out in the direction of Mianzhu.

Hui Ying, the commander-in-chief of the Qing army, pointed to the front and said, "Admiral Li, look over there, the Ming army has begun to break through!"

At this time, the infantry of the Ming army had no time to form a formation at all, and they were in a mess; however, in the melee, the organized breakout of a group of people was still very conspicuous.

Li Guoying said with a smile: "Liu Wenxiu wants to run, it seems that he wants to retreat to Mianzhu and join the defenders there. But it's okay, he went to Mianzhu to throw himself into a trap, Mr. Hui, you continue to lead people to strangle the Ming army in front of you. "

After speaking, Li Guoying showed a sly smirk, and continued to sit and watch the defeat of the Ming army.

The Qing army's cavalry attacking the Ming army's infantry already had an advantage. After Liu Wenxiu left the troops to break through, the Ming army was in chaos without a leader.I saw the cavalry of the Qing army wielding their sabers, slashing and killing the Ming army continuously. Every time the knife fell, a Ming army fell to the ground.However, the flustered Ming army could hardly cause any harm to them, and this kind of confrontation soon turned into a massacre!

The Qing army in Mianzhou also broke out from the city after solving the Ming army in the city.Under the attack from both sides, the Ming army outside the city couldn't stand it anymore, and many people directly chose to surrender to the Qing army on their knees.

Liu Wenxiu was also afraid for a while at this time, he didn't expect Li Guoying to guess that he would attack Mianzhou by surprise, but fortunately, it was dark, so he managed to escape from the chaos.

Looking at the remnants and defeated generals behind him, it is estimated that there are only about two hundred people left.Almost all of the 13000 people were lost in Mianzhou, but this time it was a big fall!

Soon there was the sound of horseshoes in the distance, Li Gui, Chief Qian said: "The Duke of Dian hastened to retreat to Mianzhu, and will eventually lead people to stop the pursuers."

After finishing speaking, Li Gui lashed Liu Wenxiu's horse's butt with a whip, only heard the horse neighing, and then led Liu Wenxiu to run wildly.

Liu Wenxiu and the others ran all the way, not daring to stop, for fear of being overtaken by the Qing army behind them.Fortunately, the Qing army did not chase after that, and they finally ran to the foot of Mianzhu City.

After looking at the big flag with Liu character on the top of the city wall, he finally felt relieved, and finally escaped and ascended to heaven.

But as soon as they entered Mianzhu, they found that the city gate was closed, and then a large number of Qing troops armed with knives and guns shot out everywhere.

At this time, a general of the Qing army came out of the crowd and said, "Dian Guogong should be captured without a fight. Admiral Li has already asked me to wait here for you for a long time!"

There were only a few cavalry left beside Liu Wenxiu, so he had no choice but to throw away the weapon in his hand at this moment.

Soon after, Li Guoying personally led the troops to Mianzhu.

He said to Liu Wenxiu: "Since the Duke of Dian has accepted the land of the two prefectures, why did he break the contract?"

This matter was indeed Liu Wenxiu's fault. He first took over Li Guoying's land, and then carried out a sneak attack behind his back.But in this troubled world, interests are naturally paramount, and a covenant is useless.

His adoptive father, Zhang Xianzhong, had not been recruited by Ming Dynasty several times and rebelled several times. This kind of treachery had long been commonplace, so Liu Wenxiu naturally would not have any psychological burden.

He puffed up his chest and said loudly: "Li Guoying, I have indeed followed your way, and today I fell into your hands. If you want to kill me, I will let you know!"

Seeing Liu Wenxiu's attitude that a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water, Li Guoying shook his head helplessly. It seems that these thieves are still difficult to deal with.Now that the Qing Dynasty has this kind of virtue, he naturally can't use Liu Wenxiu to ask for credit; nor can he be so stupid as to kill Guan Yu like Sun Quan, and attract Liu Bei's all-powerful soldiers to fight for his life.

So he said to Liu Wenxiu: "I have no intention of becoming an enemy of your Great Western Army. I can let the Duke of Dian go back. Our two families will stop fighting. How about shaking hands and making peace?"

Liu Wenxiu glanced at Li Guoying, thinking how could such a cheap thing exist in the world?

So he said: "If you have any conditions, just tell them directly. We are all generals, so we don't want to play around with literati?"

Seeing what Liu Wenxiu said, Li Guoying was not polite anymore, and said directly: "If you break the alliance and breach the contract first, then our previous agreement will not count. As long as you withdraw from Tongchuan Mansion and Shunqing Mansion, we will stop fighting and."

"When I defeat Wu Sangui, I can also release the 5000 Western troops captured this time. But the rations for these soldiers have to be paid by you."

This condition is not harsh, after all, these two houses belonged to Li Guoying originally, and he only left 5000 hostages.So Liu Wenxiu returned to Chengdu after delivering 2 shi of grain to Li Guoying.

Liu Wenxiu thought to himself that he still had 2 troops in his hand, even if he couldn't take down Li Guoying, it would be enough to hold Chengdu Mansion.Although Chengdu is dilapidated, winning Chengdu is also a major victory.

Unexpectedly, Bai Wenxuan told him a regretful news: the grain sent from Kunming to Chengdu was robbed by Li Guoying's men and horses a day ago, with a total of 12 shi of grain.

Although the straight-line distance from Kunming to Chengdu is less than 1300 miles, the mountain roads are difficult and there are many winding mountain roads. The actual distance must be more than 12 miles.One can imagine the difficulty of transporting grain for thousands of miles. The amount of grain transported was [-] shi, and the consumption on the way may be quite a lot.

Yunnan is not rich in food, and Sun Kewang has already tried his best to raise this batch of food.Now the food in Chengdu can only support the army for half a month at most, and it is unrealistic to let Yunnan transport the food, and the time is too late.

It seemed that he had been fooled by Li Guoying, he expected that he would retreat because of lack of food, so he didn't ask for the Chengdu Mansion.

In desperation, Liu Wenxiu had no choice but to retreat from Chengdu overnight and return to Ningyuan Mansion in southern Sichuan.

When the army retreated to the capital of Syria, Wang Zhibang, the commander-in-chief, received an order from Li Dingguo to lead his troops to retreat directly from Syria to Guizhou.At this time Liu Wenxiu already knew about the quarrel between Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang. These 1 people were originally Li Dingguo's subordinates, so he did not stop them.

At this time, Liu Wenxiu had only 15000 people left in his hands. Even if he replenished food and grass, he was unable to fight anymore, so he had to lead his army back to Yunnan.

After Liu Wenxiu withdrew, Li Guoying took advantage of the situation and took back the Chengdu Mansion.Although Meizhou, Jiading and other prefectures in the south of Chengdu are already empty of troops, but at this time Wu Sangui's troops are overwhelming, and he is unable to go south to continue to expand the results of the battle.

The biggest gain in this battle was getting 14 shi of grain from Liu Wenxiu.Due to Wu Sangui's rebellion, Li Guoying can no longer get any supplies from the Qing court, so food is particularly important.

He still has 5 horses in his hands, and the food is barely enough for him to use for 3 months, enough to last for a while.

But at this time Li Guoying was not easy, because Wu Sangui controlled Hanzhong and held the passage to Shu.

Although he deployed 8000 elite troops at Jianmen Pass, temporarily resisting Hu Guozhu's attack, but this is not the only way to enter Shu.

From west to east, there are four passages: Yinping Road, Jinniu Road, Mi Cang Road and Lizhi Road.

The most frequently used one is naturally Jinniu Road, which leads directly from Hanzhong to Chengdu, and the road condition is also the best.But along the way, you have to pass through Baishui Pass, Jiameng Pass, Jianmen Pass and other passes.

Wu Sangui suddenly went south from Hanzhong and killed Li Guoying by surprise, and occupied Baishui Pass and Jiameng Pass one after another. However, there is a saying that "there are only three things", and they were finally blocked outside Jianmen Pass.

Jianmen Pass is located at the break of Jianmen Mountain, with steep cliffs on both sides, straight into the sky, and the peaks lean against the sky like swords; the cliffs are separated, and the two walls face each other.

I saw tall Guan Ning soldiers holding iron shields and charging upwards with difficulty.The Qing army in Guancheng was firing arrows desperately, but when the bow and arrow hit the shield, it only made some noises and did no harm.

Seeing that the Guan Ning army was getting closer and closer to Guancheng, the Qing army pushed the rolling log off the city without hesitation.Because the road was very steep and narrow, the Qing army could not dodge at all, and huge rolling logs jumped and smashed towards the Guan Ning army.Although they tried their best to raise their shields to resist, the huge impact of the log still knocked them into the air.

There was only a sound of impact, and then the Guan Ning army who was besieging the city was knocked to pieces, and many people even rolled down the stone steps directly, either dead or disabled.

After a while, there were already many corpses lying on the Kungfu Mountain Road.

Guan Yong, deputy general of the Guan Ning Army, said: "General Hu, this Jianmen Pass is too dangerous. The mountain pass is only 50 meters wide in total, and there is a 300-meter drop from here. The road is very steep. It can’t be used. Brothers rushing up wave after wave, it’s like giving away the head.”

Looking at the towering Jianmen Pass above his head, Hu Guozhu also sighed for a while: "It seems that the number one pass in the world is really well-deserved, and it is really difficult to overcome it by manpower!"

Just as Hu Guozhu was sighing, the surrounding Guan Ning Army burst into cheers!
Guan Yong pointed to the bottom and said: "Mr. Hu is brought up with artillery!"

The road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to go to the blue sky.Although the Jinniu Road is relatively flat, it only refers to the southernmost section near Chengdu. The mountain road from Hanzhong to Jianmen Pass is still extremely difficult.

Guan Ning's army spent a lot of effort and finally transported three Flang cannons here.

The red-clothed cannons were too heavy, and they couldn't be transported in a short time. Although the firepower and range of the Fran cannons were much weaker, it was still better than them forcing their lives.

Soon the three cannons were installed. Just as Hu Guozhu and others watched the cannons ignite with full expectation, they found that the Jianmen Pass was too steep.The artillery has a height drop of 3 meters from the gate, which is almost vertical, and the elevation angle of the artillery cannot hit Jianmen Pass at all.

After putting it on for a long time, the shells only landed tens of meters away from Guancheng, and the blasted rubble rolled down and almost hit one of our own people.So Hu Guozhu and others had to give up.

When the two sides were fighting at Jianmen Pass, Li Guoying had already led an army of 3 to Langzhong.

Now Chengdu is dilapidated, sparsely populated, and fertile land is barren. His Sichuan governor's office is located in Langzhong, Baoning Prefecture.

Langzhong is located on the northeastern edge of the Sichuan Basin, in the middle reaches of the Jialing River, with the Bashan Mountains to the east and the Jianmen Mountains to the west. It has been an important town in Beichuan since ancient times.

Whether the enemy is attacking Jianmen Pass on the Jinniu Road or going south to Bazhong on the Mi Cang Road, Langzhong can provide timely support, and it can also prevent the enemy from going down the Jialing River to Shu.

Although there are four passages into Shu from the north, the Yinping Road in the west is rugged and inconvenient for marching, and it is not suitable for large troops. It is expected that Wu Sangui will not take this road.

However, just in case, Li Guoying deployed 2000 soldiers and horses at Jiangyou Pass.After all, Deng Ai smuggled from Yinping in history, and finally took Chengdu.

The Lizhi Road in the east is a big circle, leading directly to Fuling and Chongqing in the east of Sichuan. Li Guoying's territory is not in Li Guoying's territory at all, and he can't control it.

Then the routes Wu Sangui can choose are Jinniu Dao and Mi Cang Dao. Jinniu Dao is blocked by Jianmen Pass, even if Wu Sangui has many people, it is impossible to break through from the front.Then there is only one answer left, and he will inevitably choose the more rugged but shortest Mi Cang road to march.

The reason why Hu Guozhu continued to attack Jianmen Pass was nothing more than to attract the attention of the Qing army so as to cover Mi Cangdao's sneak attack.

So Li Guoying left 1 people in Langzhong to support him, and personally led an army of 2 to Bazhong to face Wu Sangui's army.

At this time, the 1 horses led by Wu Sanfeng had been marching in Micang Mountain for more than ten days.Mi Cang Road is the shortest of all the passages into Shu, with a total length of only 500 miles, but it is the most dangerous one.

The soldier said: "Mr. Wu, the plank road ahead has been destroyed again!"

Looking at the plank road that had just been burned down, Wu Sanfeng had an ominous premonition.If Li Guoying just wanted to prevent himself from entering Sichuan from Mi Cang Road, he could directly burn a large section and let himself repair it for a few months.

But the enemy only destroyed a small section each time. It was obvious that Li Guoying was controlling the timing of his advance. It seemed that his sneak attack had lost its suddenness.

But now that Hu Guozhu was blocked at Jianmen Pass, he heard that Sun Kewang had already made a move, so he sent Liu Wenxiu to lead the army north, so he had to march too quickly, and let Sun Kewang pick the peaches when he was late.

The Guan Ning army could only continue to repair the plank road at great risk. There were already hundreds of soldiers who fell off the cliff along the way.After Wu Sanfeng and others went through untold hardships, they finally climbed Micang Mountain and came to Bazhong.

This made many soldiers weep with joy, and they finally walked out of this "ghost gate" alive.

However, Wu Jun's joy did not last long. They were ambushed by the Qing army not long after they walked out of the plank road.

Only a few cannon shots were heard, and then the Qing army ambushed everywhere, and the rain of arrows fell on the Wu army's formation, shooting many people directly to the ground.

Wu Sanfeng was also taken aback, how could his tired troops resist the Qing army in front of them?

Although Guan Ning's army is an elite division, its combat power has been greatly reduced at this time, and 1 of Wu Sanfeng's 7000 vanguard troops are from the green battalion who surrendered before, and their combat power is very low.

Once the two sides came into contact, the Wu army was soon at a disadvantage. The Guan Ning army could barely deal with the Qing army, but the green battalion collapsed very quickly.

However, in the time of two incense sticks, Wu Jun had been beheaded and killed more than 3000 people by the Qing army.

A group of personal soldiers hurriedly covered Wu Sanfeng and withdrew to Micang Mountain. The captain of the personal soldiers said: "Mr. Wu, hurry up and retreat. The Qing army has already prepared itself for leisure and waiting for work. If you leave late, the whole army will be wiped out!"

So everyone supported Wu Sanfeng and retreated directly into Mi Cang Road.In order to prevent the Qing army from chasing them, they set fire to a section of the plank road, and then they were able to return to Hanzhong.

But in this way, the remaining Wu army completely lost hope, and they had to surrender to Li Guoying.

Lieutenant General Cao Chunzhong said excitedly: "This battle wiped out more than [-] Wu soldiers and took [-] prisoners. Mi Cangdao is considered safe."

Li Guoying also heaved a sigh of relief, he was finally relieved after being flanked by Wu Sangui and Sun Kewang before.

But right now is not the time to relax. After all, Hu Guozhu's team hasn't retreated yet, and Wu Sangui is likely to make a comeback.

So Li Guoying led his people up the Jialing River, bypassing Jianmen Pass by water, and directly arrived at Jiameng Pass, 40 miles north of Jianmen Pass.

At this time, Hu Guozhu's main force was at Jianmen Pass, and Jiameng Pass in the rear did not send heavy troops to defend.Li Guoying's troops were like magic soldiers descending from the sky, killing Wu Jun by surprise.

The Qing army took advantage of the darkness to reach the bottom of the city in one fell swoop, and then directly forcibly entered Jiameng Pass. There were only 2000 green camps on the city pass. When tens of thousands of Qing troops attacked the city, they abandoned the pass and fled north after a little resistance.

After Wu Sangui learned that Jiamengguan was lost, he was also very anxious.In this way, Hu Guozhu was surrounded by Li Guoying between Jianmen Pass and Jiameng Pass.The most important thing is that Hu Guozhu didn't carry much food. As long as Li Guoying sticks to Jiameng Pass, he will soon collapse due to lack of food.

So Wu Sangui came to Hanzhong from Xi'an in person, preparing to attack Hu Guozhu on both sides and capture Jiameng Pass in one fell swoop.

Wu Sangui had already heard the news of Wu Sanfeng's defeat and Liu Wenxiu's retreat. Originally, he thought it would be easy to eat Li Guoying and take Beichuan.Unexpectedly, Li Guoying was so fierce, he just repelled the two attacks from the north and the south, and pushed himself to such a point.

However, he is still very confident in the combat power of the Guan Ning Army.Although Jiameng Pass is dangerous, it is not as difficult to conquer as Jianmen Pass. Two days later, Wu Sangui led an army of 2 to Jiameng Pass.

Li Guoying was also amazed when he saw the Guan Ning army in neat armor and uniforms under the city.Said: "This Guanning iron cavalry is worthy of being a powerful army in the world. It seems that there is a tough battle to be fought today."

At this time, I saw Huang Sanpang saying from the side: "Why should Governor Li build up other people's ambitions and destroy his own prestige? With the 1000 Lumi blunderbuss I brought, let alone Wu Sangui's Guanning cavalry, it is Dorgon's own cavalry." The Manchurian elite who led the three banners also told him to come and go!"

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