Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 758 King Pingxi leads his army northward (Part )
"Admiral Zheng, did you hear clearly what I said?" Upon returning to the main camp, Wu Sangui summoned his trusted general Zheng Jiaolin, the admiral of Sichuan, to give instructions. Zheng Jiaolin was originally the Dusi of Songshan in the Ming Dynasty. Before the Qing army entered the Pass, he came down from Songshan to the Qing Dynasty. Because like Wu Sangui, he was a surrendered general in the Ming Dynasty, so he had close contact with him on weekdays, and naturally he became Wu Sangui's confidant. This time, Dongfeng took advantage of Doni's order to rescue Sichuan. Prince Pingxi took the opportunity to appoint a close associate as the admiral of Sichuan in an attempt to control the military power of Shu.

"The general heard what the prince said clearly, but he just didn't understand it a little bit. As the admiral of Sichuan, if the general doesn't rescue Yongding and Bozhou in time and the court blames him, what should he do?" Zheng Jiaolin asked in confusion.

"The Guards has a hundred thousand troops. It is not something that your few troops can withstand. If you go too fast, you will be captured by the Guards. So you must move slowly. This is one; the second is Yongning. Commander-in-Chief Yan Ziming is Meng Qiaofang’s old general with great military exploits. You have become the admiral of Sichuan. How can he be willing to accept it? It is better to proceed slowly and get rid of him with the help of the guards. Only in this way can the military power of all parts of Sichuan be taken over. As for the imperial court Just blame it, haha, these are troubled times, as long as the army is in hand, the court will not blame you heavily, let alone someone interceding on your behalf, why should you be afraid?" Wu Sangui smiled and reminded him.

Zheng Jiaolin suddenly said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely follow your instructions. I will only walk thirty miles a day, not more than one mile."

"Yeah", Wu Sangui picked up the tea bowl with a smile.

Admiral Zheng stepped back knowingly. Three days later, he led the general Gaozong, the Chinese guerrilla Yao Yuanzhen, the left camp guerrilla Zhang Hongfan, guarded Zhao Guangcai, Liang Jincai and other generals, led 5,000 troops and horses, and marched slowly towards Yongning Acropolis. As expected, he only marched thirty miles a day. .
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If the partial divisions Wu Sangui sent to Yongning and Bozhou were as quiet as a virgin and marched at a tortuous speed, the main force he personally led to attack Jianchang moved as fast as a rabbit.

After receiving the necessary money, food and supplies from the Kunming treasury, he immediately ordered his generals Wu Guogui and Gao Dejie to serve as the chief and deputy vanguards. He led Li Rubi, Gao Qilong and Liu Zhifu's 10,000 troops to go ahead, and he led 45,000 The army followed. Passing through Fumin, Wuding, and Yuanmou counties all the way, they approached Songping Pass, the gateway to Sichuan Xingdusi (the administrative agency of Changwei).

"Vice General Wang, you have been in the southwest for a long time and are familiar with the people of Shu. In your opinion, when our army marches north, what should be the priority?" Wu Sangui once again showed his magnanimity and looked at Deputy General Wang An with a smile, not at all because of He was a defeated general who escaped and was despised.

Wang An felt grateful, thought for a while and said: "The land of Shu has been devastated by wars, and the people have lost all their houses. However, the power of the chieftains in the mountains is still strong. These chieftains each have native officials and own a large number of slaves and property. The general will think that If you want to conquer Shu, you must win over these chieftains for your use."

"Well, I have taken this into consideration and have already sent people to contact the prefect of Wumeng Tu, Lu Dingqian, the prefect of Dongchuan, Wan Zhao, the prefect of Zhenxiong, She Baoshou, and the prefect of Wusa, An Zhongsheng. Fortunately, all four of them are here. He has surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and replied that he is willing to provide food and grass to help our army attack the guards, so there is no need to worry. What needs to be considered now is how to win over the chieftains of Sichuan Xingdusi (who governs the construction of Changwei)," Wu Sangui replied with a smile.

"Your Majesty is wise! It's just that the chieftains of Jianchang are not easy to win over. The Jianchang Weitu Commander An Taining who pretended to surrender and captured the city is the direct descendant of the Lili Chieftain who is known as the King of Liangshan. This man killed Shuchenghou (referring to Di Sanpin). , afraid of our army's retaliation, will never surrender. Lili Chieftain is the head of the four major chieftain families in Daliang Mountain. Most of the other chieftains in Jianchang come from these four major chieftain families or are inextricably linked to these four major chieftains. So it is really difficult to win over the chieftains of Jianchang!" Wang An said with a grimace.

"Oh, I didn't expect An Taining to have such a big influence in Jianchang." Wu Sangui frowned, but suddenly felt relieved, "It doesn't matter, most of these chieftains are fearful of power and unethical. As long as our army fights a few more If you win the battle and slaughter a few more villages, they will be afraid of them, and they will rush to ask for surrender."
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As if to verify Wang An's words, the envoys Wu Sangui sent to win over Jianchang Chieftain were rejected. The chieftains are now not in their own territories, but have been summoned to Jianchang Acropolis to participate in the military meeting.

There is only one content in the military discussion: military expansion. After the second-class Paribpala Gesang captured Jianchang with four thousand soldiers and horses, he was very satisfied. He was originally a Tibetan chieftain in the Pali area. That year, Great Khan Lotus came to the snowy region to quell the rebellion and lived in his family's manor. What an honor it was to have the opportunity to serve the incarnation of the Buddha in the human world! Therefore, being a devout man, he did not hesitate to let his wife, Yang Jinmei Duo, practice double cultivation with the Great Khan, thus climbing a towering tree, and the Pala family became rich and prosperous day by day. It is said that the Great Khan had the idea of ​​​​promoting himself again, but according to the rules of the Kingdom of Wei, no promotion can be achieved without military merit, so he allowed himself to participate in this battle.

Since ancient times, honors and titles have attracted people's hearts. Uncle Gesang, who wanted to achieve more military exploits, felt that the four thousand troops and horses allocated to him by General Xi Rimo for the southern expedition were too few. Fortunately, Di Sanpin had been running Jianchang for many years. After breaking the city, he got a lot of money and food from the treasury, so he decided to recruit troops here. However, the population in Jianchang was insufficient. The local commander An Taining suggested that the chieftains in the cottages in Jianchang had a large number of slaves and children. He also volunteered to use the influence of the Lili chieftain family to win over these chieftains' private soldiers to serve the country. Used.

Seeing that An Taining was so confident, Uncle Gesang gave it a try. I never thought that not long after An Taining revised books for major chieftains, the four major Luoluo (Yi) chieftains in Daliang Mountain, not to mention Lili Chieftain where An Taining himself was, Sizi Chieftain, and Qiongbu Xuanfu made Lingfengqi, Shama Chieftain and Liangshan Xuanfu envoy An Weiwei, Chieftain Adu and Chief Adu envoy Ajiazikun all came. The ancestors of the Sizi (Qiong tribe) chieftains of Yueqiwei were the Wudeng tribe of the Tang Dynasty, who were famous; the ancestors of the Shama chieftains of Jianchangwei were the Shama tribe of the Tang Dynasty and had a long history. The son of the chieftain of the Xi'an family came into the marriage, and the An family changed his surname to Shama. As a result, he and the chieftain of the Xi'an family in Shuizhou, Guizhou were of the same clan and supported each other. The ancestor of the chieftain of Adu in the east of Jianchang was the Adu tribe in the Tang Dynasty, and he had eight large black men under his command. Luo Luo (Black Yi) family. In addition to these four Luoluo (Yi) chieftains, there are some Mozhe (Nasi) chieftains in Yanjingwei, such as La Shuzu of Qianhu in Zhongsuotu, Bajizong of Qianhu in Yousuotu, Lama of Qianhu in Zuosuotu Fei, who was protecting his land, hundreds of households, such as Luage and others, also came to meet him.

The individual territories and populations of these chieftains may not be large, but when gathered together, they can have a lot of troops. After a combination of kindness and power, Pala Gesang obtained more than 6,000 Luoluo and Naxi native soldiers; he also organized more than 2,000 captured Di third-grade subordinates into an army, and united them with the surrendered general Zhang Mingzhi, and pieced together Finally, there were actually 13,000 soldiers and horses. With his strength getting stronger, he was breathing heavily. Uncle Gesang became more angry and even prepared to go south from Jianchang to Yunnan to make great achievements for General Xi Rimo Chou Chou, the general who conquered the south. But before he could send his troops south, the army of Pingxi King Wu Sangui reached Jianchang.

(End of this chapter)