Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1403
After Wang Yan occupied Chang'an, he did not let go of the Jin army fleeing to the west. Instead, he sent nearly [-] troops to continue westward, chasing and killing the fleeing army. He was bound to take Hao Ge, Wu Sangui, and Meng Qiaofang.

When the army pursued, Wang Yan also began to rectify the mess in Guanzhong. While dispatching soldiers and horses to collect the prefectures and counties, if they could recruit them, they would recruit them;

In addition, Wang Yan also asked people to distribute grain and porridge in Chang'an, Weinan, Huayin, and Gaoling, and asked the civil officials who came from Luoyang to distribute grain and seeds to the refugees and arrange farming.

In order to win the hearts and minds of the people, Wang Yan first confiscated the lands of the nobles of the Kingdom of Jin such as Meng Qiaofang, Han Chaoxuan, Kong Wenqi, and Wu Sangui in Guanzhong and Hanzhong, and then distributed them to the refugees and the original tenants for cultivation. After three years, they transferred them to the people of the cultivators. .

Ordinary people are the most forgetful, and also the most forgetful about eating but not fighting. Wang Yankang's generosity to others also made Guanzhong people less repulsive of the Ming Dynasty to a certain extent.

Of course, for those who are obedient, Wang Yan is good at persuading them, mainly using soft policies to appease them, but those who are disobedient will be merciless.Most of the people in Guanzhong are obedient. If they are not obedient, they will not live long. It is estimated that they died more than ten years ago.

Apart from this part, there is still a small part, which is not very obedient, mainly the beneficiaries during the Jin Kingdom's rule, and most of them are landlords, scholars, military officers and low-level civil servants from various places.These people gathered in one place, unwilling to be reconciled to the failure of the Kingdom of Jin. Some combined with bandits and attacked cities and villages everywhere, making the team bigger and bigger, becoming one of the main threats to the Ming Dynasty.

For this group of people, Wang Yan would recruit as soon as he could, and if he couldn't recruit, he would immediately send a large army to destroy them and kill them all.

Doing this may be cruel and tyrannical, but Wang Yan, who already has a heart of stone, will choose to do this even if he has pity in his heart, because killing can indeed stabilize Guanzhong quickly.

To put it bluntly, human life is sometimes just a series of numbers for those in power. For the sake of the so-called overall situation, they can easily sacrifice many innocent people and deprive many people of their power.

When Wang Yan cleaned up Guanzhong, Wang Shixiu, who was chasing Wu Sangui on the south road, had already captured Huxian, Wugong, Fufeng, and Qishan all the way, and joined forces with Ma Jinzhong and Hao Yaoqi in Fengxiang. The pavilion enters Qinzhou in the west of Longshan Mountain, which is the Tianshui area.

To the north, Liu Fangliang crossed the Wei River, and soon joined forces with Li Laiheng in Gaoling. After finding that Meng Qiaofang had fled to the west, he rushed westward in pursuit.Liu Fangliang took the advantage of dragonriders, and the dispatch department will take the lead in seizing Longde County, which is known as the "Key of Guanlong", and control the Jin army to pass through Liupan Mountain and enter Yongliang to the main road.

On May [-], Liu Fangliang led Zhongyong Township to catch up with Haoge and Meng Qiaofang in Jingzhou. It has fallen into the hands of the Ming army.

Longde is located at the west foot of Liupan Mountain, facing Guanshan in the east, Hetao in the west, Qinzhou in the south, Ningshuo in the north, Qinliang in the front, and Weixifu in the west. It is an important passage connecting Yongliang and Guanzhong.
There are many garrison troops stationed by the Jin army here, and some grain and grass have been saved, which is an important node for Yu Yin's arrangement on the front line of Liupan Mountain.However, because Wang Deren outflanked Yongliang, Yu Yin himself was trapped in Liangzhou, and Sun Kewang, who had originally agreed to come, did not come. As a result, there were no elite soldiers on the front line of Liupanshan. Even the troops were transferred to rescue Liangzhou. Recapturing Xining Mansion led to a serious shortage of troops, and Qin Feng led three thousand dragonriders to capture it.

Taking this city not only blocked Hauge and Meng Qiaofang, retreated through Liupan Mountain, and retreated into Anding and Lanzhou Prefectures, but also opened the door for the Ming army to enter Yongliang.

At this time, in the east of Liupan Mountain and Longshan Mountain, there was no longer a foothold for the Jin army. Wu Sangui fled into Tianshui with the four legs of the horse army, and basically all the south bank of the Weihe River fell into the hands of the Ming army.

Wang Shixiu, Ma Jinzhong and Hao Yaoqi approached Jieting. After surrendering to Wu Guozhu, who was standing firm in Hanzhong and Nanzheng, He Tengjiao and Wang Yuncai learned from Prime Minister Zhuge, went north from Qishan Road, and copied Qinzhou and Tianshui from the south. Although Wu Sangui fled to Longyou , the situation is not optimistic.

At the same time, Li Guo led his troops westward and captured Qianzhou. Before he could ascend the throne, Prince Qi Zheng was wiped out by the Ming army. Together with Ledu and others, he died in the city of Qianzhou. escape.

The recent series of defeats, coupled with the fact that Longde was occupied by the Ming army, made the Jin soldiers panic, severely hit Hauge, and finally fell ill in Pingliang.The Jin army was intercepted in front and pursued behind, and the Jin army on the North Road finally came to life and death.

After the Jin army arrived in Pingliang, the Ming army did not give them any time to rest and recuperate. Liu Fangliang led [-] dragon riders first, and they had already left Jingzhou and rushed towards Pingliang.

Although Hauge was sick and vomited blood, he knew that staying in Pingliang would lead to death, and the only way to survive was to get out. Meng Qiaofang also felt that he couldn't stay in Pingliang and wait for death, so he decided to continue running away.

At this time, in the festival hall, Hauge sat at the head, and Meng Qiaofang and others sat on both sides.Although Hauge has no military strength and is almost bare, he is the emperor of the Dajin Kingdom after all, and everyone still respects him.

Although Meng Qiaofang was a powerful minister with real power, he said that he had no other ambitions, so he still made Hauge the emperor, and the Kingdom of Jin suffered a series of heavy blows. Everyone's thoughts were a little confused, and they didn't have time to think about it.

Hauge sat with a pale face, coughed, and said slowly: "Chang'an has fallen into the hands of the king's thief. Although I don't know what happened to the King of Shu and Han Xiang, but the king's thief has many generals. When chasing us, they will definitely send people to chase the King of Shu, presumably they are also in danger, and I am afraid that no one will be able to help us."

Speaking of this, Hauge looked at the generals one by one. Meng Qiaofang, Sony and others all had sad expressions on their faces. He shook his head and said, "Fortunately, I saved a hand before me and ordered Prime Minister Yu to manage Yongliang."

Speaking of this, Hauge coughed a few times, recovered his breath, and then said: "Right now, although there was a little accident, the Ming thief occupied Longde County first, blocking our way, but we can still go along Liupan Go north from Shandong to Ningxia. My Dajin still has a foundation here, although the road is long and the bandits are strong, but as long as we don't give up, we will definitely be able to rebuild our foundation."

The group of golden generals lost their ambitions. Seeing that no one answered, Meng Qiaofang said, "I agree with your Majesty's suggestion. Right now, we can't go south, west, or east. Liu Fangliang chased him again. We only have to go north." Go to Ningxia. In addition, you don’t need to be too pessimistic. Now Guanzhong is a mess, and there is a shortage of food everywhere. After the thief Wang occupies Chang’an, he wants to clean up Guanzhong. It will take time. After we arrived in Ningxia, we should be able to get rid of the pursuit of Ming thieves.

The generals could only reluctantly accept it, but they were not optimistic in their hearts. They diverted from Pingliang Mansion to the north and followed the official road at the eastern foot of Liupan Mountain to Ningxia. It was hundreds of miles away. The Ming army must be following them, but now they are happy The elephant had no other choice but to flee north.

On that day, Haoge and Meng Qiaofang swept up the grain and grass in Pingliang Mansion, set fire to the city, and then led more than 2 gold troops to march northward, ordering Sony to escort the grain and grass behind.

Both Hauge and Meng Qiaofang knew that they didn't have the strength to fight now, and their only hope was to run away. When the Ming army ran out of food and grass, they took the initiative to stop the pursuit, so that they had a chance to regain their footing.

Therefore, they did not choose to attack Longde, but fled northward. However, shortly after the army left Pingliang, scouts from the front came to report and found thousands of Ming troops, blocking their way.

Hauge and Meng Qiaofang's complexion changed, knowing that it might be Lund's Ming army dividing troops to stop them, then this battle is inevitable, so they can only form a large army to fight, a big battle is about to break out...

(End of this chapter)