Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 511
In May of the third year of Longwu, Wang Yan led the three-way rescue plan for Sichuan. In fact, he knew very well in his heart that the only thing he could really rely on was Gao Yigong of the East Road and the Central Route Army led by him.

As for the people from the West Road, it was entirely for the convenience of him to rectify the Southwest, and he deliberately transferred all the people from the Southwest so that Zhongzhen Town could take over the area originally controlled by these warlords.

Wang Yan didn't have any hope for Ding Kuichu's journey. It's a good thing if he can make meritorious deeds along the way, and it doesn't matter if he can't make meritorious deeds, or even suffer a defeat.

In mid-June of the third year of Longwu, when Wang Yan's military governor entered the Xuanwei Division in Bozhou, Sichuan, the West Route Army, which Wang Yan was least optimistic about, achieved unexpected results.

Ding Kuichu was in charge of outflanking all the way. Wang Yan didn't count on him at first, but he just hoped that he could contain the Qing army. Completed the goal of the first stage of the West Route Army, which shocked Wang Yan.

Since Jiashen, the situation in the whole world has been very complicated, with various forces intertwined. It is not uncommon for the gentry and common people to be ruled by several forces in turn between the Ming Dynasty, the bandits, and the Qing Dynasty.

Some gentry rogues came and succumbed to the rogues, the Manchus succumbed to the Manchus when they came, and the Ming Dynasty came and greeted the Ming Dynasty with gongs and drums, wavering, but this is not a heinous thing.

After the Qing army entered Sichuan, Zhang Xianzhong failed, and Sichuan had no strength to resist the Qing army. Wu Sangui sent partial divisions to collect southern Sichuan.

There is no shortage of mountains in southern Sichuan, and some anti-Qing forces who were unwilling to surrender retreated into the mountains and formed camps to fight against the Qing.

This included the main leader of the Ming Dynasty who presided over the situation in Sichuan, Fan Yiheng, Governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, who retreated to the mountains in Yongning and Luzhou.

He was one of the main officials appointed by the imperial court to be in charge of the situation in Sichuan during the Hongguang period.
The governor of Sichuan, Shaanxi, Yunnan and Guizhou military affairs, Wang Yingxiong, a bachelor who specializes in "Xi Bandits", has retreated to the front line of Kuizhou, and another senior official is Ma Gan, the governor of Sichuan, who has died in Ba County.

Ding Kuichu attacked Luzhou all the way through Yongning, because Fan Yiheng, who had retreated into the mountains, heard that the imperial army entered Sichuan, came out of the mountains, cooperated with Ding Kuichu, and easily seized the land of the two prefectures.

The Qing army did not expect that the Ming army would rescue Sichuan, so they did not deploy many troops in southern Sichuan. However, because of the strength of the Qing army, the anti-Qing armed forces that retreated into the mountains were supported by the Ming army that entered Sichuan. Marquis Yongxi, a soldier, was entrenched in Luzhou and Fushun. Luzhou Wei commanded him to take the exam, and they came out to respond one after another.

Ding Kuichu did not expect the battle to be so easy. The generals of the West Route Army swept away the shadow of King Gui's downfall, and reported to Wang Yan happily.

Wang Yan read the report, combined with the situation, and quickly concluded that because the road was blocked and the news was blocked, the Qing soldiers did not know about the three-way Ming army entering Sichuan, so the deployment in southern Sichuan was weak, and the main force of the Qing army probably followed the Western army into Kui. state line.

In view of this, Wang Yan decided to rush to Ba County quickly, recapture Chongqing Mansion before the Qing army reacted, and then outflank the Qing soldiers gathered in Kuizhou, and together with Gao Yigong, forced the Qing soldiers into the Three Gorges area, alive and well. starve.

So far, the Ming army's rescue of Sichuan can be said to be quite smooth.Kuizhou Mansion, Wanxian County, is located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, northeast of Chongqing, strangling the Three Gorges, and has a unique position as the gate of eastern Sichuan.

After Sun Kewang abandoned Wan County and led the remnants of the Western Army to flee south, Wang Yingxiong, a scholar of the Ming Dynasty, was alone and led Zeng Ying to retreat into the Three Gorges.

At this time, outside Wanxian City, there were camps all over the field, and countless Qing troops haunted them, while inside the county town, there were gathered capable generals of the Qing Army who entered Sichuan.

In Wanxian government office, above a wide hall, there are warriors in armor and swords on their waists.

They are standing or sitting, and their eyes are all focused on the same person.

This man was about [-] years old, more than seven feet long, wearing a Sichuan brocade robe, a cold iron armor, and a six-petal gold-plated helmet, with a sharp-edged face underneath, a pair of sharp eyebrows piercing his temples, and a high bridge of nose. Tight, with bearded lips, extremely mighty, he is the traitor of the civilized world, Wu Sangui.

It was June at this time, and Sichuan, one of the furnaces, was getting hotter and hotter. Although the northern soldiers had entered the pass for three years, they still hadn't adapted to the extreme heat in the south.

The Eight Banners and Wu Sangui's Guan Ning Army belonged to the Northern Army, but there had to be a priority for escape from the summer heat. Seeing that Sun Kewang was escaping to the south, Haoge led the Eight Banners soldiers back to Chengdu and prepared to go back The responsibility to escape the summer heat in Beijing and wipe out the remnants of the Western Army and the Ming Army fell on Wu Sangui.

At this time, Wu Sangui took Wanxian, which meant that Sichuan was basically pacified by the Qing army, and only some chieftains who refused to obey orders and Ming army stragglers who were not in a good mood remained.

"The soldiers of the Qing Dynasty entered Sichuan for several months and swept across Sichuan and Shu, invincible. Now that Zhang Xianzhong is dead, as long as Sun Kewang is wiped out, the whole meritorious service can be established! Among you, who is willing to cross the river and pursue him?"

"My lord, Sun Kewang is a lost dog, and I am willing to lead my troops to wipe out all the western thieves!" It was Wu Sangui's general Hu Guozhu who spoke.

Wu Sangui nodded with a smile on his face when he heard the words: "The western bandits have failed again and again, and Hu Guozhu will go to pursue them, and they will definitely succeed in no time!"

"My lord, General Hu's headquarters only has 5000 troops, so it's no problem to chase the western thieves, but after crossing the river, it is the territory of the Shizhu Xuanfu Division. If Qin Liangyu meets Qin Liangyu, 5000 troops will definitely be difficult to deal with!" The general reminded.

Wu Sangui frowned when he heard this, this Qin Liangyu is a formidable man, but ever since Jiashennian and Zhang Xianzhong fought in Kuizhou and all his men were killed and wounded, there has been no news, but the prestige of the white soldiers cannot be ignored Defend.

"Xia Guoxiang's words are right! If that's the case, the two of you will bring 2 people and go together. When chasing and killing the western thieves, you will also calm down the stone pillars and eliminate the hidden danger of Qin Liangyu."

"Little general, follow orders!" The two generals took orders.

Wu Sangui was in high spirits and confident. He took a look at the generals and joked: "The two generals can go to prepare quickly, and you all go back to pack up. Just wait for the good news from the two of you, and this king will bring you some good news." You go back to Chengdu to escape the summer heat." Everyone laughed and left the hall.

The next day, [-] Green Battalion soldiers crossed the river from Wanzhou and followed Sun Kewang closely.

(Thanks to Chu Muyu, Yuedong Woxin for the tip)

(End of this chapter)