Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 524 Encircling Wan County
After the Ming army gained an advantage on the river beach, as the number of Ming troops landed far exceeded that of the Qing soldiers, the Qing soldiers on the north bank of the Yangtze River were no longer able to drive the Ming army into the Yangtze River, so the loss of the Jiang defense was inevitable.

Wang Zuntan and Li Guoying led the defeated army and fled frantically. They did not go north to Chengdu, because the West Route Army occupied Hezhou and cut off their road, so the two had to flee eastward to join Wu Sangui and enter the next encirclement circle of the Ming army.

The Ming army pursued them all the way, and the two led more than 2000 people to escape through Fotu Pass, and then hurried across the Fujiang River. During the period, the Ming army chased them, and the Qing army was in a panic. Wang Zuntan, the governor of Sichuan in the Qing court, accidentally fell into the river drowned.

The Ming army crossed the Yangtze River. The soldiers dragged their tired bodies and sat on the river beach, while the civilian husbands cleaned up the corpses and picked up the seized bodies.

This battle was the first time Wang Yan commanded the battle against the river, and he had accumulated a lot of experience, especially when the Iron Man Army was used for the first time, it made great achievements, which made him more sure of his ideas.

When the battle situation is stalemate, holding one or two leading soldiers can sometimes achieve the goal of breaking the situation.

For a moment, he couldn't help thinking of the electric guns he tried in the Cannon Foundry a few months ago. It seemed that he had to get some silver anyway and make a batch.

The current Iron Man Army has not yet officially formed an army, and its training and equipment are not complete. In the future, it will be like the infantry of the Song Dynasty to fight against the Iron Buddha. Equipped with different weapons.

This battle of the Iron Man Army can be said to have made the first contribution, and it was also the hardest. Wearing armor weighing sixty or seventy catties, especially Junetian was still wrapped in a layer of cotton armor outside. Most of the soldiers were pale after the battle. , Many people did not die under the sword of the Qing soldiers, but fell to the ground due to heat stroke.

When the army crossed the river, Wang Yan was in a good mood. He always pays attention to the strict military law. In order to reward the soldiers with meritorious service, he ordered tonight to drink in big bowls and eat meat in big mouthfuls!
A raging bonfire was lit in the temporary barracks on the north bank, surrounded by the soldiers who had crossed the river, the meat on the shelf sizzled and gave off a tempting aroma, and the half-roasted fat sheep was about to The oil dripped down drop by drop.

The soldiers who did not participate in the crossing of the river looked enviously at the meritorious soldiers, cut off a large piece of lamb leg, and sipped the wine, singing with their comrades in the bloody battle.

The Ming army ate meat and drank alcohol, but the Qing army was miserable.Of the more than [-] Qing soldiers on the north bank, less than [-] were left to cross the Fujiang River. Even the governor Wang Zuntan fell into the river and was dead when he was picked up.

Li Guoying wanted to cry without tears, so he broke into Changshou County eastward, ransacked and obtained military supplies, and sent two teams of troops to detour all the way to Chengdu to report to Haoge, and went east all the way first to inform Wu Sangui to make him ready.

The Qing army stayed in Changshou for one night. After the disaster was discovered, they hurriedly continued eastward, preparing to retreat to Wanxian where they joined forces with Wu Sangui, in order to reorganize the army and fight again.

The Qing army fled here, but Wang Yan did not stop. The army took a short rest, and left Yu Shizhong and Jiao Lian to lead 1 people to stay in Chongqing Mansion. First, Wu Risheng led 5000 men and horses as the vanguard, and went eastward along the river, successively regaining Changshou, Luozhou, Fengdu, Zhongzhou and other counties under the administration of Chongqing.

The land of eastern Sichuan had just fallen into the hands of the Qing soldiers for less than two months. The Manchu Qing's barbaric policies towards the newly occupied areas, such as forcing people to shave their hair and change clothes, and wantonly plundering, were already unpopular. Therefore, the vanguard of the Ming army basically did not fight much. When the counties along the way saw Wang Xianggong's army coming, they killed their officials and surrendered one after another.

Along the way, the upright officials in the city fled in anticipation of the wind, and the people who were still in the city cried bitterly when they saw the flags of the imperial court officers and soldiers, accusing the atrocities of the Qing army.

They were severely harmed, the Qing army burned, killed, looted, raped and plundered, and they only found women to spoil them, and there were not a few of them who were trampled to death.

In Wan County, Wu Sangui confronted Gao Yigong across the river. He immediately notified Hauge in Chengdu, but the situation changed three times after that.

He has more than 3 people, located in Kuizhou, on the eastern edge of the Sichuan-Shu battlefield, and Li Guoying has not been informed of the news. He thought that the Ming army who entered Sichuan would only have Gao Yigong, so he quickly notified Hauge, and he was on the front line. Containing Gao Yigong, Hauge hurried south and crossed the river from another place to surround Gao Yigong.

As a result, the Haoge army did not wait, but Wang Yan occupied Ba County, and another Ming army encircled Hezhou from the west.

He got the news from Chongqing that three Ming armies had entered Sichuan, and Wang Yan's series of counterattacks against Sichuan made Wu Sangui very disturbed.

Looking at the situation, as long as Wang Yan crosses the Yangtze River, the next step is obviously to come to him. He quickly wrote a letter, telling Wang Zuntan that he must not give up Jiangfang, and then sent someone to tell Hauge that if Wang Yan crossed the Yangtze River, don’t say anything. If there is no guarantee that he will be surrounded in Wanxian County in eastern Sichuan, Wang Yan may be surrounded and wiped out, and Wang Yan will go all the way north to plot Chengdu and other places and drive the Qing army out of Sichuan.

Therefore, Wu Sangui urged Hauge to quickly take Huizhou and open up the passage to the south, otherwise the Qing army would be defeated.

The Ming army entered Sichuan three ways, with momentum like a rainbow, and heavy troops gathered in the east of Sichuan. Seeing that the situation was not good, Wu Sangui even planned to abandon his luggage, climb over the mountains, jump out of the encirclement circle that might be formed, and retreat to Baoning Mansion.

But at this time, Haoge's messenger came first, saying that Prince Su had sent his troops to the south and went straight to Hezhou, and he would break the city in a short time, and then Wang Zuntan's messenger also arrived, and the letter he brought was only one sentence, "The Yangtze River is a natural moat, Is as solid as gold", it seems to be swearing, full of confidence.

Seeing this, Wu Sangui felt at ease, and confronted Gao Yigong across the river.

Less than half a month later, the Ming and Qing armies fought across the river, and the war seemed to have entered a stalemate, and Wu Sangui immediately felt relieved, but at this moment, the people sent by Li Guoying arrived in Wan County.

A day later, Li Guoying knelt in front of Wu Sangui, Wu Sangui squinted at him, with a murderous intent in his eyes, he angrily rubbed a letter and smashed it on his face, then stood up angrily, Pointing at Li Guoying, he cursed: "The natural moat of the Yangtze River is as solid as gold? Shame on you! Who said this, tell me, how did you lose to me?"

Li Guoying cried and said, "This is what Wang Futai said! My lord, we didn't expect that a raft could cross the river, and Wang Yan had a heavy armored infantry under his command. It was hard to hurt with swords, birds and bows. It was difficult for us to resist. .”

"Where is Wang Zuntan? Don't you dare to come to see this king? Don't think that if he takes refuge in Prince Su, this king can't do anything to him!" Wu Sangui was so angry that he came to report that Wang Yan's troops were only fifty miles away from Wan County, and tomorrow at the latest To be able to approach the city with soldiers, he has been cheated miserably.

"Wang Futai fell into the Fujiang River and has been dead for many days!" Li Guoying replied in a low voice, not daring to look at him.

Wu Sangui was taken aback for a moment, and after a while, he cursed bitterly: "A mediocre person is harmful to others, and God will accept him too. Hmph, his death is so easy, but what will my king's officer Guan Ning do! "

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