After the loss of Dachang, in order to prevent Zhang Xianzhong from crossing Liangshan and attacking Chongqing, under the constant urging of Yang Sichang, Shao Jiechun, the governor of Sichuan, scraped together 20,000 Sichuan troops to go to Liangshan County, stationed at the Gaoliang Mountain Pass, and placed his own line in Liangshan County.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the front foot entered Liangshan, the Tang Bao of Zhang Ling's death and Qin Liangyu's annihilation of the whole army followed, just when Shao Jiechun was panicking, Qin Liangyu suddenly came.

Shao Jiechun hurriedly greeted Qin Liangyu, who was covered in blood, and Yu? After listening to the battle of Zhuyiping, Shao Jiechun immediately comforted Qin Liangyu and said: "Although this battle was lost, after all, the crime is Zhang Ling's rash advance, and the court will definitely not blame Mrs. too much, please let Mrs. be relieved, don't mind!" ”

Qin Liangyu smiled bitterly, and then sighed: "The old woman's reputation was ruined, since she was the general of the defeated army, how dare she ask for forgiveness from the imperial court, I just hope to return to Shiyan as soon as possible, reorganize the soldiers and horses, and fight to the death with the thieves!" ”

Shao Jiechun asked incredulously: "Shi Yan lost 30,000 soldiers after this battle, I'm afraid there are no more soldiers to adjust at this time, right?" ”

Qin Liangyu sighed again and continued: "The thieves have penetrated so far, the situation is already extremely critical, and when the old woman goes back to mobilize the pawns of Xitong, she can still get 20,000 soldiers!" Our Tusi deploys troops, only using utensils as a letter, such as holding a pair of chopsticks, which means that all those who can eat must be wrapped in food and go to the battle; If you hold a broom, it means that both men, women and children will sweep the territory and fight! If the imperial court can allocate food and salary, within ten days, 20,000 strong men can be summoned and dispatched by Lord Futai! ”

Hearing Qin Liangyu mention the matter of food, Shao Jiechun's head instantly widened, and he saw that he held his chin and thought about it for a long time, but he didn't say anything for a long time.

Qin Liangyu waited a little anxiously, and urged repeatedly: "Don't hesitate anymore!" Futai-sama! The old woman is willing to settle half of her own salary! ”

Shao Jiechun stood up and paced back and forth in the hall. In his opinion, nearly 30,000 white pole soldiers have been wiped out without many vicious battles, and then mobilize 20,000 old, weak, sick and disabled to face Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai's tiger and wolf army, what use can it be in addition to sending them to death? Once Qin Liangyu is defeated again, when the time comes, the court will be liquidated, and there will be one more piece of responsibility for his crimes.

Thinking of this, Shao Jiechun finally made up his mind, he stopped, and said to Qin Liangyu politely: "Madame is loyal and brave, although it is worthy of admiration, but now that food and salary are in short supply, students are really powerless. The only way to do this today is to shrink our forces and hold the three waterways of the Qujiang, Jialing, and Yangtze rivers to prevent the continued spread of the Liukou to the middle of the Sichuan. ”

How could Qin Liangyu not know Shao Jiechun's thoughts, she was disheartened for a while, and stopped making a sound, only to see her staggering to her feet, refusing Shao Jiechun's support, and walking out of the line gloomily, taking the only remaining general, leaving Liangshan directly, crossing the river from Zhongzhou, and returning to Shiyan.

Speaking of Zhang Xianzhong, when he learned that Shao Jiechun had concentrated all his troops in the Liangshan area, he immediately made a decision and rushed to Kaixian and Dazhou.

Shao Jiechun heard that Zhang Xianzhong turned to attack Kaixian, worried that Fang Guoan would not be able to resist, and hurriedly personally transferred troops to reinforcements, who knew that he met Zhang Xianzhong's main army halfway, and after an encounter, the Sichuan army was killed to lose its armor and lose its armor.

With the defeat of Shao Jiechun's army, there was no soldier or general within the Quhe River who could stop the advance of the rebel army, and Chengdu instantly fell into a crisis.

Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai drank on the south bank of the Maqu River, but saw that there was no trace of the official army for hundreds of miles along the coast, Zhang Xianzhong was worried about fraud, so he sent scouts to quietly cross the river to investigate the enemy's situation. An hour later, the scout came back and reported that there were only 5,000 men and horses of Fang Guoan on the other side, all of whom were stationed outside Dazhou City.

"Okay!" After listening to the scout's report, Xu Yixian looked at the turbulent river and suddenly laughed.

"Lao Xu, what's wrong with you? What kind of style is it smoking? Zhang Xianzhong looked at Xu Yixian strangely and asked puzzled.

Xu Yixian pointed to the undefended river bank opposite, and said with a smile: "The canal river is hundreds of miles long, but the official army only defends one place in Dazhou, which shows that it is already empty behind it!" Jing Shuai, let's just cross the river directly to the downstream ferry, and we don't have to fight him here. ”

"Haha, Lao Xu's words are exactly what I want! Command the whole army to go south along the river bank and find a ferry to cross the river! With Zhang Xianzhong's order, the Xiying Righteous Army immediately changed direction and marched towards the downstream ferry.

Sure enough, when the Xiying rebels arrived at the ferry, there was not a single officer or soldier here, and Fang Guoan did not collect the wooden boats to the other side, so the Xiying rebels were able to cross the Quhe River calmly.

Knowing that the Xiying rebels crossed the river, but Fang Guoan did not attack, Zhang Xianzhong saw this, so he took advantage of the night to raise the banner of the official army, blatantly bypassed Dazhou City, and went north.

At this time, Yang Sichang was still on the way to Chongqing, and he sent flying flags along the way, urging the officers and troops from all walks of life to pursue and suppress Zhang Xianzhong, and summoned the army of Wan Yuanji, and instructed him: "You are as fierce as a tiger to lead the armies of Sichuan, Chu, Henan, and Shaanxi, speed up the march, and hurry up to suppress!" Don't miss the fighter! ”

Since Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan, he has been fighting in all directions, sending out whistles to probe far away, and stopping to stop horses and steal grain, and the officers and soldiers can only follow behind, exhausted.

Taking this opportunity, Wan Yuan Ji proposed to Yang Sichang: "Lord Cabinet, Shu is vast and the whereabouts of the thieves are erratic, blindly tailgating, I am afraid it will be difficult to gather and annihilate!" The students thought that it was better to divide the soldiers into three ways, chase the thieves all the way, follow up all the way, and follow up the other road along the Fujiang River to Zitong and Mianzhou, completely blocking their way back, so that the thieves will be trapped and die in the middle of the river! ”

How do you know that Yang Sichang laughed when he heard this: "Brother Jiren, the thief has long been a fish in the kettle, how can he go back?" ”

"But...... Cabinet lord, it's better to be just in case. Seeing Yang Sichang's proud and complacent appearance, Wan Yuan Ji couldn't help but persuade again.

Yang Sichang's face showed an impatient look, but when he saw Wan Yuanji's sincere words, he finally nodded reluctantly: "That's it!" The overall situation has been decided, and this superintendent can rest for a few days! From now on, you are solely responsible for exterminating the thieves! Brother Jiren, you can act under the pretense of this overseer's order, and you don't have to report everything anymore! ”

Wan Yuan Ji wanted to say something more, but when he looked up and saw Yang Sichang's face, he swallowed his words back.

Coming out of Yang Sichang's side, Wan Yuan Ji immediately flew to Zhang Yingyuan's army, and sent a herald to inform all the officers and soldiers to quickly cross the Qu River, among which he and Zhang Yingyuan were all the way, taking Guang'an and Shunqing; As fierce as a tiger all the way, go to Qu County and Yingshan; Fang Guoan went all the way, went to Dazhou and Bazhou, and the three people finally met in Baoning.

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong had already conquered Jianzhou, and planned to continue north to Guangyuan and enter Hanzhong through Ningqiang, but a scout came to report that the general soldiers Zhao Guangyuan and He Renlong were leading heavy troops to strangle the Chaotian Pass at the junction of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and strictly prevent the righteous army from entering Shaanxi.

Seeing that the passage to the north was blocked by the official army, Zhang Xianzhong had to pull out the camp from Jiange, turn back to the south, forcibly cross the Jialing River, capture Zhaohua, and go straight to Zitong.

Wan Yuan Ji was worried that Zitong would lose, so he urgently ordered Zhang Yingyuan to lead 5,000 troops and go to Zitong first to defend it, while he followed with a baggage and a large team.

I never thought that Zhang Yingyuan had just arrived in Zitong, and before he could enter the city, the Xiying striker led by Dingguo had already been killed.

"Lao Jin outflanked the right flank of the official army! Lao Qi outflanked the left flank of the official army! The others follow me in the middle of the assault! Kill! Dingguo rode the "Erdoujin" horse and rushed straight to the main formation of the official army, and Jin Tongwu and Qi Sansheng also led the men and horses of the headquarters to move to the left and right flanks of the official army.

Seeing the ferocity of the cavalry in the western camp, Zhang Yingyuan hurriedly ordered the whole army to shrink its defense and meet the enemy in a hollow circle.

In the sound of horns, the cavalry of the western camp roared.

As the cavalry of the western camp entered the firing range, the officers and soldiers in the formation immediately shot a dense rain of arrows, and the cavalry of the western battalion who rushed to the forefront fell off their horses one after another.

However, the speed of the cavalry was too fast after all, and before the officers and soldiers could conduct a second round of shooting, the two sides had already collided face to face. However, the cavalry of the western camp swept past the front of the official army formation at a rapid speed, forming a larger circle on the periphery of the circle array, and constantly attacking the officers and troops inside the ring like a roulette wheel.

In the billowing smoke and dust raised by the horses' hooves, the officers and soldiers were unable to effectively return fire at all, but from time to time someone was knocked down by the spears suddenly stabbed by the cavalry of the Western Battalion.

Just when the official army's formation loosened slightly, and a gap was briefly exposed, Dingguo's eyes were fast, and with a beautiful leap, he instantly broke into the circle of the official army, killing and slashing behind the official army.

Just as the killing was rising, Dingguo suddenly looked up and saw Zhang Yingyuan's Chinese army in the center of the formation looming in the smoke and dust, and immediately pinched the horse's belly and rushed straight towards Daxu.

Zhang Yingyuan held the command flag in his hand, and was still concentrating on directing the array, and when he found Dingguo, Dingguo was already close to his eyes, with a cold light flashing, only to hear Zhang Yingyuan's "oops" scream, the tip of the gun just crossed his cheek, and the blood suddenly flowed out, dyeing most of his face.

Zhang Yingyuan was frightened and turned around and ran away, Dingguo did not chase it, but turned around, pulled out the saber from the scabbard, and cut off the mast of the Chinese army.

When the officers and soldiers saw that Daxu fell suddenly, and the life and death of the main general were uncertain, where did they still have the courage to continue fighting, they turned around and fled.

This encounter ended in less than half an hour, and Zhang Yingyuan was in a lot of noise all the way, until he ran into Mianzhou City, and then stopped.

Seeing Zhang Yingyuan, whose face was covered with blood, Shao Jie was angry, and immediately sent him to the Fujiang pontoon bridge outside the city to garrison, and by the way, he collected the defeated soldiers who had returned from the rout.

After Dingguo took Zitong, he did not enter the city, and ordered the whole army not to take off his armor, not to leave the saddle, and to chase Zhang Yingyuan straight to Mianzhou.

The officers and soldiers in the city of Mianzhou stood at the head of the city, saw the banner of Xiying from afar, and were so frightened that their souls were scattered, and they abandoned the city and fled. Shao Jiechun stood at the gate of the city and wanted to stop it, but the army's heart was scattered, where could he stop it? In desperation, he had no choice but to take off his official robe and flee out of the city with the rout.

Zhang Yingyuan was stationed on the pontoon bridge, and suddenly learned that Shao Jiechun abandoned the city and fled, and instantly lost the idea of holding on, and also abandoned the bridge and fled. When Dingguo waved his army to the pontoon bridge, there was no trace of an official army on the other side, and the Xiying Righteous Army immediately crossed the pontoon bridge without blood and entered Mianzhou.

After resting for half a day, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai's brigade was late. Before Zhang Xianzhong could get off the horse, a scout came to report that he was as fierce as a tiger leading 10,000 troops, and he was rushing to kill and run.

"Birds! What a time! Don't wait for me to take a breath! Kewang, you go and burn the pontoon bridge to Lao Tzu! See how this tiger swims over! Zhang Xianzhong threw his horsewhip and ordered angrily.

When the fierce tiger led the army to arrive, the pontoon bridge on the Fujiang River had already fallen into a sea of fire.

Seeing that it was impossible to cross the river from the pontoon bridge, the fierce tiger had to set up camp on the east bank and send troops to collect civilian boats along the river.

On the third day, Zhang Xianzhong took Luo Rucai and Xu Yixian to the shore, only to see that the official and military ships on the other side were gradually gathered, and they saw that they could cross the river immediately.

Luo Rucai pointed to the other side with a horsewhip in his hand, and said slowly: "Jing Xuan, I look as fierce as the tiger's momentum, we can't fight hard, it's better to abandon Mianzhou, divide the army into three ways to march to Chengdu, and then make plans." ”

Zhang Xianzhong stroked his long hair, turned his head to look at Xu Yixian, and asked, "Old Xu, what do you think?" ”

Xu Yixian pinched his fingers and pretended to be deep and said: "Fierce as a tiger is a fierce general of the official army, let's fight hard with it, although it will not be defeated, but it will inevitably lose many soldiers, and it is destined to be a discounted business!" Or what Cao Shuai said is appropriate, there is no objection below! ”

"In that case, let's let this tiger go for now! Inform the whole army to withdraw from Mianzhou immediately after dinner! With that, Zhang Xianzhong pulled the reins, turned the horse's head, and went back to the city.

That night, the rebels were divided into three routes, one route was Zhang Kewang and Zhang Nengqi under the banner of Zhang Xianzhong, marching towards Shehong and Suining; One route was Luo Rucai who led Cao Ying to march to Chengdu; One route was led by Zhang Xianzhong to march to Zhongjiang and Jianzhou.

By the time the fierce tiger finally crossed the Fujiang River, the rebels in Mianzhou City had already disappeared without a trace.