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Zhang Xianzhong rested for five days in Zhuxi County, on the border of Sichuan, and 'gotten' some grain, grass and money, and then he led his army to march at night and went straight to the Yangtze River. [No pop-ups. For every two people who look at romance, one has registered. .Visit:. 。 Copy URL to visit Zhang Xianzhong wanted to take the waterway so as to avoid jumping over the mountains in Sichuan.

A few days later, his men arrived at Xinling, or Padang, where Zhang Xianzhong gathered his ships and prepared to enter the river along the river.

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong's men and horses have reached more than 30,000 people, all of whom are homeless and stragglers collected along the way, a small group of rebels, because Zhang Xianzhong came suddenly, the two banks of the Yangtze River have not been collected by the official army, so the peasant army has requisitioned a large number of ships, and two days later, everyone immediately sailed and marched towards Sichuan.

Along the way, Zhang Xianzhong used Tang Sai'er's strategy, ostensibly under the banner of the official army, to 'confuse' and 'confuse' the opponent, so the thirteen checkpoints and passes along the Yangtze River smoothly entered Sichuan. Arrived at the White Emperor City in Fengjie.

At this time, Chen Shiqi, the governor of Sichuan, had already received the news, and he immediately invited Qin Liang 'Yu', the chief soldier of Sichuan's 'female', and asked him to send troops to exterminate Zhang Xianzhong. Qin Liang 'Yu' was very loyal to the Ming Dynasty and hated the rebels the most, so he agreed without hesitation. She gathered her men and horses, with her nephew Qin Yiming as the vanguard, led an army of 30,000, and went straight to the White Emperor City.

Zhang Xianzhong and other peasant armies in the early stage of the rebellion, had entered Sichuan several times, and Qin Liang's 'jade' 'fought' many times, more defeats and fewer victories, so Qin Liang was a little jealous of this 'female' general, and when he heard that Qin Liang's 'jade' personally led the army to come, he did not dare to slack off, and immediately found the generals to discuss countermeasures.

Tang Sai'er had already learned the news that Qin Liang 'Jade' led the army to meet the battle, and said to Zhang Xianzhong: "Marshal, Qin Liang's 'Jade' is a rare famous general in the official army, she is very popular in Sichuan, and the pioneer Qin Yiming is very brave, so we can't meet the enemy head-on, it is best to use a partial division to lead the official army away, and our main force will bypass Fengjie and go straight to Wanxian." Then go up the river and attack Chongqing. Chongqing is an important town in Sichuan, second only to Chengdu, the city hoarded a large amount of money, grain and military supplies, as long as it can conquer Chongqing in one fell swoop, it can be said that it will master half of Sichuan. ”

Zhang Xianzhong was very happy to hear this, and slapped his big 'leg': "The military advisor is really good at planning, who else among you disagrees?" Several generals shook their heads again and again: "No, no, everything is up to the military division." Zhang Xianzhong did not hesitate, and immediately sent the generals Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi to lead 5,000 troops to the west to 'advance' to block Qin Liang's 'jade' men and horses, while he and Tang Sai'er led Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo and other generals to bypass Fengjie at night and go straight to Wanxian. [hua. a lot of good]

Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi are also Zhang Xianzhong's righteous sons, both of them are very capable of fighting, and they have some strategies in their minds, and they can even take charge alone, so Zhang Xianzhong told them that they can entangle Qin Liang's 'jade', don't fight with the official army, if they can't stop it, they will retreat to the north, and at the same time they can threaten to go to Hanzhong to join the Qin army, as long as they can drag Qin Liang's 'jade' for five days, he can capture Wanxian. At that time, Liu Wenxiu and the others could immediately lead their troops to withdraw to Wanxian, and the two sides would join forces, and then attack Chongqing together.

This strategy can be said to be very clever, because everyone knows that Qin Liang's 'jade' has been killed, but Zhang Xianzhong secretly divided his troops into two ways, entangled with Qin Liang's 'jade' with a small number of men and horses, and the main force killed Ben Wanxian, which was really unexpected. At this time, the official army had already learned the news that Zhang Xianzhong 'wanted' to join forces with the Qin army, because the Qin army in Hanzhong was also a murderous scene, and it was about to send troops, so Zhang Xianzhong led the army to Hanzhong to join forces with the Qin army, which was in line with the battle situation.

But no one could have imagined that Tang Sai'er's idea was not to go north to join the Qin army, but to go south.

After the assignment was decided, Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi immediately gathered 5,000 cavalry and went to meet Qin Liang's 'jade'. And Zhang Xianzhong and others also took advantage of the night to go out, just in time for this day, heavy rain fell from the sky, hiding the sound of people and horses, Zhang Xianzhong walked happily, and even called this is God's blessing.

Sure enough, Zhang Xianzhong's people and horses unknowingly bypassed Fengjie and went up the river, and in only two days, they were killed under the city of Wanxian.

At this time, there were 3,000 defenders in Wanxian County, and the guards were also prepared, so they were afraid that Zhang Xianzhong would come, but because Zhang Xianzhong came too quickly, and the news spread in advance, the officials and soldiers in Wanxian County thought that Zhang Xianzhong was going to fight a decisive battle with Qin Liang's 'jade' in the White Emperor City, so there was still some slack in the city.

It wasn't until Zhang Xianzhong's men and horses were killed under the city that the officials and soldiers were shocked and shouted one after another. But by this time, the peasant army had already climbed to the top of the city.

There were only 3,000 defenders in Wanxian, how could they withstand the desperate attack of more than 20,000 peasant troops, so in less than three hours, the 'gate' of the city was breached, and 20,000 peasant troops entered the city.

The guards of Wanxian County abandoned the city and left, and Zhang Xianzhong occupied Wanxian County with almost no effort.

At this time, Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi were leading the army to fight with Qin Liang's 'jade', these two people led cavalry, so they were mobile and flexible, and fought five battles in two days, each battle was just one battle, and they ran after a few hits. The two armies fought and fought until they reached Kaixian.

Qin Liang's 'jade' has been in battle for a long time, and she feels that the peasant army in front of her is not like the main force, although there are many cavalry, but there is no infantry to follow, but it seems to be sent to 'riot' to disturb the official army.

At this time, Qin Liang 'Yu' received an order from Chen Shiqi, the governor of Sichuan, and Wanxian was lost, so she quickly recaptured Wanxian.

Qin Liang 'jade' nodded secretly, it seems that Zhang Xianzhong sent suspicious soldiers to entangle him, while the main force hurried at the same time, and conquered Wanxian with lightning speed. And where should he attack next?

After reading the map, Qin Liang's 'jade's heart was pounding, cold sweat appeared on her forehead, and her eyes fell on Chongqing.

No need to ask, since Zhang Xianzhong is going south to kill, he must be fighting Chongqing's idea, where the military needs are important, once he falls into Zhang Xianzhong, his power will increase dramatically day by day, I am afraid that even he will not be able to control himself.

Therefore, Qin Liang 'Yu' didn't care about Chen Shiqi's general order to let her recover Wanxian, and led the army to get rid of Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi, and went south in the starry night and went straight to Chongqing.

She had to arrive in Chongqing before Zhang Xianzhong and block Zhang Xianzhong's men.

Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi, the second generals, saw that the officers and troops had withdrawn, and they also hurried to Wanxian. After they joined forces with Zhang Xianzhong, they would attack Chongqing together.

Zhang Xianzhong was waiting for the second general in Wanxian, and when they returned, he immediately raised troops and took Fuling along the Yangtze River, hoping to recruit enough men and horses here, and then besiege Chongqing.

As for Qin Liang's 'jade', Zhang Xianzhong felt that she must first recapture Wanxian County, and then come to chase after him, so he sent people to look behind him from time to time to see where Qin Liang's 'jade' had gone.

However, the news brought back by Tanma made Zhang Xianzhong very puzzled, and there was no soldier of Qin Liang's 'jade' behind him. Qin Liang's tens of thousands of horses and horses of 'jade' actually disappeared.

Zhang Xianzhong faintly felt that something was wrong, but the plan to attack Chongqing could not be changed, after all, the momentum had been opened, and as long as Chongqing was captured, most of Sichuan could be controlled in his hands.

So on this day, Zhang Xianzhong led 30,000 people to kill Shizihe.

Shizi River is a small river, the widest part is only five or six zhang, the narrowest place is only three zhang wide, but the amount of water is not small, the water flow is also rapid, there are several stone bridges on the river, both sides of the river bank are wetlands, and pieces of water birds are swept up from it.

Tang Sai'er came to the river, raised her eyes, and was slightly strange, she saw that some woods not far away had been burned, and some places were still burning fires, I don't know what the situation was.

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong and his men and horses had already arrived at the river, and they immediately crossed the river without stopping. Tens of thousands of horses passed over several stone bridges, but just half of the men and horses heard the golden drums in front of them, shouting and killing, smoke and dust rising into the air, war horses neighing, and I don't know how many enemies rushed over. Zhang Xianzhong was taken aback, and immediately ordered the whole army to be on alert, and at this moment, a report came from the front, rode to him, and shouted: "Commander, there are countless officers and soldiers in front of you." ”

Zhang Xianzhong asked, "Whose people?" ”

Tan reported: "The Chinese army has a tall flag and a Qin character written on it, which is Qin Liang's 'jade'." ”

Zhang Xianzhong gritted his teeth: "This enemy is waiting for me here." Tell the three armies to speed up the crossing of the river, and those who have already crossed the river will resist the officers and troops with all their might, and those who retreat will be killed. ”

He has been in battle for a long time, so he naturally knows the strategy of attacking half-crossing. When the enemy crosses the river, he must wait until the men and horses have crossed nearly half of the time to attack, at this time the people behind will not come immediately, and the men and horses who have already crossed the river will definitely be greatly panicked and will inevitably retreat backwards, so that the people and horses who are crossing the river behind will be squeezed, and the result will be that the men and horses in front cannot retreat, and the men and horses behind cannot cross, so they can only be slaughtered.

Qin Liang's 'jade' was also familiar with this plan, so he waited until Zhang Xianzhong's men and horses were halfway crossed, and suddenly launched an attack.

Zhang Xianzhong knew that what was needed most at this time was calmness, as long as the people in front of him were 'chaotic', it would inevitably be a big defeat. At this time, it was Li Dingguo who led the front army to cross the river, he has always been a pioneer, at this time he brought 3,000 cavalry with him, and when he saw that the officers and soldiers were killed, he looked back, half of the men and horses had not crossed the river, and they were all on several small bridges, he knew that if he could not withstand the attack of the official army at this time, the peasant army would be squeezed down the river, and a few small bridges in front of him that were not wide could not allow so many men and horses to retreat at the same time.

Therefore, Li Dingguo shouted loudly, took 3,000 cavalry, and greeted him without looking back. At the same time, he ordered the infantry behind him to stabilize the corners, and 'shoot' the defensive line with strong bows and crossbows, so as not to let the officers and soldiers rush into the 'chaos' formation.

Li Dingguo is a brave general in a hundred battles, and at the most critical time, he made the most correct decision, and most of the time, the victory or defeat of a battle lies in the judgment of the main general.

Qin Liang's 'jade' was about to kill Zhang Xianzhong by surprise, she took the whole army to double the road, and she has been in Sichuan for a long time, born and raised, and is very familiar with the road, so she copied a shortcut, and finally came to Shizihe before Zhang Xianzhong.

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