He's marching too fast along the way. 【Latest chapter reading. Because they were all cavalry, in more than ten days, they galloped hundreds of miles and conquered seven or eight county seats, and all the county towns were broken into by the Qin army before they could prevent it.

At this time, Bai Qi began to rest his men, and at the same time he got the military information reported by the detective. The officers and troops that Wang Qiaonian urgently ordered to be transferred back had already pounced, and there were tens of thousands of officers and soldiers on both routes, which were only more than 100 miles away from him, and there were more officers and troops surrounding him.

For these officers and soldiers, Bai Qi is not afraid, he has 20,000 cavalry in his hands, coming and going like the wind, when he got the news of Wang Qian, Bai Qi knew that it was time for him to retire.

In terms of the art of war, in a war, there is no advance or retreat, and countless examples of war show that as long as you fight forward with one blow, you will not be defeated, but when you retreat, it is the most dangerous time. Because at this time, the soldiers were all reluctant to retreat, and often scrambled to be the first, which made the march chaotic. If the enemy comes up from behind, the soldiers are even more frightened, so they are often defeated.

The most famous example of the battle was the Battle of Huangshui between the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Former Qin.

Bai Qi naturally knows this truth.

He pondered for a moment, found a lieutenant general, and ordered him to retreat first with 10,000 cavalry. Returning from the original route, Bai Qi told the adjutant general that when he left, he must investigate the enemy situation as much as possible, try not to contact the officers and soldiers, and as long as he can return to the edge of the Yellow River, there will be a boat to meet him.

The adjutant general asked, "General, what about you, don't you go back the way you came?" ”

Bai Qi smiled: "You don't have to worry about this, remember, being able to bring these 10,000 people back to Guanzhong safely is the first achievement." ”

The lieutenant general gave the order, then ordered 10,000 horses and killed them back the way they came.

Bai Qi did not move at this time, and ordered his soldiers to bring five days of dry food each, discard unnecessary things, and advance lightly.

The direction in which he was traveling was to kill the officers and soldiers on the south road.

No one thought of this, but the officers and men of the Qin army all understood a rule, that is, military orders are like mountains, and they cannot be doubted, even if they have doubts, they must be stuffed in their stomachs, because only the general can give orders, and others only need to obey the orders.

Strict military discipline is exactly the style that the Qin army has always had.

10,000 cavalry of the Qin army turned to the south and killed the official reinforcements.

At this time, the reinforcements of the official army were advancing in full swing, they received Wang Qiaonian's general order, and they were so angry that they were helpless, it was Wang Qiaonian who deployed them on the front line of the Yellow River to guard against the Qin army in the direction of Tongguan, but at this time, they did not expect that people killed them from the north, and they wanted to rush to intercept it, and said that the Qin army was killing in the direction of the capital, once the Qin army could not be blocked, let them reach the capital, threatening the saint, the consequences naturally needless to say, all the generals will be beheaded.

Therefore, these officers and soldiers ran desperately, just hoping to intercept the Qin army as soon as possible.

However, Bai Qi had been resting for a few days at the western foot of Taihang Mountain, and the people and horses had rested their spirits, and their spirit was in full swing, and they were very fast when they came up. The officers and soldiers were caught off guard along the way, and the two sides almost ran to the head, and an encounter immediately began.

Both sides did not have time to arrange their troops and rush to the battle, but the Qin army came prepared and energetic, while the officers and soldiers were tired and tired, so as soon as the two sides faced each other, the Qin army completely dispersed the opponent's camp.

The strength of the two sides was about the same, so the Qin army had the advantage of physical strength, and immediately killed the officers and soldiers and scattered and fled.

Bai Qi ordered not to fall in love with the battle, rushed away from the enemy army, and walked south.

The officers and troops along the way had already been killed by the Qin army, and where could they gather men and horses to pursue again, so the Qin army was able to calmly throw off the officers and troops.

Bai Qi had already thought about it, and his people did not take the original route, and went all the way to the direction of Tongguan. Enter the customs from Tongguan. In this way, the division of troops from two sides is much safer and more flexible.

After the officers and soldiers were killed and dispersed along the way, there were no more officers and soldiers in front of Bai Qi to intercept him, so he had a smooth journey, and with 10,000 horses like a gust of wind, he swept through the territory of Shanxi, and no one dared to stop him.

This time, Bai Qi did not attack the county again, as long as he could bypass it, he would not go to war. He wants to preserve his strength, this is not the time to capture the entire territory of Shanxi, the Qin army will have to develop for a period of time, and then attack.

Within a few days, Bai Qi led his army to Yuncheng and reached the edge of the Yellow River. Here the boats were collected, and the river was calmly crossed, and the journey was long.

This commotion in Shanxi, Wang Qiaonian was so angry that he jumped like thunder, the Qin army galloped across Shanxi, and then divided his troops back, and the officers and troops under his command did not win a battle, and they did not even capture a prisoner, because it was always the Qin army that took the initiative. People come and go, as if they are in a no-man's land. In the end, he had to plead guilty.

Chongzhen didn't blame him, because he reported in time, Wu Sangui led more than 20,000 people, starry night, rushed to the capital, and guarded the safety of the Beijing division. Therefore, he only issued an edict and reprimanded Wang Qiaonian, so that he would take strict precautions in the future and not let the Qin army be so presumptuous again.

The Qin army has gained a lot, and has obtained the war horse gold sent by Huang Taiji, as well as countless bows and arrows, which can be used to arm a large number of men and horses. Moreover, Bai Qi drew the terrain and military distribution in Shanxi clearly along the way, so that when he attacked again in the future, he could save a lot of trouble.

The king of Qin was overjoyed and ordered Bai Qi and the 20,000 Qin troops to be rewarded. At this time, the treasury of the Qin army was finally full, and Zhang Yi went to the table and asked for the development of the Qin people's commerce. In the past, the Qin army relied on collecting taxes to maintain expenses, but now that he has a relatively strong family foundation, Zhang Yi feels that it is time for the Qin army to make money on his own.

First of all, the salt and iron trade between Guanzhong and Hanzhong, Qin Jun finally took it all by himself.

It stands to reason that salt and iron are controlled by the state and unified prices, but the Qin army did not have extra money in their hands before, plus they always fought wars, and they couldn't take care of these, so within the territory under their control, they were still free to operate by the merchants, in order to prevent the merchants from joining hands to raise prices and disrupt the market, the king of Qin stipulated the price of salt and iron, but the merchants still had a way, they added impurities to the salt, or shoddy, and used these means to make profits, and the king of Qin also knew, but it was not easy to control.

This time, the Qin army brought salt and iron into the state, and this phenomenon was put an end to. The people applauded.

The salt and iron business is extremely profitable, and with this as a guarantee, the treasury of the Qin army will not be in short supply.

In addition, Zhang Yi also opened many inns, teahouses, and wine shops in various county towns, which were run by people in the Qin army, on the one hand, to increase income, and on the other hand, to probe and spread news.

The economy of the Qin army has finally developed by leaps and bounds.

With money, it is easy to do things, and it is not a problem for the Qin army to make uniforms and build weapons.

Just when the development of the Qin army was booming, news also came from Sichuan that Zhang Xianzhong had captured Chongqing.

A month ago, Zhang Xianzhong had an army of more than 300,000 people, and immediately became ambitious, he divided his troops into three routes, directly took Chongqing, and sent Li Dingguo as the vanguard.

According to Zhang Xianzhong's previous style, he must burn and loot in these counties, but he was persuaded by Tang Sai'er.

She said to Zhang Xianzhong: "If the handsome only wants to be a rogue, then you don't have to worry about the thoughts of the people, but if you want to tear the soil and become the king, or even rule the world, you must love the people." Didn't you see Li Zicheng at this time, and he had already won the hearts of the people in Henan? ”

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong's enthusiasm was high, and when he heard this, he nodded again and again: "The military advisor is reasonable, our old Zhang is going to establish himself as the king in Sichuan, and without the support of the people, I am afraid that I will not be able to do it." Well, the order goes down, the army must not kill the people indiscriminately, nor can it rob the people's property, if the hand is in the warehouse, go to the official and the landlord's house to rob it. ”

Therefore, along the way, Zhang Xianzhong's men did not harm the people, and after breaking the county seat, most of the unlucky people were officials and squires.

Ten days later, Li Dingguo led 30,000 horses and drove to the city of Chongqing.

Chen Shiqi, the governor of Sichuan, had already ordered the guards in Chongqing to take strict precautions, and transferred some men and horses into the city to help guard them. But these Sichuan troops add up to only 50,000 horses, where can they stop Zhang Xianzhong's 300,000 troops.

After Zhang Xianzhong led the main force to arrive, he surrounded the city of Chongqing and attacked day and night. There were no cannons in Sichuan, so the threat to the peasant army was not great, only relying on bows, arrows, fire bottles and other equipment, after five days of defense, the defenders in the city suffered heavy losses, and finally the peasant army attacked the city.

300,000 horses and horses slaughtered into the city, and immediately occupied the entire city of Chongqing, only a few thousand officers and soldiers came out of the city wall and fled.

After Zhang Xianzhong occupied Chongqing, he rested his men and horses, collected money and grain, and prepared to attack Chengdu and conquer the entire territory of Sichuan in one fell swoop.

At this time, there were no more officers and troops in Sichuan who could resist Zhang Xianzhong, Qin Liangyu wanted to lead the army to come, but there were only thirty or forty thousand people, and her health was also very bad and she was bedridden. Can't get out of the horse.

Chen Shiqi complained bitterly, so he had to hurriedly send a table to the court, asking for reinforcements to be sent to Sichuan.

But where can Chongzhen still send reinforcements, he can only send an order to the governor of Huguang and ask him to transfer people and horses into Sichuan, but the people and horses in Huguang have not fought for a long time, and the soldiers are unwilling to leave their hometown and go to Sichuan to fight, so the order will be passed on, and it is not effective. Moreover, even if some generals came to listen to orders, they delayed as much as possible, and the march was extremely slow.

Hearing this, Chongzhen was helpless. had to give Chen Shiqi an order to train men and horses in the local area to guard the place. Chen Shiqi had no choice but to desperately transfer troops to protect Chengdu.

The entire Sichuan war situation has been firmly held in Zhang Xianzhong's hands.

Li Dang, who was in Hanzhong, was very happy to learn the news and wrote this love to the king of Qin.

After King Qin saw it, he frowned. In his eyes, Zhang Xianzhong is arrogant and undisciplined, and has the style of a hero, once the soldiers are strong and strong, it will definitely become a big disaster.