"Gentlemen, Wu Sangui has withdrawn his army, and Guizhou has reported back in detail, and the Tartars have also transferred another army. If the old man didn't expect it, the Tartars should be going to do something to Yunnan. ”

The call for the righteousness of the monarch and the minister, these are all repeated by Wen Anzhi many times, and there is no need for this. When the generals heard the news, they hurriedly remobilized the troops that had returned to the construction and recuperation, and everything went according to the same way as in June, and once again launched an offensive against Chongqing.

This time, the army divided the land and water armies and rushed to the city of Chongqing, and the main forces of the whole battalion such as Liu Tichun, Yuan Zongdi, Ta Tianbao, Dang Shousu, He Zhen, and Ma Tengyun were personally led by Wen Anzhi of the Governor and Pavilion Department to advance along the land route on both sides of the Yangtze River; Pan Yinglong, the eunuch of the supervising army, contacted San Tan and the sailors to march by boat.

On the second day of the first month of December, Marquis Tan Wen and Zhenbei general Mu Sheng led 7,000 Ming troops to arrive at the city of Chongqing by 158 ships, and immediately divided their troops into three routes to launch an offensive against the city of Chongqing.

is still cleaning up the plum blossom piles outside the city, and it is really a lot of waste, which shows that Wu Sangui is still hard-working. After the clean-up, the battle began immediately, and the sound of artillery fire and shouts of killing resounded outside Chongqing again after only a few months. The first line of Chaotianmen, the first line of Linjiang Gate and Qianguo Gate, the first line of Nanji Gate, Chuqi Gate, Jinzimen, and the seventeenth gate of Chongqing, the three roads of the Ming Army are expanded, and the virtual and the real complement each other. In particular, the dense vegetation outside the city that gradually restored its "dominant position" made the Qing army have no courage to go out of the city to counterattack, lest there would be Ming army ambushes in those places out of sight, waiting for them to throw themselves into the net.

The Qing army resisted stubbornly in the city, as such, from the second day of the first month, until the thirteenth, the messenger sent by the Qing army to ask Wu Sangui for help estimated that he had already arrived in Zunyi, but he did not see Wu Sangui return to the division, looking to the north, from the downstream direction, and a Ming army sailor division that was not inferior to the former in any way was driving towards Chongqing City!

"There are more than a hundred ships again, and look at those soldiers, how can there be six or seven thousand men and horses. The ones who came in front were Tan Wen and Mu Sheng, and the ones who came back were Tan Yi and Yuan Qianxiao, which were only two of the three Tans, and they were already an army of 10,000 or three. Presumably, those thieves are also following behind, and it won't be long before they come one after another! ”

"The thieves clearly know that we have increased our troops, so the scale this time is even larger than the last time, and it is not clear that the whole division is coming. Why hasn't the prince of Pingxi returned to the teacher, if he comes a few days late, I'm afraid he will have to collect the corpse for us! ”

"King Pingxi has already returned to the division once, and this time, it is more reliable to count on Li Zhijun to lead troops south from Baoning to help."

Outside the city, the arrival of new Ming troops had to readjust their respective defense areas, so the offensive was suspended. However, the city did not feel the slightest relief because of this, but became even more panicked - they were not the real elite of the green camp after all, let alone compared to Wu Sangui's Guan Ning army. And their opponent is the only remaining fruit of the old Sichuan army, and it is the remnant of the old invasion army, and there is a big gap in the combat effectiveness of the two sides, even if they defend it with a strong city, even if the strength is not inferior to the opponent in these ten days, but in the face of such an offensive, it is still quite difficult to parry.

At night, after arranging the defense, Wang Mingde and other generals gathered together to discuss the military situation. However, there is no clue about the word countermeasures. As for the governor Gao Mingzhan, these days are all a monk who can burn relics after death, kneeling in front of the Bodhisattva statue Amitabha Buddha I don't know how many times, praying for the Qing army, and spiritually making great contributions to the matter of guarding the palace, so they really can't bear to bother.

"According to this posture, it won't take a few days for those Kuidong thieves to come together......"

"What else, it's nothing more than a fight to the death!"

Thoughts, individuals are different, but when they fall into the present, they look at each other, and it is nothing more than a desperate bloody battle, hoping that the Qing court can comfort their families and protect their children and grandchildren in the future, that's all.

Tan Yi and Yuan Qianxiao arrived today, and from the city, the work of handing over the two Ming armies to the defense area had been officially completed in the afternoon. If nothing else, tomorrow the offensive continues, and they will not only have to face the old opponents of the past ten days, but also be attacked by these new forces. Moreover, such a new force will continue to arrive in the future, all of which will increase their pessimism and "seconds".

It was difficult for the Qiao woman to cook without rice, and she discussed, and she didn't discuss it for a long time, so she could only hold on until Wu Sangui's return to the teacher arrived. Who knows, before they dispersed, one of Wang Mingde's subordinates ran in, saying that Gao Mingzhan, the governor of Sichuan, had escaped from the city with his cronies!

"I'm going to chase Governor Gao back!"

Cheng Tingjun, the chief soldier of Chongkui, got up and said that he was going to lead the soldiers to chase after him. Unexpectedly, at this time, Wang Mingde grabbed his arm and sighed: "Where can I catch this black light blindly?" ”

Wang Mingde only had this sentence, and persuaded Cheng Tingjun to come down. The latter sat back in his chair in self-defeat, heartbroken. It's just that no one knows the meaning of Wang Mingde's persuasion, whether Cheng Tingjun really understands it, but no one knows.

After all, the human heart is separated from the belly.

The governor ran away, and the news quickly spread throughout the city, and the morale of the defenders was inevitably hit to varying degrees - although they had not seen this governor a few times, and no one had seen him when defending the city, but after all, he was a high-ranking official sent by the Qing court, and a feudal official in charge of civil affairs, litigation and military affairs of a province. Now that even the feudal officials have run away, they naturally don't feel that it is necessary for them to defend such a city for the Qing court.

The next day, December 14, as they expected, the Ming army continued their offensive. After handing over the defense area, Tan Wen concentrated more troops to launch a siege operation against Chongqing City, while the sailors of Mu Sheng and Yuan Qianxiao shelled the city walls along the river on the river, which was not lively. Only Tan Yi has never moved, as if there is no such person as him.

"Yang Yuan, the soldier who escaped from the city said that Gao Mingzhan had abandoned the city and fled, and his morale plummeted. At this time, when you enter the army, you can go down with a drum, why are you standing still here? ”

Wanxian Santan is a brother of the same clan, he is a close relative, and in the face of the former Dashun Army units entrenched in Kuidong over the years, as well as the Xiying people who are operating in Sichuan, they are like the brothers of the same milk compatriots, and they have always been the most tightly grouped.

Santan, led by Tan Wen, is used to having a nose out of anger, and it was originally agreed in advance at Wen Anzhi that they would attack first, and now the situation is very good, and it is even very likely that they will be able to take Chongqing Mansion before the arrival of the army. But Tan Yi never moved like a mountain, and did not attack according to the agreement. This is the case on the 14th, today is already the fifteenth, and it is like this again, Tan Wen had to rush to Tan Yi's camp, and when they met, they would inevitably ask questions.

The situation of the Qing army is very bad, the odds of winning have increased greatly, and Tan Wen is not at all angry when he encounters a teammate who is dragging his feet. However, hearing this, Tan Yi did not explain, but hesitated slightly, and then asked rhetorically: "Brother, Chongqing is easy to go down, but Guizhou is lost, what's the point of us working so hard?" ”

"What do you mean!"

Tan Yi's words were something that Tan Wen never expected, and he asked sharply here, but Tan Yi seemed to have mustered up enough courage and continued to say to him: "Brother, Guizhou has been lost, and Yunnan is bound to be difficult to hold." We are working hard in Sichuan, but the court is about to disappear. ”

"Yang Yuan, the King of Jin has now killed the four kings of the Imperial Court, and Wu Sangui can't help him. Besides, there is the southeast ......"

"Brother is going to say that Zheng Ci's surname and Chen Kai, God knows if they were made up by Inspector Wen."

"Inspector Wen will never deceive me!" Speaking of this, looking at Tan Yi's dodging gaze, Tan Wen suddenly realized: "Don't you want to surrender?" ”

With a loud shout, Tan Yi subconsciously took two steps back when he heard this, and then felt a little angry, but he didn't dare to step forward again, so he simply persuaded gently: "Brother, this world looks like the Qing Dynasty, there is a way for good birds to choose trees, and virtuous ministers choose the master and do things......"

"That's a Tartar, do you still want an ancestor!" Angry shouts sounded, even though Tan Wendang drew his sword in his hand, the little cold light on the tip of the sword pointed directly at Tan Yi's nose: "I'll give you another chance at the end, now follow me to attack the city, I just haven't heard the just now." Otherwise......"

"We're brothers, brother, don't force me!"

Saying that, Tan Yidang grabbed the tea cup on the case and threw it to the ground with all his strength. The blue and white porcelain tea cup touched the ground, and even made a crisp cracking sound. At the same time, a team of sharps in armor rushed in and surrounded Tan Wen in the big tent.

"It turns out that you have been ready for a long time." All the sharp soldiers are Tan Yi's personal soldiers and family members, Tan Wen listened attentively, and it seemed that the few personal soldiers he brought had also been restrained. At this moment, he was in danger of reversing the situation, and the pathos in his chest spontaneously appeared: "I, Tan Wen, will never surrender!" ”

Half an hour later, outside the Linjiang Gate of Chongqing's Fucheng, Feng Jingming, the chief military officer under Tan Yi, came to shout, saying that it represented Tan Yi's willingness to surrender to the Qing court. When Wang Mingde and others heard the news, they hurriedly hung Feng Jingming to the city, interrogated them carefully, and in the face of such a great joy, they also hurriedly rewarded the messenger and sent their cronies to Tan Yi's camp to verify the authenticity. When he got there, he inspected Tan Wen's head, and he also saw the money rat tail that Tan Yi had just kept, and hurriedly rushed back to the city to report the good news to Wang Mingde and other generals.

Until the next day, the Qing army, which had been cowering in the city, suddenly went out of the city to meet the battle, and the Ming army did not suspect him and hurriedly responded to the battle. Unexpectedly, at this moment, Tan Yi's troops turned against each other, and they thought that Tan Wen's generals who stayed in Tan Yi's camp to discuss military affairs with him were suddenly attacked, and it was immediately a big chaos.

Under the internal and external attacks of the Qing army and the rebels, Tan Wen's troops were leaderless, and they were caught off guard. The artillery originally used for siege was aimed at the banks of the river and the ships on the river, and it was also a mess. The Ming army was defeated, and hurriedly went down the river and evacuated to the east of Kui, "I don't know how many people capsized and fell into the water." The Qing army pursued and killed at the end of the ranks, and chased until the Causeway Gorge before collecting troops and returning to the camp.

On the 17th, Tan Hong, the last of the three Tans, went to help as promised, and those who saw it, on both sides of the riverbank, floating corpses and wrecked boats abounded, and Tan Yi came in person to meet him in front of the two armies.

"Without the water master, Inspector Wen can't take Chongqing, so he can only withdraw with those thieves. As for the Yunnan side, Wang Zongbing said that the Eight Banners Army of the imperial court has joined forces with the prince of Pingxi, so how can he be an opponent with that western thief? ”

"However, there are still Zheng Ci and Chen Kai in the southeast."

The feud between the Sichuan army and Xiying is as deep as the sea, Li Dingguo has no place to be buried when he dies, and Tan Hong can only feel happy. But the problem is that the current southeast Ming army is already a behemoth, between the Ming and Qing dynasties, it is still unknown who will kill the deer, and he will inevitably have some worries.

"Hehe, Zheng Ci's surname is a pirate, maybe the court is not his opponent at sea, but if he really fights a land war, when the Eight Banners Army is withdrawn from the southwest, it will be his death. And that Chen Kai is even more ridiculous. Hong Jingluo, who has been famous for decades, is also something he can easily defeat? In my opinion, nine times out of ten, that guy took advantage of Hong Jingluo's clone and defeated one or two of Hong Jingluo's generals, and was blown out of the sky by the imperial court. When you meet the real Buddha, it's still a dead end! ”