After capturing Chengdu Fucheng and subduing Long Wenguang and other officials, under the auspices of Qin Qigong, Zhao Ying quickly spread a message of pacification to the vicinity of Chengdu Prefecture and even the whole of Sichuan in the name of the Sichuan Governor Yamen and the Shu King Zhu Zhishu, and the originally floating people's hearts and military hearts gradually stabilized.

Long Wenguang, Liu Zhibo and other key Sichuan officials were placed under house arrest in the Zhaojue Temple in Chengdu, and the yamen decrees were carried out by Qin Qigong and Zheng Shiqi. Chengdu Mansion City has not lost his hand for more than ten years, more than 10 official warehouses in the city are intact, there are thousands of ointment, Wang Laixing opened a warehouse to reward the army, and the Shu domain also contributed money and grain to subsidize, so the army has no worries about money and food.

After Wang Laixing sat down in Chengdu Mansion, he first received a good news that Ma Wannian, who was stationed in Luzhou Mansion, had affirmed his grandmother Qin Liangyu's request for additional troops. Under the condition that eastern Sichuan is basically stable, the safety of the Shi Yan Xuan Comfort Division is no longer a matter worth worrying about, so Qin Liangyu promised to send another 3,000 Shi Yan soldiers to support Ma Wannian in the near future. Perhaps the shadow of the former away battle in Liaodong and other official and military rivalries is still haunting in Qin Liangyu's heart, with the lessons of the past, the overall disadvantage of the battle with the Western Army has long been reversed into an advantage, and the original temptation can be turned into an all-out effort, so that Qin Liangyu, who protects his grandson deeply, naturally hopes that his grandson can make contributions in all directions.

But Wang Laixing's joy didn't last long, and Ma Wannian's affairs stopped, and then the military information of the Western Army infesting Jiading Mansion came. Zhu Yixiang, the governor of Jiading Prefecture, is currently organizing various prefectures and counties to strengthen the city to resist the enemy, and at the same time asks Chengdu Prefecture to send troops to rescue as soon as possible.

Confined the western army to the mountainous areas of southwest Sichuan was the basic strategy set by Wang Laixing, Qin Qigong and others, Jiading Mansion was a military stronghold in southwest Sichuan, and the route from Jiading Mansion to the north by water was for the outer water, which could lead directly to the south of Chengdu. If Jiading Mansion is lost, Chengdu Mansion will be invaded by both land and water by the Western Army, and the defensive pressure will undoubtedly increase a lot. Wang Laixing was well aware of the stakes, and immediately convened the generals to discuss the military after hearing the news.

The messenger came from the north, and at midnight he touched the outside of Chengdu and was almost killed on the spot by the patrolling soldiers who thought they were Western army sentinels. Ma Bao, who was in charge of the night patrol, kept an eye on him, sent someone to capture him alive, and was shocked when he asked, just because the person who came actually claimed to be his own person in the Rui Domain, and brought a secret letter from Zhu Changhao, the king of Rui.

Zhu Changhao is Zhao Dangshi's father-in-law, Ma Bao rushed to Wang Laixing's residence in the starry night, Wang Laixing woke up and jumped up from the bed, put on a piece of clothing and quickly met the person from Ruifan. After talking, I learned that the person who came had a single name and a loyal character, and he was the personal companion of the lord of Huaqing, and the person named "Zhongbo" was also. In order to avoid the rebellion in Shaanxi, Rui Fan moved his family and was escorted into Sichuan by Zhao Guangyuan, the chief soldier of Han Qiang.

According to Zhongbo, Ruifan's destination was originally in Huguang, and he had agreed with Zhao Guangyuan before leaving, but Zhao Guangyuan led his army to Baoning Mansion in northern Sichuan, and suddenly stopped and stationed there. Zhu Changhao urged Zhao Guangyuan to continue to move several times, but Zhao Guangyuan always found excuses to shirk in every possible way, pushing tomorrow today and tomorrow the day after tomorrow, but he refused to move one more step, but forcibly placed Zhu Changhao and his wife and a family member of the Rui Fan in a courtyard in Nanjin Pass, south of Baoning Prefecture, and sent troops to guard it, not allowing people from the Rui Domain to enter and leave, which was like imprisonment.

Zhu Changhao couldn't swallow this breath, so he asked the vigorous Zhongbo to sneak out of the courtyard to investigate Zhao Guangyuan's whereabouts, and found that Zhao Guangyuan went to Langzhong County twice in three days to meet with Cao Xun, Yang Zhan and a group of northern Sichuan army generals. When there was nothing to be done, his wife Dangzhong Bo volunteered and was willing to go to Huguang alone to seek Zhao Dangshi's help. Although it is far away from the high road of Huguang Mountain and the beacon fire is endless, but Zhu Changhao, who is in prison, can only count on this road, so he sighed and accepted Zhongbo's suggestion, and did not forget to let Zhongbo bring the rattle that Huaqing used to play as a token as a token before seeing him off.

With his rich experience and dexterity, Zhongbo escaped from several key passes near Boryeong Province and headed south. Originally, he wanted to follow the Jialing River to the river, and then go to Huguang along the river, but halfway through the road, he suddenly heard the news that the soldiers and horses of the Zhao battalion were advancing into Chengdu Fucheng, so he immediately changed his course and went to Chengdu. When I arrived in Chengdu Prefecture, I just happened to catch up with the martial law of the four fields that changed hands in the city, and I experienced a thrilling difficulty outside the city.

The heart of the generals of the northern Sichuan army is well known to passers-by, not to mention the Zhao Ying, whose interests are closely related. Wang Laixing first sent Zhongbo to rest, and found Qin Qigong overnight and told him about it.

"Cao Xun and the others intend to coerce the king to respect himself, for us, he can take a fancy to others, and King Rui must not be held hostage by others." Qin Qigong's face was solemn, "Otherwise, if the matter spreads, it will not only damage our army's statement, but our army will also be in an extremely passive situation." "It is conceivable that once the Northern Sichuan Army sacrifices the door to King Rui, no matter how sharp Zhao Ying is, he will still be timid and completely at a disadvantage.

Wang Laixing nodded and said: "What Mr. said is exactly what I want, the northern Sichuan military town is domineering, and there is an intention to divide and fight against our army." If Cao Xun and others are allowed to succeed and cut off the northern Sichuan passage, our army will not be able to communicate with Shaanxi, and even if Chengdu Mansion is defeated, it will be useless. ”

"The geography of Sichuan is self-contained, and all four corners are indispensable. The throat of northern Sichuan is occupied by others, and we will be in Chengdu in the clouds, and it is difficult to hide. Qin Qigong analyzed based on facts.

The importance of northern Sichuan is especially reflected in the wing shelter of Chengdu Mansion, which is surrounded by a plain of Pingchuan, although it is fertile for thousands of miles, and the products are quite abundant, but the north is relied on, only the lofty mountains and mountains of northern Sichuan and the many dangerous passes distributed in between. Without northern Sichuan, the enemy from the north can advance into Chengdu at any time, and no matter how perfectly Zhao Ying manages Chengdu, he will always face the threat of being burned to the ground, which is a great strategic disadvantage and must be avoided in time.

"The ambitions of the military towns in northern Sichuan are clearly exposed, and they can't be won by just relying on appeasement and forbearance." Wang Laixing said, "Military pressure must be exerted, and the worst plan can only be relied on with fists." ”

Qin Qigong said: "Exactly, but now that the thief has returned, the south should not be taken lightly." ”

Wang Laixing responded: "Yes, I made a rough calculation before, with the current strength of our army in Sichuan, it is enough to deal with one of the two sides of the south and north, and at the same time, I am afraid that I will not be able to do it." ”

After the Sichuan governor Yamen lost power, Wang Laixing recruited Liu Jiayin, Lu Yinchang, and Hao Xiwen, the three main armies controlled by Sichuan Fu, who had previously served Long Wenguang. These three people judged the situation and saw the olive branch thrown by Zhao Ying, how could there be any reason not to accept it. It was soon a three-in-one, Lu Yinchang and Hao Xiwen were all under Liu Jiayin's Zhenyuan camp, and a total of nearly 5,000 people were subordinated to the Zhao camp. At this point, with the addition of 3,000 people in the training camp of the Zhao camp itself, 3,000 people in the Jinghe rear camp, 5,000 people in the Tan family brothers, 2,000 people in Zhao Ronggui, 2,000 people in Zeng Ying, and 5,000 soldiers in Shi Yan, who were about to complete the rendezvous, and 2,000 people under the Sichuan Commander's Yamen stationed in Chongqing, Wang Laixing's total strength in Sichuan was 27,000.

This number of soldiers and horses was originally a lot, but considering that the strength of the northern Sichuan army and the western army in southern Sichuan was not weak, dealing with them, less than 30,000 people were still said to be a lot rich, not to mention that important cities such as Chongqing Fucheng, Luzhou Fucheng, Chengdu Fucheng and other important cities temporarily needed a certain number of troops to defend and maintain stability, and the number of troops that Zhao Ying could actually put into field battles during this period was even less.

Qin Qigong knew the current situation, thought for a while, and said: "We have achieved several main goals of attacking Sichuan, and the current situation is delicate, I think it is best to urgently send someone to Huguang and let the lord give instructions for the next step." "The small battle arrangement Wang Laixing and Qin Qigong can decide by themselves, but when it comes to major strategic deployments, they still have to let Zhao Dangshi make the decision, especially when there is still an old man in Zhao Dangshi in northern Sichuan, they don't dare to act rashly.

When Zhao Dangshi met the envoy from Sichuan, it was mid-to-late November. At this time, it was only a month and a half after the invasion of Tongguan by the breaking army.

After the fall of Tongguan, the Ming army scattered and fled, Shaanxi governor Feng Shikong retreated to Xi'an, the soldiers and horses in the city lacked food and salary, and the weather suddenly turned cold. The army soon came to the city, Wang Genzi, the deputy general of Xi'an defending the city, knew that it was difficult to fight, opened the city gate and surrendered, and the soldiers took the important town without blood, He Zhen, Dong Xueli, Ma Yuan, Li Guoqi, Zuo Xian and other generals surrendered, and the old generals of the Ming court who lived in Xi'an, Zuo Guangxian, Liang Fu, etc., also bent their knees, and Zhu Cunji, the king of Qin, was also named the general of Quan, and Feng Shikong and Huang Jiong, the envoy of Shaanxi, were killed.

Li Zicheng led the main army to capture Xi'an, and Yuan Zongdi, who went to Shangluo on the other hand, also connected with Shangzhou, Luonan and other places to come to the meeting, and the army entered the city, Li Zicheng immediately set out to calm the people, "ordered not to kill a person in vain, and the wrong person will pay for his life." However, on the grounds that the Shaanxi gentry had brutalized the poor people for many years, they began to wantonly recover stolen goods and help the big gentry in Xi'an, tortured and plundered them for three days, prepared extremely cruelly, and demanded millions of money. In the future, ordinary people were affected, and they were accused of acting for the rich and tigers, arresting men as slaves and plundering women as wives, and it was difficult to stop repeated prohibitions. It was not until Li Zicheng copied the model of Henan and began to divide the officials of the government office to establish order while trying to suppress the soldiers that the situation was brought under control.

After that, the soldiers began to attack the entire territory of Shaanxi in three ways. Li Zicheng led Liu Fangliang to the left camp and Li Houying to attack northern Shaanxi; Liu Zongmin led the first part of the middle battalion and the right battalion of Yuan Zongdi to the west to attack Ningxia, Gansu, Xining and other regions; Tian Jianxiu led the first part of the middle camp to Hanzhong Mansion to open up the road to Sichuan.

Li Zicheng, Liu Fangliang, and Li Guo are like bamboos in Yan'an Mansion, and everywhere they pass through is popular, and Yan'an Mansion City is also a snap of their fingers. However, when Li Zicheng's hometown of Mizhi County arrived in Yulinwei, he was met with stubborn resistance.

Most of the generals who were originally placed in Yulinwei were originally subordinates of generals such as Fu Youde, Feng Sheng, and Tang He during the Fifth Expedition to the Northern Yuan Dynasty in the early Ming Dynasty, and their military literacy was outstanding. The border of Yulin Guard, in the early and middle Ming Dynasty, there were frequent wars, the people were fierce, and most of the generals were easy to be promoted through meritorious service, and there were many generals. For example, Hou Shilu, who was the chief soldier of Ningxia, You Shiwei, who was the chief soldier of Guanmen, Zhao Menglin, who was the chief soldier of Xuanfu, Zhang Chengyin, who was the chief soldier of Liaodong, Wang Xuan, who was the chief soldier of Baoding, and Du Song, who was the chief soldier of Jizhen, etc., are all generals from Yulinwei, and most of them are inherited by families.

Wang Ding, the chief soldier of Yansui Town, who fled here, is a native of Yulin Wei, and his father Wang Wei also served as the chief soldier in many places in Shaanxi in his early years, and the Wang family is a big family of Yulin Wei. Wang Ding's elder brother Wang Shiqin was once the chief military officer of the left part of Shanhai, and he has retired at home and is famous. Wang Shiqin came forward and invited veterans such as Hou Shilu, Hou Gongji, and You Shiwei, who were also idle, to help defend the city.

These people are all veterans, although they have seen the wind and steer in the past, but at this moment of life and death, they naturally use their lives to protect themselves. The army attacked twice, but they were all repulsed, and then You Zhaiwen, the deputy general of the Jingbian battalion, also led the army to retreat to the city, and the city defense became stronger. Li Zicheng then changed his urgency to slow down, and sent the debater Shu Junrui to bring 50,000 taels of silver into the city to persuade him to surrender. Now it is still a stalemate, and there is no eyebrow in sight.

Liu Zongmin and Yuan Zongdi have three main attack points, one is Guyuan Prefecture, one is Ningxia Wei, and the other is Qinzhou. The governor of Guyuan Prefecture who was defeated and retreated here ordered Bai Guangen, the commander of the train battalion, to hold on, and Bai Guangen joined Zheng Jiadong, the general soldier of Guyuan, in the middle of the way, killed Zheng Jiadong and his deputy general Zhao Huazhi, and gathered his people, so that the army is still strong today. Ningxia Wei was the chief soldier of Ningxia, Fu Min, and the chief soldier of Lintao, Niu Chenghu, who defended it, and the two of them ran very fast in the two battles of Ruzhou and Tongguan, and the strength of the department was not lost. Qinzhou has Chen Yong, whose strength is weaker than the previous two, but it should not be underestimated.

In addition, Sun Shoufa of the Ming army fled to Zhongnan Mountain to fight guerrillas, and there was no great threat for the time being.

After discussion, Liu and Yuan decided to first make it difficult and then easy, and temporarily abandoned Chen Yong, who was unable to take the initiative to attack, and attacked the other two places separately, Liu Zongmin attacked Yuanzhou, and Yuan Zongdi attacked Ningxiawei. Liu Zongmin, like Li Zicheng, had an old relationship with Bai Guangen, and had the intention to surrender Bai Guangen, so he besieged Guyuan Prefecture but did not fight, and surrendered day and night, which has not yet been known. Ningxia Wei is far away, and Yuan Zongdi's army is still on the way.

Tian Jianxiu encountered great resistance all the way. In the original plan of the invasion army, after Zhao Guangyuan protected the Rui Fan and fled, there were only two remnants of the Ming army in Hanzhong Mansion Wu Dading and Gao Ruli who were defeated, and there were not many soldiers and horses, and they may not have the will to fight. However, Tian Jianxiu did not expect that he underestimated the complexity of the situation in Hanzhong Province.