Chapter 35: The War in Sichuan

"Kill." The shouts of killing were deafening, and the ships of the brigade stopped on the surface of the Yangtze River, and in the south of the Yangtze River, countless flags were unfurled.

In February of the fourth year of Zhaowu. Zhang Xuan gave an order, and the battle of Zhaowu's four-year Northern Expedition kicked off in Sichuan.

Li Dingguo integrated the soldiers and horses of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Chóng Qìng, including more than 100,000 soldiers, and Wu Sangui's troops wanted to match.

There is just one advantage that Wu Sangui can't win, that is, the boat, which is a sailor.

Wu Sangui was in Sichuan, not without training sailors, and not supervising shipbuilding.

It's just the power of Sichuan, how can it be compared to the power of the whole country of Great Xia.

Therefore, Li Dingguo didn't want to go north, and the reluctant situation could be maintained, after all, the secret transaction between the Xia Dynasty and Wu Sangui was still in progress.

After hearing the news in Beijing in the first month, Wu Sangui knew that something was wrong.

It's just that I never thought that something bad would happen so quickly. It was so fast that Wu Sangui couldn't react.

At the end of the first month, the salt and horse trade between the two sides was still ongoing, and in early February, the sailors of the Xia army suddenly attacked.

In just a few days, all the forces of Wu Sangui's sailors were destroyed.

Let Wu Sangui in Sichuan, there is hardly a working water division.

Next, it was Li Dingguo who pressed on it vigorously, and the first battle was Luzhou.

In front of him was the situation of Li Dingguo's forced crossing of the Yangtze River, under the cover of the artillery of the Xia army's naval division, countless soldiers crossed the Yangtze River in small boats and set up camp on the north bank.

Wu Sangui wanted to send a light cavalry to rush him and hit him in the middle of the crossing.

Just looking at the warships on the river, the muzzles of the guns that were already still smoking, I knew that it was impossible.

There are dozens of artillery pieces pressing the formation, it is impossible to defeat the other party, even if it can be defeated, the loss will never be calculated, and the cavalry is Wu Sangui's life-root, and it can never be broken again.

Wu Sangui could only watch as the Xia army set up a large camp on the north bank of the Yangtze River little by little.

He also knew that when the Xia army set up camp on the north bank of the Yangtze River, the days waiting for him would only be more sad.

"Newspaper, Chóng Qìng Xia army westward has broken through several counties. Now it has broken Longchang. The person below reported.

Wu Sangui's originally ugly face collapsed even more.

He knew that He Hutou did not want to join Li Dingguo under Luzhou City, but to drive straight into him first, cut off his back road first, and the two ways of attacking him wanted to trap him Wu Sangui in Luzhou City.

With the artillery level of the Xia army, although this Wu Sangui spent a lot of effort on Luzhou City.

But after a long-term siege, it is absolutely impossible to hold it.

Since the last confrontation with Li Dingguo, Wu Sangui has been in Chengdu for quite some time, not in Chengdu, but in Luzhou, making Luzhou an important town used to contain the Xia army.

I just never thought of it

, he had already overestimated the Xia army, and when Li Dingguo pressed it on a large scale, he still had no power to resist.

Wu Sangui scolded secretly in his heart: "Shunzhi Xiaoer, what did you do." ”

Wu Sangui had a premonition about the Xia army's attack, especially when Shunzhi ordered the liquidation of Dolgon's remaining party, Wu Sangui felt that the Xia army would inevitably move.

What is the Dolgon remnant party, really speaking, he Wu Sangui is also the Dolgon remnant party.

After all, it was Dolgon who accepted his surrender in the first place.

This one is strange not to make the people below panic.

In other aspects, Wu Sangui didn't pay attention, he just paid attention to one point, that is, the northwest side.

In the area of Ganshan and Shaanxi, it was Duoduo, and Azig worked together to fight down, and some of the northwest generals took refuge in Shunzhi, but most of them were involved with Duoduo and Azig.

At this moment, I am afraid that no one will support the Sichuan side. Besides, what Wu Sangui had done before, he himself knew it. He had already entered a separate book in the Qing court.

Sichuan can only rely on itself.

In this case, it is even more impossible for Wu Sangui to defend Luzhou.

He immediately made a decision and ordered the withdrawal of troops.

However, he was not easy to follow, so he did not retreat to Chengdu, but first went back to Chóng Qìng Xia Army. Break Xia Jun's arm and say it again.

Wu Sangui retreated in a big way, and he couldn't hide it from anyone at all.

Almost at the same time that Wu Sangui's army withdrew from Luzhou, Li Dingguo led his troops across the Yangtze River and entered the city of Luzhou.

This flag was victorious, and the city of Luzhou was captured almost bloodlessly, which made the generals below very happy. But Qin Meng was a little worried, and said to Li Dingguo: "Lord, Wu Sangui seems to have gone to General He's side, General He only has a partial division, but there are only 20,000 people, and in the face of Wu Sangui's army, I am afraid that it will not be able to stop." I also asked the prince to send troops to support as soon as possible. ”

As soon as Qin Meng spoke, some people suddenly remembered and agreed.

After all, the relationship between He Hutou and Zhang Xuan, and the relationship with Luo Yujiao are not a secret here. If He Hutou has three longs and two shorts, it will be difficult to explain to Nanjing.

It's just that Li Dingguo fell into deep thought, but did not speak.

Qin Meng was anxious in his heart, and said secretly: "The prince is not a person who can't be saved when he sees death. ”

Li Dingguo raised his head for a while before he raised his head and said, "I know the strength of General He, even if Wu Sangui wants to take down General He, it is not easy. It's just that now Wu Sangui is momentarily angry, but he has revealed a big flaw. ”

Qin Meng said: "Flaws? Where. ”

Li Dingguo said: "Chengdu. ”

"Wu Sangui's military deployment in Sichuan has two cores, one core is Chengdu, and the other core is Luzhou, of which Chengdu is its fundamental place, and Luzhou is just used to defend Chengdu."

"And the soldiers and horses of Luzhou are not in Luzhou, but with Luzhou as the center, the south defense is ours, and the east defense is Chóng Qìng."

"Chengdu troops,

It is almost half divided with Luzhou soldiers and horses. ”

"If Wu Sangui gives up Luzhou and withdraws directly to Chengdu, even if he doesn't withdraw to Chengdu and is close to Chengdu to set up defenses, then we can only fight in a war."

And now, his army is besieging He Hutou. From Luzhou to Chengdu, it is inevitable that the troops are insufficient, so that our army will drive straight into Chengdu and storm Chengdu, as long as Chengdu is a moment, Wu Sangui is in Sichuan, how can he gain a foothold, at most he can withdraw to Hanzhong. ”

When Qin Meng heard this, he immediately said: "But Chengdu is Wu Sangui's nest, which has been in business for several years, where is it so easy to fight." Once the time is long, General He can be? ”

Li Dingguo said: "You all know that Your Majesty wants to launch a large-scale northern expedition, and now all other ministries are preparing, but we are the vanguard." ”

"It's important to us and it's an opportunity for us."

"Everyone here knows the overall strategy of our troops and horses, yes, we are the first to attack, but our strategic goal is to stay outside the main battlefield."

"Beijing, between the south of Beijing and the Yellow River, this area is the place where the two countries will fight a decisive battle, and we cannot touch it, and even now Nanjing will ask for us, but once the war really starts. Can there still be such great support? ”

"If we send troops in May, we only need three months."

"In these three months, only a series of battles can make Your Majesty understand that our Western Route Army is the pillar of the dynasty, and the Central Plains War is impossible to miss us."

"If you want to participate, within three months, you must attack Ganshan."

"If you want to be knighted, if you want hereditary recklessness, it's up to you to fight this battle."

"And in front of us, there is an opportunity for a quick solution."

"What should we do?"

Li Dingguo's eyes swept and he saw the raging flames in the eyes of countless people. For a moment no one spoke.

At this time, even He Hutou's name became unimportant.

After all, there are people on top of it.

Even if Zhang Xuan was angry, he couldn't vent it on them.

And in their impressions, their majesty has always been reasonable.

Li Dingguo said: "Send an order to General He Hutou to inform him of our plan, and I will allow him to retreat." ”

"Yes." Someone immediately went to give the order.

Li Dingguo immediately sent people to stay in Luzhou, and made Feng Shuangli the vanguard, sailed upstream, and directly attacked Chengdu, and the rest of the troops advanced along both sides of the Min River, and captured the places they passed.

If you can't capture it for a while, you will besiege it first, and then report it.

In short, use the fastest time to hit the city of Chengdu.

Li Dingguo may not have the idea of capturing Chengdu first, but he has the idea of leading Wu Sangui to a decisive battle under the city of Chengdu.

This battle has entered a fast pace from the beginning.