[232] Storm the Seven Star Pass

Since a large number of combat troops had to stay in Sichuan to revise and clear the localities, Song Youliang decided to take only Shang Kexi, Geng Zhongming, Kong Youde, Zhang Yuliu, Li Jiyu, Li Xin, Li Mou, Tian Jianxiu, Zhang Nai, Liu Tichun, Gu Junen, Chen Wangting, Jiang Fa, Zhang Wanteng, Zhang Zhiyan's 15th battalion, as well as the 8,000 white pole soldiers of Qin Liangyu, the general soldier of Shizhu, and Wu Sangui's 10,000 Guanning troops, a total of 93,000 people, as the vanguard to march to Yunnan.

In accordance with the consistent style of planning and then acting, Song Youliang held a military meeting in Xuzhou to discuss the strategy of attacking Yungui.

Li Xin said: "When Fu Youde went to Yunnan, he first attacked Guizhou, and then took Qujing, and we can follow suit now." ”

Gu Junen said: "In the Yuan Dynasty, Kublai Khan attacked Dali and divided his troops into the west, east, and central roads to the south: the West Route Army was led by Wuliang Hetai, took Yandang Road, and entered the territory of Tubo along the grassland road. From Tubo to Yunnan, through present-day Sichuan Seda, Ganzi, Xinlong, Litang, Daocheng, Derong and other places, this route is a prairie with abundant water and grass. The Mongol cavalry marched along this road, which was easy to provide for and rarely encountered obstacles, so the advance was the smoothest; The East Route Army was led by the kings and Yezhilie, and went south from the Thorn, taking the ancient pass road from the grassland in the northwest of Sichuan to the inner county, passing through Maozhou, and approaching Huichuan; The Middle Route Army, led by Kublai Khan himself, went down the grassland on the west bank of the Dadu River through the Aba grassland, and recruited pastoral tribes wherever they could. After Kublai Khan entered the Jinsha River, he crossed the river by "leather bag and raft", and the Middle Route Army marched south from Shiguan in Lijiang. ”

Song Youliang was noncommittal to the suggestions of the two, but asked Wu Sangui: "Pingxihou, what suggestions do you have?" ”

Wu Sangui replied: "The army is still attacking in three ways, the left road from Banzhou sent troops, through Shuixi, captured Qixing Pass, to Kunming, a total of more than 1,500 miles; On the right road, from Duyun out of the division, along the border of Guizhou, through Pinglang, Yongshun, out of Anlong, straight to Huangcaoba, Luopingzhou, to Kunming, the total journey of more than 1,800 miles; The middle route sent troops to Guiyang, passed through the Guanling Iron Chain Bridge, entered Yunnan, and traveled more than 1,000 miles to Kunming. If all goes well, then by December this year, the Third Route Army will be able to meet in Kunming. ”

Li Xin and Gu Junen listened to Wu Sangui's deployment, and they were also impressed in their hearts, it seems that this person was born in a family of generals, and he really has a set of marching and fighting.

Song Youliang secretly said in his heart: "When the Qing army invaded Yunnan, you Wu Sangui was the vanguard, and now you are just borrowing your Wu Sangui's mouth to say it." So Song Youliang said: "Then it is agreed that Wu Sangui is the left route army, Li Xin is the right route army, and I am the middle route army." ”

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The military deployment of the Ming army was soon detected by the Great Western Army, and Sun Kewang hurriedly ordered Li Dingguo to deploy to meet the battle. Li Dingguo immediately ordered the general Feng Shuangli to guard the back of the chicken, which was named after the Jigong River, which went out of Guangshunzhou, flowed through Qingzhen, Xiuwen and poured into the Wujiang River. This place is only dozens of miles away from Guiyang, it is a dangerous place, Li Dingguo used this route army to block Song Youliang's middle route army.

Li Dingguo also used the general Zhang Xianbi to guard the Huangcao Dam on the Nanpan River. Panjiang River is also called Qiqi River, which is divided into two tributaries in the north and south: the north flow is the junction of Yunnan and Guizhou, called Beipan River; The south flow is the junction of Yunnan and Guangdong, called the Nanpan River. Huangcaoba is on the north bank of the Nanpan River, on the Guizhou side near the junction of Yunnan and Guizhou. Li Dingguo set up heavy troops here to block Li Xin's army on the right side of the Ming army.

In addition, Bai Wen was sent to select the western route, led 40,000 troops to guard the Qixing Pass, stopped Wu Sangui's left route army, and entered the Shengjie camp, putting on a posture of attacking Banzhou, but in fact, it was to contain Wu Sangui's division to ensure the smooth blocking of the other Second Route Army. Li Dingguo personally guarded the chain bridge of the Beipan River and reinforced, ready to reinforce. In the end, Sun Kewang led the main force to camp in Qujing on the left, and once the first few troops and horses were victorious, the Great Western Army could recover Guizhou in one fell swoop. Even if the four armies in front of him were defeated, Sun Kewang's main force could still wait for work, give the Ming army a head-on blow, and at least keep Yunnan.

Feng Shuangli, Zhang Xianbi, Bai Wenxuan, and Li Dingguo soon led their soldiers and horses to the predetermined position, but they did not see Sun Kewang's main army for a long time.

It turned out that Sun Kewang was in love with his concubine Xingniang at this time

Xingniang is a favorite concubine of Sun Kewang, about 20 years old, proficient in calligraphy and painting, good at singing and dancing, and was originally the wife of a talented woman named Li Gongliang in Xuzhou. When she was young, she grew up in a brothel in Goolan and was bought back by Li Gongliang's family when she was sixteen years old. When Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan, he once plundered and looted beauties from all over the world. When the soldiers passed through Xuzhou, he heard about Xingniang's beauty, so he took people to Li Gongliang's house and forcibly forced Li Gongliang to give Xingniang to himself.

At the beginning, Li Gongliang himself did not obey and said to Zhang Xianzhong: "Since you have raised troops to achieve great causes, why do you want to do such a thing of robbing?" ”

Zhang Xianzhong was furious and said: "You don't need to say much, you give me Xingniang, I will leave your whole family alive, if you refuse to give in, your whole family will die in front of you immediately, Xingniang will eventually fall into the hands of this king, think about it yourself!" ”

Compared with Li Gongliang, Xingniang saw the opportunity quickly, and she said to Li Gongliang: "Don't harm the master's family because of a cheap concubine." Besides, if I follow the king and become a concubine, I will be able to make you prosperous. The king can kill people, but he can also make people prosperous and rich, so why should the lord be reluctant to give up? Li Gongliang had no choice but to agree, and thus saved the lives of his family of eight. After Zhang Xianzhong got Xingniang, he was very favored, and after arriving in Chengdu to claim the emperor, Xingniang was canonized as a concubine.

After Zhang Xianzhong's death, dozens of female concubines were left, most of whom were beautiful women who were robbed like Xingniang. Sun Kewang was originally also a womanizer, his son inherited his father's business, so he took these beautiful concubines as his own, like Zhang Xianzhong, he also loved Xingniang the most, and he was reluctant to separate all day long......

After sending Feng Shuangli, Zhang Xianbi, Bai Wenxuan, and Li Dingguo to lead the troops to meet Wu Sangui, they should have led the troops as soon as possible, but Sun Kewang was reluctant, and when Sun Kewang was about to send troops, Xingniang was coquettish and stupid, she said to Sun Kewang: "The concubine thinks that she is fortunate to meet the general in this life, has a lifelong dependence, and will get a good result in the future, but now the general is going to leave me behind, if the general fights in the south and the north, and the exchanges are uncertain, and he will not come back for ten or eight years, who do you let me rely on!" After that, he burst into tears.

Sun Kewang couldn't help but feel sad, and comforted her: "I am planning to take Kunming as my home, how can I be willing to leave here and not come back?" Now it's just to send troops to support the generals Feng Shuangli, Zhang Xianbi, Bai Wenxuan, and Li Dingguo, and when the battle is successful and the enemy army is killed, the troops will be collected and returned, and at that time, I will never be separated from you again! ”

After Xingniang heard this, she just cried and still didn't agree.

Sun Kewang said: "As the saying goes, 'saving soldiers is like fighting fire', if I don't send troops again, I will miss a major event, and Kunming will be in danger at that time, so it is not okay not to send troops." ”

Xingniang said: "The general is going to go, how dare I stop him?" It's just going to hurt me! When he had finished speaking, he began to cry again. Sun Kewang relented again, and it took nearly half a month to set off from Kunming

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It is said that the leading department passed through the water west to the Tiansheng Bridge, and camped in Yilie, where the Miao and other ethnic minorities lived, without revealing the whereabouts of the next step. Early the next morning, suddenly Tianshengqiao copied the Wusa Military and Civilian Mansion, and appeared on Qixingguan Avenue like a divine soldier descending from the sky

Heishidu is a big town outside the Qixing Pass, standing in the mountains and facing the river, the situation is dangerous, the mountains are not high and there are many forests. At this time, this town with nearly 10,000 households has been destroyed in the battle between Song Youliang's Ming Army and the Baiwenxuan Department of the Great Western Army~~~~ The fire burned violently, and the billowing smoke column penetrated the sky, and the purple smoke gathered in the sky above.

After dusk, the center of the battlefield moved to the west of the town, and the fire in the town gradually dimmed, and there was no more fighting and shouting, and the ruins and ruins were everywhere, all bloody corpses: some with knives in their chests; Those who were shot in the back were held by the throats: those who plunged each other's spears into each other's chests...... The trees were burned to the ground by the fire, and the weeds everywhere were soaked in human blood, horse blood, and sometimes the neighing of undead war horses, and the whole battlefield was miserable...... In the first battle of Heishidu, Song Youliang's army won a great victory, the Great Western Army lost nearly 10,000 people, Liu Tai, the general under Bai Wen's player, was killed, and Song Youliang's army also lost more than 4,000 people. Bai Wenxuan had to retreat to the Seven Star Pass and did not come out of the retreat

Under the leadership of the commander Song Youliang, the brigade of the Northern Ming Dynasty, the cavalry let go of the horses' hooves, and the infantry stretched their legs and rushed forward desperately. The twilight is vast, the mountains are pale, and the mountains of Qixingguan are gradually shrouded in night, turning into a dark patch. For two days in a row, the Ming army, which continued to drive in, had three layers inside and three layers outside, and surrounded Qixingguan like an iron bucket.

The soldiers are like ants during the day, and the bonfires are candlelit at night. That night, Song Youliang's army, which had gone through several bloody battles, was also exhausted, and lit a bonfire all over the mountain to rest and recuperate. The bonfires on the mountains on all sides illuminate the dangerous mountains near the Seven Star Pass as if it were day.

Bai Wenxuan was wearing a black satin cloak, like a stone sculpture, standing motionless on the wall tower of Qixingguan. Although the Ming army was repulsed again and again, the Ming army was numerous and brave, and they were brave and invincible, trapped in the lonely pass, how could it be protracted? Looking at Song Youliang's army full of lights all over the mountains and fields, Bai Wenxuan's heart was like pressing a boulder that could not be lifted. If the Qixing Pass is lost again, and Song Youliang's army drives the president straight in, Guizhou may no longer be able to hold it.

A bloody battle before dusk today had already made him feel deeply overwhelmed, although the soldiers were brave and undiminished, but the food and grass in the camp were wood, arrows, and rolling stones...... It's all running out.

What to do?

Taking advantage of the end of the battle, the soldiers were rushing to repair the battlements and walled walls that collapsed in the south.

Bai Wenxuan was on patrol, and suddenly a personal soldier ran up and shouted: "General~ The enemy army is coming up again!" ”

With this shout, Bai Wenxuan looked up, and the Ming army under the gate really took advantage of the night to shout and swarm, and the black oppression covered the sky. An irrepressible anger rushed straight to the top of Bai Wenxuan's head, and he looked back at the pro-soldier who shouted just now and scolded: "What is it called? This is not the first time, and the enemy soldiers have not become three-headed and six-armed, what are you panicking about! As he spoke, he shouted at the slightly nervous soldiers around him: "Look at a Laoshzi, it's not singing!" The soldiers are coming, prepare the arrows and stones, and when the Ming army rushes up, they will smash them for me! ”

After speaking, he pulled out his sword, Bai Wenxuan is a general who is famous for his bravery, but because he has been in battle for a long time, he is often very commanding on the battlefield, and he can be said to be a general with both wisdom and bravery. Seeing that the commander had no fear, the soldiers all felt bold and strong, and occupied the edge of each battlement, some took aim with arrows, and some lifted stones and erected logs. One by one, they gritted their teeth, and a ridged muscle bulged out on their cheeks, just waiting for the Ming soldiers to approach.

The attack of the Ming army was the largest number of troops in this day, Song Youliang put on his helmet and armor, personally went into battle to supervise the battle, and the soldiers of the Ming army under his command, all raised their knives and guns, shouted and rushed up, eager to engulf the Seven Star Pass.

Bai Wenxuan shouted: "Yashi is waiting!" As soon as the military order was issued, the logs, rolling stones, ash bottles, and arrows on the city wall poured down like a torrential rain. Among the Ming army, there were bursts of mourning, and more than half of the front team fell under the rain of wood and stone arrows, but before the Ming army put the arrows on again and prepared the stones, the Ming army in the back row rushed to the pass without any scruples, and the ladder was set up in an instant.

Song Youliang also shouted loudly: "The cannon is aimed at the head of the city~~ sniper, according to the officer's shot, the gun is raised." ”

Boom boom boom ~~

呯呯~呯

Dada

The firearms of the Ming army let out an unbridled roar, splashing the stone wall of Qixingguan with rubble, and the soldiers of the Onishi army who were constantly being shot and cannon fell from the wall screaming

Bai Wenxuan was in a hurry, threw off the cloak on his body, and regardless of the obstruction of his own soldiers, he also rushed to a cloud ladder with shouting, held the ladder with both hands, and shouted, "Fall!" In an instant, the ladder was overturned, and as soon as he withdrew his hand, he suddenly saw that several Ming soldiers had climbed the city wall on the left and right, and he couldn't help but be furious, and he slashed his knife to meet it. The soldiers behind him saw Bai Wenxuan's danger and followed closely. These Ming soldiers who rushed to the pass had not yet stood firm, and were killed by a whirlwind of the Great Western Army, and they fell down screaming.

At this time, reinforcements came up, the ladders of the Ming army were overthrown, and the Ming soldiers who rushed to the city wall were outnumbered and cut down the city wall one after another. The attack of the Ming army lasted for more than an hour and was finally repulsed, but many soldiers of the Onishi Army also fell in a pool of blood.

Late at night, Bai Wenxuan lay in a recliner moved by his own soldiers, and secretly said to himself: "Song Youliang's army is strong, and he can't fight hard with him." It seems that the pass can't be saved, so it's better to withdraw the troops out of the pass......" He looked at the mountains and fields outside the pass by the moonlight, and saw that outside the pass, countless fires stretched for miles in front of the pass, and it was almost impossible to see the edge. He said to the soldiers around him: "Inform the generals to my big tent!" As he spoke, Bai Wenxuan jumped up from the recliner......

The next day, Song Youliang received a report from the soldiers that Bai Wenxuan led the army to abandon the pass at night...... Following the battles of Heishidu and Qixingguan, Song Youliang's Middle Route Army entered Yunnan.