The next day, after Li Zicheng got up, he gathered the six ladies and said goodbye to them one by one, Gao Guiying buried all the words in his heart, stared at Li Zicheng and kept his eyes off, and engraved his words and deeds in his mind. Fastest updates

Sun Mengjie and Mu Sirong hid in the corner and wept silently, unable to say a word, Chen Qiudie and Tian Fen bowed in Li Zicheng's arms and refused to come out......

Song Yulian was preparing breakfast, and she was emotionally infected, so she secretly wiped a handful of tears......

Li Zicheng pushed Chen Qiudie and Tian Fen away, and wiped away Sun Mengjie and Mu Sirong's tears with his hands, "What are you crying about, I'm just going on an expedition, and it's not that I won't come back, haven't I also gone on an expedition before?" I haven't seen you like this......"

"Metropolitan Governor, this time is different," Mu Sirong's eyes were hazy with tears, so she had to take out the Jinpa and wipe it, "The four-way army of the imperial court is said to be at least 100,000 ......"

"What are you afraid of, the current Mandate of Heaven Army is no longer the Mandate of Heaven Army of the past, and we also have tens of thousands," Li Zicheng took Mu Sirong into his arms, kissed and kissed her watery eyes, and gently stroked her lower abdomen, "Don't worry, we totaled yesterday, the strength of the Mandate of Heaven Army still has an advantage, listen to the eldest lady at home, if the war goes well, I can still catch up with the birth of our child!" ”

Mu Sirong raised her eyes and said, "Metropolitan Governor...... Is this true? Can the Metropolitan Governor really catch up? ”

At this time, Gao Guiying came over and said in a deep voice: "Don't make trouble, Zicheng will have to hurry for a while, let Zicheng eat enough first!" As soon as she spoke, all the women did not dare to come near.

Li Zicheng ate delicious desserts, but there was no usual taste, and he barely ate two eggs, a large piece of roast mutton and some desserts, but the women had no appetite, just sat on the side and watched Li Zicheng eat.

Such a long sigh, Li Zicheng felt uncomfortable in his heart, but for the expedition to Sichuan, he thought that there was no danger, so he put down the bowl, starting with Gao Guiying, and kissed everyone on the forehead, "Don't send it, you take care of yourself at home, and when I come back, if anyone doesn't grow ten catties and eight catties of tender meat, see how I clean up your ...... when I come back."

The girls showed a hint of a smile at this time, and Chen Qiudie was about to grab a few words, but saw He Mi hurrying over with a yellow-maned horse, "Metropolitan Governor, the war drums are already urging, and the brothers are ready!" ”

Li Zicheng nodded and said, "The army is about to go out, you can't miss the auspicious time, Gui Ying, I will hand over this family to you!" ”

"Don't worry," Gao Guiying was blessed, deliberately squeezed out a smile, and said: "On the day of the Metropolitan Governor's triumph, if you find that any sister is missing half a catty of tender meat, just ask me for the crime!" ”

Li Zicheng took the reins of the horse, put the stirrup on his left foot, jumped over, was already on the horse, nodded to the women, and then took the reins and turned away.

The soldiers of Li Ji's department were already ready, and Li Ji greeted him from his horseback, "Governor! ”

Li Zicheng said in a deep voice: "Let's go!" ”

The war drums sounded in unison, and the people shouted and the horses neighed, although there was no one to see them off, Li Zicheng still set off from the training ground in Lanzhou City.

Li Ji's troops are all infantry, the marching speed is slow, out of Lanzhou City, Li Zicheng with his own soldiers, along the cement avenue all the way south, to Longnan Province Wudu County, the end of the cement avenue, he did not follow the Baishui River, but to the east, to Hanzhong Mansion.

Only Li Guo came out to greet him, Li Zicheng felt strange, and said: "Double happiness, why don't you see Song Wen?" ”

Li Guo stretched out his hand and pointed to the west, "Back to the Metropolitan Governor, in order to protect the northern part of Kuizhou, the seventh battalion is stationed in Xing'an in the west!" ”

Li Zicheng nodded, and said, "If Fu Zonglong advances westward, will your troops be able to reinforce in time?" ”

"Yes!" Li said: "The second battalion has divided half of the cavalry and is stationed in Xixiang and Shiquan, not only to communicate with the seventh battalion in time, but also to make timely contact with the Meridian Valley, so that we can go north at any time and threaten Guanzhong." ”

"Sun Chuanting, let's hand it over to Guguan, if there is a danger in Guguan, you can send troops to respond," Li Zicheng said: "Don't scatter the troops too much, concentrate the forces first, take Fu Zonglong, and let Yang Sichang's plan have loopholes as soon as possible, the first line of Hanshui is the weakest point of the Ming army, and it is also our breakthrough!" ”

"The subordinates understand that the subordinates will join the seventh battalion as soon as possible!"

Li Zicheng paused for a moment, and then said, "Can you go east and refuse Fu Zonglong to Huguang?" ”

"Dadu Governor, along the Han River to the east, you can indeed lead to Huguang, but we have inspected this passage, most of it is a sheep intestine path, the passage of the army, extremely inconvenient, not to mention the weight of grain and grass," Li Guo bowed his head and said: "Therefore, the subordinates discussed with General Song, we will wait for work at ease, and hand over the burden of transportation to Fu Zonglong, Fu Zonglong can cross the trail to Xing'an, and even Hanzhong, it must be a lot of hardships, and the grain and grass are difficult to sustain, at that time, with the strength of our two battalions, maybe we can be annihilated in a battle......"

Li Zicheng thought for a moment, Li Guo was right, along the Han River, although there are roads, but it is not a smooth avenue, Fu Zonglong has traveled a long distance, not only the march is tired, but the grain and grass will not be too sufficient, if you can seize the opportunity to annihilate Fu Zonglong's department, then the entire Huguang will be under the threat of the Heavenly Mandate Army......

He agreed to Li Guo and Song Wen's plan, and then turned south, entered Kuizhou from Taiping County, and under the guidance of Zhang Lingbu, arrived in Fengjie in early August to join the naval army Zhou Kun.

Zhou Kun himself was not in Fengjie, but entered the Three Gorges and went deep into Badong in Huguang.

Li Zicheng continued to advance eastward by land, and at the same time ordered Zhou Kun to withdraw and establish a defensive line at Wushan.

At this time, in the section of the Yangtze River in Wushan, Jiangxin concentrated 10,000 naval troops of Zhou Kun's department, Jiangnan had two regiments of the eighth battalion of Ma Xianglin's department, more than 10,000 white pole soldiers, and Jiangbei was the main battlefield preset by Li Zicheng, in addition to Zhang Lingbu's regiment of 5,000 soldiers, there were also more than 10,000 soldiers of Li Jibu's two regiments,

Li Jibu was still on the march, but Li Jibu was a gunner, and he was one of the main forces of the Mandate of Heaven.

Although Zhou Kun withdrew to Wushan, he sent a large number of small ships down the river, pretending to be merchants, and probing for information about the Ming army along the way.

Xiong Wencan went south along the Jingxiang Ancient Road, turned southwest in Jingmen Prefecture, crossed Yuquan Mountain, rushed to Yiling, requisitioned all the nearby ships, and the army marched by land and water, and arrived at Zigui on the Mid-Autumn Festival, and between Wushan, there was only a Badong.

At this time, the messages of both sides entered each other's field of vision, and when Li Zicheng learned that Xiong Wencan only had 10,000 soldiers and horses, he was so angry that he greeted his grandmother eighteenth generation ancestor fiercely.

Lao Tzu came all the way from Lanzhou, and you only dispatched 10,000 soldiers? Knowing this, it would be better to sit in Lanzhou to command, or go to Guguan to deal with Sun Chuanting.

Xiong Wencangui is the prime minister of the five provinces, how can he only have 10,000 soldiers in his hands? Do you stay in the rear and continue to exterminate the thieves, or do you set up an ambush somewhere?

Li Zicheng couldn't eat it accurately, and he didn't dare to enter the army for a while, but waited on the front line of Wushan, expecting Xiong Wencan to continue to trace the river.

Xiong Wencan was taken aback when he learned that the Heavenly Mandate Army had 25,000 soldiers on the front line of Wushan, and the imperial court divided its troops into four ways to attack, how could the Heavenly Mandate Army deploy heavy troops along the river? How many soldiers are there in the Manifest Destiny Army?

Xiong Wencan didn't dare to believe it completely, so he scolded the herald and asked him to probe and report again, while at the same time standing still in Zigui, waiting for the latest information from the Heavenly Mandate Army.

On 16 August, Li Jibu rushed to Wushan, where Li Zicheng had already deployed a huge pocket, but Xiong Wencan did not take the bait.

Zhou Kun asked for battle, but Li Zicheng did not agree.

On August 18, the news of Fu Zonglong's defeat of Hanshui reached Wushan, and Ma Xianglin could not sit still, so he personally asked to see Li Zicheng and asked to go east out of Yeshan Pass and cut off Xiong Wencan's return route by land.

Li Zicheng unfolded the march map, found that the Yangtze River started from Zigui, turned south, after passing Yiling, it was already a north-south direction, if Ma Xianglin out of the wild mountain pass, after crossing the mountains, just in Yiling or Jingmen Mountain to cut off Xiong Wencan's return road, if Zhou Kun's army went down the river at this time, it would be able to encircle Xiong Wencan.

The question is, can Ma Xianglin cross this mountainous Wushan?

Li Zicheng was not familiar with the terrain in this area, so he inquired about Ma Xianglin with his eyes.

Ma Xianglin clasped his fists with both hands and said: "The white pole soldiers are good at climbing, and the white pole in their hands is a sharp weapon for climbing mountains and mountains. ”

"Okay, I'll give you three days, and after three days, if Xiong Wencan refuses to enter the army, I will lead the main force with General Zhou and go down the river!"

Xiong Wencan got the news of Fu Zonglong's defeat, and he already had the intention of retreating in his heart, and when he got the message, the Heavenly Mandate Army made a detour and appeared in Jingmen Mountain, and suddenly couldn't sit still.

The river here is narrow, Jingmen Mountain in the south of the Yangtze River and Huya Mountain in the north of the Yangtze River force a notch, and the soldiers can also block the river with bows and arrows even if they stand on land.

Xiong Wencan was even more frightened, he did not dare to enter the army, and he was afraid of losing the back road, and when he was hesitating, Zhou Kun suddenly concentrated the main force of the water army, went down the river, and attacked with all his strength, and Zhang Lingbu crossed the mountain trail and marched east by land.

Xiong Wencan was defeated, the soldiers suffered countless losses, and they did not dare to go down the river, so they traced Xiangxi to the north, and met Zhang Lingbu, and killed for a while, Xiong Wencan had to abandon the boat and land, steal through Mao'er Pass, and take more than 1,000 remnants of the defeated generals to go to Jingshan.

Zhou Kun packed up the water army and retreated to Badong, still maintaining an attack posture on Huguang.

On August 25, the message from the Xi'an Institute also reached Wushan.

Hong Chengchou concentrated 50,000 troops, Chen Binghai Duo battalion, wanted to take Xi'an in one fell swoop, but as soon as the two sides came into contact, Yuan Hong took the lower-level officers who reversed the strategy, suddenly made a rebellion in the army, the Ming army was defeated, Qin Danian concentrated hundreds of cavalry in front, and ordered the infantry to pursue, the Ming army trampled on itself, suffered countless casualties, retreated more than 30 miles, and even the Hai Laduo battalion was lost.

Qin Danian did not go deep into the enemy's territory, collected troops to occupy the Hairaduo battalion, and then did not move.

Li Zicheng was overjoyed, the Ming army of the four roads had been defeated on three roads, and now there was only one Guguan road left, and Sun Chuanting was still besieging with a large number of people.