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Out of Chengdu, along the Tuojiang River, Minjiang River to the southeast, over the Longquan Mountain, is a horse Pingchuan, there is no pass, there is no strong city, the garrison of each prefecture and county, but dozens, hundreds is rare, in the ranger, the Han Qing Bureau of the response, the Mandate of Heaven army everywhere to go, are looking at the wind and falling.

The war itself does not take much time, the time delayed by the Mandate of Heaven Army is all on the march, plus the resettlement of prefectures and counties, Guo Shijun's main energy is still in Chengdu Mansion and northern Sichuan, and he did not accompany the army.

Li Zicheng is most distressed that there is no Wenchen to accompany him, and he will share the matter of resettlement of the people, Guo Shijun is the highest Wenchen on this expedition, but he alone cannot shine on the Buddha in southern Sichuan for the time being.

There was no military threat, in order to speed up the march and bring these prefectures and counties into the scope of the Mandate of Heaven as soon as possible, after the army passed Ziyang, Li Zicheng divided the army into two, the infantry of the Song Ministry of Culture and Culture went south along the official road along the Tuojiang River, and he himself followed the cavalry of Li Guobu and went south along the Minjiang River in the west.

Half a month later, Li Zicheng arrived at the junction of the Min River and the Yangtze River, Xuzhou Mansion, and the Song Ministry of Culture also rushed to Luzhou, the outlet of the Tuojiang River on the Yangtze River.

Although the two divisions remained in contact, the fighting stopped.

At this time, it was June, it was the height of summer, and the weather was hot, so Li Zicheng let the soldiers rest on the riverside for a while, and carried a lot of prisoners of war along the way, and they were escorted all the way, which not only consumed military supplies, but also distracted the soldiers' energy and reduced the combat effectiveness of the army.

Li Zicheng is preparing to recruit a group of sailors from among these prisoners of war, but they need to be screened, and not everyone can join the Mandate of Heaven Army.

In the prefectures and counties south of Chengdu, the number of garrisons is not large, and the total number of prisoners of war in the two departments is less than 2,000, which is too far from the number that Li Zicheng had in mind.

It is also necessary to select and screen, and the elderly, poor discipline, extreme selfishness, ignorance of water, etc., will be eliminated, Li Zicheng repeatedly chooses, and finally leaves a soldier of less than 1,000 people.

The rest of the prisoners of war, after some education, let them go home and return to civilian status, and the government is about to distribute land to them.

Of course, these soldiers who join the navy will also be allocated the corresponding land, and during this period of service, the land will be cultivated by their families and neighbors, and in addition to paying taxes, the soldiers can get some harvest for nothing to subsidize their families.

There were too few soldiers of less than 1,000 soldiers, so Li Zicheng recruited 600 soldiers from among the common people, and together with the original prisoners of war, they formed a naval army.

For the time being, there were no suitable ships, so Li Zicheng asked the soldiers to conduct physical fitness and military discipline training, and the army and navy of the Mandate of Heaven were not much different in discipline, and the main content was the same, except for caring for the people, that is, absolutely obeying military orders.

A few days later, Zhou Kun personally led the front of the Qinghai Navy to Xuzhou, and because he was in a hurry, he did not carry a ship, but came by land.

It doesn't matter, as long as he takes over this group of sailors, Li Zicheng handed over the more than 1,500 soldiers to Zhou Kun, so that he can mature as soon as possible and take over the Yangtze River defense line.

Li Zicheng is ready to set off again, this time the target is the east, although Xuzhou Mansion and Luzhou are across the Yangtze River, and there is still a large area of land south of the Yangtze River, but he now has no available naval army, so he can only go around in the north of the Yangtze River.

He is not ready to go to Jiangnan for the time being, not only because of the affairs of the navy, but after Jiangnan, although it is still the boundary of Sichuan, it is already the northern foot of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, the mountains are high and the water is dense, and there are many foreign toasts, if you want to conquer them, it will take a lot of time, or first completely occupy the Chengdu Plain in the north of the Yangtze River, with enough food and population, the strength of the Mandate of Heaven Army has risen, and only then will there be time and strength to recover the mountains around the Chengdu Plain.

In Li Zicheng's mind, the Mandate of Heaven Army went out of Sichuan this time and appeared in front of the imperial court for the first time, the government and the opposition must be shaken, the conquest army is just around the corner, and the biggest enemy is still the imperial court.

It is necessary to take the northwest pass of the Chengdu Plain as soon as possible to block the westward expedition of the imperial army.

Yang Sichang's "Four Positives", "Six Corners", and "Ten Sides of the Net" strategy, the main battlefield is in Huguang, Hong Chengchou, Zuo Liangyu, Xiong Wencan...... In addition to the Liaodong Army, the main army of the imperial court, as well as famous generals, are all paying attention to Huguang, and as soon as they turn around, they will face Sichuan.

It is necessary to take Chongqing and Kuizhou as soon as possible, deploy a naval army along the river, and then turn north to plug the gap in Daba Mountain, and time is very precious to the Mandate of Heaven army.

After Li Zicheng settled Xuzhou, he was going to lead the army along the east of the Yangtze River, and passed through Luzhou, where the Song Ministry of Culture was stationed, which was the boundary of Chongqing Prefecture.

Chongqing is referred to as "Ba", and the topography of Chengdu has a huge difference, "Bashan" and "Shushui" are the topographical portrayals of the two places.

Chengdu is a standard plain area, with the Dujiangyan project, make full use of the water of the Minjiang River, establish a dense water network in the Chengdu Plain, irrigate a large area of cultivated land, not only reduce the flood, but also create the wealth of Shu.

And Chongqing area is mountainous, west of the Jialing River, there are a large number of northeast and southwest mountains, constituting a hilly land, the periphery is Micang Mountain, Daba Mountain, the northeast direction is rigidly encircled, south of Chongqing, across the Yangtze River, is the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, which is also an insurmountable Jedi.

The Yangtze River is in the gap between Daba Mountain and Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, and finally rushes out of a river channel, but it is blocked by Wushan Mountain in the west, although the water volume of the Yangtze River is large enough, and Wushan is rushed from the middle of the river, but the channel is not smooth, the strange rocks on both sides of the river are craggy, the river center is densely packed with dangerous shoals, and the waterway is full of twists and turns......

The section of the Three Gorges River, in the eyes of later generations, has unlimited scenery, but in the Ming Dynasty, it is a moat in traffic!

Where is Zhou Kun's water army appropriately deployed?

Li Zicheng decided to go to the field to see that he must choke the Yangtze River and block the passage of the Ming army up the river.

What Li Zicheng didn't expect was that when the Mandate of Heaven Army arrived in Jiangjin County, it encountered reinforcements from the Ming army, and the deputy general Zhang Ling raised 10,000 troops from Chongqing Mansion to reinforce Chengdu.

Zhang Ling met a rogue in Jiangjin County, knowing that Chengdu was not in a good form, and did not get follow-up information from Chengdu, so he stationed at the northeast foot of Bishan and confronted the Heavenly Mandate Army.

Jiangjin County is south of the Yangtze River, Li Zicheng originally did not plan to cross the river, but was blocked by Zhang Lingbu, so he had to set up a large camp on the opposite bank of Jiangjin County.

This section of the Yangtze River turned to a north-south direction, and the camp of the Mandate of Heaven was west of the Yangtze River and west of the eastern foothills of Bishan.

The Ming army had 10,000, which was equivalent to the number of two battalions of the Mandate of Heaven Army, but Li Zicheng did not put it in his eyes, the infantry of the Song Ministry of Culture was not only all equipped with rifles, but also twenty mountain artillery, and Li Guobu was a cavalry, and the infantry would have obvious advantages in battle.

Li Zicheng regretted a little, he should have brought Wang Weizhang in the first place, he was the governor of Sichuan, and he might be able to persuade him to surrender, but now that he is far away from Chengdu, he will not be able to transfer Wang Weizhang for a while, so he can only attack.

The two sides have been facing each other for a long time, and all the rangers are exploring each other's camps, Li Zicheng is not annoyed, he is like a beauty with a better temperament, when he encounters the same kind of prying eyes, then let you see it, anyway, you can't learn.

But the rangers don't think so, they have to find out the other party's information, but also hide their own information, and every ravine and river can become a small-scale battlefield.

After dawn, Li Zicheng left only a very small number of soldiers to guard the camp, and the rest of the soldiers all left the camp and lined up outside the camp, waiting for Zhang Ling to come and die.

The Ming army did come out of the camp, but it was only watched from a distance, and did not attack, and when it arrived, Li Zicheng couldn't help it, so he urged the army to move towards the Ming army.

The infantry maintained battle formation, while the cavalry guarded the flanks in the flanks.

Zhang Ling originally didn't want to fight a decisive battle with the Heavenly Mandate Army, he only got the message of the Heavenly Mandate Army yesterday, and if he could take Chengdu garrisoned by the six guards, his combat effectiveness would naturally not be too weak, he only had 10,000 soldiers, and he would definitely not attack.

But the Mandate of Heaven was bullied under his nose, and he couldn't show weakness, so he raised troops to meet him.

Zhang Ling asked the soldiers to roll out the only eight artillery pieces, stand on the high ground at the eastern foot of Bishan Mountain, measure the distance, and first start the artillery bombardment on the Heavenly Mandate Army.

When Li Zicheng heard the sound of cannons, he felt that something was wrong, and immediately took out his binoculars, and when he saw the Ming artillery at the foot of Bishan, he was immediately furious, and he really underestimated this Zhang Ling!

He withdrew the infantry, but he pushed out all twenty artillery pieces, "aimed at the artillery positions of the Ming army, and bombarded them with all their might!" At the same time, he ordered Li Guo, the cavalry of the second battalion, to immediately bypass Bishan and cut off the rear road of the Ming army.

The two sides switched to artillery battles, and the mountain artillery of the Mandate of Heaven had a range similar to that of the Ming army's artillery, but there were many of them, and the flowering shells were used, which were much more powerful than the solid bullets of the Ming army.

After a fierce battle for more than an hour, the Ming gunners suffered all the casualties, and all eight guns were damaged to varying degrees, three of which were no longer able to fire.

The Mandate of Heaven also suffered casualties, and the runner alone suffered a small flag injury, and he was injured by a solid bullet, which was all broken and difficult to rescue.

This was the first time that the artillery of the Mandate of Heaven had suffered casualties on the battlefield, and although the purpose of training could be achieved, Li Zicheng was still very angry and ordered the artillery to turn the muzzle and aim at the Ming army.

The greatest advantage of the Mandate of Heaven army is to defend the city, and the next best thing is to fight in the field, using rifles to block and shoot the enemy in the field, once the Ming army retreats to the city, relying on the protection of the city wall, the siege battle is not only time-consuming and laborious, but also the casualties of the soldiers will be greater.

The Ming army lost its artillery and had to let the Mandate of Heaven bombard, Li Zicheng saw that the Ming army had a tendency to retreat, and immediately let the infantry press, and pursued the tail to prevent the Ming army from leaving the battlefield.

Between Bishan and the Yangtze River, there was basically a long and narrow flat land, and the infantry of the Mandate of Heaven pushed it flat without stopping it.

Zhang Ling saw that the Heavenly Mandate Army had extinguished the artillery, so he organized the remnants of the army and set up a phalanx.

When Li Zicheng saw the phalanx, he not only laughed, "This Zhang Ling is still a general!" ”

He Xiaomi was not convinced, "Dadu Governor, no matter what kind of general he is, in front of the Heavenly Mandate Army, he can only be a dead corpse, and it will enter the range of the rifle in a while......"

"Xiaomi, Zhang Ling did a good job, on the battlefield, the square formation is both offensive and defensive," Li Zicheng's heart already has the intention of subduing Zhang Ling, the advantage of the Heavenly Mandate Army is not in the generals, but in the range of firearms, far beyond the Ming army and the surrounding nomadic tribes, "Zhang Ling doesn't know enough about us, so he puts out a square formation, which can be defended or killed at any time." ”