Chapter 276: The Battle in Hanzhong
At the end of last year, He Zhen and Sun Shoufa entangled 70,000 righteous troops to besiege Xi'an, and the momentum was at its peak for a while, and the Qing court's Shaanxi patrol Huang Changyin surrendered to the righteous army, but Meng Qiaofang, the governor of the Qing court in Shaanxi, was held by the city, and urgently asked Li Guohan to lead the troops to help.
For a time, the righteous army and the Qing army had a battle in Shaanxi, the two sides fought in the western suburbs of Xi'an, although the righteous army was numerous, but there was no elite Qing soldiers, fought hard for a few days, was defeated by the Qing army on the fifth day of the first month, Huang Changyin, who had just surrendered, was hunted and killed by the Qing soldiers.
On the 25th of the same month, the rebel army attacked Qianzhou for several miles, and was again attacked by the Qing army's iron cavalry, suffering heavy casualties.
After that, in order to stabilize the situation in Xi'an, the Qing court sent He Luohui, the general of Dingxi, and other troops to enter Shaanxi, and the power of the Qing army continued to strengthen, while the righteous army suffered losses again and again, and was unable to recover Xi'an, so it had to retreat to Hanzhong.
In June, the Qing court transferred Wu Sangui and Azige to attack Xiangyang, but Haoge, the prince of Su, led the Manchurian Blue Banner, the Mongolian Two Red Banners, and a large number of green battalions into Shaanxi.
Dasanguan is the main road from Guanzhong to Hanzhong, but it should be abandoned for a long time, and it is not as good as when it was in its heyday.
Close the broken sun, moon and bright flags to hunt in the wind, and close down tens of thousands of Qing army companies and camps, and the murderous atmosphere is all over the sky.
In a courtyard in the Guannei, King Qin, He Zhen, Sun Shoufa and other rebel generals had gloomy faces.
Sun Shoufa said: "The generals and Qing soldiers are attacking very urgently, and Hanzhong is afraid that it will not be able to hold it." Since the Duke of Chu invited me to enter Chu, and he wanted to ask for the marquis for the general, why was the general unwilling to retreat into Chu and avoid the Qing army for the time being? ”
Although the Shaanxi rebels resisted the Qing Dynasty, but the composition is very complicated, Sun Shoufa turned out to be the deputy general of Shaanxi in the Ming Dynasty, after the Shun army occupied Xi'an, he retreated into the Zhongnan Mountain, supported the son of the King of Qin as the King of Qin, continued to resist the Shun army, and so the Qing soldiers entered Shaanxi, he continued to resist the Qing soldiers, and was loyal to the Ming Dynasty.
He Zhen was born as a general of Dashun, when he opposed the Qing Dynasty, he called himself the general of Fengtian and advocated righteousness, and used the title used by Li Zicheng) to show that he inherited Li Zicheng's career, and he did not have much affection for Daming, but the time of Dashun was still short, and the appeal was not as good as that of Daming.
In the land of Hanzhong, He Zhen has experienced many days and has been regarded as his own territory, how can he give up easily, and he is a general in Hanzhong, and when he arrives in Huguang, he has to be like Li Guo and Gao Yigong, becoming Wang Yan's subordinate generals, and being controlled by others, it is not as good as being at ease in Hanzhong.
At this time, He Zhen listened to Sun Shoufa's words, although he knew that what he said made sense, the Qing soldiers attacked day after day, the righteous army suffered heavy losses, and the materials were in urgent need, if it wasn't for Yan Qiheng to bring a batch of grain and grass, they couldn't support it at all, but he was reluctant to give up the foundation of Hanzhong, so he said: "Let me think about it again~"
Sun Shoufa couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he heard this, and at this time, a junior colonel with tattered armor, covered in blood, and an arrow feather on his back broke in from outside the courtyard.
Everyone was immediately shocked when they saw him, and they all stood up, but the little colonel fell to the ground and cried: "General, Inspector Sun, my father was ordered to cut off the grain route of the Qing army, and he was ambushed by Haoge, and all 10,000 brothers were killed, woo woo ~ My father was also killed by Hao Ge ~ Woo woo ~"
The little colonel in front of him is the most important one of the righteous army, the eldest son of Qiu Chi Wu Dading, Sun Shoufa listened to his words, and was shocked, and looked at He Zhen in surprise, and He Zhen was already pale.
At this time, Sun Shoufa still didn't understand, it must be that He Zhen didn't want to evacuate Hanzhong, wanted to make a last effort, and didn't discuss with him, so he privately sent Wu Dading to fight, which resulted in failure.
He Zhen listened to the words of the little colonel, and sat down decadently, there were more than 60,000 Qing soldiers outside the Dasan Pass, and the 70,000 righteous army was only more than 30,000 after successive losses, which was not the opponent of the elite Qing soldiers at all.
In He Zhen's view, the only possibility for him to hold Hanzhong was to cut off the grain route of the Qing army, so that Haoge ran out of food and retreated, but the Qing army had already prepared, and the righteous army not only folded the general Wu Dading, but also lost 10,000 horses, leaving only 20,000 troops.
He Zhen originally stabilized Sun Shoufa in terms of troops, but now because of this defeat, he no longer occupies an absolute advantage, and his voice in the righteous army is immediately weakened.
When He Zhen was depressed, Sun Shoufa had already asked Xiao to go down to check the injury, and then he looked at He Zhen with a solemn face and said, "General, what should I do now?" ”
He Zhen sat down, his face was pale, he listened to Sun Shoufa's question, and then he retracted his senses, raised his hand slightly, and said helplessly: "Please Mr. Yan come, Ben will agree to withdraw to Huguang and accept the adaptation of Chu Guogong~"
Sun Shoufa listened to his consent, although he felt that it was too late and lost more than 10,000 soldiers in vain, but He Zhen promised after all, and the more than 20,000 righteous troops in the land of Hanzhong would be saved.
At this time, Sun Shoufa hurriedly asked people to go to the post house to ask Yan Qiheng, the messenger sent by Wang Yan, and everyone waited in the courtyard for a while, and the captain who went to ask for people came back in a hurry, and then whispered in Sun Shoufa's ear.
When everyone saw that Sun Shoufa had changed color, their hearts and livers couldn't help but immediately mention, could it be that something had happened to the envoy of the Duke of Chu.
Among them, He Zhen was most worried, he didn't want to evacuate Hanzhong, and he was afraid that Yan Qiheng would come into contact with other leaders of the rebel army, so he sent people to surround the post house where Yan Qiheng lived.
At this time, when he saw that Xiao Xiao came back alone, he was still whispering in Sun Shoufa's ear, so he thought that Yan Qiheng was angry with him and was rude, and he didn't want to see him.
If it was before, He Zhendao felt that it didn't matter, but now that his troops were greatly damaged, Hanzhong Iron would not be able to hold it, and retreating into Huguang was his only way to survive, so he couldn't care less about Yan Qiheng's attitude.
"It's Ben who didn't think it through~" He Zhen suddenly stood up and said, "Ben will personally invite Mr. Yan!" ”
"The general has misunderstood!" Seeing this, Sun Shoufa waved his hand again and again to stop He Zhen, who was about to leave, and then said to Xiao Xiaoxiao: "Take him in!" ”
After a while, the little colonel led a person into the house, this person was Yan Qiheng's retinue Yan Dai, after he came in, several leaders of the rebel army saluted, and then said: "General, Inspector Sun, my husband has already gone to Shuzhong, what you mean, my husband has long known, Mr. means to let the rebel army guard for ten days, he must bring a group of soldiers and horses, to take over the defense of Hanzhong!" ”
After listening to Yan Dai's words, the people in the room had surprises on their faces.
Shu road is difficult, it is difficult to go to the blue sky, a thin man in his forties, holding a messenger's scepter, the ribbons on it fluttering with the mountain wind, marching on the toddler road leading to Shuzhong.
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