Shi Fei's mind was full of silver all the way, he thought that he had picked up a big bargain this time, 30,000 Guan Ning Iron Cavalry against 20,000 thieves, that was not to be caught, he just had to chase the thieves and grab the silver.

He has even begun to think about how to transport the silver back, how to share the spoils with Xue Guoguan to keep his position as governor, and how to scrape the land in Sichuan, continue to be corrupt, and so on.

His idea is beautiful, but the reality is cruel, when he led the Guanning Iron Cavalry to Xi'an, he received the news that the thieves have captured Xinning, Dazhou, Kaixian, Fengjie and other places, and the entire Kuizhou Mansion was almost occupied by Zhang Xianzhong!

This news really surprised him, but it was only a surprise, Zhang Xianzhong probably thought that the imperial army would go to Huguang or Yunyang Xing'an Prefecture into Sichuan, so he hurriedly captured Kuizhou Mansion, because Kuizhou Mansion is in the northeast corner of Sichuan, the east is bordered by Huguang, and the north is bordered by Hanzhong's Xing'an Prefecture.

It's a pity that Zhang Xianzhong miscalculated, he didn't go in the direction of Huguang at all, but in the direction of Shaanxi, and he didn't have to go through Kuizhou Mansion to enter Sichuan!

He was secretly complacent, but after rushing to Hanzhong Mansion, another bad news came, the thieves had captured Guangyuan, Jiange, Zitong, Bazhou and other places, and the entire Baoning Mansion was almost occupied by Zhang Xianzhong!

At this time, he was completely dumbfounded, because he had to pass through Boryeong Mansion to enter Sichuan from Hanzhong, and the exit of Rice Cang Road was in Bazhou.

Even if he works hard and walks the longer Golden Bull Road, he must pass through Guangyuan, but these two places have been occupied by the thieves at this time!

This Shao Jiechun is really useless, he let 20,000 anti-thieves wreak havoc in Bashu like this, is the 10,000 guards in his hand to watch?

He doesn't have a backache when he stands and talks, where is the situation in Bashu so simple.

Although Shao Jiechun was negligent and careless, he was not an incompetent person, the main Zhang Xianzhong was too powerful, or the time, place and people were not on his side, the sky was going to be in a big drought, and the king of Shu refused to pay for disaster relief, resulting in Sichuan being full of hungry people and homeless people, plus Chengdu was attacked by Zhang Xianzhong again, he was really powerless to return to the sky.

At this time, he can only lead the army to trap Deyang, waiting for the trial of the imperial court, as for encircling and suppressing Zhang Xianzhong, don't be kidding, it would be good if he was not surrounded and suppressed by Zhang Xianzhong.

Zhang Xianzhong only has 20,000 horses under his command at this time, and he has already contacted the leaders of the hungry and homeless people in Bashu before he ran out of Daba Mountain, as long as he occupies Chengdu and robs the Shu Palace, everyone will follow him to mix, ensuring that there is food, clothes to wear, and silver flowers.

How could the homeless and hungry refuse such a good thing, and the reason why they left their homes and wandered around was just to find food.

Therefore, as soon as he occupied Chengdu, the hungry and homeless people from all over Bashu flocked to him, more than 10,000 a day, and almost 20 days have passed at this time, and there are more than 200,000 hungry and displaced people who have defected to him!

Of course, not all of these hungry and homeless people can go to battle, and less than half of them are young and strong, and even so, he has more than 100,000 men under his command.

The millions of taels of silver and millions of stones of grain he looted from the Shu Wang's Mansion were not prepared for Shi Wei, but used to expand the army frantically, with these silver and food, the growth rate of his men and horses was no longer snowballing, but explosive.

After he waved his army to occupy Kuizhou Mansion and Baoning Mansion, the growth rate of his men and horses was even more astonishing and terrifying, because the displaced and hungry people of Bashu knew that the imperial army was going to encircle and suppress, either going to Kuizhou Mansion or Baoning Mansion, as long as these two places were blocked, the imperial army would not be able to enter, they would be safe, rebel, have food, and do not have to worry about the imperial court encirclement and suppression, who would hesitate!

When Shi Wei was hesitating which way to go, Zhang Xianzhong's army expansion speed had exceeded 10,000 people a day, and his old management team, management team, small management team and even those who didn't accept it at night were all experts in rebellion, recruiting people and horses to come quickly, more than 10,000 people a day It was just the beginning, I believe that it won't be long before the entire Bashu can recruit the displaced and hungry people will be recruited by them, and even, Zhang Xianzhong doesn't even have to think about the problem of grain and grass, because the old people under his command will fight local tyrants to grab food, and the people have nothing to eat. Those squires and tyrants, royal relatives and relatives have food in their hands, just take people to grab it!

Shi Wei hesitated for a few days, and finally chose to take the Micang Road, because this road is the shortest, and it is set by Chongzhen, anyway, in his opinion, it is almost the same which way to go, and he can still give Chongzhen a good impression of doing things according to orders, so why go to other roads.

He thinks that the reason why the thieves were able to occupy Kuizhou Mansion and Baoning Mansion was mainly due to Shao Jiechun's incompetence, he was not as useless as Shao Jiechun, and he still had 30,000 Guanning Iron Cavalry under his command, he was afraid of a ball, maybe he had just led the army out of Micang Road, and the thieves fled from the wind, even if he didn't escape, Zhang Xianzhong with his 20,000 rabble, could he be the opponent of the elite of the 30,000 imperial court under his command?

This is purely a dream, not to mention that Zhang Xianzhong's men have more than 20,000 horses at this time, even if there are really only 20,000 horses, Zhang Xianzhong will not be afraid of him, because Guan Ning Tieqi is no longer the most elite unit in the Ming army at this time.

Zhang Xianzhong was afraid of the Tianxiong Army, the Qi Family Army, the Sichuan Army, the Qin Army and the Fuguang Army, because these armies were now equipped with muskets and artillery, and the city defense was a joke in front of them, as for the Guanning Iron Cavalry, in Zhang Xianzhong's eyes, it was also a joke.

Just kidding, the cavalry attacked the city, not to mention a male city like Chengdu, even a state city like Bazhou could be captured by 30,000 cavalry?

As soon as Shi Xianzhong led the army to Hanzhong Zhang Xianzhong had already received the news, as soon as he led the army into the rice cang road, Zhang Xianzhong had already begun to mobilize men and horses to garrison Bazhou, 30,000 Guanning iron cavalry, he directly mobilized 10,000 elite veterans and 50,000 recruits to garrison Bazhou, and he also ordered the newly recruited men and horses from all over the country to continue to assemble in Baoning Fucheng, which is only more than 100 miles away from Bazhou, and be ready to support Bazhou at any time.

When Shi Wei led the army through the rice cang road and came to Bazhou, his face suddenly turned green, because the four walls of Bazhou City were densely packed with anti-thieves, and the number was only 20,000, and more than 30,000!

At this time, he did not choose to bypass Bazhou and rush directly to Chengdu City, he no longer has the experience of leading troops to fight and knows the importance of the grain road, if he leads the Guanning Iron Cavalry to bypass Bazhou directly, the people and horses are over, what to do with the grain and grass, the passage into Sichuan was all cut off by the thieves, and the grain and grass cannot be transported in at all.

In desperation, he could only give an order to let Guan Ning Tieqi abandon his horse and fight on foot and storm Bazhou City!

Guanning Iron Cavalry is also considered to be one of the elite in the world at this time, but unfortunately, their specialty is to rush, is a field battle, not a siege war, in the face of 60,000 anti-thieves stationed in Bazhou City, even if they are fierce in the field, it is in vain!