But at the same time as the preparations, bad news came from Chongqing Prefecture, that is, Ma Gan, the governor of Sichuan, and Zeng Ying, the deputy general, categorically refused to send troops to attack Hezhou, which caused Yang Xuan to shout that he couldn't stand it, and also made Qian Bangxin and others embarrassed. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Qian Bangxin and Zhou Zheng rushed to Chongqing Mansion five days ago to meet Ma Gan, the governor of Sichuan, and Liu Liangchang, who participated in the politics of eastern Sichuan, and Zeng Ying, the deputy general, had not yet sat down, and Zeng Ying shouted loudly that he wanted to have a competition with the loyal and righteous army.

It turned out that the last time Li Zhanchun asked for food, Yang Xuan claimed that Zeng Ying's department was a rabble, which made Zeng Ying, who had always regarded himself very highly, unbearable, and always wanted to find an opportunity to take revenge.

Thinking of the task of this trip, Qian Bangqi only had good things to say and said non-stop, Zeng Ying said that if you want to understand, you can also understand, that is, to provide 10,000 loads of grain and grass for free.

Qian Bangqi was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly said the plan, didn't you capture Hezhou last time and open up the passage between the two sides?

Now, as long as you can break through the city of Hezhou in September, 10,000 loads of grain and grass will be offered together, and you will never break your promise.

Although there is no shortage of grain and grass in various ministries, if the year is over, there will inevitably be a shortage of grain and grass.

But Zeng Ying realized that something was wrong and hurriedly asked why.

And Qian Bangqi was originally a righteous gentleman, not good at lying, and after two sentences, he revealed his stuffing, that is, Liukou was preparing to attack Shunqing Mansion City, and now let the Ming army attack Hezhou City, but to reduce the pressure on the Mansion City.

Zeng Ying couldn't even breathe, isn't this causing trouble?

Zeng Ying even called Yang Xuan, not only did he not report the merit of the day's recommendation, but the last time he borrowed grain to insult his subordinates, the grain was greatly discounted.

It's good now, temporarily clinging to Buddha's feet, and the rogue will want to bring trouble to the east, and such a detrimental act of self-interest is definitely not done by a gentleman.

Qian Bangqian insisted on pleading, hoping to see everyone send troops to rescue for the sake of the Ming army, whether it was Ma Gan, Liu Liangchang, or Zeng Ying, they didn't want to cause trouble, and in the end, they even offered a sky-high price.

That is to provide 50,000 quintals of grain and grass, otherwise everything will not be discussed.

Qian Bangqian was angry, although Yang Xuan clearly said that 10,000 quintals, with past experience, if he put on his old face, 15,000 quintals is possible.

The two sides have been together for nearly half a year, and Qian Bangxin thinks that he has a way to deal with Yang Xuan.

Now the other party keeps saying that the loyal army is only 5,000 people, and it looks lively.

The sky-high price of 50,000 quintals was opened, and it was clear that he didn't want to rescue.

On the one hand, Qian Bangxin claimed that he would impeach Ma Gan and Zeng Ying in the letter and would not save him when he saw death, and on the other hand, he said that if he did not rescue him, he would not say 50,000 quintals, even if he did not have those 5,000 quintals.

But the other party was unmoved, and Qian Bangxin had to send people to Wang Yingxiong, the governor of the four provinces, and Fan Yixuan, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, to report to Shunqing, and returned to Shunqing in a gloomy manner.

Qian Bangxin scolded and scolded, and the anger in his heart was hard to dissipate.

Yang Xuan smiled, not angry at all, but comforted everyone, thinking that even if Zeng Ying didn't help, it wouldn't be a big deal.

Qian Bangqi was stunned in his heart, opened his triangular eyes and asked, "My lord, did you already expect that Ma Gan, Zeng Ying and others would definitely die and not be saved."

In that case, why did you let the old man run away like this?"

Yang Xuan shook his head and said, "Lord Prison Army, I am not the reincarnation of Zhuge Liang, how can I expect anything?"

Ma Gan and Zeng Ying's troops were mostly defeated by Zhang Xianzhong, although they were lucky to occupy Chongqing this time, they have been suppressed by Zhang Wenxiu, and it is of course difficult for them to send troops to rescue. ”

Qian Bangqi didn't know what to say, he had been accusing Yang Xuan of this in the past, which was wrong, but now it seems that the other generals are still inferior.

was pondering, Yin Chengqi next to him thought for a while and asked: "My lord, Chen Huaixi's navy has arrived at the front line of Yilong, and is preparing to attack the disturbance Liukou, why don't you change the plan and transfer his troops back to guard against Zhang Wenxiu in the south?" ”

Yang Xuan shook his head with a smile and said: "No need, relatively speaking, the pressure in the direction of Yilong is greater, Liu Jinzhong is a famous general in Sichuan, and his troops are stationed in Langzhong, and he can attack Fucheng down the river at any time.

Zhang Wenxiu downstream has just been defeated by Zeng Ying, and is now recuperating from his injuries, and this time the troops are just a bluff to lead us to divide our troops to defend.

We can let people go, claiming that Zeng Ying's department has accepted 20,000 taels of aid from our army, and sent a fine work to mix into Zhang Wenxiu's department, so that Zhang Wenxiu is too busy to take care of himself, and it is difficult to pay attention to our loyal army. ”

Everyone was puzzled, and Yin Chengqi asked, "My lord, is this okay?" ”

Yang Xuan stood up and smiled bitterly, this is just a way out of the way.

Last time, Zhang Wenxiu took advantage of the excitement and attacked Zeng Ying with all his might, but Zeng Ying attacked the old camp in the rear, and then changed into clothes and mixed into the army, and finally returned defeated.

Considering that Zhang Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan gathered heavy troops in Tongchuan Prefecture, there are no troops to send now, so this is the only way.

After Chen Huaixi received the order, he set off overnight, spent two days and two nights, and suddenly appeared outside Yilong County that morning.

At this time, Liu Jinzhong was commanding the headquarters to attack the Yilong county town garrisoned by Shunqing and Chen Yingzong, the deputy commander of the 2nd Battalion.

Seeing more than 40 ships from the downstream filling the river, along the Jialing River (two gunboat brigades each with 5 Flying Tiger warships, 2 warship brigades, each with 10 sampan boats, plus transport warships, so there are about 60 ships), stopped behind the Great Western Army.

Fearing that the official army and navy would land in the rear and flank the rebel army attacking the city in front and rear, Liu Jinzhong hurriedly commanded more than 1,000 people to approach the shore to prevent the landing.

Seeing that the Great Western Army really hit the plan, Chen Huaixi ordered the whole army to meet him, and when he was forty or fifty meters close to the shore, he suddenly ignited artillery fire and bombarded the shore.

A single Flying Tiger battleship has a large Furlong cannon in the bow and stern, which can fire solid and scattered bullets.

The range of the scattered projectile is relatively close, but it is more than 150 meters, and the elevation angle of the 45-degree solid projectile has a range of more than 600 meters.

There are 3 No. 3 Franc cannons on the left and right sides, and there are 8 guns on the Flying Tiger battleship alone, which are now replaced by Franc cannons, which can be said to have strong firepower. (In the Ming Dynasty, there was a car battalion, and a large cart was loaded with 2 Franc cannons)

The sampan ship had 4 No. 3 Furlong cannons.

If the range of the No. 3 Franc machine is 100 meters, the maximum range of the solid projectile is 400 meters. (This is still equipment according to the traditional method of connection warfare, two hundred years later, the Hunan army, a single sampan ship has 4 guns)

Now the Tiger Squat Cannons on the Flying Tiger Battleship and the Sampan Ship have been changed to the new No. 3 Franc machine gun, and these new guns are all iron-core bronze cannons cast by iron molds, and their power is far from being comparable to the old artillery.

The 2 gunboat brigades and the 2 sampan boat brigades of the Navy are equipped with a total of 20 large Franc cannons and 140 No. 3 Franc cannons, which are as powerful as a car battalion and cannot be underestimated. (The navy has just been formed, and now the No. 3 Franc cannon is less than 5 percent, and now it is only 10 large Franc cannons and 70 Franc cannons)

As mentioned earlier, the Franc cannon is a rear-loading gun, and the lead and gunpowder have already been loaded in the gun before launching, and when firing, you only need to put the gun into the mother gun, and then ignite the fire rope, the firing speed of the large Franc cannon is about 2 minutes, and the firing speed of the No. 3 Franc cannon is less than a minute and a half.

In addition to the excellent performance of the Furlong cannon itself, each gun also has a special gun carriage, which not only avoids serious deviation from the original position after firing, which requires a lot of time to readjust the position, but more importantly, has a firing angle adjustment device.

This angle adjustment device is very simple, mainly composed of a spirit level and a dial, first determine the horizontal position, and then the zero degree angle of the dial is aligned with the pair.

When firing the cannon, adjust the cannon to the corresponding angle according to the shooting distance, and then light the fire rope and start firing.

As you know, after leaving the chamber, the gun is subjected to two forces, namely gravity and air resistance, which approximates parabolic operation.

In the case of the same ammunition, the range of a projectile of the same weight, in addition to the weight of gunpowder, the performance of gunpowder, the number of leads fired, the weight of leads, and, most importantly, the angle of launch.

Among them, the flat range is the shortest, and the 45-degree angle of fire is the farthest.

In the first few months, the Loyal and Righteous Army began to standardize the firing range, that is, to study the relationship between the weight of gunpowder, the weight of lead and the angle of shooting.

Although the upper reaches of the Jialing River are turbulent and not easy to aim, they shine in the first actual battle according to the concept of shooting Zhuyuan.

The lead that was shot into the air was burned hot, and then it fell like rain and fell on people's heads and shoulders.

Although many wore helmets and armor, most of them were very rudimentary, and some wore towels around their heads and quilts to protect against arrows.

Now suddenly faced with so many large Franc cannons and No. 3 Franc cannons, many people are flying with quilts and shields on their bodies, desperately dodging, and some even want to retreat desperately.

However, the discipline of the Great Western Army was very strict, Liu Jinzhong did not know the scale of the reinforcements, and when he saw such a large fleet appearing, he was most worried that the loyal and righteous army landed from behind and formed a front and rear attack with the soldiers and horses in the city.

In the Ming Dynasty, since the establishment of the car battalion by Yu Dayou, a famous anti-Japanese general, after nearly a hundred years of development, the car battalion has become a standard establishment.

No more is not the same as nothing, just as at the beginning of the year, when the Loyal and Righteous Army was defeated, it once captured the equipment of a car battalion.

Now I saw that the Loyal and Righteous Army was stopped on the bank of the Jialing River, shelling the department from afar, and hurriedly transferred more than 20 Franc machines and tiger squat guns to fight back, but they were not opponents at all, and they were actually pressed and beaten by the Loyal and Righteous Army Naval Army as soon as they came up.

Liu Jinzhong rushed into the artillery fire circle several times to see what was going on, but after half a day of artillery fighting, not only did 8 artillery pieces explode but 20 artillery pieces were destroyed, killing and wounding more than 500 people.

On the other hand, the other side cruising on the surface of the river, at the end of the day, except for the flames of two sampan boats, there was no loss.

Collect the troops and return to the camp, the camp is full of wailing, although the Daxi infantry army is strong and strong, but if the loyal army sailors are still cruising outside Yilong County, not only can not contain the other party, but may be defeated by the loyal army.

In the battle during the day, the artillery team of the department was defeated, and everyone suggested that they withdraw from the army, Liu Jinzhong was afraid, if he withdrew like this, he was afraid that he would be held accountable by Zhang Xianzhong.

When he was hesitating, he reported that the sailors of the Loyal and Righteous Army by the river did not know when they disappeared without a trace.

Liu Jinzhong was shocked and hurriedly sent a scout horse to check along the river.

Early the next morning, the defenders stationed in Langzhong came to report that last night the naval division of the Loyal and Righteous Army appeared in Langzhong (Baoning Prefecture) upstream to shell the Daxi Army left behind in Baoning Province.

At that time, the honeymoon period between the Great Western Army and the Sichuan people had already ended, and by the violent revolutionary principle implemented by Wang Zhaolin, many scholars and heroes from all over the country rose up to resist the Great West ****.

Seeing that the sailors of the Zhongyi Army had killed under the city of Langzhong, the ships of the sailors were crowded with harbors, and they were shelled at the Great Western Army from afar, because Liu Jinzhong had already led the main force to conquer Yilong County downstream, there were very few soldiers and horses left in Fucheng, and in the face of the sailors of the Zhongyi Army, they were completely in a situation of being passively beaten.

Seeing that the sailors of the Loyal and Righteous Army had arrived, Li Chongyan, a local man who had already been in contact with the Loyal and Righteous Army, led the villagers to launch another uprising. Due to the darkness of the enemy's unclear situation, coupled with the fact that the firepower of the naval division of the Loyal and Righteous Army was too fierce, the attacked Onishi Army panicked, and the generals who stayed behind complained bitterly.

The naval divisions of the Loyal and Righteous Army were different, the Flying Tiger battleships and sampan ships were equipped with a large number of artillery, and the ships were equipped with ramming horns, and they first used artillery to bombard the formation at a distance, and then swarmed up and defeated the opponent.

Several transport ships parked outside the water village were sunk and knocked over, and the sailors of the loyal and righteous army swarmed up and kept letting go of the water village and the city wall of Langzhong.

Hearing that Langzhong was attacked, Liu Jinzhong was shocked, Langzhong is the gateway to the north of Sichuan, and it is a dangerous place, Zhang Fei was stationed in Langzhong for several years during the Three Kingdoms period, so it can be seen the importance of its geographical location.

Although I know that the sailors of the Loyal and Righteous Army are just attacking and harassing, but the killer is the heroes and powers in various places, if they and the Loyal and Righteous Army should cooperate with each other and echo each other from afar, who knows what will happen.

Although Liu Jinzhong withdrew his troops, he still sent a messenger to report to Zhang Dingguo in Tongchuan Prefecture, and now Zhang Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan led tens of thousands of troops and horses to gather in Tongchuan Prefecture and were preparing to attack Shunqing Fucheng.

On the Bund of Langzhong Fucheng, after hearing the withdrawal of the Great Western Army, Chen Huaixi put down the monocular in his hand and sighed at the strong appeal of the scholars and heroes, and more than 3,000 people were gathered in less than a short time.

Li Chongyan and other leaders of the rebel army were invited, and in addition to informing Liu Jinzhong of the withdrawal of troops, everyone felt quite sorry.

Although Chen Huaixi also regretted it, but thinking of Yang Xuan's entrustment, he asked people to take out the equipment of more than 100 people, pointing to the armor and weapons of the boat, hoping that Li Chongyan and others could continue to fight against the Daxi ****, and hoped that everyone could withdraw to the mountains and rely on the mountain to entangle with the Daxi Army.

Li Chongyan and others complained bitterly, everyone ruined their homes to relieve the difficulties of the Daxi ****, originally wanted to take advantage of the chaos to capture the city of Boryeong, but they didn't expect to fall short, if they waited until the Daxi army arrived in the future, everyone might really be ruined by then.

In order to ensure that everyone had no worries, Chen Huaixi agreed to move all the families of the leaders of the rebel army to Shunqing Mansion to settle down.

After unloading the armor and other military supplies, the family members of the leaders of the rebel army cried one by one and boarded the ship, and it took half a day before everyone set sail again.

After three days of hard work, Liu Jinzhong led his troops back to Langzhong Fucheng and complained bitterly.

It turned out that when Chen Huaixi was leaving, he sent ships to attack and harass the counties along the river, such as Cangxi, Nanfang and other counties. (In ancient times, it was the co-rule of the gentry, although the Great Western Army was strong and strong, and there were many people, but it suddenly occupied more than 100 county towns in Sichuan, and each county could only send one county magistrate and several officials.) ）

This time, the sudden appearance of the loyal and righteous army almost ignited the hope of the people everywhere to resist, and everyone rose up to respond.

In the face of fierce artillery fire and strange tactics, the Loyal and Righteous Army Sailors had to arrange iron chains in dangerous places to block the Jialing River to prevent the Loyal and Righteous Army Sailors from guarding against the Loyal and Righteous Naval Divisions.