After the defeat of the Jin army, due to heavy losses in the cavalry, it lost its advantage on the plains, so it began to retreat to the Chengdu area.

Most of the small counties near Chengdu are in a state of abandonment, and the Ming army claims to be more than 300,000 people, and collects the whole Sichuan in three ways, just like a flood to wash away the filth, all the way like a bamboo.

Li Dingguo led 6,000 men and horses to the city of Jianyang, and the defenders in the city resisted a little and dispersed.

Although the Jin Kingdom folded for a while and suffered great losses, its combat power should not have degraded to such an extent, and even the bandits were a little inferior.

In Jianyang, Li Dingguo learned the reason why the Jin army had no fighting spirit, Wu Sangui only had 50,000 people in his hands, but he had to guard Hanzhong and Sichuan, and the troops were simply not enough.

If both sides are defended, it is very likely that both sides will be lost, and he can only focus on one defense.

Sichuan and Hanzhong are naturally rich in Sichuan, but the location of Sichuan is not suitable for defense, and Wu Sangui can only choose Hanzhong with his back to Guanzhong.

Since Haoge returned to Xi'an and Sichuan and Shu were in charge of Wu Sangui, he secretly transferred the wealth of Sichuan, quietly transported the grain, silver, and various materials from various states and counties to Hanzhong, and even moved the young and strong population.

The garrisons in many parts of Sichuan have been replaced by old and weak troops, and they have not been paid for several months.

Li Dingguo led a team of soldiers and generals to the Jianyang Mansion, where a middle-aged man wearing the official robe of the Jin State stood behind him.

"Damn, is there really nothing?" Li Dingguo pressed the handle of the knife, turned around in place, and found that there was not even a single mouse in the entire warehouse, so he couldn't help but scold.

The soldiers and generals behind him looked around, and they could really be described as the four walls of the family, and they couldn't help but scold.

At this time, the official of the Jin State bowed a little timidly, and said timidly: "General Li, how dare the criminal official deceive, the treasury has been emptied a month ago. ”

Li Dingguo frowned slightly, "Are the things in the treasury transported to Chengdu or Hanzhong?" ”

"Hanzhong, Guangyuan, who walked, the people who were personally recruited by the sinners, so it will definitely not be wrong!"

It seems that Wu Sangui really did not plan to stick to Sichuan, Li Dingguo pondered for a while, and then asked: "In addition to winning money, what else did Wu Sangui transport away?" ”

The official hurriedly said: "In addition to money and grain, there is also salt and iron, and by the way, there are also the families of the soldiers of the Jin Army, who have also been brought into Hanzhong." ”

Li Dingguo listened, and glanced at the soldiers, "What about Chengdu?" What is the situation in Chengdu now? ”

"Chengdu seems to be also transporting supplies to Hanzhong, and now it is guarded by Chen Ke, the defense envoy!"

"Chen Ke?" When Li Dingguo and the generals heard this name, they immediately hated itchy, and they all showed indignation.

Chengdu is the center of gravity of Sichuan, Shuzhong has been divided into regimes for generations, all built their capitals here, it can be said that whoever occupies Chengdu will control Sichuan.

At present, Wu Sangui retreated into Hanzhong, and the guards of Chengdu City were handed over to the rebel general Chen Ke.

This person is a person from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, who followed Wu Yishan to resist the Qing Dynasty in Songjiang, experienced the bloody battle in Kunshan, and resisted the Qing Dynasty in Taihu Lake, and he is also a hero.

After the defeat of Taihu Lake against the Qing Dynasty, he followed Chen Zilong and Wu Yishan south to Guangzhou, and later incorporated into Zhongyi Town, where he became a fellow intellectual.

After Zhongyi Town was besieged by Hezhou, the army fell into a desperate situation, killing people and eating in the city, many soldiers and generals were not firm-willed, in despair, in order to save their lives, betrayed the Ming Dynasty and surrendered to Haoge.

After Chen Ke failed to break through and Wu Yishan was killed, he also defected to the enemy and was loyal to the Jin State.

In the Ming and Qing wars, the Ming and Jin wars, such a chaotic era of repeated see-saw and multi-party scuffles, some Ming Dynasty officials and generals, surrendered to the Manchu Qing, or the Jin State, it is not uncommon, it is not the most evil, the Qing army and the Jin army also have people who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.

Who doesn't have a selfish heart, how many people are not afraid of death? When the Qing army went south, the five towns all surrendered, but later they joined the struggle against the Qing Dynasty also abounded, Jin Shenghuan, Wang Deren, Wang Guangtai three brothers, all of them first surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and then turned back to oppose the Qing generals.

These people are generally acceptable to the Ming Dynasty, but this Chen Ke is hated by the whole town of Zhongyi.

He is not the only general who has lowered the gold in Hezhou, but others have taken people out of the city with them, and he has admitted defeat, but he launched a rebellion, opened the city gate, and sold Yuan Zongdi and nearly 10,000 brothers who were unwilling to surrender.

In order to survive, it is not impossible to choose to surrender, but it is not impossible to betray a brother for his own selfish interests.

Zhongyi Town is talking about a righteous word, Chen Ke secretly lived by himself, and betrayed the brothers in the city, which caused the public indignation of Zhongyi Town today.

Li Dingguo learned in Jianyang that it was this guy guarding Chengdu, and he was immediately furious and decided to clean up the portal. Since Wu Sangui was carrying supplies from Sichuan to Hanzhong, this Chen Ke might also abandon the city and flee.

Catching this Chen Ke is of great significance to Li Dingguo, Yu Gong is to kill the traitor and avenge the governor, and Yu Private can gain the support of Zhongyi Town and climb to the position of governor.

Therefore, before Ma Jinzhong led the main force, he left a letter to explain the situation to him, and then led 6,000 men and horses to Chengdu to prevent the Chen thief from escaping.

At this time, at the head of Chengdu City, a general wearing armor, pressing his sword, was standing on top of the city, frowning and looking at the Ming army outside the city.

He was in his thirties, dark-skinned, quite strong, and looked like a battle-hardened man.

This person is Chen Ke, the defense envoy of Chengdu of the Jin Kingdom, at this time he was holding on to the wall with both hands, looking at the Ming army under the city, and couldn't help but be speechless for a long time. He never expected that the situation would change so quickly, and less than a year after he invested in gold, the Ming army fought back.

The officials behind him were also unlucky with a toothache, they had just received the news that the Ming army in Sichuan had invested in Yang and attacked Jianzhou, and the Ming army had already killed the city of Chengdu, which shocked them.

Chengdu was burned by Sun Kewang once before, but after five or six years, it has gradually recovered, and the important official offices of Jin Guo and Sichuan are all in Chengdu.

Wu Sangui was organizing a retreat, but it was not easy to retreat with great fanfare, first, he was afraid of causing the Ming army in southern Sichuan to attack immediately, and second, the gentry and people of Sichuan knew that the Jin State was going to give up Sichuan, and I was afraid that there would be chaos immediately, so Wu Sangui transported the surrounding states and counties first, and finally transported the things in Chengdu.

Chengdu has just begun to transport, the family has not yet finished, the Ming army is approaching the city, no one can escape, Dajin's officials in Chengdu, naturally, without exception, are crying and sad, full of bad luck.

At this time, everyone was watching, the Ming army lined up in formation, and a chess and card officer with a flag galloped to the city, and the war horse stopped a hundred steps away, and roared, "All the officials and soldiers in the city will listen, my general has a time limit of three days, let you tie yourself and ask for guilt, if not, on the day the city is broken, one will be killed!" ”

After saying that, the cavalry pulled out their horses and left, but no one in the city reacted, and Chen Ke came back to his senses after half a sound, and suddenly scolded, "Damn, when Lao Tzu was in the Wuzhong Army, Li Dingguo didn't know where he was?" What is he capable of threatening me! ”