Chapter 179: The Four Great Righteous Sons
Suining to Shehong more than 100 miles, riding horses can arrive in one day, but after a day of fighting, the people and horses are tired, everyone retreats north for more than 30 miles in one breath, camps, and rests for a day. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Due to the rout, those exiles who were forcibly captured saw that the general situation was gone, and many of them were dissenting even if they returned to the official army.
I originally thought that Zhang Xianzhong could build a country, Sichuan is surrounded by high mountains, and everyone can escape the troubles of the troubled times in this basin, but who would have expected that the Ming army would dig Dujiangyan, and the entry of the Great Western Army into Shu was strongly opposed by the Sichuan military and civilians.
Since the rise of Yang Xuan in northern Sichuan, he has resettled displaced people and taken care of the disadvantaged, just like many soldiers who defected to him, even in troubled times, everyone lived and worked in peace and contentment, and he was only so in the prosperous times.
Everyone is strong and strong, and now there is a lot of wasteland, as long as you are willing to work, you can find a piece of wasteland there, or you will be able to have enough food and clothing in a few years.
Although he was not intercepted by the loyal army, more than 3,000 people ran away along the way, and seeing that everyone's morale was low, Zhang Dingguo also sighed a little.
After a hasty meal, everyone rested for the night, and the next morning everyone got up early in the morning, and everyone hurried on the road.
According to Zhang Dingguo's intentions, it was best for all departments to hurry back to Shehong County, but seeing that there were more and more deserters, Bai Wenxuan persuaded him many times, if he ran like a pro-army, he would fall behind even more.
Everyone died down and walked slowly for two hours, and at noon, the scouts came to report, and the smoke and dust were billowing behind, and tens of thousands of loyal and righteous soldiers were killed.
Zhang Dingguo sighed, now the morale of the various departments is low, and they will definitely not be able to fight at that time, after thinking about it, let Bai Wenxuan lead the troops to retreat quickly, and he led the pro-army to break the rear behind.
After an hour like this, the vanguard of the Loyal and Righteous Army arrived, and the two sides fought together, Zhang Dingguo wanted to retreat north after killing the other party, but although he killed and injured the other party, the other party still fought to the death.
After half an hour, the scouts came to report, and thousands of loyal and righteous troops detoured to the back, which had the intention of cutting off the return route of the army, Zhang Dingguo was shocked and hurriedly led his troops to withdraw.
In the middle of the road, he fought with the cavalry regiment, and before the sun set, Yang Xuan led the other regiments to kill, Zhang Dingguo was worried about being intercepted, and hurriedly led his troops to withdraw
The two sides continued to fight, and the loyal and righteous army sent soldiers and horses to the front from time to time to block the attack, especially the 4th regiment, which did not take the main road at all, and there was no fetters on the road, and caught up with Bai Wenxuan at noon the next day.
Now Shehong County is in sight, all the way to the north, although the casualties are quite large, but finally withdrawn to Shehong County, you can rely on this, just when everyone is happy and ready to clap to celebrate, suddenly from the front to kill a group of people.
In order to intercept the Great Western Army, during the pursuit, Yang Xuan even sent Chen Huaixi to lead the naval army to go upriver along the Fujiang River, and arrived at the opposite side of Shehong County this morning, and immediately connected more than 20 ships together to cross the Fujiang River.
Now seeing the withdrawal of the Great Western Army, Yao Zhijiao, the 4th Regiment who had already commanded all the units to occupy the key passes, commanded the various units to launch an attack first, break up the opponent's formation, and then lead the troops to hold on.
Hearing that the front was dangerously occupied, Zhang Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan were shocked, although they commanded all the troops to attack, but there were many hills in the area, and it was even more difficult to break through the defense line.
In desperation, Zhang Dingguo had no choice but to order a separate breakout, and after a day of fighting, he found a way out and led thousands of soldiers and horses to retreat to Yun County.
Hearing the defeat of the Great Western Army and the withdrawal of its main force, the local squires were overjoyed, and everyone called on the government to tie up the puppet Zhixian of the Great Western Army and recover the city.
The loyal army entered the city, and saw the people in the city hungry on many sides along the way, and Yang Xuan felt unbearable in his heart.
And seeing where the loyal army passed, Qiu did not commit any offense, and when he heard the appointed officials and announce the new policy, the squires present praised it again and again.
After everyone retreated, Qian Bangqi admonished: "My lord, now that Zhang Dingguo and Zhang Wenxiu have been defeated, there is nothing to fear. The lord can lead his troops to the north, seize Yu County, and control Huanghuayi, so as to cut off the passage for the Great Western Army to retreat north. ”
Yang Xuan was shocked in his heart, shook his head and said, "Qian Jianjun, water needs to be channeled, and Liukou is equivalent to this flood, and it also needs to be channeled."
If I capture the Huanghuayi in Yunxian County and cut off the retreat of the Great Western Army, Zhang Xianzhong will inevitably attack with all his strength, so the main force is trapped here, but it is not good.
It is better to send troops to garrison Shehong, Suining and other places, I will first lead my troops to attack other counties in Tongchuan Prefecture, and after the place is stable, then lead my troops to the west to conquer Chengdu, or go north to attack Yuxian County. ”
Qian Bangqi sighed and said: "My lord, Zhang Dingguo is known as ten thousand enemies, if he is left on the flanks, he may threaten the safety of our army's rear." ”
Yang Xuan said with a smile: "Having said that, if there is no military rations, what difference is there from a 10,000-strong enemy like Lu Bu?"
Although Zhang Dingguo is known as the enemy of 10,000 people, he is quite loyal, and he is also known as a small lieutenant. ”
This is the first time that Yang Xuan has publicly said that he has the intention of recruiting Zhang Dingguo, everyone was shocked, and Qian Bangqi arched his hand and said: "Although Zhang Xianzhong has many righteous sons, there are Zhang Guangcai and others, but the most famous ones are Zhang Kewang, Zhang Dingguo, Zhang Wenxiu, and Zhang Nengqi.
In addition to Zhang Kewang and Zhang Nengqi, the adult and the other two all called their hands, and the adults said, how about these four righteous sons? ”
Yang Xuan pondered for a moment and sighed: "Although Zhang Xianzhong was born in a rogue, his eyes are like torches, which is also commendable. Not to mention anything else, just look at his four righteous sons, although they are all less than 30 years old, they have been in the army since they were young, they are decisive in killing, and they are in charge alone, which is definitely not comparable to others.
The most powerful of them is that Zhang Kewang, who is treacherous, and he has to lead troops to fight with Zhang Xianzhong, and it is not easy to defeat him.
The second is this Zhang Dingguo, known as the enemy of 10,000 people and the little lieutenant Chi, who is quite loyal and righteous, if he can change his evil and return to the right,......
Zhang Wenxiu was quite hesitant, just like this Suining City, seeing that our army was detouring, if he immediately decided to lead the army to retreat, he would not suffer such a big loss.
And Zhang Nengqi is heroic and quite reckless. ”
Everyone was shocked, and Wang Zhibang next to him nodded his head again and again, thinking that in the Great Western Army, everyone thought so.
Seeing that one or two people in the audience were quite unconvinced, Yang Xuan particularly emphasized that whenever they encountered confrontation with Zhang Dingguo and his subordinates in the future, everyone needed to be cautious, and it was even more necessary to leave thirty percent of the troops to deal with possible crises.
After that, after leaving a regiment to guard Shehong and Pengxi, after a short rest, Yang Xuan led the army to the west and quickly occupied Yukou.
Seeing that the back road was cut off, Jin Tongwu, who was stationed in Suining County, was shocked and led his troops to retreat, vainly wanting to join forces with Zhang Wenxiu, but was blocked by Yang Xuan, and was finally captured by the Loyal and Righteous Army.
After Yang Xuan personally came forward to recruit Jin Tongwu, he divided his troops to attack the counties in the south of Tongchuan Prefecture, such as Anyue, Lezhi, and Tongnan counties, so that in less than a few days, all the counties in the south of Tongchuan Prefecture were recovered in early May.
Yang Xuan appointed Pengzhou Zhizhou Tang Jietai as the Zhili Zhizhou of Tongchuan Prefecture, and Yang Xianzhi and Lin Shitai of Tongchuan were assigned to other counties to serve as magistrates, so the place was slightly flat.
Tongchuan Prefecture is close to Chengdu, and since the Liukou entered Sichuan, it has been occupied by the Liukou, and it stands to reason that the poison should be the most tragic.