Chapter 106: The Great Western Army under the Revolt
It turned out that when the Loyal and Righteous Army captured Shunqing Mansion, Zhang Wenxiu, the general of Funan of the Great Western Army, and Wang Fuchen, the governor of the left capital of the Navy, led their troops to leave Guangyuan and go to Chongqing to reinforce Liu Tingju's troops, and at that time the troops just arrived in Suining County, Tongchuan Prefecture, and after receiving the news, they were shocked, and on the one hand ordered all their departments to set up camp to maintain a state of vigilance, and on the other hand, they sent messengers to Chengdu Mansion to warn Zhang Xian of urgency. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
It turned out that since the Battle of Hanzhong, good luck seemed to have left the Great Western Army overnight.
First of all, the news came that Wang Yingxiong, the governor of the four provinces appointed by the Southern Ming Dynasty, and Fan Yixing, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, led the Yungui soldiers and horses to exterminate the bandits in Sichuan.
Because Wang Yingxiong and Fan Yixuan were both people from central Sichuan, they had a lot of old ones, and under their influence, the local squires rebelled one after another, and the whole Sichuan showed signs of chaos.
In addition to the Yungui army in southern Sichuan, in eastern Sichuan, the Ming general Zeng Yingzheng gathered the remnants of the former Ming army and made a comeback, and together with Ma Gan, the governor of Sichuan who led the soldiers and horses of Guizhou, he would attack Chongqing.
In western Sichuan, the generals Cao Xun and Liu Daozhen led the remnants to Ya'an as the center, ready to merge into Jiading Prefecture at any time, approaching the Chengdu Plain.
In the Maozhou area of northwest Sichuan, Zhu Hualong, the deputy general of the Song Domain, and Long'an Mansion led their troops and horses together with Zhi Zhan Tianran.
In addition to these officials and soldiers, because Zhang Xianzhong listened to the opinions of Wang Zhaolin, the prime minister of the left, in order to prevent the powerful and scholars from all over the country from rebelling against the rule of Daxi, the Daxi regime forcibly recruited the powerful in the whole Sichuan, and all the scholars and scholars moved to Chengdu Fucheng for local supervision within a time limit.
One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and these powerful people launched another uprising of the local people against the Onishi regime, the more famous of which include:
Boryeong Province Li Chongyan, Wu Yuying
Wang Qi'e and Dou Kejin of Anyue County
Yang Wenhuan of Leshan County
Luo Zhang and Yao Sixiao of Suining County
Tongjiang, Bazhou's Ran Lan, Xiang Qian, Xiang Qian
Jia Zhongdou and Liu Shikai of Renshou County
Yao Yulin, Jintang County
Shengshiquan of Yongchuan Prefecture
The god of Xihua in Jiangjin County
…….
In this way, by mid-February, the whole Sichuan fell into ****, and in order to quell the rebellion in various places, the center of the Onishi regime was fiercely debated.
The right prime minister Yan Ximing, Shangshu Gong Wanjing, Jiang Dingzhen and other Sichuan civil officials, the former Ming officials believed that it was due to the benevolence and righteousness, and the bureaucrats below did bad things with good intentions, as long as the Onishi regime showed goodwill to the people, it could regain the trust of the Sichuan people by recruiting peace.
However, Wang Zhaolin, the prime minister of the left, did not think so, and now the Ming army was pressing the border, outflanking from the three directions of southern Sichuan, eastern Sichuan, and northern Sichuan, and the fate of the Daxi regime hung by a thread.
Benevolent? What kind of benevolent government can be implemented now, the emperor is benevolent, and the Sichuan people will be exempted from paying taxes for three years at the beginning of Shu, is there a better benevolent government in the world?
The emperor restrained his subordinates very strictly, and at the beginning of Shu, it was strictly forbidden for the Great Western Army to rob the people like the former Ming army, and it can be said that Qiu did not commit any crimes, which is not the emperor's benevolence and righteousness.
The Shu people are afraid of power but not of virtue, when Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang entered Sichuan, the Shu people were also quite opposed, but under the iron-fisted rule of Zhuge Liang, the Shu people actually missed Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang for a few years, and the Wuhou Temple in Chengdu was continuous incense for many years, and it has never been broken after thousands of years.
Wang Zhaolin suggested ruthlessly suppressing those who dared to resist, just like the purge in the previous life, first of all, it is necessary to purge the officials who rode the wall in the Qin and Twilight Chu dynasties, and ensure the purity of the core of the leadership.
Then all those scholars were gathered together to take care of them, and the Ming Dynasty was abolished on these scholars, who praised and criticized the disadvantages of the times, caused social turmoil, and gathered everyone together in the name of the imperial examination, and never put them back.
Zhang Xianzhong apparently accepted Wang Zhaolin's advice, and sent heavy troops from all walks of life to extinguish the rebels from all walks of life.
In order to prevent the Yunnan-Guizhou army from entering southern Sichuan, Zhang Kewang, the general of Zhengdong, Zhang Hualong, the governor of the right army, and Wang Ziyu, the right governor of the navy, led their troops to attack southern Sichuan and resist the main force of the Ming army from Yunnan and Guizhou provinces.
Zhang Nengqi, the general of Dingbei, and Feng Shuangli, the governor of the rear army, led their troops to attack Ya'an to block Cao Xun and Liu Daozhen in western Sichuan.
He ordered the governor to run the troops at Baishui Pass, and also guarded against the troops of Zhu Hualong, the guard of the Song Domain, and the troops of Zhan Tianyan, the Tongzhi of Long'an Mansion.
In order to aid Liu Tingju's troops in Chongqing, he ordered Zhang Wenxiu, the general of Funan, and Wang Fuchen, the governor of the left capital of the navy, to lead their troops down the Fujiang River to support the capital of Chongqing.
Before entering Sichuan, the Great Western Army had more than 200,000 troops, excluding some coerced people or dependents in the army, and there were only 100,000 people who could really recruit good fighters.
Although 100,000 soldiers from Sichuan were incorporated into Sichuan this time, now they see that the wolf smoke is everywhere in Sichuan, and the army has already lost their morale and refuses to fight to the death.
Although the morale of the army is unstable, the army of the Great West is strong and strong, the four generals and the five governors are all able to recruit and fight well, and the soldiers under their command are even more battle-hardened soldiers.
Zhang Wenxiu was temporarily stationed in Suining County for a few days, and after hearing the news that the Zuodu Governor **** Li had captured the city of Shunqing by the loyal rebels, Zhang Xianzhong was quite annoyed.
Chongqing is an important town in the east of Sichuan, and it is also the second largest city in Sichuan after Chengdu, the strategic position is very important, now the governor of Sichuan in the Southern Ming Dynasty, Ma Gan, and the general Zeng Yingzheng led the troops to attack Chongqing.
As for the loyal and righteous army of Shunqing Prefecture, Zhang Dingguo, the general of Anxi, and Bai Wenxuan, the former military governor, led the troops to be exterminated.
In early March, Zhang Wenxiu led his troops to the Hezhou front, and news came from the direction of Chongqing that the Ming army's horse cadres and Zeng Ying's troops had already captured Fuling, and their vanguard was advancing into Chongqing.
Since the second year of Hongguang in February (1645 AD), Ma Gan and General Zeng Ying led the remnants of the Sichuan army and the Guizhou reinforcements to form a coalition army, first captured the Qianjiang River, Fuling, the army was in full swing, and the army once entered the city of Chongqing.
Seeing that Liu Tingju's troops could not resist, Chongqing City was about to fall day and night, and Zhang Guangcai, the governor of the Great Western Army, led the rout army to kill, and attacked back and forth, so as to slightly defeat the Ming army besieging the city and stabilize the situation in eastern Sichuan.
After collecting troops and returning to the camp, Zeng Ying's anger in his heart can be imagined, and he sent scouts out to inquire, and actually heard that the Loyal and Righteous Army attacked the city in northern Sichuan in just half a year, not only killing the left governor of the Great Western Army, but also recovering more than ten counties in Shunqing Mansion and Dazhou.
Zhang Guangcai, the governor of the Great Western Army, was forced to withdraw from Guang'an Prefecture by the loyal and righteous army, and fled to Chongqing, an important town in eastern Sichuan, when he had no way out, so as to stabilize the situation.
The year before last, Zeng Ying led the army to help, and heard about Yang Xuan's deeds, and now heard that the loyal army rose in northern Sichuan, as Liu Liangchang said, if the two armies are flanked, so the Western Army will be defeated.
After receiving this information, Zeng Ying sent an envoy to Zunyi to meet with Wang Yingxiong, the governor of the four provinces, to explain the situation.