Chapter 41: Attacking the New Capital
In September of the first year of the Apocalypse, the war between the Ming Dynasty and the Later Jin Dynasty was at a tense juncture, and the imperial court sent guest troops from all over the country to fight in Liaodong. Among them, the Tusi of Shuixi and Yongning also received orders to recruit troops to fight in Liao. Yongning Xuanfu Si Xuan Chongming mobilized 20,000 soldiers and horses to Chongqing, but the Sichuan magistrates not only refused to give them military rations, but also deducted their salaries. Xu Keqiu, the governor of Sichuan, accused most of the troops transferred by Yu Chongming of being old, weak, sick and disabled, and had no combat effectiveness, and asked to be sent back to Yongning for re-recruitment. Yu Chongming pulled up the anti-flag, led these "old, weak, sick and disabled" Yongning army to capture Chongqing, killing Xu Keqiu, and Li Jizhou, Luo Risheng and other officials were killed one after another, the general soldiers Huang Shoukui and Wang Shouzhong were martyred, and Gao Chongming divided his troops to capture Hejiang, Naxi, Zunyi and other important towns.
At this time, An Yaochen, the leader of the Shuixi clan, had just died, and his son An Wei was young, and he was regent by An's widowed mother Hao Shehui (the sister of Lu Chongming), and the power was in the hands of An Shehui and An Yaochen's brother Guizhou Xuanwei Si Tongzhi An Bangyan. When Luxe Shehui and An Bangyan heard that Luxe Chongming had an incident, they also raised the anti-flag. Occupy Bijie, Anshun, Zhanyi and other places. For a time, the toasts in the southwest region responded one after another. Song Wanhua, the Tusi of Shuidong, also raised an incident and called himself the "King of Luodian" and occupied Longli. At this time, Lu Qin and the guards had just escorted Qin Liangyu to the Xuanfu Division of Shiyan.
Fan Long, the general of Yu Chongming, sent an envoy and had been waiting for a few days in the Xuanfu Division of Shi Yan. Seeing that Qin Liangyu was back, please see him immediately.
Qin Liangyu took Lu Qin to meet the envoy. The envoy first presented gifts such as gold, silver, and silk, and then said: "There is no way in the Ming Dynasty, my Tusi has captured the city of Chongqing, and is about to send troops to attack the CD. Today, I sent a small one to come, hoping to form an alliance with the Xuanfu envoy to turn Sichuan into our Yiren Sichuan and restore our ancient Yi country. ”
Yu Chongming was a Yi Tusi, and Qin Liangyu was a Han nationality, so the envoy only mentioned the alliance, and all the local Tusi were called Yi people.
Qin Liangyu used his eyes to signal Lu Qin's restraint with an angry face, and then asked with a smile, "Why are you rebelling?" ”
The envoy said: "Because of the recruitment of the Ming court, we came to Chongqing with all the elite soldiers and prepared to go to Liaodong. Xu Keqiu, the governor of Sichuan, not only did not pay us food and salary because he did not get the money, but also said that we used the old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers to pretend to be elite soldiers, and asked us to redeploy our troops. My master couldn't bear it, so he used this old, weak, sick and disabled soldier to take Chongqing and kill Xu Keqiu. Since the court won't let us live, then let's do the opposite. ”
Qin Liangyu slapped the table and scolded: "I am the ambassador of the Great Ming Stone Confession, how can I form an alliance with your anti-thieves, come here, push it out and behead it." ”
Turning his head to Lu Qin, he said: "In fact, the Yi people have long had the heart of recovering the country, and the instability of the southwest that the last time I said to the saint is this situation, and now the officials are too greedy, and they are treated like this when they fight for the country, which provides them with a good excuse for rebellion. ”
Only then did Lu Qin understand why she wanted to let herself accompany her to meet the envoy, instead of directly killing her, so he bowed down and said: "General Qin is dedicated to the country, and Lu should play the matter here to the saint." ”
"Okay, now that this thing has become like this, I can only think about how to quickly quell the chaos, bring the map, and call several Qin generals."
Soon, her younger brother Qin Minping took her sons Qin Zuoming and Qin Zuoming, and Qin Bangping's sons Qin Yiming and Qin Gongming entered the account (her son Ma Xianglin was injured), and seven people began to analyze the situation around the map.
Qin Minping first said: "The thief army is now occupying Chongqing, we can only go upstream, attack Chongqing, and then go to CD to support." ”
Lu Qin hesitated: "Won't this be too late?" ”
Qin Yiming looked at his aunt cautiously and said, "The thieves occupy Chongqing, it is the time when morale is strong, and we are afraid that we will not be able to capture it when we attack Chongqing." ”
Qin Liangyu pondered for a long time, slapped the table and stood up: "Divide the troops!" Minping and Gongming led 5,000 troops, crossed Chongqing and did not enter, and went straight to Nanping Pass, cutting off the thief's way back. Zuo Ming led 3,000 troops to defend Chungju. Qin Liangyu is willing to go with General Lu to rescue the CD. ”
Lu Qin hurriedly stood up: "Don't dare, everything is at the command of General Qin." ”
Qin Yiming said pitifully: "Auntie, what about me? ”
Qin Liangyu said: "General Lu has the Shang Fang Sword, and he can order officials and generals from all over the country, Yi Ming and I will take two thousand white pole soldiers to CD, and Zuo Ming will stay at home." ”
Everyone immediately proceeded according to the agreed strategy. Lu Qin first wrote a letter to the emperor, explaining the reasons for the Sichuan rebellion and explaining Qin Liangyu's strategy. Then Qin Liangyu sent a fast horse to Kuizhou, asking the local garrison to quickly defend the upper and lower reaches of Qutang Gorge and repel the invading thieves.
Qin Minping and Qin Yiming led their troops against the current, crossed Chongqing City, took advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness, and went straight to Nanping Pass in Chongqing, cutting off the thief's way back. Qin Liangyu and Lu Qin set up an ambush to attack Lianghe and burned the enemy's ships.
Qin Liangyu and Lu Qin led their troops to continue to set out towards the CD, and soon the imperial decree arrived: the imperial court promoted Zhu Xieyuan, the political envoy, to be the governor of Sichuan, and transferred Yang Yumao to be the chief military officer of Sichuan, and entered Sichuan to quell the rebellion. Qin Liangyu was promoted to the general soldier of Shi Yan, Lu Qin was the deputy chief soldier, Qin Minping was the general, Qin Yiming and Qin Gongming were garrisoned, all under the jurisdiction of Qin Liangyu, and the rebellion was quelled together.
Qin Liangyu and Lu Qin soon arrived at the new capital, and the new capital guard was none other than Fan Long, who had sent the envoy. Qin Liangyu lined up the formation, and then ordered someone to shoot the head of the envoy into the city, Fan Long really couldn't stand the excitement and rushed out with a large army.
The Beijing battalion, oh, is now the Guards, two infantry battalions one in front and one behind, lined up in a six-row formation against the enemy's infantry, with the white pole soldiers led by Qin Liangyu in the middle, and the cavalry battalions of the Guards led by Qin Yiming on both wings.
The native soldiers brought by Fan Long had different weapons, swords, guns, hammers and forks, and the native soldiers who ran in the front had a blowpipe in their mouths, and Qin Liangyu reminded Lu Qin that he knew that this was a blow arrow. So Ruchin ordered: "Pay attention to face protection. When the natives were about fifty paces away from the Guards, Ruchin ordered three shots. Because Qin Liangyu said that blowing arrows will generally be launched at about thirty paces, the first time Lu Qin encountered this kind of weapon, out of caution, it is better to strike first.
The drums sounded, a crisp burst of gunfire rang out, and white smoke filled the front of the position, which was quickly dispersed by the wind, and the charging native soldiers fell to the ground. The native soldiers next to him didn't look at it at all, and continued to rush forward, when another drum sounded, and another burst of gunfire.
Gunfire kept ringing out, the Guards kept going up and down, charging and firing, blowing arrows had no chance to shoot at all. The native soldiers also seemed to have given up on long-range attacks, and one by one they rushed forward with their heads down, and soon approached the front row of the guards.