After hearing the news, Yang Xuan was overjoyed, and was preparing to attack Hanzhong along the Micang Road, when the generals in front came to report that He Zhen, the general of the Dashun Army who had surrendered to the Barbarian Qing Dynasty, rebelled against the Barbarian Qing again, claiming to be the general of Fengtian Advocate Righteousness, and led 20,000 strong soldiers out of Lianyunzhan to capture Fengxiang in one fell swoop. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the past, Li Zicheng also claimed to be the general of Fengtian Advocate Righteousness, and now He Zhen has chosen such a name, probably just like the old King Gao Yingxiang and King Li Zicheng.

The situation in Hanzhong changed greatly, and when Yang Xuan was hesitating, the porter came to report, claiming that Wang Yingxiong, the governor of the four provinces, had sent a messenger, hoping that the loyal and righteous army could send troops from Shunqing Mansion to attack Zhang Xianzhong from the north and south.

Originally, after a year of rest, now the strength of the Ming army in southern Sichuan and eastern Sichuan has increased greatly, Wang Yingxiong and Fan Yixuan, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, are in southern Sichuan, planning to concentrate their forces to storm the Great Western Army and restore Chengdu.

The loyal and righteous army is entrenched in the north of Sichuan, not only can form a north-south flank with the Ming army in southern Sichuan, the geographical location is extremely important, and the more important loyal and righteous army is strong and strong, and it defeats Zhang Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan's army in less than ten days, and in less than half a month, it has been the disaster of Yao Huang, a local tyrant who has been in northern Sichuan for several years, and the army has been greatly boosted.

Although the deputy general Zeng Ying defeated the Funan general Zhang Wenxiu with a strategy, and the deputy general Yang Zhan also defeated the governor of the Great Western Governor Zhang Hualong, but compared with the record of the loyal army, it was still much inferior.

Under the city of Shunqing, the loyal army fought a bloody battle with the 30,000 Western army that came to attack for ten days, and defeated the other party and won the victory with outnumbered enemies.

Wang Yingxiong, Fan Yixuan, Ma Gan and others unanimously believed that if the loyal and righteous army in northern Sichuan sent troops from Shunqing, such a rogue would definitely be defeated.

However, the Loyal and Righteous Army belongs to a local regiment training arm, and its strategy and tactics are completely autonomous, and it does not listen to the dispatch of the governors of the four provinces at all, which is quite a headache.

A month ago, he received a letter from Qian Bangji, claiming that Yang Xuan might lead his troops to seize Bazhou, and then enter Hanzhong.

Wang Yingxiong was shocked, if the loyal army went north to Hanzhong, so that it would not besiege the Great Western Army from the north.

In order to win over the loyal and righteous army, Wang Yingxiong sent Liu Liangchang, a political officer in eastern Sichuan, to come to Shunqing to stop it, who would have expected that just after arriving in Shunqing, the loyal and righteous army had already captured Bazhou, and the prosperity of the army was jaw-dropping.

After reading it briefly, he handed it to Yin Chengqi, Ran Lin, Zhang Lang and others next to him, and then sat on the top and closed his eyes to recuperate, looking like he had nothing to do with himself.

Liu Lanchang arched his hand and asked, "This is the strategy drawn up by Lord Wang, the governor of the four provinces, Lord Fan, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and Lord Ma, the governor of Sichuan, after discussing for several months.

Adult and young heroes, now they have put down the rebellion of the local rioters in one fell swoop, and their knowledge is far above ordinary people, how about adults? ”

Yang Xuan was happy in his heart, the history books clearly stated that this year's Great Western Army will abandon Chengdu, after the evacuation, Zhang Xianzhong was beheaded by Tartars in Xichong County, Shunqing Prefecture, and before, the Great Western Army is likely to attack Shunqing Mansion with all its might, and there are only two ways to solve the puzzle.

One of the loyal and righteous army entered Hanzhong, and the possibility of breaking the Tartar army to drive straight into Sichuan, although Zhang Xianzhong could be preserved, but Shunqing Mansion would undoubtedly be lost.

The other is, of course, self-preservation, seizing territory, and enhancing strength, but in this case, the Great Western Army will inevitably be even weaker, and Zhang Xianzhong will definitely die.

No matter which path he chooses, he will leave endless disasters behind, and after months of hard thinking and meditation, Yang Xuan can't make a decision.

Now it seems that Wang Yingxiong, the governor of the four provinces, and others are quite interested in besieging Zhang Xianzhong, since this is the case, it is better to do the opposite, even if there is another result in the future, it is also their own unpredictable prophet, and they do not need to bear any consequences.

After thinking about it, Yang Xuan shook his head again and again and said, "Since it was discussed by the adults, we sesame mung bean officials will implement it."

But those with a little common sense know that to ensure the tranquility of Sichuan, Hanzhong must be protected first, and now although He Zhen abandoned the darkness and led 20,000 elite soldiers to kill in Guanzhong, but the enemy is strong and I am weak, what can these 20,000 soldiers and horses do?

We fought in the nest, although Zhang Xianzhong was defeated, but if the barbarian Qing occupied Hanzhong, what would be the benefit at that time? ”

Everyone was shocked, Yang Xuan ate the bear's heart and leopard gall, and dared to publicly criticize the cabinet scholars of the dynasty, the governors of the four provinces, and the governors of Sichuan and Shaanxi in public?

But in the Ming Dynasty, it advocates freedom of speech, the Donglin Party people are listening to the sound of the wind and rain, the sound of reading, family affairs, state affairs, everything in the world is concerned, in the Ming Dynasty, the official speech, the scholar discusses politics, this is a common thing.

Now hearing Yang Xuan mention it, Liu Lanchang also felt quite embarrassed, and sighed: "What the adults said is not unreasonable. But the Governor, the Governor, made such a decision, and I think there is a reason for it. ”

Yang Xuan was overjoyed in his heart, and said with disdain on his face: "It makes sense that the princes of the imperial court joined forces to destroy Kou that day."

Although the reason is reasonable, in the end, the barbarian Qing eliminated the Liukou, and then the soldiers were divided into two ways to attack my Daming, and finally they were broken by the barbarian Qing Tartars.

Alas, Liu participated in politics, since there are governors and governors, we local officials can only follow them. ”

Liu Liangchang was overjoyed in his heart, and arched his hand: "My lord, the army of southern Sichuan will march in April, I don't know when my lord will enter the army?" ”

Yang Xuan thought about it, was noncommittal, and sighed: "Since ancient times, Sichuan has a saying that the upper Sichuan and the lower Sichuan have been said that if you want to ensure the safety of Sichuan, you must control the upper Sichuan.

Now that the battle in Guanzhong of the He Zhen Department has not been successful, coupled with Liu Jinzhong in Langzhong, if he wants to march west, there must be no threat to the rear, right? ”

Although such a statement does not explicitly express rejection, how is it different from rejection?

Liu Liang grew up and was shocked, he had discussed with Qian Bangxin before he came, if he should not allow the expedition to the west, then persuade the governors of the four provinces to add officials to the knighthood, according to the observation results of Qian Bangxin and others, this Yang Xuan was quite fascinated by the official position.

However, the governor of the four provinces, Wang Yingxiong, was quite important, and he could not be rewarded unless he made great achievements, and many leaders of the rebel army sent messengers to ask for the title of official in the past, but they were often refused.

Now that they have hit a soft nail, Liu Liangchang and Qian Bangqi can only work hard and persuade hard, hoping to persuade Wang Yingxiong, the governor of the four provinces, to add officials to the knighthood in order to buy Yang Xuan.

During this period, the situation in northern Sichuan was constantly reversed.

First of all, after Guo Xiandeng, who stayed in Hanzhong, heard that the loyal and righteous army had occupied Bazhou, and its vanguard had controlled Micang Road and could enter Hanzhong at any time, he personally came to Nanjiang County, hoping that the two sides could abandon their previous suspicions and jointly resist the Qing army.

This is what Yang Xuan has always openly advocated for the extermination of the United Force, just like the establishment of an anti-Japanese united front during the War of Resistance Against Japan, there will be too many benefits in the future.

Now that the other party proposed, Yang Xuan of course agreed, and let people build an altar, and everyone swore an oath together and formed an alliance to expel the Tartars together.

Then, news came from the direction of Yilong, after the local tyrants Yuan Tao, Hu Jiusi and others led their troops to submit to the Great Western Army, Liu Jinzhong, the governor of the Great Western Army, adopted the method of encircling Wei to save Zhao, and led an army of 10,000 to approach Yilong, in order to cut off the rear road of the loyal and righteous army.

Liu Jinzhong was able to gather 10,000 troops this time, mainly because the Hanzhong He Zhen Department attacked Guanzhong, and the pressure in the Hanzhong direction disappeared, and now Zhao Ronggui can help him to assist in the defense of Baoning Mansion, so that he can concentrate the main force down the Jialing River and attack Pengzhou.

It is just to encircle Wei to save Zhao and let the main force of the loyal and righteous army withdraw from Bazhou, so that the local tyrants can resurrect.

Of course, Yang Xuan would not be fooled, and ordered all the departments on the front line in Bazhou to continue to exterminate the remnants of the local local tyrants, and in Pengzhou, it was just an increase in the 8th Regiment of the Capital Jigui.

Seeing Liu Jinzhong's attack on Pengzhou, Qian Bangxin, Liu Lanchang and others persuaded each other, claiming that Baoning Mansion was located in the upper reaches of Shunqing Mansion and could go down the river at any time, and whether it was the Western Expedition or the Northern Expedition, it was necessary to capture Langzhong first.

Thinking of the development of historical facts, Yang Xuan shook his head again and again, pointing to the map to justify, now that Bazhou is newly determined, the local situation is unstable, and there is no reason to use troops on a large scale.

Besides, the ancients surrounded three missing one, and now the Ming army is surrounded by the Liukou in the east, south, and north, which is the encirclement of the three missing one, if the loyal army captures Baoning Mansion, the Liukou will inevitably be trapped and the beast is still fighting.

Leaving Baoning Mansion and leaving the gap of the Golden Bull Road was mainly to give Zhang Xianzhong a place to escape, forcing him to go north to resist the Qing Dynasty and become the forerunner of the Ming army.

Yang Xuan dared to insist so much in public, mainly because the imperial court policy changed course.