Through water transportation, tricycles, and bicycle transportation, grain was gradually transported to the front line, and the tactical training of various departments was basically completed. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Leaving the political envoy Liu Liangchang and Senator Zhao Sixuan together with the deputy general Fan Mingshan to lead the 1st Division to garrison the first line of Chong (Qing), Tongchuan and Shunqing, and the general Yao Zhijiao led the 4th Division to garrison the first line of Chengdu, Mianzhou and Baoning, and personally led the northern expedition of the army to level the Great Western Army in Hanzhong.

The loyal and righteous army was divided into two routes, one was led by the deputy general Chen Yingzong and the staff general Jin Tongwu, the 2nd and 7th divisions of the division, supported by an artillery battalion and a water battalion, along the rice cang road to Nanzheng, forcing the Tartars to return to the division.

Yang Xuan personally led the Guard Division, the Ma Chao Cavalry Brigade, Guo Chonglie's 3rd Division, Yang Bingyi's 5th Division, Liu Weiming's 6th Division, the 1st Artillery Regiment and the 1st Naval Army to march north along the post road and enter Hanzhong.

Hearing that the Loyal and Righteous Army was marching along the Golden Bull Road and the Rice Cang Road to prepare to capture Hanzhong, Nikan, who had just been demoted to the rank of Dorobezi, was taken aback and hurriedly summoned the generals to discuss.

After the defeat of the last four (Sichuan), although the regent Dolgon, the uncle of the barbarian Qing Emperor, was quite annoyed with Haoge, he saw that Manchuria was defeated by the loyal army, and his inner anger can be imagined.

After escorting Hauge into the city to force the funds, Dolgon deprived Hauges of his title, demoted all Hauge's family to concubines, and married Hauge Fujin Borzigit by the way, and his side Fujin was divided between Azig and Zilharang respectively.

But after all, the Manchu Qing Dynasty is known as the Eight Banners, and now the Manchurian inlaid flags on the front line have been almost completely annihilated, and more than half of the Zhengluo banners have been lost.

After pondering for a few days, Dolgon finally came up with a way, in order to increase the strength of Manchuria, in the past, some of the Eight Mongol Banners were often incorporated into the Eight Banners of Manchuria?

This time it was just like this, there were more than 800 Mongolian Eight Banners on the front line, and they were directly converted into Manchurian Eight Banners, so that it had a slight scale.

But there are few Manchurians, and there are not many Mongols in this era, so if you want to replenish the strength of the Manchurian Eight Banners, you can only rely on the Han people in the end.

However, due to the great loss, after supplementation, there are only 20 cattle records in the current bad flag, and only 15 cattle records in the inlaid flag, and the sum of the two flags is not as good as the positive and defeated flags.

Another significant effect was that the Manchus once again felt that their own strength was weak, and the Manchus were only a few hundred thousand horses, especially the warriors who could fight well, and one less one died.

The plan for now is to let the Han people fight hard in the front, preserve the strength of the Manchus, and then transfer the Manchus when the results of the battle are expanded, so that the Manchus can not only be majestic but also die very little.

Under these circumstances, Dolgon decided to send his brother and uncle regent Duoduo to lead the defeated banner into Guanzhong to stabilize the situation, activate the idle Wu Sangui, and order him to lead his troops and horses into Hanzhong to fight against Zhongyi with Nikan, Li Guoying and others.

Since the Manqing defeated Li Zicheng's main force, Wu Sangui was transferred back to Jinzhou from the front line by the Manqing. Wu Sangui knew this arrangement of the Qing government, and now Wu Sangui has seen the wind and steered, calling Emperor Chongzhen the "old master", and repeatedly confessing that he is "loyal to the new dynasty".

Seeing that Wu Sangui had become his loyal eagle dog, and that it was the time to employ people ahead, Dolgon urgently transferred Wu Sangui to lead 30,000 Guanning soldiers and horses to Hanzhong to block the Northern Expedition of the Loyal and Righteous Army.

Due to the long distance (more than 2,000 miles from Hanzhong to Liaodong), coupled with the need to replenish food and baggage on the way of the army, Wu Sangui's department has just entered Henan, and now the situation in Hanzhong is reduced to Nikan, who has been reduced to Dorobezi, and what he leads is only 4,000 Manmeng who has just been formed, and 30,000 green battalions and horses led by Li Guohan, Li Guoying, and Gao Mingzhan are stationed in Hanzhong.

Looking at everyone, Nikan sighed and said: "Everyone, last time we were too light on the enemy, after the defeat of Zhang Xianzhong, we divided our troops and sent all kinds of soldiers and horses to attack everywhere, so that they were broken by the other party, and the flag was almost wiped out." ”

Gao Mingzhan, the chief soldier of Hanzhong next to him, shook his head and said: "Beizi, have you seen it, generals, Yang Xuan is always vigilant against my Eight Banners Iron Cavalry, whether it is to defeat Luo Luohun's soldiers and horses, or to block our army, Yang Xuan chooses to fight in the hilly and river areas, so that my cavalry advantage cannot be brought into play, which will lead to the bitter fruit of defeat." ”

Li Guoying, the fourth (Sichuan) commander-in-chief, sighed and said: "Everyone, the battle of that day made people feel uneasy, the combat strength of the loyal army was far stronger than that of the elite of the ordinary Ming army, and the old man estimated that its combat power may reach the level of the Qi family army in its heyday.

On that day, Qi Jiguang had built more than 10,000 Qi family troops after several years of tempering, and this Yang Xuan had trained 340,000 loyal and righteous troops with the strength of his own hands, so the combat power of the loyal and righteous army should not be underestimated. ”

Nikan He smiled and said: "Everyone, the defeat of the day is really caused by our too arrogant division of troops to attack everywhere, if we do not divide our troops, if we wait to attack Shunqing Mansion City with all our strength after defeating the Great Western Army, then the outcome of the battlefield will be completely different." ”

Everyone looked at each other, and Li Guoying looked at Nikan for a long time and said, "Beizi, how do the soldiers and horses of my green battalion compare with the loyal army?" ”

Nikan shook his head and said, "It's not as good as Yi."

I saw with my own eyes under the city of Shunqing, Bai Yongfu led more than 10,000 green battalions to attack the city, but he couldn't disperse Jin Tongwu to lead a regular regiment and a militia group. ”

Li Guoying pointed to the sky outside and said: "Beizi, although the Hanzhong Plain is relatively broad, it is also a plain sandwiched between the two mountains, and the infantry strength of our army is far inferior to that of the Loyal and Righteous Army, and what our army relies on is only the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry."

But at the beginning of the year, the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry had just been hit hard, and its strength was far from recovering, and now that Yang Xuan was attacking, it would be even more difficult for us to defend Hanzhong. ”

Li Guoying was once a fierce general under Zuo Liangyu, and he had outstanding achievements in both the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Nikan's face was full of iron, and he asked for a long time, "If it is according to your plan, what should we do?"

Li Guoying sighed: "On that day, Cao Mengde and Liu Xuande fought in Hanzhong, and Cao Mengde led his troops to fight for Hanzhong, but it was difficult to transport grain and grass, and it was not in vain to lose troops in the end.

Now that Yang Xuan has defeated my army to conquer Sichuan, his strength is unstoppable, and he cannot compete with it. The plan for now is to withdraw from Hanzhong, hold the pass like Sima Yi, and prevent the loyal and righteous army from entering the pass. ”

Nikan shook his head and said: "The defeat of the Zhengchuan army is really caused by Haoge's arrogance, not our incompetence.

Hanzhong is the backbone of the world, and Liu Bang established the Han family with this, and he must not be easily entrusted to others.

The north can seize Guanzhong, the west can take Longdong, the south threatens the four (Sichuan), and the east is approaching Xiangfan, which is really an important place in the world, and must not be easily abandoned.

Now that my uncle, the regent Duoduo, is leading a large army into Guanzhong, and Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, is also leading his troops into Henan, as long as we don't make a big mistake like Haoge did that day, we will definitely be able to hold Hanzhong. ”

Li Guoying thought for a while and sighed: "In this case, we should also learn the lessons of that day, and we can rely on the terrain of the Nanzheng Plain to concentrate our forces under the city and fight to the death with the loyal and righteous army. ”

Nikan was overjoyed that if he really lured the loyal army to the plains, he would definitely win the battle.

But suddenly his brain turned, Nikan felt that something was wrong, after the defeat of Hauge and Luo Luohun, the regent Dolgon sent a letter to the front generals, claiming that the Manchurians were less than the horses, and from now on the strength of the Manchus should be preserved in the battle, and each battle should first let the Han army's green battalion soldiers and horses and the Ming army fight to the death, and the Manchus will be killed at the most critical time, so that not only will there be few casualties, but also increase the deterrence of the Manchus.

According to Li Guoying's strategy, it was to let the Manchu Eight Banners fight to the death with the loyal army, and their green battalion soldiers and horses were only responsible for guarding the city.

Thinking of this, Nikan shook his head again and again and said: "General Soldier Li, this is too wild to talk about, from the fourth (Sichuan) to Hanzhong all the way to the pass can be worth 100,000 male soldiers, how can you give up easily?" Even if you desperately defend it, you have to defend these passes. ”

Li Guoying shook his head and said: Beizi, having said that, but the Sichuan people live in these mountains all the year round, and when you were in Hanzhong and Baoning, you also saw those Sichuan people walking in the middle of the valley one by one carrying their burdens. ”

Nikan shook his head again and again and said: "General Li Bing, don't say this kind of frustration, you just need to hold the pass for two months, and when the king of Pingxi leads 30,000 Guanning soldiers and horses to arrive, our two soldiers will be united, and the inside and outside should be combined, and Yang Xuan's loyal and righteous army will definitely be defeated." ”

Hearing the other party's decision, everyone had no choice but to clasp their fists and say yes.

Nikan cleaned his throat and looked at everyone majestically: "Everyone, although the loyal and righteous army is powerful, it has not yet reached the point where it has changed color, if it is not a battle, it will give way to the danger, which will further fuel Yang Xuan's wolf ambitions."

I have made up my mind and decided to reject the country, the fourth (Sichuan) general soldier Li Guoying led 10,000 green battalion soldiers and horses to garrison Ningqiang, Tiesuo Pass, and Yangping Pass, and the Hanzhong general soldier Gao Mingzhan led more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Damicang Mountain, and Ben Beizi and Li Guohan led the Manchuria Zhengluo Banner, Manchuria Inlaid Banner and Han Army Inlaid Banner soldiers and horses stationed in Hanzhong to respond in the center.

Everyone, last time Yang Xuan made me suffer a lot, this time we want Yang Xuan to pay back more. ”