Chapter 92: The Great Western Army's Hanzhong Defeat

Although the capital is now built in Chengdu, but after being destroyed by the chaos, Chengdu has been quite damaged, imitating the system of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to enrich the people and the real Guanzhong, imitating the Hongwu Emperor to migrate the rich families in the south of the Yangtze River to Nanjing, and moving the rich families from all over Sichuan to Chengdu

Through a military offensive, he won the victory and relieved the powerful scholars of the suspicions of the Onishi regime. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Sichuan is a basin, Hanzhong is on the basin, if you want to hold Sichuan, you must capture Hanzhong, so that Zhang Dingguo, the general of Anxi, and Zhang Wenxiu, the general of Funan, lead the troops to seize Hanzhong.

Wang Yingxiong, the governor of the four provinces of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and Fan Yixing, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, were stationed in southern Sichuan based on Yungui and Guizhou, and Zhang Kewang, the general of Pingdong, could lead his troops to attack southern Sichuan.

As long as the Onishi Army was able to achieve a military victory, and the rumors were not dispelled, the people would inevitably have confidence in the Onishi regime again.

Although Yan Ximing, Jiang Dingzhen, Gong Wanjing and other surrendering officials secretly shouted badly, they had nothing to do and did not dare to respond.

Zhang Xianzhong and Wang Zhaolin thought they had a plan, who knew that this rash move would make him fall into a bigger storm

In ancient times, no one wanted to move and leave their homeland.

Now these wealthy Jinshi people are shocked to see the Great Western Army breaking into their homes like tigers and wolves to move to Chengdu within a time limit, and they are not only shocked, but also believe in the credibility of folk songs.

Thinking that this Zhang Xianzhong was born in Liukou, he raised troops for more than ten years in the Central Plains, and already had a reputation for being fierce, he first dug the ancestral tomb of the Ming Dynasty, successively killed the king of Xiang and the king of Chu, and then entered Sichuan, cut off the arms of tens of thousands of captives, entered Chengdu, and slaughtered tens of thousands of relatives of the Shu royal palace.

In this way, fueled by these wealthy squires and literati, the news that Zhang Xianzhong was going to kill all the Sichuan people even heard about Shengdou Xiaomin.

Just after the New Year, in the first month of the first year of Hongguang (1645 AD), Yang Xuan also felt the aggressive offensive of the Great Western Army, and the Governor of the Left Army of the Great Western Army sent three envoys to Pengzhou within ten days, hoping that Yang Xuan could surrender to the Great Western regime.

In the conversation, he obviously felt the urgency of the other party, coupled with the report of Tanmalai, in the past few days, he had transferred troops near Shunqing Mansion, and now he had gathered the men and horses of the Governor Zhang Guangcai, and Yang Xuan felt that the other party's butcher's knife had been raised.

Yang Xuan secretly adjusted his armament to deal with a possible crisis.

In addition to Fan Mingshan's 1st Division (Battalion) stationed in Dazhou, Chen Yingzong's 2nd Division (Battalion) deployed Yilong County, and Guo Chonglie's 3rd Division (Battalion) deployed Yingshan County, Yang Xuan stationed the Protection Division (Battalion), Yao Zhizhen's 4th Battalion (Division), Yang Bingyi's 5th Battalion (Division), Liu Weiming's 6th Battalion (Division), cavalry battalion, and naval army around Xiangru County to prevent possible accidents.

It is said that it is a naval army, the size is only five warships, and each battleship is equipped with twenty people, but this is Yang Xuan's painstaking work in the past few months.

These five battleships were all built according to the model of the Flying Tiger warships in the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, with a length of about 15 meters, a width of about 5 meters, and a height of about 2 meters, with a draft of about four feet and a single deck.

On each side of the battleship there are four eight-leaf waterwheels, which drive the ships forward by stepping on the waterwheels.

In addition to the waterwheel drive, there is a hard sail more than six meters high and four meters wide at the stern, and the canvas can be hung on the windy weather to move forward with the power of the wind.

Behind the sailboat, there is a helmsman who adjusts the direction of the boat's movement by turning the rudder.

The warship was armed with eight guns, which could be used to kill the enemy from a distance by firing rockets and crossbows at a distance.

However, now there are fewer tiger squat guns in each unit, and some warships have only one gun, and at most only two.

In order to make up for the lack of artillery, Yang Xuan set up a grenadier group in each squadron of the escort battalion, and each squadron selected three soldiers who were the strongest and the farthest and most accurate to throw, and equipped with thirty earth-shattering thunderbolts.

When the two armies rushed to about 20 paces, the grenadiers lit the lamps and threw earth-shaking thunders at the crowded places of the opposing side under the command of the captain to blow up the opponent's formation and kill and injure the enemy in front of them. (Yang Xuan didn't know that since the British Glorious Revolution, Britain began to form grenadiers in various elite units, and in the West, grenadiers are a symbol of elite).

However, considering the strength of the surrounding Onishi Army, everyone still felt that the difference in strength between the two sides was too great to match.

In the direction of Shunqing, the strength of the Great Western Army exceeded 13,000 people, including 7,000 people from the left army governor **** Lisuo Department, and more than 3,000 people from the left and right garrisons of Chen Yingrui and Feng Youqing.

In the direction of Guang'an Prefecture, there were 3,000 people under the command of Governor Zhang Guangcai.

In the direction of Baoning, there are not only Liu Jinzhong's gas elimination battalion, but also Zhang Dingguo's 16th battalion of soldiers and horses, and Zhang Wenxiu's 15th battalion.

The enemy is strong and I am weak, and the difference in strength between the two sides is huge, in order to preserve his strength, Yang Xuan even planned to withdraw the whole army to Dazhou if the battle is not good, so that space is exchanged for time.

Yang Xuan was so tormented that he didn't even dare to tell others what he had in mind, and sometimes he was startled in the middle of the night, and patrolled the camp with torches in the middle of the night to make everyone strengthen their vigilance.

Seeing that the first lunar month was about to pass, the day was discussing in the hall, and suddenly the 2nd Battalion sent the general Chen Yingzong to report quickly, claiming that there was an important military situation.

Yang Xuan was shocked, trembling and opened the envelope to take a look, and breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out that Zhang Wenxiu and Zhang Dingguo sent troops to Hanzhong ten days ago, but they were defeated by the Dashun army, and now they fled back to Guangyuan Prefecture.

Since ancient times, if you want to protect Sichuan, you must occupy Hanzhong, after the defeat of the Dashun army in Sichuan Ma Ke, the emperor of the Great West Emperor Zhang Xianzhong wanted to capture Hanzhong and completely occupy the entire territory of Sichuan, so as not to covet Sichuan.

In order to eliminate the influence of rumors, Zhang Xianzhong ordered the wealthy families and scholars from all over the country to move to Chengdu in the name of consolidating the imperial capital, and on the other hand, let the foreign commanders fight the war to take the lead in winning two battles, so as to calm the hearts of the people in Sichuan.

After receiving the military order, Zhang Dingguo, the general of Anxi and Zhang Wenxiu, the general of Funan, decided to send troops to Hanzhong, defeated Ma Ke, the general of the defeated army, and recovered Hanzhong, so as to calm the people's hearts.

Zhang Dingguo and Zhang Wenxiu were just over twenty years old at this time, and they were bloody, plus Ma Ke, the Sichuan general soldier of the Dashun Army who killed him a few months ago, lost his armor and fled in a hurry, and they didn't take the Dashun generals in their eyes at all.

The two soldiers divided into two ways and entered Hanzhong, in a vain attempt to expel the Dashun army in one fell swoop, dominate Hanzhong, and then peep into the Central Plains.

After the defeat of Irichuan, Li Zicheng re-strengthened the defense of Hanzhong, and appointed his general He Zhen to replace the defeated general Ma Ke who had lost his territory, and reorganized the defense.

Seeing that Zhang Dingguo and Zhang Wenxiu's armies were so ferocious, He Zhen commanded all the troops to retreat step by step, and then took advantage of Zhang Wenxiu's lone army to go deeper, led heavy troops to fortify, and the soldiers and horses of the four roads suddenly came out and surrounded Zhang Wenxiu in the center.

Although Zhang Wenxiu was quite heroic, his two fists were difficult to defeat with four hands, and Hanzhong was located in the Qinling Mountains with extremely difficult terrain (Zhuge Liang's terrain of Qishan Mountain), so he was suddenly ambushed and could only be beaten passively.

Another general, Zhang Dingguo, heard that Zhang Wenxiu was surrounded, although he led the army to rescue, but was blocked by the Dashun army, and the two armies did not correspond to each other, and were surrounded by the Dashun army separately.

At this time, the Anxi general Zhang Dingguo suddenly realized that he hurriedly led the army to retreat, and after seeing the retreat of the friendly army, the Funan general Zhang Wenxiu fled in a hurry, so the Hanzhong campaign of the Onishi regime suffered a heavy setback.

After hearing the news of the battle of Hanzhong, Yang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, if it was said that the Great Western Army was like a broken bamboo at the beginning of its entry into Sichuan, it was unstoppable, and it captured the entire territory of Sichuan in just half a year, which made Yang Xuan fearful, and now after hearing the news of Zhang Wenxiu's defeat and Zhang Dingguo's escape from Hanzhong, he obviously felt that the momentum of the Great Western Army was no longer there, and he felt that the Great Western Army was heading for the road of sinking.

As a magistrate, Yang Xuan has a deep understanding that if the Sichuan people were quite disappointed with the government half a year ago and looked forward to Zhang Xianzhong, then now their hopes are basically shattered.

The Sichuan people's hopes for the Onishi regime and Zhang Xianzhong were dashed, mainly because:

First of all, after the Onishi regime entered Sichuan, it did not eradicate the five beetles that caused trouble to the place at all (the Sichuan people said in the late Ming Dynasty, mainly referring to the royal palace guards, the official officials, the local heroes, and the local scholars) to stabilize the place. On the contrary, due to the fierce conflict between the old and new forces, many places are restless, but **** is intensifying, and the people are not at peace.

Second, the Onishi regime could immediately win the world, but it was helpless in the face of government affairs. Among the many government affairs, the most important thing is the flood in Chengdu and the restoration of the glory of the land of abundance. Since the Qin and Han dynasties, Sichuan has been called the country of abundance, because of the Chengdu Plain, the Chengdu Plain covers an area of more than 20,000 square kilometers, and has the benefits of Dujiangyan water conservancy, not only the land is fertile, drought and flood are guaranteed, so Sichuan has won the reputation of the country of abundance, and has obtained the economic status of Yang Yi Yiyi.

However, Long Wenguang and Zhao Jiawei dug up Dujiangyan, and the river poured back, flooding several prefectures and counties, adding tens of thousands of victims out of thin air. However, since Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan, he has not resettled the victims at all, resulting in disaster victims in various places, and has failed to rebuild Dujiangyan to solve the flood caused by the Minjiang River, and the Sichuan under his control is far from Sichuan, a country of abundance, but a Sichuan that is full of crises.

The second is the return of scholars, since Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan, he initially reused Sichuan scholars, such as Mianzhou Yan Ximing was appointed as the right prime minister, Xichong entered Shijiang Ding Town, and Gong Wanjing was appointed as a scholar, all kinds of measures, although once stabilized the people's hearts, attracted some Sichuan scholars to return to their hearts.

But Yan Ximing and others are not local leaders, and their influence is quite limited. On the other hand, when Nanming used the former cabinet university, Wang Yingxiong was the supervisor, the governor of the four provinces, the Jinshi of Xuzhou, the squire of the military department Fan Yixing was the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, Wang Yingxiong and Fan Yixin were eunuchs for many years, and there were many protégés.

In the end, it was the military defeat that made everyone more aware of the weakness of Zhang Xianzhong and his Onishi regime. People often say that the world is chaotic Shu first chaos, the world has been governed by Shu and then ruled, why is so, it is really a very vast area of Sichuan, which can not be controlled by ordinary heroes. In the past, Zhang Xianzhong's soldiers were prosperous, and everyone did not dare to resist, but now after the fiasco in Hanzhong, everyone sees that the Daxi regime is strong outside the country, and many heroes are bound to be unwilling to be lonely and raise troops to oppose it.

After thinking about these truths, coupled with the propaganda of Zhang Xianzhong Tuchuan of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in his previous life, with these, Yang Xuan also seemed to be ready to move.