The selection of soldiers of the Loyal and Righteous Army was very strict, and the number of prisoners of war was 2,000, and less than 600 people were physically qualified, so they were reorganized into 1 battalion, led by Yang Wei, and directly under the command of Yang Xuan. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The 10th Regiment was formed, and Wang Zhibang, the former governor of the Great Western Army, was appointed as the commander of the regiment, and the commander of the Guard Regiment was appointed as the chief of staff.

The navy was expanded into two Flying Tiger warship brigades, seven sampan boat brigades, and seven transport brigades, and Wang Fuchen was promoted to chief of staff of the navy.

The other 1,000 or so captives were placed elsewhere in Tuntian, and it took two days of hard work to settle them properly.

After several years of exploration, this is the best way to reorganize dissidents, after the young and strong generals are incorporated into the loyal and righteous army, because the loyal and righteous army has a higher salary and better treatment, they do not worry about their disappointment.

Since the young and brave warriors had already been drawn into the army, those Guishun soldiers and horses in Tuntian were scattered all over the place, and there was nothing to do.

Now that the Loyal and Righteous Army occupies the south of the Yangtze River, the Loyal and Righteous Army is approaching the water village of Tongnan County, and the Loyal and Righteous Army Infantry is building a pontoon bridge upstream, claiming that it will cross the pontoon bridge to attack Tongnan County.

Tongnan City was called Zitong in ancient times, it was an important military stronghold on the Fujiang River, and the most important highway in Sichuan in the Ming Dynasty must pass through (from Chongqing Fucheng to Yu County, that is, today's Santai County, during the Ming Dynasty, Yun County was the capital of Tongchuan Prefecture), Zhang Wenxiu, who led 20,000 remnants to retreat to Tongnan County, panicked.

Zhang Wenxiu deployed defenses along the river and actively defended, and on the other hand, he sent fast horses to Zhang Dingguo for help.

Zhang Dingguo was greatly surprised, Bai Wenxuan's department had just been defeated by the loyal army, and its division had lost more than 3,000 people (half of them were deserters), and was about to rest, when he suddenly saw the urgent document of Tongchuan Prefecture in the south, and hurriedly led the main force south to meet the other party.

After five days of this, suddenly the garrison soldiers came to report, and the army of the Loyal and Righteous Army suddenly killed Pengxi, and now they are digging a trench and preparing to attack the city.

Zhang Dingguo was shocked, shook his head and said: "It stands to reason that the loyal and righteous army is strong and strong, and Yang Xuan is even more able to recruit good fighters, how can he fight a war like our Great Western Army is so erratic?" ”

Bai Wenxuan admonished: "General, if the expectation is good, this is just Yang Xuan's plan, I heard that his department is equipped with a kind of magic chariot, and the three wheels can actually be dragged faster than a war horse on flat ground."

Now the loyal army has enough food and grass, and its troops move quickly.

And we have no food to eat, and there are many deserters from various departments, just like the last time we rescued Xichong, there were four or five hundred people who fled on the road, and one or two thousand people who fled because of the battle.

If you send troops to the rescue, there are few people in vain, but you will be surrounded by the other side to help, if there are many people, you will lose food and grass, and scatter the people, but it is not good.

Now that Yang Xuan is doing his old tricks again, let's not rescue them. ”

Zhang Dingguo hesitated, so three days later, he came to report that the loyal army actually occupied Pengxi County in one fell swoop.

It turned out that seeing the loyal and righteous army killed under the city, Pengxi Zhixian knew that it was hopeless to defend the city, so he sent a government officer to open the city gate to lead the loyal and righteous army into the city, so the loyal and righteous army easily occupied Pengxi County.

After occupying the county seat, the loyal and righteous army rested for a while, and then approached the northwest direction, and came to the ferry port on the other side of Shehong County on this day, and occupied the ferry after a fierce battle for half a day, and then put on a posture to prepare to cross the Fujiang River and approach Yun County.

Different from the previous life, Yu County (today's Santai County) is not only the first county of Tongchuan Prefecture, but also a traffic artery (there is a post road line from Chongqing Prefecture to Yu County and a post road line from Beijing to Chengdu that intersect in Yu County. ）

Hearing that the loyal and righteous army was building a pontoon bridge along the river, Zhang Dingguo was quite surprised, and it seemed that the loyal and righteous army really rushed straight to Yu County (Tongchuan Prefecture) this time.

Immediately ordered the troops and horses, went straight to Shehong, so it took two days to enter Shehong County, was about to discuss how to cross the river to fight, suddenly probe Malai report, the loyal army left a brigade to garrison the ferry on the opposite bank, the main force slowly retreated.

Everyone was in a quiet mood, and now there is a food shortage in Sichuan, and there is no food, and everyone is most worried about marching and fighting.

After half a day like this, Suining Shou reported that the whole army of the Loyal and Righteous Army was approaching Suining City, and the entire city was surrounded by the night.

It turned out that on this morning, thousands of loyal and righteous troops occupied the ferry port on the other side of the Fujiang River, and then the downstream naval army killed, more than a dozen boats were connected together to form a pontoon bridge, and rows of bundled bamboo rafts were moved down from the boats, and they were quickly connected to form a pontoon bridge.

In less than half an hour, more than 10 pontoon bridges were built on the Fujiang River, and nearly 10,000 soldiers of the loyal and righteous army crossed the pontoon bridges and approached the city of Suining.

Hearing that the other side was lost, the loyal army was building a pontoon bridge to cross the river, and Jin Tongwu, the governor of Suining City, was shocked and led the army to fight, but he was outnumbered and defeated by the superior loyal army, and retreated to Suining City, and now sent messengers to Zhang Wenxiu in Tongnan County and Zhang Dingguo in Shehong County to report urgency.

Zhang Dingguo was shocked, pointed to the map and said: "Shunqing to Chengdu, the Fujiang River is its natural danger, Yang Xuan continued to attack the east and west, and crossed the Fujiang River in less than half a day."

We are deeply entrusted by the old man, and our plan for the present is to drive the loyal army across the Fujiang River at all costs. ”

Bai Wenxuan admonished: "General, although we have 20,000 troops, we can't eat enough at all, and we don't have much strength.

And if the loyal and righteous army is strong and strong, if you want to drive it across the Fujiang River, you have to unite with General Funan. ”

Zhang Dingguo nodded in agreement, and on the one hand, he sent a messenger to Tongnan County to contact Zhang Wenxiu, and on the other hand, he actively dispatched troops to flank the loyal and righteous army that crossed the river.

After attacking in four places in a row, mobilizing the soldiers and horses of the Great Western Army to make them exhausted, and testing the combat strength of each department, Yang Xuan led his troops to the west in late April to attack Tongchuan Prefecture.

Yang Xuan left Fan Wenguang, the prefect of Shunqing, and Fan Mingshan, the guerrilla general of the first regiment, to lead his troops to garrison Shunqing, and the guerrilla general Chen Yingzong of the second regiment to garrison Dazhou, Bazhou, and led the main force to the west.

In order to ensure the safety of the flanks, Yao Zhijiao's 4th Regiment was in Pengxi, Wang Shuji's 8th Regiment was in Tongnan County to contain Zhang Dingguo and Zhang Wenxiu on the other side, and Yang Xuan personally led the cavalry regiment, the guard regiment, Guo Chonglie's 3rd regiment, Yang Bingyi's 5th regiment, Liu Weiming's 6th regiment, Feng Shuangli's 7th regiment, Ma Mingluan's 9th regiment, Wang Zhibang's 10th regiment, and other 8 regiments of soldiers and horses crossed the Fujiang River in one fell swoop with the cooperation of the naval army, approaching Suining County.

After half a year of construction, the Loyal and Righteous Army began to take shape, and now the guard regiment has reached the establishment of the first regiment, the second regiment has reached the establishment of the second bell regiment, and the other regiments have also reached the establishment of the C regiment.

Jin Tongwu, the governor of the Great Western Army stationed in Suining City, was caught off guard and was forced to wait for reinforcements because of the defeat of the loyal army.

After crossing the Fujiang River, Yang Xuan established the water village, personally led the cavalry regiment, the guard regiment, the 9th regiment, and the 10th regiment to garrison the water village to protect the safety of the water village, and commanded the other four regiments to establish camps in the south, east, and north of the city to attack Suining City.

Each battalion has 1 tiger squat artillery squad, with 4 tiger squat guns, pressed on a special wheelbarrow gun carriage, with three people to operate, put down the gun mount for artillery bombardment when fighting, put away the gun carriage when marching, and march quickly.

Each regiment had a Franc cannon brigade with 10 large Franc guns, one for each 10 people, three men to operate the cannons, one to manage the consignment of livestock, and the other six to guard.

After the regiments had set up camp, with the support of artillery fire, they stopped at a distance of 150 meters from the city wall, and dug trenches along the city with tricycles and wheelbarrows in front.

In the past, the Ming army was very good at digging trenches, and only after the rise of the chariot battalion did they use chariots as cover to no longer dig trenches.

Of course, Yang Xuan of the crossing clan knew the importance of the trench, and the volunteers of the Shangganling Battle defeated the US army through the trench, and giving up the trench tactics was undoubtedly a big mistake of the Ming army.

Although the chariot battalion can block the opponent's attack, after all, there is one less barrier, and the opponent's cavalry and infantry corps can rampage as long as they jump over the chariot, which is obviously not conducive to infantry defense.

Some people say that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Kong Youde, Shang Kexi and other miner troops were good at digging trenches, but the loyal and righteous army was not far behind, its main soldiers came from the peasants, everyone worked in the fields on weekdays, everyone was a good hand at eating hoes and shovels, and now a little training, one by one is a good hand at digging trenches.

The temporary camp will dig trenches in dangerous places, and the long-term garrison is digging multiple trenches, and the famous general Zeng Guoquan of the Hunan army in history has the nickname of Zeng Iron Bucket, and the biggest feature of its operation is to trap the opponent through trench tactics.

Jin Tongwu complained bitterly, and the soldiers of the Great Western Army hid by the women's wall and wanted to shoot, but they were too far away to reach it.

On the other hand, the Loyal Volunteers used the excavated earth to build several artillery batteries outside the city, which could provide artillery support to the besieging troops at any time.

After three days, on the fourth day, several trenches were dug in the north, south, and east of the city, and they were densely packed with half a man's height.

And some of them are digging under the city wall, and a little further excavation can blast and attack the city.