In the face of Zhang Kewang's 20,000 soldiers and horses, Yang Xuan can be said to be full of confidence, not to mention anything else, according to past experience, Zhang Kewang's department claims to be 20,000, half of which are coerced by the people, used to transport grain and grass, and Zhang Bu can really only fight more than 10,000 people. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Yang Xuan decided to take advantage of the time difference to first defeat Zhang Kewang's troops who attacked the camp, and then have a decisive battle with Zhang Nengqi, the general of Zhengbei, and other troops.

Immediately issued an order, Wang Zhibang's 10th Regiment and Jin Tongwu's 11th Regiment attacked Liukou head-on, and Feng Youqing's 7th Regiment and Dujigui's 8th Regiment outflanked the left and right flanks of the Great Western Army respectively.

Yang Xuan led the guard regiment, cavalry regiment, and artillery regiment in the rear as a strategic maneuver.

The combat strength of the loyal and righteous army was originally far above that of the Liukou, but now the Great Western Army is not in charge, except for the generals and pro-army, everyone drinks porridge every day, and the morale of the whole army is low.

Seeing the failure of the sneak attack, the loyal and righteous army pressed on all fronts, and the Great Western Army had no heart to fight to the death, everyone turned around and fled, and for a while, the mountains and fields were full of fleeing Great Western Army.

Zhang Kewang led his troops to retreat and met Wang Shangli's troops and horses, who had just crossed the Xijiang River.

Wang Shangli was shocked, although he wanted to lead the army to block the attack, but he didn't expect the Ma Chao cavalry regiment to make a detour behind him, and suddenly killed from behind.

On the river, there is only a wooden bridge and four temporary pontoon bridges, and thousands of troops and horses cross the bridge, and the people are crowded together for a while, which is very embarrassing.

Yang Xuan's brows tightened, and next to him, Wen Zirang and Hong Zhenglong grabbed the war horse and admonished: "My lord, Zhang Xianzhong is quite good at setting up ambushes, and he has defeated the Ming army many times through ambushes.

Although the rogue was defeated this time, only 20,000 people from Zhang Kewang's department attacked this time, and only 30,000 people from Wang Shangli's army responded to it.

If our expectations are correct, Zhang Xianzhong may be hiding in the shadows this time trying to ambush the adult. ”

Hearing what the other party said, Yang Xuan fell into deep thought, through Jin Tongwu, Wang Zhibang, Wang Fuchen and other surrendered generals, everyone had a little understanding of the strength of the Great Western Army.

Next to him, Liu Liangchang, who was participating in politics in northern Sichuan, seemed to see an opportunity and admonished: "Although the Great Western Army is numerous, the adults slashed **** Li and Zhang Guangcai, defeated Zhang Dingguo and Zhang Wenxiu, and defeated tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Great Western Army before and after.

Although the Great Western Army is strong, now it is just the general trend has gone, and the day is waning, we just happened to kill the Xijiang River in one go, so that we can rescue tens of thousands of people who were coerced and defeat Zhang Xianzhong. ”

And at this moment, the sentry on the watchtower car next to him came to report that there was an enemy trace twenty miles ahead, and there were 100,000 of them.

In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, the famous generals Cao Wenzhao, Sun Chuanting, Zuo Liangyu and other hot were ambushed by the rogues, resulting in a great defeat of the whole army.

Yang Xuan was shocked, and hurriedly ordered all departments to take the Xijiang River as the boundary, and everyone only needed to control the pontoon bridge, and it was strictly forbidden to chase the pontoon bridge.

After ordering the sentries on the watchtower car to play the flag, and ordering the other regiments to clear the remnants of the enemy in Jiangbei, they slowly retreated to the camp.

Now that the regimental sequence has been disrupted, it will take time to regain control of the situation.

It turned out that after Zhang Kewang led his troops to leave, Zhang Xianzhong immediately gathered troops and horses out of the city, according to Zhang Xianzhong's statement, if Zhang Kewang could defeat the loyal army in one fell swoop, then the problem would be solved once and for all.

If Zhang Kewang is invincible, the army retreats, and the loyal and righteous army is pressed on all fronts, he can also lead the army to respond and defeat the loyal and righteous army that has lost its formation in one fell swoop.

But now that there is a shortage of food and salaries in various departments, coupled with the instability in the rear, it is enough to prepare for a day, and this morning Fang led a large group of men and horses out of the city, preparing to ambush the loyal army.

Suddenly hearing that the loyal and righteous army had not crossed the Xijiang River, that the loyal and righteous army was deploying along the river, and that the remnants of Zhang Kewang and Wang Shangli were withdrawing to the south of the Yangtze River, Zhang Xianzhong was very angry.

He drove his own expedition, this time he mobilized more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and if he added the heavy personnel who transported grain and grass in the rear, it would only be more, so he withdrew to Chengdu City in a gray manner, and the group of Shu fangs did not know what would happen again.

Like a gambler who is about to lose everything, where he loses, he will inevitably return face early, Zhang Xianzhong waved his hand and ordered Zhang Nengqi, the general of Zhengbei, to lead his troops and horses to storm the ferry, so as to open the gap to cover the troops to kill the Xijiang River.

Zhang Kewang and Wang Shangli were ordered to gather their subordinates and control the upstream and downstream ferries of the Xijiang River to meet the main force crossing the river.

After Zhang Nengqi received the order, he immediately led his troops to the ferry, at that time Yao Zhi's frame regiment and Wang Zhibang's regiment had already controlled the ferry, and when he saw that the Great Western Army had re-arrived, Yao Zhijian was busy fighting to meet the enemy.

Although the Great Western Army had a large number of people and relied on numerical superiority to win the ferry for a time, its combat strength was obviously inferior to that of the Loyal Army.

Seeing more than 100 rogues rushing onto the wooden bridge to kill, Yao Zhijiao poured tung oil on the wooden bridge and set the wooden bridge on fire.

Seeing that the wooden bridges and pontoon bridges on the river were dilapidated, coupled with the heavy garrison of the other side on the other side, Zhang Nengqi had no choice but to withdraw his troops and wait for the battle again tomorrow.

Yang Xuan breathed a long sigh of relief, and after leaving secret posts and scouts in various places, the rest of the regiments returned to the camp one by one.

Thinking of the battle during the day, everyone was worried, if it weren't for Wen Zirang, Hong Zhenglong and others to remind them, the loyal and righteous army would inevitably fall into the encirclement of the Liukou after killing the Xijiang River, and the late Ming generals Sun Chuanting, Cao Wenzhao, Zuo Liangyu and others were all defeated by the Liukou because of the lone army.

Just as the news analysis suggested, Zhang Xianzhong's 100,000 people are now eyeing the other side, and they may cross the Xijiang River at any time to defeat the loyal and righteous army.

According to the reports of Jin Tongwu, Yang Wei, Wang Fuchen, Wang Zhibang and other generals, plus the words of Wen Zirang, Hong Zhenglong and other generals who returned to Shun, the loyal and righteous army is now quite familiar with the distribution of Liukou soldiers and horses.

When Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan, there were more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, plus the captured guards and horses, which once exceeded 200,000.

In its heyday, the Great Western Army had a total of 120 battalions, except for the four battalions of Huwei, Baotao, Longxiang and Yingyang as the guards, and the 22 battalions stationed in Chengdu, the other battalions were mostly under the command of the four generals and the five major governors.

Among them, Zhang Nengqi, the general of Zhengbei, had the most soldiers and horses, with a total of 20 battalions

Pingdong General Zhang Kewang was the second, with 19 battalions

Anxi General Zhang Dingguo again, there were 16 battalions

Funan General Zhang Wenxiu had the weakest troops, with 14 battalions.

The five major governors, the naval governors and other close generals led the remaining 25 battalions of soldiers and horses.

Each battalion is divided into large battalions and small battalions, and at its peak, the large battalion had more than 3,000 soldiers and horses (like Zhang Guangcai's department), and the small battalion was only more than 1,000 people.

Now there is a shortage of food, and many of the various units have fled, so that there are more than 1,000 people in each battalion, and rarely more than 2,000 people.

In addition, such as the **** Li Department, the army Zhang Nengdi, Zhang Guangcai, and Liu Tingju were all annihilated by the Ming army, Zhang Wenxiu's department and Zhang Hualong's department were severely damaged by the Ming army, and Zhang Kewang's department, Zhang Dingguo's department, and Zhang Nengqi's department were also very damaged.

Even so, there are 150,000 rogues, and if you add the military families and logistics personnel such as craftsmen and people who come with the army, it will only be more.

Among them, the most elite belongs to Zhang Xianzhong's nearly 10,000 pro-army, which can be said to be the elite of the elite, and it is also the foundation of his life.

In the past, the Liukou collected a large number of horses, donkeys and other livestock to achieve rapid mobility. Among the 10,000 elite soldiers, there are 2,000 elite cavalry (tall horses, covered in iron horses), 3,000 ordinary cavalry, and 5,000 infantry who move on war horses and donkeys and dismount to fight in peacetime.

In ancient times, if the cavalry was counted as a rapid reaction force and a tank force, then the elite cavalry was considered a heavy tank, and all the horses were selected, and they were even more armored on the battlefield, and ordinary arrows and muskets were difficult to hit.

Just like the Eight Banners of Manchuria, only the dead soldiers led by the commander of the Banner Protector (Baya Lama) are elite cavalry, and the sharp soldiers who follow behind are not counted.

However, there are only more than 1,000 dead soldiers in each of the Eight Banners, and Zhang Xianzhong's pro-army alone has 2,000 elite cavalry, which shows that its pro-army is strong.

In addition, it was quite melancholy that was the captives, the whole army captured thousands of prisoners, although many of them were exiles who were coerced, but there was no shortage of young and strong people, if they waited until Zhang Xianzhong came over, there would inevitably be changes in the rear.

These thousands of captives must have become a poison pill, the rebellion is light, and the most dangerous thing is to cut off the food route of the loyal and righteous army, causing the loyal and righteous army to fall into a heavy siege.

Yang Xuan's face changed several times, and he suddenly smiled: "Most of the prisoners of our army are people who came for Zhang Xianzhong's coercion, and everyone just wants to have something to eat and be able to live in peace in the troubled times."

Now that we are in the midst of war, we cannot ignore it. ”

Pull out the arrow, order Yang Wei, and Wen Zirang each lead a brigade to the prisoner camp, and select strong men from the rogue to train the security regiment.

He ordered Liu Liangchang, together with Lou Yi, Guo Shangyi and others, to lead a brigade to various places to settle prisoners and displaced people in various places to appease the remaining prisoners of exile.

The security regiment is a kind of peripheral military unit of the Loyal and Righteous Army, which has been established in all counties under its jurisdiction, one is to maintain local security, and the other is to give priority to its young and strong into the Loyal and Righteous Army after the expansion.

Last year, Zhang Xianzhong besieged on all sides, Wang Shuji, Dujigui, and Ma Mingluan were directly adapted from the local security regiment, and later the loyal and righteous army expanded its army several times, and its strength sources also came from the local security regiment.

Now when I heard that two local security regiments were being prepared, some of them didn't think so, and some of them suddenly realized that this was a draw from the bottom of the kettle.

After screening, most of those left behind are old, weak, sick and disabled, and it is really difficult to rebel.

The security corps can be used to maintain law and order, transport baggage, and ensure the safety of the rear.

After receiving the order, Yang Wei immediately led a large team to the prisoner camp, because the war had just ended, and the prisoners had not yet been collected.