When Ma Jinzhong led the main infantry army to arrive, the Jin army had already withdrawn from the battlefield, and a fire was ignited in the direction of the plank road in the distance, reflecting half of the sky in the north.

On the battlefield, weapons, corpses, and unextinguished torches were scattered everywhere, and half-rolled flags were burning.

The surviving soldiers of Zhongyi Town, carrying torches and knives, roamed the battlefield, looking at the corpses on the ground, looking for the surviving comrades, and the Jin army did not die.

The Ming army of the brigade poured over all over the mountains, Ma Jinzhong took the lead, he called a soldier and asked about the situation, and the soldier couldn't say clearly, but vaguely said that Wang Duzhen seemed to lead the cavalry to chase and kill the Jin army, and his own Li Dudu did not see it.

Ma Jinzhong listened, and on the one hand ordered the people to pick up Wang Deren, on the other hand, let people control Guangyuan, and then ordered people to find Li Dingguo.

At this moment, a group of less than 100 Ming troops, panicked out of the ravine, Ma Jinzhong saw this and hurriedly beat the horse over, through the light of the fire, he also saw that almost all the soldiers of this team had blood on their bodies, and many of them were still supported by their comrades before they could walk.

"What about your Deputy Governor Li?" Ma Jinzhong was concerned about Li Dingguo's situation, and approached and asked urgently.

The Ming army stopped, very quiet, a coughing of blood came, and after half a sound, someone in the sergeant replied, "We are all here and seriously injured..."

Ma Jinzhong was startled, immediately turned over and dismounted, most of the Ming soldiers knew him, let him make a way, he walked to see, he saw Li Dingguo was carried by a wooden frame, an arrow was inserted in the silver armor on the right chest, and his face was very pale.

"Dingguo! Are you okay! Ma Jinzhong approached and squatted down, his face shocked.

Li Dingguo lost too much blood, his lips were a little pale, and he laughed miserably: "Wang Duzhen came in time, I am fine, but I am not in trouble, but the armor of the imperial court is good, I am wearing a silk coat, the injury is not serious, and it will be fine if I pull it out and recuperate for a while." ”

Since the emergence of water conservancy stamping technology in the people, the armor-making technology of the Ming Dynasty has risen to a higher level, not only can prevent the cuirass of the West, but also the armor of the Ming Dynasty itself has become more sophisticated.

Ma Jinzhong heard the words and looked at it, and sure enough, although the arrow pierced the silver armor on Li Dingguo's chest, the arrow shaft was not deep, and if he wore silk clothes inside, it should be easy to pull it out.

Speaking of this, Li Dingguo coughed, suddenly grabbed Ma Jinzhong and said: "Although I am not in the way, but Yu Youming is seriously injured and does not wake up, the Yu family has been loyal for generations, and his father Yu Wulie Gong died in Fotuguan, leaving such an only son, Ma Duzhen wants to save him no matter what!" ”

When Ma Jinzhong heard the words, he reacted, and saw that the soldiers behind him were still carrying a few people, none of them moved, and one of them fell out of his hand, and the blood flowed down his arm to his hand, and then fell from his fingers drop by drop.

"Quick, carry it into the city!" Seeing this, Ma Jinzhong hurriedly said a word, and the personal soldiers behind him immediately stepped forward to help and carried the wounded into the city.

Ma Jinzhong shouted loudly: "Medical officer! Call the medic quickly. ”

When the guards heard this, they immediately pulled out their horses and left.

Ma Jinzhong saw that Li Dingguo was fine, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and asked the soldiers to help Zhongyi Town count the casualties. The whole battle lasted less than half an hour, but the 3,000 Zhongyi Town still suffered more than 1,500 casualties, and more than 50% of the casualties.

The soldiers stationed in Guangyuan soon came to report that the city was already an empty city, not only all the materials were transported, but even the residents of the city were completely relocated and became a dead city.

Not long after, Wang Deren, who was pursuing the Jin soldiers, also returned to Guangyuan, and his cavalry did not exert much power at night and did not cause much damage to the Jin army.

He watched Jin Jun light the plank road, which was blazing with fire, his eyes were red with hatred, he took off his helmet and fell to the ground with his life, and he was annoyed.

This counterattack on Sichuan, in less than two months, the Ming army captured the whole of Sichuan, which was undoubtedly a big victory, but Wu Sangui emptied Sichuan and took away a large number of people, but it made the Ming army more disgusting.

Hu Guozhu came like this before leaving, which also made the Ming army hold a bad breath, but the plank road was destroyed, and several other roads out of Sichuan were estimated to have been destroyed by the Jin army.

At present, the Sichuan Ming army is unable to repair the plank road in a short period of time, and Wu Sangui has emptied the Sichuan treasury, and Sichuan is undergoing spring ploughing, He Tengjiao can only run Sichuan first, and gave up the requisition of the people to repair the plank road to attack Hanzhong, so the Sichuan side gradually fell into calm.

He Tengjiao's report document was introduced to Nanjing, and the Ming Dynasty learned that Sichuan had been recovered, but because the plank road was destroyed, it was impossible to attack Hanzhong with Huguang on the opposite side, Hao Shaoqi and Wang Yuncheng 40,000 horses, and the attack on Hanzhong was not smooth, Wang Yan immediately issued a decree and ordered Hao Shaoqi to withdraw from Hanzhong.

The reason for the retreat was not only because the Sichuan side could not cooperate, but also because the scouts reported that the Qing army was assembled in Luoyang and Xuzhou, and it seemed that there was a trend of moving south.

After receiving Haoge's letter for help, Dolgon finally decided to put pressure on the Ming Dynasty, Wang Yan's treasury was empty, he was short of money, and his waist could not stand upright, and he did not want to deal with the two countries at the same time, so he had to let Hu Guangming's army temporarily stop attacking Jin.

At this point, the war between the Ming army and the Jin State came to an end temporarily, forming a three-way confrontation situation.

At the end of the war, on the reward of meritorious deeds, He Tengjiao was named the king of Zhongxiang because he presided over the extermination of Sun Kewang, the recovery of Yunnan, and the defeat of Haoge to collect the merits of the whole Sichuan.

At the same time, Wang Yan took advantage of the huge casualties in Zhongyi Town, and since the First World War in Hezhou, there has been no replenishment as an excuse to prepare to implement the reform of the army, carry out the transfer of officers, and strengthen the control of the imperial court over the army.

He reorganized the five loyal army and five towns into the five armies of the Ming Dynasty, corresponding to the five armies of the five armies, and became the central forbidden army directly under the imperial court, and determined the highest status of the five towns in the Ming army.

Wang Yan did not carry out reforms in the whole army at once, but carried out a pilot project in the southwest, and only moved the three towns of Li Dingguo, Ma Jinzhong, and Wang Deren.

If they acquiesced to Wang Yan's reorganization of the three towns, he would encroach step by step, and gradually realize the control of the imperial court over the world's soldiers and horses, if the two kings objected, he would have to make a judgment according to the strength of the opposition.

At present, although Tang Lu is the bloodline of Emperor Gao and a royal person, but in terms of the situation, Wang Yan is where the legal system lies, because he is the regent of the imperial court, and he represents the central court, while the two kings belong to the local separatist forces.

(End of chapter)