After the Ming army crossed the Yangtze River in the middle route, Wang Yan ordered the vanguard to go east to open the road, and on the other hand, he sent fast horses to inform the Western Route Army that the army had crossed the river and would immediately outflank Kuizhou in the east, so that the Western Route Army would hold Hezhou tightly, and avoid a wasted battle.

When Meng Yuan attacked the Diaoyu City of Hezhou, not only the Great Khan was seriously injured by the defenders with cannons, and finally died tragically, but also the defenders also relied on this city to resist Mongolia for more than 40 years, until Yashan 100,000 soldiers and civilians jumped into the sea, Hezhou Diaoyu City surrendered to the Mongols on the condition of not killing a person in the city, and more than 30 unwilling generals in the city collectively drew their swords and killed themselves, deducing the tragedy of the Han nation.

Although Diaoyu City was destroyed later, its dangerous terrain is still there, and more than 30,000 people of Ding Kuichu are guarding here.

Wang Yan wrote to him and told him not to fight with the Qing soldiers in the wilderness, but to guard the city, as long as he held out for two months, even if it was a great achievement, Wang Yan guaranteed him to enter the Guangjing cabinet after the war.

The army of the Song Dynasty was able to rely on Diaoyu City and hold on for more than forty years, but Wang Yan only let Ding Kuichu hold on for two months. More than 30,000 people, even if they defend an ordinary city, it is enough to make 100,000 male soldiers stuck, and Wang Yan has a sense of the overall situation in his heart.

After the plan was properly discussed, Wang Yan led his troops to leave Chongqing Mansion and quickly assembled in Kuizhou.

On July 5, just a few days after the great heat, the scorching sun was in the sky and there were no clouds.

The scorching sun baked the earth, the trees and turf were sunburned, and the use of soldiers in this kind of weather not only tested the soldiers, but also the commanders.

Yuan Zongdi galloped forward with 5,000 soldiers as the vanguard of the whole army, and this was already the boundary of Kuizhou.

Due to the war, almost all the villages along the route were empty, and most of the people took refuge in the mountains.

Daba Mountain and Wushan have made the arable land in Kuizhou scarce, the roads are impassable, and there is not much population.

Yuan Zongdi was wearing battle armor, his whole body was soaked in sweat, his face under the iron helmet was tanned, and they ran in and out of Wuning for ten miles, but they didn't see a village, and they didn't even have a place to drink saliva.

At noon, the sun was poisoning, Yuan Zongdi hit his horse under a big tree, turned over and dismounted, took off his helmet, and sat down in the shade of the tree.

When many Ming soldiers saw this, they were immediately overjoyed, and they all found a place to sit in the shade of the trees on both sides of the road.

"Governor Town, there is a town in front of it, and there are more than 100 families."

Yuan Zongdi rested for a while, and then went forward to continue the reconnaissance of the sentinel riding back and reporting.

There is a town, this is good news, Yuan Zongdi immediately got up, and the soldiers of the Ming army, who had just rested for a long time, also stood up in an uproar and continued to advance under the sun.

The army walked a few miles, and sure enough, there was a small town between the mountains, and thousands of soldiers and horses immediately rushed in, and the people hid in the dark rooms of their homes one after another, trembling.

When the Ming army rushed into the town, they rushed to the up the bucket and drank the water happily, and made a fuss for a while before it quieted down.

The town was not big enough to accommodate many people, and the soldiers sat against the wall in the shade in front of the house, but the town could not fit it, so the rest of the men and horses lay down in the shade of trees outside the town.

The people in the town hurriedly hid in the house, and waited for a long time in fear, but they didn't see Qiu Ba outside breaking into the house to rummage through the cabinets, some bold men stood up, wanting to see what was going on, and the aunt who was holding the child next to him hurriedly grabbed his robe, her eyes were full of fear.

The man broke away, signaled his mother-in-law to rest assured, tiptoed out of the dark room, came to the courtyard carefully, squinted his eyes and looked out through the crack in the door, and saw that in the shade outside the courtyard wall, there were dense Ming soldiers, sitting or lying, and the man's eyes immediately became hazy.

Yuan Zongdi entered the town, sat down under the big tree in the center of the town, next to the well for the whole town to drink, he drank a few sips of water, sweet and cold, and after drinking, poured the well water in the scoop directly on his head.

After resting for a while, Yuan Zongdi looked around, but he didn't see a single villager, so he asked the local Dabaozheng to summon him.

Not long after, a thin old man was brought to him and knelt down to salute, "Little old man, Sun Shouji Longbao Town Baozheng, I have seen the general." ”

Yuan Zongdi is also a northerner, not much stronger than the Eight Banners soldiers outside the Guan, he is really hot, raised his hand, signaled the guards to help Bao Zheng up, and then asked: "How far is this Longbao Town from Wanxian?" ”

Bao Zheng listened to the question, and his face leaked with surprise, "Back to the general's words, twenty miles to the east is Wanxian." After speaking, he glanced at Yuan Zong for the first time, and reminded him boldly: "The general is going to Wanxian, but there are tens of thousands of Qing soldiers entrenched there!" ”

Yuan Zongdi laughed, "Don't worry, my five loyal troops are fighting Qing soldiers, if it weren't for his tens of thousands of people nesting in Wanxian, we wouldn't have traveled all the way." ”

When the soldiers heard this, they were also full of smiles, but Yuan Zongdi smiled and smiled, but his actions were not abrupt, and he immediately ordered: "That Wu Sangui is also a famous figure for a long time, we can't be careless, today the army will stop here, and when the Xianggong soldiers arrive, they will kill Wanxian together." You all go and arrange to set up camp. ”

The generals stood up from the shade of the trees and clenched their fists in unison, "No! ”

After the generals left, Yuan Zongdi ordered his soldiers to take a hundred taels of silver, and then said to Baozheng: "The mountain road is difficult, the army is not well supplied, the soldiers have eaten cold cakes for a few days, and asked Lao Baozheng to take the silver to buy some food for the army in the town, and it is best to stew pot broth." ”

As the saying goes, thieves are like combs, soldiers are like grates, Lao Baozheng felt that this team was not ordinary, and the soldiers who took things and returned the money these years have not been seen for decades.

Lao Baozheng looked at the hundred taels of silver, which was definitely enough for the entire town to be busy for more than half a year, but he didn't dare to take it, but his face was embarrassed.

Seeing this, Yuan Zongdi frowned slightly, and the old baozheng hurriedly explained: "General, it's not that the old boy doesn't know how to lift, the king division subdued the rivers and mountains, and we are also looking forward to it. ”

Yuan Zongdi waited in Longbao Town for two days, and Wang Yan's soldiers arrived, so he immediately pulled out the camp and killed Wanxian with the main force.

In the afternoon, there were many Qing soldiers on the head of Wanxian County, standing on the city and looking down.

Outside the city, the Ming army, which was constantly gathering, had completely occupied a large open space to the west of the city, and many soldiers began to build camps.

While a large number of people entered the mountains and began to cut down trees and build walls, some of them also drove to build siege equipment under the arrangement of craftsmen.

Wang Yan jumped ahead of the army, and he led nearly 100 cavalry to rush to the city of Wanxian to reconnoitre.

Wanxian is a mountain city, south of the Yangtze River, although there is no moat, but the terrain is high, the four sides can only be attacked, large equipment can not be used, the siege is difficult.

Wang Yan looked around and said to the generals around him: "It seems that it can only be attacked from the south of the river beach, which is conducive to the deployment of the army." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a cavalryman hurriedly came over and reported: "Qi Xianggong, someone in the city has come out to see Xianggong." ”

Wang Yan smiled slightly when he heard this, "Before the pavilion shot the letter into the city, General Wu sent someone out himself. ”

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