"Uncle, what's going on over there in Yiling at this time?" In the government office in Jiangling City, Zhang Shihua finished eating, and looked at his second uncle and couldn't help asking.

And his second uncle Zhang Liewen heard Zhang Shihua's question, was silent for a while, and after clarifying his thoughts, he couldn't help but answer to Zhang Shihua: "On the first day of the ninth month, the Sichuan army Tatars entered Bochang as you expected, and launched a fierce offensive against our army. ”

However, under the garrison of several generals such as Guo Yu and Bai Xi, as well as more than 20,000 soldiers and horses and 30 artillery pieces. Although the Tartars of the Sichuan army far surpassed our army in terms of strength, it was naturally impossible to take the Yiling City of Nuoda for a while.

Therefore, in the first seven or eight days, the Tartars of the Sichuan army launched wave after wave of fierce attacks on our army under the command of their right man Buhua. It can be said that during this period of time, it was indeed the period when our army suffered the greatest casualties.

In just seven or eight days, the total casualties of Guo, Bai and other generals could not help but reach nearly 4,000. Of course, in the process, the casualties of the Sichuan army Tatars were heavier. Anyway, according to Guo, Bai and other generals, the number of casualties among the Sichuan army Tatars is at least three times that of our army.

At first, I thought that such a fierce battle would continue for a while. However, on the 8th of September, the day before the Double Ninth Festival, we and the Sichuan army and Tatars could not help but receive the news that Bochang had annihilated the 40,000 soldiers and horses of the Henan General Officers and Soldiers in one fell swoop.

Therefore, from when the Sichuan army began to attack our army, it was not so fierce. So in the past half a month, we and the Sichuan Army Tartars are also confronting each other. In the past half a month, all the battles added up to only two or three small fights.

Therefore, I think that as long as Bochang's reinforcements arrive in Yiling City. On the side of the Sichuan army and Tatars, there is a chance that they will withdraw their troops. After all, as long as that finisher is not a fool, then he should know that from now on his own, he has no hope of victory. ”

Zhang Liewen said this, and after saying all his personal opinions, he couldn't help but turn his eyes to Zhang Shihua.

At this time, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but nod silently when he heard his second uncle's words.

"yes. Uncle, you are right, from the analysis of the behavior of the Sichuan army before and after, it is obvious that after knowing the news of the defeat of the Thorn Commander, he had the idea of preserving his strength. So as long as I lead the army to Yiling City.

It is equivalent to giving him a justifiable reason not to withdraw his troops. Therefore, if you don't spend it, you will definitely not continue to grow with us. So that's it. Zhang Shihua, who had just eaten a full meal, couldn't help but let out a relaxed laugh.

"Hehe, I thought it was going to be, but I didn't think that this matter could be solved so easily. Okay, in this way, at least for this year, we can have a peaceful year. ”

"Haha, isn't it. Mobilizing more than 100,000 soldiers and horses at once is not a simple matter for the current Yuanmeng court. This time, they lost their troops and returned in vain, and they wanted to attack us, but it was impossible in a short time. ”

"Yes! As my uncle said! But uncle, is there hot water in the house now? After such a long journey, I still want to take a shower. Saying this, Zhang Shihua's face couldn't help but show a relaxed smile.

And Zhang Liewen, who is Zhang Shihua's uncle, saw him like this at this time, but he couldn't help but look at Zhang Shihua and laughed.

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The next morning, September 22. More than 20,000 troops couldn't help but sail along the Yangtze River waterway to Yiling City under the leadership of Zhang Shihua.

And because of the speed of taking the waterway, on the evening of September 24, Zhang Shihua and the others couldn't help but arrive at Yiling City.

Then, after Zhang Shihua arrived in Yiling City, the two armies had not yet fought. Then, just as Zhang Shihua and his uncle had predicted, in the early morning of September 25, the tens of thousands of Sichuan soldiers and horses in Sichuan Province could not help but choose to withdraw their troops without spending time to take command.

Therefore, in this way, the war, which lasted for more than two months, finally came to an end.

……

In the blink of an eye, more than ten days passed, but the time couldn't help but reach the third day of October.

On this day, on the official road from Huangpi County on Huangzhou Road to Xiaogan County of De'an Prefecture, a group of more than 100 people could not help but appear.

"Taishi, let's walk forward for more than ten miles, cross the intersection in front, and then cross a small river, and we will officially go out of the boundary of Huangzhou to De'an Mansion." In the team, a tall and burly young general, but who was blind in one eye, couldn't help but point ahead with his hand and say such a thing to Zou Pusheng, the Tianwan Taishi beside him.

And hearing his words, Zou Pusheng, who looked much haggard compared to a few months ago, couldn't help but squeeze out a smile on his face.

"De'an, but I didn't think it would be here so soon. By the way, I heard that Yuzhen, your hometown is in De'an Sui County, right? ”

"Hehe, Taishi is right, the last general's hometown is indeed in Suixian. But now, after years of war, there are not many familiar folks over there! Ming Yuzhen said, and the smile on her face couldn't help but look very reluctant.

After all, unlike Zou Pusheng and these White Lotus Sectists, the family that Ming Yuzhen was born in was a wealthy family in Suizhou.

Therefore, when Ming Yuzhen was born, he was also a son with fine clothes and food.

In the eleventh year of Zhizheng, when the Red Turban Rebellion was in turmoil, Ming Yuzhen, as a powerful landlord, never had the idea of risking his head to rebel with the mud legs. Therefore, at that time, Ming Yuzhen, as the patriarch, just organized tens of thousands of villagers, settled in the green mountains, and consolidated themselves.

Prepare to protect your family in this way, and delay until the end of the troubled times.

But who would have thought that because of this, he Ming Yuzhen suddenly had great prestige among the villagers. The local villagers came from hundreds of miles to seek refuge from him, not to mention, which made the Tianwan regime, which was in the period of total victory at that time, notice him and issued an ultimatum to him.

That is "if you come, you will be rich and rich, and you will not come to slaughter them". Therefore, in the twelfth year of Zhizheng, out of desperation, Ming Yuzhen, who was only twenty-four years old, could only choose to surrender.

Then, leading thousands of soldiers, he was also appointed a generalissimo by the Tianwan regime. After that, he left his hometown and stationed in Chuyang with thousands of soldiers and family villagers.

And after that, he was forced to go to Liangshan, and he had to fight against the Yuanmeng court who stood on the side of the Tianwan regime.

Although, in the process, the tragic war made him grow up all of a sudden. made him suddenly transform from a rich man who likes to dance with guns and sticks to a qualified general who can lead troops to fight, but this is also not without a price.

After all, in this process, he Ming Yuzhen was already blind in one right eye.

Therefore, at this time, the Tianwan regime he had taken refuge in was already at its lowest ebb, and it could perish at any time, and his disciples and soldiers had already lost more than half of them in the years of war. mentioning Ming Yuzhen's hometown again reminded him of his life back then.

Now that Ming Yuzhen has become a lot downtrodden, how can she be happy.

As for Ming Yuzhen's emotional change, Zou Pusheng, who is more than ten years older than Ming Yuzhen and has experienced countless winds and waves, is naturally the first to notice it.

So at this time, Zou Pusheng couldn't help but chuckle and didn't say anything.

There was no word all the way, and the atmosphere naturally seemed a little depressing. However, for such a small repression, everyone in the Tianwan regime has long been accustomed to it.

Since the battle of Qishui, Peng Yingyu died. The Tianwan regime, which could have been united, suddenly turned into a plate of scattered sand. This feeling, for example, is equivalent to a person being taken away from his backbone at once, and thus completely turned into a pile of immovable meat.

Therefore, at that time, as long as the Yuanmeng court was working harder. It is estimated that the Tianwan regime will be completely swept into the garbage heap.

But fortunately, when they were at their most dangerous, Zhang Shicheng suddenly occupied Gaoyou and ridiculed all of them, attracting the attention of the Yuanmeng court at once. This gave the Tianwan regime, which was still breathing, a rare respite.

Therefore, taking advantage of this time, after Peng Yingyu's death, Zou Pusheng, who naturally became the next leader of the Peng Party, in order to continue to maintain the Tianwan regime that lasted for a long time. When facing Ni Wenjun, the most powerful warlord leader in the Tianwan regime, he couldn't help but choose to compromise.

Therefore, at this time, Ni Wenjun, who was officially canonized as the generalissimo of the Tianwan Dynasty, could not help but officially become the ruler of the Tianwan regime.

Therefore, after the internal situation stabilized a little, the Tianwan regime headed by Ni Wenjun couldn't help but urgently want to find an ally to help them get through the most dangerous period.

So a few months ago, Ni Wenjun and the others couldn't help but have the idea of joining forces with the most powerful rebel army in the world at this time, the Black-clothed Army.

Coincidentally, Zhang Shihua also had such an idea at this time.

Therefore, at what time, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but send his brother to lead the troops to attack De'an Mansion.

But I didn't think that this should have been a sure thing, but for some reason it completely failed.

Then, because of the defeat in this war, there was a chain reaction. The Yuanmeng court thought that after capturing Jingnan, the black-clothed army had been completely corrupted, and it was not as powerful as before.

Therefore, under the joint efforts of the former officers and soldiers of Henan, they couldn't help but set off a big encirclement and suppression against the black-clothed army.

Therefore, under such circumstances, Ni Wenjun, who received the news, couldn't help but dispel the idea of uniting with the Black-Clothed Army.

After all, their high-level and the Black Clothes Army have never had formal contact, and they don't know much about the Black Army. Moreover, the black-clothed army also fell into the trap against them when they were down, killing Yu Junzheng, a general of their Tianwan regime, on Zhongxing Road, and annexing Zhongxing Road, which had nominally belonged to them.

Of course, none of these are the main reasons. The main reason is that Ni Wenjun and they feel that the black-clothed army can't withstand such a big encirclement and suppression by the Yuanmeng court.

After all, before the encirclement and suppression, the Yuanmeng court bragged that it would ask for an army of 300,000 to conquer the black-clothed thieves. They thought that the black-clothed army was also very likely to be like them, and they would be defeated under the pressure of the Yuanmeng court step by step, so as to become their current ghost.

And if the Black Army becomes like this, the alliance between the Tianwan regime and the Black Army will naturally have no meaning.

On the contrary, for this reason, they will be noticed by the Yuanmeng court again and become the target of the Yuanmeng court.

But they didn't expect that under the command of Zhang Shihua, the black-clothed army, the counterattack would be so sharp in the face of the encirclement and suppression of the Yuanmeng court.

First, he instantly defeated the most elite De'an Han army, not to mention the most elite soldiers and horses, and then went north to Xuzhou non-stop. As a result, outside the city of Weichuan, the first battle completely annihilated the Yuan and Mongolian courts with a full 40,000 soldiers and horses.

And later, with the power of a great victory, he directly frightened nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Sichuan army into retreating without a fight.

So after such a series of events, I clearly saw the muscles of the black-clothed army and realized the strength of the black-clothed army.

For the extremely powerful neighbor beside him, the Tianwan regime, which was still breathing, naturally had the idea of friendship again.

Therefore, in such a situation, today's scene has occurred. That is, Zou Pusheng, as the Taishi, will be escorted by the young general Ming Yuzhen, as the envoy of the Tianwan Imperial Court, to Xiangyang City, where the black-clothed military administration and Zhang Shihua are located.

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Not long after, when Zou Pusheng and Ming Yuzhen completed the last ten miles and successfully crossed a small river, more than 100 of them couldn't help but see a group of black-clothed soldiers waiting for them in front of Xiaogan Pass.

After all, although the sparrow is small, it has all kinds of organs. Although the current Tianwan Imperial Court cannot be compared with their period of total victory.

But after all, they are a serious court, no. Therefore, before Zou Pusheng was the envoy, the Tianwan regime also officially sent a letter of state to Zhang Shihua.

Although their behavior seems ridiculous in Zhang Shihua's eyes. But for the Tianwan regime, this is also their only confidence to talk to Zhang Shihua, and it is also their last bit of dignity.

Therefore, at this time, looking at the black-clothed generals who greeted them at the pass, Zou Pusheng, as the messenger, couldn't help but show a heartfelt smile on his face.

Because of the behavior of the Black Army, he felt the respect he had not seen for a long time. 10