Under the city of Shunqing, Yang Lin led the volunteers to fortify outside the city, taking advantage of the arrogance of the Manchu Qing Dynasty that had not been severely damaged in the field since Wanli, and consumed the strength of the Green Battalion and the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners through fortifications, lured them into the pre-set ambush position, and then launched a counterattack to defeat the arrogant Manchu and Mongolian Tartars.

When the Tartars retreated northward, taking advantage of the staggered ravines along the way and the hilly terrain that was not conducive to the Tartar cavalry's combat advantages, through night attacks, sneak attacks, intersperses, outflanking and other tactics, the Tartars were defeated many times in a row, forcing Haoge, Nikan, and Aobai to lead the army to retreat north.

Just when everyone was raising their eyebrows, bad news came one after another, and in the face of so much bad news, even if he was prepared, Yang Lin felt that it was difficult to deal with it for a while.

In the direction of Mianzhou, Jiangyou, and Guanghan, in the face of the partial divisions led by Luo Luohun, Beile Mandahai, the king of Yanxi County of the Manchu Dynasty, and Ma Gandu, the governor of Sichuan in the Ming Dynasty, led all the troops to lose successive battles, not only losing Mianzhou, Jiangyou, Guanghan and other important towns one after another, but even his commander Ma Gan was killed by the Qing army.

Ma Qianxing was born in the army, facing the Manchu iron cavalry stationed in Guanghan, and was originally prepared for the Great Western Army to guard against Zhang Xianzhong to lead the army south along the Jinniu Road to enter the CD Plain again.

On this day, I heard that Zhang Xianzhong, the great Kou who had dominated the world for more than ten years, beheaded the Qing army, and the troops of the Great Western Army, who had lost their commander, fled in all directions without a leader, and the Qing army, which won the battlefield raid, approached Mianzhou along the Golden Bull Road.

In the face of the Qing army's iron cavalry, the generals of the Ming army were frightened one by one, everyone tried in vain to rely on the defense of the fortified city, but they were defeated by the Qing army one after another, and the Sichuan governor Ma Gan and the general army slaughtered the dragon one after another by the Qing army, and the deputy generals Yang Zhan and Cao Xun retreated to the CD.

In the face of such a predicament, Ye Dabin, the Sichuan senator who stayed in the CD Mansion, Zhao Sixuan, the prefect of the CD, and Ma Mingluan, the commander of the CD, wrote several letters a day.

Everyone talked about it, and the prison army Qian Bangqi shed tears in the big tent and forced his troops to come to the rescue, but fortunately, Yin Chengqi and others explained many times and no longer insisted on their own opinions.

If it was expected that Ma Gan would lose his division, then in the face of Chongqing City's loss again, this was very unexpected.

Zhang Xianzhong's army was defeated in Phoenix Mountain, the Great Western Army was split, Zhang Kewang, Zhang Dingguo and other backbone personnel took advantage of Yan Ximing, Gong Wanjing and others to defect to the Volunteer Army, Yang Lin had no time to take care of the gap and led the troops to rush south, galloping day and night, leading more than 10,000 elite soldiers and their families to rush to the north of the Chong (Qing) River.

Zeng Ying, the commander-in-chief of the eastern Sichuan of Nanming, led tens of thousands of troops to garrison Chong (Qing), and when he saw the ragged clothes, he didn't care.

Zhang Wenxiu and Zhang Nengqi took the opportunity to lead dozens of people to swim across the Jialing River, shoot Zeng Ying, and take advantage of the chaos to occupy Tongyuanmen.

Under his leadership, the Liukou crossed the Yangtze River and rushed over, the Ming army was defeated, and the generals Li Zhanchun, Yu Dahai and others led the troops to escape from the heavy (Qing) city, and the Liukou took advantage of the chaos to occupy the heavy (Qing) city.

Zhang Xianzhong's puppet empress Chen and Zuo Prime Minister Wang Zhaolin led a large group of men and horses to arrive, and saw that the Great Western Army in distress actually occupied a large city like Chong (Qing), and continued to put on the appearance of a queen and a prime minister, hoping to continue to implement Zhang Xianzhong's policy of plundering the Sichuan people.

Chen and Wang Zhaolin's perverse behavior was opposed by Zhang Kewang and others, and Wang Shangli, Wang Dingguo, Feng Shuangli, Bai Wenxuan and other generals were convened to discuss the execution of Chen and Wang Zhaolin, and then decided to change course and change the policy of slaughtering and plundering the Sichuan people.

Subsequently, Zhang Kewang and others respectively restored their original surnames, Zhang Kewang changed his name to Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi reverted to his original surname according to custom, that is, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi then ordered the four generals to send a message to all armies, "Each should work together to support the young master and achieve great things."

Faced with such a situation, after some thought, Yang Lin sent a messenger to Chengdu-Chongqing, Chen said that it was powerful, hoping to stabilize the situation.

On the other hand, he was worried about the decadence of the situation, so he ordered the deputy general Yang Wei to lead Wang Shuji's 8th Regiment and Hong Zhenglong's militia to return to Tongchuan Prefecture to reinforce the CD, or to attack Chongqing, in fact, in order to ensure the safety of the flanks.

After leaving the 3rd Regiment of Long Zhiframe and Wang Jiushao People's Regiment to garrison Shunqing City, Yang Lin personally led the Escort Regiment, Cavalry Regiment, Yang Cheng's 1st Regiment, Liao Qifang's 4th Regiment, Yang Bingyi's 5th Regiment, Jing Keqin's 6th Regiment, Feng Youqing's 7th Regiment, Qilianfang People's Regiment, Puyi People's Regiment and other units to pursue along the post road.

Shunqing Mansion is 250 miles away from Langzhong, and the forced march can be walked more than 100 miles a day without baggage, but now everyone is pursuing the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty all the way, and there are baggage transportation behind, so they go very slowly.

After 4 days of rapid marching, Yang Lin led the escort regiment and cavalry regiment to the opposite bank of Langzhong City on December 23 of the second year of Longwu (1646 AD), and waited with Liao Qifang's regiment and Chen Huaixi's naval army who had arrived under the city in advance

Liao Qifang's regiment was originally stationed in the upper reaches of the Jialing River, but did not participate in the defense of Shunqing, so it can be said that it was fully loaded.

Chen Huaixi's naval army went upriver along the Jialing River, marching more than 100 miles a day, which was far from being comparable to the infantry.

Overlooking the Langzhong City on the other side of the Jialing River, surrounded by water on three sides, the fierce general Zhang Fei once led his troops to be stationed in this way, and the terrain is far from being comparable to the ordinary city.

The scout cavalry came to report that Haoge also retreated to Langzhong City yesterday, and if he was allowed to rely on the city to replenish, the future attack would inevitably be time-consuming and labor-intensive.

In history, the Southern Ming generals Yang Zhan and Zhao Ronggui, as well as the old general Liu Wenxiu of Daxi, once led their troops to attack Langzhong City without pulling out.

In this era, everyone is accustomed to flat push tactics, after defeating the Qing army, Yang Lin repeatedly sent troops and horses to take shortcuts to attack and retreat the Qing army, and these days have received unexpected results.

Of course, Yang Lin did not want the historical tragedy to repeat, and decided to take advantage of the panic of the Qing army, without waiting for the main force to arrive, and led his troops to cross the Jialing River by a detour, making a situation of outflanking.

The Qing army in Sichuan was all infantry and cavalry, and there was no naval army, and the volunteer army had an overwhelming advantage in the Jialing River.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wang Fuchen led two naval battalions upriver to Maoertan, 20 miles upstream, and quickly erected a pontoon bridge, and Yang Lin personally led the escort regiment and Liao Qifang's fourth regiment to cross the Jialing River.

Hearing that the volunteers appeared in Mao'er Beach twenty miles upstream, Hao Ge, who was in shock in Langzhong City, was shocked, and his voice trembled: "Yang Lin is superb, and he has sent troops and horses to raid our army many times along the way.

If our army is entangled by the other side, it will not be long before its main force will arrive and launch an encirclement and suppression of our army.

This Xichuan is full of hills, and the endless plains like our hometown are convenient for our cavalry to gallop across the country. ”

Looking at the indecisive Haoge, Ao Bai disagreed, and arched his hand: "Lord Wang, although this Xichuan is conducive to the infantry and not conducive to our Manmeng iron cavalry, is the prince a little bit of a soldier?"

We have penetrated thousands of miles into the enemy's territory, and the characters are all different, Yang Lin is just good at arranging suspicious soldiers.

If I'm wrong, it's just a partiality. The prince didn't need to panic, he only needed to lead a strong team to defeat the opponent. ”

Hauge looked melancholy and asked: "The use of soldiers pays attention to fiction and reality, but if this time is the main force of the volunteers, how will the general deal with himself?" ”

Ao Bai laughed and said: "Although there are many ravines outside, I gallop across the field with eight flags, how can Yang Lin keep it if he wants to?"

If it is the main force of the volunteers, the old man will lead his troops to retreat. ”

Nikan next to him also admonished: "Lord Wang, I also think that we are a bit of a soldier. If Yang Linhu is allowed to come, and Baoning Mansion is not guarded, we can only withdraw from Lizhou (today's Guangyuan) and retreat to outside Jianmen Pass. ”

Haoge thought about it for a while, although this Xichuan is densely covered with hills, and the hills are natural fortifications, but the cavalry of the Qing army goes back and forth, and there is no need to worry too much.

Immediately ordered Ao Bai to lead Manchuria with a yellow flag to attack the volunteers who crossed the river.