Wang Fuchen sat in Hanzhong and, according to Wu Sangui's secret instructions, secretly cut off the food and salary supply of the Qing army in Sichuan. At this time, the news of the mutiny of Varkha and Wang Huaizhong's troops came, and Wang Fuchen was so happy that he slapped his head with his hand: "This is really God helping King Zhou to revive the Han family!" So, he immediately summoned his subordinates, Li Zhilun and Wang Guangbang, two generals, to discuss the next countermeasures.

After Li and Wang were seated, Wang Fuchen told the news of the Guang Mutiny. Wang Guangbang said: "Now is a good time for our army to raise troops!" It is recommended that General Wang immediately raise troops to the south and go straight to Yangping Pass! ”

Li Zhilun said: "Don't be in a hurry. When the general of the previous Wu War sent someone to contact him, he said that he would sit and fight the banner of the Qing army. Therefore, for now, you can first incorporate the rebels of Varka, which is a sitting force of 50,000 people! ”

Wang Fuchen said: "Good idea! What is the current situation of grain and grass in Hanzhong? ”

Li Zhilun said: "Although our grain and grass are not particularly rich, it is enough for 70,000 people to eat for three months, which is no problem. ”

"Good! Then the two of you should hurry up and gather the rebels, and remember to explain our policy clearly. ”

"Please rest assured, General Wang!" The two took the order.

At this time, the city of Hanzhong was already crowded with soldiers who had fled from Guangyuan to return to the industry, Li Zhilun and Wang Guangbang gathered them to the camp and ordered the cook to bring up the steamed buns and steamed buns that had just come out of the cage. These deserters had not eaten for two or three days, and when they saw that there was something to eat, their eyes glowed green, and they pounced, grabbed the buns, and choked them all in their mouths.

Li Zhilun saw it and said with a smile: "Everyone eat slowly, don't grab it, everyone has a share, don't choke on it." Then he instructed the cooks to fetch a few more buckets of rice porridge and distribute them to everyone.

After a while, these deserters finally filled their stomachs, and one by one they rolled their eyes, and then they remembered and asked, "My lord, you are so good that you saved our lives." What part are you from? ”

Li Zhilun said: "We are the troops of General Wang Fuchen Wang. ”

"Oh! Thank you, General Wang. ”

"General Wang wants to ask you, where are you going to go here?"

"Go back to Xi'an, our hometown is there."

Li Zhilun said: "Back to Xi'an? Master Mo has already given an order to General Wang, you people are all deserters, and according to the "Laws of the Qing Dynasty", you should all be beheaded! ”

When the deserters heard this, they fell to their knees in fright and kept kowtowing: "I beg General Wang to spare my life, the little ones are really hungry and can't stand it, so they fled back." ”

"Ask General Wang to be gracious!"

Li Zhilun said: "It's okay to spare you if you don't die, but everyone must join the troops of our Zhou King Wu Sangui!" ”

"Wu Sangui? But that's the rebels! ”

Li Zhilun generously stated: "In the past, the king of Zhou borrowed troops from Manchuria to eliminate the thieves. I never thought that Manchuria would take the opportunity to seize our country. Now the king of Zhou is raising the banner of righteousness and raising the army, precisely to restore the country of our Han people. The king of Zhou treats people sincerely and treats soldiers with leniency. The generals all rewarded the high lords, and the soldiers all gave them generous salaries. As long as you are brave in battle, not only generals, but also soldiers can be promoted step by step. Therefore, the Zhou army can be invincible with one hundred. The food in Hanzhong was originally intended for General Wang, and Mo Luo gave a death order for General Wang to kill you all. But General Wang was sympathetic to everyone and preferred to risk being killed himself. Everyone is Han Chinese, and King Zhou and General Wang are so sympathetic to you, what do you think you should do? ”

When the soldiers heard this, they were all grateful, and said in unison: "We are willing to follow King Zhou and General Wang!" ”

For a time, the crowd was excited, and the soldiers shouted: "Go back to Guangyuan and capture Varkha alive!" ”

Li Zhilun and Wang Guangbang came back to report the situation to Wang Fuchen, and Wang Fuchen nodded with satisfaction.

Li Zhilun said: "Now we have a total of more than 30,000 people from the Varkha Department, plus the original 20,000 people, which is not much less than Moluo. ”

Wang Fuchen said: "Yes! Now there is my Wang Fuchen in the north of Moluo, Wang Ping Fan in the west, Wu Yinglin in the east, and Tan Hong in the south, and our army has become a trend of closing the door and fighting dogs!"

According to Wu Sangui's deployment, Wu Yinglin's troops hurriedly moved closer to Hanzhong.

Li Zhilun said: "Mo Luo is a big dog, when he is the supreme military commander of the Qing army, you must be careful that he jumps off the wall in a hurry." After all, he still has 80,000 Eight Banners in his hands, and we don't have an advantage in fighting hard. ”

Wang Fuchen felt that it made sense, and lowered his head and frowned. Suddenly, he slapped his thigh: "There is!" Didn't Moro order us to deal with the Varkha deserters? Let's tell him that the deserters have been arrested by us in Hanzhong, and because of the large number of people, we dare not deal with it without authorization, and ask him Mo Luo to go to Hanzhong to supervise it in person! At the same time, tell him that Wu Yinglin's troops of the Zhou army are close to Hanzhong, and Hanzhong is in danger, so please hurry up to help! ”

Li Zhilun said: "Brilliant plan! In this way, he was caught off guard. ”

So, Wang Fuchen immediately sent someone to report to Mo Luo.

After Wang Pingfan captured Lüyang, he incorporated a part of the troops of Beile Chamin and Beizi Dong'e, and received the news of the Varkha mutiny. He left one to continue to garrison Luoyang, and ordered Wu Zhimao to lead 10,000 horses to attack Qipanguan and Chaotian Pass, and he led his troops back to guard.

When the Qing army heard the news of the annihilation of the Heye Department and the mutiny of the Varkha Department, the Qing army had already been shaken and had no intention of guarding the pass. As soon as Tianzhimao's troops arrived, the defenders immediately abandoned the pass and fled. Wu Zhimao successfully occupied Qipanguan and Chaotian Pass, completely severing the connection between Mo Luo and Daniel Zhang.

Mo Luo received the news of the mutiny in the Varkha tribe at Yanghua Pass and was shocked. He immediately realized that he was in danger of being surrounded: the Fourth Route Army that entered Sichuan together, the entire army of the Heye Department was annihilated, the Belechani and Beizi Dong troops abandoned the city and fled, and the Varkha Department mutinied. In other words, only Mo Luo himself was left, and the middle route army was basically intact. There are three paths in front of Moro's eyes:

The first is to continue to stick to Yangping Pass and wait for Xi'an to send troops to rescue;

the second is to invite Belecani and Bei Zidong to attack from the north and south together, open up the Luoyang channel, and return to Hanzhong;

The third is to attack Baoning in the north and reopen the land transportation plank road from Xi'an to Sichuan.

Mo Luo thought: The first road is absolutely impossible, 80,000 people guarding the pass is no problem, the key is that the grain road has been broken, staying in Yangping Pass is equivalent to sitting and waiting to die;

The second path is feasible, but it requires the cooperation of the two wastes of Belecani and Bei Zidong, and Mo Luo has a headache when he thinks about it;

Only the third road is the most feasible, Baoning is close, and it is estimated that Wang Pingfan's own losses should not be small if he fights Baoning and Luoyang in a row.

"Go to Boryeong!" Moro made up his mind and handed down the military order. At the same time, he ordered people to fly to Daniel Zhang and ordered him to send troops south to attack together.

In the bleak wind and cold rain, Mo Luo's troops left Yangping Pass and marched towards Boryeong. The cold rain hit Mo Luo's face, and he wanted to cry in his heart: Kangxi, Kangxi, there are good things that you can't think of me, and the matter of fighting and dying will be counted one by one! It's over if you keep Hanzhong well, you have to do a big Sichuan counteroffensive, but you were made dumplings. And those big generals - Varkha, Belecani, Beizi Dong'er, all fucking rice buckets, one by one running faster than rabbits! When I return to Xi'an, I will see that Lao Tzu will not eat you alive!

Mo Luo was full of worries and came to the city of Boryeong. Fortunately, the rain finally stopped, the sun was shining, he turned his horse forward, looked at the city, only to see the flag fluttering on the city tower, and a big handsome flag with the word "king" waving in the wind.

Mo Luo shouted at the top of his voice: "What general in the city, report your name!" ”

Wang Pingfan, who was on the tower of the city, was dressed in military uniform, majestic, and replied: "Wang Pingfan, the general of Xia Poshuo, is also!" ”

"What a broken gong general, give me a siege!" With a wave of his hand, the Qing army surrounded Baoning City, set up a cloud ladder, and swarmed up.

At the head of the city, Wang Pingfan ordered the artillery and musketeers to return fire, and with a volley, the Qing soldiers who had just climbed the ladder fell one by one, and the soldiers behind were blown apart by the shells. After going back and forth several times, the Qing army could not make any progress, so Mingjin withdrew his troops.

After attacking for three days in a row, Mo Luo came to the city and scolded: "Wang Pingfan, you are a turtle with a shrunken head, you have the ability to go out of the city and fight with your grandfather's Eight Banners head-on, then you are called a hero!" ”

Wang Pingfan ignored him, and only ordered the soldiers not to go into battle, just hold on.