In late September of the first year of Yongli (1647 AD), Yang Lin led his troops to the north to conquer Hanzhong, leaving Zhao Sixuan, the political envoy, to sit in the CD and coordinate the grain and grass in the rear.

The 9th Association was led by Deputy General Ma Mingluan to garrison the front line of CD Mansion and Tongchuan Prefecture

Adjutant General Yang Wei led the 2nd Association to garrison the front line of Chongqing and Shunqing Mansion

Deputy General Wang Shuji led the 8th Association to garrison the front line of Mianzhou, Long'an Mansion and Songfanwei

The deputy general Chen Huaixi sat in Lizhou and led the navy to ensure the food and grass of the army

Yang Lin led an army of volunteers to recover Hanzhong, which had been occupied by the Tartars.

From Sichuan into Hanzhong by three roads, the most convenient of which is only the Golden Bull Road, Micang Road, this expedition of the army is divided into two roads, respectively.

The deputy generals Liao Qifang and Wang Zhibang led the men and horses of the headquarters to set off from Bazhou, and as a partial division, they went north along the Micang Road, passing through the big Micang Mountain and entering Hanzhong.

Yang Lin personally led the Escort Association, Bu Ning Yao Chonglie's two cavalry associations, Yang Cheng's 1st Association, Long Zhiframe's 3rd Association, Yang Bingyi's 5th Association, Jing Keqin's 6th Association, and Feng Youqing's 7th Cooperation as the main force to march along the Golden Bull Road.

The three armies did not move the grain and grass first, just after the autumn harvest, the autumn ploughing in various places began in full swing, and why Yang Lin led the soldiers and horses to go out when he was busy with farming, it was really because of the military rations.

Now when the war is in chaos, the most precious thing is not manpower, but food, and it is better to be a peaceful dog than a troubled world, in addition to killing because of the army, it is because the army loots food.

Everyone knows that Sichuan is the country of abundance, in fact, before this, Hanzhong once had such a good reputation, if the grain from all over the country was collected and then sent to the Northern Expedition, then the Tartars had already collected the military food from all over the country, so it was not good.

In the past, the army often chose to fight in the countryside, which was really caused by the army levying a large amount of labor, and the long-distance transportation of grain by the volunteers was mainly through water transportation, and the short distance passed through the army's baggage battalion, from Sichuan to Hanzhong, as long as the dispatch was lawful, there was no need to levy a large amount of labor.

The navy transported the grain to Lizhou through large and small transport ships, and then transported it to Chaotianguan by civilian boats under the towing of slender men, and finally transported to the front line through a steady stream of military baggage trucks.

Although it is cumbersome to transfer transportation, it does not require a large army expedition to issue a large amount of labor as in the past, and it also reduces the consumption of food on the road.

At that time, the most difficult food route for the army was from Lizhou to Chaotianguan, the Jialing River was turbulent and the road was complicated, and it was necessary to pull the slender man, but most of the slender men were locals, and they only needed to pay 6 cents a day, and the consumable grain was carried by their own families, so they did not need to consume precious military rations.

In the past, when the army went out to fight, it often chose the time when the farmers were idle, this time they had to go against the grain to avoid the Tartars from collecting a large amount of military food in Hanzhong.

At the beginning of this year's Sichuan Province, the news of the grain shortage in various places has already spread, and the price of rice in Sichuan is two taels of silver, which is twice that of previous years.

Feng Youqing led the 7th Association (Brigade) first, took the lead in rushing to Chaotian Pass, and joined Jing Keqin, the deputy general of the 6th Association, to discuss the departure of the army.

Talking about how to use the troops, Feng Youqing seemed full of confidence, thinking that now the volunteers are strong and strong, the departments are well-trained, and the army is equipped with a large number of Franco machine guns, so he can take advantage of the new defeat of the Tartars and lead the army to drive straight into Ningqiang Prefecture (today's Ningqiang County), seize the city, and take the lead.

Jing Keqin frowned, although the volunteers are strong and strong, and the two armies are not afraid of anyone when they fight head-on, but the adults have repeatedly emphasized that they must fight skillfully, how to fight skillfully?

At this time, the scouts came to report that in the past few days, the Green Battalion had sent people and horses to various places to collect grain, and the local people were not very disturbed, and they fought back one after another, and the two sides continued to dispute.

When Jing Keqin heard this, his eyes lit up, and he immediately leaned over and whispered a few times in Feng Youqing's ear, and the other party nodded again and again when he heard it.

Li Bao, the general manager of the green battalion, was quite annoyed, in previous years, the garrison was fragrant and spicy, happy like a fairy, and now the army was defeated and retreated to Hanzhong, and the department followed the general Hui Yingzhao to garrison Ningqiang Prefecture, which was a sad urge.

Due to the Sixth Association of the Volunteers stationed at Chaotian Pass, the two sides continued to fight, and everyone was already tense and did not dare to be careless.

Finally, at the time of the autumn harvest, the general Hui Yingzhao felt that it was difficult to transport grain and grass for the army, and sent soldiers and horses to the local area to collect grain.

These Diao people are really bold and reckless, if they don't teach each other a lesson, they will probably be against the Heavenly Palace? The general Hui Yingzhao was greatly annoyed, and immediately ordered Li Bao, the general of Qian, to lead his troops to Dongxiang to loot grain.

When the army arrived, those Diao people did not dare to be as presumptuous as in the past, and everyone desperately pushed the cart to carry the food to the cottage, and did not dare to resist as in the past.

This year's wind and rain are good, although the people are desperately guarding, how can they protect the grain?

Li Bao led the green battalion soldiers and horses to plunder grain all the way, captured five small cottages, killed more than 200 people, everyone happily drove the locals, small carts pushed, big carts pulled, dragged the booty back to the city.

After walking a day on the mountain road, the front fifteen miles is Ningqiang Prefecture, as long as you pass through the wild boar ditch in front, the other roads are a flat river, and you can return to the state city about late at night.

Thinking of the charming lady in the room, Li Bao felt a burst of heartache, and shouted loudly, asking everyone to pass the wild boar ditch as soon as possible.

Looking at the deep mountain trail in front of him, Wang Tiehu frowned, and looked at Mr. Qian, who was riding a high-headed horse: "Mr. Qian, my eyelids are jumping, and I can't be at peace all day today."

This wild boar ditch is about two miles long, and the road is narrow, so we should be cautious. ”

Li Bao laughed, shook his head and said, "Tiehu, since we were defeated by the volunteers this summer, why are you cautious all day long, as if you have changed into a person?"

We are fully armed, what can ordinary people do to me?

Volunteers, that will have to wait until after the autumn ploughing, from ancient times to the present, who have you fought during the autumn ploughing and delayed the agricultural time? ”

Glancing at the woman who was forcibly captured in the sedan chair next to him, Wang Tiehu thought about it, probably overworked last night, which made him uneasy today.

Wang Tiehu shouted loudly, the green battalion soldiers will lift the whip and desperately drive away the strong men who are driving the car, everyone does not dare to slack off, and they have pushed the cart into the wild boar ditch.

Wang Tiehu walked in the forefront, bored on the road, from time to time turned his head to tease the woman who was taken captive, and used a stick of incense, seeing that he was about to get out of the ravine, suddenly the horse under him was frightened, and his front hooves were raised high, making a long neighing sound.

Wang Tiehu was startled, his hands tightened the reins of the horse, his eyes looked nervously, and at this moment, a burst of fire lit up on the hillsides on both sides, and then fireballs rolled down from the hillside.

The looting of the strong men was in chaos, everyone was like a frightened flock of sheep scurrying around, and the soldiers and horses of the green battalion also reacted, and everyone shouted loudly, trying in vain to stop these people.

But everything seemed to be in vain, and at this moment, hundreds of volunteers were killed at Mizoguchi, and they rushed over like fierce tigers, and before everyone could react, they released their guns on the panicked soldiers and horses of the green battalion in the front row.

The soldiers of the Green Battalion were shot and fell to the ground one after another, and the fear spread as quickly as a plague, and before the opponent could fire a second volley, the soldiers and horses of the Green Battalion retreated.

Wang Tiehu shouted loudly, but he couldn't stop it at all, and when he saw the volunteers coming over with guns and assassinations, they were coerced by everyone, and everyone retreated.

The Green Battalion soldiers will be like this, and even more so the people who have come with them, and everyone has fled, which adds to the chaos of the Green Battalion soldiers and horses.

Yang Yongtai, the sixth assistant staff general, led his troops to kill, and the soldiers shouted the slogan "The volunteers are coming, the Tartars are finished, brothers, kill these gangs of tigers, don't want the traitors of the ancestors." ”

Wang Tiehu was extremely annoyed, and raised his knife to kill two local people.

Seeing that the soldiers and horses of the Green Battalion retreated one after another, and the army could not be formed, the local people became more and more courageous, and in the end, they actually fought with the soldiers and horses of the Green Battalion with a flat shoulder.

After an hour of fierce fighting, 500 soldiers and horses of the Green Battalion, including the Green Battalion's commander Wang Tiehu, were completely annihilated.

Li Bao, the commander of the green battalion, saw that the situation was not good, and led a team of personal soldiers to fight out of the encirclement, dodging left and right, and felt the city of Ningqiang Prefecture at noon the next day.

At this time, Ningqiang Prefecture had already been rumored to be in the air, and the volunteers attacked everywhere, setting up ambushes many times in the past two days, ambushing many soldiers and horses, including Li Bao, the commander of the green battalion.

Jing Keqin and Feng Youqing led a large army to approach Ningqiang Prefecture, blocking various city gates, and now mobilizing artillery to attack the city.

Hui Ying, the general of the Green Battalion, complained bitterly, and the army went out to raise military rations, and the troops suffered heavy casualties, and now rumors are spreading in the city, and it is not easy to defend the city.

However, the Tartar military orders were very strict, especially for the Green Battalion soldiers, and Hui Yingzhao had to resist desperately.

The two sides fought until the sunset, and suddenly the west of the city was blazing, and Hui Ying looked at it, and did not know when a group of soldiers and horses appeared in the city, and they shouted loudly to kill the city gate.

The green battalion soldiers were already exhausted, and suddenly encountered such a change, everyone was caught off guard and fled, and since then the volunteers have controlled the west gate, and Feng Youqing led his troops into the city.

Hui Yingzhao had no choice but to lead his troops to flee north, and only set up camp at the Iron Lock Pass, which was 30 miles away.

Jing Keqin was overjoyed, and while sending a messenger to the rear base to report the good news, he led his troops to pursue, and did not stop until he was in front of the iron lock pass.

At this point, the Volunteers occupied Ningqiang Prefecture and seized the key to the southern gate of Hanzhong.