When the battle between Sichuan and Central China was in full swing, the war in Hanzhong not only did not stop, but intensified.

The Qing army was defeated in successive battles, although Wu Sangui led his troops into Hanzhong to stabilize the situation, but like many warlords in the previous life, everyone's greatest wish was to preserve their strength, and then pounce on the opponent when they were weakened to defeat the other party and obtain meritorious service.

With this idea, Wu Sangui led the army to retreat to the first line of Yuanling Pass in Ziwu Town, Raofeng Pass, and Li Guohan retreated to the first line of Hanwangcheng in Shiquan County.

Just when Yang Lin was about to show his skills and planned to mobilize troops and horses to defeat the enemy in front of him and win the battle of Hanzhong, the commander of Sichuan Xingdu made Yang Zhan killed, and there was an accident in Sichuan, and the rear was unstable.

Faced with such a scenario, Yang Lin had no choice but to suspend the offensive and adjust the deployment of troops to deal with possible crises.

In order to ensure the safety of Sichuan, Yang Lin dispatched the 3rd Association of Long Zhiframe and the 5th Association of Yang Bingyi to return to Sichuan to support the suppression of the rebellion in Sichuan.

In order to ensure the safety of the rear, Yang Lin used Liao Qifang's 4th Association and Wang Fuchen's 3rd Battalion of the Navy to control Calan, Baocheng and other places to ensure the safety of grain and grass in the rear and supply grain and grass to the front line.

He ordered Wang Shuji's 10th Association to be stationed in Nanzheng and Chenggu to implement new policies in the local areas to prevent local rebellions and Tatar cavalry from penetrating.

Yang Lin personally led the Escort Association, Bu Ning Yao Chonglie's two cavalry associations, Yang Cheng's 1st Association, Jing Keqin's 6th Association, Feng Youqing's 7th Association, and Wang Zhibang's 10th Association to be stationed in Yangxian County and Xixiang County to confront the Tartars.

Some generals felt the changes in the army, and although the news was blocked, the news of Yang Zhan's murder and the great changes in Sichuan still spread in the army, and everyone was worried about the safety of the rear and hoped to withdraw the army.

China is an agricultural civilization, Xiang Yu has an allusion to the night walk in brocade clothes, how can the Chinese people not, everyone thinks more about sweeping the snow in front of the door, and now I hear that there is a change in my hometown that may be affected, the generals in the army are still good, everyone understands that things are done, and they can still deal with it, and those soldiers in the army are completely different.

On this day, Yang Lin inspected the 6th Association, and heard some middle- and lower-level officers privately discussing the affairs of Sichuan, and felt that everyone was worried.

When the Japanese soldiers entered Hanzhong, the adults had precautions. At first, in order to prevent the Tartars from grabbing grain, he only led 3 soldiers and horses into Sichuan as the vanguard.

Even if the decisive battle situation was formed later, Sichuan also left Yang Wei, Ma Mingluan, and the two associations to garrison Chengyu, and Liao Qifang to garrison Bazhou to deal with possible changes at any time.

After our army defeated the Tartars in Nanzheng, the adults ordered the 3rd Association to return to Shichuanzhong to rest and recuperate on the grounds of correction, and the news of Yang Zhan's murder came back, and Feng Youqingxie returned to Shichuanzhong.

Li Gande, Yuan Taowu, Dading, and others are just clowns who jump off the beam, and now they have brutally killed Yang Zhan and Yang Du's commanders, which are hated by the Sichuan people, and the adults have already taken precautions, so they can't jump for a few days. ”

As soon as everyone heard this, Yang Lin knew that it was difficult to block the news, and he did not deliberately block the news of the great changes in Sichuan and the main force of the volunteers entering Sichuan to quell the rebellion as in the past.

Everyone talked about it at first, but as Cao Xun took the lead in raising troops to respond to the counterinsurgency, Yuan Taowu Dading was expelled from Xuzhou Mansion, Luzhou and other places.

Wu Sangui, who was stationed at Rao Feng Pass, found out such confidential information a few days later, and at first everyone did not believe it, fearing that the snake would be lured out of the hole and the Qing army would leave the dangerous place, and then either cut off its rear road, or gather and annihilate it.

After a few days, the information was confirmed, and Wu Sangui was like a treasure.

Just as in the confrontation with the Southern Ming Dynasty in history, Wu Sangui was stationed in Baoning Mansion in Hanzhong, and the selfish Wu Sangui mostly invited merit by killing the people, rather than attacking the Ming army on a large scale.

The Volunteers defeated Haoge, Luo Luohun, and Nikan in succession, and their strength was far above the armies, and the scheming Wu Sangui was unwilling to attack the whole division, but only sent soldiers and horses to test it.

After five days of fierce battles, Wu Sangui led more than 10,000 Guanning soldiers and horses to finally defeat the volunteer army Feng Youqingxie, seize the Luoshui River Valley at the exit of Fu Luo Road, and reverse the shadow of the successive defeats of the Western Army in one fell swoop.

The morale of the Qing army was greatly boosted, and everyone asked to enter the army, Wu Sangui hesitated, and his staff member Fang Guangchen advised: "Since the formation of the Volunteer Army, it has won consecutive battles and has not tasted defeat.

This new defeat was really caused by the great change in Sichuan, Yang Lin dispatched troops to quell the rebellion, and the troops invested in the front were insufficient.

Of course, our army can take advantage of its internal chaos to lead its troops to attack, and although it can bargain for a while, if the other side eases up, I am afraid that the army will be disadvantageous at that time. ”

Manchu and Mongolian generals such as the Mongolian Zhenglan Banner Gushan Ezhen Malashi, the Manchurian Zhenghongqi Gushan Ezhen Haningge, and the Manchurian Zhenglanqi Melle Ezhen Zhunta already thought that Wu Sangui was not sincere in working for the Manchu court and wanted to preserve his strength, but now when he heard Fang Guangchen say this, he was very dissatisfied.

Everyone believes that now that the Volunteers are fighting on two fronts, and now they are suffering from internal and external troubles, and the Qing Army has just received reinforcements, and at this time, it should fight to the death with the other side. ”

Fang Guangchen argued with reason and refuted them one by one.

Yang Zhan was killed a month ago, why is it only now reported?

Now the Qing army can control only the two passages of Fu Luo Road and Meridian Road, if the other party sends elite soldiers to cut off Fu Luo Road and Meridian Road, the army has no way to retreat.

Although He Zhen, Liu Tichun and other remnants of Dashun were defeated in successive battles and suffered great losses in troops, their backbone still existed, and now they heard that the volunteers marched into Hanzhong to gather soldiers and horses again, and if the other party led their troops to help the battle, it was not good for the Qing army.

At the beginning of the year, the Volunteers and the Western Army confronted the city of Lizhou, because Zhao Ronggui became the last straw that crushed the camel, the Qing army was forced to retreat, and Luo Luohun, the king of Yanxi County, and the Zhendu class of Zhenghongqi Gushan were killed one after another.

On the day of the battle in Lizhou, the army of the expedition to the west experienced it personally, and everyone had palpitations, and when they heard Fang Guangchen say this, everyone was silent for a while.

Although it was not explicitly stated, everyone knew in their hearts that the best way was to retreat and return to Guanzhong, but the Qing army was defeated in successive battles between the two sides, and those generals were unwilling to bear the responsibility of retreating from the defeat.

After thinking about it for a long time, Wu Sangui decided to be cautious, and ordered Li Guohan, the general of the Qing expedition to the west, to lead his troops from the east to attack Yangxian.

Looking at the map, everyone was puzzled for a while, and shook their heads again and again for a long time, according to everyone's thoughts, the Qing army's victory was huge, and of course it should be attacked.

After looking at the capital of the intelligence department, Yang Lin asked again: "Is there any movement in Wu Sangui at Fushui Gukou?" This is also too strange, Wu Sangui has been snubbed by the Manchu Qing Dynasty for more than a few years, and once he is in power, he should make a big show. ”

Du and Gui shook their heads again and again, and reported in detail that Wu Sangui was stationed at Fushui Gukou, and there has been no movement in the past few days.

Why Yang Lin was so concerned about the movement of the Qing army in Fushui Gukou was that he hoped that the main force of the Qing army would be able to leave the Meridian Road and Fuluo Road and enter the hinterland of Hanzhong, so that he could take the opportunity to occupy Gukou and defeat the Qing army.

Why is Yang Lin's confidence slow, in addition to getting in touch with the remnants of Dashun, He Zhen and Liu Tichun, more importantly, now that the rebellion in central Sichuan has been quelled, Long Zhijiao and Yang Bingyi are now returning to Hanzhong in a steady stream.

Now Yang Bingyi Association has arrived in Calcium County to rest, and Long Zhijie has just arrived in Lizhou, and it will take time.

Now I heard that Wu Sangui didn't have a plan to attack, and pointed to the map and said: "It seems that this Wu Sangui is not in vain, he is cautious every step to be invincible."

A few days ago, I asked Feng Youqing to withdraw from Fushui Valley, which was a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain and let the Wu army leave the valley that was difficult to attack. ”

Everyone was silent for a while, and for a long time, Qian Bangqi shook his head and said, "My lord, it seems that Wu Sangui and the Tartar court are separated from morality and half-heartedly.

Since Wu Sangui and the Tartar court are half-hearted, why don't we resort to counter-plots? ”

Just like the Southern Ming court, many Han intellectuals in the late Ming Dynasty had expectations for Wu Sangui, just like this Qian Bangqi who thought that Wu Sangui was not really willing to work for the Qing court, and wanted to persuade the other party.

Now listening to Qian Bangxin's intention to lobby Wu Sangui again, Yang Lin thought about it for a long time and thought that although it may not be successful, at least it can separate the other party.