During the period when the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the Mongol tribes in the north were scattered, the Japanese in the east closed off the country, the European colonizers in the South Seas were not in the climate, and the Dzungar Tribe, the Yarkand Khanate, and the Hoshute Khanate in the west were all in different degrees and forms of internal strife, which could have little impact on the situation in the Han region. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

From Shanhaiguan 14 years ago, along a Great Wall, to today, 14 years later, Wu Sangui went out of Jiayuguan and embarked on the old road, but the direction was wrong, and the result was naturally different.

Now that Wu Sangui is dead, the head will be sent to Beijing by the envoys of the Oirat-Mongol alliance in exchange for the Manchu restrictions on the vassals of the southern and northern parts of the Mo, so that the monk can concentrate more on his brothers.

As for the traitor in the troubled times, whether he regretted trying to follow the example of leading Western Mongolia into the customs and received retribution before he died, or whether he was still jealous of Liu Wenxiu, the king of Shu, who did not make the appointment, others do not know.

In fact, Liu Wenxiu, the king of Shu, who was hated by Wu Sangui for a long time, was also very wronged, he did not want to rush to Shaanxi in time to cooperate with Wu Sangui to meet the Manchu rebels.

Jianchangwei of the Sichuan Xingdu Division in southern Sichuan, the dilapidated official office has long been requisitioned by Liu Wenxiu as a temporary Shu Wangfu, and the 20,000 soldiers plus 30,000 auxiliaries who were planned to go north have been retreated to Kunming, and the latter has now started the work of Tuntian in Jianchangwei, which has been delayed for more than half a year, although Liu Wenxiu has not yet received the news of Wu Sangui's fiasco, but it is really not enough to consume those warlords in Sichuan.

Since October last year, Liu Wenxiu has set out from Kunming with a mighty army, preparing to go north through Xingdusi, Jiading Prefecture, and Chengdu Prefecture, and enter Shaanxi from Baoning, which is controlled by Wu Sangui, so as to realize the convergence of the Ming army in the southwest and the Ming army in the northwest that has recently been reversed.

The army set off, and after passing Wuding Mansion, it entered the range of Xingdu Division, and at first it was all right, but along the way it was nothing more than cutting down trees and clearing weeds to facilitate the reopening of the road. This road, Li Dingguo's subordinate Qi Sansheng walked before, and it was relatively easy to clean up, but when they crossed the acropolis of Jianchangwei, everything became completely different.

Out of the Jianchang Acropolis, I didn't go far before a series of boulders blocked the official road, and it was full of traces of people coming down from the mountain. The auxiliaries wasted a few days of effort to clear these boulders, and then it was flat, but it was also dug into ravines, and even the river water was very creatively diverted, and the smaller pits dug on the official road were also planted with small trees.

Next, the previous map and the current road also began to deviate in one way or another, the road became narrower and narrower, and finally ran into the deep mountains and old forests, and it took a lot of effort to know that the original road had been manipulated, and the original official road was covered up with traces, and they naturally went astray along the newly opened road.

In fact, it is good to say that tens of thousands of troops are maneuvering, and the tigers in the forest are also scared away, but the time delayed and the grain and grass consumed are all unbearable for Liu Wenxiu and the Yongli court.

In the days that followed, Lao Linzi's joke was gone, and he fell into a trap while walking, and it was clear that there would be no bridges where there were bridges on the map, and even many places had been blasted with gunpowder at a glance. As for what wells put laxatives in them, "savages" attacking the camp at night, scouting horses, messengers leaving the sight of the army, and so on, it happened almost every day.

Originally, Liu Wenxiu promised to spend the Spring Festival in the city of Boryeongfu, and it would not be a problem according to the road. However, after tossing for more than two months, when it was approaching the thirtieth of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Liu Wenxiu found that the advance of the original army had just entered the boundary of Jiading Prefecture.

The army's morale is unstable, and a large amount of grain and grass is consumed, even if you want to reach northern Sichuan, it is not enough. Seeing this, Liu Wenxiu could only take the army to Jianchang for the New Year, and consumed a lot of grain and grass in vain.

Who did these things, Liu Wenxiu felt that even if he used his fingernails to figure it out, but the Kuidong Ming Army was not less squeezed out by Sun Kewang during the years when the Great Western Army was in power, and Liu Wenxiu also annexed a lot of Sichuan Ming troops when he entered Sichuan in the sixth year of Yongli.

Moreover, last year, Wen Anzhi reported that Chen Wen supported Kuidong's generals to enter Sichuan Tuntian, and he was immediately impeached by Ma Jixiang and forced to return to his hometown.

Before the Chinese New Year, he withdrew to Jianchang, and Liu Wenxiu did not move again after the New Year. The grain and grass needed by the army all relied on Yunnan and Guizhou to support, but the Yunnan warehouse was plundered by Wang Ziqi and Wang Shangli, and there was no savings.

With the alliance between the two kings and He Jiuyi in Guangxi, their three Sun Kewang's cronies and generals also quickly occupied the central and southern parts of Guangxi, including important towns such as Nanning and Liuzhou are under their control.

Yunnan and Guangxi are like this, Guizhou, Chen Wen spent a few months to move away hundreds of thousands of military households, hollowing out the Guizhou military tun system that Sun Kewang worked hard to establish, plus Li Dingguo's internal affairs ability is really a bit anxious, the loss of military households, those who did not run are as lazy as possible, and the output is getting lower and lower, originally Sun Kewang used Yunnan and Guizhou provinces to support more than 200,000 Western troops, and now these two provinces are still these two provinces, and the household department of the Yongli Imperial Court has already said that even supporting the 100,000 army is already a fool's dream.

Yungui's support capacity is insufficient, and the support from Kuidong's side should not be considered. Since Liu Wenxiu could not lead tens of thousands of troops to reach Shaanxi in the face of all kinds of obstacles by eating grass roots and bark, and assist Wu Sangui in resisting the Qing army, he could only turn to Tuntian in southern Sichuan to relieve the huge financial pressure.

"Your Highness, I just got the news from Huguang that King Ji was defeated in both Tongguan and Weishui, and the army was wiped out, and now he is missing."

"Hey, Kui Dongzhong will be blind, selfish, and Gu did a little too much back then."

Liu Wenxiu is like this, and Wei Ningbo Gao Chengen, as a general, can only persuade him: "Your Highness doesn't need to blame yourself too much, it's all Chen Wen's wife who is too cunning and buys the remnants of the Sichuan army and the Chuang army in Kuidong, otherwise His Highness led the army north, how could Wang Shi lose to the Tartars?" Now it is like this, and it only pities the tens of thousands of troops of His Royal Highness King Ji. ”

"No, you're wrong. Even if there is no King of Qi, the generals of Kuidong will never let us pass through their control area. Moreover, King Ji and his Guan Ning army have nothing to pity, it was they who opened and closed the Tartars to enter the customs, and the world would be so broken. It is the people of Weinan and Xi'an, as well as those Shaanxi rebels, who are innocent. ”

"Hey."

Hearing this, Gao Chengen also sighed sincerely. However, just sighing couldn't solve the problem, and Gao Chengen had to ask Liu Wenxiu: "Your Highness, what should I do?" ”

"If you want to break the situation now, you still have to try to go north and return to your hometown in Shaanxi. And if you want to kill back, it is absolutely useless without the support of Kui Dong's generals. Inspector Wen has been dismissed by Ma Jixiang, and I really don't know what kind of soup this wall grass has poured into the emperor and the king of Jin. Now it is useless to just count on Inspector Mao, if you want to drive Kui Dongzhong to the north, unless the emperor can come to Sichuan in person, only in this way, there may be a glimmer of opportunity at all. ”

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Jianchangwei and Liu Wenxiu's army of the Sichuan Xingdu Division are still working hard, preparing grain and grass in advance for the army's future military operations, and they are also relieving the financial pressure of the Yongli Imperial Court as much as possible.

Agricultural production in southern Sichuan is in full swing, but in other parts of Sichuan, most of the prefectures, counties, villages and towns have long been like ghosts, and not a single living person may be seen for tens or hundreds of miles.

At noon, the gates of Chengdu were closed, and only a very small number of soldiers were still lazily guarding the gates of each gate, watching the surrounding situation. Thinking about the peaceful years of the year, Chengdu business and travel exchanges, the doors are closed, even if they are open, it is inevitable to be blocked by the flow of people. However, if the gate is not closed now, the jackals, tigers and leopards outside the city will swagger in, and the Ming army in the city will not be able to live in peace.

At this moment, it was the time of the lunch break, the houses in the city were demolished, and the leveled military cantonment was close to the left, and the ragged military households were eating dry food and drinking gruel in the shabby houses under the shade of trees, and they were storing up their strength for the afternoon's work.

The sun was like fire, and even in the shade of the trees, the sweat of the soldiers was dripping to the ground. Fortunately, the water network in the city is vertical and horizontal, and it is very convenient to use water, even firewood, and there is no need to pick wood, Chengdu Giant City, but the people are scattered to not one in ten, even if it is the wood that is removed when leveling the land, it is more than enough to burn the fire.

As the military and administrative center of the city, the military mansion of Liu Yao, the general soldier of Chengdu, is located in a small courtyard. Luo Lun stepped into it, looking at the interior layout and decoration of the courtyard, which was placed before he left Sichuan, that is, the family residence of an ordinary merchant, not to mention anything else, the area alone could not support the role of the General Military Office.

"There are more than 10,000 military households in the city, and every day we are all kinds of places, inquiring about the surrounding situation, and there is really nothing to do. The last general thought that this place was relatively close to the military camp, and it would be more convenient to supervise the military households and prevent them from being lazy, so he pressed the general military mansion here. ”

Liu Yao's face was a little embarrassed, but Luo Lun noticed that there seemed to be some chicken manure on the ground that had not been cleaned, Liu Yao stepped on it in half-new official boots, and deliberately rubbed it on the ground twice, and his face became even more red.

"It is not easy for General Liu to still hold on to Chengdu Fucheng under such difficult conditions, Xia Guan returned to Huguang, and reported to His Royal Highness the King of Qi to increase the assistance to the Fucheng Wangshi."

"The last general, Xie Luo, knows good words."

Last year's meeting in Wuchang City, the chief soldier Liu Yao and the deputy general Yang Youcai were not present, if it weren't for the Wanxian Santan to bring them as help, so as to better compete with those Kui Dongming troops from the Dashun army, I am afraid that they would have been forgotten in the corner.

"Remember not to talk to others, let others know, it will be difficult to do it."

"The end will understand, the end will understand."

Aid to the generals in Kuidong has already begun, and now the troops in Kuidong have been relocated to their respective prefectures and counties, and the aid materials are also being delivered in batches. Luo Lun also returned to his long-lost hometown by escorting supplies, but unfortunately the prosperity here is no longer there, and even the military households in the city have few locals, and it is no longer the flowery southwest town of the past.

After receiving the promise of increased assistance, Liu Yao and Yang Youcai glanced at each other, and even more smiled. While leading Luo Lun to continue walking towards the official hall, Yang Youcai asked tentatively: "The last general has heard that Luo Tongzhi is also a person from the city, and he doesn't know where he lives, so the last general should send someone to take care of it, so as not to cause all the damage." ”

What the two of them were thinking, how could Luo Lun not know, but when it came to the house, Luo Lun sighed, and then said to the two: "I have seen it on the way here, and I have planted crops. Besides, I heard from relatives who fled to Huguang that when the western thieves occupied the city, they had already burned to the ground, and they didn't need to take care of anything. ”

Luo Lun's mood was a little low, and Yang Youcai secretly cursed in his heart, and then loudly condemned the atrocities of the Great Western Army after entering Sichuan. However, before he could say much, a garrison arrived outside the mansion, saying that Fuhou Tan Wen, Renshou Marquis Tan Yi and Xinjin Marquis Tan Hong had arrived outside the city gate.

Santan is a native of Wanxian County, and he is also a brother of the same generation, and his ancestors moved from Huguang to Sichuan in the early Ming Dynasty. At the same time, the Sichuan Ming Army is the identity of the same clan, and their division is naturally in the Xichuan Plain, where Chengdu is located, in order to better deal with the potential threat of those former invasion troops and the Great Western Army in the south.

The materials in western Sichuan were sent to the wharf in Chengdu for redistribution, Luo Lun came with a fleet, and Santan had already sent people and horses to escort him, so he had to divide things here, so he naturally had to come in person, and the aid materials were in hand to be relieved.

There was already a quota for the distribution of materials, and besides, they were the last stop, and they didn't have that opportunity to eat more and occupy more. The materials were distributed, and the staff below could be tossed out, and the six people of San Tan, Liu Yao, Yang Youcai, and Luo Lun simply set up a dragon gate array in the official hall.

"Luo Tongzhi has worked hard all the way."

"Master Hou is polite, I can't call it hard work, but I am really depressed when I see the land of the countryside become like this."

Luo Lun was like this, the three Tan glanced at each other, and Tan Wen opened his mouth and agreed: "Hey, what Luo Tongzhi said is very true, some time ago, our department was stationed in Mianzhu County, the city was dilapidated, and the guards on patrol saw tigers entering the city from the breach to forage for food at night. ”

"Who says it's not, it's the same in Ziyang County."

"Jiading Prefecture is also dilapidated, and wolves can be heard in the city at night."

The three of them began to complain one by one, as if Chengdu was a paradise on earth. Liu Yao and Yang Youcai were anxious, but they didn't dare to say more. However, Luo Lun also saw their respective thoughts, and after nodding his head frequently in agreement, he talked about some things he had seen and heard on the road.

"Last time, I assisted the Duke of Anhui and the Marquis of Tongcheng to restore the capital of Chongqing, and Chongqing has been burned into a white ground for the Tartars, and the houses in the city from the wharf to the city have to be rebuilt. In fact, this is nothing, just along the way, the slender man was attacked by tigers and wolves several times, and the sergeant had to get off the boat and line up to escort him. ”

Speaking of this, Luo Lun sighed and shook his head, took a sip of water, and continued: "A few days ago, Xiaguan passed by Xuzhou and heard Linguo Gong talk about it, before dividing troops into Fushun County, controlling the waterway, Yushuijing Street at the north gate of the county has been a tiger's den for a long time, and the sergeants had to camp outside the city, but at night, the tigers and leopards in the city actually went out of the city to attack the camp, and even some soldiers died in the tiger's mouth. ”

What Luo Lun said is not groundless, Sichuan's population has plummeted, jackals, tigers and leopards have become victorious, and many streets and alleys in the city have even become nests of tigers and wolves. In this large area that has been reverted to the jungle, the survivors of the war in Sichuan have to gather in high-rise buildings, lined up with large wooden fences for protection, but tigers can still enter. In many places, even the army fetches water, it has to be armed and marching together, and even this tiger dares to attack the army in broad daylight, which can be called an unscrupulous one.

As in Chengdu, the water flows through the city, although the city wall is dilapidated, but it is extremely tall, and it can always prevent tigers and wolves, as long as the city gate is closed, it can be avoided from tigers, which is extremely rare.

After such a few words, how could Santan, Liu, and Yang not understand, and hurriedly blamed the current ruins of Sichuan on the Great Western Army of Yunnan and Guizhou and the Qing army in Sichuan, all of whom looked like they were eager to eat their flesh and drink their blood.

Luo Lun knew that the catastrophe in Sichuan Province, Zhang Xianzhong's slaughter of Sichuan, the Qing army's slaughter of Sichuan, and even the warlord melee between the local Ming army in Sichuan were inseparable, but compared to Zhang Xianzhong's demon king in the world, these only remaining troops of the Sichuan Ming army, out of the feelings of the same province, he also had to pay more attention, and he was unwilling to break it. However, their hatred of the Great Western Army and the Qing Army was not hypocritical, especially for the former.

After chatting for a while, the results of the distribution of materials were also sent, all in accordance with the agreement, not even the slightest deduction such as drifting, even if there had been such cooperation when starting from Wanxian County, but it still made them overjoyed, and the words of compliment were even more marginless, from Luo Lun in front of him, Chen Wen who was introduced to Nanjing, all of them were blown to the sky and the earth - thousands of clothes are not worn, and they get benefits, not to say two good words, it will be too scoreless.

"Eat, eat, Luo Tongzhi returned to his hometown this time, it is a great joy. There is a guy who was born as a chef in the city under the command of the last general, and he has also sent his soldiers out of the city to collect some ingredients that are not easy to find in the past few days, just to taste the hometown cuisine. ”

Liu Yao and Yang Youcai held on to Chengdu, even if they were born in the Ming army in this province, they never received assistance from the imperial court, and they were completely self-reliant. This time, with the assistance of the Ming Army of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and under the excitement, the treasure at the bottom of the box is also to be taken out.

It's a pity that although this hometown dish aroused the roundworms in Luo Lun's stomach, it still failed to let the cook show his skills. On the contrary, Luo Lun brought a lot of ingredients and handed them to the men who accompanied the boat, and it didn't take a long time to serve them to the table, and the soup in it was as red as blood, which really startled them.

"What is this?"