Qutangwei, as the name suggests, refers to the defense of the Yangtze River Qutang Gorge this section of the waterway for the purpose of the establishment of the guard, its jurisdiction from the west of the Shizhu Xuanwei Division, east to Hubei Jingzhou Wei, is an important military institution guarding the eastern gateway of Sichuan.

And because the main role of Qutangwei is to control waterways, most of the officers and soldiers stationed in Qutangwei are water divisions.

In addition, due to Zhang Xianzhong's repeated invasion of Sichuan to fight in recent years, Qutangwei's defensive pressure increased, and the number of its warships also increased sharply, and by the time Yang Ming's Han army controlled Qutangwei, the number of warships reached thousands.

"Commander Lu, if this official wants you to transport 50,000 people to Chongqing within two days, can you do it?"

The commander of Lu in Yang Ming's mouth is Lu Binzhong, the former commander of Qu Tangwei of the Ming Dynasty.

At the beginning, when Yang Ming ordered the four battalions of the Han army to surround the city of Kuizhou, the land commander became a prisoner of the fourth battalion before he had time to organize the naval division to counterattack.

Commander Lu is also a person who sings which song on which mountain, and now he was appointed by Yang Ming as the commander of Qu Tangwei, and he quickly converted himself into a member of the Han army, and when he saw Yang Ming ask him, he hurriedly replied respectfully: "If you recruit some nearby civilian boats, you should be able to do it, but you have to hurry, I am afraid that in the rainy season, the river will rise, and it will be difficult to drive at that time." ”

"Okay, you can take someone to collect civilian ships now, and the money you need can be directly transferred to Lord Shang, if you make a mistake, don't blame the official for being ruthless!" If things are done well, I will let you be the commander of the naval division of my Han army."

After Yang Ming said this, Commander Lu nodded his head and said yes, but he couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his heart: "The official worships the generals, there are only five generals in the entire Han army now, if he becomes a general, won't he also become the leader of the Han army?" ”

Yang Ming was relieved when he saw that Commander Lu was secretly happy, thinking that it would not be difficult to transport 50,000 troops to attack Chongqing Mansion, otherwise this surnamed Lu would not be so happy. From the very beginning, Yang Ming did not intend to be harsh and stingy in terms of official rewards, it is still like the Manchu Tartars, most of the bureaucrats and gentry are happy with fame and integrity, and not sparing official rewards is not intended to be more conducive to disintegrating the enemy's fighting spirit, and more conducive to manipulating and exploiting this type of people.

"Why haven't Brother Guan Wei and General Tan come yet?"

Yang Ming planned to take Lan Guanwei as the main commander this time, and Tan Wen as the deputy general and the first battalion and 50,000 elite soldiers selected from the surrendered officers and provisional troops as a special column to go to Chongqing, of course, the first battalion did not go to take on the main attack, but only to act as a law enforcement force and a supervision team, after all, no one could guarantee that the 50,000 army composed of officers and displaced people would not have all kinds of discipline problems.

Of course, allowing the surrendered official army and the displaced provisional army to participate in the capture of Chongqing is also to borrow the long-standing contradiction between the two armies to achieve the purpose of allowing Lan Guanwei's first battalion to calmly control, and by the way, it can also be used to further train these two armies, and also lay the foundation for reorganizing and expanding the Han army in the future. Allowing an old Ming Dynasty official like Tan Wen to participate is also Yang Ming's expression that the Han army has completely trusted him and is willing to let him make contributions to the Han army.

"I've already sent someone to shout", Bai Qian couldn't help but ask after answering: "Childe, do you really want to attack Chongqing Mansion?" ”

"Isn't Lord Futai unwilling to lose the Kuizhou Mansion City, then we will exchange his Chongqing Mansion with him", Yang Ming smiled and said.

"The best defense is to attack, since we can't stop Qin Liangyu's reinforcements because of the scarcity of troops, it is better to take the initiative to attack, and it is necessary to attack it, and directly attack its eastern Sichuan capital - Chongqing Mansion!

Moreover, the conditions for the capture of Chongqing Prefecture are very ripe, first, because the waterway for attacking Chongqing Prefecture has been controlled by us, and second, most of the defenders of Chongqing Prefecture have rushed to the aid of Kuizhou Prefecture, including the white pole soldiers who play a decisive role in the situation in Chongqing."

As soon as Lan Guanwei and Tan Wen came, Yang Ming immediately gave them an order to capture Chongqing, and the two did not hesitate and immediately agreed.

After that, things went smoothly as Yang Ming had planned.

Because the Sichuan authorities, especially the governor Chen Shiqi, only noticed that the capital city of Kuizhou was occupied by thieves, and was eager to urge the general army Qin Liangyu to recapture the capital city of Kuizhou as soon as possible and neglected the defense of Chongqing Prefecture, coupled with the fact that the waterway was controlled by the Han army and the Lu commander collected thousands of ships of various sizes that night, it took only one day and one night for the 50,000 troops led by Lan Guanwei and Tan Wen to successfully reach the Tongluo Gorge not far from Chongqing City.

When Chen Shiqi, the governor of Sichuan, heard that Chongqing Mansion was surrounded by tens of thousands of thieves, it was already the afternoon of the next day, but when he learned the news, he was more anxious than anyone else, and he hurriedly ran out of the concubine's room and gathered all the officials in Sichuan before he even had time to put on his shoes, and hurriedly dispatched the army back to Chongqing to help, and even Qin Liangyu, who had worked hard to reach Kuizhou Mansion quickly, also received an order to urgently return to Chongqing Mansion.

Yang Ming took advantage of the return of the officers and troops from all walks of life to aid Chongqing Prefecture, and also stepped up the dispatch of the second and fourth battalions to aid Dongxiang County, and waited for the opportunity to recapture Liangshan, Xinning, Kaixian and other county seats, except for Yunyang and Wanxian were still occupied by Zeng Ying and Zhao Ronggui with the help of Qin Liangyu, the entire Kuizhou Mansion was all under the command of the Han army. The second battalion also occupied Ziyang County, north of Taiping Pass, which was subordinate to Shaanxi.

As soon as Lan Guanwei and Tan Wen arrived in Chongqing Mansion, they immediately launched an attack on Chongqing Mansion, but the results were not very ideal, although Lan Guanwei and Tan Wen wanted to use this to show their skills and prove that they could be in charge without Gongzi in charge, but without sufficient financial incentives and internal and external strategies, the 2,000 defenders in Chongqing Mansion actually blocked dozens of attacks by 50,000 troops.

"Childe, Brother Guanwei, their siege of the city did not go well, and Chen Shiqi also personally arrived at Chongqing Mansion and opened the treasury to temporarily recruit tens of thousands of villagers, do you think we should give up attacking Chongqing City?" Bai Qian asked.

Yang Ming didn't seem surprised by this, just smiled slightly and asked, "Has Qin Liangyu, the chief soldier of Sichuan, returned to Chongqing?" ”

"No, Sichuan Governor Chen Shiqi has urged her several times, but this Qin General Soldier doesn't seem to be very obedient?" Bai Qian replied.

"How can this work, my Ming Dynasty has always been a civil system of martial arts, the governor as a feudal official sent to the local government by the central government, holding the king's flag, patrolling the place on behalf of the Son of Heaven, how can he command the general army of a place, even if the military general is highly accomplished, he can't exceed the rules!" Yang Ming said some nonsensical things that made Bai Qian a little puzzled: "How did Gongzi talk about this, what does it matter if he is the governor or the chief soldier?" ”

"It's a big deal, General Qin is powerful, maybe you can see my trick at a glance, but the governor is not necessarily, now the fate of our Han family army is all saved by that governor", as he spoke, Yang Ming ordered: "You immediately send an order to Commander Lu, and ask him to immediately escort 100,000 taels of silver and all the cannons and muskets to Chongqing Mansion, and bring a message to Lan Guanwei and Tan Wen, even if everyone dies, I will take Chongqing Mansion!" ”