Chapter 357: Troops enter Sichuan
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The weather was too hot, Zhao Sheng couldn't help but take off his armor, and moved forward with his weapons in plain clothes, as for the thousands of people and horses behind him, he was also tired enough, and he just stopped for some reason, so he took advantage of the situation to greet the generals around him, and sat down and waited at random.
After they were reorganized from Ningqiang Prefecture, they beat the Liukou banner, and then went south to Guangyuan, but after a few battles, it took a lot of time to march alone, and even after entering the Sichuan Political Envoy Division, it was normal to not see the shadow of the Ming army for several days.
And the thirty tiger squat cannons and two general cannons that were dragging were even more difficult to walk in this rugged mountain pass.
"Work hard, push this great general cannon up."
The road meets the slope path, it is a common thing that happens from time to time, no, the commander of an artillery team with the army, at the moment shirtless and personally up, he is also in a hurry, behind him is a temporary stop waiting for the passing army, they are walking in the position of the Chinese army, if the road is blocked, it will be bad.
"I said, "Chief, if you don't give it to your superiors, you can simply throw away this great general's cannon, this march is simply torturing our brothers."
A strong man didn't care to wipe the sweat left on his face, and mocked as if venting, it was too torturous, how to move a cannon weighing seven or eight hundred pounds, if the road was smoother, it would be good, there were ox carts to carry back and forth, but when they encountered a trail, the ox carts could not go up, and they had to put on ropes to carry them,
"That's it, last time, Xiao Jiu was injured by this cannon because he stepped on the air, and he is still lying down."
One of the captains in the team is also related, this kind of place, not to mention artillery, just mention the war horses in their army, it is difficult to walk,
"Special mother, let you do the work, one by one complaining, eating sorghum rice for nothing?"
Shi Chang didn't have the time to talk nonsense with them, and he was familiar with them on weekdays, so he didn't have any scruples when he spoke, and he directly patted a shirtless man next to him.
"Take the handle, lift it up~!"
"Hei~Hard~!"
Even the chief himself went up, what else could the others do, they could only grit their teeth and use wooden sticks and ropes to trap them, and then struggled to get up their shoulders, and moved up step by step, only to wait for the gentle mountain road, and then load the wheelbarrow, carefully lead a strong ox, and then the whole army can slowly advance.
"General, such a small road, it is not easy to march, and if we delay it again, if we are ambushed by the Ming army, we will be in a bad situation."
Due to the large expansion of each town, the fifth town was also changed to the fifth army of the Qin army at the same time, Tan Wu was promoted to the governor, under the jurisdiction of the thirteenth and fourteenth towns of the infantry army, with an independent temporary brigade, Zhao Sheng was in this situation, became the brigade rate of the independent infantry brigade, but due to the banner of the rogue, his brigade was not full for the time being, and only more than 3,600 people followed this march.
The other two are about seven or eight hundred people, and they are still in Ningqiang for reorganization, but even so, this reorganized army also has combat effectiveness that ordinary Ming troops cannot match, and even if they start fighting, 10,000 people can't eat them.
Since entering the area controlled by the Sichuan Political Envoy, they have successively defeated and captured a county town, five fortresses and three passes guarded by the Ming army, anyway, the follow-up is the regular army of four battalions under the personal command of Tan Wu, who can take over the establishment of rule at any time, what Zhao Sheng has to do is to carry the banner of the righteous army and continue to attack the local soldiers and horses of the Ming army.
"Although this place is difficult to walk, but where there is a way out of the mountain, there must be a Ming army fortress, if there is no artillery, can An fight with the lives of his brothers?"
Zhao Sheng shook his head decisively, since he took refuge in Li Jing, the king of Qin, he has opened his eyes, and now there are more than 3,000 people who have been reorganized and reorganized, which is enough to deal with the tens of thousands of men and horses before him, not to mention that on such a mountain road, the Ming army came to ambush? Is it true that the scouts who went out thirty miles ahead of their own family all ate dry rice?
"Pass the order, order all armies, speed up the pace, take the tiger squat cannon first, leave the general artillery behind, and in addition, each battalion must report its position to me at any time!"
"Whoa."
The first battalion of the independent brigade who followed Zhao Sheng's march was Huo Nianguan and answered, then glanced at the endless army, and had to drag his tired body and go down to give orders.
Out of the ancient road mountainous area, straight to the first capital under the pass in the north of Guangyuan Mansion, looking at the Ming army fortress from afar, seeing that the city is tall, just occupy the main road, so first with a small force of troops difficult to detour near the mountains to observe, see that there are dozens of people guarding the fortress, so do not dare to advance easily.
"Xiaoqi, there are rogues in the mountains."
Guangyuan this place, has always been an important town in northern Sichuan, the Ming Dynasty set up a guard here 5,600 people guarded, the front out of here is a general banner of the Ming army led by a quota of 50 soldiers, but for a long time, this place is also deserted, now the general flag is definitely not there,
Although there are dozens of people in the fortress, most of them are merchants or hunters who are close to the north, just to rest and stay here temporarily, and the soldiers who can go into battle are only seven or eight people, and the soldiers and horses that appear outside the fortress one after another, but no less than two or three hundred people, and they also carry firearms and bows and arrows, and look at the movement in the mountains and forests behind them from a distance, I am afraid that there will be no less than thousands of men and horses.
"Let's run."
The small flag of the Ming army, it doesn't look like a look, it is worn in tatters, it is a little stronger than the ordinary Ming army, and it can finally wear clothes that are not so tattered, and there is a waist knife crooked and slanted around the waist, but the hat is biased, at this moment I heard that three or five hundred people came, where did he dare to fight, and directly waved his big hand, taking advantage of Zhao Sheng's department not attacking the city, he directly abandoned the pass and fled.
Behind him, there are seven or eight soldiers of the Ming Army Guard, not to mention, I have never seen any salary from the imperial court in my life, all by guarding this fortress to make some money, but on weekdays, I go to the ground by myself and work hard for the court? Don't even think about it!
"What's the matter, these melon babies, all ran away?"
Some of the hunters who got the news came out to take a look, and saw that these military households had run away without a shadow, and they were dumbfounded, and they had the courage to run to the top of the fortress to take a look, and immediately gasped, and saw that forty or fifty paces away on the opposite side, a group of soldiers surrounded a few iron cannons, aimed at this side, and they were actually going to fight.
"Run~! There are thieves. ”
At the moment, no one mentioned anything to resist or not, and no one opened the door to let the thieves in, anyway, it was enough to guarantee their lives.
"Poof~!"
"Damn it, where did you go down? I told you to aim at the city gate, why are you hitting the city wall for me?! ”
A lieutenant in the first capital scolded and scolded, and then saw the blue flag waving back and forth in the mountains on the left, and was stunned for a moment.
"All gone? A few nimble ones, climb up and open the door for me. ”
"Captain, what about our cannons? Don't fight? ”
The gunner, who was still scolded by him just now, came to ask with a shy face, but he quickly got the desired result,
"it, cannons aren't silver? Everyone has run away, let the cannon show the ghost! ”
The captain said angrily, I really don't know that oil and salt are expensive, this cannon, from Pingliang in the rear of Shaanxi, Gongchang transported, the cost alone will cost 3 cents of silver, and it hurts to hit it, plus the transportation is inconvenient, one is less, if it is not for this fortress on the main road, he is unwilling to send a cannon to fight it.
This is also the reason why he scolded the soldiers, wasting artillery, how to fight in the future?
So, the soldiers who climbed into the gate opened it effortlessly, this main road standing in the jungle and mountains, originally only 50 people, can resist the attack of a thousand people of the fortress, so the Ming army did not hesitate to give up, the first of the capital, suddenly only left men and horses to guard, and then the main force immediately forward.
After walking seven miles out of this fortress, he completely walked out of the mountain, and walked to a relatively gentle place, and the Guangyuan Mansion of the Sichuan Political Secretary was in front of him.
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"What? Where did the thief come from, Ann dares to talk nonsense, come on, give me a fight! ”
Early in the morning, in the yamen of the prefect of Guangyuan, there was a bunch of people, who actually spoke wildly, saying that there were thieves outside the city, looking at no less than three or five hundred people, but the person who came to report the news had a low status, just a hunter in the mountains and forests, those prefects and counties, where were they willing to listen to him, besides, the soldiers who patrolled the mountains and guarded the fortress did not warn, where did the rogue come from.
However, if there was a mob in the place, they could not afford to admit it, so the prefect called the staff in the house, spoke a few words, and told him to send him to the county yamen, and just send some officials to investigate.
"Hurry, speed up the pace, all villages and villages along the way, you must stay behind, mobilize the people to divide the fields, establish local organizations, Wang Danian, Liu Qianming, you two each bring one, disperse to the place, and then wait for the arrival of the main force led by the governor, and then continue to keep up."
Seeing that he finally got out of the mountain and entered the realm of Guangyuan Mansion, Zhao Shengcai assigned tasks to the generals around him one by one,
Liu Qianming, the captain of the third capital of the first battalion, immediately took the order and left, but Wang Danian, who led the third battalion of the independent brigade, was a little dissatisfied.
"Brigade rate, we are also a battalion, after entering Sichuan, we have fought a few battles, which will make me guard the back road again, and it will be boring."
As soon as he heard this, Zhao Sheng was not laughed at angrily, and immediately pointed at the horsewhip, "You are a killer, you say that it is the battalion, and the third battalion under your command is a total of one, and now those who follow the governor will have two of you who are organized in Ningqiang, if you don't want it, I will divide one and the first and second battalions, how about it?" ”
"Don't, don't~! I'll stay, I'll stay! ”
When Wang Danian heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, starting from Ningqiang, the first and second battalions each had 14,500 people, and his battalion only had more than 300 people, and now there were finally two of them to be supplemented, how could he dare to make a time, even if the supplement was completed, there were only more than 1,000 people, but it was more comfortable to wear than a dissatisfied one now.
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