Shi Dakai adopted the opinions of Chen Yucheng and Zhang Suimou, and rushed to Pixian County with his soldiers.

Escaping all the way, although there was an army chasing after him, Shi Dakai led the army to rush extremely fast, except for a short rest, it can be called a day and night, and there is very little time to rest, so it is a certain distance from the army under Liu Jintang's command, but it is difficult to get rid of Liu Jintang's soldiers.

Shi Dakai led his troops close to Pixian and took it easily.

He led his soldiers into the county seat of Pixian, and after killing the generals stationed there, he plundered some of the grain, and then left Pixian and continued his journey without staying.

All the way to the northwest, Shi Dakai kept advancing.

"Da! Da!! ”

The sound of horses' hooves was heard, and the spies galloped back.

The spy came to Shi Dakai's body, clasped his fists and said, "Lord Wang, the latest news has come back from the front, Chongning County has stationed a Qing army, blocking our way forward. At the same time, the places around Chongning County have also gathered troops under Li Zhen's command, blocking our roads. Now if you want to go to Tibet, it is almost impossible, unless you force an attack. ”

Shi Dakai gasped, and a bad premonition was born in his heart.

This situation is not good!

Looking at the current arrangements of the Qing army, it is likely that the other side has made preparations in advance. At this moment, Shi Dakai was in a low mood, he looked at Chen Yucheng who was following him, and asked with a serious expression: "General Chen, what do you think?" ”

Chen Yucheng said: "We have reached the current situation, I think the only way to go is to continue to walk, there is no way back!" This is not a turning back, you can only go on. ”

Zhang Suimou interjected and said, "Lord Wang, I agree with General Chen's words. At present, there are pursuers behind us, and we can only keep moving forward, not retreating. Because once you retreat, the result will be to face the pursuers behind. Moreover, once our troops stop, they may be flanked from front and back, and they must not stop. ”

Shi Dakai strengthened his confidence and ordered: "Keep going!" ”

Immediately, Shi Dakai led the army to continue to rush forward.

When he came to the territory of Chongning County, he was immediately blocked. A brigade of soldiers was distributed throughout the territory and set up checkpoints on various key roads in Chongning County to block the advance of Shi Dakai's army. As long as Shi Dakai wants to continue to advance, he must attack in a big way. However, Zhang Zhidong's arrangement in Chongning County was all heavyweight firepower, although there were only more than 3,000 people, but the strength was not inferior to the strength of the soldiers under Shi Dakai's command. Moreover, the soldiers sent by Zhang Zhidong did not attack, but only defended.

In this way, under the full defense of the soldiers, the defense force of Chongning County is stronger. As long as Shi Dakai's soldiers attacked, they immediately gave Shi Dakai's soldiers a head-on blow, making Shi Dakai unable to advance.

After a long time, Shi Dakai suddenly became anxious.

The reason for this was because Liu Jintang's army caught up. If we don't hurry, the threat will be immense. Once bitten by Liu Jintang's army, coupled with the army of Chongning County, the consequences are unimaginable. Shi Dakai immediately called Chen Yucheng and Zhang Suimou and consulted Chen Yucheng and Zhang Suimou's opinions.

Shi Dakai then ordered the army to be reversed and moved in the direction west of Chengdu.

Unfortunately, the same problem is being faced again.

In the west, Dayi County and Qionglai County also faced strong resistance.

Such a situation made Shi Dakai's heart hold his breath, and he was even about to run out of breath. Moreover, Liu Jintang's army followed him like a shadow, which made Shi Dakai extremely helpless. The army changed direction and headed southwest toward Meishan County.

On the way, Shi Dakai found Chen Yucheng and Zhang Suimou.

Shi Dakai's expression became more and more serious, and a worried expression appeared on his face, and he said in a deep voice: "Two, I think we are facing great difficulties. Nowadays, we are hitting walls everywhere, as if we are flies hitting a wall, and we are completely suppressed. I feel like we're in a cage, and we're losing our initiative and becoming passive. You speak freely and speak your mind. ”

Zhang Suimou shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "Lord Wang, there are still five or six thousand brothers who follow us. After a long period of running, and fighting with the Qing army from time to time, the consumption of weapons was very large, and it was too late to replenish, and the firearms were far from enough. At the same time, the physical strength of the soldiers, etc., cannot keep up. If we fight hard with Li Zhen's army, we will be defeated. ”

After a pause, Zhang Suimou said: "I think we can only make a desperate bet and continue to go south, only to go to Yunnan, and then south to Vietnam." If this path doesn't work, we're almost going to lose. ”

Chen Yucheng said: "I agree! Now you can't be chased and fled, you have to change direction and go south to Vietnam. ”

Shi Dakai nodded and quickly adjusted.

The army turned around and headed south. During this escape, because there was Liu Jintang's army behind the army, the marching route of the army soldiers was not straight, but changed direction from time to time. The army bypassed Zizhong and then rushed towards Yibin.

At this moment, the soldiers under Shi Dakai's command were extremely tired.

Entered the territory of Yibin, it was already July.

At this time, the weather is still hot, because there is a lot of rain, and it can be relieved a little.

"Report!!"

A soldier galloped over and came to Shi Dakai's side to report the news.

The soldier reported: "Lord Wang, a hundred miles ahead, there is a big river that is the Jinsha River. The road is very wide where it passes through the river, fifty or sixty meters in the narrow place, and probably not less than one or two hundred meters in the wide place. Now it's summer again, there is a lot of rain, it is the stage of rising water, the river is soaring, if we want to pass, it is not easy! ”

Shi Dakai said in a deep voice: "If you can't get over, you have to pass." Immediately speed up, we can cross the river one step earlier if we reach the edge of the Jinsha River one step earlier. As long as we cross the river, we can quickly enter Yunnan, and then avoid the defenders of Yunnan, and we can defend the clouds and see the moon. ”

The soldiers went down to give the order, and Shi Dakai also ordered to speed up.

……

In the rear, Liu Jintang led the army to chase after him, and Zhang Zhidong led the army to follow. The two armies converged, and Zhang Zhidong learned about the situation at the front. Immediately, Zhang Zhidong summoned Liu Jintang and other generals in the army for a meeting.

Zhang Zhidong looked at Liu Jintang and ordered: "Brigade Commander Liu, although the place we set to attack is in Yunnan, but now that Shi Da has taken a road to cross the river, I think it is an opportunity for us to block it." It is up to you to immediately dispatch soldiers to rush to the counties and governments on the other side of the Jinsha River day and night, and ask the officials of the counties and governments to organize soldiers to block the attack on the other side of the Jinsha River and wait for our army. If we grasp it well this time, it will be a chance for us to defeat Shi Dakai. ”

Liu Jintang said loudly: "Mr. Zhang, don't worry, I'll deal with it immediately." ”

During the time I got along with Zhang Zhidong, the two got along relatively happily, so Liu Jintang didn't give Zhang Zhidong any small means, and tried to cooperate as much as possible.

ps: the second shift, call it a day; There are many things to do, forgive me.