When Liu Jun and Mei Zhihuan led the Chu soldiers up the river by boat, Qin Liangyu took his son to lead the white pole soldiers down the river by boat.

Although he was sixty-five years old, Qin Liangyu still personally led his troops to the battle. Since her husband died early, and her son was young at the time, she led the stone pillar on her behalf, and over the years she has fought countless battles, aiding Liao, King Qin, counterinsurgency, and suppressing bandits, and she has fought again and again, so that she has also won a prestigious reputation.

However, these reputations are not what she wants, if she can, she hopes to stay in Shizhu safely, with a husband and children. But this world is not stable, even if it is a toast in Shuzhong, there is no quiet place.

Five thousand white-pole soldiers, divided into many ships, sailed down.

Along the way, the village markets on both sides of the river, seeing the white pole soldiers marching and sending troops, all rushed to the riverside to watch, and even many village elders, squires, local tyrants, and businessmen came by boat to bow and greet and send rewards.

For them, Qin Liangyu only met them in a hurry, and then told them the purpose of his trip, to go to suppress the bandits.

The news that the bandits entered Sichuan again, has gradually spread, Kuizhou, Chongqing Zhufu Prefecture people are also frightened, now see the stone pillar soldiers down the river, are relieved, these years the stone pillar of the white pole soldiers, Mrs. Qin and Xiao Ma Chao, Xiao Qin General and other great reputation, since the Apocalypse Dynasty has been fighting to the Chongzhen Dynasty of the Tusi rebellion, as well as the previous thieves, offering thieves and so on into Sichuan, Ma Qin and the two families have repeatedly made military exploits.

If they send troops, the bandits will inevitably be driven away.

The autumn wind in August, the sails were blowing, and the scarlet cloak on Qin Liangyu's body was blown by the wind and swept across Qin Liangyu's face.

Qin Liangyu stood on the bow of the ship, watching the scene on both sides of the strait continue to regress, and her heart was slightly in a trance, this is the first time she has led the army to send troops?

On both sides of the river, the scene is so skillful that she can even clearly call out the names of the villages and towns on the shore. But again, see these familiar sights. She found many places in a dilapidated and dilapidated manner.

There are even many villages in ruins, and there is no longer the lively scene that once was.

"Aunt," Qin Yimin stood next to Qin Liangyu, "I have passed through several villages in a row, and they are all like this. ”

Qin Liangyu looked at her nephew, this is the eldest son of her brother Qin Minping, who has been following her and her brother to fight together for many years, and he is very brave.

In the first year of the Apocalypse, his eldest brother Qin Bangping led the white pole soldiers to die in a bloody battle with the Houjin cavalry in the Hunhe River, and the Apocalypse was four years old. Another brother, Qin Minping, was also killed in battle. Leaving behind two sons, Yimin and Gongmin, who broke through and were also seriously injured. After that, Yimin and Gongmin followed her to fight, becoming the three generals of the White Pole Soldier along with her son.

Yimin, Gongmin, and his son Xianglin are now all deputy commanders-in-chief, while Qin Liangyu is holding the rank of general. However, as early as the seventh year of Chongzhen, Yimin was promoted to the chief military officer, but later because of the unfavorable battle against bandits in the Central Plains, he was demoted twice in a row, and finally returned to Shizhu.

Qin Liangyu had also seen those earlier. Hearing this, he sighed, "Even Shuzhong has not been peaceful in these years, and Yu Chongming rebelled back then, although he quickly defeated it." Luxury Chongming's father and son also fled into Guizhou, but the sporadic rebellions in various places were not completely eliminated until the tenth year of Chongzhen, and the rebellion was more than ten years ago. During this period, there were thieves and thieves who entered Shu twice, and the court added various factions. The local government has become more miscellaneous and there are continuous natural disasters, and the people's lives are becoming more and more difficult year by year. ”

Since the Stone Pillar sent troops. Along the way, what Qin Liangyu saw was decayed and dilapidated, and what he saw was shocking. Most of the people are yellow, hungry and thin, and they can't eat enough.

They are all the countries of abundance in Sichuan, but now the people in central Sichuan have reached their limit.

"Suppress bandits, suppress bandits, and the more bandits you suppress, the more bandits there are!" Qin Yimin said, at the beginning, he once led the white pole soldiers to enter the Central Plains with Sichuan Fu to suppress bandits, and the white pole soldiers who could play majestic in front of the Eight Banners outside the pass were drowned in those thieves. The bandits are just a group of outcasts, but they kill them endlessly.

"Sichuan must not allow bandits to break in, otherwise, there will be no peace in Sichuan." Although Qin Liangyu has the rank of general soldier, he can only manage the nine streams and eighteen passes of the stone pillar, which is only two or three hundred miles around.

"Fortunately, most of the men in our stone pillar are recruited for food, and they can also have a military salary reward. This time, we will send 5,000 soldiers and horses, and we can also earn a sum of food and pay back. ”

Since the prestige of the stone pillar white pole soldiers came out, the imperial court has repeatedly asked them to recruit and train the stone pillar white pole soldiers in recent years. Most of the children of the Shizhu Tu clan in Jiuxi and Eighteen Mountains were recruited to eat food and serve as soldiers. With the food and wages from the imperial court and the rewards they received during the battle, many of the stone pillar people had a better life than before.

However, this is also a great price, the stone pillar white pole soldiers sent troops again and again, aiding Liao, Qinwang, quelling the chaos, suppressing bandits, they are everywhere, and at the same time they have made great achievements, there are also countless stone pillar disciples who died in battle, and the horse leather was shrouded and returned.

Over the years, almost all the young and strong people in Shizhu Tusi Xitong Cottage have embarked on the road of serving as soldiers to eat food and go into battle.

It's just that now the flames of war have burned to the doorstep, and they are fighting back and forth, and they can't even keep the peace of their home.

"Now there is no grain available in the market, and all those grain stores and rice stores do not sell grain, even if they are double the price before, they can't buy grain." As soon as the war broke out, the price of grain also soared immediately, and it was difficult to buy rice at a price of two or eight yuan and one stone.

"I hope that the bandits can be quickly driven out of Sichuan this time, otherwise our five thousand men and horses will have no food." Qin Gongmin, who was in charge of the grain and grass in the army, said on the side, they sent troops in a hurry this time, and only carried ten days of grain and grass, and the rest had to be supplied on the spot.

"Fortunately, in this season, the water in the river is still relatively deep, as long as we hold the line of Fengjie, the thieves can't find a boat and can't cross the river."

"Now I only hope that Yang Gebu can lead all the soldiers and horses to come over as soon as possible."

Qin Liangyu shook his head, "I'm most afraid that something will happen to Prime Minister Mei." If Premier Mei had an accident, the thief might have gone down the river directly and returned to Huguang, and the officials and soldiers chased him for a long time, but he ran away again. ”

"It's better for thieves to go to Huguang than to go to our Chongqing!" Qin Yimin said.

While a few people were talking, a small boat approached quickly.

"Mother, good news!" It was Ma Xianglin who came on the boat, with an excited look on his face, shouting all the way, "Good news, you won't believe it when you say it." Premier Mei led the Chu soldiers to fight three battles and three victories with the bandits in Wushan, killed more than 20,000 captured thieves, and beheaded six thieves, including the Ten Anti Kings, the Sweeping King, the Shuntian King, the World Destroying King, the Two Tigers, and a Dragon, and captured Zhang Xianzhong alive! ”

The remaining one-eyed horse's one-eyed eyes flashed with excitement, "Mother, the official army has won a great victory, the bandits have been defeated, and now the bandits are crushing to the south under the leadership of Cao Cao, and Premier Mei knows that we have led the army north." I am urgently ordering our department to immediately rush to Tangjiawan on the north bank of Meixi, north of Fengjie, to meet him and intercept the bandits together! ”

"The opportunity to annihilate the bandits in one fell swoop is right in front of you!"

When they sent their troops, they were worried that the bold prime minister would be defeated by bandits if he suddenly entered Sichuan. If the prime minister is defeated, they will naturally have a duty to do so. And now Premier Mei actually led the more than 10,000 Huguang troops to win successive battles and defeat the bandits. This is naturally good news, and now that the bandit defeated army is fleeing, they are rushing to cooperate with Premier Mei to destroy the thief in one fell swoop, which is a great opportunity. It's like picking peaches.

Qin Liangyu is very familiar with the terrain of Kuizhou, and she doesn't need to look at the map to know where Dameixi is. Between Dachang and Wushan, there are three ferries: Shangmadu, Zhongmadu, and Xiamadu, but the water is shallow and flat. Not suitable for defense. To guard, you can only guard the mud ditch, Guanyin Rock, Yaksha Rock, Sanhuangling, Mozi Rock, Yuhe Cave and other places.

And now the Chu army defeated the bandits at the mud ditch, and the bandits no longer marched to Wushan, but turned to the south. Ben Fengchang came, then they had to pass through the White Emperor City first, and then through Tangjiawan.

Qin Liangyu only chose the location of Tangjiawan to block thieves from Mei Zhihuan. It has already been seen that the new prime minister is indeed very proficient in military affairs, can he achieve such an astonishing result?

Mei Zhihuan defended Wushan and Baidi City, and defeated the bandits in the mud ditch, forcing the bandits to either retreat to Chang and Ning, or they could only come to Tangjiawan. And now retreating to Changning's side is a dead end, because Yang Gebu is leading various armies to chase after Sichuan. To retreat is to seek death.

"Do you know how about the casualties of the Chu soldiers? How many more centaurs? And how many soldiers and horses are there for the bandits? "Only by knowing the other can we survive a hundred battles.

"The Chu army had almost no casualties in the first two battles, but the mud ditch was limited by heavy rain and firearms troops, which caused more than 3,000 casualties. Now Huguang Governor Yuan Jixian led a battalion to guard the Wu, Yunyang Governor Li Changgeng led a battalion to guard the White Emperor City, Premier Mei and General Liu led more than 15,000 Chu soldiers, and they were rushing to Tangjiawan by boat. ”

"In the three battles before and after, nearly 20,000 enemies were killed, six thieves were killed, and Zhang Xianzhong was captured alive, but only more than 3,000 casualties were paid? And just after fighting with fifty or sixty thousand bandits, he was already able to fight again immediately? Is this the Chu army, or the Jingying transferred from the north, or the Guanning Iron Cavalry from outside the Guan? ”

Qin Yimin is also a fierce general who has been fighting for many years, and he has encountered any kind of opponent, but because of this, it is more and more difficult for him to believe that Mei Zhihuan and their new army of less than 20,000 people can actually fight three battles in a row in just ten days, and they only paid so many casualties, and now they are on the battlefield again.

The white pole soldiers are known as the elite of the world, and they dare not say that they are so brave.

"Even if it's Jingying, it's not so powerful." Ma Xianglin shook his head, he also fought in the sea of blood in the sword mountain, and knew that there were actually not a few battalions that could fight in the Beijing camp, but the generals who commanded the troops were more powerful. "No, even if it's a Guanning Iron Horse, it may not be so capable of fighting."

"There is nothing impossible in the battle array, since this is the case, then now is a great opportunity to annihilate the bandits, we have to speed up and go to reinforce Premier Mei."

"There are at least 40,000 bandits, do we really want to fight in Tangjiawan?" Qin Yimin said.

"More than 50,000 bandits and bandits were defeated by Premier Mei, and now there are 40,000 left, our white pole soldiers plus Prime Minister Mei's Chu soldiers, can't we beat these defeated generals?" Qin Liangyu sneered twice, "And we still have Yang Gebu and other armies coming soon." ”

Qin Yimin said with a smile, "After the thief returned to Gucheng this year, the emperor once awarded a reward, and there were those who were able to capture Zhang Xianzhong, and the marquis was rewarded with ten thousand gold, but unfortunately we didn't have a chance this time, I don't know which general of the Chu army was so lucky." ”

"Well, yes, since the beginning of the founding of the country and after the Jingnan, the imperial court has twice been awarded meritorious service, and there are very few people who have been knighted for merit, but it is the emperor's relatives and those who have the power to seal a lot with their families. The rest of the knights were knighted for merit, in recent dynasties, I remember that only Wang Mingyang, who pacified the rebellion of King Ning in the Zhengde Dynasty, was named Xinjian Bo, and Li Chengliang, who had been guarding Liaodong for 30 years, was named Ning Yuanbo, right? ”

"Well, almost, although Jingtai and other dynasties, the imperial court has also repeatedly awarded heavy rewards, and there are those who capture and behead the captives in the north to be crowned the Duke of the country, but several rewards have been offered, but they are just the water and moon in the mirror, no one can really do it, and they have never been knighted. This time, the Chu army was really lucky, and the emperor actually gave such a reward to a thief leader. ”

"That shit luck guy you have also heard of his name, that is, the guerrilla general who His Majesty just made a name not long ago, and now he is a subordinate officer under Premier Mei's standard, oh yes, I heard that the imperial court promoted him to a general not long ago. In a short time, this General Liu will be the first person in the Ming Dynasty to be knighted for military merit in the past 60 years since Li Chengliang was knighted for military merit. ”

Several people on the bow couldn't help but sigh in their hearts that this Liu Jun was lucky, so he captured a homeless bandit leader, and he was able to seal the marquis. Think about their two Shizhu, Qin and Ma families, how many years of fighting for the imperial court in the east and west, fighting in the south and north, and how many military exploits they have made, but they are not as good as Liu Jun to capture a Zhang Xianzhong, you must know that Zhang Xianzhong was defeated by their men as early as the seventh year of Chongzhen. Thinking of this, envy can't help but turn into jealousy.

"Okay, don't be envious and jealous of others, now that a large number of bandits are in front of us, it depends on how much we can kill, if you want to be rewarded, just rely on your ability." Qin Liangyu said loudly. "Don't talk too much, speed up, and arrive at Tangjiawan as soon as possible to join Meidu."

Going down the river by boat, Qin Liangyu's five thousand white-pole soldiers marched at a speed, it was not dark yet, just before dusk, they had already passed by Fucheng Fengjie, and then quickly arrived at the mouth of the Damei River. At the mouth of the river, you can already see the river boats patrolling the river, which are the ships of the Chu army.

The arrival of the stone pillar soldiers has long been known to the Chu army.

Liu Jun heard that Qin Liangyu had arrived with the white pole soldiers, and personally took a boat to the mouth of the river to greet him.

Forty or fifty thousand bandits are still wandering around the mountains, and so many men and horses are still carrying a large amount of supplies and the families of the old camp, they can't be fast. Liu Jun and the others relied on the baggage camp and a large number of mules and horses, quickly withdrew from the battlefield to Wushan, and then took a boat around Tangjiawan. It seemed to be a farther detour, but most of the way was by boat, and the speed was very fast, but it ran in front of the thief army.

Now, with the arrival of 5,000 white-pole soldiers, the bandits will definitely be unable to fly. (To be continued......)