There was no suspense in the battle in the east of the Bawu River, and it was completely a one-sided massacre.

In the chaos, many Cao soldiers fell into the river, and in the end, they only obtained more than 700 levels.

These slashes were not outstanding, and they did not capture any of the leaders of the rogues, but this one was enough to save a certain amount of face for Yang Sichang.

More than an hour later, the cavalry of the Ming army, which was pursuing Luo Rucai all the way from the east, arrived to the east of the Bawu River.

It was naturally Cao Bianjiao who led the cavalry to pursue Luo Rucai all the way.

After separating from Xing'an, Cao Bianjiao first transferred to Xiangyang, and then went south into Shun'an, where he came under the command of Yang Sichang.

After learning the lesson of Hutou Town, Cao Bianjiao became much more stable.

The mountains and rivers along the road are high and long, and in order to guard against a possible ambush, Cao Bianjiao did not dare to go too fast all the way.

When Cao Bianjiao led the cavalry to the east of the Bawu River, he happened to meet the Hanzhong army that had cleaned up the battlefield.

Chen Wang had already noticed Cao Bianjiao's arrival, and also sent a messenger to communicate.

Seeing Cao Bianjiao leading his own horse to arrive, Chen Wang also drove the war horse to meet him.

"Farewell to Xing'an, I haven't seen you for a long time."

Chen Wang and Cao Bianjiao had already said everything when they were in Baitu Pass, and there was no problem or estrangement between them.

"It's been a long time."

Cao Bianjiao also had some feelings, but at this time, the surprise in his heart was even greater than his feelings.

From Zhushan to here, it should be more than 500 miles, because the terrain is rugged, and the march in many places is more difficult, and the speed of the march is difficult to get up, counting the time of the military order transmission.

In other words, Chen Wang led the cavalry to gallop all the way from Zhushan, and it took only three days to cross a distance of more than 500 miles.

Because of the previous communication, Cao Bianjiao also knows the current situation.

Cao Bianjiao's eyes condensed slightly, he originally thought that he had looked high enough at Chen Wang, but now he found that he still underestimated him.

Originally, Cao Bianjiao thought that Chen Wang was just training and was proficient in firearms and infantry formations.

But Chen Wang is even familiar with cavalry, such a fast marching speed, such a high marching intensity, extremely testing a general's control over the army under his command.

Cao Bianjiao has been serving as a rider at the border for a long time, and his natural vision is vicious.

He saw the cavalry under Chen Wang's command, although most of them were tired on their faces, they still retained a certain amount of energy.

The temporary barracks were neat and clean, and the soldiers were in good order, performing their duties.

Cao Bianjiao looked at the cavalry wandering in the suburbs, although it was only a cursory look, but the number of them definitely exceeded three thousand.

Moreover, at a glance, these 3,000 soldiers and horses can see that their combat strength is not bad, and they are by no means weak.

Compared with the infantry, the cavalry is much more difficult to train, often even after several years of hard work, and can only train a group of barely suitable cavalry.

Cao Bianjiao's mind turned, and he remembered what his uncle Cao Wenzhao had said to him after the Battle of Hutou Town.

Chen Wang is observant, fearless in the face of danger, not chaotic in the face of war, and clearly organized, and can be appointed as a pioneer or a Chinese army.

The training is well-organized, the old man is serious, the advance and retreat are measured, the civil and military are both civil and military, and there is the talent to lead a town.

And the facts have proved that his uncle is not wrong in looking at people, and even said a little lower.

Chen Wang not only has the talent to lead a battalion, but also the talent to lead a town.

It's just that......

When Cao Wenzhao was going south, he also said a word to him.

Cao Bianjiao looked at Chen Wang's eyes, as if he wanted to see something in Chen Wang's eyes.

But no matter how he looked at it, Chen Wang's expression was as usual, and his eyes were still clear and bright.

Cao Bianjiao's abnormality was naturally caught in Chen Wang's eyes, although he didn't know what to do, but Chen Wang knew very well how to deal with it.

Chen Wang and Cao Bianjiao briefly talked about the past, and then led the topic to Luo Rucai.

"I saw fires on both sides of the north and south, and I thought that the Liukou had burned all the boats crossing the river, and now there is only one way to cross the Bawu River."

"But it takes at least a day to build a pontoon bridge, and this time is enough for Luo Ru to run hundreds of miles away."

Cao Bianjiao's expression was solemn, suppressing the original emotions in his heart.

"Zhang Xianzhong entered the north of Shu and went to Guangyuan Mansion, plundered Bazhou, Shu Fu Shao Jiechun led the troops to pursue, Zhang Ling and Qin Liangyu also pursued together, there were only 8,000 soldiers in Kuizhou Mansion, and they were scattered in various states and counties, more than half of them were guards, defending the city was acceptable, and the field battle was not the opponent of the Liukou."

"Luo Rucai's breakthrough into Shu this time is a foregone conclusion, and the damage caused is only no less than Zhang Xianzhong......"

Chen Wang's expression was solemn, and the information Cao Bianjiao said was quite important.

Chen Wang was ordered by Yang Sichang to lead the suppression of the two prefectures of Hanzhong and Yunyang, and his knowledge of other places, in addition to the investigation of the supervision office, was only known through the Tang Bao sent by the imperial court to the Quartet.

Chen Wang knew the emptiness of Sichuan, but he didn't know what it was like.

At present, Cao Bianjiao has completely explained the general situation in eastern Sichuan, which also gives Chen Wang a clearer understanding of the current situation.

"What is the situation in Kawauchi now?"

Chen Wang frowned slightly, groaned for a moment, and then chose to ask.

Zheng Chongjian, the governor of the three sides, and Yang Sichang's six provincial premiers were theoretically at the same level and did not subordinate each other, but in fact Zheng Chongjian still obeyed Yang Sichang's military orders.

Because Yang Sichang was not only the prime minister of the six provinces, but also received an edict from Chongzhen to oversee the affairs of the Guannei Liukou as a minister.

All the information on the situation in the customs will be collected in the hands of Yang Sichang first, and then submitted to the north and handed over to the imperial court.

Cao Bianjiao followed Yang Sichang's side, and naturally he could also understand the inside story.

"The situation in Sichuan is not good now, the thieves occupy Long'an Mansion, and use Jiangyou as a stronghold to block the soldiers and horses of Sichuan."

"The Sichuan army is divided into the west and the south to encircle Long'an Mansion, the South Route Army is led by Hou Liangzhu, the terrain of Long'an Mansion is dangerous, Jiangyou is even more dangerous, and the battle situation on the South Road is still deadlocked."

Li Zicheng's troops went out of the mountains and forests, and sent a message to the head of Qi and the king of benevolence and righteousness immediately.

As a result, Hou Liangzhu, the chief soldier of Sichuan, was reprimanded and demoted, and he was guilty of meritorious service.

Most of the adjustable soldiers and horses in central Sichuan, northern Sichuan, and western Sichuan were almost all conscripted and went to Long'an Mansion in northern Sichuan to attack and suppress, and Chengdu Prefecture was adjacent to the location of Jiangyou City in Long'an Prefecture, and hoarded about 50,000 Sichuan troops from all over the country.

However, Li Zicheng had obviously been planning for a long time, and the Sichuan army lacked siege weapons, and in the face of the heavily fortified Jiangyou City, it was unable to achieve breakthrough results.

"To the west of Long'an Mansion is Songpanwei, Songpanwei's guards have good combat power, there are many local Tusi, and they are good at mountain warfare, and the Western Route Army has not made progress?"

Chen Wang was a little suspicious, Long'an Mansion was not an iron bucket, otherwise Li Zicheng would not have chosen a strong man to break his wrist and hide in the deep mountains and valleys under the condition of obviously defeating.

"The old Tusi of the Qiang people's departments, the commander-in-chief of Songpan Wei, died of illness, and the various departments fought endlessly for the heir, and the departments only sent a small number of native soldiers to fight, and the total strength of the Western Route Army was only 6,000 people, and there was no way to threaten the thieves in Long'an Mansion, and the thieves were also arranged in the west."

Cao Bianjiao shook his head helplessly.

"After Zhang Xianzhong entered Shu, in order to prevent Zhang Xianzhong from running into Chengdu, the Southern Route Army divided 10,000 people out to return to Chengdu to protect the safety of the King of Shu.

The situation in Sichuan changed three times a day, after Zhang Xianzhong entered Shu, it was like entering a no-man's land, Shao Jiechun was surrounded on all sides, but the defense line set up was repeatedly broken through by Zhang Xianzhong.

Chen Wang's expression was solemn, the information he knew about the situation in Sichuan was too little, even if there was information provided by Cao Bianjiao, it was still far from enough, and the future development was no longer known.

Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong entered Shu one after another, and Luo Rucai would never follow the old path of finding Zhang Xianzhong, so he would inevitably take the road again.

After the two enter Shu, they will inevitably stir up chaos in the whole of Sichuan.

In history, without Li Zicheng's pressure on northern Sichuan, the Ming army from all walks of life still had no way to take Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai.

Although Luo Rucai's strength has been greatly weakened, Zhang Xianzhong's strength is stronger than in history, and Chen Wang's follow-up trend cannot be overthrown.

At the earliest time, Chen Wang's plan was to chase Zhang Xianzhong into Sichuan and occupy Shu to plot great things, but the current situation in Sichuan is confusing, not a good place for development, but has evolved into a quagmire.

Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, and Luo Rucai have entered Sichuan one after another, making the current situation in Sichuan more than ten times more complicated than in history.

"Li Zicheng ......"

Chen Wang led the war horse under his seat.

During the period when he entered Zhuzhu and returned to the mountainous area, the soldiers and horses of the three sides, under the command of Zheng Chongjian, the governor of the three sides, went straight to Qinzhou in Gongchang Prefecture, wanting to annihilate Li Zicheng, who had gathered troops in Qinzhou, Gongchang Prefecture.

Everyone thought it was a battle of the dragons.

But the end result was a surprise to everyone.

After Li Zicheng gathered troops in Qinzhou, he turned around all the way to the west and attacked Taofu and Yaozhouwei.

All the way south to Gongchang Mansion, stationed in Qishan, relying on the mountain as a risk, relying on the pass as a camp, trying to control the southern part of Gongchang Mansion and connect with Long'an Mansion.

Chengxian, an important town in the south of Gongchang Prefecture, was also broken by the Chuang army under the siege of nearly half a year, and the Chuang army began to build a defense line based on Chengxian County, which seemed to want to occupy the southern part of Gongchang Mansion and then operate slowly.

Faced with such a situation, Zheng Chongjian, as the governor of the three sides, naturally could not tolerate it, but the invading army occupied a favorable position, they obtained a large amount of armament, advanced firearms and tactics, and waited for work at the same time.

And Chen Wang also heard about something.

Many of the camps in Qishan were like stars, like the kind of fortress he had set up in Qixian County.

This point in the intelligence made Chen Wang very concerned.

Li Zicheng's talent for learning has been discovered by Chen Wang since the battle in Hutou Town.

First the tactics of firearms, then the use of artillery, and then the current fortress, Li Zicheng is trying to learn.

The situation in Shaanxi was not eased by the advance of the Ming army, and although Zheng Chongjian constantly transferred troops and sent generals, he was helpless against Li Zicheng for a while.

The west road could not catch up with the main elite led by Li Zicheng, and the south road had no way to break through the defense line built by the breaking army in Qishan.

Only the Eastern Route Army, under the leadership of He Renlong, recovered Fengxian, opened the road to the south of Gongchang Mansion, and advanced all the way to the position of Huizhou.

But Li Zicheng had already arranged a way to deal with it, and when He Renlong led the troops all the way to arrive, he was finally stopped under the city of Chengxian.

"The situation is getting worse everywhere right now."

"On the side of the Fifth Battalion of the Revolutionary Left, the advance and suppression were slow, and the British and Huoshan mountains were easy to defend and difficult to attack, and several attacks and suppressions had little effect."

Cao Bianjiao's eyes were dark, everything seemed to be out of control, and his expression was very sad.

Chen Wang's heart turned a thousand times, and he kept the information given by Cao Bianjiao in his heart one by one, and these things were extremely important information for him at the moment.

However, on the face, Chen Wang was also the same as Cao Bianjiao, making a worried appearance.

After getting the news he wanted, Chen Wang changed the topic again and led the topic to Yang Sichang.

"Yang Gebu's ......"

The changes in the situation in the south are not only the changes of Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, and Li Zicheng, but also the changes of Yang Sichang.

Cao Bianjiao was ordered by Yang Sichang, holding the sword of Shang Fang, and beheading Zhang Xiangkai.

Zhang Zuokai's head was rumored to be the first Sichuan and Hu, and everyone was frightened by it.

In the original history, Zhang Zuokai fled without a fight, causing Zhang Xianzhong to enter Sichuan, and the responsibility for the crime was much greater, but he was not killed.

But this time, Yang Sichang directly asked Cao Bianjiao to kill Zhang Zhuokai.

Zu Dabi was transferred back to Shaanxi, Zuo Liangyu did not have the title of general of the thief, and his power was much weaker, and Cao Bianjiao was also under Yang Sichang's command.

Although Yang Sichang did not achieve the same great results as in history, the soldiers and horses in various towns now dare not disobey Yang Sichang's military orders.

Everything in the past can be regarded as traceable, but now everything in the entire southern country has been departed from the original process.

Cao Bianjiao shook his head.

"Yang Gebu is really on fire this time, the two battalions that have been defeated will be beheaded on the spot, and he personally led the army to pursue in the rear, but because of the slow march of the infantry, they should still be about sixty miles away from here now."

The cavalry marched much faster than the infantry, but Cao Bianjiao pursued Luo Rucai all the way and also sent the troops behind the palace to harass and ambush, so that Cao Bianjiao had no way to chase at full speed.

The infantry in the rear was able to march without distractions because the cavalry led by Cao Bianjiao opened the way, so they did not lag too far behind.

"Luo Rucai has already escaped, it will take time to build the pontoon bridge, there is nothing to do here for the time being, I was ordered by the cabinet to go south, and I should return to my life, and the affairs here will be handed over to you."

Calculating the time, at this time, Yang Sichang should have received the news of the drastic changes in Henan.

This time is the best time for now.

At this time, I went to meet Yang Sichang, and the Henan party can be said to have been ten out of ten.