The imperial court encircled and suppressed Sichuan from three directions, and the most unlucky one was not Tong Guan, nor was he a teacher, but Wang Yu who walked the Yangtze River!

The first is the soldier pulling.

Of the troops under Wang Yu, 3,000 were the Tokyo Forbidden Army. Originally, the forbidden army was already very weak, and Wang Yu's forbidden army was especially Tong Guan's leftovers.

In addition to the forbidden army, thousands of homeless people were recruited in the territory of Kaifeng Prefecture. Then pass by from Lianghuai, and bring the Lianghuai Xiangjun and township soldiers with them. When he arrived in Yueyang, he pulled a group of soldiers and horses on Jinghu North Road.

Scrape together a ragtag army of more than 40,000 people!

This kind of chaotic temporary mixed army, to put it mildly, is not as good as the armed people under Zhu Ming.

Even with an old helmsman to lead the way, Wang Yu's army lost several boats when crossing the Qutang Gorge. Because it should not be this season, it is the time when the Yangtze River is full of water, and it is the most dangerous time for Qutang Gorge.

Finally, I crossed the Qutang Gorge and encountered the danger of Kuimen.

The iron lock crosses the river, making it difficult to pass.

wanted to send someone to break the iron lock, but was attacked by the rebels, and Wang Yu could only retreat to Wushan with his whole army.

In this way, half a month was wasted, and Wang Yu tried to go north along the Daning River (Wuxi). Daning Jian (Wuxi County) was still in the hands of the imperial court at this time, and from there it was indeed possible to go around to the northwest of Kuimen. It's just that the army is difficult to pass, and at most a small group of elites is sent to make a surprise attack, and the success rate is extremely low.

Rummaging through the garbage heap for gold, Wang Yu finally selected two thousand warriors.

After these "elites" left, the troops under Wang Yu's command were completely stretched, and they were not much different from commanding a group of people.

At this time, discontent was brewing among the Jinghu soldiers.

Zhong Xiang and Zhong Ziang, father and son, joined Wang Yu's troops in Yueyang as self-recruited township soldiers. And always in tandem with the army, relying on the believers in the army, quietly and frantically spreading Manichaeism.

After Wang Yu transferred the two thousand "elites" to the surprise attack, Zhong Xiang led a group of believers to plan a mutiny.

First, in the name of deducting salaries, he led the soldiers to make trouble and killed the officers who paid the salaries.

immediately killed the Jinghu Road generals who came to dissuade him, and said to everyone: "Killing officials is tantamount to rebellion, and changing troops is a big crime, and the court can't spare our lives." Now the court is unreasonable, corrupt officials are rampant, and heroes all over the world are rebelling. Zhu Xianggong has already occupied Sichuan, and the Kuimen natural danger cannot be defeated. Instead of following Wang Yu to Kuimen to die, it is better to follow me back to Jingbei Road and build a Elysium where both rich and poor are equal, and equal to the noble and low......"

Wang Yu was originally in Wushan City, discussing with the county magistrate about recruiting people's husbands.

Hearing that there were people in the military camp outside the city who were making trouble, Wang Yu hurriedly took the defenders in the city to suppress it. As soon as the troops were pulled out, the commotion had evolved into a mutiny, and the Jinghu soldiers, who had the largest number, were chasing and killing the soldiers from Kaifeng and Lianghuai.

The routed army had nowhere to flee but to run in the direction of the city gate, and in an instant it crushed Wang Yu's troops.

No matter how great the king was, he couldn't give full play to it, so he could only flee around the city with his own soldiers.

Zhong Xiang led his troops to loot Wushan County, and his son Zhong Ziang also rebelled against a large number of warships, and led Jinghu sailors to fight with the two Huai sailors.

Sixty percent of Wang Yu's troops are Jinghu soldiers!

The Jinghu soldiers were at the bottom of the army's chain of contempt, and the grievances that had been brewing for a long time were used by a group of masters who played religion, and the results could be imagined.

A large number of warships remodeled by Zhu Mian and countless money and grain requisitioned by the imperial court became the capital of Zhong Xiang and Zhong Ziang.

The father and son led the army back to their hometowns, plundering the cities of Badong, Zigui, Yiling, Yidu, and Zhijiang along the way. If he can make a surprise attack on the city, he will rush in to grab it, and if the surprise attack fails, he will leave immediately, and send people to infiltrate Jiangling City in advance.

After Zhong Xiang's father and son occupied Jiangling, they killed officials, monks, scholars, merchants, and landlords, demolished Confucian temples, Buddhist temples, and Taoist temples, and incited the people at the bottom to take bloody revenge.

The Manichaean organizational system replaced the original bureaucratic and gentry system, and quickly swept through Gong'an, Shishou, Huarong and other counties.

Even when Wushan raised troops, he thought of his country name and sent a boat to Kuimen to inform Li Bao.

The boat raised the banner of Manichaeism and met Li Bao smoothly.

The envoy was Yang Kui, Zhong Xiang's apprentice, and when they met, he said: "Wang Yu's army has been defeated, and my master wants to return to Jiangling to raise troops, and my master has sent me to hand over a letter to Your Excellency." ”

After reading the letter, Li Bao felt ridiculous.

In the letter, Zhong Xiang expressed his respect for Zhu Guoxiang and Zhu Ming, agreed to fight against the imperial court together, and unilaterally divided the territory.

Zhong Xiang claimed to establish the "Great Chu State", and also instigated the Zhu family and his son to establish the "Great Shu State". In the future, the Zhu family and his son ruled the north of the Yangtze River, and the Zhong family and his son ruled the south of the Yangtze River.

Since everyone was rebellious, Li Bao was hospitable, and said that he could not make the decision on the matter of dividing the river and ruling the river, and could only convey his opinions to the above.

With more than ten years of missionary foundation, the prefectures and counties around Dongting Lake were also quickly won by Zhong Xiang.

Moreover, the speed of the army by ship was extremely fast, and in just over a month, it occupied half of Jiangling Prefecture, half of Lizhou, and the entire territory of Yuezhou and Dingzhou. And went to Jinghu South Road to kill, fought Xiangyin, and then captured Changsha.

The clock of this time and space can be even more noisy than in history.

Because the army on Jinghu North Road was pulled to fight Zhu Ming, Zhong Xiang instigated a mutiny and killed the general. As soon as the army on Jinghu South Road killed Fang Qifo and hid in the mountains, the Miao, Yao and other people began to rebel again. Officers and soldiers were suppressing the uprising of ethnic minorities, and Zhong Xiang took advantage of the situation to capture Changsha.

couldn't wait to take the entire territory of Tanzhou, so Zhong Xiang established the Great Chu State in Jiangling and implemented the ruling policy of integrating government and religion.

He claimed that the Great Chu State was the Great Light Kingdom, and all the temples of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism were demolished. Confucian scholars, monks, and Taoist priests, if they did not convert to Manichaeism, were immediately killed if they were caught.

The property of the merchants had to be confiscated, the city was established as a ruling body, and the village was established as a composite system of "religious societies". The head of the association led the peasants to kill the landlords and rebel, and distributed the land to the believers, so as to achieve "equal wealth and poverty, and equal wealth and lowness".

Countless officials, scholars, monks, merchants, and landlords were so frightened that they fled to the surrounding states and counties.

After Zhong Xiangcheng became emperor, he sent people to contact the rebel army of the Seven Buddhas, Miao and Yao, and canonized a bunch of religious officials to make them submit.

……

Li Bao led his army to Wushan, which had been sacked by Zhong Xiang and occupied by Wang Yu with the remnants of his army.

Wang Yu gathered thousands of remnants of the army, and recalled the 2,000 elites sent to the surprise attack, with a total of more than 8,000 people left. It's a pity that the military rations were robbed by Zhong Xiang, and the grain requisitioned from Daning Jian (Wuxi) was not enough for thousands of soldiers to consume every day.

Li Bao's troops were transferred to Hanzhong by Zhu Ming, and there were only a few thousand people left in his hands.

But he had plenty of food, and when he came to the city, he did not attack, but set up pots to cook rice and shoot books to persuade him to surrender.

Li Bao knocked on the side and inquired, and from Zhong Xiang's messenger, he basically understood what the situation was on Wushan's side.

Wang Yu's official position is greater than He Guan, and he is the commander of the Xuanfu Division.

Historically, Wang Yu held on to Taiyuan for nine months before being attacked by Jin soldiers into the city. He led the remnants of the army to fight in the streets, and was killed by dozens of bullets, and his eldest son Wang Xun was martyred in the river.

At this time, the situation was even worse, firstly, the soldiers' combat effectiveness was worrisome, secondly, there was little food left, and thirdly, the whole city was hungry.

Zhong Xiang robbed too hard, looting all the rich families and grain shops in the city, and the people at the bottom had no surplus food at home.

"General, I am willing to enter the city to persuade you to surrender." Rong Jue, the secretary in charge of the army, said.

Li Bao smiled: "You're not afraid of being cut with a knife?" ”

Rong Jue said: "If I die, please avenge me." ”

"Good!" Li Bao immediately agreed.

Rong Jue is a down-and-out scholar from Bazhou, and even joined a smuggling salt trafficking gang.

He came to the city with his head held high, and shouted, "May I ask who is the city guard?" Do you dare to let me into the city? ”

Wang Yu responded: "The two armies are fighting, don't kill them, and retreat quickly, otherwise they will serve with bows and arrows." ”

Rong Jue asked, "How much food is there in the city?" If you don't have enough to eat, there are ones outside the city! The general himself was loyal to the court, and he could get a good name even if he died. But what about the generals under his command? When they died, they didn't know where their bones were to be buried. Does the general want to use the lives of the people of the city and the soldiers of the whole army to achieve his reputation of being loyal to the king and serving the country? How mean and selfish! ”

Wang Yu's face was cloudy, and he didn't even give the order to release the arrows.

Rong Jue continued: "Even if you shoot me, if I die, all the soldiers and civilians in the city will be buried together!" Our army did not have to storm the city, only needed to besiege the city for half a month, and the defenders in the city were so hungry that they had no strength. There are not many soldiers in our army, and the general can also lead his troops out of the city for a decisive battle! Either a quick descent or a quick battle, dragging it down is really not good for the general. That's it, farewell! ”

Wang Yu watched Rong Jue leave, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Son Wang Xun said: "Father, although this person is here to confuse the army, what he said is true. Either you go down fast or you fight quickly, and you have to make a decision before you run out of food. ”

Wang Yu hesitated for a moment, and finally spoke: "Open the door and kill the enemy!" ”

The archers all stood on the city walls, guarding against the rebels from attacking while the officers and soldiers were out of the city.

Wang Yu personally led a large army, opened the city gate and slowly walked out.

In addition to Wang Yu's personal soldiers and the 2,000 elites used for surprise attacks, the rest were all collected Kaifeng and Lianghuai defeated soldiers.

Not to mention the war, even going out of the city was trembling, and it was even more chaotic for a long time when the formation was formed. Because the original establishment has been broken up, it is now reorganized, and the remnants of the army from different units are temporarily appointed officers together.

Military orders are not well transmitted!

Li Bao's troops were not many, and he had to leave troops to defend Kuizhou, so this time he only brought a naval army and 3,000 infantry.

Three thousand rebels, standing in formation at the bottom of the stone steps.

More than 6,000 officers and soldiers marched down from the top of the steps, and there were 2,000 archers standing at the head of the city.

Before he could get out of the range of the archers, Wang Yu ordered the march to be halted and the formation was reorganized. Melee soldiers stood by and sent the archers out of the city.

"Drumming!"

Seeing the archers of the officers and soldiers leaving the city, Li Bao immediately ordered an attack and took advantage of the absence of the archers to kill.

The 3,000 rebels slaughtered more than 6,000 officers and soldiers, and Li Bao didn't even call the sailors ashore to help.

Before the battle was engaged, the shield bearers of the rebels threw javelins continuously, and the squad leader kept shooting arrows along the way.

Wang Yu led his own soldiers and two thousand elites in front, and he had to do this, otherwise the miscellaneous troops would be crushed at the first touch. In front of him, the rebel army rushed from the front, and Wang Yu asked his son and his generals to go around the sides with the miscellaneous troops, relying on the advantage of many troops to attack on three sides.

The frontal front was evenly matched, and it soon reached a stalemate.

Because the rebels changed their formations in the process of advancing, the frontal width was very narrow, and the longitudinal thickness became thicker, and there were not many soldiers fighting with Wang Yu's headquarters.

Wang Yu finally realized Han Shizhong's mood, there was no way to crack the Mandarin Duck Array when he first encountered it, and he was really disgusted, so he could only hope for two bread copies.

However, the 3,000 rebels were besieged on three sides by twice as many enemies, and it was the motley army of officers and soldiers that was the first to collapse.

They relied on many soldiers to besiege the rebels, and they were able to summon up a little courage to fight.

It can be found that the rebel army did not flee, and continued to fight, the forbidden army from the capital was the first to break and flee, and then the two Huai villagers also fled.

Li Bao changed the formation again, and the mandarin duck squad in the back row advanced to both sides. The depth of the formation became thinner, but the width of the battle increased sharply, which in turn surrounded Wang Yu's main formation.

The soldiers around Wang Yu were already panicked because of the rout of the friendly army, and before the rebels completed the encirclement, some people began to flee one after another.

Li Bao laid down half of Sichuan, and these 3,000 people were the backbone, and they were selected from the best.

Not to mention the battle against the officers and soldiers, even if they encounter the golden soldiers, as long as Li Bao is still on the battlefield, these elites can fight to the death.

When the formation was scattered, Wang Yu rushed forward to kill, was cut in the face by the wolf, and was stabbed twice by the spear. Protected by armor, none of which was fatal, he was pushed away by the palladium and ate another shot from the pikeman.

The rest of the army was defeated, and even Wang Yu's son was carried away by the rout.

Wang Yu was still leading his own soldiers to fight, and was besieged by the Mandarin Duck team. I don't know how many shots I was shot on my body, anyway, my armor was pierced in many places, and I still fought to the death under the cover of my own soldiers.

A long player was impatient, and hit forward with a huge shield, directly knocking Wang Yu over, and even holding him down with a shield.

"The enemy general is dead!" The squad leader took the opportunity to shout.

Wang Yu's own soldiers finally broke down, turned and fled towards the city gate.

(End of chapter)