please make me king

Chapter 420

Chen Changbing was despised by Zhang Shun and Li Xin, so he had no choice but to let Zhang Shun help in the matchmaking, so he had to let it go.

It happened that Zhang Shenyan and others arrived one after another, and everyone began to talk about serious business.

After Zhang Shun ordered Li Xin to briefly introduce the matter, he said: "Where is this Xing'an Prefecture, and what is the terrain like? I wonder if the rebels have a chance to break through?"

As a result, everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and they were a little dumbfounded.

That Zhang Shenyan was born in Shanxi, and mostly worked near the capital, but he had never been to this place.Song Xiance traveled south and north, but he mostly walked around the east of Henan.None of the rest of the people can know the people here.

Helpless, Zhang Shun had no choice but to order Li Xin to go out and ask if anyone knew the journey to Xing'an Prefecture.

As a result, after waiting for a while, the red lady came over followed by the arrow.She was only three months pregnant, her belly was not obvious yet, and she looked the same as usual.It turned out that only Hong Niangzi was familiar with the situation in this rebel army.

The red lady is not the one who is twitchy, and since she came, she explained openly: "Xing'an Prefecture is located in Hanzhong, east of Hanzhong Prefecture in Shaanxi, west of Yunyang Prefecture in Huguang, and near Kuizhou Prefecture in Sichuan." North, south of Xi'an Prefecture, Shaanxi, between [-] and [-] miles away from Lushi."

"If, as Li Xin said, Chen Qiyu, governor of the five provinces, occupies the Hanzhong Mansion, Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Yunyang, occupies the Yunyang Mansion, Sichuan soldiers and Tusi soldiers occupy the south, and Shaanxi Governor Lianguo occupies the southeast of Shangluo, the rebels can only go north. Entering the Xi'an government has a ray of hope."

Everyone couldn't help being surprised when they heard the words: Surrounded by three ques and one?Don't let Zhang Shun explain the art of war to everyone many times, and everyone reacted instantly.

Even Zhang Shun, Zhang Shenyan, and Song Xiance had vaguely felt that the battle should have already been won and lost, but the news had not yet passed.

Zhang Shun was impatient in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it. He just asked: "How is the situation in Xing'an Prefecture? If you go north from Xing'an Prefecture, how many roads can you take?"

The red lady pondered for a moment before continuing: "Xing'an Prefecture was originally named Jinzhou, and it was renamed Xing'an Prefecture during the Wanli period. It governs Shiquan, Hanyin, Ziyang, Xunyang, Baihe and Pingli counties. This state is surrounded by mountains. , the east and west can be connected by the Han River, and the north and south can only pass through the mountain trails."

"If you want to go north, the only way to connect is Ziwu Road. It's just that this road is narrow and rugged, and you can only reach Xi'an Mansion by riding alone through hundreds of miles of deep mountains and old forests."

"Mystery in Ziwu Valley?" Zhang Shun was shocked when he heard this.In later generations, he also likes to flood the forum.There are also a lot of posts about Wei Yan's conspiracy in Ziwu Valley during the Three Kingdoms period, and I have a little impression.

It is said that when Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Shu Han Dynasty, attacked Cao Wei in the north, the famous general Wei Yan proposed the famous Ziwu Valley strategy, which was to follow Han Xin's example of "building plank roads in the open and keeping Chencang in secret".

Wei Yan personally led [-] elite soldiers from Ziwu Valley to Chang'an quickly, and took Chang'an and Tongguan in one fell swoop, while Zhuge Liang led the army out of Xiegu to enter Chang'an and Tongguan, and the two armies joined forces at Tongguan.

Since Zhuge Liang has always been cautious in using troops, he thought this strategy was too dangerous and difficult to succeed, so he abandoned it.

At that time, Zhang Shun still remembered someone citing extensive evidence, citing the example of "Chuang Wang" Gao Yingxiang following this path, but was captured alive by Sun Chuanting, governor of Shaanxi.

After thinking up to this point, Zhang Shun remembered that the person who fought for power with him back then was not the "Chuang Wang" Gao Yingxiang?It's a bad thing, is it possible that the rebel army is about to be wiped out?

At this time, the red lady hesitated for a moment, and then said: "In fact, there is also a small road here, which can also lead to Xi'an Mansion. From the north of Xing'an Prefecture, trace the Fujiahe River and go up to the junction of Xing'an, Xunyang and Zhen'an. , you can go directly to Xi’an Mansion from the Nanshan trail.”

After hearing this, Zhang Shun and others didn't know what the situation of the rebel army was, and they didn't come up with any ideas.

At this time, Zhang Shenyan suggested: "The life and death of the rebel army is related to the safety of our army, but now we are thousands of miles away, even if we want to wait, we are powerless. If my prediction is not bad, the victory and defeat between the officers and soldiers and the rebel army has already been divided. Our army should dispatch scouts in time to find out how the two sides will win or lose."

"If the rebel army is unfortunately defeated, our army should contact it in time and prepare to receive other remnants in order to strengthen our army's strength."

Others had no good idea, and they all agreed.Zhang Shun had no choice but to let everyone disperse, but he just told Li Xin to send more soldiers to Yunyang and Xing'an to find out information.

The story is divided into two parts. It is said that "Chuang Wang" Gao Yingxiang, "Chuang Jiang", "Eight Kings", "Living Cao Cao", "Man Tian Xing", "Guo Tian Xing" and others separated from Zhang Shun and divided their troops to attack Huguang.

At the beginning, they advanced all the way, and those who attacked were defeated, and those who were defeated fell, and all the way they captured the other six counties except Yunyang Prefecture.

At that time, on the [-]rd day of the twelfth lunar month in the sixth year of Chongzhen, the rebels pretended to be pilgrims and took Yunxi County, west of Yunyang Mansion, by chance. On the [-]th, they went west and captured Shangjin.Afterwards, the rebels went deep into the Daba Mountains, attacked the four counties of Zhuxi, Zhushan, Fangshan, and Baokang one by one, and killed Wang Zhensheng and Yu Xiao, the county magistrates.

Then he divided his troops into three groups to attack Shaanxi, Guizhou, Fengjie and other places, and went straight to the vicinity of the north bank of the Yangtze River.

Unexpectedly, extreme joy gave rise to grief, and the imperial court appointed governor of the five provinces Chen Qiyu and governor of Yunyang Lu Xiangsheng to encircle and suppress the rebels.

The land occupied by the rebels is the vast mountainous area between the Qinling Mountains and the Daba Mountains.It was the place where Jingxiang refugees flourished in the middle of Ming Dynasty.

Later, after the Jingxiang refugees were pacified by the Ming Dynasty, in order to prevent the refugees from resurging, Yunyang Prefecture was specially established to govern the vast mountainous areas between Shaanxi, Henan, Sichuan and Huguang.

This Yunyang Prefecture happens to be between the Qinling Mountains and the Daba Mountains, and there is a Hanshui River that connects Hanzhong and Xiangyang.It was like a fishbone stuck in the throat of the rebel army, making the rebel army very uncomfortable.

"Chuang Wang" Gao Yingxiang, "Chuang Jiang" and others hadn't thought about removing this strategically important place, but Lu Xiangsheng was both civil and military, using both civil and military tactics, and quickly stabilized the situation in Yunyang Mansion.

Forced by Lu Xiangsheng and Chen Qiyu, the rebel army had no choice but to retreat slowly into Hanzhong.Then Chen Qiyu entered Hanzhong Mansion, and the rebel army was besieged in Xing'an Prefecture.

"Chuangjiang" came here in the second year of Chongzhen, so he is familiar with the topography and geography of this place.Although he didn't study the art of war systematically like Zhang Shun, fortunately he was also a soldier, and with good talent, he also knew the truth of "encircling three ques and one".

At that time, "Chuang Wang" Gao Yingxiang and other rebels were going to go north to Xi'an Mansion through Ziwu Valley.He objected: "The four gatherings of officers and soldiers are to destroy our army. Now the officers and soldiers are encircling the net on three sides and only open one side. It must be expected that our army will go north from this road. If I follow it, I will definitely be trapped by the officers and soldiers."

(End of this chapter)