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Chapter 330 Drive Huguang to Wuchang

Sichuan.

Surrounded by the Qing army for hundreds of years, the survivors of the Ming Dynasty in Xiaojinchuan suddenly launched a fierce attack while the Qing army was changing defenses. The Qing army was caught off guard and retreated in succession.

Although the gap here was blocked by Zu Yingyuan, deputy general of Jinchuan Town, leading his troops in time afterwards, the survivors of the Ming Dynasty who had already broken through the blockade had already rushed towards Chongqing.

General Dingxi Fengsheng of the Qing Dynasty urgently ordered Deputy General Shu Jing'an, deputy commander of the Chengdu garrison, to lead his troops to pursue them, and immediately notified the garrison battalions in Chongqing, Shunqing and other places to intercept them, so that the bandits must not come out of Sichuan and cause a catastrophe.

Li Shijie, governor of Sichuan, was shocked when he learned that the bandits had rushed out of the encirclement. Fearing that the bandits would come to attack Chengdu, he hurriedly dispatched the two towns of Chengdu and Jianchang back to the provincial capital, and ordered Marqin, the general of Sichuan, to lead the former governor to return to the station as soon as possible. Chongzhou must not let the provincial capital be shaken by bandits.

The right deputy general Shu Jing'an's troops consisted of green battalions from Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, and Fujian provinces, as well as hundreds of Eight Banners troops who had just been transferred from Chengdu.

Due to the heavy losses of the middle and senior generals of the Eight Banners, Zhan Yinbao, the former head of the Firearms Battalion, was promoted to wing commander, and commanded Chengdu and the remaining Eight Banners soldiers of the Firearms Battalion.

Shu Jingan judged that the purpose of the bandits rushing out was to mobilize the main force of the Qing army that surrounded Jinchuan and Jinchuan on the outside, so as to encircle Wei and save Zhao.

However, the protruding Fan Bandits have limited strength. According to intelligence, there are less than 3000 people, and they lack the equipment to attack the city. Therefore, they cannot attack Chengdu, which is heavily guarded by troops, and it is difficult for them to operate in Sichuan for a long time. Judging from the direction of fleeing, they wanted to go down the river to the Huguang area where the Qing army was empty.

Therefore, the most urgent task is to lock up the bandits who rushed out in the territory of Sichuan. If they really let them go to Huguang, it will be like a dragon like a sea, which is difficult to encircle and suppress.

It is very likely to reproduce the situation of the former Mingliu thieves Li and Zhang, dragging the Qing army away.

This judgment was unanimously recognized by the generals who pursued and suppressed them.

Qian Dade, a general of the Zhejiang Green Camp, volunteered to be a striker to chase after the bandits. Shu Jingan praised him for his bravery, and personally gave him a saber, so that Qian led more than 2000 green camp soldiers under his command to pursue him quickly.

Qian lived up to General Shu's high expectations, and his men and horses never stopped, and their swords never left their bodies. When they chased to the Shehong area of ​​Tongchuan Prefecture, the horses ahead came to report the traces of the bandits.

Qian Dade rode his horse to look, and there was a group of bandits in front of them dressed in pre-Ming and Han costumes. The number of spectators was less than a hundred, and they seemed to be the last ones.

After pondering for a moment, Qian Dade asked the supervisor to strangle this group of bandits and take the first credit first.

Before I thought about it, two people came over with white flags on the opposite side and said they wanted to have a talk with General Qian Shen.

When the two armies are at war, they will not be beheaded.

Qian Dade has deep martial virtues, he ordered the two to be brought here, and asked what happened, if he wanted to surrender, he could guarantee that the other party would not die.

Unexpectedly, the person who came here took out a stack of bank notes wrapped in kraft paper from his arms and handed it over, and said very sincerely: "I would like to ask the general to be more accommodating and slow down before chasing after him. I am very kind and grateful." !"

Seeing this, Qian Dade's subordinates were all silent.

"You gang of rebels, how dare you lure me with money!"

Qian Dade was very annoyed, and signaled his confidant Zhou Qian to rush forward to take it, and he counted 4000 taels.

"I will postpone this money for three days at most."

Qian Dade was furious, and he whipped his horsewhip in the air: "Get lost! Three days later, I will take the skin off you!"

The two looked at each other without answering, and bid farewell to the third in command of the Zhejiang Green Camp in the Qing Dynasty.

General Qian Shen was quite trustworthy. Although he was chased by the superintendent every day for three days, he only traveled more than ten miles a day.

As soon as the time came on the fourth day, the warlords chased after him again, but at this time the bandits had already left the territory of Tongchuan and rushed into the territory of Chongqing Prefecture.

Helpless, Qian Dade had no choice but to plead guilty to Deputy General Shu who led the troops up: "Fan thieves are as cunning as foxes and rabbits, don't pack heavy luggage, travel lightly, even travel at night in the rain, and they will eventually catch up."

"Get up, it's not your fault."

Shu Jingan was quite reasonable, knowing that Qian Dade, who was dedicated to serving the Qing Dynasty, could not be blamed for the incident, thought for a moment, and decided to lead an army to pursue him, but he did not expect to be ambushed by the Fan army in Yunmen Town, Chongqing.

In order to enter Kuizhou via Chongqing and attack Hubei, Mr. Gu, the commander-in-chief of the Jinchuan Army, saw that the terrain of Yunmen Town was dangerous and would be convenient for setting up an ambush, so he asked his eldest son-in-law Wu Mingyuan to take 600 people across the Zhendong River, bypassing the Qing army, and occupy Gaopo .

The rest of the troops guarded Yunmen Town according to danger.

Some people don't understand why they set up an ambush at Yunmen, and they can enter Kuizhou further east from here. Everyone runs as fast as they can, and it's not good to run with the nose of the dog Qingjun.

Mr. Gu thought for a while, and explained to everyone why he set up an ambush and severely attacked the importance of chasing the Qing army with a sentence from his little son-in-law.

"Shoot a punch, lest a hundred punches come!"

Mr. Gu thinks that the Cloud Gate ambush can buy them at least half a month, because they are not gods, but humans.

If you are human, you will get tired.

It has been more than [-] days since Xiaojinchuan ran away, everyone marched one after another, how could they not be tired.

If Yunmen wins the ambush, they can rest here for two days before heading east.

After hearing this, everyone had no objection and began to prepare for the ambush.

For the Qing army, after Shu Jingan led his troops to Yunmen, he learned that the main force of the bandits was here. He was overjoyed and ordered the green battalion soldiers from Jiangsu and Jiangxi to start crossing the river.

The Fujian Green Camp carried six cannons, and at this time they were also ordered to pull up the cannons and bombard Yunmen Town across the river.

Where did the Fanjun in the town have any artillery, hidden in dangerous places and dark places, allowing the Qing army to cross the river.

Soon, the Jiangsu Green Camp, which was the first to break through the river, attacked the town, and all of a sudden guns and rockets flew together.

The two sides fired at each other and fought straight for more than an hour. The Jiangsu Green Battalion suddenly retreated because the ammunition was exhausted.

The Jiangxi Green Camp was about to attack as a substitute when the bandits rushed out of the town. Almost immediately, the Jiangsu Green Camp fled back without support.

Seeing this, the Jiangxi Green Camp, afraid of being disrupted by the Jiangsu Green Camp, also seized the ferry and rowed to the opposite side.

Seeing that the battalions from the two provinces were fleeing, Shu Jing'an was furious, and personally led his troops to supervise the battle. Unexpectedly, there was a lot of killing from behind, and some bandits ambush them.

The Eight Banners soldiers of the Zhanyinbao command post responded to the battle, but instead of being attacked by bandits, they had no choice but to keep the right deputy general to evacuate, and retreated for more than [-] miles before they were stable.

After calculation, the loss of personnel is actually not large, but the artillery, ordnance and supplies are all lost, there are countless stragglers from various ministries, the army has no fighting spirit, and there are as many as a thousand battalions captured by the bandits.

Dingxi General Feng Shengwen heard that Shu Jingan was defeated, he was so angry that he really wanted to kill Shu Jingan.

But even if Feng Sheng was General Dingxi, he did not have the right to execute Shu Jingan. He could only report the defeat truthfully, and then mobilized troops from the Qing army that surrounded Jinchuan and Jinchuan to pursue him.

After the great victory in Yunmen Town, under the auspices of the commander-in-chief, Mr. Gu, the survivors of the Ming Dynasty imitated the system of "Zhou Li Xia Guan", according to "five people make up an army, five fives make two, four twos make a soldier, five soldiers make a brigade, and five brigades make a teacher." , five divisions for the army" system formation.

The survivors were officially called the "Xinghan Army". Together with the prisoners, the total strength of the Xinghan Army was more than 4100.

And put forward two slogans, one is the slogan of Emperor Taizu "expel the Tartars and restore China";

One is the slogan "everywhere is uneven, no one is not full and warm. All people in the world work together to cultivate the fields".

The ninth day of June.

The Xinghan Army, which had been reorganized and rested for three days, marched eastward under the leadership of Mr. Gu.

"Teacher walks in the same way, drive Huguang quickly, attack the city and seize land without greed, and point directly at Wuchang!"

(End of this chapter)