Daming kill

Chapter 282 Soldiers Point to Chongqing
On the night of arriving in Badong County, in a house in the city, when Li Ping hurriedly opened the door and entered, Zhao Lanyue, who was lying on the table and sleeping lightly, sat up suddenly, and then opened her blurred eyes. Delighted said:

"You came!"

"I found a large group of armed peasants outside the city. I learned about the situation with the army. It happened that the staff office had something urgent to report to me, so it was delayed for a while. I'm really sorry to keep you waiting. Long."

Li Ping hurriedly sat down at the table obediently while explaining, he didn't even have the nerve to take off his hat and coat.

His heart is very empty!
The two made an appointment to have dinner together tonight.

But Zhao Lanyue didn't mean to be angry at all, and said very understandingly: "It's okay, military affairs are important, it doesn't matter if I wait a little longer. You take off your coat first, then wash your hands, and we will eat."

After finishing speaking, she called the maid outside to serve the food that had been kept warm in the pot.

When Li Ping washed his hands and sat down at the table again, Zhao Lanyue asked with concern before the food was served: "Is the peasant army outside the city all right?"

"It's nothing, it's just a group of hungry stragglers who just approached from a deeper mountain. They didn't know we had arrived here. We sent a battalion of troops to approach, and they broke up before they made contact. Many people were caught. A prisoner." Li Ping responded hastily.

Zhao Lanyue said "Oh", indicating that she knew.Then he was no longer interested in calling Li Ping, who was still sitting still, don't wait for the dishes to be served, and eat first.

In fact, Zhao Lanyue really didn't need to pay too much attention to the peasant army outside the city.

When Li Ping received the news in Yiling Prefecture (present-day Yichang, Hubei Province) that Zhang Xianzhong had captured Wanxian and Fuzhou and then began to lay siege to Chongqing Fucheng, his vanguard had actually arrived and occupied Kuizhoufu, the governor of Chengxuan, Sichuan. The government has governed Fengjie County for several days.

Without exploring the way forward, it is impossible for Li Ping to lead all his troops into the steep Three Gorges of the Yangtze River.

Moreover, Li Ping's vanguard was still composed of a full regiment, a battalion of cavalry commanded by Zhang Qing, and an expanded part of the reconnaissance battalion directly under it, which was very elite.

Most of the information about the movement of Zhang Xianzhong's army was sent by this vanguard, and it could be sent to Li Ping in a timely manner by going down the river.

Of course, the reverse command time is relatively long.

When Li Ping received Zhang Xianzhong's latest military situation in Yiling Prefecture and decided to speed up his march, his vanguard force in Fengjie had just ended a heated argument.

The reason is that Du Sanjiang, the chief of staff of the First Regiment, proposed that since Zhang Xianzhong was confirmed to be concentrating his forces to attack Chongqing Fucheng, they should now take the opportunity to attack Wan County and take down the last important pass in the mountainous area along the river. The main force that began to enter Sichuan cleared all obstacles.

At the same time, maybe you can grab some more supplies.

Along the way, they caught up and stuck to Zhang Xianzhong's army buttocks and snatched a lot of things, making Zhang Xianzhong almost furious, and at the same time forcing all Zhang Xianzhong's troops behind to dare not neglect their pace.

But Han Jiu, the head of the first regiment, did not agree with Du Sanjiang's opinion at first.

Han Jiu thinks that Wanxian is different from the pass that they captured before, most of them have very few troops and they obviously have no intention of holding on to it. Zhang Xianzhong still has a large number of troops in Wanxian, and is strengthening the city defense. It is obvious that he wants to stop them in Wanxian .

But they are currently too far away from the main force, and because part of the troops need to be allocated along the way to occupy the captured passes, the existing troops are seriously insufficient.

And they don't know at all whether the main force led by Li Ping has begun to enter Sichuan.

At this time, attacking a city where a large number of enemies are determined to defend is not only very dangerous, but also very unsafe.

What's more, when Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan this time, in order to ensure a smooth march, he paid special attention to buying people's hearts along the river.Not only did he attach great importance to military discipline, he stopped indiscriminate killing and conscription, but he also distributed food to the people in the mountainous areas who had always been poor and cracked down on bullies. This made the people along the river generally have a good impression of Zhang Xianzhong.

Even the big banner that Zhang Xianzhong flew when he entered Sichuan was written with the words "Clarifying Chuanyue" full of positive energy.

At the same time, many of Zhang Xianzhong's troops who were left behind and dispersed also ran to the mountains on both sides of the river to take shelter temporarily, so that the regiment could not let go of the already captured pass along the river, but had to be extremely careful!

So Han Jiu felt that he should guard Fengjie County and wait for the main force or Li Ping's further instructions.

After all, the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River is too long.

And Fengjie County is not only the prefecture of Kuizhou Prefecture, but also the starting point on the west side of the most dangerous Three Gorges of the Yangtze River.They have taken the entire Three Gorges of the Yangtze River (the east end of the Three Gorges is Yichang, which is also Yiling Prefecture), and they have actually completed the task assigned to them by Li Ping, and keeping it is the safest way at present.

But Du Sanjiang still insisted on his opinion.

Du Sanjiang believed that their troops did not commit all kinds of crimes, and their military discipline was stricter. It is unlikely and there is no reason for the people in the Three Gorges area to risk their lives to attack them.

The common people are not stupid, it is impossible to decide to rebel after getting some benefits, and the bandit army is just passing by.

As for Zhang Xianzhong's troops who were lagging behind and being scattered, in fact, they were mainly lagging behind. They had no fear at all. They didn't have the guts to run out of the mountains to seek death.

Attacking Wanxian is not that dangerous, and the chance of success is actually very high.

Because many of Zhang Xianzhong's troops were newly recruited and forcibly recruited, and Zhang Xianzhong's temperament changed drastically and he was too cruel to his own army, which caused his army's morale to be very weak, and his subordinates fled very seriously along the way.

The first regiment was able to successfully rob its backward troops and supplies many times along the way, and captured and contained them. In fact, it mainly contained the incredible nearly ten thousand enemy soldiers and civilians, which was inseparable from this.

Now that Zhang Xianzhong is attacking Chongqing Fucheng, which is more than 500 miles away from Wanxian County and is famous for its fortification and steepness, its few elites will inevitably be transferred away, and it is impossible to think about keeping both ends in Wanxian County. .

The enemies remaining in Wan County are most likely to be mobs at present, no matter how many there are, there is nothing to fear.

Moreover, the enemies in Wan County probably haven't figured out how many of them there are, and whether the army behind them has already come up.

This is their opportunity and they should seize it.

Regarding the dispute between Han Jiu and Du Sanjiang, Zhang Qing, the commander of the cavalry unit temporarily assigned to the first regiment, was also hesitant at first. He felt that what the two said was reasonable.

Besides, he probably knew the reason why Li Ping sent a regiment as the vanguard.

Yituan's elite reassurance, Han Jiu's simplicity and prudence, and Du Sanjiang's resourcefulness and determination are almost indispensable.

However, after hesitation, he still chose Du Sanjiang, who had more and more supporting arguments.

When fighting, don't be too conservative!

Finally, after a heated debate, Han Jiu also agreed to Du Sanjiang's proposal.

After they sent Li Ping the basis for their decision and the information that they would launch an attack on Wan County, they immediately took action.

Therefore, Li Ping knew about all the above situations, and so did Zhao Lanyue.If it weren't for the emergence of a large peasant army, Li Ping might not have bothered to ask.

Although Zhao Lanyue didn't ask any more questions, after a few mouthfuls of food, Li Ping took the initiative to chat about military affairs and said:

"According to the latest news, not only is it very certain that Zhang Xianzhong has captured Chongqing, but Zhang Xianzhong has left Chongqing and is heading for Chengdu."

"So fast?" Zhao Lanyue asked in surprise.

"Yeah! This guy probably wants to be caught off guard again. I heard that all the officials in Chongqing, including Zhu Changhao, king of Mingrui (the fief is in Hanzhong) who was hiding from Li Zicheng in Chongqing, just didn't expect Zhang Xianzhong to attack so fast and so fiercely. None escaped, all were killed.

He went straight to Chengdu so quickly, probably because he wanted to replicate the results of Chongqing again.

Moreover, it is said that Zhang Xianzhong captured tens of thousands of officers and soldiers when he captured Chongqing.He cut off an arm of each of these tens of thousands of people and then released them, in order to intimidate the consequences of the Sichuan military and civilian resistance.Now the soldiers and civilians in Sichuan are probably afraid of him to death!The will to resist must have also been severely weakened. "Li Ping preached vividly.

Although Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan only two months earlier than in the original history, he captured Chongqing Mansion more than six months earlier.There are factors such as whether the army was suspended for three months due to the surge of the river, and other factors such as being followed by Li Ping's troops.

Of course, it also allowed him to capture Chongqing more smoothly and quickly than in the original history.

However, its tyrannical nature has not diminished at all, even worse.

"He is so cruel." Zhao Lanyue said with emotion.

Maybe it was because of the emotion that came from saying this sentence, she immediately frowned and said: "You are also very cruel now, the soldiers who made mistakes will be killed as soon as they are killed, and a public trial or execution in public will be fine. Is it necessary to put it on a bamboo pole and display it everywhere? It’s so barbaric! I’m not afraid to scare children.”

Li Ping was taken aback, and hurriedly explained: "You may not know that Kou Zhun, a famous prime minister in the Song Dynasty, once served as the county magistrate here. Because of opera, Kou Zhun's reputation among the people is very high, and it is naturally even more so here. Duan Qiang reported it to me before he did it, and Zhou Wen also suggested that he should be stricter. In order to win the hearts of the people, I agreed."

"Kou Zhun?" Zhao Lanyue was also taken aback for a moment.

It is obviously impossible for her not to know Kou Zhun's name.

However, after lowering her head and muttering a few more words, Zhao Lanyue quickly brightened her eyes, looked at Li Ping playfully and said, "What you said earlier seems to be not an important matter!"

Zhang Xianzhong's cruelty is not new, and since they have received the great victories of the vanguard troops in Wanxian, "Wanchuan Bihui" and "Wanshang Biji", they can already obtain information about Chongqing's surrounding areas relatively quickly and conveniently. , so they already knew that Chongqing might have been conquered the day before yesterday.

As for Zhang Xianzhong will continue to attack Chengdu, they are also not surprised because of the prophet.

"Yes, it really doesn't count."

Li Ping was stunned this time, until he noticed that Zhao Lanyue's eyes were somewhat resentful, and he suddenly understood something.

He couldn't help but smile a little!
He still likes Zhao Lanyue's side of a little woman.If she really didn't care about anything, she probably would feel bad for herself instead.

After clearing his throat, he said earnestly: "A few people from the staff office came to me because they calculated that Li Zicheng might not march to Beijing, but turn south again. And they are dividing part of their troops to send troops to Sichuan, and it is very likely that In the future, there will be a large-scale march into Sichuan, and we must prepare early."

"Why?" Zhao Lanyue was surprised.

"It's very simple. Because Li Zicheng's strategy of going north is actually a terrible move in essence. The north has long been a piece of scorched earth, and there have been many years of natural disasters and man-made disasters plus continuous wars. Where is there any food? The food obtained can only be a drop in the bucket! And no one can play without food! Now only Sichuan is the closest place to Li Zicheng's army and has food." Li Ping said with a strange expression.

But Zhao Lanyue responded quickly and immediately retorted: "But after Li Zicheng eliminated Sun Chuanting, wouldn't he be able to attack Beijing directly? If there is no food in other places, Beijing will always have it! And if Beijing is captured, a lot of situations will be in essence. changed."

"But how can Beijing be so easy to fight? That's Beijing! The capital of Ming Dynasty. The Qing army didn't even dare to think about it. How could the peasant army, which was much weaker in fighting power, be able to defeat it? Besides, what happened to Li Zicheng's opening of the seal, everyone We all know. And Beijing is completely incomparable to Kaifeng in terms of city defense, population, and military strength! It is not even comparable." Li Ping said with an even weirder expression, and his eyebrows frowned.

"Yes, but in history, Beijing was defeated next year!" Zhao Lanyue hesitated.

"But I can't tell them that! Then they don't all have to fry the pot. And I can't figure it out! The analysis of the staff office is not unreasonable. Thinking about it, it is indeed a very strange thing for Beijing to be defeated by the peasant army! " Li Ping was full of doubts.

Zhao Lanyue tilted her head as if thinking, and also became puzzled.

On this issue, the two discussed for a while, but they still didn't discuss anything.In the end, I had to give up.

However, Zhao Lanyue's resentful eyes had long since disappeared.

The more Li Ping ate, the more delicious he was, and he admired the beauty in front of him while eating.

This is a smart woman.

Li Ping likes smart women.

Moreover, Zhao Lanyue's current makeup is very light, and it is more natural and more attractive.

Since the relationship between the two changed, Zhao Lanyue started to wear less and less heavy makeup, because she knew that Li Ping didn't like it.

Besides, she no longer needed that pretense.

Since the long march into Sichuan, she even wore plain clothes, and often walked with the people in the security camp wearing leggings.

This made Li Ping appreciate it even more.

Li Ping stared at Zhao Lanyue while eating, of course Zhao Lanyue knew that she was used to it, and she accepted Li Ping's shamelessness very calmly.

Of course, he rolled his eyes a few times to show his contempt.

After rolling her eyes again, Zhao Lanyue said casually, "I went to see those women today."

Li Ping was a little unresponsive at first, then stunned for a moment, and then asked curiously: "How do you feel?"

"They are quite pitiful. But they are all beautiful, and they all have charm. Especially Liu Rushi, who is 26 years old, is the most beautiful and outstanding age. And they are all famous, and they can best satisfy men's curiosity." Zhao Lanyue blinked and said with a smile.

But this time, Li Ping didn't accept Zhao Lanyue's joke, but said with a sullen face: "They are a big trouble, and if they are not dealt with properly, it may cause serious consequences. But killing them, I can't do it."

"Ah!" Zhao Lanyue was taken aback completely unexpectedly, and was taken aback for a long time.

After confirming that Li Ping was not joking, she asked in a daze, "Then what are you going to do?"

"I can only continue to take them with me first. After Daming is dead, let them be free again!" Li Ping looked helpless.

Zhao Lanyue tilted her head again, but didn't say anything for a long time.

Apparently she didn't have a good idea either!

But Li Ping said melancholy at this time: "The New Year is coming soon! Sorry, it seems that we can only spend this year on the road. We must get out of the Three Gorges as soon as possible."

But after Zhao Lanyue heard the words, she showed a gentle smile and said, "It's okay. At least we can celebrate the New Year together this time!"

Looking at the softness and warmth on Zhao Lanyue's face, Li Ping felt instantly better, and he grabbed Zhao Lanyue's hand...

On New Year's Day in the 17th year of Chongzhen, Li Ping led his army across Wanxian County.

On the same day, a reconnaissance team led by the thin monkey Ma Xiaotian belonging to the vanguard also successfully touched a place just across the river from the capital city of Chongqing. The shadow of the city on the Yuzhong Peninsula in the water.

It was also on this day that Li Zicheng officially proclaimed himself emperor in Xi'an, and the name of the founding country was "Dashun" and the name was changed to "Yongchang".

On this same day, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, thousands of miles away, was experiencing visions and turbulent waves.

(End of this chapter)