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Chapter 363 If ​​we had known today, we should have surrendered earlier

After Helianyue returned to the division headquarters camp, he first went to the independent barracks where the army's telecommunications team was located.

When Liu Sheng first started using telegraph machines, he took out a total of four telegraph machines and established four telecommunications groups.

One group of guardsmen accompanied the army, one group was in Fangshan villa, one group was in Queshan, and one group was in Ruyang.

Since Lady Hong came to Nanjing from Queshan, the telecommunications team in Queshan County has been idle.

Considering the importance of the Southern and Western Expeditions this autumn, Liu Sheng sent a telecommunications team to each of the First Division and the Third Division to accompany the army in order to keep abreast of the situation of the two armies.

Of course, he would definitely not use the convenience of telegraph to micro-manage military operations in the west and south in Nanjing.

When Liu Sheng held a meeting in Nanjing to plan military operations for this autumn, he was preparing to launch military operations to capture Fujian, Guangdong, and Sichuan after the autumn harvest.

It's mid-August now, and the autumn harvest doesn't start until September, and it's not expected to end until October.

But He Lianyue felt that the civil unrest in Chengdu was a good opportunity for the Yi army to enter Sichuan and should not be missed.

Without the magical tool of telegraph, Helianyue would have risked being punished and marched into Sichuan in advance - after all, the Third Division and other troops were already ready and could be dispatched at any time.

But since Liu Sheng sent a telecommunications team with the army, he must have sent a report to Nanjing for instructions.

After sending the telegram, there was no reply for a while.

He Lianyue could understand - for such a big matter, Liu Sheng would probably have to discuss it with the senior ministers of the Military Council before deciding.

He then told the people in the telecommunications team: "As soon as your Majesty's telegram comes from Nanjing, send it to my big account immediately."

"Yes!"

After giving the instructions, Helianyue returned to his division's main tent. While waiting for the telegram and the arrival of the generals from various ministries, he discussed the matter with the division's military and political officers and staff.

Wang Weidao, a political officer of the division army, said: "Although the civil unrest in Chengdu is conducive to our army's march into Sichuan, it is limited to Chengdu Prefecture. And if our army wants to invade Chengdu, it must first attack Kuizhou and Chongqing."

If we take another route, Tongchuan, Luzhou, and Xuzhou must also be captured to ensure the safety of the logistics transportation team.

From this point of view, the civil unrest in Chengdu has limited benefits for our army to enter Sichuan. I am afraid that His Majesty may not be willing to allow us to enter Sichuan in advance. "

The staff officer of the third division is Yao Tiancheng, who was transformed from the third-term student of the military and political class. He was born as a child. Because he loves military and military strategy and other miscellaneous books that are not related to the imperial examination, he failed the college examination several times and later became a refugee. By chance, Joined Weibu.

And because he was not outstanding in military and political work, but liked to serve as a military adviser, he transitioned to become a staff officer.

He shook his head after listening to Wang Wei's words, "Wang Junzheng's words are biased - Chengdu is the seat of the Sichuan Governor's Office and other important Ming government offices. It is the heart of Sichuan. Although the civil unrest is limited to the surrounding areas of Chengdu, it has an absolute impact on the Ming army. Not small.

Apart from anything else, when we enter Sichuan, Liao Daheng, the governor of Sichuan, is probably not capable of commanding the troops of various provinces.

But if we wait until he quells the civil unrest in Chengdu before we enter Sichuan, then it might be a big deal. "

Wang Wei said nothing.

As a true student of Liu Sheng in the first phase of the military and political class, he just felt that everything should be based on Liu Sheng's strategy.

But he had to admit that what Yao Tiancheng said made sense.

Chengdu Mansion is no other place. It is the seat of many important official offices in Sichuan during the Ming Dynasty. It is the seat of the Prince of Shu and is the heart of Sichuan. The outbreak of civil unrest there will definitely have a great impact on the government and the Ming army in various parts of Sichuan.

Several people waited for nearly two quarters of an hour before deputy division commander Zhang Ao, brigade commander Mao Chengguo and other generals arrived one after another.

At this time, the leader of the telecommunications team also quickly entered the big account with a telegram and handed it over.

Helianyue laughed happily after seeing it, "Your Majesty gave a one-word reply on this matter - accurate!"

Zhang Ao and others still didn't know what happened and were confused.

Yao Tiancheng also laughed.

Wang Wei no longer hesitated - since Liu Sheng thought it was time to enter Sichuan in advance, he naturally supported this decision.

Later, Helianyue first informed the generals about the civil unrest in Chengdu, and then held a military meeting on the matter of entering Sichuan in advance...

On August 21st of the first year of Qianyuan year in Da'ei.

On the day when Da'ei's first rural examination was launched, five-star general He Lianyue, who had been awarded the seal of Da'ei's general for conquering the west, led nearly 90,000 Da'ei troops including the third division of the standing army, known as one hundred thousand, to advance from Badong by land and water, and invaded Sichuan. Kuizhou Prefecture.

same day.

Three-star general Shen Wandeng, who had been awarded the seal of General Dawei Pingxi, also led two brigades of the 4th Division of the Standing Army and other 40,000 to 50,000 men, and invaded Xing'an Prefecture, Shaanxi Province from Yunyang Prefecture, Hubei Province.

Xing'an Prefecture in the Ming Dynasty was originally called Jinzhou before the Wanli Year. In the 11th year of Wanli, the Han River flooded Jinzhou City. Later, a new city was built at the foot of Zhaotai Mountain in the south of the city, so it was renamed Xing'an Prefecture.

This state first belonged to Hanzhong Prefecture, and then directly belonged to Shaanxi Chief Envoy.

In the spring of this year, when the Yi army went to Yunyang, the Ming army's deputy general Xu Yong retreated to Xing'an Prefecture. He used this as his base and became the largest Ming battalion in Xing'an Prefecture, but he was actually the leader of the warlord. In addition to the three to four thousand battalions led by Xu Yong, there are also several battalions of guerrillas and garrison troops, each with another seven to eight hundred troops or more than a thousand troops and horses.

Including local soldiers and warriors, the total number of Ming troops was about 20,000.

After Li Zicheng captured Xi'an Prefecture, he sent a partial army to attack Xing'an Prefecture. Therefore, there were many dangerous passes in the land. Xu Yong and other Ming troops fought bravely when facing the Chuang army, so they blocked the partial divisions of the Chuang army.

At that time, although Li Zicheng had captured most of Shaanxi and Gansu, he was defeated by Sun Chuanting in the battle to capture Hanzhong. He failed to attack repeatedly and lost troops and generals.

Later, he learned that Liu Sheng had ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor in Nanjing.

In addition, the weather was hot at that time and it was not suitable for military activities. Li Zicheng hurriedly ascended the throne in Xi'an in late July and proclaimed himself emperor. As usual in history, he established Dashun and granted many civil and military generals who followed him.

Later, under the advice of Niu Jinxing, Wang Linchen and others, he gave up the strategic plan proposed by Li Yan to conquer Hanzhong and advance to Sichuan, and instead attacked Shanxi and Beizhili, hoping to invade the capital of the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible and seize the Forbidden City in Beijing.

Now, the Shun Army is fighting the Ming Army in Shanxi and the southern part of Beizhi, and has won successively. This makes Li Zicheng and the generals of the Shun Army, who are used to fighting smooth battles, feel that the eastward strategy proposed by Niu Jinxing and Wang Linchen is the correct one, so naturally they will not Then go take care of remote places like Xing'an Prefecture.

After Sun Chuanting retreated to Hanzhong Mansion, he also sent transfer orders to Xu Yong and others, hoping to recruit Xu Yong and others for his use.

However, not only did Xu Yong and others become warlords long ago, but they also witnessed the ferocity of the Ei army in the Battle of Yunyang. They just felt that no matter whether the Ming army or the Shun army in the world today, they were no match for the Ei army.

Therefore, the person Xu Yong wanted to surrender the most was Damei.

However, with several "fights" with the Yi army and such a long interval in between, Xu Yong already knew the rules of the Yi army towards surrendered generals.

This is far from the generous salary he expected from a high-ranking official.

He sent people to Yunyang and Nanyang several times to negotiate with the relevant generals and officials of Damei, hoping to be promised high-ranking officials and generous salaries before surrendering to Wei, but all failed.

Reluctantly, Xu Yong originally wanted to support his troops in Xing'an Prefecture and continue to wait for the price.

But now that he saw Shen Wandeng leading nearly 50,000 troops into Xing'an Prefecture, he immediately panicked.

Because, even if he had strong cities and dangerous passes to rely on, he had no confidence in blocking the Yi army's attack.

In terms of the city being strong and dangerous, wasn’t the original terrain of Yun County dangerous enough? As a result, tens of thousands of Ming troops were no match for the Wei army. They were either defeated or fled into the mountains.

In terms of geographical advantages, Xing'an Prefecture is not as good as Yunyang Prefecture. Compared with the original Yunyang Mansion, the strength of the Ming army was even worse. The Yi army is approaching fiercely, how can they stop it?

"Headquarters, make up your mind quickly!"

In Xu Yong's camp outside Xing'an Prefecture, several of his generals were anxiously watching him urging him.

The First Staff General, who was barely half a military advisor, said: "The Wei army has defeated Pingli, and I am afraid that it will be outside the city in the near future. Besides surrendering to Wei, we have no other choice but to go to Hanzhong Mansion and defect to Sun Chuanting. Choose one of the two, or return to the city." Please make a quick decision!"

"Yeah yeah."

The rest of the people nodded in agreement.

As for the surrender of Dashun, no one mentioned it at all.

Although they were extremely afraid of facing the Yi army, they still had a certain psychological advantage against the Shun army. They even thought that they could defeat the Shun army if their military strength and armaments were similar.

In addition, they had been following Zuo Liangyu to hunt down Li Zhangluo and other peasant armies in the past, and had deep enemies with many peasant army generals. Naturally, they did not want to surrender to Dashun.

Xu Yong's thick eyebrows were furrowed at this time, and he said: "The army is powerful, but it is unwilling to give any promise to the surrendered general. We defected there. Although we are not saying that we will be slaughtered by others, we must obey the arrangements. There is no bargaining. room.

As for Sun Chuanting - he is now trapped in Hanzhong Mansion, and he is also quite strict in running the army. He even killed He Renlong and collected all his troops. We went, I'm afraid there won't be anything good to eat.

In short, neither of the two sides is easy to fool. The town is also in a dilemma as to how to choose. "

At this time, the general said: "The general town feels that if we vote for Sun Chuanting, who can we vote for if the Yi army attacks Hanzhong Mansion again in the future?"

Xu Yong was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and he completely realized that in the current situation, even if Sun Chuanting did not manage the army strictly, he would not be able to enjoy it for a while if he surrendered.

Since the Wei army has the power to dominate the world, even if he goes to the end of the world, he will still have to surrender sooner or later.

In this case, it would be better to surrender earlier.

Thinking of this, Xu Yong faintly regretted surrendering to the Yi army before he was in Yunyang Mansion.

In this way, maybe they all made great contributions when the Wei army went to the south of the Yangtze River, and were rewarded when Liu Sheng proclaimed himself emperor.

Now if he delays further, his future with the Yi army may become even bleaker.

After thinking about this, Xu Yong immediately gritted his teeth and said: "Send my military order, all ministries are ready to enter the city, follow me to seize Xing'an Prefecture City, and surrender the city to Wei!"

After hearing this, several subordinates looked relieved, then cheered up, and responded in unison: "As ordered!"

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(End of this chapter)