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Chapter 364 The True Face of the Wei Army

On August 23, the first year of Qianyuan in Daming, tens of thousands of Wei troops came to Xing'an Prefecture, and Ming Dynasty deputy general Xu Yong and others surrendered to Xianzhou City.

In the next few days, tens of thousands of troops led by Shen Wanteng successively captured Xunyang, Ziyang, and Hanyin.

Subsequently, Shen Wandeng sent four guard regiments to confront the Ming army of Hanzhong Prefecture at Fangshan Pass and to defend against the Shun Army of Xi'an Prefecture at Sancha Pass of Qianyou River.

He led two brigades of the Fourth Division and more than 30,000 troops and horses, up the Beijiang River, crossed Yanchang Pass and invaded Kuizhou Prefecture.

On the other side, He Lianyue led an army of 890,000 to 90,000 by land and water and crossed the Wu Gorge. After attacking Kuizhou Prefecture, they were unstoppable along the way.

In other words, Ming armies from all over the country descended upon the wind!

In just one day, the Yi army broke through Qutang Pass and captured Fengjie County.

As the vanguard of the army, Yongcheng Bo Mao Chengguo led the 9th Brigade of the Standing Army and two regiments of the Yangtze River Navy in coordination, soared up the river, and in the next five days, they successively broke through Yunyang, Wanxian, and Wuning, and invaded Chongqing Prefecture!

The magistrate of Zhongzhou in the Ming Dynasty and the generals of the Ming army stationed in the city surrendered to the city, and Zhongzhou fell without a fight.

Mao Chengguo led a vanguard of 10,000 to 20,000 people to repair in Chungju for half a day before preparing to continue up the river.

Unexpectedly, Helianyue, who was leading the main force of the army in the rear, sent an important military order, or in other words, major news.

"After more than half a year of planning by Chongqing Prefecture Xunfengwei, Chongqing Prefect Wang Xingjian, Ba County Magistrate Wang Xi, and garrisoned general Zhao Ronggui and others have surrendered.

Chongqing Prefecture governs Ba County, Changshou, Fuzhou, Fengdu, and Jiangjin upstream. They are now under their control. When our army arrives, they will directly dedicate the city and change their banners to surrender.

Therefore, the vanguard forces such as the Ninth Brigade can quickly pass through the cities of Fengdu without wasting time entering the city. The main force in the rear will be responsible for receiving the surrendered cities and personnel.

The opportunity of civil unrest in Chengdu can be used, and the soldiers are very fast. After passing through Ba County, your troops should take the land route, pass through Bishan, Miliangguan, and Dazu, go straight into Chengdu Prefecture, and capture Neijiang! "

After reading this military order from Helianyue, Mao Chengguo was surprised and a little speechless.

He originally thought that he could continuously capture Fengdu and other cities and continue to accumulate military exploits. Unexpectedly, the prefect of Chongqing actually led these cities to surrender.

However, if he could attack Chengdu first, it would also be a great achievement.

Thinking of this, Mao Chengguo first summoned the army generals to convey Helian Yue's latest military order, and then formulated a new combat plan based on the military order. Then the vanguard team headed up the river at a faster speed...

A few days later, Chongqing Prefecture took control of Ba County.

At the gate of the city, Wang Xingjian, Wang Xi, and Zhao Ronggui were waiting eagerly with other officials and generals who had surrendered. Everyone looked nervous and a little uneasy.

As for the few Ming officials or other important personnel in the city who were unwilling to surrender, they were either arrested and imprisoned by Wang Xingjian and others, or they were driven out of the city.

While waiting, Wang Xingjian couldn't help but ask his behind-the-scenes friend, the Shaoxing master Huang Gaoju who was responsible for the money, food and punishment, "Three yuan (Huang Gaoju's character), the rice, noodles, livestock, vegetables and fruits, etc. used for the labor force, can it be Are you all ready?"

Huang Gaoju smiled bitterly and said, "Dong Weng, this is the third time you have asked. The labor supplies for 30,000 people were prepared this morning. I have checked them many times and there is no problem."

In fact, the news from Xunfengwei only asked Ba County to prepare food, grass and other supplies for more than 20,000 people, but Wang Xingjian ordered 30,000 people to be prepared just in case.

Chongqing is also considered a big city in Sichuan, with a population of nearly 200,000, and it is an important water and land route. Preparing this small amount of food and grass supplies is not a big deal.

Wang Xingjian also knew that he was a little too nervous, but he couldn't help but ask again, "Are you ready for the reception banquet?"

"That's all. Cuiweilou, the best restaurant in the city, has been reserved in advance. As long as we bring the vanguard generals of the Yi army there, we can have a banquet in just a moment."

Although Xunfengwei said that the Yi army vanguard would not enter Chongqing City and would not stay for too long again, Wang Xingjian felt that it was just the other party's polite words.

Looking at the generals of the Ming army, no matter where they go, there is no one who doesn't eat and drink and asks for a lot of benefits?

Even if the Yi army is highly disciplined and the generals do not ask for benefits from the local government, they must still want to eat and drink, right?

After all, marching is hard, and who can say no to a good meal in a restaurant?

The reason why he made so many preparations was that, first, Wang Xingjian did not want to offend the people of the Wei Army and affect his future in Dawei; secondly, he was really anxious, having only heard about the Wei Army but not having any contact with him, and did not know what the other party would do. What rules.

After a while, several fast horses came. Before they reached the crowd, the riders on the horses shouted: "The Wei army is coming! They are already three miles away!"

Three miles away?

Everyone became a little nervous again.

Some Chongqing gentry and wealthy households could not help but start thinking wildly at this time: If this Wei army was not as disciplined as the rumors, and came to plunder the city, or asked for money, food, and women from their wealthy households, they would what to do?

After a while, many sail shadows finally appeared on the river ahead.

When a series of warships were moored by the river, the Yi army also landed one by one.    The whole process was extremely fast, yet methodical and orderly. After the landing was completed, impressive military formations were formed, and defenses were deployed for the dock area.

Wang Xingjian finally saw a man wearing a general's armor, who was suspected to be the vanguard general of the Yi army, and wanted to lead the demoted officials and gentry to greet him.

As a result, they were stopped by the officers and soldiers of the Ei army just as they approached the outer line of the Ei army's defense area.

Wang Xingjian said to an officer whose general position he did not know: "I am Wang Xingjian, the prefect of Chongqing. Please inform your general."

"The pier is temporarily a defense zone for our army. No intrusion is allowed." The officer of the Wei army replied and said nothing.

Wang Xingjian felt that the officers and soldiers of the Yi army were too unkind.

Fortunately, a gentle-faced general soon came to Wang Xingjian and others with a group of soldiers.

"Your Excellency, are you the Prince of Chongqing? I am Wei Junjie, the military and political officer of the 9th Brigade, and this is Xie Yipeng, the logistics officer of our 9th Brigade."

Wang Xingjian cupped his hand, but he didn't know what to call him. He could only say: "I am Wang Xingjian. I have met these two generals."

Wei Junjie smiled and said: "We are all civilians in the army and cannot be called generals. Next, our army will be repairing outside Chongqing for one night. We need 20,000 people with food, grass and other supplies. Xunfengwei should have informed you before, right? I wonder if we can prepare alright?"

"Ready, ready." Wang Xingjian said repeatedly, and then called Huang Gaoju forward.

Wei Junjie asked logistics officer Xie Yipeng to contact him.

When Wang Xingjian saw that the general affairs were being discussed, he said to Wei Junjie: "We have prepared a banquet in the city to welcome the generals of your army. If you don't mind, please come to the city to have a banquet."

Wei Junjie said: "Our army has strict orders, and generals must not participate in local banquets without orders. What's more, our army is the vanguard and has no military duties stationed in Chongqing. No one from the top or bottom can enter the city without reason."

Therefore, we can only accept the kindness of everyone in Chongqing.

In addition, the main force behind will be responsible for taking over the city. You only need to take control of the city and wait patiently for two days. "

After saying that, Wei Junjie bowed his hands and led the guards back to the military formation.

Wang Xingjian, Wang Xi and other Chongqing Ming officials who surrendered were a little dumbfounded. Wang Xingjian's other friend (the title "Master" should have been popular in the Qing Dynasty, but it was not mainstream in the Ming Dynasty. It was more appropriate to call him "friend" or "guest guest"). The resident asked: "They are actually unwilling to enter the city for the banquet?"

Wang Xi also wondered: "This is a reception banquet, and they are unwilling to participate. Could it be that they are dissatisfied with us?"

Wang Xingjian was also a little worried. After glancing at the logistics officer of the Yi army who was contacting Huang Gaoju in the distance, he hesitated and said: "We have prepared the grain, grass and other materials requested by the Yi army. They have no reason to be dissatisfied. Maybe, really Is it because the military regulations are so strict that you can’t enter the city for a banquet?”

Wang Xi sighed again: "It's a pity that we only chatted with Wei Junzheng for a few words, and we never saw the face of the pioneer general of the Yi army."

"There is no need to worry about this matter," Wang Xingjian recalled some of the content about the Yi army mentioned in the eldest son's letter, and explained: "In my opinion, the military and political officials of the Yi army are similar to the supervisors of the Ming Dynasty. In fact, their status is no less than that of the Ming army." The commander-in-chief of the army, it’s good that we can see him.”

Wang Xingjian and others chatted for a while at the edge of the Wei army's defense area. Seeing that the generals of the Yi army really had no intention of entering the city for the banquet, and the Yi army began to set up camp, they headed to the city gate tower together.

When they arrived at the city gate, they discovered that the enemy's defense of the dock was tighter than they had imagined.

After a while, Huang Gaoju came to the city gate tower with a strange expression and handed a note to Wang Xingjian.

"Dong Weng, this is the IOU sent to us by the logistics officer of the Na'ei Army. It is said that after the main force takes over the city, the Chongqing government can use this IOU to collect from the main force's logistics officer what they need to purchase grain, grass and other materials. of money.”

After hearing these words and seeing that the IOU in his hand was stamped with "Logistics of the Ninth Brigade of Da'ei Standing Army", Wang Xingjian was stunned for a moment.

After coming back to his senses, Wang Xingjian couldn't help but look around and said with surprise: "What do they mean?"

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　　Good night~

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(End of this chapter)