Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1010 Soldiers Arrive in Chengdu
After the defeat of the Jin army, due to the heavy losses of the cavalry, they lost their advantage on the plains, so they began to retreat to the Chengdu area.

Most of the small counties near Chengdu were in a state of abandonment. The Ming army claimed to have more than [-] troops, and collected the whole Sichuan in three routes. It was like a flood washing away the filth.

Li Dingguo led 6000 troops to the foot of Jianyang City. The defenders in the city resisted for a while and dispersed.

Although Jin Guo was defeated for a while and suffered a lot of losses, its combat power should not have degraded to such an extent, even the bandits were not as good.

In Jianyang, Li Dingguo learned the reason why the Jin army had no fighting spirit. Wu Sangui only had 5 people in his hands, but he had to guard Hanzhong and Sichuan, and his troops were simply not enough.

If both sides are defended, it is very likely that both sides will be lost, and he can only focus on one point of defense.

Sichuan and Hanzhong are naturally rich in Sichuan, but the location of Sichuan is not suitable for defense. Wu Sangui can only choose Hanzhong, which is backed by Guanzhong.

Since Hauge returned to Xi'an and Wu Sangui was in charge of Sichuan and Sichuan, he secretly transferred Sichuan's wealth, quietly transporting grain, silver, and various materials from various states and counties to Hanzhong, and even moved the young and strong population.

The garrisons in many places in Sichuan have been replaced by old and weak troops, and they have not been paid for soldiers for several months.

Li Dingguo led a group of generals to the Jianyang treasury, and a middle-aged man wearing an official robe of the Kingdom of Jin stood behind him.

"Damn, is there really nothing?" Li Dingguo held the handle of the knife, turned around in a circle, and found that there was not even a mouse in the entire warehouse, and couldn't help cursing.

The soldiers and generals behind looked around, they could really describe it as a house with bare walls, and they couldn't help cursing one after another.

At this time, the Jin official bowed timidly and said in a timid voice: "General Li, how dare the criminal officials deceive you. The treasury was emptied a month ago."

Li Dingguo frowned slightly, "Should the things in the treasury be shipped to Chengdu, or to Hanzhong?"

"Hanzhong, Guangyuan who left is a civilian husband recruited by the sinner himself, so there is absolutely no mistake!"

It seemed that Wu Sangui did not intend to stick to Sichuan. Li Dingguo pondered for a while, and then asked: "Aside from winning money, what else did Wu Sangui transport away?"

The official hurriedly said: "In addition to money and food, there are also salt and iron. By the way, there are also the families of the soldiers of the Jin Army, who were also brought into Hanzhong."

After hearing this, Li Dingguo looked at each other with all the soldiers, "Where's Chengdu? What's the current situation in Chengdu?"

"Chengdu seems to be transporting supplies to Hanzhong, and now it is being guarded by the defense envoy Chen Ke!"

"Chen Ke?" Hearing this name, Li Dingguo and all the soldiers immediately gritted their teeth with hatred, and they all showed indignation.

Chengdu is the center of gravity of Sichuan. All the separatist regimes in central Shu have established their capitals here. It can be said that whoever occupies Chengdu controls Sichuan.

Now that Wu Sangui has retreated into Hanzhong, the guards of Chengdu City have been handed over to the traitor General Chen Ke.

This person is from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. He followed Wu Yishan to fight the Qing Dynasty in Songjiang. He went through the bloody battle in Kunshan and Taihu Lake. He is also a hero.

After the failure of Taihu Anti-Qing Dynasty, he went south to Guangzhou with Chen Zilong and Wu Yishan, and was later incorporated into Zhongyi Town as a co-prefect under Wu Yishan.

After Zhongyi Town was besieged in Hezhou, the army was in a desperate situation, killing people and eating in the city. Many soldiers and generals were not firm in their will. In desperation, in order to save their lives, they betrayed the Ming Dynasty and surrendered to Hauge.

After Chen Ke failed to break through and Wu Yishan was killed, he also defected to the enemy and pledged allegiance to the Kingdom of Jin.

In the war between Ming and Qing, Ming and Jin, such a chaotic era of repeated see-saw and multi-party melee, it is not uncommon for some officials and generals of the Ming Dynasty to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, or the Kingdom of Jin, and it is not the worst evil. There were also people from the Jin army who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.

Who is not selfish, how many people are not afraid of death?When the Qing army went south, all five towns surrendered, but there were also many who later joined the struggle against the Qing. The three brothers Jin Shenghuan, Wang Deren, and Wang Guangtai were all generals who first surrendered to the Qing and then turned back to fight against the Qing.

These people were generally accepted by the Ming Dynasty, but this Chen Ke was hated by Zhongyi Town.

He is poor and has nothing to say. He is not the only general who surrendered gold in Hezhou, but other people who invested in gold all ran out of the city with their people, quit fighting and surrendered, but he launched a rebellion and opened the city gate They sold Yuan Zongdi and nearly ten thousand brothers who were unwilling to surrender.

It is not impossible to choose to surrender in order to survive, but to betray a brother for one's own self-interest is somewhat inhuman.

Zhongyi Town is talking about righteousness. Chen Ke's behavior of stealing his own life and betraying his brothers in the city has aroused public indignation in Zhongyi Town today.

When Li Dingguo learned in Jianyang that this guy was guarding Chengdu, he was furious and decided to clean up the house.Since Wu Sangui was transporting supplies from Sichuan to Hanzhong, this Chen Ke might also abandon the city and run away.

Grasping this Chen Ke is of great significance to Li Dingguo. Yu Gong is to kill the traitors and avenge the governor, and Yu private can gain the support of Zhongyi Town and climb to the position of governor.

Therefore, before Ma Jinzhong led the main force, he left a letter to explain the situation to him, and then led 6000 troops to attack Chengdu first to prevent the Chen thieves from escaping.

At this time, at the top of the city of Chengdu, a general in armor was standing on the top of the city, holding his saber, frowning and looking at the Ming army outside the city.

He is in his thirties, dark skinned, and quite strong. He looks like a man who has been in battle.

This person was Chen Ke, the Defense Envoy of Jin Kingdom Chengdu. At this moment, he leaned his hands on the wall, looked at the Ming army below the city, and couldn't help being speechless for a long time.He never expected that the situation would change so quickly. It was less than a year since he invested the money, and the Ming army came back.

The officials behind him also looked unlucky with a toothache. They had just received the news that the Sichuan Ming army had invested in Yang to attack Jianzhou, and the Ming army had already killed the city of Chengdu, which shocked them.

Chengdu was burned by Sun Kewang once before, but after five or six years, it has gradually recovered, and the important official offices of Jin Guo and Sichuan are all in Chengdu.

Wu Sangui is organizing a retreat, but it is not easy to retreat with great fanfare. First, he is afraid that the Ming army in southern Sichuan will attack immediately. Second, the gentry and common people in Sichuan know that Jin Guo will abandon Sichuan, and there will be chaos immediately, so Wu Sangui moves around first. The prefectures and counties are finally transported to Chengdu.

The transportation in Chengdu had just started, and the family members hadn't finished leaving yet. The Ming army was approaching the city, and no one could escape. Dajin's officials in Chengdu, naturally, without exception, were all mournful and unhappy.

At this time, everyone was watching. The Ming army lined up, and a chess and card officer with a flag on his back galloped to the bottom of the city. My general has a limited time of three days, let you tie yourselves to plead guilty, if not, on the day the city is destroyed, no one will be left behind!"

After finishing speaking, the cavalry pulled up their horses and left, but no one in the city responded. It took a while for Chen Ke to come back to his senses, and suddenly cursed, "Damn, when I was in the Wuzhong Army, Li Dingguo didn't know that he was there." Where? What ability does he have, dare to threaten me!"

(End of this chapter)