Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1020
When Ma Jinzhong arrived with the main infantry, the Jin army had already withdrawn from the battlefield, and a fire ignited in the direction of the plank road in the distance, reflecting the half of the sky in the north. Burning Mountain Forest has such a big momentum.

On the battlefield, weapons, corpses, and unextinguished torches were scattered everywhere, and half-rolled banners were burning.

The surviving soldiers of Zhongyi Town walked around the battlefield with torches and knives in hand, looking at the corpses on the ground, looking for the surviving comrades, and found the surviving Jinjun.

The brigade of Ming troops rushed over from all over the mountains and plains, and Ma Jinzhong took the lead. He stopped a soldier and asked about the situation. not seen.

After Ma Jinzhong heard this, he ordered people to meet Wang Deren, and at the same time let people control Guangyuan, and then ordered people to find Li Dingguo.

At this moment, a group of less than a hundred Ming troops came out of the ravine in a panic. Seeing this, Ma Jinzhong hurriedly rode over, and by the light of the fire, he could see that almost all the soldiers in this group were covered with blood. Many people are still able to walk with the support of their comrades.

"Where's your deputy governor Li?" Ma Jinzhong asked anxiously as he approached Li Dingguo, concerned about Li Dingguo's situation.

The Ming army stopped, and it was very quiet. There was a sound of coughing up blood, and after a while, someone answered, "Our captain is here and has been seriously injured..."

Ma Jinzhong was startled, and immediately got off his horse. Most of the soldiers of the Ming army knew him and gave him a way. When he went to see him, he saw Li Dingguo being carried on a wooden frame, with an arrow stuck in the silver armor on his right breast. , his face was very pale.

"Dingguo! Are you okay!" Ma Jinzhong approached and squatted down, his face paled with shock.

Li Dingguo lost a lot of blood, and his lips were a little pale. He said with a miserable smile, "Wang Duzhen came in time. I'm fine. It's just that the villain made an arrow in the back. But the armor of the imperial court is good. I wore a silk garment inside, and the injury was not serious." It's not serious, just pull it out and cultivate for a while, and you'll be fine."

Since the emergence of water conservancy stamping technology among the people, the armor-making technology of the Ming Dynasty has stepped up to a higher level. Not only can it prevent Western breastplates, but the armor of the Ming Dynasty has also become more sophisticated.

Ma Jinzhong heard the words and saw that although the arrow shot through the silver armor on Li Dingguo's chest, the shaft of the arrow did not penetrate deeply. If he wore silk clothes inside, it should be easy to pull out.

Speaking of this, Li Dingguo coughed, and suddenly grabbed Ma Jinzhong and said: "Although I am not in the way, Yu Youming is seriously injured and cannot wake up. The Yu family has been loyal for generations, and his father Yu Wuliegong died in the battle of Fotuguan. An only son, Ma Du Town will save him no matter what!"

Hearing the words, Ma Jinzhong came to his senses, and saw that the soldiers behind were still carrying several people, none of them moved, one of them dropped his hand outside, blood flowed down his arm to his hand, and then fell drop by drop from his fingers.

"Hurry up, carry them into the city!" Seeing this, Ma Jinzhong hurriedly said, and the soldiers behind him immediately stepped forward to help and carried the wounded into the city.

Ma Jinzhong shouted loudly: "Medical officer! Call the medical officer quickly."

After hearing this, the guard immediately pulled up his horse and left.

Seeing that Li Dingguo was fine, Ma Jinzhong was relieved, and asked the soldiers to help Zhongyi Town count the casualties without mentioning it.The entire battle lasted less than half an hour, but more than [-] people were killed or injured in Sanqian Zhongyi Town, and the casualties exceeded [-]%.

The soldiers stationed in Guangyuan soon came to report that the city was already an empty city. Not only all the supplies had been transported away, but even the residents in the city had been removed completely, turning it into a dead city.

Not long after, Wang Deren, who was chasing the Jin soldiers, also returned to Guangyuan. His cavalry did not exert much power at night and did not cause much damage to the Jin soldiers.

He watched Jin Jun ignite the plank road, and a raging fire ignited on it, his eyes were red with hatred, he took off his helmet, and fell to the ground fiercely, feeling very annoyed.

In this counterattack against Sichuan, the Ming army captured the entire Sichuan in less than two months. It was undoubtedly a great victory, but Wu Sangui evacuated Sichuan and took away a large number of people, which made the Ming army more disgusting.

Hu Guozhu came here before leaving, which also made the Ming army hold back a sigh of anger, but the plank road was destroyed, and several other roads out of Sichuan were probably also destroyed by the Jin army.

At present, the Ming army in Sichuan is unable to repair the plank road in a short period of time. In addition, Wu Sangui has evacuated the treasury of Sichuan, and Sichuan is in the process of spring plowing. calm.

He Tengjiao's victory letter was introduced to Nanjing. The Ming Dynasty learned that Sichuan had been recovered, but because of the destruction of the plank road, it was unable to attack Hanzhong with Huguang. order to order Hao Yaoqi to withdraw from Hanzhong.

The reason for the retreat was not only that the Sichuan side could not cooperate, but another reason was that the scouts reported that the Qing army had assembled in Luoyang and Xuzhou, and it seemed that they were going south.

After Dorgon received Hauge's request for help, he finally decided to put pressure on the Ming Dynasty. Wang Yan's treasury was empty, he was short of money, and he couldn't straighten his back. He didn't want to deal with the two countries at the same time, so he had to let Hu Guangming The army temporarily stopped attacking the Kingdom of Jin.

So far, the war between the Ming army and the Kingdom of Jin has temporarily come to an end, forming a situation of confrontation between the three parties.

At the end of the war, meritorious deeds were rewarded. He Tengjiao was conferred the title of King of Zhongxiang for presiding over the extermination of Sun Kewang, the recovery of Yunnan, and the defeat of Hauge to collect all of Sichuan.

At the same time, Wang Yan took advantage of the huge casualties in Zhongyi Town, which had not been replenished since the First World War in Hezhou, and planned to carry out military reforms, exchange officers, and strengthen the imperial court's control over the army.

He reorganized the five loyal armies and five towns into the five armies of the front, back, left, right, and middle of the Ming Dynasty, corresponding to the governor's office of the five armies, and became the central forbidden army directly under the imperial court. He confirmed the highest status of the five towns in the Ming army. Set up one governor and two governors on the left and right, starting from Zhongyi Town, and preparing to eat Wang Deren's department of the Tang King's faction, and reorganize him into Zhongyi Town.

Wang Yan did not carry out reforms in the entire army at once, but carried out a pilot project in the southwest, only three towns of Li Dingguo, Ma Jinzhong, and Wang Deren were moved.

This is a test for him to see where Tang Lu's bottom line is, and whether he can accept it. If they acquiesce in Wang Yan's reorganization of the three towns, he will gradually nibble away and gradually realize the imperial court's control over the world's soldiers and horses. If the two kings objected, he had to make a judgment based on the strength of the opposition.

Although Tang Lu is the blood of Emperor Gao and is a member of the royal family, in terms of the situation, Wang Yan is the legal authority, because he is the regent of the imperial court, and he represents the central court, while the two kings belong to the local separatist forces. This difference in political status brought Wang Yan a huge advantage and status, but instead suppressed the two major vassals.

(End of this chapter)