Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 276 The Battle of Hanzhong
At the end of last year, He Zhen and Sun Shoufa entangled [-] rebels to besiege Xi'an, and the momentum was at its peak. The Qing government's Shaanxi inspector Huang Changyin surrendered to the rebels, but the Qing court's governor of Shaanxi, Meng Qiaofang, guarded the city and urgently asked Gushan Erzhen Li Guohan led the troops to help.

For a while, a battle broke out between the rebel army and the Qing army in Shaanxi. The two sides fought in the western suburbs of Xi'an. Although the rebel army was numerous, it was not as elite as the Qing army. The Qing soldiers hunted and killed them.

On the 25th of the same month, the rebel army attacked Qianzhou for several miles, and was attacked by the Qing army cavalry again, causing heavy casualties.

Afterwards, in order to stabilize the situation in Xi'an, the Qing government dispatched Dingxi General He Luohui and other troops to enter Shaanxi. The Qing army continued to strengthen, but the rebel army suffered repeated losses. They were unable to recover Xi'an and had to retreat to Hanzhong.

When the time came to June, the Qing court transferred Wu Sangui and Ajige to attack Xiangyang, but Prince Su Haoge led the Zhenglan Banner of Manzhou, the two red flags of Mongolia, and a large number of green camps into Shaanxi.

Dasan Pass is the main road from Guanzhong to Hanzhong, but it should have been abandoned for a long time, and it is not as good as it was in its heyday.

The dilapidated sun and moon flags were shut down and fluttered in the wind, and tens of thousands of Qing army battalions were shut down, with murderous aura all over the sky.

In a courtyard in the pass, Qin Wang, He Zhen, Sun Shoufa and other rebel generals looked gloomy.

Sun Shoufa said: "The general and the Qing soldiers are in a hurry to attack, and Hanzhong may not be able to defend it. Since the Duke of Chu invited me to enter Chu, and he wants to be a marquis for the general, why is the general unwilling to retreat into Chu? Temporarily avoid the edge of Qing soldiers?"

Although the Shaanxi Rebel Army fought against the Qing Dynasty, its composition was very complicated. Sun Shoufa was originally the deputy commander-in-chief of Shaanxi in the Ming Dynasty. After the Dashun Army occupied Xi'an, he retreated to Zhongnan Mountain, supported the son of the King of Qin as the King of Qin, and continued to fight against the Shun Army. When the Qing soldiers entered Shaanxi, he continued to fight against the Qing soldiers. He was loyal to Daming, and Wang Yanxiang recruited him to naturally obey the arrangement.

He Zhen was born as a general of Dashun. When he rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, he called himself the Great General Fengtian Advocating Righteousness (using the title Li Zicheng used) to show that he would inherit Li Zicheng's career. He didn't have much affection for Daming, but Dashun's life was short , the appeal is not as good as that of Daming, so he joined forces with Sun Shoufa, embraced the King of Qin, and enshrined the title of Hongguang Year.

In the land of Hanzhong, He Zhen has experienced many days and has already regarded it as his own territory. How can he give up easily? Moreover, he was a general in Hanzhong. When he arrived in Huguang, he had to become a general under Wang Yan just like Li Guo and Gao Yigong , being restrained by others, no matter how you look at it, it is not as comfortable as being in Hanzhong.

At this time, He Zhen heard Sun Shoufa's words. Although he knew that what he said was reasonable, the Qing soldiers attacked for days, the rebels suffered heavy losses, and supplies were in short supply. He just couldn't bear to part with the foundation in Hanzhong, so he said, "Let me think about it~"

Sun Shoufa couldn't help sighing when he heard the words, but at this moment a small school with torn armor, blood all over his body and arrow feathers in his back broke in from outside the courtyard.

Everyone was shocked when they saw him, and stood up one after another, but the little school fell to the ground and cried loudly: "General, Sun Dushi, my father was ordered to cut off the Qing army's food road, and he was ambushed by Hauge. All the brothers were killed in battle, woo woo ~ my father was also killed by Hauge ~ woo woo ~"

The small school in front of him is the most important one among the rebel army, the eldest son of Qiu Chiwu Dading, Sun Shoufa was shocked when he heard his words, and looked at He Zhen without surprise, while He Zhen had already turned pale .

At this time, Sun Shoufa didn't understand why He Zhen didn't want to evacuate Hanzhong, but wanted to make a last-ditch effort, and instead of negotiating with him, he sent Wu Dading to fight without permission, but the result was a failure.

After listening to Xiaoxiao's words, He Zhen sat down dejectedly. There were more than 6 Qing soldiers outside Dashan Pass, while the 3 rebels had only more than [-] after successive losses. They were not elite Qing soldiers at all. opponent.

In He Zhen's view, the only possibility for him to hold onto Hanzhong was to cut off the Qing army's supply roads, causing Haug's supply to retreat. However, the Qing army was already prepared. The rebel army not only defeated the general Wu Dading, but also lost 1 horses. , only [-] troops remained.

He Zhen used to stabilize Sun Shoufa in terms of military strength, but now because of this defeat, he no longer has an absolute advantage, and his right to speak in the rebel army was immediately weakened.

When He Zhen was slumped, Sun Shoufa had asked Xiaoxiao to help him down to check his injuries, and then he looked at He Zhen solemnly and said, "General, what should we do now?"

He Zhen sat there, her face dead pale. He listened to Sun Shoufa's questioning, and then regained his senses, raised his hand slightly, and said helplessly: "Mr. Yan, please come, I will agree to withdraw into Huguang and accept the adaptation of Chu Guogong~ "

Sun Shoufa listened to his agreement. Although he felt that it was a bit late and lost more than 1 soldiers in vain, He Zhen agreed after all, and the more than 2 rebels in Hanzhong were considered to be preserved.

At this time, Sun Shoufa hurriedly asked people to go to the post house to invite Yan Qiheng, the envoy sent by Wang Yan. Everyone waited in the courtyard for a while, and the captain who had gone to invite someone came back in a hurry, and then whispered in Sun Shoufa's ear.

When everyone saw Sun Shoufa's expression changing, they couldn't help but immediately raised their hearts. Could it be that something happened to the envoy of the Duke of Chu.

He Zhen was most worried about this. He didn't want to evacuate Hanzhong, and he was afraid that Yan Qiheng would contact other leaders of the rebel army, so he sent people to surround the post house where Yan Qiheng lived. It was called protection, but it was actually house arrest.

At this time, when he saw Xiao Xiao came back alone, whispering in Sun Shoufa's ear, he thought that Yan Qiheng was angry at him for being rude and didn't want to see him.

If it was before, He Zhendao didn't think it mattered much, but now that his troops have been greatly damaged, Hanzhong will definitely not be able to defend, and retreating into Huguang is his only way out, so he has to care about Yan Qiheng's attitude.

"It's because I didn't think carefully~" He Zhen stood up suddenly and said, "I'm going to invite Mr. Yan personally!"

"The general misunderstood!" Seeing this, Sun Shoufa waved his hands repeatedly to stop He Zhen who was about to leave, and then said to the small principal: "Bring him in!"

After a while, the school led a person into the house, this person was Yan Dai, Yan Qiheng's entourage, after he came in, he saluted several leaders of the rebel army, and said: "General, Dushi Sun, my husband I went to Shuzhong long ago, my husband already knew what you meant, he meant to let the rebel army stay on guard for ten days, and he would definitely bring an army to take over the defense of Hanzhong!"

After hearing Yan Dai's words, the people in the room showed surprise on their faces.

The road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to go to the blue sky. A thin man in his 40s, holding a messenger's scepter, and the ribbon on it flutters with the mountain wind, is walking on the staggering plank road leading to the middle of Shu.

(End of this chapter)