Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 997 Planning Chengdu
After the pontoon bridge was built, Hauge was the first to cross the river under the protection of his personal guards, and as soon as Hauge left, the Jin army collapsed instantly.

After the Ming army heard someone in the Jin army shouting "The emperor will go", they attacked like crazy, and Ma Jinzhong's lungs were about to explode.

All the cooked ducks flew away, and he might not even be able to lift his head when he was still a famous general.

One side is the collapsed Jin army, and the other is the embarrassed Ming army. There is no need to doubt the outcome of the war. The Ming army is bound to win, but this victory is far from the Ming army's previous expectations, which is boring.

Countless golden soldiers on the river rushed onto the pontoon bridge, trampled the raft made of logs until it was submerged in the water, soldiers were constantly squeezed into the river, struggled, stretched out their hands, and were washed away by the river.

The soldiers of the Ming army held their spears, roared and stabbed forward. The dense gun barrels formed a forest of guns, forcing the collapsed Jin army to the riverside, and groups of people were driven into the river.

Some desperate Jin soldiers knelt down and begged to surrender, but the soldiers of the Ming army, who had been trapped for ten days and thought they could catch the emperor of the Jin Kingdom, had already lost their minds when they found that Hauge had escaped. beheaded.

Under the strangulation of 2 Ming troops from three directions, more than 9000 Jin soldiers were stabbed to death by guns, and as many as 3000 people were drowned in the river, and less than [-] people passed through the narrow pontoon bridge Flee to the east coast.

Counting the troops lost in the previous breakout and the army that surrendered to the Ming army, the [-] Jin army lost more than [-]%, and the Jin country was considered to be seriously injured.

The sky was getting brighter, and the entire valley was full of corpses of the Jin army. The blood seeped into the soil, turning the ground into black. On the pontoon bridge in the distance, there were also corpses and scattered weapons and banners.

Ma Jinzhong was sitting on the edge of the pontoon covered in blood, with a chipped Miao knife stuck aside, surrounding Ming soldiers were cleaning up the battlefield, and the generals were all downcast as if they had suffered a defeat.

At this time, several cavalrymen galloped over, and the chief general dismounted from his horse. When he saw Ma Jinzhong, he was sullen when he saw him sitting on the rock. He shook his head and walked over and said, "It's all clear, it's Wu Sangui from eastern Sichuan!"

Wang Guangtai's troops were located in the north and pursued along the Tuojiang River for a while, but because they were separated by the Tuojiang River, they could only see the banner of the Jin Army on the east bank clearly.

Hearing the words, Ma Jinzhong raised his head, saw that it was Wang Guangtai, and threw a stone in his hand to the ground a little angrily, "Wu Sangui, why did he come here? Where is Wang Deren? Didn't the supervisor ask him to restrain Wu Sangui?" Wang Guangtai saw him shoot three times in a row. Asked, knowing that he was still angry, he sighed, "Wu Sangui is cunning, Wang Deren must have fallen for some of Wu Sangui's tricks."

Ma Jinzhong did not speak with a sullen face, but he must have hated Wang Deren in his heart.

Wang Guangtai stood for a while, and then said: "This is the end of the matter, the most important thing right now is to explain the situation to the supervisor, and the second is that although Hauge escaped, the vitality of the Jin army was seriously injured. We should take this opportunity to recover Chengdu. Hauge cannot be given a chance to breathe!"

Hearing this sentence, Ma Jinzhong calmed down a little, "It is true that the Jin army suffered heavy losses, especially the cavalry casualties. The time is ripe for us to attack Chengdu." In the last battle of Eastern Sichuan, Li Dingguo and Wang Deren set up an ambush and wiped out the Jin army. Nearly [-] cavalry had been recruited from the Western Regions. This time, the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom also suffered heavy losses during the siege of Haoge. The Jin Army's cavalry advantage in Sichuan was no longer obvious, and the opportunity for the Ming Army to march into the Chengdu Plain had already arrived.

With that said, Ma Jinzhong finally stood up, sighed and said to the crowd: "Let's go, first apologize to the supervisor, and then discuss the matter of marching into Chengdu."

At present, Wang Guangtai, leaving behind Wang Guangen and others, continued to clean up the battlefield, rested the troops, and ordered the army to send partial divisions to take the opportunity to occupy Fushun, Neijiang, Ziyang and other counties in the north, opening the way for the army to enter the Chengdu Plain.

After finishing the order, everyone got on their horses and ran back to Luzhou.

In the city of Luzhou, Ma Jinzhong and others galloped to the gate to stop the horses outside the gate, and found a group of people at the gate, it was Wang Deren and others.

Seeing this burst of bad luck, Ma Jinzhong snorted coldly and went directly into the Xingyuan, but Wang Guangtai stayed outside.

Ma Jinzhong is He Tengjiao's man, he is Wang Yan's man, there is still some difference, and Ma Jinzhong is the general of the battle, so it is better for him to meet He Tengjiao first.

Ma Jinzhong gave Wang Deren a blank look, and he knew that the situation was probably not good, but he was also a little unhappy.

Seeing this, Wang Guangtai had a few conversations with him, only to realize that he had been lured to Luzhou by Wu Sangui's plan, and Wang Deren also learned of the ambush in Gudi, knowing that Hauge had escaped.

The two were silent. At this time, some soldiers came out from Xingyuan and invited some people to come in. They were led around in the yard and abducted. When they came outside the hall, they heard He Tengjiao's angry voice from inside.

After the soldiers reported, the cursing in the hall stopped, and several people got permission, entered the hall, saw He Tengjiao sitting in the upright position with a sullen face, and Ma Jinzhong stood aside with his head bowed, several people hurried forward, saluted and clasped fists: If someone is incompetent, please ask the supervisor to punish him!"

He Tengjiao was silent for a while, he had already reprimanded Ma Jinzhong, because Ma Jinzhong was his man, and now the anger in his heart had subsided.

"Okay, this time it was Wu Sangui who was too cunning and ruined our major event!" He Tengjiao sighed, "After all, defeating the main force of the Jin army is a great achievement. Write a brochure and report it, and after reading it all, send it to Nanjing together!"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. In fact, it is a pity to run away from Hauge, but this is a victory after all, and it is not enough to punish the generals.

At the moment everyone was busy saluting, at this time Ma Jinzhong finally raised his head and said: "Supervisor, although Haoge ran away, the Jin army lost more than 3 people at once. The general thought that we should take this opportunity to capture Chengdu in one fell swoop, The Jin army drove out of Sichuan."

He Tengjiao also had the same intention. The strength of the Jin army was greatly damaged. He should take advantage of the victory and pursue it. If he can recover the whole Sichuan, it can also make up for the merits of Hauge.

"Go, call Dingguo here!" He Tengjiao was more convinced of Li Dingguo's military ability, because he had to ask him about all military matters.

Not long after, Li Dingguo came to the hall in a hurry. After some discussions, everyone decided on a plan to take advantage of the victory to attack Chengdu. However, the Jin army still had more than 4 troops in Sichuan. So easy to fight.

Li Dingguo proposed to report to the imperial court and ask Wu Jinxi, governor of Huguang, to cooperate with them in attacking Hanzhong.

Southwest and Huguang cooperated to take advantage of the defeat of the Kingdom of Jin and the great loss of strength, and captured Sichuan and Hanzhong in the First World War, creating conditions for the next imperial court to control Qinghai, Uzang, and obtain the origin of war horses.

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