Vow to die at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 177 Entering Sichuan (Part [-])

The road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to go to the blue sky.After entering Sichuan, the speed of Ye Su's troops became slower and slower.Sichuan has been in war for many years, and many roads have been seriously damaged, and some roads even need repairs by the Sixth Battalion before they can move forward.

Walking in the deep mountains and old forests, sometimes a fierce tiger would appear suddenly, causing everyone to be horrified.Of course, the emerging tiger was eventually wiped out.It's just that this made Ye Su's heart feel even heavier.

If there are more people, there will be fewer wild animals, and if there are fewer people, there will be more wild animals.Man and beast are creatures competing for territory.Sichuan is now sparsely populated, so there are naturally more wild animals.Along the way, the Sixth Battalion encountered many wild beasts, which also enriched the variety of food.

When they arrived at Wushan in Kuizhou Prefecture, there were no people.

It's just that now Wushan is already the domain of Tan Yi in the Three Tans.When Ye Su approached with an army, Tan Yi panicked and fled the city.So Wushan went down without a fight.

After taking down Wushan, Ye Su learned that Wushan County has a population of just over [-], which is not as big as a big town in Jiangnan Province.

After interrogating the captives, Ye Su also knew that the owner of Wushan was Tan Yi.Tan Yi is one of the three Tans, namely Tan Wen, Tan Hong and Tan Yi.The three came from a landlord's family in Wan County, and they are brothers.Zhu Rongfan, a descendant of the Yuan Dynasty in the former Ming Dynasty, claimed to be the supervisor of the country in Zhongzhou, and was known as the deputy marshal, so San Tan defected to him.Later, Li Zhanchun, governor of Lu Daqi, crusaded Zhu Rongfan and captured him, and San Tan turned his head back to Remnant.

In Kuizhou Prefecture and Zhongzhou, the Three Tans are deeply rooted local forces.

Now, just after entering Sichuan, he has turned against local forces, which makes Ye Su worried.I thought that there were few people in Sichuan, but I didn't expect that I would turn against people as soon as I entered Sichuan.At this time, Ye Su regretted that he should have sent envoys to communicate with these forces earlier.

It's just that Ye Su knew that the security group he was in had no prestige with these local forces in central Sichuan.These Central Sichuan forces can subjugate Tartars and take refuge in Canming, but they cannot rely on the security regiment.At least they won't come here just to hear the name of the security regiment.

Fame is gained by killing, if you don't let others see your blood, others won't be afraid of you.Although Ye Su didn't intend to turn against San Tan at the beginning, if Tan Yi didn't escape, Ye Su might take the opportunity to go west.But now that Wushan is going down without a fight, it must be a mistake.

The clan brother Ye Ji was left behind to lead the fifth brigade to stay in Wushan and guard his passage out of Sichuan.Ye Su continued to lead his troops to the west, and he was going to take Fengjie, the prefecture of Kuizhou.

This time when Ye Su entered Sichuan, he had conflicts with the forces in the middle of Sichuan as soon as he entered Sichuan, which also meant that the process of entering Sichuan by the Sixth Battalion was not a peaceful process.

When Tan Yi escaped from Wushan with his personal guards, he still had lingering fears.Originally, he stayed in Wushan County, but was told by his cronies that tens of thousands of troops suddenly came from the east of the city, which frightened Tan Yi.And the banner of the opponent is unknown, not like the Tartars nor the banner of Ming Dynasty.At this time, Tan Yi suddenly thought that maybe this was another bandit army, Sichuan suffered a lot, and it killed Sichuan people a hundred times more than killing Tartars.The hostility was unclear, so at the first moment, Tan Yi chose to leave the city to protect himself.After crossing Qutang Pass and Baidi City all the way, Tan Yi returned to Fengjie.

After returning to Fucheng, Tan Yi was relieved, and he recruited his cronies.

"Hurry up and send someone to Wan County and Zhongzhou Tianzi City, and invite the two brothers to come over."

After giving the order, Tan Yi paced back and forth in the hall, and then shouted again.

"Come on!"

"Quickly inform General Li and let him guard Fengjie closely. Forget it, let him come and see me."

When Tan Yi was worried, Ye Su was also frowning.After leaving Wushan, the road was deserted. It turned out that in order to resist the attacks of enemies and wild animals, most of the population in Wushan County migrated to the city. They went out of the city to farm at sunrise and returned to the city to rest at sunset.The population of more than 3000 in the city is the vast majority of the population of Wushan County.

With the guide in Wushan County, Ye Su marched faster.One day later, the Sixth Battalion approached Fengjie.At this time, Tan Yi hadn't waited for the two elder brothers, but he had waited for this group of gangsters.

After calculating the power in his hands, Tan Yi found that it was not worthwhile to fight recklessly.Now there are many cities in Sichuan, but not many people.So compared to cities, talents are precious, especially experienced fighters.

So Tan Yi withdrew from Fengjie again and fled to Yunyang with more than a thousand soldiers.This time, Ye Su and San Tan had a deadly feud.

After taking Fengjie, Ye Su sent another division to capture Daning in the north, and did not continue to attack.Now Sichuan is dilapidated, and there is no logistical support for the siege of cities and land. After the war, there is no capture.At this time, honestly farming and developing people's livelihood in central Sichuan is the kingly way.

After conquering two counties and one prefecture, Ye Su's people were only over ten thousand.It is simply unimaginable to count on these more than 1 farmers to feed nearly [-] troops.However, in the face of the hostility of the forces in Central Sichuan, it is unrealistic not to maintain a large-scale army.Even if the regiments are allowed to carry out military reclamation and work as soldiers in their spare time, this approach is not acceptable.After all, Ye Su didn't come to Sichuan to farm, but to attack and plunder the whole Sichuan, so he couldn't use the generals as farmers.For the current plan, people can only be transferred from Huguang to cultivate Sichuan.

As a result, Ye Su commanded [-] troops to personally occupy Fengjie, the capital city of Kuizhou, blocking the direction of the forces in central Sichuan from attacking eastward, forming a relatively safe triangular area of ​​Fengjie, Daning, and Wushan.Then Ye Su ordered Tang Chengbin from Padang to continuously transport people, agricultural tools, food and other materials related to people's livelihood to Wushan.

In this way, Ye Su reluctantly settled down in Sichuan.This is just the first step. After Ye Su's power is stabilized, he will send troops to Suiding Mansion, Shunqing Mansion, Zhongzhou and even Chongqing Mansion.Moreover, with the passage of time, the name of the security team will eventually start.In that way, some people may come to defect, and some people will lead the crowd to join when they attack.The strength of the Sixth Battalion will snowball and eventually occupy the entire Sichuan.

At this time, the Tartars were occupying Chengdu and had no power to pacify Sichuan; Wen Anzhi on the remnant side had not yet entered Sichuan to governor Chuanhu, nor had Liu Wenxiu entered Sichuan to lead the Northern Expedition; Li Laiheng, Dang Shousu and others from the Peasant Army had not yet led troops from Guizhou Liu Tichun and Hao Yongzhong had not yet returned to the Sichuan-Hubei border area from northeast Guizhou after returning to Badong from Sichuan.At this time, the forces of all parties in Sichuan are intertwined, and there is no one party that has an overview of the overall situation. This is a good time for the Sixth Battalion to flex its muscles in central Sichuan.

(End of this chapter)