Chapter 10 Ding Sichuan

Let's talk about the situation of Luo Rucai and Li Shuanzhu. At the end of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, Li Shuanzhu led more than 10,000 soldiers from the third town under his command to Sichuan and conquer Kuizhou, capturing this important bridgehead into Sichuan.

Then in the 14th year of Chongzhen, that is, at the beginning of the first year of Tianyuan, Luo Rucai also rushed back to Jingzhou and began to enter Kuizhou to support Li Shuanzhu's headquarters.

Li Shuanzhu, a veteran, is now a very mature general and has the ability to be independent. After leading his troops to capture Kuizhou, he began to march steadily in the direction of Chongqing. First, he fought Wanxian (now Wanzhou) in a month and quickly captured Dazhou. During the First World War in Dazhou, Li Shuanzhu encountered Zhang Ling, a famous general in Sichuan. Zhang Ling is a very famous fierce general in Sichuan. He is good at using strong crossbows and has the name of a crossbow general. Among the generals in Sichuan, his identity is second only to the female general Qin Liangyu. At this time, Zhang Ling is actually a 70-year-old man. However, after Li Shuanzhu led the army into Sichuan, he was still ordered by Shao Jiechun, the governor of Sichuan, to fight and led the army to resist Li Shuanzhu's Dazhong army in Dazhou.

In the area of Dazhou, Zhang Ling led his officers and soldiers to fight fiercely with Li Shuanzhu. Zhang Lingguo was really a fierce general. In front of the two armies, he repeatedly fired crossbows and killed several generals under Li Shuanzhu in a row, which almost led to the collapse of a group under Li Shuanzhu's command, but Zhang Ling's bravery could not withstand the hands of the Dazhong army. When Zhang Ling led his army to attack Li Shuanzhu's army, the veteran Zhang Ling took the lead. As a result, even if he was shot to the ground and was taken back by his men, he died in the army. Then the officers under Zhang Ling's command disintegrated by themselves, and Li Shuanzhu was able to defeat Dazhou.

Zhang Ling's death undoubtedly caused a huge mental blow to the government and the officers and soldiers in Sichuan. Shao Jiechun was so scared that he quickly sent people to invite the famous Sichuan general Qin Liangyu, who was also the eastern general of Daming Town, and his white soldiers under his command to the Chongqing government to protect the safety of him and the Chongqing government.

At this time, Qin Liangyu was already nearly 70 years old, but he was still ordered to lead her 5,000 white soldiers to the Chongqing government to garrison.

However, after Qin Liangyu saw Shao Jiechun, he listened to Shao Jiechun's plan and couldn't help sighing. The generals under his opponent said, "Shao Jiechun is a literati and doesn't know anything about the military at all. Now his general is trying his best to close around Chongqing Mansion in Pingchuan, and the Xing Tian thief controls the Kuimen, just like riding in a horse. We are so-so that we can be condescending at any time, but we are powerless to resist it!

The best way to plan today is to gather troops, counterattack Kui Men, restore the Kuizhou Prefecture, and withdraw the Xingtian Thief Army out of Kui Men, and defend Kui Men to save Sichuan! It's a pity that Governor Shao doesn't have this kind of insight. He is as afraid of the enemy as a tiger and dares not send troops to fight back. If it goes on like this, I'm afraid Sichuan will be finished!"

Sure enough, after Li Shuanzhu took Dazhou in February, he began to divide his troops around Chongqing. He defeated several Sichuan generals in a row. He would first take Guang'an Prefecture in the north of Chongqing, and then Fuzhou in the east of Chongqing. There was almost no army in World War I, under the fierce artillery fire of the Dazhong army. It often collapses at a touch, and the losses are extremely heavy.

At the beginning of March, Li Shuanzhu basically led his troops to sweep away all the prefectures and counties around Chongqing. It is true that Sichuan is rich. Since Li Shuanzhu entered Sichuan, he has hardly needed the rear material support. In addition to the replenishment of ammunition, military pay It can be said that all the grain is solved by themselves by relying on their seizures, and a large number of seized items have been continuously transported out of Sichuan and transferred to Wuchang Prefecture to the General Logistics Department of Wuchang Prefecture.

Therefore, for the winning party, the war is an action with huge dividends. To some extent, it is also a driving force to promote the war. Xiao Tianjian asked Li Shuanzhu to attack Sichuan. In addition to the idea of not letting Li Zicheng occupy Sichuan in advance, he also obtained a large amount of property by attacking Sichuan to make up for it. According to the idea of the use of his army's Northern Expedition, Sichuan's water system is developed, irrigation is convenient, and there have been few natural disasters and military disasters in history. Therefore, Sichuan has always been very rich before the end of the Ming Dynasty. In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, when there were financial difficulties, a lot of silver was transferred from Sichuan to solve the problem of financial difficulties. In fact The people in Sichuan are also very rich and rich. There are a lot of rich people in Sichuan. Historically, Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan and it is said that the gold and silver looted can be filled with hundreds of boats. Although this rumor may not be true, it also confirms the richness of Sichuan from one side.

Therefore, after Li Shuanzhu led the army into Sichuan, he was not worried about the problem of not being able to collect food and salaries at all. Therefore, after entering Sichuan, it was basically no longer necessary for the rear to provide too much material support for his soldiers and horses. Even if it was needed, it only needed to supplement ammunition, coupled with their capture, sometimes even They can let the soldiers solve the ammunition by themselves to a certain extent.

Shao Jiechun tried his best to defend Chongqing, but at the end of March, Li Shuanzhu still gathered troops into Sichuan and began to launch a fierce attack on Chongqing.

Qin Liangyu, the general of Zhendong, led the army to fight for the last time with Li Shuanzhu outside the city of Chongqing. Unfortunately, the white soldiers under Qin Liangyu's command were basically composed of long spear soldiers. Although these Shizhu soldiers were very brave and good at fighting under the leadership of Qin Liangyu, they were very advanced in the face of this era. When they were in the army, their bravery and invincibility could no longer be reproduced. The lack of long-range weapons made them have a fair chance to fight head-on with the large and medium-sized army. Therefore, the result of the battle was that Qin Liangyu's army was defeated and collapsed. Qin Liangyu had to lead the remnants and escaped back to his hometown Shizhu. He was unable to fight with Li Shuanzhu again. For the enemy.

Qin Liangyu's white pole soldiers were defeated, and the whole army of Chongqing's army suddenly declined. Li Shuanzhu led his troops to attack the Tongyuan Gate of Chongqing Mansion. Shao Jiechun panicked and ordered to defend the Chongqing Mansion. The defenders had no choice but to defend it in the area of Tongyuan Gate. Li Shuanzhu's fierce attack Tongyuan Gate for several days. Li Shuongzhu stood outside the city and scolded his mother. The guard army attacked and stoned on the gate and the wall, which made the soldiers under his command repeatedly attack and set back. The city wall of Chongqing is basically built of stone, which is extremely tall and strong, and the shelling could not collapse the wall. Then it rained heavily, so that the siege had to stop.

Therefore, in March, Li Shuanzhu did not move outside Chongqing Fucheng and failed to break the city for more than half a month. It was not until the end of March after Xiao Tianjian led the Northern Expedition that Li Shuanzhu used gunpowder to blow up a short section of the wall around Tongyuan Gate and led his troops to attack the city of Chongqing.

As soon as Shao Jiechun, the governor, heard that the Tongyuan Gate was broken, he immediately took his family to escape from the west water gate of the city by boat to Chengdu. However, the king of Rui and many officials in the city could not escape, and most of them were captured by Li Shuanzhu.

Speaking of which, Zhu Changhao, the king of Rui, is also an unlucky child. He was originally sealed in Hanzhong, and his Ruiwang's house was also in Hanzhong. It was extremely luxurious, but he didn't think that Hanzhong was occupied by Li Zicheng two years ago. Zhu Changhao fled from Hanzhong in a hurry and ran to Chongqing Mansion. This He stayed in Chongqing Mansion for two years, but now Chongqing Mansion has been conquered by the Dazhong Army. As a result, he, the king of Rui, was also the end and was captured by Li Shuanzhu.

After Li Shuanzhu caught King Rui, he learned that this guy had been domineering in Chongqing City for the past two years. With his identity, he bullied the city inside and outside Chongqing, bullied men and women, and did a lot of bad things. Because the local government was the prince, there was nothing he could do with him. Now that it fell into his hands, Li Shuanzhu naturally did not be polite to him. Even if he chopped off King Rui's head and hung it on the tower of Tongyuan Gate.

However, for the people in Chongqing, the Dazhong army, as always, has strict military discipline and no crime against ordinary people, and soon won the hearts of the people inside and outside Chongqing.

Legend has it that when Zhang Xianzhong captured Chongqing Mansion in history, he was fierce. He not only killed the King of Rui, but also killed the governor of Sichuan and all the officials in the city. Even the people in the city did not let go. There was a massacre. Even the living people cut off their right hands. I don't know if this is true, but Dazhong After the army arrived in Chongqing, the people here did not suffer any harm. Li Shuanzhu entered the city and shouted directly. On the contrary, according to the old example of Xing Tianjun, he first opened warehouses and solved the problem of eating for the people inside and outside the city. Then he sent the gendarmes to confiscated the homes of some nobles and nobles and officials in the city, and obtained a large amount of property and food. Food meets the needs of their army.

At the beginning of April, Li Shuanzhu once again led his troops out of Chongqing Mansion and began to attack Chengdu Mansion. During the period when the Northern Expeditionary Army on the Third Road in the North was advancing rapidly, Li Shuanzhu conquered Chengdu Mansion again at the end of April and captured Shao Jiechun, the governor of Sichuan.

Shao Jiechun, the governor of Sichuan, also came to an end. Historically, Shao Jiechun was arrested and questioned by the court because he could not stop Zhang Xianzhong from entering Sichuan. Shao Jiechun knew that he could not escape a knife, so he died in prison with medicine! But in this era, Shao Jiechun was also completely loyal to the end. After being caught by Li Shuanzhu, he scolded and finally cut off his head in anger by Li Shuanzhu.

So far, Sichuan was basically controlled by the Dazhong Army. Next, Li Shuanzhu began to gradually clean up the northern part of Sichuan and gradually conquered the state capitals and counties. By October of the first year of Tianyuan, Li Shuanzhu had basically pocketed most of Sichuan.

As for Qin Liangyu, the eastern general of Daming Town, after the defeat of the Chongqing government, he led the remnants to withdraw to Shizhu's hometown. For her Tujia, Li Shuanzhu also adopted the Huairou policy according to Xiao Tianjian's opinion, did not send troops to invade the territory of their lives, and recognized their status on behalf of the Greater China and North Korea, and He was sent to send him the new complaint issued to Qin Liangyu by the Dazhong Dynasty, continued to appoint Qin Liangyu as the chief priest, and retained the title given to her by the Ming Dynasty. All treatment is old.

Qin Liangyu was very loyal to Daming and refused to accept her complaint from the Dazhong Dynasty. However, considering the survival of the people after the clan, and she also understood the horror of the Dazhong army, so after the Chongqing Mansion was destroyed, she did not continue to lead troops to fight and fight against the Dazhong army. This temporary non-aggression has gradually appeased the Tujia people in Sichuan.

For Qin Liangyu, a famous female general and heroine in the Ming Dynasty, Xiao Tianjian gave her great respect. After the Battle of Chongqing, when cleaning the battlefield, Li Shuanzhu was also given preferential treatment to the white pole soldiers who died and were wounded. The injured were given proper care and treatment, while the deceased took his body and sent someone to his home. People came to collect and transport their bodies home for burial, and provided them with coffins and convenience of passage. These measures made the Tujia people no longer have the desire to continue to be enemies of the Dazhong Dynasty, and no one wanted to be martyred with the Ming Dynasty. Although Qin Liangyu was loyal to the Ming Dynasty, after the defeat of Chongqing, the white soldiers under her command The losses were heavy, and most people in the clan were unwilling to be enemies of Xing Tianjun, and after returning to her hometown, she also had a serious illness, so the crusade against Xing Tianjun for Daming was over.