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  Chapter 400 398 [Taking Chengdu]

  Wang Yingxi's family was killed, which made Huang Yao very speechless.

   In other words, even Wang Yingxi himself did not expect that Wang Xiang, who was born as a domestic slave, would dare to do it.

  Although Wang Xiang had his own soldiers, he was able to succeed in Chongqing thanks to the support of the Wang family. He killed members of the Wang clan, firstly to ruin his own foundation, secondly, to drive the gentry and merchants in the city apart, and thirdly, to completely eliminate the possibility of surrender.

   This man is crazy!

   "Get out of the way, the old man is going to kill him!" Wang Yingxi, wearing a bachelor's robe from the Imperial Academy, rushed towards the captured Wang Xiang with a knife in his hand.

  Huang Yao hurriedly stopped him: "Old man, this person must be sentenced to death, but lynching is not allowed unless necessary. Military judges will form a temporary court, and sir can be authorized to attend the trial."

  Wang Yingxi pointed at Wang Xiang with a knife and roared angrily: "A thousand cuts, a thousand cuts!"

Not only was Wang Xiang not afraid, but he laughed arrogantly: "Haha, my family is just a slave. I have been able to lead the army for more than ten years, and I have been a local emperor in Chongqing for two years. This life is already enough, and death is death. Kill me now."

The more Wang Yingxi heard it, the more angry he became: "You also know that you are a domestic slave. Without my Wang family, you would have starved to death long ago. Without my Wang family, how could you be a general of the Ming Dynasty? Without my Wang family, you can occupy this Chongqing mansion? Now You killed the whole family of the Wang family, and you are so ungrateful, has your conscience been eaten by dogs?"

  Wang Xiang sneered: "Enyi? I'm just a dog raised by the Wang family. I don't want to be a dog for a long time!"

   "Put it on hold, and I will be tried tomorrow." Huang Yao didn't bother to listen.

  Under normal circumstances, military judges will not set up temporary courts during wars.

  But Wang Xiang's actions were too bad. He not only resisted stubbornly, but also killed the whole family of the envoy who persuaded him to surrender. If you don't hurry up and rectify the Fa on the spot, what do you make Wang Yingxi think? What do the gentry and merchants in Chongqing government think?

  Historically, Wang Xiang was still very powerful in combat.

  When Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan, only the Zunyi Mansion guarded by Wang Xiang was not occupied, and became the military base for the Ming Dynasty to counterattack Sichuan.

   Then, Wang Xiang fought against the Manchus again, defeated Doni and Wu Sangui, and took the opportunity to recover Chongqing, Luzhou, and Syria.

  Keep the Manchus out of Sichuan, and then start jumping around, embracing their own self-respect, not obeying orders, attacking friendly troops, and expanding their territory.

  First he fought against the generals of Nanming, and then he fought against the rest of Zhang Xianzhong who returned to Shunnanming. He was even named Duke Zhong by the Nanming court. Finally, he angered Sun Kewang and sent Liu Wenxiu to defeat him. Wang Xiang was defeated and died by suicide.

   This kind of situation is very common in Nanming. Not only the civil officials fought among themselves, but also the military generals fought among themselves, which made the Manchu Qing in vain.

  …

  After the recovery of Chongqing Prefecture, the counties of Chongqing Prefecture and Shunqing Prefecture surrendered in hopelessness, and only Youyang chieftain was still hiding in the mountains and pretending to be deaf and dumb.

  Qin Liangyu led troops to conquer Tongchuan Prefecture. As soon as he arrived in Suining by boat, the general of Suining surrendered.

  The warlord who occupied Tongchuan was named Gan Liangchen, who was born in Wuju.

  This person has a good relationship with Yang Zhan, and he is good at governing the people. Coupled with his advanced age, he had no ambition to fight for hegemony at a young age, and seeing that his generals surrendered in Suining, he simply led his troops to surrender to the Datong Army.

   At this point, the Datong Army completely merged with Yang Zhan's territory, and solved the crisis that Yang Zhan was besieged by a group of princes.

  At this time, it was already the middle of winter, and Huang Yao temporarily suspended his troops to let the officials digest the newly occupied land.

  Half of Sichuan, along the Yangtze River, Kuizhou Prefecture, Chongqing Prefecture, Shunqing Prefecture, Xuzhou Prefecture, Jiading Prefecture, Luzhou, and Tongchuan Prefecture, all cities were planted with the flag of the Datong Army. Fushun Saltworks finally got the surname Zhao.

  Huang Yao is the commander-in-chief, Qin Liangyu, Yang Zhan, and Gan Liangchen lead troops to assist, and intends to take Zunyi Mansion after the beginning of spring.

  The monarchs and ministers in Chengdu turned a deaf ear to this.

  The ruler is not the ruler, the minister is not the minister, they are all puppets. Taking advantage of the news of Chongzhen's death, they joined forces with the Sichuan warlords to support the emperor and rule Sichuan in name, but they were unable to restrain generals from all over the place.

  As for those military generals, or princes and marquises, they are still fighting each other for territory!

  Chengdu.

  Fan Kuang, the envoy of the Datong Army, met Hou Tianxi, the number one warlord in Sichuan.

  Of course, Hou Tianxi's current identity is the supporter of Emperor Longwu of the Ming Dynasty, King Zhongxing of the Ming Dynasty, Taishi, Shangzhu Kingdom, General Xuanwei, and Zuo Dudu of the rear army.

   "Mr. Fan is here to persuade you to surrender?" Hou Tianxi asked.

  Fan Kuang said: "I dare not, I just want to ask the general to see the situation clearly."

  Hou Tianxi has no expression on his face: "I was born as a minister of the Ming Dynasty, and died as a ghost of the Ming Dynasty. After His Majesty Chongzhen passed away, His Majesty Longwu inherited the country. My ambition for the rest of my life is to assist His Majesty Longwu to rejuvenate Daming!"

Fan Kuang resisted the urge to roll his eyes, and said: "Your father died at the hands of eight thieves (Zhang Xianzhong). My lord has avenged my father and sent those eight thieves into exile. My lord treats the people kindly, and takes good care of Chongzhen's children. The great merit of re-creating the universe. Whether it is public or private, the generals should submit to my lord."

   "Don't say any more, sir, let's go." Hou Tianxi waved away the guests.

  Hou Tianxi's father was Hou Liangzhu, the General Soldier of Sichuan Province, who was also considered a fierce general, but was killed by Zhang Xianzhong.

  Hou Tianxi's own abilities are mediocre, relying on the generals left behind by his father, he barely developed into the largest warlord in Sichuan.

   This guy monopolizes Chengdu, Qiongzhou, Meizhou, and Yazhou, with sufficient money and food, and a large population. Even many of the land and properties of the King of Shu were occupied by Hou Tianxi, and he was reluctant to hand over the wealth in his hands.

  Fan Kuang left the Zhongxing Palace, and met Li Gande, the prime minister of the Longwu court in Sichuan, on the way.

   "How?" Li Gande asked casually.

  Fan Kuang shook his head helplessly.

  The two passed by each other, Li Gande went in and tried to persuade Hou Tianxi to recognize the situation.

To no avail, Li Gande didn't dare to persuade him anymore, so he secretly went to Fan Kuang and said: "Your army just come and fight. After taking Qiongzhou, Meizhou, and Yazhou, Chengdu's army will definitely be unstable. When the time comes, the army will suppress the border and lure Chengdu's troops to the south. , secretly dispatched a division to go straight to Chengdu, and I will help take down the prefectural city of Chengdu."

   "So, thank you!" Fan Kuang clasped his fists and said.

   Li Qiande sighed: "They are all from Sichuan, and the Ming Dynasty has been destroyed. How can a group of warriors put the people of Sichuan in the fire and water for personal gain?"

  It's all nonsense, it's just a downwind.

  Historically, Yang Zhan was trapped and killed by Li Gande's instigated generals, which completely aggravated the internal fighting situation in Sichuan.

  However, this guy seems to have a conscience. After being caught by Bai Wenxuan, he plans to recommend it to Sun Kewang, and he can continue to be a high-ranking official. But he said that he dreamed of Yang Zhan who was killed by him, and felt that he had messed up the situation in Sichuan, so he and his younger brother Li Shengde threw themselves into the water together.

  Yang Zhan is not a white lotus. Under the instigation of Li Gande, he once quarreled with Wang Xiang regardless of the overall situation.

  Anyway, with this group of guys, it is already unclear who is right and who is wrong.

  Because Li Gande instigated Yang Zhan to attack Wang Xiang, it was because Wang Xiang supported his own troops and took the lead in attacking friendly troops. And Wang Xiang attacked the friendly army because he felt that the friendly army wanted to annex him, so he simply acted first.

   Several small courts of the Southern Ming Dynasty collapsed under this kind of internal friction.

  Fan Kuang is from Fushun, Yang Zhan's military advisor.

  After he went back to report the news, Huang Yao, Qin Liangyu, Yang Zhan, and Gan Liangchen gathered for a meeting.

Yang Zhan said his plan with a smile: "First, the army suppresses the border, pretending to go south to attack Zunyi Mansion, forcing the Zunyi enemy army to ask for help from Chengdu. Build more camps around Zunyi Mansion, secretly dispatch troops to the north, and kill Hou Tianxi by surprise. !"

  Gan Liangchen said: "If Hou Tianxi sent troops to help Zunyi, he would just wipe out his army. If he didn't send troops, he must be negligent when he sees us attacking Zunyi, and he just took advantage of it."

"Good strategy," Huang Yao nodded, "Our army will send troops to Qiong, Ya, and Mei states. If Hou Tianxi leads troops to fight, he will cross Longquan Mountain with a partial division and surprise the city of Chengdu. If Hou Tianxi dare not go out to fight, then fight all the way. past!"

  Qin Liangyu said: "Cross Longquan Mountain and surprise Chengdu Mansion, this matter is handed over to the white soldiers!"

  Huang Yao said: "Madam Qin is old..."

   "Let my son lead the troops!" Qin Liangyu insisted.

  The real talent of the white gun is mountain combat, and the white gun has hooks at the head and tail. After sending the elite to climb the mountain, all the white guns can be connected in series as climbing ropes.

  In the southwestern mountainous area, the white-armed soldiers crossed mountains and ridges in various ways, appearing in unexpected places at unexpected times, often killing the enemy by surprise.

   "Okay, let the white-armed soldiers make a surprise attack!" Huang Yao nodded.

  At the beginning of spring, Huang Yao assumed the posture of attacking Zunyi Mansion, but Hou Tianxi was still a little bit hot-headed, so he immediately sent troops to the north to support him.

  Huang Yao and Yang Zhan suddenly returned to the army and confronted Hou Tianxi's army in Qingshen County.

  Gan Liangchen sent troops from Tongchuan (Santai County) to attack Mianzhou (Mianyang) further north. More than half of the left-behind troops in Chengdu went to Mianzhou for support.

  Hou Tianxi's main force is either in the south or north, and one is blocked in Jintang County to prevent the Datong Army from sneaking along the Tuojiang River and over the mountains.

  However, the white-armed soldiers crossed Longquan Mountain directly, bypassing the checkpoints garrisoned by enemy troops, and went over the most dangerous areas.

  Like a divine soldier descending from the sky, when white soldiers appeared outside the city of Chengdu, the remaining 3,000 defenders were dumbfounded.

  Where the **** did this enemy come from?

  Qin Liangyu's son Ma Xianglin and nephew Qin Yiming quickly came to the city. Send people to shout to persuade them to surrender: "The Datong army has broken through Mianzhou, and we are all pioneers. If you don't open the city and surrender, you will not end well when the army arrives! Surrender quickly, and you will have the merit of dedicating the city!"

   Li Gande had already linked up with many civil officials, and immediately led the civil officials to persuade the guards, and invited Emperor Longwu to preside over the surrender.

  At this moment, Hou Tianxi is still in Qingshen County, confronting Huang Yao and Yang Zhan's army.

   It's just that the partial division sent by Huang Yao has captured Yazhou (Ya'an).

   "My lord, Chengdu is gone!"

  A fast boat came down the river and rushed to report to Hou Tianxi.

  Hou Tianxi thought he heard it wrong, and confirmed dryly: "It is... Chengdu is gone?"

   "Chengdu is gone!" the messenger repeated.

  Why did Chengdu disappear?

  Hou Tianxi scratched his head, really couldn't figure it out.

  Even if there are troops to make a surprise attack over the mountains, there must not be many troops. With Chengdu Jiancheng, 3,000 defenders are stationed, and they can hold it for at least a year.

  However, Chengdu only guarded for an hour.

  Hou Tianxi slumped on the chair, he was finished. The old nest was raided, and there was a large army facing each other in front of them. There was no way to withdraw. Under the pursuit of the enemy, the whole army would collapse if it retreated.

   "Surrender." Hou Tianxi said weakly.

  Chengdu Plain was won like a child's play.

  Emperor Longwu's family, as well as a group of civil servants and generals, were all escorted to Nanjing for Zhao Han to dispose of.

  (end of this chapter)