Shizhu has a steep terrain and a vast territory. It governs the eighteen holes of Jiuxi, extending to Lichuan, Hubei Province in the east, Qianjiang River in the south, Fengdu in the west, and Zhongzhou in the north. It is 230 miles wide and 240 miles wide. It is definitely a rich man among the chieftains.
It is because of his wealth that Qin Liangyu was able to gradually increase his strength from 3,000 white-armed soldiers to nearly 30,000 soldiers, and he could still afford it, which was more than enough.
Besides, after the news of the four tigers of the Qin family came back, they all rushed back before noon the next day. Qin Liangyu presided over the meeting and first told the emperor's secret decree: "This matter is big and urgent. We should immediately build momentum to attract the traitors." Only by paying attention can the southern part of Yunnan be at ease and calm."
The four tigers discussed it for a long time. They were all experienced battlefield veterans and the family had enough tacit understanding. It only took less than two hours to make a decision. After noon, Ma Wannian led 500 soldiers to bid farewell to Qin Liangyu. Follow Qin Yiming to Shamao Mountain on the southwest border of Shizhu.
Shamao Mountain borders the Yangtze River to the north, and the Long River (running north-south, connecting to the Yangtze River in the north) to the west. Fengdu County is to the west of Hexi. Yes, it is the ghost town of Fengdu. In the early Ming Dynasty, it was under the jurisdiction of Fuzhou (now Fuling). Under the jurisdiction of Zhongzhou.
Separated by a river, two worlds.
At this time, Fengdu was a three-nothing zone. Although Chongqing was in the hands of the traitors and many surrounding counties had surrendered, due to the unstable situation in the surrounding area, their troops were permanently stationed in Chongqing for defense, and their jurisdiction over the surrounding counties was extremely weak, not to mention the distance between Fengdu and Fengdu. It's hundreds of miles away, across the river, and right next to the stone pillar!
For such a place, the thieves have no extra troops to garrison, and if you send more troops, Qin Liangyu will be angered. If you send fewer troops, it will not help, so it gradually evolved into a buffer zone. Even the people of Fengdu don’t know who they belong to. What is their surname? Zhu's surname is still Zhang.
And even though it was only separated by a river, Qin Liangyu didn't intend to include it. It was still the same thing, a burden!
If you occupy it, you have to send troops to garrison it. But right now, Shi Ding's military strength is only enough to protect itself, not enough to expand outwards. And if you don't occupy it, it might be okay. Once you occupy it, Zhang Xianzhong will come to fight for it!
As time went by, Fengdu became something that had no control over. Indeed, the imperial court wanted to control it but could not reach it, Zhang Xianzhong had no guts to control it, and Qin Liangyu was powerless.
Any place where troops can be garrisoned and fortified is a dangerous place. Shamao Mountain is a place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Set up a stronghold here to defend the enemy from crossing the river from the north and the enemy from the west. One stronghold can defend both sides. The stockade was built halfway up the mountain, and lookout posts were set up on sixteen hilltops and dangerous places around it. There were more than 2,000 soldiers stationed there, which was the place where the largest number of soldiers were stationed at Shizhu.
It was already late at night when they arrived at Shamao Mountain, but Ma Wannian and Qin Yiming did not rest and sleep immediately. Instead, they sent people across the river to the west for reconnaissance, and at the same time dispatched 300 elite troops to cross the river to seize Fengdu City. They were defeated before noon on the second day. Xue easily brought Fengdu into his fold, and then regained Chongqing before the wind was released.
At the same time, Qin Gongming and other three tigers who were stationed elsewhere also began to mobilize soldiers and horses to rush to Shamao Mountain. In one day, soldiers and horses crossed the river to Fengdu. It was said that thousands of people marched west along the Yangtze River. The next day, hundreds of miles away Outside the city of Fuzhou, more than a thousand soldiers with white poles appeared. There were bandit troops stationed in Fuzhou, but there were only a few hundred. Seeing the large army approaching the city to sharpen their swords, the bandits were shocked and quickly rode to report to Chongqing. .
The thief general stationed in Chongqing was Liu Tingju. After hearing the news, he was shocked and surprised. It was almost the New Year. What was Qin Liangyu going to do? Why not fight after the New Year!
He knew that with the combat effectiveness of the white pole soldiers, the hundreds of thieves in Fuzhou could not stop him. Even if there was a city to defend, if the white pole soldiers were fully prepared and could not defend for a day under a fierce attack, Chongqing to Fuzhou would be There are only more than 200 miles of land, so if you want to rush for reinforcements, you can still catch up.
But he hesitated. To be precise, he did not dare to send troops for reinforcements!
Because Qin Liangyu launched his troops too suddenly without any warning. He went to Fengdu in the buffer zone overnight without anyone noticing, and suddenly his troops arrived at the gates of Fuzhou City. All this was so weird that he felt that there was a trick involved. Qin Liangyu Did he want to divert the tiger away from the mountain? In fact, the drunkard's intention was Chongqing. Even if he didn't, he had to cross the Yangtze River to get reinforcements from Chongqing, and most of them were mountainous. It was easy to be ambushed. Did he set up an ambush long ago?
There are actually not many troops stationed in Chongqing. Although Zhang Xianzhong claimed to have 200,000 troops when he entered Sichuan, they were actually the same as Li Zicheng during his Eastern Expedition. There were not many regular troops, and the rest were cannon fodder. They fought all the way into Sichuan. Cannon fodder was constantly consumed. In fact, there were only less than three to five thousand regular troops and horses left in Chongqing, and there were still some cannon fodder. The rest continued to fight fiercely along the river with Zhang Xianzhong. This was because Qin Liangyu left more troops and horses because it was close to the stone pillar, otherwise it would have less.
And these thousands of soldiers and horses are also divided into more than ten surrounding states and counties for garrison. There are definitely no more than 3,000 regular troops in Chongqing city. This is a town that cannot be moved at all, but it cannot be ignored and let Fuzhou fall easily. Qin Liangyu's hand, this will greatly boost the opponent's morale.
So the surrounding counties such as Banan and Changshou were ordered to send troops to support. There were only a thousand regular troops in these places, but they also gathered more than 2,000 cannon fodder in one day. At the same time, they also ordered Chungju, which is across the river from Shizhu, to send troops to pretend to be Cross the river and test Qin Liangyu.
At the same time, Liu Tingju also sent people to Chengdu to inform Zhang Xianzhong, because he was a rough man and really couldn't understand what Qin Liangyu was going to do, especially since he had said that he would regain Chongqing years ago, which made him panic. After all, The surrounding situation was unstable and he was alone, but Qin Liangyu was different. She was very prestigious and could mobilize all the surrounding soldiers to besiege Chongqing with just one sentence.
Three days later, just as Liu Tingju was worrying about gains and losses, the latest news finally arrived. Qin Liangyu's troops surrounded them but refused to fight. They even bypassed Fuzhou and directly faced the incoming reinforcements. They fought with Gu on the bank of the Yangtze River twenty miles west of the city. Shanxia defeated the reinforcements.
Liu Tingju was horrified. He knew the seriousness of the situation and that Fuzhou was hopeless at this time. He had to reset the defense line to stop his advance. After discussing with his subordinates, he concluded that his next step was to cross the river and attack Fuzhou on the other side. Changshou County may not be big, and they may march along the Yangtze River to the other side of Chongqing, and then cross the river to attack the city, because there is no city obstruction there.
In the next few days, as expected, first the bandits in Fuzhou City surrendered, and then the spies detected the white-pole soldiers marching along the other side of the Yangtze River towards Chongqing. Everything was as expected by Liu Tingju, but there were also unexpected things. , the surrounding chieftains and Xidong began to respond and mobilized soldiers and horses to join the expedition team.
This really made Liu Tingju feel the pressure. If the other party really gathered tens of thousands or tens of thousands of people, he was afraid that he would be in danger. He was panicking and hurriedly summoned his generals to discuss it. But at this time, bad news came again, Changshou County was lost!
How is this possible? Liu Tingju was really hacked to death. The spies monitored the white-pole soldiers and did not cross the river to attack Changshou County. However, they did not know that it was not Qin Yiming and Ma Wannian who attacked Changshou County, but Qin Gongming directly from Cross the river from Shamao Mountain to fight.
At this time, Liu Tingju suddenly realized that Qin Liangyu's soldiers were attacking in two groups.
He was panicked when the soldiers came, but when they were about to approach the city, Liu Tingju suddenly didn't panic anymore.
Because it is not easy to break through Chongqing City!
