In the next five days, Fu Zonglong experienced the longest nightmare in his life. The rebel army that captured Dachang quickly advanced westward, first conquering Kaixian County, then falling into Xinning, and then forcibly crossing the Tongchuan River. It took less than two hours to capture Dazhou. .
The official army lost no less than 5,000 soldiers and horses, and the three cities were robbed of money and food. Since the bandit army needed to move in quickly to get rid of the pursuing troops behind them, fortunately the people in the city were not massacred on a large scale.
In such a short time, the huge Kuizhou Mansion was completely penetrated from east to west, which shocked Fu Zonglong and made him shudder in his heart. Without the help of two colleagues, the Sichuan soldiers in his hands would not be able to resist such an attack. A powerful bandit army.
Then, the bandit army first crossed the Guo River, then crossed the Ba River, bypassed Yingshan, planned to cross the Jialing River at "Dengjia Ferry", and then directly captured Nanchong, the largest military town in the southeast of Chengdu. After winning, they went all the way south, striving to capture Zhong Qing. Then march eastward and return to Huguang.
If this plan succeeds, all the officers and soldiers in Sichuan and Huguang will be played with applause. Moreover, because the Sichuan soldiers are weak and vulnerable, our side has won many battles and has high morale. Many rebel generals hope to stay longer. I'll make some money soon.
However, the leaders Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong both believed that the armies of Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting were chasing after them. The rebels had already won five battles in a row, so there was no need to be greedy at this time.
Xue Chengcai, who had become an official and military officer, sent the general plan discussed by the rebel leaders to He Renlong. He Renlong and other four generals of the Qin army were all horse pawns, and their strength was less than 5,000. Have the strength to fight a decisive battle with the bandits.
So they discussed the information with the four generals of the Eastern Front, Yang Yufan, Mou Wenshou, Tang Tong, and Jiang Mingwu, as well as the Sichuan Army generals Qin Liangyu and Zhang Ling. After repeated weighing, they finally decided to set up an ambush at Dengjiadu.
Since the siege took a lot of time, the officers and soldiers chasing behind had the opportunity to overtake and even intercept the rebels from the front. In fact, the two sides were already in a neck-and-neck position.
Moreover, the official army is in the "inner circle" on the south side. As long as the rebel army attacks Nanchong according to the plan, it will inevitably have to cover a longer distance than the official army.
Due to the successive losses in various places, many general officers responsible for the pursuit also realized that they could no longer "pursue without fighting". They pursued for thousands of miles but failed to achieve even an inch, which may be suspected of "supporting the invaders' self-respect".
After joining forces with the Sichuan Army, the official army also had the strength to fight against the rebels. The Qin Army had about 4,000 horsemen, the Eastern Army had about 11,000, and the Sichuan Army had about 35,000 troops. The total strength reached 50,000. .
According to Xue Chengcai's understanding, the rebel army on the opposite side had a maximum strength of less than 20,000. The strength comparison between the two sides had reached two and a half times. The government army occupied it and had an intelligence advantage. After receiving the intelligence report, the Nanchong defenders also strengthened their defenses.
The rebels chose to cross the river at Dengjiadu, and they also asked the locals. When the Jialing River flows through this place, it just presents a "ji" bay. Dengjiadu is a drop-shaped impact plain, or a peninsula surrounded by water on three sides.
The water in this section of the river tends to be gentle, and the water depth is not large, allowing the army to cross quickly. Not far to the south is the strategic town of Nanchong, which is very suitable for the bandit army to implement the next battle plan.
The officers and soldiers took the lead for half a day and set up formation at Dengjiadu. Zhang Ling's five thousand soldiers were weak and were arranged to defend on the Dengjiadu Peninsula on the other side.
In order to prevent the rebels from choosing to fight elsewhere after exploring their horses and discovering that the official troops were fortified here, or to cross the river in advance in the upper reaches, more than 4,000 horsemen of the Qin Army were also deployed on the west bank, ready to kill those who were crossing the river nearby at any time. enemy.
Those left fighting on the east bank were the 30,000-strong Baigan Army commanded by Qin Liangyu and the four general troops on the eastern front. The total strength was more than 40,000, which was equivalent to twice the rebel army. Even without the support of the Qin Army's cavalry, Self-protection is not a big problem.
When the rebel brigade appeared on the morning of May 13th at the Swallow's Nest on the opposite bank northeast of Dengjiadu, they suddenly found a large number of officers and soldiers in front of them. It seemed that the other party had been waiting here for a long time.
It was impossible to turn back. The pursuers behind them had greatly shortened the distance between them. The 5,000 horsemen sent by Hong Chengchou were less than ten miles away from the rebel troops responsible for cutting off the rear.
Behind him were more than 90,000 officers and soldiers commanded by Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, and Fu Zonglong, who were sweeping towards the rebel army with the momentum of overwhelming the mountains and plains.
"Donkey Ball Dan! Someone must have leaked the secret!"
Seeing that the army was well prepared and seemed to be well prepared, Hei Yunxiang immediately realized that there must be a traitor among the leaders. Only the leaders who discussed the plan at the time knew about this plan.
"Huh? Where's 'One Dragon'?"
"Sweeping King" Zhang Yichuan suddenly found that there seemed to be a few leaders among the leaders who came to meet him. After thinking for a long time, he took the number and found out that there was no "one dragon" in sight.
"It must have been because of his walking! Maybe it has already become a secret work of the army!"
Zhang Wenxiu deduced from this that Xue Chengcai turned to the army, at least for a very good reason.
"...Send someone to look for him quickly!"
Luo Rucai's face was as dark as water. Before the situation was verified, he couldn't say anything. After all, he was the one who brought the "one-stop".
"Report! Just now someone saw a 'dragon' galloping eastward with his soldiers!"
In less than a moment of burning incense, the men who had been ordered to go out to look for Xue Chengcai came back and reported a not so good news.
"If we can capture this thief alive, we must cut his body into thousands of pieces!"
Wu Ziqiang, the "King of Hunshi", hates others betraying him most. If he betrays others, that would be a different matter.
"Don't be distracted by this right now. We must first come up with countermeasures to eliminate this serious danger!"
Zhang Xianzhong was not in the mood to care about the "One Dragon" who was no longer visible. If he wasted time on this person, the group of pursuers behind him would engulf his troops.
"Brother, what do you think we should do?"
Hei Yunxiang can charge into the battle, and he can scold Xue Chengcai, but when it comes to arranging troops and formations, it is not his strong point. He can only listen to "Cao Cao's" views and opinions.
"...Although there are many enemies in front of us, in Luo's opinion, most of them who can set up defenses before the rebel army are Sichuan soldiers. Their combat power cannot be compared with the troops led by Hong Thief and Sun Thief behind them. If the front army can strike first, , quickly defeat the enemy in front of you, cross the river to the west bank, and you may be able to turn the crisis into safety!"
Luo Rucai did not want to engage in a fierce battle with Hong Chengchou or Sun Chuanting's troops. According to his estimate, there were at least 50,000 to 60,000 pursuing troops behind him, which was about three times the number of rebels.
After taking into account the battle damage and injuries in the past few days, the rebel army currently only has more than 15,000 soldiers to fight. Facing an official army three times their own, there is really no guarantee of victory.
"What brother said makes sense!"
Hei Yunxiang was the first to agree. After these days of actual combat accumulation, he found that the Sichuan soldiers were extremely easy to fight, as weak as paper and clay, otherwise the rebels would not have won repeated battles these days.
"Well, I think it must be like this!"
Zhang Yichuan followed suit and fought against the Sun Gou thief. In the first battle, he was defeated by all the infantry. In the second battle, he almost died in the valley. If he continued to play with the Sun Gou thief, he was afraid that his life would be lost.
"I didn't say anything! Come with me, brother!"
Wu Ziqiang was good at bullying others, relying on strength to bully the weak. He would fight if he could win, and run away if he couldn't. He didn't want to have a head-on confrontation with the two big killers behind him. There was nothing better than defeating the Sichuan soldiers in front of him.
"...Just do what the 'Prime Minister' says over there!"
The other leaders agreed, and after Zhang Xianzhong weighed the pros and cons, there was no ambiguity. At this time, if he divided his troops and marched, he would be chased and intercepted by the army. It was better to sink the boat and make a desperate move.
Everyone agreed, and each led his troops to quickly go south. When the two armies faced each other, the leaders came to the front of the formation and looked across. They saw four large formations of about 5,000 people that were the most eye-catching.
"I regard the Sichuan soldiers as dirt! I am only afraid of the female thieves' white army!"
Zhang Xianzhong put down his telescope, stood upright with his sword drawn, stroking his long beard, and commented disapprovingly. In his opinion, the army formation opposite was just a lookalike, and its combat power was far inferior to that of the white pole army. The "female thieves" he referred to were It's Qin Liangyu.
The "Eight Kings" formed two infantry formations of 2,000 people. Behind each infantry formation, there were a thousand horsemen responsible for rushing into the formation. The infantry formations were commanded by Zhang Hualong and Wang Dingguo, and the cavalry formations were commanded by Feng Shuangli and Wang Ziyu.
The third son, Zhang Wenxiu, led a team of thousands of cavalry to respond. Zhang Xianzhong believed that this arrangement was foolproof, because he did not see any weapons similar to white poles on the opposite side, and its flag also had the character "Yang", so he did not think that the enemy in front of him could fight against the rebels. .
Luo Rucai and Hei Yunxiang are on Zhang Jun's right wing, while Zhang Yichuan and Wu Ziqiang are responsible for the security of the left wing. If the entire army is pressed forward and united, the Sichuan Army will naturally be defeated by the rebels who are fighting bravely.
Another reason why everyone agreed to deal with the Sichuan army first was that the local soldiers were not equipped with sharp firecrackers that could kill hundreds of soldiers with a single volley, otherwise the rebels would have to take a detour.
The "Eight Kings" and other leaders sat on their horses and watched for a long time, but did not see any similar signs. Based on the previous combat experience, the Sichuan army might not even have installed such guns, so they were relieved.
So, under the orders of Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and others, the drums were beating loudly, the horns were blasting, and the rebel soldiers shouted "Kill! Kill! Kill!" They advanced while shouting, which was full of arrogance.
They used an infantry formation to advance towards the government troops who were less than a mile away from the opposite side. When the two armies were in close contact, they released their own cavalry, and the battle was decided.
"Mother! The bandit army is coming!"
A middle-aged general with bright armor frowned when he saw the rebels approaching him without fear, and hurriedly asked the white-haired female general next to him for instructions.
"Don't worry! Our army is good at close combat, but not good at pursuit. If the bandits act like this, they are throwing themselves into a trap!"
Thanks to the will of a certain prince, the Baigan Army is no longer as miserable as it was before. Now it has sufficient food and pay, and the ordnance and equipment Zhong Qing has hoarded has been distributed to the entire army, which makes Qin Liangyu very happy.
In order to lure the enemy deeper, Qin Liangyu also borrowed several general flags from Yang Yufan to cover up the enemy's eyes and ears, and ordered all the soldiers to cover the long white poles with leaves, rattan and other vegetation to avoid early detection by the rebels.
His son, Ma Xianglin, is right. If the white pole army has ten thousand, the thieves may be able to test it. If the white pole army exceeds thirty thousand, the same number of thieves will be defeated unless the command is improper.
There are now more than 40,000 officers and soldiers defending on the east bank of the Jialing River, but the rebel army in front of them is only about half of our own. If they had not shown weakness, I am afraid that the rebel army might have taken a detour.
The Baigan Army has many steps and few horses, and the whole army has only two thousand horsemen. It is definitely not a wise move to pursue the bandit army. The only way to defeat the bandit army is to adopt the strategy of luring the enemy deep into battle.
"Who do I think I am? It turns out to be a thief!"
Qin Liangyu saw that the opponent's banner had a huge character "Zhang" embroidered on it. He thought that among the many thieves, he was the only one named Zhang Xianzhong.
Five years ago, it was Zhang Xianzhong who captured Fengjie. Hearing that the Baigan Army was coming for reinforcements, he led his troops to leave without fighting. He happened to bump into Ma Xianglin who was returning for reinforcements. As a result, he was attacked by the mother and his son, and retreated to Huguang.
Now we meet on a narrow road here, it can be said that we are enemies on a narrow road. I wonder how Zhang Xianzhong, who has "revisited his old place", will feel when he finds that the enemy in front of him is actually the White Army, and there are so many of them...
"If mother wants to capture this thief, my child is willing to take the lead!"
Ma Xianglin had two thousand horsemen in the entire army under his command, and only this troop could catch up with Zhang Xianzhong's defeated troops.
"The Xian thief is cunning, my son must be careful. If I can gather together and annihilate the Xian thief's infantry, I will be very happy as a mother!"
Qin Liangyu did not expect to kill Zhang Xianzhong in one battle. As long as she could cut off his arms and annihilate the rebel infantry, she would be very satisfied.
The fighting power of the White Army is not low, and it will not be afraid of the rebel army with high morale. However, it is difficult to predict the fighting spirit of the officers and soldiers of other departments.
In view of the many unpleasant things in the past, Qin Liangyu could only let his own troops fight bloody battles, and had no time to worry about what happened to other troops. It would be better if they could work together to surround and kill the bandits.
The left wing of the Baigan Army belonged to Yang Yufan and Jiang Mingwu, and the right wing belonged to Mou Wenshou and Tang Tong. The reason for this arrangement is that most of the former two soldiers are southern soldiers, and most of them are good swimmers, so they stay close to the river to fight against the bandits.
Qin Liangyu was not sure whether the rebels would be determined to fight to the death with the officers and soldiers, whether they would choose to forcefully cross the river, or whether they would flee to the southeast when they saw the situation was not going well. He would only know after a confrontation.
"The officers and soldiers in Sichuan are vulnerable! Brothers, follow us! Kill the officers and soldiers who turned over!"
Zhang Hualong rode on his horse and shouted loudly to boost morale, hoping to kill the army formation in front of him until it collapsed in one go, so as to avoid being attacked from both front and rear, especially the Hong thieves and Sun thieves behind him were extremely scary guys.
"Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!"
Affected by repeated victories in battles, the four thousand infantry under the command of the "Eight Kings" rushed towards the official and army infantry formations like chickens, vowing to kill the opponent to pieces in one fell swoop.
In the eyes of everyone, the Sichuan soldiers were indeed as the leaders said. They had no intention of fighting at all. When they saw the rebels, they would either turn around and run away, or they would pretend to say hello and then the birds and beasts would disperse.
Come to think of it, that's what the story in front of you is all about. The so-called formation is just a frightening thing. When it comes to risking your life, you don't have to run away.
Two hundred steps!
One hundred steps!
Fifty steps!
Dry!
He actually fired an arrow...
The Baigan Army is based on long guns, but they are not limited to this. They are also equipped with a considerable number of archers, but they are rarely equipped with heavy firecrackers.
Facing the sudden rain of arrows, the rebels were caught off guard. In an instant, no less than a hundred people fell to the ground. They thought they could chop melons and vegetables by rushing over, but they didn't expect that the opponent was so insidious. ...Friends who read books, you can search "Blue Chinese Network" to find this site as soon as possible.
