"Report! Old lady! The intruders have launched a full-scale attack on Sichuan. At present, news has come from Kuizhou and Baoning, saying that a large army of intruders is attacking the city." Qin Liangyu, wearing a helmet on his head at the Chongqing government office, said,

He changed his daily habits and threw away the leading crutches. Qin Liangyu was already sixty years old and his legs

She had some inconvenience on her feet, so her son Ma Xianglin specially gave her a dragon-headed crutch. However, when it came time to fight, Qin Liangyu immediately returned to her true self, let alone without crutches. Even if she were asked to ride a horse and go into battle to kill the enemy, Qin Liangyu would not hesitate.

At that time, Lao Taijun was in charge of Chongqing Prefecture and was responsible for the Sichuan border.

With the unified dispatch of the internal army, just as Qin Liangyu expected, the bandits really launched an attack on Sichuan. Fortunately, she had already arranged the army at various key points. Although Li Zicheng led the troops to attack, Qin Liangyu was also prepared. One by one, the horses were ready.

Came to report the news. In order to keep communications open during the war, Qin Liang

Yu placed some military horses in the post station in northern Sichuan in advance, and ordered all the Tang horses to deliver messages to Chengdu and Chongqing Prefectures. They should all take the official route and change horses but not people at the post station. Therefore, the timeliness of Sichuan military intelligence was good. Chuang Jun

The attack was launched the day before, and Qin Liangyu would receive the intelligence report the next day.

Several military reports were delivered to Qin Liangyu's desk at the same time. Qin Liangyu checked them one by one, but after reading them, he frowned and remained motionless in his seat, lost in thought. Basically, the generals around Qin Liangyu had been sent out, and she herself

He led two thousand white-armed soldiers to guard Chongqing Prefecture and accompanied him.

The only one left was his general Zhou Guozhu. Zhou Guozhu was an old subordinate of his husband Ma Qiancheng. After Ma Qiancheng's death, Zhou Guozhu has been following Qin Liangyu to fight. Now he is in his fifties. When Zhou Guozhu saw that Qin Liangyu's expression was wrong, he cupped his fists and said:

"Old lady, although the intruders are attacking Sichuan, this

It's not as expected by the old lady. Speaking of which, we figured it out first. Since the old lady has made arrangements, why are you worried about it now?" Qin Liangyu opened his eyes and said to Zhou Guozhu: "Guozhu,

You don't understand, I always feel a little uneasy in my heart." Zhou Guozhu said: "Old lady

What do you mean? There are brothers from the Qin family in Kuizhou, Ma Xianglin and his wife in Baoning, brothers Ma Wanchun and Ma Wannian in Long'an and other places, plus Mr. Chen Shiqi is in charge of Chengdu, and the old lady is commanding in Chongqing.

, With such an iron wall, I really can’t think of anything else to worry about.”

Qin Liangyu said: "No, Guozhu, the most taboo thing in war is to be proud and underestimate the enemy. You must know that Li Zicheng is not a good person. If he can do this, he naturally has his ability. How can an army of hundreds of thousands of thieves be so easy to command?

If you look at the intelligence we have received, it is obvious that the bandits are attacking several important towns at the same time, which means that the bandits have made careful arrangements. If we cannot deal with them carefully, we will definitely suffer big losses.

"Zhou Guozhu said: "But the general really can't think of what other tricks Li Zicheng can play." Qin Liangyu stood up and paced: "Li Zicheng is a master of tactics. Looking at the battles Li Zicheng personally commanded, he almost played with the officers and soldiers.

"They will only be defeated miserably when they encounter the super powerful Tianxiong Army. The rest of the time, they will not fall behind." Zhou Guozhu asked: "What does the old lady mean?"

Qin Liangyu replied: "What I mean is that thieves often do not follow the rules when using their troops and take them by surprise. I am afraid that there are still loopholes in our defense line that Li Zicheng can find and exploit, and then we will be passive. I always have a way

Although the feeling is groundless, based on my many years of battle experience, I am afraid that Li Zicheng will still use a surprise force to win this time. However, where this surprise force will appear, I can't think of it for a while." Although Zhou Guozhu followed.

Ma Qiancheng has been with Qin Liangyu for many years, but he doesn't have much strategy, and is more brave on the battlefield, so he is a brave general, but not a wise general. But it doesn't matter, Zhou Guozhu's greatest advantage is his loyalty to Qin Liangyu, which is why he is a brave general, but not a wise general.

This was the reason why Qin Liangyu asked Zhou Guozhu to be his personal general. Although the old lady was a little worried about the situation on the front line, war analysis was not Zhou Guozhu's strong point. The old lady felt that Li Zicheng would be in danger if he marched with troops, but Zhou Guozhu couldn't explain why.

"Kill! Brothers, capture Chaotian Pass. Let's kill the officers and soldiers of Chaotian Pass of Baoning Mansion!"

Pounce over. According to Chuang Jun’s score

According to the military strategy, in the direction of Tianguan, the generals Liu Xiyao and He Jin of the Chuang Army were responsible for the attack with 150,000 troops. Although they were all hungry soldiers, their numerical advantage was huge, and the battle was huge and the momentum was astonishing. Li Zicheng came

The task given to Liu Xiyao and others is not to achieve great results, as long as they can create momentum and attract all the attention of the officers and soldiers to Baoning Mansion. But Liu Xiyao and He Jin don't think so. Since Chuang Wang will be so important,

The task was given to him, and he was given an army of 150,000. This was an incomparable trust. If he couldn't put up a good fight, he would be unworthy of Li Zicheng's kindness. So as soon as the two of them arrived at Chaotian Pass, they opened up their posture and launched an attack.

A flood of attacks.

The guard of Chaotian Pass was Qin Liangyu's son Ma Xianglin. Originally, Qin Liangyu asked his son Ma Xianglin and daughter-in-law Zhang Fengyi to lead eight thousand troops to station in Baoning Mansion. The couple had a dispute about Chaotian Pass and Nanjiang County. Ma Xianglin felt that Nanjiang

County ratio

It was more difficult to defend. After all, it was a county seat. Unlike Chaotianguan, which was a military city, the military facilities were relatively complete, the terrain was complex, and the city defenses were relatively strong. Therefore, Chaotianguan was left to his wife and he led the troops to Nanjiang County. Of course, Zhang Fengyi was not willing to do so.

People argue for a long time and then settle it

Drawing lots, it turned out that Ma Xianglin captured Chaotian Pass. Zhang Fengyi wanted to lead half of the troops to Nanjiang County. Ma Xianglin was worried and gave some of his troops to Zhang Fengyi. Zhang Fengyi couldn't defeat him, so she took three thousand battalions with her.

soldiers and two thousand

The white pole soldiers went to Nanjiang County, leaving Ma Xianglin to lead a thousand white pole soldiers and two thousand battalions to guard Chaotian Pass. However, no one expected that the intruders would send an army of 150,000 to attack Chaotian Pass, defending and attacking at the same time.

The strength ratio of the troops became one to fifty.

"Damn, I don't believe that a small Guancheng like this can be defended by just a few thousand officers and soldiers." At the foot of Chaotianguan City, Liu Xiyao said to He Jin beside him. Although their subordinates were all hungry soldiers, there were so many ants.

bite to death

Like, with so many hungry soldiers, even if one person urinates, they can flood Guancheng. After Li Zicheng expanded again, the composition of the hungry soldiers under his command also changed a lot. In the past, the hungry soldiers were basically led by young men.

,

The old and the weak followed behind, but now, because of the shortage of troops, they no longer care about that much. Regardless of men, women, old and young, they can all be sent to attack the city. Even if there is no effect, it is better to build up momentum. So.

Liu Xiyao had no intention of retaining his troops when he came up. He just sent them all in. What tactics and formations he told these hungry soldiers were all nonsense. It would be better to attack the city with an entire army. Hundreds of thousands of people could pile up the city.

.

In fact, Liu Xiyao had another purpose. The main reason was that although Li Zicheng gave him 150,000 people, Liu Xiyao didn't have much food in his hands. When he came all the way south from northern Shaanxi to Baoning Prefecture, the food in his hands was basically consumed. Even though

These hungry soldiers only eat one meal a day, and many of them are hungry

They were all skin and bones, but the supplies in Liu Xiyao's hands were gone. It can be seen that Li Zicheng did not give Liu Xiyao much. What to do then, Liu Xiyao and He Jin can only find a way on their own. The most simple and intuitive way at present is to reduce the number of people in their team.

, if you want to reduce the number of people, just attack the city.

"General, I'm afraid the main force of the bandits is here." At the top of Chaotianguan City, Ma Xianglin and deputy general Ma Lin commanded the battle together. The three thousand soldiers were divided into two groups. Because Chaotianguan has a dangerous terrain, with mountains on the left and right, Chaotianguan

It's just a Guancheng city sandwiched between two mountains, so in fact, the enemy's attack can only be launched from the front, and the defenders only need to defend

Just defend the northern city wall. Seeing hundreds of thousands of thieves, Ma Xianglin was really frightened, but he calmed down immediately, and used a thousand battalion soldiers and a thousand white pole soldiers as the first echelon to defend the city. The remaining

A thousand battalions serve as a reserve force. On the one hand, they are responsible for filling the vacancies at the top of the city. On the other hand, they are responsible for treating the wounded and repairing equipment. Chaotian Pass is very small, and the city

The two thousand officers and soldiers on the front line were almost full. When Ma Lin saw the dense crowd two miles away, he couldn't help but said to Ma Xianglin worriedly. Ma Xianglin's mind was not here at the moment, but flew to Nanjiang County. The flow of thieves

Big, if Baoning Prefecture is really the main direction of attack, then Nanjiang County must also face attacks from rogue thieves. Although

His wife Zhang Fengyi brought 5,000 soldiers and horses, which was more than his own. However, Nanjiang County could not be defended. If the enemy attacked, they could attack the city from all sides. The defense would be much more difficult than his own. Ma Xianglin could only pray now that Li Zicheng would

Most of the troops were stationed at Chaotian Pass. Even if there was an offensive in Nanjiang County, it was a feint and only served as a containment.

"General, we're about a mile away, we can't fight!" Ma Lin shouted, pulling Ma Xianglin back from his thoughts. He immediately picked up the command flag in his hand and shouted to the soldiers on the top of the city: "The whole army obeys the order.

! The medium-sized Folan aircraft opened fire, and then the small Folan aircraft began to bombard. The sub-cannon and the tiger squatting cannon were loaded with stone shells and opened fire within a hundred steps! The archers are ready to release arrows, we must guard

Live at Chaotian Pass!" After hearing the order, the Ming army at the top of the city took action. The white-pole soldiers were a close combat unit. Their spear array was a sharp weapon used to defend the city. Among the remaining battalions, there were hundreds of archers and hundreds of archers.
Chapter completed!