Chapter 183 Golden Arrow

The outcome of a war depends on strength. In the face of absolute strength, the outcome will be decided quickly. On the rogue side, there are not as many soldiers as the official army, and the various equipment, backup, food and grass, etc. are not as many as those of the official army.

There's no way to compare.

Facing the devastating attacks of the government troops, the rogue bandits defending the city became increasingly untenable on the city. As the number of government troops attacking the city gradually increased, the shelling stopped below the city, and large groups of people rushed toward the city crazily.

At the Mianzhu Pass, the two sides launched a desperate fight. They were constantly investing their troops to fight for it. A fierce battle lasted from noon to evening. The troops led by Gao Yigong and Liu Fangliang were indeed tenacious and resisted desperately.

Don't retreat.

It was even impossible for Yue Su's army to retreat. The drums to urge the battle continued and they advanced one after another. The two sides fought bloody battles all night. Finally, because Gao Yigong and Liu Fangliang died of exhaustion, the army won the victory and captured Mianzhu Pass.

In this bloody battle, the officers and soldiers also suffered many casualties. Sima Qiao Yu's troops suffered thousands of casualties, and the surrendered troops suffered over 10,000 casualties. The same was true for the rogue bandits, who suffered over 10,000 casualties, and the rest either fled or surrendered. Yue Su was right

The surrendered rogue soldiers were given both kindness and power, money was still distributed, land was allocated, and soldiers and horses were sent to Shaanxi and Henan separately.

After losing Mianzhu Pass, Li Zicheng was shocked. He originally wanted to be the king of Sichuan, but now it seems that there is no such chance. Although the road to Shu is difficult and it is not easy to capture, it also depends on when. In history, Zhang Xianzhong can rely on

The location is favorable, and the Tatars have been entangled for many years. That is because the opponent is the Tatars, and the common people will side with Zhang Xianzhong. But now the opponent is the imperial court. The common people can see that if they go up and fight hard, they will really die, but if they surrender, the imperial court will

Give them money, distribute land, and let them live in peace.

The leader of the army, Lord Yue, is famous all over the world and is no better than other officials. That is true. Fighting and danger, surrendering is very happy, and the will of the bandits has begun to loosen. They followed Li Zicheng in the rebellion just for the sake of food, and now the court

If you can give it to them, why continue to rebel? People will die in war.

The soldiers lost their fighting spirit, and Li Zicheng was a little anxious. The officers and soldiers were advancing steadily, and it would not take long before they could reach Chengdu. Li Zicheng understood that if he defended the city with troops, once Chengdu was surrounded, he would never be able to escape, and he could not be trapped in one place.

It is necessary to make use of the terrain, avoid the real situation and use the weak, and wait for the opportunity to engage the army.

Li Zicheng had been marching for many years and knew how to advance and retreat. At present, he divided his troops into five groups and asked the generals to disperse and hide, and to fight carefully. There were many officers and soldiers, and the consumption of food and grass would be huge. As long as he persisted for a few months, he would definitely be able to win the final victory.

Each of these five armies had 50,000 troops. One of them was personally led by Li Zicheng, and the other four were led by Li Guo, Hao Yaoqi, Yuan Zongdi, and Zhang Hualong respectively.

After the arrangement was completed, the armies immediately dispersed and acted separately. Four of the five armies were Li Zicheng's troops, and only Zhang Yuanhua was Zhang Xianzhong's man. Zhang Hualong's troops left Chengdu and moved northwest towards Dujiangyan. It can be said that when they arrived at Dujiangyan,

Going further northwest, there are mountainous areas and the roads are difficult to navigate.

However, Zhang Hualong did not go into the mountains. Instead, he set up camp in the Dujiangyan area, and then sent his trusted soldiers to the direction of Mianzhu Pass.

Zhang Hualong, Wang Shuangli, Yan Ximing, and Wang Zhaolin were all diehard loyalists of Zhang Xianzhong. After learning about Zhang Xianzhong's surrender to the court, they secretly sent people out to inquire about the situation to see what the situation was. Later, it was confirmed that Zhang Xianzhong had indeed surrendered.

Moreover, he got an official position and went to Beijing to enjoy the blessings. Since the imperial court had put the blame in the past, what was the point of continuing to rebel? These people then had the intention of surrendering to the imperial court. However, Li Zicheng was in Chengdu and could only endure it. A few days ago, someone came

When delivering the letter, they recognized Zhang Xianzhong's handwriting. When they saw their master, they asked him to surrender, which strengthened their determination. At the moment, the official army at Mianzhu Pass, Li Zicheng's destruction was just in front of them. By chance, Li Chuang divided his troops again and asked them to lead a group of troops.

A few people gathered together and pretended to move. Once they arrived at Dujiangyan, they sent a letter to Yue Su expressing their willingness to surrender.

Yue Su's army has arrived in Shifang. As soon as they set up camp today, someone came to report that someone outside the camp wanted to see the commander and had confidential matters. Yue Su immediately met him and the messenger presented the secret letter. After reading it, Yue Su felt in his heart

Overjoyed, he asked about the situation in Chengdu, and then asked the messenger to go down to rest and wait for a reply.

The messenger withdrew, Yue Su turned to look at Jiang Jie, who was sitting next to him, and said, "Sir, we are not far from regaining Sichuan."

Jiang Jie smiled slightly and said: "The general led his troops into Sichuan. Li Chuang is no more than a tile dog, and he will perish in one day or another. Now, generals like Zhang Hualong are willing to help the general."

"Yes..." Yue Su nodded and said: "Li Zi divided his troops into five groups, each with 50,000 troops. He wanted to use the terrain in central Sichuan to engage in guerrilla warfare with our army. Sir, please read this letter from Zhang Yuanhua." Yue Su said.

After finishing, hand the letter to Jiang Jie.

Jiang Jie stood up and took it, then returned to his seat to watch. After he finished, he heard Yue Su ask: "Sir, at this moment, how do you think we should fight the enemy? The terrain in central Sichuan is tortuous, and Li Zicheng is like

Like a loach, this terrain is just right for him. Although our army can win in the end, I'm afraid it will take a lot of time. Every extra day will take a lot of food and grass for so many soldiers and horses."

"If Zhang Hualong and the others had not surrendered, we would have followed the plan step by step, and it would indeed have taken a lot of time. But now with Zhang Hualong and the others, it would be easy for us to eliminate Li Zicheng. When the subordinates saw the courier coming in, they were already thinking of the commander-in-chief.

Think of a strategy to defeat the enemy." Jiang Jie said calmly.

"Oh? Sir, please speak." Yue Su said quickly.

"Li Zi divided his troops into five groups. We can divide his troops into four groups, with Zhang Yuanhua's troops as the leader, and destroy Li Zicheng's troops. Li Zicheng and his generals must not know that Zhang Hualong has surrendered now. Let's send Zhang Yuanhua a letter

The letter ordered Zhang Hualong, Feng Shuangli, Wang Zhaolin, and Yan Ximing to each lead an army, pretending to be defeated by our army and fleeing in all directions, and defected to Li Chuang's armies respectively, while the four armies led by the commander pretended to be behind.

Pursue. Just wait for Zhang Hualong and other troops to join Li Zicheng and other troops, and then cooperate inside and outside to catch them off guard, and Li Zicheng's troops will naturally be destroyed." Jiang Jie said with a smile.

"Wonderful, really wonderful...it's just..." Yue Su hesitated and then said: "I'm afraid that Zhang Yuanhua and others are pretending to surrender. As soon as our troops are dispersed, he will lead the main force of our army into the ambush circle of the rogue bandits. That would be terrible.

That’s bad.”

"The commander is overly worried. Zhang Hualong and the others have sent the letter now, which shows that they are sincerely surrendering. Also, this plan was not proposed by Zhang Hualong on his own initiative. I guess he has not thought of this at all. If the commander is worried, we can be more cautious and cut them off one by one.

." Jiang Jie said.

"Well... don't be impatient about anything. Just as the teacher said, cut them off one by one. However, if you do it one by one, the news will be easily leaked, which will hinder future actions and make the bandits on guard.

You fell into the trap." Yue Su said again.

"The problem is that the terrain in central Sichuan is difficult and communication is inconvenient, and the troops and horses that Li Zi separated cannot be very close. It is too late for us to find out where they are hiding and make final arrangements." Jiang Jie said.

"According to what sir said, I will send out reconnaissance cavalry immediately to find out where the bandits are hiding."

There are four groups of people, 50,000 people in each group. No matter where they go, they are very conspicuous. It is not difficult at all to find their whereabouts.

Before Yue Su arrived in Chengdu, he first scouted with his cavalry. By the time he arrived in Chengdu, the whereabouts of Li Zicheng's ministries had been found. Li Guo's troops and horses were entrenched in the mountains around Dayi County; Hao Yaoqi's troops and horses were entrenched in the mountains around Dayi County.

Hiding in the mountains around Baoxing County; Yuan Zongdi's troops and horses ran to Mount Emei; Li Zicheng's troops and horses were still marching to the west of Vietnam.

After ordering someone to fetch a map of Sichuan, Yue Su and Jiang Jie analyzed the terrain in detail and quickly came up with a plan. If Li Zicheng was far away, it would be best to leave him alone and deal with his minions before they could finally deal with them.

Yue Su wrote a letter to Zhang Hualong, ordering him to act according to his plan and grant him official positions. The four leaders were all governors and magistrates. He also promised that as long as they helped the court and exterminated the bandits, they would be rewarded. Lord Yue was also happy and agreed directly.

The title of General Takeru.

Zhang Hualong and others were determined to submit to the imperial court, and Mr. Yue's plan was completely flawless. He followed orders and picked up a military-virtuous general to come back. So, Zhang Hualong divided his troops into three groups, each with 17,000 soldiers.

People moved to Dayi County, Baoxing County and Mount Emei respectively.

Yue Su also sent out three groups of soldiers and horses. Except for Cao Bianjiao who went to Dayi County, the other two groups were all rogue soldiers. Originally, Yue Su planned to let the surrendered generals go in these three groups, and promised him the title of fifth-grade knight.

, but Cao Bianjiao had a deep hatred for Li Zicheng and insisted on recruiting Ying to fight, so Yue Su followed his wishes and allocated Sima Qiaoyu's troops to him.

The order of attack was as follows. Dayi County was the closest. Cao Bianjiao pretended to defeat Zhang Hualong's troops and drove Zhang Hualong's troops towards Dayi County. Zhang Hualong pretended to be in a state of embarrassment and went to join Li Guo, telling the officers and soldiers

He was so powerful that he told Li Guo to run away quickly. Anyway, no matter whether Li Guo ran away or not, Zhang Hualong would suddenly take action that night, set his troops on fire, lure Cao Cao's soldiers and horses to attack, and cooperate with each other inside and outside to kill Li Guo.

Li Guo had a brave plan, but it was a trick. Zhang Hualong concealed it. At night, Zhang Hualong suddenly attacked. Li Guo's army was caught off guard and suffered heavy casualties. Immediately afterwards, Cao Bianjiao led his army to kill, and the rogue bandits were unable to resist it. In the melee,

, Li Guo was killed by Cao Bianjiao himself, which was regarded as revenge for Cao Wenzhao. Li Guo's men were either killed or surrendered, and the battle of Dayi County ended.

After the first battle was won, the other two places also launched operations. He Yilong and Wang Yiyong pursued Feng Shuangli's troops towards Baoxing County, Liu Xiyao and Hui Deng pursued Yan Ximing, and Wang Zhaolin's troops headed towards Mount Emei. They walked very fast.

, they set off early again, and Li Guo's soldiers who escaped with their lives were too late to go and report the news.

The specific battle process, needless to say, is the same as defeating Li Guo. It is all about defending at night and cooperating inside and outside.

After successively defeating Li Zicheng's forces, Sichuan can be said to have been basically recovered. Yue Su established a plan to calm the people, strictly enforced military discipline, and distributed land to the people and surrendered refugees. For people who already have land to farm, if there is no land deed, since you have planted it,

That piece of land is yours. Yue Su directly issues the title deed. To those who do not have land, Yue Su will distribute the idle land to them, give them the title deed, and even give them money. Not only that, Yue Su even tells the people,

Zhang Xianzhong's previous policy of exempting grain for three years was still implemented by the court. There was no need to pay grain for three years, just live a good life.

A series of measures to benefit the people made the people in Sichuan burst into cheers, and everyone shouted Yue Qingtian's name.

In addition to appeasing the people, Yue Su had no choice but to send troops to eliminate the remnants of the rogue bandits. However, there were really no remnants of the rogue bandits in central Sichuan. Those who had escaped the bandits before saw the court's generosity and voluntarily came to submit to them. Yue Su not only treated them equally

, and the generals who lead the army are given preferential treatment and even official positions.

This time, more rogue bandits surrendered, and there was almost no fighting. Sichuan was at peace, and the only ones left were Li Zicheng and his family. Without his wings, Li Zicheng was a lost dog. Normally, the rogue bandit generals would not dare to fight against Li Zicheng.

But now, everyone is willing to beat up a drowned dog.

Many surrendered generals volunteered to capture Li Zicheng, and Yue Su all agreed to let them go and capture him. Unfortunately, Li Zicheng was a guerrilla fighter, and his escape speed was not ordinary, and he quickly escaped from Sichuan.

, fled to Guizhou, and followed Niu Jinxing's suggestion to win over the indigenous people of Guizhou and conquer the city.

Yue Su did not supervise the military in Guizhou. If he crossed the border to raise troops, even to suppress bandits, it would be a serious crime. Therefore, Mr. Yue could only ask for an order first. Unexpectedly, the reply from the court made Yue Su greatly disappointed.

"My love and hard work have made great achievements. I have successively recovered Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan and other places, which has brought the country to a standstill. I am very relieved. Now that many bandits have surrendered, Li Zicheng is not a person to worry about. This thief fled into Guizhou, and he is like a turtle in a urn. I have already surrendered."

The decree orders Mu Tianbo, Duke of Guizhou, to lead an army into Guizhou to annihilate Li Zicheng. It is expected that great success will be achieved. Various places in the Central Plains have been poisoned by rogue bandits for a long time and are in urgent need of comfort. The top priority of the Qing family is to stabilize the Central Plains, implement policies to calm the people, and eliminate the rogue bandits in the Central Plains.

The remnant sins of the Qing family. The merits of the Qing family are truly unparalleled in the past and the present. They are truly an example for hundreds of officials. They live up to the great responsibility of entrusting me to the emperor. They are the first person to revive the Ming Dynasty. I am hereby specially appointed to be the Zhengzhi Shangqing. It is hereditary and will not be replaced."

The purpose is very clear. The suppression of bandits has come to an end. There is no need for you, Yue Su, to continue the fight. Mu Tianbo, the current Duke of Guizhou, will lead the army there. Mu Tianbo has already explained in the previous article that he is Lord Yue’s brother-in-law and Mu Qiyuan’s brother-in-law.

Son, Mu Tianbo died in the third year of Chongjing. Because he was too far away from the capital and Master Yue had many things to do, he did not go to Yunnan to worship.

Let’s talk about the official position of Zhengzhi Shangqing. This is a second-grade honorary title second only to Zhuguo. It has a high status. Now that it is awarded to Yue Su, it can be said that it is well deserved.

After hearing the imperial edict, Mr. Yue smiled reluctantly and accepted the edict to thank him. He then wrote a note of thanks and asked the eunuch who delivered the edict to take it back to the capital.

There was no need to continue the war. Yue Su began to reorganize his troops and sent some troops to Shaanxi and Henan to wipe out the remaining bandits. To be honest, Mr. Yue gave the refugees such a great benefit, and some of them still wanted to become bandits. Basically

Everywhere is quiet, the only thing left is to recuperate.

As the commander-in-chief of an army, after winning a battle, his generals must also be given some benefits. Yue Su continued to work hard and asked for credit from his generals. Whether they were generals in the imperial court or demoted generals, they had to be promoted at least one level.

Depending on the merit, it is inevitable to reward some hereditary officials. All previous promises must be fulfilled.

After this busy life, two months passed quickly. In these two months, in addition to handling official duties in Sichuan, Yue Su also kept an eye on the situation in Guizhou. If anything happened to Mu Tianbo, he, as his brother-in-law, would

He could also get a hand as soon as possible. However, Mu Tianbo did not disappoint the court. He fought two battles with Li Zicheng and beat the bandits to the point where they cried for their fathers and mothers and fled in embarrassment. Now they are running around, and they don’t know where they are.
To be continued...