The incident happened to the Western Front. The so-called Western Front was that after entering the city that day, Liu Bu organized a large army to carry out a western expedition.

Liu Bu appointed Liu Zhongyong as the head coach of the Western Expedition and Mao Shengli as the deputy commander. He set out from Anqing and advanced west along the Yangtze River. The Western Expedition had an army of 50,000.

The main force was two elite main divisions, plus 30,000 servants, and the navy escorted them to transport supplies. They were so powerful that they advanced west along the Yangtze River, with a huge momentum.

The Western Expedition Army also acted very quickly, and could be called invasion. They quickly arrived in Huguang, besieged Wuchang Prefecture, and took Wuchang Prefecture, which was equivalent to taking Huguang.

This time they sent troops so quickly, mainly because they wanted to occupy more places before the court responded, just to take advantage of the opponent's chaos to quickly attack the opponent's weak links, create greater chaos, and thus achieve more victories.

Their plan this time was even bigger, because they all knew that the court would mobilize Zhu Xieyuan's army from the southwest to counterattack them. Zhu Xieyuan's army undoubtedly relied on Sichuan and advanced east along the river to deal with them. If they could occupy Chongqing or Sichuan when Zhu Xieyuan's army did not retreat from the southwest, they could say that they had all had strategic advantages and could control the decisive battle with the imperial army in Sichuan and the southwest, which would be better for them.

Therefore, the strategic purpose of the Western Expedition Army is that it must first capture Wuchang Prefecture; the second is to open up cities along the Yangtze River and attack Chongqing directly. At the lowest point, it must also capture Chongqing and confront Zhu Quyuan's army on the front line of Chongqing.

Because the information of the Liu family army also pointed out that Zhu Xieyuan's main force was still quelling the rebellion in Guizhou in the southwest. Although they had withdrawn one after another and gathered in Guiyang, their army would not be able to gather for less than three months. Chongqing's defense was extremely empty. If their army arrived, it would be when they won the first important city in southern Sichuan without bloodshed.

Therefore, after the Western Expedition Army surrounded Wuchang Prefecture, it immediately sent a side army to advance west along the river. Under the cover of the navy, it went all out to attack Yiling (Yichang), preparing to enter Sichuan and take Chongqing.

The Chinese army is now in full swing. Wherever they go, the local garrison soldiers and bandits from all over the country surrendered one after another. When the army set out from Anqing camp, there were only 50,000 people, but when the troops surrounded Wuchang Prefecture, the troops exceeded 100,000, so they dared to send a partial division, led by Deputy Commander Mao Shengli to continue advancing westward along the river. Without taking down Wuchang Prefecture, they dared to send troops to attack Sichuan.

As long as Sichuan is taken down, the Huaxia Empire can basically establish control over the south, and it can also ensure that all the grain production areas and wealthy places of the Ming Dynasty fall into the hands of the Huaxia Empire, and will have the upper hand and advantage in the future confrontation with the other party.

This was not Liu Zhongyong's temporary intention, but that they had such a plan before they set off.

After they took Nanjing, they also found that it was so easy to conquer the world. Their caution in the past was actually to cross the river with their eggs. If they were too careful, they had to take steps, work hard and be brave enough to achieve more victories. Just like Chen Wenruo, five hundred people could take Yangzhou, and three hundred people could win Suzhou.

Today, the Ming Dynasty is sunset and the wind is in its twilight years, and it is vulnerable. They have no way to resist the attack of the Liu family army. As long as the army arrives, no matter how big the city is, it will fall by the wind or be captured by them.

The Western Expedition Army was very fast, as fast as lightning, they rushed straight to Wuchang Prefecture, and the towns along the way were all surrendered. All the cities surrendered one after another, and they also created a more amazing miracle. It was even more legendary than Chen Wenruo and Sun Kewang, which was easy to take Yangzhou and Suzhou.

This is their cavalry captain Li Dingguo, who led 18 cavalrymen to conduct firepower investigations on Xiangyang. As a result, they took down Xiangyang City with eighteen people and forced Fei Yangguang, the prefect of the north and south towns, to surrender to them. At that time, only Li Dingguo and the other Chinese army within a hundred miles of Xiangyang City were only the eighteen cavalry.

The news came back to Nanjing, but they were very excited and happy. Everyone thought that the Chinese army was now as helpful as God, and no matter what they did, it would be natural. Only those who achieved brilliant achievements with ease can have such great luck.

The sun sets in the west, so the decline is so great.

This is Xiangyang City, a famous military city in the world and one of the hubs between the north and the south. In order to capture Xiangyang City, the Mongol Empire dispatched hundreds of thousands of troops and besieged the city for ten years and built the title of the iron-like Xiangyang City.

In the Ming Dynasty, Xiangyang was also an important town, and there were enfeoffed vassal kings here. Generally, all towns that enfeoffed vassal kings were very important, both in military and other meanings. It was such a huge city that was taken down by Li Dingguo, led by eighteen cavalrymen.

One day, Li Dingguo was famous all over the world, and was known as Li Erlang for both wisdom and courage.

The story is so old-fashioned. Li Dingguo led his elite cavalry to advance quickly. They rushed forward under the banner of the Chinese army and rushed into Xiangyang City quickly. The other party was caught off guard and had no time to close the city gate.

Li Dingguo led his eighteen cavalry to advance wildly, attacked the prefect's yamen, captured the prefect Fei Yangguang alive, and then forced him to surrender.

At the beginning, this prefect was still stubborn and would rather die than follow the thief. Li Dingguo did not hesitate. The sword flashed by and killed half of the officials in the government office, killing people's heads and blood flowed into a river. This prefect surrendered under the butcher knife of the Chinese army and ordered surrender.

Just when Fei Yangguang ordered his surrender, hundreds of soldiers surrounded him outside his palace and were preparing to attack and rescue him. These soldiers also knew that there were not many Chinese troops who broke in, only dozens of people.

However, in order to avoid hurting the innocent, the prefect Fei Yangguang announced his surrender and ordered these people to lay down their weapons and surrender to the Chinese army.

The leading officials ordered surrender, what is the point of resistance for these soldiers? And just as they were hesitating, the reinforcements of the Chinese army, a thousand iron cavalry arrived at lightning and officially arrived, which made these people lose their will to resist.

The important town of Xiangyang fell into the hands of the Chinese army.

As the deputy commander of the Western Route Army, Mao Shengli saw it very jealous. He followed Liu Bu all the way to conquer the world, fighting south and north, and made many contributions, but he had never won such a big city and achieved such a brilliant victory. Therefore, he led his troops to attack Yiling overnight, preparing to take Yiling, and then he could advance along the river, take Wu County, and then break Kuizhou, and then attack Sichuan. As long as he took Chongqing, the overall situation was decided, and Mao's victory was famous all over the world, and he was just around the corner.

All the information from the Chinese Army showed that Zhu Xieyuan's army was still gathering, and he did not return to Chongqing. As Chongqing, the largest city in southern Sichuan, his troops were extremely empty. After taking over half of Sichuan, it was equivalent to falling into their hands.

Since ancient times, the difficulty in attacking Sichuan is that it is surrounded by mountains. Humanity is difficult to reach the sky. As long as you break through one place and rush in, you will let them traverse and gallop.

Mao Shengli had this idea, so he ordered his army to charge forward with all his might. After taking Yiling, they could turn to attack Wu County. Who knew that it was raining heavily at this time.

The rain is very unfavorable to the Chinese army, because all the weapons of the Chinese army are basically firearms. The rain wets the gunpowder, and their cannons and muskets cannot exert their power.

Even so, there is no problem. The small number of Ming troops in Yiling City is not the opponent of Mao Shengli's tens of thousands of troops. It is also a matter of time to be captured.

At this moment, Mao Shengli was attacked by Zhu Xieyuan's army. Zhu Xieyuan's tens of thousands of troops seemed to suddenly appear. After they emerged, they attacked Mao Shengli's army fiercely.

Mao Shengli was stunned by the opponent's sudden attack. The opponent suddenly appeared and attacked him with a wave of attacks. The enemy's infantry and cavalry were everywhere, and they launched a fierce attack when it rained.

Zhu Jieyuan was extremely good at using troops. He attacked fiercely in the rain and drove tens of thousands of troops from the beginning to charge. Tens of thousands of troops were rushing towards him with big swords and spears like a flood. The Liu family army could not resist the enemy's fierce attack like a storm. Their defense line was instantly broken, and the two sides were mixed together, and they fought each other in blood.

What is powerful about the Liu family army is his artillery and his muskets. When these two advantages are gone, they are at an absolute disadvantage. From the beginning of Zhu Xieyuan's army, they suppressed Mao Shengli to attack.

Mao Shengli was very tenacious and brave, and personally led the troops to counterattack to hedge. He knew that if he was involved with the other side, he would eventually die. Tens of thousands of soldiers on both sides fought bloody battles under Yiling City in heavy rain.

This bloody battle started from noon to night. The heavy rain stopped, but the battle became even more intense.

Neither side hesitated and went all out at the beginning, and Mao Shengli personally led the army to resist.

As the commander of the Ming army, Zhu Xieyuan personally led his army to charge, holding a big knife and shouting to kill. The Ming army took the lead, Qin Liang's Yumen, the famous Shizhu Chieftain.

The Baigan soldiers were the elite of the Ming Dynasty. Although they were defeated in the Hunhe battle, they were famous all over the world. It can be said that they are still honored even if they are defeated.

Later, Qin Liangyu, chieftain of Shizhu, led her Baigang soldiers to fight south and north, contributed to the country, and became famous all over the world. She was a general who was officially organized by the imperial court. She had made great contributions in this quelling of She'an Rebellion. When the Ming Dynasty was at its most dangerous time, she would naturally send their most powerful legion to mobilize.

The Baigang soldiers were dispatched and indeed they were extraordinary. They defeated the Qingzhou Division, the elite legion of the Chinese army in one fell swoop.
Chapter completed!