"Gentlemen, Wu Sangui's fellow has withdrawn his troops. Guizhou has reported in detail, and the Tatars have also mobilized a large army. If this is not what I expected, the Tatars will probably take action against Yunnan."

Wen Anzhi repeated these calls for the righteousness of the monarch and his ministers many times, and there was no need to do so anymore. After hearing the news, the generals quickly mobilized the troops who had returned to rebuild and rest. They went out for expeditions and assisted in defense. Everything was in accordance with

As it did in June, the offensive against Chongqing was launched again.

This time the army was divided into two armies, land and water, and rushed to Chongqing Fucheng. Wen Anzhi, the supervisor of the division, personally led Liu Tichun, Yuan Zongdi, Ta Tianbao, Dang Shouxu, He Zhen, Ma Tengyun and other main battalion forces to advance along the land route on both sides of the Yangtze River; the supervisory army

Eunuch Pan Yinglong contacted Santan and the navy to set off by boat.

On the second day of December, Fuhou Tan Wen and Zhenbei General Mou Sheng led 7,000 Ming troops in 158 ships and arrived at Chongqing City. They immediately divided their troops into three groups and launched an offensive against Chongqing Fucheng.

It was still cleaning up the plum blossom piles outside the city, which really cost a lot of hands and feet. It can be seen that Wu Sangui was still hardworking and uncomplaining. After the cleaning was completed, the battle started immediately. The sound of artillery fire and the cry of killing resounded outside Chongqing again after only a few months.

Chaotianmen first line, Linjiangmen first line, Qiansimen first line, Nanjimen, Chuqimen first line, Jinzimen first line, Chongqing Seventeenth Gate, Ming Army three lines spread out, virtual and real complement each other. Especially outside the city, the "dominant position" was gradually restored.

The dense vegetation made the Qing army have no courage to leave the city to counterattack, fearing that there would be ambushes of the Ming army in places beyond their sight, waiting for them to fall into a trap.

The Qing army fought stubbornly in the city. They fought like this from the second day of the Lunar New Year until the 13th. The messenger sent by the Qing army to seek help from Wu Sangui must have arrived in Zunyi long ago, but Wu Sangui was not seen returning. Looking north,

From the downstream direction, another Ming naval force, no less powerful than the former, sailed towards Chongqing City!

"There are more than a hundred ships. Look at the soldiers. There are six or seven thousand men and horses. The ones coming in front are Tan Wen and Mou Sheng, and the ones coming back are Tan Yi and Yuan Jinxiao. These are only two of the three Tans.

There are already 13,000 to 40,000 troops. Presumably the intruders are also following us, and it won’t take long for them to arrive one after another!”

"The thieves clearly know that we have increased our troops, so the scale this time is even bigger than last time. Maybe the whole army is coming. Why hasn't Prince Pingxi returned to the army? If he comes a few days later, I'm afraid it will be

All we can do is collect the bodies for us!"

"King Pingxi has already returned to the army once. This time, it is more reliable to hope that Li Zhijun can lead troops from Baoning to the south for reinforcements."

Outside the city, the new Ming army arrived and had to readjust their defense zones, so the offensive was temporarily suspended. However, the people inside the city did not feel relaxed at all. On the contrary, they became even more panic-stricken. After all, they were not

The real elites of the Green Camp, let alone compared with Wu Sangui's Guan Ning Army. And their opponents are the only remaining achievements of the old Sichuan Army and the rest of the old Chuang Army. There is a big gap in the combat effectiveness of the two sides.

Even if they are defending with a fortified city, even if their military strength is not inferior to that of their opponents in the past ten days, it is still quite difficult to withstand such an offensive.

At night, the defense was arranged, and Wang Mingde and other generals gathered together to discuss the military situation. However, they still had no clue about the countermeasures. As for the governor Gao Mingzhan, he was a man who could burn even after his death in the past few days.

Following the example of the eminent monk who came out of the relic, he knelt in front of the Bodhisattva statue of Amitabha countless times and prayed for the Qing army. He also made great contributions to the defense in spirit, so they really couldn't bear to disturb them.

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"At this rate, it won't take a few days for all the Kuidong thieves to arrive..."

"What else can we do? It's just a fight to the death!"

Everyone's thoughts are different, but when they are looking at each other at the moment, they are nothing more than fighting to the death and hoping that the Qing court can support their families and protect their children and grandchildren in the future, that's all.

Tan Yi and Yuan Jinxiao arrived today. From the top of the city, they could see that the handover of defense areas by the two Ming armies had been officially completed in the afternoon. If nothing else goes wrong, the offensive will continue tomorrow, and they will not only have to face these ten days

The old rivals who have arrived will be fiercely attacked by these new forces. Moreover, such new forces will continue to arrive in the future, which will make their pessimism and "seconds" increase.

A clever woman couldn't make a meal without straw, so after a long discussion, she couldn't come up with an idea. She still had no choice but to hold on until Wu Sangui's return troops arrived. Unexpectedly, before they could disperse, one of Wang Mingde's subordinates rolled up and crawled away.

ran in, saying that Sichuan Governor Gao Mingzhan had escaped from the city with his cronies!

"I'm going to chase Governor Gao back right away!"

Cheng Tingjun, the commander-in-chief of Chongkui, stood up from the scene and said that he would lead his troops to chase him. Unexpectedly, Wang Mingde grabbed his arm and sighed: "How can we chase this guy back?"

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With just these words, Wang Mingde persuaded Cheng Tingjun to come down. The latter sat back on his chair in despair, and was heartbroken. However, no one knew the implication of Wang Mingde's advice, whether Cheng Tingjun was

I really understood it, but no one knew it.

After all, people's hearts are separated from each other.

The governor ran away, and the news spread quickly throughout the city. The morale of the defenders was inevitably hit to varying degrees - although they had only seen the governor a few times, and no one saw him when they were defending the city.

Even though he was a senior official sent by the Qing court, he was responsible for the civil affairs, prisons, and military affairs of a province. Now that even the feudal officials have run away, pawns like them are naturally even less aware of it.

It seemed that they had to defend such a city for the Qing Dynasty.

The next day, December 14th, as expected, the Ming army continued their offensive. After handing over the defense area, Tan Wen gathered more troops and launched an siege operation against Chongqing City. Mou Sheng and

Yuan Jinxiao's navy was on the river shelling the city walls along the river, which was very lively. Only Tan Yi never made any movement, as if he didn't exist.

"Yangyuan, the soldiers who escaped from the city said that Gao Mingzhan had already abandoned the city and fled, and his morale plummeted. If you advance at this time, you can attack with a bang. Why are you standing still here?"

Wanxian Santan is a brother of the same race. They are close relatives. In recent years, facing the former Dashun Army units entrenched in Kuidong and the Xiying troops who have entered Sichuan to operate, they are even more like the brothers of the same countrymen. They have always stayed together.

The tightest one.

The three Tans, headed by Tan Wen, are used to venting their anger. It was agreed with Wen Anzhi in advance that they would launch the attack first, and the situation is now very good, and it is even possible that they can take advantage of it before the army arrives.

They went to Chongqing Fucheng. However, Tan Yi remained motionless and did not attack as promised. It was like this on the 14th, and today was already the 15th. It was like this again, so Tan Wen had to rush to Tan Yi's camp and meet him.

It is inevitable to ask questions.

The situation of the Qing army was very bad, and the chances of winning were greatly increased. Tan Wen was not at all angry when a teammate was holding him back. However, after hearing this, Tan Yi did not give an explanation, but hesitated slightly.

Then he asked him in return: "Brother, Chongqing is easy to move down, but Guizhou has been lost, so what's the point of us working so hard?"

"What do you mean!"

Tan Yi's words were something Tan Wen never expected. He shouted at him sharply, but Tan Yi seemed to have mustered up the courage and continued to speak to him: "Brother, Guizhou has been lost, and Yunnan will definitely be difficult to hold on to. Let's fight to the death in Sichuan.

, but the imperial court is about to disappear before our eyes."

"Yangyuan, the King of Jin has now killed the four kings of the imperial court. Wu Sangui can't do anything to him. Besides, there is Southeast..."

"Brother, are you talking about Zheng Ci and Chen Kai? God knows if they were made up by Supervisor Wen."

"Supervisor Wen will never lie to us!" At this point, looking at Tan Yi's evasive eyes, Tan Wen suddenly realized: "Do you want to surrender?"

With a loud shout, Tan Yi subconsciously took two steps back when he heard this. Then he felt a little angry, but he didn't dare to step forward again. He simply persuaded him with gentle words: "Brother, the world is now owned by the Qing Dynasty.

If there is a way, a good bird will choose a tree to rise from, and a wise minister will choose a master to serve..."

"That's a Tatar, you don't want your ancestors anymore!" Angrily shouted, Tan Wendang drew his sword in his hand, and the cold light on the tip of the sword pointed directly at Tan Yi's nose: "I will give you one last chance.

, now follow me to attack the city. I will just pretend that I have never heard the nonsense you just said. Otherwise..."

"We are brothers, brother, don't force me!"

As he spoke, Tan Yidang grabbed the tea cup on the table and threw it to the ground with all his strength. The blue and white porcelain tea cup made a crisp cracking sound when it touched the ground. At the same time, a

The team of elite soldiers in armor swarmed in and surrounded Tan Wen in the tent.

"It turns out that you have been ready for a long time." The group of warriors were all Tan Yi's personal soldiers. Tan Wen listened carefully and it seemed that the few personal soldiers he had brought with him had also been restrained.

At this moment, it was extremely difficult for him to reverse the situation, and sadness arose in his heart: "I, Tan Wen, will never surrender!"

Half an hour later, outside Linjiang Gate of Chongqing Fucheng, Tan Yi's commander-in-chief Feng Jingming came to shout, saying that he was willing to surrender to the Qing court on behalf of Tan Yi. After hearing the news, Wang Mingde and others hurriedly hoisted Feng Jingming into the city.

After careful interrogation, in the face of such great joy, he quickly rewarded the envoy and sent his trusted followers to Tan Yin's camp to verify the authenticity. When he got there, he examined Tan Wen's head and saw that Tan Yina had just kept it.

The money rat tail also hurried back to the city to report the good news to Wang Mingde and other generals.

The next day, the Qing army, which had been huddled in the city, suddenly came out of the city to fight. The Ming army did not doubt that he was there and quickly responded. Unexpectedly, at this moment, Tan Yi's troops actually turned against him. They thought they would stay in Tan Yi's camp to discuss with him.

Tan Wen's generals in the military affairs department were suddenly attacked, and there was a chaos immediately.

Under the internal and external attacks of the Qing army and the rebels, Tan Wen's troops were leaderless and were caught off guard. The artillery originally used to attack the city was aimed at the ships on the river bank and on the river, and they were also in chaos.

The Ming army was defeated and hurriedly evacuated down the river towards Kuidong. "The number of those who capsized and fell into the water is unknown." The Qing army pursued them until they reached the Tongluo Gorge before withdrawing their troops and returning to their camp.

On the 17th, Tan Hong, the last of the Three Tans, went to help as promised. What he saw was that floating corpses and broken boats were everywhere on both sides of the river bank. Tan Yi even came there in person, instead of standing in front of the two armies.

Meet.

"Without the navy, Commander Wen couldn't take Chongqing, so he could only lead the intruders back in despair. As for Yunnan, General Wang said that the Eight Banners Army of the imperial court has joined forces with Prince Pingxi.

How can I be my opponent just by looking at that Western thief?"

"But there are also Zheng Ci and Chen Kai in the southeast."

The hatred between the Sichuan Army and Xiying is as deep as the sea. Li Dingguo died without a burial place, and Tan Hong could only feel happy. But the problem is that the current Southeast Ming Army is already a behemoth. Between the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it is still unclear who will win.

It is inevitable that he will have some worries.

"Haha, Zheng Ci is a pirate. Maybe the imperial court is not his opponent at sea, but if there is a land war, he will die when the Eight Banners Army withdraws from the southwest. And that Chen Kai is even more ridiculous. Hong Jing

Lue Na was a figure who had been famous for decades, and could he easily defeat him? I think it was probably that guy who took advantage of Hong Jinglue's clone to take advantage of him and defeated one or two of Hong Jinglue's generals before being defeated.
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