When Liu Ruyi received the news that Wushan County had been lost, it was already three days later. By this time, Liu Ruyi had already bypassed Guizhou and came to the Xintan area.
Inside the tent, Liu Ruyi couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
Unexpectedly, despite all the calculations by the officers and soldiers, Zhang Xianzhong was still able to pry open a hole and sneak into Sichuan.
As a result, Yang Sichang's strategy of annihilating all the Xian traitors in Jingxi has come to nothing. Now he has no choice but to pursue the Xian traitors into Sichuan as he did in history.
However, Liu Ruyi has no good solution for this!
After all, the mobility of the civilian armies of the Xianthi tribes is too strong. If we cannot seize the right opportunity, it is really unrealistic to annihilate them.
Liu Ruyi also had more than 10,000 wives and concubines of Luo Rucai's tribe as captives under Liu Ruyi's command, which also seriously slowed down Liu Ruyi's marching speed.
Of these more than 10,000 prisoners, 70% are young and middle-aged women. Although they have no fighting ability, they are in the nurturing period and are a very precious asset. Naturally, Liu Ruyi will not give up easily!
At this time, the troops will be divided again to escort them back to Shandong.
But now that the matter has come to this, Liu Ruyi has no choice but to force herself to calm down. This is a messy job in the first place, and it is no longer realistic to want a quick solution. Liu Ruyi has no choice but to be patient and take it step by step.
With the cooperation of Luo Anbang, Liu Ruyi arranged for three hundred colorful stone troops to escort these women and wealth back to Shandong by water.
At this time, the Xianthi tribe had already fled into Sichuan, and the entire Huguang area was still peaceful, so Liu Ruyi did not have to worry about the safety of these women on the road.
After handling these trivial matters, Liu Ruyi was able to order the army to set off westward along the Yangtze River, preparing to go to Niukou on the east side of Badong to join Yang Sichang's main army.
But as soon as the army set off, two important pieces of news came from the forward sentry.
First, Zuo Liangyu has led his army into Sichuan ahead of schedule!
The second one came from Babu's tribe. They found traces of Hui Dengxiang, the "Guo Tianxing". At this time, he was near Chitan, preparing to go north and flee into the deep mountains of Xingshan area.
Liu Ruyi couldn't help but feel a little confused. These refugee soldiers were like lice. If they caught a big fish, they would inevitably miss the small fish!
But the food has to be eaten one bite at a time. Now that the situation has come to this, the enemies behind him have finally been eliminated. Liu Ruyi will never allow the remnants of the refugee army to return to Yunyang Mansion, where the situation is complicated!
"Send the order to the army and attack the beach! Let's attack Prime Minister Hui Deng first!" In a moment, Liu Ruyi had already made a decision!
Zuo Liangyu's army has arrived here, but at this time, there is basically only an empty city left in Wushan County. All the men, women, old and children in the city have been kidnapped and taken away by the bandits!
The white-armed soldiers under Qin Shuang's command realized that something was wrong and wanted to come back to seize the city. However, the main force of the Xian thieves was here, and they were far from their opponents. They had to retreat to Fengjie and defend to the death.
In the Wushan County government office, Zuo Liangyu paced back and forth with his hands behind his back!
It had been more than ten days since the troops were dispatched. They pursued from Huguang into Sichuan, but they didn't even see the thief. This made Zuo Liangyu extremely irritable.
If it were in the past, this would be nothing, but the key point is that Liu Ruyi has already achieved Luo Rucai's great achievements. If he can't show any more achievements on the table, what will Yang Sichang think of him? What will Emperor Chongzhen think of him?
For the first time in many years, Zuo Liangyu was under great pressure!
But this pressure was not given to him by the imperial court and Yang Sichang, but more because of Liu Ruyi!
"Commander Father, the brothers in front have discovered the traces of the bandits. They are now in the mountains near Dachang in the north. What should we do?"
While Zuo Liangyu was thinking about it, Zuo Mengeng ran in anxiously and reported the latest battle report to him.
"Is the news accurate?" Zuo Liangyu quickly looked into Zuo Mengeng's eyes.
Zuo Mengeng nodded heavily, "Absolutely right! Our brothers from the forward battalion have already connected the fire to the thieves! It can be seen that their escape was also very embarrassing, and there was not much order!"
"Okay!" Zuo Liangyu slammed the table, "Since this opportunity has come to us, no matter what, we must fight hard!"
Zuo Mengeng also meant the same thing, and said hurriedly: "Father is handsome and wise! If the little bastard named Liu takes the lead again this time, it will be really difficult for us, father and son, to explain!"
Zuo Liangyu nodded, a fierce look flashed in his eyes, "Send my military order, the army will set off, and the army will be launched immediately!"
The Pan Valley on the east side of Dachang is deep in the Eastern Sichuan Mountains, with undulating mountains, dense and green forests, wild beasts, and few people.
Zhang Xianzhong's troops have been resting here for half a day.
In fact, he was not willing to give up his family business in Huguang so easily, but at this time, Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, was still hiding in the mountains at the junction of Shaanxi and Henan. Among the entire Ming Dynasty's rebels, only his "Eight Kings" were the most famous.
However, it has also become the primary target of the imperial court’s fire!
"Father, there is no way for us to run like this! That old dog Zuo Liangyu is chasing after us. If this continues, we will be overtaken by him sooner or later! Otherwise, let's find a place and have a good fight with him.
!Chop off his dog’s paws to wake him up!” Li Dingguo analyzed for Zhang Xianzhong.
Zhang Xianzhong nodded. He had already had this intention. The reason why he did not fight in Jingxi was because the official army was powerful and had many elites. At this time, Zuo Liangyu advanced alone, which gave him a good opportunity!
"Dingguo, do you have any good ideas?" Zhang Xianzhong looked at Li Dingguo and asked.
Li Dingguo thought for a moment and then said: "Father, it's not as good as today! Outside this valley, there is an open land! If my prediction is correct, Zuo Liangyu's thugs are probably about to arrive! We will be here.
Let’s have a fight with them and let them know that we are not so easy to bully!”
Zhang Xianzhong nodded, "Dingguo, I will leave it to you to take charge of this matter! Remember, don't rush forward, focus on defense, just beat them up, don't be reluctant to fight!"
Li Dingguo was overjoyed and hurriedly knelt down and said: "Thank you, Commander-in-Chief! Father, don't worry, I will definitely teach Zuo Laogou a lesson this time!"
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One day later, Zuo Liangyu's army also arrived at this narrow and gentle area outside Pan Valley.
This area is located in the middle of several low mountain peaks. It seems that it should be a river, but the river has dried up long ago. Countless fallen leaves have filled the river ditch, forming a formation under the cold ice.
An open depression!
Li Dingguo, Sun Kewang, and Ai Nengqi have led 30,000 refugee troops and have been waiting here for a long time!
When Zuo Liangyu saw this, he didn't say any more nonsense and directly ordered the fight to begin!
Tens of thousands of troops from both sides engaged in bloody hand-to-hand combat in this depression!
Due to terrain restrictions, both sides have no cavalry, and the equipment of the refugee army is almost the same as that of the left army. They are evenly matched. They just rely on their bravery to fight hard!
The battle lasted for three full days, and nearly ten thousand people were killed in the left army's various units. However, Li Dingguo's various units did not take advantage, and suffered heavy casualties!
Seeing that neither of them had the ability to defeat the other, both sides called off their troops and made a truce, which bought time for Zhang Xianzhong's main force to escape.
When Zuo Liangyu launched another attack on Li Dingguo's troops, Zhang Xianzhong had already fled further north to Daning, and Li Dingguo no longer wanted to fight and quickly retreated!
Zuo Liangyu didn't dare to pursue him for fear of being ambushed, so he could only watch the thief slip away from under his nose!
Just when Zuo Liangyu was feeling regretful, Liu Ruyi's department, who was far away in Chitan, also got into trouble with Hui Deng, the Prime Minister of "Guo Tianxing"!
Prime Minister Hui Deng originally wanted to follow Zhang Xianzhong into Sichuan, but after Luo Rucai died, he suddenly changed his mind!
After all, following Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai, he can only be regarded as a small boss. How can he compare with being the king of the mountain?
The most critical thing is that the main force of the army has been concentrated in western Jingxi and eastern Sichuan, and the Yunyang Mansion area is extremely empty. Prime Minister Hui Deng wants to take a dangerous move and return to the deep mountains of Fangshan County.
But what he didn't expect was that Chieftain Babu had already sold his information to Liu Ruyi.
On the official road from Chitan to Guizhou, Prime Minister Hui Deng's 5,000-strong army was blocked by Liu Ruyi's colorful stone army! And accompanying Liu Ruyi's troops, there were more than 1,000 chieftain soldiers from Babu!
At this time, Babu was also eager to show off in front of Liu Ruyi, so the chieftain soldiers under his command took the lead in attacking Hui Deng's ministry!
The chieftain soldiers under Babu are all thin and dark-skinned. They wear rattan armor with unique national characteristics. The weapons in their hands are also various, but most of them are mainly long hooks and long forks, like a pack of hungry wolves.
, rushed towards Xiang Huiden’s army crazily.
Mr. Hui Deng never imagined that he would be so unlucky and encounter a "ghost" when he went out!
But now that the matter has come to this, he can't escape, so he has to fight hastily!
The two sides surrounded the official road and started a chaotic battle!
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Liu Ruyi also did not expect that although the chieftain soldiers under Babu looked inconspicuous, their combat power was amazing. In less than half an hour, they actually defeated more than two thousand refugee troops alive!
In particular, the unity of these chieftain soldiers made Liu Ruyi a bit astonished. Although they were poorly equipped, they were not afraid of death. They were often in a situation where death was inevitable, but with the help of their companions, they were able to turn danger into safety and directly defeat the refugee army.
It’s so miserable!
Liu Ru thought that the time was almost up, so he ordered the army to attack!
Under the cover of two thousand cannon soldiers, a thousand spearmen rushed madly towards the position of Prime Minister Huiden. Prime Minister Huiden had no time to react. The ones who had been killed were all including himself and others.
He was captured alive by the soldiers and brought to Liu Ruyi.
Liu Ruyi actually didn't have much interest in this kind of 'little fish and shrimp', but Hui Dengxiang was a handsome man, tall and mighty, with extraordinary martial arts skills. Liu Ruyi took one look at him and couldn't help but give birth to a child.
A love of talent!
Although this person can be regarded as one of the thirty-six leaders of the late Ming Dynasty, he has never done any serious evil. He can be regarded as a person who runs errands behind Li Chuang and Xian Thief, and has never had any chance to show off!
"What? Brother Hui, haven't you been clamoring to seek revenge from me? Now that I've seen you, why have you suddenly stopped moving?" Liu Ruyi looked at him with a smile.
Huiden kowtowed hurriedly, "General, you have really wronged this villain! This villain is just talking casually to appease the hearts of his brothers! If, if, you want to seek revenge from the general, then...
I have entered Sichuan with the Eight Kings a long time ago, and how could I meet you, General, here!"
Liu Ruyi couldn't help laughing, "This Prime Minister Hui Deng is a wonderful man!"