After the Chu army general Li Zhanchun secretly surrendered in Dahai, Chen Bangyan's army of more than 30,000 people (including the Ma Yingshi surrender army) passed through Chongqing without any obstacles, Changshou, and arrived at Shidui to meet up with Ma Wannian.
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The first thing Chen Bangyan did was to visit Mrs. Qin, who was already in a coma.
"Comfort envoy, don't be too sad, the old lady's illness will get better," Chen Bangyan advised Ma Wannian.
"Envoy Xuanwei, I want to have a decisive battle with the puppet King of Chu in the near future."
"Futai, my grandmother said before she fell into coma, stick to the pass and attack the enemy when they run out of food."
"This time, that time. Don't worry, I have a perfect plan. When the time comes, there will be a surprise attack."
"A surprise soldier?"
"The secret of heaven must not be leaked. When the war breaks out, you will know it."
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"Jianguo, Jing Keqin, Chen Lin surrendered, Hu Jiusi left, our army is not morale. It is better to return to Tianzi City and fight another day."
Cheng Zhengdian, the governor of Sichuan appointed by Zhu Rongfan, offered suggestions.
Zhu Rongfan sighed: "Cheng Qing, I know that the morale of the army is not good. But there is not much food. If we go back to Tianzi City, we will end up with all the food and the troops will be scattered. It is better to fight the enemy decisively while we still have the strength to fight." p>
Cheng Zhengdian frowned: "In charge of supervising the country, we have to find a way to boost morale."
Zhu Rongfan muttered: "I have a plan."
The next day, Zhu Rongfan summoned all the generals to discuss matters. Suddenly, he reported that someone called Jiusi's general, who claimed to be Wang Wu, asked for an audience.
"General? Didn't he defect to Yuan Tao? Did he change his mind and join me again? Quickly, let that Wang Wu come in."
As soon as Wang Wu entered the tent, he burst into tears in front of Zhu Rongfan and the generals.
"Jianguo, generals, take revenge for my family's general!"
Zhu Rongfan asked in surprise: "What's going on? Didn't General Hu vote for Yuan Tao? Wang Wu, don't be impatient, please speak slowly."
"The supervisor of the country called the general to take us to leader Yuan who was fighting for the king of heaven. Chen Bangyan, the governor of Sichuan appointed by King Jing of the puppet supervisor of the country, was very happy and hosted a banquet in honor of us. What can you say, there is no greater good than knowing how to return when you have lost your way. Unexpectedly, the banquet was useless
A good feast. Halfway through the wine, a group of swordsmen broke into the tent and chopped General Hu into pieces. He also sent troops to surround the military camp and slaughtered ten thousand brothers. The general happened to be busy and was not in the camp, so he escaped.
After getting this calamity, what else does Chen Bangyan say??"
"What did you say?"
"Chen Bangyan said that our Chu army are all bandits. After winning this battle, he will kill us all to eliminate the banditry in Sichuan."
"What, Thief Chen is so vicious?"
"Damn it, if you don't give me a way to survive, I will fight with him!"
"You want to kill me! I'll kill him first!"
The generals of the Chu army, most of whom were bandits, were furious when they heard this. They all asked for a fight. Some of them originally thought of surrendering if they could not win. When they heard that surrender would mean death, they had no choice but to risk their lives and fight.< /p>
Cheng Zhengdian secretly admired: "Jian Guo's move is so clever!"
Zhu Rongfan saw that the military was ready, so he issued a letter of war to Jingjun, agreeing to a decisive battle tomorrow. Chen Bangyan agreed.
He used Santan as the front camp, Yang Bingyin as the left camp, Bai Jiaolong as the right camp, Liu Weiming and Yang Chaozhu as the middle camp, and Li Zhanchun as Yu Dahai as the rear camp. Let the soldiers have a good meal and prepare for the decisive battle.
The most pitiable thing is the drama star Wang Wu, who was secretly silenced just after receiving the reward.
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The rising sun was as red as fire, and Shi Ding, who had been silent for several days, ushered in an earth-shattering battle.
Chu's army numbered more than 100,000, while Jing's army numbered more than 40,000. Both sides carried the banner of the Ming Dynasty and wore red war jackets. They were as red as the maple forest in autumn. The only difference was that the Chu army's flags, except for the word "ming" In addition to the flag, there is also a flag with the character "Chu"; on the Jingjun side, in addition to the flag with the character "Ming", there is also a flag with the character "Jing".
With a loud and urgent horn, the Chu army was dispatched. The overwhelming crowd was dense and boundless.
"Kill!"
Following the war drums, every three steps, the Chu army shouted "Kill!"
The killing sound shook the sky and the power was astonishing.
If you want to fight, I will fight.
The drums and horns of Jingjun also sounded, and the flags fluttered in the wind.
Rows of soldiers, marching in neat steps, are as powerful as mountains and as neat as pine forests.
Push forward calmly, shouting "Kill!" every three steps.
Except for the infantry, there are not many cavalry on both sides. They are attacking each other on the flanks.
First, arrows and bullets were fired at each other.
Slowly, the two armies collided overwhelmingly, as if two giant beasts were fighting.
The sound of war drums was like the roar of beasts, resounding in the night. Spears, throwing spears, heavy swords, and waist knives were flying sonorously. The dull shouts of killing made the valley of Shidui tremble.
In the center, the Chu army's Tan Wen, Tan Yi, and Tan Hong's troops faced Ma Wannian's Baigan soldiers; on the left, the Chu army's Yang Bingyin's troops faced the Jing army's Dongchuan Lushi soldiers; on the right, the Chu army's Bai Jiaolong troops faced Jing's army. Jun Yangzhan, Hou Yongxibu.
One side is a trapped beast that is forced into a desperate situation, and the other side is a hunter who vows to quell the rebellion for the imperial court. There is nothing poetic and picturesque, but only life and death.
Scenes of ferocious faces, bloody swords, low howls, and diffuse smoke and dust, linger in the mountains for a long time.
Yang Bingyin, the general of the Chu army, fought with real fire. When he heard that Chen Bangyan wanted to treat the Chu army as bandits and kill them all, he became desperate.
Who doesn't know that he, Bandit Yang, is the famous "Second Sentinel" of the Thirteenth Yaohuang Family?
If you want to kill them all, I will kill you first!
Yang Bingyin took a long-handled sword and charged in person.
The eldest son Lu Yongsheng and the second son Lu Yongbang of Dongchuan Chieftain Lu Wanzhao fought against Yang Bingyin.
Once the big thief is desperate, he is not easy to mess with.
Brush, brush, brush, each stroke is as fast as a knife.
Lu Yongsheng was unable to dodge and was split in half with a knife.
"Brother!"
Lu Yongbang's canthus was about to burst, his eyes were blood red, and he came to chop with an axe.
Yang Bingyin immediately turned aside, flexibly switched the sword from his right hand to his left, and swung the sword horizontally. Lu Yongbang couldn't hold back his momentum, and his head fell to the ground.
"Ah Da! Ah Er!"
Lu Wanzhao went crazy and led Lu Yonggao, Lu Yongming, and Lu Yonghou to rush towards Yang Bingyin.
Chen Bangyan saw that his left wing was a little unable to support him, so he glanced at Yan Sizhong, who was sent by the Sichuan Xingdu Division.
At first, Chen Bangyan was very angry when he saw that such a large Sichuan Xingdu Division only sent a thousand garrison soldiers. Later, he saw that Yan Sizhong's troops were different from other garrison soldiers and were very powerful, and his anger turned into joy.
It turns out that Sichuan Xingdusi is close to Duogandusi (part of Tibet. Duogandusi, Nurgandusi, Uszangdusi, Hami and other guards are Jisi-type divisions and guards), and they often conflict with the local chieftains. Because
They often suppress rebellions and continue small battles, so the guardsmen of Xingdusi are still able to fight.
"Yan Baihu, I ordered you to rush to support the left wing, are you sure you can hold on?"
"Don't worry, Futai, the general is here, and the bandit army can't even think of breaking through from the left wing."
Yan Sizhong led a thousand men and rushed to the left wing. Lu Wanzhao received reinforcements, and the battle line gradually stabilized.
Bai Jiaolong, the commander-in-chief of the Chu army on the right wing, also showed his ferocity.
When he was a bandit, he had the bandit nickname "Zhen Tian Wang". With this nickname, he fell into the hands of Chen Bangyan, who claimed to kill all the bandits. How could he get a good result?
Chen Bangyan, Chen Bangyan, if you want to kill me, first ask about this big ax in my hand!
The white dragon took off his armor, bare his arms, and carrying a mountain ax, he charged at Jingjun. With his white war horse, white skin, and a shining silver ax, from a distance, he looked like a white dragon.
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Seeing the threat of the white dragon approaching, Yang Zhan and Hou Yongxi hurriedly retreated and formed a circular formation to defend.
Although the white dragon is fierce, it cannot break the Jing army's formation for a while.
On the two wings, the Chu army attacked the Jing army, but in the center, the Jing army attacked the Chu army.
The conical formation of the stone soldiers with white poles is advantageous for attack but not for defense, so they always use attack instead of defense.
Ma Wannian, Qin Yiming, Qin Zuoming, Qin Zuoming, and Ma Wanchun attacked the center of the Chu army. Tan Wen, Tan Yi, and Tan Hong resisted desperately.
The Chu army's central military formation was very thick, and behind San Tan were Yang Chaozhu's and Liu Weiming's troops.
After the five waves of attacks by the conical formation of white pole soldiers, they still could not overwhelm the Chu army.
Chen Bangyan was afraid that Ma Wannian would get too far ahead, so he sent Chen Bao to lead his troops to respond.
Chen Bao's tribe only has 800 elite men, and the other 5,000 are horses who were recruited to submit to the army for examination, so their combat effectiveness is not high.
The two sides were locked in a stalemate, fighting inextricably.
The battle lasted for three hours, and there was still no winner.
Ma Wannian was a little anxious: "Didn't Chen Futai say there would be surprise soldiers? Where are the surprise soldiers?"
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The Chu army's central army arrived at Li Zhanchun, the rear camp, in great glory.
"Supervise the country's military order and order the two generals to go to the left wing and cooperate with General Yang Bingyin to defeat the left wing of the Jing Army."
The second general smiled: "Don't worry, let us change the flag first."
"Change the flag?"
Peng Liang was stunned when he saw the second general's subordinates tearing down the flag with the word "Chu" and replacing it with the flag with the word "Jing".
Peng Liang was frightened and wanted to run away. Yu Dahai waved his steel knife and his head fell to the ground.
The second general, Yi Wanzhi, without hesitation, directly attacked the center of the Chu army.
Suddenly attacked from behind their own army formation, the Chu army was stunned, their morale was in chaos, and they were in a mess.
"Jian Guo, leave quickly, we will end up trapping these two traitors."
"Forcing the rebel king" Liu Weiming led his troops to meet Li Zhanchun and Yu Dahai. The two generals were both well-known fierce generals in the Sichuan Ming Army. Liu Weiming was no match. After a short battle, he was beheaded by Li Zhanchun with a knife.
Zhu Rongfan hurriedly ordered a retreat.
Yu Dahai caught up with the Chu army's flag bearer and cut off the Chinese army's flag bearer with one sword.
The army was defeated like a mountain, and the Chu army retreated for thirty miles. Generals Liu Weiming, Tan Yi, and Tan Hong were killed in battle, Bai Jiaolong was captured, Yang Bingyin retreated to Lidu, and Zhu Rongfan led the defeated troops to Zhongzhou, leaving only 3,000 people around him.
In panic, Tan Wen and Yang Chaozhu each led thousands of remaining soldiers to join together.
The Jing army beheaded 20,000 people and captured 50,000 enemies.
Chen Bangyan selected 20,000 strong men from the prisoners and organized them into the governor's Biao camp, with Chen Bao as the deputy general and Yan Sizhong as the deputy general of the Biao camp. The remaining 30,000 captives were sent to Luzhou for farming.
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"Supervise the country, our army is no longer able to fight anymore. Hurry and retreat to Tianzi City to defend. The terrain there is dangerous and can stop the Jing army." Cheng Zhengdian advised Zhu Rongfan to abandon Zhongzhou and go to Tianzi City.
Zhu Rongfan sighed: "General Yang Bingyin hasn't arrived yet, please wait a little longer!"
At the main tent of the Jing Army, Chen Bangyan ordered Bai Jiaolong to be escorted up.
"I was in the army and saw that your servant was very brave. What benefit did the fake King of Chu give you? Are you so desperate?"
"Didn't you say that our Chu army is all bandits and you want to slaughter all our Chu army? If I don't fight with all my strength, why don't I wait for you to kill me?"
Chen Bangyan was astonished: "When did I say that I would massacre the Chu army?"
"General Hu Jiusi surrendered to you, didn't you kill him and all his men?"
As soon as this statement came out, the whole tent burst into laughter.
Chen Bangyan couldn't help laughing: "You idiot, you have been fooled by the fake King of Chu. General Hu Jiusi, you are alive and well. Now you are a general of the Ming Dynasty. How can you start talking about massacre of the army? If you don't believe it, , I can order General Hu to meet you."
Bai Jiaolong couldn't help but feel annoyed and shouted: "Jian Guo, Jian Guo, I am loyal to you, how can you deceive me, Lao Bai?"
"General Bai, are you willing to surrender?"
"The last general is willing to surrender, and the last general is also willing to recruit Yang Bingyin to surrender for Futai."
Among the Thirteen Yao Huangs, "Zhentian King" Bai Jiaolong and "Second Shao" Yang Bingyin are close buddies.
Under Bai Jiaolong's persuasion, Yang Bingyin surrendered in Lidu.
When Zhu Rongfan heard that Yang Bingyin had surrendered to the Jing army, he was shocked and fled back to Tianzi City overnight.
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Tianzi City has solitary peaks and overhanging rocks standing on all sides as steep as walls. Only a line of the village gate can lead to it. Because the city was born, it is also called Tianzi City or Tianzi City. The terrain is dangerous, easy to defend but difficult to attack. It has been a must-have for military strategists since ancient times. The fortress.
After Zhu Rongfan took charge of the country, he changed its name to Tianzi City.
Although the terrain was dangerous, the Chu army was newly defeated, with only more than 10,000 troops left. Even if the original city defenders and the city's Dingzhuang were incorporated, there would only be more than 20,000 troops. What's even worse is that after the defeat, all the military supplies were lost. There is a shortage of food in the city.
Chen Bangyan's army is coming. He is not in a hurry and has already laid out a dragnet.
"It's urgent to supervise the country! The two of us are willing to go out of the city and fight to the death with the Jing army." Tan Wen and Yang Chaozhu wanted to make a last ditch effort.
Zhu Rongfan said sadly: "So many generals have betrayed me and left. Why don't you offer me your head to survive? You will have no complaints when you are alone."
Tan Wen was furious: "Jian Guo, you are of Taizu's blood, and King Jingjiang is just a side prince. I swear to protect the prison country, and I will never have two intentions!"
Yang Chaozhu laughed: "We, Old Yang, don't understand the truth. The Supervisor has been kind to me, Old Yang, and now is the time to repay the Supervisor."
The remnants of the two generals launched a final charge against the Jing army.
In a great defeat, Tan Wen was shot to death by a fire cannon, and Yang Chaozhu had his head smashed by Chen Bao.
The Jing army took advantage of the situation to enter the city, and Zhu Rongfan led a small number of his guards to flee to Yunyang.
The pursuers were in a hurry, and the bodyguards dispersed, leaving Zhu Rongfan alone.
He panicked and fled to the mountains. Suddenly there was the sound of horse hooves and the pursuers arrived again.
I had no choice but to jump into the quagmire and hide. With great difficulty, the pursuers were far away and I crawled out of the quagmire. I was already dirty and smelly.
Suddenly, I saw an earthen house on the mountainside.
Zhu Rongfan was overjoyed, so he hid in his earthen house and among the straw piles of his master's house, planning to rest for the night and escape tomorrow.
The owner’s dog refused and barked.
The mountain people heard the sound and came out of their houses to see Zhu Rongfan.
"Who are you? Breaking into my house without permission?"
"I am Zhu Rongfan, the king of Chu in the Ming Dynasty. If a brave man is willing to help me out of danger, I will make me the Duke of the country."
The mountain people were overjoyed: "Today when I entered the city, I saw a notice from Governor Chen, offering your head and a reward of a thousand taels of silver. God has bestowed wealth upon me."
Without any explanation, he raised the hatchet and chopped down Zhu Rongfan with one blow. Then he chopped off his head. The hatchet was blunt and kept chopping. Then he took a saw and sawed it off.
The mountain people offered their heads and returned home with a thousand taels of silver.
A poor generation of heroes, King Zhu Rongfan of Chu, died at the hands of a barbarian from an unknown mountain.