Since the last time they ambush the rebels on the riverside, the Ming army has not fought with the rebels for five consecutive days. They even abandoned some defense lines and strongholds several times to allow the extravagant and rebellious rebels to go deeper.
As for the extravagant and rebellious rebels, they finally got their wish and got in touch with the 50,000 troops led by Fan Long and Zhang Tong, and they advanced towards the Chongqing Prefecture in an effort to attack Chongqing Prefecture.
Then She Chonghui's entire group of 15,000 people also reported to She Chongming's frontline military camp as scheduled. In just a few days, the rebel army's strength reached nearly 100,000, which shocked Sichuan and Shu.
The earth, the momentum is overwhelming.
On the other hand, the Ming army, in the eyes of the public, is like a shady mouse, hiding in hiding, as if it is afraid of the rebels.
Every time the rebels took a step forward, they took a step back. Many fortresses, passes and defense lines that had been organized and deployed with great effort were easily captured by the rebels. Comparing the two, it was natural to see how strong and weak they were.
She Chongming had so many troops under his command that he was already feeling restless. After clearing the outer defense line set up by the Ming army in southern Chongqing, he couldn't wait to issue a military order for the entire army to march to the city.
At this time, in the city of Chongqing, Zhu Youxiao had already led his elite Yulin troops to withdraw and hide under the Hufeng Mountain, nearly a hundred miles away from Chongqing.
Qin Liangyu's white pole soldiers and the six thousand chieftain soldiers of the Miao and Zhuang tribes also withdrew from the city. According to the plan drawn up by Zhu Youxiao, they would follow the way they came, down the Yangtze River, and stop at Huangni.
Mouth login.
Zhu Youxiao planned to use Chongqing as bait to attract She Chongming's attention. Qin Liangyu launched a roundabout encirclement from the side of the main rebel force. When the time came, he would encircle and annihilate his nearly 100,000 troops in one fell swoop.
Sure enough, She Chongming was fooled. After surrounding Chongqing, he organized 5,000 people non-stop and launched a tentative attack.
When he saw the Ming army on the top of the city, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. The brave and capable army equipped with the standard equipment of the frontier army was not in the city.
And judging from this defensive battle, there were not many defenders in Chongqing, only more than 10,000.
Sun Tzu said in The Art of War: Surround an enemy five times and attack it ten times. In his view, with an army of nearly 100,000, he did not believe that he could not defeat Chongqing, which had a huge disparity in military strength with him.
But a question that worried him even more arose: Where did the army that ambushed him go?
He would not be so naive as to think that he encountered a ghost. His soldiers were really dead.
Such an unpredictable and highly effective army really made him worry a lot. Maybe one day there would be a surprise attack or an ambush for him, and his losses would be huge.
After thinking about it, he finally came up with the safest way, which was to besiege instead of attack, send heavy troops to sweep all the mountains and jungles outside Chongqing, and send his son-in-law Fan Long to take charge of the 10,000 rear troops to ensure the rear.
No worries.
After three full days, when all the troops sent out returned and reported that nothing happened, She Chongming finally let go of his uneasy heart and concentrated his attention and troops to attack the city with all his strength.
The Ming troops left behind in the city were all Chongqing battalions. Although they were not as elite as the Yulin Army and the Baigan Soldiers, they were more than enough to defend the city. After all, She Chongming's army was not very strong.
In order to consume more of the rebel forces and delay time, Zhu Youxiao had reinforced the city defenses before withdrawing his troops, and prepared a large number of arrows, huge rocks and wood, as well as an astonishing number of tens of thousands of enemies.
This offensive and defensive battle lasted for five days. The rebels attacked the city dozens of times. Although they paid an extremely heavy price, they still failed to set foot on the city of Chongqing.
This made She Chongming very angry. This was completely different from what he had imagined. He had 100,000 soldiers, but he could not break the city despite an all-out attack for five days. It was completely unreasonable.
On the sixth day, in order to boost the morale of the army and achieve the goal of capturing Chongqing, She Chongming led his soldiers to take the lead in attacking the city, but he was still ruthlessly repulsed by the Ming army.
When the long-term attack was unfavorable, She Chongming had no choice but to order a suspension of the siege, and the entire army entered a state of rest and continued the siege.
During the six days he attacked the city, the Ming army was completely in a passive defensive state, and no reinforcements appeared, creating excellent conditions for him to attack the city.
What he didn't know was that Qin Liangyu's more than 10,000 elite troops had made a large circle around him and were now directly behind him, ready to launch a surprise attack at any time.
Zhu Youxiao also ordered Chen Guang to lead 4,000 sergeants of the Shenji Battalion, carrying a large number of bronze artillery, and located in the narrowest basin of the Yangtze River, preparing to cut off Luzhou's connection with the main force of the rebels.
The siege has been formed. Although She Ni has nearly 100,000 soldiers, except for the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from his Yi tribe, the others are just a ragtag group without even armor.
The equipment was also in poor condition. Armed with crude and simple weapons, it was easy for his tens of thousands of elite soldiers to deal with these disadvantaged mobs.
The Chengdu battalion soldiers led by Lu Qin and Wang Ping's garrison soldiers each arrived at their designated positions a few days ago. The enemy was in the open and we were in the dark. Zhu Youxiao only needed a military order to destroy She Ni in an instant.
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In Guiyang, the provincial capital of Guizhou, outside the governor's office, An Bangyan, with a few of his own soldiers and a cart full of gifts, was asking to see the governor Li Yang.
The purpose of his coming to see the governor this time was to use the extravagant Chongming incident to paralyze the officials of Guizhou and take the opportunity to raise troops and prepare to occupy Guiyang without bloodshed.
After meeting Li Sheng, he said that he and the Yongning She family had always had hatred. This time She Chongming rebelled, and his Shui Xi'an family was willing to send troops to assist the court in suppressing the rebellion.
But Li Sheng was not a fool. He had long seen that An Bangyan had a disobedient heart, so he rejected his request to send troops and repeatedly told them that this matter had nothing to do with them and not to get involved at will.
The imperial army, civil servants and generals will be responsible for the rebellion. They only need to appease their own people and unstable factors.
This was actually a warning to him not to take this opportunity to play tricks behind the scenes, as there were still people in the court and troops.
But why does An Bangyan care so much? Now he is eager to rebel, and then separate one side and enjoy a life of emperor's treatment in peace and contentment.
Seeing that this plan failed, An Bangyan returned to Dafang that day and summoned his relatives and other chieftains to discuss the matter of rebelling against the Ming Dynasty.
They were disagreeing on whether to launch an army immediately or wait and see what happened. When the two groups were arguing, the sentry who went to inquire about the situation came back.
She Chongming personally led an army of 100,000 people. He had captured Chongqing two days ago and was resting his troops and preparing to advance to Chengdu.