When they learned that Ai Nengqi had been shot to death by local armed forces, Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu both felt cold.
"I will mobilize all my troops and kill all these unruly people."
"Absolutely not!"
Li Dingguo quickly stopped Liu Wenxiu.
"I have been in Sichuan for a long time, but I have never been able to win over the people, which is why today's disaster has occurred. If we carry out another massacre, I am afraid that we will be surrounded by enemies everywhere."
As he spoke, Li Dingguo felt deeply helpless.
Frankly speaking, although Zhang Xianzhong and others are not as murderous as the outside world reports, they are not kind people either.
Since entering Sichuan, many things have harmed the people.
This is one of the reasons why rebellions emerge in endlessly.
Li Dingguo had repeatedly advised Zhang Xianzhong to strictly enforce military discipline and appease the people. However, since Zhang Xianzhong became emperor, he has become increasingly obsessed with power and beauty and has lost his enterprising spirit.
He was like this, and the other military leaders below imitated him.
Li Dingguo saw it in his eyes and felt pain in his heart. The only thing he could do was to restrain his own arrangements.
But what is the use of such an approach?
In the hearts of the people who didn't know the truth, there was no difference between him and other Daxi troops.
This time when they led the troops into battle, the local armed forces indeed regarded them as enemies.
"The matter has come to this, and Sichuan has nothing to do. Let's quickly go south to capture Guizhou. There is still room for improvement."
Li Dingguo was also a man who could take things and let them go. When he saw the difficult situation, he immediately changed his plan.
"Then why don't we save General Pingdong?"
Speaking of Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo couldn't suppress his anger.
"He is responsible for all the troubles. Even if we want to save him, what can we do? Let's just let him fend for himself."
In any case, Li Dingguo has no intention of going to Chengdu.
Now that the war has reached this point, the strength of the National Defense Force has made him fearful.
He decided to open up a new base, rest and recuperate before making plans.
Liu Wenxiu has no idea.
When you followed Sun Kewang, you listened to Sun Kewang; now you follow Li Dingguo, you listen to Li Dingguo.
So the two of them turned around halfway, no longer paying attention to Sun Kewang in Chengdu, but flew all the way to the southeast.
Because the 10th Division concentrated all its efforts on attacking Chengdu, it did not take care of their troops, but it allowed the two of them to rush into Guizhou smoothly.
On the battlefield of Longquan Mountains, Sun Kewang was frightened by the ferocity of the National Defense Forces.
In his memory, the artillery fire of the Wehrmacht never stopped. No matter how strong the fortifications were, they would always be razed to the ground by the artillery fire.
Moreover, the muskets of the National Defense Forces fired far and accurately, making the soldiers of the Great Western Army completely unable to raise their heads.
Bad news came one after another, and the position had been lost.
Sun Kewang forced himself to pretend to be calm in front of his subordinates, but in his heart he was already planning to run away.
He just wanted to call his cronies and send them back to Chengdu to pack up their belongings and set off early, but another order of soldiers came running like crazy.
"Report to the general, a group of troops from the National Defense Force came from nowhere and have captured Chengdu, cutting off our retreat!"
The messenger's voice was so loud that everyone around him heard it.
For an instant, the battlefield fell silent, and then all the Great Western Army became confused.
Chengdu was lost, but their family members, old and young, were all still in the city.
Sun Xiang knew something bad was going to happen halfway through hearing it, but it was too late to stop it.
At this time, Sun Kewang could not help but feel his scalp numb when he saw that the whole army was in panic and many people had turned around and fled.
"Quickly leave! This battle is unwinnable."
He was born a bandit, and among other things, his instinct to escape was already engraved in his bones.
Sun Kewang did not expect to gather the defeated troops at all, and left alone with his cronies.
If hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses are lost, they will be lost. The gold and silver treasures in Chengdu, including the beautiful women, wives and children will be lost. As long as they survive, they will be able to earn them back sooner or later.
The Tenth Division still didn't know what happened, but fortunately the attack never stopped.
Seeing the sudden collapse of Daxi Army's defense line, Cui Zhanying had no time to ask for instructions and immediately ordered the entire army to attack.
The Great Western Army couldn't stop the 10th Division's offensive even with all its resistance. Now that they had collapsed on their own, the 10th Division's charge was as unstoppable as a flood that opened its gates.
That night, the 10th Division penetrated the Longquan Mountains defense line and made contact with the special forces lurking in Chengdu.
"Ignore the enemy troops escaping south, and go all out to the north to completely wipe out the enemies in the north."
Cui Zhanying judged the situation very well.
The National Defense Forces in the south did not make any arrangements, and the Daxi Army had already begun to flee. Even if they followed and pursued, it would be difficult to achieve any results.
In particular, the terrain in the south is complex, and the National Defense Forces do not yet have detailed maps, so a hasty pursuit may be dangerous.
Therefore, he chose the north instead of the south, completely eating up the remnants of the Daxi Army still trapped in the north, and the results were not small.
And after the north is cleaned up, the National Defense Forces can move south with confidence and have a stable rear.
The 10th Division and the special forces established a solid interception line with Chengdu City and Longquan Mountains as nodes.
The Daxi Army, which was originally north of this interception line, was unable to rush past it and could only flee blindly.
The 10th Division also completely dispersed, capturing remnant soldiers everywhere, and even chased them all the way into the mountains to the west.
After five days of continuous fighting, more than 70,000 Onishi troops were finally eliminated and captured.
It can be said that the battle in Chengdu has severely damaged Sun Kewang's vitality, and it will be difficult for him to succeed again.
Sun Kewang was beaten so much that he lost his soul. After fleeing all the way south, he did not dare to stay. He crossed the Jinsha River directly and entered Yunnan to meet up with Mu Tianbo.
But when he met Mu Tianbo, he suddenly realized that Yunnan was already in war and was not a pure land.
Mu Tianbo, the nominal king of Yunnan, is now even more embarrassed, panicking like a bereaved dog.
It turned out that after the Great Western Army captured Sichuan, Mu Tianbo sent Li Dazhi to defend the Sichuan-Yunnan border for defense.
However, Li Dazhi was greedy and cruel, and he exacted excessive taxes on the local chieftains, which quickly triggered a civil uprising.
Wu Bikui, the chieftain of Wuding, even said: Emperor Zhu is gone, how can there be Duke Mu?
He gathered a powerful force and successively captured Dayao, Dingyuan, Yao'an and other places, causing a huge sensation.
Mu Tianbo had a premonition that the situation was not good, and quickly mobilized the chieftains' troops to prepare for the rebellion.
But one of them, Mengzi Chieftain Sha Dingzhou, was ambitious and saw the hope of seizing Yunnan. Taking advantage of Mu Tianbo's banquet, he suddenly led his troops to attack the Duke's Mansion.
The incident happened so suddenly that Mu Tianbo had no time to react and could only escape in a hurry under the protection of his close associates.
His mother, wife, and two younger brothers were all killed in the rebellion.
Sha Dingzhou not only stole all the gold and silver treasures from the Duke's Mansion, but also kidnapped Wu Zhaoyuan, the governor of Yunnan.
Mu Tianbo had limited power at hand and could do nothing to Sha Dingzhou, so Sun Kewang's arrival was regarded as a life-saving straw by him.