Shi Dakai accepted the opinions of Chen Yucheng and Zhang Suimou and rushed towards Pixian County with his soldiers.
Although there were troops chasing him along the way, Shi Dakai led his troops on the road very fast. Except for a short rest, it was a day and night journey with very little rest time, so he was far away from Liu Jintang's troops. Although the distance was small, it was difficult to get rid of Liu Jintang's soldiers.
Shi Dakai led his troops close to Pixian County and captured it easily.
He led his soldiers into the county seat of Pixian County, killed the garrisoned generals, plundered some grain, and then left Pixian County and continued on his way without stopping.
Driving all the way northwest, Shi Dakai kept moving forward.
"Da da,,."
The sound of horse hoofbeats was heard, and the spies ran back.
The spy came to Shi Dakai, clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the latest news is coming from the front. A Qing army has been stationed in Chongning County, blocking our way forward. At the same time, Li Li has also gathered in the surrounding areas of Chongning County. The troops under Zhen Zhen's command have blocked our road, and now it is almost impossible to go to Tibet unless we attack by force."
Shi Dakai gasped and had a bad premonition in his heart.
This situation is very bad.
Looking at the current arrangements of the Qing army, it is very likely that the opponent has made preparations in advance. At this moment, Shi Dakai was in a low mood. He looked at Chen Yucheng who was following him and asked with a serious expression: "General Chen, what do you think? "
Chen Yucheng said: "We have reached the current situation. I think we can only continue to go forward. There is no retreat. This is not a way back. We can only go on."
Zhang Suimou interrupted and said: "Your Majesty, I agree with General Chen. There are currently pursuers behind us. We can only keep moving forward and cannot retreat, because once we retreat, we will face the pursuers behind us. Moreover, once our army stops If you come down, you may be attacked from the front and back, so you must not stop."
Shi Dakai strengthened his confidence and ordered: "Continue on your way."
Immediately, Shi Dakai led the army and continued to move forward.
When he arrived in Chongning County, he was immediately blocked. A brigade of soldiers was distributed within the territory and established checkpoints at various important roads in Chongning County to block Shi Dakai's army from advancing. As long as Shi Dakai wanted to continue to advance, he would have to attack aggressively. However, , Zhang Zhidong arranged heavyweight firepower in Chongning County. Although there were only more than 3,000 people, their strength was not inferior to that of Shi Dakai's soldiers. Moreover, the soldiers sent by Zhang Zhidong did not attack, but only defended.
In this way, with the soldiers fully defending, Chongning County's defense force became stronger. As long as Shi Dakai's soldiers attacked, they would immediately be hit head-on by Shi Dakai's soldiers, making Shi Dakai unable to advance.
As time passed, Shi Dakai suddenly became anxious.
The reason is that Liu Jintang's army is chasing after him. If he does not seize the time, the threat he will face will be extremely huge. Once he is bitten by Liu Jintang's army, coupled with the army of Chongning County, the consequences will be disastrous. Shi Dakai immediately sent Chen Yucheng and Zhang Suimou came and asked Chen Yucheng and Zhang Suimou for their opinions.
Then, Shi Dakai ordered the army to change its direction and move towards the west of Chengdu.
Unfortunately, we are facing the same problem again.
When we arrived in Dayi and Qionglai counties to the west, we also faced strong resistance.
This situation made Shi Dakai suffocate in his heart, and even almost out of breath. Moreover, Liu Jintang's army followed him everywhere, making Shi Dakai extremely helpless. The army changed its direction and headed toward Meishan County in the southwest.
On the way, Shi Dakai found Chen Yucheng and Zhang Suimou.
Shi Dakai's expression became more and more serious, and he couldn't help but have a worried expression on his face, and said in a deep voice: "You two, I think we are facing great difficulties. Now, we are running into walls everywhere, as if we are flies against the wall. We are completely frustrated. When it comes to suppression, I feel like we have entered a cage, gradually losing our initiative and becoming extremely passive. You can speak freely and share your thoughts."
Zhang Suimou shrugged and said helplessly: "Your Majesty, there are still five or six thousand brothers following us. After running around for a long time and fighting with the Qing army from time to time, the weapons were consumed a lot and there was no time to replenish them. The firearms were also far away. At the same time, the physical strength of the soldiers cannot keep up, so if we fight Li Zhen's army head-on, we will be defeated."
After a pause, Zhang Suimou said: "I think we can only make a desperate move and continue to go south. We can only go through Yunnan and then south to Vietnam. If this road fails, we will almost lose."
Chen Yucheng said: "I agree, we can't be chased now, we must change direction and go south to Vietnam."
Shi Dakai nodded and quickly adjusted.
The army turned around and ran towards the south. During the escape, because Liu Jintang's army was chasing behind the army, the marching route of the army soldiers was not straight, but changed direction from time to time, and the army went around. He passed by Zizhong and then ran towards Yibin.
At this moment, the soldiers under Shi Dakai were extremely exhausted.
It was already July when we entered Yibin.
At this time, the weather is still hot, but it can be relieved slightly because of the rain.
"Report,."
A soldier galloped over and came to Shi Dakai to report the news.
The soldier reported: "Your Majesty, a hundred miles ahead, there is a large river called the Jinsha River. The place where the road passes through the river is very wide. The narrow place is fifty or sixty meters. The wide place is probably no less than one or two hundred meters. Now it is It's summer, there's a lot of rain, it's the flood stage, the rivers are swollen, it won't be easy for us to get through."
Shi Dakai said solemnly: "If you can't pass, you have to pass. Speed up and move forward immediately. If we reach the edge of the Jinsha River earlier, we can cross the river earlier. As long as we cross the river, we can quickly enter Yunnan and avoid Yunnan's If we defend the army, we can hold it until the clouds clear and the moon shines."
The soldiers went down to deliver the order, and Shi Dakai also ordered to speed up.
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In the rear, Liu Jintang led the army to pursue, and Zhang Zhidong led the army to follow. The two armies merged, and Zhang Zhidong learned of the situation on the front line. Immediately, Zhang Zhidong summoned Liu Jintang and other army lieutenant generals for a meeting.
Zhang Zhidong looked at Liu Jintang and ordered: "Brigadier Liu, although our target is in Yunnan, Shi Da has now taken a road to cross the river. I think this is an opportunity for us to block the attack. You are responsible for it. Immediately send soldiers to rush to the counties and prefectures on the other side of the Jinsha River day and night, and let the officials of each county and prefecture organize soldiers to block the attack on the other side of the Jinsha River and wait for our army. If we make the right decision this time, we will defeat Shi Dakai. a chance."
Liu Jintang said loudly: "Don't worry, Mr. Zhang, I will deal with it immediately."
During the time they got along with Zhang Zhidong, the two got along quite happily, so Liu Jintang did not use any tricks on Zhang Zhidong and cooperated as much as possible.
ps: Second update, call it a day; I have a lot of work to do, sorry.
