Ming Dynasty: I, Emperor Chongzhen, swear not to go to Meishan

According to historical records, in the first month of 1643, Zhang Xianzhong led his troops to capture Danzhou at night. In March, they successively attacked Danshui, Huangzhou and Macheng.

Zhang Xianzhong recruited tens of thousands of troops in Macheng, took Hanyang from the west in May, crossed the Yangtze River from Yadanzhou, quickly captured Wuchang City, killed the Zhu King Zhu Huakui, and ate his flesh with his subordinates, established the Daxi Empire, called himself King of the Daxi, and established his capital in Chengdu the following year , the reign name is Dashun.

At this time, it was early March, and Zhang Xianzhong was leading his army to attack Huangzhou. Although Huangzhou had not been captured yet, it was only a matter of time before Huangzhou fell.

Zhu Youjian knew that it was only a matter of time before Huangzhou and Macheng fell. Even if he wanted to save Huangzhou and Macheng, it would be too late, so he simply let it go and ordered Qin Liangyu and Lan Fang to concentrate their forces to regain the lost territory first and cut off Zhang Xianzhong's escape route.

If Zhang Xianzhong leads his army to rescue him, it will be in line with his wishes, and he will set up a dragnet in Chengdu to annihilate Zhang Xianzhong's most destructive rebel army in one fell swoop.

If Zhang Xianzhong ignores him, he can only chase him and fight him. Zhu Youjian doesn't like the passive style of being led by others, but he has no choice.

Although Zhang Xianzhong captured Sichuan, he only captured most of Sichuan and did not truly capture all of Sichuan. Many remote, steep and barren mountainous areas were ignored.

Lu Yiming led the vanguard battalion along the way. His troops included ten Sichuan soldiers who were transferred from the Sichuan military camp to act as guides. They were not worried about being ambushed by Zhang Xianzhong's rebels.

Ten days later, the Pioneer Battalion met up with Qin Liangyu's Baigan Army. Two days later, Lan Fang arrived with the main force. The entire army rested for two days before sending out troops to regain the lost ground.

The imperial decree commanded the seal of Shangfang Baojian, and 300,000 military pay had already been escorted by Jin Yiwei. They rushed all the way and were delivered to Qin Liangyu half a month ago.

Qin Liangyu accepted the imperial edict, knelt down in the direction of Beijing, shouted that the emperor is wise, and then waved the white money in his hand to recruit troops.

Qin Liangyu was in charge of Shizhu and had always been kind to the people. She had an excellent reputation in the local area and her strong force value convinced the men of Sichuan. In addition, Zhang Xianzhong's atrocities of indiscriminate killing in Sichuan made the people of Sichuan fear and resentful. As soon as she recruited troops, she immediately gained countless Qingzhuang's enthusiastic response was enough to recruit a total of 15,000 white-armed soldiers in just three days.

Historically, Qin Liangyu's White Army was also famous. Unfortunately, it had too few troops, not well-equipped equipment, various weapons, bad teammates, and many other reasons. It suffered many defeats, but Qin Liangyu's military command ability cannot be denied. And loyalty, the bravery of the white-pole soldiers.

Seeing the well-equipped muskets and artillery of the new army, the white-armed soldiers were extremely jealous. The old men surrounding the Sichuan Army Camp kept chattering and asking questions. When they learned about the welfare benefits of the new army, they were even more excited. Extremely envious.

However, envy is envy. Since the emperor is a soldier, it is strange that the welfare benefits are not good. The richest person in the world is of course the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Furthermore, although their welfare benefits are low, General Qin treats them really well. Many of them are really too poor to open the pot because of their families, and they all receive the care of General Qin. They must have a conscience and know how to be grateful. , Therefore, they are still happy to work for General Qin.

There are more than a dozen juniors in the Qin family serving as lieutenant-level officers in the Sichuan Army Camp and Guangxi Lang Barracks. One of them has shown outstanding commanding skills due to his outstanding performance and has served as a major officer at the battalion level. He has been honest to his grandmother for the past two days. Qin Liangyu asked An to say hello, and told about his experience and training in the military, as well as his thoughts and feelings.

"There is hope for Ming Dynasty."

Looking at the dozen young nephews with completely different mental outlooks and the thousands of energetic new Sichuan soldiers, Qin Liangyu couldn't help but sigh. The emperor is as wise as Hongwu when he was alive. He is wise, far-sighted, talented and wise, so why should the Ming Dynasty be unhappy? ?

After two days of rest, the exhausted soldiers regained their strength due to the long march. The mobilization before the war made them fighting spirit high, and they just wanted to go into battle to kill the enemy and gain military exploits.

Early on the third day, all the soldiers in the army had breakfast. Under the command of the officers, they put on their weapons and lined up to stand by.

"Let's go." Qin Liang, who was high-spirited and full of fighting spirit, waved his military flag and issued the order for the entire army to set off.