Chapter 924 The Qing Army's First Battle of the Western Army
Wu Sangui went to find Ai Xinga that night and talked to him: "General Ai Xinga, Xiao Wang wants to expedition the Yarkand Khanate west, but the army's food and grass are not enough to support the conquest of the Yarkand Khanate, and it is necessary to reclaim wasteland on the spot. The land in the northwest is barren, and it is rainy all year round. It is necessary to divert water to irrigate the farmland. I also hope that the court can distribute iron tools so that I can build wasteful weapons and create canal tools. I also have to send another group of Han people to assist Xiao Wang in reclaiming wasteland. In addition, our army's food and grass has been less than two months. I hope the court can release three more months of food and grass so that our army can have food before the military's land is harvested."
Ai Xing's conditions for Wu Sangui were of course met. Dorgon appointed Wu Sangui as King of Pingxi, but the country of Tianfu in Sichuan did not allow Wu Sangui to enter, but threw Wu Sangui to the northwest of the barren land and a desert, helping the Qing Dynasty expand its territory. If even this requirement could not be met, he would be really ready to force Wu Sangui to rebel.
However, Ai Xing's memorial was sent to the court, and Dorgon reviewed and approved it. Then the food and grass and iron tools were sent from Xi'an, and it would take at least two months to reach Jiayuguan. During this period, Wu Sangui had already begun to make people reclaim wasteland.
Large-scale construction began in the northwest, and a large number of Han people came from Shaanxi to reclaim wasteland, dig canals in the northwest, and began to build a water diversion project that came down from the snow-capped mountains.
Although the iron tools of the court have not arrived yet, the tools brought by the Han people can still carry out simple digging projects. When the food and iron tools of the court have arrived, the reclaimed wasteland can almost be planted and then the canals can be carried out.
In fact, there were also many nails placed by Li Guodong in the Guanning Army. These agents helped the Guanning Army make significant contributions when Wu Sangui developed the northwest.
In order to solve the problem of insufficient food in the northwest, Wu Sangui also used his cavalry advantage to fight the autumn wind in the northwest and collect grain everywhere. If the green green in the northwest refused to collect grain, Wu Sangui simply used a knife to force them to take out the food.
Wu Sangui secretly sent Wang Shirong to contact Li Guodong, who also went to Guangzhou. When he met Li Guodong, he mentioned that the Guanning Army was willing to surrender to the Duke of Chu.
Li Guodong replied: "Prince Pingxi is willing to return to the Ming Dynasty, so Li naturally welcomes you. I am very clear about the problem of insufficient food and grass. According to the content of your negotiations with the Qing Dynasty, I am afraid that the food provided to you by the Qing Dynasty will not support your harvest, right? I can send a caravan to transport you food."
"Thank you, Duke!" Wang Shirong saluted quickly.
"Mr. Wang is so polite, please get up quickly," Li Guodong helped Wang Shirong up. "It would be better to sign a written agreement between Li and you, King Pingxi, because otherwise there is no guarantee of empty words."
In fact, Li Guodong was a little scrupulous and asked Wu Sangui to sign a written agreement. If Wu Sangui repents in the future, he would send this written agreement to the Qing Dynasty and Dorgon would definitely send troops to suppress Wu Sangui.
Wang Shirong said: "The students are willing to sign an agreement with the prince on behalf of the prince."
"Mr. Wang, you cannot replace Prince Pingxi. This agreement can only be signed by Mr. Li and Prince. This way, you stay here for a few days. When I have prepared the food, I will send a caravan to your northwest. You will go with our people. I will also hand over the agreement to take it away. When the prince signs it, I will take one of the agreement back."
With Li Guodong's promise, Wang Shirong successfully completed the mission to serve the Ming Dynasty. A few days later, when he returned, he not only brought back the agreement signed by Li Guodong himself, but also brought a caravan full of grain back to the northwest.
It was during the Western Expedition of Wu Sangui that the Qing army launched an attack on Sichuan.
In Chengdu, Sichuan, someone hurriedly broke into the palace of the pseudo-Daxi Emperor Zhang Xianzhong and reported to Zhang Xianzhong: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, something is wrong. Liu Jinzhong, who was stationed in Hezhou (now Hechuan, Chongqing), rebelled and joined the Ming army in the east of Sichuan to surrender to the Tartars! The captain Haoge led the Oboi army to invade northern Sichuan!"
At this time, Zhang Xianzhong had been in Sichuan for almost three years. In the three years of cultivation and rest, Zhang Xianzhong killed a large number of unscrupulous gentry and distributed the land to the peasants. But he did not kill all the gentry, but recruited talents and the Daxi Army, which had strict military discipline, was deeply loved by the military and civilians.
What is Zhang Xianzhong's massacre of Sichuan? It is a history that the Qing court tampered with. What does Zhang Xianzhong massacre Sichuan and killed hundreds of millions of people? Let me ask, were there hundreds of millions of people in Sichuan back then? If Zhang Xianzhong slaughtered Sichuan, then after the Qing Dynasty entered Sichuan, the Western Army fought against the Qing army for more than ten years. In the past ten years, the Qing army was fighting with lonely ghosts?
Of course, Zhang Xianzhong killed people and robbed people, but most of the people he killed were unscrupulous gentry, and the gang of guys who were rich and unkind were slandered by the Qing court.
Not to mention anything else, just talking about the adopted sons Zhang Xianzhong educated him rather than surrender to the Qing Dynasty. From this point of view, Zhang Xianzhong is a hero with integrity.
When he heard that Liu Jinzhong had rebelled and surrendered to the enemy, Zhang Xianzhong ordered to raise his troops and fight against the attacking Qing army.
The Qing army headed straight to Chengdu under the leadership of Liu Jinzhong, and Zhang Xianzhong's 50,000 infantry and cavalry emerged from Chengdu. The Daxi Army and the Zhenglan Banner Army, the vanguard of the Qing army, encountered each other in the Sun River area, and the two sides launched a fierce bloody battle.
The combat effectiveness of the Daxi Army was not weak. The vanguard of Zhenglan Banner, the Qing army was advancing lightly, and the vanguard of Zhenglan Banner was beaten by the Daxi Army, and blood flowed all over the fields. Just when the Daxi Army was about to annihilate the Qing army, the main troops of Haoge and Oboi arrived.
"General Gebku!" Haoge shouted.
"Slave is here!" Gebuku stood up and knelt down to salute.
"You lead five thousand troops from our headquarters to attack the right wing of the thief army!"
"Zha!" Gebuku called Qian and retreated.
"Quantum tower!"
"The slave is here!"
"You lead five thousand troops from our headquarters to attack the left wing of the bandit army!"
"twitter!"
"Liu Jinzhong!" Haoge looked at Liu Jinzhong again.
"Slave is here!" Liu Jinzhong stood up.
Haoge's face changed drastically: "Liu Jinzhong, you are not a bannerman, you are not qualified to call yourself a slave!"
Liu Jinzhong quickly knelt down and changed his words: "The last general is here, please give me the order!"
Haoge said: "You lead your 10,000 Green Camp, follow my 10,000 Eight Banners Army, and attack the front of the thief army!"
"Zhe!" Liu Jinzhong beat Qian and retreated.
Haoge looked at Zhao Liangdong again: "Zhao Liangdong!"
"The last one will be here!"
"You lead 3,000 Ganzhou Green Camp horse teams to roam around the periphery of both formations, and shoot and kill enemy generals if you have the chance!"
"Zhe!" Zhao Liangdong stepped back.
The Ganzhou-Shaanxi Green Camp Cavalry is the elite cavalry in the green camp. In the mountains of Sichuan where people are unfamiliar with the complex terrain, the Manchu Eight Banners soldiers dare not run horses in hilly and mountainous areas. Even the elite Manchu Eight Banners heavy cavalry can only be used as heavy infantry here. The Mongolian Eight Banners were caught blindly when they entered Sichuan, so Haoge did not even bring the Mongolian Eight Banners, so he brought the Manchu-Han Eight Banners and the Green Camp soldiers into Sichuan. The Ganzhou-Shaanxi Green Camp Cavalry is good at fighting under complex terrain and is an elite cavalry suitable for fighting in mountainous areas.
After the Qing army invaded Shaanxi, Zhao Liangdong joined the army as a green camp soldier. Because he made great contributions in the battle to pacify He Zhen and Wu Dading, he was soon promoted to a guerrilla general and led the most elite Ganzhou Green Camp horse team.
The Daxi Army was very brave in combat, especially Zhang Xianzhong's four adopted sons: Zhang Kewang, Zhang Dingguo, Zhang Wenxiu and Zhang Nengqi, who rushed back and forth among the enemy groups. The Qing army approached without a single enemy was all dismantled.
Zhang Dingguo saw at a glance that among the Qing reinforcements, there was a Qing general wearing a high lightning rod helmet and white armor, which was very eye-catching among the crowd. Zhang Dingguo put his spear on the horse's back, took out the bow and arrow, aimed at the Qing general, and relaxed his fingers and an arrow roared out.
"Ah!" The arrow shot Gebuku in the neck accurately. Gebuku screamed and fell off the horse.
Chapter completed!