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Chapter 278: Take all Ba Tong

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    Li Xiaogong and his younger brother Li Yao were in charge of Tongzhou, Kaizhou, Bazhou, Bizhou and Jizhou, which were the last five remaining areas in the hinterland of Bashu.

    After Li Xiaogong was defeated in Yong'an County, he fled back to Bashu alone.

    Although he was one of the defeated generals, the responsibility for Jingxiang's defeat cannot be entirely blamed on him.  Moreover, Li Xiaogong's brother Li Chen died in the battle in Jingnan, and Li Xiaogong was one of the most outstanding children of the Li family, so Li Yuan only punished Li Xiaogong a little, removing him from his title and the rank of general, and soon appointed him as the general manager of Tongzhou.  He was in charge of Tongzhou, Kaizhou and Quzhou and was responsible for conquering the Kaizhou barbarians.

    The three states of Tongzhou are on the west side of the three states of Badong, so Li Xiaogong is both Li Shimin's support and surveillance.

    After the Chengdu mutiny and Li Yuan's death, Li Jiancheng immediately wrote to Li Xiaogong, ordering him to find a way to seize Li Shimin's military power.

    It¡¯s a pity that Li Shimin counterattacked too quickly. Then the Ming army came again and fought fiercely with the Tang army in Kuizhou. This made Li Xiaogong dare not take action for fear of giving the Ming army an advantage.

    Li Yao, the general manager of Bazhou, has 9,000 people, and Li Xiaogong has fewer, only 8,000.

    Originally, Tongzhou was considered an important town with many soldiers and horses.  But in order to support Badong, all the troops and horses were transferred away. Li Xiaogong was sitting in the three states, and only a few people were left.

    In mid-October, Huang Mingliao conquered Fuli Prefecture and ordered Jiao Fangwei to lead the Hanzhong Army to attack Li Yao in Bazhou eastward and enter Shu via the Mi Cang Road.

    The real Micang Road is to start from Nanzheng and enter Sichuan via Micang Mountain.  However, heading east from Miangu, along the trail between the Qinling Mountains and the foothills of northern Sichuan, you can also find a road to Nanjiang River.

    This trail is located in a low valley, stretches for more than 300 miles, and is difficult to navigate in rugged areas.

    Especially the area on the west side of Nanjiang River is full of north-south rivers and mountains, cutting off traffic.  For this reason, the Ming army had to cross mountains and ridges and pass through many difficulties and obstacles before arriving at Nanjiang County (now Nanjiang County, Sichuan Province).

    The army marched for eight days on a three-hundred-mile road.  Especially the last fifty miles, it took three days to walk out.

    But this difficulty is meaningful.

    The Ming army suddenly appeared at the foot of Jizhou City (Zhi Nan Jiang). The defenders were caught off guard and were directly attacked by the Ming army.

    For the Ming army, what was more important was not only the occupation of Jizhou City, but the Ming army's surprise attack, which broke Li Yao's arrangement and blocked Li Yao at the upper two passes in the north (today's Bazhong City, Sichuan Province).  Two villages in Qiaoting Town, Nanjiang County).

    The Micang Road going south from Hanzhong is divided into three branches. The west and middle roads meet at the upper two, then pass through Nanjiang and Huacheng (now Bazhou City, Sichuan Province), and end at Quiren (now Pingchang County, Sichuan Province).  ) intersects with the Eastern Front.

    In order to defend Jizhou, Li Yao wanted to take the initiative to fight out, so he deployed his troops in the upper two passes and relied on Micang Mountain to defend the enemy.

    Originally, there was absolutely no problem with such an arrangement, but who would have thought that the last two levels would be fine, but Jiangcheng would be lost.

    The dangerous road of Micang, the north-south line.  If you lose Nanjiang City, you will be trapped in Micang Mountain for two levels.

    Li Yao was so panicked that he gave up the previous two passes and immediately led his troops southward in an attempt to recapture Nanjiang City.

    But Li Yao only had 6,000 troops in the upper two passes, while Jiao Fangwei's Hanzhong Army had nearly 20,000 troops.  Jiao Fangwei took advantage of the danger and defended. He did not engage in a decisive battle with the opponent and focused on consuming the opponent. Li Yao could not win at all.

    There are a total of 9,000 people in the Bazhou Governor's Mansion, and he has 6,000 in his hands. As for the three states, each state has only more than 1,000 people, which cannot be defended and there is no way to rescue them.

    In desperation, Li Yao had no choice but to ask his brother Li Xiaogong for help, and wrote repeatedly, hoping that his brother would come soon.  Li Yao's grain supply was supplied from Bazhou via the Mi Cang Road. Now that the Mi Cang Road is cut off, he is about to run out of food.

    Li Xiaogong was greatly surprised when he received Li Yao's letter asking for help. He really didn't know how the Ming army appeared.  Bazhou is already considered the rear of the northern Sichuan defense line, and now the battlefield has reached Jizhou. Could it be that the northern Sichuan defense line has been lost.

    Logically speaking, Li Xiaogong only had 8,000 men in his hands, and he had to deal with the Xie people and watch Badong to the east. In fact, he was unable to rescue Li Yao.

    But Li Yao is not an outsider, but his brother.  The eldest brother Li Chen is dead. He is the eldest among the brothers. He can sit back and watch his younger brother defeat Jizhou without caring.

    So Li Xiaogong raised five thousand troops to rescue Li Chen.

    Li Xiaogong concentrated the remaining troops in Tongzhou and Kaizhou, leaving Quzhou in the south almost undefended. This led to the later Quzhou governor Zhao Xiaolun surrendering directly to Kaicheng because he was unable to defend it.

    Li Xiaogong sent troops from Tongzhou to Jizhou.

    Jiao Fangwei also divided his troops into half and handed them over to Huang Mingjing, the deputy commander of the Hanzhong Army, and ordered him to continue to lock Li Chen in Jizhou.  Jiao Fangwei, on the other hand, led his troops directly to Bazhou and captured it before Li Xiaogong arrived.?Bazhou City does not have many troops.

    Bazhou is a very important backup base for the northern Sichuan defense line and has sufficient supplies.  After the Ming army occupied this place, there was no need to worry about logistical supplies alone.

    Li Xiaogong led his troops from afar, but Li Chen could not be saved, and he was blocked in front of Bazhou City.

    The city of Bazhou is extremely strong. How could Li Xiaogong break the city with only 5,000 troops?  He patrolled the city for several days and asked for battle many times, but Jiao Fangwei ignored him at all.

    Li Xiaogong hated the scoundrel Jiao Fangwei so much that he wanted to leave but didn't dare to leave until the news came that Kaizhou had been lost.

    Huang Weiyang was delayed in the Battle of Wushan and entered Shu much later than Huang Mingli.  After arriving in Nanpu Prefecture, Huang Weiyang divided his troops into several groups. One of them was to order Wang Bian to lead Zuo Xiaowei to attack Tongzhou and Kaizhou.

    It is more than a hundred miles from Nanpuzhou to Kaizhou, and only three hundred miles to Tongzhou.

    After Wang Bian went north, he learned that Li Xiaogong had led most of his troops to Bazhou for rescue. He immediately broke up and divided his troops into four groups.  Deputy General Manager Luo Shixin led the 43rd Army to the north to capture Kaizhou. Deputy General Manager Su Yong led the 42nd Army to the west to Bazhou to block Li Xiaogong's retreat. He himself led the 41st Army to march eastward to Tongzhou, while the 44th Army  Then he marched north to Xuanhan (governing the northwest of Xuanhan County in present-day Sichuan Province) and detoured to Bizhou to block Li Xiaogong's escape route.

    Zuo Xiaowei's soldiers made rapid progress and quickly captured Tongzhou, Kaizhou, Bizhou and other places.

    Li Xiaogong, who learned the news at this time, immediately felt that something was wrong and wanted to run away, but it was already too late.  The Ming army arrived in several directions, blocking all Li Xiaogong's escape routes.

    Li Xiaogong continued to fight, unable to break out, and was eventually surrounded in the Daigong Mountain area (now north of Zengkou Town, 60 miles southeast of Bazhong City, Sichuan Province).

    In this battle, Li Xiaogong¡¯s entire army was wiped out.

    Li Xiaogong himself did not continue his previous good luck. When he fled from a small road to the Shining Mountain area (now east of Bazhong City, Sichuan Province), he was ambushed and died fighting.

    A generation of famous generals fell like this.

    At the same time, Li Yao was trapped in the rice warehouse road. Finally, he ran out of food and the entire army collapsed and dispersed.  Li Yao and his confidants tried to break through the mountains and ridges to return to Chengdu, but were killed by his men on the way, and his head was sacrificed to the Ming army.

    At this point, the five states of Batong were completely in the hands of the Ming army.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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