I'm really not the carpenter emperor

For a moment, arrows rained down from the top of the city, and countless screams were heard from the attacking chieftain soldiers, and the battle had already broken out.

The chieftain soldiers of Shuixi and Wuza set up ladders and rushed to the pass. The rebels at the top of the city had already been prepared, and kept throwing down boulders and trees.

Caught off guard, Shuixi and Chieftain Wuza were smashed and set up the ladder hastily, but there was nowhere to dodge on the narrow ladder, and soon they all fell down like raindrops.

Two chieftain soldiers who had just climbed to the top of the city were stabbed in the torso by the rebels with improvised spears.

They didn't have any armor on their bodies like the Ming soldiers who were watching the battle from behind, and their spears pierced in with such ease.

Immediately, the rebels quickly pulled the spearhead away, and seeing blood mist gushing out from the wound, the two screamed, fell to the ground one after another, spitting out blood, seeing that they could not survive.

The ferocity of the rebels made the chieftain soldiers flustered and retreated one after another, but the back was crowded with attacking people, and the two sides crowded together, and there was chaos in an instant.

Zhu Youxiao found a slope that was convenient for watching the battle, and he and Qi Jin rode their horses and stood back and forth, holding the reins in their hands, with tens of thousands of troops waiting behind them.

In just an hour, the chieftains of Shuixi and Uzza, who were superior in numbers, were repelled several times by the rebels at the head of the city.

An Bangyan and An Xiaoliang organized attacks several times, but they all suffered heavy losses and returned without success.

While Zhu Youxiao watched coldly, on the other side, Chen Ce was also carefully studying the tactics and equipment of the chieftains on both sides.

Hearing what Qi Jin said not long ago, he was already preparing in secret.

Seeing that An Xiaoliang reorganized his team and rushed up in a panic, Chen Ce sneered, it seemed that he was thinking too much about these barbarians.

As far as this battle is concerned, whether it is Shuixi, Uzza Chieftain, or the extravagant army that is sticking to the city gate, the team is rarely equipped with any armor.

As for weapons, what they use most are simple spears and spears, which are not at the same level as the standard spears issued by their subordinates.

Even the war knives commonly equipped by officers and soldiers are rarely available among chieftain soldiers, but they should not be taken lightly.

Judging from the defeats of the previous reinforcements, the chieftain army has a large number of people, almost all of whom are native-born locals, and they are still capable of fighting.

Carelessly underestimating the enemy, this kind of mistake cannot be made by oneself.

Chapter 117

"kill!"

An Xiaoliang and An Bangyan paid a heavy price, throwing down more than 200 corpses to fill up the not-so-deep moat under Wangjiang Pass before rushing to the top of the city.

A chieftain chieftain with a knife in his left hand and a shield in his right jumped onto the top of the city. Seeing him coming up, the leader of the rebel army at the top of the city rushed out with his spear.

The chieftain's reaction was not slow, he quickly raised the shield in his hand, only to hear the spear hit the shield fiercely, both of them trembled.

An Bangyan's Shuixi soldiers are equipped with earthen shields, wrapped in two layers of cowhide, because most of the local chieftains use simple spears. Such shields are simple to make and can play a good protective role.

The wooden shield in the hands of the chieftain shook violently, and the upper part hit his shoulder fiercely. The leader of the rebel army was also a man of extraordinary strength. .

After going to the city, the chieftain immediately became the target of many rebels. He threw away the shield in his hand, roared, and threw himself on the rebel leader.

Panicked, the rebel leader dropped his spear, turned and fled for his life.

There were not many rebels, but the resistance was extremely fierce. Even though the leader had fled, the rest of the rebels were still fighting and retreating, shouting and cursing at each other with the besieging chieftain soldiers.

Not long after, the battle was coming to an end, the cheers of chieftain soldiers resounded in the city, the closed door was also opened by An Bangyan from the inside, and he was standing in front of the door, saying:

"Welcome Your Majesty to enter the customs!"

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao snorted coldly and waved his hand.

But from the tens of thousands of Ming troops behind them, several square formations were neatly separated, lined up in several queues, and slowly entered the pass.

After the Ming army occupied the whole city of Wangjiangguan, set up a camp and issued a notice, Zhu Youxiao rode his horse into the pass with the supply battalion.

After a short and fierce battle, the Ming Dynasty flag was flying on the top of Wangjiang Pass.

……

The day before yesterday, She Chongming got an informant that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty led the Ming army into Sichuan.

When An Bangyan learned that the Ming army was powerful, he went to ask for a face-to-face saint, abandoned the alliance between the Shejia in Sichuan and the Anshi in Guizhou, and turned around and surrendered to the court.

He looked at the shivering little soldier who came to report the news, kicked him over, and said, "Get lost! You trash!!"

The little soldier ran away as if he had received an amnesty, thinking that he was not directly killed by the angry king, and he was also lucky.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. My king, he was furious after being betrayed by An Bangyan, and he was going crazy.

In fact, as early as more than a year ago, She Chongming met with An Bangyan and started an incident at the same time, but he started the incident on his own side, and there was no movement in Guizhou.

At first, An Bangyan was really waiting, he wanted to see Daming's reaction.

The governor of Luqin's southwestern provinces, the speed of dispatching troops has already surprised him, coupled with She Chongming's delay in breaking through Chengdu and establishing a huge advantage in Sichuan, An Bangyan is already hesitating.

If at this time, She Chongming broke through Chengdu, An Bangyan would immediately raise troops and respond in Guizhou.

However, the news that the extravagant army broke through Chengdu has not yet come, but the news that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty personally conquered arrived first.

An Bangyan was taken aback at the time, thinking that the rebellion was impossible to win.

The emperor has personally conscripted, and the combined strength of the pro-conscripted army and the Southwest official army is estimated to exceed 20, not to mention that there are officials and troops from other provinces entering Sichuan one after another.

An's has been based in Guizhou for more than [-] years. If he makes a wrong move, he will lose everything.

"Wangjiangguan is still a few days away from Chongqing, what's the current movement of the officers and soldiers?" She Chongming was silent for a while, then suddenly asked.

A chieftain said: "Your Majesty, according to the news the day before yesterday, after the official army broke through the Wangjiang Pass, they split up with An Bangyan."

"An Bangyan marched along the Dahong River, and the little emperor led his own army into Nanchuan. It seems that he wants to trap us in Chongqing!"

"If the government and army take Nanchuan, we haven't conquered Chongqing yet, and it will be a dead end!"

"Nanchuan has been destroyed. Even if Chongqing is taken, it will be a dead city and useless." She Chongming stared at him, and then asked:

"Is the news accurate?"

"precise!"

Hearing this, She Chongming fell into deep thought.

Now, he no longer has the heart to hate An Bangyan, he is very worried, and his mind is full of thinking about how to break the situation.

Due to being sold by An Bangyan, even though he has won many battles and victories in Sichuan, only Qin Liangyu's stone pillars in Chengdu can maintain self-defense.

But around Chongqing, there were two government troops encircling them.

These two official armies should not be underestimated. One is the provincial reinforcements commanded by Lu Qin, who is known as the champion of the Southwest General, and the other is the emperor's pro-army.

There are also the stubborn defenders in Chongqing City, and now he is under attack from both sides.

"Should we storm Chongqing... or fight the little emperor?" Thinking, She Chongming sat down, his brows were tightly furrowed, as if extremely conflicted.

At this time, Fan Long stood up and said:

"There are more than [-] defenders in the city of Chongqing. Self-defense is acceptable, but the attack is insufficient. Lu Qin was dragged to Shunqing by several chieftains. We can take advantage of this opportunity to concentrate our forces and fight the little emperor!"

Seeing that it was his son-in-law speaking, She Chongming's breath eased slightly, motioning him to continue talking.

Fan Long walked towards the map and said, "The location of this decisive battle is best located in Nanchuan!"

"The terrain in Nanchuan is rugged and there are many hills. Our army is superior in numbers, and there are many strongholds in Nanchuan, such as Lengshuiguan. We are familiar with the local area!"

Hearing this, She Chongming frowned and glanced at him.

"Are you sure?"

Fan Long sneered, "I'm sure!"

"I led the troops to intercept An Bangyan, and the king led the main force to fight the little emperor in Nanchuan. After defeating the little emperor, he turned to face Luqin."

She Chongming pondered for a while, and knew in his heart that now there is no other way but to fight the little emperor's own army as soon as possible.

Once Lu Qin opened up the situation in Shunqing and the two official armies joined forces, there was absolutely no possibility of defeating them.

Immediately, he stood up abruptly and said, "Just do it like this!"

"Fan Long, An Bangyan and An Xiaoliang brought [-] Shuixi soldiers. I'll give you [-]. Use the fastest speed to eat An Bangyan from Dahongjiang, then turn around and go behind the little emperor!"

Fan Long chuckled and agreed loudly.

……

That night, the Ming army at the head of the city of Chongqing suddenly saw that the flames were gradually disappearing in the continuous Shejun camp a few miles away.

Accompanied by the warm wind blowing slightly, She Chongming withdrew his army of 10,000+ from Chongqing, intending to fight Zhu Youxiao in Nanchuan area.

As the news spread, there were many rumors in Chongqing.

Xu Keqiu and Huang Shoukui naturally also heard the news that the emperor himself marched into Sichuan and defeated the rebels at Wangjiang Pass.

Soon, something similar to what happened in Liaodong appeared between the governor and the general soldier—that is, the two disagreed.

Huang Shoukui, the general soldier of Chongqing, advocated sticking to it and waiting for help. In his opinion, as long as Chongqing is defended instead of adding chaos, it is the best result.

Judging from the current strength of Chongqing City, it is not enough to defend the city. In case of going out of the city without authorization and being ambushed by the rebels and suffering losses, Chongqing will not be able to defend it.

At that time, it will become a great crime, and the situation of the battle will also change because of it.

As for Governor Xu Keqiu, when he heard that the rebels had retreated, he was very excited and urged the Ming army in the city to attack to support the emperor's reinforcements.

Just when the two were arguing about the defense, another disturbance occurred in the city-the officers and soldiers quarreling over salaries.

It is common for the officers and soldiers to argue about their salaries, and it happens several times almost every year, but at this juncture, it is fatal.

Xu Keqiu asked the officers and soldiers to attack, and many low-level officers were dissatisfied with him, so they began to ask for the outstanding salary.

When the rebels retreated, many civil officials wrote poems and poems, publicized it as a great victory, and kept urging the officials and troops to go out of the city to pursue them.

None of the officers and soldiers wanted to go out of the city, but they couldn't fight against the civil officials, so they had to ask for pay as an excuse to stay in the city.

At the beginning, this drama-like disturbance of pay was only for low-level military officers. After a day passed, some people began to ask the governor Xu Ke for payment.

Since last year, the Ming army in Chongqing City has not been paid.

But the strange thing is that all provinces have different degrees of arrears of payment, but Sichuan is more common than other regions.

In fact, according to Jin Yiwei's investigation, during the period when Xu Keqiu was governor of Sichuan, there were eighteen mutinies in the Ming army in Sichuan that were relatively large-scale and required the commander-in-chief to personally suppress them in the past year alone.

The name of the mutiny is to ask for payment, but Jin Yiwei understands that the real reasons are various, and all kinds of contradictions are gathered together, which is very complicated.

To sum up, some generals are dissatisfied with Xu Keqiu and other civilian officials who don't know about military affairs, but point and point at the battle.

Once this dissatisfaction reaches a critical value, the generals will use the arrears of payment as an excuse to encourage soldiers to mutiny and put pressure on civilian officials.

There are only a handful of people who really caused mutiny and disturbances due to arrears of payment.

Chapter 118

A tributary of the Qianjiang River, there is an estuary called the Dahong River by local people. The riverbed is extremely deep, densely covered with dark rocks, making it difficult for vehicles and horses to move.

The banks of rivers are not as luxuriant with water and grass as ordinary streams, but are full of sand and stones, and people and horses are painful when they step on it.

A few days ago, An Bangyan took orders from Zhu Youxiao and marched from the banks of the Dahong River to Chongqing.

It's not that he wants An Bangyan to enter Chongqing, but Zhu Youxiao knows that if An Bangyan goes, Shechongming will definitely send out an army to stop him.

These two people were allies in the past, but now they have become sworn enemies. For Zhu Youxiao, it would be best if they could kill each other.

"Is the imperial court so relieved to hand over Chongqing to us?"

Riding on the camel, An Xiaoliang seemed to have gotten used to the bumps.

An Bangyan didn't even think about it, just heard him snort coldly, and said, "Isn't it good to let us enter Chongqing?"

"We entered Chongqing, we can plunder a wave and return with a full reward."

"When we return to Guizhou, we will have more than [-] troops under our command. What will the imperial court do to you and me? Let's see if we can become the king of Shuixi."

"Haha, you are the king of Shuixi, then I want to be King Uzzah!" An Xiaoliang didn't take this seriously, but just laughed out loud.

As soon as the words fell, the shouts suddenly rose.

Countless rebels who had been ambushing for a long time rushed out from all directions, and in an instant they fought with the chieftain army of Shuixi and Uzzah, shouting and killing everywhere.

An Bangyan was not particularly surprised. He took a closer look and found that the chieftain in charge was somewhat familiar to him.

After watching for a while, he suddenly realized, and shouted:

"Isn't this the son-in-law of the King of Liang, now he has the guts to fight against me, An Bangyan, has he grown capable?"

Fan Long sneered, clasped his fists and said, "I've seen the great elder of the four descendants!"

An Bangyan could clearly see a hint of sarcasm in his eyes, he was a little annoyed, but still kept his sense, and retorted: