Zhang Xianzhong's plan failed.

So he made another plan. While the main forces of Li Guohan and Xu Yong were still in Wangjiawan Fort, he pretended to lead his troops to retreat. In fact, he led his troops to forcibly cross the river not far south. After landing on the south bank, he ignored the dangers of the mountains and forced a way out.

Cross lightly.

Unexpectedly, we bypassed Yangping Pass.

Although the cost was that only more than 20,000 people crossed the mountain, and almost all the equipment and equipment were left on the other side of the mountain, and the food and grass could only be carried for seven days.

But Zhang Xianzhong no longer cares about this. This is a desperate move.

On New Year's Day, Zhang Xianzhong took Zhang Wenxiu and 20,000 troops, abandoning the 100,000 people in the old camp, and finally entered Hanzhong, stepped into the Hanzhong Basin, and successfully fought to the foot of Dingjun Mountain.

The Western Army crossed the Mianshui River southward, a little ahead of the mountain, and fought their way to the foot of the mountain.

Unfortunately, at this time, the three brothers Zhang Dingguo, Zhang Kewang, and Zhang Nengqi at the foot of Dingjun Mountain had been besieged for a long time. They only had about 30,000 men and horses under their command, and they were all about to starve to death. The horses and mules in the army had already been eaten up, and the food was almost exhausted.

All done.

Zhang Xianzhong personally committed suicide, and they also went down the mountain to respond.

As a result, the two sides rushed together and fought for a day. Not only did they fail to defeat Ma Ke, Bai Guangen, and Zhang Yong, but they were beaten back and forth. In the end, Zhang Xianzhong had no choice but to retreat to the mountain with Zhang Wenxiu.

Now it's good. The five men successfully joined forces at Dingjun Mountain and were surrounded by the Qing army.

The key to the defeat of this battle was that the Qing army had an elite Eight Banners team that participated in the battle. They were five thousand Manchu and Mongolian elite Eight Banners led by Obai himself. They waited for Zhang Xianzhong and others to be exhausted and suddenly came out to fight.

If the four Zhang Dingguo brothers had not tried their best to stop them, the Western Army would have ended here.

In the end, they reluctantly retreated to the mountain, with only less than 30,000 of the 50,000 troops left.

Countless people were killed, and many others were surrendered directly.

After that, the five Zhang Xianzhongs were trapped on the mountain. Although they broke through the encirclement many times, the Qing army was not in a hurry. They strengthened the camp, especially when Li Guohan and Xu Yong arrived later and surrounded them.

They besieged but refused to attack, waiting for the Western Army to attack.

With the help of the low walls of the camp trenches and the use of bows, arrows and muskets, they killed countless Western troops.

I plan to trap them to death like this.

Zhang Xianzhong refused to surrender and kept holding on.

But it certainly won't last long.

Therefore, Zhu Yihai, the emperor of Ming Dynasty, has concluded that he will not last long and will be destroyed, and the Ming army must start to intervene. If not, it will be too late.

The emperor was very satisfied with Zhu Pengfei's continuous capture of several important cities on Chencang Road during this period.

But it's not enough.

It's time to send troops directly to the Hanzhong Plain and confront the Qing army head-on.

The emperor hoped that Zhu Pengfei would lead the Shaanxi-Gansu camp to march 200 miles, take advantage of the Qing army's siege of the Western Camp at Dingjun Mountain, detour through Yangping Pass, capture Yangping Pass, and then seize Mian County.

Zhongkai in the east, Gao Doushu, Gao Bizheng, Liu Tichun, Hao Yaoqi, He Zhen and other generals from Zhongkai and Zhongyi towns will counterattack westward from the lower reaches of the Han River, while Zhang Shipeng, Zhu Wanhua, Qin Liangyu and other soldiers and horses will go north from Dazhou to Hanzhong, to

At that time, they would first go to Nanzheng, Hanzhong Prefecture City.

Lueyang, Mian County, Nanzheng.

If these three cities can be taken by chance, the more than 20,000 Qing troops in Dingjun Mountain will be cut off and surrounded.

The mantis stalks the cicada, followed by the oriole.

The Battle of Hanzhong has been going on for almost a year and is almost over.

While Wu Sangui was still in Guanzhong, the Qing army was still busy cleaning up Shanxi and northern Shaanxi, and even providing reinforcements to Shandong and Henan to recover Hanzhong in one fell swoop.

When the time comes, there will be two fat sheep in one net.

After this battle, Zhang Xianzhong was completely defeated. When the time came, he was summoned to the capital and reorganized his troops, which solved a serious problem.

If the Qing army's more than 20,000 troops in Hanzhong were annihilated, it would be a heavy blow to them. They could only defend Guanzhong and would not be able to capture Hanzhong again, let alone Sichuan.

The Qing army and the Western Camp had spent too long facing each other in Hanzhong, and now they were exhausted. It was just the right time for the Ming army to attack.

The road to Shuhan is difficult to pass.

There are five main roads from Guanzhong Plain to Hanzhong: Qishan Road, Chencang Road, Baoxie Road, Tangluo Road, and Ziwu Road.

The main ways to reach the four basins from Hanzhong are Jinniu Road, Micang Road and Lizhi Road. In addition, there is also a Yinping Road from Gansu to Sichuan.

Now Zhu Pengfei has occupied Lueyang City, an important city on Chencang Road, and the road has been blocked.

The remaining Qishan Road comes from Longyou Qinzhou. Now Qinzhou and Chengxian are also controlled by the Ming army and are also blocked.

There are still three roads left, but as long as Mian County and Nanzheng City can be taken away, they will still be unreachable.

The emperor is going to close the door and beat the dog.

Zhang Xianzhong's main force has been trapped in Dingjun Mountain in Hanzhong. The emperor ordered Qin Liangyu of Wen'an to immediately send troops to take over the entire Baoning, and promptly resettle the women and children of the old camp left behind by Zhang Xianzhong as well as the captive civilians.
Chapter completed!