Almost as Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan, Liu Jun, Mei Zhihuan and Li Changgeng led nearly 20,000 people to leave Huguang and enter eastern Sichuan on a river boat. When Zhang Xianzhong successfully captured Dachang City, the fleet carrying Huguang troops was slowly sailing into Kuimen.

"Kuimen is here!" The boss shouted loudly on the bow of the ship.

Liu Jun walked out of the cabin and stood at the bow and looked ahead.

"The waters meet Fuwan, and Qutang compete for one. The word Du Zimei used to compete for a place to paint the great waters of Kuimen." Mei Zhihuan also walked out of the cabin and looked at Kuimen in the distance.

Kuimen, also known as Qutang Pass, has high mountains on both sides of the river, which is the gateway for the Yangtze River to enter Sichuan. The river here is only a hundred meters wide, which tightly binds the surging river like a gully. The rolling Yangtze River water rushes out from the Three Gorges, and the water is as fast as a galloping horse.

It was Liu Jun's first time in his past or present life, but he was very familiar with the scene in front of him. After thinking for a while, he remembered that the background image of the fifth set of RMB 10 yuan is the scene in front of him?

The mountains on both sides of Kuimen are called Baiyan Mountain in the south and Chijia Mountain in the north. They rise from the ground and tower into the clouds; the walls on both sides of the river stand like shaved walls, just like gates built by heaven and earth.

Kuimen is like a natural pass. When leaving Kuimen, Changjiang enters Huguang, and is called Jingjiang. Passing this Kuimen is the Three Gorges with infinite scenery and steepness. This section of Yangtze River in Sichuan is also called Chuanjiang. Kuimen is a natural dividing line.

The river boat carrying Liu Jun and others specializes in running Jingjiang, and when you arrive at Kuimen, you will reach the end of your voyage.

Liu Jun and the others are also about to get off the boat in Fengjie and set foot on the battlefield to suppress bandits.

As soon as the fleet approached the Fengjie shore wharf, Liu Jun received bad news. When Liu Jun set off with his large army, he had already arranged for Feng Sheng to take Yebukuo to take the fastest flight.

"Zhang Xianzhong has entered Sichuan." Feng Sheng set out earlier than Liu Jun and the others, so he entered Sichuan three days ago.

Liu Jun smiled and said, "This is good news. The Prime Minister predicted that the enemy would be like a god. He had already figured out the movements of the bandits." But when he saw Feng Sheng, he did not look happy at all, but his face was full of worry.

"What's wrong?"

Feng Sheng sighed and said, "It's bad news. The thief has not only entered Sichuan, but has also taken down Dachang City. The general of Dachang, the deputy general of Sichuan, Zhang Zukai, was wiped out and escaped with only more than a dozen people."

"When did that happen?" Liu Jun's face became so serious. This was definitely not good news. Zhang Zukai guarded Dachang City for 5,000 troops, and he did not expect him to defeat Zhang Xianzhong, but he also lost too quickly.

"The thief Xian was the one who used the detailed work he had sneaked into the city the night before yesterday to win the Dachang City. Now the thief Xian is still in Dachang, and is interrogating and plundering money everywhere. He also raised the flag of recruiting troops and recruiting soldiers and horses. As long as he invested in the city, he would give each person five taels of silver. Countless people wanted to join the thief Xian." Feng Sheng reported.

Liu Jun reported the bad news to Mei Zhihuan and Li Changgeng with a heavy heart.

When Mei Zhihuan heard the news, her beard was so angry that she shook. Zhang Zukai's defeat and lost the city made Liu Jun and the others very passive.

"What should we do now?" Liu Jun asked. It turned out that their plan was to take a boat to Kuizhou. He took Zhang Xianzhong into Dachang City and blocked the bandits' way into Sichuan. But now, Zhang Xianzhong took the lead over them. The bandit army not only entered Sichuan, but also defeated Zhang Zukai and seized Dachang City. He seized a large amount of money and grain, and there was a city.

After all, the Nine-Headed Bird is just a new army, and Liu Jun doesn't want to fight a siege.

"Or we will settle in Fengjie and lean on the city to block the enemy?"

Mei Zhihuan clenched her fists and said, "It's useless for us to stay in Fengjie. At most, we can block a road, but the thief can never go to our side. He can go west to Taiping County, and then continue to go west to Baoning Mansion. At that time, he can enter western Sichuan from Jianmen, or go directly to Taiping south to Dazhou, bypass us and enter Shunqing and Chongqing."

In a word, relying solely on Fengjie can't stop the bandits. Although Fengjie guards Kuimen, it is for entering Shu through the Yangtze River. Zhang Xianzhong and others came in from the mountainous areas in the north. If they guard Fengjie, they would not have much effect on the bandits' army.

"We should march into Dachang immediately and eliminate the bandits." Mei Zhihuan said.

Liu Jun hesitated and even disagreed. Although they had six battalions, most of them were recruits and civilians. Compared with the thieves, they did not have much advantage in terms of quantity or combat effectiveness. Moreover, Dachang City is more than 100 miles away from Fengjie. When they rushed over, the thieves might have left.

The most important thing is that Liu Jun doesn't want to fight that kind of adventure, has the idea of ​​preserving his strength, and is unwilling to take risks with the Nine-Headed Bird he had finally built.

Mei Zhihuan set up the temporary headquarters in Baidi City next to Kuimen. The news that the thieves captured Dachang was strictly kept confidential and did not tell the soldiers.

The soldiers of Huguang were still lined up to land on the boat, with nearly 20,000 people, thousands of mules and horses, as well as a large number of vans, food, grass, milk, and artillery, etc., and it took at least one day to complete the landing.

After taking the boat for a few days, they finally got off to the side and the soldiers were very excited.

The dock was bustling with people and horses neighing.

The local vendors on the dock first saw many river boats coming, and they all thought it was a big caravan, so they rushed to watch, and even many small vendors came to take over the business. As soon as the ship was docked, they saw a large army coming on a boat, and ran back in fright.

However, after the soldiers on the first boat got ashore, they were amazed again. The first one to get ashore was Liu Jun’s Jiutou Bird Camp, which was also Mei Zhihuan’s lower middle camp.

The first person to disembark a tall nine-headed bird flag bearer holding Liu Jun's camp flag. On the high flagpole, a nine-headed bird flag was flying, and then Liu Jun's camp recognized the flag, then the Qianzheng Banner in front, followed by Qianzheng Banner in the back, and the Qianzheng Banner in the position of the chief, commanding the flag, and other flags.

When every flag is disembarked, there is a drum sound on the ship.

The common vendors in Fengjie were shocked when they saw this scene. There was also a Qutang Guard in Kuimen, but the Qutang Guard, which had a net worth of more than 5,000 people, were like other guards in the Ming Dynasty, like the beggars, and they had no majestic momentum.

Now the army that disembarked, not to mention the flags as the sea, but to just talk about the wear of those soldiers, the copper bubble nails on the fitted cotton armor shine brightly. The bright helmets on their heads were shining. Not to mention that these people were wearing boots, and the swords, guns, bows and arrows in their hands were also quite neat. Especially as soon as they got off the boat, they immediately started to line up and quickly lined up in a neat square array, which made people's heart beat violently.

Not far from the wharf is the Qutang Guard's garrison. This guard was originally the Qutang Guarding Thousand Houses of the Sichuan Commander Command. Later it was promoted to Qutang Guard and was transferred to the Huguang Commander Commander Commander Commander Commander Commander, and then it was transferred to the Huguang Xingdu Office. It was responsible for guarding the Qutang Pass of Kuimen, with a military quota of 5,500 people.

Early in the morning, Yang Ling, the commander of the Qutang Guard, was having breakfast, but he saw a servant running over in panic.

"Sir, a large fleet of ships sailed from the downstream of the river, all of which were large river ships, with a total of two or three hundred ships."

"What a panic? Isn't it a good thing to have a large fleet coming? Go and call all the servants. By the way, call some military gatherings." Yang Ling's first reaction was that he had extra money to get in. When the caravan arrived at his territory, he would not give him some filial piety. Although a large fleet of hundreds of large ships is indeed rare, it must have a great origin. But if he has a great origin, he must also give him some benefits.

Such a large fleet is also very happy to just miss a little.

"Sir. The fleet transported all soldiers, all soldiers, with guns and cannons on their backs."

"Soldier?" Yang Ling was stunned for a moment. The smile on his face disappeared, and it was a look of horror. He thought about it carefully and didn't hear that a large army had been going on recently. Could it be that it was a bandit? I heard that the Eight Kings rebelled in Huguang again recently. Could it be that Zhang Xianzhong came on a boat?

When he thought of this, his face became even more ugly.

"Ring the bell quickly, gather all the servants, gather the military households, and close the city gates."

Qutangwei was immediately in chaos.

The army landed, and soon alarmed the officials of Kuizhou Prefecture, the magistrate and the county in Fengjie City. Many of the big families and giants in the city also sent servants to inquire. Soon, they finally saw the flags of Mei Zhihuan and others, and hurriedly ran back to report.

"They came to the new Prime Minister Mei Zhihuan, the six provinces of bandit suppression, and there was also the new governor of Yunyang Li Changgeng. The two adults brought at least 10,000 or 20,000 troops, strong and extremely uniform and strong."

The prefect of Kuizhou, his colleagues and gentry knew that the court had changed the blood of the officials who suppressed the bandits. Through the imperial court's official report, they also knew that the new Prime Minister Mei Zhihuan had served as the governor of Gansu, and the new Yunyang was served as the Minister of Personnel. Both of these adults were from Huguang.

"I didn't expect that the two Shangguans would come in person, and my colleagues and fellow villagers would come to greet me." The prefect did not expect that the two big Buddhas would suddenly descend. In surprise, he hurriedly called someone to greet him.

Not to mention Mei Zhihuan is the prime minister of the six provinces, but to say Li Changgeng, that is also their immediate superior. Although Fengjie belongs to Sichuan, he is usually under the jurisdiction of the governor of Sichuan, but Fengjie is also under the jurisdiction of the governor of Yunyang.

A lot of wine, pigs and sheep were arranged in a hurry, and the prefect led his people to the pier. As soon as he approached the pier, he saw dozens of square formations on the open space on the pier by the river, and there were probably thousands of people. What shocked them the most was that the soldiers were neatly armored, with a sequel of flags like the sea, and swords and guns like the forest. These soldiers stood there in an orderly manner, without moving or talking nonsense, full of solemnity, which made people weak in their legs.

"Oh, is this the heavenly soldiers and generals descended from the sky? It's so like that." A fat wealthy businessman in Fengjie looked at the army and was so scared that he sat on the ground with his butt. His face was pale and he couldn't get up for a long time. He called out to the heavenly soldiers and generals.

Although the Nine-Headed Bird is indeed just a new army, the Nine-Headed Birds are all in full, wearing brand new armored clothes and holding the exquisite weapons. The ordinary officials and common people who are not aware of military affairs are indeed shocked.

In Baidi City on the north bank, Liu Junzheng and Mei Zhihuan and others discussed whether to fight or defend. (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!

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