Anti-Qing: Starting from the Reincarnation of the Ming Dynasty

Before the two sides could formally engage in battle, the White Lotus cavalry suffered a heavy loss.

They were beaten by the Qing cavalry with volleys of fire and suffered heavy casualties.

However, this is also something that can't be helped.

The cavalry of the White Lotus Teaching Army are of average quality. To put it bluntly, they are just a group of infantry who have just learned to ride a horse.

At most, they can just ride horses and charge into battle to fight the enemy.

If you expect them to shoot volleys with the Qing army's elite cavalry, you are making things difficult for them.

Therefore, the cavalry of the White Lotus Sect did not prepare to compete with the Qing cavalry in volley fire. Instead, they rode directly towards the Qing cavalry, preparing to grit their teeth and withstand a wave of arrow rain, and then engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Qing cavalry.

After a wave of arrows, before the Qing cavalry could speed up their horses again, the White Lotus cavalry charged forward.

In an instant, the two sides strangled each other.

The lances stabbed, the machetes chopped, and the blood spurted.

The two sides strangled each other in an instant, and corpses fell off their horses and fell on the battlefield.

But it is very obvious that the number of casualties of the White Lotus cavalry is much higher than that of the Qing cavalry.

However, the Qing cavalry offensive was indeed contained...

Seeing that the war was not going well, the expression on Yongxuan's face was uncertain for a while, but in the end he still gave the order.

"After the order was passed, the army launched a counterattack across the board. After repelling the rebels, all the troops retreated in an orderly manner and returned to defend Chengdu, waiting for reinforcements from Yunnan and Guizhou."

Since the field battle was lost, defending the city was the best option for the Qing army, and Yongxuan made the decision immediately.

However, in order to ensure that his side could retreat successfully, Yongxuan did not ask the troops to retreat immediately. Instead, he asked them to launch a counterattack first and then retreat.

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Outside Chengdu, the fighting continues.

The Qing army launched a large-scale counterattack on the frontal battlefield. The White Lotus Teaching Army did not expect that the Qing army would counterattack with all its strength at this time.

Therefore, I suffered a heavy loss.

The originally relatively stable front inevitably began to waver and began to retreat.

Prepare to deploy defenses and fight defensive counterattacks.

The Qing army seized this opportunity, and various ministries began to rush to withdraw into Chengdu.

Seeing this, Song Zhiqing knew that he had been tricked, and his face couldn't help but darken.

But before his military order was issued, he saw that most of the Qing army had withdrawn into Chengdu.

The White Lotus Teaching Army immediately launched a counterattack, but failed to achieve any success. They only annihilated a part of the Qing army's rear-end troops.

For the Qing army, such casualties could only be regarded as superficial injuries at best.

Song Zhiqing took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

Then he continued.

"With this military order from the Heavenly King, all our military departments will immediately prepare for the siege and prepare to capture Chengdu..."

After Song Zhiqing's order was issued, the various departments of the White Lotus Teaching Army began to act in accordance with the military order.

Preparations were made for launching an offensive against Chengdu City.

At this moment, a group of fast horses came rushing towards Song Zhiqing.

"Report!"

"The King of Heaven is calling for an urgent report from Sichuan East..."

When Song Zhiqing heard this, the expression on his face froze, and he immediately ordered the sentry to ride up and report.

The leading sentry rider quickly came to Song Zhiqing.

Song Zhiqing immediately asked.

"What's going on? What happened in the east direction of Sichuan?"

The sentry knight took a big breath, and after catching his breath, he spoke.

"Report to the King of Heaven, something big has happened."

"Our army's spies deployed in the east of Sichuan reported that the Ming army marched westward from Huguang. The army entered Sichuan and successfully captured Chongqing, and is continuing to attack in the direction of Chengdu..."

When Song Zhiqing heard this, the expression on his face immediately stiffened, the veins on his forehead were beating continuously, and his heart was filled with burning anger.

And deep unwillingness!

He was unwilling to lead his men to fight for several years, and the good situation he achieved became a wedding dress for the Ming army.

He was unwilling to give up the great rivers and mountains of Sichuan and Shu with his bare hands.

He was unwilling to be like a rat in the gutter and continued to be chased by the Ming army...

You know, the reason why the White Lotus Teaching Army chose to enter Sichuan back then was not only because they were defeated by the Qing army in Hubei and were unable to stand.

Also because of the aggressiveness of the Ming army.

When the White Lotus Teaching Army was defeated at the gates of Xiangyang City, the Ming Army sent people to contact the White Lotus Teaching Army.

The plan is to incorporate the White Lotus Religion Army, which suffered heavy losses, at the cost of conferring high-level official positions in the White Lotus Religion.

However, the White Lotus Teaching Army refused.

The senior leaders of the White Lotus Sect were not willing to be just vassals of the Ming Dynasty, but had their own ambitions.

They want to build a heaven on earth belonging to the White Lotus Sect!

However, ambition is ambition, and Song Zhiqing also knew that he was no match for the Ming army. Therefore, when the Ming army's Huguang war was in full swing.

He chose to lead troops into Sichuan!

Want to open up the situation in Sichuan.

Therefore, from the perspective of the White Lotus Sect's senior leaders, the reason why they chose to enter Sichuan was because of the persecution of the Ming army.

However, what they didn't expect was that after entering Sichuan for several years, they were finally close to capturing Chengdu and opening up the situation between Sichuan and Sichuan. The Ming army actually entered the scene again.

Get ready to pick their peaches!

Song Zhiqing knew that he was no match for the Ming army, but he was unwilling to give up the great situation of Sichuan and Shu to others.

Just when Song Zhiqing was struggling, a general of the White Lotus Teaching Army beside him asked.

"King of Heaven, the Ming army has entered Sichuan, what should our army do?"

When the general of the White Lotus Teaching Army asked this question, he actually had the intention of retreating in his heart.

When Song Zhiqing heard this, he remained silent and said nothing.

At this time, Xu Shen, another White Lotus sect general, spoke. "Damn it, I've already entered Sichuan to avoid Ming Dynasty. Isn't this enough? What does it mean that Ming Dynasty sent troops to Sichuan?"

"Damn it, if he doesn't give us a way to live, we will fight with them!"

"The worst case scenario is death, with a big scar on my head. Who is afraid of who?"

Xu Shen has always been a radical person. In his opinion, it is embarrassing enough for the White Lotus Sect to be driven into Sichuan and Shu by the Ming army.

We must not continue to be weak!

Song Zhiqing heard the words, but did not speak.

He just glanced at Xu Shen speechlessly.

Although he is a little unwilling, but no matter how unwilling he is, he will not actively seek death, right?

Isn’t it good to be alive?

At this moment, someone on the other side spoke again.

"King of heaven, I have something I don't know whether to say or not!"

This man's name was Zhang Yun, and he was a scholar. He came here after the White Lotus Teaching Army entered Sichuan.

Now he is regarded as the think tank and counselor in the White Lotus Teaching Army.

Seeing that it was Zhang Yun who was speaking, Song Zhiqing felt happy, and then nodded and said.

"Mr. Zhang, please tell me if you have something to say!"

Zhang Yun nodded slightly when he heard this.

"King Qi, in the opinion of the lower official, my teaching of the Heavenly Soldiers is no match for the Ming Army."

"Since the Ming Dynasty wants to take Sichuan and Shu, then give it to him."

"Instead of engaging in a meaningless battle with the Ming army and letting the soldiers die in vain, our army should conserve its strength and make other plans as soon as possible."

When Song Zhiqing heard this, he couldn't help showing doubts on his face and asked.

"What does Mr. Zhang mean?"

Zhang Yun laughed and said.

"There are only two roads before us now."

"One is to go south, and the other is to go north."

"If we go south, our army can take advantage of the fact that tomorrow's soldiers have not arrived, break out of the camp outside Chengdu, and attack Yunnan and Guizhou southward, in order to gain a foothold in Yunnan and Guizhou."

"As for going north, we will take advantage of this opportunity to go from Hanzhong to Guanzhong and seize the hometown of the Three Qins in Guanzhong as our foundation."

“Perhaps we can also build a kingdom of heaven on earth!”

When Song Zhiqing heard this, he couldn't help but look thoughtful.

After thinking for a while, he continued to ask.

"What's Mr. Zhang's suggestion?"

Zhang Yun pointed his finger to the north and said.

"The lower official's opinion is that our army can take advantage of this opportunity to march north to Guanzhong."

"Because, if we go north to Guanzhong, our army can advance into the Central Plains and compete for the world; when we retreat, we can send troops to the Western Regions to protect ourselves."

“It’s the best of both worlds!”

"As for going south, the official judged that after the Ming army captured Sichuan and Shu, the next step should be to prepare to go south to Yunnan and Guizhou."

"If our army goes south at this time, it will face the dilemma of having wolves in front and tigers behind."

"That's why, my subordinate's suggestion is to go north!"

"Go north and capture Guanzhong!"

When Song Zhiqing heard this, his face showed emotion and he nodded slightly.

"feasible!"

After saying this, he gave the order.

"Send the order, the army will retreat and prepare to march north to Guanzhong..."

After giving orders to withdraw his troops, Song Zhiqing looked at Zhang Yun again and spoke.

"Mr. Zhang, could you please lead a team to Nanjing and submit my submission to the Ming Dynasty on behalf of the White Lotus Sect in exchange for the Ming Dynasty supporting the White Lotus Sect to gain a foothold in Guanzhong..."

Song Zhiqing has now figured out that the world will eventually be unified. From the current point of view, the probability of Ming Dynasty reunifying the world is the highest.

Even if he and others can separate themselves, they will not be able to change the general trend in the end.

He definitely couldn't keep the land in Guanzhong.

In the future, I will continue to fight westward with my troops, go far to the Western Regions, and establish the Kingdom of Heaven on earth in the Western Regions.

Or surrender to the Ming Dynasty in exchange for glory and wealth.

Now send someone to contact Daming, there will be nothing wrong...

Although Song Zhiqing does not want to surrender to the Ming Dynasty now, this does not mean that he dislikes the Ming Dynasty.

After so many years of slogans against the Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty, there are many people who take it seriously.

If things really couldn't be done, Song Zhiqing wouldn't mind leading his troops to surrender to the Ming Dynasty in exchange for glory and wealth.

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After the army retreated into Chengdu City, Yongxuan immediately began to deploy defenses non-stop.

Prepare for the siege of the White Lotus Teaching Army!

In order to boost the morale of the army, the prince Yongxuan even went to the city of Chengdu in person to express condolences to the army.

However, just when Yongxuan patted Mr. Qian's shoulder and encouraged him to fight to the end for the Qing Dynasty.

A sentinel rider came quickly and reported to Yongxuanhui.

"Reporting to the Governor, the White Lotus sect's bandits outside the city have withdrawn, and their army is breaking camp and heading north..."

Yongxuan has been called "brother" for thirty years, and he has long been fed up with this title.

Therefore, after receiving the order to leave the town, Yongxuan began to ask his subordinates not to call him Eleventh Brother, but to call him by his official position. (End of chapter)