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Xiong Kuang's advance can be said to be extremely fast. It only took him three days to fight from Junzhou (Shiyan) to Jinzhou (Ankang), and then quickly surrounded Jinzhou City.

Xiong Kuang brought six-pound light artillery this time, and he was actually not good at attacking cities. However, Xiong Kuang still asked the soldiers to line up the light artillery in front of Jinzhou City and began a round of bombing.

The Ming army in Jinzhou City did not expect that the speed of the southeast would be so fast.

What's more, I didn't expect that Xiong Kuang didn't attack Junzhou at all, but directly rushed to Jinzhou, which was even weaker in logistics.

In addition, Xiong Kuang bypassed Jinzhou and set up a sluice in the upper reaches of Jinzhou to intercept the Ming court baggage ships transporting from the upper reaches of the Han River, and constantly harassed the Ming army heading upstream to Jinzhou.

After two days of siege, Xiong Kuang bombarded the city for two days. The Ming Ting defenders in Jinzhou City were completely desperate and surrendered to Xiong Kuang.

Xiong Kuang immediately sent people along the Han River to Junzhou (Shiyan) to spread the news of Jinzhou's surrender.

Junzhou's 15,000-strong army relied entirely on the Han River to be supplied from the upper reaches, and Jinzhou was an important town on this supply route.

After hearing that Junzhou had been captured by the New Southeast Army, the defenders in Jinzhou City immediately lost their fighting spirit and surrendered to Lin Deyang, who led the infantry and artillery to siege the city.

In this way, within five days of dispatching troops, Southeast conquered Jinzhou and Junzhou successively, opening the way to Hanzhong.

After Xiong Kuang captured Jinzhou, he sent soldiers to spread the news, saying that the Southeast New Army had invested a large army in Hanzhong, and would soon cut off several ancient roads back to Guanzhong, and would shut down the Shaanxi army who stayed in Hanzhong.

When Guo Pu, who was supervising the battle in Hanzhong Mansion, heard the news, he immediately summoned his men for a military meeting.

Guo Pu, wearing a vermilion civil official uniform, looked at his generals and asked:

"Now that the southeastern army has entered Hanzhong, the generals can speak freely if they have any ideas."

A military general wearing exquisite armor stood up and said: "Sir Governor, I think that the southeast is strong, so we should retreat to Guanzhong, and then guard a few entrance passages to ensure that Xi'an is safe."

This general's name was Sun Yao, who was a hereditary Qianhu of Qin Zhongwei. He was promoted and re-employed by Guo Pu because he knew how to train troops. He was the co-chief of the Shaanxi New Army trained by Guo Pu.

Guo Pu actually had no idea of ​​continuing the fight. He had just received the news that Junzhou had been defeated. He had lost the strength of the two associations in Hanzhong. It would be too cowardly to retreat without firing a shot now. .

By plundering clan houses and setting up mines, Guo Pu gathered a total of five associations in Guanzhong, which was a total of 25,000 troops.

Although the two associations guarding Junzhou were relatively weak in combat effectiveness, they also severely damaged Guo Pu's vitality.

Sun Yao saw Guo Pu's thoughts and continued:

"Mr. Governor, our supply in Guanzhong is actually difficult from Hanzhong, and the road out of Hanzhong is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Originally, we didn't have to wade through the muddy waters in Hanzhong."

"On the contrary, Hanzhong is the key point in Shuzhong. You ask Sichuan for food, but they refuse to give it. Why do our Shaanxi army work for the Sichuan army?"

Sun Yao whispered again: "My Lord Governor, Chen Shuai from Henan and Jiang Shuai from Sichuan are both eyeing our Shaanxi. Henan has been petitioning to establish a governor within the pass to coordinate the war between Henan and Shaanxi. Jiang Shuai from Sichuan also proposed the establishment of a governor. The Governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi is fully responsible for the war in Sichuan and Shaanxi."

"If you lose your troops this time, I'm afraid the court will really agree to their request."

Guo Pu was shocked, and he realized that what his subordinates said was really possible.

Shaanxi and Henan were the core areas of the Tang and Song Dynasties, and the Chang'an and Luoyang areas were also integrated in terms of defense.

Sichuan and Shaanxi have also said before that in the historical timeline before Su Ze traveled through, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi was a permanent position in the Qing Dynasty.

Guo Pu immediately realized that if his own troops suffered too many losses, he might really be annexed by his two covetous neighbors.

And when he thought that he was the governor of Sichuan, Jiang Dongchen was guarding the gate, and the strength of the two associations was reduced, but Jiang Dongchen refused to give any supplies, and Guo Pu had no will to fight.

But he still hesitated. He had been operating in Hanzhong for a long time, and if he gave up Hanzhong, the New Southeast Army would also have the possibility of marching north along the three ancient roads, which would put Xi'an in danger.

Sun Yao immediately said: "Mr. Governor, we can actually talk to Southeast."

"talk?"

Sun Yao said: "It is said that Southeast is out in force this time. The logistical supplies must be huge. Junzhou's 15,000 captives are also human beings. Southeast has always flaunted its love for the people, and it must be allowed to feed them. This is a big problem." burden."

"The Governor can completely negotiate with Southeast and ask them to release our troops from the two associations in Junzhou, and our troops will withdraw from Hanzhong."

After listening to Sun Yao's words, Guo Pu was immediately overjoyed. He realized that this was indeed negotiable content.

Hanzhong Prefecture has been an important town in the southwest since the Three Kingdoms. It has been destroyed by many wars and rebuilt many times.

Nowadays, there are not only artillery on the wall of Hanzhong Mansion, but also trenches dug around it, which can be said to be quite difficult to attack.

If Guo Pu proposes to withdraw from Hanzhong, it will definitely be good news for the Southeast New Army.

When Sun Yao saw that Guo Pu had been convinced by him, he immediately said: "The general is willing to go to the enemy camp and negotiate with the southeastern thieves!"

Guo Pu came down, took Sun Yao's hand and said, "If General can succeed, it will be a great contribution to the elders of Guanzhong! I will definitely ask you for credit when I go back!"

Sun Yao took the order and left, immediately mounted his horse and left Hanzhong Mansion, heading to Jinzhou to contact the Southeast New Army.

Sun Yao thought he was already fast, but he didn't expect Xiong Kuang to be faster.

Xiong Kuang used the military uniforms of the Ming army in Jinzhou City to disguise himself as Jinzhou's defeated troops and blew up Yangzhou City, the exit of Ziwu Valley.

Yangzhou is the exit of the Ziwu Road connecting Guanzhong in the Hanzhong area. The occupation of Yangzhou by the Southeast New Army means cutting off a passage from Hanzhong to Guanzhong.

What's even more deadly is that after the Southeast New Army occupied Yangzhou, if they went north from Ziwu Road, they could directly attack Xi'an.

This is something that Sun Yao and other military leaders in Guanzhong cannot accept at all.

The officers and soldiers of the New Army trained by Guo Pu in Shaanxi are basically from Guanzhong. They don't care about fighting in Hanzhong, but if the Southeast New Army breaks into Guanzhong, they will be anxious.

Fortunately, Ziwu Road is the most difficult of the three Guan-Han passages, and Guo Pu also left defensive troops at the exit of Ziwu Road before setting off to Hanzhong.

Sun Yao didn't dare to delay anymore. The speed of marching to the southeast was too fast. It seemed that the rumors were right. All the elites were coming out of the southeast.

His Shaanxi army can no longer be consumed in Hanzhong, and must immediately return to Guanzhong to establish a defense line.

Sun Yaoliang found out his identity and found the frontline commander Xiong Kuang.

When Xiong Kuang heard that the Ming Army's envoy was coming, he immediately understood.

After he captured Ankang, he immediately attacked Yangzhou and seized the entry channel of Ziwu Road in order to strategically deter the Shaanxi army.

Sure enough, as Xiong Kuang thought, the Shaanxi Ming Army was not very conscious of guarding Hanzhong, and they quickly succumbed to their own strategic intimidation.

Regarding the conditions offered by Sun Yao, Xiong Kuang naturally demanded a sky-high price.

The two Xie Ming armies in Junzhou can be taken away, but the weapons and equipment must be left behind.

When the Ming army in Hanzhong withdrew, all supplies would remain in Hanzhong.

When Sun Yao heard Xiong Kuang's conditions, his blood pressure became a little high.

Shaanxi itself is not rich. The food and weapons in Guanzhong were finally collected, and now they have to give them to the other party.

But the situation is stronger than the people. Now that Xiong Kuang has occupied Yangzhou, it does threaten the security of Guanzhong.

Sun Yao also knew that neither officers nor ordinary soldiers like himself had the intention to fight decisively with the Southeast New Army in Hanzhong. Such an army could not win the war at all.

After some haggling, Sun Yao finally reached an agreement with Xiong Kuang.

Of the 15,000 Shaanxi Ming troops in Junzhou, only the best 8,000 Guanzhong people were evacuated, and the remaining 7,000 were left for reorganization in the southeast.

The city defenses and artillery of Hanzhong Mansion were left in Hanzhong, and the Ming army only took away light infantry equipment and food.

Both sides took the agreement to their superiors, and it was quickly approved.

Guo Pu led the Shaanxi army northward, withdrew from Hanzhong from Baoxe Road and returned to the Guanzhong area.

The eight thousand captured Guanzhong disciples were also sent to Hanzhong Mansion, where they were evacuated in batches.

After the Shaanxi army withdrew, the Southeast New Army occupied the Hanzhong area.

In addition, Guo Pu also reached a secret agreement with the Southeast New Army.

That is, the New Southeast Army did not go north to attack Guanzhong, and the Shaanxi Army did not take the initiative to go south to attack Hanzhong. The two sides secretly ceased fighting for a year.

Although both parties know that this secret treaty has no effect at all, it can be regarded as a tacit cooperation.

Lin Deyang was also very happy about this secret appointment.

The strategy formulated by Su Ze was to start with Hanzhong and then Sichuan. Shaanxi was not his main direction of attack.

After the Southeast New Army occupied Sichuan, the Ming Dynasty's remaining forces in the southwest were Yunnan and Guizhou. These two places became enclaves, and they were always a meal for the Southeast New Army.

By that time, Su Ze is ready to deal with the problem of the southwestern barbarians, and then the new southeastern army will be able to occupy the entire southern region.

Therefore, not attacking Guanzhong was Su Ze's pre-war strategy.

On December 15, the battle of Hanzhong finally came to an end.

The Southeastern New Army occupied a series of cities in the Han River Basin and completely controlled the Hanzhong area.

The Shaanxi army withdrew to Guanzhong basically intact, which was considered a "happy" result.

So, who is hurt?