Although Zhao Peng is a novice in history, he is familiar with the name Li Dingguo. This is a brave general with both wisdom and courage. Kong Youde and Nikan both died at the hands of Li Dingguo. The story of the two famous kings is famous for their generations.

After knowing that after Zhang Xianzhong's death, Li Dingguo changed his surname back, Zhao Peng realized that the Zhang Dingguo he had met before was Li Dingguo. Since there was such a famous person to invest in, he must be included as soon as possible.

Zhao Peng made a little preparation and took the Three Thousand Jinyiwei on board the ship.

Although Wuchang and Jingzhou have been lost, and the Qing army can smuggle across the Yangtze River at any time, the Ming Navy is still an invincible existence on the river surface. The reason why the Qing army was able to cross the river was because the Yangtze River was too long. Although the Ming Navy was powerful, it could not block the entire Yangtze River, so it would inevitably allow the Qing army to cross the river south.

That's why there is a saying that guarding the river must be guarding the Huai River. The Yangtze River in the lower reaches must be guarding the two Huai Rivers; the Yangtze River in the middle reaches must be guarding Xiangyang, and the Sichuan River in the upper reaches must be guarding Sichuan.

Although the Qing army had entered Sichuan, the Ming Navy could be unobstructed from the section of the Yangtze River from Jiujiang to Chongqing, and the Qing army could not stop the Ming Navy's fleet entering Sichuan. Not only could it not stop it, but when the Ming Navy was coming, the Qing army had to do was to quickly pull all the ships ashore and hide them so as not to burn those ships by the Ming army.

In fact, at this time, Chongqing was controlled by the Daxi Army. After Zhang Xianzhong's death, Li Dingguo led his army to counterattack, seized Chongqing, and killed Qing general Zeng Ying.

Qin Liangyu is no longer alive, but when she was reborn, she received imperial edicts from the court, hoping that these chieftains would have a good relationship with the Daxi Army and recruit the Daxi Army if they had the opportunity. Therefore, when Li Dingguo attacked Chongqing, Qin Liangyu's old subordinates not only did not stop him, but instead provided some help to Li Dingguo's subordinates.

Although Zhao Peng was a novice in history, he also knew that in the original time and space, those who fought against the Qing Dynasty in the history of the Southern Ming Dynasty were the peasant army called bandits.

Two princess-class fast frigates were escorted to Jingzhou area, and then drove upstream, there were only fast crab boats, small sampans and cargo ships. The princess-class frigates could not pass the Three Gorges, so they turned back when they arrived in Jingzhou.

The three evils in those days were not the waterways that were repaired by later generations. The Three Gorges of the Yangtze River were built during the Republic of China, blowing up the reefs in the Yangtze River and digging shallows, allowing large ships to enter Chongqing. However, in this era, 500-ton ships dared not go upstream to enter Chongqing.

When passing through a turbulent river section, the boat cannot go upstream by relying solely on sails and oars. It can only allow some people to get off the boat and pull the boat upstream with a rope to go ashore.

Generally, ships with a dozen ton and more than one hundred tons can be pulled into Sichuan with a rope. However, large ships like Princess-class, I don’t know how many people they need to pull them. Therefore, Princess-class ships could not enter Chongqing with their technical level at that time. The power of the ten-day sail of the fly-scissor is very powerful, but the thrust still cannot offset the resistance of the counter-current ship.

It was not until later that with the birth of the machine, ships appeared that thousands of tons of ships could enter Chongqing; later, after the Three Gorges Project was completed, a 10,000 tons of ships could enter Chongqing.

After passing Yiling (now Yichang), the fleet moved upward and entered the Three Gorges.

The yellow-brown river water turned pale green, the river surface became narrower, and the plains on both sides gradually became mountains. The boats went upstream and sailing speed became slower and slower. The sailors rowed their oars desperately, but the boats were still moving forward at a speed.

As the ship continued to rush up, the water became more and more rapid. When it came to the back, it was impossible to move forward by relying solely on sails and oars. Therefore, Zhao Peng asked the ship to temporarily moor on the shore, let the auxiliary soldiers on the ship get off the ship and pull the boat forward under the command of the Jinyiwei.

Among them, the Jinyiwei was originally a canal boatman and knew how to command the boatman to pull the boat. The Jinyiwei, who was a boatman, shouted slogans, and the auxiliary soldiers followed the Jinyiwei's mouth and worked together step by step to pull the boat upstream.

Pulling a boat requires working together, otherwise it will be difficult to pull the boat if everyone’s strength is not coordinated.

The scene of tens of thousands of auxiliary soldiers pulling hundreds of ships through the Three Gorges can be said to be very spectacular. In later generations, after the appearance of ships, such a scene was never seen again. With diesel engines, who would use manpower to pull the ships? How good is it to drive the ships directly from diesel engines?

The fleet sailed hard in the turbulent Three Gorges, slowly upstream. But to be honest, this section of the river is indeed beautiful, and the scenery here is infinitely beautiful, but the navigation is too difficult.

In ancient times when transportation was inconvenient, when entering Sichuan, waterways were actually the most convenient way to go by waterways. Compared to landing into Sichuan from Hanzhong, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places, the Yangtze River waterways were much more convenient. Although the speed of pulling a boat is not faster than walking, the transportation volume is large, and not all river sections need to be pulled forward. Some river sections can be sailed with paddles, which is much faster than land. If you leave Sichuan, just go down the river directly, which is very convenient.

The fleet finally passed through the Three Gorges, and the mountain city was ahead.

In Chongqing, Li Dingguo sat in the central army tent. At this time, he and Sun Kewang and Ai Nengqi parted ways. Sun Kewang and Ai Nengqi took most of their troops out of Sichuan and marched towards Yunnan. Liu Wenxiu and Feng Shuangli followed Li Dingguo to stay in Chongqing.

Before, personal soldiers reported to Li Dingguo that the Ming Dynasty was loyal and brave enough to come to Chongqing to recruit the Daxi Army.

After repeated consideration, Li Dingguo decided to stay in Chongqing and wait for Zhongyong to accept the adaptation and join the Ming army. After all, surrendering to the Ming army was Zhang Xianzhong's will. The loyal Li Dingguo decided to follow his adoptive father's will. As a result, there was a conflict between Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang at this time. Sun Kewang insisted on his own opinion and wanted to go to Yunnan to open up his own territory.

As a result, Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang were quarreling. In the end, Sun Kewang, the boss of the four adopted sons, took away most of the Daxi Army, with 150,000 troops, and Sun Kewang took away 100,000, leaving only 50,000 people for Li Dingguo.

"General, the loyal and brave wait for the Ming Kingdom is here." A personal soldier entered the central army's tent to report.

"Come in quickly!" Li Dingguo stood up.

Walking out of the Central Army's tent on the top of the hillside, I saw a huge fleet of ships moored on the river below. Li Dingguo and his soldiers walked down the steps and headed towards the dock by the river.

Chongqing is a mountain city, built on the hillside by the river, and houses are built on the hillside. There is almost no flat ground in the city. You can reach the riverside by walking down the hillside through the steps. On both sides of the bluestone steps are homes of local people.

However, Chongqing's terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Chengdu City located on the Chengdu Plain has been captured by the Qing army. The Daxi Army was divided into two groups, and was taken away by Sun Kewang and taken to Yunnan. The other was taken to Chongqing by Li Dingguo. Although there were few Daxi Army in Chongqing, it was very difficult for the Qing army to conquer Chongqing.

Chongqing is located on the Yuzhong Peninsula formed by the intersection of the Jialing River and the Yangtze River. The city wall is surrounded by the riverside, the city is built on the hillside, and the barracks are located on the commanding heights of the Yuzhong Peninsula. If the Qing army comes to attack the city and set up cannons and catapults on the mountain, they can attack the invading enemy forces from a high place from a high point, and even if the enemy pays a heavy price, it will be difficult to capture Chongqing.
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