Zhou Xian later learned that Yu Zhenlong joined the army because his family was in decline, and he was too loyal and did not know how to engage in other industries. In order to support his family, he joined the army. But later he found that it was not easy to be in the army, and the phenomenon of empty salary was too serious.

Fortunately, he met Yang Sichang later, and the latter found that he was serious and responsible in his work, so he transferred him to serve as a personal soldier. Since then, not only did no one dare to deduct his salary, but the generals usually came to pay Yang Sichang to pay him some tea and water, which was enough to support his family.

And he was also happy to live like this, safe and comfortable, and had no worries about life. Zhou Xian couldn't help but wonder if he would have some complaints in his heart when he was suddenly transferred to him this time.

After arriving at Kuimen, Wan Ji decided that Li Guoqi would lead his three thousand soldiers to garrison at Kuimen first. He personally took Zhou Xian to the official army camp twenty miles behind Kuimen to discuss the suppression of the bandits with Sichuan Governor Shao Jiechun. However, after a few days, the situation was not optimistic.

As the commander, Yang Sichang had the right to control the Sichuan army. He thought that Hubei was vast and it was difficult to subdue the peasant army, so he tried to drive them to Sichuan. Taking advantage of the steep terrain and inconvenient transportation and the army could not be deployed, he completely besieged them in the border areas of Sichuan and Lake in order to gather and annihilate them. Therefore, he mobilized more than 10,000 elite troops from Sichuan to create an empty army. At the same time, he pursued the peasant army in Hubei and forced them to go to Sichuan.

Such a strategy was not a big problem, but he ignored the hearts of the people. The Ming Dynasty's laws stipulated that if a city was lost, the governor would be punished. The transfer of Sichuan elite troops into Hebei caused the lack of troops in Shu, weak and powerless, and could not effectively resist the peasant army. In this way, all the pressure was taken over by Sichuan Governor Shao Jiechun. He once pointed out in a wide public that "now that Sichuan is given to the bandits, isn't this the supervisor going to kill me?"

He argued with Yang Sichang but could not argue with the latter. In addition, Yang Sichang, as the supervisor, had the right to command him. He could only endure the dissatisfaction in his heart and let Yang Sichang transfer the Sichuan army. But there were many conflicts between the two. Shao Jiechun could not comply with him with the rights in his hands. Such a thing was already an open matter.

Zhou Xian had a lot of sympathy for Yang Sichang, but he had to admit that he was too ignorant of being a human being. He relied on tricks to control his subordinates, but he lacked a broad mind. In addition, he rarely considered the feelings of his subordinates in order to do things, and he always went straightforward, which led to his good relationship network being messed up.

Not only did the two generals he could rely on, Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong, who refused to obey his orders, but the governor of Sichuan, Shao Jiechun, who held real power, and Zheng Chongjian, the governor of Shaanxi, were also disobedient to him. If Yang Sichang came to Shu in person, maybe Shao Jiechun could still be a little restrained, but this time he came for ten thousand yuan. Even if he was appointed as the military supervisor, he was still a sixth-rank minor official. As the governor, Shao Jiechun and the court had been granted the second-rank official, how could he take him seriously?

Therefore, when Wan Ji followed Yang Sichang's order and proposed to give up Daning, Dachang and other places. He mobilized troops to guard the dangerous pass of Kuimen to lure the peasant army to go, wait for him to arrive, and then gather and annihilate him. Shao Jiechun refused without thinking for a moment, and the reasons were quite sufficient. As a governor of the place, he had the responsibility to protect the territory and the people. He would never agree to the strategy of giving up the pass and leading the thieves into the household.

Later, Wan Ji tried hard to persuade him many times, but he became more determined and decided to send generals Maoxuan and Qin Sidai out of the pass and divide his troops to guard the pass. However, the two generals were incompatible with each other. Qin Sidai slandered and killed Maoxuan and merged his troops. However, Maoxuan was very prestigious in the army, and his soldiers were very loyal to him. When Zhang Xianzhong besieged the pass, he took the opportunity to cause trouble. The peasant army took advantage of the situation and attacked fiercely. Qin Sidai was killed and the pass was lost.

The peasant army concentrated its forces and attacked Kuimen again. Fortunately, the Kuimen was majestic and the timely deployment of the official army, which led to the fact that the world's number one pass was not easily lost.

After receiving a letter from Wanji, Yang Sichang knew that things had changed. He hurriedly sent Shaanxi soldiers led by He Renlong and Hubei soldiers led by Zhang Yingyuan to Shu first. After the reinforcements of the government army arrived, they actively recovered the lost territory. Zhang Xianzhong led his troops to retreat and retreated all the way outside Dachang City to reconcile Luo Rucai. He changed his previous tactics and no longer concentrated his troops to fight against the government army. Instead, he confronted the government army with one team, while the other was divided into several teams and continued to attack along the mountain path to seek a big victory.

The troops led by He Renlong went to Shu first, but the military rations they carried were insufficient, and they were not replenished in Sichuan. In the end, it triggered a mutiny in the army and fled westward. The Hubei soldiers led by Zhang Yingyuan were also defeated near Kuizhou and could not provide effective support. The officers and soldiers became increasingly inadequate and showed disadvantages everywhere.

Shao Jiechun realized the seriousness of the matter at this time and wrote to Yang Sichang to ask him to enter Sichuan quickly. However, he did not know about the military affairs and made a fatal mistake at the critical moment. He thought that the water and ground in front of Dachang was shallow and flat, and it was difficult to last with the peasant army with the strength in his hands. So he retreated to Guanyinyan, Shuizhai, and did not allocate heavy troops to guard it. Instead, he set up nearly twenty villages along Yashayan, Sanhuangling, Moziyan and other places, and each village was sent to guard it by three or four hundred people.

Wan Ji and others believed that the troops were dispersed, their strength was weak, and they could not support each other. Moreover, the garrisons of the pass were stationed within the pass, and they could not detect the movements of the bandits, so they asked him to redeploy. However, Shao Jiechun was stubborn and unwilling to make changes.

Later, when the female general Qin Liangyu learned that Shao Jiechun was doing this, she was also shocked. She pointed out to Lu Xun, the governor of Mianzhou, the disadvantages of not fighting for danger and blindly defending passively. Then Lu Xun urgently wrote a letter to Shao Jiechun for change, and saw that the general he relied on was the same. Shao Jiechun began to consider and moved to Dachang City in person, trying to make some adjustments. At this time, it was already the end of September.

Although Zhou Xian has been following him for nearly two months in Shu, he has been following him and protecting his safety. But in fact, he stayed in the back most of his time, and there was no danger at all. He listened to Wan Ji's complaints to Shao Jiechun every day, and the situation became more serious step by step.
Chapter completed!