In terms of the strength of the three parties, even if Zuo Liangyu unites some of the toasts, he is the weakest.

The strongest strength is Li Zicheng's department, but because it was later, picking up the places occupied by Zuo Liangyu, the people's livelihood was basically destroyed by Zuo Liangyu, so the supplies that Li Zicheng's department could get, whether it was troops or food and grass, were very small. Relatively speaking, it restricts the growth of Li Zicheng's department.

On the side of the imperial court, it was estimated that it would be a complete defeat in the face of the attack of these two sides, because Chen Shiqi, the governor of Sichuan, did not know anything about the army at all.

Fortunately, with the intervention of the Xingguo Gong and the power of the government and the opposition, ordinary civil officials know how to read the direction of the wind best.

Since Xingguo Gong attaches great importance to Qin Liangyu, after receiving the urgent report, Chen Shiqi obeyed Qin Liangyu's words. And Qin Liangyu, who was originally alone in history, was able to barely hold the most important cities in Sichuan because of the assistance of Wu Sangui's department, so that the situation would not be defeated.

In the face of the news from Sichuan, Zhang Mingwei was also a little helpless, it was too far away, and he felt a little out of reach. If he didn't solve the problem of Zhang Xianzhong and the headquarters of the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo on the Huguang side, he would not be able to enter Sichuan to fight.

Originally, the Qin army led by Sun Chuanting could enter Shu from Hanzhong to fight, in that case, the imperial court would have the strongest military strength. It's just a pity that Jianyu came to get involved again and restrained Sun Chuanting's department.

Of course, if the cavalry led by Li Laiheng can make a big enough fuss in Liaodong to contain Jianzhu and prevent Jianlu from leaving Liaodong, Sun Chuanting's troops will be able to get out and join the Sichuan war.

For this reason, when Zhang Mingwei was before, he also sent an order to Zuo Yingxuan, the governor of Shanyong, and asked him to send out a night to go deep into the grassland, and to find out whether there was a detour to the Mongolian steppe, as an early warning.

Thinking of these, a key point in the overall situation of the Ming Dynasty came out, that is, whether Li Laiheng's department could achieve the expected goal!

If it can be achieved, then the battle situation of the Ming Dynasty can be lived; And if the goal cannot be achieved, then the Ming Dynasty will continue to fall into a bitter battle, forming three battlefields.

The first is the battlefield of Sun Chuanting's headquarters and Jianyu in the Great Wall defense line; the second is the Shu side, the confrontation between the court officials, rebels, and thieves; The third battlefield is naturally Huguang's side.

If that is the case, we can only hope that Huguang will solve Zhang Xianzhong and the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo as soon as possible, and then look at the situation, or enter Sichuan to the west to destroy the thieves and rebels first, and Tusi who will take the opportunity to make trouble, or go north to reinforce Sun Chuanting's troops and Jianyu to fight.

However, on Huguang's side, it is actually very easy to defeat these thieves, as long as the whole army presses them. Zhang Mingwei was confident that with the military strength he currently had in his hands, he would definitely be able to defeat Zhang Xianzhong and the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo, even if they were now expanded in strength.

However, I am afraid that after defeating these thieves, and then as soon as the main army leaves, they will resurge, and when the time comes, the army will go back and forth, not to mention that it will waste money and food, and the situation will be even more unfavorable.

It is almost impossible to encircle and annihilate the thieves and prevent the thieves from escaping. As long as there is soil for the thieves to survive, the possibility of the thieves coming back is very high.

This is also the case, the war on Huguang's side still has to attack the heart first, to win the hearts of the people, only in this way can it be done once and for all, but it is the fastest strategy to suppress thieves.

And this, it takes time.

However, of course, Zhang Mingwei will not let the war drag on for too long, it has already entered October, and the cold winter is coming, and the war will be more and more difficult at that time.

Fortunately, long ago, when he was still in Kaifeng, he had already begun to deploy the matter of exterminating the southern thieves, that is, to send people who originally belonged to Luo Rucai in advance to go south to join the thieves and lurk.

In the past, he did not explicitly ask them to instigate and disintegrate the thieves. Because there is no strong external pressure, once there is such a sign, it is likely to be quickly suppressed by Zhang Xianzhong and others after discovering it.

Therefore, in the previous time, these internal responses lurking in the ranks of thieves were at most as normal, when others came to ask how the north was and how the original battle of Kaifeng was, they just answered truthfully, and they didn't say anything.

But now, in this Huangzhou Mansion, the two armies are facing each other, and a public opinion war is being waged, so it is necessary to activate these internal responses.

At the same time, Zhang Mingwei also learned from the confrontation with the opposite sentinel that Li Dingguo's subordinates on the opposite side were probably from their origins, and then adjusted the deployment of public opinion warfare in response to this situation.

On this day, across the Ba River, the soldiers on both sides were shouting to the opposite side. Suddenly, the thieves suddenly discovered that there was a situation on the other side of the river.

"What's the matter, those people aren't court officials, why are they over there?"

"Yes, the old, the young, and the women, what are they doing on the battlefield?"

"Shouldn't the officials and soldiers of the imperial court learn from us, let those people take the lead, and then the elite of the imperial court will hide behind and attack, right?"

“……”

For a while, the thieves were a little confused because they found that there were many old and weak women and children on the other side.

This situation immediately attracted more thieves to watch. On the west side of the Ba River, there were suddenly many more thieves, and there were thieves who rushed to hear the news.

After dealing with the court officials and soldiers on the other side these days, the thieves already know that the court officials and soldiers on the other side should be regarded as having good military discipline, not the same as Zuo Liangyu's subordinates back then.

But suddenly, there were so many old and weak women and children in front of the army opposite, which made them puzzled, so they all came to see the situation.

Just when the thieves gathered more and more, and even the main general Li Dingguo heard the sound and came to see the situation, the old and weak women and children on the opposite side suddenly shouted with a loudspeaker.

"Is the third baby there? I'm your father, now that life is better, don't be a thief anymore! ”

"Dog's father, the government has repaired the house for our family, and there is still land, come back quickly!"

“……”

After one shouted, the other continued to shout, all of which were similar words, persuading the possible relatives of the thieves on the other side of the river that life was better at home and that they should not rebel again.

Whether there are three babies, dogs and their fathers, no one knows this. However, the people who shouted on the opposite side were all local dialects, from Huguang and Luzhou Mansion.

And among today's thief army, because of the rapid expansion after the occupation of Huguang, there are the most Huguang origins, and the thieves originally stayed in Luzhou Mansion for a long time, so there are many people in Luzhou Mansion.

As soon as they heard the persuasion with a local accent, they were a little dumbfounded.

Moreover, there is also a problem of probability when so many people shout, maybe there are people who are called.

No, just listen to the thief's side, someone said to his companion in surprise: "Sanwazi, could that really be your father?" ”

This young thief named Sanwazi stared at the opposite side carefully, and actually nodded and said, "It's my father, that's right, it's my father!" ”

After answering, he was a little helpless, and asked his good companions, "What should I do, my father has come to me!" ”

Chinese, since ancient times, the most important family affection, even in later generations, is the same!

In the past, the family couldn't survive, and with the thieves, they followed the thieves. But at this time, if the family has a good life, this day may die at any time, and a few people will be happy!

Someone like Sanwazi who happened to have relatives on the other side of the river, there were a few on the side of the thieves, and then immediately, with a little face, quickly discussed it.

"My dad said that, it seems that life is really better!"

"It's possible, didn't I hear before that the imperial court organized something, and it was to help repair the house and repair the water conservancy. It seems that this thing is true! ”

"Not necessarily, it's possible to deceive people. Those who shouted may have been threatened by the officers and soldiers. If you don't shout according to what they say, you will fight, you will kill, do you think you will shout? ”

"But, look, it doesn't look like a threat!"

"If you want to see this, then it's useless, and you can't see that there is a threat!"

“……”

When these people were all talking, Li Dingguo was worried.

With his position among the thieves, he certainly knew that these things were true. The Xingguo Gong on the other side is really good to the people. Not to mention anything else, the most beneficiaries of the salt policy reform alone are the people who have no money.

Privately, he also listened to the sketch performances that the sentry saw from the places controlled by the officials and soldiers of the imperial court, and so on.

Li Dingguo knows that facts are facts, even if he denies it, it is still a fact, and sooner or later, his subordinates will be convinced that it is true.

In this way, although the military advisor said that his father-in-law was the king, he could stabilize the morale of the army. But he understands that under such a strong popular offensive of the imperial court, the counterattack of claiming the king and hegemony is actually very limited.

In the final analysis, it is estimated that most people in the army at this time still consider themselves thieves.

Under such worries, Li Dingguo did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly ordered that except for the designated person who shouted to the other side, all the others should return to the camp and not be bewitched by the officials and soldiers of the imperial court.

However, what if his men returned, what they had heard was heard. At this time, those internal agents lurking in his army had already seen the signal from the opposite side, so they began to become active and took the initiative to discuss this matter.

A few days later, the last thing Li Dingguo wanted to see happened: deserters in the army!

And the most annoying thing about the court officials and soldiers on the other side was that they actually let those who fled over pick up the microphone and shout here, so that more people can go home quickly!

In this way, Li Dingguo's pressure is greater.

You say let's fight, for now, he is not sure to defeat this court official army.

You say don't fight, such a heart-to-heart battle on the other side has made people in his army panic, and if it goes on like this, something big will happen sooner or later!

What to do?

What he never expected was that before he could come up with a solution, the other side made another move!

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