Gao Yigong listened, smiled helplessly, and said to Li Guo, who had made up his mind: "I can't say it, it's not that you can't do this, but the general is not in Chongqing!" ”

"Huh?" When Li Guo heard this, he was immediately surprised and stunned.

He thought about many situations, but he didn't expect that Li Zicheng would not be in Chongqing!

When he came back to his senses, Li Guo hurriedly asked, "Where did he go?" ”

Gao Yigong replied to him a little funny: "I left yesterday morning, and I took Niu Jinxing and a group of literati to the south first. It is said that Liu Zongmin's offensive is going smoothly and has opened the road to Yungui. ”

The fact that Li Zicheng was not in Chongqing also made Gao Yigong agree to Li Guo's persuasion to surrender, and there was a lot less worry. Otherwise, with Li Zicheng personally sitting here, Li Guo might not be able to persuade Gao Yigong so easily.

"......" Li Guo was speechless, thought for a while and then asked, "Then when will he come back?" ”

Gao Yigong listened, shook his head and said, "The road to the south is not easy to walk. And the general is obviously arranging a retreat, and it must be arranged properly. He didn't tell me, and I don't know. ”

After a pause, he remembered something, and then said to Li Guo again: "When the general left, he gave orders to the old brothers who led the troops in various places, those who were not in confrontation with the imperial court officials and soldiers, and asked them to start collecting money and food, carrying the population, and these things should be done within half a month. That is to say, it is estimated that in half a month, if you don't come, we will retreat to Yungui! ”

When Li Guo heard this, his expression immediately became serious, and he said to Gao Yigong a little eagerly: "We must act as soon as possible, before the implementation of his military orders in various places, otherwise the place will be uneasy and the people's grievances will boil, which will be very unfavorable to the brothers!" ”

In the past, Li Zicheng operated Shu as his king's land, so he naturally took care of the local people's livelihood and would not mess around.

But now, since he has decided to withdraw to the land of Yungui? That's to wish to move everything that can be moved away in Shudi. After all, the land of Yungui is a notoriously barren land? And by doing so, can you still delay the pursuit of the imperial court officials? Kill two birds with one stone.

Since Gao Yigong has decided to accept Zhao'an? And he still has the concerns of Gao Jie's head, and understands how much damage Li Zicheng's military order will have to the local people's livelihood? Naturally, he is more active than Li Guo, if he does it well? That will definitely have the advantage of making up for the mistakes.

Thereupon? After the two discussed, they soon came up with a plan.

On the side of Chongqing Prefecture, Gao Yigong summoned his cronies to announce the matter, which won the support of the vast majority of people. Subsequently? Immediately start martial law in the whole city? In the city of Chongqing, you can only enter, not exit.

At the same time, the messenger urgently contacted Yuan Zongdi and Tian Jianxiu's men and horses, urging them to speed up? Rush to Chongqing to control the situation.

Don't talk about Tian Jianxiu, as far as Yuan Zongdi is concerned? He was very worried about Chongqing. I'm afraid that Li Guo won't be able to persuade him to surrender to Gao Yigong and won't be able to take Chongqing? He and his subordinates' families are in danger.

But all the way to Chongqing? Want to prevent messages from leaking? That's going very slowly? Even if he was in a hurry, it was useless.

Therefore, as soon as he received the message sent by Li Guo to reply to the messenger, Yuan Zongdi was immediately overjoyed and immediately ordered the whole army to rush to Chongqing as quickly as possible.

Lan Tianbao here, while being happy, immediately sent a letter to Xingguo Gong urgently, so that the imperial court could receive reinforcements and prevent accidents.

Everything went smoothly, and on the afternoon of the third day of Gao Yigong's blockade, Yuan Zongdi's department, which was on the road day and night, dragged it into a long line and rushed to Chongqing. Those who ran at the front of the team were naturally those whose families were in Chongqing.

At this point, it's basically fine.

Chongqing, on the other hand, immediately wrote letters to the leaders of the thieves in various places, the content of which was nothing more than an explanation of the current situation. What is more special is that in the signature of the end, Li Guo, Gao Yigong, Yuan Zongdi and others are included, as well as the signature of Lan Tianbao.

In addition, the families of the bandit leaders from all over the country who stayed in Chongqing must also attach a letter and send it over together.

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Shunqing Province is adjacent to Chongqing Province and is the barrier of Chongqing to the north. After Sun Chuanting recovered Baoning Mansion, he led the main force to directly attack Shunqing Mansion, aiming directly at Chongqing Mansion.

However, after he recovered Baoning Mansion, he not only had to divide his troops to occupy it, but also to divide his troops to attack Kuizhou Mansion, so he personally led the army in Shunqing Mansion, and there were not even as many troops as the thieves.

On the other hand, Li Zicheng certainly would not give up this northern barrier easily, so the leaders here were led by his general Liu Fangliang and Zhang Nai, the most famous young general among the children's soldiers.

In the end, the two sides were deadlocked on the side of Shunqing Fucheng. At least in the short term, it will not be easy for either side to defeat the other.

This battle is deadlocked, to be honest, Sun Chuanting is actually a little anxious. If it is according to his meaning, it is to gather the troops of the whole Shu land, first destroy the thieves and then take care of local affairs.

However, Xingguo Gong was not in a hurry at all, and he had been standing still in Chengdu, and his main energy was actually on the tossing places, as well as those Tusi territories in the lofty mountains.

Sun Chuanting in private, in fact, has always felt that Xingguo Gong is putting the cart before the horse!

The richest places in Shu land will be handed first, and the other ghost places will be tossed around, even if they can't be included in the jurisdiction of the imperial court, it's not a big deal.

Although Xingguo Gong is tossing in Chengdu, Sun Chuanting can be regarded as understanding. Ruthlessly clean up the strong squires in those places and supplement the military salaries, grain and grass, which is similar to his policy of "clearing the tun and filling the salary".

However, in addition to this, Xingguo Gong did not fight the thieves on the Chongqing side, and even divided the army into many branches to clear out the Tusi who fled in the battle of Chengdu.

If it is said that the Tusi territory of Anxi is in the Chengdu Plain, or in the adjacent area, Sun Chuanting can still understand that clearing these Tusi territories is conducive to the stability of Chengdu.

However, why didn't Xingguo Gong even let go of the Tusi territory far away in the northwest?

Sun Chuanting saw the military information sent from Chengdu at that time, and knew that Xingguo Gong actually focused on taking care of northwest Sichuan, and even asked to go directly to Malasi, which is adjacent to Yunnan, so he couldn't figure it out anyway.

The shore of the land is not the king's land, this is indeed true. However, in such a place with a lot of horns, a land of poor mountains and bad waters, as for spending so much effort at this time?

According to Sun Chuanting's thoughts, even if the thieves are leveled, they can ignore those places. Blockade the border areas, and kill them poorly.

However, that was Xingguo Gong, but he was only the director of the world's soldiers and horses, so he could only be obedient and obey Xingguogong's arrangement.

In desperation, Sun Chuanting didn't care about other annoying things, just took care of the thieves in front of him, but he still felt annoyed.

The men and horses on his side will naturally regularly report to him about the military situation in various places.

Sun Chuanting Judging from the news he had summarized, he had to admit that today's thieves are no longer the thieves of Chongzhen eleven years ago. Their strength is really not to be underestimated.

As far as the strength of his subordinates is concerned, after recovering Baoning Mansion, they are actually a little weak, and in the process of advancing again, the resistance encountered is getting bigger and bigger.

Now it is not only the city of Shunqing that has entered a stalemate, but also other places.

His side is different from Xingguogong's side. He wants to fight the past, and he can recover as much lost ground as he can, and this is all due to his credit.

However, it's not that I don't want to recover more, but it's really a little powerless.

Thinking of this, Sun Chuanting looked at the mansion occupied by the thieves on the opposite side.

The thieves in this city, Liu Fangliang is familiar to him, and he has fought before. In addition, the young general, he has never fought before, he is really the kind of newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, and Liu Fangliang's stability complements each other, which makes him a little helpless.

The countermeasures that Sun Chuanting could come up with were either to shrink in several other directions and transfer troops to form a local advantage, so that he would be sure of winning.

However, in this case, what about the thieves from several other directions?

Those thieves are not vegetarians, and they are all battle-hardened. Gao Jie a few years ago was killed in battle after being seized by thieves and cutting off the back road.

If he gave up the other roads, Sun Chuanting really didn't dare to guarantee that his back road would be safe.

Therefore, he felt that the best measure was to move eastward on the side of Xingguo Gong, diagonally to the northeast, break into Shunqing Mansion, and reinforce his side, which was the best.

But......

Thinking of this, Sun Chuanting felt a little depressed.

At this time, there was a night that did not take it back, and reported to him that a messenger who had detected a thief had entered the city of Shunqingfu. It looked like it was in a hurry, as if something big was going to happen!

As soon as he heard this, Sun Chuanting's first reaction was that Xingguo Gong's side was finally going to start a war.

But when he came back to his senses, he felt that it was impossible.

The Duke of Xingguo led the troops once before, and after destroying Yuan Zongdi and Gao Yigong's department, he went back. At that time, Sun Chuanting was really a little angry and gritted his teeth, why didn't he take advantage of the victory to pursue and take Chongqing in one fell swoop?

At that time, the morale was high, and it was really a good time to use soldiers!

From this point of view, Xingguo Gong still did not change his mind, and still postponed the use of troops against Chongqing.

In this case, what will happen to the thieves? It's impossible for thieves to counterattack!

Thinking of this, Sun Chuanting was suddenly a little surprised.

Since Xingguo Gong's side will not attack, and his side does not have the spare strength to launch a big offensive, maybe it is really the thief's side that wants to launch a big offensive?

Then Li Zicheng figured out the strategy of Xingguo Gong's side, so he first concentrated his forces to defeat his own side?

Thinking of this, Sun Chuanting didn't dare not take it seriously.

Therefore, he immediately issued an order, strengthened vigilance, and sent many factions to stay overnight and closely monitor the movements of the thieves.

However, before these military orders of his came out of his Chinese military tent, a general on duty broke into the Chinese military tent in a hurry. Just like him, it's like a great event!