Kunming, Yunnan.

Wu Sangui's face was grim, standing on the high platform in front of the palace and looking thoughtfully into the distance.

According to the news he just received, Li Guoying was beaten by the Ming army after entering Sichuan, and he lost his armor and fled in embarrassment.

Later, Feng Shuangli, the king of Qingyang canonized by the Ming court, wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue, but he never thought that he would chase Hanzhong in one go.

Maybe it was because the enemy was rushing in, maybe it was because the supply was cut off, in short, Feng Shuangli was defeated in this battle.

Subsequently, Emperor Yongli issued a holy decree and asked Feng Shuangli to go to Nanjing to plead guilty.

At this point, the Sichuan war seems to have subsided.

But Wu Sangui felt that this matter would not be so simple.

If this battle ends in Li Guoying's defeat and defeat in Hanzhong, then he should indeed not have the idea of fighting Sichuan again.

However, Feng Shuangli rushed forward to send a wave of heads, which not only damaged the troops, but also fed Li Guoying's self-confidence.

According to Wu Sangui's experience in leading troops over the years, an army with self-confidence and an army without self-confidence are completely in two states.

No matter how bad Li Guoying's subordinates are, they can't be useless.

Once their self-confidence is high, they can also pose a threat to Sichuan.

But the premise is that the Ming army will not send more troops to Sichuan.

Judging from the current situation of Bai Wenxuan staying alone in Sichuan, it is not necessarily so stable.

This also made Wu Sangui can't help but move his mind.

Although they are both located in the southwest, Sichuan is much richer than Yunnan.

At the beginning, when Wu Sangui didn't have a territory, he thought that he could just have a territory to house people, but now that he really has a territory, he will definitely have more greedy ideas.

If Sichuan can be taken, there will be more gold and silver inputs, and the fertile land will be more suitable for producing grain.

With food, you can expand more armies and strengthen your strength.

Wu Sangui now also has to think about the future.

After all, he is no longer young, and the Guan Ning Iron Cavalry, the army of a hundred battles under his command, is no longer young.

Maybe another five years, ten years at most. That's it.

Ten years from now?

Wu Sangui knew very well what it meant to have no soldiers in his hands.

In troubled times, having no soldiers in your hands is a fish on the chopping board, and you can only be slaughtered.

And to recruit and train troops, we need not only money but also food.

Wu Sangui knew very well that it would be impossible to support an additional army with the current resources of Yunnan alone.

It's no wonder that Wu Sangui moved his mind.

Yunnan is too close to Sichuan.

As long as you go north to Jianchang, you can enter Shu, and you can go all the way north to Chengdu.

Of course, Wu Sangui could not have attacked rashly.

If he makes a move, it's going to be a great opportunity.

And he will wait for Li Guoying to make the first move.

After all, he is not the only one who has the idea of Sichuan.

The so-called praying mantis catches cicadas and yellow finches are behind, and if Li Guoying attacks Sichuan from Hanzhong, he can contain the Ming army to a considerable extent, leaving their troops in the south empty.

In this way, as long as Wu Sangui sends troops, he can drive deep for a long time, and basically will not be hindered by anything.

Wu Sangui wanted to use Li Guoying as a gunman, of course, he had to cooperate with Li Guoying.

This kind of opportunity can be encountered but not sought, and Wu Sangui will not force it, but will only send spies to scatter to Sichuan to transmit information to him at any time.

Wu Sangui felt that the current situation seemed to be more interesting than when the Qing army had just entered the customs in the early years of Shunzhi.

At that time, although the Qing army only controlled the north, the Ming army was completely scattered, and even if they controlled the rich Jiangnan region, there was no weather to indicate that they could hold Jiangnan.

Defending the river must defend Huai, while the Ming army retreated again and again, and the facts also proved that the Qing army was like a bamboo all the way after going south, and basically did not encounter much resistance.

The situation is completely different now.

Although the Ming army still controls the south of the Yangtze River, the Qing army controls the north. But the strength of both sides has changed imperceptibly.

In terms of current strength, the Ming army is even stronger than the Qing army.

It's better to be evenly matched than one-sided.

When the Qing army was strong, it was difficult for Wu Sangui to get a fief. And even if you get a fief, you are likely to have to clamp your tail and be a man.

In history, the death of cunning rabbits and the cooking of lackeys are not uncommon, and Wu Sangui certainly doesn't want to end up like this.

But judging from the Qing court's caustic and unkind behavior, it is really very possible.

Now it is completely different, the Qing court is too busy to take care of itself, and naturally has no energy to deal with Wu Sangui in Yunnan.

Moreover, Wu Sangui was able to be stationed in Yunnan, which was equivalent to burying a nail beside the Ming army.

As for the priority of the Ming army's attack, it must also be the Qing army.

If there is an opportunity for the Northern Expedition, they will definitely not miss it.

Neither the Qing army nor the Ming army would regard Wu Sangui as their first target, so Wu Sangui could take advantage of this point to make waves.

Of course, attacking Sichuan would definitely completely anger Yongli.

Once Yongli angrily turned the direction of the Ming army to attack the southwest, would Wu Sangui be able to hold it?

He really doesn't have a lot of bottom in his heart.

This is actually a game, betting that Yongli will also prioritize the Northern Expedition.

"Lord Wang, urgent report, urgent report!"

Seeing the housekeeper coming in a hurry, Wu Sangui said with a cold face: "How many times has this king said it, don't make such a fuss." Something to say slowly. ”

"It's news from Jiangxi."

The housekeeper said with a sad face: "Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao were defeated, captured by the Ming army and sent to Nanjing." ”

"What!"

Wu Sangui was also taken aback when he heard this.

He really didn't expect that Geng Jimao and Shang Kexi would take the initiative to attack Jiangxi.

What did they get to attack the heartland of the Ming army?

Is it just because he got the information that the Ming army is about to go on a northern expedition?

Regardless of the authenticity of this information, even if it is true, there is no need to be so aggressive.

The situation in Jiangxi is certainly different from that in Sichuan, and no matter how few defenders there are, there will be no less.

And the Ming army saw that the situation was not good, and it was too late to move the rescuers.

Geng Jimao and Shang Kexi hit his head on a stone, and his head was bleeding, so he could only say that he was looking for death.

It's just that Wu Sangui didn't expect them to lose so completely and so ugly.

Could it be that the main force of the army did not leave at all, but waited for the two to send them to the door?

Even so, it also proves the strength of the Ming army from the side.

This made Wu Sangui's idea of attacking Sichuan a little lighter.

The current momentum of the Ming army is too strong, and it is simply a fire to touch the mold at this time.

Unless Wu Sangui goes to gamble, Yongli feels that Sichuan is located in the southwest and is very remote, and he will not send troops to help for the time being.

But if you lose the bet, the consequences can be devastating.

He really had to think about it.

If you don't fight Sichuan, Guizhou is also an option.

Now Guizhou is still in the hands of Zhao Liangdong, a student of Hong Chengchou.

As for Zhao Liangdong's shrimp soldiers and crab generals, Wu Sangui didn't take it into his eyes at all.

In addition, the two already have a feud, and attacking Guizhou is also a good alternative.

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