Kunming Imperial Palace, late at night.

Zhu Youlang has been in a very good mood these days.

The training of the Forces nouvelles is proceeding in an orderly manner.

He was well aware that training the new army was a long process, so he was not in a hurry.

If you want to get this new army into battle to kill the enemy, it is impossible to do it for a year and a half.

In addition, spring ploughing in Yunnan has begun one after another, and everything is on the right track, so Zhu Youlang at least doesn't have to worry about what his subjects and the army will eat this year.

On the contrary, it was a news from Guizhou that made him a little worried.

According to the spies' report, Wu Sangui was stationed in place after leading the remnants back to Guizhou.

This made Zhu Youlang a little confused for a while.

Hong Chengchou still has some strategy, doesn't he want to kill Daming?

It is indeed possible to get information from one after another.

The grain and grass of the Qing army were basically transported from Huguang, and with Chongqing as a transit station, it was basically possible to allocate it at will.

And the Ming army was trapped and died in the southwest corner, and now even the gateway to Guizhou has been lost, which is really a bit desperate.

In fact, Hong Chengchou's strategy is somewhat of the flavor of Yang Sichang's "four positive and six corners, ten-sided nets".

It's just that the targets of the extermination and the extermination have changed.

Da Ming has now become the trapped beast.

Although the Kunming victory played the momentum of the Ming army, from the overall point of view, the Ming army was still at an absolute disadvantage.

Once they fall into a war of attrition, the advantages of the Qing army can be fully utilized, relying on the support of Huguang and the entire Jiangnan, they can drag the Ming Dynasty to death.

So the Ming army must take the initiative, but where to make a breakthrough?

For Zhu Youlang, there are no more than two choices, one of which is to attack Chongqing.

Chongqing was an important transit point for the Qing army's grain and grass, and taking Chongqing could cut off the supply of the Qing army.

In addition, it can also connect the Ming army in eastern Sichuan with the garrison near Chengdu, and it is no longer a separate battle.

Then there is the attack on Guizhou.

In Guizhou, the Ming army was relatively familiar, because the Qing army could not be used to attack more mountainous areas, and it could not give full play to its numerical advantage.

The purpose of attacking Guizhou was naturally for the sake of the Shuixi War Horse.

Anyone with a little common sense knows that Mizuki is a good horse.

Although it can't compare to the explosiveness of the prairie horse, in terms of endurance, the water horse is first-class.

In mountainous terrain such as the southwest, the practical value of this horse is even higher.

On the contrary, attacking Chongqing and even Huguang requires a navy.

Therefore, this is a decision that affects the whole body, and it is directly related to the direction of the Ming army's next route.

Zhu Youlang had discussed with Mu Tianbo, Li Dingguo and others, and their opinions were different.

Mu Tianbo advocated a steady attack on Guizhou.

This is probably related to his good relationship with many toasts in Guizhou.

After all, the Mu family is in Yunnan, and the Guizhou Tusi, which is adjacent to Yunnan, has a trace of awe for Mu Tianbo in his heart.

If the Ming army really attacked Guizhou, perhaps Mu Tianbo's relationship could play an unexpected role.

Moreover, with Guizhou, there will be depth, and Yunnan will not directly face a strong enemy.

Li Dingguo disagreed.

He believed that Guizhou was a quagmire, and once the Ming army attacked, it would be mired in it and unable to extricate itself.

Judging from the number of Qing garrisons and grain reserves in Guizhou, Hong Chengchou regarded it as an advance point.

In this case, a frontal attack by the Ming army is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, and there is no advantage at all.

Zhu Youlang felt that what Li Dingguo said was very reasonable.

But Chongqing is not something that can be attacked immediately.

Not long ago, the battle of Chongqing planned by Wen Anzhi fell short due to Er Tan's rebellion, so the Qing army must have been prepared.

In this case, the Ming army rashly started a war, and it would not have too good results.

In other words, even if they wanted to attack Chongqing, they must first clear their outlying strongholds, so that the Qing army had nothing to rely on.

Zhu Youlang looked at the map for a long time and found a key point, that is, Wanxian.

Wanxian is between Fengjie and Chongqing, and is an important outpost of Chongqing.

In the past, Wanxian had always been in the hands of the Ming army.

After the defeat of the attack on Chongqing, the Ming army retreated in a hurry. In the process of retreating, he felt that Wanxian County was difficult to defend, so he smashed the gate of Wanxian County with a fire, burned the granary, and retreated to Fengjie.

But even so, the importance of Wanxian is still great.

Zhu Youlang felt that the Qing army would definitely repair the city gate of Wanxian at all costs, and transfer grain from Chongqing to the city from the rear.

Zhu Youlang had already sent the prince into Sichuan to Fengjie to raise the army in Fengjie, and the time was almost up.

However, of course, Zhu Youlang couldn't expect the prince to lead the Ming army to take Wanxian in one fell swoop, after all, he was still a ten-year-old child.

If you want to win Wanxian, you have to rely on Zhu Youlang's plan.

In this case, how to break the situation?

Just when Zhu Youlang racked his brains to think, the chamberlain Han Miao reported that Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, asked to see him.

Zhu Youlang was immediately summoned.

King Jin generally does not enter the palace late at night, and there must be something big at this time.

has been working military affairs, Zhu Youlang is not sleepy at all, and sits on the throne after a little adjustment of his robe.

"Minister Li Dingguo pays a visit to my emperor."

Li Dingguo quickly walked into the hall and knelt down to salute.

Zhu Youlang waved his hand to signal him to flatten.

Observing the details, he found that Li Dingguo's expression was serious, and he hurriedly said: "Does King Jin have something important to see in the middle of the night?" ”

"Your Majesty, it's news from Sun Thief. Sun Thief wrote a letter to Feng Shuangli to persuade him to surrender. ”

Li Dingguo's face was obviously a little embarrassed when he said this.

First, Sun Kewang repeatedly wrote letters against the Ming court generals. The second is that Feng Shuangli did not choose to face the saint as soon as he received the letter of rebellion, but chose to tell Li Dingguo.

From Feng Shuangli's point of view, Li Dingguo can certainly understand.

After all, Li Dingguo is his big brother.

When you encounter a problem that is difficult to solve, it is natural to go to Big Brother.

But from the emperor's point of view, this decision is problematic.

If the emperor had been more generous, he might have laughed it off.

If the emperor admits death, then he will suffer.

Based on Li Dingguo's understanding of Emperor Yongli, the emperor may not really care about this matter.

But if you are not afraid of 10,000 in everything, you are afraid of what happens. Li Dingguo still decided to enter the palace overnight to face the saint and probe the tone of the Son of Heaven.

Zhu Youlang was not too surprised to hear the news

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Sun Kewang is now a senior adviser in the Qing army.

With no soldiers in his hands, if he wants to brush up his sense of existence, he can only rely on constantly rebelling against the generals of the Ming army.

It's just that Feng Shuangli's choice is really exquisite.

As one of the most capable generals of the Great Western Army, Feng Shuangli is probably at the same level as Bai Wenxuan.

If he can rebel against him, it will be a devastating blow to the morale of the Ming army.

In the original history, Feng Shuangli was tied up and dedicated to the Qing army because of the rebellion of the general Di Sanxi.

But that was under the premise that the Ming army was at the end of its path and the Son of Heaven abandoned the country, and it was not Feng Shuangli himself.

Today's situation in the Ming Dynasty is not much better, at least it is much better than in history.

In this case, Feng Shuangli naturally had no reason to defect.

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