When Zhang Guangsi heard Yue Zhongqi's words, his eyes lit up, so he looked at the map and looked at it carefully for a while, before he slowly condensed and said, "If you want to fight Yichang, don't you want to take Shizhouwei?" ”

"Why not."

Yue Zhongqi's expression was still faint, as if he already had a comprehensive plan in his heart, so he was full of confidence.

"But my lord, you also know the terrain of Shizhouwei, if Chu Yi is prepared in Shizhouwei, not only will we not be able to make a breakthrough from Shizhouwei, but we may suffer losses......."

Cai Ting had a little hesitation on his face, although the other party was the governor, but in this kind of military affairs, he Cai Ting thought that he couldn't help but say a few words.

Although Zhang Guangsi on the side did not refute it out loud, the expression on his face had already revealed his thoughts, that is, it was not feasible to take the road from Shizhouwei, the key was that Shizhouwei was a very special place.

Shizhouwei, that is, the military and civilian command of Shizhouwei, is located at the junction of Sichuan and Hubei, which belonged to Sichuan earlier, and was later assigned to the Huguang Division, and established Shizhouwei in the fourteenth year of Hongwu.

Different from other prefectures, Shizhouwei is more of a military structure that follows the pre-Ming Dynasty, and has a stronger military color, which is used to deter Tusi at all levels in western Hubei, and is mainly responsible for controlling the ethnic groups in western Hubei administratively.

After the Fu Han army raised troops, Shi Zhouwei was not included in his jurisdiction from the beginning, but treated with a cold and glamorous attitude, the reason is the intricate Tusi structure within Shi Zhouwei, but even the Qing court did not have a good solution to the problem of Shi Zhouwei.

Everyone knows that Shizhou Wei is a dangerous place, from the establishment of the former Ming Shi Zhou Wei, there have been several decades in a row, there have been repeated rebellion against the Ming Dynasty by the chieftains of western Hubei, like the fourteenth year of Hongwu, the Dong chief Qin Fangzhu broke through the state city, Zhizhou Li Cai, Tongzhi Sun Tongming, Zhou sentenced Wang Jie and others were killed, it can be said that from top to bottom almost not spared.

Later, there were several rebellions of the Tu chieftains in Shizhouwei, such as in the twentieth year of Hongwu, Sang Zhitu Qianhu Xia Dezhong rebelled against the Ming Dynasty, went north to attack Shizhou, and Hu Shineng of Zhizhou was killed, which once again caused the tragedy of subverting Shizhou.

Although the rebellion was eventually quelled, the strength of the Tusi in Western Hubei was still there, so although troops were repeatedly mobilized during the Ming Taizu period, the Tuchiefs of Western Hubei were not completely suppressed, and naturally the counties could not be implemented. When it comes to the morale of Chengzu, out of the particularity of the topography of the hinterland of the deep mountains of western Hubei and the consideration of the strength of the Tusi in western Hubei, the Tusi system is still the main one after all.

And now, even after decades of governance by the Qing court, the problem of Shizhouwei has not been well solved, and the power of the government has never been able to penetrate into it.

"The two of you are worried, the governor has already ordered someone to investigate the route of the army, and I think there will be results in the past two days, so the governor doesn't have to worry too much about this."

Yue Zhongqi is not a person who is easily persuaded, even in front of Emperor Yongzheng, he has his own opinions, not to mention the advice of his subordinates.

Zhang Guangsi saw that Yue Zhongqi's opinion had been decided, so he no longer persuaded him, but began to give suggestions from the practical level, "Lord Duxian, if you want to take the route of Shi Zhouwei, the local defenders still have to take it into consideration. ”

The current defenders of Shizhouwei are still nominally under the banner of the Qing army, but whether it is Yue Zhongqi or Zhang Guangsi, they all know in their hearts that the current Shizhouwei Qing court can't get in at all, and it is actually no different from the Tudi Emperor, because all the green battalion soldiers there, or other armed forces, are Tusi forces.

"There are about 5,000 people in Shizhouwei, some of which belong to those guard officers, such as Deng Qing, the commander of Wei, and Huang Yong, who is in command, but the troops in their hands are at most eight or nine hundred, and the rest are basically the soldiers of the Tusi family such as the Ran clan of the chief Yang and the Yang, Tian, and Xu clans of Shi Ye and other divisions."

Compared with these two, Cai Ting has a lot more experience as an official in Huguang and Sichuan, so he is still familiar with these after all, but he told the current situation little by little, and then worried: "If you want to pass through Shizhou, the most important thing is to reach a cooperation agreement with Tusi, so that our army can pass through Shizhou covertly and arrive in Yichang." ”

Yue Zhongqi had a little smile on his face, "What Lord Cai said is exactly what the governor thinks, and the governor has already sent people to Shizhouwei to visit the major Tusi families, thinking that they are complicit." ”

Hearing Yue Zhongqi's words, Cai Ting was shocked, he didn't expect that this Yue family's thousand-mile horse would be so scheming, in order to be in Shizhouwei for a long time today, it seems that this person does not rely only on his family background and the emperor's trust.

"Since the two of you have no objections, five days later, our army will leave Chengdu, pass through Tongchuan, Chongqing and Youyang Prefecture, and enter Shizhou Wei half a month later. Once through Shizhouwei, he will attack Yichang with all his strength and cut off the back road of Chu's army! ”

Yue Zhongqi had a faint smile on his face, what he was actually thinking about in his heart was the opportunity to fight with the Fu Han Army again, although the current opponent was not Ning Yu, but it was enough to wash away the shame of the year.

...........

With the Qing court and Ning Chu in the southwest under the many actions, the southwest battle ushered in a new peak period, the two sides in Sichuan, Guizhou two places to fight, the Qing army gathered about 180,000 forces, and the Han army southwest group army also has nine divisions plus a brigade of troops, there are nearly 100,000 people.

"Boom—"

Duyun Mansion, another barrier located south of Guiyang Mansion, where the Qing army deployed more than 5,000 troops, so when it was attacked by Xu Mingyuan's Fifth Division, it still chose to resist stubbornly.

"With 5,000 Qing troops, you want to hold Duyun? Hmph, it's really whimsical. ”

Xu Mingyuan held a clairvoyant mirror in his hand, looking at Duyuncheng trembling in the artillery fire in the distance, there was a trace of disdain on his face, but he was disdainful, but when he was fighting, he was also a one-size-fits-all, and planned to use hard power to directly crush the Qing army in the city.

Beside him, there stood a group of men in red military uniforms, some of whom were division staff officers, and the others were the commanders of each regiment.

The constant roar sounded in everyone's ears, and the black projectiles were launched into the sky, and then created patches of blood rain on the head of Duyun's city, but Duyun's defenders kept a silent posture all the time, struggling to defend in the rain of bullets.

I don't know how long it took a long time, but a herald hurriedly came in from outside the tent, and immediately handed over a military order, "Commander Qiqi, Deputy Envoy Cheng ordered our division to take Duyun within three days, and rush to Guiding to join the first and third divisions. ”

"Oh?"

Xu Mingyuan was interested when he heard this, and after he took the military order, he read it carefully, and couldn't help laughing: "Everyone, our fifth division has come to live.......

"Commander, what is the ......?"

Several regiment commanders of the Fifth Division had some surprise on their faces, they had never seen their own division commander laugh like this, and they were even a little too excited.

Xu Mingyuan regained his composure, then looked around at everyone and said in a low voice: "The Ortai department has already gathered in Anshun, and there are even Tusi soldiers, and there are less than 3,000 people in Guiyang at the moment...... You should understand what that means. ”

There was a fire in everyone's eyes, and of course they understood what it meant....... Guiyang is the capital of Guizhou Province and an important logistics center for the Qing army. Secondly, once Guiyang is occupied, most of Guizhou can be cut off, and the provinces east of Guiyang will basically surrender without a fight.

What's more, in a game of chess in the southwest, from Guiyang to the north, through Yongning Prefecture, Luzhou and Zizhou, you can directly play to Chengdu Mansion...... In any case, the key to the battle situation is still Sichuan, once these divisions of the Fu Han Army go north to Sichuan, it is equivalent to inserting a knife under Yue Zhongqi's nose.

At that time, if Ortai didn't take Guiyang back with his life, how would he go to see Yue Zhongqi? How to go to the emperor? It can even be said that the battle for the southwest was won and lost by more than half.

After all, no matter how lively the battle is in Guizhou Province, it is to cooperate with the battle of Sichuan, if there is no barrier in Sichuan, the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou will have no danger to say, and it will not be too easy to fight.

Xu Mingyuan naturally understands this problem in a strategic sense, in fact, it is also thanks to Guo Ding'an, who fought too well in the first battle in Sizhou, and destroyed the Cen family at once, which also attracted Ortai's attention in a sense and became a real bait.

Now the 12th Division is guarding under the city of Luodian, and it is also showing Ortai, if you want to fish, you can do it, you have to throw the bait first, without the bait they will not be fooled, it is better than anyone's patience.

Speaking of which, the reason why the current situation has contributed to is actually not much to do with Ortai, and it is purely the difference in the goals of the two sides, which has led to the emergence of this passive situation at present, and Ortai has been deeply trapped in the situation and is difficult to extricate himself.

"The first regiment will attack first, the second regiment and the third regiment will cover, and quickly attack Duyun, I hope that our dinner today will be solved in Duyun City!"

Xu Mingyuan clenched the clairvoyant mirror in his hand, but his mind had already drifted to Guiyang.

"Boom—boom—"

"Kill!"

When the sound of artillery fire and shouts of killing are intertwined, it means that the offensive launched by the Fu Han army has also begun, but for the Qing army in the city, it is tantamount to the approach of death.

For the current Fu Han army, attacking the city is not a particularly difficult thing, after all, it is already quite rich in experience, and all kinds of ability to pull out the city are enough to take a small city like Duyun in the shortest possible time.

In the afternoon, the vanguard of the Fu Han army had climbed the head of the Duyun city wall, and the Qing army retreated in a panic, as if it was a signal, more and more Fu Han troops successfully achieved the first landing in the cover of the city under the cover of firepower, and the Qing army basically retreated from the city wall and guarded the city.

When the two sides fought to this point, the rout of the Qing army was basically doomed, and Wang Zhi, the chief soldier of the Qing army defending the city, did not have the confidence to continue fighting, so he led his subordinates and directly surrendered to the Fu Han army.

The news of the fall of Duyun Mansion did not reach Ortai's ears so quickly, after all, Xu Mingyuan's hunting for the Qing army's sentinels was also very continuous, so taking advantage of the precious time, Xu Mingyuan led his fifth division and hurried to Guiding.

As the gateway to Guiyang, Guiding itself is not a fortified city, and under the attack of the first and third divisions that rushed in, it almost didn't hold on for half a day, and it was declared to fall.

By the time the Fifth Division arrived in Guiding, it was already the fifth day of the seventh month, and for Ortai, he also gathered 50,000 Tusi's native soldiers, together with the 20,000 Qing troops in his hand, a total of 70,000 horses.

When he got the news of the change in the Qing army in Anshun, he suddenly shocked Yue Lingfeng into a cold sweat, he finally understood why Guo Ding'an was building a lot here, he had been guarding against Ortai's army going south from the beginning!

Although the dark cards on both sides are constantly being provoked, relatively speaking, the Fu Han army has always held the initiative, so the use and suppression of intelligence has always been much stronger than that of the Qing army, which has also caused the current Fu Han army to take the initiative in the situation.

Just like after the Battle of Guiding, the Fu Han army deliberately blocked the news, so that the current Qing army has not received the news of Guiding, but the defenders of Guiyang feel that something is wrong, but the spies sent out are all hunted by the sentinels of the Fu Han army, except for knowing that Guiding is wrong, there is nothing other useful.

In the final analysis, the gap between the two sides is gradually reflected in these inconspicuous places, not only the problem of weapons and equipment, but for the current Qing army, it is more difficult for them to admit this factor, because once they admit it, it means that their own people are not as good as the people of the Han army.

After the Ortai army arrived in Luodian City, he did not attack the front of the Fu Han army at the first time, but took Mao Wenquan, the governor of Guizhou, and several general soldiers to watch the formation of the Fu Han army.

"My lord, it seems that something is wrong...... He Shiji didn't tell the truth......"

Guizhou Governor Mao Wenquan was a little unhappy on his face, in the news given to them by Admiral He Shiji, there was no defense information of the Han Army under Luodian City, but when they looked at it, they were a little dumbfounded.

The layers of trenches, coupled with barbed wire, have blocked the current position of the Fu Han army, not to mention that the Qing army is going to attack the Fu Han army, even if the Fu Han army comes out to attack the Qing army, it is very troublesome - but He Shiji said that he held it after a hard battle?

Ortai looked at the position of the Fu Han army, the expression on his face gradually became gloomy, he also realized that he believed in He Shiji too much, and the situation in front of him almost told him that from the beginning, the Fu Han army may not have considered fighting Luodian, and it was completely He Shiji himself boasting.

It was not enough for He Shiji to boast about himself, he also said that at least two main divisions of the Fu Han Army were here, but the two divisions of the Fu Han Army had been guarding Luodian and had not launched an attack at all, which made Ortai even more suspicious.

"The main force of the Fu Han army is definitely not here...... We've been fooled! ”

Ortai's hand holding the clairfront mirror was almost trembling, and he endured it again and again, so he didn't rush directly into Luodian City to cut off He Shiji's dog's head.......