Li Guoying's battle can be described as very aggrieved.

Originally, I made a lot of money by looting in Baoning Mansion, but I wanted to go to Chengdu.

This time, he was ambushed by Feng Shuangli and Bai Wenxuan, not only vomited everything he ate, but also lost a lot of troops.

According to Li Guoying's estimates, about 20,000 Green Battalion soldiers were killed in this battle, and countless were wounded.

The vitality of the Qing army was greatly damaged, and it did not take half a year to recover.

What's even worse is that not much food was brought back from this battle, and the problem of feeding the army in the second half of the year was gone.

Tens of thousands of people are tens of thousands of mouths, and if there is no food, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Li Guoying can even think of the scene of the angry Qing soldiers bombing the camp and mutiny.

At that time, the soldiers would definitely no longer have any scruples about humility, and they might even swallow Li Guoying alive.

So no matter what, Li Guoying can't stay up until he runs out of food.

If you can't grab it from the Ming army, you will go to grab the big ones.

He didn't believe that the landlord's family had no surplus grain, and as long as he was willing to dig three feet into the ground, he would definitely be able to dig up the grain.

It's not that Li Guoying doesn't want to rob ordinary people, but ordinary people really can't grab any food.

Instead of wasting time on this, it is better to go straight to the big ones.

Although these big families seem to be monolithic, as long as Li Guoying is ruthless, he can still scrape things out.

As for the imperial court... The good news still has to be reported.

Shunzhi died, and the new emperor Kangxi ascended the throne.

Under these circumstances, the Qing court and even the entire Qing Dynasty were shrouded in a haze.

A big win is urgently needed to boost morale and rejoice.

Although Li Guoying's attack on Sichuan ended in a fiasco, after all, Baoning Mansion really grabbed things.

He is not a bully when he says so.

And if you report the victory, the imperial court has to give some rewards, right?

Even if it means something, it can relieve Li Guoying's pressure.

It is not always possible to buy food with silver, but it is better than not having any money at all.

At this moment, Li Guoying can understand the pain of the Thirteen Kuidong families at the beginning.

The originally one-sided situation turned into a stalemate, and it was impossible for the Qing army to wipe out the Ming army in a short period of time.

Removing the problem of food shortage, this stalemate is not all bad for Li Guoying.

If the Qing Dynasty wiped out the Ming army in one go, he, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, would definitely not have such great power.

Li Guoying still understands the truth of raising self-respect.

It's just that everyone is active in raising self-respect, and he is passive.

He can't do it even if he doesn't want to, his strength is too bad.

In fact, Li Guoying felt that if he continued to drag on, his wings would gradually plump, and he would develop in the direction of the late Tang Dynasty.

Isn't it just the military and the government?

In the Taiping years, the army and the government must be separated, and only in troubled times will the governor be given the opportunity to take charge of the army.

This is also a comfort.

In this Shaanxi realm, he is just saying that he is the only one, and if he doesn't get it, he can still be a soil emperor.

It's just that Li Guoying's Spring and Autumn dream hasn't been done for long, and some henchmen have come to report that the chasing soldiers of the army are chasing after him.

Li Guoying was taken aback.

Ming Jun is addicted, right?

It's not fun to fight a dozen in the Sichuan territory, and I chased it all the way to Hanzhong!

Li Guoying originally wanted to rely on the advantage of the dangerous terrain to defend it, but now he is still a little weak in his heart.

After all, it had just experienced a fiasco, and the Qing army was completely defeated in terms of momentum.

If there is another battle at such a time, God knows if it can be won.

But everyone came to the door, even if Li Guoying wanted to hide, he couldn't hide.

If Hanzhong loses, then Guanzhong can't be saved.

Since ancient times, attacking Guanzhong has been two paths.

The first is to fight from south to north from Hanzhong in southern Shaanxi.

The second is to fight from east to west through Tongguan.

The success rate of the former is much greater than that of the latter.

Because Tongguan is a world-famous Xiongguan, it can be said that one man is a pass.

It is very difficult to take Tongguan.

Being able to take Tongguan is basically a crushing advantage, and the next thing is to get it done.

Li Guoying didn't think that he could hold Guanzhong without losing Hanzhong.

So Hanzhong is what he desperately has to defend.

The thief is really too deceitful!

Li Guoying thought through gritted teeth.

Since you want to force Lao Tzu to death, Lao Tzu will fight with you to see who can have the last laugh.

"Pass the order and mobilize the whole city to prepare for battle. All the people in the city need to help defend the city. ”

Li Guoying said in his heart, but this gave him the opportunity to put pressure on the local tyrants and squires in Shaanxi.

Faced with the catastrophe of annihilation, these local tyrants and squires should certainly do their part.

Those who have money contribute money, and those who have power to contribute.

Those who are rich and powerful will be out.

If Hanzhong can't hold it, these local tyrants and squires are fat sheep in the eyes of thieves, fish and meat on the chopping board.

It's not like it's being manipulated at will.

Now Li Guoying's mentality has undergone a subtle change.

He has already regarded Shaanxi as his own property, so naturally he has to protect it desperately, and he must not be easily taken away.

Whether it is the Ming army or others who want to move his interests, he will resist desperately.

The big deal is that both sides lose, and Li Guoying will definitely not frown.

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"Have you heard, the thief is going to fight Hanzhong."

In a teahouse in Hanzhong City, several young people who looked like scholars gathered together and discussed in horror.

If there is one thing that scholars are most afraid of, I am afraid that it is war.

There is a way to show only when you meet soldiers, and it is unreasonable.

If you really start a war, it is naturally the soldier who has the final say.

This is not what they are most afraid of, what they are most afraid of is to pull them to war.

Their hands are for the barrel of the pen, not for the hilt.

With their powerless appearance, they really can't hold the knife.

"If the thieves are coming to fight Hanzhong, how many people do they have to come? Hanzhong is notoriously easy to defend and difficult to attack! ”

"Who can say for sure, but there should be 50,000. It is really unimaginable that you want to attack Hanzhong without 50,000 people. ”

"I heard that the Governor just lost a battle, so he was chased and beaten in the ass, this city is not easy to defend."

"Hehe, defending the city is something that the governor should consider, and it's useless for us to worry about it."

"If you want me to say that we should hide at home, the big war is coming, maybe something will happen. In case we are arrested by officers and soldiers, who can we talk to? ”

As soon as the man finished speaking, he saw a group of green battalion soldiers rush into the teahouse.

When they saw a man, they grabbed him, and he put a rope around his neck as if he were leading an animal.

The readers were so frightened that they didn't dare to say a word.

It wasn't until the rope was around their necks that they woke up from a dream.

"You... What are you going to do, we are readers. We have a good reputation! ”

"You can't do this to me, this is insulting Sven, this is insulting Sven!"

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