Pan Duao looked around at everyone and raised his voice: "As we all know, Zuo Liangyu is a fierce general of the Ming Dynasty, and the war is both ruthless and treacherous. [Full text reading. There is no need to hide this, at that time, Zuo Liangyu's men and horses were only thirty or forty thousand, and at that time, Zuo Liangyu could not get any supplies of soldiers and grain and grass, and only relied on looting to maintain the daily expenses of the men and horses. Zuo Liangyu was brutal to the people, but he was very good to his subordinates, and the rewards and punishments were clear, so his soldiers were willing to die for him. Moreover, most of the soldiers of the left army were outlaws, who were not afraid of death, and would fight to the death in every battle. Many of his generals were promoted from ordinary soldiers, so Zuo Liangyu had a very high prestige in the army. This is still before, and now Zuo Liangyu occupies the Wuchang area, which is like a tiger with wings, and his subordinates have expanded to 100,000 people, and the surrounding area of Wuchang is very rich, so there is no need to worry about money and food, so Zuo Liangyu can be called a soldier at this time. Even the Nanming regime was helpless against him. At this time, Zuo Liangyu had almost become a feudal town. The Southern Ming Dynasty couldn't move him. If we attack him at this time, we will inevitably lead Zuo Liangyu to fight desperately to defend his territory. Because Zuo Liangyu knew that once he lost Wuchang, he would no longer have a foothold. If Zuo Liangyu fights trapped beasts, his combat effectiveness is very terrifying. Therefore, I said that attacking Zuo Liangyu at this time does not have much chance of winning. ”

Zhang Xianzhong listened and nodded slowly: "The military advisor said, there is some truth, do you still have different opinions?" ”

Sun Kewang was speechless and didn't know how to refute, because he didn't see the problem as deeply as Pan Duao, so he looked at Tang Sai'er and wanted to hear what she had to say, but Tang Sai'er just closed his eyes slightly, didn't look at anyone, and didn't speak.

Tang Sai'er didn't speak, and others didn't dare to say it, because at this time, no one could guess what Zhang Xianzhong meant, and if he said the wrong thing, he would be unhappy, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

Since becoming the emperor, Zhang Xianzhong's temper began to become moody, except for a few people he valued very much, if others disobeyed slightly, they would be scolded at best, beaten with dozens of whips, and beheaded to show the public. Therefore, his men were a little silent.

In such a big event, what does Zhang Xianzhong think, before revealing a clear meaning, he must not easily express his position, this is the consensus reached by everyone.

After a long time, Zhang Xianzhong saw that everyone didn't say a word, so he asked Li Yan with a smile: "Li Gongzi, it seems that my courtiers agree with Mr. Pan's opinion, what else do you have to say?" ”

Li Yan walked to the middle of the court, made a gesture to the outside, and said loudly: "What Mr. Pan said is indeed a good word of Jinshi, which can be called thoughtful and far-reaching. It is clear that the few points made were well thought out. Admire under it. ”

Pan Duao smiled indifferently: "Li Gongzi has won the award, and what I said below is just some obvious things, not any unique insight." I just listened to Li Gongzi's words, and I seemed to think that this time I sent troops, the odds of victory were very high, isn't that so? ”

Li Yan nodded: "There's no need to hide it, it's true." ”

Pan Duao said: "Then please ask Li Gongzi to speak clearly, so that you can teach you to have a long experience." ”

Li Yan arched his hand: "Don't dare, I'm just talking about obvious things, it's not clever, Mr. Pan wants to hear it, so I'll be blunt below." ”

He looked at the people around him and said in a slow but firm tone: "What Mr. Pan said is indeed Zuo Liangyu's strong side. He has caused heavy casualties to your army many times, and your army hates him to the core. Therefore, as long as I heard that I was going to fight Zuo Liangyu, I must be excited. Although Zuo Liangyu has nearly 100,000 people, there are no less than 300,000 people in the Great Western Kingdom, which is far more than in number. What's even more advantageous is that there is also the Qin army to help. The Qin army also has 100,000 horses at the moment, in addition to defending Hanzhong and Guanzhong, there are also 50,000 people who can be called, if the Qin army launches these 50,000 male soldiers and attacks from the north, Zuo Liangyu must not dare to be careless, at least 30,000 or 40,000 horses will be divided to fight against our army. Zuo Liangyu occupies Wuchang and uses it as his base camp, so it is impossible for him to bring all the horses out to fight, and at least 20,000 people must be left to defend Wuchang, so that the men and horses that can resist the Great Western Army are only 40,000 or 50,000 at most. No matter how powerful Zuo Liangyu is, on the Yangtze River, his tens of thousands of people can't reach the Great Western Kingdom. Zhu Yousong, the emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty, had been deeply wary of Zuo Liangyu for a long time and would not send troops to rescue him, which would be of great benefit to us. What Zuo Liangyu is good at is cavalry and land warfare, not water warfare. I have just been to Zuo Liangyu, and I saw that he trained men and horses, day and night, practicing water warfare, and at the same time supervising the construction of a large number of warships and building bows and arrows, these preparations were all for resisting or attacking the Great Western Kingdom. If he didn't strike first and gave Zuo Liangyu enough time, by the time his men and horses trained to become proficient in water warfare, Wuchang would definitely be as solid as a rock and unshakable. ”

These words were loud and reasonable, and everyone nodded secretly when they listened. thinks Li Yan is right.

Li Yan faced Pan Duao: "Mr. Fang just said, Zuo Liangyu has clear rewards and punishments, and he is very good to his subordinates, but he is cruel and unkind to the people, which is an important reason why Zuo Liangyu is about to lose." The people of Wuchang hate it to the core, and they wish Zuo Liangyu would get out of it as soon as possible. As long as the Great Western Kingdom and the Qin Army arrived, those people would definitely not support Zuo Liangyu anymore. The obedience of the human heart is very important. So at the moment, although Wuchang is Zuo Liangyu's territory, he doesn't know how to sympathize with the people, and he must not be able to defend it. But at this time, Zuo Liangyu had several advisers under him, and these people had already begun to admonish Zuo Liangyu, once Zuo Liangyu listened to their words and began to exert favors on the people, Wuchang would be like this. ”

He turned his head to look at Zhang Xianzhong: "Your Majesty, I hope you will make a decision as soon as possible, the opportunity must not be lost, and it will not come again." ”

Zhang Xianzhong looked at Pan Duao and said, "Military advisor, do you think Li Gongzi's words are correct?" ”

Pan Duao frowned, his heart was a little sweaty, he could hear that Li Yan was fully encouraging Zhang Xianzhong to send troops, and the reason for persuading him to send troops was very sufficient, and it could be said that he refuted every one of his reasons. He tried to refute it again, but for a moment he couldn't find a favorable argument, so he just sighed and shook his head.

Zhang Xianzhong no longer looked at him, but asked Tang Sai'er: "Prime Minister Tang, what do you think of Li Gongzi's words?" ”