After the conversation with Wang Fuzhi, Tianlang ordered someone to lead Liu Wenxiu to the west side hall, and the first thing that caught Liu Wenxiu's eyes was a huge sand table in the side hall, which shocked him.

"Your Majesty, is this the map of the mountains and rivers of the Ming Dynasty?"

"That's right," replied Tianlang, "I'm afraid there will be a great battle in the near future, and then I will have to rely on the ingenuity of the King of Shu." At present, Li Rujing is in Huguang, Ma Jinzhong is in Jiangxi, General Qin is leading the school training guard and is in charge of the Ministry of Engineering, and the army of Yinxi is in charge of the military department.

These important ministers of honor are already busy, hehe. And Hao Yongzhong is afraid that he will soon go to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River to command a series of counteroffensives of our army there.

But now the Ming Dynasty has one more important thing to do than consolidate Huguang, Jiangxi and the recovery of Nanzhili, I am suffering from the lack of generals in the court, but God gave the king of Shu to the Ming Dynasty, how can you make me unhappy? ”

Liu Wenxiu was very clear about the affairs of Huguang and Jiangxi, but he never thought that Tianlang would really have to do something else while recovering Nanzhili, was it really that thing? "Your Majesty, is it asking the minister to recover Sichuan? Could it be that His Majesty is really determined to help the people of Jin and Shaanxi survive the famine? At that time, the minister really thought that His Majesty was just singing a high note. ”

Tianlang replied without hesitation: "That's natural, the people of Jin and Shaanxi are also my people of the Ming Dynasty, maybe ten years ago, the Ming Dynasty was very sorry for the people there, but when the Ming Dynasty has lost the land there, it made me feel the preciousness of the loss." ”

Tianlang knew that Liu Wenxiu couldn't believe these words, and no one would have thought that Tianlang planned to launch a counterattack against the Qing army in three directions at the same time: Sichuan, Henan, and Nanzhili. Maybe it really was a crazy decision, Tianlang explained:

"I have made up my mind, for the situation in Sichuan, there is no one in the court who is more familiar with it than the King of Shu, I have not moved these days, I am just waiting for you, King of Shu, haha. With the King of Shu out of the army, I will transfer other troops under your command, not only Sichuan, but also the recovery of Jin and Shaanxi provinces, which will be fully responsible for the King of Shu. ”

Liu Wenxiu asked a little uneasily: "But Your Majesty, now that the Ming army has launched a counteroffensive in Henan and Zhejiang, if you attack Sichuan again, not only will the offensive force be overstretched, but the base camp will be empty in defense." What's more, our army has just experienced two large-scale bloody battles in Jiangxi and Huguang, and although it won in the end, it was also a tragic victory, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers lost. ”

Tianlang replied: "Attack is the best defense, the counteroffensive of the Ming army seems to be powerful, but the two provinces of Henan and Zhejiang are feints, I want to attract Dolgon's attention to the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River."

And he thought with his ass, as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I would first want to recover the northern and southern capitals, and I felt that not only he would think so, anyone would predict that we would first recover Nanjing, which was the capital of the Ming Dynasty after all. ”

Tianlang shook his head with an apologetic smile, "I have made Duoduo wait for a long time, he has been gathering heavy troops in Nanjing, waiting for us to die, but he has not waited for me."

Because neither he nor Dorgon knew my temper, that is, where the enemy was prepared, I almost never went. I wanted to do the opposite, taking Sichuan, then attacking Hanzhong, then north into Shaanxi, and kicking Dolgon in the back of his ass.

There is a time, geography, and people in this way, and the time is a great drought in Shanxi and Shanxi provinces, and it is expected that the harvest in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces will be at least halved this year. And Jinyiwei sent back a secret report, saying that Erchuhuer of the Mongolian Khalkha Department had recently been in Datong and Koubian, and the number of troops had reached tens of thousands.

This information must be true, and it is also true that the Khalkha tribe has not been able to be conquered by Dolgon. In this way, the Qing army will inevitably increase its troops, after all, it is only a stone's throw away from Beijing. For Dolgon, the military threat of the Mongol cavalry to him was much closer, more realistic, and more powerful than the threat of our Ming army. ”

Speaking of this, the King of Shu finally understood a little, and he interrupted Tianlang's words excitedly, "That's why Your Majesty attacked from all sides, creating the illusion of a large-scale counterattack for the Qing army in Henan and Zhejiang, but you just sent Wang Jincai's thousands of men and horses to attack Henan, and let Zheng Chenggong and the Zheng family, who are in constant internal disputes with the Ming Dynasty, and the 10,000 horses and horses sent by Wang Yuncai and Jiao Lian to attack Zhejiang, but Your Majesty's real target is actually Sichuan?" ”

Tianlang smiled strangely, "Even the military arrangements of Henan and Zhejiang have been mastered by the King of Shu, and it is not a loss to be a person with a heart, a generation of famous generals." ”

Liu Wenxiu hurriedly bowed his head and arched his hand, "The minister doesn't dare, it's just that the minister wants to better enter the role, so he has to understand the distribution of our army at this time, not to mention that His Majesty did not deliberately avoid letting the minister know these things, Gao Bi is your close minister, he can tell the minister in person, it must be His Majesty's instructions." ”

Liu Wenxiu's answer was neither humble nor arrogant, and it was clearly organized, which made Tianlang very satisfied, "Well said, it is indeed I who asked Gao Bizheng to tell you this, and I also hope that the King of Shu can better enter the role, you are right, my strategic goal in Henan and Zhejiang is to distract Dolgon's attention and contain Duoduo's heavy army group in Nanjing."

Since Zilharang did not evacuate Wuchang, it proves that Dolgon is still very greedy, and he still refuses to give up Jiangnan; And if he wants to control the entire Yangtze River, he must always maintain the offensive and oppressive force against Daming, and he has to do this.

However, Zheng Chenggong and Jiao Lian, Wang Yuncai, and Zheng Hongkui's threats to Zhejiang and Nanzhili made it impossible for Duoduo to be transferred out of Nanjing. ”

Liu Wenxiu replied: "Could it be that Haoge's troops are not in Sichuan? ”

Tianlang smiled again: "Haoge's two yellow flags have now been incorporated by Dolgon and transferred back to the Beijing Division, and Wu Sangui's troops are in Hanyang. Although there is still an Azig in Datong, I expect that there will inevitably be a big upheaval in the security of Jin and Shaanxi in a few months, but the matter of counterinsurgency cannot be done at all with Azig's temper, let him quell the rebellion, and the two provinces will only become more and more rebellious. ”