Li Zicheng left Tian Jianxiu to support more than 100,000 troops in Shaanxi and take care of Henan's military, making it clear that he had the heart to guard against Zhao Ying. The two sides tried their best to restrain before, just because the time had not yet come, but now the Shun army's Northern Expedition is approaching Beijing with successive victories, and the general trend is inevitable, and Zhao Ying cannot continue to remain indifferent, and it is a foregone conclusion that the general policy of fighting against Shun is a foregone conclusion.

The military tone that Zhao Dangshi decided under the policy was "Shaanxi to defend and attack", which is the most reasonable strategy at present, and it is also the general consensus of Zhao Ying's generals. However, Sun Chuanting, who upheld the concept of loyalty to the monarch and protection of the country, was very dissatisfied with this, and he believed that no matter how difficult the situation was, Beijing should not be ignored. Even if Shaanxi and Henan fall, the sky is only the country's situation, if Beijing suffers, it will hurt the Ming Dynasty's national ancestral dragon vein. Which is more important is self-evident in his eyes.

The seemingly calm city of Hanzhong is actually dark and turbulent.

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The sound of footsteps like a drum came from the depths of the quiet corridor, and Han Gon, who had been in the army for a long time, could tell that the cowhide military boots on the feet were the standard of the Ming army.

Sure enough, as the footsteps approached, three middle-aged men in civilian clothes turned in from outside the door, and they were all official military attaches of the Ming Dynasty. The long-necked, thin-faced, sleepy-eyed man in the center and in the front is Bai Guangen, the commander-in-chief of the train battalion, and the other two are Gao Ruli, the deputy general of the Zuo Auxiliary Battalion, and Sun Shoufa, the deputy general of the Hanzhong Assistant.

Bai Guangen and the three of them greeted Han Gon, and found that the hall was empty and there was no one else, so he frowned and asked, "Just a few of us?" As soon as the words fell, he saw a long and sturdy figure walking out of the inner hall, and hurriedly said in unison, "I've seen Ning Nanbo!" Looking at it, Ning Nanbo Zhao was standing in front of the screen with his hands on his face full of spring breeze.

"No need to be polite, sit!" Zhao Dangshi smiled and waved his hand, turned around and sat down. When he sat down, Bai Guangen and Han Gon sat down one after another.

The servant looked at the tea, Bai Guangen took two sips, and he didn't have the calm and comfortable taste of tea, but drank the tea as if he was quenching his thirst, and spit the tea back into the cup with a sigh of two sounds.

Zhao Dangshi said with a smile: "Today's wind and sunshine are beautiful, Brother Bai came to Zhao to taste tea here, why do you need to be so anxious?" Isn't it that I specially harvested the Zhangya from the southeast and won the favor of Brother Bai? ”

Bai Guangen handed the teacup to the servant who came up to refill the tea, shook his head and said, "Ning Nanbo, don't laugh, I'm waiting for a hundred thousand urgent moments, and I want to find Ning Nanbo to come up with an idea!" The mind is uneven, even if the elixir and jade dew are eaten in the mouth, it does not taste very good! After speaking, he looked left and right at Gao Ruli and Sun Shoufa, and the two of them nodded busily.

When Zhao Dangshi heard this, he first sniffed the tea unhurriedly, then took a sip, and then slowly put down the teacup and said: "Sun Junmen's northward trip to King Qin is a heroic feat, and the three of them should be honored, so why worry about it?" ”

Bai Guangen shook his head and said: "It's because he wants to go to Beijing, don't I want ......to go?" Speaking of this, he felt that the wording was wrong, and changed his words, "It's not that he doesn't want to go, but I just think it's not wise to just look at the current situation and rush to send troops." ”

Gao Ruli echoed: "Yes, in the previous military discussions, Ning Nanbo said that several major passes in the north of the Qinling Mountains were controlled by the thieves, and there were 30,000 thieves in Guanzhong who saw that the thieves were waiting for their work, and Sun Junmen insisted on going north, and the future was worrying!" ”

This month, Zhao Dangshi and Sun Chuanting jointly held a military meeting in the city of Hanzhongfu, and all the senior generals of both sides were present. At the military meeting, Zhao Dangshi comprehensively analyzed the situation of the enemy in Shaanxi, Henan and other places, and made it clear that relying on Hanzhong to forge ahead may not be a good choice, and the revitalization of the overall situation must be slowly carried out from Henan. However, this argument was rejected by Sun Chuanting, and his attitude was extremely fierce, his words were sharp, and most of his views were not based on reality, but talked about loyalty and patriotism, and faintly reprimanded Zhao Dangshi for being greedy for life and afraid of death, and afraid of moving forward. At that time, Zhao Dangshi was silent and did not have a face-to-face dispute with Sun Chuanting, but he did not agree with Sun Chuanting's plan to insist on raising troops to the north to go north to King Qin. In the end, the military discussion between the two sides actually failed to reach a consensus, and even broke up unhappily.

After the military discussion, Sun Chuanting immediately began to carry out the military arrangements of King Qin, and Bai Guangen, Gao Ruli, Sun Shoufa and others under his command were very dissatisfied with his decision. But the military order was difficult to disobey, and they had to obey the order, seeing that the troops were about to be dispatched, the three of them were tormented, and they thought of Zhao Dangshi's position before, so they came up with the idea of asking Zhao Dangshi for help.

Zhao Dangshi had already sent someone to secretly accept Bai Guangen and the others, and it was expected that most of the generals under Sun Chuanting's command, including these three people, would disobey King Qin's military orders. The reason why Sun Chuanting's opposition to the military meeting was to send a signal to Bai Guangen and others that they could huddle together for warmth. As he expected, when Bai Guangen and the three of them had nothing to do, they had to visit him after all.

"The three of them are all loyal ministers and righteous men of my Ming Dynasty, although they are worried, in fact, they are not worried about going to Beijing Qinwang, but about practical practices. Is that right? Zhao Dangshi said with a smile, "The three of them feel that going out of the Qinling Mountains and entering the customs is no different from throwing themselves into the net, and I am afraid that King Qin will lose his life in vain." ”

Gao Ruli reacted quickly, and when he saw that Zhao Dangshi gave the steps, he immediately responded: "Ning Nanbo is wise, that's what I mean." Under the command of Sun Junmen and a few of me, there are more or less tens of thousands of people, all of whom are loyal and good sons, if they do not wait for the country to make contributions and share their worries for the saints, they will die in vain, it is a pity. ”

Bai Guangen said: "It's not a secret, the three of us went to Sun Junmen yesterday, so I said nothing, but Sun Junmen ignored it, and left without waiting for the three of us to finish speaking." What's even more infuriating is that He Zhen and Wu Dading can't distinguish between right and wrong, and they have the same heart with Sun Junmen, and the three of us really have no choice, I just hope that Ning Nanbo will be able to persuade Sun Junmen to give up. ”

Zhao Dangshi smiled bitterly: "Then the Japanese military discussion, Zhao was also present, has Sun Junmen ever heard Zhao's words?" ”

When Bai Guangen and the three of them heard this, they all showed disappointed expressions. Bai Guangen was ruthless and straight, gritted his teeth and said simply: "People don't destroy for themselves, before Sun Junmen allowed me to help the general army became a joke, and the military positions of the two brothers Gao and Sun were also promised by him with white teeth, and they were not recognized by the imperial court." We focus on the overall situation and don't care. Now, if Sun Junmen doesn't listen to his loyalty, insists on going his own way, and wants to force his brothers to a dead end, my surname Bai is not the master who lets him mess around! ”

Shaanxi generals, there are many domineering people. But in the past, He Renlong, and now Bai Guangen, there are not many people who have the courage and courage of them. Bai Guangen has repeatedly disobeyed Sun Chuanting's command in the course of several battles in Henan, and openly acted on his own.

Gao Ruli and Sun Shoufa did not have Bai Guangen's strength and ruthlessness, but when they heard this, they were also silent.

Shaanxi's great enemy is the Shun army, and in this delicate situation, Zhao Dangshi does not want to start infighting again. When he met with Bai Guangen and the three of them today, he actually had a plan, and he felt that the time was almost over, so he said: "Don't worry, although Zhao can't persuade Sun Junmen to turn back, but this matter may not have room for turnaround." ”

Bai Guangen hurriedly said: "Mo Fei Ning Nanbo has already made up an idea for us?" ”

Zhao Dangshi said: "It's not an idea, but Sun Junmen and you are both my Ming officers and soldiers, and they have friendship and mutual support, how can Zhao sit back and watch Sun Junmen's moths fight the fire and ignore it?" Then he said, "I will find Sun Junmen tomorrow and suggest that he not take the Qinling Mountains, but Longyou." ”

"Longyou?" Bai Guangen and the three of them were stunned at the same time, they were all from Shaanxi, and they were very familiar with the geography of the province. In ancient times, the west is the right, and the right of Longxi is Longxi, which refers to the vast area of Longshan at the west end of Guanzhong, roughly covering Gongchang, Lintao and other prefectures in the west of Shaanxi and some areas of Gansu.

"Yes, it's Longyou." Zhao Dangshi cleared his throat and said, "Several of them are from Shaanxi, and they are no strangers to Longyou. During the Three Kingdoms, Prime Minister Zhuge of the Shu Han Dynasty made a northern expedition to Cao Wei, but he sent troops to Longyou more than once, which shows the importance of this road. ”

As an important thoroughfare, Hanzhong Mansion extends in all directions. Passing through the Qinling Mountains to the north, that is, Guanzhong. To the east through Yunyang Mansion, that is, Huguang. To the south over the Micang Mountain, Daba Mountain, that is, Sichuan. To the west, you can take Yangping Pass, and then go north through Luoyang County, you can reach Hui County in Gongchang Prefecture. Further north of Hui County is Lixian, Xihe and other places around Qishan. After taking the Qishan area, the soldiers arrived in Qinzhou, turned east and crossed Longshan, which was Guanzhong. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, after Cao Cao obtained Guanzhong and took Huixian, he immediately took Yangping Pass to attack Zhang Lu, who was entrenched in Hanzhong; Zhuge Liang made five northern expeditions to Cao Wei, and three times he chose to divide his troops and go to Qishan to echo the military operations of the Qinling Mountains, and the military status of this passage in Longyou is enough to reflect.

Zhao Dangshi wanted Sun Chuanting to go to Longyou, which was the result of careful consideration. Focusing on the distribution of the Shun army's forces in the whole Shaanxi, the commander Tian Jianxiu deployed 30,000 main forces in Guanzhong, firstly, in order to control the Qinling Pass nearby, and secondly, in order to better deal with Henan. In addition, in Shaanxi, Gansu and other places, only 7,000 Dang Shousu stationed in Xining and 5,000 Niu Chenghu stationed in Ningxia remained. It can be said that Longyou belongs to the weak area of the Shun army's strength, and if Sun Chuanting intersperses with 12,000 people, the resistance he will face will be much smaller than that of the Qinling Mountains.

As long as Tian Jianxiu divides the forces in Guanzhong and takes care of Longyou, then he will lose enough strength to support Henan, and at the same time, it will also give Zhao Dangshi's army in Hanzhong an opportunity. But on the other hand, once Sun Chuanting's army marching into Longyou and other places is frustrated, the back road will be easily cut off, and it will be besieged by Shun troops from all over Shaanxi, which is quite risky. With such a risk, Zhao Dangshi was hesitating to try it, but Sun Chuanting was enthusiastic and determined to come out, so he just pushed the boat down the river and asked him to do it for him.

"With the understanding of Shaanxi by the three of them, it is not a problem to go to Longyou. At that time, Zhao echoed each other in Hanzhong, and the initiative of the whole Shaanxi situation was in the hands of our army. ”

"Let's go to Longyou...... It's a great move. Bai Guangen groaned. The benefit of Zhao Dangshi's suggestion was not only to satisfy Sun Chuanting's enthusiasm for the Northern Expedition, but also to the entire Shaanxi war situation. It can be seen that if Sun Chuanting's troops and horses gain a firm foothold in Longyou, in addition to involving the troops in Guanzhong, they can also cut off the connection between Guanzhong and Xining, Ningxia and other places, and be bolder, if he leads the army into northern Shaanxi, then he will definitely be able to completely disrupt the defense line of the Shun army.

Zhao Dangshi saw that Bai Guangen and the three of them were worried, nodded their heads, and said: "In the past, the official army in Shaanxi was defeated, and there were many people from all walks of life who defected to the Shun army, but my Ming Dynasty is still popular with the people, and they are just afraid of the thieves and have to give in. With the prestige of Sun Junmen in the past, the banner was raised in Longyou, and the people from all directions gathered anyway will inevitably come one after another. When it comes to that point, maybe it will be a matter of wiping out the thieves and restoring Shaanxi, but it will only be a matter of a snap of a finger. ”

Bai Guangen couldn't help but nod and said: "Ning Nanbo is too reasonable, don't talk about others, just say that Ningxia's Niu Chenghu." It was an old brother surnamed Bai, who had defected to the thieves because the road to Hanzhong had been cut off and he was forced by the situation. These days, there have been many correspondence between me and him, and if he gets the opportunity, he will not be willing to give his life to the thief! ”

Hearing "There are many correspondence between me and him", Gao Ruli and Sun Shoufa were full of thoughts, and they both looked embarrassed. Bai Guangen didn't notice any difference, and talked and laughed freely.