"Nishikami Plateau...... Can it really work? In ancient times, the Tang Dynasty suffered a lot on the plateau! "Li Dingguo has also read the annals of history over the years, and he is still very clear about the losses suffered by the Tang Dynasty on the snowy plateau." I heard people who have been on the plateau say that unless you are a native of the plateau, it is difficult to breathe on the plateau! ”

Ai Nengqi nodded and said: "The fourth brother is right, but they are not without a foundation on the plateau, do the fourth brothers still remember the battle in western Sichuan in the early years of the common rule?" They chased the remnants of the Ming army in western Sichuan to the Tibetan border heights, and pursued all the way to the west to Duogan and Litang before collecting their troops. ”

"I think of it," Li Dingguo said with a smile, "That battle was still led by Ai Sange, and he also laid down two lands for the Ming Dynasty Xuanwei Division for Dashun!" ”

These two Xuanwei Divisions were called Dong Buhan Hu Xuanwei Division and Changhexi, Yutong, and Ningyuan Xuanwei Division, which had been controlled by the Heshute Khanate when Dashun entered Sichuan, and Gushi Khan stationed officials and a small number of troops in Muyacheng near the archery furnace.

However, the number of Gu Shi Khan's army in Muya was too small to resist the Ming army that retreated from western Sichuan, and Muya was soon occupied by the Ming army. Later, Ainengqi led the Dashun army to the Tibetan border heights, first defeated the Ming army, and then repelled the Mongol army sent by Gushi Khan, and firmly controlled this piece of land.

Ai Nengqi smiled a little proudly: "Back then, they also placed a Xifan Jiedu envoy there, which consisted of six prefectures, including Zagu, Jinchuan, Muping, Mingzheng, Gebu, and Badi, and also moved 3,000 soldiers from Sichuan Prefecture to be stationed in various states, and built Xifan City in the archery furnace of Mingzheng Prefecture...... It has been 12 years since the completion of the five years of co-governance, and the 3,000 military households originally placed in the six prefectures of Xifan have also had a second generation, and the number of households has increased to 5,000. Coupled with the people and horses of the Qiang people and local officials who depend on the six states, 8,000-10,000 people can be pulled out! ”

In history, it took Emperor Qianlong 70 million taels of military expenses to get the big and small Jinchuan, and when facing the first generation of Dashun soldiers, he couldn't get up at all, and he was successfully pacified!

The army that survived a hundred battles in troubled times is ferocious!

Ai Nengqi said: "In addition to the six states of the Western Fan Festival Division on the highlands, the thirteen states and counties of the Kawabe Festival Division are also on the highlands, and they have also placed 5,000 government soldiers there, and the people have multiplied so far, and there are 10,000 households!" ”

In addition to the mildew of the Tusi of Jinchuan, the Tusi forces under the jurisdiction of the Sichuan Xingdu Division also fell into bad luck in the Battle of Western Sichuan more than ten years ago.

The jurisdiction of Sichuan Xingdu Division is about Liangshan Prefecture and Panzhihua City in later generations, and the Tusi power in the territory is also very strong. When the confluence of Dashun and Daxi took Sichuan, Ma Shiying, Yang Zhan, and Zeng Ying, who were defeated in the Chengdu Plain, once retreated to the area of Sichuan Xingdu Division, Tianquan Division, and Lizhou Division (Tianquan and Lizhou were close to Dong Bu Han Hu Xuanwei Division and Changhexi, Yutong, and Ningyuan Xuanwei Division). In order to clear the remnants of the Ming army and open the road to Yunnan, the Dashun court launched the Battle of Western Sichuan.

In this battle, the Tusi forces in the territory of the Sichuan Xingdu Division were also completely eradicated by the Dashun army - not subdued, but eradicated! Because the territory of the Sichuan Xingdu Division is right next to Yunnan and is the throat between Sichuan and Yunnan, how could the Dashun Dynasty allow the reactionary Tusi of the Qin Ming Dynasty to be entrenched there? Therefore, in the early years of the co-governance, it took a lot of effort and six years of continuous purging, and the local Tusi forces were basically eliminated.

After that, the Dashun court set up the Sichuan Bian Jiedu Envoy (Dashun imitated the Tang system, and used the martial imperial text, and the Jiedu envoy was the highest local governor), and also set up thirteen prefectures and counties under the Jieji...... This is tantamount to the implementation of the reform of the land!

Ai Nengqi said: "Just by transferring troops from Xifan and Kawabe Jieji, you can also gather 10,000 people...... They are all people who have lived on the highlands for a long time, although the west and the river are not as high as Wusizang, but they are still much higher than the Sichuan flats.

In addition, there are two festivals in Lijiang and Yongchang in the western part of Yunnan that are also on the highlands. There are also more than 5,000 military households in these two sections, and it is not a problem to transfer 10,000 troops from there. ”

Liu Wenxiu smiled: "Fourth, what do you think?" There are 20,000 highland soldiers, can they enter Wusizang? ”

Li Dingguo's brows tightened more and more, and he didn't answer Liu Wenxiu's question, as if he was in thought.

When Sun Ke saw Li Dingguo's appearance, he knew what big battle he was planning again, so he asked: "Fourth brother, are you planning any big battle again?" ”

Li Dingguo nodded, frowned and said, "It is no problem to march west with twenty or thirty thousand soldiers to fight the Heshuo Special Division...... If the Heshuo Department has been comfortable on the plateau for too long, it will eat fasting and chant Buddha, and there will be no war! Seven or eight years ago, he also beat Shang Kexi and Kong Tingxun, the two Tartar lackeys. However, the second brother and the third brother, don't forget that to the north of Uszang is Xining Prefecture and Qinghai Prefecture in Hexi Town. If you can go up to the plateau from the east, Wu Sangui can't march from Xining and Qinghai? Xining and Qinghai are not low! ”

"Fourth, what do you mean......" Sun Kewang looked at Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo gritted his teeth: "So you have to kill the surnamed Wu!" Wu Sangui does not get rid of it, no matter whether he goes south or west, he can't feel at ease! ”

"How do you kill him?"

"You can make it ...... like this"

......

"Ah...... Sneeze! ”

In Wuhan, in the East Lake Palace, Wu Sangui, the Duke of Liangguo, who was attending the generalissimo's mansion in the Qinzheng Hall, sneezed again, and it seemed that he had a cold.

Zhu Cihong asked with concern: "Uncle, are you okay?" ”

Wu Sangui replied: "Your Majesty Xie cares, and the minister only occasionally feels cold, and there is no big problem." ”

Are you feeling a chill? Emperor Zhu said in his heart: Most of you have a cold, and I don't know if it's influenza...... Don't pass it on to me!

What do you think in your heart, Emperor Zhu is not good for people to isolate Wu Sangui, people are so difficult to cool the country, and now they are planning the battle of Shu so hard......

After sneezing two or three times, Wu Sangui began to explain his strategy of leveling Shu to Zhu Cihong, Li Yan, Yan Yingyuan, Qi Yuanbi, Feng Sizhong, Qin Mingtao, Zhu Chunjie, Wu Sanfu and others.

"The minister thinks that the battle into Shu can't be taken skillfully, only the ability to break! If you want to enter Sichuan, first level southern Shaanxi; If you want to level southern Shaanxi, you should first break through the Dasan Pass, Monk Yuan, and Wuzhang Yuan, and then go all the way to the Sanguan Road to attack and advance all the way to Yangping Pass! ”

Emperor Zhu listened to Wu Sangui's method and couldn't help frowning: "Uncle Chang, how many people have to die in such a fight?" How much time does it take? ”

"It is inevitable that tens of thousands of soldiers will die," Wu Sangui said, "as for the time...... It depends on how many troops His Majesty plans to send to southern Shaanxi. If 20 divisions are sent and marches in several ways, they should be able to advance to Yangping Pass within a year. ”

20 divisions are almost 300,000 soldiers...... Now the Ming army claims to be one million, but it really belongs to the strength of the front-line field troops, that is, forty or fifty divisions.

Zhu Cihong turned his head and looked at Li Yan, Yan Yingyuan, Qi Yuanbi and others.

Li Yan said: "Since ancient times, Sichuan has mostly entered southern Shaanxi, although some people have used tricks, but Li Laiheng, Li Dingguo and others are not idle, so it is better to use tactics than to use force." ”

Yan Yingyuan also said: "Liang Guogong said that the main attack road to the south, if you can really send 300,000 troops, you should be able to march in 3 ways, in addition to Sanguan Road, you can also add Bao Chuan Road and Longnan Road, so that the Liukou will divide the troops to resist, and the soldiers will be weak." ”

Qi Yuanbi said: "If you want to divide the thieves, you can also send a partial division to go to Gannan into Songpan and attack Chengdu Mansion." ”

"Take Songpan Road?" Zhu Cihong looked at the map, this is just crossing the grassland and climbing the snowy mountain......

Qin Mingtao said: "Your Majesty, you can let the guards go!" Although Songpan Road is difficult, it must not be difficult for them. Even if you can't sneak attack Chengdu and take the land of Songpanwei, you can still threaten the flank of the Liukou in southern Shaanxi. He paused, "In addition, the imperial court can also transfer troops from Uszang to lead the way and help in the battle." There are many Qiang tribes in the Songpan area, all of whom believe in Lamaism, and if they have the help of the great lamas, they should help the officials and soldiers of the imperial court. ”

Emperor Zhu finally nodded: "That's fine!" Just send more than 10,000 elites to give it a try! ”