"Right now, if you want to build this gun, you need a lot of iron, lead, and ...... Copper. ”

Lin Xiao groaned: "It's a pity that there is only a small amount of lead ore in Guangxi, but there is no iron ore and copper ore, and there are many such mines in Yunnan and Guizhou, I don't know ...... Can you borrow the help of the prince? ”

It turned out to be this, so what kind of difficulty is it? Li Dingguo smiled happily:

"Where does General Lin say, isn't Yunnan and Guizhou also my great tomorrow? Li Mou will do his best to help, and hope that the general will build more new guns, if our department can get this artifact, at that time, just a clear dog, why be afraid. ”

"Then thank you, Lord Wang."

Lin Xiao was overjoyed, and hurriedly got up and rubbed it, this Li Dingguo's mind is really not comparable to Sun Kewang and his ilk, "Because of this, Lin considered that the best use of these captured green battalion soldiers is to go to the mines, and produce more iron and copper as soon as possible...... As for the recruitment of soldiers, they are all soft bones, and they are of little use, what does the prince think? ”

"The general is polite, what the general said is reasonable, then it depends on the general," Li Dingguo arched his hand and said, "The general's kindness in sending guns and cannons, Li Mou will not dare to forget." ”

After Lin Xiao returned the salute, he felt that it was time to talk about the next step of the war, he wanted to explore Li Dingguo's thoughts, it was best to achieve a coordinated operation between the two armies on the eastern and western fronts, then he could go back with confidence.

In this attack on the eastern front, he had to go to Nanning in person to negotiate the logistics and material transportation issues after the battle line was lengthened, and the public security issues that required the cooperation of the officers and troops behind him.

"Lord Wang, the battle report of the Bijie defense line has arrived, according to the report of my reconnaissance battalion, this battle has defeated the right front of the Qing army, and has pursued to the bank of the Chishui River, our vanguard has been stationed in Chishui Town, I don't know what the prince plans next?"

"Wu Sangui's forward in this battle has been folded, if Bi Jieguo wins the battle as the general said, he can prepare for a counterattack after the main force of the headquarters arrives, Li thinks that this time at least the recovery of southern Sichuan and Banan can come out of this evil breath."

"That's very good," Lin Xiao said softly when he heard this:

"Lord Wang, the counteroffensive on the eastern front of Lin's department has been stopped, and Lin is about to leave the east in a few days, and the war on the western front depends on the prince, so Lin will wait for good news."

"General Lin's words are serious, the enemy is current, we should be in the same boat, for Your Majesty, for the Ming Society, Li Mou will do his best, and he will never give up!"

Li Dingguo said with a straight face, "It's just that the high road to Bashu Mountain is dangerous, and it is difficult to travel, and at present, the population in northern Qianbei is sparse, and it is difficult to recruit people, so it will take time for the whole army to counterattack southern Sichuan, if it is not ......."

Li Dingguo said this, and looked at Lin Xiao.

"Lord Wang, please speak."

Lin Xiao's eyes froze, he knew very well that marching and fighting in this era requires the support of a large number of people, the longer the battle line, the more people are needed, some roads are rugged, and the number of people required is even more than the official soldiers.

Because of this, Lin Xiao did not plan to attack on a large scale on the Western Front at the beginning, but now Li Dingguo is struggling, and it seems that he has new ideas.

Lin Xiao guessed correctly, seeing the power of Lin Xiao's department, Li Dingguo had a bold plan in his heart.

"Although there are still many difficulties for the army to come out immediately, if your ministry can send elite help, the iron cavalry under Li can raid Luzhou and catch the Tartars off guard."

"Hmm...... This plan is very good, please take a step forward, Lord Wang, please take a look,"

After pondering for a while, Lin Xiao motioned to Wang Dong, who was standing at the door, to take the map and spread it on the table, led Li Dingguo to the map, and said while pointing:

"This time, the main force of the Qing army on the western front is only more than 100,000 people, and the loss of nearly half of this time is already the end of the strong crossbow, since the prince is determined to raid and counterattack, Lin suggested that he can break through in two ways, and attack southern Sichuan and Bazhou at the same time......"

"Oh, I want to hear about it!"

"The main force of the first regiment of our department will arrive to help in a few days, and I plan to let the first group go west out of Maotai Town, go to Chishui River to take over the reconnaissance battalion, and assist the Funan Wangsuo Department to go north to Jiangmen Town and go straight to Luzhou; The other way is to help the prince go north directly here, travel two hundred miles for a long distance, drink horses and the Yangtze River, and coerce Chongqing ......"

"In this way, our army has opened a gap of more than 100 miles wide in the Brazilian region, and after the follow-up brigade arrives with artillery and baggage, whether it is to storm Chongqing, or turn west and go straight to Chengdu, the Qing army will no longer be in danger to defend."

"Hmm...... Although this plan is wonderful, the number of cavalry battalions that can quickly advance is only a few thousand, and it may be insufficient to divide the troops, I wonder how many people General Lin can send to help? Li Dingguo froze and said in a deep voice.

"There are more than 3,000 people in the first regiment of our department, all of which are handed over to the prince's dispatch, among which the baggage battalion brings its own horses, and most of the rest of the foot soldiers can ride horses, as long as the prince manages to collect some horses for him, it is cavalry......" Lin Xiao straightened up and said confidently.

"That, it's really good," Li Dingguo's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he stroked his palms and smiled: "The general's captive army is like a divine soldier, if it is really as the general said, the entire Chengdu Plain will not be just around the corner, and if the Tartars do not retreat to Hanzhong as soon as possible, they will eventually be wiped out." ”

"Yes, presumably in this case, Wu Sangui will be in a hurry, and it will be difficult to take care of the beginning and the end, and it is not impossible to recover the entire territory of Bashu in one fell swoop."

Lin Xiao smiled and echoed, "It is expected that the prince's army will be invincible, and if the whole Sichuan is truly restored, Lin will definitely come to congratulate the prince." ”

"The general can rest assured, with the help of divine soldiers, Li will definitely live up to his mission! I'm waiting for the general in Chengdu, let's sing about wine, hungry for Hulu meat, and laugh and drink the blood of Jiannu! ”

Li Dingguo said with a proud face, with the help of these cattle, it is difficult for him to be unconfident.

"It's a deal! Lord Wang, the drill of the new artillery, in the next meeting, I will ask my sergeants to assist the professor one or two, Lin will leave and go back in a few days, and the matter of mining will be arranged by Lord Lao. ”

"This is natural, the general can rest assured, Li immediately sent an order to Guiyang, and officials at all levels fully cooperated." Li Dingguo paused heavily.

……

By the time Li Dingguo's army arrived in Zunyi, Ding Shuai's first regiment had already arrived at Loushan Pass to join Lin Xiao, and Lin Xiao explained his battle plans in detail, and instructed his troops to divide into two routes, cooperate well with Li Dingguo's army, and be sure to fight the southern Sichuan campaign.

A few days after Panhuan in Loushan Pass, Lin Xiao, who was like an arrow, said goodbye to Li Dingguo and set off to return to Nanning.

During this period, Lin Xiao frequently talked with Zhu Yujia, Liu Xulei, Xia Bomin, etc., to learn more about the counteroffensive of the armies from all walks of life.

Among them, Zhu Yujia's third regiment made smooth progress, and after ambushing the main force of Tunqi's department, it had quickly recovered Wugang and Baoqing, and a part of its troops left in Quanzhou had taken advantage of the situation to take Yongzhou a few days earlier, and the front of the troops was directed at Hengyang.

Xia Bomin's fourth regiment moved the fastest, because Shang Kexi was afraid of the might of the captured army, and shrank the main force of Guangdong in the area of Zhaoqing and Guangzhou as early as possible, Xia Bomin, who had been gathering momentum for a long time, led nearly 10,000 troops to march eastward along the southern part of Guangdong, and quickly recovered Leizhou, Gaozhou, Hengzhou and other places, and at present, the vanguard has approached Xinhui County, Jiangmen, and is trying to cut off the connection between Zhaoqing and the Qing army in Guangzhou.

However, Liu Xulei's second regiment was not brilliant this time, because the mountains and forests in northern Guangdong were dense and the terrain was complex, so the army moved a little slower in comparison, and just arrived at the periphery of Shaoguan, an important town in northern Guangdong, and was about to attack.

(End of chapter)