After Zhang Xianzhong made his decision, he immediately led his army north to Baoning Mansion.

Due to Liu Jinzhong's previous rebellion, Zhang Xianzhong strengthened his control over Baoning Province. Now the general in charge of guarding this place is his righteous son Zhang Nengqi.

Knowing that Zhang Xianzhong and Zhang Kewang led the army to arrive, Zhang Nengqi led his own soldiers out of the city to greet him.

Zhang Xianzhong still attached great importance to Zhang Nengqi, and after a few words of encouragement, he was stationed in Baoning Mansion accompanied by him.

The matter was urgent, Zhang Xianzhong didn't dare to delay, and after drinking a few glasses of water, he asked Zhang Nengqi to expand the map and analyze the enemy situation with him.

To the north of Boryeong Province is Hanzhong.

For a long time before, there were only 2,000 Manchurian soldiers with white flags under the command of Shuo Zhan and 3,000 soldiers with blue flags under the command of Tong Yanghe.

Even after Liu Jinzhong surrendered and brought about 10,000 elites, the Manchus only had some more green battalion soldiers in Hanzhong.

But the situation took a turn for the worse in June.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty transferred a large number of troops from Guanzhong, and in less than half a month, the garrison of Hanzhong rose from a standing 15,000 to 50,000.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Manchu Qing Dynasty is going to do something, how can Zhang Nengqi not see it?

On the one hand, he ordered his soldiers to strengthen their vigilance, and on the other hand, he ordered people to go to Chengdu as soon as possible to report the situation to Zhang Xianzhong.

At present, Baoning Mansion cannot be held by him alone, and all the forces that can be mobilized must be mobilized, and it is best to let Zhang Xianzhong personally go to Baoning to suppress the formation.

Fortunately, Zhang Xianzhong also realized this problem, this battle is related to the life and death of the Great Western Army, so he attaches great importance to fighting it as the last battle.

He had already transferred all the people he could, and now there were as many as seventy or eighty thousand troops in Boryeong Province.

In addition to the tens of thousands of people who stayed in Chengdu and other places, all the Great Western Army has gathered here!

"Donkey balls, the bark of the entire poor tree in Shaanxi has been gnawed, how can these tartars still have food, it's really a hell."

It is no wonder that Zhang Xianzhong complained that he started in Shaanxi and knew that it was impossible to support tens of thousands of troops with Shaanxi's ability. And now the Qing army in Hanzhong alone has more than 50,000 people.

There is no doubt that the Manchus were sending large quantities of grain to Shaanxi. There could only be one reason for this, and that was that the Manchus were determined to take Sichuan.

The geographical location of Hanzhong Mansion is extremely important, there are Baling Mountain in the southwest, Guyun, Liangjiao, and Micang Mountains in the south, and Bazhou in Sichuan. The Hanshui in the south originates from the mound, passes through the county boundary, and flows down to the Hanyang Mansion in Huguang and enters the river. There is also frustration water, and there is praise water in the northwest, all of which flow into the Han water. There is the Qingshi Pass Inspection Division in the south.

As for the Ningqiang Prefecture under its jurisdiction, there is Wuding Mountain in the northeast, also known as Jinniu Gorge. There is Lingzun Mountain in the north, the Han River comes out of Yan, also called the Yangshui, and flows down to the Heda River in Hanyang County, Huguang. There is the Jialing River in the east, and the Western Han Dynasty in the west. There is white water in the southwest, from Taozhou Wei flows through here, also said Jiameng water, there is Baishui Pass, which flows down to Zhaohua County, Sichuan and joins in Jialing River. There is muddy water in the northeast again, which flows into Yangshui, which is called Hukou. There is frustration in the east. There is Yangping Customs Inspection Division in the north.

In general, there is a natural barrier between Hanzhong and Boryeong, that is, Daba Mountain, also known as Baling Mountain.

Whether it is attacking from Hanzhong to Boryeong or from Boryeong to Hanzhong, it is absolutely impossible to bypass the Daba Mountain Range.

There are many dangerous checkpoints on the Daba Mountain Range, such as Qipan Pass and Chaotian Pass.

Some of these passes were in the hands of the Great Western Army, and some were in the hands of the Qing Army, all of which were easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Zhang Xianzhong knew very well that if he wanted to stop the Qing army, he had to hold these passes firmly in his hands.

"Hopefully, you can tell me where the Tartars will attack from."

Zhang Xianzhong stared at the map for a long time, only to feel that his eyes were sore, and he rubbed his eyes and asked.

"If you go back to your father's words, Erchen thinks that the Tartars will definitely attack Qipanguan."

Zhang Kewang said without hesitation.

Qipanguan is now in the hands of the Great Western Army, but due to the limited terrain, the entire pass can only accommodate a few hundred people.

If the Qing army attacked Qipanguan at all costs, it would be difficult for the Great Western Army to defend it.

After taking the Qipan Pass, the Qing army could go down the Jialing River and take the capital city of Baoning Fu.

Of course, they can also choose to attack Jianmen Pass, and then march in the direction of Chengdu in the southwest.

No matter what the Qing army chooses, the Great Western Army will be very uncomfortable.

"Father, the sons think that the possibility of the Tartars taking the dam is higher."

Zhang Nengqi hesitated for a moment but still said his thoughts.

In front of Zhang Kewang, he has always lacked enough self-confidence. But this matter is related to the survival of the Great Western Army, and he has to speak his opinion hard.

"Oh? Why do you think that? ”

In fact, Zhang Xianzhong's thoughts were similar to Zhang Kewang's, and he also believed that it was more likely that the Qing army would concentrate on attacking Qipanguan.

But after all, Zhang Nengqi is a general guarding Baoning Prefecture, and he still wants to hear Zhang Nengqi's thoughts.

"Father, after taking the dam, the Tartars can go south along the Ba River to take Bazhou, and then seize Shunqing Mansion, and attack Chengdu from Tongchuan Prefecture......"

Zhang Nengqi paused for a moment and said: "But there is another possibility, the Tartars want to break through from Baoning Mansion, so as to take Wanxian County and seize Fengjie to attack Huguang." ”

After Zhang Nengqi said this, Zhang Xianzhong frowned.

If the Qing army really wants to capture Ba County, there are indeed two possibilities that Zhang Nengqi said.

It's just that now Wanxian and Fengjie are in the hands of the Ming army, and if the Qing army goes to attack these two places, Zhang Xianzhong will be happy to see it.

It's just that he didn't dare to gamble.

What if the purpose of the Qing army was not eastern Sichuan but Chengdu?

He must not put the Qing army into Sichuan.

"Whether it's Qipanguan or a dam, we don't believe it, the Tartar can grow wings and fly over. Spread the will of our Lao Tzu, hoard heavy troops in the Daba Mountains, and not a single fly is allowed to be released! ”

Zhang Xianzhong clenched his fists and said viciously.

Although it seems that he may have helped the Ming army, he can only do this.

The Manchus were like an evil ghost, the farther away they were, the better, and if they were haunted by evil spirits, they would be in big trouble.

"The retainers obey!"

Zhang Kewang and Zhang Nengqi responded together.

"Well, we want to be quiet alone, so let's step back first."

Zhang Xianzhong rubbed his forehead with one hand, and waved his hand with the other.

"The retainers retired."

Zhang Kewang and Zhang Nengqi saluted very respectfully and withdrew one after another.

As soon as he got out of the house, Zhang Nengqi hurriedly apologized to Zhang Kewang and said, "Big brother, I didn't mean to, I just think that the possibility of the Tartars attacking the dam is higher." ”

Zhang Nengqi was worried that Zhang Kewang would misunderstand, so he explained as soon as possible.

Zhang Kewang laughed and said: "How can I take such a trivial matter to heart, not to mention that you are also thinking about military affairs, and it is not in the way." ”

Zhang Kewang patted Zhang Nengqi's shoulder and said, "Brothers work together to break the gold, we can have one heart." ”

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