The person standing next to the middle-aged Taoist priest and listening to him explain the current situation was not Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, but a man in the prime of life who looked extremely majestic.

This man in the prime of life is not very handsome, but he has a pair of shining eagle eyes, and with his majestic temperament, he is simply the founding king who came out of the book.

This middle-aged man is none other than Li Zicheng, whose prestige in the Liukou is second only to that of King Gao Yingxiang.

Li Zicheng is a very cautious person, and after listening to his Wang Zuozhicai Niu Jinxing's explanation of the current situation, his eyes turned to Li Yan, another staff member beside him.

Although Li Yan is a person, he has long sword eyebrows and starry eyes, is extremely strong, speaks sharply, and criticizes people mercilessly.

With his temperament, Li Zicheng, who is eloquent and strategic, can tolerate him, and if he changes to any person in the upper position, I am afraid that he will not live for three days.

This time, Li Yan did not criticize the analysis of the current situation just now, and looked around, as long as the leaders in the temple saw him talking, they were inexplicably a little nervous.

The commanders have been criticized a lot over the years, and they were very resentful of this sharp-tongued staff member at that time, but after the end of the battle with the officers and soldiers, they were very grateful to him.

If it weren't for Li Yan's sharp criticism and criticism of their shortcomings on the battlefield, they would have been buried in a certain big battle.

This also led to Niu Jinxing, who could not be offended by anyone, but not as high as Li Yan, who dared to offend anyone, in the hearts of the leaders.

The grace of life, dare not forget.

Li Yan's view of the current situation is basically the same as that of Niu Jinxing, as far as Sun Chuanting's thousands of men and horses want to defeat King Chuang's 100,000 army, they are still in front of Tongguanwei in Pingchuan.

It's tantamount to a fool's dream.

Sun Chuanting's thousands of men and horses were not the Eight Banners, and the 100,000 army of King Chuang was not the Ming army that was weakly armed.

On the contrary, King Chuang's 100,000 troops are all the elite of the southern and northern wars over the years, but the thousands of soldiers and horses of Tongguanwei are recruits not long after Sun Chuanting.

The difficulty for Sun Chuanting to win this battle is no less than that of thousands of Ming officers and soldiers who want to defeat 100,000 Eight Banner soldiers, and it is not enough for the Eight Banner soldiers to charge and kill in waves, where is there any hope of victory.

Li Yan saw that Li Zicheng had an inquiring look, and he really didn't want to waste his tongue to say some nonsense, but he still analyzed carefully: "The proprietor, there is no doubt that the victory and defeat have been divided in this battle on Pingchuan. ”

"Whether it is in terms of grain and grass, military equipment, the situation of mountains and rivers, or the people's attachment, army morale, interests entanglement, and other aspects, Sun Chuanting has been defeated."

In terms of grain and grass, there is no need for Li Yan to elaborate, even a small leader of the army of King Chuang knows that the officers and soldiers do not have much food and grass.

Based on the level of corruption of the officials of the Donglin Party, they were used to help the people in the disaster year, and used it as an official warehouse reserve for military rations in the military year.

Not greedy?

If they weren't greedy, they wouldn't have rebelled, because they were forced by the bureaucrats and squires of the Donglin Party to have no way to live.

It is even more impossible to raise grain and grass, and the intruders who have worked as tenants for the families of the bureaucrats and squires for generations know better than anyone that the faces of those sub-bureaucrats and squires are all misers.

It stands to reason that the officers and soldiers of Tongguanwei should have collapsed without a fight because they had no food to eat, and they don't know how to survive until now.

In terms of armament, the army that has been fighting in the south and the north for so many years, after the baptism of one big battle after another, has defeated the poorly trained officers and men again and again, and it is most certain to defeat the officers and men in this respect.

In terms of the situation of mountains and rivers, the advantage occupied by the invading army was even greater, and Sun Chuanting actually chose the battlefield where the two sides were fighting on Pingchuan, which provided a great advantage to the elite cavalry of the invading army.

There is no need to dispatch 100,000 troops, only 3,000 brave cavalry is enough to sweep Sun Chuanting's thousands of new troops, not to mention more than 10,000 brave cavalry.

These are the advantages and disadvantages of the two sides on the surface, and what Li Yan wants to say is something more in-depth: "According to the four strategies we have formulated to win the hearts and minds of the people, the army is very popular with the people at the bottom, and it can be said that the people are attached to it. ”

"Not to mention morale, the 200,000-strong army fought against thousands of officers and soldiers, and we often won more with less, but now there are more troops than officers and soldiers, and morale is high."

Li Yan's face suddenly had a hint of solemnity, and he walked to the door and opened the temple door, letting the cold wind outside blow in.

Under the baking of firewood, the warm temple hall instantly became very cold, although it was very cold, but it also made the people in the temple refreshed.

After doing this, Li Yan continued: "The next few words involve the temple party dispute, which is a problem that any emperor will face, and the proprietor needs to listen carefully if he wants to achieve a great cause. ”

Li Zicheng, who started in the army in the southern and northern wars all the year round, is most tired of the preaching of Confucian students.

Replaced by King Gao Yingxiang had already slashed over, but Li Zicheng arched solemnly: "Sir, although I said, I will keep it in my heart." ”

Li Yan saw Li Zicheng's humble posture, he sighed in his heart, and sighed a little, if the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was replaced by Li Zicheng, it would be a different scene: "In a word, the Donglin Party does not allow Sun Chuanting to win." ”

"Since Sun Chuanting became a staff member of Cao Wenzhao, a powerful general in Liaodong, he has been divided into a member of the reformist faction by the Donglin Party."

"War is always an extension of political affairs, and this Tongguanwei War is no longer a simple military war, but an open and secret battle between the Donglin Party and the reformists."

The moment the commanders next to the incense candle desk heard Cao Wenzhao's name, they all suddenly felt a sense of excitement, and they swallowed a mouthful of saliva inexplicably.

Li Yan ignored these commanders who were a little frightened because of a name, and continued: "Needless to say, the proprietor must be clear about how powerful the Donglin Party is in the court. ”

"Hong Chengchou, who is cowering in Chang'an City, will definitely not send troops to help, if he considers his career, the best thing to do is to honestly pretend to be dead in Chang'an City, as long as he dares to send a soldier, his career will be over."

"The Donglin Party can't help the industrial uncle who is already in the same breath as Xungui, and it is too easy to take on a Hong Chengchou who has no background."

"In terms of grain and grass, armament, mountain and river situation, people's attachment, army morale, etc., we all have an absolute advantage, and there is also the help of the Donglin Party."

"In the face of such a big advantage, with 100,000 elites against thousands of new troops, who will win and who will lose?"