How should he do it? According to Zhang Kewang's request, he led his troops back to Chengdu, and fought for Zhang Kewang before and after the saddle?

Zhang Dingguo felt very uncomfortable.

Although he admits that in his father-in-law's heart, his brother-in-law has always been one level higher than his own status, but his father-in-law is now dead.

There is still a debate about who will inherit the inheritance of the stepfather.

It depends on whether Zhang Dingguo wants to fight or not.

To be honest, as a man, there is definitely competitiveness. Zhang Dingguo's vision and pattern are even bigger than Zhang Xianzhong, and they are not limited to a corner of Bashu.

If Zhang Kewang still planned to follow the old path of his father-in-law, Zhang Dingguo would definitely stand up and say it.

But if Zhang Kewang is also determined to be in the world, I am afraid that Zhang Dingguo will not risk the fragmentation of the Great Western Army to fight with Zhang Kewang.

After hesitating for a long time, Zhang Dingguo still wrote a reply letter, acknowledging Zhang Kewang's status and saying that he would immediately retreat to Chengdu.

Regarding Zhang Kewang's deployment, Zhang Dingguo still thinks there is no problem.

Now that the Qing army is fierce, it is indeed not a good strategy to fight hard with it in the field.

It's not that the Great Western Army can't win in the field, but there is no need to fight it.

Fighting a war is not a battle between the head of the village, and what needs to be considered is not just a battle of will, but the overall situation.

Sichuan was the nest of the Great Western Army for several years, but the Qing Army was alone.

Taking a defensive position was obviously a more suitable option for the Great Western Army.

After Zhang Dingguo ordered the reply letter to be sent away, he immediately summoned the generals to announce the decision.

He led all the soldiers of his direct line, and naturally strictly obeyed his orders.

After some scheduling, the Great Western Army began to collect troops.

Hong Chengchou at the head of the city looked a little pale, and if he continued to fight, the Qing army would inevitably suffer heavy losses.

The number of soldiers he brought with him was limited, and each one of them was too precious to withstand the toss.

The withdrawal of the Western Army was undoubtedly the best news for the Qing army.

Originally, Hong Chengchou was ready to march to Chengdu immediately. But after such a big battle, it is obvious that you need to take a break.

There are also wounded people who need to be cared for, and it is impossible to leave them here to fend for themselves.

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After Zhang Dingguo withdrew from the army, he chose to make a detour to Chengdu.

The significance of Weicheng to Chengdu is equivalent to a gateway.

But that's only to some extent.

Of course, there are other roads to Chengdu, but they need to be detoured.

It just so happened that Zhang Dingguo knew about a small road, and if he marched from here, it would only be slightly slower than the avenue of Weicheng.

In order to hurry up and order the whole army to march quickly, Zhang Dingguo only rested for two hours at night.

Such a high-intensity march can make up for the gap in distance. The soldiers knew that this was a time of life and death, and naturally no one complained.

It's just that this trail has to pass through some Tusi territories, and the relationship between the Great Western Army and the local Tusi has not been very good, and it can even be said to be very poor.

There's a reason for that, of course.

After the Great Western Army entered Sichuan, it plundered all the way and violated the interests of many Tusi, which made these Tusi very hostile to the Great Western Army, thinking that these people were robbers and thieves.

What is Toast? That's a hereditary existence.

Even if the dynasty changes, the surname of the person sitting in the Dragon Court changes, and the Tusi family is still hereditary.

This kind of person only has the time when he takes advantage of others, how can there be any reason for others to take advantage of him.

However, the Great Western Army or Zhang Xianzhong did not realize this, and this grudge against many local Tusi in Sichuan.

This is also one reason why the Great Western Army was unable to completely control Sichuan.

With their momentum at that time, it would be impossible for Zeng Ying and other Lao Sichuan troops to resist it. It was precisely because of the fierce resistance of Tusi that Zhang Xianzhong had to divide his troops to suppress it, which gave the Ming army the opportunity to recapture eastern Sichuan.

In other words, if Zhang Xianzhong had been gentle with the Tusi at the beginning, now Sichuan is afraid that there is really only one force in the Great Western Army.

Of course, there is no point in saying this now.

Zhang Dingguo has to face such a chaotic situation.

The Tusi were very hostile to the Great Western Army. Now that they have finally seized the opportunity, how can they not desperately retaliate?

If it's a head-to-head duel, that's it. The two armies faced off against Zhang Dingguo, who was confident that he would defeat these shrimp soldiers and crab generals in one fell swoop.

But these toasts are hiding in the dark and playing with you.

At every turn, they laid traps or traps on the path of the Western army, or hid in the woods and released cold arrows.

Anyway, they can see the soldiers of the Onishi Army, and the soldiers of the Onishi Army can't see them.

Over time, the officers and men of the Great Western Army held their stomachs and refused to move.

You can bear it once or twice, who can stand it if you keep doing this?

They unanimously said that they wanted to give the toasts some color.

Zhang Dingguo's face became very gloomy after learning about the attitude of the soldiers.

This was not only because he would delay his journey to Chengdu, but also because he might lose control of the army.

The attack of Tusi was just a trigger, and in the final analysis, the Great Western Army was too tired and tired during this time.

The nerves are under a high level of tension and will collapse one day.

Zhang Dingguo only hopes that it is not now.

Zhang Dingguo comforted the soldiers for the first time, and said that he would definitely teach these troublesome toasts a good lesson.

This was not originally within the scope of Zhang Dingguo's plan, but now it had to be changed temporarily.

Otherwise, he would have completely lost the support of these soldiers.

The Tusi can order the natives to hide in the dark and release cold arrows, Zhang Dingguo can't catch them, but he can lead the army to smash these Tusi's cottages.

This is called hiding from the monk and not hiding from the temple.

Zhang Dingguo decided that since he wanted to fight, he must beat these toasts who don't know the height of the sky.

In line with the principle that it is better to kill a thousand by mistake than to let go of one, Zhang Dingguo decided to sweep over one cottage after another.

The soldiers immediately became emotional.

Damn, doesn't the tiger think Lao Tzu is a sick cat?

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Zhang Kewang received Zhang Dingguo's reply and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhang Dingguo expressed his support for Zhang Kewang to inherit the throne of Emperor Daxi, and would immediately lead his troops back to Chengdu for defense.

With Zhang Dingguo's support, Zhang Kewang's throne can be regarded as secure.

Even if Zhang Nengqi is against it, with his strength, he can't set off any big waves.

What's more, with Zhang Nengqi's sullen temperament, most of them will not jump out to oppose it.

Then the next step is to integrate resources and unanimously resist captivity.

If the Qing army wants to complete its work in one battle, it is bound to concentrate its forces to attack Chengdu.

Zhang Kewang did not plan to withdraw all his troops into the fortified walls of the city and carry out passive defense.

Instead, they wanted to set up several lines of defense on the periphery of Chengdu to weaken the strength of the Qing army through division.

His initial idea was that Zhang Dingguo would lead a group of soldiers and horses, and then order the former Chengdu guards to lead a set of soldiers and horses, and he himself would lead his army to sit in the city.

With these three lines of defense, nothing goes wrong.

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