When Bull Venus says this, its meaning is already obvious.

That is, the dead friends do not die the poor way.

As long as Henan can be kept now, and the 150,000 lone troops in the south of Henan can only be beggar-thy-neighbor and sacrifice Zhang Xianzhong's Daxi Kingdom to protect their own territorial integrity.

After all, the critical situation in Henan is already an urgent need, and if reinforcements are not rushed in, the central part of Henan, and even the entire territory of Henan, will be completely trapped in the hands of the Tang army. And Zhang Xianzhong's Xichuan is still in a calm state, even if there will be danger in the future, that will happen in the future. In any case, we must first overcome the current crisis.

Thinking of this, Li Zicheng sighed.

Grandma's, I really didn't expect that if I wanted to keep the inherent territory of this Dashun country, it was so difficult, and I had to tear down the east wall to make up the west wall.

And now, what can I do but agree with Niu Jinxing's approach?

The situation is stronger than people, so I have no choice but to quit myself.

"Grandma's, that's all it can be. I hope that Huang Hu can survive this for a while. Li Zicheng shook his head, and shouted in a deep voice: "Passing on my order, with Liu Zongmin's rate of 150,000 Hanzhong soldiers and horses, to aid Henan, we must completely drive the Tang army out of Henan, there must be no mistake!" ”

"Yes, Wechen obeys."

After Li Zicheng's holy decree was transmitted to Hanzhong in an expedited manner of 800 li, Liu Zongmin did not dare to slack off, and immediately commanded his 150,000 soldiers and horses, hurriedly pulled out the camp and left, and rushed to Henan to rescue the dangerous situation in Henan.

The transfer of soldiers and horses in Dashun was quickly passed on to Li Xiao, who was far away in Nanjing, by the personnel of the Tang Army's Security Department.

Li Xiao received the information and immediately summoned Chen Zilong and Jiang Yueguang to come to the palace to discuss matters.

When Chen Zilong and Jiang Yueguang entered the palace, Li Xiao briefly told the two of them the news that Li Zicheng was now protecting Henan and transferring Liu Zongmin's 150,000 soldiers and horses in Hanzhong to aid Henan.

"The two praise the painting, Li Zicheng acts like this, it seems that he wants to protect Henan at any cost, so according to the two of them, how will our army deal with it, is it appropriate?"

"King of Tang, in the opinion of the students, if Li Ziruo transfers Liu Zongmin's 150,000 troops from Hanzhong to aid Henan, then they must want Liu Zongmin's troops to attack with the 150,000 lone army in southern Henan, and our Tang army is located in the sixth town and the seventh town in central Henan, which is an inevitable trend." Jiang Yueguang was the first to speak.

"That's what Lonely thinks. Li Zicheng's dispatch of troops is probably because he wants to completely eliminate the soldiers and horses of the sixth and seventh towns of our army. After all, he has a total of 300,000 soldiers and horses available, and if he attacks together, I am afraid that it will not be easy for our army to deal with it. Li Xiao looked solemn: "Then do you think our army is going to fight them head-on, or avoid them for the time being?" ”

Jiang Yueguang shook his head and said hurriedly: "King Tang, in the humble opinion of a student, it is really unnecessary to confront the enemy army with so many troops head-on and fight a protracted war of attrition. We can avoid them for a while and reopen the battlefield elsewhere. After all, now that the initiative on the battlefield is mine, I can completely lead the Shun army by the nose. ”

"Oh, you say that Guang is so-called opening up other battlefields, but do you want our army to withdraw from Henan and attack the Great Western Kingdom that Zhang Xianzhong?" Li Xiao's eyes burned.

"Exactly." Jiang Yueguang replied in a deep voice: "The land of Henan is already dilapidated, and all the cities and towns are basically abandoned and desolate. What's more, in the various towns in central Henan, our army has transported all the money, food, and ordnance in each city, and the remaining more than 200,000 people have all been relocated, most of them have been sent to Nanzhili for resettlement, and a small part has been sent overseas, so this central Henan has been almost completely deserted. ”

He paused for a moment, and then continued: "And our army retreated from the central part of Henan, which seemed to show the enemy weakness, but in fact it was only to better attack the enemy in other places. And this place naturally belongs to Zhang Xianzhong's Great Western Kingdom. Now Li Zicheng has transferred the 150,000 soldiers and horses from Hanzhong to rush to aid Henan, but in the eyes of the students, it is just a plan to dig up meat and mend sores. With his troop withdrawal, Zhang Xianzhong, who had weak troops in Xichuan, had no support, and just let our army attack with all his strength, in order to take Xichuan in one fell swoop and destroy this so-called Great Western Kingdom. Such a great opportunity must not be missed. Jiang Yueguang said, and Chen Zilong also interjected: "What Jiang Zanhua said is very true. There is a way that if you lose the east, you will harvest the mulberry elm. Since the land of Henan is not available for the time being, it should be the best strategy for our army to take the opportunity to march into Xichuan and destroy Zhang Xianzhong's Great Western Kingdom. After all, now Zhang Xianzhong has no reinforcements to look forward to, relying on his national strength alone, it is difficult to compete with our army, if our army can concentrate its forces and attack Xichuan, it will definitely be a great success and destroy the country in one fell swoop. ”

When Li Xiao heard this, he also made up his mind in his heart, so he said loudly: "Very good, what the two praise paintings discussed is very lonely." In this case, he ordered the soldiers and horses of the second town of Monk An in eastern Sichuan and the soldiers and horses of the tenth town of Zeng Ying in southern Sichuan to attack Zhang Xianzhong's Great Western Kingdom together, striving to take Xichuan in one fell swoop and completely exterminate Zhang's Liukou! ”

Next, Li Xiaofu and the two agreed in detail on the plan to enter Xichuan.

That is, the soldiers and horses of the second town of Monk Ling'an, starting from Chongqing, and Zeng Ying's soldiers and horses of the tenth town, starting from Xuzhou, the two soldiers and horses jointly attacked Shunqing Mansion, which was sandwiched between Chongqing and Xuzhou.

After taking Shunqing Mansion, the soldiers and horses of the two towns attacked Hechuan Prefecture in the west to complete the encirclement of Chengdu.

At the same time, the Tang army urgently transferred the troops and horses of Mo Changrong's eleventh town into Sichuan, and attacked Baoning Mansion from Kuizhou Mansion all the way to the west, completely cutting off the connection between Daxi Kingdom and Hanzhong, so that Zhang Xianzhong's soldiers and horses, like turtles in an urn, were all cramped in Chengdu and nearby state capitals, and there was no possibility of escape.

The plan was set, and the Don Army immediately began to act.

The soldiers and horses of the sixth and seventh towns immediately began to withdraw from central Henan, and withdrew to Fengyang and Luzhou respectively. Before leaving, the soldiers and horses of the two towns were still in each city, and they all set a fire, burning these deserted cities that were originally empty and became completely ruined. The remaining cultivated land outside the city was also completely destroyed, so as to ensure that all Liu Zongmin could receive by then was a completely populated ruin.

At the same time, the soldiers and horses of the 11th and 13th towns withdrew from Nanyang Mansion and Runing Mansion in southern Henan respectively, and all retreated to Wuchang. After arriving in Wuchang, he left the soldiers and horses of the thirteenth town and continued to garrison and reorganize in Wuchang, and let Mo Changrong's soldiers and horses of the eleventh town immediately rush to eastern Sichuan as planned to attack Baoning Mansion in northern Sichuan.

The Tang Army's mobilization of troops and horses greatly exceeded the expectations of the monarchs and ministers of Dashun State.

They originally thought that the Tang army, which had never liked to retreat, would fight to the death with Liu Zongmin's reinforcements and the Shun army in southern Henan in order to keep the captured city in central Henan, so that they were finally defeated by the Shun army by virtue of their superiority in strength, and finally were defeated and fled.

They never expected that the Tang army would take the initiative to give up the gains they had obtained, but after completely destroying these cities and towns, they took the initiative to evacuate and return to Nanzhili, so that Liu Zongmin's army completely swept away and found nothing.

What's even more hateful is that because the Tang army completely destroyed the central part of Henan and relocated all the local people, Liu Zongmin's army rushed to the ground with great momentum, and only got a barbaric land that was destroyed to the extreme.

Fortunately, Prime Minister Niu Jinxing thought in advance that after Liu Zongmin's army arrived in central Henan, it would be very difficult to obtain supplies, so he sent a large amount of grain and grass to Li Guo in northern Henan in advance. This enabled Liu Zongmin's 150,000 troops to settle down smoothly in central Henan, and there was no tragedy of starvation to death in central Henan.

It is a pity that although Liu Zongmin's 150,000-strong army occupied various towns in central Henan almost unscathed, the result was not only difficult to get supplies, but also difficult to move again. Now they do not dare to continue to attack Nanzhili, which is held by the Tang army, in the east, and they are afraid that they will be attacked by the Tang army after they withdraw. I can only stay in these deserted towns and spend my time doing nothing. The officers and men of the whole army, from top to bottom, all felt very aggrieved and helpless.

The situation of Dashun will not be mentioned for the time being. And now, the news of the Tang Army's soldiers pressing the border has spread all over Xichuan like wings, making the monarchs and ministers of the Great Western Kingdom who got the news fall into great shock and panic.

In the court hall in Chengdu, Zhang Xianzhong's face was gloomy, and he could almost drip water, while the courtiers below were even more shrunk and bowed their heads, silent as cicadas.

Zhang Xianzhong looked around at everyone and saw that they all shrank their heads and refused to come out to offer advice, and he couldn't help but be very angry. He slapped the armrest of the dragon chair and shouted at the courtiers below: "You bastards, you can speak well on weekdays, why is it that now Tang Jun has come to the door, but they all take dumb medicine and can't speak?!" ”

Zhang Xianzhong finished roaring loudly, and there was still silence below.

The current situation in the Great Western Kingdom, under the heavy pressure of the Tang Army, can be described as dangerous and difficult to resist. These civil and military ministers, at such a critical moment, it is indeed difficult to come up with a good plan, so although they were scolded by Zhang Xianzhong, they still shrank their heads and did not speak.

"Are you deaf or dumb? I'm asking you bastards what they do, why don't you speak, are you all shit-eating shit?! Seeing that everyone was silent, Zhang Xianzhong became more and more angry, and his fists slammed into the armrests.

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong's only remaining righteous descendants can be expected, and finally let out a long sigh, walked out of the court, bowed to Zhang Xianzhong, and said in a deep voice: "Father, in the opinion of the sons, now the Tang army is attacking with all its might, and any strategy is useless. Although the child is incompetent, he is willing to go to the expedition on behalf of his father, rival Tang Kou, and serve the country. ”

After Sun Kewang finished speaking, he knelt on the ground and made a respectful appearance. When Zhang Xianzhong saw his situation, his heart trembled, and for a while, he didn't know how to reply.

Sun Kewang was right, when the Tang Army's three towns attacked together, but he had few generals and no foreign aid, it was really an extremely difficult thing to protect the Great Western Kingdom. In such a situation, if you are unwilling to surrender, you can only attack each other desperately, in order to defeat the Tang army and force the Tang army to withdraw from Xichuan with one heart and blood bravery.

Zhang Xianzhong sighed lightly and said, "Hopefully, what you said is very reasonable." Now the Tang army has sent heavy troops to the door, and our great western country has no way to retreat, if we don't fight with its life and death, we will have the worry of destroying the country! Then, in your opinion, what should our army do next, and what is appropriate? ”

"Father, according to the front-line military report, the current troop movement of the Tang Army is that the soldiers and horses of the tenth town of the Tang Army in Xuzhou and the soldiers and horses of the second town of the Tang Army in Chongqing will jointly attack our Shunqing Mansion. And the soldiers and horses of the 11th Town of the Tang Army entered Sichuan from western Hubei and intended to attack our Baoning Mansion. In the child's opinion, after the Tang army took Shunqing Mansion, the two towns would definitely attack Hechuan Prefecture together. If the two places of Hechuan Prefecture and Baoning Mansion are lost, Chengdu will definitely open its door, and there will be no danger to defend, so it can only shrink in the city of Chengdu, defend the city to the death, and fight with the Tang army. ”

"And even if our army wants to fight a tug-of-war with the Tang army, our army has lost its mobile strength in the field, and the Tang army has an absolute superiority of artillery to help, and it will definitely attack Chengdu at any cost. In this case, our army can only be beaten passively in the city, and there is no ability to fight back at all. In such a situation, I am afraid that Sun Wu will be resurrected and Zhuge will be reborn, and he will no longer be able to reverse the defeat. Sun Kewang said further back, the tighter his brows furrowed.

Speaking of this, Sun Kewang caught a glimpse of Zhang Xianzhong's impatient expression, and knew that now he only wanted to hear the answers, not to listen to these meaningless analyses, so he hurriedly said: "Father, from the perspective of the future, if you want to protect Chengdu, you must first protect the portal, and if you want to protect the portal, then Hechuan Prefecture and the Conservative Mansion must not be lost." From Erchen's point of view, Shunqing Mansion is far away from Chengdu and sandwiched between the two Tang armies, so he is afraid that it will be difficult to hold on, and it is inevitable to give up. Therefore, we need to send two large armies to Baoning Mansion and Hechuan Prefecture respectively to ensure that these two places are not lost, so that we can be sure that the Tang army will be defeated, and we can finally protect our great western country. Therefore, these two roads of soldiers and horses, the child is willing to unify the soldiers and horses on the other road, and the other way, he asks his father to send another general to lead the army, and he will definitely be able to ......"

"Okay, you don't have to say more." Zhang Xianzhong interrupted his words loudly, and said loudly and highly: "From now on, 200,000 troops will be urgently recruited in the Great Western Kingdom. Among them, 50,000 are stationed in Chengdu City, and it is expected that you will command 50,000 soldiers and horses to urgently enter Baoning Mansion to fight against the soldiers and horses of the 11th Town of the Tang Army. In addition, 100,000 elite soldiers will be commanded by my relatives, and they will immediately enter Hechuan Prefecture and drive the expedition in person! ”