Chapter 58: Southbound Strategy

"Go south." Li Xin said.

When it came time to argue about where to base up, going south was an option.

"Now, Zuo Liangyu has been defeated, and only some remnants of the army are left. Although the army has been greatly expanded in the past two months, what is the quality of Zuo Liangyu's army now, King Chuang also understands that such a Zuo Town, even if there are 800,000, 1 million will not be able to fight. Li Xin's face was full of confidence, and his demeanor was compelling for a while. Therefore, when the army went south, except for Yang Wenyue in Runing City, the Tiger Dawei Department still had a little strength, and the rest of the officers and troops were not worth mentioning at all. The door of the official army is wide open, and it is the time to take it lightly. ”

"Moreover, with the lake is ripe, the world is full, with the lake as the foundation, recuperation and rest for several years, and then raise troops to the south and north, then the world can be determined."

Li Zicheng also has his own thoughts on the situation in the world.

Henan's terrain extends in all directions, and it can attack from all sides, to the west of Shaanxi, not to mention, Shaanxi is a poor place, and the three words of Sun Chuanting alone make Li Zicheng think twice before acting. After all, what Sun Chuanting's three words represent, Li Zicheng still knows, it is a hard bone.

And to the north.

Crossing the river to the north and advancing to the Beijing division will definitely lead the border army south to defend against the enemy. The elites of the Ming Dynasty are all in the border army, and Hebei has long been beaten to the point of being crippled by the Tartars. There is also no oil and water.

There is oil and water in the east. But there is history.

Shi Kefa is a good official. The reputation is very good, he is now sitting in Fengyang, Tuntian has a very good reputation for collecting grain, and Emperor Chongzhen intends to transfer Shi Kefa to the Beijing Division as the secretary of the military department. However, there is a book in the imperial history: "But the law is there, and the southeast is protected, but the law goes, then the southeast is not protected." ”

Emperor Chongzhen never let Shi Kefa be transferred to Beijing, and still supervised Fengyang.

Although Li Zicheng has not fought with Shi Kefa, he is not easy to deal with. The south side of the lake is the easiest to deal with, and the persimmons are soft and pinched.

"Mr. Niu, what do you think?" Li Zicheng asked.

"Li Junshi has insightful ideas, and the strategy of going south to Huguang couldn't be better." Niu Jinxing saw that Li Zicheng had the intention of agreeing, and immediately said. But he was unwilling to be robbed of the limelight by Li Xin like this, and his heart moved, and said: "It's just that there is a hidden danger in the army, please pay attention to King Chuang." ”

"Oh." Li Zicheng said: "What are the hidden dangers in the army? ”

"Cao Ying." Niu Jinxing said: "Cao Ying alone is not to be afraid, but Cao Ying and Xiao Yuan Ying are together, there is some threat. ”

"King Chuang," Li Xin said, "Now is the time to employ people, why bother to hurt the hearts of heroes from all over the world." After the big things are settled, it's not too late to do many things. ”

Crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, before crossing the river, even if the bridge is a little inappropriate

place, also have to endure.

"Xia Guan feels that if he tolerates Cao Ying's expansion like this, I am afraid that at a critical time, Cao Ying will turn his back on the righteous army and let the king's great cause fall short." Niu Jinxing said.

"Alright." Li Zicheng said.

Niu Jinxing and Li Xin have already argued several times on the topic of restricting Cao Ying, and Li Xin has his own clear point of view, that is, no haste, be patient. To conquer the world, if Cao Ying can be used, he will do everything possible to win him over. Even if Luo Rucai did something wrong, don't care.

After the world is decided, King Chuang can do whatever he wants.

And Niu Jinxing seemed to want to be hostile to Li Xin, and in response to Li Xin's point of view, he proposed to limit Cao Ying's strength and not let the master and slave be reversed.

Li Zicheng sounded that both of them made sense, but he didn't know which one was more reasonable. said: "Mr. Niu, what do you say to do?" ”

Niu Jinxing's eyes flashed, and he said, "Separate Cao Ying from Xiao Yuan Ying." ”

"Separate." Li Xinxin moved, thinking of what Niu Jinxing thought, and secretly said in his heart: "This is a good idea." ”

Niu Jinxing continued: "Cao Ying's heavy cavalry and light steps, except for Zhang Xuan's footsteps, there is no elite infantry team, and Cao Ying's roots are only tens of thousands of cavalry. But Xiao Yuanying has been tempered by Kaifeng City to grow a little ability, is a good infantry team, the combination of the two, although not enough to fight with me to break into the camp, but it is almost the same, but the small Yuan camp and Cao Ying separated. It was to break Cao Cao's arm. Moreover, when the army goes south, there must always be some men and horses left in the land of Henan. But how much to stay? If you leave too many people, you don't have enough people to break into the camp, and if you leave fewer people, I'm afraid that you won't be able to hold back the counterattack of the officers and soldiers, and if you leave too many people, I'm afraid that some people will have the heart to stand on their own. ”

Li Zicheng nodded secretly in his heart.

Know your own thing.

Li Zicheng is still shallow compared to the imperial court, and he can be trusted with hundreds of old brothers, and he has expanded too fast, from hundreds of riders in Chongzhen's thirteenth year to hundreds of thousands now, the talent reserve is simply not enough, and now someone tells Li Zicheng that the whole camp is loyal and willing to fight for him, Li Zicheng does not believe it at all.

Li Zicheng commanded the army, and he was able to carry out orders and prohibitions, but he released people, stationed them in one place, commanded the army, and raised grain and grass by himself, and when the time came, he still didn't listen to his Li Zicheng's orders, and he really didn't have this confidence. There are more than 100 county towns south of Kaifeng, and now they all hang the black flag of the king.

But as soon as the army leaves, about seventy or eighty percent of the county will change its flag.

Therefore, it is not possible to keep no people.

"It's different when you stay in Yuan Shizhong, I think Yuan Shizhong is probably not willing to follow the righteous army to the south. Seeing that Yuan Shizhong has been hovering between Henan and Nanzhili since he raised his army, he knows that he is just a dog guarding the household, and he has no ambition, leaving him to guard Kaifeng and return to Dezhu

Fu, I want to come to Yuan Shizhong very happily. In this way, even if Yuan Shizhong has a constant relationship with Cao Ying, he is thousands of miles away, and once something happens in the future, it will not be of any use. And with Yuan Shizhong, the officers and troops in the north, he also blocked the army, and the army went south, so there was no worries. ”

Li Zicheng's heart moved, even if Li Zicheng was invincible, but he couldn't change one thing, that is, the current situation of the enemy and me, the court is still strong, the righteous army is weak, Li Zicheng is not afraid of Yuan Shizhong's self-reliance, even if Yuan Shizhong becomes a feudal town, as long as it is a feudal town of the righteous army, it is also good news. looked at Li Xin and said, "How does Li Junshi feel?" ”

Li Xin said: "Mr. Niu is high-minded, and he can't believe it. ”

Li Zicheng laughed and said, "This matter will be handed over to Mr. Niu." I also asked Mr. Niu to take a trip to Xiao Yuanying. Talk to Yuan Shizhong. ”

Niu Jinxing said: "Don't worry, King Chuang, I will definitely persuade Yuan Shizhong." ”

After discussing this matter, Li Zicheng sent Niu Jinxing to meet Yuan Shizhong, and then summoned the generals to discuss.

In the past few days, the troops and horses have been reorganized, because the rainy weather is not conducive to the march, so they can only discuss it, and when the weather is good, the army will go south.

In Xiao Yuan's camp, Zhang Xuan's health has improved a lot.

As Li Zhengfang said, most of Zhang Xuan's illnesses are heart knots, no matter whether his heart knot is untied or forced to be pressed by Zhang Xuan, he himself has finally survived. However, it rained continuously, even when there was no rain. The ground was also muddy, and Luo Yujiao didn't let Zhang Xuan come out, but just stopped cutting off the news and reported the various situations in Zhang Xuan's camp.

Zhang Xuan knew that there were hundreds of people in Zhang Xuan's department, who fled slowly and were swept into the flood, and there was another person Zhang Xuan was familiar with, that is, Huang Xu.

Zhang Xuan remembered in a trance that Huang Xu came to join him at the beginning, and he followed him to win and lose battles, but died here.

When he was a child, Zhang Xuan thought that the people who died in the war were heroic and magnificent, but at this moment he knew that the death of many people was neither heroic nor heroic, so it was silent. It was washed away by the water of the Yellow River, and even the body could not be found. No more feeding the fish somewhere in the Yellow River.

Xiao Yuanying seemed to be influenced by Zhang Xuan and sent people to save people, but it was also after the official fleet left.

The best time to rescue has passed. There are only a few people who can be saved, and there are also some people who are good at water and swim ashore desperately, and they are gathered together by Xiao Yuanying, a total of only two or three thousand people. Compared with the previous Kaifeng Mansion with a million household registration, the indescribable desolation and despair made Zhang Xuan dare not think about it at all, and he couldn't bear to think about it.

"Husband, Brother Yuan is here." Luo Yujiao said in Zhang Xuan's ear.

"Please." Zhang Xuan immediately got up and said.

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