Chapter 119: Layout

Li Guo and Zhang Kuang were in the study, and only the two of them were opposite.

A wisp of sandalwood burned, wisps of incense, wafting throughout the room, filling the room with a sandalwood fragrance. This kind of taste, Li Guo is actually not too accustomed to it, many literati things, Li Guo himself is not blessed.

"Master Zhang, what did you call me for?" Li Guo said.

Zhang Kuang said: "What is General Li's view on the current situation? ”

Li Guo said: "What else can you think, there is no reinforcement outside, there is no city that must be defended inside, if there is no reinforcement, even if Ganzhou City can hold on for a year, but after a year, what should I do?" It's just a dead place. ”

Zhang Kuang said: "According to the news from Guangdong, the Zheng family harassed the coast, and Ding Chukui couldn't draw troops to support Ganzhou for a while, so we can only rely on ourselves here." ”

Ding Chukui may be selfish, but he doesn't have the mind to think about the overall situation at all, and Ganzhou is located in a key position. Once Ganzhou fell, the Xia army could immediately cross the Wuling Mountains and march to the land of Liangguang, which would not be beneficial to Ding Chukui.

But Ding Chukui really had no choice.

Before the battle of Changsha, Longwu was almost swept away as soldiers, and how could there be less land in Guangzhou, almost all the troops that could be mobilized were mobilized, and Guangdong was almost empty.

had to recruit bandits as soldiers.

Ding Chukui doesn't know that these people are unreliable?

He had no choice.

That is, because Guangxi has more toast, it was originally a place to produce elite soldiers, and there may be a little bit of troops, but Guangdong is indeed gone, Ding Chu has been busy recruiting troops recently, whether it can be used or not, the number of people will be filled first.

Even if he can gather some troops, he is still Ding Chukui's last team, how can he be willing to take them off, desperate. Naturally, there will be reservations.

But whether Ding Chukui has a way, but it is not what Li Guo and Zhang Kuang want to know, in their place, the only thing they feel is that Guangdong's reinforcements are cut off, and Ganzhou City may not be able to hold on.

Li Guo sneered and said, "If Master Zhang has anything to say, just say it directly." ”

Zhang Kuang said: "General Li wants to break through? ”

"Not bad." Li Guo said. His mind never wanted to hide it from others, and said, "The same is true for Master Zhang." ”

Zhang Kuang nodded and said, "If you want to leave, I can leave now, but I don't have the strength in my hands these days, and wherever I go, I am inferior." The difficulty in breaking through is to take away all the soldiers under his command. ”

Zhang Kuang's words came to Li Guo's heart.

Li Guo now has not many soldiers under his command, only three or four thousand soldiers, but they are all cavalry, so they still have a pivotal position in Ganzhou City.

However, the success is also cavalry, and the defeat is also cavalry.

If you want to evacuate from the city of Ganzhou, it is obvious that the waterway is much more convenient than the land, and Li Guo's troops are all cavalry, if you take the waterway, it is very inconvenient, and on land, it has long been occupied by Zhang Yingyuan's camp, although Li Guo is naturally brave, but he is not confident that he can take thousands of cavalry and kick away the camp of the Xia army.

If he wanted to abandon the army and flee, he and Zhang Kuang only needed to take their own soldiers on a small boat at night and leave. There is a good chance of escaping. But if you want to go out of the army, it is a big problem.

Li Guo leaned forward slightly and said, "Master Zhang, is there a way?" ”

Zhang Kuang said: "This matter should be considered in the long run, I am afraid that it will not work for a while, and I also ask General Li to be calm and not impatient, and it will not be too late to wait for the big slack outside the city." If the time is not right, even if I say it, it will not work. ”

Li Guo frowned, and for a while he couldn't figure out what medicine was sold in Zhang Kuang's gourd, and said, "Okay, I'll wait for Master Zhang's opportunity." ”

Changsha City.

Zhang Xuan sat on the main seat and swept over the generals below.

Cao Zongyu, Wang Jincai, Deng He, dozens of generals, large and small, sat in columns. One by one, they looked arrogant, and they didn't seem to have come out of the celebration just now.

"Ahem." Zhang Xuan said: "Zheng Lian, you report some of the surrounding battle situation. ”

"Yes." Zheng Lian agreed, saluted Zhang Xuan, and then saluted the generals around him, and said: "Generals, the first thing I said is that under the city of Ganzhou, Zhang Yingyuan besieged Ganzhou, and there was no victory or defeat for a while, and Duke Anqing had already sent someone to ask for help." The general decided that Wang Cannon would lead the artillery team to the city of Ganzhou by land and assist the city. ”

"Yes." Wang Cannon said.

Wang Cannon is in the hall at the moment, and there is a seat, although the seat is very close to the door, almost outside the door.

Some stubborn concepts, Zhang Xuan can't change, in the Cao Ying era. Whether it is in the Cao camp, or in the camp, or even in the Ming army, there are heavy cavalry and light foot soldiers, and even now this concept still exists in the Xia army, but there is no condition for expanding the cavalry.

And now the generals at all levels are actually quite heavy on firearms, which can be regarded as Zhang Xuan's influence. However, they are still somewhat resistant to the centralized use of artillery, and there is an invisible discrimination against Wang Dacang, a general who was born as a craftsman.

Even Zhang Xuan had no choice.

"Liu Chengyin has been withdrawn from Hengyang City." Zheng Lian said: "Visiting the Malay newspaper, they didn't stay at all. The gentry from all over the country have already surrendered one after another, and there are many letters of surrender. Zheng Lian took a stack of letters from the side and said: "This is just a gentry with a name and a surname, as for those who don't know who it is, there are more letters from Toucheng." ”

Zhang Xuan said: "The situation in the south is also expected by me, Changsha, melons are ripe everywhere, but if you want to come, you also have to clean up the Ming army left behind, but I didn't expect Liu Chengyin to withdraw so simply, and the general is willing to take a trip to the south?" ”

"The last general is willing."

"The last general is willing."

For a while, all the generals were excited, and they stood up one by one, as if they were grabbing.

Isn't that a credit grab?

In their opinion, there will be no resistance at all when they go south, and looking at Zhang Xuan's meaning, there is no need to attack hard stubble. If you can't hit it, the reward will be there. It's simply a good errand to give credit.

Zhang Xuan waved his hand and asked the generals to sit down, he pondered for a while, and secretly thought: "This matter seems to be picking up credit, but proportion is very important. ”

There are some secret reports, Zheng Lian didn't say, but Zhang Xuan knew. Hu Tang has arrived in Guilin.

King Yongming also arrived in Guilin, and the matter of supporting the establishment was within a few days, and the same was true in Guangzhou, I don't know when he would be able to ascend the throne, but the two emperors of the Southern Ming Dynasty stood side by side, and the Southern Ming, which was already at a disadvantage, was divided into two imperial courts, and Zhang Xuan started it, wouldn't it be easier.

So. This time, when sending people to the south, we must have a good grasp of proportion, first, we must take the place that Nanming gave up and take it under control. These places, Nanming has already given up, and if he doesn't take them, it's simply a tyrannical thing. Second, we must not put too much pressure on the south. Once the action is big, I'm afraid that one of the two sides will give up.

When the time comes, Zhang Xuan wants to take the opportunity to defeat both sides, and it will be difficult to do.

This kind of thing, it is always Cao Zongyu who can reassure Zhang Xuan, Xu Du is like a sharp long knife, put it in this position, I am afraid that he can hit Guilin in one go.

Zhang Xuan finally said: "General Cao, you lead Zhang Xianbi and Huang Chaoxuan to attack Hengyang in the south. ”

Cao Zongyu and Zhang Xianbi, Huang Chaoxuan immediately got up and said, "The last general will obey the order." ”

Zhang Xuan said, "General Cao, stay for a while." I have something to explain. Zhang Xuan was afraid that Cao Zongyu didn't understand some of the main points, so he was going to give a special advice.

Cao Zongyu said: "The last general understands. ”

Zhang Xuan said: "General Zhang, General Huang, both of you are from the Ming army, new to our army, I originally intended to leave you in Changsha to train for a few months, and then fight." However, the military situation is urgent, and after you go south, don't forget to train while stationing. ”

"The last will understand." Zhang Xianbi and Huang Chaoxuan said in unison.

"And." Zhang Xuan said: "Even a farmer can see the current situation, so the two generals can also persuade one or two if they have any old friends." As long as you can persuade the army to vote, you will never hesitate to reward you. ”