Jing Guogong, the chief lieutenant of the school, and the eunuch Tong Guan, the first person in the military of the Song Dynasty, is now very depressed and annoyed.

This time, Tong Guan recruited the most elite 150,000 western troops of the Great Song Dynasty to go south, and he was originally full of confidence and looked forward to annihilating the traitor Fang Lahou as soon as possible to return to the court to receive the merits.

In the next few battles, as Tong Guan estimated, Fang La's Mingjiao rebels were not the opponent of the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty at all, but he never expected that the defeated remnants of Fang La would flee all the way to Shu.

In fact, even if Fang La really entered Shu, Tong Guan was not too worried, after all, Yizhou, Zizhou, Lizhou and Kuizhou were still controlled by the Great Song Dynasty, and there were many Xiang troops defending in each state capital, and it was not something that could be achieved overnight if Mingjiao wanted to fully occupy the land of these four states. As long as Tong Guan leads his troops into Shu, sooner or later he will kill the traitors of the Ming Sect.

When Tong Guan's army chased to the Qutang Gorge in Kuizhou, the gateway to Sichuan, he was surprised to find that the 200,000 Ming Sect members had all arrived on the other side, and the Song army was greeted by an overwhelming rain of bullets and grenades.

Seeing the banner of the Zhennan Army fluttering in the army on the other side, as well as the muskets constantly firing in the hands of the soldiers, Tong Guan and Zhang Shu, who came later, were cold.

Tong Guan can go from a humble eunuch to the position of the first person in the Great Song Dynasty military, in addition to the emperor's mediocrity, his own ability is also essential.

Song Huizong Zhao Ji and many courtiers may not have taken Li Nan, who was in turmoil in Lingnan, seriously, but Cai Jing and Tong Guan and others had long discovered that before they knew it, a powerful country had appeared in the south.

Fang La's Ming Sect was organized and undisciplined, with millions of soldiers and generals, but they had no foundation, so no matter how large the scale of their rebellion was, it would be a dead end sooner or later, but this was not the case in Zhennanguo in the south.

Since Li Nan led his troops to occupy Jiaozhi, Zhancheng, and Dali, he began to open up wasteland on a large scale, plant trees, build factories, build roads, and open schools, and made all kinds of infrastructure extremely solid.

Today's Zhennan Kingdom relies on a large area of arable land, and there is also Champong rice that can reach two to three crops a year, and the grain harvested every year is piled up in mountains and filled countless granaries.

At present, the cement highway of the five main lines in Zhennan Province has been completed, and it has begun to radiate to the surrounding areas, and with the popularization of rubber wheels and springs, the speed of transporting materials and marching has greatly increased.

Of course, the most frightening thing about Zhennan is the firearms that are extremely lethal.

Although the Great Song Dynasty also had firearms to equip the army, but people had to die more than people, and goods had to be thrown away, compared with the grenades and smoothbore guns of Zhennanguo, the firearms of the Song army were more like fireworks to celebrate the victory of the enemy.

Seeing this situation, Tong Guan ordered with a gloomy face: "Hurry up and pass the horse quickly, and order the officials of Yizhou, Zizhou, Lizhou, and Kuizhou, to guard the city tightly and not to fight!" ”

Tong Guan was worried that after the Zhennan army entered the land of Sizhou, it would attack the city and plunder the land and completely occupy the entire Shu land, while the Five Roads Solicitation made Zhang Shuye worry about the area of Guangnan West Road that he was responsible for.

Zhang Shuye came to Tong Guan and said worriedly: "Lord Xuanfu, since the Zhennan Army has sent troops to attack Kuizhou, Xia Guan is worried that many state capitals on Guangnan West Road, which is close to Zhennan, will also change!" ”

This time, the biggest role of the five-way soldiers and horses led by Zhang Shuye was to flank the remnants of Fang La, in fact, the combat ability of these Xiang troops Tong Guan was not eyed at all.

"Now Fang La and the Ming traitors have all fled into Kuizhou. Tong Xuanfu, it is better to let Lord Zhang return to the aid of Guangnan West Road, lest the Zhennan army take the opportunity to seize the state capitals. Another leading eunuch, Tan Zhi, the envoy of the two Zhejiang systems, suggested.

Tong Guan pondered for a moment, shook his head and said: "The Zhennan Army has appeared in Kuizhou, at this moment you are leading the troops back, I'm afraid it's too late, it's better to wait for the news first, and then everyone will study how to use the troops." ”

Although Zhang Shuye was worried about the situation on Guangnan West Road and was anxious at the moment, Tong Guan was his superior, even if he was unwilling, he did not dare to object, so he could only obey orders.

A few days later, news from all over the place reached the ears of Tong Guan, Tan Zhi, Zhang Shuye and others, but there was no good news.

The 60,000 soldiers of the Third and Fourth Legions of Zhennan Kingdom have entered Shudi, and at present, in addition to the Third Legion that stayed here to block Tong Guan's army, the Fourth Legion is attacking other state capitals.

Relying on sharp firearms and explosives, no city could withstand the footsteps of the Zhennan army, and now the Great Song officials in the four states have abandoned the city and fled without waiting for the enemy to attack.

In fact, as long as the Zhennan army occupied the eastern and northern gateways to the outside world of Shudi, the Great Song Dynasty would completely lose this fertile country of abundance.

The news from Guangnan West Road was also not good, originally stationed in Qiyuan Prefecture and Shicheng County, the first and second armies of the Zhennan Army, which had the earliest army formation time and the strongest combat effectiveness, as well as the Imperial Forest Army led by Li Nan himself, launched an attack on the territory of the Great Song Dynasty at the same time.

Originally, Zhang Shuye was a patchwork of five-way soldiers and horses, this time in order to pursue Fang La's rebels, and took away most of the generals, in the face of the fierce Zhennan Army's two major legions, the Song army had only two choices, die or escape!

Taking advantage of Fang La's escape, Li Nan's Zhennan Kingdom not only captured the four prefectures of Shu, but also occupied all the state capitals of Guangnan West Road, connecting these territories and cutting off the southwest corner of the Great Song Dynasty.

In the face of this terrible situation, Tong Guan, who has 150,000 elite Western troops, and Zhang Shuye, who leads 50,000 Xiang troops, will naturally not be indifferent.

After some deliberation, they decided to abandon attacking Shudi, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and instead concentrated all their forces to attack the Guangnan West Road, where the puppet king Li Nan was located.

As the saying goes, if the Song army wins this battle, it can not only kill Li Nan, the lord of Zhennan Kingdom, but also break the myth of the invincibility of the Zhennan army, and then completely annihilate the biggest traitor in the Song Dynasty and make immortal achievements.

Guizhou is the recovery of Guangnan West Road, and it is also the city that Li Nan is most familiar with after coming to Lingnan.

When Li Nan had not yet rebelled, he spent a lot of money to buy an official position as a pacification envoy on Guangnan West Road, and Guizhou was the seat of his former official office.

Coming to Guizhou City again, Li Nan stood on the city wall and looked outside, only to see wave after wave of people from Zhennan Province, transporting a large number of supplies, and the carriages full of materials were like a long dragon.

"Hooray! Banzai! Whenever a procession passed by the city gate, they would shout loudly when they saw Li Nan standing on the city wall, as if they were more confident than Li Nan.

The city of Guizhou is not large, so there are more than 40,000 people in the First Corps of the Zhennan Army and the Praetorian Guard Regiment directly under Li Nan, most of whom are stationed outside the city.