Controlled the northern part of Huguang, or the land of Jingxiang. In general, threats from other directions are easier to deal with. If the enemy army came from the north, it would not be able to bypass Xiangyang anyway, and from the east it would be the Shuojiang River. The transportation and mobility of personnel and supplies depended largely on the Yangtze River. Therefore, the water battle on the Yangtze River is of decisive significance. The fleet going up the Shuo River will naturally be inferior in battle, so it is always thankless to go up the river to attack Jingxiang.

As for coming from the south, south of Huguang, the mountains are undulating, it is a logistical nightmare, and this route is not convenient. In contrast, Sichuan, which is upstream, is the best direction to attack Jingxiang. As long as the Three Gorges is broken, it will be a repetition of the "Wang Junlou ship going to Yizhou" that year. Therefore, controlling Sichuan is extremely important to ensure the security of the Jingxiang area.

Sichuan's four stops are easy to defend and difficult to attack. Once Sichuan is controlled, coupled with Jingxiang as a bridgehead, it can be attacked and retreated. The whole strategy is very flexible. If you really take Sichuan, the foundation of the royal industry will be quite solid.

At this time, the imperial court was in a period of immobile strategic power vacuum. The army in Sichuan suffered heavy losses in the previous battle with Zhang Bingzhong. Until now, it has not been able to regroup, if it is not used as soon as possible, and when the imperial court reorganizes the army in Sichuan, the situation may change.

Therefore, after the military ration problem was solved, Xuan Yi proposed to Huang Zide that he hoped that after the military ration problem was solved, he would immediately attack Sichuan.

In this regard, Huang Zide also agrees on the whole, but he feels that the army has just conquered Jingxiang and needs to rest, and it will take time to expand the army, so he feels that he should wait until the end of winter before sending troops.

"For a while, the imperial court can't play any tricks in Sichuan. What the imperial court is most afraid of now is probably not that we enter Sichuan, but that we will go east along the river and attack Jiangnan. Jiangnan is now the foundation of the imperial court, and if something goes wrong with Jiangnan, the imperial court will really be finished. If it weren't for the Tatars outside the gates, I would really want to go directly to Jiangnan. Huang Zide said again, "Although Jingxiang has not moved on the surface now, before our military cantonment is completed, the main force of the army must not leave easily." Therefore, the military advisor, I think, it is better to wait until the beginning of spring next year. If by then, our three-level army has been built in a good way, and we can enter Sichuan. Now, Sichuan will leave it to Zhang Bingzhong before making trouble. ”

After Huang Zide entered Huguang, Zhang Bingzhong saw that Huang Zide had a strong army, and he did not dare to fight for territory with Huang Zide, so he led his troops into Sichuan again, and was in Chongqing at this time. However, there is not much grain in the Chongqing area, and Zhang Bingzhong has not engaged in a large-scale production movement of "doing it himself, having enough food and clothing", so Huang Zide estimates that Zhang Bingzhong will not stay in Chongqing for a long time, and at most he will stay until the beginning of spring, and then he will have to change places to get food. At that time, the army will enter Sichuan and follow Zhang Bingzhong, and it will be able to take a lot of advantage.

As for the third-level army, this is also a plan that Xuan Yi and Liu Jiexuan are responsible for together. According to this plan, the Marshal's Office will form a three-tier army system. At the bottom of the floor are the guards of the various military cantonments, and the able-bodied men in the cantonments of each military cantonment are trained in military orders, queues, and some basic combat skills.

The second level is the garrison army of each county, and their soldiers are selected from the guards of each military cantonment, and they begin to have military salaries, which can be regarded as professional soldiers. They are to be further trained in combat skills and to perform urban policing and garrison duties.

At the highest level are the field troops, who are Huang Zide's basic plate, plus the best soldiers are selected from the garrisons in various places. They are responsible for carrying out major combat tasks, receiving training in various combat skills, and also have higher food and treatment, better equipment, and more opportunities for meritorious service. Military merit, on the other hand, can be exchanged for military merit fields and a variety of other benefits, and can help to get the opportunity for promotion.

Winter is a time when farming is slack, and if he can take advantage of this time to establish such a three-level army system, Huang Zide feels that the combat effectiveness of his army seems to be able to rise to a higher level.

Listening to Huang Zide's words, Xuan Yi also nodded and said, "What the marshal said is, we can just do what the marshal wants." I don't know how Jinzhou is playing now. If the fight is over, I am afraid that no matter whether it is won or lost, the court will be able to make some moves. ”

Xuan Yi actually knew that if the situation did not change much after the rebirth, at this time, the results of the first battle in Jinzhou should have come out. The more than 100,000 troops of the imperial court were almost completely annihilated, and the governor Hong Yan and the four general soldiers were captured.

"This matter shouldn't change much." Xuan Yi thought, "After this big battle, the Tartars should not make any moves in the short term, at least until next summer." On the contrary, the imperial court, although it has lost those elites, has also lost a lot of expenses. I'm afraid that by then, there may be a little bit of a move. "In the previous life, almost in a similar situation, the imperial court was ready to take the risk of launching a counterattack against Jingxiang, but Huang Zide decided to launch a defensive counterattack first, but by mistake he fought all the way to Jingshi, killed Emperor Chongde, and then encountered the plague, and then lost in the decisive battle with the Tartars.

"I want to urge everyone to complete the preparations for entering the river as quickly as possible, before the imperial court goes on an adventure." Xuan Yi thought, "In this way, the main force has entered Sichuan." The marshal will no longer launch any 'preemptive' preventive counterattacks. You might be able to escape that trap. ”

……

In an unknown place, in a palace filled with purple gas, the Emperor of Heaven was playing against a god with golden light all over his body.

"Heavenly King, have you noticed the change in Huang Zide's luck?" The Heavenly Emperor held a chess piece in his hand, but he did not fall behind, but asked.

"Huang Zide's luck has soared," the Heavenly King said, "This was originally expected by us. But the solidity of this luck is somewhat unexpected. In terms of military strength alone, except for the evil qi accumulated from repeated battles and victories, almost all of them have approached the Black Dragon Army. If they are allowed to fight a few more battles and temper them, I am afraid that they will not be inferior to the army of the Black Dragon. Therefore, Your Majesty, Wei Chen felt that it was best for them to increase their army quickly and win easily, but they could not be tempered, so that their military spirit would be vain. There is an opportunity. Then immediately let the Black Dragon Army break it head-on, but recently Huang Zide reorganized the army, quite orderly. It's not easy to make his military spirit vain. ”

"It's not just the military spirit, but the other luck is also precipitating solidly." The Heavenly Emperor spoke, "If it continues, maybe this Huang Zide can really become a dragon." It's just that it's not necessarily a good thing for us. ”

"Your Majesty should have made up your mind." Which Heavenly King said.

The Emperor of Heaven did not deny it, he nodded and said: "There is naturally a way, but the price is not small." If we do, if something happens in the future, we will have much less room to turn around. Just like in this chess game now, if I fall this one, this big dragon of the Heavenly King will not be able to make two eyes, but these chess pieces on the periphery of me also have many weaknesses, and the Heavenly King will not be able to make two eyes, so he can only impact these weaknesses. In this way, this game of chess will immediately reach the time when the fish dies and the net is broken, if the king of heaven can't rush out, but he can't do two eyes here. As soon as this big dragon dies, there will be nothing left for you to play this game of chess. But if the Heavenly King really takes advantage of the weakness of my periphery to kill and break through this piece of my emptiness, even if this dragon only survives two eyes in the end, the number of my sons is far from enough. Of course, if I make up for myself, the Heavenly King will naturally not be able to break through my great emptiness. But the king followed and made up for himself, and the dragon lived, and then it was still a long game of chess. What does the King of Heaven think, what should I do with this hand? ”

"Now it is Your Majesty who will fall." The Heavenly King said, "Your Majesty's chess strength, there will be times when you can't figure it out?" ”

"Heaven and earth are so big, I am here, how can I be able to count everything? Naturally, there are times when you can't see clearly. The Heavenly Emperor sighed.

"Your Majesty," said the Heavenly King, "since Your Majesty can't see clearly, can others see clearly?" His Majesty stands tall and sees farther than anyone else, and in this case, no matter how His Majesty goes, he can always be one step ahead of his opponent and make a response. So whether it's self-mending or eye-breaking, Your Majesty should be more sure than others, right? How Your Majesty goes, is there any difference? ”

When the Emperor heard this, he smiled slightly and said, "What you said is very true. ”

Saying this, the Emperor of Heaven dropped the chess pieces in his hand, but it was the eye position of the great dragon that broke the Heavenly King.

The king looked at the chessboard, and after a long time, he answered on the board. The next Heavenly King descended more and more slowly, and it often took a long time to fall to the next step, but after he fell, the Heavenly Emperor would soon fall again. After walking dozens of steps like this, after the Emperor of Heaven fell again, the Heavenly King stared at the chessboard for a long time, then sighed and shook his head: "This game is won by His Majesty again." Playing chess with Your Majesty is the most boring, Your Majesty calculates far, no matter what way you use, you will definitely win. ”

"The Heavenly King's chess power has also grown greatly." The Heavenly Emperor said lightly, "If it had been before, your chess would not have made me so embarrassed. And you're right, since we can see more and farther than Huang Zide, we don't have to be too cautious. Huang Zide seems to be preparing to send troops to Sichuan after the beginning of spring. This is also an opportunity to intervene in them......"