The world's major events are one and the other.

This Qing army's southern invasion was both dangerous and opportunity for Gao Yihuan.

Needless to say, Gao Yihuan, Zhang Xianzhong, and Zhu Cihong are natural united fronts, and Zhu Cihong's loss is the loss of the entire united front, even if the Qing army did not take Nanjing and only occupied Jiangbei, the strength of the Qing army was also a huge increase.

The Qing army's combat strength is already superior to all sides, and it has the advantage of the horse army, and it is almost invincible on the northern plains.

If the strength of the Qing army increases this time, and Gao Yihuan does not seize the opportunity to develop, it will be tantamount to lagging behind the Qing army in disguise.

Therefore, Gao Yihuan believed that in this battle, he would either be able to inflict heavy losses on the Qing army, prevent the Qing army from expanding southward, and consume the military strength of the Qing army, or let his own power grow and make the Qing army strong and Lao Tzu strong.

Chen Mingxia gave him three suggestions, but Gao Yihuan was not very satisfied with each of them, and they all had their own flaws.

After several strategists left, Gao Yihuan thought alone in the study.

Among the three strategies, Gao Yihuan valued the first one directly to send troops to Xuzhou to outflank the Qing army that went deep into the two Huai, and the last one to seek Guanzhong.

The least optimistic is the second one, bluffing to attack northern Henan.

This strategy seems to be the least strenuous and will not lose anything, and it can indeed achieve the goal of forcing the Qing army to return to help.

But what about after the Qing army came back to help? Hundreds of thousands of people are eyeing you! Originally, I fought the Ming Dynasty, but now I am hitting you.

At this time, the Qing army occupied a lot of land in Lianghuai, but Gao Yihuan stood still, he saved the life of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty may not help him, so Gao Yihuan is not optimistic about the second article.

In fact, no matter which one it is, there will be such a problem, once Gao Yihuan sent troops and stirred up the southern invasion of the Qing army, the Qing court would immediately realize that if you want to conquer the world, you must first destroy Gao Yihuan, a-stirring stick.

Otherwise, the Qing army attacked the Southern Ming Dynasty, Gao Yihuan inserted a pole, the southern expedition was stirred up, and the Qing army attacked Sichuan, presumably Gao Yihuan also had to insert a pole, then the Qing army could not bypass Gao Yihuan with troops in the south, and only Gao Yihuan would be destroyed first.

In this way, Gao Yihuan can foresee that after the Qing army marches south, it will inevitably turn the spearhead against him.

Wei Wujun will become the main target of the Qing army, and there will be no respite.

Since Dong saw this, Gao Yihuan would either seize this opportunity and deal a heavy blow to the Qing army before the Qing soldiers re-targeted him, so that he would not be able to deal with him.

Either you can develop and strengthen yourself and be able to cope with the crisis that follows, and you must not not stand still and do nothing.

This is the reason why Gao Yihuan likes the first and third strategies, but these two are also relatively problematic.

The Qing army of 200,000 people went south, and Geng Zhongming and Shang Kexi were eyeing him, Gao Yihuan wanted to outflank the back road of the Qing army, and the Qing army in northern Henan could also outflank his back road, and once Gao Yihuan's army went out of the hilly area of southern Henan and entered the eastern Henan Plain, it was a very dangerous thing, and whether the Ming army could cooperate with him was also a problem.

As for seeking to win Guanzhong, there are even more problems to face.

These problems are mainly concentrated in two aspects: the pre-war and the post-war.

Before the war, he first had to consider whether the Ming Dynasty could hold on, whether the Jiangbei Ming army could entangle the Qing army, if he just entered the customs, the Jiangbei Qing army would collapse, and the joke would be big. This is Gao Yihuan's biggest worry, after all, in history, the Jiangbei Ming Army was completely finished in more than a month.

The second is whether Zhang Xianzhong can fight with Wu Sangui first, if he can't fight, Gao Yihuan will suffer from Wu Sangui's stubborn resistance when he enters the pass, and he will not be able to quickly occupy Guanzhong.

Finally, it is the problem that will be faced after capturing Guanzhong, which Chen Mingxia mentioned, after he occupied Guanzhong, the Qing army would definitely retaliate, and secondly, Zhang Xianzhong worked hard, and he didn't get it, so he definitely wouldn't buy it.

Geographically speaking, Gao Yihuan will inevitably go hostile to Zhang Xianzhong, so that he will have one more enemy, and the future situation will be greatly challenged.

As for the capture of Guanzhong, Gao Yihuan left a hand when he blocked Li Zicheng.

Although not long ago, Gao Yihuan heard that Zhang Xianzhong occupied Hanzhong, and after He Zhen took refuge in Wu Sangui, he deliberately made a bad move, gave up Wuguan, so that Wu Sangui could attack Hanzhong with peace of mind, and handed over this passage directly into Guanzhong to the Qing army, but in fact, he still has a shortcut to enter the pass, that is, the Danjiang waterway.

When Gao Yihuan blocked Li Zicheng, he found that this waterway could enter the territory of Nanyang Mansion directly along the Danjiang River from Longju Village in Danfeng County after Wuguan, and then inject Han Water into Xiangyang Mansion to the south, connecting with the entire Yangtze River water system.

After Gao Yihuan noticed this, he let people destroy Shangzhou, Danfeng County, and Longju Village, burned all the boats near Longju Village, and let people sink ships in the Danjiang waterway, creating reefs, making the waterway impossible for boats.

Now the people near Danfeng County are ten rooms and nine empty, coupled with Gao Yihuan's blockade of Guanzhong in Nanyang, there is no caravan to go to Danjiang again, the Qing army is guarding Wuguan, and does not pay much attention to Danjiang, and the entire waterway is in a state of desertion, so it gives Gao Yihuan a possibility to quickly enter Guanzhong and outflank Tongguan and Wu Sangui's back road.

This is also the reason why Gao Yihuan is tempted by the third strategy, he can not only expand Gao Yihuan's territory, but also have a chance to destroy Wu Sangui.

However, not to mention the previous conditions, Gao Yihuan may not be able to hold Guanzhong after taking it, there are various crises, so when Chen Mingxia looked at him, Gao Yihuan did not dare to make a decision easily.

Listening to Chen Mingxia's tone and looking at his expectant eyes, Gao Yihuan understood that he wanted to let him choose the third one.

After all, if you want to compete for the world, you need to take risks, and you have to kill them, so Chen Mingxia thinks that you can bear the risk and even lose some of your existing interests.

However, Gao Yihuan can't make a rash decision, if you make a mistake in this step, you will make a mistake in the future.

Gao Yihuan paced back and forth in the study, and finally stood in front of the map and pondered for a long time, hesitating about whether to outflank Xuzhou and prevent the Qing army from going south, or to seek Guanzhong.

Gao Yihuan stood for a long time, frowned, and suddenly said a little irritablely: "Mother, this question is really fucking difficult, too difficult!" ”

Gao Yihuan walked back to the Taishi chair and sat down, he leaned back on the back of the chair, sorted things out again in his mind, and suddenly found that the three strategies all need a precondition, that is, the Jiangbei Ming army cannot be too scoopy.

If the strength of the Jiangbei Ming army is too weak and is destroyed by the Qing army, then no matter how perfect my strategy is, there will be no chance to use it.

Therefore, the specific strategy to implement depends on what the Ming army in Jiangbei looks like.

If it is devastated, don't say anything, Lao Tzu will dispatch troops and prepare for a month.

If the Jiangbei Ming army is more tenacious, but if it is not saved, it will die, then Lao Tzu can only outflank Xuzhou.

If the Ming army fought particularly tenaciously and could fight for five or six months, and persist until the beginning of spring next year, so that the Qing army would fall into a quagmire, Lao Tzu could consider seizing Guanzhong.

Of course, now Lao Tzu can't just sit and watch, he should act immediately. First of all, it is necessary to support Nanjing, cheer up the brothers in Jiangbei, and let the Qing soldiers know that Lao Tzu wants to intervene, and secondly, they must harass northern Henan and send cavalry into eastern Henan to interfere with the Qing army's southward movement, so that the Qing army cannot deal with the Jiangbei Ming army with all its strength, so as to avoid the Jiangbei Ming army being destroyed by the Qing army.

Secondly, provoking Zhang Xianzhong to attack Wu Sangui, contacting Li Guo, Gao Yigong and other things, they must also be done simultaneously.

Only in this way, with multi-handed preparation, can Lao Tzu make a calm choice.

Gao Yihuan got up from the chair and was about to ask the guards to call someone, but Zhou Dali knocked on the door outside the study, "Dashuai, Mr. Ji is kneeling outside the door of the mansion, claiming that he must see Dashuai." ”

Gao Yihuan frowned slightly, a little unhappy, "What kind of system is this, isn't this making people scold Lao Tzu and ruin my reputation?" Get him away from Lao Tzu! ”

Zhou Dali wanted to speak and stopped, but he still turned around, and was about to carry out the order of the marshal, but suddenly heard Gao Yihuan say again, "Wait! ”

Gao Yihuan sat back in the Taishi chair, "Bring him to me." Be polite! ”

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