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Li Zicheng went around Chengdu Mansion in the morning, and after lunch, he went to Zhao Guangrui's camp to see the recruits' drills.

Chengdu Mansion did not take it, he was not in a hurry at all, taking advantage of the fact that the main force of the Heavenly Mandate Army was there, let Zhao Guangrui grind out the temperament of the prisoners of war first, in case the second battalion and the seventh battalion were gone, but the prisoners of war were disobedient, it would be troublesome, Zhao Guangrui's side, there were not many caring people.

Seeing Li Zicheng, Zhao Guangrui left the prisoners of war and hurriedly came over to salute, "My subordinates knock on the governor!" ”

When the prisoners of war saw it, they didn't need to be instructed, they knelt down collectively and saluted, "The villain knocks on the governor!" ”

"Get up!" Li Zicheng waved his hand to them, "You continue to train, Pontus just take a look!" ”

"Thank you, Governor!" After Zhao Guangrui got up, he took the prisoners of war to continue the training.

Li Zicheng stood in the corner of the training ground and watched from a distance, these people were selected from the prisoners of war, they were in good shape, they had been able to eat mutton and fish soup recently, and the rice was full, and they were particularly energetic in the training.

They will not be equipped with rifles for the time being, so they still follow the original training method of the Mandate of Heaven: in addition to the necessary physical fitness, it is to train them to fight together.

Zhao Guangrui's meaning is to let his soldiers go through the assembly line, and every soldier, after the end of the training, is the same, reaching the same standard.

Li Zicheng said with a smile: "These soldiers, within a few days of joining the Heavenly Mandate Army, have all changed!" ”

"The Grand Governor," He Mi hesitated for a while, but finally couldn't help it, "Maybe the Grand Governor is watching......"

"That's fine," Li Zicheng laughed, "If necessary, I will come to the training ground every day before I take Chengdu!" ”

"The Governor ......"

"In this way, if I really don't have time, Xiaomi will come to watch the training on my behalf," Li Zicheng said: "These days to increase the intensity, as long as they get used to it, they will become qualified soldiers!" ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!"

Back in the camp, Li Zicheng whispered to He Xiaomi: "Tell General Song that people will continue to toss outside the city tonight, pay special attention to the outside of the east gate, and see if there will be any news from the city!" ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!" He Xiaomi saluted Li Zicheng, and then left the camp and personally went to convey the message to Song Wen.

Li Zicheng immediately summoned Li Guo, "Double happiness," he pointed to the marching map and said: "After taking Chengdu, we will go south, you first take the cavalry, along the official road, to find out the information!" ”

Li Guo saw by himself that the official road first went east, reached the west bank of the Tuojiang River, and then went south along the Tuojiang River, and was divided into two official roads in Neijiang County, east and west, leading to Luzhou, the confluence of the Tuojiang River and the Yangtze River, and the Xuzhou Mansion at the confluence of the Wenjiang River (Minjiang River) and the Yangtze River.

"Metropolitan Governor, have you been exploring the Yangtze River?"

"Chengdu is still far away from Luzhou and Xuzhou Mansions, so don't use it for the time being," Li Zicheng's eyes stared at the map of Xuzhou Mansion for a long time, and his heart didn't move, "Xiaomi? ”

"Metropolitan Governor," Lei Wanjun hurriedly trotted over, "He Qianhu has gone to inform General Song and has not yet returned." ”

"Ao," Li Zicheng just remembered that he had just sent He Mi out, so he said: "Flying Pigeon Chuan Sanhe Town, let Zhou Kun and Cao Jian pack up, take all the soldiers with them, and all the ships they can bring, and immediately go south along the waterway." ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!" Lei Wanjun agreed, and was just about to leave the camp, but was called by Li Zicheng again, "The Qinghai Navy cannot be abandoned, leave a small number of people as instructors, and re-recruit two hundred Navy soldiers, Zhou Kun's family, and escort the soldiers to Sichuan later!" ”

The Qinghai Navy has been training for a long time, although the number is not large, only 500 households so far, but they are already familiar with the tactics of the sea, if they stay in a closed sea area like the West Sea, it will be a waste.

Li Zicheng has been staring at the Yangtze River for a long time, and this time he took Bashu, partly for the golden waterway of the Yangtze River.

But to control the waterway, there must be a navy, and the navy that Zhou Kun trained in Qinghai happened to come in handy at this time.

Li Guo was also moved in his heart, and said: "Does the metropolitan governor want to form a naval army in Sichuan?" Although he didn't know the usefulness of the navy, as long as Li Zicheng approved of it, he resolutely supported it.

"Double happiness, think about it, the Heavenly Mandate Army going south, with only 8,000 people, how can it control the whole of Sichuan?" Li Zicheng said lightly: "We haven't taken Chengdu yet, and the strength is already stretched, leaving some soldiers in the second or seventh battalion is a way, but I'm afraid that if we can't get to Chongqing, there will be no more soldiers to fight!" ”

"Dadu Governor ......" Li Guo didn't think so much, Dadu Governor did whatever he wanted, and only 2,000 soldiers were taken that day, and Ganzhou, Suzhou and Liangzhou were taken......

Li Zicheng remembered World War II, the Japanese invaded the central country, the only feeling is that there are not enough people, but the Japanese country is small, there are few people, can not support enough soldiers, they obviously occupy more than half of the central country, but the central country is unwilling to admit defeat, the national capital from Nanjing to Wuhan, and finally Chongqing, he estimates, if the Japanese have the strength to take Chongqing, the central country may also move the capital westward!

It is not difficult to conquer a piece of land, the key is to occupy it, and for each area occupied, a part of the soldiers must be dispersed......

To occupy the whole of Sichuan, 8,000 soldiers is far from enough, and it is necessary to expand the army in time and increase the number of soldiers!

In fact, the Mandate of Heaven Army is already expanding, Li Guo's second battalion has increased by two thousand households, and Zhao Guangrui, there are already four thousand households, Li Zicheng still has to leave a place for Wu Qiu with a thousand households, and Zhao Guangrui's subordinates must reach at least five thousand households.

Zhao Guangrui's department is not only used to protect Chengdu, but also expands along the Chengdu Mansion in all directions, and the soldiers are not equipped with firearms, if they fight with the Ming army, they have no advantage!

"Double happiness, we are already expanding the army, in order to defend Sichuan, we will definitely expand the army in the future," Li Zicheng said: "Our opponent is the imperial court, do you know how many soldiers there are in the imperial court?" ”

"Didn't the Metropolitan Governor say that there are at least one million soldiers in the imperial court?"

"The imperial court is sure that there are one million government soldiers, but it is impossible for us to feed one million soldiers," Li Zicheng pondered for a moment and said, "That's why I desperately developed firearms, just to make up for the lack of numbers." ”

"Subordinates understood!"

"You don't fully understand," Li Zicheng shook his head and said, "Double Happiness, if the imperial court finds out that we occupy Sichuan, where will it use troops?" ”

Li Guo thought for a moment and said: "There are two main directions for the imperial court to use troops in Sichuan, one is Hanzhong, first cut off the connection between Longyou and Sichuan, and then follow our road to the south; The second is Fengjie, which is the only way to advance from Huxi to Guangxi, and it can also be advanced by land and water......" Saying this, he suddenly paused, hesitated for a moment, and said: "The Governor of the Great Metropolitan asked the navy to go south, just to defend the pass here?" ”

"Shuangxi is right," Li Zicheng said: "Fengjie is located at the foot of the White Emperor Mountain, Liu Bei marched into Jingzhou from here in the past, and returned from here after the defeat, no matter how weak Shu is, he does not dare to lose it here, until the destruction of Shu, Wu and Wei are unable to go west. ”

Li Guogong arched his hand and said: "My subordinates understand, most of the Metropolitan Governors are true gods, and they have not yet gone south, and they have already planned Sichuan!" ”

Li Zicheng smiled secretly, when he read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in his later life, he did not pay attention to geography, but liked the plot in the book, and these geographical knowledge was actually taught to him by Guo Shijun.

Such words, only he and Guo Shijun know, and they must not tell the third person, although Li Guo is his own nephew and has killed people together, he still can't tell him.

"When Zhou Kun comes to the Yangtze River, we should have taken the Kuizhou Mansion, and just handed over the Yangtze River to him," said rationally, when Chengdu is taken, there is no need to worry about food, Zhuge Liang often had hundreds of thousands of troops on the Northern Expedition, in addition to the time-consuming and laborious transportation, there is no need to worry about the food problem, "As long as Zhou Kun can hold Fengjie, we don't have to worry about the imperial court going west." ”

"If the imperial court goes south from Hanzhong......"

"So the military layout of Sichuan is not your second battalion and Song Wen's seventh battalion, but three pieces," Li Zicheng smiled faintly: "Shuangxi also knows that although the Shu Road is difficult, it is the best passage from Hanzhong to Bashu. ”

Li Zicheng pointed to the marching map, between Daba Mountain and Micang Mountain, there is indeed an official road, crossing Taiping County, the junction of Daba Mountain and Micang Mountain, and then leading to Hanzhong in the northwest, leading to Hanshui in the northeast, bypassing Daba Mountain, and then going south along Hanshui, leading directly to Huguang.

Li Guo was shocked into a cold sweat, it turned out that there was still a passage here!

Since there is an official road, the army will definitely be able to pass, in case the Ming army goes south from here......

"Therefore, once the war in Sichuan is over, I will deploy the seventh battalion in northern Sichuan, and these two lines of defense will be handed over to Song Wen," Li Zicheng said: "When necessary, I will let Song Wen take Hanzhong and connect northern Sichuan with Longyou......"

“……”

"In the future, the garrison of Sichuan will be divided into three parts: the naval army will block the Yangtze River from Fengjie; The 7th Battalion was stationed in northern Sichuan; And the auxiliary troops of Zhao Guangrui's department will be responsible for taking Chengdu as the center and gradually expanding to eastern Sichuan, and eventually the whole of Sichuan! ”

"Grand Governor, the second battalion under the ......"

"Once the war in Sichuan is over, the Mandate of Heaven Army needs to recuperate, and strategically, we will turn to the defensive, just like Longyou," Li Zicheng's strategic deployment for the entire Sichuan did not hide from Li Guo, "The second battalion is cavalry, wouldn't it be a big loss to use cavalry to defend the city?" ”

"The Metropolitan Governor is saying that his subordinates will leave Sichuan?"

"Look at the development of the war," Li Zicheng knows, Sichuan Province not only has plains like Chengdu, but also mountains and hills on the periphery, so the Shu Road is difficult to walk, in the surrounding mountains, there are many different races, in this era, there are still a large number of Tusi, but the foreign races are living in the deep mountains and old forests, and it is difficult for the cavalry to come in handy when conquest and suppression, "If everything goes well, the second battalion will still be deployed in northern Sichuan and Longnan, and use the characteristics of fast cavalry mobility to respond to the Mandate of Heaven in the two places." ”

"Subordinates understood!"

Sending Li Guo away, Li Zicheng fell asleep beautifully, until the time of dinner, he woke up naturally, although the time for dinner came, but after sleeping all afternoon, he had no appetite at all, so he took his own soldiers out of the camp and went to the fields to blow the natural wind.

Outside the camp, there is a large area of farmland, from a distance, it is still green, but when you look closely, it is mottled and sparse.

The season of Shu land, much earlier than Longyou and Xining, winter wheat and rape have already been harvested, after the land is ploughed, the seedlings of early rice are inserted again, the seedlings have survived and turned green, but there is no tillering, can not block the water and soil.

Li Zicheng was very happy, compared with the northern provinces, Sichuan was in a good weather, as long as the land was not wasted, it could feed a large number of people, taxes were collected, and a large number of soldiers could be supported.

His heart was already full of anticipation, so he walked for a while, and when he returned to the camp, it was already dark.

He Xiaomi asked the fire soldiers for food and brought it over, and as soon as he entered the camp, a personal soldier of Song Buwen asked to see him, "Governor Dadu, there is a message in the city!" ”

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