Chapter 641: Shunxi confluence out of Kuizhou
The envoy sent by the Great Western Army was Zhang Dingguo, the general of Anxi, who was Zhang Xianzhong's righteous son and confidant, one of the four great generals of the Great Western Army.
Li Zijing, the new master of Dashun, is just an ignorant farmer, clumsy and clumsy, and has no insight at all, not to mention that compared with a generation of heroes Li Zicheng, even ordinary people can't compare. Becoming the emperor of Dashun is purely to catch ducks on the shelves, in order to balance the relationship between the generals of Dashun. In fact, the affairs of Kuizhou are basically decided by Li Guo.
After Zhang Dingguo came to Kuizhou, after meeting the lord of Shun, Li Guo conducted a reception negotiation.
Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng once had a honeymoon period, and once took refuge in Li Zicheng after the defeat in Tongcheng, so Zhang Xianzhong's righteous son Zhang Dingguo and Li Zicheng's nephew Li Guo knew each other and were very familiar.
After meeting and greeting, Zhang Dingguo directly explained his intention and recruited the troops of the Shun army in Kuizhou for Zhang Xianzhong.
"When did my Shunjun fall to the king of Daxi?" Li Guo was furious when he heard this.
"Brother Tiger, don't be nervous, my father has no malicious intentions, Daxi and Dashun are both from northern Shaanxi, and we are originally a family. Now that the Ming army is strong, we can only fight against the Ming if we become one. Zhang Dingguo persuaded bitterly. Li Guo is nicknamed "a tiger", and Zhang Dingguo is usually called a tiger brother.
"In that case, why didn't you take refuge in my Dashun?" Li Guo said coldly.
"Brother Tiger, don't talk and laugh, at present, I occupy the entire Shu land, and the soldiers and horses are strong, and the grain and grass are sufficient. And although you still have more than 100,000 people and horses, they are trapped in the square inch of Kuizhou, and the grain and grass are unsustainable, so they have to open up wasteland and farm to make a living, and where is the capital to attack and rebuild Dashun.
If you and I are a family, we can take the grain and grass from Sichuan to Jier, etc., and we will jointly send troops down the east of the Yangtze River, attack Huguang and Jiangxi, and then seize the entire Jiangnan, wouldn't it be easy? Zhang Dingguo persuaded.
"At the beginning, we suffered a series of defeats, and at the most difficult time, there were only 18 horsemen left, but it was not under the leadership of my uncle that we developed and swept through the Central Plains to conquer Beijing. Now I still have more than 100,000 horses in Dashun, I don't know how many times better than then, why bother to rely on people's breath! Brother Dingguo, you don't need to say it anymore, if you want me to surrender to you, it's impossible! ”
Li Guo directly refused. For Li Guo, the Dashun built by Li Zicheng is his pride, as long as he survives, the banner of Dashun will never fall!
"Since you don't want to be obedient, let's cooperate once." Zhang Dingguo retreated.
"How to cooperate?" Li Guo asked.
"In May this year, the Manchu Qing Dynasty attacked the Ming Dynasty on two roads, but was defeated by the Ming army in Wuhu, Yangzhou, and lost its troops. The Manchurians were already sparsely numbered, and they could not afford to invade south again for at least a few years after a major defeat.
After the Ming Dynasty defeated the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it also swelled, and sent the scholar Lu Zhenfei to supervise the Northern Expedition, but was raided by the Manchu cavalry in Xingyang, and lost 100,000 soldiers under the defeat.
Now that the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty have been hit hard, it is the time for our righteous army to show their ambitions. As long as you and I join forces, go out of the Three Gorges to attack the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, and join forces to defeat the defenders of the Ming Dynasty in Jingzhou and Huguang, the land of the Ming Dynasty will be at our disposal! ”
Zhang Dingguo spoke slowly, and a magnificent picture slowly unfolded in front of Li Guo.
For the Shun army, going out of Kuizhou and crossing the Three Gorges and attacking Jingzhou and Huguang was the only way for the Shun army to develop and grow. However, there were tens of thousands of rebel generals in Jingzhou, Hao Shaoqi, and He Tengjiao, the governor of Minghuguang, stationed heavy troops in Yueyang and other Jiangnan areas.
If he can get the support of the grain and grass army of the Sichuan Great Western Army, Li Guo can be sure to capture Jingzhou and annihilate the rebel general Hao Shaoqi.
Jingzhou, open up the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty will be completely opened, to the south can attack Yuezhou, Changde, Changsha and other southern provinces of Huguang, and then attack Liangguang; To the north, you can attack Xiangyang and Nanyang, and march to the hinterland of the Central Plains; To the east, you can go down the river, go down the Jiujiang River through Wuchang and attack the hinterland of Jiangdong Daming.
"I don't know what conditions your army has?" Li Guo swallowed his saliva and asked with difficulty.
Without the support of the Great Western Army, it would be difficult for the Shun Army to get out of Kuizhou, and he didn't believe that Zhang Xianzhong would support him for free. Could it be the idea of destroying the world under the guise of a false path? Li Guo had to be suspicious.
"Conditions? Originally, the best condition was for you and me to become one, but since you don't want to, forget it.
Although our Great Western Army occupies the country of abundance in Sichuan, it is always too remote. Although it is possible to attack Shaanxi through Hanzhong to the north, it is difficult to travel on the Sichuan Road, and after years of killing, northern Shaanxi has long been sparsely populated, even if it can occupy it, there is no one to support the army. From Sichuan to the south, you can attack Guizhou and Yunnan, but Yunnan and Guizhou are barren and barbaric. Therefore, attacking the heart of the Ming Dynasty to the east is the only way to develop and grow.
However, your Shun army is stationed in Kuizhou, blocking the eastward advance of our Great Western Army, although we are not a family, we are also of the same root, there is no need to kill each other, and the Ming army was cheapened in vain. Therefore, our two armies are united, capture Jingzhou together, and then each choose a direction to march, as for who can occupy how much territory, who can capture the Ming Dynasty, then it is all up to their own ability! ”
Zhang Ding said sincerely in Chinese. After the Great Western Army captured Sichuan, it did not stabilize the situation in Sichuan as quickly as he said, and the remnants of the Tusi Ming Army in Sichuan rebelled one after another, and the Great Western Army was exhausted to deal with it.
After careful analysis, people of insight in the Great Western Army came to a conclusion, that is, Sichuan Province alone was simply unable to supply more than 300,000 troops of the Great Western Army. Exploitation only provokes revolt, and massacres only intensify revolt. Except for the Chengdu Plain, Sichuan is full of high mountains and hills, and it is difficult for the rebels to hide in the mountains.
Therefore, it will only get weaker and weaker to defend Sichuan, it is better to leave only a small part of the army to defend Sichuan, and most of the army will kill Sichuan and attack the provinces of Daming. As for the direction of the attack, as Li Dingguo said, going east is the best choice!
Li Guo couldn't make the decision on his own in such a big matter, so he immediately summoned Yuan Zongdi, Tian Jianxiu, Gao Yigong, Bai Wang, and He Zhen generals to discuss. The generals unanimously agreed to cooperate with the Great Western Army and go out of the Three Gorges to attack Jingzhou.
It's really because these days, the generals and the army have had too hard. There are only tens of thousands of people in Kuizhou in one state, and suddenly so many troops poured in at once, where can we get enough food to feed the army in a hurry?
Many troops lived a miserable life of eating bran and eating vegetables and relying on wild vegetables, but fortunately, the Shun army was originally a peasant who could not survive, and they were used to living a hard life, so their morale did not collapse.
However, if you can fight to change the current miserable life, no one is unhappy!
When the Ming court was unaware, the Great Western Army of Sichuan and the Shun Army of Kuizhou quickly merged, and sent troops to Kuizhou in the winter season of Layuelong, Lianke returned to Zhouzhou and Yiling, and the troops approached Jingzhou, which immediately caused the entire Ming Dynasty to be shocked!