Sun Kewang is a strategist, whether he is qualified or not, at least he thinks so, of course, he understands the most basic truth that strength is weak, and the safest way at present is definitely to withdraw the whole army to Guizhou, and then launch an offensive against Huguang after the Western Expeditionary Army is eliminated.

However, the cost of doing so was too great, and the Western Army had finally occupied the entire territory of Huguang, so how could it be easily abandoned, although the larger the territory occupied, the more places that needed to be guarded by troops, Sun Kewang was confident that with the strong strength of the Western Army, it was enough to hold Hunan, Hubei, Changsha, Hengyang, Yuezhou, Changde, Jingzhou, and other state capitals, so as not to let Wang Sheng get any advantage.

Yes, the reason why Wang Kefan sent tens of thousands of troops to advance thousands of miles into Guizhou was to contain the main force of the Western Army and relieve the pressure on the frontal battlefield, of course, at this time, he could not be led by the nose by the enemy, and for the sake of a partial division of the Chu army that had entered Guizhou, the overall strategic deployment would be disrupted, Sun Kewang believed that with the strength of Liu Wenxiu's troops, plus the reinforcements transferred from Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi and other places, it was enough to eliminate Tan Xiao and Zhou Guodong.

Yes, Tan Xiao and Zhou Guodong have fought successively, and have conquered more than a dozen prefectures and counties in Guizhou one after another, and there are already some Tusi who have fallen into the wind, but they are a lone army that goes deep behind enemy lines, and they will definitely fight less and less, and the weaker they will become, and in the end they will either escape from Guizhou in disgrace, or be surrounded and eliminated by a steady stream of Western troops, and the most important thing at the moment is to let Liu Wenxiu return to Guizhou as soon as possible, so as not to be captured by Tan Xiao and Zhou Guodong The provincial capital Guiyang and gain a firm foothold in Guizhou.

Guiyang is an important town in the southwest, the city is high and the walls are thick, the defenders are sufficient, and it is the distribution center for the western army to transport grain and grass, the granaries in the city are full, as long as the door is closed, do not go out of the city and the Chu army to fight in the field, there is no problem in holding on for a year and a half, Liu Wenxiu returned to Guizhou from the Hengyang front, although it is not easy to move the army, and the road is far away and difficult to travel, but it is wide and wide, how can three months be enough, and when Liu Wenxiu's main force returns to Guizhou, Tan Xiao and Zhou Guodong are trapped under the strong city, just like Liu Fangliang, Dang Shousu and He Zhen besieged Xi'an, and as soon as Wu Sangui's reinforcements arrived, they had to retreat and flee.

No problem, Guiyang must be fine.

Changsha and Hengyang are no problem.

The Chu army counterattacked in Huguang for thousands of miles, but it was anticlimactic and lacked stamina, Sun Kewang felt that the Chu army's strength was not too much, and later learned that Tan Xiao and Zhou Guodong and other troops invaded Guangxi, and then rushed into Guizhou, Wang Sheng only had tens of thousands of horses in his hands, even without Liu Wenxiu's help, Sun Kewang was confident enough to compete with him.

With the decision made, Sun Kewang ordered someone to quickly send an order to Liu Wenxiu, asking him to prepare for sending troops, and then went to Hengyang in person to discuss with him in person. Liu Wenxiu also knew the situation in Guizhou, and he did not reject this task, so he recommended Bai Wenxuan to take over from him to guard Hengyang, and asked Feng Shuangli to return to Guizhou with him.

Feng Shuangli and Bai Wenxuan, both of whom are second only to the three kings of the Western Army, can take charge alone, let Feng Shuangli and Liu Wenxiu return to Guizhou together, this weight is enough, after some busy preparations, Liu Wenxiu's army was drawn one after another three days later, rushed to the border of Hunan and Guizhou, completed the assembly in the area of Yuanzhou and Jingzhou, and then divided the troops into two ways to attack Guizhou.

Liu Wenxiu led the main force to Jingzhou on the south side, and immediately after entering Guizhou, he launched an attack on Wukaiwei, Tongguwei and Nandongsi, intending to recapture the Qingshui River waterway, the battle went very smoothly, the Chu army only had a small number of defenders in these places, and when they saw the main force of the Western Army attacking, they burned the warehouses and docks, and retreated to the upper reaches of the Qingshui River by boat.

A victorious start!

Liu Wenxiu's mood was very bad.

Although Liu Wenxiu had already prepared and brought some boats from the lower reaches of the Qingshui River in Huguang, there were too many troops under his command, and he had to rush to Kaili and Duyun upstream by boat in batches, which would delay at least ten days, adding many variables out of thin air.

But at this point, he had no other choice but to wait for the boat slowly, after all, the speed of the boat was still faster, if he only relied on the two legs of the soldiers, the cascading Miao Ling was larger than the area of the 90,000 mountains, and the troops would collapse before they could reach Kaili.

"Maybe Feng Shuangli can find some more boats and come downstream to pick us up." Liu Wenxiu pinned his hopes on Feng Shuangli.

Feng Shuangli entered Guizhou from Yuanzhou on the north side, first launched an attack on Sizhou Mansion, but was resolutely resisted by Yuan Zongdi, a few days ago, Yuan Zongdi had captured Sizhou Mansion, and repaired the city defense, built a wall and dug a ditch, and turned the city of Sizhou Mansion into a strong fortress, just attacking the two camps in front of the city gate, Feng Shuangli took five or six days.

There is a camp in front of the city, which can cover the city gate, launch a counterattack at any time, and can get the "fire support" on the city wall, only a small number of troops can hold the camp, causing a large number of casualties to the attacking Western army, before pulling out the camp in front of the city, the offensive formation of the Western army does not dare to get too close, and many siege methods are not used, although Feng Shuangli is a veteran of the battlefield, there is no good way to do this two hated camps, so he can only attack slowly step by step, until he has built enough siege equipment, and then he pulled out these two nails in one fell swoop.

Next, it is a long siege war, although Sizhou Mansion is not big, but it is also a palace city, the city wall urn city, enemy tower, Wangjiao and other defensive facilities are readily available, the Western Army has attacked for five or six days in a row, still unable to break the city, Feng Shuangli was forced to helpless, and also adopted frog jumping tactics to divide troops to bypass Sizhou Mansion and attack Zhenyuan Mansion located in the "dog neck", and as a result, Yuan Zongdi's resolute resistance was encountered, Feng Shuangli's troops were superior, Yuan Zongdi occupied the geographical advantage, and the two sides fought in Sizhou Mansion and Zhenyuan Mansion for more than half a month, finally waited for Liu Wenxiu, who was long overdue.

Liu Wenxiu's vanguard arrived at Shi Bing by boat, the Chu army had no intention of holding on to this county town with incomplete city defense facilities, and after a little resistance, they burned the warehouse, the boat, and the wharf, and then fled by boat, Liu Wenxiu originally waited for Feng Shuangli to pick him up, but finally arrived at Shi Bing first.

He watched the battle under Zhenyuan City for half an hour, and came to the conclusion that the Western Army would not be able to capture this fortified city in the short term, and the army should not delay too much time here, so he asked Feng Shuangli to stay to deal with Yuan Zongdi, and he led the main force to continue to march to Kaili by boat.

Kaili is the gateway to the southeast of Guizhou, although it is only a county seat, the city is far stronger than Shi Bing, Liu Wenxiu's troops returned to Guizhou, in Kaili City for the first time encountered stubborn resistance, Liu Wenxiu stormed for more than ten days, and deliberately surrounded the three queyi, let the Chu army in the city a way out, before finally capturing this county.

After capturing Kaili, the gate to Guiyang was opened, and Liu Wenxiu breathed a sigh of relief.

He ordered the reinforcements sent from Yunnan, Guangxi, and Sichuan to speed up their march, and be sure to rush to the vicinity of Guiyang within a month, to achieve a counter-encirclement of Tan Xiao, Zhou Guodong, and Liu Tichun, who were besieging Guiyang, and then annihilate them in one fell swoop.

In order to maintain sufficient mobile forces and prevent Tan Xiao and others from flowing to other places, Liu Wenxiu did not even divide his troops to attack Duyun, but pressed all his forces towards Guiyang and blocked all roads. As long as the main forces of Tan Xiao, Zhou Guodong and Liu Tichun can be eliminated, the state and county guards occupied by the Chu army, as well as the barbarian Tusi who surrendered to the Chu army, will definitely surrender to the wind, and it is not worth dividing troops for them.

Liu Wenxiu dispatched troops, adjusted the deployment back and forth, and steadily closed the encirclement step by step, time passed day by day, seeing that the Chu army was still stranded near Guiyang, his face finally showed a smile of victory, these days his pressure has been very great, for fear that the Chu army will suddenly give up Guiyang, jump out of the encirclement that is still not closed, and then run into Yunnan or Sichuan, you know, Yunnan is the base camp of the Western Army, Yongwang Zhu Cihuan is in Kunming, if Zhu Cihuan has a three long and two short, It would be a significant loss of irreparable importance to the Western Army.

If the Chu army enters Sichuan, it is also very troublesome, the Sichuan basin is fertile for thousands of miles, the terrain is flat, and the army can gallop at will, but it is not like Guizhou, where there are only a few major roads, if the Chu army is like the old battalion, Liu Wenxiu's tens of thousands of horses will be insufficient, and it will be difficult to defend all the places in all aspects, and then it will become a game of cat and mouse, and if you are not careful, you will be run back to Guizhou by the Chu army, and even directly enter Yunnan.

Liu Wenxiu made up his mind to finish his work in one battle, and to fight a decisive battle with the Western Expeditionary Army under the city of Guiyang, and defeat them.

Half a month passed, and everything was developing smoothly according to plan, until he suddenly received an urgent report - Guiyang was lost.

Guiyang lost!!

How can it be?

Say yes and stick to it for a year!

Liu Wenxiu thought that the information was wrong at first, and after repeated verification, he learned the reason for the fall of Guiyang, the Chu army spent two months to bury a cannon battle under the city of Guiyang, Tan Xiao and Zhou Guodong used all the gunpowder at once, and blew up a section of the city wall.

Although Guiyang is a provincial city, but it is still not comparable with Wuchang, Changsha and other big cities, the city wall is not so strong, after the explosion, the city wall barely collapsed, but a huge slope composed of broken earth and masonry, the Chu army launched a strong attack from this slope, several consecutive charges at any cost, forced into the city, Guiyang immediately declared the fall.

After the Chu army captured Guiyang, it not only annihilated thousands of enemies, captured countless people, but also had a foundation for confrontation with the western army, just like being chased and bitten by a vicious dog, after leaning against the root of the wall, you can raise a stick and fight with the vicious dog.

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