The main force of the Chu army was busy with the Battle of Huguang, and Daniel Zhang and Zhao Liangdong went to relieve the siege of Anqing, and there was a good chance of success.

Wu Sangui originally wanted to keep this credit for himself, but he had some concerns, and now he is catching up with the Qing court to praise the "four generals of Hexi", intending to use them to balance himself, and simply stuffing this credit to Daniel Zhang and Zhao Liangdong, which is good intentions on the surface, but in fact it is a murder.

Breaking the siege for Anqing is of course a great achievement, but what next?

Since the "Four Generals of Hexi" are so capable of fighting, and there is smoke everywhere along the Yangtze River, of course, those who can work harder, let them continue to fight for the imperial court, whether it is to go south to Jianghuai, or to support Huguang, or even cross the river to attack Nanjing or Jiangxi, Daniel Zhang and Zhao Liangdong's next task will definitely not be as easy as rescuing Anqing, sooner or later they will have to fight head-on with the main force of the Chu army, think about the fate of Zierharang and Luck Dehun, and then look at the current instigation of the monk Kong Youde, you can be sure that the "Four Generals of Hexi" will not get good fruits from the Chu army.

The first fat is not fat, and the second fat collapses the kang.

Who laughs the sweetest until the end!

Wu Sangui made up his mind to sit in Xuzhou and watch the clouds rise and fall, and the waves will rise and fall, until the most critical moment.

But in the next two months, one battle report after another from Huguang gradually made him a little worried, and he couldn't sit still.

Under the fierce offensive of the Western Army, the Chu army was defeated and retreated, and it has been unable to stabilize its position, not only losing Xiangyang Mansion, Chengtian Mansion, De'an Mansion and Changde Mansion one after another, but also recently even Yuezhou Mansion was captured by Sun Kewang, and there was only one Huangzhou Mansion left in the entire territory of Hubei, and Changsha, the city of Hunan Province, was also wide open, exposed to the front of the Western Army.

During these two months, Daniel Zhang and Zhao Liangdong and other "four generals of Hexi" led their troops south, successfully relieved the siege of Anqing, and drank the Yangtze River, and it is said that the Qing court was considering transferring their old Qin army and Tun Bu'er to march along the north bank of the Yangtze River to Hubei, and attack Huangzhou with Tan Tai and Kong Youde, completely driving the Chu army south of the Yangtze River.

"Wang Kefan actually lost most of Huguang, could it be said that the Chu thief is really a veteran of the division, and he is not the opponent of the imperial court and the western thief?" Wu Sangui had the intention of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, but instead of sitting and watching the tiger eat the fat sheep and become stronger, if the Chu army was really destroyed by the Western Army and the Qing army, he had been standing still in Xuzhou, which was a major mistake that could not be forgiven.

"I heard that Jin Shenghuan also went to Huguang?"

"Back to the prince's words, Jin Shenghuan led 15,000 armor and went up the river by boat, claiming to repay Wang Kefan's great kindness in rescuing Nanchang."

Wu Sangui's brows furrowed even tighter, even Jin Shenghuan's troops were sent to Huguang, the Chu army was obviously doing its best, Jianghuai's side was very empty, and now sending troops south, there should not be much risk.

No, no hurry! No hurry!

Let's take a look at the results of the Battle of Changsha first.

Wu Sangui shook his head violently, and secretly warned himself in his heart that the more tense he was, the more he had to calm down, he didn't have many hole cards in his hand, and he couldn't make a move until the last moment.

"If this king guesses well, there will be a vicious battle under the city of Changsha, and there will also be a vicious battle under the city of Hengyang, Hunan is the foundation of Wang Kefan, he will not give up easily, who will kill the deer, let's wait and see!"

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"The last group of people in Changsha have also withdrawn, and now we must hurry up the evacuation of the people in Hengyang, and those who are willing to leave will be evacuated in batches with the army, and those who are unwilling to leave should also try to persuade them, and some means can be taken when necessary."

Wang Sheng stood in front of a huge map, the horsewhip in his hand was like a baton in later generations, pointing on the map: "In the past, we were too poor, and every time we retreated, we had to take away all the bottles and cans as much as possible, but this time the situation in the Battle of Huguang was different, and we should not hesitate to break the bottles and cans, as long as we evacuated people safely, we would complete the task." ”

"Three generals, do you have to give up Hengyang and Changsha? The loss of Changsha may affect the morale of the army! ”

"Yes, we have been retreating and retreating for the past six months, and the soldiers are complaining."

"Sun Kewang is nothing remarkable, he has been fighting with the Western Army for a few months, we all know how many catties he has, let's him in Changsha!"

"Our department is willing to stick to Changsha and live and die with the city!"

"Our department is willing to stick to Hengyang, but if there is still a soldier, we will never let the western thieves enter the city!"

When Hubei was abandoned, many Chu generals couldn't figure it out, but the military order was difficult to disobey, so they had to carry out the order, and now they had to give up Changsha and Hengyang, and the generals immediately blew up the nest, the reason why the Chu army was called the Chu army was that the team pulled up on the land of Jing and Chu, Hubei was also gone, Hunan, especially the foundation of the Chu army, after several years of construction, Changsha to Hengyang became very prosperous, so it was handed over to Sun Kewang, and it was really unacceptable emotionally.

"The loss of Changsha will of course affect morale, but we still have Nanjing, Nanchang, Jiujiang, and Hangzhou, so many big cities, even if Changsha is lost, the sky will not fall." Wang Sheng said with a smile: "Changsha must be defended, but don't stick to it, Hengyang is the same reason, every time we take a step back now, the supply baggage of the Western Army will have to go one more step forward, and Sun Kewang will send one more soldier to guard his grain route, in this case, why don't we put the Western Army in and fight again, why do we have to stick to Changsha and Hengyang?" When the Western Army reaches the border of Hunan and Jiangxi, thinking that the overall situation has been decided, wouldn't it be good for us to launch a counteroffensive again? ”

The western army invaded Hunan from Guizhou, and the grain and grass supplies needed had to be transported over the heavy mountains and from the barren Guizhou, and if they went back to the distant future, most of them were transported from Yunnan farther away, such a long and bumpy and rugged supply line, the proportion of loss along the road must be very amazing, and a large number of troops were needed to guard, if the battle line of the western army continued to stretch, and when they attacked Jinggangshan on the border of Hunan and Jiangxi, they would run out of strength.

Now the retreat in great strides is for the future counteroffensive in great strides, since the beginning of the war, the Chu army has been constantly retreating backwards, and has been avoiding a decisive battle with the Western Army, Jingzhou can give up, Changsha can give up, Hubei can give up, Hunan can also give up, all in order to free up enough strategic depth, consume the offensive momentum of the Western Army, according to Wang Kefan's expectations, you can even put Sun Kewang into Jiangxi and then launch a counteroffensive, but according to the actual course of the campaign, Sun Kewang may not have the strength and courage, At most, if you hit the border of Hunan and Jiangxi, you will stop attacking.

"While our army is retreating, we must completely clear the wall, and we can no longer be like blocking Yinxi, in order to defend Changde, not only lost the gentleman's camp, but also left Sun Kewang with a whole few warehouses of food and military supplies, if it weren't for this, Yuezhou Mansion would not have lost it so quickly."

Wang Sheng said: "Now that the autumn harvest is approaching, the grain in the field that is too late to harvest must be burned, and some compensation can be given to the people, but there are private grain secretly left, all of them will be severely punished, and every grain eaten by the Western Army must be transported from Yunnan thousands of miles away." There is another one, although we do not fight for the gains and losses of one city and one place, but the Chu army will never leave Huguang, even if it hides in the ravine, it will have to deal with the western army to the end. ”

Tens of thousands of troops entered the mountains to fight guerrillas, not so easy to speak, but the Chu army had the advantage of being at home in Huguang, so Wang Sheng dared to say this, not to mention anything else, just Jinggangshan, a long-established base area, was enough to support his troops to stay in the mountains for half a year.

"When the Western Army reaches the border of Hunan and Jiangxi, should we launch a counteroffensive?" Someone asked.

"Don't worry, the Western Army is now in full swing, there is no need to fight hard with them, when they occupy the entire territory of Huguang, they will breathe a sigh of relief, and then consider a counteroffensive, besides, even if a counteroffensive is launched, it is not the best strategy to counterattack from the front......" Wang Sheng smiled, and some words were not finished.

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At the end of the autumn of the sixth year of Longwu, the Western Army made a major breakthrough on the Huguang battlefield, and after 50 days of fierce fighting, it finally captured Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province.

At the same time, Liu Wenxiu on the southern front also broke the deadlock and captured Lingling, the capital of Yongzhou, which the Chu army had held for half a year, and then led his troops to attack north, forming a two-sided attack on Hengyang.

At this point in the war, the fall of Hengyang is only a matter of time.

As long as you look at the map, you will understand that as Sun Kewang expands his troops step by step, Hengyang is like a shelled egg on the plate of the Western Army, which may be eaten by Sun Kewang at any time.

Despite this, there are still many enthusiastic viewers who hope that the Chu army can create a miracle, stick to the isolated city of Hengyang, and withstand the offensive of the Western army, such as the monk Kong Youde in Wuchang, Wu Sangui in Xuzhou, Su Guansheng in Guangdong, Wan Yuanji in Jiangxi, and even Zheng Chenggong in Xiamen, and Dolgon in Beijing...... For one reason or another, they did not want to see the Western Army occupy the entire territory of Huguang so easily.

There are still some prefectures and counties in the southeast of Hunan in the hands of the Chu army, such as Chenzhou, such as Youxian County, Chaling Prefecture and other places in the south of Changsha Prefecture, and some state capitals in Hubei are under the control of the Qing army and the Western Army, such as Wuchang Mansion controlled by the Qing Army, and the northern part of De'an Mansion, and Huangzhou Mansion controlled by the Chu Army, but in general, Hengyang is already the last big city of the Chu Army in Huguang, and if it is captured by the Western Army, it marks that the Western Army has become the biggest winner of the Battle of Huguang.

"Wang Sheng's guy is worse than Li Dingguo, what kind of battle is this?"

Kong Youde has been in trouble recently, and he has lost his temper more times than when he was trapped in Wuchang last year, slapping the table and scolding Wang Sheng, a mediocre general, Li Dingguo was also unfortunately shot: "Hunan is the nest of Chu thieves, and the soldiers of the three armies will definitely kill the enemy desperately in order to defend the Sangzi villagers, if I am replaced by Wang Sheng, at least I can hold Changsha, but he is defeated again and again, and now even Hengyang is in danger." ”

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