Unlike Kong Youde and Shang Kexi, who were dedicated to serving the Qing Dynasty, Wu Sangui and the Qing court already had suspicions, so he hoped that the Qing army, the Western Army and the Chu army would fight for three defeats, so that he could wait for the price and sell, and make the rudder with the wind.

"The Chu army was able to defeat Jierharang's army under the city of Nanjing, which shows that the strength is not bad, and now it has suffered a small setback in Huguang, but it is bound to plan a counteroffensive in secret, this king can conclude that since the war in Hubei has started, the war in Hunan will inevitably take a turn, and Sun Kewang will soon divide his troops to the north to rescue Li Dingguo, and he is temporarily unable to capture Hengyang."

Wu Sangui was very concerned about the Huguang war situation, and every battle report was carefully studied, because Sun Kewang's performance was too dazzling, and Li Dingguo was unexpectedly frustrated when he attacked Jingzhou, so Wu Sangui, like Kong Youde and Shang Kexi, did not have a high evaluation of Li Dingguo.

The heavy pressure for many days was swept away, Wu Sangui was relieved, and smiled easily at the left and right henchmen: "If the Chu army launches a counteroffensive from Hengyang, it will inevitably take Changsha first, and then Yueyang, so as to seize the dock port of the Yangtze River and restore contact with the friendly forces downstream. ”

In the end, Wu Sangui sold another pass, and his left and right henchmen made amusement, some said that the imperial court and the prince would inevitably destroy the withering and decaying, and some said that the Chu thief was fierce and invincible, anyway, no one dared to call the Chu thief Chu Jun like Wu Sangui.

"The soldiers are in danger, the victory or defeat is unpredictable, it is indeed possible who wins and who loses in this battle, but according to the king, in the end, it is most likely that the Chu army wins......"

Wu Sangui carefully analyzed the truth for everyone, although the Chu army was fighting against the water, but they had a strong sailor as a backing, and relying on the Yangtze River turned into an advantage, which can be said to be invincible.

The Chu army could increase its troops if it wanted to, and it could even directly increase its troops from Nanjing, which was thousands of miles away.

If you want to retreat, you will retreat, and retreat to the south of the Yangtze River by boat, no matter how powerful the Qing army is, you can only look at the river and sigh.

If you want to land, you can land anywhere between Wuchang and Anqing, harass the rear flank of the Qing army, cut off the supply lines of the Qing army, divide and outflank it, and do whatever you want, so that the Qing army is overwhelmed.

If you want to delay time, you can drag out time, the grain and grass supply of the Qing army has to be transported to the front line from the rear with great difficulty, but the Chu army occupies the main artery of the Yangtze River waterway, and two boats of grain are sent from Nanjing at will, which is enough for tens of thousands of troops to eat for a month.

"What the prince said is extremely true, fighting in the south of the Yangtze River, especially along the Yangtze River, having a naval division is like a tiger with wings, and it is difficult to move an inch without a naval division." Xia Guoxiang said with emotion: "If the imperial court can't rebuild a powerful naval division that is enough to compete with the Chu army, I am afraid that pacifying Jiangnan will be the moon in the water, and the flower in the mirror, no matter how many soldiers and horses are sent, it will be in vain in the end." ”

"Ah! This king also thinks so, otherwise why have I been standing still in Xuzhou? The imperial court ordered me to recover Jianghuai, but Jianghuai is as dense as Jiangnan, and without a water division, this battle cannot be fought. ”

There are only three or four of the most trusted henchmen on the left and right, and Wu Sangui no longer hides it, and says his true thoughts: "If you want to pacify Jiangnan, you must have a sailor, but the current situation of the imperial court is categorically unable to come up with such a large amount of money, so the pacification of Jiangnan is far away, just like the battle of Huangzhou Mansion, the Chu army is already invincible, in this case, why do we have to fight to the death with the Chu army and offend Wang Kefan and the people of Jiangnan?" ”

Speaking of which, Xia Guoxiang and others all understand in their hearts, the world is in chaos, the heroes are competing for the deer, the Chu army has been invincible, but the Qing court has staked the last family funds up, and the most that is won is to rule by dividing the river, in case this battle is lost, the consequences are even more unimaginable, at this time, if you still work for the Qing court wholeheartedly, wouldn't it be a brain into the water and a way to die?

"In that case, when will I raise the banner of rebellion and fight back?" There is a henchman who can't hold back, picking out the thoughts that everyone hasn't said, it's not easy to be a traitor, Wu Sangui's troops have a good reputation now, if possible, many people still hope that one day they can return to Shanhaiguan and be upright in the future.

"You're still short-sighted."

Wu Sangui shook his head, revealing a smile of "you are still too immature", and said: "Although Wang Kefan has been invincible, he is not able to go north in three or five years, as the saying goes, northerners ride horses, southerners take boats, and the Chu army may not be the opponent of the Eight Banners in the north, and the tiger and wolf of the western army are on the side, Wang Kefan is also unable to seek Jiangbei, just like the battle of Huangzhou Mansion, although the Chu army can win, most of them are victorious in hard battles, and even a miserable victory that outweighs the losses. Even if Tan Tai and Kong Youde are defeated by the Chu army, they should be able to retreat with their whole body. ”

He paused for a moment, and then said: "The current situation, the most beneficial thing for us is to maintain the situation unchanged, the imperial court wants to divide the river and rule, it must take me as the southeast barrier, the military needs money and food, and respond to requests, the Chu army is unable to go north, and it has to compete with the western army for the imperial court. ”

Xia Guoxiang and others were shocked, Wu Sangui's words, faintly revealed a pair of ambitions that have never been explicitly said to people, if Wu Sangui has been attached to the Qing court to suck blood, over time, it will inevitably be the lord of the weak and the strong, become the Wang Kefan of the Qing Dynasty, if the Western Army and the Chu Army fight again, then there will be an extra "Wu" banner in the world.

In this case, the possibility is not small!

After every stable dynasty in history, there will be a chaotic era of decades to more than a hundred years, and the last one who unifies the world is often not one of the heroes, but one of their subordinates. For example, the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, but in the end, the Three Kingdoms returned to Jin, and Cao Cao's subordinate Sima won the world, and for example, at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, Huang Chao's soldiers were defeated and died, and his subordinate Zhu Wen won the world, and now it has come to the chaotic times at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

"Accumulate grain, slow down the king......" Xia Guoxiang secretly praised Wu Sangui's old spicy in his heart, he forbears in Xuzhou, and secretly agrees with the practice of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, and may really be able to achieve great things in the future.

At this time, there was an urgent report from the 800-mile fast horse outside the door, Wu Sangui suspended the discussion, presented it and took a look, suddenly the muscles on his face twisted violently, and his expression was strange, as if he had been slapped in public, shocked and angry.

Xia Guoxiang and the others wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask, and after a long time, Wu Sangui gently threw the urgent report on the ground, and sighed: "The old man has calculated everything, but he still misses one thing...... Alas, I didn't expect that the great foundation of the Chu Army would be lost in the hands of Wang Sheng! ”

His tone was full of regret, and people who didn't know the inside story saw it and thought that this Qing prince who wore a flower feather was a righteous man who opposed the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty.

Xia Guoxiang bent down to pick up the urgent report and looked at it, it was written clearly, the Chu army held Hengyang for two months, and gradually lost under Sun Kewang's continuous onslaught, the western army suddenly stopped the offensive a few days ago, and at the same time opened a hole in the east of the Hengyang encirclement, a typical siege of three que, the Chu army in the city took the opportunity to break through, was pursued and killed by the western army from behind, and fled into the mountains on the border of Hunan and Jiangxi in defeat, Sun Kewang's soldiers captured Hengyang without blood.

"Wang Sheng's erector, escape from the battle, you can be killed!"

"Wang Sheng may not be in the city, maybe he has already fled far away, alas, the Chu army uses this person as a commander, how can he not be defeated?"

"Hengyang fell, the Chu thieves have no foothold in Hunan, they can only retreat to Jiangxi and Guangdong, the Huangzhou Mansion is alone in the north of the river, and the destruction is only in the evening, the prince, if the West thieves occupy the whole territory of Huguang, the situation is very different, if Sun Kewang's army goes down the river, Nanjing can only open the city and surrender!"

Xia Guoxiang and others analyzed the severity of the loss of Hengyang clearly, the Chu army was based on the land of Hunan and Chu, and now it has fallen into the hands of the Western Army, and the officers and soldiers of the three armies will inevitably be in turmoil, just like the roots of a towering tree are cut off, and it will fall down immediately, thus breaking the balance of the situation.

After the Western Army occupied the entire territory of Huguang, what should be done next to attack Guangdong? What about attacking Jiangxi? The Chu army can't defeat the Western Army in its own lair, and if it divides its troops to defend Guangdong and Jiangxi, it will definitely lose faster, and if it doesn't do it well, it will be defeated by the Western Army, and it will collapse.

Navy? It is true that the Chu army has the advantage of a naval division, but after the Western Army occupies Hunan, it can bypass the Yangtze River and outflank Nanzhili from Jiangxi and Guangdong, so that the naval division of the Chu army will become an ornament.

"Sun Kewang, a generation of famous generals, the old man is ashamed." Wu Sangui's mood calmed down slightly, re-combing the process of the Battle of Huguang, the more he deduced from the beginning, the more he admired Sun Kewang, he launched an attack from the Xuefeng Mountain Area that others never expected, and it only took more than half a year to defeat the once invincible Chu army and occupy the entire territory of Huguang.

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