Whether the discord plan can succeed is not whether the parties are successful, the most important thing is whether the surrounding relevant people are successful, and then affect the parties, so that even if the parties are suspicious, then the discord plan will be successful for the most part.

How to separate the relationship between Wu Sangui and the Qing Dynasty court, everyone discussed for a long time, and each expressed their opinions.

According to the opinions of Qian Bangqi and others, of course, the parties concerned must be convinced by the divisive plan, and they can send envoys to lobby Wu Sangui, if they agree to submit to obedience, it is fine, if they cannot be submitted, they can be made public, and the relationship between Wu Sangui and the Qing court can be separated.

As a traverser, Yang Lin of course knew that the relationship between Wu Sangui and the Qing court was nothing more than an alliance of interests, if the interests were still there, of course the alliance would still exist, and if the interests disappeared, then the alliance would collapse.

Wu Sangui fought in the north and south for the Qing court, in order to be prosperous and wealthy with his generals, Wu Sangui and Nanming faced off in the north and south of central Sichuan for more than ten years in history, not completely because Wu Sangui was not strong, and the self-respecting part of raising Kou was also very large.

Now listening to Qian Bangxin to send an envoy to lobby Wu Sangui, Yang Lin knew that the difficulty would be successful, thought about it for a long time, and decided to come up with a plan.

When Wu Sangui was hesitating to advance and retreat from Luoshui Valley, he suddenly heard the visit of the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, and was shocked, and said to Fang Guangchen on his side: "The mud of the Ming Dynasty has been on the wall, and it has already been a walking corpse, and now it is really hateful to want to come to harm this king." ”

Fang Guangchen is the son of Fang Yizao, a scholar of the first auxiliary university of the Wanli Dynasty, and has complicated feelings for the Ming Dynasty, so he thought about it and said: "Lord, having said that, the world is unpredictable?

A few years ago, how could I have imagined that the Qing Dynasty would be able to enter the Central Plains?

Although the Ming Dynasty is still alive and well, Yang Lin I is heroic and has not been able to turn things around. ”

Wu Sangui waved his hand, shook his head and said, "Yang Lin is a hero, needless to say, but he is not as miraculous as everyone says.

On the same day, the Qing army entered Sichuan, Haoge arrogantly divided his troops and rushed forward, although the killing of Zhang Xianzhong led to the collapse of the 100,000 Western Army, but the collapse of the Great Western Army fled to the rear of the Qing army, affecting the safety of its rear road.

Haoge didn't know how powerful it was, so he continued to march forward and fought with the volunteers under the city of Shunqing.

The hills of northern Sichuan stretch endlessly, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Shunqing City is surrounded by water on three sides and can only be reached by the north road, so the cavalry advantage of the Qing army is lost, why is it undefeated? ”

Fang Guangchen was shocked, his face was full of admiration, he had not figured out why the Qing army had been defeated for several months, and now when he heard Wu Sangui say this, he suddenly realized, and nodded yes again and again.

Wu Sangui looked very proud, and said with a smile: "After the battle of Shunqing, the Qing army was like a frightened bird, after the two armies in Lizhou, although the situation was stable on the surface, but the people in central Sichuan rebelled, and the army was completely dependent on Hanzhong for supplies. ”

Fang Guangchen nodded in agreement, but the battle of Hanzhong is incomprehensible, it stands to reason that the Qing army has already gained a firm foothold in Hanzhong for several months, but after the volunteers entered Sichuan, they were defeated again in successive battles, and lost most of Hanzhong in less than a few months?

Wu Sangui sighed and said: "Brother Fang, Yang Lin is good at using soldiers, and he is even better at training, the morale of the volunteers is strong, and the combat power is strong, not to mention the soldiers and horses of the green battalion, even if they encounter my Guanning soldiers and horses, it will be difficult to defeat the enemy."

The army of the expedition to the west relied on only the Manmeng Eight Banners, and when it was heard that the battle was fought that day, Yang Lin sent scouts to a distance of 20 miles, and the Qing army had already been lined up before it was assembled, just waiting for the enemy to attack.

The Qing army thought that the cavalry was invincible in the world on the plains, and they did not consider that the morale of the volunteers had plummeted just a few months ago, and they did not consider that the volunteers had already completed the formation with the help of the terrain, and Tunqita was even more arrogant, and took the lead in attacking before the heavy infantry arrived.

The two sides held each other, the Qing army attacked in an all-round way, and Yang Lin strengthened the frontal raid at the same time.

During this period, Duoduo and Wu Sangui sent troops to cross the Han River several times, but they were discovered by the volunteers, and after a fierce battle, they were routed by the volunteers.

When the plan failed, Duoduo sent the general Zhao Liangdong to lead the department to attack Calcium County, but it was even for Jing Keqin's department.

Duoduo wanted to cross the Han River from Xixiang County downstream, and the situation was quite critical for a while, but fortunately, Liao Qifang led his troops to kill, and Wang Fuchen led the naval army to break through the pontoon bridge established by the Qing army, so that most of the Qing army was killed and wounded.

Liaise with friendly forces, attack from the flanks, and cut off the Qing army's food routes.

Prior to this, Wang Guangxing, the commander-in-chief of the former army in Xiangyang, was appointed by Emperor Yongli as the commander of Yunxiang, and the former generals of the Great Western Army, He Zhen and Liu Tichun, were stationed in Xing'an County downstream, and now they can come in handy.

Looking at the staff officers handing over the information of Wang Guangxing, He Zhen, Liu Tichun and others, he shook his head and said: "Everyone, why does the emperor not know his relatives like this?"

What is the merit of this Wang Guangxing and others, they were appointed as the governor of Xiangyang and Yunyang.

I waited for the wind to eat and sleep, and fought with the Tartars many times, but in the end, only I had a marquis title on my head, and everyone had not yet been knighted.

Everyone shook their heads again and again and said: "My lord, we will follow the general around, and it will be smoother than any marquis, so why should we offend others."

Yang Lin smiled and sighed: "In this case, in the name of the governor of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu, you can send an envoy to Hezhen Camp to ask him to lead his troops to re-enter Xing'an Prefecture and support our army."

Ordered Liu Tichun and Wang Guangxing to lead the army to attack in the direction of Xiangyang and contain the Tartars.

Zhao Ronggui was shocked, looked at Yang Lin and said, "My lord, why did you ask He Zhen for soldiers, but why did you use orders for Liu Tichun and Wang Guangxing?"

You need to know that this Liu Tichun and Wang Guangxing are not under the control of the governor of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu. ”

Yang Lin smiled without saying a word, looked at his staff, and asked, "Everyone, let's talk about it, why does this governor insist on doing this?" ”

Everyone in the tent was stunned, and only a scholar in his thirties got up and replied: "On that day, the Lord led his troops to retreat to Pengzhou, if it weren't for He Zhen's defeat of the Great Western Army, temporarily relieving the pressure on the volunteers, the Lord was grateful for He Zhen's righteous deeds, so he treated him with courtesy." ”

Looking up closely, it turned out to be Liu Xuanben (Wu Sangui's staff in history), and said with a smile: "Since this is the case, then why do I give orders to Liu Wang and the others at every turn?" ”

Liu Xuanben was overjoyed in his heart, and arched his hand: "Back to my lord, Liu Tichun, Wang Guangxing and others were originally reckless and unruly, if they don't understand the relationship first, I am afraid that in the future, the two of them will lead their troops to flee to other places."

In addition, Wang Guangxing and Liu Tichun both claimed to have 20,000 soldiers and horses, but that was the number of traffickers and pawns, the old, the weak, the sick, the disabled, women, children and children, and the number of soldiers and horses that they could really kill the enemy was only thousands, and the most elite soldiers and horses were counted. ”

Yang Lin was overjoyed, and immediately ordered Liu Xuanben to go to He Zhen, Liu Tichun and other departments to mobilize soldiers and horses to cut off the grain route of the Qing army.

The envoy had just set off less than five days ago, and on this day Yang Lin was inspecting the defense line of the Han River, in which the Qing army had crossed the Han River many times, but was defeated by the volunteers stationed at the ferry, and now the two sides had been facing each other across the river for more than ten days.

During this time, the Sichuan Navy arrived one after another, although they drove the civilian boats they collected, they established three naval camps together with the infantry army, so that the defensive pressure on the front was slightly eased.

By the middle of December of this year, news came from He Zhen and Liu Tichun that He Zhen and Liu Tichun had accepted the reorganization and were now leading troops and horses to attack Ningshan County in the Meridian Road and cut off the Meridian Road.

It turned out that He Zhen and others retreated to eastern Sichuan, and suddenly heard that the volunteers and the Tartars were fighting in Hanzhong, and He Zhen sent people to contact Liu Tichun and others in order to enter Hanzhong.

Since the defeat and flight to eastern Sichuan last year, this suffering can be imagined, not to mention that the mountains around eastern Sichuan are much higher than those encountered in Hanzhong.

In addition, in this deep mountain, all kinds of materials are scarce, although everyone is ploughing, but the grain production in the field is very small, and there is not enough to eat.

There was really no way, He Zhen had to arrange for everyone to go out to hunt game, so that although they could improve their lives a little, it was not the same as eating meat and drinking wine in Hanzhong and Xing'an Prefecture in the past.

Now when they heard that the Volunteers and the Tartars were fighting in Hanzhong, everyone was eager to try it one by one.

On this day, He Zhen asked Liu Tichun and others to discuss the matter of defecting to the volunteers.

At this time, a messenger under the village who claimed to be Yang Lin, the governor of Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu, He Zhen was overjoyed, and hurriedly opened the door of the village and welcomed Liu Xuanchu into the hall.

After everyone sat down separately, Liu Xuanchu handed over Yang Lin's handwritten letter after explaining his intentions, and He Zhen was overjoyed after reading it: "Yang Lin is really a hero in the world, I can't imagine that he has defeated the Tartars to recover the land of Hanzhong, which is really gratifying."

I won't tell you the truth, after my brother heard that Yang Lin defeated the Tartars, everyone was so happy that they didn't close their eyes for a few days, even if Mr. didn't come, I would lead the army to go. ”

Hearing He Zhen say this, Liu Xuanchu secretly pondered to himself, it seems that the matter of inviting soldiers can be appropriate.

After thinking of this, Liu Xuanchu said: "General He values my family so much, congratulations.

General He, do you know that my family is quite different from others when they lead troops to fight?

He Zhen was stunned, shook his head and said, "Sir's teachings, we are willing to listen to them."

Liu Xuanchu arched his hand to the surroundings and said: "General He, all the generals only see the high salary of our volunteers, and see that the soldiers of our volunteers are strong enemies, and you don't know why our volunteers are so strong.

Everyone may have heard of Qi Jiajun, my family takes Qi Jiajun as a model, and the blue is better than the blue. All soldiers must be able to endure hardships, and it is not a problem to travel 100 miles a day and 80 miles at night.

All the soldiers are proficient in one or two unique skills, eighteen kinds of weapons, and have a lot of experience.

All the soldiers must obey the order, the officers and men of the three armies, the order, even if there are rivers and cliffs in front, everyone does not frown, and all of them move forward bravely.

All lieutenant generals and colonels in the army participated in the six-month study of the Armed Forces Hall, and all those who came out were reborn and led the troops to fight, which can be said to be invincible

…….”

He Zhen, Liu Tichun and others were amazed: "It turns out that it is so troublesome to train elite soldiers, and it takes so much effort.

Mr. Liu, we also have more than 1,000 pro-soldiers, and we think that they are quite elite, but they are just strong and brave people who are not afraid of death, so there is a lot of difference between them and the Governor's volunteers.

This volunteer is more strict in selecting than picking a son-in-law, where is this selection of so many people?

As the saying goes, Ci is not in charge of the army, righteousness is not in charge of money, and it is too unbelievable to ask the generals below to participate in the study of the martial arts hall.

In addition, all the artillerymen in the army have studied private school for two years, and they have to participate in three months of training, which is incredible. ”

Liu Xuanchu said with a smile: "General He, General Liu, so General Zhao Ronggui commanded more than 10,000 troops, and finally selected 2,000 soldiers and horses."

After the training, Zhao Ronggui's 2,000 soldiers and horses were far above the 10,000 troops in the past. ”

He Zhen was shocked: "Oh, this, isn't this too strict, basically to the point of elite soldiers, I now have 30,000 horses, including more than 20,000 old, weak, women and children who are disabled and sick, and only these 10,000 horses can go to the battlefield." “”

Liu Xuanchu smiled, shook his head and said, "General He, although you have tens of thousands of soldiers, you must always leave some people to guard the backyard." If you are accidentally served by someone else, I am afraid that General He will resent my family at that time. ”

He Zhen was slightly stunned, looked at Liu Xuanchu and said, "General Liu, how many troops do you want to invite this time?" ”

Liu Xuanchu said with a smile: "General He has tens of thousands of elite soldiers, of course we don't dare to ask General He to take them all." General Wakaga has 3,000 elite armor soldiers joining our Volunteer Army, and I think we will be very happy. ”

He Zhen shook his head and said with a smile: "Mr. Liu, I have 30,000 soldiers and horses, of which 10,000 can be called elite, if only 3,000 people are mobilized, is it too little." ”