As Sun Kewang expected, the Chu army's counteroffensive on the Huguang battlefield was strong at first, but soon it became weak to follow-up, although the battle line was pushed back about 200 miles to the west, but only occupied some small prefectures and counties, and was helpless against strong cities such as Changsha and Hengyang, and the two sides temporarily formed a standoff.

The current battle line of the Chu army is thousands of miles long, only two hundred miles wide, extending from the south bank of the Yangtze River to the mountainous area of southern Hunan, like a spear erected, unable to pierce the defense line of the Western Army, but it lacks resilience and depth, Sun Kewang ordered all units of the Western Army to resolutely resist, while consuming the sharp energy of the Chu army, while dispatching troops, ready to eat these tens of thousands of Chu troops in one bite.

The only thing that worries him is the Guangxi battlefield.

According to the information sent by the scouts, it has been found that Tan Xiao, Zhou Guodong, Liu Fangliang, Dang Shousu and He Zhen and other several troops have been bannered, the total number of at least more than 50,000 people, there is no doubt that Huguang is the main battlefield of the decisive battle between the Chu army and the Western army, Guangxi is just an inconsequential battlefield, the Chu army sent tens of thousands of horses at once, so that Sun Kewang felt a little surprised.

In fact, the Fourth and Fifth Armies of the Western Expedition alone exceeded 50,000 people, plus the troops of Liu Fangliang, Dang Shousu and He Zhen, the total number of Chu troops entering Guangxi was as high as 80,000, but they managed to deceive the eyes of the Western Army scouts, making Sun Kewang underestimate their strength, let alone realize their true intentions.

"Tens of thousands of Chu thieves have entered Guangxi, what are they going to do?"

Sun Kewang repeatedly deduced the map, and finally concluded that the Chu army sent such a large army into Guangxi in order to counterattack Guilin and cut off the supply line from Guilin to Quanzhou and then into Hunan.

After Liu Wenxiu conquered Lingling in Yongzhou Prefecture, a considerable part of the grain and grass materials needed by the Western Army were transferred from Guangxi, and the grain transported from Yunnan and Guizhou was first sent to Guilin, and then loaded into ships and transported from Lingqu to Quanzhou, and then entered Xiaoshui in the upper reaches of the Xiangjiang River.

The soldiers will block, and the water will cover the earth.

Sun Kewang dispatched troops to strengthen the defense along the line from Guilin to Quanzhou, in addition to sending troops from Hunan to send reinforcements, and from the nearby Liuzhou Mansion and Qingyuan Mansion to reinforce Guilin, but Tan Xiao and Zhou Guodong captured Yangshuo, and did not attack Guilin, but marched westward and went straight to Liuzhou Mansion.

"The thief has a lot of appetite!"

Sun Kewang realized that his judgment at the beginning was wrong, the Chu army came to the real scene this time, not just to cut off a grain route, but to try to recover the entire territory of Guangxi, because the main force of the Western Army is in Huguang, Guangxi Province is relatively empty, the Chu army took this opportunity to counterattack Guangxi, which can be called a good move to avoid the real and the virtual, and it is implemented in specific tactics, after Tan Xiao and Zhou Guodong captured Yangshuo, they shook a shot at Guilin and killed Liuzhou, which was empty of troops, and it was indeed difficult to deal with.

"Wang Kefan uses military engineering to make small changes, but he is not an upright teacher. The Art of War: All fighters are in harmony, winning with odds, and complementing each other is the way to use soldiers, but Wang Kefan blindly goes off the rails, and sooner or later he will be defeated by me. Sun Kewang thought twice and decided that he could no longer be led by the nose by the Chu army.

Guangxi is already short of troops, if it is transferred back and forth by the Chu army, it is likely to expose flaws, fight a big defeat, and will also have an adverse impact on the Huguang battlefield, in this case, it is better to use the static brake, order all the prefectures and counties to hold behind closed doors, can hold the best, it doesn't matter if you can't hold it, with the purpose of delaying time, wait until the main force of the Western Army defeats Wang Sheng on the Huguang battlefield, and then free up your hands to come back to aid Guangxi.

Maping, the capital city of Liuzhou Mansion, is much stronger than the average county seat, as long as the defenders are closed, how can they hold out for ten days and half a month, Tan Xiao and Zhou Guodong want to fight Liuzhou, just go with them.

What Sun Kewang didn't expect was that Tan Xiao and Zhou Guodong's attack on Liuzhou was the real false shot, and their main force was still a hundred miles away from Ma Ping, so they quietly turned to the northwest and drilled into the 90,000 mountains.

At the same time, Liu Fangliang, Dang Shousu and He Zhen continued to march to Maping, and under the banner of Tan Xiao and Zhou Guodong, they divided their troops to attack Liucheng, Luorong, Xiangzhou and several other prefectures and counties.

The Ninety Thousand Mountains extend to the west and connect with the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau.

Out of the 90,000 mountains, you will enter the boundary of Guizhou.

"Qiqi two generals, there are Tusi soldiers blocking the road in front."

After receiving the report of the vanguard troops, Tan Xiao and Zhou Guodong came to the front of the army together, only to see an unknown pass on the narrow mountain road, one side is a cliff, one side is a steep hillside, the terrain is very dangerous, there is a plaque with mottled handwriting on the gate, which reads "Tiannan First Pass" several big characters, at this moment the door is closed, the wall is densely packed with native soldiers, led by a middle-aged man wearing a tiger skin felt fur, with a majestic tiger tail inserted in the back of his head, which should be the local toast.

"This Tusi is a person from Nan Xie Man, and he is also a confused guy with a brain in water, you say he is bold, he doesn't dare to let us pass, you say he is timid, he dares to lead a group of native soldiers to block the way of tens of thousands of troops."

Nan Xie Man is a big surname of Wuman, he did relevant homework before the Western Expeditionary Army, and all the generals knew their origins, Yuan Zongdi briefly introduced the situation, and then said: "I promised him two hundred taels of gold and fifty firearms, but he still refused to switch it on, so he had to let us go back the same way, it seems that he was afraid that after we passed the test, he would turn his face and not recognize anyone and kill him." ”

"It's excusable, I must be scared when I see so many soldiers and horses coming." Tan Xiao asked with a smile: "Why don't you scare him, show the name of our Chu army, and see if he dares to block the way." ”

"I told him as soon as I came up, but he didn't believe it at all, saying that he had never heard the names of Yuan Zongdi, Liu Tichun, Tan Xiao, and Zhou Guodong, he only recognized Wang Kefan and Wang Dashuai alone, unless Wang Junmen came in person, he would never turn it on."

Yuan Zongdi's expression was a little embarrassed, he was alone under Li Zicheng back then, his prestige was famous, and the world knew it, now no matter where he goes, as long as others hear his name, at least they will say that they have admired his name for a long time, who knows that today he finally met a person who did not buy it, and let Yuan Zongdi's good words and bad words be all spoken, and he resolutely refused to let him go.

"It seems that the name of our Chu army is not good in Guangxi, so let him know that he knows how powerful the Chu army is." Zhou Guodong also felt a little ridiculous, and said: "Pass on the general's order, prepare to attack, hum, just build a few broken stones, dare to call yourself the first pass in Tiannan, I want to see how long he can defend." ”

This so-called first pass in Tiannan is obviously a copycat, but the terrain here is indeed dangerous, the peaks next to the pass are made of bare large rocks, even if the town soldiers who are known as rock climbing and climbing like apes can't go up, they can only build some simple ladder ants attached to the attack, there will be a lot of casualties in this battle, if there is another choice, Zhou Guodong is not willing to fight this battle.

In order to reduce casualties and make preparations as solid as possible, Zhou Guodong passed down the order to transfer the musketeers with baby bumps up, and they provided fire cover, and ordered people to build more ladders and crash wood, ready to directly hit the door open, everyone was busy, and the commander of the artillery regiment, Qin Jianong, ran over in a hurry.

"Hey, isn't it just this stone wall, let me shoot him twice and make sure to smash it open."

"You still have a cannon?" Tan Xiao turned his head sharply, stared at him and asked.

"Hey, I've brought two little ones." Qin Jianong shrank his neck and explained with a hippie smile: "It is not easy for our artillery regiment to save some money, this time it was all thrown in Hunan, I discussed it with the brothers, and felt that it would definitely be useful to go to Guizhou cannon, so I found a way to bring two little guys." ”

"Nonsense!" Tan Xiao glared: "There is no three-foot flat land in Guizhou, and the soldiers don't even dare to bring iron armor, but you brought me two cannons of thousands of catties!" Okay, your Qin Ganong is not small, you can actually carry two cannons over the 90,000 mountains, how about it, the strength of this journey is not small. ”

"It's a lot of work. I brought four cannons with me, but two of them tumbled into the ravine and broke one of my brothers' legs. Qin Jianong made an honest appearance, but his eyes turned around, secretly looking at Tan Xiao's expression.

"Why didn't you break your dog's leg? Let me tell you, the roads in Guizhou are more difficult to walk than here, and I am not allowed to bring a single cannon, and I am pushed into the ravine...... Well, wait, first blast this Tiannan first pass for me, and it's worth your hard work. ”

"Cannons can't be thrown! Look, isn't that useful......"

Qin Jianong's babbling continued to speak, Tan Xiao, Zhou Guodong and others ignored him, and after a while, the two three-pounder guns were pushed into combat positions, and after completing the preparation for firing, they suddenly roared.

"Bang! Bang! ”

The heavy cannonball rushed out of the barrel, trembling, slowly flying to the first pass of Tiannan, this is the unique ballistic trajectory of the solid cannonball, it seems to be slow and fast, and contains a huge impact, a cannonball hit the battlement, the masonry splashed and collapsed in half, a cannonball just hit the gate, the wooden-clad iron door made a huge sound that made people sore, and the plaque on the pass shook and fell to the ground and fell into pieces.

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