"After all, the western thief is too fierce, and no one thought of it beforehand."

Shang Kexi was far-sighted and took precautions to consider the future situation: "If the western thieves occupy Hunan, the momentum will have surpassed the Chu thieves, Sun Kewang Zhu Cihuan, like Wang Kefan, is the same as the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and he will be a big trouble for the imperial court in the future, and after he takes Hengyang, most of them will use troops against Hubei in order to occupy the entire territory of Huguang, you and my brother bear the brunt, you and my brother must bear the brunt, we must be guarded against!" ”

Kong Youde smiled coldly: "There are a thousand days to be a thief, there is no thousand days to prevent thieves, when Sun Kewang comes to attack Wuchang, we can't prevent it if we want to, it's better to strike first." ”

Shang Kexi thought for a moment and nodded in agreement: "What Brother Wang said is very true, Li Dingguo took advantage of my unpreparedness to seize De'an Mansion and Chengtian Mansion, and now it should be returned, so let's do it, you and my brother will jointly ask Tan Tai to send troops to attack De'an Mansion and join our army under Xiaogan City." ”

The Western Army had just occupied Sichuan and Guangxi, and then took Huguang, so it was reasonable to stop and rest, digest the territory just occupied, and accumulate enough strength before launching the next offensive.

As for the verbal alliance between the Western Army and the Qing Army, it is not worth mentioning in the face of actual interests, and the monk Kong Youde believes that just in order to master the golden waterway of the Yangtze River and link Sichuan and Huguang, Sun Kewang will not hesitate to tear up the alliance agreement that did not exist in the first place, and send troops to attack Wuchang and Hanyang.

After occupying Huguang, looking north at the Central Plains and overlooking the south of the Yangtze River, he will grasp the initiative of the overall situation, Sun Kewang should consider unifying the sea at that time, what will be the reaction of Beijing, which is beyond the reach of the whip, who cares?

For the sake of the eternal foundation of the Qing Dynasty and for the sake of their own safety and future, Kong Youde and Shang Kexi could not watch the Western Army move from one victory to the next, not only beating the Chu Army to the point that they had no power to fight back, but also the threat to the Qing Dynasty was getting bigger and bigger.

In fact, there was a conflict between the Western Army and the Qing Army a few days ago, Li Dingguo sent troops to attack the Qing Army, captured Zhongxiang, Anlu, Yingcheng and Xiaogan Duzhou County in one fell swoop, and snatched most of the territory of Chengtianfu and De'anfu.

But not long ago, Tan Tai led the army from Henan to the south, easily opened the three passes of Yiyang that the Chu army had abandoned, and the Qing army regained the advantage of strength in this local area of Hubei, they sent people to negotiate with Li Dingguo many times, but Li Dingguo did not enter the oil and salt, that is, he refused to give up Xiaogan, Anlu and Yingcheng and other prefectures and counties, so that Tan Tai and Kong Youde were divided into two parts, and Henan's grain and grass and reinforcements wanted to be transported to Wuchang, all of which had to pass through Li Dingguo's territory, all kinds of inconvenience, all kinds of insecurity, and often plucked by the other party. The Qing army had long been holding their breath.

"The southerners are the most cunning, and it is useless to reason with them, only to speak with a knife."

Tan Tai received a secret letter from the monk Kong Youde, and readily agreed to send troops, he led tens of thousands of troops to the south, in order to seize Hubei, to achieve Dolgon's grand plan to divide the river and rule, since Li Dingguo has been unwilling to give up Chengtianfu and De'an Mansion, just gave the Qing army a reason to go to war.

The left and right staff persuaded: "The general is entrusted by the regent of the imperial father, and leads the troops of the country to the south (the Manchu Qing Dynasty is now insufficient, and the tens of thousands of horses brought by Tan Tai are indeed the soldiers of the country), every move must be cautious, the Chu thief withdrew from Hubei too quickly, and even the natural danger of Yiyang Sanguan was easily abandoned, which clearly and secretly concealed tricks, intending to drive the tiger and devour wolf, provoking our army and the western thief to fight, the general is to start a war with the western thief, is it the first to make a break, please ask the imperial father and the regent to decide? ”

"No need, when Li Dingguo attacked our army and seized Xiaogan, Yingcheng, and Zhongxiang City, did he compromise his father and regent in advance? Tens of thousands of my troops were stopped by him at the border of Hubei, and he could not cooperate with Tun Bu'er to attack the Chu thieves in time, and if he delayed the warplane, it would ruin the plan of the imperial father and the regent. ”

Tan Tai did not accept the advice of the staff, but after thinking about it, he still instructed the envoy of the monk Kong Youde: "The meaning of the imperial father regent is to take the Han River as the boundary, and divide Hubei equally with the western thieves, I have always kept my promises, although the western thieves provoked first, it is not appropriate to rush to kill them all, after winning this battle, drive the western thieves to the west bank of the Han River to collect the troops, go back and tell you that the two princes should focus on the overall situation, do not expand the war without authorization, otherwise the imperial father regent will be blamed, and the general will not be able to protect it." ”

Although Tan Tai was determined to fight a battle with the Western Army, he did not plan to start a full-scale war with the Western Army, after all, from the overall strategic point of view, the Qing Army needed to maintain this kind of alliance with different dreams, for the Qing Army, Jingzhou and other places in the west of Hubei were not of great value, after driving Li Dingguo to the west bank of the Han River, Tan Tai was ready to attack Huangzhou Mansion, open up the connection with Anhui, drive the Chu army to the south bank of the Yangtze River, and set up the framework for dividing the river and governing it as soon as possible, which is the most important thing.

After the Qing army opened the three passes of Yiyang, it has been blocked by De'an Mansion and cannot go south, just like a dammed lake has been gathering momentum for a long time, after Tan Tai ordered the attack, he immediately attacked De'an Mansion and Chengtian Mansion unstoppably, and defeated the Western Army one after another.

Suizhou is lost!

Anlu is lost!

The city is lost!

Xiaogan is lost!

Tan Tai, Kong Youde, and Shang Kexi finally met in Xiaogan.

Li Dingguo's remaining troops withdrew to Zhong Xiang on the east bank of the Han River, persisted in resistance, and it seemed that there was only one last step left before being driven to the west bank of the Han River.

Take advantage of the victory and chase it!

The Qing army marched in unison and rushed straight to Zhongxiang.

In the absence of the cooperation of the naval division, in the face of the Qing army pressed by large soldiers, Li Dingguo was very cautious to place the main force west of the Han River, so as not to be attacked by the other side, the whole army was in a desperate situation, and there were fewer troops on the east bank, which could be fought or withdrawn, and the tactics were much more flexible.

Zhongxiang is the capital city of Chengtianfu, the largest and strongest of the several cities on the east bank of the Han River, which can not only hold on to the city, but also withdraw from the Han River at any time when the war situation is unfavorable. The battle is only a special case under specific conditions, under normal circumstances, the army without worries can play a higher combat effectiveness, after the Western Army retreated to Zhongxiang, it finally came up with real skills, and the city was held extremely stable, the Qing army returned several fierce attacks in vain, Tan Tai, Kong Youde and Shang Kexi personally went to the front line to supervise the battle, but they were never able to set foot on the city of Zhongxiang.

"Li Dingguo, how can he become able to fight as soon as he meets the Qing soldiers? Look at the layout of this city defense, it is not under you and me. Kong Youde asked Cangtian speechlessly, why did the unlucky things happen to him, Li Dingguo performed so badly when he fought Jingzhou at the beginning, but now he suddenly became so powerful.

"Li Dingguo's guy is probably good at defending but not good at attacking, and he is still a second-rate general after all, but if he is better than you and me, he is still a little hot, I have been holding on to Wuchang and Hanyang for more than a year, fighting alone, and there are enemies on all sides, but Zhong Xiang can get the support of the west bank of the Han River, and the equipment for defending the city is more tightly arranged, which is also reasonable." Shang Kexi's evaluation of Li Dingguo has been raised by a notch, and his ability to defend the city is only a little worse than that of first-class generals like him and Kong Youde, but it is a pity that he is not good at defending and attacking, and his highest achievement is a second-rate general.

"If you really can't do it, just give Zhong Xiang to Li Dingguo, the holy decree of the imperial father regent has arrived, and he ordered me to stop fighting with the Western Thieves as soon as possible." Tan Tai was ready to give up, in his opinion, Zhongxiang District has nothing to do with the overall situation, it is the right thing to free up his hands to attack Huangzhou Mansion as soon as possible, and the upper echelons of the Western Army and the Manchu Qing Dynasty are ready to cease fighting, after all, everyone is still an ally, even if there is some friction, there is no need to fight you to the death.

"If you don't take Zhong Xiang, it's always like a man's back, please let the general let me for another five days, if I can't capture Zhong Xiang within five days, I will withdraw my troops and negotiate peace." If Zhong Xiang is controlled by the Western Army, he will lay a nail on the east bank of the Han River, from Xiangyang Mansion to Chengtian Mansion to De'an Mansion, all under the threat of Zhong Xiang, if you want to build a solid defense line, you will have to spend many more efforts.

Try again, try again, Li Dingguo is just a second-rate general, maybe another onslaught, you can beat him down.

……

Tan Tai, Kong Youde, and Shang Kexi sent troops to attack Li Dingguo, and when the news reached Xuzhou, Wu Sangui was overjoyed.

"Tan Tai and Kong Youde stabbed the thief in the back? Good! Good! Good! I finally heard a good news, congratulations, when the big white is floating! "Wu Sangui has been under a lot of pressure recently, watching the Western Army's frequent successes, capturing one state capital after another, just like a shareholder encountering a stock market crash, watching his stock be green every day, a strong man with a heart to break his wrist, stop loss out, and worry that the next moment will rebound sharply.

The Western Army's successes were frequent.

The Qing army's successes were frequent.

Sun Kewang is invincible.

Daniel Zhang and Zhao Liangdong were invincible.

Wu Sangui regretted it very much, if he had sent troops to attack Jianghuai, he would definitely have made a lot of money now, and he would have gained both fame and fortune, but it was a pity that he did not send troops at the wrong time, and then he became more and more passive, the Chu army was too bad, and the expected sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight turned into a feast for the territory of the Chu army.

Troops now? It's too late.

Wu Sangui used strong self-control to suppress the idea of sending troops to get a piece of the pie.

He would rather be hungry than wait for a better opportunity.

Now it seems that the opportunity is finally coming.

Tan Tai, Kong Youde, and Shang Kexi sent troops to attack Li Dingguo, Li Dingguo, a mediocre general, will definitely not be able to resist, and will inevitably be like Sun Kewang asking for help, Sun Kewang will divide his troops to rescue Hubei, and the Hunan war situation will be restored to balance, and the Chu army will get a chance to breathe, maybe it will be able to turn back the situation, and Wu Sangui's long-awaited sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight will soon become a reality.

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