readx; "Brother Dingguo, do you think the Portuguese are really that powerful? The Holy One is too polite to them! In the government office of the mountain city of Chongqing, Li Laiheng read the flying pigeon that had just come from Beijing, and said a little unconvinced, "I still don't believe it, what is the 'Andalusian horse', is it better than our Dawan horse's foot strength?" ”

Li Dingguo smiled slightly: "Not only war horses, but also cannons and warships." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoYou have always seen the power of the Hongyi cannon, the saint said that the main cannon on the battleship is larger in caliber than the Hongyi cannon and can hit farther. If the officers and troops can be equipped with such artillery in large quantities, why not build a capturing city. Another advantage of warships is that they are flexible and maneuverable. For example, if the captives come to attack the Shanhaiguan, the warships can choose a suitable position at sea and open artillery bombardment, and the Tartars have no power to fight back. ”

"The saint has good intentions, but the price of these five million taels of silver is indeed too great." Chen Tiangong sighed, "Those of us who are ministers should share our worries for the saints, put down the rebellion in the southwest as soon as possible, and restore normal taxation." Otherwise, the Holy Lord's internal treasury will be exhausted, and it will be impossible to buy firearms from foreigners. ”

"What Brother Shiliang (Chen Tiangong Zi Shiliang) said is extremely true." Fu Zonglong carefully looked at the contents of the letter and said, "The Holy Lord has already told the two generals in the letter that the supervising army Cheng Jiming has just arrived in Xiangyang now. It will take at least two months for him to arrive in the army, and he can neither afford to wait nor have to wait. The two generals didn't have to pay attention to the courtiers' discussions, as long as the army was reorganized, they should march quickly. ”

Li Dingguo bowed his head and said: "I think so too." Before sending troops, the saint asked me to level the water west and come to Hengping Yongning. But now that the battle situation has changed, I want to exchange with Brother Laiheng, you go to take Yongning, and I will solve the siege of Chengdu first. ”

"Brother Dingguo, I have already seen through your thoughts!" Li Laiheng said with a wicked smile, "Now that the rebel army of Luxury Chongming is still besieging Chengdu, his Yongning hometown must be empty, do you want the younger brother to occupy that empty nest and swallow Luxury Chongming by himself?" How can that work! ”

"The Holy One said that you are the most ghostly, and it is true." Li Dingguo said indifferently, "I do think so, but don't despise Yongning." It is located in southern Sichuan, bordering the western part of Guizhou, and the mountains stretch endlessly, making it extremely difficult to use troops. Although Yu Chongming poured out, An Bangyan would definitely help him defend. My idea is that Master Fu has been an official in Shu for a long time and is familiar with the local terrain, so he will go with you to attack Yongning; I quickly marched into Chengdu, defeated the extravagant Chongming army, and then returned to the division to attack Shuixi directly; Chongqing was temporarily controlled by Lord Chen, on the one hand, to support the two armies, and on the other hand, to prevent thieves from entering Shu from the Xiajiang Road. ”

"Good fellow, you are fighting from the west and the east, and you have robbed you of all the credit? No, no, no! Li Laiheng still insisted, "Let's change, you go to fight Yongning, and I will save Chengdu!" ”

In the end, Li Dingguo made Li Laiheng happy, and punched him in the chest and said: "I am considering that you led the army from the Three Gorges to Chongqing, and fought another big battle, and there must be some consumption." It's good for you, the dog bites Lu Dongbin and doesn't know the hearts of good people. Don't forget, when you set out on the expedition, the Holy One made it clear: I have the right to make decisions on the spot. Now that General Ben has ordered you to fight Yongning, do you still dare to disobey? ”

"General Dingnan spares his life, can't the last general be afraid of you!" Li Laiheng saw that Li Dingguo had a resolute attitude, and he didn't dare to insist on his own ideas anymore, but he still muttered, making Fu Zonglong and Chen Tiangong laugh.

After assigning the task, it is time to negotiate the route of the march. Li Laiheng said that Yongning is in the southwest of Chongqing, and the straight-line distance is not too far, only 400 miles. Fu Zonglong drew a route on the map, which was the least dangerous, but it was just a little harder to cross the mountains and mountains.

Li Dingguo has to think about it a little along the way. Because according to the reports of the scouts in the past few days, the rebels have occupied a vast area between Chongqing and Chengdu, and if the cities are attacked hard, it will definitely be delayed. In case the defenders of Chengdu can't support it and Chengdu falls, the situation will be very bad.

Li Dingguo had already thought about it and said to the three of them: "Today's battle situation is quite similar to Liu Bei's entry into Shu during the Three Kingdoms period. Liu Bei and we both entered Shu from the Three Gorges, and we both occupied Chongqing first, which was called Jiangzhou at that time, and our goal was to go straight to Chengdu. Later, Liu Bei's march had three routes, the north road was Liu Bei along the Jialing River to the north, seize the Jiameng Pass, and cut off the connection between Shu and Hanzhong; The south road is Zhao Yun along the Yangtze River upstream, to Yibin where the Min River joins the Yangtze River, and then along the Min River to the north to encircle Chengdu; In the middle road, Zhuge Liang marched northwest along the Fujiang River, took Deyang, and joined forces with the North Road. ”

Li Laiheng and Li Dingguo have been together for a long time, but they don't feel anything, but Chen Tiangong and Fu Zonglong are impressed by Li Dingguo and say: "I didn't expect General Li to study the ancient battles so well, this is the style of a famous general!" ”

"The two adults have won the prize. What are you doing and what are you shouting, the saint has repeatedly instructed me to wait, the soldiers are fierce and dangerous, and leading the troops to fight must be considered thoroughly. Li Dingguo said modestly.

"Then which way does the general want to enter the army?" Fu Zonglong said, "Obviously, you can't divide the troops into three ways like Liu Bei, because there are only 5,000 men and horses under the command of the general. ”

Li Dingguo bowed his head and said, "Not bad." The north and south roads are too long, and there are rebel-occupied cities on the way, so I am afraid that there will be no time, so I want to take the middle road. But it is not completely along the Fujiang River, because the end of this route is Deyang rather than Chengdu, and the goal of tracing the river is obvious, and it is easy to be discovered by the rebels. ”

As he spoke, he drew a straight line between Chongqing and Chengdu on the map: "I plan to go directly through like this and make a surprise attack on the rebels besieging Chengdu!" ”

Fu Zonglong frowned and said: "This straight-line distance is indeed the shortest, but can the general know that this area is called the Sichuan Hills, although the mountains are not high, but the terrain is vertical and horizontal, and it is really not easy to enter the army." After crossing the hilly area, you have to cross the Longquan Mountains to reach the Chengdu Plain, which will definitely consume a lot of physical strength of the soldiers. ”

"The Xiajiang dangerous road has come over, are you still afraid of these small difficulties?" Li Dingguo smiled faintly and said, "In addition, the rebels are good at mountain warfare, so they can take control of Longquan Mountain first, so that the rebels can't escape through the mountains." As long as it is a battle on the plains, not to mention the 30,000 rebels of Yu Chongming, it is 130,000, and 5,000 cavalry is enough. ”

"Alas! Otherwise, the saint is the most important brother of the country, and the one who looks down on me the most! Li Laiheng grimaced and said, "I can't think of these ways anymore!" Extravagant Chongming, extravagant Chongming, if you meet our Dingguo brother, you are unlucky! ”