Chapter 160: Irikawa

"Your Majesty, the Yellow River cannot be crossed, with Zhang Xianzhong's troops, he will definitely not be Yue Su's opponent, and when he is destroyed by Yue Su, the official army will turn around and march towards our side. At present, our army is lonely, and the officers and soldiers are strong, should we have made countermeasures as soon as possible? ”

On the south bank of the Yellow River, Li Zicheng's battalion and the main generals of the Chuang army all gathered here. Li Zicheng is now in a dilemma, and the Liukou is left with himself and Zhang Xianzhong, and the rest are all returned to the imperial court. Zhang Xianzhong is now isolated in Shanxi, and there is a huge disparity between the strength of the official army, and defeat is a matter of time. Therefore, at the beginning of the meeting, Song Xiance asked Li Zicheng to make a quick decision and come up with the next plan.

"Kaifeng is strong, we didn't take it before, but now when the reinforcements arrive, they see hope and will hold on. Luoyang has also fallen into the hands of the imperial court, and it is even more difficult to recapture it. Moreover, I thought that Henan could not stay for a long time, and must leave as soon as possible, and there seemed to be only two roads in front of me, east to South Zhili, and south to Huguang. Ladies and gentlemen, where do you think we should go? Li Zicheng said.

"Your Majesty, these two roads are not easy to walk, the minister has already received the news, Nanzhili side, Wei Guogong and Nanzhili Governor Zhengtun heavy troops in Xuzhou, although I have not entered Henan, but looking at the intention, it should be to prevent our army from entering Nanzhili. On the Huguang side, the official army is also a heavy army with Xiangyang and Wuchang, if we want to enter Huguang, a bloody battle will definitely not be avoided. In Huguang, the rogues have not gone deep, so there are a lot of soldiers and horses, and the chief soldier Xing Ying is also very powerful, plus there is more food there, and the people have food to eat, if we go over, it will be very difficult to recruit soldiers. Niu Jinxing said.

"According to what you say, we can't go to Nanzhili, and we can't go to Huguang, so we can't just wait for a decisive battle with the official army here in Henan." Li Zicheng said in an unkind tone.

"Your Majesty, what the minister means is that although we can't go to these two places, there is another place, which may be more suitable for us to go." Niu Jinxing said with a smile.

"Where?" Li Zicheng asked.

"Sichuan." Niu Jinxing said solemnly.

Li Zicheng nodded slightly, and then said embarrassedly: "It's good to enter Sichuan, but after all, it is Zhang Xianzhong's territory, and I have already drawn a line with him back then and promised to give him Sichuan." Now we can't be treacherous and take his territory, anyway, won't he send troops to help me this time? ”

"Your Majesty, you must not be fooled by Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Xianzhong is a fake for you, and it is true that you want to win the world. He can have today, completely by himself. Your Majesty, if he really wants to help us, join us as a teacher, and deal with Yue Su together, he should go out of Sichuan from Xiangyang and then come north. But the route he took was to cross Shaanxi, enter Shanxi, and then go south to join us. This is a problem, from Xiangyang side, obviously the road is much closer, from Shaanxi bypass, how many unjust roads have to go, and through Xiangyang, you can directly enter Henan, there is no obstruction on the road, you can pass through Shanxi from Shaanxi, the whole Shanxi is the territory of the imperial court, if you want to meet the teacher, the obstacle is much bigger. Why did Zhang Xianzhong go like this, isn't it intriguing? Niu Jinxing said.

"Yes!" When Li Zicheng heard this, he suddenly realized, and immediately asked: "Military, you may guess, what is Zhang Xianzhong's plan to go like this?" ”

"If the minister's guess is right, Zhang Xianzhong is going like this, it is nothing more than this. First, he deliberately delayed time, so that we and the officers and soldiers would lose both, so that he could reap the benefits of the fisherman. Second, if we are still entangled with the official army, he will go north to seize the Beijing division and conquer the world in one fell swoop. Didn't we also receive the news, the Tartars are knocking on the pass in Zhangjiakou, and it is difficult for the soldiers and horses of Xuanfu and Datong to go to Shanxi to help in the war, so that Zhang Xianzhong's soldiers and horses will definitely be like a bamboo, and it is not difficult to hit Beijing. Take 10,000 steps back, even if Yue Su withdraws his troops and goes to stop him, he can join forces with us and fight a decisive battle with Yue Su together. It's a pity, after a thousand calculations, Yue Su's sailors who he didn't count were so powerful that they controlled the Yellow River, making it impossible for us to cross the river and go to support, and he even blocked the way back to Sichuan. It's really like there's no way out. Niu Jinxing analyzed Li Zicheng.

After listening to Niu Jinxing's words, Li Zicheng slapped the table angrily and scolded: "Straight lady thief!" At the beginning, he promised me that he would only take Sichuan and give it to me, but he didn't expect that he would hide such a hand, wanting to take advantage of the decisive battle between me and the main force of the official army to attack Beijing and conquer the world. Deserve! Now let Yue Su's army trap him in Shanxi, how do I see him die? ”

"Your Majesty, it's really hard to say what Zhang Xianzhong will do now, but in front of him, it is estimated that there are only two ways, either put on a posture and fight to the death with the officials and soldiers, or surrender. Zhang Xianzhong has surrendered before, and Yue Su's surrender conditions are also very generous, if the minister guesses well, his surrender to the court will be very large. Niu Jinxing said.

"Surrender! He wants to be beautiful, in addition to having the name of Qingtian, Yue Su also has a nickname called 'Yue Shaved Head', and there is never room for sand in his eyes. If he, Zhang Xianzhong, dared to let Yue Su Xiong Wenhuan and go to Yue Su's camp to surrender, it is estimated that after entering the door, he will never come out again! "Li Zicheng is also a shrewd person, Yue Su recruited surrenders and rebels, but which of these generals is not made to obey, which is like before, just asking for military salaries does not need to work. Like Luo Rucai, who has been divided by five horses, Yue Su's ruthlessness can be seen.

"Your Majesty, what you said is right, so the minister is thinking, if this Zhang Xianzhong surrenders, it will never be a fraudulent surrender, it must be a real surrender. If that's the case, it won't be long before Sichuan will re-enter the hands of the imperial court, and it will be even more difficult for us to enter it again. Take 10,000 steps back, even if Zhang Xianzhong does not surrender, it will definitely be eaten by the official army, and at that time, the dragons of Daxi will be leaderless, and it will not be easy for the imperial court to take Sichuan. It can now be concluded that it will not be long before Sichuan will inevitably fall into the hands of the imperial court. If we don't take it now, we won't have a chance in the future. Your Majesty, Sichuan is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as you take Sichuan, you can peep into the world, and you can learn from Liu Bei and be the king of Shu. If Zhang Xianzhong didn't take the initiative to go out of Sichuan, with his troops, it would not be so easy for the imperial court to destroy him. Our troops are far superior to him Zhang Xianzhong, sticking to Sichuan, to say the least, we can resist for more than ten years. I really can't hold it, we still have a place to maneuver, south into Guizhou, where the fish and dragons are mixed, all ethnic groups do not obey the control of the imperial court, and often make chaos. If we can't hold Sichuan, let's enter Guizhou, and we can still deal with the imperial court. Niu Jinxing suggested.

"Well......" Li Zicheng nodded and said, "This idea is good, okay, it's decided, let's leave immediately and set off for Sichuan!" ”

Li Zicheng decided to send troops into Sichuan, and entering Sichuan at this moment is definitely a God-given opportunity, better than wherever he goes. Why do you say that, it is now Sichuan, which is very lively.

After Zhang Xianzhong led the army into Shanxi, Sichuan was extremely empty, with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. This kind of good opportunity, how can the soldiers and horses of the imperial court not take advantage of it. Cao Bianjiao asked Sima Qiaoyu to sit alone in Hanzhong, and he led 20,000 soldiers and horses to contact Qin Liangyu in Chongqing to march towards Chengdu together. The officers and troops in Yibin, Luzhou, and Zigong also moved when they heard the wind and went to Chengdu. They are all local soldiers and horses, familiar with the road, and have fought several battles with Zhang Xianzhong's troops before, and their combat effectiveness is by no means under Zhang Xianzhong's troops.

When these soldiers and horses are added together, there can also be tens of thousands of people, so to speak, even if there are no crooked melons and cracked dates, all of them can be regarded as elite. You must know that the remaining officers and troops in Central Sichuan cannot be waste.

In the face of these soldiers and horses, Feng Shuangli and Zhang Hualong, who were guarding Sichuan, had a headache, and their soldiers and horses were only 40,000, plus some miscellaneous ones, they could barely make up to 50,000. But the key is that the 50,000 of them, but the main force taken away by Zhang Xianzhong, cannot be compared at all, so they can only rely on the checkpoints and work hard to support.

It is difficult for the official army in other places to fall, but Cao Bianjiao's road can be described as overwhelming. After all, among his soldiers and horses, there are 10,000 lent to him by Sima Qiaoyu, and the troops are equipped with sophisticated artillery. Attacking the city with Spanish cannons and English cannons, how can the power be resisted by the rogues.

Cao Bianjiao hit Jintang in one go, joined Qin Liangyu's soldiers and horses, and then went straight to Chengdu.

But at this time, Cao Bianjiao suddenly received a letter from Sima Qiaoyu, asking him to hurry back, Li Zicheng's soldiers and horses entered Sichuan, and now they have arrived in Bazhong. After getting this news, Cao Bianjiao and Qin Liangyu really didn't dare to stay for a long time, the letter made it clear that Li Zicheng had more than 300,000 soldiers and horses. Cao Bianjiao was also afraid that Li Zicheng would invade Shaanxi, so he hurriedly returned to his division and asked Qin Liangyu to go back with him to help take care of it, so he had to block the road to Shaanxi.

also relied on their timely return to the division, Sima Qiaoyu also found Zuo Liangyu and Liu Guoneng's soldiers and horses to come over and garrison, so as to block Li's way into Shaanxi.

Li Zicheng's purpose is to enter Sichuan, if there is a chance, hug the grass to beat rabbits, and it is not impossible to turn around Shaanxi. Now I see that there is no chance, so I went straight to Chengdu.

I have to say that this time when he entered Sichuan, Li Zicheng chose a good time, just one step earlier than Zhang Xianzhong surrendered. He had so many soldiers and horses, and when he came to Chengdu, Zhang Xianzhong's subordinates were really embarrassed, and they couldn't stop it if they wanted to, and Zhang Xianzhong's side, what he heard was that the retreat was cut off by the imperial court, and he couldn't come back, everyone was an ally, and in desperation, he had to open the city gate and welcome Li Zicheng into Chengdu.

Li Zicheng was not polite, and after he came, he took the lead and occupied Chengdu. And told Zhang Xianzhong's generals that Zhang Xianzhong had been surrounded by 500,000 officers and soldiers, and it was certain that he would be destroyed. Wang Zhaolin, Zhang Hualong and others pondered it and felt that this was indeed the case, so they demoted Li Zicheng.

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