"Children, how do you feel about this military situation?" Zhang Xianzhong pointed to the dense crowd at the bottom of the mountain, like a long snake, and suddenly asked......

"The momentum is like a rainbow, the tip of the spear is like a forest, father-in-law, this is a heroic division that sweeps the world, the soldiers are pointing out, and they are invincible." Sun Kewang hurriedly complimented.

"That's it," Liu Wenxiu hurriedly echoed: "With this million male divisions, coupled with the command of the righteous father, we will definitely be able to win all battles." ”

Ai Nengqi said with some sighs: "Back then, we still had to worry about the next meal, and we never dreamed that we could achieve today's achievements, these are all the credit of the father-in-law, but the child has something unclear, I don't know if I should ask?" ”

Zhang Xianzhong treats other people like livestock, but he is still very good to his own son, and when he heard the words, he said simply and directly: "Speak." ”

"Yes, father-in-law" Ai Nengqi said with some doubts: "Over the years, we have fought bloodily, fought with our lives, and finally fought for a piece of land, all of which were tightly held in our hands, and now we have abandoned it, is it a pity?" ”

It's not easy to fight a piece of territory, not to mention fighting with the official army, even other rebels will also look red, stabbing knives in the back is a common thing, the Ming Dynasty is so big, but the large and small rebels have hundreds of shares, and they will also fall into each other's tracks, Hunan and Jiangxi are good places with abundant food and soldiers, and the food and salary can be guaranteed.

There are more monks and less porridge, Ai Nengqi feels a pity even if he thinks about it, but Zhang Xianzhong has the final say in this matter, Ai Nengqi just wants to oppose it and doesn't dare to say it, and now he has the opportunity, so he said it carefully.

Zhang Xianzhong did not answer positively, but asked: "Children, do you think it's a pity to lose Hunan and Jiangxi?" ”

Sun Kewang, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi looked at each other for a moment, and then nodded lightly.

"The most taboo thing for people is to be blind, the ancients said well. Zhang Xianzhong suddenly said with some emotion: "Hunan and Jiangxi are good, but because there is no solid barrier, it is easy to be broken by others, and they can gain a foothold but cannot settle down, in addition, there are two reasons. ”

Seeing the three righteous sons listening respectfully to their teachings, Zhang Xianzhong was very satisfied, and continued: "The first reason is that I am at odds with Li Thief, this Li Zicheng is the first in everything. Everywhere to press the king, before the capture of the capital, he regarded himself as the leader of the alliance, if he can free his hand, the first person he has to deal with must be the king, this has to be planned early; The second reason is that the number of Ming Qi has been exhausted, and it is a matter of time before the dynasty is changed. I don't know how many people are staring at the dragon chair in the capital, that is, their own people are not chaotic, and the wolf ambitions of Huang Taiji have long been known, the righteous army, the official army, the Manchu Tartars, and the heroes who divide the key roads of the mountains. Sooner or later, there will be a scuffle, since this is the case, why should we wade into this troubled water and sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. Wouldn't it be better if we came out and picked up the rest when they were all about the same? ”

I see. The three of them are all rare generals, and they understand it at once.

Now Li Zicheng is powerful, and when he captures the capital, the momentum will be stronger, it is better to find a way to retreat when he is entangled with the official army, let him and the official army and the Manchu Qing fight to the death, divide Sichuan, take advantage of Sichuan's favorable terrain, advance can be attacked, retreated and defended.

As for pouring out of the nest to understand better, there are many people left, and Sichuan cannot be captured, and there are few left, which are easy to be swallowed by others, so it is better to launch them together, in other words, if you can't capture Sichuan, it will be difficult to gain a foothold in Hunan and Jiangxi under the great loss of strength, and it is better to concentrate forces.

The three of them secretly thought: It is this decision that can make their father-in-law stand out among so many righteous armies and achieve hegemony.

"Understood, father-in-law." Ai Nengqi said convincingly: "The father-in-law is far-sighted, and the child admires." ”

Zhang Xianzhong waved his hand and said: "Okay, let's wait for this king to take Chengdu. ”

"The child is here" Sun Kewang and Ai Nengqi knew that Zhang Xianzhong had something to share, so they hurriedly stepped forward to receive the order.

"The two of you each bring the soldiers of the headquarters as the vanguard, you can lead the troops from the Shiyu Pass into the Sichuan, Nengqi from the Yeshan Pass into the Sichuan, after the fastest speed, the soldiers will take the Qutang Pass directly, at midnight this year, whether our father and son can eat in Chongqing Mansion depends on yours."

Sun Kewang and Ai Nengqi said loudly, "Yes, father-in-law." ”

"Go ahead."

Sun Kewang and Ai Nengqi respectfully saluted Zhang Xianzhong, then turned around and stepped on the horse, and walked away with a whip.

After the two left, Zhang Xianzhong asked, "Wenxiu, have those letters been sent?" ”

"If you return to your father-in-law, you will send it out."

"Okay, I heard that the man surnamed Lu has run Sichuan well, and there are a lot of firearms, it is estimated that this bone is not easy to gnaw, fortunately he has few soldiers, if other people can help me contain it, then the pressure will be greatly reduced."

After Zhang Xianzhong finished speaking, he got on the horse and went down the mountain by himself, and Liu Wenxiu saw this and hurriedly got on the horse to follow.

There is only one word in the general trend of the world, that is, "chaos", all kinds of interests are entangled, many things involve the whole body, Zhang Xianzhong wants to attack Sichuan, the momentum is so big, soon the news spread, some people are excited, some people are waiting, some people are out of activities, among so many people, Hong Chengchou, the secretary of the military department, has the most complicated mood.

In the battle of Zitianguan, Lu Haoshan stepped on Hong Chengchou to become famous, and Hong Chengchou was defeated in Sichuan, which caused a lot of damage to his prestige, and he also thought of restraint, but unfortunately the momentum of the righteous army was getting bigger and bigger, and the Manchu Iron Cavalry also continued to impact the Ming Dynasty's fragile defense line in Liaodong, so that the idea of freeing up his hands to clean up Lu Haoshan has not been realized.

Wherever you fall, you get up from there, this is the best way to redeem yourself, Hong Chengchou has been waiting for an opportunity, but when this opportunity comes, he becomes hesitant again.

This opportunity came from a letter, a letter written by Zhang Xianzhong himself, in which he said that he had a grudge against the governor of Sichuan, and then attacked with all his might, and welcomed himself to come and get a piece of the pie.

This seems ironic.

In the study, Hong Chengchou sat on the upper seat, sitting on his left as the newly sealed general of the Ping Thief and the crown prince Shaobao Zuo Liangyu, and sitting on his right were the fierce generals Cao Wenzhao and Ma Ke, who were discussing Zhang Xianzhong's abnormal behavior at this moment.

Hong Chengchou coughed dryly, attracting everyone's attention to himself, and then said: "I know the best here, I don't know what you think?" ”

Zuo Liangyu said with a bright eye: "Lord Hong, the last general has been preparing to recover Hunan and Jiangxi, but I didn't expect this thief to withdraw in advance, Xia Guan Jian yì, Zhang Xianzhong poured out, the rear must be very empty, we can take the opportunity to regain the lost territory, and then send a surprise soldier to sneak attack, so that he can't take care of the end, if you can eradicate this fang, this is a great merit." ”

Ma Ke saluted everyone and said: "Zuo Shuai is reasonable, the emperor put Zhang Xianzhong at the top of the list of bandits, if he is taken down, the emperor will be able to enjoy the dragon's face, but the old Hui died of illness, but let Zhang Xianzhong pick up the cheap, let him incorporate the old department of the old Hui, so that the strength has increased greatly, the last general thinks that he can mobilize superior forces to attack in one fell swoop while his foothold is not timely, and it will definitely receive unexpected results." ”

After a pause, Ma Ke frowned again and said: "It's just that Zhang Xianzhong suddenly gave up running Hunan and Jiangxi well, poured out of the nest, and Lao Huihui died of illness so coincidentally, this is too coincidental, right?" Isn't there anything wrong with that? Deliberately set up a trap to lure us in? ”

Marco was worried, and everyone fell silent again.

"Wen Zhao, what do you think?" Seeing that everyone was silent, Hong Chengchou began to order.

Cao Wenzhao saluted and said with a straight face: "My lord, if Zhang Xianzhong is a bandit in chaos, then Lu Wenhua, the governor of Sichuan, is a thief who robs the country, especially Lu Wenhua, although he claims to be a courtier on the surface, but his wolf ambition has long been known, anyway, Sichuan is not under our control, why let them fight to the death, Zhang Xianzhong is powerful, Lu Wenhua has a secret weapon, it is just a chess opponent, two tigers must be injured, no matter which one is injured, it is good news for me Daming, In the foolish opinion of the last general, he just sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight. ”

Cao Wenzhao, who has seen the power of the new firearm, knows that it is powerful, and when he recalls the scene of the bullets raining down, he is afraid in his heart, when he hears that Zhang Xianzhong is going to attack Sichuan, the first feeling is that Zhang Xianzhong is crazy, which is no different from suicide, and when he heard the words of Zuo Liangyu and Ma Ke, he also felt that they underestimated Lu Wenhua too much.

Others have seized Sichuan, and the number of soldiers does not increase but decreases, which naturally has other people's reasons, but shows his strong self-confidence from the side, and there must be demons when things go wrong, if they have their own personal experience, they will not be so blind to no one.

When Hong Chengchou heard this, he nodded and said: "That's right, the dog bites the dog, they want to fight, we naturally won't stop it, but it's not enough to just watch, according to the official, how can I make a ....... of fun."

……

As soon as Zhang Xianzhong moved, Sichuan, which was originally quiet and calm, suddenly became the eye of the storm, and Sichuan's every move was particularly eye-catching, and Lu Haoshan, who was sitting in Chengdu, also continued to receive information from all directions:

On November 2, Zhang Xianzhong's Sun Kewang Department captured Shiyu Pass, and on the same day, Ainengqi's Department fell into Yeshan Pass, and the Great Western Army officially entered Sichuan;

On November 8, Xing Hongwolf, Sweeping King and others moved to eastern Sichuan, with an unspecified goal;

On November 15, Li Zicheng sent his general Liu Zongmin to lead 50,000 troops to reinforce Hanzhong;

On November 22, Cao Wenjiao led 10,000 troops and camped in Ziyang, and on the same day, Zuo Liangyu, the general of the Ping Thief and the prince Shaobao, led his elite soldiers to Zhenping, Shaanxi;

On 15 November, after Zhang Xianzhong wantonly recruited troops in Yidu and Jingzhou, he went up the river, advanced by land and water, and won several battles by virtue of superior troops. (To be continued......)

PS: There is a change at night, there is no monthly pass, and the recommended ticket is also given to Zhang