Li Rupei's eyes had long been fixed on Xichuan and Dongchuan.

The dark line has been arranged to Xichuan, and directly entered the city of Chengdu, and the general manager is Qin Erhei, who has made great contributions in Yangzhou, because of his great achievements, Qin Erhei has become one of the generals of the Iron Army.

Qin Erhei was familiar with the road, and after entering the capital city of Chengdu, he quickly established an intelligence network.

Qin Erhei's control in Chengdu Fucheng is much more calm than Yangzhou, which is probably related to personal ability, firstly, Qin Erhei has been tempered for a long time and has a lot of experience, and secondly, Chen Jingxuan's ability cannot be compared with Gao Biao and Bi Shiduo and others, Chen Jingxuan used to be just a master who sold baked cakes, and he had no ability at all, and he was able to become the envoy of Xichuan Jiedu, and it was also because of Tian Lingzi's relationship, if he wanted to say that he had the ability to govern the army and govern the place, he would not have it at all, if it weren't for Tian Lingzi knowing his brother's ability, sent some capable officers of the Shence Army to assist, Chen Jingxuan couldn't manage Xichuan at all.

Xichuan's foundation is still very good, thanks to Cui Anqian, who served as the envoy of the festival before Chen Jingxuan.

Cui Anqian worked hard to run Xichuan, and was peached by Chen Jingxuan.

This kind of peach picking behavior is willing to be done by anyone, but it does not necessarily have the ability to make peaches bigger.

Chen Jingxuan's lack of ability in all aspects allowed Qin Erhei to easily settle down in Chengdu Fucheng and extend his tentacles to all aspects.

Qin Erhei can gain a good foothold, and there is one of the most critical conditions, that is, Cui Anqian once served as a festival envoy here, and there are a group of henchmen, among these henchmen, the officers and officials at the upper level must have been purged by Chen Jingxuan, but some people at the middle and lower levels were preserved, and the personnel sent out by Qin Erhei were carefully considered and observed. Get in touch with some of them.

This allowed Qin Erhei to take root and obtain a lot of information.

Chen Jingxuan and Yang Shili turned their faces, Li Rupei got the news very early, that is, from that time, the soldiers of the Iron and Blood Army began to assemble towards Shannan West Road.

The army was mainly concentrated in two places, Lizhou and Guozhou.

The deployment and assembly of the army is a top-secret operation, and very few people know about it, and this news is absolutely not allowed to be leaked, and those who know this news will be severely punished once the news is leaked.

Iron-blooded soldiers assembled in Lizhou and Guozhou. Train in a closed mountain, and don't reveal your whereabouts.

Choosing to assemble in Lizhou and Guozhou, the purpose is even clearer, Lizhou is close to the direction of Chengdu, and Guozhou is close to the direction of Zizhou, once there is a war between Xichuan and Dongchuan, the iron-blooded army can enter from both directions at the fastest speed, and take Xichuan and Dongchuan in one fell swoop, leaving no trouble.

Li Rupei's heart is very big. After a year of observation, he found that Qianzhong Road and Lingnan Road were not called threats at all, and these two places were far away from the capital Chang'an. The place is relatively poor, and it is not an opponent of the Predator at all, as long as the Predator wants to take these two places, it can do it at any time. The fundamental reason why Qianzhong Province and Lingnan Province were not quickly won is that Huainan Province, Jiangnan West Province and Jiangnan East Road need time to recover, and only the people in these places have basically become rich. Only then can we come up with sufficient financial resources to build Qianzhong Road and Lingnan Road.

But the situation in Nishikawa and Higashikawa is different.

After all, it is a place that Tian Lingzi regards as a large rear, and there is a lot of investment, especially Xichuan, which is relatively wealthy, and the iron-blooded army can occupy these places, and there are not too many problems in the next construction.

However, the topography of Xichuan and Dongchuan is very special, the mountains here are high and dense, and many places are deserted, especially many places under the jurisdiction of Dongchuan, which are basically mountains, and the road to Xichuan is very difficult.

The Iron Blood Army really wants to take down Xichuan and Dongchuan, and it is not as simple as words.

Qin Erhei of Chengdu, according to Li Rupei's request, had already sent a large number of personnel to Xichuan and Dongchuan to draw a large number of maps, and at the same time compared these maps with the original maps to produce more accurate and detailed maps, and sent them to Xiangyang.

Li Rupei has been studying these maps for several months.

The news of Chen Jingxuan's crusade against Yang Shili was also sent to Xiangyang in the fastest time.

Cui Anqian, Gao Chibang and others, after seeing the information, strongly suggested that Li Rupei send a large army to attack Xichuan and Dongchuan, and take advantage of this opportunity to take Xichuan and Dongchuan in one fell swoop.

But Li Rupei didn't make any moves for the time being.

After the news of Chen Jingxuan's siege of Zizhou came, Li Rupei was ready to act.

Cui Anqian, Liu Yunzhang, Gao Chibang, Huang Biao, Xie Yuxin, Zhu Wen and others were concentrated in Daxingtaifu, Nanfang Province.

Outside the wings, security is tight, and no one is allowed to approach.

On the ground of the wing, there is a large map, Cui Anqian and others have been looking at the map for a long time, and the decision on the battle has been decided, but how to fight this battle well, Li Rupei has never expressed his position.

"You are all very anxious, thinking about entering Xichuan and Dongchuan immediately, fighting well, and taking these two places in one fell swoop, and a certain is also this idea, but a certain thinks that to achieve this goal, it is not as simple as words."

"The Iron Blood Army has 50,000 soldiers stationed in Lizhou and Guozhou, judging from the current situation, the 40,000 army led by Chen Jingxuan is besieging Zizhou, maybe it won't take long to be able to take Zizhou, by that time, Yang Shili is desperate and completely finished."

"Someone suggested that the Iron Blood Army must seize this opportunity, after all, there are only 10,000 troops stationed in Xichuan stationed in Chengdu, and it is the easiest to attack the city at this time, if you wait until Chen Jingxuan kills Yang Shili, the opportunity will be lost."

"This suggestion is correct, Chen Jingxuan's 40,000 troops have surrounded Zizhou, this is the best opportunity, at this moment, Chen Jingxuan's entire energy is focused on Zizhou, and he has no time to take care of other aspects."

"How to seize this opportunity to win Xichuan and Dongchuan in one fell swoop, I have another opinion."

"Let Chen Jingxuan kill Yang Shili, so that Xichuan and Dongchuan will only have Chen Jingxuan's strength, as long as the iron-blooded army exterminates Chen Jingxuan, it will be able to successfully take Xichuan and Dongchuan, and there is no need to attack from both sides."

"Therefore, letting Chen Jingxuan defeat Yang Shili is a very critical step."

"The second is to exterminate Chen Jingxuan, this is the most core step, take this step, the problem of Xichuan and Dongchuan will be completely solved, and Tian Lingzi in the capital can only wait for death."

When Li Rupei said this, everyone's spirits were highly concentrated.

"A certain will not let the soldiers of the Iron Blood Army attack Chengdu, that may cause a lot of casualties, and Chen Jingxuan After learning the news, it is very likely that he will give up the encirclement and suppression of Yang Shili and lead the army back to Chengdu to help, so the Iron Blood Army will encounter a vicious battle, and it is very likely to form heavy losses, after all, the Iron Blood Army is not familiar with the terrain of Xichuan, and it is impossible to fight the army under Chen Jingxuan just by relying on the map."

"To this extent, the soldiers of the Iron Blood Army will not be able to directly attack Chengdu."

"The key to the iron-blooded army to take Dongchuan and Xichuan is to exterminate the army under Chen Jingxuan, capture or kill Chen Jingxuan alive, so that the goal can be achieved."

"Speaking of which, I believe you should understand."

Cui Anqian and the others nodded slightly.

Li Rupei did not stop, and the bamboo whip in his hand pointed to the two places of Zizhou and Weicheng.

"Once Chen Jingxuan defeats Yang Shili, he will quickly evacuate in the direction of Chengdu, after all, Chengdu is his base camp, and there can be no mistakes, Chen Jingxuan is also worried that the iron-blooded army will take the opportunity to attack Chengdu, so he has always been very careful, but once Chen Jingxuan defeats Yang Shili, and Chengdu does not suffer any threat, at that time, he will be happy, he will relax his vigilance, and he will boldly withdraw in the direction of Chengdu."

"At this time, it's the chance of the Predators."

"The iron-blooded army set up an ambush circle in the direction of Weicheng to catch Chen Jingxuan off guard, this battle is very critical, it is necessary to annihilate the army under Chen Jingxuan, and to capture or kill Chen Jingxuan alive, once this battle is won, Xichuan and Dongchuan will naturally be calmed down, and at that time, no one can stop the iron-blooded army from controlling Sanchuan."

Li Rupei paused when he said this.

After everyone thought for a while, the first person to speak was Cui Anqian.

"The prince's consideration is once and for all, there are indeed many drawbacks in the occupation of Chengdu, and the fortifications in Chengdu are good, although there are only 10,000 soldiers stationed in Chengdu, but if you want to take it, it will also take a lot of energy, if you set up an ambush in Weicheng and take Chen Jingxuan in one fell swoop, then all the problems will be solved, and it is impossible for the soldiers stationed in Chengdu to continue to insist, even if they insist, it is easy to be taken by the iron-blooded army......"

Everyone's opinion was quickly unified.

Li Rupei really wanted to personally command the battle, but unfortunately he promised Cui Hanlei that he would not easily take command of the expedition in the future, not to mention that there was a more suitable commander than him for this expedition.

"Okay, since your understanding is unified, make the following arrangements, keep 10,000 iron-blooded soldiers in the direction of Lizhou, concentrate 50,000 iron-blooded soldiers in the direction of Guozhou, and 10,000 troops in the direction of Lizhou, secretly enter Xichuan, waiting for an opportunity to surround Chengdu, and the 50,000 iron-blooded soldiers in Guozhou quickly enter Dongchuan, and secretly enter Weicheng to set up an ambush from the direction of Yongqin and Zitong."

"In this expedition, Cui Anqian is the commander-in-chief, Gao Chibang and Huang Biao are the deputy commanders, as for the specific operational deployment, it is up to the commander to decide, there is only one requirement, after this battle, Xichuan and Dongchuan are under the full control of the iron-blooded army." (To be continued......)