The Third Army of the Zhengjia Army stationed in Shaanxi, the firearms are the most sufficient, followed by the Second Army of the Zhengjia Army stationed in Jinzhou, Fuzhou and other places in Shandong, in comparison, the First Army stationed in Nanzhili and other places, the firearms are slightly less, this is the decision made by Zheng Xunrui at the beginning, and it is also a decision that everyone understands, after all, the north of the Ming Dynasty is in the most chaotic situation, once it encounters any war, the Third Army can rely on firearms to quickly dispatch to hit the opponent to the greatest extent.

Tongguan is the gateway of Henan and Shanxi into Shaanxi, the terrain is dangerous, known as the reputation of the first pass in the world, and it is also the place where soldiers have always competed.

Tongguan is also easy to defend and difficult to attack the place, all around are continuous mountains, the mountain is high and the road is dangerous, the valley is deep and the cliff is absolute, there is only a sheep intestine trail in the middle of the valley, the narrowest place can only accommodate a carriage or a war horse to pass through, in the Han and Tang Dynasties, Tongguan is the key point of Luoyang to Chang'an post road, and it is also the throat of guarding Chang'an.

Hundreds of years or even thousands of years have passed, although the status of Tongguan as a choke point has changed, after all, the capital of the Ming Dynasty is in Beijing, but as the most dangerous pass in the land of Sanqin, Tongguan still receives too much attention.

Guarding the land of Shaanxi, mainly is to hold Tongguan, which is also the most important checkpoint in Xi'an, Shaanxi, once Tongguan is lost, Xi'an will be in great danger.

30,000 soldiers of the Zheng family army are guarding Tongguan, as long as they don't take the initiative to attack, the number of troops is enough, not to mention the Liukou, even if the Houjin Tartars want to attack from here, there is no return.

After arriving in Tongguan, Zheng Jinhong's mood was still a little relaxed, he once followed Zheng Xunrui, rushed to Henan to fight through Tongguan, and Zheng Xunrui chanted poems when he was in Tongguan. He still remembers it vividly.

Now, the situation of a thousand tents in the middle of the night has appeared in front of Zheng Jinhong again, which has a special taste.

The Zheng Jiajun scouts had already entered Shaanzhou, Mianchi, and Yongning in Henan, as well as Anyi and Wenxi in Shanxi, and found no trace of the Liukou Brigade for the time being. Of course, at many passes, Li Zicheng still deployed troops to prevent more people from fleeing to Shaanxi.

Zheng Jiajun occupies the danger of Tongguan and can easily defeat the invading enemy.

However, Zheng Jinhong still has some ideas, that is, if the Liukou really launches a large-scale attack on Tongguan, Zheng Jiajun will still take advantage of the victory to pursue according to the situation after defeating the Liukou's attack, after all, the Liukou are afraid, and the Liukou dare not covet Shaanxi. Then you need to make the rogues pay a terrible enough price.

Taiyuan Fucheng, Shanxi.

Liu Zongmin, who was stationed in the city of Kaifeng, Henan, had already arrived here.

Preparing to attack Shaanxi, Li Zicheng was appointed by the emperor as the governor of Tongzhi, Liu Zongmin was very clear, this time received Li Zicheng's order, and quickly rushed to Taiyuan Fucheng, I am afraid that it is for the purpose of attacking Shaanxi.

Liu Zongmin and Zheng Jiajun did not fight many times, but he knew that Zheng Jiajun had defeated the righteous army several times, and most of the leaders of the righteous army were killed by Zheng Jiajun. In particular, Zhang Xianzhong, the eight kings who were almost as famous as Li Zicheng, were wiped out by the Zheng family army under his command. Zhang Xianzhong, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi were all beheaded by Zheng Jiajun.

This is enough to show Zheng Jiajun's bravery.

The righteous army was preparing to fight against the Zheng army, and even prepared to enter Shaanxi to fight, Liu Zongmin was not particularly in favor, but Li Zicheng had already made a decision, and was named the governor of Tongzhi by the emperor, so he had to lead the righteous army to attack Shaanxi.

Enter the governor's yamen of Taiyuan Fucheng. Liu Zongmin kept his head down, still pondering, and when he entered the wing, he raised his head and saw Li Zicheng and Gu Junen and others who were already in the wing.

"Zong Min is here. I was relieved. ”

"Meet King Chuang, I've met Mr. Gu."

Liu Zongmin did not appear happy because of Li Zicheng's praise, and the question in his mind still existed, that is, how to attack Shaanxi and how to preserve the strength of the righteous army in the process of fighting.

Gu Junen is clear about Liu Zongmin's thoughts, Liu Zongmin had already written his worries in the letter when he set off from Kaifeng Fucheng, and this letter is now in Gu Junen's hands.

There was a map on the table, and some symbols had been made on it.

Liu Zongmin glanced at it and understood what these symbols meant.

"Zong Min, I have already told Mr. Gu several times about the attack on Shaanxi, where to launch the attack, what the scale of the attack should be, has not been completely determined so far, I consider this operation, you are the commander-in-chief, the number of rebels in the battle does not exceed 100,000, since you are the commander-in-chief, tell me what you think."

Liu Zongmin had just arrived in Taiyuan Mansion and didn't have time to rest, so it was said that he should be allowed to rest for a while and discuss after thinking more, but Li Zicheng and Gu Junen both believed that the news that the rebel army was going to attack Shaanxi could not be completely kept secret, so in this case, it was necessary to launch an attack as soon as possible, otherwise when the Zheng army stationed in Shaanxi was fully prepared, the losses in the battle would increase.

Therefore, Liu Zongmin, as the commander-in-chief, cannot rest.

Liu Zongmin has long been accustomed to this situation, and has made corresponding preparations, the rebel army has only really developed and grown in the past two years, in the past in the continuous fighting, continuous transfer process, and extremely tired of combat, it is necessary to discuss what to do next, and now it is much better.

"King Chuang, Mr. Gu, the righteous army has three options in terms of the path to attack Shaanxi, one is to attack from Tongguan, the second is to attack from Wubao Town in Yan'an Prefecture, and the third is to attack from the direction of Baode Prefecture or Hequ, other than that, there is no other choice."

"The direction of Baode Prefecture and Hequ is negative, this place is occupied by the Datong border army, even if they allow the righteous army to pass by, they dare not rest assured, in case the righteous army has not had time to attack, the border army will stab in the back, and the consequences are unpredictable."

"The rest is the two directions of attack in Tongguan and Wubao Town."

When Liu Zongmin said this, he looked at the map on the table, and the two directions of Wubao and Tongguan were surrounded by various symbols, and it seemed that Li Zicheng and Gu Junen had also been thinking about these two places of attack for a long time.

"Tongguan is a dangerous terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, so it should not be the choice of the rebel army to attack."

"Wubao is located in a remote area, the terrain belongs to the Loess Plateau, there are almost no supplies along the way, and there are many difficulties in the mobilization of troops by the rebel army, and more importantly, even if the rebel army enters the territory of Shaanxi from Wubao Town, it can only threaten Yan'an Mansion in Shaanxi, and the distance from Xi'an Mansion is too far."

Li Zicheng frowned and did not speak, but Gu Junen nodded slightly.

It seems that Liu Zongmin has indeed thought about it seriously, otherwise it would be impossible to say it in such detail.

"King Chuang, Mr. Gu, according to my opinion, whether it is from the Tongguan defense line or from the direction of Wubao, the overall attack is very unfavorable to the rebel army."

When Liu Zongmin said this, Li Zicheng couldn't help it.

"Zong Min, these analyses of yours, Mr. Gu and I have thought of it, it is precisely because there are too many difficulties that you are asked to serve as the commander-in-chief and command this operation, all the problems you said are real, without the slightest exaggeration, but think about the fact that the righteous army has encountered too many difficulties and obstacles, not all of them have survived, and this time they will definitely be able to get through it smoothly."

Gu Junen looked at Li Zicheng, thinking about opening his mouth but did not speak, the big war was imminent, Li Zicheng, as the commander, had no belief in victory, and actually said such words, let Liu Zongmin, who commanded the operation, think, since it was a battle that was difficult to really win, he simply made a show, so that the emperor and the court had nothing to say.

Gu Junen's thoughts would not be said, because he knew Li Zicheng's thoughts, Li Zicheng longed to return to Shaanxi, eager to return to Mizhi, this urgent desire has diluted his reason to a certain extent.

Liu Zongmin didn't know Li Zicheng's thoughts.

"King Chuang, Mr. Gu, I think it is appropriate for the rebels to attack from Tongguan."

Liu Zongmin finally expressed his opinion, and the next thing was to explain why he launched an attack from Tongguan.

"The terrain of Tongguan is dangerous, the Zheng army will not deploy too many troops, the righteous army launched a tentative attack from Tongguan, and it can also detect the reality of the Zheng army, once the attack is unfavorable, it can quickly withdraw in the direction of Ruicheng or Shaanzhou, relying on the city to resist the Zheng army that may be pursued."

"There is no Tongguan danger in the direction of Wubao, but the overall terrain is not particularly favorable, and the strength of the righteous army stationed near Wubao is insufficient, once the attack of the righteous army in Wubao is blocked, there is no other choice but to retreat to Yongning Prefecture, so it may encounter the pursuit of the cavalry of the Zheng family, resulting in heavy losses."

"Besides, Zheng Xunrui used to be the prefect of Yan'an Mansion, and he should have done a key defense in Yan'an Mansion."

When Liu Zongmin said this, he looked at Li Zicheng, and he couldn't say the following words.

Li Zicheng's hometown is in Mizhi County, not very far from Wubao, the righteous army attacked from Wubao Town, once a breakthrough is made, Li Zicheng can quickly return to his hometown Mizhi County to see, but Zheng Xunrui can also think of this, think about the heavy losses of the righteous army in Suide, Qingjian and Yanchuan and other places, if the righteous army attacked this time, encountered the ambush of the Zheng family's army, not to mention that Li Zicheng returned to Mizhi County to see, I am afraid that the soldiers of the righteous army who participated in the attack are unlikely to return to Shanxi.

After Liu Zongmin finished speaking, Gu Junen finally spoke.

"I also think that it is better to launch an attack from Tongguan, the righteous army commanded by General Liu can be divided into three routes, all the way to defend Ruicheng, all the way to Shaanzhou, all the way to attack Tongguan, such a deployment, no matter what kind of situation it encounters, it is completely able to deal with it." (To be continued.) )