No matter how good the plan is, it is also a plan on paper, but God will not play cards according to anyone's will. This is true for everyone, this is true of Burma, this is true of the Manchus, and the same is true of the Ming court.

The war with Burma is not the theme right now, and Zhu Yongxing doesn't want to spend precious resources there. Although there have been changes in the implementation of the plan, in terms of actual impact, it has not been so significant. The Ming army did not have time to engage in a large-scale war with Burma, which was similarly unprepared.

In other words, the process is not too important, but the result. As long as Burma does not pose a threat, as long as He Jiuyi's troops can resist or suppress Burma, his energy is still mainly focused on the national war of the Ming and Qing dynasties. As for the safety of the Yongli monarch and ministers, after he ascended the throne, it has become unimportant.

Does anyone still think about the eternal monarch now? Yes, and very few, and they will not shake his foundations. Does anyone still want Yongli back in power? Yes, but even rarer. How much of a storm can some of those who have been frustrated in the new regime have no posts and powers, no soldiers and no generals?

Based on this consideration, Zhu Yongxing issued a decree to praise He Jiuyi, promoted him to the rank of marquis, and instructed him to steadily make progress and continue to exert pressure on Burma. At the same time, he ordered the Ministry of State Security to send secret spies to incite the Turk tribes in Burma to rebel.

The ethnic problem in Myanmar has a long history, the Burmese population is large, and the Burmese king is also from this ethnic group, but the Mon and Shan are not very submissive, and they have great influence in the east and south. More than 100 years later, the Donghu Dynasty declined, and the city of Ava was occupied by the Mon. Therefore, making full use of the contradictions between various ethnic groups in Myanmar in order to achieve the goal of victory without a fight is also the strategy of Zhu Yongxing to copy the divide and rule strategy of the later British colonialists.

A declining Burmese Donghu Dynasty, Zhu Yongxing's understanding of the recklessness and courage of the Ming Dynasty can only think that this guy has a problem with his head. The arrogance is too much. Just imagine, the defense of a country's capital is so weak, and it dares to call out to the outside world, it is not a disease.

The so-called peace negotiations have always been carried out in a state of secrecy. The perfunctory attitude of the Ming court was obvious, and he did not even send an envoy with official status. gave Zhang Weihan the name of "cloth clothes". The Qing court was also aware of this, and while the peace negotiations were still bargaining, preparations for strategic contraction had already begun. From Boryeong in the west to the sea in the east, the battle line was too long, and it was really difficult to support it with the manpower and material resources of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

However, the negotiation of peace did not stop, and the choice of the Ming army's breakthrough direction was obviously unexpected by the Manchu Qing. Not the newly opened Shandong battlefield. It's not Jingxiang in the middle of the belly, but in Boryeong. From a strategic point of view, it seems that the Ming army wants to encompass the whole of Sichuan, and then enter Hanzhong, and go out to do business and Luo.

Ganshan has elite soldiers, and Jiangnan has many wealth. This seems to be a well-known truth. The Ming army has occupied the south of the Yangtze River, and then recaptured the northwest, which means that it has two benefits. Victory is expected. But that's the layman's opinion. At present, Gansu and Shaanxi have experienced several wars, and society and production have not been restored. It can be described as local fatigue. Moreover, the population of Ganxi and Shaanxi has been greatly reduced, and after the Qing court has transferred the green camp several times, the tradition of the old Qin army has long been gone.

Moreover, after Gao Mingzhan, the governor of Sichuan, led his troops to retreat to Baoning, he had repeatedly played and stated the prosperity of the Ming army in person. Talking about the difficulties of logistical support, he repeatedly asked to abandon Sichuan and retreat to Hanzhong, Shaanxi Province.

In other words, the direction of breakthrough chosen by the Ming army was not a place for the Manchus to fight for. Able to abide by the rules. Can't retreat, for Sichuan, the Manchus are ready to give up. But preparation is preparation, and the Manchus did not abandon it immediately. Obviously, they want to hold out as long as possible, or they want to use these places that they are about to give up as a bargaining chip to get as much of a favorable exchange as possible elsewhere.

This is the difference in the angle from which the problem is viewed, and it is also determined by the current position of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Zhu Yongxing did not need Ganshan's soldiers, because he no longer believed in the so-called regional discrimination, but he regarded Ganshan as a lost territory to be recovered, regardless of whether it withered or not.

On the other hand, it also means that the Ming court has survived a difficult period, or at least the difficulties have been greatly alleviated. In terms of food and grass supplies, the Ming army could take the initiative to attack without worrying about the hardships of the people in the recovered areas.

Jiangnan and Huguang have harvested one season of grain, while the Meixian and Xian regions have already transported the first harvest of grain to all the places where they need it. The money raised was used to buy large quantities of supplies from Champang, Chenla, and Siam, which were enough to support the Ming army to take strategic combat operations in one or both directions.

From the perspective of the battle situation, the situation of attacking Boryeong (now Langzhong) is very favorable. The Zhenshuo army of Li Dingguo, the king of the Jin Dynasty, in Chongqing, as well as the two armies of Shuo and Fashuo, which were expanded and reorganized by the Thirteen Families of Kuidong, have formed a strategic encirclement trend. With the help of the smooth navigation of the Yangtze River and the abundance of ships, the mobile deployment of troops is enough to form an overwhelming numerical superiority in the direction of attack.

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The people and horses marched proudly in the banner exhibition. From time to time, scouts galloped by, reporting the news ahead.

Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, rode in the procession, constantly giving orders to the scouts, while in front of and behind him were the sound of horses' hooves, and countless iron horses were rolling forward.

As the first cavalry unit to be formed, the Zhenshuo army already had 5,000 hussars, 3,000 dragoons, and 15,000 infantry. Judging from this ratio, the Zhenshuo army was the most mobile force in the Ming army.

As the main force of this combat operation, Li Dingguo led his headquarters to attack north on the west bank of the Jialing River, and the two divisions of the Shuo army under the command of Liu Tichun, the king of Zheng, advanced on the east bank. The plan of the General Staff Headquarters was not only to capture Boryeong, but to recover northern Sichuan and force Hanzhong.

"North Sichuan is the gateway of Hanzhong, and there is Hanzhong after there is North Sichuan, and there is no Hanzhong without North Sichuan. To a corner of Baoning to gather the Qing court's food and salary, and also set up civil and military, for the southwest region of the Manchu Qing Dynasty only foothold, breaking it is important. ”

Regarding the deployment of the General Staff, Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, was deeply convinced. Although Liu Wenxiu, the king of Shu, was a little anxious, he also saw the importance of northern Sichuan and Baoning, and the Qing army relied on it as a big town in Sichuan and Yungui. That's why he had to take advantage of the victory to eliminate this threat.

Although Liu Wenxiu was defeated by Baoning, it is undeniable that at that time, his grand strategy was not much of a problem. It's just that in the specific arrangement of attacking Boryeong, the mistake of dividing the troops of the enemy was lightly committed.

Now that the General Staff has made a plan to recover Boryeong, the situation is very different from that of the past. The Ming army had recovered most of Sichuan and had taken strong measures to manage Sichuan. For example, setting up officials to secure the people, organizing immigrants, contacting the Tusi, and stepping up the tuntian, they have made themselves invincible. (To be continued......)