After Zhou Yuan finished Wang Mu, he said to Ling Jingyang: "Governor, today Li Rufeng, Zhang Shun, and Gao Ding's three troops and horses went to the three counties of Datong Prefecture, and the lower officials thought that our army was between the Dashun army and the imperial court, is this appropriate?" ”

Ling Jingyang was surprised that Zhou Yuan was so shrewd, and he could see the intention of the Dashun Army at a glance, Zhou Yuan was not complacent, but solemnly talked to Ling Jingyang about the world's major events.

Zhou Yuan once again asked Ling Jingyang to prepare to retreat to Shanxi, Ling Jingyang didn't understand why he had such a strong obsession and had to withdraw from Shaanxi, could it be that Shanxi would be hit by a meteorite soon?

Ling Jingyang didn't agree with what Zhou Yuan said, Zhou Yuan gritted his teeth, and continued with Ling Jingyang: "Governor, the lower official has a question, I have always wanted to ask the governor, and I also ask the governor to solve the doubts for the lower official today." ”

"You say."

"Since the governor raised his army, does he have the intention of replacing the Zhu Ming Dynasty?"

Ling Jingyang held his breath and watched Zhou hike for ten seconds before he said, "Zhou Yuan, you are not subservient. ”

Zhou Yuan smiled, he and Ling Jingyang expressed their inner thoughts, the world is in chaos, any military leader who has not unified the rivers and mountains is not a qualified military leader, even if it is a city defender, he must have the world in his heart.

Unify the world?

In Ling Jingyang's mind, it was just a thought, but he was more concerned about when to drive away Jiannu and resist the attack of the Fusang people, but today Zhou Yuan dialed this, Ling Jingyang suddenly realized a little at this moment, just like the future Fusang people, coming to this era, isn't it also to dominate the world?

Why can't he have this grand goal?

Zhou Yuan saw that the expression on Ling Jingyang's face was unpredictable, and said: "Ling Dudu, since the Great Song Dynasty Dashui slammed Taiyuan City, Shanxi is no longer the land of the dragon vein, and if the Governor wants to do more, he must be enterprising, instead of vacillating between Dashun and Daming." ”

Ling Jingyang wanted to tell him that he was from eight hundred years later, but he still held back, he talked to Zhou Yuan about the Fusang people, and asked him if Zhou Yuan knew about the Fusang people, and the Fusang people had also heard of some Fusang people in Shanxi, as if the Fusang people had a lot of power in Fusang, but in his opinion, the Fusang people were not worth mentioning, and they were a group of ants in front of the army.

"Zhou Yuan

Have you ever thought that we, the Dashun army, the Qing army, and other hostile forces were bleeding, but in the end they let the Fusang people take advantage of the loopholes? ”

"Dudu, Fusang is only a native of the East China Sea, how can he have the ability to swallow my Huaxia Continent?"

Ling Jingyang asked him rhetorically: "Didn't the Qing army swallow most of China?" ”

Zhou Yuan was a little embarrassed for a while, and didn't understand why Ling Jingyang talked about Fusang people, Ling Jingyang didn't continue the topic of Fusang people with him, and said to him: "Zhou Yuan, I understand what you mean, you want to find a stable base camp, just like Ming Taizu Guang accumulated grain, and constantly accumulate strength, but you ignore one point, a mature army needs to be tempered by blood and fire before it is qualified to unify the world." ”

"But have you seen that we have defeated the Qing army several times, but there are fewer and fewer soldiers in our army, and every time we fight, we have to replenish soldiers from prisoners, so that if we continue to fight, the generals are all captive soldiers."

Seeing that Ling Jingyang didn't speak, he said again: "Our army has fallen into a strange circle, that is, continuous victories, and the territory is getting smaller and smaller, before there were Fenzhou and a small half of Pingyang Mansion, but now, it is just Ningwuguan, and the three counties of Datong Mansion, such a little bit of territory, if it sounds good, you are still a warlord, and if it is not good, the governor is not as good as a mountain king." ”

Ling Jingyang looked into the distance, exhaled a breath, and said to Zhou Yuan: "Zhou Yuan, what you said is reasonable, but have you ever thought that if we hadn't insisted on fighting in Shanxi, Dashun and the imperial court would have been wiped out by Jiannu?" ”

Before this sentence, Zhou Yuan had always thought that Ling Jingyang was not motivated, and he did not have the ambition of an emperor, but today he found that he was wrong, ridiculously wrong, Ling Jingyang is the man with lofty ideals who has the world in mind, and he is the pillar of the Ming Dynasty who turns the tide.

He was very guilty and Ling Jingyang said: "Governor, it's the lower officials who don't have discernment." ”

Ling Jingyang was a little emotional and said to Zhou Yuan: "Zhou Yuan, I raised troops to resist the Qing Dynasty, so that the people of China would not be slaughtered, and for the stability of the world. ”

Zhou Yuan nodded with him, and Ling Jingyang did not discourage his enthusiasm, asking him to pay more attention to Jiangnan, the main battlefield in the future will be in the Jiangnan region, after all, the entire north has been broken.

As Zhou Yuan said, Shanxi is no longer enough

To support a large-scale battle, even if a decisive victory is achieved in Shanxi, there is no reserve force to replenish military losses, and a territory with a larger population and more land is indeed needed.

Zhou Yuan thought that Ling Jingyang had not accepted his suggestion at all, and he was very depressed in his heart, and suddenly heard Ling Jingyang's words, and his heart was rekindled, and he suggested that Ling Jingyang should go south to Shu.

Fight for the world with the population of Bashu and natural dangers, but the premise is to hold Hanzhong in your hands, which is also the key to whether Ling Jingyang's army can go out of Sichuan, if Hanzhong is occupied by other forces, Ling Jingyang can only nest in the Sichuan region, become a local prince, and lose the opportunity to dominate the world.

He told Ling Jingyang his strategy, and after listening to it, Ling Jingyang told him about leaving Guizhou from Sichuan and entering Huguang, can't he also go out of Sichuan?

"My lord, if Hanzhong Mansion is not in the hands of our army, our army will use a large number of troops to guard against the enemy army from Hanzhong to the south of Bashu, so that our army will never be able to concentrate its troops out of Sichuan, but will have to disperse its forces to various places."

"Hanzhong is in the hands of the Dashun army, and there are many warlords all over Sichuan, even if our army wants to go, it doesn't have the ability."

Zhou Yuanshen said to him mysteriously: "Dudu, you can have this." ”

"Oh, tell me quickly, how did our army go to Sichuan?"

Zhou Yuan looked nearby, there was no one else, in Ling Jingyang's ear, said softly: "Du Du, the lower official is the protégé of Wang Yingxiong, the secretary of the military department, Wang Shangshu supervises the military affairs of Sichuan, Lake, Yun and Gui, although there are hundreds of thousands of troops, but they are all in their own ways, the adults can lead the troops to the south, worship under the Wang Shangshumen, take their trust, and wait for the opportunity to enter Sichuan and Guizhou and other places, at that time, the capital governor dragon into the sea, the birds in the sky, Dashun, Jiannu, and this Chongzhen court, adults can turn a blind eye. ”

"I am the governor of the five armies of the Chongzhen Imperial Court, and I am still the secretary of the military department of the Hongguang Imperial Court, and the people of the world know what to think of me?"

"The world is like this, and no one looks at the governor."

Ling Jingyang thought about it in his mind, at this time, it is very risky to give up the base area he fought in Shanxi and go to a completely new area, but this is also a very good time to get rid of the head-to-head confrontation with the Qing army, and he can also accumulate strength, but as soon as he leaves, won't the Dashun army and the Chongzhen court face each other?