"Father, how did he become like this?"

In the palace of King Qin in Guiyang, Sun Zhengqi sat on the edge of the bed sadly, he stroked his red and swollen arm that had just been smashed by Sun Kewang with an inkstone, and his heart was full of sadness.

In his eyes, Sun Kewang has always been a man who stands up to the sky, and he has never poured out his emotions like this, but now, Sun Kewang's anger makes him feel strange and frightened.

Sun Kewang's anger not only frightened his son, but also caused the entire government and the opposition to fall into panic, in order to protect themselves, those former Ming Dynasty generals with Yongli background rose up one after another, in response to the offensive of the Chu army, so that the Qin army's defense line was further eroded.

Almost every day, bad news came from the front line, and some Tusi who rushed from Yunnan to Guizhou to participate in the war also followed after Mu Tianbo's rebellion and fought side by side with the Chu army.

These Yunnan Tusi had many war elephants in their army, and the war elephants used by the Qin army against the Chu army were instead used to attack the Qin army.

Under the bombardment of the Tusi Elephant Army and the Chu Army's artillery, the Qin army's defense line was further routed, and even the brothers of the old camp of the Great Western Army, who were expected to enter Yungui with Sun Ke, joined the wave of rout.

In just one month, the Chu army tore through the Qin army's defense line, and the troops pointed directly at Guiyang City.

Guiyang was shaken, and there was a panic in the government and the opposition, in order to avoid the Guiyang court being wiped out by the Chu army, Sun Kewang could only order the court to move to Qujing Mansion in Yunnan, which was called "West Hunting".

The provincial capital of Yunnan was still under the control of the Chu army, and although Wang Ziqi mobilized troops and horses from all over Yunnan several times to launch a counteroffensive against the Yunnan army, their offensive was repelled by the Chu army.

The Yunnan Mansion that Sun Kewang ran after entering Yunnan and the city walls he ordered to be heightened and repaired were instead used to resist the Qin army's own offensive.

On April 20, the Chu army came to Longlisi, Guiyang Mansion, and saw a large number of Qin troops gathered in Guiyang, and did not advance rashly.

Therefore, he mobilized a large number of soldiers and horses to gather around Guiyang Mansion, intending to start a decisive battle with the Chu army, before the arrival of the Chu army, he had ordered soldiers and horses to build large and small camps around Guiyang Mansion, each camp was a horn between each other, intending to use strong camps to consume the strength of the Chu army.

Before the war, Sun Kewang divided the battlefield into three sides, he ordered Wang Shangli to be the chief officer of the North Road, commanding the Qin army's defense line along the Nanmen River to Zazuosi, and appointed Wang Lin, the chief soldier under his command, to lead the army to deploy on the front line of the Dunijiang River, and he himself led heavy troops to garrison inside and outside the Zhongcao Division.

Not only that, but he also ordered Feng Shuangli on the Yunnan-Guizhou border to rush here, Feng Shuangli is a general under Sun Kewang, and whether he participates in the war or not will have a different impact on the development of the war.

Naturally, the battle with Sun Kewang was Su Dingyuan, the governor of Huguang of the Chu army, who stagnated after conquering Longlisi, ordered people to watch the Qin army's defense line, drew a battle map, and then summoned the generals for deployment.

At this time, Liu Fangming, the general soldier of Ningxia, had already led his army through Banzhou, forcibly crossed Wuqingshui, and stationed troops south of Kaizhou, directly threatening the Qin army's northern defense town Zazuosi.

Meihu Bo Lai Xun and his subordinates Chen Shitai, Lin Zhong, Liu Zhenguo, Guo Liai and others were stationed dozens of miles south of Longlisi, and after they were summoned by Su Dingyuan, they all entered Longlisi to wait for dispatch.

In addition, there were Dingnan Hou Cao Dahao and Pingjiang Bo Zhang Zisheng stationed troops dozens of miles south of the Nanmen River, both of which also entered the Longli Division and waited for dispatch.

In the Thousand Households of Longli Division, Su Dingyuan and the generals gathered together.

Su Dingyuan held a wooden pole in his hand, pointed to the military map drawn by the scout on the map, and said:

"Sun Kewang claimed that there were 120,000 soldiers and horses gathered in Guiyang, and our army had a total of more than 70,000 soldiers.

In terms of the quality of the soldiers, the officers and men of our army fought in the south and the north, and drove out the Hulu, who in the world can be the enemy? In terms of weaponry and equipment, our army's guns are sharp, and all the artillery guns are eroded for hundreds of miles, and the only thing that needs to be considered is our command ability. ”

After speaking, he paused, and introduced the general deployment of the Qin army in detail to the generals, and the generals enthusiastically put forward their own suggestions.

Dingnan Hou Cao Dahao took the lead and said: "Since the Ningxia General Army has stationed troops in the south of Kaizhou, it can fight with our army in the north and south to attack Wang Shangli, Zazuosi, and Shuidong in the Nanmen River. (This chapter is not finished!) )

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If the division falls into the hands of our army, the northern gateway of Guiyang will be wide open, and our army can drive straight into Guiyang and kill directly under the city of Guiyang. ”

"That's right, and that Wang Shangli is a veteran of the Western Thieves, if Wang Shangli can be captured or killed by our army, the morale of the Qin army will definitely be hit hard!" Cao Dahao's deputy Zhang Zisheng echoed.

Su Dingyuan nodded, he agreed with the two of them, Liu Fangming's troops through Banzhou in the north of Guiyang were indeed inserted in the key points of the Qin army, and the 20,000 and nearly 30,000 Ningxia soldiers were a large army that should not be underestimated, not to mention the strength of the Qin army, but also able to attack them from the north and south. _o_m

After the two generals in the north took the lead and finished expressing their opinions, Su Dingyuan turned his eyes to Lai Xun and the others, and Liu Zhenguo, the general standing behind Lai Xun, came out of the ranks at this time and said:

"Governor Xian, the last general has a close relationship with Xiao Cheng Fansi's Tusi, and the last general is willing to personally go out to persuade Xiao Cheng Fansi to surrender, as long as Xiao Cheng Fansi is anyway, there will be a huge gap in the Qin army's defense line in the Dunijiang River."

"Can you trust Xiao Cheng Fan Toast?" Su Dingyuan didn't make a decision right away, he stared at Liu Zhenguo and asked rhetorically.

Although Liu Zhenguo was a general who came from the Qin army anyway, Su Dingyuan did not alienate him because of this, but after he and Guo Li Ai broke Zhang Shengjun, he reported the exploits of the two of them to Nanjing and asked for recognition for the two.

Therefore, Liu Zhenguo is not only grateful to Su Dingyuan, and is determined to fight for Su Dingyuan, but also wants to make great contributions and live up to Su Dingyuan's expectations.

In the face of Su Dingyuan's inquiry, Liu Zhenguo immediately said categorically: "The last general once saved the life of Xiao Cheng Fantusi, and he is willing to use his life as a guarantee." ”

"Since you say so, then do as you say." Su Dingyuan nodded and said.

Then, several generals in the south also spoke one after another, and they discussed it enthusiastically, which made Kuang Guogong Pi Xiong, who was standing at the end, look very lonely.

Pi Xiong was originally a Southern Ming warlord in Guizhou, but after the Great Western Army entered Yunnan and Guizhou, in order to obtain a stable base area, Sun Kewang attacked the warlords of Yungui with a heavy fist, and Pi Xiong was deprived of military power, which also made him full of resentment towards Sun Kewang in his heart.

Therefore, after the Chu army came, he fled with a few cronies and defected to Su Dingyuan, because of his elimination of the Qin army, Su Dingyuan accepted him and let him accompany him to the meeting.

After a heated discussion, Su Dingyuan formulated a battle plan - they would use the north as a breakthrough point, let Cao Dahao and Liu Fangming flank Wang Shangli's army in the north and south, and let Sun Kewang of Cao Si have to divide his troops to rescue.

After Sun Kewang divided his troops, Su Dingyuan used superior firepower to accompany the elephant army that had taken refuge in them to attack in a coordinated onslaught, defeating Sun Kewang on the frontal battlefield in one fell swoop.

And to the south, Liu Zhenguo personally persuaded Xiao Cheng Fantusi to surrender and open a breakthrough for the Chu army to storm the defense line of the Dunijiang River - considering that Feng Shuangli was rushing towards this side, their task was the most urgent.

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