A butterfly in the Amazon rainforest of South America, with a few occasional flaps of its wings, can cause a tornado in Texas two weeks later. ”

This sentence is just a metaphor, but sometimes a small change that is inconspicuous can indeed cause a chain reaction somewhere, eventually leading to a huge result.

Zhang Xianzhong took the whip and reined in the horse, standing on the agate mountain, condescending to look at the mountains in the north.

The wind hunted, bringing up countless drooping flags, blowing the flags on the helmets of the soldiers of the Western Camp all over the mountains.

"The great victory at Qingshan Pass is the first major victory since Liaozuo used troops."

"Chen Wang is the general of the tiger and wolf, and the soldiers under his command are also the soldiers of the tiger and wolf.

"The Hanzhong army is mostly infantry, not only the firearms are sharp, but the melee combat is also brave, the battle of Zhending Hanzhong army armor and Jiannu infantry team are head-on, but they do not fall behind, relying on firearms casualties are even lower than Jiannu elite soldiers."

Xu Yixian, who was dressed in a dark blue robe, rode a war horse and followed Zhang Xianzhong's side, looking at the mountains in the north like Zhang Xianzhong.

Xu Yixian took the initiative to join Zhang Xianzhong's command, not like Pan Duao, who came in desperation.

After several bloody battles in the past few months, Xu Yixian is no longer the scholar Xiucai who only knows how to talk on paper and has no power.

Xu Yixian is well-read, You Xi Bingshu, although he has not been to the Nine Sides, nor has he served as an official, but he knows a lot about the situation of the battalion soldiers.

Now all the soldiers and horses under Zhang Xianzhong's command have been reorganized by him, and they are divided into four battalions: front, rear, left, and right.

Of course, according to the actual situation, certain changes have been made on the establishment.

If the original Xu Yixian lacked practical experience, it was just talk on paper.

But now Xu Yixian has already been on the battlefield, and in a few months, he has been reorganized several times and joined forces several times.

Under the leadership of Xu Yixian, the combat power of the soldiers and horses under Zhang Xianzhong's command has indeed been greatly improved, and the marching camp and offensive deployment have also begun to have rules.

Now Zhang Xianzhong has four battalions under his command, with a total of 12,000 people.

The front camp was led by Zhang Xianzhong himself, and there were 3,000 elite horsemen in the department, all of whom were descendants of Zhang Xianzhong.

The rear camp was under the command of Sun Kewang, and there were also 3,000 elite cavalry in the department, often as the palace army, to respond to the safety of the army.

The cavalry of the front and rear battalions are fully clothed and armored, and there are many horses, and they can even achieve one person and two horses.

The left battalion was led by a dragon Xue Chengcai, and there were 3,000 horse troops in the department, and the right battalion was headed by Li Dingguo, and the department was also 3,000 horse troops, and did not carry any foot soldiers.

They rode on horseback as they marched in a hurry, and usually mostly on foot.

Xu Yixian was in charge of the military affairs in the army, and the logistics and military affairs were all under the control of Pan Duao.

Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi did not lead a battalion alone, but followed Zhang Xianzhong's side to help him deal with military affairs and charge into battle.

"The Ming army even set up batteries on many highlands for the battalion, blocked the pass pass, the garrison was extremely strict, the main force was the Hanzhong army, and the co-subordinate troops were soldiers from Tu and Sichuan, with a total strength of more than 10,000 people, this pass ...... It's hard to ......."

Xu Yixian frowned, he just glanced at it, and he already had no idea about the defense line of the Ming army in the north.

"Strategist, why bother to grow the ambition of others and destroy your own prestige."

As soon as Xu Yixian's words fell, Ai Nengqi, who was also riding a horse and standing aside, couldn't help but snort coldly.

"The Hanzhong army is powerful, and it is famous in the north, but only half of the soldiers and horses are left behind, and most of the Hanzhong soldiers in Hanzhong Mansion are newly recruited soldiers in recent months, and now what combat power can they have."

"Which of the soldiers under my Xiying battalion is not killed in the sea of corpses and blood, and which one of them will lose to those officers and soldiers in terms of bravery?"

Ai Nengqi didn't have much affection for Xu Yixian, and every time Xu Yixian spoke, he said something depressing that affected the morale of the army.

"If you want me to say ......"

Ai Nengqi didn't say the follow-up words, because Zhang Xianzhong's wolf-like fierce eyes had already been projected.

"What General Ai said is indeed reasonable."

Xu Yixian didn't care much about Ainengqi's hostility.

"The Hanzhong army suffered heavy casualties in the north, and now most of them are newly recruited battalions, but even so it is still not to be underestimated."

"Chen Wangqi is especially good at training, and in the past three months, the troops under his command must have begun to take shape."

Xu Yixian raised his hand, pointed to the camp of the Ming army in the distance, and said in a deep voice.

"The most important thing is that the Hanzhong army has sharp firearms, especially heavy artillery, and the Hanzhong army has set up many batteries on the mountain heights, if our army storms the camp of officers and soldiers, it will inevitably suffer artillery casualties, and the road to the north is narrow, and the losses will be heavy."

"In my opinion, it's better to turn around and find another way now."

Zhang Xianzhong pulled the reins of the horse and stopped the restless war horse under the seat, his eyes were cold.

Not long ago, he led his troops to inspect the camp of the Hanzhong army, and the camp of the Hanzhong army was extremely well repaired, and the erection of forts was also exquisite.

Zhang Xianzhong's opinion is exactly the same as Xu Yixian's, he doesn't have any idea of trying to storm the Hanzhong military camp.

He had also read the Tang newspaper from the north, so he naturally knew the combat power under Chen Wang's command.

As Ai Nengqi said, the Hanzhong Army now has a large number of recruits, and it may be able to win.

But what is the use of winning the war.

The gains are completely disproportionate to the efforts.

"At the beginning, Li Zicheng suffered from Chen Wang's hardships in Chu County, and he and Qi Governor and King Zhengyi led tens of thousands of troops to attack Chu County for more than a month, and finally lost more than 5,000 corpses outside Chu County, but they failed to get in, and Chen Wang's soldiers and horses were only 5,000 people in total."

Zhang Xianzhong was not carried away by the victories along the way, but became more and more sober.

"Besides, you really want to make peace with Li Zicheng in Shaanxi."

Zhang Xianzhong pulled the war horse under the seat and said coldly.

"Shaanxi has been affected by disasters for so many years, and there are military disasters, there are not many people, and it is difficult to find food."

Even if he really hits in, he is afraid that most of the soldiers and horses under his command will be lost.

Shaanxi has been hit by disasters one after another, and it has long been poor and white, and even if it scrapes three feet of the ground, it can't scrape anything good.

"Qin Liangyu has already arrived in Wanxian, if there are more people dying here, what will he use to fight those native soldiers at that time?"

And the most important thing is that Zhang Xianzhong has already figured out a lot of things when he was in Gucheng.

Pan Aoyong and Xu Yixian told him a lot of things about ancient times.

talked about Chen Sheng, Wu Guang, and Xiang Yu and Liu Bang.

From the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the founding of the country in the early Ming Dynasty.

In all dynasties, those who have achieved great things must first divide one side, and then they can develop and grow, and then dominate the world!

In the land of the four wars in Shaanxi, several towns on the nine sides are located in Shaanxi.

It is difficult to occupy Shaanxi.

Moreover, the Ming army controlled Tongguan and guarded it with heavy troops, and the entire Guanzhong Plain was under the Ming army's troops, and it was difficult to advance to occupy Shaanxi.

Since Li Zicheng is so obsessed with Shaanxi, he will never forget.

Then he will be fine, and continue to stay in the feng shui treasure land that has been affected by disasters every year in Shaanxi.

He, Zhang Xianzhong, didn't want to go back to Shaanxi again, and continued to eat the wind and sand in the north.

The land of Huguang and rich, the thousands of miles of rivers in the south, the rice fields full of eyes, the gold, silver, pearls and jade in the homes of the gentry and landlords, which point is not better than today's Shaanxi? !

With the swords and guns in his hands, all the things in the entire southern kingdom will be in his pocket!

Merely...... Is the plan too late to keep up with the changes......

Zhang Xianzhong's eyes were cold, and he had made a mistake after all.

He had been planning a plan for nearly a year, and the layout that had been in place for months was now no longer feasible to implement.

Qin Liangyu's sudden arrival disrupted Zhang Xianzhong's overall plan.

Qin Liangyu is now leading his troops to Wanxian, which is equivalent to cutting off the road for Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong to converge, forming a situation of the former wolf and the tiger, and isolating Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai.

Zhang Xianzhong had already sent a messenger to inform Luo Rucai, but he didn't know if this information could be delivered to Luo Rucai in the end, after all, he had to pass through the territory controlled by the Ming army along the way.

"Qin Liangyu is the pillar country of the southwest, the native soldiers under his command are very brave, it is difficult to defeat them, and now the officers and soldiers are surrounded by wolves, once our army shows its cowardice, it will be besieged by a group, and there will be no sparing at that time."

Xu Yixian's expression was solemn, the current situation was extremely unfavorable for them, and he couldn't help but sigh lightly.

"There are wolves in front and tigers in the back, and the current situation is ......"

To be honest, Xu Yixian even has some regrets in his heart now.

Zhang Xianzhong is indeed a hero, and he has the ambition to plot the world, but the officers and soldiers who made him feel vulnerable were beyond his expectations.

You must know that for decades, the north has been talking about slavery and changing color.

The Ming army and Jiannu have won rare victories since the war, and they have been defeated all the way, and a large area of land in the north has been occupied by Jiannu, and the country's situation is not as good as day by day.

So this time, when the situation in the north rose again, Xu Yixian completely strengthened his determination to start an incident with Zhang Xianzhong.

From the dragon's work, rebuilding the society, the things that go down in history, who doesn't want to do it?!

It's just that the Ming army first fought a big victory in the northern Qinwang, and then changed the fatigue of the past, which brought them great pressure.

Chen Wang was like a monster, the tens of thousands of troops outside Baitu Pass were defeated, and they couldn't hold out even a day.

Chang Guoan, the king of Tuotian, was captured and beheaded, and Wang Guoning was suppressed between the mountains and did not dare to move.

When successive dynasties change, it seems that the old dynasty will jump out of one or several extremely outstanding people to try to turn the tide.

Zhang Han at the end of the Qin Dynasty, Liu Bei at the end of the Han Dynasty, Xuanzong in the Tang Dynasty, Yue Fei in the Northern Song Dynasty, Wen Tianxiang in the Southern Song Dynasty, and Wang Baobao at the end of the Yuan Dynasty......

"Strategist, you're right, but you're not right."

Zhang Xianzhong grinned and laughed terribly, a pair of tiger eyes flashing with a terrifying fierce light.

"The Hanzhong army is not easy to mess with, and the native soldiers are also hard stubble, now it is true that there are wolves in front and tigers in the back, but now we don't have only two roads to go."

Xu Yixian's expression was slightly stunned, and he didn't think of Guan Qiao for a while, and frowned.

"Now I can't go to Shaanxi, I can't go back to Huguang, and I can still ......"

Before Xu Yixian's words were finished, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he almost shouted.

He looked at Zhang Xianzhong in shock, and in an instant he had already figured out all the tricks.

Shaanxi can't go, Huguang can't go, why can't you go to Sichuan?!

"The military advisor seems to have thought of it too."

Zhang Xianzhong's expression was calm, although the news of Qin Liangyu's arrival in Wanxian County made his original plan completely disrupted, and it really made him panic at the beginning.

But this sudden situation led to the collapse of plans, which were once just a matter of life.

No one can guarantee that things will work out according to the plan.

Gao Yingxiang planned for several years, trying to surprise attack Xi'an Mansion, but in the end he was defeated and died.

Zhang Xianzhong knows his ability very well, he does not have the prestige of Gao Yingxiang, nor does he have the mind of Gao Yingxiang.

Gao Yingxiang's plans for several years will fail, and it is normal for the plans he makes to fail.

People are not as good as heaven, and many times the battle situation tests the decision of the general.

"The king's policy can be described as the best policy, Sichuan can indeed go!"

Xu Yixian's eyes were bright, and he couldn't help but high-five and admire.

"Although Li Zicheng's main force is in Shaanxi, there are still troops left behind in northern Sichuan, which contain most of the troops in Sichuan Province."

Li Zicheng had a far-reaching layout, and he led the elite cavalry to flee into the deep mountains and valleys in the north of Long'an Province.

Let the head of Qi, the king of Renyi and others surrender by fraud, and falsify the deaths of the king of the world and the king of the great heaven, and paralyze the Ming army in northern Sichuan.

Then Li Zicheng went out of the mountains and forests, and first sent a message to the head of Qi and the king of benevolence and righteousness.

As a result, Hou Liangzhu, the chief soldier of Sichuan, was reprimanded and demoted, and he was guilty of meritorious service.

Li Zicheng led the elite cavalry army into Shaanxi to set off a storm, but ordered the head of Qi, King Renyi and others to lead the infantry to still stay in Long'an Mansion, relying on the geographical advantage to confront the Sichuan soldiers.

The soldiers and horses in central Sichuan, northern Sichuan, and western Sichuan all went to Long'an Mansion in northern Sichuan to suppress, and eastern Sichuan also gathered soldiers and horses from all over the country at this time.

Now it is the interior of Sichuan, which is the most empty time, if you can enter the hinterland of Sichuan at this time, it will be like a bamboo!

Although Sichuan was not a land of kings in ancient times, it is different from the past.

Before the Ming Dynasty, had you ever heard that the south and the north could dominate the world?

Today's Sichuan is no longer a remote place with sparse population in ancient times.

Today's chaos is very great, and natural disasters in the north are continuous, but the climate in the south is still normal and suitable.

The Ming court now gathered heavy troops in Shaanxi, Henan, Huguang, Nanzhili and other places, which are difficult to develop.

On the southeast coast, the Ming court navy is strong, and it is not a good place.

Turning to the southwest and entering the hinterland of Sichuan is indeed a good strategy.

But......

The look on Xu Yixian's face became solemn again, and he hesitated.

"The road to Sichuan is also guarded by a lot of Sichuan troops, and if you want to enter Sichuan, I'm afraid it will be difficult......"

Different from Xu Yixian's worries, Zhang Xianzhong's expression was not afraid at all.

"It's not hard at all."

Zhang Xianzhong's tone was extremely determined.

"In the past few months, I have been preparing to go north to Shaanxi Prefecture, and even marched all the way to Taiping County."

"In Shaanxi, Li Zicheng responded to my request and sent troops to attack Hanzhong Mansion, making a gesture of wanting to make peace with me."

"I told Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai, Chang Guoan, and Wang Guoning...... Tell everyone that the plan is to return to Shaanxi......"

"No one, no one could have imagined that we would turn south!"

(End of chapter)