On the north bank of the Han River, the Hanzhong Army camp in Fancheng. Zhao Huailiang hurriedly walked towards the location of the Chinese military tent, and more than a dozen armored soldiers in robes and belts followed closely behind.

Zhao Huailiang, who was recognized by all the guards guarding outside the tent of the Chinese army, naturally would not stop him. Zhao Huailiang went all the way unimpeded, and at the mouth of the Chinese army's tent, two guards even lifted the curtain in advance.

Zhao Huailiang bowed his head slightly, crossed the tent, and stepped into the tent of the Chinese army.

"Zhang Xianzhong, leading the troops out of the city!" Zhao Huailiang gave a military salute first, suppressed the excitement in his heart and reported to Chen Wangyu.

In the account. Chen Wang was standing in front of a huge sand table. On the sand table, there are mountains and rivers, and rivers are dense.

Everywhere the city and the army are clearly marked. The scope of the sand table is quite extensive, in addition to the Yunyang and Xiangyang prefectures in Huguang, the Hanzhong mansion in Shaanxi, the Nanyang and Runing prefectures in Henan, and the part of Nanzhili is also included.

On the sand table, purple, blue, red, and yellow flags fluttered. The blue banner is the soldiers and horses under Zhang Xianzhong.

There are only twenty or thirty branches in Xiangyang and the surrounding areas. The red banner is naturally the Ming army that marched and suppressed.

The towns under Zuo Liangyu's command, as well as the soldiers and horses who followed Yang Sichang into Huguang, were marked with flags.

In Henan, there are also many red flags fluttering. One of these flags represents a thousand people. However, in the Henan area, there are more purple flags.

These purple flags are not the rogues in the territory, nor are they the Ming army. The purple flag represents the army under Chen Wang's command.

Hanzhong Mansion has the most, Yunyang Mansion is second, and then Henan Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion are in the house. On the far right of the sand table are the Ying and Huo mountains of Nanzhili.

In the mountainous areas of England and Huo, they are densely planted with ochre yellow flags. Now over there in the mountains of Ying and Huoshan, the fight is in full swing.

Under the leadership of Li Yan, the Wanmin Army entered the northern part of Nanzhili, and many officers and soldiers of Nanzhili were therefore transferred north.

Naturally, the strength of the officers and soldiers in the British and Huoshan areas was much weaker. The Fifth Battalion of the Left Wing seized the opportunity and attacked again and again, although it was not able to break out of the encirclement network of the Ming army for the time being, but it also achieved considerable results.

Regarding Zhao Huailiang's arrival, Chen Wang did not have the slightest surprise. Zhao Huailiang came all the way from outside the Chinese army, and the guards who were guarding outside had already reported the news to him.

Chen Wang stared at the sand table in front of him and asked.

"Zhang Xianzhong, leading the troops to the southeast?"

"The head town is like a god." Zhao Huailiang looked at Chen Wang with admiration and nodded.

"What kind of thing is this?" Chen Wang shook his head with a smile and said.

"Now Wan Yuan Ji is leading the main force to attack Jingzhou Mansion in the southwest, they can't take Fancheng, and they can't go north,"

"Zhang Xianzhong can only go to the southeast at this time, and go to the southeast to have a way to live." Zhao Huailiang listened respectfully, waited until Chen Wang finished speaking, and then continued to report.

"According to the report of the supervision center, as expected by the head town, Zhang Xianzhong did not give up Xiangyang, leaving more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Xiangyang, and opened warehouses to release grain, and recruited a large number of displaced people into the army as arm help." Hearing the news, Chen Wangcai withdrew his gaze from the sand table and looked up at Zhao Huailiang, with a solemn look in his eyes.

Zhang Xianzhong has some talent in military command, but his strategic vision can only be said to be decent.

The intelligence heard by the supervision center shows that after Zhang Xianzhong entered Xiangyang, he changed his previous style, rectified military discipline, and prohibited burning, killing, and looting.

After Zhang Xianzhong entered the city, he only attacked the rich families, but he did not commit any crimes against the ordinary people in Xiangyang City.

Later, it opened warehouses to release grain, recruited displaced people into the army, organized and trained the army, and made flags, using the same military system as the military system of the town battalion on the nine sides.

This time, he sent people to stay in Xiangyang, and additionally recruited displaced people to enter the city to assist in defense. This is indeed somewhat unexpected by Chen Wang.

Chen Wangyou thought that Zhang Xianzhong would leave a force to garrison Xiangyang. But the expectation was to leave a dead army behind.

But now Zhang Xianzhong left more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and recruited displaced people to assist in defense, obviously really wanting to occupy Xiangyang as a stronghold.

Chen Wang's eyes flickered, he looked at Zhao Huailiang, and asked in a deep voice.

"Who is the main general of the army who stayed in Xiangyang?" Zhao Huailiang recalled for a moment and replied.

"The chief general of the Xianjun who stayed in Xiangyang, named Zhang Dingguo, is the general of the right battalion of the Xianjun and one of Zhang Xianzhong's righteous sons." Chen Wang's eyebrows were slightly raised, and his voice subconsciously raised slightly.

"Zhang Dingguo?"

"Yes." Zhao Huailiang looked puzzled, because Chen Wang seemed to care about the name. Chen Wang didn't pay attention to the look of doubt in Zhao Huailiang's eyes, he had already lowered his head again, and his gaze stayed on Xiangyang City on the sand table.

Chen Wang naturally cares about this name. Zhang Dingguo, many people have never heard of this name, but if it is replaced with the surname Li, it will be different.

The current Li Dingguo is still called Zhang Dingguo, and Li Dingguo only restored his surname after Zhang Xianzhong's death. Since the Qing army entered the customs, it has been advancing like a bamboo.

Under such circumstances, Li Dingguo led his troops to the battle, and he became a famous king twice, shaking the world. It shook the Qing court and the opposition, and when he heard Li Dingguo's name, he trembled, and even had a plan to abandon the southwestern provinces.

Li Dingguo was the pillar of optimus in Nanming at that time. Chen Wang's original plan was to wait until Zhang Xianzhong led the main force south, and then seek an opportunity to recover Xiangyang.

But now the person guarding Xiangyang is Li Dingguo, and there are more than 10,000 armor soldiers by his side. Although the number of recruits is quite large, there are at least a thousand veterans.

Zhang Xianzhong has more than 5,000 veterans under his command, and he will leave some to Li Dingguo. Chen Wang's eyes were solemn and his expression was serious.

Li Dingguo's current ability is definitely inferior to that of the two famous kings in history. Li Dingguo was already thirty-two years old during the period of the two famous kings, with rich experience, in charge of the political side, and fought for many years.

And now Li Dingguo has just reached the age of 20, and he has always followed Zhang Xianzhong to fight in the south and the north, and he has not much experience in leading troops alone.

But even so, Li Dingguo is still not to be underestimated. In terms of talent in military command, Li Dingguo can definitely be called a demon.

Li Dingguo joined the army at the age of ten and was accepted as a adopted son by Zhang Xianzhong, and then followed Zhang Xianzhong all the way, and it has been ten years now.

In the army, Li Dingguo was famous for his bravery, was convinced by the army, and was even known as the enemy of 10,000 people, with outstanding ability, and was highly valued by Zhang Xianzhong.

Zhang Xianzhong has fought for many years, and there are many loyal and outstanding generals under his command. However, letting Li Dingguo stay in Xiangyang and preside over the defense of Xiangyang already reflects that Li Dingguo's ability is not bad now.

I don't know to what extent.

"Zhang Dingguo......" Chen Wang looked at Xiangyang City on the sand table, and his expression did not change much. To recover Xiangyang, he can not get many benefits, that is, he can get some property that Zhang Xianzhong can't move, and hand over a beautiful good news.

Now the property is not in short supply for Chen Wang. Li Yan broke Luoyang and several surrounding cities, and scavenged a lot of gold and silver from the wealthy families in Fuwang's Mansion and Henan Mansion.

It is not taken away, and there are millions of them hidden in the mountains. Li Yan did honestly mark the location of these gold and silver, and Chen Wang then asked Hu Zhiyi to lead the troops back, and sure enough, he found the hidden gold and silver utensils.

The gold and silver hidden in the mountains are now being transported to Hanzhong Mansion in batches through caravans under the names of several merchants originally set up in Yunyang Mansion, and the hidden grain and grass Chen Wang did not transport back to Hanzhong Mansion, but still remained in the mountains, only concentrated a little.

Today's Henan, in fact, is already a semi-controlled area of Chen Wang, with full control of military affairs and extremely high autonomy.

Due to natural disasters and military disasters, a large amount of land and mines in various provinces have become ownerless, and with the power in his hands, Chen Wang is also constantly grabbing benefits and holding these resources in his hands.

Only the power to deal with people's livelihood affairs is still in the hands of Gao Mingheng, the governor of Henan. As for the good news, there will not be much reward from the imperial court.

Left and right are just titles and some gold and silver cloth, those things are indeed quite attractive to ordinary generals, but for Chen Wang, it is better than nothing.

"It's just right, we are all tired after such a long time of fighting all the way to the south and north, and the soldiers below will only be more tired, and now it is logical that we can have time to breathe." Chen Wang smiled and said.

"In the end, we have to thank Zhang Xianzhong this time." Zhang Xianzhong's move can be regarded as helping Chen Wang.

Entering Henan, Chen Wang has gained a lot of benefits, and many of them have not had time to laugh at them. Many problems within Hanzhong Mansion and Yunyang Mansion have been piling up and have not been solved.

Now that it is blocked north of Xiangyang, it can be used as an excuse to stay in Xiangyang Mansion for a long time to solve these breeding problems.

"That's what the town said." Zhao Huailiang's expression was slightly condensed, and he was also a little emotional. When there is a war, he often leaves home thousands of miles away, and it is difficult to return home for several years.

The imperial court ignored them, and just blindly ordered them to be suppressed. To be honest, many high-ranking officials in those temples did not regard those ordinary soldiers below as extraordinary.

"It's just...... Zhang Xianzhong is now going south to Jianghan, and our army will garrison Fancheng and stand still, whether it is ......" Zhao Huailiang hesitated, the garrison around Jianghan was weak, and Zhang Xianzhong led the army south, which would inevitably turn it upside down.

The morale of the soldiers under Wan Yuanji's command was low and their combat strength was limited, so at the critical moment when Yang Sichang died of illness, he naturally did not dare to fight easily.

The 20,000 remnants of the army under the command of Wan Yuan Ji are already all the field forces that can be mobilized in the entire Huguang at present, and once defeated, then Zhang Xianzhong is really uncontrollable.

In this case, they did not move in Fancheng, for fear that they would be questioned by the imperial court. The court's reprimand and condemnation are not painful, at most it is a symbolic reprimand of a few words, a few levels of official positions, and the original post is guilty of meritorious service.

But what I am afraid of is that the court will have suspicion and suspicion. Now Chen Wang's subordinates can't afford to be investigated much.

Yunyang Mansion and Henan have done things to cover up, but the things in Hanzhong Mansion are not easy to hide.

Now it can still be concealed, first, the health office is relatively independent and not under the jurisdiction of the prefecture. The second is that Chen Wang has been checking up and down, and the officials in Hanzhong Mansion, including the prefect, have taken a lot of money.

Although Jinyiwei was abolished shortly after Chongzhen ascended the throne, there are still three catties of nails in the rotten ship, and there are still a lot of people and spies.

When these spies get the order and go to Hanzhong Mansion, then the matter will be big. The huge waterwheels, the large workshops, and the strong fortresses in Hanzhong Mansion are absolutely impossible to hide.

These things are not clear at all, the general soldiers of which town are not trying to make money. Even Cao Wenzhao also has an industry, but he does not embezzle military salaries, because he needs to support his family.

It's all about getting money out of your pocket, where you will take money out of your own pocket and develop the place.

What do you want to do with the money in your pocket and go to develop the place? Such people, apart from saints, are only anti-thieves.

"Who said that we will not move in Fancheng?" Chen Wang's gaze swept over Zhao Huailiang's face.

Zhao Huailiang also considered the problem. He has always maintained the image of a loyal minister, just to prevent the court from being suspicious.

"Next...... It's the siege of Xiangyang......" Zhao Huailiang was slightly stunned, a little puzzled. There are more than 10,000 armor soldiers in Xiangyang City, as well as tens of thousands of displaced people who assist in the defense.

And now they count the soldiers and horses who rushed from Yunyang Mansion, and then count the militia in Fancheng, and there are only 7,000 people when they are full.

Not to mention the siege, it is enough to besiege the city. Chen Wang lowered his head and looked at the Jingzhou Mansion on the sand table in the southwest of Xiangyang.

"Didn't Yang Sichang hand over Zuo Liangyu to me for moderation?"

"Send a message to Zuo Liangyu and ask him to lead the troops to Xiangyang."

"Zuo Liangyu......" Zhao Huailiang frowned slightly and asked.

"Will he come?" No wonder Zhao Huailiang has doubts, Zuo Liangyu is indeed very domineering now. Yang Sichang, as a minister of the Son of Heaven, is also a cabinet elder and a governor of the six provinces.

But for Yang Sichang's order, Zuo Liangyu dared to disobey the yang.

"Zuo Liangyu comes, then the troops will besiege Xiangyang City."

"Zuo Liangyu didn't come, now I have 6,000 soldiers and horses under my command, and I can't attack Xiangyang at all, and the object of the court's accountability will be Zuo Liangyu, not me." What Zhao Huailiang was thinking, Chen Wang was not worried.

Whether Zuo Liangyu comes or not, it will not have any impact on the overall situation. Moreover, according to Chen Wang's understanding of Zuo Liangyu, Zuo Liangyu will definitely come.

"He'll come." Chen Wang's tone was very affirmative. Zuo Liangyu will definitely come to Xiangyang, because in a sense.

Zuo Liangyu and he are all the way.

"Write back to Wan Yuanji."

"Let's just say that the thieves are divided into two troops, one goes south to Jianghan, and the other stays in Xiangyang City, our army doesn't know the details and doesn't dare to move."

"Ask them to divide their troops to chase down the thieves who went south to Jianghan, and wait until our army recovers Xiangyang and solves the obstacles, and then they will come to help." Chen Wang looked at the mountains and rivers on the sand table, and his mind was extremely clear.