Pingyang Dam is located 50 miles southwest of Maolu Mountain, and 50 miles away from Badong City.

This place is the station of Liang Jiaqi, the general soldier of the Sichuan Green Battalion.

Not long ago, it was Liang Jiaqi who was ordered by Admiral Zheng Jiaolin to lead his troops to suddenly enter Badong City, which made Huguang nervous for an instant, thinking that the Sichuan Green Camp was going to rebel.

If it weren't for Liu Xuanchu, the special envoy of the King of Pingxi, who arrived with a letter from the prince himself, tens of thousands of elite soldiers in Sichuan might really want to rebel.

Because the generals loyal to Wu Sangui in the Sichuan Green Camp have already formulated two strategic directions.

The first is to capture Jingzhou and Wuchang, go down to Jinling, choke the Yangtze River, and cut off the north-south passage;

The second is out of Bashu, according to Hanzhong, Sai Kun Han self-consolidation.

The former was proposed by Wu Guogui, the capital commander.

The plan was intended to blockade the Yangtze River before the main force of the king of Pingxi arrived, cut off the echo of the Qing army in the north and south, and cut off its transportation, and after the army of the king of Pingxi rushed to Huguang, the main force went directly north from Xiangyang to the Central Plains, and the Wu army that attacked the downstream went north along the Jianghuai.

One east and one west, with lightning speed, will meet Yanjing, and decide the belonging of Yanjing in the first battle.

As long as Yanjing can be taken, the Qing army in various places, including the two princes of Fujian and Guangdong, will not have to worry.

The latter was proposed by Tan Hong, the chief soldier of Sichuan.

He believed that the Huguang battlefield not only had tens of thousands of main forces of the Huguang Green Battalion, but also 50,000 soldiers of the Shaanxi Green Battalion and the Eight Banners of Xi'an, and although the combat effectiveness of the Sichuan Green Battalion was higher than that of the Han soldiers and horses of the two provinces, the commander Zheng Jiaolin could command less than 50,000 troops, and there was Governor Li Guoying to contain it, so it was difficult to undertake the overall strategy alone.

Rushing down the east side of the river will not only lead to the dispersion of troops, but also make it more difficult to rely on this point of troops and horses to hold the defense line of the Yangtze River for thousands of miles, which will give the Qing court an opportunity to take advantage of.

Therefore, the best way is to capture Hanzhong with strange troops, cut off the retreat of the Qing army in Shaanxi, and cut off its grain route at the same time, so that the Shaanxi Green Battalion and the Xi'an Eight Banners are trapped in Kuidong and cannot move.

Then 20,000 soldiers and horses attacked along the Jiangdong from Badong, causing the Wu army to attack Jingzhou and Wuchang in a big way.

In order to protect Jingzhou and Wuchang, the Huguang Green Battalion will definitely retreat along the whole line, so that when the main force of Yungui arrives, the Qing army in Shaanxi trapped in Kuidong can be wiped out.

After a decisive battle against the Qing army in Huguang and heavy losses, the Qing court not only had no troops available in the northwest, but also had no troops to send in Huguang.

At that time, more than 100,000 troops will move north, and Henan and Beizhili will have no troops to stop them, and they can take Yanjing in one fell swoop.

Each of the two strategic opinions has its own advantages and disadvantages, and neither can say which strategy is better.

One thing is clear, only the tens of thousands of people in the Sichuan Green Camp cannot achieve a decisive strategic advantage, so they must wait for Hou Yungui's main force to go north.

Zheng Jiaolin reported both opinions to the Kunming side, and also explained the fact that the Eight Banners of Manchuria were unusable, and begged the king of Pingxi to quickly raise troops for the livelihood of the people in the world, and even ordered people to secretly make military flags during the waiting period, so that they could change banners at any time.

The generals are even more gearing up, just waiting for the king of Pingxi to order to do a big job.

How do you know that Liu Xuanchu brought the order of the king of Pingxi not to act rashly, and this military order was like a bucket of cold water to pour the generals of the Sichuan army who were ready to cut their braids.

No one can figure out why King Pingxi doesn't take advantage of such a good opportunity!

Ma Bao was even more anxious to say to Liu Xuanchu, the prince's special envoy: "The prince is looking forward and backward like this, he will miss the opportunity, and he will rebel in the future, I don't know how difficult it is!" ”

Wu Guogui, who advocated the army, also sighed: "At this time, I will be able to drink the Huanglong directly, but the prince will not let me wait for the army, and it is appropriate to sit on the wrong side, and I will regret today's decision in the future." ”

"The Ming Dynasty has not been dead for a long time, people are working hard, it is advisable to establish the Ming Dynasty, to serve the eastward expedition, the old ministers and generals, all of them are unwilling to be the forerunner, why can't the prince be decisive!"

It was Tan Hong, the chief soldier of Sichuan, who said this.

Although he and his brother Tan Yi killed his eldest brother Tan Wen three years ago, he was forced to do so due to the situation.

If the general trend is changing again, it is ready to move.

Zheng Jiaolin, the governor of Sichuan, did not speak, only sighed there.

According to his assumption, as long as the king of Pingxi agreed to raise an army against the Qing Dynasty, he would contact the rest of the Shun army in Maolu Mountain as soon as possible, and the rest of the Shun army, which had fallen into a desperate situation under the call of the common anti-Qing army, would fight against the Qing side by side with the Wu army as the "Lianming Anti-Qing Dynasty" in that year.

In this way, another boost!

The Qing army in Huguang and Shaanxi provinces will also be shaken by the defeat of Mulima, and the morale of the army will be sluggish.

But King Pingxi refused to move!

Without the main force of Yungui going north to respond, what is the use of his Sichuan family.

Liu Xuanchu is a native of Sichuan, not from Guanning, and has been in the Ming Shu King Liu Wenxiu in his early years as a book, after Liu Wenxiu was defeated by Wu Sangui's raid in Baoning, Liu Xuanchu was captured in the chaos of the army, and was thrown into Wu Sangui's account.

Because of his resourcefulness, he was as highly valued by Wu Sangui as Fang Guangchen, another strategist in Wu's tent.

Although Liu Xuanchu was ordered to stop Zheng Jiaolin, Wu Guogui, and Ma Bao from moving this time, he himself supported the rebellion against the Qing Dynasty at this time, and also persuaded Wu Sangui to take advantage of the opportunity of Mulima's defeat to hold high the Ming banner and lead the army north to chase the Central Plains.

However, Fang Guangchen and Hu Guozhu, the son-in-law of King Pingxi, were adamantly opposed to the "restoration of sight".

"How to solve this problem when you go out of the customs and beg for a master, and your strength is insufficient? To the Ming Yongli barbarian capture and kill, how to solve it! Will it be done again in the future! ”

If Fang Guangchen intends to take the restoration of vision as a call, how to explain the fact that the king of Pingxi led the Qing army into the customs back then, and how to explain the capture and killing of Yongli, and after winning the world under the banner of restoring vision, will he still strangle the old thing of Emperor Ming?

How do the people of the world view King Pingxi?

Fang Guangchen's words poked the most sore spot in Wu Sangui's heart, so he refused to act under the banner of regaining his sight.

But this is not the main reason why Wu Sangui is reluctant to raise troops, the key reason is that he is worried about the safety of Wu Yingxiong's family, the son of the prince who is far away in Yanjing.

Liu Xuanchu explained this fact.

After hearing this, the generals all smiled bitterly, and Ma Bao sighed: "For a lifetime to miss the world, the prince is confused." ”

"If the prince only has this son, but the prince has several other sons and many grandchildren, why is he hostage to the world by the son."

"If you really want to worry about the safety of the son, you can make people secretly enter Beijing to rescue the son, how can you miss a big thing because of the son."

“”

The generals will say a word to you, and I will say a word.

There are not many taboos in the words.

It's not that they don't respect the son of the world, but they are all deeply rooted in the bones and don't want to miss the opportunity.

"The matter has come to this, let's do what the prince orders."

Liu Xuanchu didn't tell everyone that he came to Kuidong because he was "punished" for confronting Wu Sangui in person, and deep down he was very worried about Wu Sangui's indecision.

Today is a missed opportunity for the prince, and if he really rises up in the future, he is afraid that he will also be indecisive because of the safety of the prince.

After all, it was impossible for the Qing court to let the prince return to Yunnan.

Ma Bao was indignant: "Do you really want to listen to him Tuhai to level the Ming army!" ”

"If the Ming army is not pacified, the Qing court will not cut the domain. If the Qing court does not cut the feudal domain for a day, how can the prince rebel? ”

Liu Xuanchu shook his head.

Wu Sangui was not willing to negotiate peace with the Shun army at all, and only wanted to exterminate them.

It's a dead day.

can know that Wu Sangui lost a lot because of a small loss, and Liu Xuanchu, as a staff member, also had to do what Wu wanted.

It's really depressed in my heart.