Starting from March, Gansu connected to Shanxi, and then Zheng Zhilong's anti-Qing, the Qing Dynasty's rule in the pass almost collapsed, giving thousands of troops time to sweep Annan.

What made everyone feel most strange is that when the battle of Guanzhong was just over, the Qing Dynasty could counterattack at any time, he made up his mind to conquer Annan. Before the southern expedition, he made arrangements in Shanxi and Gansu, etc., and seemed to know in advance that the situation in the north had changed.

In addition to Zhang Sheng and Zhao Boyuan, Wen Anzhi and others later joined the Chinese army and were amazed at the superb operation of Wanjun. The only explanation is that Wanjun can predict the future.

In order to avoid unnecessary impact, Wanjun attributed all this to Zhang Sheng's intelligence. Only Zhang Sheng knew that intelligence was just intelligence, and no one dared to confirm that Shanxi, Gansu would rebel in the first month.

Among the Chinese army, Cui Ziyi and Wen Anzhi were all knowledgeable people, so they naturally knew the importance of Shanxi.

Shanxi is adjacent to Taihang Mountain in the east, and Luliang Mountain in the southwest. The terrain is high and close to Hebei. Once Shanxi is controlled, you can take advantage of the geographical advantage. You can go out of Taihang Mountain in the east, advance to Beijing, and go to the Central Plains in the south, strategically suppressing the Qing Dynasty's inability to act rashly.

After the rebellion of Jiang Qin in Shanxi, He Dingchuan was transferred back to Hancheng and sent Sun Shoufa, He Zhen and others to support the rebellion of Milayin and Ding Guodong.

Li Guo was quite familiar with Shanxi. He had already fought in Shanxi several times when Li Zicheng was under him. In addition, he prepared in advance, and had another 30,000 elite Chinese troops. Therefore, when Jiangqian in Shanxi rebelled, the Chinese troops quickly crossed the Yellow River and captured Yuncheng in one fell swoop.

Wan Jun's idea was to take advantage of the chaos, and all the Shanxi in Gansu were needed. He Dingchuan went all the troops to Gansu, and Li Guo from the other side took Yuncheng first and asked Jiang Guan and the Qing Dynasty to fight in Datong. When both of them were defeated, the Chinese army went north again and wiped out the entire Shanxi in one fell swoop.

Unlike Wanjun, Cui Ziyi and Wen Anzhi were much more conservative. When Wanjun marched south, they changed their deployment and gave priority to concentrating their troops to ensure that they could capture Shanxi.

Wen Anzhi was full of knowledge and told the army that "Can the Head of State know about Li Mi of the Tang Dynasty?"

Wan Jun knew the Tang Dynasty. If you ask Li Bai and Du Fu, who was okay, how did Li Mi know? Wan Jun guessed, "The Tang Dynasty royal family surnamed Li, which sect is Li Mi?"

Wen Anzhi was afraid of the embarrassment of the troops, so he quickly changed his words, "During the Anshi Rebellion, the rebels marched south from Fanyang and captured Chang'an, Luoyang, the Tang army proposed a plan to 'ban four generals in three places' in order to quell the rebellion."

Among the generals, Wen Anzhi and Du Yinxi and other Ming generals were both well-read imperial examinations and were well-read. They understood them as soon as they mentioned them. The other generals had no idea what they meant and asked Wen Anzhi to explain it clearly.

Wan Jun is not a historical master, and it is even less effective to remember these things. "To be more detailed, what is the 'three places forbidden four generals'."

Wen'an's way, "The so-called 'three places prohibit four generals' means lying in Shanxi, and attacking Hebei in the east. The enemies in the entire river and Beijing capital dare not act rashly, and the enemies in the south can suppress Chang'an and Luoyang. The enemies in the entire Central Plains cannot act rashly, even if they do nothing, strategically, the enemies will also constrain them everywhere."

After hearing this, the generals curiously said, "What is this related to our situation today?"

Wen'an's way, "The most critical part of this plan is to occupy the entire Shanxi! So we discussed and decided to mobilize He Dingchuan's troops to enter Shanxi."

Wan Jun thought for a while and said, "I'm so young!"

Wen'an's way, "What's the small one

Now?"

"It's smaller, the pattern is smaller." Wan Jun said, "It's not only a road to attack Jingji, but also Jiang Guan and the Qing Dynasty will definitely fight in Datong for a while. We can also go further north."

Wen'an's way, "Datong is already a border town. If it is further north, is the head of state saying that he wants to leave the Great Wall?"

All the generals were shocked and talked, "There are dangers everywhere outside the Great Wall!"

"It's the place for the Mongols."

Liu Tichun said, "When entering the grassland, how to replenish supplies, the Mongolians have already surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. If we encounter the Mongolians, wouldn't our army be in danger?"

Zhang Shengdao, "The Ming Dynasty and Mongolia have fought for hundreds of years but have not won."

All the generals looked at Wan Jun incredible. Wan Jun sighed, and suddenly smiled again, "Why, all the generals think it is not feasible?"

Wanjun's strategy is always unexpected and caught off guard. No one answered Wanjun, but silence was also an answer. Wanjun said, "How come all the generals think that it seems that leaving the Great Wall is a dead end. Is it that scary outside the Great Wall? During the Han Dynasty, the champion Hou Huo Qubing ran thousands of miles and sacrificed to the sky in the Huns Langjuxu Mountain."

The generals were silent for a while, and Wen Anzhi spoke, "Huo Qubing is a genius of all ages. Behind the attack on the Huns is the support of the strong national strength of the Han Dynasty. Our current strength is just afraid!"

Wan Jun said, "Okay, Huo Qubing is supported by the national strength of the Han Dynasty. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, when the Red Turban Army opposed the Yuan Dynasty, they all went north from Shanxi to the hinterland of Mongolia, and then to Liaodong and Korea. But is this happening?"

The generals were silent, Wen Anzhi nodded, "It's true. During the Red Turban Army uprising at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Liu Futong fought three troops in the north. The middle army went deep into the hinterland of Mongolia, captured the Shangdu of the Mongolian Yuan, burned down the Shangdu Palace, and then fought all the way to Liaodong and entered North Korea."

Many of the generals only knew that Emperor Yongle went out of the Great Wall to conquer Mongolia personally, but that was the time when he was in the early Ming Dynasty. Hundreds of years ago, and the Ming Dynasty finally retreated to the front line of the Great Wall. The first time I heard that there was such a thing, the peasant army was able to break out of the Great Wall, burn the Mongolian palace, and kill to Liaodong and Korea.

Liu Tichun, Li Xin and others were all from peasant army and had a natural psychological closeness to the rebel army. Liu Tichun said incrediblely, "A rebel army actually has such combat power."

Wan Jun said, "Since the Red Turban Army can penetrate deep into the northern border, how can the Chinese army not dare to leave the Great Wall?"

Wen Anzhi looked embarrassed and said, "The Head of State thinks twice, be careful. The Red Turban Army can penetrate deep into the north because the Yuan Dynasty has fallen apart. The Red Turban Army will not end up being completely wiped out."

Wan Jun said, "Our army has a stable rear, and its combat power is much stronger than the partial division of a peasant army."

Seeing that everyone was looking at him and Wen Anzhi, Wanjun knew that as long as they persuade Wen Anzhi today, they could decide on their strategy of sending troops and thought about it carefully, "During the Chongzhen period, the Hu soldiers broke through the pass several times, plundered the capital area, and even robbed Shandong at the farthest, causing a devastating blow to the Ming Dynasty's military morale and civilian power. Since the Hu people could break through the pass, how could we not leave the Great Wall?"

Wen'an's way, "The Hu people have amazing combat power and are suitable for field battles in frontiers. If we leave the gate, wouldn't we believing in our weaknesses and strengths to the enemy?"

Wan Jun said, "The Chinese army is not the Ming army. The new army has been tempered for half a year, so we can take this opportunity to go out to the frontier and do a big battle. We can teach the Hu people that since he can come to Zhongyuan,

I can go to the north of the country, so don’t always come when he wants to mess with me. I pay attention to etiquette and exchanges, and it’s not impolite to come but not to behave.”

Liu Tichun, Zhang Sheng and others were all excited and excited by Wan Jun's words, and said in unison, "Since the head of state said that, then go out of the Great Wall and fuck him!"

Wen Anzhi saw that Wan Jun said this, so he stopped talking. Zhang Wuyang from the Seven Pillar Kingdom was in charge of Yunnan, Zhao Boyuan went to Anqing, Chen Xinmin was in Luoyang, and the remaining four people reached an agreement.

Wan Jun said, "Since that's the case, the soldiers and horses in Shanxi are still following the original deployment, from Pingyang Prefecture to the north, and constrain the Qing army on the flanks. We focus our attack on the north."

Liu Tichun said, "Li Guo and General Gao Yigong were stationed in Yan'an Prefecture at the beginning, so you should be more familiar with the situation there."

Wan Jun said, "Where is General Gao Yigong now?"

Cui Ziyi said, "General Gao, Li Wenlong, Sun Kewang leads 30,000 troops in Tongchuan."

Wan Jun said, "Since you are going to go out to build the Qing Dynasty, the first step is not only to push the northern front to the Great Wall, but also to send troops to recover the Hetao area!"

The Hetao area is from Shanxi and northwestern Shanxi, along the Yellow River, and extends to Ningxia. It is divided into front and back covers. It is surrounded by the Yellow River and has abundant water and grass.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the Hetao issue was not paid enough attention. Although the Yongle Dynasty went to the border to attack Mongolia many times, it retreated Daning Dusi and Dongsheng and Xinghe to the inland. After the Mongolian tribes occupied Hetao, they used this as a base to disturb the north, which directly led to the Xuanhua of Datong becoming the front line, which put great pressure on the northern part of the Ming Dynasty.

Wen'an's Way, "It's not easy to recover Hetao. How many people want to solve the Mongols in the Hetao region over the past few hundred years? Only Hongwu, the Ming Dynasty occupied it briefly during the Yongle period, but the short-term occupation could not be digested, and in the end it dragged down the country."

Wanjundao, "The Hetao area, especially the Ningxia area, is only a hundred miles away from Guanzhong. The cavalry can reach Chang'an in one day of attack. This poses too great a threat to the capital. We must completely conquer the Hetao area once and for all."

The generals could not see the strategic interests of the Hetao region, but there was still a trace of doubt in their hearts that no one had done for hundreds of years. Wan Jun saw what everyone was thinking and looked around and smiled, "Generals, don't worry. What the Ming Dynasty could not do does not mean that the Chinese Empire could not do. What the emperor could not do, may not be able to do."

Zhang Shengdao, "The Head of State thinks we are better than Emperor Hongwu?"

Wan Jun said, "No matter how powerful Emperor Hongwu is, a person's wisdom and energy are limited after all. There are so many people here who work together to use their strengths. Can they be compared to the gathering together?"

Wan Jun said, "We stand on the shoulders of our predecessors, and today's people will definitely surpass the ancients. All the generals only focus on their eyes and think carefully. How should we prepare troops and supplies to conquer Hetao?"

When the generals heard this, they stopped saying anything, and their heroic spirit aroused a lot of a sudden. Cui Ziyi said first, "It's already August, and the August is snowy. This season is not a good time to fight, but the enemy must have never expected that our army would dare to send troops to Hetao, and it's still this season."

Liu Tichun said, "Cui's words are right. As far as I know, the Mongols in Hetao will have some nomadic people north when the weather is warm. After the snow falls, they will return to the Hetao area to stay in winter. If we send troops this season, we will save the effort of finding enemies in the Gobi."
Chapter completed!