Grand military advisor Song Xiance, left military advisor Gu Junen, right military advisor Li Yan, rear camp Quan General Gao Yigong, middle camp Quan general Liu Zongmin and right camp Quan general Chen Yongfu have gathered at Chengyun Hall.
There is only one issue: Do you support Zhang Xianzhong?
"Support this nonsense." Liu Zongmin objected clearly.
"Zhang Xianzhong, this thief, did a lot of tricks on us back then."
"So according to our opinion, it would be good if we don't add insult to injury to Zhang Xianzhong."
"I'm afraid this is inappropriate." Gao Yigong retorted, "If the lips are dead, the teeth will be cold. Now the Southern Ming Dynasty is so powerful that all the Jiannu were wiped out by the Ming army in Bali Chao. If we allow the Daxi Army to be defeated by the Ming Army,
Kill them, and it will be our turn next."
"What are you afraid of?" Liu Zongmin said angrily, "There is a saying that soldiers will block it, and water will flood the soil. If the Ming army comes, then let them come. It just so happens that our old Liu's sword has not drunken the Ming army for a long time.
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"You are being reckless." Gao Yigong said, "Now that Nanming is powerful, we must join forces with the Daxi Army."
"You are so cowardly." Liu Zongmin said, "You only fight with courage. You haven't even fought against the Ming army yet, and you are already cowardly. How can you possibly defeat the Ming army?"
The two people started arguing in front of Li Zicheng.
This is basically the epitome of the Dashun Army, which began to split into factions.
The current Dashun Army can be roughly divided into three factions, one is the middle camp faction headed by Liu Zongmin, the other is the rear camp faction headed by Gao Yigong and Li Yan, and the third is the front camp faction led by He Jin and Xin Sizhong.
Among them, the former battalions of He Jin and Xin Sizhong were stationed in Gansu and Qinghai for a long time, far away from the center of Xi'an, so their presence in the puppet Shun Dynasty was not strong. However, the Liu Zongmin clique and the Gao Yigong clique gradually became incompatible with each other.
Speaking of this, Li Zicheng is also trapped in a cocoon, and it is entirely his own fault.
In the Battle of a Stone, Liu Zongmin's Zhongquan pro-army suffered a devastating blow. Afterwards, the left and right battalions also suffered successive defeats and suffered severe injuries. Only the rear battalion stationed in northern Shaanxi and the front battalion on the expedition to Qinghai still had strength.
After that, the rear camp won a series of victories in northern Shaanxi, and its strength expanded unprecedentedly.
Li Zicheng is also the leader of the peasant uprising army. His political talent is far inferior to that of Zhu Yuanzhang, but he still knows a little about checks and balances. It can be seen that the rear camp has a dominant position, and the general of the rear camp, Gao Yigong, is the uncle of Dashun.
, if allowed to expand, foreign relatives would inevitably interfere in politics, so they began to consciously suppress the rear camp and support the middle camp.
Liu Zongmin had already stepped aside, but now he is making a comeback.
The quarrel between Liu Zongmin and Gao Yigong gave Li Zicheng a headache, but he still had to drink the bitter wine he brewed, no matter how bitter it was.
"Okay, stop arguing." Li Zicheng shouted with a dark face, "Can you two stop arguing as soon as we meet? Can you save me some trouble?"
Liu Zongmin and Gao Yigong snorted and turned their backs.
It can be seen that both Liu Zongmin and Gao Yigong are still angry.
Li Zicheng turned his attention to Song Xiance, Gu Junen and Li Yan.
"What do the three military advisors think? Should they send troops to rescue the Western Army?"
"Your Majesty, we must save him." Song Xiance replied without thinking.
"I agree." Gu Junen and Li Yan also agreed in unison, "The Western Army should be rescued."
Liu Zongmin's face immediately turned into a donkey's face. He was all flattering, right? Just because he was the uncle of the state? It was useless. Li Shuangxi was not the biological son of Queen Gao Guiying.
Li Zicheng then asked: "How to save?"
Song Xiance said: "As for how to rescue the Western Army, I would like to first listen to the opinions of the right military advisor."
Including Li Zicheng, everyone's eyes fell on Li Yan.
Li Yan said calmly: "Sichuan is a small country with few people, and it has suffered from military disasters for many years. The people are exhausted. After our Dashun army enters Sichuan, the supply of military food will become a huge problem."
"Let's transport it via Hanzhong. The journey is long and dangerous."
"If we collect food on the spot, we are afraid that there will be no food in Sichuan."
"Expecting the Western Army to provide food is nothing more than a fool's dream."
"So the result of entering Sichuan to fight can only be counterproductive."
After a pause, he added: "The only way is to surround Wei and save Zhao."
"That's right, it is to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao." Song Xiance nodded happily and said, "My view is the same as that of the right military advisor, which is to send troops from multiple directions such as Zijin Pass, Gu Pass, Tumen Pass and Daoma Pass at the same time to form a large army.
The posture of advancing towards Beijing forced the Ming army to return to Qinwang. This way, the Western Army turned the corner."
"Split the troops into multiple directions to attack?" Gu Junen said with deep understanding, "This is the best strategy!"
Gu Junen and Li Yan had never been on good terms, but they deeply agreed with Li Yan's idea of dividing the troops into multiple directions.
After a pause, Gu Junen added: "And it's best to use the cavalry to attack in separate groups. The infantry should not go out to fight, so as not to be entangled by the Ming army. Once the Ming army is entangled and falls into a field battle, our army will be defeated!"
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Li Zicheng had no objection to this. After witnessing the military power of the Ming army in the Battle of Baliqiao, Li Zicheng completely gave up the idea of fighting the Ming army in a field battle. It was absolutely impossible to defeat the Ming army in a field battle.
Liu Zongmin was not convinced, and said: "There is no need to go to such trouble. I will only lead the middle battalion out of Tongguan, and then I can defeat the Ming army in Sichuan and return to save themselves. The Western Army will be safe. But Zhang Xianzhong, this thief, will probably not miss us."
OK."
Li Zicheng subconsciously wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, he endured it. He thought it would be good to let Liu Zongmin go out of Tongguan to fight against Du Yinxi. If he lost, he would take the opportunity to deal with Liu Zongmin and replace Li Shuangxi. After so
After years of training, Li Shuangxi is almost able to stand alone. It would be even better if he wins.
At that moment, Li Zicheng said: "I very much agree with what the great military advisor often says. A lion must fight a rabbit with all its strength. This aid to West Africa is a trivial matter. Our Dashun Army should also use its best strength."
"Therefore, the middle camp, left camp, right camp and rear camp must all be dispatched."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Among them, the Zuoying took the Jianmen Road and sent troops from Hanzhong to Langzhong to cooperate with the Western Army."
"The right battalion went down the Han River from Xiangyang and prepared to attack Wuchang. However, after capturing Chengtian Mansion, it turned around and headed west to take Jiangling, cutting off the Ming army's retreat in central Sichuan."
"The central camp leaves from Tongguan and goes straight to Xuzhou."
"The cavalry of the rear camp separated from Zijin Pass, Daoma Pass, Tumen Pass and Gu Pass, and their troops pointed directly at Beijing, forcing Chongzhen to issue another imperial edict, and ordered the soldiers and horses of the world to be diligent."
"I obey." All the generals agreed in unison.
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In Beijing, Wuying Palace.
After reading the Tang newspapers sent by Li Xiangjun and Huaxia to the headquarters, Chongzhen had only one feeling: this Li Dingguo was simply a combination of Xu Yingwei and Yan Yingyuan.
Xu Yingwei is good at attacking, and Yan Yingyuan is good at defending.
But Li Dingguo was good at attacking and defending.
Moreover, the ability to capture fighter planes during the transition between offense and defense is super strong.
This kind of talent, like the ability of a football forward to capture opportunities in front of the goal, belongs to God. For these talented players, they are born with it and do not need to learn it.
For example, Li Xiangjun's first siege of Xinjin County.
Li Dingguo seized an opportunity that was not an opportunity and suddenly counterattacked.
Li Xiangjun did not dare to take the risk of the artillery position being destroyed, so he could only withdraw his troops. However, Li Dingguo seized the opportunity and launched a counterattack. In the first battle, two thousand native soldiers were wiped out.
China's defeat in Longquan Town was similar.
Li Dingguo also keenly foresaw that the Ming army would detour from Longquan Town, so he ordered General Feng Shuangli to lead his army to set up an ambush in Longquan Town early.
China actually made a big mistake. Although they sent out scouts, they ignored that the Western Army could go down the Chishui River. As a result, the Western Army quietly went down the Chishui River at night and launched a fire attack on the Ming Army stationed in Longquan Town.
The fire burned most of the military supplies carried by the 5th Division, and the battle could no longer be fought.
This time the loss was not that Li Dingguo personally led the army.
If Li Dingguo were to lead the army, he might have predicted that the Ming army would be stationed in Longquan Town, and would have buried a large amount of fire starters underground in Longquan Town in advance. In this case, not only the military supplies of the 5th Division would be burned, but it would be impossible.
Well, the entire 5th Division may be burned to ashes by Li Dingguo.
Putting down the Tang newspaper, Chongzhen said quietly: "It seems I have to go to Sichuan."
There is a saying that Chongzhen did underestimate the enemy. He felt that the Ming army had completed the evolution from the cold weapon era to the firearms era. Even the 700,000-strong army of Jiannu was wiped out in one go. Therefore, Zhang Xianzhong’s Western Army and Li Zicheng
The Shun Army is even less of a problem. With 200,000 troops and two divisions, is it not possible to defeat the Western Army?
But from the current point of view, this is not the case at all. The Ming army cannot take advantage.
Therefore, Chongzhen decided to personally lead the 1st Division to Sichuan and strive to wipe out Zhang Xianzhong as soon as possible.
Chongzhen said to Xu Yingwei again: "Youzhen, I will leave half of the 1st Division behind. In addition, Jianheng will lead the 2nd Division northward as soon as possible to assist the 1st Division in stationing Beizhi."
"This time the Ming army launched a large-scale encirclement and suppression of Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng will definitely not sit idly by."
"If Li Zicheng sends troops to Sichuan, he doesn't have to worry about it. He doesn't need to worry about sending troops from Xiangyang and Tongguan. It would be more troublesome to send a large number of troops from Zijingguan, Daomaguan, Tumenguan or Guguan."
"If the hypocrites send out large-scale troops, you will retreat in large strides."
"Introduce the puppet troops into Beizhi, and then concentrate our forces to defeat them."
"If the puppets attack in separate directions, concentrate your forces and annihilate them one by one."
After a pause, Chongzhen said again: "In a word, except for the capital, there is no city in the whole of Beizhi now that is worth guarding even an inch of land, so you can lure the enemy deep into the city."
"Your Majesty, where is the railway?" Xu Yingwei asked, "There is no need to be careful?"
"Oh, yes, I forgot about the railway." Chongzhen said with a frown, "In this case, the cavalry will have to be sent south, and the king will immediately issue a military order in the name of the general headquarters to let him settle the Chahar town.
Women, children, cattle and sheep, and then lead the 1st Cavalry Division or the 2nd Cavalry Division south as quickly as possible to protect the railway."
