Chapter 58 The strategy of going south

"Go south." Li Xin said.

When the debate was over where to base it, going south was an alternative.

"Now, Zuo Liangyu has been defeated, and only a few remnants of defeated generals are left. Although the army has been greatly expanded in the past two months, what is the quality of Zuo Liangyu's army now? King Chuang also understands that such a Zuo Zhen, even if it is

There are 800,000 people, even one million people can't fight the war.

"." Li Xin's face was filled with a confident light, and his demeanor was compelling for a moment. "So the army is going south. Except for Yang Wenyue in Runing City and the Hu Dawei Department, which has some strength, the rest of the officers and soldiers are not worth mentioning at all.

.The door of the government and army is wide open, it is the time to take advantage of it."

"Furthermore, if you are familiar with Hu-Guang, the world will be sufficient. If you take Hu-Guang as the foundation, cultivate and live for several years, and then raise your troops to march south and north, then the world will be stable."

Li Zicheng also had his own thoughts on the world situation.

The terrain of Henan extends in all directions, and we can attack from all directions, including Shaanxi in the west. Not to mention that Shaanxi is a poor place. Just the three words "Sun Chuanting" made Li Zicheng think twice. After all, what do the three words "Sun Chuanting" represent? Li Zicheng still

You know, it's a tough guy.

And to the north.

Crossing the river to the north and advancing towards the capital will definitely attract the border troops to go south to defend the enemy. All the elites of the Ming Dynasty are among the border troops, and Hebei has long been severely damaged by the Tatars. There is no oil or water.

There is oil and water in the east, but there is history and law.

Shi Kefa is a good official with a good reputation. He is now based in Fengyang and has a good reputation for farming and collecting grain. Emperor Chongzhen intends to transfer Shi Kefa to the capital to serve as Minister of War. However, an imperial official wrote: "Kefa is here to protect the southeast.

If we can't go there, the southeast will not be protected."

Emperor Chongzhen never asked Shi Kefa to be transferred to the capital, but still supervised Fengyang.

Although Li Zicheng has never fought against Shi Kefa, thinking about it, he is not an easy person to deal with. The Huguang direction in the south is the easiest to deal with, and the persimmons are too soft to pick.

"Mr. Niu, what do you think?" Li Zicheng asked.

"Commander Li has great insights and the strategy of going south to Huguang is the best." Seeing that Li Zicheng agreed, Niu Jinxing said immediately. However, he was unwilling to be robbed of the limelight by Li Xin. He thought with a thought and said: "It's just that in the army,

There is a hidden danger, please pay attention to King Chuang."

"Oh." Li Zicheng said, "What hidden dangers are there in the army?"

"Cao Ying." Niu Jinxing said: "Cao Ying alone is not scary, but Cao Ying and Xiao Yuan Ying together are a bit of a threat."

"King Chuang," Li Xin said, "Now is the time to employ people, so why bother hurting the hearts of heroes from all over the world? It will not be too late to do many things after the big things are settled."

Cross the river and burn the bridge. Before crossing the river, even if there is something wrong with the bridge, you must endure it.

"Xiaguan feels that if Cao Ying is allowed to expand like this, I am afraid that at a critical moment, Cao Ying will betray the rebels and make King Chuang's great cause fall short." Niu Jinxing said.

"Okay." Li Zicheng said.

Niu Jinxing and Li Xin have argued several times about the issue of restricting Cao Ying. Li Xin has his own clear point of view, which is to avoid haste and use patience. If Cao Ying is needed to conquer the world, he will do everything possible to win over Cao Ying. Even Luo Rucai has nothing to do.

If you get something wrong, don't worry about it.

After the world is settled, King Chuang can do whatever he wants.

Niu Jinxing seemed to want to be hostile to Li Xin. In response to Li Xin's point of view, he proposed to limit the strength of Cao Ying and not allow the master and slave to be reversed.

Li Zicheng heard that both of them were reasonable, but he didn't know which one was more reasonable. He said, "Mr. Niu, what do you think we should do?"

Niu Jinxing's eyes flashed and he said: "Separate Cao Ying and Xiao Yuan Ying."

"Separate." Li Xinxin was moved. Thinking of what Niu Jinxing was thinking, he thought to himself: "This is indeed a good idea."

Niu Jinxing continued: "Cao's camp has heavy cavalry and light infantry. Except for Zhang Xuan's troops, there are no elite troops. Cao's camp only has tens of thousands of cavalry. But the little Yuan camp has been tempered under Kaifeng City and has grown a bit.

We have always been a good team in terms of ability. The two combined together are not enough to challenge me when I break into the camp, but they are quite good.

It's almost done, but separating Xiao Yuan's camp from Cao's camp means breaking an arm of Cao Cao. Furthermore, when the army goes south, some troops must be left in Henan. But how many are left? There are too many. There are not enough people to break into the camp.

If we retain too few people, we may not be able to withstand the counterattack of the army, and if we retain too many people, we may not be able to stand on our own feet."

Li Zicheng nodded secretly in his heart.

You know your own stuff.

Compared with the imperial court, Li Zicheng's foundation was shallow and deep. He could only trust hundreds of old brothers. However, he expanded too fast. From hundreds of cavalry in the 13th year of Chongzhen's reign to hundreds of thousands now, the talent reserve was simply not enough.

, now someone told Li Zicheng that everyone in Chuangying was loyal and willing to go through fire and water for him, but Li Zicheng didn't believe it at all.

Li Zicheng commanded an army and could enforce orders and prohibitions, but he really didn't have the confidence to let the people out, station them in one place, command the army, and raise food and grass by himself. Li Zicheng would not listen to Li Zicheng's orders at that time. South of Kaifeng, there are

More than a hundred county towns are now flying the black flag of Chuangwang.

But once the army leaves, about 70 to 80 percent of the counties will change their flags.

Therefore, it is impossible not to leave people behind.

"It's different if Yuan Shizhong is left. I think Yuan Shizhong is probably not willing to follow the rebel army in the southern expedition. Seeing that Yuan Shizhong has been wandering between Henan and South Zhili since he raised his army, we know that he is just a housekeeper and has no ambitions.

, leaving him to guard Kaifeng and return to the various prefectures in Germany, thinking

Yuan Shizhong is also very happy to come. In this way, even if Yuan Shizhong has a constant relationship with Cao Ying, he is still thousands of miles away. If something happens in the future, he will not be of any use. And with Yuan Shizhong here, he also blocked the army from the north.

, the army goes south, and there will be no worries."

Li Zicheng was moved. Even if Li Zicheng was invincible, one thing could not be changed. That was the current situation between us and the enemy. The imperial court was still strong and the rebel army was weak. Li Zicheng was not afraid of Yuan Shizhong becoming independent. Even if Yuan Shizhong became a vassal town, as long as it was a vassal town of the rebel army.

, which is also good news. He looked at Li Xin and said, "How does Commander Li feel?"

Li Xin said: "Mr. Niu's eloquent opinions are hard to believe."

Li Zicheng laughed loudly and said: "I'll leave this matter to Mr. Niu. I also ask Mr. Niu to go to Xiaoyuan Camp and talk with Yuan Shizhong."

Niu Jinxing said: "Don't worry, King Chuang, I will definitely convince Yuan Shizhong."

After discussing the matter, Li Zicheng sent Niu Jinxing to see Yuan Shizhong, and then summoned the generals to discuss the matter.

In the past few days, we have been reorganizing our troops and horses. Because the rainy weather is not conducive to marching, we can only discuss it. When the weather improves, the army will go south.

In Xiao Yuan Camp, Zhang Xuan's health improved a lot.

As Li Zhengfang said, most of Zhang Xuan's illnesses were caused by knots in his heart. Regardless of whether his knots were untied or forced down by Zhang Xuan, he finally got over it. However, despite the continuous rain, even if there was no

It was raining and the ground was muddy. Luo Yujiao did not let Zhang Xuan come out. She just stopped intercepting the news and reported various situations in Zhang Xuan's camp.

Only then did Zhang Xuan find out that there were hundreds of people under Zhang Xuan's command. They were too late to escape and were swept in by the flood. Among them was a person Zhang Xuan was familiar with, that is Huang Xu.

Zhang Xuan vaguely remembered that Huang Xu had come to seek refuge with him, and that he had followed him through winning and losing battles, and ended up dying here.

When he was a child, Zhang Xuan thought that those who died in the war were all brave and magnificent. Only now did he realize that many people died neither bravely nor heroic, and were just washed away by the Yellow River quietly.

Not even the body can be found. No longer feeding fish somewhere in the Yellow River.

It seems that Xiaoyuanying was influenced by Zhang Xuan and sent people to rescue people, but only after the official fleet left.

The best time for rescue had passed. Only a few people could be saved. There were also some people with good swimming skills who swam ashore desperately and were gathered together by Xiao Yuanying. There were only two to three thousand people in total. Compared with before

The indescribable desolation and despair of Kaifeng Mansion, which has a household registration of one million, makes Zhang Xuan dare not think about it, and he can't bear to think about it.

"Husband, Brother Yuan is here." Luo Yujiao said in Zhang Xuan's ear.
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