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The person who replaced Li Yan as the military advisor and military commander of the Grand Marshal's Office was Wu Sanfu, his uncle. His father Wu Xiang was transferred to the governor of Jiangbei before Wu Sanfu went to Beijing to take up the post of military advisor. The person who replaced Wu Xiang in charge of the military department was Zhu Chunchen, the former governor of Jiangbei.

.Now Wu Sanfu and Zhu Chunchen are waiting to be summoned in the waiting room of Huangji Hall. Both of them are carrying a shoulder bag-like document bag. They are both heavy and obviously contain some confidential documents.

The two of them had been here for a while, and they chatted warmly at first. Now they had nothing to say, so they just sipped tea slowly.

At this time, the door of the meeting room was pushed open, and a small yellow door appeared at the door, calling to the two of them: "Wu Military Advisor, Li Bingbu, and Emperor Xuan come to the palace."

Wu Sanfu and Li Ruolian quickly put down the teacups in their hands, then both stood up, straightened their clothes, and followed the small yellow door towards the main hall, one behind the other.

Both of them have the highest official position, and both are left governors, but their titles are slightly higher and lower, so they are divided into front and back when entering the hall. Wu Sanfu, who is walking in front, is now the "No. 1 Duke" and has just been transferred to the title.

Overcoming the difficulties of Wei Guogong.

Wei Guogong was originally the title of Xu Da. It was passed down to Xu Hongji's generation that he lost his title due to the "Nanjing Eunuch Rebellion". Now the No. 1 Duke of the Ming Dynasty was discovered by Emperor Zhu and given to Wu Sanfu, which meant that he was

Shi Kefa and Li Yan were surpassed in the position of the number one hero. Now Shi Kefa was granted the title of Duke of Yu, while Li Yan was granted the title of Duke of Zheng.

Li Ruolian, who followed Wu Sanfu into the main hall, was granted the title of Duke of Kenanji, and he was also a first-class meritorious official!

When the two princes entered the main hall, Zhu Cixiang did not sit stupidly on the throne. Instead, he stood with his hands behind his back in front of a map of the southwest battlefield hanging on the wall, thoughtfully.

Wu Sanfu and Li Ruolian walked behind Emperor Zhu and then both knelt down to salute.

"Your Majesty Wu Sanfu respectfully sends your greetings."

"My minister, Li Ruolian, respectfully wishes His Majesty the Emperor peace."

"Pingshen." Zhu Cixiang turned around and smiled at the two of them, then waved to them to come forward and look at the map with him.

"Zhu Chunjie reported that he received reliable information that the rogue bandits had trained 50,000 Northern Expedition troops in Kunming, Yunnan. With Li Dingguo as their commander, they were planning to send troops for the Northern Expedition while we were going north to besiege Beijing. What do you think?"

"If we start from Kunming, we should go to Hunan via Guizhou," Wu Sanfu said. "It is also possible to go to Long'an Prefecture and invade Guangxi... But that would not be the Northern Expedition, but the Eastern Expedition."

"I also feel that it is more likely that rogue bandits will invade Guangxi." Li Ruolian said, "There are 100,000 Sichuan and Guizhou troops heading towards Guizhou, and the dangerous points along the way have been fortified. No matter how hard Li Dingguo can fight, it will be hard to do anything with just 50,000 troops.

It is even more difficult to go beyond the Yangtze River. In Badong and Guizhou, we have deployed a division for a long time. The Shizhou Guard area is also heavily fortified, making it difficult for rogue bandits to break through.

It is impossible to go east from Yunyang. Xiangyang is a strong city and has always been an important town on the western front. It is heavily garrisoned and there is no way it can be broken by tens of thousands of rogue bandits.

As for leaving Qishan or leaving Chencang Road and entering Guanzhong, it is even more impossible... The cavalry of the rogue pirates has declined very badly in recent years. They are no match for the Shuofang cavalry and the Pingxi cavalry. Moreover, the current military system of the rogue pirates

Look, they are not used to carry cavalry, they are all hundreds of troops, and they are not equipped with many spears. They are mainly sword soldiers, which are most suitable for fighting in mountainous and forested areas."

"So, the real target of the rogue bandits is Guangdong and Guangxi?" Zhu Cixiang frowned, "We are a bit vain in the direction of Guangdong and Guangxi, right?"

Wu Sanfu said: "Governor Cao of Guangdong and Guangxi (Cao Youyi) has an infantry division and two regiments under his command, as well as eight regiments under the command of Guangxi Admiral Jin Shenghuan... There are a total of fourteen infantry regiments and three field artillery battalions.

, three fort battalions, one cavalry battalion, and many regiments for training. I suggest that six more regiments and two artillery battalions be transferred from the Dongning Army to Guangdong, and everything will be safe."

Zhu Cixiang nodded: "That's twenty regiments, five field artillery battalions, one cavalry battalion... that should be enough! Let Shi Ruien lead a staff group to Guangdong to assist Cao Youyi."

Wu Sanfu smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I feel that if Li Dingguo really takes the risk to send troops to Guangxi, it will be an opportunity for us to annihilate the elite rogue bandits in one fell swoop!"

"Really?" Zhu Cixiang asked, "What do you think?"

"I think we should lure the enemy deep into Guangdong, and it is best to let the rogues advance to the vicinity of Guangzhou." Wu Sanfu said, "Let's secretly mobilize a group of mule soldiers to enter Guangdong... Guangdong originally had one battalion of cavalry, and then mobilized four battalions of mules.

Once the troops are gone, there will be 2,500 fine cavalry."

Two thousand five hundred cavalry is nothing on the northern battlefield, but it would be powerful if brought to Guangdong to deal with the mountain troops fighting out of Yunnan.

Zhu Cixiang nodded, "That's it! As long as Li Dingguo dares to come, Guangdong will be the place where he will be defeated and die!"

Historically, Li Dingguo only made one attack when he attacked Guangdong, and was delayed for six months at the gate of Xinhui City. Although later generations passed the blame for the Battle of Xinhui on Zheng Sen, but it was so laborious to defeat Xinhui, it can also be seen that Li Dingguo

The weakness of being unable to overcome difficulties.

There are many fortified cities in Guangdong and Guangxi, and the troops of Cao and Jin are not weak. Coupled with Zheng Sen's Dongning Army and the cavalry regiment transferred from the Central Plains, I am afraid that Li Dingguo's 50,000 Northern Expeditionary Army will be lost in Guangdong.

"As long as the rogue bandits are defeated in Guangdong, it will be easy for us to regain Sichuan..." Zhu Cixiang looked at the map and said to himself.

"Your Majesty, is the imperial court going to attack Sichuan?" Li Ruolian asked, "When will the troops be sent out?"

Wu Sanfu said: "We have to finish defeating the Donglu, right? The northwest is still at war with the Yeerqiang Khanate, and there is still the Battle of Pingliao to be fought in the northeast... If we attack Sichuan again, we may not have enough troops."

The Generalissimo's Office of the Ming Dynasty did not think that the rogue bandits in Sichuan were easy to deal with... In the view of former military advisor Li Yan, Dashun was a more difficult enemy to deal with than the Qing Dynasty.

The old Manchus of the Qing Dynasty only had tens of thousands of people, so they were too afraid of casualties when fighting. They would naturally be extremely arrogant when encountering weak enemies, but once they encountered powerful enemies, they would shrink back and not dare to fight vigorously.

There were many rogue bandits and they could recruit soldiers from the Sichuan people, so they were not afraid of casualties. Although their total strength was only 40% of the Ming army at most, they could still persevere relying on the dangerous mountainous terrain.

In addition, the soldiers of the rogue bandits can be released from production, so they can also cope with a long-term war. Therefore, when attacking Sichuan, one must be prepared for a long and hard battle, unless the elite rogue bandits can fight out from Sichuan and Yunnan on their own...

As for which fronts to fight, it is not a problem for the Ming army at the moment.

After all, Fulin is already a turtle in the urn, and it no longer requires a huge force to destroy him. Duduo will send troops to North Korea, which is not a threat for the time being.

The only ones who are a bit troublesome are actually the Mongols. If they frequently cross Yanshan Mountain and go south to burn and kill, it will cause some trouble for the Ming army surrounding Beijing.

"On the Mongolian side...how are the Generalissimo's Mansion prepared to deal with it?"

Hearing that Zhu Cixi turned the topic back to the northern battlefield, Wu Sanfu immediately replied: "The Generalissimo's Mansion wants the king to come out of Tumochuan to gather the leaders of Mongolia from Monan and Mobei for an alliance."

"Acting for the king?" Zhu Cihong asked, "Can he do it?"

Li Ruolian said: "There are no less than ten thousand fine cavalry under the command of King Dai, and there are also Ordos Mongolia to help... Moreover, in the previous battle of Hetao, the musketeers of Dai army performed well and caused the Mongols to suffer a lot.

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Wu Sanfu smiled and said: "Your Majesty, actually we can also support a Mongolian Khan to compete with Fulin."

"Who should be supported?" Zhu Cihong asked.

"How about Zhasak Elinchen of Ordos?" Wu Sanfu said, "He is a descendant of Dayan Khan, a direct descendant of the legitimate Golden Family, and he is fully qualified to be the Great Khan."

"Um..." Zhu Cixi hesitated a little, "Can this person unite Mongolia in Monan and Mobei?"
Chapter completed!