The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 206 Sun Kewang's wishful thinking
After the two wrangled on the south bank, Wu Sangui had no choice but to return to the north bank angrily.

Because he has no right to deal with Tang Tong at all, even if Tang Tong doesn't respect his military order, he has no choice but to report it afterwards.

But now the words and deeds of the commanders of the various armies and the chief officers of the towns are all recorded by the students in the martial arts hall, especially during the war, they are extremely strict, so let alone disobeying military orders, even if they are passive and sabotage, they dare not .

This is also Gao Jie, Liu Zeqing, Tang Tong and other town commanders. Although they don't take Wu Sangui seriously in their hearts, and even wish to kill him, they still have to strictly implement his military orders.

After returning to the north bank, Wu Sangui thought about it and finally allocated 1 troops to Tang Tong to strengthen the defenses in Gucheng, Junzhou, and Xunyang to prevent the bandits from crossing the Han River north again and entering Nanyang.

Then he led his army across the Han River, followed the official road south to Gucheng, and entered Nanzhang County via Fang County.

In the past, it would have been a fantasy to ask Wu Sangui to allocate 1 horses to Tang Tong.

But now both of them felt that it was normal, and Wu Sangui didn't feel distressed at all, because all the generals realized that the soldiers and horses in their hands were not theirs, but the imperial court's.

The reason for this change is that apart from the perfect military system, the main reason is that the students in the martial arts halls of various towns and armies have completely controlled the thoughts and daily training of ordinary soldiers.

Not to mention that the chief generals dare not buy people's hearts in the army at all, even if they dare to do it, under the daily propaganda of the students in the martial arts hall, it may not have much effect.

In this situation, it is undoubtedly self-deception to regard the army as one's own. Even the servants of generals at all levels are no longer as loyal as before, and have begun to have two hearts.

After all, there was no chance to be promoted in the past, and life and death were in the hands of the general. It can be said that everyone is prosperous, and everyone is hurt, so the servants had to give up their hearts.

But now it is completely different. Although he is nominally the servant of generals at all levels, he is actually treated the same as other soldiers.

This time Wu Sangui also had to throw away food, grass and luggage, and chose to travel lightly. The cavalry battalion was transferred to Nanyang and did not follow.

No way, although Wu Sangui was extremely disgusted with this kind of marching in the mountains, he still had to choose to take the mountain path.

Because only by taking the mountain road, the army can rush into the Hanjiang Plain in front of the bandit army, otherwise the army will have to bypass Xiangyang and go south via Zaoyang, which will take at least a few hundred miles longer.

No matter how arrogant Wu Sangui is, he can't guarantee that he can enter the Jianghan Plain ahead of the bandit army.

Huguang is no different than the north. The New Deal is being implemented everywhere. It is a vibrant scene, and it is also an important food production area in Ming Dynasty. Now there are only a pitifully small standing army everywhere. If you have such a temper, then you will really be unable to eat and walk away.

So along the way, Wu Sangui kept urging the army to speed up. Fortunately, the former army had to carry out outdoor weight-bearing running training every day on weekdays. In addition, the food was good, and almost everyone could have plenty of energy.

Although the mountain road is difficult to walk, and they have suffered a lot, but no one is left behind, especially there is no official road from Fang County to Nanzhang, it is completely a mountain road.

After arriving in Fangxian County, Wu Sangui had to allocate another 5000 troops to strengthen the defenses of Fangxian, Baokang, and Zhushan counties, so as to prevent Sun Kewang from attacking these counties in the mountains.

Sun Kewang really wanted to raid these counties to replenish supplies, but seeing that the defenses of the counties were tight, and knowing that Wu Sangui had brought an army into the mountains, he had no choice but to rob the Orion in the mountains while crossing the mountains towards Xiangyang.

It took a full ten days to finally emerge from the mountainous area southwest of Xiangyang.

Not only were there only [-] left in the [-] army, but they all looked like savages, and they were in extreme embarrassment.

"Brother, fourth brother, how did you make it look like this, and there are only so few soldiers left?"

Liu Wenxiu looked at their brows wrinkled into Sichuan characters, and her heart sank to the bottom of the valley.

"Third brother, I didn't expect you to succeed in the sneak attack on Xiangyang, let's go to the city first!" Sun Kewang waved his hands with a tired face, and then called the army to enter the city.

After the tens of thousands of troops entered the city, they finally ate a full meal, slept soundly, and their morale recovered a lot.

After drinking and eating, Sun Kewang explained the hardships of the journey, and said with a lonely expression: "Third brother, fourth brother, this time the elder brother made a mistake and underestimated the Ming army, which hurt you and hundreds of thousands of brothers." .”

In fact, when he was in Hanzhong, Sun Kewang had already started planning.

From the beginning to the end, Sun Kewang never thought of helping King Chuang defend the northwest, let alone defeating the Ming army in the north.

Because even if they gain an advantage for a while, the main force of the Ming army may not hesitate to give up the Tumote Department and choose to return to the Central Plains. In the end, they may not even be able to defend the Northwest.

Therefore, Sun Kewang chose to go north to join forces with the Chuang army, and his troops left Tongguan to take the posture of attacking the Central Plains, all in order to attract the Ming army from Xunyang and Nanyang Xiangyang to the north, and then secretly went south to Huguang.

Because in Sun Kewang's view, only by occupying Xiangyang and Huguang, and then going down the river to capture Jiangnan, can they truly fight against the Ming Dynasty, which is also the only way out for the Great Western Army.

His original plan was to attract the Ming army to the north, first send an elite to attack Xiangyang, and then abandon the food, grass and luggage, take the mountain road to quickly rush to Nanyang, and enter Xiangyang before the arrival of the Ming army.

Finally, with lightning speed, it swept across the counties around Xiangyang, completely locked the entrance of Jingxiang, and blocked the army of the Ming Dynasty to the north of the Han River.

In this way, the army can be divided into two, all the way to garrison Xiangyang and the surrounding counties to resist the Ming army, all the way to Jingzhou, and Qin Lihua and Li Dakai who attacked the stone pillars in Chongqing with the second.

With the army that wiped out the two men, after opening the channel between Sichuan and Jingzhou, the army can go down the river to take Nanjing directly. As long as Nanjing and the Jiangbei area are broken, it will be too late for the main force of the Ming army to go south.

But what Sun Kewang never expected was that the speed of the Ming army was so fast that Wu Sangui rushed to Nanyang one step ahead of him, so he had to continue walking on the mountain road and take a detour to Xiangyang. Tong Tong was so desperate to block, and the two reacted so quickly.

As a result, although the army has arrived in Xiangyang, there are only less than 6 horses left. What's more terrible is that Wu Sangui arrived in Nanzhang three days ago, and Zuo Gengmeng's army arrived in the north bank of Xiangyang five days ago.

In this case, not to mention capturing the counties around Xiangyang and locking the entrance of Jingxiang, even Xiangyang dare not stay longer.

"Hey! Brother, there is no need to blame yourself. I didn't expect that the Ming army is definitely not what it used to be. It is like a reborn. Maybe this is what the second brother said. I am not here, and the best plan is in vain!"

Liu Wenxiu let out a long sigh.

He knew that his elder brother's plan, although there were huge risks, had a great chance of success, but the current Ming army was completely different from the previous Ming army.

The deployment of troops in each town was quick and fast, without any delay at all. In this situation, as long as the commander in charge is not a fool, they have no chance at all.

"It's useless to talk about it now, what should we do now?
Xiangyang has become a place of death, and if we continue to stay here, we will definitely die. I guess that Wu Sangui probably let us into Xiangyang City on purpose, otherwise he would not be blocked under Xiangyang City. "

Ainengqi said angrily.

"There are mountains to the west, the Han River to the north and east, Wu Sangui to the south, and Zuo Menggeng to the north. Where else can we go?" Liu Wenxiu shook her head.

"Let's go, let's go immediately, we will cross the river to Dabie Mountain tonight, third child, you should gather a lot of boats, right?"

Sun Kewang naturally understood what Liu Wenxiu meant, that is to stay in Xiangyang to negotiate with the Ming army, but he was not willing to surrender like this.

"Brother, why do you insist on going your own way? It is impossible for Wu Sangui not to guard against us crossing the river. Even if we cross the river and escape to the Dabie Mountains, where can we go? Do you still want to fight Nanjing?"

Seeing that he was planning to lead the brothers to death, Liu Wenxiu finally couldn't help but blushed and shouted.

"The east bank of the Han River is so long, why can't it be docked? I don't believe that Wu Sangui can defend against it. Let's wait until the Dabie Mountains."

Sun Kewang's expression was gloomy and he waved his hand at last.

"Forget it, big brother has to go by himself. Anyway, I won't go. I will stay in Xiangyang. As long as the little emperor agrees to my conditions, I will surrender. If he doesn't agree, I will die with Xiangyang city. Fourth brother, what about you? Do you want to go with elder brother, or stay with me?"

"I…"

Ai Nengqi hesitated for a moment.

(End of this chapter)