The wind rises at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 189
"Bai Gu, in your opinion, what will Li Zicheng do next?"

Hong Chengchou broke the silence in the tent with his words, and asked about Fanglue.

No one can explain the disputes in the court.

Usually right and wrong, are the truth is not white.

As a governor, it is a blessing to be able to manage the territory under his appointment.

What happened between Nanzhili and the capital can be put on the other side for the time being. The most urgent task now is to solve the remnants of the Chuangjun who are now entrenched in the south-central Gongchang Mansion and the northwest of Hanzhong Mansion.

Sun Chuanting was still in the previous state, his expression was still gloomy, and he hadn't recovered yet, but he didn't ignore Hong Chengchou's problem.

"According to the students, it should only be an expedient measure for the rest of the bandits to join forces in one place, and then go west to Fengxiang, lurking among the deep mountains and huge valleys."

"Although there are nearly 2 soldiers in all the battalions in the province, they are still stretched across the mountains at various passes."

"The students thought that Li Chuang was waiting for me to attack and then find an opportunity to counterattack, or wait until our soldiers were exhausted before going out of the mountains."

Hong Chengchou nodded slightly, his point of view coincided with that of Sun Chuanting.

Li Zicheng should be hiding in the deep mountains and valleys now to wait for an opportunity. When they show signs of fatigue, or the campaign fails, it will be the same as before.

Sun Chuanting's words are quite correct, the land of Qin is mountainous, and the rogues use the mountains as their nests. The rogues are familiar with the terrain and the landforms, so they can roam freely among the mountains, but they cannot separate their troops to block them.

Entering the mountain to suppress, the situation is unknown, although there is a guide, but the bandits have occupied it for a long time, so they are naturally prepared, and if they are not careful, they will be transferred to the encirclement circle they set up early.

Even if they were careful to avoid many traps, the main force of the rogues had already fled far away.

There is no way to find the main force of the rogues with all the effort, and it will only make the generals in the army more exhausted.

It was because of this that the first campaign failed.

Then Li Zicheng found an opportunity, went east to Gongchang Mansion, and directly entered Xi'an Mansion via Fengxiang Mansion, where he was able to join forces with Gao Yingde and other ministries.

Hong Chengchou condensed his eyes slightly, pondered for a while, and then twitched his beard.

"Tell me, is it possible for the intruders to go to Hanzhong Mansion?"

Sun Chuanting was about to shake his head to veto, but in the end his expression turned serious.

"Indeed...there is a possibility..."

Sun Chuanting looked solemn and said in a deep voice.

"Hanzhong Town was first built, the garrison battalion had not yet been recruited, the generals had not been assigned, and all affairs in the town had not been dealt with. Now Hanzhong Mansion has only two battalions of Chen Wang and Zhou Yumao. The Hanzhong Guards are weak and hard to rely on. There are more than a thousand soldiers."

"If the rogues attack the Hanzhong Mansion, I'm afraid it will be very troublesome for the Hanzhong Mansion..."

Chen Wang and Zhou Yumao had a total of only 5000 battalions under their command, including 8000 auxiliary soldiers. It sounds like a lot, but Sun Chuanting is not optimistic about the actual combat strength.

Moreover, this is still data on paper. It is normal for battalions and armies to eat empty pay, and Chen Wang should not be an exception.

I'm afraid that there should only be more than [-] people capable of fighting. Li Zicheng has tens of thousands of cavalry troops under his command. Even if he guards the dangerous pass, it may be difficult to stop.

Sun Chuanting also had a general understanding of Chen Wang's rectification of the guard during this period.

Chen Wang chose to rebuild the guard directly, recruited refugees, and started from scratch.

It has to be said that it is a clever approach, and it is also quite effective.

The money to build the city is a problem, but Chen Wang sent troops to suppress the bandits in the mountains and forests of Hanzhong Prefecture, and seized the dirty money from the bandits and bandits.

The banditry in the Hanzhong Mansion is now at an all-time low. Sun Chuanting has verified these things. The soldiers under Chen Wang's command have indeed wiped out many old bandits, captured and killed them all, and hung their heads for public display.

Now the law and order in Hanzhong Prefecture has even improved a lot because of this, many small-scale commercial convoys dare to go on the road, and the circulation of goods in Hanzhong Prefecture has also begun to resume.

Chen Wang's method is good, and the management is quite effective. However, the two acropolis were built not long ago, and the city wall facilities in many places have not been repaired. Most of the soldiers have only received short-term training. These soldiers are temporarily unbearable. Useful.

Hong Chengchou's eyes moved slightly, and he frowned.

The situation that Sun Chuanting raised suddenly is indeed very likely to happen, and the Hanzhong Mansion cannot be regarded as impenetrable.

After the rogues entered Hanzhong Mansion, they could enter Yunxiang and Huguang all the way eastward.

Lu Xiangsheng led the troops northward, and Zhang Xianzhong led the troops to break through the encirclement net. Now the barrier between Yunxiang and Xiangzhou has disappeared.

Once Li Zicheng really entered Hanzhong Mansion, and then went to Yunxiang, then everything they did before will be useless...

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"Now Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting have led their troops to gather. The officers and soldiers are powerful and vigorous. We will first rely on the ranks and Chengshan Mountains to deal with the officers and soldiers. When their enthusiasm fades and their morale is low, we will suddenly send troops."

Li Zicheng leaned on the wooden table with one hand, and pointed to the location of Hanzhong Mansion on the map placed on the table with the other hand.

"Divide the troops into two groups. One route is Hunshiwan and Little Red Wolf going to Jitouguan from Feng County, and the other route is led by King Renyi and Chief Qi to attack Mian County from Lueyang to Chencang Road."

"Hundred thousand, little red wolf."

Li Zicheng turned his head and looked in the direction of his right hand.

On the right side of the table, there stood a black-faced man with beard and a young man in red clothes. They were Hun Shiwan and Little Red Wolf.

"The two of you play the banner of Gao Yingde and Xiezikuai, and I will give you another [-] hungry soldiers. You must use the banner to build momentum all the way south."

"King Renyi, General Manager Qi, under my banner, go from Lueyang, don't cover up, let go of the army flag, and go all the way east to capture Lueyang."

"Leave half of the hungry soldiers in the south of Gongchang Mansion to deal with the officers and soldiers, and hand over the rest of the hungry soldiers to King Renyi to lead the attack on Hanzhong Mansion."

Li Zicheng put down the whip in his hand, covered the map in front of him, raised his head, looked around at the people in front of him, and said with a sneer.

"Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting, two old thieves, set up an ambush and built a stronghold around them. They want to trap us in Gongchang Mansion."

"We took Lueyang and Fengxian some time ago, and they should all have attracted their attention. I'm afraid we might guess that we want to attack Hanzhong Prefecture."

Li Zicheng lowered his head, his eyes did not fall on Hanzhong Mansion, but on the lower part of Hanzhong Mansion, Baoning Mansion in Sichuan Province.

His original plan was indeed to go through Hanzhong Mansion, and then go to Yunxiang, or go north into Henan, or go south into the hinterland of Huguang.

But a piece of news he received some time ago made him change all his plans—Sichuan is empty!
　Tomorrow, I will write about the current establishment of Chen Wangjun.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)