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Xi'an City, Prince Zhenming's Mansion.

It's already mid-May, and Lin Feng has been in Xi'an for about twenty days.

He feels that his current life has developed a bit like that of a future emperor. He is trapped in the palace every day reviewing various documents and holding various meetings, which makes him very annoyed.

But there was nothing he could do. As the Zhenming Army's territory grew larger and larger, more and more documents needed to be reviewed personally, and he was no longer allowed to lead the troops out in person.

No wonder the emperor wanted to go out and walk around. It was too boring to stay in the palace all day.

After reviewing documents in the Qinzheng Hall for an hour or two, Lin Feng couldn't stand it anymore and immediately got up and walked around the rooms in the hall.

At this time, Lin Jiakang came in with a military report. There was a red mark on it, which meant it was very urgent. It must be reported immediately after receiving it.

Lin Feng sat back on his special armchair with a soft cushion underneath to make it more comfortable, and then asked: "Ieyasu, what's the emergency military situation?"

General Lin Jiakang's report said: "It was sent by Governor Lu. He has led the Northern Shanxi Corps to regain Datong City."

"Okay, Jiandou really lived up to my expectations and recovered Datong City so quickly." Lin Feng said as he took the military report and read it.

"Relying on the help of the people in the city, we recaptured Datong City in half a day and executed the traitors and traitors. Well done, Jiandou!" Lin Feng praised.

"Moving the 1st Shanxi Combat Division to the Yuzhou area, is it necessary to increase the number of troops?" Lin Feng said to himself while watching.

These are all requests for instructions made by Lu Xiangsheng in the report.

Lin Feng walked to the large map hanging in the Qinzheng Hall, observed it carefully and said, "Jiandou was very considerate and quickly issued a document agreeing with his troop deployment adjustment suggestions! In addition, he agreed to conditionally increase the number of numbered divisions from 10,000 to 10,000. Five will be increased to 20,000, but the army must be reported to the General Staff first.”

The Zhenming Army now has nine numbered divisions. If each division is expanded by 9 men, it can increase by 4.5. In addition, each large city can also deploy to civilians, and the military strength is about the same.

"Yes, I'll draft the text and send it right away!" Lin Jiakang accepted the order.

After Lin Jiakang went out, Lin Feng did not sit down and continued to stare at the Huguang area in front of the map.

The recapture of Datong Mansion marked the Zhenming Army's complete occupation of Shanxi Province. The imperial court currently did not have many troops in the direction of the capital to threaten the Zhenming Army's rear. It seemed that it was time to implement Hubei's strategy.

There were only thirteen provinces in the Ming Dynasty. The Zhenming Army had already occupied Shanxi, Shaanxi and Henan. If they occupied Huguang and Sichuan, they would basically control nearly half of the world.

Under the repeated battles between Yang Sichang and Zhang Xianzhong, Huguang and Sichuan suffered a lot of military losses. They were both relatively weak at this time and could just take over at once.

Lin Feng was still looking at the map and thinking, when Guo Zheng came in again.

"Your Majesty, there is some latest information about the peasant army from Sichuan, please take a look." Guo Zheng said while handing over a piece of information.

Lin Feng took it and turned it over. There was a lot of information, mainly three pieces of information.

The first one is that in mid-April, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai joined forces to march into Chengdu, but they did not attack the strong city. They ordered Zhang Kewang and Bai Wenxuan to lead 3,000 troops to stay near Chengdu. He and Luo Rucai divided their forces into several groups to attack the city north of Chengdu. Each state and county.

Local officials in various prefectures and counties fled after hearing the news, but the Chengdu defenders did not dare to take a step away from the provincial capital. As if entering uninhabited territory, the coalition forces successively defeated the cities of Jintang, Deming, Shifang, Mianzhu and Anxian.

Zhang and Luo's troops rested in northern Sichuan for more than ten days. At the same time, they also greatly replenished food and necessary materials, and the morale of the peasant army was greatly improved.

The second article is about Yang Sichang's army. He heard that Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai were attacking Chengdu. Yang Sichang rushed from Chongqing to Shunqing at night. He wanted to take the opportunity to eliminate the coalition forces in northern Sichuan.

So he sent out a hundred thousand urgent documents to recruit generals from all directions and join forces in northern Sichuan. However, very few responded, especially the generals He Renlong, Li Guoqi and Zuo Liangyu who all ignored him.

In addition, after receiving his report, Emperor Chongzhen ordered the Sichuan governor Shao Jiechun to be arrested and sent to Beijing, and promoted Liao Daheng to take over. The third article is about the peasant army. In early May, after Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai had fully rested in the north of Chengdu, they saw Yang Sichang leading the army approaching. They immediately shot a feint and went east, entering Baoning Prefecture at the border with Longnan, and captured Ba The state released prisoners, opened warehouses to provide relief to the hungry, and replenished military rations.

After reading the intelligence, Lin Feng carefully marked the marching route of Zhang Xianzhong and others on the map. He found that this man was extremely cunning in his military use. He often moved east and west, making noises and attacking in the west. Yang Sichang's pursuit was extremely embarrassing and the officers and soldiers were exhausted.

"Guo Zheng, what do you think of the next offensive direction of Zhang Xianzhong and other troops?" Lin Feng asked, and he was also preparing to test his intelligence chief.

Guo Zheng thought for a while and said: "Now Yang Sichang's army has been mobilized near Chengdu, Sichuan. According to Zhang's usual military tactics, he will either go north and enter Hanzhong Prefecture in Longnan, or continue eastward to attack Xiangyang Prefecture in Hubei."

"Well, Guo Zheng's analysis is good and there is progress!" Lin Feng affirmed.

"Hey, I learned this from you, Prince." Guo Zheng flattered him by the way.

"Where is Fang Xiaoyu's Longnan Corps now?" Lin Feng asked.

"Supervisor Fang and the others have captured Nanzheng, the prefecture of Hanzhong, and are currently occupying other prefectures and counties in the prefecture." Guo Zheng replied.

"Send an order to Fang Xiaoyu, reminding them to pay close attention to the movements of Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai, and focus their troops on Ningqiang Prefecture bordering Baoning Prefecture in northern Sichuan and Pingli County in the east of Hanzhong Prefecture.

On the one hand, we resolutely intercept the peasant army from entering Longnan, and on the other hand, we are ready to go south to attack the main forces of Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai. " Lin Feng ordered.

"Understood!" Guo Zheng replied.

Hanzhong Mansion, Nanzheng City.

The Longnan Corps led by Fang Xiaoyu has taken over the government and is discussing the next march direction with Hong Tu, Li Xiongxing and others at the government office in the city.

"Superintendent, every Ming army member in Hanzhong Prefecture who has any backbone hasn't even fought a decent battle all the way here. The brothers are too embarrassed to ask for the reward for fighting. How about we go south to Sichuan and fight Zhang Xianzhong, this idiot?" Hong Tu from the Third Mobile Division said carelessly.

"Haha, Master Hong, don't be anxious. There will be many battles in the future. We won't have to fight a tough battle to occupy Hanzhong Mansion, which reduces the casualties of our brothers. This is also a good thing." Fang Xiaoyu advised.

"Hey, this is it. Brothers have to pay pensions if they are injured or killed. It's not cost-effective, it's not cost-effective!" Hong Tu also settled another account at this time.

"Superintendent, there is an urgent telegram from the palace, saying that Zhang Xianzhong's troops may go north to Longnan. We are ordering us to send an army to Ningqiang Prefecture to resolutely block their path to the north. Send another army to Pingli County, the easternmost part of Hanzhong Prefecture. Be prepared to go south to Hubei." Zan Hua, a soldier with the army, came in and reported.

"The order from the palace came in time. Hong Tu, you lead the Third Mobile Division to continue southward. After occupying Ningqiang Prefecture, you will be responsible for intercepting Zhang Xianzhong and others' northward movement." Fang Xiaoyu ordered.

"Understood!" Hong Tu happily accepted the order as soon as he heard that there was another fight.

"Xiongxing, you will lead a brigade of the Guards Brigade and the Second Mobile Division, under your control, to Pingli County, the easternmost part of Hanzhong Prefecture, to seize this key point.

After I stabilized Nanzheng City, I immediately went to Pingli, and then followed orders to attack Huguang. Without the prince's order, no one is allowed to enter Hubei to fight without permission. "Fang Xiaoyu continued to order.

It had only been two days since the Longnan Corps occupied Hanzhong Prefecture and governed Nanzheng. Many things had not been straightened out. Fang Xiaoyu could not just leave now. He would definitely have to stay for a while, waiting for the prefect sent by the Zhenming Palace Government Affairs Council to arrive and hand over the power.

During this period of time, he had to help train a strong people's team to ensure that Nanzheng City had a certain ability to protect itself before going to Pingli.

"Yes! Then the general will wait in Pingli County for the governor to come and rendezvous." Li Xiongxing received the order.

"Okay, then let's meet up in Pingli!" Fang Xiaoyu said after high-fiving Li Xiongxing.

(End of this chapter)