Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 912
When the Jin army attacked Sichuan, Sun Kewang considered attacking Sichuan, and joined the Jin army from north to south to attack the Sichuan Ming army, so there is no reason for the Sichuan Ming army to be invincible.

Just by doing so, the Kingdom of Jin may not share Sichuan with him, and if the Ming army in Sichuan is defeated, his territory will be connected to the Kingdom of Jin. In the future, he will not only have to entangle with the Ming army, but also guard against the Jin army, and he will be caught between the two great powers .

At that time, the Ming army hated him to the bone, so needless to say, the key goal of the Jin Kingdom was to capture the whole of Sichuan, and he would not want his forces to penetrate into Sichuan.

In this way, he offended both sides, and the small country needs at least one thigh to survive, so after he learned that He Tengjiao was going to rescue Sichuan, he decided to avoid the Kingdom of Jin and attack Guizhou.

It’s just that the roads in Guizhou are blocked and the information transmission is inconvenient. Sun Kewang didn’t expect that after He Tengjiao transferred 2 people, since he didn’t enter Sichuan, even if he knew, he would still raid Guizhou, because a small country is fighting a big country, and it is only a reaction time.

Just like the Japanese attack on the United States in later generations, in the first few months, once the United States reacts, Japan will have no chance.

Now Zhang Xianzhen's condition is to give him South Sichuan and West Sichuan. If he accepts and takes Haoge's fat meat, Haoge will definitely not let it go.

However, compared to Guizhou, western Sichuan and southern Sichuan are indeed good places, especially Luzhou in southern Sichuan, which is a wealthy place in Sichuan second only to Chengdu. For Sun Kewang, it is still full of temptations.

The Ming army was obviously seriously injured in Sichuan. They are repeating the old trick, killing two soldiers with one peach, making him and Hauge turn against each other, and contain Hauge's power.

"Good strategy!" Sun Kewang squinted his eyes, "Is Zhang Tongzhi trying to make enemies on both sides?"

Sun Kewang had already offended the Ming Dynasty, if he went to take South Sichuan and West Sichuan now, he would offend Hauge again, which was equivalent to offending two thick legs at once, so Sun Kewang was naturally wary of this.

There is no way for the Ming army to abandon western Sichuan and southern Sichuan. If Haoge annihilates Yuan Zongdi and then captures Chongqing, western Sichuan and southern Sichuan will be divided by the Jin army, and the connection with the Ming Dynasty will be completely severed. Powerless to guard, they can only be annihilated in the end.

If this negotiation fails, Li Dingguo and Fan Yiheng will also retreat to the east of Sichuan, so it is a good thing for them to take a step forward, and it is a good thing if they do not succeed.

In the current situation in Sichuan, the Ming army has lost the upper hand, and it is impossible to turn the tide.

In the current situation, there are only two possibilities. Without reinforcements, the Ming army is very likely to be driven out of Sichuan by Hauge.

Wu Sangui crossed the mountains in eastern Sichuan and attacked Wanxian. The route for the Ming army to withdraw from the east into Huguang had been cut off by the Jin soldiers. The Ming army in Sichuan could only retreat into Guizhou and build a new line of defense. If there were reinforcements, it might be possible to save eastern Sichuan. , so as not to lose too ugly.

Abandoning western Sichuan and southern Sichuan this time is indeed an act of a strong man cutting off his wrists and tails to survive. The Ming army wanted to use these two places in exchange for the eastern Sichuan campaign not to cause a major defeat.

These strategies are not known to the court at present, and they are entirely decisions made by Li Dingguo, the commander of the Zhenwu Battalion, and Fan Yiheng, the governor of Sichuan.

Under normal circumstances, these two people do not have such authority, but Sichuan governor Wang Yingxiong committed suicide in defeat, and after Yuan Zongdi, the admiral of Sichuan's military affairs, was besieged, Fan Yiheng became the only person in Sichuan who could call the shots.

He also took a huge political risk in making such a decision. It would be fine if the court agreed, but if the court did not approve, then he would be imprisoned and exiled, or even killed.

"Why is General Sun making enemies on both sides? If General Sun withdraws his troops into Sichuan, we can follow the example of King Xi and form an alliance with General Sun again!" Zhang Xianzhen said in a deep voice: "Besides, if the general does not retreat , He Dushi’s 5 elite soldiers will not enter Sichuan, and the general’s [-] people want to gobble up Guizhou. After arriving in Guiyang, at most two or three months, the imperial reinforcements will definitely enter Guizhou, General Sun is confident that he will defeat [-] elite soldiers in such a short period of time, take the entire Guizhou, and then endure the imperial court's massive counterattack?"

Zhang Xianzhen didn't know the imperial court's attitude towards Sun Kewang, maybe he already had the attitude of extermination, but Zhang Xianzhen couldn't control that, he had to stabilize Sun Kewang first.

Although the Kingdom of Jin caught the Sichuan Ming Army by surprise this time, such results were mainly due to sneak attacks, not real strength.

As far as national strength is concerned, the Ming Dynasty has been majestic and prosperous in recent years, which is obvious to all. The overall strength of the Ming Dynasty is definitely stronger than that of the Jin Dynasty.

Sun Kewang relied on the Sichuan crisis to blackmail the Ming Dynasty, but if he did not retreat, the Ming army in Guizhou would not dare to enter Sichuan, and eventually the Ming army in Sichuan would abandon eastern Sichuan and retreat to Guizhou, and organize a defense line in Guizhou, then he would not lose money Put the rice up.

Right now, he has to take Guizhou by force. There are two possibilities. One is that the Ming army gave up Sichuan and retreated to Guizhou, so he naturally has no appetite to take Guizhou. , and cooperated with the Jin army to encircle the Ming army in eastern Sichuan, and finally annihilate it, but judging from the current situation, this possibility is already minimal, and the benefits are not as good as the disadvantages.

Either agree with Zhang Xianzhen's suggestion, go to occupy the south and west of Sichuan, and wait for the battle with Hauge in the future.

Of course, there is a third way, which is to return to Yunnan, but with Sun Kewang's personality, he would not consider this way at all.

"If I lead an army into southern and western Sichuan, can the Ming Dynasty guarantee an alliance with me in Daxi?"

Although Sun Kewang covets the ease of occupying southern and western Sichuan, it is his bottom line not to offend the two great powers at the same time.

After hearing Zhang Xianzhen's words, he was already tempted, but he also knew that Zhang Xianzhen's status was not high, and it was impossible for Zhang Xianzhen to get the order from the Ming Dynasty, so he didn't quite believe Zhang Xianzhen's words .

Zhang Xianzhen understood what Sun Kewang was worried about, so he continued to raise the banner and said, "Back then, the King of the West ruled the Central Plains and even broke through Fengyang, and the King of Chu was able to join forces with the King of the West, so what should the general worry about? The supervisor also agrees, General Sun can't trust me, but the identity of the supervisor He should be trustworthy!"

He Tengjiao is Wang Yan's father-in-law. The reason why the Chu Party became bigger is because of Wang He's marriage. If He Tengjiao supports it, then this matter is really possible. After all, Wang Yan is not easy to deny in the central government. proposal.

Sun Kewang didn't care much about alien races. He originally wanted to build a good relationship with Hauge and fight against the Ming Dynasty together, but now Zhang Xianzhen gave him a new way, which was to let him attach himself to the Ming Dynasty, deal with Hauge, and fight against the Ming Dynasty together. Send it to South Sichuan and West Sichuan as a gift.

Joining Hauge was just Sun Kewang's idea. He didn't know Hauge's attitude or what benefits he could get him, but South Sichuan and West Sichuan had already been sent to them. Although he knew it was poisonous, he couldn't help but want to eat it.

"If Superintendent He is involved in this matter, I am willing to believe it." Sun Kewang pondered for a while, "Let's do this! Zhang Tongzhi will go back first and get a copy of Superintendent He's handwriting. I will think about it for a few days, how about it?"

He Tengjiao didn't express his position on this matter. Zhang Xianzhen didn't expect Sun Kewang to be so difficult, but since he said so, Zhang Xianzhen couldn't refuse, lest he see the truth, so he clasped his hands and agreed.

(End of this chapter)