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This sentence was actually the last thing Zhang Kewang wanted to hear.He only wanted to seize Daxi's military power, but he didn't want to take Daxi's army to death.

Going north to fight against gold? Go ahead and dream!

"Ahem, I think we'd better unite our troops first, and unify command and dispatch." Zhang Kewang was eager to get the military power.

"In this way, the battalions are prone to conflicts. Why don't we restore our nature first, and then distinguish them by the surnames of the generals of each battalion. What do you guys think?" Zhang Dingguo, who hadn't spoken for a long time, said.

This time, no matter how stupid the others were, they could understand that the battalions were divided into factions, and no one should expect to annex anyone.It directly broke Zhang Kewang's dream.

From then on, Zhang Dingguo changed his name to Li Dingguo.

Chapter 328: Large-Scale Arrangement

The death of Zhang Xianzhong directly led to the climax of Jin after the first surrender within the Daxi Army.About a quarter of the Western Army surrendered Houjin, allowing Houjin's troops in Sichuan to increase to 35 at once.

The Western Army was defeated, and it took a full month of chaos to stabilize its position. At this time, the Western Army's territory had shrunk seriously, and it was impossible to defend it. If it didn't move, it would starve to death.

The original history should be that Sun Kewang led the Western Army south to Chongqing, but there was a deviation in history.Now that Sun Kewang had no courage to go south, the four generals of the Western Army decided to go west, bypass Jiange, and enter Longnan through Qingchuan.

Unfortunately, although this plan is beautiful, it is almost impossible to implement it.This time, Hou Jin was determined to eat the Daxi Army, and it would be good not to drive them south. How could it be possible to let them go north to Shaanxi.

"Your Majesty, the Western Army can't escape this time. Azig sent the Eight Banners White Armor General Gebuku to directly block the line between Pingwu and Qingchuan. Unless the Western Army crosses the grass and snow-capped mountains, they will have to go south. "

"Why didn't Hou Jin set out the conditions for soliciting?"

Zhu Youjian was surprised. At this time, Houjin should show their unique skills: buying opponents with a lot of money.

"Because Li Dingguo disagreed, most of the generals of the Western Army believed that Hou Jin killed Zhang Xianzhong. Now there are no surrenders, and most of them still harbor hatred." Zuo Maodi now began to admire Zhu Youjian for letting Zhang Xianzhong go in Chengdu. It's time to move.

"Speak out: Chinese people don't fight Chinese people. Sing the Sichuan Army's military song for me, and let all Sichuan people know this sentence and this song."

The Sichuan Raiders, the object is not just who to defeat, who is the enemy.It itself has a certain political purpose, so it is time to resort to the pawn of propaganda warfare.

When Sun Kewang heard this slogan, he thought that there was new hope for the negotiations with Daming, and the Great West Army could not go north or south, so they turned back to Suining.

And Sun Kewang wanted to test the bottom line of Emperor Ming again, and at the same time test Hou Jin's bottom line.It was already mid-June at this time, and more than three months had passed since the Jiangkou blockade.

Sichuan is known as the "Land of Abundance", which is a place favored by heaven.In the entire Sichuan Basin, the largest terrain is not a plain, but a hill, a patch of low hills.Interspersed among them are the vertical and horizontal rivers, surrounded by ditches.

In addition to the Chengdu Plain, the rest of the basin has such a terrain, and such a terrain is actually the most suitable for nourishing all things.

"Your Majesty, the homework on the situation map in Central Shu has been completed, and the forces of all parties are clear at a glance." As a standard staff system, drawing a combat map is a compulsory course.The Ming army did not have a professional topographic map, but under Zhu Youjian's teaching, at least it got a map that was much more accurate than the abstract map of Ming Dynasty, and began to learn to draw on the map experimentally.

The three-party situation is very obvious: the Sichuan army follows Deyang on the upper reaches of the Tuojiang River to Ziyang, and Anyue turns east to Tongnan; the east controls the Guang'an and Dazhou lines along the river canal, basically relying on the navy.

Then Jin controlled the northern Sichuan area north of Xichong and west of Bazhong; the Daxi Army was directly compressed in the narrow area along the Peijiang River from Mianyang to Suining.

"How long has it been since the No. 13 army arrived in the state?" Zhu Youjian asked while staring in the direction of Dazhou, thinking of a certain beauty.

"It's been a month, and the Navy is resupplying them." Deng Zhirong was nominally the commander of the Sichuan Army, but in fact he was the director of the combat office, in charge of doing odd jobs.

The Sichuan Army Corps now has six field armies composed of four divisions, two directly under the artillery division, one directly under the gendarmerie brigade, and two additional navy divisions.A total of nearly thirty divisions, a huge army of 45 people.

Don't look at the scary numbers, but the disadvantage is that the army expanded too fast, and the combat effectiveness did not keep up.Eighty percent of the soldiers are recruits who have joined the army for less than two years. In this era of cold weapons, they are completely rookies.

Among the soldiers of the Great Western Army, [-]% belonged to veterans who had fought for more than five years. Even though they were very young, they all came out of the war.

The composition of the post-golden soldiers is even simpler. Six of them are elites, and [-]% are recruits. They belong to the army with the most reasonable proportion of new and old soldiers.

"Is Azig still gathering towards Xichong?" Zuo Maodi stared at the map and thought for a long time.

"Yes, Houjin has gathered nearly 25 soldiers in Xichong, and they are still gathering. In addition, they have [-] soldiers in Jiangyou. Houjin's combat intention is very obvious: if the Western Army continues to defend along Peijiang, They will cut it at the middle. If the Western Army gathers in Suining, they want to swallow it in one gulp."

"Azig's appetite is not small, why don't we send the navy to go north to harass him?"

"I tried it, but it didn't work. The waterway of the Jialing River is too long, and our navy is too slow to enter the water. The battle line drawn is too long, and it is easy to be cut off."

If the navy goes straight north along the Jialing River, it can go directly to Guangyuan. The straight-line distance alone is nearly [-] miles. If the tortuous waterway is included, the total length is at least [-] miles.In the inland waterway, no navy can draw such a long battle line. This is to send warships out to die.Therefore, the navy of the Sichuan Army can only guarantee the northern line to Nanchong, which will not pose any major threat to Houjin.

The reason why the Tuojiang side can use the navy to form a battle line is because the Sichuan Army controls the nodes along the Tuojiang River, and the main force of the Sichuan Army's three field armies are all on this line.

"Who is leading the army in Bazhong?"

"Wu Sangui."

"Your Majesty, the three-party battle! This chess game, I have been thinking about it for many days, but I still can't solve it." Zuo Maodi's face was drawn like a bitter gourd. For a battle of this scale, it will shorten the life of a key figure in the battle. of.

"I don't think this chess game is that simple. Azig is not a fool. It is impossible for him not to think about the situation of our Sichuan Army. The reason why he put on a posture of defeating the Western Army may have something to do with the attitude of the Western Army." Zhu You Jian smoked a cigarette, thinking in his mind whether Sun Kewang would surrender in this round.

"I think so too. The key to this battle is the attitude of the Western Army. If the Western Army turns to Houjin, it will be disadvantageous to our Sichuan army; if the Western Army turns to our Daming, Houjin will be directly driven out of Sichuan." Dang Shousu pointed to the map and said.

"One thing I can confirm is that it is impossible for all the Great Western Army to throw gold." Zhu Youjian said loudly.

This time the operational headquarters was still located in Diaoyu City, and as soon as Zhu Youjian's voice fell, the hall of the headquarters was immediately silent.When everyone heard this, they all knew that the emperor couldn't possibly be referring to the fact that one or two Great Western armies would submit to Daming.

Zuo Mao's eyes lit up for the first time, and he thought in his heart that Zhu Youjian had probably persuaded a certain senior general of the Great Western Army through a certain channel that he was going to say that anyway.

Actually, apart from receiving a letter of surrender from Sun Kewang, Zhu Youjian had no contact with anyone else.

"Your Majesty, our battle line is too long. I'm afraid there will be a real fight at that time, and rescue will not be urgent." Zuo Maodi followed this way of thinking, and immediately thought of the lowest possibility: if someone is anyway, then the rescue after the battle situation changes question.

Zhu Youjian looked at the map and broke out in a cold sweat.In the formation of troops on the map, the battle line of the Sichuan Army is indeed too long. Even a military order issued by the Diaoyu City Command took as long as two days to reach Chengdu. This is not a problem of slow news delivery.And now that Houjin is gathering troops, it shows that the Sichuan Army's battle line is indeed too long.

"Quick! Order the Eighth Army, the Tenth Army, and the No.11 Army to gather quickly towards Anyue. The First Division of the First Navy Army is responsible for the supply of grain and grass in the Neijiang River, the Second Division of the First Army is responsible for the defense of the Tuojiang River, and the Third Division is responsible for the defense of the Tuojiang River. Minjiang defense."

"Your Majesty, if Chengdu gives up, the Great Western Army will take the opportunity to move westward. Don't you want it?" Deng Zhirong didn't understand, and hurriedly asked.

"No, as long as Houjin is not given, whoever wants to go west now will not surrender to Houjin." Zuo Maodi responded the fastest and answered immediately.

For a long time, Daming's greatest enemy was Hou Jin.Now that Zhang Xianzhong is dead, in fact, the focus of the struggle between Daming and Houjin in central Sichuan is not land at all, but the Western Army.

The situation on the battlefield has reached this stage, which is forcing the Western Army to show their cards. Whether it is Daming or Houjin, the cards are basically on the cards.

For the Great Western Army, it was nothing more than a question of going north and going south.The Daxi army concentrated around Suining either followed Houjin to fight against Ming, or followed Daming to fight against Houjin. At this time, as long as they were not helping Houjin, they were all "good people".

Chapter 329: The Dangerous Situation of the Sichuan Army

How did Zhu Youjian discover the loophole?

The thing is very simple, after he saw that Jin was desperately gathering.The opponent is clenching his fist, but he actually loosens his palm, which is a big alarm.

Unfortunately, this alert came too late.Hou Jin's formation was almost completed, and that of the Daxi Army was basically completed, only the Sichuan Army was more than half a beat behind.

This is because the level of command is not enough. No one in the Sichuan Army has the ability to command such a large corps.

In terms of specific formation, both opponents have shown a high level.

Azige mobilized Wu Sangui's main force to the east of the Jialing River to take charge of the flank, and at the same time threatened Guang'an. Once the battle situation changed, the Guan Ning army would quickly move south by relying on super mobility.The main force of Houjin's elite white armor was blocked in Jiangyou, basically as a nail.