Chapter 82: The South of the Clouds

Zhang Xuan saw the envoy from Guiyang, sighed slightly in his heart, and said secretly: "It's an acquaintance." ”

The messenger in Guiyang City was none other than Liu Wenxiu.

When Liu Wenxiu saw Zhang Xuan, he was slightly shocked in his heart, and then said, "I didn't want to see Zheng Guogong here." ”

Zhang Xuan said: "Brother Liu is a joke, it doesn't matter if others call me, why does Brother Liu call me like this?" To put it mildly, just call it 'by it'. ”

Liu Wenxiu naturally refused, so he also called Zhang Xuan Brother Zhang with Zhang Xuan.

The two exchanged greetings like this, and the topic cut to the point. Zhang Xuan asked: "Brother Liu is here just to exchange Guiyang City for some food, but it's not what General Sun is going to do?" ”

Liu Wenxiu said: "This matter can be put aside, before General Gao was again, he could only talk about this, but now that the general is here, he can talk about something else." In fact, although there is not much food in our army, it is still supported for a period of time, and it is not so short of food. ”

Zhang Xuan was about to ask why he proposed to Gao Yigong to exchange the city for grain. Then he said: "Do you want to have a good relationship with Great Xia?" Zhang Xuan thought about it one more layer in his heart, looking at Sun Kewang's meaning, he didn't mean to stay in Guiyang for a long time, so that Gao Yigong lacked a little food, and he thought that Gao Yigong would not suddenly pursue.

Everyone is an old fox, and between the two armies, the word trust is better to talk less.

When the war was fought, grain represented the scope of the army's action, and the current situation of food shortage in Guiyang was present. After Gao Yigong transferred a batch of grain, there will inevitably be a shortage of grain within a month or two, and he will not be able to continue fighting, and he will have more than enough to defend but not enough to attack.

As for Sun Kewang's calculations, are there any of these? Zhang Xuan didn't ask, and Liu Wenxiu wouldn't say it if he wanted to.

Liu Wenxiu said: "Daxia has Jiangnan and Huguang, and my Daxi is now a lost dog, I don't know what tomorrow night is, so I naturally want to have a good relationship with Daxia." ”

Zhang Xuan said: "Why bother? At that time, I, Zhang Xuan, also received the favor of the old prince, and the old prince and the first emperor were also lifelong friends, and now the first emperor and the old prince are gone. But this friendship did not disperse. Counting all the generals, they are all my Zhang Xuan's brothers, and He Ku has twenty or thirty thousand tired divisions. Turned to the mountains of southern Sichuan. It is better to defect to the imperial court, Your Majesty will treat each other as a guest, and after a few years of rectification, the army will go on a northern expedition, and the generals can be the vanguard, and when the time comes, it will be painful to avenge the old prince. ”

Liu Wenxiu listened to Zhang Xuan's words, and a trace of pain flashed in his heart.

Anyway, Zhang Xianzhong is not bad to his four righteous sons. Zhang Xianzhong's death has made them extremely sad, not to mention that they heard the news again, the Qing army dug up Zhang Xianzhong's grave and beheaded it to show the public, and now Zhang Xianzhong's head is still in Beijing

Hung above the city walls.

As soon as he remembered that after the death of his father-in-law, he was still humiliated by this, Liu Wenxiu couldn't control himself. I can't wait to mention a team of people to kill under the city of Beijing, and the children will be blessed and broken into thousands of pieces. But when Liu Wenxiu thought of Sun Kewang's plan to gain a foothold in Yunnan, he was also conflicted in his heart. said: "Brother Zhang's good intentions, Liu Mou understands it." It's just the father's inheritance, but it can't be so simple to let people, but if there is a glimmer of hope, you still have to give it a try. If it really doesn't work, it will also depend on Brother Zhang's wishes. ”

"What is that glimmer of hope?" Zhang Xuan thought silently in his heart. He secretly speculated in his heart: "Sun Kewang intends to befriend me, which means that he is undoubtedly an enemy of Great Xia, at least for now." And he had just been defeated by the Qing army, which numbered more than 100,000. The current situation of the Great Western Army is not an opponent, and Sun Kewang is expected to deal with only the Ming Dynasty. However, in the Ming Dynasty, only one part of Sichuan and one part of Guizhou remained, and Guangxi may have one or two strongholds, plus Yunnan at most. ”

Thinking of the word "Yunnan", Zhang Xuan suddenly brightened up and said secretly: "Yes, it is Yunnan." ”

At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Yunnan was the existence of stirring up the storm. Whether it is Li Dingguo, didn't he retreat to Yunnan in the end? And Wu Sangui also relied on Yunnan to set off the rebellion of the three feudatories. How could Zhang Xuan ignore it. Although Zhang Xuan didn't know about the situation in Yunnan, he also knew that Yunnan was in chaos now. If Sun Kewang wants to take Yunnan in one fell swoop. But it's not without a chance.

Zhang Xuan said tentatively: "Yes, if Brother Liu is unfavorable in Yunnan, he can defect to our dynasty at any time." ”

Liu Wenxiu's face was shocked, and he said, "What Yunnan? ”

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly and didn't speak, Liu Wenxiu secretly made a mistake, so that Zhang Xuan could see it.

Zhang Xuan's heart was spinning rapidly, and his first thought was whether he could squeeze out a team of soldiers and horses to strike first and take Yunnan.

In a moment, he dismissed the idea.

In this way, the battle line is stretched too long.

First of all, there is one point, the traffic in this era remains unchanged, and it must not be thought of in terms of the transportation that extends in all directions in later generations.

As previously wished, Hunan and Guangdong are next to each other, but the best way is to go from Hunan to Guangxi and then down to Guangzhou. And the same is true for Yunnan. Yunnan is adjacent to Guangxi, but if you want to attack Yunnan from Guangxi, it is not easy to go.

Of course, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of troops, opening roads in the mountains and building bridges in the water, can't they really go from Guangxi to Yunnan?

Yes, of course.

The predecessors of the post roads in Guizhou and Yunnan were all road maps left by the expeditions of the great army. In the battle of Pingdian during the Hongwu period, the Ming army attacked Yunnan from Guizhou and two roads, and now the two post roads are the roads left by the original march.

These two roads are the main roads connecting Yunnan to the Central Plains. One could even say

Later, in the Qing court, when the governors were divided, why was it the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, not the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, or the governor of Sichuan and Yunnan. These two paths play a very crucial role.

If you want to attack Yunnan, the best way is to start with Guizhou.

The strength of Great Xia in Guizhou is limited, and the reason why he transferred troops into Guizhou is also based on defense, not attack, where to transfer tens of thousands of troops and select a good general to attack Yunnan.

There is another reason that must not be ignored. That's the factor that Sun can hope for.

Sun Kewang has prepared so many things for Yunnan, and now if Zhang Xuan intervenes in Yunnan, the two sides will suddenly turn from friends to enemies. Zhang Xuan didn't think that Sun Kewang was a good man and a woman, and he wanted to have a good relationship with Daxia before, just for Yunnan.

For the sake of Yunnan, naturally I don't care about making a big deal with Daxia.

Zhang Xuan's mind turned around several times, and finally determined that although Yunnan is good, it has different meanings for everyone, it is the icing on the cake for Zhang Xuan, and it is a small flower, dispensable. For Sun Kewang, it is a lifesaver, and there must be no mistakes.

Zhang Xuan sighed in his heart and said secretly: "And send Yunnan to Sun Kewang's hands for several years." In the future, after the world arrives, how can Yunnan be sealed? ”

After saying so much here, in fact, it was just a bow of his head, Zhang Xuan raised his head and said: "General Sun is interested in Yunnan, what is there to hide, everyone is from the righteous army, so I should naturally help General Sun." ”

Liu Wenxiu didn't know what Zhang Xuan meant. Just said: "Thank you, General." ”

Zhang Xuan said: "If you don't mind, I want to see General Sun." Have a good talk. ”

Liu Wenxiu also knew that since Zhang Xuan had guessed Sun Kewang's hole cards, his previous conditions, such as exchanging Guiyang and other places for some benefits with Daxia, and asking for a good fate, were impossible to do. The terms of both sides had to be reformulated. He said: "I can't be the master of this matter. It's just that after I go back, I will return to my eldest brother. ”

Zhang Xuan said: "I wanted to leave Brother Liu to hover for a few days, but now the situation in Yunnan is very delicate, so I won't keep Brother Liu, but there is one thing, but I want to tell Brother Liu, after Yongli left Guilin, I sent scouts to track, although I don't know where they are now, but there is one thing for sure, that is, Yongli has a way to the west, and I don't want to go elsewhere." ”

Liu Wenxiu's heart was even more anxious, he knew that if Yongli entered Yunnan first, it would cause great changes. But their plans are probably going to have to be reformulated. Time really couldn't be delayed for a moment, and he immediately got up and said, "Thank you, General." I'm going back to report to my eldest brother and ask the general to wait for good news. ”

Zhang Xuan sent Liu Wenxiu out of Longlisi Tuzhai all the way, and after seeing Liu Wenxiu go away, he turned around.