Chapter 15: Earth Rift III

"The last general is willing to defend Guizhou." A person suddenly said: "The last general does not dare to guarantee that Guizhou will not lose an inch of land, but he dares to guarantee that Sun Kewang will never cross Guizhou to harass Huguang." ”

Zhang Xuan saw that it was none other than Li Dingguo. Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up, and he said secretly: "I actually forgot about him." ”

To deal with Sun Kewang, it is right to use Li Dingguo to make a decision.

Zhang Xuan said: "How many men does General Li need?" ”

Li Dingguo said: "The last general heard that the Tusi soldiers in Guizhou, if they are good at accepting them, can get tens of thousands of horses, and the last general only needs more than 10,000 headquarters. ”

After hearing this, Zhang Xuan secretly frowned, feeling that this little bit of people was too little, and said, "General Li, don't need more people?" ”

Although Zhang Xuan is tight on hand, it is still possible to give more than 10,000 people.

"It only takes 10,000 people." Li Dingguo said.

"Don't be ashamed." Xu Du sneered and said: "General, don't let this person guard Guizhou, who in the world doesn't know the relationship between Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang." If he lifts Guizhou to vote for Sun Wukong, then Huguang will be in danger, and when we are attacked from both sides, how can we win? ”

As soon as Xu Du said this, the people below talked about it. Everyone was a little suspicious of Li Dingguo.

Everyone knows that Zhang Xuan has a different view of Li Dingguo, but it is a little too childish to hand over such a heavy task to Li Dingguo. It's just that Zhang Xuan's prestige is outstanding, and they are not as bold as Xu Du, so they only dare to bow their heads and whisper.

Zhang Xuan frowned, he got up suddenly, came to Li Dingguo, and said, "General Li is a general's talent. succumbing to Zhang is already Qu Cai. Now that she is willing to work for Da Xia, Zhang only has joy, not hers. Now, however, there will be doubts. But I trusted General Lee. ”

"Since General Li is asking for war. I have no intention of refusing it. ”

Zhang Xuan stretched out his hand to untie the long sword on his body and handed it to Li Dingguo with both hands. Li Dingguo was a little flustered, but he still hurriedly took it with both hands.

Zhang Xuan continued: "This sword was given by the first emperor. Follow me for many years, and today I give it to General Lee. The sword is there, just like I am. Anyone who does not obey orders can be killed by General Li with a sword. I can trust General Lee. ”

Does Zhang Xuan really have no doubts about Li Dingguo?

Of course it's fake.

Historically, Li Dingguo was loyal to the Ming Dynasty until his death, but after careful analysis, it is difficult to say whether Li Dingguo was loyal to the anti-Qing cause or the Ming Dynasty, because the two were one at that time. And Li Dingguo, as the last famous general of the Ming Dynasty, actually has a lot of beautification.

Entering history, what is Li Dingguo like?

In the end, it was really the original loyalty

will, or the big hypocrisy seems to be loyal Zhang Xuan does not know. He was deceived by his historical impressions not once or twice. As Xu Du said before, once Li Dingguo rebelled and joined forces with Sun Kewang, it was the trend of Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo sending troops and two famous kings.

Under the attack from both sides, it is difficult for Zhang Xuan to turn the tables. But Zhang Xuan didn't think about the idea of retreating.

At that moment just now, Zhang Xuan thought that he would inevitably send a general who was good at defense to defend layer by layer with the terrain of Guizhou. But Zhang Xuan quickly denied it, because of Guizhou Toast.

The real head snake in Guizhou is Guizhou Tusi, and Guizhou Tusi may not be willing to shed blood for Great Xia. Zhang Xuan estimated that when the battle of Guizhou was obviously superior, these Guizhou toasts would definitely add icing on the cake to the winner, and they would never send charcoal to the loser.

Therefore, the battle of Guizhou is probably either won or lost, and it is difficult to achieve a stalemate situation.

Although Li Dingguo is not the only choice, he is the best choice. The premise is that Li Dingguo will not betray.

But whether Li Dingguo would betray or not, Zhang Xuan finally decided to believe in Li Dingguo and King Li Jin.

When Li Dingguo saw this, he was very moved in his heart. He treats Sun Kewang as a brother, but how did Sun Kewang treat him. I just feel that in this world, except for the dead Zhang Xianzhong, no one can trust him so much. He said with firmness in his calm tone: "Sun Kewang even if a million come, the last general will be in Guizhou for the general." If Guizhou is lost, it will definitely be the last general. ”

"Okay." Zhang Xuan said: "I will hand over the back of the army to General Li." ”

Although Zhang Xuan unexpectedly entrusted Li Dingguo with a heavy responsibility, so that many generals led by Xu Du were not too satisfied, but Zhang Xuan's prestige was not something they could challenge.

As soon as the meeting ended, Zhang Xuan ordered everyone to prepare to set off, and took out a battalion from among his own soldiers, selected veterans from all over the country, and gathered more than 10,000 elites to Li Dingguo, so that Li Dingguo could go to Guizhou.

Zhang Xuan was busy with this, and he should also leave Guilin, but he was still not worried about the boundary between Guangxi and Guangzhou, so he called Cao Zongyu over, and finally said: "Liangguang, take Guangdong as the key, if it doesn't work, Guangxi can give up for the time being." It's not too late to wait for the north side to stop. ”

Cao Zongyu said: "Yes." ”

"However, I have always been at ease when Brother Cao does things." Zhang Xuan said: "Brother Cao thinks how to do it, just do it." However, there are a few points that Brother Cao pays special attention to. ”

"General, please speak." Cao Zongyu said.

Zhang Xuan said: "Hongji, Hainan Island, Zhanjiang Manufacturing Bureau, and Foshan, these places must be preserved, and urge them to speed up production, the war together, the weapons consumed, not to mention millions of dollars, where is enough to collect from all over the country, so the whole army ordnance is here." ”

"There are also Macau and Macao artillery factories."

"Macao only needs to maintain order, don't act rashly, as for the Macao artillery factory, when necessary, it can take over."

Cao Zongyu agreed and said, "Please rest assured, the general is here, and Liangguang has no worries." ”

Zhang Xuan said: "I naturally trust Brother Cao. It's just that on Annan's side, Brother Cao should also pay attention to one point, so as not to affect the production of Hongji Coal Mine. ”

Cao Zongyu said: "Zheng Jun is marching south against the Ruan clan at this time, and in my estimation, it will not be able to stop for a year and a half. ”

After all, Annan is a small country, and as the head of the Zheng family of Annan, he may have some ambitions, but his ambition is also to unify Annan first. It is estimated that when Great Xia is unable to participate in the internal strife in Annan, he will grit his teeth and destroy the Ruan clan first. I won't come to be embarrassed by Great Xia.

"One more thing." Zhang Xuan said: "After the army goes out, the rear is empty, I will let Mr. Yao recruit troops in Changsha, and Guangxi is also a source of soldiers, Guangxi wolf soldiers have always been famous, this matter will also be handed over to you." ”

Cao Zongyu asked, "But I don't know how many will be recruited." ”

Zhang Xuan took a deep breath, with a cruelty in his tone, and said, "The more the merrier." ”

Obviously, Zhang Xuan is not too optimistic about the future war, whether it is to fill the gap or rebuild the army, a large number of soldiers are needed. Therefore, even if Cao Zongyu can recruit 180,000, Zhang Xuan can eat it.

It's just that this is another obvious ultra vires.

In the Privy Council system founded by Zhang Xuan himself, this power of conscription is clearly central. Zhang Xuan handed over this task to Cao Zongyu, which was also his trust in Cao Zongyu.

"Yes." Cao Zongyu said.

Zhang Xuan continued to talk again, big and small affairs, the same explanation, it seems that he will not give up until dawn.

Zhang Xuan knows and trusts Cao Zongyu the most, and Cao Zongyu doesn't know Zhang Xuan.

He clearly felt that Zhang Xuan was nervous.

The reason why Zhang Xuan took the trouble to explain these big and small matters to Cao Zongyu was to resolve his nervous emotions.

Cao Zongyu didn't know how to persuade him, but he just recorded what Zhang Xuan said one by one. Zhang Xuan said that in the second half of the night, when he really didn't know what to say, he let Cao Zongyu go, and when Cao Zongyu left, he said to Zhang Xuan: "Brother Zhang Xian, since you are Brother Cao, I am ashamed." Brother Zhang Xian, since you joined Cao Ying alone, you have decided to Jiangdong, surrender the Zheng family, repair the politics inside, and retreat from the strong army. In a few years, he won the three emperors of the former Ming Dynasty. There are few people in the world who have made war achievements like you. Although the Qing army is powerful, we have not touched it, after all, we have to go in with a white knife and come out with a red knife, my son of Henan, who is afraid of coming, why is Brother Zhang so nervous? I am afraid that I will lose the hope of the soldiers, and we must not be arrogant. Remember the blood feud at the beginning. ”