Chapter Ninety-Three: No War on the Northern Front II

Zhang Xuan sighed slightly in his heart, a little regretful.

If Zhang Xuan's words have no true feelings, they are also false.

He intersected with Yuan Shizhong, although he had just begun, and he was a little scheming. But after a long period of contact, Yuan Shizhong believed in Zhang Xuan very much, and this trust also made Zhang Xuan very moved. Plus cooperate with each other on the battlefield. Naturally, there is some comradeship.

Now it has become a respectful situation between monarchs and ministers, which makes Zhang Xuan a little disappointed.

However, it is also inevitable.

For courtiers, keep a relative distance from the emperor. It is the necessity of preserving oneself. With Yuan Shizhong's character, it is inevitable to do this.

Zhang Xuan sorted out his thoughts and said, "The eldest brother came just in time, go to Xiangyang with me and discuss it with Master Gao." ”

Zhang Xuan took Yuan Shizhong and returned to Xiangyang City, where Gao Shiheng had been waiting for a long time.

"Minister Gao Shiheng greets Your Majesty." Gao Shiheng saluted and said.

Zhang Xuan said: "Lord Gao is exempt. ”

Gao Shiheng also played a great role in this battle. Don't look at Gao Shiheng's good record, but Gao Shiheng is essentially a civil official, and his record is more often than not. It is to command the whole army and support the front-line generals with all the materials needed.

And not really leading the troops.

This time was the same, Zhang Xuan led the army to fight, and the logistics support was all in charge of Gao Shiheng. Gao Shiheng's ability has been fully exerted.

In the logistics support of hundreds of thousands of people, it was arranged by Gao Shiheng in an orderly manner.

This seems to be ordinary, but those who have actually done it know how difficult it is.

Therefore, Zhang Xuan was very polite to Gao Shiheng.

After everyone sat down, Zhang Xuan motioned for Zheng Lian.

Zheng Lian first saluted Zhang Xuan and said, "Your Majesty, everyone. The situation of the Qing army has been clarified, and Zilharang has withdrawn, and within about three or five days, it will be able to withdraw to Luoyang. Yichen's judgment on the grain reserves of the Qing army. Within half a year, Zilharang did not have the strength to go south again. ”

"Zhang Xiang, it has been reported, within half a year, 50,000 recruits can be added to the front line of Xiangyang."

"That is, after this war, within half a year to a year, there should be no war on the northern front."

When Zhang Xuan heard this, he nodded and said, "What do you think of Zheng Lian's statement?" ”

Gao Shiheng said: "The minister thinks it is very true, but there is one problem, that is, Fancheng has not been built yet. I'm afraid that the front line of Xiangyang will require a little more troops. ”

Although Zhang Xuan did not say it explicitly, Zhang Xuan wanted to transfer troops from the northern front. It's not a day or two, for this, Yuan Shizhong only came back, and he probably didn't know. But Xiangyang knows it all.

Zhang Xuan nodded and said to Yuan Shizhong: "Big brother, what do you think?" ”

Yuan Shizhong saluted and said: "The Qing army retreated from Xinyang, and retreated from Xuzhou, in the opinion of the minister, the Qing army will not stay in Xuzhou, it is estimated that it will stay on the line of the Yellow River, Xinyang City is high and deep." It only takes a few thousand soldiers to stay behind and rely on the three passes of Xinyang, which is enough to resist the southward movement of the Qing army. ”

"Subordinates, 34,000 soldiers, enough to be used under His Majesty's command."

After Zhang Xuan, Yuan Shizhong, and Gao Shiheng discussed.

Yuan Shizhong's department, Wang Guangen's department, and Wang Guangtai's brothers' department were all downstream.

After all this was arranged, I didn't want a new problem to arise again.

Zheng Lian hurriedly came over and said, "Your Majesty, Chongqing is in a hurry. ”

Zhang Xuan frowned and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Zheng Lian said: "General He came to report that Wu Sangui had collected and surrendered a lot of remnants of the Ming soldiers, gathered a lot of ships, advanced by land and water, and besieged Chongqing City. The Sichuan Navy Division was defeated, and the Chongqing waterway was cut off. It has become a lonely city. ”

Zhang Xuan didn't know that the order for Wu Sangui to attack Chongqing and contain the Xia army was given by Zierharang.

But there were some problems with the tactical connection, when Zierharang and Zhang Xuan were in the middle of the battle, Wu Sangui was already preparing, but the preparation was only preparation. The news from both sides was somewhat delayed, when Wu Sangui's attack reached its climax.

Zilharang has already withdrawn from his army.

However, Zhang Xuan didn't want to know this. He just knew what to do.

Zhang Xuan immediately ordered Zhou Fuchen's sailors to march west to relieve the siege of Chongqing.

After he passed down the order first, there was still a trace of uneasiness in his heart.

With Kunming being breached, Yunnan has arrived, and the Ming army in Nanchuan has nothing to follow, and Wu Sangui has taken advantage of the situation to do a lot of tricks. At least Nanchuan is already attached to Wu Sangui. Most of Sichuan is under Wu Sangui.

Although Sichuan has experienced repeated wars.

But it is not yet deserted, and even in the city of Chengdu, there are tigers. After a little rectification, Wu Sangui had some soldiers who had enough food, based on the veterans of Liaodong and the soldiers of Sichuan as auxiliaries, and the momentum was huge for a while.

Of course, Zhang Xuan is not afraid of Wu Sangui, but it will take time to solve Wu Sangui.

Zhang Xuan now does not have the ability to wage war in the upper and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

The siege of Chongqing is a minor issue. Wu Sangui is the big problem.

Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment and said to Zheng Lian: "How is the situation in Yunnan. ”

Zheng Lian thought for a while, turned out the current situation in Yunnan from the depths of his brain, and said: "The king of Dian has done a good job in Yunnan, Wuchang news, last month the king of Dian also asked for orders to gather a group of officials from Wuchang to settle officials in Yunnan prefecture and county. ”

Zhang Xuan said: "Southern Yunnan has been taken down? ”

Zheng Lian said: "I heard that the king of Yunnan met in southern Yunnan and changed his canonization. I want to settle down with Yunnan Tusi, but I don't know what the situation is now. ”

Zhang Xuan said: "Order, no, I will write a letter to the King of Dian." ”

Zhang Xuan remembered that the only person who could contain Wu Sangui was Li Dingguo.

When employing people, it is necessary to lower your profile. Now Li Dingguo is on the side, although he has repeatedly expressed his intentions to him. Not to mention anything else, is there really no one in Li Dingguo's hands? I also want to invite a group of officials from Wuchang to come over. This is a gesture of his loyalty to Zhang Xuan.

But Zhang Xuan can't be an ordinary subordinate to Li Dingguo.

Moreover, as for the situation in Yunnan, Zhang Xuan is a high mountain and a long way away, and the situation is difficult to understand. Don't jump to conclusions. It's not good to give orders directly.

It is always necessary to solicit Li Dingguo's opinions.

In this way, a letter came straight from Xiangyang to Yunnan. Eight hundred miles were urgent, but within three or five days, it was in front of Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo opened the letter.

I thought about it for a while.

During this period of time, Zhang Xuan was very busy. And the same is true of Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo led more than 200,000 troops with tens of thousands of Xia troops, although Li Dingguo had influence, but on the one hand, he pacified western Yunnan and southern Yunnan. Sweeping away the remnants of the Ming forces, Zhu Ranran's ability to run is quite strong, and now he is under the protection of the Tusi of southern Yunnan.

Li Dingguo couldn't figure it out for a while.

Moreover, Li Dingguo's solution to internal problems is also very tricky.

Brothers also have to settle accounts. Even if Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi and Li Dingguo have a bit of brotherhood, but when brotherhood and interests are entangled, it is difficult to do it many times. Even for Li Dingguo, the energy consumed to sort out the internal situation was greater than the energy consumed by foreign campaigns.

Comb the inside, both to achieve the goal and suppress others. But it should not be light.

It took him a lot of energy to sit in his current position, although Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi still have a special status in the army. However, on the whole, these armies in Yunnan have established Li Dingguo's position as the core of leadership.

Liu Wenxiu and Ainengqi can't shake his position.

It's just that if he wants to fight in Yunnan now, Li Dingguo doesn't know whether it is suitable or not for a while.

Tuosun Kewang's legacy, Yunnan grain is quite sufficient, and the last time he fought with Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang. The quick battle and quick solution are not very expensive to Yunnan, and with Yunnan's manpower and material resources, it is enough to fight a war. However, whether the Dian army was willing to contribute to the Great Xia Dynasty was a problem.

Li Dingguo said: "Pass the order, let the third brother come with the fourth brother." ”

"Yes." Immediately someone said.

After a while, Liu Wenxiu and Qi Nengqi came over.

After the two of them saluted Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu asked, "Second brother, you called the two of us here, what's the matter?" ”

Li Dingguo said: "Your Majesty has sent a letter asking if I can send troops to Sichuan to contain Wu Sangui's troops, what do the two brothers think?" ”