Yang Youcai and Cheng Xiaolian walked on a small road, and Yang Youcai cried with a sad face: "Your Highness, you see that the lady is about to give birth, isn't it okay for us to go back and wait for the birth of the prince?" ”

"Phew, Lao Tzu is still His Royal Highness, when will it be his turn to be the crown prince, and besides, what does it matter to you that Lao Tzu gives birth to a son and a daughter."

"It's none of my business for you to give birth to a son and a daughter, but after coming out and going back this time, General Yuan had to cut off my head, how did you promise people when we were in Xi'an Mansion, turned around and plunged into the boundary of the two lakes, Mrs. gave birth in two months, how good do you say it is to stay in the mansion."

"It was because I was born in two months that I came in a hurry, we must settle the battle in two months, no, fifty days, and then I will go home to see my child."

"Your Highness, tell me about it, why did you think of such a bad idea again this time?"

"We can discuss the idea this time, don't believe you ask Mr. Chen."

"It's the same as the last time General Yuan didn't scold him, last time he said let's go to Datong Mansion for a walk and leave, Your Highness, you are good, almost went to the people's capital, this time there is a discussion of what ideas do not say, you have to take risks when you get to the two lakes, General Yuan said that my head is only stored around my neck, Your Highness, you can think about my head a little."

"I've been thinking about it for a few days, your head is on your neck with peace of mind, let me tell you, we have reached the boundary of the two lakes, this highness can't be used, call me Cheng Gongzi, I am the third young master of the Cheng family in Shuzhong, remember, don't make a mistake."

It was Cheng Xiaolian and Yang Youcai who spoke, these two people returned to Chengdu Mansion for ten days, and Cheng Xiaolian rushed to Kuimen, and after discussion, he found that it was unrealistic to attack the two lakes from Kuimen.

Although there is no such danger as Kuimen in the land of the two lakes, Cheng Xiaolian and they don't have many big boats in their hands, because there are no big ships in Sichuan, let alone Shaanxi and Gansu, and people in that place will never see a boat in their lives without going far away.

If you use a small boat to kill it, the side will definitely organize an attack immediately when it gets the news, after a few months of fighting, the water properties on the two sides are basically the same, and the Geng Shang coalition army will use a big boat again, and the mountain and river army will be powerless at all.

Since ancient times, so many naval battles have been fought, and there are only a handful of examples of small boats defeating big ships, the most famous of which is the burning company camp of the Battle of Chibi and Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang vs. Poyang Lake, both times used fire attack, so as long as it is a water war, everyone beware of fire attack, plus the commentary of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms spread all over the streets and alleys of the north and south of the river, everyone has heard of such a sentence, it is when the southeast wind is fierce, the fire borrows the wind, the wind helps the fire, and Cao Cao escapes.

Therefore, the Geng Shang coalition army in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River also learned very smartly, as long as it is the headwind of the mountain and river army, they will use the strategy of crossing the river with iron cables, even if this kind of thing can block the mountain and river army, the blocking time will not be too long, but the big ship can take advantage of this time to disperse, and the big ship will not catch fire together, and the small boat will be powerless.

The method of attacking from Kuimen was denied, and besides, I heard that Geng Shang's coalition army had deployed nearly 100 artillery pieces on the shore, and Cheng Xiaolian didn't plan to touch this mold.

So after discussion, Cheng Xiaolian decided to take a trip to Huguang, there is no such thing as Hunan and Hubei in this era, the two lakes are collectively referred to as Huguang, which is neither Guangxi's Guang nor Guangdong's.

Cheng Xiaolian's first destination is Jiannansi, these places are all small roads, traders can walk, the army can't go, of course, if you divide into a small army, you can also pass, but there is a danger of annihilation on the way, because this place is the legendary one-man pass, ten thousand people don't need to open, there is no need to do more, one hundred and ten people block a place, just throw stones down, thousands of troops don't want to go over.

So the caravans have all been here, but the inspection into Sichuan is also relatively strict, in the words of those soldiers: "Our Sichuan is so stable, what are you going to do with the ice blade?" All stay! It's not too late to get it when you come back. ”

The merchants had to bow their heads under the eaves, and besides, they only collected their patients, and did not collect more money from the passers-by, so most of them endured.

Of course, if the caravan came out of Sichuan, it would not be so strict, and the soldier said: "The outside boundary is not stable, and the villagers should bring more blades to defend themselves." ”

Of course, they don't know how many caravans there are in Shu, how many disguised people there are, and they don't want to know clearly, they can support their families as long as they keep their heads.

As for the land of Huguang, why is there no defense? Of course, it was a change, when Wu Sangui's people were here, they were still closely inspected, and those people were afraid that the spies of the Ming Dynasty would sneak in, so they were very strict. Now it's different, the masters of the Geng Shang coalition only have white flowers and silver in their eyes, as long as they are fed, don't say that you are in business, you just said that you came to assassinate Wu Sangui, and they let you go without blinking an eyelid.

So Cheng Xiaolian they passed the test very easily, Jiannan Division to the east has more than 10 pacification divisions and Xuanfu divisions, according to the Ming official position, the pacification division is placed in Sichuan, Huguang Shao ~ number ~ people ~ ethnic areas, this is also one of the reasons why no one is willing to attack Sichuan from this side since ancient times, you said that you led a large army to attack Sichuan, the people of other ethnic groups in the mountains still think that you are here to exterminate them, they only admit one truth, you don't bring soldiers and horses, we have something to say, if you bring soldiers and horses, we will talk with real swords and guns.

In addition, this area is high and densely forested, and it is impossible to talk about extermination, so most of them are mainly pacified, and the army has no idea of passing here.

Cheng Xiaolian's caravan was divided into ten, and at Yang Youcai's strong request, Cheng Xiaolian walked in the fifth caravan, so that as long as something happened in front, these people could immediately turn around, and it would definitely not affect Cheng Xiaolian.

After thirteen days, the ten caravans finally arrived at Jiuxiwei, which could be regarded as out of the realm of other people's families, and they could finally gather together in a blatant manner.

They didn't dare to get too close to each other when they were in the mountains, and even the two caravans were separated by at least a day's footsteps, so as not to arouse the suspicion of those in the mountains.

When they arrived at Jiuxiwei, these people gathered together, and there were nearly a thousand people, but if these people rushed straight towards the army of Geng Shang's coalition army, it would be tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, Cheng Xiaolian meant to look for an opportunity first, and it was best to let Geng Shang's coalition army chaos under the rule, and the mountain and river army of Kuimen would be able to take advantage of the situation.

Geng Jingzhong's monk Zhixin has long been no longer staying outside Kuimen, there is nothing to treat in the poor countryside of that place, they have returned to Xiangyang Mansion, and said that they are preparing to attack Sichuan and Shu, in fact, they plan to live here permanently.

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