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Zhang Xianzhong experienced several major defeats, and his morale was greatly damaged, and the Great Western Army even suffered from a phobia of the Qin army.

Zhang Xianzhong weighed it again and again, and felt that there was really no chance of winning by attacking Changsha in the south again, and strategically speaking, he had lost the opportunity to sweep south of the river.

In this case, it is more cost-effective to stay in Huguang and Qin Mu to consume, it is better to go west to Sichuan and seize Bashu, the country of abundance.

So on October 16, Zhang Xianzhong gritted his teeth and gave up Wuchang City, and led an army of 150,000 to advance to Sichuan.

At this time, Li Zicheng was also leading the Dashun army to advance to Guanzhong, after Sun Chuanting's defeat outside Tongguan, Guanzhong was in vain, and there was no suspense about being occupied by the Dashun army.

Sichuan was connected to the imperial court through Hanzhong and Guanzhong, and once Guanzhong and Hanzhong fell into the hands of the enemy, the strategic connection between Sichuan and the Ming court was also severed.

Lu Daqi led the thousands of men and horses he brought, plus 10,000 horses from Ling Zhan, and hurried to Wuchang, but Zuo Liangyu seemed to have calculated the time for Zhang Xianzhong to enter Sichuan, and took the first step to "recover" Wuchang.

After recovering Wuchang, he immediately sent 60,000 troops to Yuezhou, what did he want to do? Half of the 80,000 left troops brought by Wu Xueli to Jiangxi died at the hands of the Qin army, and the feud between Zuo Liangyu and Qin Mu was not shallow?

Qin Mu also had to increase his troops to Yuezhou by 10,000 again, and Yuezhou's strength increased to 35,000, if you even count the 60,000 prisoners of war of the Great Western Army. The number of troops exceeded 90,000, all of which were commanded by Ma Yongzhen.

All of a sudden, Huguang was covered with war clouds, which made Lu Daqi anxious, and hurriedly ran to Wuchang to persuade Zuo Liangyu.

On the other hand, Qin Mu asked Meng Ke, a freshly baked Jiangxi general soldier, to set off from Zhuzhou with 20,000 people, take the line of Pingxiang, Yuanzhou, and Nanchang, and quickly kill Jiujiang.

Zuo Liangyu can be regarded as pouring out of the nest this time, and there are no people left in Jiujiang City, as long as Meng Ke's actions are not discovered by Zuo Liangyu in advance. There will be no problem in taking Jiujiang.

In the hall of the three divisions south of the screen wall of the Huguang governor's yamen. Qin Mu and a cadre of staff and subordinate officials were holding a regular meeting once every three days, because Huang Lianshan had rushed to Nanjing to implement several important tasks assigned to him by Qin Mu. The intelligence work in Changsha was presided over by Yan Gaofei, the deputy commander of the Singles' House;

Yan Gaofei was only twenty-six years old and had a thin build. The appearance is not good. But it's full of neutrality. I only listened to him report in a straight voice: "After the Dashun army won a complete victory in Xiangcheng, Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin, Li Guo, Tian Jianxiu, Liu Fangliang and others personally led the main force of the Dashun army to attack Tongguan from Luoyang west. broke through the pass in one fell swoop, and the superintendent Sun Chuanting and the deputy envoy of the supervising army, Qiao Qiangao, died in battle;

On the other hand, Yuan Zongdi, the general of the right battalion of the Dashun Army, and the deputy generals Bai Minghe, Liu Tichun, and Lan Yingcheng led 60,000 horses from the right battalion as a partial division, starting from Deng County, Henan, and advancing to Xi'an via Shangluo, Shaanxi, and arrived in Shangzhou on October 12, conquering the city on the 15th, executing Huang Shiqing, a resisting Shangluo soldier, occupying Luonan County on the 17th, successfully joining forces with Li Zicheng's main force, and capturing Xi'an on the 20th;

After capturing Xi'an, Li Zicheng did not stop for a moment, and led the rear battalion of Li Guo's department and the left battalion of Liu Fangliang's department to the north to pursue the headquarters of the general army Gao Jie, preparing to seize northern Shaanxi; The general Tian Jianxiu led his troops south to Hanzhong and pursued the general army Gao Ruli's department; In addition, the general Liu Zongmin, He Jin, Yuan Zongdi, and others were sent to the west to pursue the general Bai Guangen's troops, and wherever the Dashun army went, the momentum was like a bamboo, and the officials of the prefectures and counties surrendered to the wind."

Ning Yuan, Liu Meng, and Su Jin, who were also in the conference hall, couldn't help but look at Qin Mu when they heard this, because on the way to southern Jiangnan, Qin Mu had predicted that Sun Chuanting would die in Tongguan and the Dashun army would enter Shaanxi.

Now the facts are no different from Qin Mu's prediction, if it is just this matter, it can be said to be a coincidence, but he has also predicted Zhang Xianzhong's matter before, and all of them have been confirmed one by one.

For Qin Mu's magical prediction ability, Ning Yuan, Liu Meng, and Su Jin can be described as shocked, frightened, respectful and convinced, Qin Mu's eyes seem to be able to see through everything, in front of him, Ning Yuan and the others have a feeling that they have nowhere to hide, and they don't even dare to have any more selfish thoughts.

Qin Mu knew what they were thinking, but he pretended not to know, and said lightly to everyone in the hall: "Li Zicheng's entry into the main Guanzhong is a foregone conclusion, if this official is not bad, once the Guanzhong is cleared, in order to prevent the imperial court from relieving his anger, Li Zicheng will definitely quickly take the capital division eastward." Henan is dilapidated, thousands of miles of red land, it is difficult to provide him with the supply of a million troops, Li Zicheng is unlikely to return to the division and go to Henan, and then he should plunder the three sides, with the capital of the army to feed, and then it is nothing more than to take the shortcut of Juyong Pass to take the Beijing division"

Qin Mu said this, Zhuge Min, Li Yuan, He Liang, Yang Shen, Liu Boquan, Shao Hua, Yan Gaofei and others all changed color, after Qin Mu's analysis, Jingshi seemed to be in danger, but everyone had to admit that Qin Mu's inference was reasonable, that Da Ming

At this moment, Zhuge Min and the others suddenly had mixed feelings in their hearts, and they didn't know whether they were lamenting that the death knell of Daming was about to ring, and they were still lamenting that the time left for them suddenly became so hasty

Qin Mu said in a deep voice: "Don't think about those useless, we can't save Jingshi, if we don't hurry up to deal with it, we won't even be able to keep Huguang in the future, this official told you this, I want to remind you that Li Zicheng entered the main Guanzhong, went north to sweep the three sides, and the current troops staying in Henan are very limited, everyone should think of a way to see if we can lead Zuo Liangyu to seize Xiangyang, with him staying in Wuchang, we will not be able to live in peace." ”

Zhuge Min said: "This time Zuo Liangyu 60,000 horses went south to force Yuezhou, if our army can defeat the 60,000 left army, and then force Wuchang with the power of victory, it is not difficult to drive Zuo Liangyu away from Wuchang, but this time it is Zuo Liangyu's general Jin Shenghuan who led the 60,000 left army south to Yuezhou, Jin Shenghuan is originally a native of Liaodong, quite good at fighting, if you want to defeat him, I am afraid that it is not enough to rely on General Ma's 35,000 men and horses. ”

Yang Shen shook his head and said: "At present, General Meng Ke will take 20,000 horses to Jiujiang, and the local government also needs to leave troops to guard it, and it is extremely limited to be able to mobilize troops and horses to the north. Therefore, instead of working hard to mobilize the people, it is better to follow the current Jihua, let General Ma Yongzhen defend the city, consume Jin Shenghuan's troops, and then break it in one fell swoop when he can't attack it for a long time and loses his spirit. ”

He Liang thought for a while and said: "Most of Zuo Liangyu's soldiers were originally people in Xiangyang, who were driven by Zuo Liangyu as soldiers, and it has been a year since they left Xiangyang. Presumably everyone is no stranger to the embattled allusions, this plan is not costly, I think we might as well concoct it in the same way, maybe we can get miraculous effects. ”

"Good!" Qin Mu immediately clapped his hands and said, "Let's give him an embattled, Yan Gaofei!" ”

"The subordinates are here."

"Immediately order Ma Yongzhen and let him act according to the plan."

"Yes, sir."

Qin Mu then shouted, "Su Jin." ”

"The end will be."

"You lead 10,000 cavalry to set off immediately and cooperate with Ma Yongzhen on the periphery. This time it should be regarded as a real combat drill for your cavalry, remember, you must focus on attacking and harassing, and you must not be rash, and the officer will not care, you will depend on the battle situation. ”

Qin Mu was very conflicted in his heart, not long after the 10,000 cavalry was pulled up, it was actually not suitable for actual combat, and now he had to be sent out, Qin Mu was naturally worried that the loss would be too great.

But at the same time, Qin Mu also knew that it might not be a good thing to protect them like treasures, and an army that had never seen blood would never become a real warlike army; Moreover, if Su Jin is restrained too much, he will lose the freedom to play flexibly on the battlefield, and it will not only be easy to miss the fighter, but may even lead to a fiasco.

Su Jin naturally knew Qin Mu's contradictory heart, Qin Mu wanted to train his troops through actual combat, but he didn't want this cavalry to lose too much, he had to grasp this scale, "Don't worry, my lord, the last general will know the severity, and I will not disappoint my lord." ”

"Well, go ahead." Qin Mu is like a father who sends his child out of the house, not only hoping that the child can create his own world, but also worrying that he will not be able to withstand the wind and rain outside alone.

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Where is my youth?

(To be continued......)