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Li Zicheng concentrated all his remnants of the defeated army here, 30,000 remnants of the defeated generals are now extremely miserable, defeated, the plague is raging, there is a lack of medical treatment, and even the supply of grain and grass is somewhat unavailable, a small Xuchang City, it is too difficult to supply the diet of 30,000 troops, and the entire Xuchang City is only more than 100,000 people, where can it be raised?

Not only that, what annoyed Li Zicheng the most was that from Tian Jianxiu last year, to Li Guo and Hao Shaoqi in this war, and then to Yuan Zongdi, they were either killed in battle or captured, and all the best generals who broke into the camp were broken.

The only good news is that Liu Zongmin is gradually recovering from gunshot wounds and plague, I have to say that this guy's life is hard, as the most courageous general, he has heard of the two catastrophes of gunshot wounds and plague!

"Strategist, Brother Li Yan, tell me, what should we do now?"

Li Zicheng is now hesitant and at a loss, it's too difficult, it's too difficult to endure such days......

"King Chuang, in my opinion, we must shrink the whole line now, our current strength is simply not enough to resist Zhu Jie's main force of the Ming army, not to mention that our troops are still scattered throughout Henan, Henan Mansion, Nanyang Mansion, Ruzhou Mansion, Guide Mansion, stationed with our nearly 30,000 troops, scattered everywhere, it is easy to be broken by Zhu Jie's army, we have no strength to guard this land......"

Li Yan replied astringently.

Li Zicheng was full of bitterness, and then asked, "Military advisor, what is your opinion?" ”

Song Xiance shook his head with a wry smile and replied, "King Chuang, do we have any other way to go now?" General Li Yan's words are very reasonable, we must now shrink the front, abandon Henan Mansion and Guide Mansion, and retreat all the way to the vicinity of Nanyang, of course, we cannot withdraw into Nanyang Mansion yet, now Nanyang Mansion is also plagued by the plague, it is best to withdraw to Ruzhou, stationed in Ruzhou, and wait until the plague epidemic has passed, and then make a decision......"

"Give up Henan Mansion and Guide Mansion?"

Li Zicheng's heart was shocked, the land of the two prefectures, especially Henan Mansion, has a vast area, occupying a quarter of Henan's area!

Li Yan shook his head and replied: "King Chuang, military division, in my opinion, we can give up Henan Mansion and Ruzhou Mansion, but Guide Mansion must not give up, one is that Guide Mansion is the place occupied by the East Route Army, and it has not encountered the main force of the Qin army, so the epidemic is the lightest, and it has hardly received the impact of the plague, and the other is from Guide Mansion to the east, but it is in Shandong, and it is not even a hundred miles away from the Grand Canal, if we can firmly occupy Guide Mansion, then we can threaten the luck of the imperial court at any time, which is equivalent to choking the throat of the imperial court!" Therefore, I suggest that the army abandon Xuchang, immediately rush to Guide and regroup, as for Ruzhou, what if it is given to Zhu Jie? ”

Song Xiance refuted: "General Li Yan, it's not bad to strangle the strategic place of Guide Mansion, but once we concentrate our forces on Guide, it means that Ruzhou will be handed over, they can threaten to take Nanyang Mansion at any time, and then threaten the northern part of Huguang, where is our foundation, once the four provinces of Huguang are lost, we will become rootless trees, haven't you always suggested that King Chuang establish a solid base first?" ”

Yunyang, Xiangyang, De'an, Huangzhou in the north of Huguang and part of Chengtian Mansion are all under the control of the Chuang army, and the three prefectures in southern Shaanxi have always been the most stable rear of the Chuang army, and Nanyang Mansion is adjacent to Xiangyang, once Nanyang Mansion falls into the hands of the Ming army, then Xiangyang and other Huguang four mansions will be directly exposed to the Ming army's soldiers, according to Zhu Jie's temperament, it is not impossible to wave troops south and eat Huguang Sifu!

Li Yan said in a deep voice: "Attacking Nanyang Mansion and taking Nanyang should be expected, Zhu Jie is the governor of Henan, so he naturally wants to control the entire Henan in his own hands, however, the four mansions of Huguang are beyond his reach, the elite he led is the Jinggi soldiers, it is impossible to leave the capital for a long time, they also have to guard against the Manchurian Tartars in the north, and we occupy Guide Mansion and threaten the fortune of the imperial court at any time, how dare Zhu Jie give up Guide Mansion and enter Huguang?" This Guide Mansion is the rib bone of the imperial court, once the rib bone is gone, then the canal, the internal organs of the imperial court, will be dangerous! If Zhu Jie insists on attacking Huguang, it will be even better, we will wave our army to the east, take Caoyun, and then go south along the canal, directly towards Nanzhili, and occupy Yingtianfu! ”

Li Zicheng raised his eyebrows, Li Yan's strategy was ruthless enough, and his ambition was big enough, and he even aimed directly at Ying Tianfu and even the entire Nanzhili, which was the richest area in the Ming Dynasty, and taxes accounted for nearly half of the imperial court's finances!

"It's just, Brother Li Yan, are you really sure that you can guarantee that Zhu Jie will not attack Huguang? Or even Nanyang? You know, even if it's Nanyang Mansion, we can't afford to lose it, it's the passage connecting Shanxi and Huguang! ”

Li Zicheng asked in a deep voice.

Song Xiance echoed: "Yes, General Li Yan, if Nanyang Mansion is lost, it is equivalent to our chest being completely exposed in front of the main force of the Ming army, although we threaten the internal organs of the imperial court, at the same time, people are also threatening our internal organs, and we can even directly cut off our connection with the four mansions of Huguang, so that it is difficult for us to echo from the beginning to the end, and it is difficult for us to support it only by returning to Defu!" ”

Li Yan said in a deep voice: "Since this is the case, then we need a general to lead a force to retreat to Nanyang Mansion, with our back to Huguang Sifu, to guard our chests, but, Guide Mansion, no matter what, we can't lose it, as the saying goes, the barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes, what are we afraid of?" King Chuang, if he can, the minister is willing to lead a force to guard Nanyang Mansion and ensure the safety of Huguang Mansion! ”

Li Zicheng shook his head and replied: "Forget it, although Guide Mansion is important, it is extremely important to the imperial court, and compared to us, Nanyang Mansion is more important, since you want to control Guide Mansion, then follow you with 3,000 troops, and then add the strength of Guide Mansion to strangle the important town of Guide Mansion and threaten the imperial court!" I led the main force and the military division, as well as Zong Min and others to retreat to Ruzhou, protect Nanyang and the four provinces of Huguang behind it, and issued an order to order all the troops of Henan Province to retreat in the direction of Ruzhou and completely abandon Henan Province! ”

Li Yan shook his head helplessly, three thousand troops, even if you add the troops of Guide Mansion, it is only a little more than 10,000 troops, and it is difficult to resist the attack of the Ming army, but since this idea is out of your own, what can you say? Anyway, I can only give it a try!

(End of chapter)

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