The situation at this moment is a little different from that in history. At least the territory of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong is different from that in history, and they have not lost their strength due to conflicts.

As for the situation of Jiannu and the Southern Ming Dynasty, it seems that there is not much difference from that in history.

Zhu Qizhua introduced in detail to the map: "At this time, the general of Shanhaiguan, Wu Sangui, has defected to Jiannu, and Jiannu has also begun to assemble a large army and prepare to enter the pass. Their strength is very strong. The Manchu Eight Banners, Mongolian Eight Banners and Han Eight Banners have at least 200,000 troops. If the Guanning Army in Wu Sangui is added, the troops will definitely exceed 300,000. As for Qingliu and the eunuchs, Qingliu seems to have more than 100,000 troops and Zuo Liangyu under Shi Kefa's hands. The army under his command is not so strong. Zuo Liangyu, the old slippery man, has been wandering around. He probably won't participate in the struggle to support the new emperor. The eunuch party is relatively strong. Ma Shiying's army has more than 100,000 troops under his command, plus the general Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo, Gao Jie, Liu Zeqing and others, has a total of about 300,000 troops. Therefore, I guess, Zhu Yousong, the King of Fu, supported by the eunuch party, will seize the throne."

Don’t they know what the treacherous and mistress Zhu Yousong is?

Sun Chuanting couldn't help but shook his head and sighed: "Oh, I'm saying something that is not right. Compared with you, King Fu, you are simply from heaven and from earth. These traitors are so crazy to seize power!"

Well, what's the point of this?

Zhu Qizhua said a little embarrassedly: "Forget it, I won't talk about this. Anyway, no matter who these traitors support, we will eventually deal with them. The problem now is that the world is so big, where can we start first? You said, should we fight south or north?"

Sun Chuanting looked at the map again, and then said carefully: "The so-called "knowing yourself and your enemy will never be defeated in a hundred battles. The emperor, I dared to ask, what are the forces under your command?"

This is simple, Zhu Qizhe pointed to the map and introduced roughly: "Now I have deployed about 60,000 troops in Ruzhou, and about 80,000 troops in Nanyang, Yunyang, Xing'anzhou, and Kuizhou Prefecture. In addition, there are about 200,000 to 30,000 white-sling soldiers and more than 200,000 chieftain soldiers in Bashu. Among them, the strength of the Qi family army and the Baigang army should be a little stronger than the elite of the Jiannu Eight Banners, and other corpses can be roughly stronger than the Ming border army. As for the 200,000 chieftain soldiers, they should be a little stronger than the bandits under Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong. Also, I also took the East There are about 20,000 to 30,000 naval commanders, about 200 tower ships and gunboats for warships, about 200,000 materials, and about 1,000 wheels and boats. And these are equipped with the kind of steam engine you have seen, and they can drive quickly without manpower or wind. By the way, I also opened the ancient Tea Horse Road again. The Kang District can provide us with about 5,000 war horses in a month. Now our war horses have 50,000 and 60,000 war horses. About a year later, except for the chieftain soldiers, other corps can almost be equipped with chariots and war horses."

This strength is so strong!

When Sun Chuanting heard this, his eyes couldn't help but illuminate and was very excited.

He stared at the map again for a while, then said decisively: "Your Majesty, I think we should adopt the strategy of defending north and attacking south, first stabilize the defense line in the north, then concentrate on going south, defeating the bandit Zhang Xianzhong's troops in one fell swoop, capturing Huguang, and then according to the situation, decide whether to march into Jiangxi and Nanzhili, or Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and Guizhou, or Shaanxi and Shanxi."

This strategy is a bit huge. It is indeed worthy of being a famous general who has led his army to fight thousands of miles. The pattern is big, and one strategy almost covers the entire Ming Dynasty.

However, it takes a closer look at the school to find out whether this strategy is good or not.

Zhu Qizhi looked at the map and then took the exam to the school: "Why do we attack Zhang Xianzhong first and not Li Zicheng?"

Sun Chuanting explained calmly: "Li Zicheng took the capital and blocked Jiannu's way out of seclusion. Jiannu would definitely attack the capital first and start a war with Li Zicheng. Although Li Zicheng has strong troops, he has few elite troops. His real strength is still a little worse than Jiannu. If we launch an attack in the south, Li Zicheng will be attacked from both sides. He will definitely divide his troops to resist us. Will it be a waste of Jiannu?"

Well, it makes sense.

Now that Li Zicheng is fighting against Jiannu, it is better to let Li Zicheng fight to the death with Jiannu first.

Zhu Qizhuo said again: "What do you mean by the stable defense line in the north specifically?"

Sun Chuanting pointed to the map and explained: "Your Majesty, you see, since ancient times, all attacks from Guanzhong must be based on Hanzhong as a springboard. If we take Hanzhong, the troops of the thief Li Zicheng will lose the springboard to attack Bashu. I believe that as long as we gather heavy troops to guard Hanzhong, the thief Li Zicheng will cut off the idea of ​​attacking Bashu. This is what the empress said to stabilize the defense line in the north."

Well, Hanzhong is indeed very important. Now, in order to prevent Li Zicheng from going south to attack Bashu, there are heavy troops stationed in Long'an Prefecture, Jianzhou, Bazhou and Kuizhou Prefecture. If Hanzhong is captured, you only need to station troops in Hanzhong to break Li Zicheng's thoughts.

This proposal is indeed very good.

The question is, isn’t it said that you will attack Zhang Xianzhong first to avoid dispersing Li Zicheng’s troops and making Jiannu a bargain?

Zhu Qizhe couldn't help but frown and said, "Boya, Hanzhong is Li Zicheng's territory. If we attack, wouldn't Li Zicheng become an enemy from both sides? He wouldn't he score troops to defend our attack? Then wouldn't he be in vain?"

This is easy to deal with.

Sun Chuanting said without hesitation: "We can pretend to send envoys to discuss peace and to Li Zichengming that our target is Zhang Xianzhong in the south, not him, and then we make a request to let him withdraw from Hanzhong. After all, Hanzhong connects Yunyang in the east and Bashu in the south, and he stations troops there. How can we safely attack Zhang Xianzhong?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Qizhi couldn't help frowning and said, "Send envoys to discuss peace, it's not good to do this. I will form a training in the Ming Dynasty, and I will not be in a marriage, and I will not be indemnified, and I will not be cede land, and I will not be tribute!"

Uh, didn't you say you wouldn't discuss peace?

Sun Chuanting quickly explained: "Your Majesty, we don't really want to discuss peace with Li Zicheng. We still have to deal with him in the future. As for marriage, compensation, cede land, pay tribute, etc., it is even more impossible. We told Li Zicheng that now, we take Hanzhong to eliminate worries, and then fight Zhang Xianzhong with all our might, so that he will not make a fuss or be too careful."

This makes sense. The problem is that there is no benefit. Why did Li Zicheng give up Hanzhong?

Zhu Qizhi continued to frown and said, "Just like that, Li Zicheng shouldn't give up a key place like Hanzhong, right?"

Sun Chuanting said frankly: "We don't have any benefits to him now. If he doesn't let him go, we can only fight directly. I believe that it should be easy to capture Hanzhong with our troops."

Is there no benefit for others?

This is not necessarily true.

You know, Li Zicheng is about to go to war with Jiannu now, and Jiannu's cavalry is famously powerful.
Chapter completed!