Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 464 The Battle in the Southwest on the Eve of the Northern Expedition
If you don't go to the southwest, you don't know the complexity of the terrain in the southwest.

Even though it is only in the area of ​​Tongrenfu City at the moment, Zhu Youjian can feel the ups and downs of the terrain here.

The place where you lift your feet is the jungle, and the place where you retreat is also a hill. The eyes are separated by mountains and mountains, and the sound is disturbed by the singing of birds and monkeys.

It's no wonder that Daming has already joined Gao Jie's army, the Extermination Army, and the Southwest Landlord's Armed Forces, and now he has joined the Seventh Army of the Daming Guards Army, and he still hasn't recovered the Southwest.

What people have to admit is that in such a region, it is difficult for even modern armies to take advantage of it.

Not to mention the guards without large-scale blasting equipment.

"Since the beginning of winter last year, the bandits Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo have successively occupied the prefectures of Syria, Wumeng, Zhenxiong, and Zunyi, and then successively occupied the prefectures of Usa, Pu'an, and Anshun. Our army has had to retreat to Guiyang, Fortunately, in Qujing and Chongqing, Li Dingguo was forced to return to aid eastern Sichuan due to the siege of Chongqing by the extermination army, and the reinforcements led by Weichen, Gao Jie, arrived, and finally recaptured Zhenxiong and Zunyi."

"But because of underestimating the enemy for a while, Gao Jie's tribe was ambushed and defeated by Li Dingguo, who was suddenly driven back in Naxi, and lost Zhenxiong and Zunyi. Gao Jie's troops retreated to Tongren, and Yang Zhan was ordered to retreat to Qujing, Yunnan."

"Fortunately, Liu Zhaoji's Seventh Guards Army arrived in time, and we were able to defend Tongren. Otherwise, I don't know if I can defend Tongren."

Ma Shiying, a scholar of the Hall of Martial Arts, looked at Zhu Youjian with some shame on his face. He did not expect that he would make the Southwest War so bad that he almost failed the entrustment of His Majesty Zhu Youjian, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, and let him fight in the Southwest battlefield. Li Junwei's idea.

Zhu Youjian really wanted to scold Ma Shiying for being a useless thing. He now has Li Yan, Yang Zhan, Gao Jie and others, and now he even has the Seventh Army of the Guards joining him, but he is still defeated by Tongren Situation, it cannot but be said to be useless.

But in the end Zhu Youjian didn't scold him, and just gave him a meaningful look. After all, Ma Shiying can be regarded as a civil servant who listens to him no matter what he says, and he really can't do without such a civil servant now, so naturally there is no need to borrow The Southwest War demoted Ma Shiying.

What's more, Ma Shiying is not completely useless, he is the one who manages the money and grain in the Southwest, at least he makes it very clear when it comes to the money and grain scheduling.

"Li Yan, you are the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou. What do you think of the current Southwest War?"

Zhu Youjian questioned Li Yan, but Ma Shiying, who supervised the Southwest, retreated to Tongren because of his eagerness for quick success and quick gains.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the terrain in the southwest is complicated, and the whereabouts of the bandits are strange. It is easy to repel, but it is very difficult to wipe them out. Especially in this area, there are easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack checkpoints. It is necessary to gather hundreds of thousands of troops to attack for several months. In addition, the thief general Li Dingguo makes good use of his troops, and we can't let the various armies be too scattered, so now we can only guard the two important places of Qujing in Yunnan and Tongren in Guizhou. Now that the Seventh Army of the Guards has arrived, we will also Only then did we have a chance to recover Guiyang, but Li Dingguo was also quite cunning. He knew that our army had appeared, and he even voluntarily gave up Guiyang Kaili. Here is the main point to advance step by step."

After Li Yan, Governor of Yunnan, said this, Zhu Youjian also nodded. He had to admit that Li Yan's current approach was a relatively safe one, and at this time Ma Shiying also added a sentence:
"Weichen also felt that what Li Zhitai said was not bad, so he didn't return to Guiyang immediately to prevent Li Dingguo from suddenly appearing to besiege the Weichen Supervising Division's Central Army, and came to siege the city to fight for reinforcements, so now only the [-]nd of the Seventh Army of the Guards Yan Yingyuan of the Corps is stationed in Guiyang, Weng Zhengchun of the First Corps is stationed in Kaili, and Wei Chen and Gao Jie's troops stay in Tongren for the time being."

"We now treat Li Dingguo as resourceful and a difficult thief general. Let's stand still and defend the important areas that are still in our hands. But Li Dingguo is only one person. Even if he is Yuchi Jingde, he can't Restoring his adoptive father Zhang Xianzhong will not be able to occupy Sichuan's world power for a long time!"

"Now, let's plan the overall situation first and start with the general trend of the world. My Ming Dynasty has wiped out 80 troops of the Qing army. The Qing army is no longer able to prevent the army from going south on a large scale. The entire world is already the strongest force in my Ming Dynasty. If he Li Dingguo When Zhang Xianzhong’s elites are still fighting fiercely with us in Yunnan and Guizhou, I can’t guarantee that the Qing army will not gather some elite troops to raid Sichuan to make a profit. Even if the Qing army doesn’t have this idea, we have to make the Qing army have this idea Or make the Qing army have this idea, so that even if we don't fight, Zhang Xianzhong will have to recall Li Dingguo to strengthen the defense of northern Sichuan."

Zhu Youjian put forward his own ideas. Now he has experienced several wars, and he has enough confidence in military strategic command. In addition, he is a person who is used to considering the overall situation. Now he can also deal with the southwest war. Come up with your own analysis.

Ma Shiying didn't think about these things now, he only cared about his Majesty Yuchi Jingde's comparison to Li Dingguo, and couldn't help but think to himself: "If Li Dingguo is Yuchi Jingde, then my Majesty is Tang Taizong, does my Majesty intend to appease Li Dingguo?"

Li Yan, governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, did not have the habit of pondering the holy will like Ma Shiying. He was only analyzing the general trend of the world that Zhu Youjian said: "If, as your majesty said, if the Jianlu really want to raid Sichuan, we can indeed win without fighting." Southwest, but the question is whether the Jianlu will actually raid Sichuan."

"It depends on human effort. I can tell you a confidential matter. The current governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi is our own. Naturally, it is impossible for us to influence the Manchu Qing court to raise troops in Sichuan, but this governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi has this ability."

Zhu Youjian said and said: "I have decided to start the Northern Expedition in October this year. At that time, the first army of the Guards will naturally leave from Shandong, the second army will enter from Liaodong by sea, the third army will leave from Henan, and the fourth army will go out from Shandong." The army will leave from Huguang, so you will naturally go north from Yunnan and Guizhou to Sichuan, and there will be a total of five armies, but the arrangements for the march of each route must be based on the actual situation."

"Now I hope that your army in the southwest can hurt Zhang Xianzhong's troops and let him know that it is impossible for him to escape from Sichuan to Yunnan and Guizhou, but you can't devote all your strength to fight Zhang Xianzhong. During the fierce battle, it would be better for us to suddenly go north, so as to divide the Qing army's defensive forces on other battlefields in the Northern Expedition, and also avoid greater casualties when we marched into Sichuan."

"Your Majesty is wise. If this is the case, we need the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi to cooperate with us. However, the distance from Hanzhong to Guizhou is so long that it may be inconvenient to communicate."

Li Yan expressed his concerns.

(End of this chapter)