Liu Bu is planning his Xiangyang strategy in a rush. Once this strategy is successful, it can defend the entire Huguang, and also take offensive momentum to suppress the Henan direction.

The main purpose is to suppress Zhu Xieyuan's army retreating to Henan.

Of course, to be successful, Li Dingguo's Xiangyang Division must be successfully formed, and several auxiliary troops must be added, with a total force of no less than 50,000. Otherwise, it will be a bit difficult to suppress the entire direction and the Ming Dynasty.

Now the situation of confrontation between the Ming Dynasty and China and the north and south has begun to take shape.

However, such a confrontation was extremely beneficial to the Chinese Empire and extremely fatal to the Ming Dynasty. This was because the entire Shandong fell into the hands of the Chinese Army, which allowed them to reach the north, allowing them to attack Henan, Hebei, Shanxi and other places through Shandong at any time, and even their capital was within the attack range of the Chinese Army.

The current situation is very dangerous for the Ming Dynasty. It is just to say that it is a confrontation between the north and the south. This is just to say it is nice. In fact, they are under the suppression of the Chinese army.

If the Chinese army attacked the capital from Shandong in large numbers, the Ming Dynasty would have to end.

So the Chinese army came to a conclusion that when the spring of next year begins, the Ming army will definitely use its last force and last force to attack Shandong. If Shandong cannot be taken down, the Ming Dynasty will move the capital or perish.

After knowing that the other party would do this, the Chinese army did not sit idly by. They were all preparing for the war next year, which should be said to be this year.

Liu Bu’s strategic purpose of Xiangyang is to deploy troops here. Once the other party dares to draw troops from the south and go to the Shandong battlefield, they can suppress him from the direction of Xiangyang.

There is a game of chess in the world, and now Liu Bu also knows how to play chess.

Liu Kang and Dai Qianyuan and others led tens of thousands of troops to support Jiangxi and attack Sichuan.

Yiling had been attacked by them, and the soldiers and grain piled up here were all owned by them, which gave them a gateway to Sichuan, especially their navy, which was particularly powerful. After destroying Guo Chun's navy, they were even more like the wind in this area of ​​water.

Under the cover and escort of the navy, they quickly passed through the Three Gorges and captured Wuxian and other places. For them, the door to enter Sichuan was already opened.

Since ancient times, Sichuan has been surrounded by mountains and is very difficult to enter. As long as they guard a few limited entrances, they can resist the enemy.

This time, Zhu Xieyuan and Sichuan Governor Zhang Youwei led hundreds of thousands of troops out of Sichuan to help Huguang, but failed to help, and were defeated, which brought a huge blow to the local area.

Just like the Three Gorges, Wu County’s key areas were originally garrisoned with heavy troops, but the draw of a large number of troops made their troops extremely empty and they had no ability to resist the enemy at all.

Another reason is that Dai Qianyuan persuaded surrender.

Don’t underestimate Dai Qianyuan. Although this person is greedy for life and fears death and is very timid, he is very powerful here. They have been in the army for generations, and countless people in their clan join the army. It is not an exaggeration to call him a military clan. It can be said that his disciples and former officials are spread throughout southern Sichuan.

Dai Qianyuan came forward in person this time to persuade the surrender. Wherever he went, the generals of these cities basically surrendered because Dai Qianyuan was originally the deputy general of Sichuan and a senior official in this area.

When these soldiers heard that the governor died in battle and these senior officials came forward to persuade them to surrender, they had no intention of resisting and surrendering one after another.

As the gateway to guard Sichuan, the Three Gorges easily fell into the hands of the Chinese army. They could enter for a long time. Now their troops are in Fengjie and Wanxian, and they are spying on Chongqing.

The Chinese Army's Western Expedition Army had a population of up to 10,000. The main general was Liu Kang, Liu Bu's former follower. Over the years, he made a lot of contributions to the battles between Liu Bu and the north. He could be regarded as a success and becoming a figure at the level of Shizheng.

In terms of ability, Liu Kang is not as good as the other commanders of the six main forces of the Chinese Army, so Liu Bu considered that Mao Shengli was the deputy commander of the Western Expedition Army.

Who knew that Mao Shengli had a boat capsized in the gutter and was ambushed by the enemy. He had no choice but to let Liu Kang lead his army to set off.

Liu Kang led his army to set off this time, and there were many differences compared to the past. The biggest difference was that Zhu Xieyuan had been defeated and would not be able to wait on the side. He could choose people at any time to devour. The other was that he had Dai Qianyuan, a leader, who led the way ahead.

With Dai Qianyuan, a leader, leading the way, the journey was already very difficult, but now it is a bit relaxed.

The Dai family has a very high prestige in this area, and most of its children served as military commanders in the nearby areas. When they heard that Dai Qianyuan had surrendered, these people abandoned the city and surrendered and raised their troops to join them.

Even if they were not children of the Dai family, they had a good cooperative relationship with the Dai family. They heard that the governor died in battle, General Zhu Xieyuan was defeated, and the other party led the army into Sichuan. Seeing that the situation was unsuccessful, these people put down their weapons one after another.

Instead, their troops were fighting more and more, and they attacked near Chongqing, with more than 30,000 troops.

Liu Kang thought that entering Sichuan would be an arduous battle. Who knew that when his army arrived, all the cities fled and descended, and they actually arrived directly at Fengjie, the periphery of Chongqing.

Even though they were preparing to siege Fengjie, Dai Qianyuan said confidently: "Give me half a day to persuade the guards in the city."

Liu Kang said: "Rescue is like putting out a fire. Now the two sides are competing for time. Are you sure we have half a day to waste?"

Dai Qianyuan said: "Master, you'd better be ready to fight while waiting. This is the greatest support for the humble rank. Zhang Deping, the guard general of Fengjie, is a person who is greedy for life and fears death and is both ends of the rat. As long as our army gives us benefits, he will definitely not fight to the death. In the end, he will definitely persuade him to surrender to our army."

Seeing that he was so active, Liu Kang knew that this person was eager to show himself and was eager to make meritorious service to seek rewards.

Although this person was the general of the Ming Dynasty, he personally executed the execution and executed the Sichuan Governor Zhang Youwei and so many officers, so he did not turn around. If he did not hold the Chinese army's thigh, he might be killed.

Moreover, his performance in the past few days is obvious to all. Dai Qianyuan is extremely hardworking, even harder than the Chinese army officers. The Chinese army can progress so quickly, which is really related to this person.

Without him, the leader, the familiar local snake who had opened up all aspects of the joints, they would not have arrived here so quickly.

Their progress was extremely fast, and they were faster than the Qin Liangyu army who also retreated in this direction at the same time. Because Qin Liangyu's army had to avoid the attack of the Chinese Navy, most of them walked on mountain roads.

There is actually nothing wrong with this choice, because these soldiers are used to climbing mountains and wading, and have more advantages in their own territory to fight at home.

But when they met the Chinese army, it was different. The Chinese army divided into two groups, advancing at a high speed. When the other party was still crossing mountains and ridges and retreating back to Chongqing with all their might, they had already crossed the Three Gorges, captured Wuxian, Fengjie, Wanxian and other counties, and the vanguard went straight to Chongqing.

Moreover, this time when the Chinese army sent troops, they were very low-key. Their vanguard pretended to be a deserter of the Ming army and left in defeat.

These deserters and defeated soldiers are not fake, but real Ming soldiers and real Sichuan soldiers. They have defected to the Chinese army and become members of the Chinese army. Now they are mainly pretending to be deserters, mainly to escape and approach the city and cover up their eyes and ears.

Liu Kang led his main army, followed closely behind. These days they have captured so many places and won the gateway to Sichuan, but they have never fought a battle.

This made Liu Kang feel like he was destined to be conquered by him.

Mao had stronger victories and was better at fighting. His Qingzhou Division was also an elite unit in the Chinese army. Otherwise, Liu Bu would not have sent him to attack Sichuan and be responsible for strategic and combat operations in one direction. This is a great trust and recognition of his ability.

But Mao Shengli just messed up. Mao Shengli's loyalty and ability are not a problem, and his Qingzhou Division's combat effectiveness and equipment are not a problem. The biggest problem is that they are not lucky and encounter bad weather. At the same time, they are attacked by the old fox Zhu Xieyuan.

Now, these bad factors are gone, and the local weather is hard to say, but they will definitely make them smooth sailing without the threat of Zhu Xieyuan's army.

Sichuan had not had many troops, and its military equipment was abandoned and its defense was empty. In order to suppress the She'an Rebellion, almost mobilized and mobilized the entire Sichuan troops.

But no one expected that this big battle would last for more than ten years, and it would turn Sichuan, the country of Tianfu, into a white land. The people were extremely poor and the people lived in dire straits.

The people were already extremely poor, but the Ming Dynasty did not stop collecting taxes, but instead further increased taxes. The biggest problem was that the Ming Dynasty had constant internal and external troubles, bandits and Jiannu had not yet been destroyed, and there was a rebel like the Chinese army. They had to do their best to suppress this rebel.

So they did their best to mobilize 200,000 troops from Sichuan, gather a large amount of food, grass and soldiers, and launched a large number of shipments and weapons to support Huguang, Zhu Xieyuan and Yiling battle, which shocked the world. Zhu Xieyuan and Zhang Youwei also became loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty who turned the tide.

Who knew that at this moment, they actually defeated. Such a defeat was fatal and extremely dangerous for them.

The reason for saying this is that after Sichuan took out so many troops and food, the local defense was extremely empty, which can be described as meaningless.
Chapter completed!