"The new year is coming, peace and harmony are coming, everyone is happy, why is the emperor sighing?"
The person speaking was none other than Song Xiance, the great military advisor who was in charge of the construction of Yongling. He was in a great mood now! Because he actually found such a good treasure cave for Li Zicheng in the mountains near Chongqing Mansion. It seems that Li Zicheng, the great ancestor of Shun, did not pretend to survive for more than two years in vain.
In comparison, Western Taizu Zhang Xianzhong was far worse and was casually buried near Chaotian Pass. Song Xiance went to see it, and found out that it was the point where Zhang Xianzhong's four adopted sons had lost their surname and changed back to their own surname. This shows how capable Song's military advisor was.
Therefore, with Bishan Yongling as a town, Dashun has been stable for 200 years, and any three-pronged expedition with an army of 500,000 people is useless.
Li Guo sighed again: "Now the tyrant of the Southern Ming Dynasty has sent 500,000 troops. Our court has initially settled in Sichuan, and people's hearts are not yet stable. How should we deal with it?"
"Don't worry, Your Majesty," Song Xiance said with a smile, "The Eight Princes and His Highness the Crown Prince are discussing countermeasures. I believe there will be a plan to defeat the enemy Anchuan."
Now Dashun not only has eight kings to discuss politics, but also a prince to support the army. Therefore, the emperor Li Guo could rule from the top down, and he did not have to work so hard every day to manage the affairs of the court, nor did he need to personally lead troops into battle. Military and government affairs are all discussed by the Eight Princes of Political Affairs and the Prince of Fujun - the methods discussed by these nine people are basically infallible.
"What plans will they have for Anchuan?" Li Guo sighed. The emperor was not happy at all... I wonder if Zhu Cixiang's emperor was like this too?
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"The 500,000-strong army must be a bluff. We, Dashun, are not afraid!"
"I'm afraid 500,000 is still real! The four vassal towns of Wu Sangui, Zhu Cijiong, Zeng Ying, and Qin Yiming have no less than 300,000. Will Zhu Cixiang himself not have 200,000?"
"Where's the military spending?"
"Millions of debt notes have been issued...and there is a whole colorful world in Sichuan!"
"Aren't you afraid that the Tartars will steal your retreat?"
"I heard that the Tartars are also attacking the Khalkha Mongols. I guess they won't be able to take action, right?"
"Then what should we do? How many people can we pull out?"
"There are always 200,000... We should strike preemptively. If the Zhu family's three-pronged army rises up, our 200,000 soldiers will not be enough!"
Chongqing Mansion, Yonghe Palace, co-administered palace. The Eight Kings were discussing politics with Prince Li Laiheng - in fact, Li Guo could speak freely with them and jointly paint the most magnificent picture for the future of Dashun's peasant regime. However, Li Zicheng's eldest nephew Li Guo always felt awkward and unwilling to participate in political discussions. He always felt that it was too humiliating, so he sent Li Laiheng away and gave him the title of "Fujun".
Of course, he also meant to cultivate Li Laiheng by doing this - under the system of eight kings discussing politics, the status of Li Guo, Li Laiheng and his son seemed to be unstable, so the father and son were united as never before. Li Guo did not doubt that Li Laiheng would usurp power, and Li Laiheng was not worried that the old man would dethrone him from the throne.
"Prince Jin, do you mean to strike first and take advantage?" Li Laiheng, who was presiding over the discussion, asked Li Dingguo, who had just proposed to strike first.
The form of the eight kings' political discussions is of course relatively equal. The eight political kings sit on the left and right sides of the throne respectively. The throne is now empty, and Li Laiheng has a chair next to the throne.
"We must strike first!" Li Dingguo waved his fist vigorously, "We only have such a small territory, but we cannot withstand the ravages of the Zhu family's troops... Even if it is a protracted confrontation, we cannot bear it. Although we have 20 Wanfu soldiers, but there is still a place to guard, it is impossible to send them all to guard the entrances!
In addition, our equipment is still not as good as Zhu Ming's. They have fire blunderbuss, Hongyi cannons, Hongyi small cannons... What do we have? Only big blunderbuss and big general cannons are not enough. So you can't just wait for the enemy to attack, you have to strike first! "
Although Li Dingguo showed his power in Monk Plains and beat Wu Sangui. But he was still quite wary of the Ming army's firearms. Lao Long live Zhang Xianzhong was killed by Qing artillery! And the Ming army now has stronger firearms! Therefore, he did not want to go head-to-head with the main force of the Southeast Ming Army, but wanted to attack the weaker Sichuan West Town and Yunnan Ming Army.
"Where to strike first?" Li Laiheng asked again.
"Go south!" This time it was Sun Kewang who spoke.
Sun Kewang said: "Among the four towns surrounding us, the town in western Sichuan is the weakest. We will concentrate our efforts to defeat western Sichuan, and then move to Yunnan. After defeating Yunnan, we can advance or retreat."
What Sun Kewang proposed was actually an "escape route." Historically, he advocated fighting southward. If that didn't work, he would go abroad to build territory in the "South China Sea."
Li Laiheng turned to look at Liu Zongmin.
Liu Zongmin's brows twisted into a ball. Dashun now implements a government-military system in which the military and civilians are separated. The eight political kings no longer have direct jurisdiction over prefectures and counties, but directly govern the military government.
The military mansions of the Eight Kings and Emperor Dashun were divided into various towns, that is, the prefectures and counties of Dashun were divided into nine areas. All the military mansions in one area belonged to a political king or the Emperor Dashun himself.
Among them, the military mansions of Li Guo and Li Laiheng were in the middle, while the military mansions of the eight kings were divided in all directions. Because the four kings Liu Zongmin, Tian Jianxiu, Yuan Zongdi, and Liu Fangliang had already occupied the territory and their subordinates had settled down, they did not move after the merger of Shunxi and continued to place their military headquarters in the east and north of Sichuan. Both sides.
The military mansions of the four kings from Daxi were placed in the west (mainly southwest) and south directions of Sichuan.
In other words, if the Ming army attacks, the four who will be under the greatest pressure are Liu Zongmin, Tian Jianxiu, Yuan Zongdi, and Liu Fangliang. As for the Dashun Southern Expedition, those who gained the most were Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo...
"How will we divide Yunnan after we conquer it?" Liu Zongmin asked.
"It's better to divide it into nine parts!" Sun Kewang said, "Each of the eight kings will get one share, and the emperor will take one share."
Li Laiheng sighed and thought to himself: The emperor's family has suffered too much. He should get a share like the ministers...
"Then how to send troops?" Tian Jianxiu asked.
He originally held the territory in the western part of Jingzhou Prefecture, but it was later taken away by the new army commanded by Wu Sanfu to overcome the difficulties. Now he has retreated to Kuizhou Prefecture. Although there is still a piece of territory, the vitality of the team is still injured. Now they have to bear the task of resisting the main force of the Ming army, and they can't spare any troops to go to Yunnan.
"Just have more than four of us," Sun Kewang said, "Let King Jin take charge!"
Among Zhang Xianzhong's four adopted sons, Li Dingguo was the most capable, followed by Ai Nengqi, Liu Wenxiu, and Sun Kewang who was the worst at fighting.
Liu Zongmin, Tian Jianxiu and others had no objections, but Li Laiheng nodded and said: "Zhong, that's it, I'll go to Bishan to report to the emperor!"
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Bishan, Yongling Palace.
It is said to be a palace, but it is actually a landlord's compound. Li Guo stayed here during the past few days when he inspected the imperial mausoleum project. It was in this palace that Li Laiheng and Second Military Advisor Gu Junen reported the results of their political discussions to him.
"Fighting Yunnan?" Li Guo frowned, "Is it possible?"
"Your Majesty, I think the strategy of going south is feasible." Gu Junen said, "In Emperor Zhu's deployment, Yunnan is still a gap. This Emperor Zhu is different from his father Chongzhen. His fence is very firmly entrenched. The territory he has gained is very difficult for others to take away. Not even Donglu can do anything about it, let alone us... If we don't take action now, we will be trapped when he builds the fence in the future. Died in Sichuan."
After Zhu Cihong came to power, Ming Dynasty also lost a lot of territory. But what was lost was not the territory actually controlled by the imperial court, nor was it the place that Zhu Cixiang wanted to focus on defense. And once Zhu Cihong firmly controls a certain place, not even Dorgon can take it away.
So Gu Junen is now very worried that West Sichuan Town will be strengthened by the Ming Dynasty!
"Father, I think that's the truth." Li Laiheng said earlier that he was willing to be Liu Adou. Now that Liu Adou's future is stable, he has a new goal - to strive for a grand burial as the late emperor. !
Sichuan alone seems to be unsafe. If there is another Yunnan, the problem should not be big. If that still doesn't work, just head south...
