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Chapter 658: The Strategy to Break Phoenix Mountain
The Ming army increased by another 14 at once, and now the Ming army at the foot of Phoenix Mountain, including the navy and the army, increased to 27.

Zhu Yousong felt more confident in the battle of Phoenix Mountain.

While ordering his generals to set up camp, Liu Zhaoji, Minister of the Ministry of War, brought Du Yinxi, Minister of the Ministry of War, general Ma Bao, Zu Keyong, Lu Xiao, Fang Dongxu, etc. to visit Zhu Yousong, and reported them in detail for more than a year. The process of the two troops conquering the Great Western Army.

A year ago, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong got married and reached a cooperation agreement. Both of them set up troops to conquer Ming Dynasty together, trying to make Zhu Yousong difficult to care about.

Zhu Yousong had to fight on two fronts. Zhang Xianzhong's general Li Dingguo led an army of 10 troops out of Sichuan and east, took Yichang to get Jingzhou, and approached Wuchang. Li Dingguo's Daxi was unstoppable, advancing on Jiujiang, and the capital was shaken.At this time, Zhu Yousong, who was fighting against Li Zicheng on the bank of the Yellow River, had to dispatch Du Yinxi, the Minister of the Ministry of War, to lead an army of [-] troops to support Liu Zhaoji. There were casualties.

It wasn't until Zhu Yousong defeated Li Zicheng, and after occupying Xi'an, he sent his army southward to use troops against Daxi. Approaching the Daxi capital, Zhang Xianzhong was forced to conquest again, and issued an edict to return the three kings. Li Dingguo withdrew his troops after receiving the order, leaving only 1 troops behind. After recapturing Wuchang, Jingzhou, Yichang and other places, he hurried back to Phoenix Mountain and came to King Qin.

After the performance, Liu Zhaoji, Minister of the Ministry of War, knelt down and pleaded guilty.

"Your Majesty is free from courtesy." Zhu Yousong didn't blame him, because he knew that Liu Zhaoji was not entirely responsible for the fall of Wuchang. He had many famous generals under him, but who could compare to Li Dingguo.

Although the combination of Liu Zhaoji and Du Yinxi suffered several defeats, it was already very unkind to stop Li Dingguo's army in the Jiujiang area.

Let Zhu Yousong take the initiative to deal with Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.So instead of blaming Liu Zhaoji, Zhu Yousong praised him.

Liu Zhaoji was very grateful, grateful for the great grace of the emperor, and thanked God for allowing him to meet such an enlightened Holy Master.

Because he knew that if His Majesty wanted to punish him, the reason was very good, regardless of his contribution.Ineffective in suppressing thieves, losing battles, losing cities and lands, losing troops and generals, and losing the grace of God.Just give him a few criminal evidences, he, the minister of the Ministry of war, has to walk around if he can't eat.

Next is the battle on Phoenix Mountain, and Zhu Yousong has already figured out the situation on the mountain very clearly.The intelligence collected by Jin Yiwei and the spies in the army, and more importantly, the information secretly sent by Mu Tianbo.Mu Tianbo is now leading the Yunnan Army to guard Nanshan.

Of course Zhu Yousong will not listen to Mu Tianbo's one-sided words now, that is, he has a certain degree of vigilance towards him.After comparing and analyzing the information obtained by Jin Yiwei and the military spies, he concluded that the information provided by Mu Tianbo was all true.

Now Zhu Yousong has a clear grasp of the situation of the Daxi Army on Fenghuang Mountain. The distribution of troops on each mountain and each battalion and the location of the supplies and supplies form a map.

Moreover, Mu Tianbo used arrows to convey the message that after the Shimen Bridge battle, his Yunnan army suffered heavy casualties, and now there are only 8000 soldiers left in his Yunnan army.Now there will be 1 Daxi Army guarding Nanshan. After they brought back to Phoenix Mountain, Zhang Xianzhong assigned him a lieutenant general, and allocated him 2000 troops, enough to make up 1, and let them be responsible for the defense of Nanshan.

Zhu Yousong knew that despite the annihilation of Zhang Xianzhong's main force, the Shimen Bridge was seriously injured in the first battle.But his strength in Phoenix Mountain should not be underestimated.

Now there are more than 6000 Daxi troops on Phoenix Mountain, including Zhang Xianzhong's 3 imperial battalion, more than 2 people from Sun Kewang, Mu Tianbo, and Wang Shangli who were defeated, and Zuo Prime Minister Wang Zhaolin brought back thousands of defeated soldiers from the capital. , plus the more than [-] sailors brought back by Liu Wenxiu.

There are nearly 8 horses, plenty of food and grass on the mountain, and dozens of cannons in red clothes. With so many soldiers sticking to such a dangerous mountain, Zhu Yousong will have to do a lot of planning if he wants to take down Phoenix Mountain. A strong attack is definitely not the best strategy. It is also very unlikely for Mu Tianbo to create a mutiny, because Mu Tianbo's current strength is too limited. Sun Kewang, Liu Wenxiu, Wang Shangli, these fierce generals are all there, and Mu Tianbo can't make much trouble in the world with a few thousand Yunnan troops.

Therefore, Zhu Yousong told Mu Tianbo not to act rashly, but to think long-term. The battle of Phoenix Mountain is not a quick decision.

And now the Daxi Army still exists. Although the capital was taken over by Zhu Yousong and the Daxi Emperor Zhang Xianzhong was trapped on Phoenix Mountain, the southwest of Sichuan, as well as Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi and other vast areas, are still under the rule of the Daxi Army.

Although there are not many imperial soldiers in these places, that is, his regular army, there are still a lot of soldiers in these provinces, that is, his local armed forces.

If someone intends to serve the country loyally for Zhang Xianzhong, it should not be difficult to gather the soldiers from these places and gather 10,000+ troops. When the time comes, they will drive over to recapture the Great Western Capital and go to Phoenix Mountain to serve the king. This is all possible.

Zhu Yousong had to consider all these things.

Considering that Zhang Huan is young and has relatively low qualifications, it is okay to guard an important fortress like Chengdu in a short period of time, but if it takes a long time, he is afraid of mistakes.

Therefore, Zhu Yousong immediately delivered an order to ask Du Yinxi, the minister of the Ministry of war, to go to Chengdu to replace Zhang Huan, guard Chengdu, and replace Zhang Huan.

Then Zhu Yousong, Song Xiance, Liu Zhaoji and others discussed the strategy of breaking Phoenix Mountain.

Many generals under his command came in, took the initiative to invite Ying, and advocated storming Phoenix Mountain, including Ma Bao, Zu Keyong, Zhang Huan, Ma Wannian, Lu Xiao, Fang Dongxu, Li Zhushi, and so on.

They believe that the Ming army is strong and strong, and its strength is several times that of the Daxi army. It needs soldiers, generals, cannons and cannons. The navy and warships have enough food and grass. Can the people and horses stand up to the Ming army?Then as soon as the hundreds of thousands of troops passed by, they occupied the land of Yunnan and Guizhou, and Daxi was finished, and then they could return to the dynasty.

Zhu Yousong smiled and shook his head, these generals are young after all, they are too reckless, how can there be such a simple thing?

After Zhu Yousong sent away these relatively simple-minded militants, he continued to study military affairs with Song Xiance and Liu Zhaoji.

At this time, someone sent another letter, which was shot down by Mu Tianbo from the mountain.

Zhu Yousong opened it and looked, and couldn't help but be overjoyed. It's done now, and I have a plan to break Phoenix Mountain.

(End of this chapter)