Han’s Son is Not a Slave

"My lord, have you ever thought that if you don't manage the Central Plains and the Jiangnan Taiping Army marches north, how will your lord handle it? Today, your lord is a strong soldier, but that thief is also looking at the north. I think that there is no matter of the Manchu and the Qing who are fighting for the world now, only the prince and the thief scholar. If the prince does not manage Henan, how can he stop the thief scholar, and if Henan falls into the hands of the thief scholar, what is the situation of the Manchu Qing today? Isn't it the end of the prince in the future?

Wang Ye's army is going north, but the Central Plains is extremely empty. If the lower official is a thief and talented person, he will take advantage of this move to advance north and take Henan in one fell swoop! At that time, there will be Jianghuai to rely on, and those who can both attack and defend will become his thieves and talents, not the prince. Furthermore, if Henan is lost, the prince's army and Shaanxi, Gansu, Yungui and Guizhou will be cut off, and the prince will lose the foundation when he has the northern land. "

Li Guoying made it clear that it is not difficult to tell who the mantis is and who the oriole is. Hu Yuxuan and Fang Xianting both changed their expressions. For a long time, what they considered was to take Beijing one step ahead of the thief Xiucai, and then use the momentum of restoring the old capital and 200,000 elite soldiers to go south and compete with the thief Xiucai. Thinking about the thief show, it would not be as Li Guoying said, when the Wu army crossed the Yellow River and headed north, suddenly sent troops to Henan. If that is the case, the right time and the right place will be occupied by the thief showcai.

Wu Sangui listened carefully, but did not make a sound. In the past, he listened to Hong Chengchou's persuasion to fight against the Qing Dynasty and enter Sichuan to seek Shaanxi. After Li Guoying offered Tong Pass, his more consideration was to take the Central Plains and Beijing in one go, and then go south with the momentum of recovering Beijing and the elite troops from the north, but he never considered whether the thief Xiucai would do what he wanted and sit back and watch him destroy the Man Qingna to Beijing.

What Li Guoying said made Wu Sangui deeply realize that he might be too optimistic. While he was chasing cicadas, he didn't notice that there was a oriole staring at him behind him. He has never despised the thief Xiucai. He is very clear that once he wins Beijing, a civil war with the thief Xiucai will be inevitable. After all, there can only be one emperor, no matter if he and the thief Xiucai have ever thought of taking their place , there is always a winner between the two. Only the ultimate winner can truly enjoy the fruits of the Ming and Qing competitions for so many years.

It's just that the thief and showcai really dared to take risks in the world. Before the Manchu Qing Dynasty was destroyed, they started a civil war and fought against each other in the same room? !

Wu Sangui did not dare to initiate a civil war, because he knew how terrible the human heart was, and he was afraid of the second Sun Kewang's notoriety. When the Taiping army clashed, they only focused on the northern expedition and grabbed the first effort of liberation. Only then can Wu Sangui become the first hero of the restoration of Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Youlang in his hand can truly become the first emperor in the legal system, not the Tang king who ascended the throne in Nandu. Only then can he openly attack Tang Fan who stole the emperor's throne and the thief Xiucai who disobeyed the court's orders, so he doesn't have to worry that people's hearts are not on his side, Wu Sangui.

But he Wu Sangui can bear it, and the thief show can bear it?

Wu Sangui's breathing became heavier. If the thief Xiucai really dared to send troops to the Central Plains while he and Man Qingjue were dying, he would be attacked by the enemy. It's just that he never thought that he could capture Tongguan so easily and command the Central Plains. Wasn't it because he became a oriole and got the greatest benefit of the mantis, the thief showcai. The thief showcai in turn wanted to be the oriole, why should he not allow it?

At this time, Li Guoying leaned over and bowed again: "My lord, in the art of war, the weather, location, and people are often said. The most important of these three is the word "people". Harmony. If you get this person, you can prosper your country even if you are in the plains of thousands of miles; if you lose this person, although you have mountains and rivers, you can subjugate the country. Nowadays, there are many people in the prince, and Kaifeng can be conquered by the sun. When starting to operate Henan to establish the foundation. The situation in Henan is related to the strategy of using troops in the future, operating Henan, and defending the Central Plains, then the prince can take the north without worrying about the future, and make the thieves and talents in Jianghuai, this strategy, the prince must accept!"

After hesitating for a long time, Wu Sangui asked Li Guoying: "If this king wants to run Henan as the foundation, where should we start?"

Li Guoying said: "To operate Luoyang and Nanyang first, to Kaifeng as the center, and to cooperate with the East and the West, this is the foundation of the foundation."

"What's the point?" Wu Sangui's eyes flashed.

Li Guoying said solemnly: "Luoyang is known as the latter world, with the danger of Hangu in the west and the strength of Hulao in the east. Hulao is locked in the border of Sishui County. It has been the gateway to the east of Luoyang since ancient times. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Ten miles north of Luoyang City is Mang Mountain, which seems to be the outer country of Luoyang. There is a Longmen in the south of Luoyang, which was called Yique in ancient times, and it is also very dangerous. In fact, from Luoyang to the south, it can be defended everywhere. Hundreds of miles, it has become a natural barrier for Luoyang. According to the opinion of the lower officials, the prince should take Luoyang as the pivot of the Central Plains, station the strong army in Nanyang and Kaifeng, and divide the divisions to guard Runing. Yunyang entered the Central Plains, if the Taiping army of Jianghuai wanted to enter the Central Plains, it had to conquer Xuzhou first, and our army had been prepared for a long time, and there were heavy troops concentrated in the Kaifeng area, then the Central Plains would be invincible. If there is a land, you can go north with all your strength to capture Beijing. After Beijing is recovered, you can use Henan as the foundation and send troops south, either Jianghuai or Huguang.”

As soon as Li Guoying finished speaking, Fang Xianting praised: "This is a great plan! The ancients compared the struggle for the world to the Central Plains. If the Central Plains were in my hands, it would be impossible to know who would kill the deer. Lord, Xianting was wrong at first, the real enemy of the Lord. It's that thief scholar, not the Manchu! Henan, we must manage, and we must not ignore it, otherwise there will be serious trouble."

Hu Yuxuan thought again and again, and felt that Henan had to operate, otherwise it would suffer too much. He said: "Since ancient times, it is very important to have a foothold in the struggle for the world. With Guanzhong as the foundation, Liu Bang was able to go out to Yan, Zhao in the north, Qi and Lu in the east, compete for the deer in the Central Plains, destroy Xiang Yu and unify the world. Li Yuan and his son have it. Taiyuan and Hedong are the foundation, take Chang'an in the west, then go out of Tongguan in the east, compete with Wang Shichong for the eastern capital, take the Central Plains and then unify the whole country. Emperor Hongwu first took Nanjing as the foundation, destroyed Chen Youliang in the west, Fang Guozhen and Zhang Shicheng in the east, and then set out for the Northern Expedition. To expel the Mongolian Yuan. Therefore, since ancient times, people who have conquered the world with horses must first choose a foothold, which can be fought and defended, and the wealth and troops have come out. After 20 years of military disasters in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Shaanxi, they have long been barren and cannot be the foundation. The land. Although Henan is broken, it is stronger than these provinces, especially for the passage of the world. If it is firmly in my hands, it can really break the heart of the thieves and scholars to go north, so that the prince can go north with all his strength, and in the future, he can also go south according to this.”

Wu Sangui was quite moved, but said: "It's good to operate Henan, but how to do it in the end, we can decide according to the situation after we capture Kaifeng. There are too few people in our army who can read and write, and the number of troops is increasing rapidly. There are very few people who have written and written ink. If in the future, there will be officials in various states and counties to confer posts and govern local areas, there will not be many people who are proficient in literature and ink, and they will be in charge of prison books, and things will not be easy to manage. It is necessary to set up officials to confer posts, to recruit exiles, to distribute cattle seeds, to restore production, and to allow the people to recuperate.

Fang Xianting chuckled and said, "Your Highness, don't worry about this. General Hu Guozhu has entered Henan, and local officials and gentry have come to vote. These people are the best candidates for governing the people."

Hu Yuxuan also nodded and said, "Yes, the lord is humble and respectful of the corporal. He is thirsty for talents and values ​​scholars. I think scholars from the Central Plains and even the North will gradually come to the lord's command, so why worry that there will be no one available."

Wu Sangui couldn't help nodding, just as he was about to speak, when he saw Ma Bao hurried to the city head, he couldn't help but stop talking and looked at Ma Bao.

After Ma Bao arrived, he said anxiously: "My lord, the governor of Guizhou, Zhang Guozhu, urgently reports that the thief show has attacked us, and the Taiping army in Guangxi is attacking our Dushan Prefecture!"

Did the thief show take the lead? !

Wu Sangui's face turned gloomy in an instant. This thief show is so bold, he dared to attack him first, but what does he mean by attacking Guizhou instead of plotting against the Central Plains?