Yunnan, Kunming.

Wu Sangui had a cold face and stood on the platform in front of the palace and looked thoughtfully into the distance.

According to the news he just received, Li Guoying was beaten by the Ming army after invading Sichuan and fled in a panic.

Later, Feng Shuangli, the King of Qingyang who was conferred the Ming Dynasty, wanted to take advantage of the victory and pursue it, but he never expected to chase after Hanzhong in one breath.

Maybe it was because of underestimating the enemy and breaking supplies, but in short, Feng Shuangli was defeated in this battle.

Then Emperor Yongli issued an imperial edict asking Feng Shuangli to come to Nanjing to apologize.

At this point, the Sichuan war seemed to have subsided.

But Wu Sangui thinks this matter will not be that simple.

If this battle was defeated by Li Guoying and ended with defeat in Hanzhong, he would indeed not have the idea of ​​fighting Sichuan again.

But Feng Shuangli rushed forward and sent a wave of heads. This not only damaged the troops, but also raised Li Guoying's confidence.

According to Wu Sangui's experience in leading troops over the years, a confident army and a lack of confidence are completely different.

No matter how bad Li Guoying's subordinates are, they cannot be useless.

Once their self-confidence is high, they can also pose a threat to Sichuan.

But the premise is that the Ming army will not send additional troops to Sichuan.

Judging from the current situation of Bai Wenxuan guarding Sichuan alone, it is not necessarily so stable.

This also made Wu Sangui think.

Although they are all located in the southwest, Sichuan is much richer than Yunnan.

When Wu Sangui didn’t have a territory, he thought that he could just have a territory to accommodate personnel, but now that he really has a territory, he will definitely have more greedy ideas.

If Sichuan can be won, there will be more gold and silver investments, and fertile land will be more suitable for producing grain.

With food, you can expand more troops and strengthen your own strength.

Wu Sangui has to consider the future now.

After all, he is no longer young, and the Guanning Iron Cavalry, the army of warfare under his command, is no longer young.

Maybe I can hold on for another five years, at most ten years. That's it.

What about ten years later?

Wu Sangui knew very well what it means to have no soldiers in his hands.

In troubled times, if you have no soldiers in your hands, you will be fish on the chopping board and you can only be slaughtered.

To recruit troops and train troops, we not only need money but also food.

Wu Sangui knew very well that only rely on the current resources in Yunnan, he could no longer support an additional army.

No wonder Wu Sangui got in the mood.

Yunnan is too close to Sichuan.

As long as you go north to Jianchang, you can enter Shu, and you can go straight to Chengdu.

Of course, Wu Sangui couldn't attack rashly.

If he takes action, it will definitely be an excellent opportunity.

And he will wait for Li Guoying to take action first.

After all, he is not the only one who has the idea of ​​Sichuan.

The so-called mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole is behind. If Li Guoying attacks Sichuan from Hanzhong, he can restrain the Ming army to a considerable extent and keep the troops in the south in an empty state.

In this way, Wu Sangui can drive deeper as long as he sends troops, and basically will not be blocked.

Wu Sangui wanted to treat Li Guoying as a gun envoy, of course, he also had to cooperate with Li Guoying.

This kind of opportunity is hard to come by, and Wu Sangui will not force it. He will only send spies to Sichuan and transmit the information to him at any time.

Wu Sangui felt that the current situation seemed more interesting than when the Qing army first entered the pass in the early years of Shunzhi.

Although the Qing army only controlled the north at that time, the Ming army was completely disorganized. Even if it controlled the rich Jiangnan area, there was no weather indicating that they could defend Jiangnan.

To defend the river, we must defend the Huai River, while the Ming army retreated again and again. The facts also prove that the Qing army went south and had almost not encountered too much resistance.

The situation is completely different now.

Although the Ming army still controls Jiangnan and the Qing army controls the north, the strength of both sides has changed unknowingly.

In terms of current strength, the Ming army is even stronger than the Qing army.

It is better to be evenly matched than to be one-sided.

When the Qing army was strong, it was difficult for Wu Sangui to get a fiefdom. Even if he got the fief, he would have to clamp his tail and be a human being.

In history, there are common occurrences of cunning rabbits killing dogs. Wu Sangui certainly does not want him to end up like this.

But judging from the harsh and merciful manner of the Qing court, it is really possible.

It's completely different now. The Qing court was too busy to take care of itself, so naturally there was no energy to take care of Wu Sangui in Yunnan.

Moreover, Wu Sangui was able to station in Yunnan, which was equivalent to burying a nail beside the Ming army.

As for the priority of the Ming army's attack, it must be the Qing army.

If they have the opportunity to make a Northern Expedition, they will definitely not miss it.

Neither the Qing army nor the Ming army would take Wu Sangui as the first target, so Wu Sangui could use this to make trouble.

Of course, attacking Sichuan will definitely completely anger Yongli.

Once Yongli was furious and turned the direction of the Ming army to attack the southwest, could Wu Sangui defend it?

He really doesn't have much confidence in his heart.

This is actually a game, and the betting on Yongli will also rank the priority of the Northern Expedition at the forefront.

"Prince, report urgently, report urgently!"

Seeing the butler running over hurriedly, Wu Sangui said in a cold voice: "I have said it so many times, don't be so fussy. If you have anything to do, please tell me slowly."

"It's news from Jiangxi."

The housekeeper cried and said, "Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao were defeated, captured by the Ming army and sent to Nanjing."

"What!"

Wu Sangui was also shocked when he heard this.

He really didn't expect that Monk Geng Jimao Kexi would take the initiative to attack Jiangxi.

What did they gain and lose their minds and attack the Ming army's heart?

Could it be that it was just because of the information that the Ming army was about to fight in the Northern Expedition?

Regardless of the authenticity of this information, even if it is true, there is no need to be so aggressive.

The situation in Jiangxi is definitely different from that in Sichuan. No matter how few defenders are, they will not be much smaller.

Moreover, the Ming army had time to bring reinforcements when they saw that the situation was not good.

Monk Geng Jimao Kexi hit the stone, and his head was bleeding. It can only be said that he was seeking death.

But Wu Sangui didn't expect them to lose so thoroughly and so ugly.

Does it mean that the main force of the army did not leave at all, but was waiting for the two to come to the door?

Even so, it proves from the indirect evidence of the strength of the Ming army.

This made Wu Sangui's idea of ​​attacking Sichuan fade a little.

The Ming army's current momentum is really too strong. At this time, it will be a big deal to get angry.

Unless Wu Sangui goes to bet on Yongli, he feels that Sichuan is located in the southwest and is very remote, and will not send troops to help for the time being.

But if you lose the bet, the consequences will be very heavy.

He really has to think about it carefully.

If you don’t fight Sichuan, Guizhou is also an option.

Guizhou is still in the hands of Hong Chengchou's student Zhao Liangdong.

Just Zhao Liangdong and the shrimp soldiers and crab generals, Wu Sangui didn't take it seriously at all.
Chapter completed!