"Have you ever thought about how the prince would do if he didn't manage the Central Plains and the Taiping Army in Jiangnan advanced north? Now the prince is strong and powerful, but the thief scholar also looks at the north. He has Tang Fan and Yan Fan. The subordinates secretly think that there is no matter in the Qing Dynasty now, but the Qing Dynasty and the thief scholar. If the prince does not manage Henan, how can he stop the thief scholar? If Henan falls into the hands of the thief scholar, isn't the current situation of the Qing Dynasty the prince's future ending?

The prince's army went north, but the Central Plains was extremely empty. If the subordinate officials were thieves, they would take advantage of this to advance north and take over Henan in one fell swoop! At that time, if there were Jianghuai to support, those who could attack and defend would become his thieves, not his thieves. Furthermore, if Henan was lost, the prince's army and Shaanxi, Gansu, Yunnan and Guizhou would also be cut off. The prince had only north but lost the foundation. In the end, he would probably drive the tiger and swallow the wolf for the thieves."

Li Guoying clearly stated that it is not difficult to distinguish who the mantis is and who the oriole is. Hu Yuxuan and Fang Xianting's expressions changed. They have always considered taking over Beijing before the thief scholar, and then using the momentum of restoring the old capital to fight against the thief scholar, but they have never considered whether the thief scholar would suddenly send troops to Henan as Li Guoying said while the Wu army crossed the Yellow River and headed north. If that were true, the right time and place would be the thief scholar.

Wu Sangui listened carefully, but did not say anything. In the past, he heard Hong Chengchou's advice to raise an army to fight against the Qing Dynasty and entered Sichuan to plan for Shaanxi, but he did not think that he could quickly enter the Central Plains. However, the situation changed rapidly, the weak Qing Dynasty and the huge temptation of restoring Beijing had made it difficult for him to stop his pace. After Li Guoying presented Tongguan, he considered more to take down the Central Plains and conquer Beijing in one go, and then use the momentum of restoring Beijing and the elite troops from the north to go south, but he did not consider whether the thief scholar would sit idly by and watch him eliminate the Qing Dynasty and take over Beijing as he wished.

What Li Guoying said made Wu Sangui deeply realize that he might be too optimistic. While he was determined to catch cicadas, he did not notice that there was an oriole behind him looking at him. He had never looked down on the thief scholar. He knew very well that once he took Beijing, a civil war with the thief scholar was inevitable. After all, there was only one emperor. Regardless of whether he and the thief scholar had ever thought about taking the Ming Dynasty, the two would always have to decide a winner. Only the final winner could truly enjoy the fruits of the Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty battles for so many years.

But the thief scholar really dared to take the big fuss of the world and provoked a civil war before the Qing Dynasty was destroyed and fought against each other?!

Wu Sangui did not dare to start a civil war first because he knew the terrible hearts of people. He was afraid that he would bear the bad reputation of the second Sun Kewang. He was afraid of the swords and punishments of the people in the world, so he resisted the impulse to plot against Huguang and ordered that he should not have conflicts with the Taiping Army. He was determined to fight the Northern Expedition and seize the first revival. Only then could he become the first hero of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Youlang in his hand truly become the first emperor in the legal system, rather than the Tang King who ascended the throne in Nandu. Only then could he openly fight against the Tang Fan who stole the throne and the scholar who did not obey the imperial orders, so that he would not have to worry that people's hearts were not on his side.

But can Wu Sangui tolerate it, and can he also a thief scholar tolerate it?

Wu Sangui's breathing became heavy. If the thief scholar really dared to send troops to the Central Plains when he and the Qing Dynasty decided to die, he would be attacked from both sides. But he never thought that he could capture Tongguan so easily and attack Zhongyuan. Isn't it because he became the Yellow Bird and got the greatest benefit of the Mantis? The thief scholar wanted to be the Yellow Bird, but why didn't he be sure?

At this time, Li Guoying leaned over and said, "The prince, the most important of these three words: time, place, and harmony in military arts is the word "people". The people support it, the strong army is enough, and the whole person is united, which means people. If you have this person, you can build a country even if you live in a thousand miles of plain. If you lose this person, you can destroy the country even if you have the solid mountains and rivers. Now the prince has a large number of people, and Kaifeng is just around the corner. The gentry of the Central Plains responds to the prince, so the prince starts to manage Henan to establish a foundation. The situation in Henan is related to the future military strategy, manage Henan, and defend the Central Plains, so the prince can take the northern land without any worries, and make the thief scholars leave their hands in the Jianghuai River. This strategy must be accepted by the prince!"

After hesitating for a long time, Wu Sangui asked Li Guoying: "If I want to manage Henan as the foundation, where should I start?"

Li Guoying said: "To manage Luoyang, Nanyang is the first, to take Kaifeng as the middle, and to jointly operate the east and west, this is the fundamental fundamental."

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

Li Guoying said in a deep voice: "Luoyang is known as the middle of the world. There is the danger of Hangu in the west and the solid Hulao in the east. Hulao Pass is located in the territory of Sishui County. Since ancient times, it has been the gateway to defend Luoyang with a cliff of hundreds of feet. It can be connected in the middle, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack. Ten miles north of Luoyang is Mangshan, which seems to be the outer land of Luoyang. There is Longmen to the south of Luoyang, which was called Yique, and it is also very dangerous. In fact, from Luoyang to the south, it can be guarded everywhere. Xionger Mountain and Funiu Mountain, which lasted for hundreds of miles, have become a natural barrier for Luoyang. According to the opinions of Xiaguan

The prince should take Luoyang as the hub of the Central Plains, station strong troops in Nanyang and Kaifeng, and divide the partial troops to defend Runing. Then the Ming army in Huguang cannot go from Xiangyang and Yunyang to the Central Plains. If the Taiping army in Jianghuai wants to enter the Central Plains, they must first defeat Xuzhou. Our army was prepared and had heavy troops gathered in Kaifeng, the Central Plains would be as solid as a god. At that time, the prince would be invincible and could go north to seize Beijing. After Beijing was restored, it could also serve Henan as the foundation and send troops south, either Jianghuai or Huguang."

As soon as Li Guoying finished speaking, Fang Xianting praised: "This strategy is great! The ancients compared fighting for the world to competing for the Central Plains. If the Central Plains are in my hands, it is unknown who will kill him. Prince, Xianting was wrong before. The prince's real enemy was the thief scholar, not the Qing Dynasty! Henan, we must manage it and must not ignore it, otherwise there may be great trouble."

Hu Yuxuan thought about it repeatedly and felt that Henan had to be managed, otherwise he would be too troubled. He said: "Since ancient times, fighting for the world, whether there is a foothold or not is crucial. Liu Bang took Guanzhong as the foundation, so he could go north to Yan, Zhao, east to overcome Qi, Lu, compete for the Central Plains, destroy Xiang Yu and unify the world. Li Yuan and his son occupied Taiyuan, Hedong as the foundation, took Chang'an west, and then went east to Tongguan, competed with Wang Shichong for the Eastern Capital, and successively unified the country. Emperor Hongwu first occupied Nanjing as the foundation, destroyed the west to destroy the west

Chen Youliang destroyed Fang Guozhen in the east and Zhang Shicheng, and then went on the northern expedition to expel the Mongolian Yuan. Therefore, since ancient times, ordinary people won the world by horses, they must first choose a foothold, which can be fought or defended, and their wealth and military resources have been released. After twenty years of military disaster in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Shaanxi, it has long been barren and difficult to be the fundamental place. Although Henan was destroyed, it was stronger than these provinces, especially as a thoroughfare in the world. If it was firmly in our hands, it would indeed be able to break the thief scholar's heart to go north, so that the prince could go north with all his might and could also go south in the future."

Wu Sangui was quite moved, but said: "It is good to manage Henan, but what should we do? Only after we capture Kaifeng can we decide according to the situation. There are too few people in our army who read and read, and the number of people increases quickly. There are very few people who are engaged in writing and writing. For example, in the future, officials will be appointed in various prefectures and counties and governing local areas, there will be no more people who are well-versed in writing and writing, and it will be difficult to handle."

If you want to operate, you must establish officials and be appointed, you must recruit exiles, distribute seeds of oxen, resume production, and allow the people to recuperate. As the foundation, Wu Sangui's concerns are not unreasonable.

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

Hu Yuxuan also nodded and said, "Yes, the prince is humble and respects the wise, and values ​​scholars. I think scholars from the Central Plains and even the North will gradually come to the prince's command. Then why worry about no one being available?"

Wu Sangui couldn't help but nodded. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly saw Ma Bao hurrying up to the top of the city. He couldn't help but talk and looked at Ma Bao.

After Ma Bao arrived, he said with a hurricane expression: "Report to the prince, the governor of Guizhou Zhang Guozhu, the thief scholar has taken action against us. The Taiping Army in Guangxi is attacking our Dushan Prefecture!"

The thief scholar took the lead?!
Chapter completed!