Chapter 504 Changes in the Southwest Situation

at the same time.

Lin Chen forced Huang Rong, who looked reluctant, to head towards Sichuan.

The Huaiyang Second Guards, trained by the Liangshan Bandits, are also on the way!

Sichuan and Sichuan are surrounded by mountains and have a basin terrain. In addition, there are vast plains and extremely rich products, so it has the reputation of a land of abundance.

But historically, the land of Sichuan and Shu was quite special.

Any ambitious person who has thoughts of rebellion will turn his attention to Sichuan.

Just because the road to Sichuan is dangerous and has many passes, it is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

If Hanzhong, the key node out of Sichuan, can be occupied, then the rulers in charge of Sichuan and Shu can advance, attack, retreat and defend.

Just as Zhuge Liang gave Liu Bei advice in the past.

If you occupy the Bashu Tianfu, you can sit back and watch the world change. If the sky changes, you can lead your army out of Hanzhong to conquer the world.

The first person to realize this approach was Liu Bei's ancestor Liu Bang.

There is such a successful case before,

Even in the original history, the forces that chose to separate Sichuan and Shu were like crucian carp crossing the river, countless.

Because of this, Emperor Li Tang did not canonize any king with a different surname in Sichuan and Shu.

However, Lin Chen turned over the rebel movement tracks on the map and muttered to himself thoughtfully:

"So, when King Wu launched a rebellion, his primary target was not Sichuan and Shu, but Jiangnan?"

"If King Wu can capture Guizhou and then Yongzhou, he may be able to lead his army to the south of the Yangtze River." Huang Rong nodded in agreement.

Compared with the barrenness of the southwest border, Jiangnan is extremely rich in the entire Jiangnan land.

Just like Li Zicheng's strategy in the late Ming Dynasty.

As long as he can eat in the south of the Yangtze River, the king of Wu can escape from trouble.

Even if he can't win the entire Jiangnan, he can still cause turmoil in the Central Plains and attract other kings with different surnames to compete.

But.

Although the strategy was good, King Wu underestimated King Ning's strength.

Ning Wang's army defended the line between Yongzhou and Shaozhou, preventing the 200,000 Wu rebels from advancing.

King Wu, who had been unable to attack for a long time, had to adjust his strategic goals and instead plotted to separate Sichuan and Shu.

During this period, King Wu's rebels, who had finished resting, once again gathered the Tufan tribes in Indochina. They claimed to have an army of 500,000, passing through Nanning and Quzhou, and reaching Fuling!

This Fuling is the key pass to the Lizhi Road of Long Road in Sichuan.

Once the King of Wu captures Fuling, he can pass through Xixiang along the Lychee Road and be only one step away from Hanzhong, the throat of Bashu!

"If I were you, I would go to Fuling to garrison as soon as possible." Huang Rong looked at the situation of Wu Rebel Army and Li Tang Army on the map and said to Lin Chen.

When Lin Chen heard this, a slight smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and his eyes met Huang Rong's.

After looking at each other, the girl blushed slightly, but without flinching, she put her hands on her hips and asked, "What do you want me to do?"

"It looks good." Lin Chen replied honestly.

After getting a gentle fist from Huang Rongyin shyly, a hint of contemplation flashed in his eyes.

How could Lin Chen not know the importance of Fuling?

As long as the King of Wu is stopped outside Fuling, his attempt to enter Sichuan can be blocked.

However, he recalled the information from Jin Yiwei a few days ago.

Fuling County is a top county with a population of over 50,000 and can recruit 3,000 county soldiers.

It is true that three thousand people versus five hundred thousand troops of the King of Wu, everyone can understand that this is a mantis mantis trying to control the chariot!

In addition, Fuling is not a dangerous pass, but an ordinary county town surrounded by mountains and rivers.

But if we delay for a moment or two, we can still wait for reinforcements to come.

Who would have thought that when the local magistrate learned that the front line of the Wu rebel army was only seventy miles away from Fuling, he chose to abandon the city and escape without hesitation.

What can Lin Chen do against such a pig teammate?

Even if Huaiyang's second guard marched quickly along the way, they had just passed Xi'an and were preparing to take the Tangluo Road from Zhouzhi to Hanzhong.

The terrain in Sichuan and Sichuan is dangerous, and it will take ten days for the Huaiyang Guards to reach Hanzhong!

How can distant water save nearby fire?

Even if he wrote to Li Zhao and asked him to mobilize the Longyou Western Army to Sichuan, it would be too late.

Now, the best way for Lin Chen is to go to Sichuan to take control of Chengdu, and then recruit local county soldiers to confront the King of Wu in Hanzhong.

Furthermore, Lin Chen made a surprising discovery before.

That is, in this complex world of mixed martial arts, a famous Turkish army in the late Ming Dynasty, known as the White Pole Soldier, also existed in Li Tang.

The white pole soldiers originally scheduled for history were mostly composed of soldiers from the Shizhu chieftains of Sichuan and Sichuan, which added a lot of life to the late Ming Dynasty.

In Li Tang's world, white pole soldiers are also quite prestigious.

Because of the frequent wars between the Western Army and Xixia in the past few years, white pole soldiers were frequently recruited by the court.

So the first time he entered Sichuan this time, he went straight to the stone pillar.

Among the Southwest Tusi tribe, they can be divided into raw and cooked toasts.

The so-called Shusi are the Tufan tribe who chose to naturalize Han culture. They live with Han people all year round, and their customs and etiquette are also very different.

And Shizhu is the leader in this familiar company.

At this time, several men were discussing something in a southwest-style house.

"Brother! Lin Chenjia sent someone to send a message, saying that he would come to Shizhu soon to take a look."

"So fast?" The leader frowned, and there was a bit of worry in his deep eyes.

Wearing the official robe of Li Tang, he was Tan Ping, the Xuanfu envoy in charge of Shizhu Chieftain.

The rest of the people present were all members of the Qin family.

"Brother, why are you still hesitating? The King of Wu has said that as long as my brother leads his troops to surrender, and when he captures Sichuan and Shu, he will make him the military envoy of southern Sichuan!" A tribesman urged.

The price offered by the King of Wu was not low. As long as Qin Ping surrendered, he could become the leader of the chieftain in southern Sichuan!

"This..."

Qin Ping was still a little hesitant, his eyes flickering.

He was not a stupid person. He knew that the King of Wu had not yet entered Sichuan, and rashly surrendering would be tantamount to putting himself at the forefront of the storm and becoming the target of public criticism.

On the other hand, his brothers did not have such good patience. They had long been dazzled by the glory and wealth mentioned by the King of Wu.

However, the next sentence from the clan member made him change his mind.

"Brother, if you hesitate any longer, the King of Wu may find another way and form an alliance with the Ma and Qin clans in private!"

As soon as these words came out, Qin Ping's expression instantly became solemn.

Yes.

He was nominally the envoy of Shizhu Xuanfu, but in fact there were two elders in the clan.

One of them was the Ma clan, which was able to gain a foothold by relying on the military merits of his ancestors when the Western Army fought with the Western Xia.

The second is the Qin family. The old man of the Qin family passed the imperial examination in his early years and took the path of a Confucian scholar.

The reputation of these two families in Shizhu is not inferior to that of the Tan family.

If it weren't for Tan Ping's title of Shizhu Xuanfu Envoy, it would definitely not be worth the high price offered by King Wu.

Thinking of this, Tan Ping finally made up his mind.

"In this case, immediately arrange the Tan family's personal soldiers, and we will start the rebellion in five days!"

"Just waiting for this, brother!"

The Tan family members present were overjoyed and left to prepare. A storm that was about to sweep across Shizhu was quietly brewing.

Only.

Lin Chen looked at the price offered by King Wu to the Shizhu Xuanfu Envoy, and a sneer flashed in his eyes.

Obviously, the other party also knew that the white-pole soldiers were not easy to deal with, so he chose to offer a heavy bribe.

"But what is this Tan family?" Lin Chen muttered to himself.

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