Zhang Xianzhong had no choice but to defend Sichuan, but had no food to eat, and wanted to escape to Yunnan and Guizhou. Yunnan and Guizhou could not afford hundreds of thousands of troops, and Gao Huan would also send troops to pursue him.

Zhang Xianzhong could only lead a large army out of Sichuan and fight Gao Huan to the death.

In the southern suburbs of the city capital, Zhang Xianzhong adopted Xu Yixian's strategy to temporarily stabilize the hearts of the people in Chengdu. Then he left the prince to supervise the country, Wang Zhaolin assisted the government, and led an army of 200,000 to descend along the river.

Although Sun Kewang ruined the treasury of the Western Kingdom and collapsed the Western Kingdom's finances, he has indeed done some things in the past two years, otherwise so many officials in the Western Kingdom would not have let him do whatever he wanted.

Sun Kewang’s logic is that I spent money, but I improved the military strength of Daxi.

Zhang Xianzhong also recognized this logic at first.

Now the national strength of the Western Kingdom is far inferior to that of the Ganchao, but its military strength is close to 600,000 or 70% of the Ganchao, as many as 600,000.

Previously, the Western Army deployed 100,000 in Hanzhong, 100,000 in Huguang, 100,000 in Guangxi, and 250,000 in Sichuan. Some of the remaining troops were scattered all over the country.

Now Zhang Xianzhong has taken away 200,000 troops, which can be said to have come out in full swing. In Huguang, in addition to the 100,000 people who were originally guarding Jingzhou and the 20,000 people brought by Li Dingguo, there are also 50,000 troops reinforced from Guangxi, and the Western Army will have as many as 370,000 troops.

If the chieftain soldiers are added, the troops will be out of bounds.

Sun Kewang expanded his army wildly and pulled a huge army for Zhang Xianzhong, but nearly half of them were recruits in less than a year.

At this time, at the exit of the Three Gorges, in the mountains and canyons near Yiling, several Ganjun scouts stood on the top of the mountain, staring at the mighty team below the canyon.

On the river surface, countless ships were descending from the river. On the mountain roads on both sides of the river, there were endless Western soldiers marching in a winding manner. Their swords and spears were sharp, their armor was shining, and they advanced eastward in a fierce manner.

The Western Army's shortage of food is a military secret, only Zhang Xianzhong and a few people know it.

Zhang Xianzhong went to Huguang to fight, and his words to the army were that Li Dingguo won a great victory in Huguang. The Western Army was to expand the results of the war and enjoy the fruits of victory. At the same time, he established Zhu Youlang as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty and wanted to send Zhu Youlang to Nanjing to ascend the throne and become emperor.

If the Western Army helped Zhu Youlang restore the throne, the Ming Dynasty would reward the Western Army with Huguang, Guanzhong and Henan.

On the top of the mountain, the scout Gan Jun observed for a moment, then turned his horse and ran down the hill, and took another shortcut to go east.

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Yuezhou City.

At this time, Gao Huan had also completed the preparations and worked for more than 900,000 troops. In addition to more than 300,000 people, they were used to guard against the Qing Dynasty and Mongolia in the north, and the remaining troops, except for the garrisons that must be retained in various places, the remaining 500,000 troops that could be mobilized were used to destroy the Battle of the West.

Among them, Guangdong's 100,000 troops were responsible for attacking Guangxi, entering Yunnan and Guizhou, and surrounding Sichuan.

Sun Chuanting from Guanzhong also led 100,000 troops to attack Hanzhong and attack Sichuan from the north.

The remaining more than 300,000 people were all concentrated in Huguang.

At this time, outside Yuezhou City, there were as many as 200,000 soldiers gathered, and they were all elite soldiers of the Central Army, mostly old soldiers of more than three years old.

Gao Huan stood at the top of Yuezhou city, looked at the dense army outside the city, and said to the generals behind him: "Zhang Xianzhong is going to come out of Sichuan this time. If I don't beat Lao Zhang out of shit, my surname will not be Gao!"

Song Xiance smiled and said, "Your Majesty, what if Zhang Xianzhong doesn't leave Sichuan and just abandon Sichuan and flee?"

Gao Huan said, "That's easy. I will take Sichuan without bloodshed, and then chase south until Lao Zhang admits defeat and regards Da Gan as his father."

Gao Huan couldn't feel at ease with a hero like Zhang Xianzhong if he didn't eliminate him. However, Zhang Xianzhong was very good at running away. With Zuo Liangyu, who had already lost his mind, he was a lie-in-law boy, and he was both good at running away.

In the late Ming Dynasty, these two people chased each other, fell in love and wanted to kill each other, but they were hard to completely eliminate.

Back then, Yang Sichang opened a net on all sides and surrounded Zhang Xianzhong, but failed to catch Zhang Xianzhong. Gao Huan did not want Zhang Xianzhong to wander into Yunnan and Guizhou.

However, if he really entered Yunnan and Guizhou, or even wandered into Myanmar, Gao Huan could not catch Zhang Xianzhong and could not eliminate him. Then as long as Zhang Xianzhong admits defeat and is willing to accept this father, Gao Huan is still willing to let him pay tribute and become a vassal.

The group of military generals behind Gao Huan were mostly rough people. After hearing Gao Huan's words, he couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"To be honest, Lao Zhang is not only a tyrannical person, but he is still good! Li Zicheng and Li Jiyu have finished it, and he has been running the Southwest until now. If it weren't for Sun Kewang's meritorious service this time, I would have to take some effort to attack Sichuan." Gao Huan finished teasing and said seriously.

When all the generals heard the words, they nodded. Zhang Xianzhong was indeed a hero.

At this time, Gao Huan was talking to the generals, and suddenly a burst of rapid footsteps came. Yang Yan held his helmet and climbed up to the city wall. "Your Majesty, the scout will have an emergency military return."

Gao Huan asked after hearing this, "Is it Zhang Xianzhong who left Sichuan?"

Yang Yan replied: "Your Majesty is wise. The army led by Zhang Xianzhong has arrived in Yiling! According to the scouts' observation, the team could not see at a glance, and it was afraid that it would be out of the country, with no less than 200,000 people."

"Your Majesty's magic tricks, Zhang Xianzhong has indeed come to Huguang!" Song Xiance couldn't help but exclaim.

Gao Huan smiled and said, "Zhang Xianzhong blindly expanded his army. Now he has no money and food to support the army, so he can only choose Huguang."

Song Xiance said: "Your Majesty, since Zhang Xianzhong has left Sichuan, how can we deal with it!"

Gao Huan pondered slightly and smiled, "Zhang Xianzhong lacks food. After he arrived in Jingzhou, he joined forces with Liu Wenxiu. He must be eager to fight with me, but I have enough food and grass, so there is no need to fight with me."

Song Xiance nodded, "Your Majesty means to stand firm in Yuezhou and wait for Zhang Xianzhong to attack!"

Gao Huan shook his head, "Zhang Xianzhong is not a fool. When he saw me avoiding the battle, he saw that he had no chance of winning, he was very likely to flee back to Sichuan."

When Song Xiance and others heard the words, they couldn't help but fall into deep thought, "What does Your Majesty mean?"

Gao Huan said in a deep voice: "I want to go to Changsha, lead Zhang Xianzhong to Changsha, and then order the Xiangyang army to attack Jingzhou, seize Yiling, cut off Zhang Xianzhong's way back to Sichuan, and encircle and annihilate him in Hunan to prevent Lao Zhang from becoming a bandit again!"

Gao Huan is already sure to win this battle. The military has already gained a huge strategic advantage, it depends on tactical methods, how to reduce his own losses and how to eliminate the Western Army to the greatest extent.

It is not impossible to stick to Yuezhou, but it is almost a sure win, but the decisive battle in Yuezhou cannot completely wipe out Zhang Xianzhong's army.

Because the war was unfavorable, Zhang Xianzhong easily retreated back to Sichuan.

The Western Army was indeed short of food, but if Zhang Xianzhong could break the can, plunder the people, and starve the people to death, the army would still be able to maintain it.

Gao Huan had to work hard to attack Sichuan like this.

The battlefield is located in Changsha, so the situation is different. The main force of the Western Army is concentrated here, Jingzhou has empty troops, and the Gan Army can cut off the retreat route of the Western Army. Moreover, Changsha is far from Yiling, so it is not easy for Zhang Xianzhong to retreat.

When Song Xiance heard this, he couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty, will Zhang Xianzhong go to Changsha?"

Gao Huan laughed and said, "He will come wherever I am. Lao Zhang has no choice now."

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