In terms of the strength of the three parties, even if Zuo Liangyu joins some chieftains, he is the weakest.

The strongest one was Li Zicheng's troops, but because it was later, the people's livelihood was basically destroyed by Zuo Liangyu. Therefore, the supplies that Li Zicheng's troops could obtain were very little, both in terms of military strength and food. Relatively speaking, it restricted the growth of Li Zicheng's troops.

As for the court, it was probably a complete defeat in the attack of these two men, because Sichuan Governor Chen Shiqi had no military affairs at all.

Fortunately, with the intervention of Duke Xingguo and the power of the government and the power, ordinary civil officials knew best to look at the direction of the wind.

Since Duke Xingguo attached importance to Qin Liangyu, after receiving the urgent report, Chen Shiqi followed Qin Liangyu's advice. Qin Liangyu, who was originally single and lonely in history, was able to barely defend the most important cities in Sichuan because of the assistance of Wu Sangui's troops, so he would not be defeated.

Faced with the news from Sichuan, Zhang Mingwei was a little helpless. The distance was too far, and it felt a little out of reach. If he had not solved the problem of Zhang Xianzhong and the Fifth Battalion of Ge Zuo in Huguang, he would not be able to enter Sichuan to fight.

Originally, the Qin army led by Sun Chuanting could enter Shu from Hanzhong to fight, so the court would have the strongest military strength. Unfortunately, Jianlu came to intervene and restrained Sun Chuanting's troops.

Of course, if the cavalry led by Li Laiheng could make a big deal in Liaodong enough to restrain the Jianlu and prevent the Jianlu from leaving Liaodong, Sun Chuanting's troops could escape and join the Sichuan battle situation.

For this reason, when Zhang Mingwei was before, he also ordered the governor of Shanyong Zuo Yingxuan to send him to go deep into the grasslands at night and to detect whether there was any detour to the Mongolian grasslands, using this as a warning.

Thinking of this, a key point in the overall situation of the Ming Dynasty came out, which was whether Li Laiheng's troops could achieve the expected goals!

If it can be achieved, then the Ming Dynasty's battle situation will be alive; if the goal cannot be achieved, then the Ming Dynasty will continue to fall into a hard battle and form three battlefields.

The first is the battlefield between Sun Chuanting's troops and Jianlu on the Great Wall defense line; the second is the confrontation between the imperial army, rebels and bandits in the Shu area; the third battlefield is naturally the Huguang area.

If that is the case, I can only hope that Huguang will resolve Zhang Xianzhong and the Fifth Camp of the Left as soon as possible, and then look at the situation, or enter Sichuan to destroy the bandits and rebels first, and take the opportunity to cause trouble, or go north to reinforce Sun Chuanting's troops and Jianlu to confront them.

However, it is actually very easy to defeat these thieves in Huguang, as long as the entire army is pressing forward. Zhang Mingwei is confident that with the current military strength in his hands, he will definitely defeat Zhang Xianzhong and the Fifth Battalion of the Left, even if they are now expanded.

However, they were afraid that they would defeat these thieves, and as soon as the main army left, they would rekindle. At that time, the army would not only run back and forth, but also consume money and food, and the situation would be even more unfavorable.

It is almost impossible to encircle and annihilate the thieves and prevent the leader from escaping. As long as there is still soil for the thieves to survive, the possibility of the thieves making a comeback is very high.

The same is true for the war in Huguang, we must seize the heart first and win the hearts of the people first. Only in this way can we get it once and for all, and it will be the fastest strategy to suppress the thieves.

And this takes time.

However, Zhang Mingwei certainly would not let the war be delayed for too long. It has already entered October, and the cold winter is coming, and the war will become more and more difficult at that time.

Fortunately, long ago, when he was still in Kaifeng, he had already begun to deploy the task of destroying the southern bandits, that is, to send people who originally belonged to Luo Rucai in advance to go south and surrender to the bandits to lurk.

Before, he did not explicitly ask them to incite and disintegrate the internal thieves. Because without strong external pressure, if there is such a sign, it is likely to be quickly suppressed by Zhang Xianzhong and others after discovering it.

Therefore, in the past, these internal respondents lurking into the thief team were at most as normal. Others came to ask what the north side and what the battle in Kaifeng was like. They just answered the truth and did not say much.

But now, in Huangzhou Prefecture, the two armies are confronting each other and are launching a public opinion war, so it is necessary to activate these internal responses.

At the same time, Zhang Mingwei also learned during the confrontation between Ye Busus and the opposing sergeant that the subordinates of Li Dingguo's troops were probably from what origins they were. Later, in response to this situation, he also adjusted the deployment of the public opinion war.

On that day, across the Ba River, soldiers on both sides were shouting to the opposite side. Suddenly, the bandits suddenly discovered that something was happening on the other side of the river.

"What's going on? Those people are not officials in the court, how could they be there?"

"Yes, old, young, and women, what are they doing on the battlefield?"

"Why would the imperial army want to learn from us and let those people take the lead, and then the elite of the imperial court hide behind and attack, right?"

“…”

For a moment, the thief was a little confused because he found that there were many elderly, weak, women and children coming to the other side.

This situation immediately attracted more thieves to watch. There were many more thieves to the west of the Ba River, and there were thieves coming after hearing the news.

After dealing with the imperial government troops on the other side these days, the bandits already knew that the imperial government troops on the opposite side should have good military discipline, and they were not as harmful to the people as Zuo Liangyu's troops back then.

But suddenly, there were so many elderly, weak, women and children in front of the opposite army, which made them unable to understand and they all looked at the situation.

Just as the bandits gathered more and more, even when the head general Li Dingguo came to see the situation after hearing the sound, the old, weak, women and children on the other side suddenly shouted with a loudspeaker.

"Is Sanwozi here? I am your father. Today I have a good life. Stop being a thief!"

"Gouzi's father, the government has built a house for our family and has land. Come back soon!"

“…”

After one shouted, the other person continued to shout, all of which were similar words, persuading possible relatives among the thieves on the other side of the river to have a better life at home and not rebel again.

No one knows whether there are three widows or dogs’ fathers. However, the people who shouted on the other side were from Huguang and Luzhou Prefecture.

Among the bandits today, because they have expanded rapidly after occupying Huguang, the most are Huguang. Originally, bandits stayed in Luzhou Prefecture for a long time, so there are also many people in Luzhou Prefecture.

When they heard the persuasion with the local accent, they were a little stunned.

Moreover, there is a probability problem when so many people shout, and maybe there are really people who are called.

Just when someone from the thief said to his companion in surprise, "Sanwazi, that's really your father, right?"

The young thief named Sanwazi stared at the opposite side carefully, and nodded and said, "It's my father, yes, it's my father!"

After answering, he became a little confused and helpless, and asked his companion for his goodbye, "What should I do? My father is here to find me!"

The Chinese people value family affection the most since ancient times, even in later generations!

Before, the family could not survive, and the thief would follow him. But at this time, if the family had a better life, it would be a life that could be dead at any time, and how many people would be happy!

Some people like Sanwazi who happened to have relatives on the other side of the thief had some of them on the side of the thief, and then immediately started talking about it with the point and soon.

"My father said this, it seems that life is really good!"

"It's possible. I didn't hear that the court organized something, and helped to repair the house and water conservancy. It seems that this matter is true!"

"That's not necessarily the case, it is possible to lie. Those who shout may be threatened by the government army. If they don't shout as they say, they will beat them or kill them. Do you think they will shout?"

"But, look at it, it doesn't seem like a threat!"

"If you want to see this, it will be of no use. You will definitely not be able to see that there is a threat!"

“…”

When these people were talking, Li Dingguo was worried.

With his status among the thieves, he certainly knew that these things were true. The Duke Xingguo opposite was really good to the people. Not to mention anything else, the one who only benefited the most from the salt administration reform was the people who had no money.

In private, he also listened to the skits that the scepter saw from the imperial government army controlled by the government, all kinds of things.

Li Dingguo knew very well that facts are facts, and even if they were denied, they were still facts. Sooner or later, their subordinates would be sure that it was true.

In this way, although the military advisor said that his adoptive father could stabilize the morale of the army, he understood that under such a powerful people-oriented offensive by the court, the counterattack of becoming king and dominance was actually very limited.

In the final analysis, most of the people in the army at this time still thought they were thieves.

With such concern, Li Dingguo did not dare to neglect and quickly ordered that except for those who designated to call the other side, all the others would return to the camp and not be deceived by the imperial army.

However, what happened to his subordinates when they went back? What they had heard was that they had heard. At this time, the internal responders lurking in his army had already seen the signals from the opposite side, and began to become active and actively discuss this matter.

A few days later, the situation that Li Dingguo was most reluctant to see happened: deserters occurred in the army!

What the imperial army on the opposite side was that they actually asked the escaped people to pick up the microphone and shout here, so that more people could go home soon!

In this way, Li Dingguo was under great pressure.

You say fight, but at the moment, he is not sure to defeat this imperial army.

You said you wouldn't fight. Such a fierce battle on the other side made the people in his army panic. Sooner or later, something big happened!

what to do?
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