Hearing this, Li Zicheng seemed to feel relieved. He looked at Song Xiance and said confidently: "Indeed, that Duke Xingguo originally had only tens of thousands of troops? If he remembered correctly, he should only be about 30,000, right?"

"Yes, it's about 30,000!" After hearing this, Song Xiance immediately counted his fingers and echoed, "I recruited Xiao Yuanying, defeated Zuo Liangyu's troops, and incorporated some of the troops, so that more than 50,000 troops from Kaifeng were found."

In fact, he did not specifically mention it. In fact, the army of Duke Xingguo who came to Kaifeng had already recruited Yuan Zongdi's troops.

At this time, after he paused, he continued to count his fingers for Li Zicheng and said, "After Kaifeng, he had reorganized about 100,000 troops to go south. According to the Fifth Camp of the Left, the situation on the Eight Great Kings was not good. After the defeat, Mao was probably recruited by him for another 50,000, which was a total of about 150,000 troops."

After putting down his fingers, Song Xiantao frowned slightly and continued to analyze: "According to the past situation of this Duke Xingguo, after defeating the Eight Kings, he will settle down in Huguang, and even Xiangyang Prefecture, Jingzhou Prefecture, Xunyang Prefecture and other places, and will leave considerable troops. After knowing that we are heavily guarding Kuizhou, we will detour Qin and enter Sichuan. It is estimated that we will not arrive in Shu until the middle of next year."

Due to the inconvenience of information communication, many times, the military situation in the distance can only be guessed.

In particular, Li Zicheng's troops had already hidden in Sichuan and had heavy troops to defend Kuizhou. Although they could prevent the imperial army from entering from here, it was also difficult for Li Zicheng's troops to get out.

At this time, seeing Li Zicheng shook his head after hearing this, Song Xiance quickly added: "Of course, this is calculated from the past situation. Duke Xingguo is not an incompetent person. After receiving the urgent report from Shu, he is likely to keep the army in the army to defend the periphery of Kuizhou and prevent our army from breaking into the Central Plains again. Then he led the cavalry to provide rapid reinforcements. But even so, he was at most Qin..."

When Li Zicheng heard this, he no longer wanted to listen, so he shook his hand and interrupted Song Xiance and said, "You can't rely on your hopes for Duke Xingguo. Just estimate it according to his best ability. I guess he should be able to arrive in Hanzhong around the Chinese New Year. This is the limit, and it is impossible to be faster!"

"General is wise!" Song Xiance was snatched by Li Zicheng, so he stopped talking and just nodded and agreed.

Li Zicheng continued to follow his own ideas and said: "The weather has been severely cold in recent years, and the northern part of Shu has been blocked with heavy snow. Shu Road is difficult, so you have to come over on snowy days..."

Speaking of this, he slightly smiled, and then continued: "Even if his troops obeyed his orders, how could so many newly recruited people in his army work for him and risked the passage of Shu on the snowy day! Therefore, I decided that if Duke Xingguo wants to come to Shu, at least he will wait for the beginning of spring next year and the ice and snow melt."

Hearing this, Song Xiance couldn't help but realize that the general had just analyzed the troops of Duke Xingguo's army, not to say how many troops he had, but to see how many troops he had to recruit!

The general's analysis is based on the hearts of the people, or the morale of the troops of the Duke of Xingguo.

Even if a small number of the people who were recruited may work hard to please Duke Xingguo, but the ordinary people who were recruited would not have the reason why they went to Tiger Mountain even though they knew there was a tiger in the mountains!

You should know that the majority of Duke Xingguo’s army was recruited, and the reason why those people were recruited was because they were afraid of death! If Duke Xingguo wanted to force them to cross the Shu Road in snow, he was afraid that they would force them to rebel again!

Seeing Song Xiance's expression, Li Zicheng felt a little more proud, and his voice became a little louder, and he continued: "In this way, from the worst situation, our time is before the spring next year. In the future, every extra day, the reinforcements led by the Xingguo Duke will have an extra chance of entering Shu!"

In fact, his speculation is probably similar to Sun Chuanting and Qin Liangyu. In their opinion, Duke Xingguo’s troops will arrive in Shu, at least for the beginning of spring next year. This is also the reason why Sun Chuanting replied to Chen Shiqi and asked Chengdu to persist until the beginning of spring next year.

"The General is wise!" After hearing this, Song Xiance flattered Li Zicheng and reminded him, "But the General, the New Year is coming the day after tomorrow. The time to leave spring is short, but it is not too much. We should step up!"

"Yes, when facing the old fox Sun Chuanting, you may not have enough time!" Li Zicheng heard that he felt a little better just now, but suddenly disappeared again, and sighed and said.

Now his subordinates are strong and powerful. No matter how afraid of Sun Chuanting was like they were back then, they would never be chased by Sun Chuanting again. However, Sun Chuanting does understand military tactics and can fight wars, which is what Li Zicheng knows most.

Not to mention anything else, just now, if ordinary court officials receive emergency from Chengdu Prefecture one after another, they will never stop moving. However, this old fox is still stopping.

"General, maybe Sun Chuanting saw our intention." Song Xiance suddenly raised his eyebrows and said to Li Zicheng, "It's better to let Kuizhou Prefecture start attacking? As for Shunqing Prefecture, we use bluffing strategy and not attack with all our strength. Let Sun Chuanting feel that we have tried our best and the offensive is only so strong!"

Hearing this, Li Zicheng was happy and continued Song Xiance's words: "In this way, the old fox Sun Chuanting thought he had a complete understanding of the situation in Shu. He forced Chengdu Prefecture to urgently ask for help from him. When he thought he had enough energy, he would definitely send troops to rescue Chengdu Prefecture!"

"That's right!" Song Xiance was also excited and immediately agreed, and then said, "Whether we are very likely to do anything whether we ambush Sun Chuanting's troops halfway or raid the Shu Road checkpoints in Baoning Mansion."

"That's right!" Li Zicheng was obviously a little happy. "As long as there is a brave general who leads the army and launches an offensive with lightning speed, I believe Sun Chuanting will definitely be fooled. As long as he takes down several levels such as Jianmen Pass and blocks the road to entering Shu, big things will be accomplished!"

As soon as he said this, his face suddenly changed again, and he felt like he was so angry that he could not make a strong man. He even hummed.

When Song Xiance saw him, after all, he was familiar with Li Zicheng, he immediately guessed it and asked tentatively: "General, why don't I go and talk to General Li Guo and ask him to admit his mistake to the general. In this way, the general will have more courageous generals. The confidence to take down Baoning Mansion will be even greater!"

When Li Zicheng heard this, he cursed: "That dog guy was determined to eat the weight and just wanted to see my joke. Do you still want him to lead his troops? Believe it or not, he led his troops to the opposite side!"

"Not it?" Song Xiance said a little disbelief after hearing this, "He is the general's nephew after all!"

When Li Zicheng heard this, he ordered Song Xiance to be Li Guo. He stared at him and asked in hatred: "Then let me ask you, when he led his troops to war, if the other side told him that Li Laiheng, that damn Li Laiheng, is now the Liaodong uncle of the court, what do you think he would think?"

After saying that, he seemed to remember something and looked around like a thief.

Li Zicheng blocked the news that Li Laiheng surrendered to the court and was named Liaodong Bo as soon as possible, and this news must not be circulated in the army.

When Song Xiance heard Li Zicheng's words, he was speechless.

Originally, he wanted to take the opportunity to talk to Li Guo and uncover the knot between Li Zicheng and Li Guo. Otherwise, it would be a waste that such a brave general would have been locked up all the time.

But at this time, he was also afraid and gave up his thoughts.

Otherwise, he would have to guarantee Li Guo, but Li Guo led his troops to surrender to the court, and then he would have great trouble.

After discussing for a while, the two decided to adjust their current deployment according to the previously agreed strategy. The military order was passed to the army, requiring them to mobilize Sun Chuanting's troops.

As for the New Year or something, I naturally don’t consider it.

……………………

Li Zicheng's plan is so. As Li Zicheng's ally, Zuo Liangyu's troops actually have their own plans.

After receiving the news that Li Zicheng's subordinates had conquered Yang'an Pass, Zuo Liangyu became anxious because he was still blocked in Meizhou.

Now Li Zicheng has occupied Chongqing, one of the two most important cities in Shu. If he takes Chengdu again, although Li Zicheng promised that Chengdu would give it to him, if Li Zicheng took Chengdu first, even if he would give it to him, the price he would pay would not be less.

At this moment, Zuo Liangyu, at the suggestion of military advisor Hou Xun, convened a military discussion and called on allies, that is, chieftains from all walks of life, to discuss military information.

These chieftains formed an alliance with Zuo Liangyu, but they did not mean that they could just listen to Zuo Liangyu. He would be whatever he said. As long as Zuo Liangyu was dissatisfied with them, they would not be able to defeat Zuo Liangyu.

In name, he was indeed headed by Zuo Liangyu. This is also because he was the general of the court before, and he was very famous, and he was also accompanied by the governor of the court, which made all the chieftains feel that it would be more powerful, at least it would convince them more than other chieftains.

At this time, the toads from all walks of life took their seats, and then they became clay Buddhas one by one.

They were not stupid, so they naturally knew that Zuo Liangyu summoned them to attack Meizhou.

Seeing them like this, Zuo Liangyu felt angry and winked at Hou Xun.

These chieftains, relatively speaking, believed that Hou Xun was talking. Therefore, Zuo Liangyu asked Hou Xun to speak and fool them.
Chapter completed!