Zhao Ming frowned after reading the information from the Military Intelligence Department.

He had concerns before, but considering that there was no precedent for the Central Plains dynasty to run to the Western Regions and retreat to the wilderness, Zhao Ming thought that the Zhou regime would mostly fight him head-on in Guanzhong.

Now that Zhao Ming saw the information, Wu Sangui was about to flee to the Western Regions, which surprised him a little.

Because this does not conform to the ancients' thinking.

In fact, he didn't know whether Wu Sangui and Hong Chengchou had this idea because they were influenced by him.

Zhao Ming expanded overseas and established vassal states overseas. Most of these vassal states lived well, which indirectly changed the concepts of Wu Sangui and Hong Chengchou, thinking that China could not gain a foothold and that it was actually good to dominate the Western Regions.

"Regent?" Du Yinxiu saw that Zhao Ming's face darkened and called out.

Zhao Ming stood up, walked back and forth a few steps, and said in a deep voice: "The Military Information Department has heard an urgent report, Wu Sangui wants to escape to the Western Regions before I attack."

As soon as these words were said, the civil and military officials were stunned for a moment, but then they became happy. Wang Shuang smiled and said, "Regent, if you say so, isn't the land of Guanzhong at your fingertips!"

"If Wu Sangui escapes, Guanzhong's defense is empty, the regent will unify the world and restore the old border, it will be in front of you."

"Haha, Wu Sangui is aware of the situation, and the world is finally coming together!"

Unlike Zhao Ming's anger, the civil and military officials couldn't help but be happy when they heard this news.

Since Wu Sangui was about to escape, he would definitely not fight to defend Guanzhong. It would be much easier for the Ming army to recover Guanzhong.

After so many years of war, the war is finally coming to an end, and everyone is naturally happy.

Zhao Ming, however, had a stern face, exhaled a few breaths of turbid air, and said in a deep voice: "Are you pursuing me just to recover Guanzhong?"

Everyone was slightly stunned. Seeing that Zhao Ming was not happy, Wang Shuang clasped his fists and said, "I would like to ask the Regent for advice, please listen carefully."

Zhao Ming said: "The information from the Military Intelligence Department said that Wu Sangui and Hong Chengchou were mobilizing a large number of supplies, population, craftsmen from Guanzhong and transporting them to the Western Regions. Wu Sangui did not escape alone, he wanted to empty Guanzhong and leave me with poor and tragic Guanzhong."

Everyone reacted and couldn't help but talk. Zhao Ming continued: "What I want is a complete Guanzhong, not only the land, but also the population and wealth of Guanzhong. If Wu Sangui is allowed to escape, I will get nothing but an empty house, and the people, furniture, and property in the house are swept away. What's the point? Moreover, the Western Regions are also the old land of the Han Dynasty, and I will sooner or later take it back. If Wu Sangui swept Guanzhong's property, the population will inevitably hinder me from regaining the Western Regions, and it will even become a major hidden danger to the western border of our Ming Dynasty."

Wang Shuang and others realized that what the Regent wanted was not only to recover Guanzhong, but to ask all the population and property of Guanzhong, which was not enough to satisfy it with just a blank space.

"But Wu Sangui is going to run away, we can't stop him!" Wang Shuang frowned.

The Zhou State still had hundreds of thousands of troops, several provinces. Although it could not defeat the Ming Dynasty, it was still easy to escape.

Moreover, the Ming Dynasty and Zhou State were in opposition to the east and west, and Zhou State had Tongguan as a barrier. If the Ming army attacked, it could only attack from east to west, and could not stop Wu Sangui from retreating west.

Zhao Ming walked to a map. Hundreds of years later, the People's Army failed to stop Chiang Kai-shek from retreating to Taiwan. Now he really has difficulty stopping Wu Sangui from escaping.

Could it be that the only way to launch an attack as soon as possible, attack head-on and enter the Guanzhong road? However, the Ming army is not ready for a full-scale attack yet.

Launching a battle to destroy the country, the early mobilization of military ordnance and food was a very complicated process and took a lot of time. When the Ming army was ready, Wu Sangui might have been transferred.

Zhao Ming stood in front of the map and fell into deep thought for a moment.

At this time, Du Yinxi walked behind Zhao Ming and spoke: "Regent, this time the battle of Hailanpao, Korqin, Chechnya, and Chahar Mongolia have all expressed their surrender to the Ming Dynasty."

Zhao Ming raised his eyebrows and turned around, "What does the gate to the Pavilion Department mean?"

Du Yinxi said in a deep voice: "If the Regent wants to annihilate Wu Sangui's main force in Guanzhong and prevent the Zhou army from fleeing west, then he may be able to mobilize the Ming Dynasty's elite cavalry and convene the Mongolian tribes at the same time, bypass the front Hedong and Luoyang, and encircle the Hexi Corridor."

Zhao Ming's eyes lit up and his eyes were fixed on the map.

Inside the Great Wall, Zhao Ming had to break through the pass and kill the generals all the way before he could attack Guanzhong. Outside the Great Wall, there was a flat horse and could drive straight into it.

The People's Army was unable to stop Chiang Chiang from fleeing Taiwan because the army could not detour the rear of Chiang's army and could not cut off the maritime ties between Taiwan and the mainland.

At present, the Ming army was indeed unable to quickly break through Hedong, Luoyang and Tongguan from the front, but it could detour the grassland and break into the Hexi Corridor.

The main channel connecting Guanzhong and the Western Regions is the Hexi Corridor. If the Ming army could be cut off, Wu Sangui would be trapped in Guanzhong.

Zhao Ming was energetic and immediately called out, "Hurry, come with the detailed map."

Soon, he joined the army and got a map of the northwest.

Zhao Ming launched a greeting everyone to watch. If the Ming army wanted to bypass the front line of the Zhou army, he needed to leave the Great Wall from Hebei, bypass Xuanda, pass through Guihua City, Hetao, turn the way south, break the pass wall and enter Gansu.

Zhao Ming drew his finger on the map, straightened his body and said, "The route is a bit far, but there are no passes along the way. You only need to break through the Zhou army in Naturalization and Hetao to achieve it."

Du Yinxi said: "Wang Taiji was able to bypass Ningyuan, Shanhaiguan and enter Xuanda. After careful planning, we should be able to achieve the plan to cut off Wu Sangui's retreat."

The Han Dynasty expelled the Huns and the Tang Dynasty attacked the Turks. Emperor Chengzu of this dynasty also left the camp five times and went deep into Mongolia. However, for Zhao Ming and his men, they did not have the experience of cavalry raiding from a distance.

Zhao Ming nodded and said in a deep voice: "The cavalry is easy to mobilize and can attack quickly. However, if there are any problems along the way, you have to analyze them clearly and you cannot let the soldiers die."

Du Yinxi said: "It may not be feasible before this strategy. Now Korqin, Chechen, and Chahar Mongolia surrender to the Ming Dynasty, especially the surrender of Chahar Mongolia, so that after the cavalry left the camp, there was no need to worry about the attacks of the Mongols. Then the only obstacles on the route of the army were Hetao and Guihua City."

Zhao Ming nodded and Du Yinxi continued: "But neither of the Zhou troops stationed heavy troops in these two places, most of them were garrison troops. It was not difficult to defeat them. What was difficult was that after the cavalry broke into Hexi, it was difficult to obtain supplies."

Zhao Ming frowned and said, "The Hexi Corridor is barren, and the cavalry raided thousands of miles away, and the food they carried was limited. So I can only hope that I can quickly break through from the front, break into Guanzhong, and meet with them."

Since the Ming Dynasty, the nomadic peoples in the north have not invaded the northwest, and the target of plunder has been transferred to Shanxi and Hebei.

The main reason for this is that the northwest is too barren, and it cannot get anything in. It also has to face unruly people everywhere, with great risks, little returns, and may even lose money, so they move to loot the very wealthy eastern region.

The Ming army cavalry broke into the barren northwest, and it was difficult to supply food on the spot, and the cavalry could not bring much food for rushing. The key to this battle was whether the main force of the Ming army could enter Guanzhong and wipe out Wu Sangui before the cavalry had all their food and retreated.
Chapter completed!