Speaking of this, Sun Kewang deliberately paused, and then secretly observed Zhang Xianzhong's reaction.x

As he expected, Zhang Xianzhong was stunned and asked almost subconsciously: "Oh, why do you think so?"

Sun Kewang avoided Zhang Xianzhong's direct look, but couldn't help sighing in his heart, and quickly replied in a low voice: "Your Majesty, I'm sorry to say that among these three countries, my Daxi Kingdom has the smallest territory and the weakest military strength. It's the saying that persimmons have to pick the soft ones, so you can imagine that my Daxi Kingdom will be the target of the Tang army's key attack in the next step. What's more, because of my incompetence, nearly 50,000 troops have been lost in the previous battle in Xuzhou, and the Daxi Kingdom's insufficient troops. As the arch-rival of our Daxi Kingdom, the Tang army is very familiar with these situations. Therefore, I believe that once the Tang army pacified Huguang and wiped out Zuo Liangyu's remnant forces, they will definitely gather troops and focus on attacking our Daxi Kingdom. This is an inevitable trend."

"Marquis Pingdong, I heard that Zuo Menggeng, the son of Zuo Liangyu, led more than 100,000 left army in western Hubei to southwest Hunan and defended with the steep local situation. I am afraid that the Tang army would not be so easy for them to eliminate them." Right Prime Minister Wang Zhaolin interrupted from the side.

Sun Kewang glanced at the right prime minister, who was famous for his incompetence and mediocrity, and replied with a sneer: "Prime Minister Wang, do you know that Zuo Menggeng is a dog of a family now. They went to Jingzhou and other places with poor mountains and rivers to restore it with Xutu. They had no money or food. It was not easy to restore their vitality. It is foreseeable that at least five or six years, they would no longer be able to threaten the Tang army. Therefore, the Tang King Li Xiao did not take this remnant of the small left army seriously at all, and was too lazy to send troops to continue attacking."

Hearing Sun Kewang's reply, Wang Zhaolin was speechless, but Zhang Xianzhong frowned and kept stroking his thick yellow beard with a worried look on his face.

In the entire court, civil and military officials began to whisper again, like a flies gathering together, making a noisy buzzing sound.

Zhang Xianzhong was silent for a long time before he raised his head again, his eyes full of worry and helplessness. He was silent for a long time before he asked Sun Kewang again: "Keep, if the Tang army really comes to attack, then in your opinion, how should I deal with it next?"

After thinking for a while, Sun Kewang replied loudly: "According to the lower level, there should be three strategies to choose from, middle level and lower level. Please ask the emperor to report it."

"Well, then you can talk about it one by one."

"Report to the emperor, this best strategy is to take advantage of the Tang army's temporary invasion of Huguang, and immediately take the lead in capturing the Tang army's guards but their troops are empty, so as to gain the opportunity. Before the Tang army reacted, we will expand the territory in one fell swoop and establish solid defense and guard. In this way, we will take the lead. After the Tang army pacified Huguang, we wanted to enter Sichuan to seize the lost territory. Our army was waiting for work. There are many steep and dangerous places to defend in East and South Sichuan. It is not easy for them to retake it! What's more, our Daxi is now in an alliance with Dashun, so there is no need to worry about the Dashun army taking advantage of the opportunity, so our army has no worries. We can attack the southern Sichuan and east Sichuan with all our might and set the situation in one fell swoop. My son believes that this strategy should be the best strategy."

When Sun Kewang said this, his eyes were burning at Zhang Xianzhong, his face full of expectation. It can be seen that he extremely hoped that Zhang Xianzhong would give a positive answer.

But no, after hearing Sun Kewang's best plan, Zhang Xianzhong still frowned, lowered his head and pondered for a while.

After a long time, Zhang Xianzhong raised his head again and said to Sun Kewang in a depressed manner: "Let's talk about Zhongce again, I want to listen to it again."

The disappointment flashed across Sun Kewang's face. He thought for a while and replied, "Emperor, is the Zhongjing of my son? Before the Tang army attacked our Daxi, our Daxi Kingdom made a quick decision, abandoned Xichuan, and then turned against the Hongguang court, and attacked the Ming Dynasty Yunnan and Guizhou first, and seized Yunnan and Guizhou in the chaos, thinking that it was the foundation of its foothold. If our army could gain a foothold in Yunnan and Guizhou, we could rely on the local steep passes and terrain to block the Tang army's attack with ease. Moreover, we believe that

The Tang army is determined to be the world, and is not at ease with the land of Yunnan and Guizhou for the time being. After taking down Xichuan, which our army abandoned, we should not continue to attack our Daxi. In this way, we will give us enough time to rest. When the Tang army goes north to compete with Dashun and the Tartars Qing Dynasty for the world, our Daxi will definitely defeat the Tang army in one fell swoop and recapture Xichuan. If the progress goes smoothly, it is entirely possible for our army to take down the entire Sichuan area."

Just as Sun Kewang coughed lightly and wanted to continue to say his next words, the right prime minister Yan Ximing, who had not spoken, interjected: "Pingdong Hou, Xichuan is the foundation of our army's country, how can we abandon it easily! If Xichuan is abandoned, our army will not be able to attack Yunnan and Guizhou in the future. Wouldn't it be attacked by the Ming army and the Tang army? This situation is extremely dangerous. How can this make! Pingdong Hou is the adopted son of the emperor and an important official of the country. Now that he is facing the enemy, he is really disappointed to say this."

"Prime Minister Yan, how can you say this? You don't understand the meaning of this marquis..." Sun Kewang hurriedly explained.

"Okay, don't argue anymore! This is what I said." Zhang Xianzhong, who had not spoken above, said in a depressed sentence: "I hope, since you have already told the main strategy, why not tell me and all the ministers the worst strategy, let everyone listen carefully together."

Sun Kewang sighed softly, and then slanted the left prime minister Yan Ximing who was interrupting with panic, and replied in a deep voice: "Report to the emperor, is this the worst strategy to train troops and keep all the efforts to defend the current territory and respond to all changes. At the same time, immediately compile a book for Dashun, so that they can prepare a sufficient mobile force in Hanzhong to enter and aid our country at any time, so as to prevent our army from resisting the attack of the Tang army, and have a reliable support available. Of course, if we act like this, our Dashun must take out enough generous gifts to express our sincerity to Li Zicheng. If necessary, we still need to cede the land to him..."

Sun Kewang hesitated and did not continue to say the words afterwards. He looked at Zhang Xianzhong with a timid look, but Zhang Xianzhong's brows were frowning tighter, and his donkey face was stretched longer.

At this time, the entire court, the ministers who had originally whispered each other became quiet, and the empty hall was silent.

Seeing Zhang Xianzhong pondering, Sun Kewang gritted his teeth and bowed loudly to Zhang Xianzhong, saying, "Your Majesty, I think that among these three strategies, it is better to choose the best strategy. In the current situation, if people do not seek me, I need to seek people. The interests and time constraints in this are urgent, we can no longer wait or hesitate. Instead of responding passively, it is better to take advantage of the current Tang army's empty forces in eastern and southern Sichuan to attack them with all their might, defeating the remaining Tang army in Sichuan, and completely unify Sichuan by our Daxi. After that, our Daxi Army will calmly respond to the Tang army's attack again, which is the best strategy. I hope my father will not hesitate and immediately adopt the words of my sons and take action as the key!"

Zhang Xianzhong had a tense face and did not answer. He just kept stroking his long beard, his face getting worse and worse.

Zhang Xianzhong remained silent on the surface, but his heart was extremely entangled and sad.

Grandma, think about it, I rebelled and went all my life, swept the world into a state of no one in the Ming Dynasty, and never met any rival in my life. However, I didn’t expect that after establishing the Great Western Kingdom and becoming the Great Western Emperor, I met Li Xiao, the most difficult opponent in my life.

Li Xiao first defeated himself under the Iron City in the eighth year of Chongzhen, and captured Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and Feng Shuangli, one fell swoop. Until now, these three people have become the mainstay of Li Xiao's army. How can this fate be said?

The recent battle in Xuzhou is his second battle with the Tang army. The 60,000 elite troops in Daxi were almost wiped out in this battle, and his adopted son Ainengqi was defeated. Only Sun Kewang escaped with his remaining troops by chance. Such a crushing defeat made Yu Jin even more angry and helpless.

Maybe this Li Xiao is his destined nemesis.

Zhang Xianzhong looked around everyone, then looked at Sun Kewang's expectant eyes again, sighed, and said slowly: "Keep, from the perspective of his father, this is your worst strategy, which is quite worthy."

Zhang Xianzhong's words made Sun Kewang feel like he was struck by lightning.

He stood still, his mouth half open, his eyes full of disbelief. The ministers next to him were even more speechless.

What's going on?

Butcher Zhang, who has always been decisive and unscrupulous, actually chose Sun Kewang's worst strategy, and only dared to sit obediently to guard the city, like a turtle, without the courage to attack or transfer the base. What's going on?

For a moment, the whole palace was silent and as quiet as a tomb.

Seeing everyone like this, Zhang Xianzhong knew what they were thinking in his heart. So he looked around everyone and sighed: "Everyone, do you doubt that my old Zhang's approach is inappropriate? Tell you, in my old Zhang's opinion, this so-called inferior strategy is actually the only feasible strategy!"

When the ministers heard this, they all widened their eyes and raised their ears, and wanted to hear what Zhang Xianzhong had to say next. Sun Kewang, who was standing in front, listened with all his attention, looking very devoted.

Zhang Xianzhong smiled coldly and said, "First talk about the best strategy that Ke Hong said. It is to ask our army to immediately attack eastern and southern Sichuan, which the Tang army was stationed in. This strategy seems to have a good advantage, so that our Daxi can take advantage of the current empty Tang army's troops and take advantage of the situation to seize its territory. But in my opinion, if our Daxi really acts like this and attacks the Tang army with all its strength with all its strength, it will be very dangerous and unpredictable. It is really difficult to do so."

"Father, this..." Sun Kewang couldn't help but interrupted quickly, but was stopped by Zhang Xianzhong waved his hand.

"Have you ever thought about it? If our army devoted its troops across the country to attack eastern Sichuan or southern Sichuan with all its might, will it really be as smooth as you said? In my opinion, I'm afraid it may not be." Zhang Xianzhong frowned and said, "In the previous battle of Xuzhou, the second town of the Tang army had not yet entered the aid, and the Ming army of Zeng Ying's troops had not been reorganized yet, but our army fought hard for a long time to attack Xuzhou, but it was not possible to capture it. Now, the troops of Zeng Ying's troops have been adapted into the tenth town of the Tang army, and have basically been redesigned. The combat power has been greatly improved and cannot be spoken of at the same time. Even if our army has more military strength than before, it is difficult to capture suddenly. Even if we try our best to capture southern Sichuan and other places, we may suffer heavy losses and are not worth the loss. Do you think you have considered such consequences?"

When Zhang Xianzhong said this, his face was full of helplessness: "So, even if everything goes well, our army will definitely suffer many obstacles if it wants to take over East Sichuan and South Sichuan, and the losses and expenses will be astonishing. Moreover, even if our army is brave and fearless of death, and if we conquer these places with bloody battles, it will definitely suffer great losses. Morale is severely depressed. How can we deal with the Tang army that entered Sichuan in large numbers? Such an ending is not what I want to see."

When Zhang Xianzhong said this, he sighed again: "Next, let me talk about the Zhongshou. I hope you will say that if I abandon Xichuan, which is the foundation of the country, and go south with all my might, and attack Guizhou, Yunnan, this strategy is really not good. Of course, if we just turn against the Hongguang court and tear down the agreement signed with him, it would be nothing. Old Zhang did not take that agreement seriously at all. Moreover, if our army attacks these places, the Ming army, which is guarding the local area, will have a low morale, poor equipment, and extremely short of food and fodder. Those places may be quickly captured by our army. But have you ever thought that even if our army captures these places, it will have to spend a lot of time and money to build and invest, and our army does not have these two key items now. Then even if we successfully occupy these places, it will be useless and has no great value."

Zhang Xianzhong took a long breath and continued, "The rich and rich land of Xichuan, which is now established, is actually the foundation of our country. How can we abandon it lightly unless we have to! If this rich Xichuan was successfully led by the Tang army without any effort, the Tang army would be like a tiger and cannot be re-controlled. Such an approach is simply the stupidest move to invest in the enemy. And this Yungui area is barren and the people are poor and the wealth is exhausted. Li Xiao, who has more troops and more strength, is disdainful to occupy it. What is the use of our army giving up the rich Xichuan and taking these places? Can we eat just by relying on the steep place? What I am more worried about is that we took these places before our feet, and the Tang army followed us to attack. Our army was not stable in its foothold and the people were not determined. How can we resist its powerful attack and how can we compete with it!"
Chapter completed!