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It is said that when Zhang Shun heard Hong Chengchou's analysis that Shaanxi only had 60,000 elites, he couldn't help but be ecstatic.

No wonder Zhang Shun is so confident. Although the rebel army cannot provide 100,000 troops, he still has 20 battalions of cavalry and infantry officers under him, totaling 60,000.

Although the quality of the rebel troops may not be as good as the elites of the three sides, at least Zhang Shun has enough food and troops, and no one under his command dares to take large amounts of free money.

Calculated in this way, it is enough to offset it.

Although Zhang Shun is now unable to mobilize other troops to enter Shaanxi together, the officers and soldiers also need to devote a lot of energy to defending and garrisoning in Guihua City.

Since then, both parties have returned to the equilibrium point of the game. If the rebels want to open up the situation, they must defeat or even annihilate Zuo Guangxian with almost the same number of troops before they can gain the upper hand.

Zhang Shun now has six battalions of Cao Wenzhao, Chen Changzhen, Bai Guangen, He Renlong, Li Mou and Wang Shaoyu, as well as 2,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry officers led by He Jin.

However, Shanxi Governor Wu Gang sent soldiers to station at Fenglingdu, always threatening the rebel army's retreat.

Zhang Shun had to leave behind two battalions of Cao Wenzhao and Wang Shaoyu to garrison Tongguan to guard against raids by officers and soldiers. In this way, the rebel army could send out only 14,000 horse infantry.

Compared with the more than 10,000 people under the command of the veteran general Zuo Guangxian, there is no overwhelming advantage.

what to do? The rebel generals, Hong Chengchou and others looked at Zhang Shun, waiting for his decision.

"Hit!" Zhang Shun waved his hand and said confidently.

"How is King Shun going to fight?" As an excellent general, Hong Chengchou thought about it and felt that Zhang Shun should be very difficult.

Now the rebels attack officers and soldiers through the narrow "Hangu Passage", and the defending side can defend in three ways.

First, defend the valley entrance. Historically, after Li Zi successfully retreated from Tongguan, he once relied on the natural dangers of Tongguan to launch an active attack on the Qing army, but unfortunately he failed.

Its advantage is that with the help of narrow terrain, it can reduce the area where the defending side is attacked, so that even if the attacking side has a strength advantage, it cannot fully utilize it.

The second is the defensive channel. Most of the great passes in history were like this. They were set up in dangerous terrains like "A Line of Sky". Both sides could only rely on a small number of elites to fight head-on here without any falsehood.

Chen Changzhen and Li Mou broke through Jindou Pass and Tongguan before, and this was the case. Fortunately, the rebels succeeded unexpectedly and captured the forbidden ditch, and then they took down such a golden city soup pool.

The third is to defend the exit of the canyon. At first glance, this method is just the reverse of the first method, as if it is to hand over a dangerous place to others.

In fact, this is not the case. In the art of military use, there is a host and a guest, and the shape has virtual reality. The wonder of using it lies in one mind!

During the Three Kingdoms period in the past, Liu Bei, the first lord of the Shu Han Dynasty, left Yizhou and went down the Wu Gorge to attack Wu.

Liu Bei's men were veterans of many battles. Although Wu was in danger, he could not defend it.

Lu Xun, the governor of Soochow, set up his camp at Yiling, the exit of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, so that Liu Bei had tens of thousands of troops and could not leave.

As a result, the Wu army held on to the barrier and the Shu army challenged several times to no avail. The Wu army took advantage of its exhaustion and made a surprise attack by waterway, burning the camp for 700 miles. At this point, the Shu Han was locked in Yizhou and could not leave.

How similar is the situation faced by the rebels today to the predicament of Liu Bei, the first leader of the Shu Han Dynasty?

When Hong Chengchou saw the situation of the rebels, he didn't want to praise him: What a great Shaanxi commander-in-chief Zuo Guangxian!

If Hong Chengchou were to lead these many troops, he would probably have no other choice but to rely on his excellent commanding skills to gradually chip away at the advantage of Zuo Guangxian, the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi Province!

Now it is King Shun's turn to take command. What methods will he use?

In fact, when it comes to sorting out the current situation in Shaanxi, Zhang Shun has more methods.

For example, Huang Long, who had already sneaked into northern Sichuan and southern Shaanxi, was ordered to gather the "Thirteen Shaking Huang Families" and cooperate with Xiao Qinhu's main force occupying Nanyang to enter the pass from Wuguan to attack Zuo Guangxian and Gan Xuakuo.

Another example is ordering "River God" Huang Shoucai to lead the navy westward. Then the rebel army crossed the Wei River with the help of the navy. In turn, with the help of the Wei River barrier, they marched from the other side of the river to Xi'an, Shaanxi Province.

Once Zuo Guang loses control and goes out of the city to pursue, he can take the opportunity to ambush and fight at night to defeat the beast in one fell swoop.

It's just that these methods take time and cannot be effective in ten days and a half.

Now Zhang Shun not only competes with the Ming Dynasty for the world, but also competes with the Hou Jin Dynasty for the world!

As the saying goes, "Opportunities cannot be missed, and they will never come back."

The situation in Shaanxi is conducive to the advancement of the rebel army. If we waste time and delay the chance of victory, we may regret it if there is another unexpected change.

Thinking of this, Zhang Shun couldn't help but smile and said: "When we meet on a narrow road, the brave one wins!"

"Zuo Guangxiangu, the general of Shaanxi Province, is a veteran general. However, he was defeated by Luoyang City and Tongguan Tianzhi."

"The Art of War goes like this: One surge of energy will weaken again, and three times it will be exhausted! The officers and soldiers will be defeated again and again, and their energy will be exhausted early! How can you compete with me with any virtue?"

"I want to beat the drum and advance forward, defeat the enemy head-on, and defeat it in one fell swoop at the foot of Huayin City, is that okay?"

Are you crazy? Chief of Staff Hong Chengchou glanced at Zhang Shun and was speechless.

Since ancient times, troops have been used to avoid the real and attack the weak. "Sun Tzu's Art of War: Military Struggle Chapter" says: Don't attack a dignified formation without a banner that invites righteousness. This is how to control change. Is there any reason to throw away the lives of soldiers for nothing?

Since Hong Chengchou had nothing to say, Chen Changzhen, Li Mou, He Renlong and Bai Guangen could not offer any useful opinions. Some people even clapped their hands and praised Zhang Shun for his skill in using troops.

"What's so good about it?" Zhang Shun heard this and looked at the generals with a smile.

"Uh." The generals looked at each other speechlessly, thinking: We are just being polite, why should King Shun take it seriously?

"You, you, you, you!" Zhang Shun tapped one by one with his fingers, and finally tapped Hong Chengchou heavily, and then smiled, "Knowing it is knowing it, and not knowing it is not knowing."

"If you agree with me, tell me why! If you don't understand, just ask one, two, three! If you oppose me, tell me why you are here!"

"I have always been tolerant, and I will not blame you and others. Why do you need to do such things as flattery and flattery?"

Hong Chengchou couldn't help but blush when he heard this, and then he reacted and asked quickly: "Does King Shun want to overwhelm Shaanxi?"

"Mr. Hong knows my heart well!" Zhang Shun smiled and nodded, then looked at the other generals.

"Bluffing?" After being reminded by Hong Chengchou, Chen Changzhen couldn't help but suddenly realized something.

"That's right!" Zhang Shun said with a smile: "The art of war is inherently about virtuality and reality. Of course, there are ways to avoid reality and attack virtuality. Naturally, there are also ways to bluff, to show that you can't do it when you can, and to show that you are not using it when you use it."

"The officers and soldiers in Shaanxi are already short of manpower, and Hou Jinhu is watching them. If we can't scare them when they don't know my reality, I will be treated as a soft persimmon!"

"But, but, we have to win the battle." Chen Changzhen said weakly after hearing this.

"How can we not win? Wait until tomorrow, set up my flag, carry my golden drum, wait until I defeat this beast, and then explain the reason!" Zhang Shunxin said.