In the Forbidden City of Nanjing, Zhu Youlang seems to be worried.

Just now, King Li Dingguo of Jin sent a good news that the entire Guangxi area had been recovered.

This is definitely good news. But at the same time, there is also bad news, that is, Wu Sangui conquered Guizhou.

After stealing the chicken and taking Yunnan, Wu Sangui has been accumulating strength.

The long-term accumulation did not make him lose his ambition, but instead made him more eager to attack the city and capture the village.

The reason I chose Guizhou was probably because the Qing army in Guizhou was the weakest, and Wu Sangui was sure to win.

If Zhu Youlang remembers correctly, the garrison in Guizhou is Zhao Liangdong.

This person can be said to be Hong Chengchou's close disciple.

Of course he has strength, but Wu Sangui doesn't take him seriously at all.

Facts have proved that Wu Sangui does have the strength and confidence.

Even in the third round, Wu Sangui is the absolute leader.

In history, Wu Sangui is the strongest, even if he tied the Geng family and monks' families together, he was not as thick as Wu Sangui's thighs.

The natural ambition brought by strong strength.

In history, Wu Sangui made money under the banner of anti-Qing and restoring Ming Dynasty, and once fought to Huguang, and even saw hope of seizing the world.

But maybe because his reputation is too bad, basically neutrals don't support him.

Therefore, after the three tricks at the beginning, Wu Sangui gradually fell into weakness.

In addition, he was old and eventually died of illness in the army, and his army collapsed.

Of course, Wu Sangui is in an absolute golden period not only in his age but also in his military strength.

The only difference is that the current Ming Dynasty is far stronger than the original Ming Dynasty in history. The Qing Dynasty already showed signs of declining.

After Wu Sangui took over Guizhou, he also owned two provinces, and was the strongest force besides the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

This caused Zhu Youlang to be alert.

At first, Zhu Youlang just wanted to recover Guangdong and Guangxi, and then Fujian went on a northern expedition. Because Wu Sangui only controlled Yunnan on the southwestern border.

Even if he wants to attack Sichuan, the Ming Dynasty in Guizhou will have enough buffering and reaction time.

But now it's completely different.

After taking Guizhou, Wu Sangui was able to not only directly threaten Guangxi, but also directly threaten Huguang.

Huguang is the core area of ​​the Ming Dynasty!

Youdao is that Huguang is well-versed in the world, and this is an important grain-producing area.

Since Dasuhu transformed into silk weaving and transformed into large quantities of mulberry trees, Huguang's status has been irreplaceable.

If Huguang loses money, it will not be a problem for a province. It is very likely that hundreds of thousands of troops will face the embarrassing situation of having no food to eat!

This forced Zhu Youlang to reexamine his decision.

There is naturally no problem with the general direction of the Northern Expedition, but isn’t it necessary to solve the hidden danger of Wu Sangui before this?

Judging from Wu Sangui's current ambitions and his actions of rebelling in history, this person is definitely not a good person.

As long as he has the chance, he will definitely jump out and take a bite.

But for Zhu Youlang, this is definitely a difficult judgment.

Because from the perspective of cost-effectiveness alone, the southwest is extremely difficult to capture and consume a lot of manpower and material resources. If you capture the southwest, it will probably be difficult to capture for a while. This will indirectly affect the Northern Expedition.

After all, the soldiers are not iron men and it is impossible for them to fight continuously.

It is very likely that after taking Wu Sangui, he would have to rest for a few more months, and the Northern Expedition would have to continue pushing back.

For this reason, it is no problem to push the time of the Northern Expedition backwards.

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Chapter completed!