The video takes us to ancient times; Li Er transforms into the Tongtian Emperor of Shu Han.

"You've all seen what happened to the sons of Sichuan after they left the province."

"When the Manchus invaded the pass, I had no choice but to lead my brothers out of Sichuan to fight them, but what was the result?"

"Of the 100,000 troops that marched out of Sichuan, only 10,000 or 20,000 were truly capable of fighting; the rest would only be a burden on the battlefield."

How many troops do you plan to take to battle?

"You have all seen the enemy's record. More than 100,000 Qing troops entered the pass, but only a few thousand were left after being besieged and wiped out."

"After Dorgon relied on defeating Li Zicheng several times to rebuild his strength, but the strength he built up, along with the 30,000 elite Qing troops that came to reinforce him, were easily surrounded and wiped out."

"Take a look at the situation outside the pass as well. After you've seen it, I'll talk about the rest."

Zhang Xianzhong laid out the battle reports in front of the group.

Liu Bang did not conceal these battle reports.

While it is said that knowing yourself and your enemy will lead to victory in every battle, one should try to conceal one's strength as much as possible when facing an enemy.

However, in Liu Bang's eyes, or rather in Han Xin's eyes, the remaining people were no longer worthy of being called enemies.

They made no attempt to conceal these astonishing battle reports.

Zhang Xianzhong obtained it with almost no effort.

When Liu Bang entered Guanzhong, he only had a few thousand soldiers. Later, he turned the tables inside Shanhaiguan, captured Wu Sangui with the help of surrendered soldiers, and then led his troops to launch a surprise attack on the Qing army.

Ultimately, within the Great Wall, they annihilated the Qing army with almost no losses.

Only Dorgon was left to lead several thousand Qing troops out of the encirclement.

"From this perspective, the Qing army was indeed brave."

"That Qing prince, with several thousand men, was still able to break through the encirclement and even stirred up such a bloody storm in the Central Plains."

Liu Wenxiu couldn't help but sigh.

In his view, if an ordinary person were faced with such a miraculous encirclement, they would probably just shrug it off and say, "Whatever."

Dorgon was able to lead a small force out of the encirclement and even maintain a certain level of fighting strength to deal with the upcoming battles.

"It's obvious you didn't read carefully, or you're rushing to give your opinion before you've even finished reading."

Li Dingguo said calmly.

He had already seen the movements of the Qing army behind him, as well as Li Zicheng's defeat and Liu Bang's response.

"In my opinion, Dorgon's ability to lead thousands of men out of the encirclement had absolutely nothing to do with bravery."

"From beginning to end, whether it was the Qing army entering the pass, Dorgon's subsequent breakout, or Li Zicheng's repeated defeats and the atrocities committed by the Qing army within the Central Plains..."

"It's likely that this was all orchestrated by this top-tier commander!"

Although he also despised such behavior, which was tantamount to pushing a large number of people into the hands of the Qing army.

Li Zicheng bears the greatest responsibility for the Qing army's frenzy during their entry into the pass.

However, Liu Bang, who allowed this situation to occur and even orchestrated it, also bears a significant share of the responsibility!

"This also shows that the emperor who founded the Han Dynasty may not have been so wise. At least in this battle, countless people lost their lives because of him!"

Liu Wenxiu seized on this point and launched a fierce attack.

Little did anyone know, Li Dingguo still shook his head.

"No, that's not the case."

"While his actions exposed tens of thousands of civilians to the Qing army's swords, it was also this battle that completely eliminated the threat posed by the Manchus."

"Although tens of thousands of civilians perished, the border region enjoyed at least several decades of peace."

"Tens of millions of people were thus no longer threatened by the Tartars breaking through the pass."

"To take a risk and solve decades of troubles, saving tens of millions of people, such courage is beyond the reach of ordinary people."

Moreover, the other party did not evade the infamy, but openly admitted it, and at the same time took out enough money and sincerity to help those people who were suffering because of him.

The dead can never be brought back to life, but they have done their best to make amends.

He couldn't really judge whether this move was right or wrong, but without this decision, it would have been difficult to eradicate the Qing army, and at least the 30,000 cavalry reinforcements would not have been wiped out.

At the same time, the situation in the Central Plains could not be quelled so quickly; the flames of war would continue to burn, and countless more people would die.

Achieve your goals with minimal cost and quell the war in the shortest possible time.

Li Dingguo admitted that if he were in the position of the opposing commander, he would never have been able to come up with such a meticulously planned scheme!

If he absolutely had to say, he could only describe it as miraculous!

Even a military genius like him wouldn't be this good!

"There's another point: if it weren't for the conflict between the enemy generals, we wouldn't have been able to get back to Shu."

"At that time, it was with this battle that the enemy first eliminated Li Zicheng, then the Manchu Tartars, and finally recovered Sichuan."

"Their military strength is no better than ours, or even compared to Li Zicheng or the Manchu Tartars."

"But it was precisely through that incredibly skillful method that they managed to kill three birds with one stone with a force that had no advantage whatsoever."

"If it were you, not asking you to do better, but just asking you to replicate it knowing how he did it, I'm afraid you couldn't do it, right?"

It's not that Li Dingguo looks down on people, but rather that he himself admits he couldn't do the same.

The details that need to be grasped are terrifying.

He completely controls all three forces, and whatever decision any of them makes is entirely under his control.

He was like the sole player on the entire battlefield.

Everyone, friend or foe, becomes his pawn, and all he needs to do is destroy the enemy's pawns at the lowest possible cost.

"Don't even think about it. It's hopeless to be enemies with a commander like that."

"It's not that I look down on you, but if it were me, or anyone else, the result would be the same."

Before Liu Wenxiu could refute him, Li Dingguo said that if he were in Liu Wenxiu's shoes, he would not be able to fight back at all.

"Hongyuan, I believe in your abilities."

"If even you say so, it seems that this battle of heroes is really coming to an end."

"After you've seen these, take a look at this and give me some suggestions."

Should we accept their offer of kindness?

As he spoke, Zhang Xianzhong took out the last letter.

This was not intelligence brought back by spies, but an imperial edict delivered by an envoy dispatched by Liu Bang.

There was no threat, no intention to attack, but simply an expression of his inability to bear seeing the poverty in Sichuan and the people's inability to fill their stomachs.

Furthermore, it indicated that while providing disaster relief in the Central Plains, it would also send envoys with surplus grain to aid Shu.

There were no additional demands, nor was there a single mention of their surrender.

"Is Chun Chun here to deliver food?"

"Is he that stupid?"