"What, you said the white pole soldiers have retired?" Sha Dingzhou stood up in surprise and asked loudly as he stared at the scout.

For more than a year, for two years, the white pole soldiers of the imperial court ran to Yunnan to be accomplices, and many times used the terrain to set traps to deal with this foreign army from afar, but this white pole soldier was not greedy for merit at all, so he fought steadily, preferring no merit to make mistakes, which made Sha Dingzhou very passive.

He admitted that in the head-on battle, although he had merged the army brought by his wife, he could not win the white pole army, but the strong dragon pressed the head snake in the south, and if he didn't work head-on, he used other strategies, and the results were all ineffective, and he was finally confined to the deep mountains and old forests in the area of Shamizhou.

For this reason, he did not hesitate to use all means to contact Annan for foreign aid. However, the north and south sides of Annan are fighting to the death, and there are very few people who can help him.

So, he went to spread rumors again, saying that the imperial court was determined to realize the transformation of the land and return to the stream, and there would be no more Tusi system, and if other Tusi were bewitched and let them rebel with them, the pressure would be reduced a lot.

The matter of changing the land and returning to the stream is a forbidden topic in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and other provinces with many toasts. Generally speaking, if there is such a rumor, the government will inevitably come forward to refute the rumor. Otherwise, if it causes panic among many Tusi, the southwest will definitely be in chaos, which is definitely something that the imperial court cannot bear.

However, in the past two years, the government has not refuted the rumors, which makes Sha Dingzhou overjoyed. He thought that it must be the faint monarch and traitorous ministers of the imperial court who were already confused by the rebellion of Liaodong Jian, and they couldn't take care of the southwest at all. Otherwise, there is no other reason for the imperial court not to even refute the rumors.

It's impossible, the imperial court just wants to clearly tell the Southwest Tusi that it is indeed going to change the land and return to the stream, right?

Because of this matter, the toasts in the southwest, especially the toasts in Yunnan, are all ready to move, and there are more than five toasts that have close contacts with Shadingzhou. However, these Tusi are also treacherous, and they refuse to rebel immediately, but they are all watching from the sidelines, watching the white pole army sent by the imperial court and Sha Dingzhou's side to divide the victory and defeat, at least one big battle, if they can win the white pole army, even if it is a heavy blow to the white pole army, then they will raise troops.

In this regard, Sha Dingzhou and Pu's famous wife, that is, his current wife Wan Cailian, heard it, and it was a scolding, but there was nothing to be done.

What worries him the most is that there are constant rumors that the current emperor is leading troops to conquer the world and fight a big victory from time to time. It seems that the thieves have been pacified, the Mongol tribes have been subdued, and even the Liaodong Jianyu has no power to fight back.

For these rumors, at the beginning, Sha Dingzhou and Wan Cailian didn't believe it at all. If the emperor really has such a ability, what did he do earlier?

It's been ten years since he ascended the throne, and even the imperial tomb in Fengyang has been dug up by thieves, and the edict has been issued twice, just like this, he really has such a great ability to lead troops to fight, will he let these things happen?

Although they thought so in their hearts, Sha Dingzhou and Wan Cailian still had no bottom in their hearts. Because, many rumors have noses and eyes. However, in the past few years, they found that the imperial court had no other movement at all except for sending the white pole army in the southwest, which made the two of them feel a lot more relieved: the emperor can fight now, it is definitely a rumor!

It was against this background that he suddenly heard that the White Pole Army had withdrawn, which made Sha Dingzhou overjoyed. Because on the matter of withdrawing troops from the White Pole Army, he can get conclusions about many things!

If the north is really going to be settled, it is absolutely impossible for the White Pole Army to withdraw, but it will send more troops to quell the turmoil in the southwest. After all, rebellion is something that no emperor can tolerate!

Now, the withdrawal of the White Pole Army can only prove that either the imperial court has no money to continue to let the White Pole Army fight here, or it is going to send the White Pole Army to reinforce the northern war. Anyway, for this southwest, it is an absolute good thing!

After the other toasts knew the news, they would definitely have no more perfunctory excuses, and when the time came, the toasts from all over the country would respond together, and the pressure on their side would be greatly reduced, and even if they were fishing in troubled waters, they might be able to get greater benefits.

"Back to my lord, the White Pole Army has indeed withdrawn to Kunming, and they have already left the grain fields." The scout was happy to answer.

Sha Dingzhou listened, and when he was about to ask again, Wan Cailian on the side asked a little suspiciously after being happy: "Do you know what reason made the white pole army withdraw?" ”

Obviously, she is more cunning than Sha Dingzhou, and she can't believe that the big pie can fall from the sky.

Sha Dingzhou glanced at her disapprehantly, but he was a little scared, so he didn't speak, just looked at the scout.

When the scout heard this, he said with a little hesitation: "I heard the news that the Qing State of Liaodong and the Japanese State have formed an alliance, and the Japanese army has hit Korea again!" ”

"Huh?" When Wan Cailian heard this, she lost her voice and said "ah", this news was something she didn't expect. But when she came to her senses, she was reassured.

I saw her turn her head to look at Sha Dingzhou, and said excitedly: "If this is the case, then the imperial court will be in big trouble, no wonder the white pole army is going to withdraw!" ”

Sha Dingzhou listened, and just when he wanted to speak, he heard the scout speak first: "But...... But ......"

"But what?" Sha Dingzhou glared at him and shouted.

Don't dare to stare at Madame, you slave, you will stare to death if you die, and you are talking in a slurred manner, is it necessary?

"Tell me, if there's any news, tell me!" Wan Cailian was in a good mood, and even gave an encouraging look.

When the scout heard this, he hurriedly lowered his head and said: "There are rumors that the current emperor has already destroyed the Qing Kingdom, even if the Japanese Kingdom comes, it will be fine, and it will definitely be destroyed by the current emperor!" ”

"Hahaha......" Sha Dingzhou couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh when he heard it.

In the past, the Qing army was all in the pass, and it has only been a few years, and you told me that the Qing country was destroyed by the current emperor?

How is it possible to lead troops to fight for so many years, if you want to suddenly become powerful and win against those powerful enemies! I know this very well. The news of the destruction of the Qing Kingdom is really the best joke I have ever heard in my life.

Seeing Sha Dingzhou laughing, Wan Cailian actually laughed rarely, and for a while, although she was an old woman, she was also smiling charmingly, so frightened that the scout who had just raised his head hurriedly lowered his head.

After laughing for a while, Wan Cailian closed up and said, "If the imperial court has won the battle, it is possible. But to say that the imperial court destroyed the Qing Kingdom, this is absolutely impossible! As for the kind of virtue of the court officials who report good news and not bad news, they also like to exaggerate their merits, presumably a few days later, there will be news that the Qing Kingdom has broken the customs......"

"Haha, Madame is right!" Sha Dingzhou laughed and echoed, "The imperial court probably saw that the situation in the southwest was unstable, so it made up so many big victories to intimidate other Tusi, and wanted to stabilize the situation in the southwest!" ”

After laughing for a while, Sha Dingzhou and Wan Cailian unanimously decided to immediately send people to unite with other toasts, and they must unite to do a big vote. At this time, if other toasts push it back, it will really be just perfunctory to them, and if they can't get it, they will be traitors in the toast again, the eagle claws of the court!

Of course, in order to be sure, they also sent scouts to try to inquire about the gathering of imperial troops in the neighboring provinces. If there is, then be cautious as well. If not, it means that the imperial court is in big trouble, and God helps them to turn over the battle! However, it is a bit difficult for people in this era to find out whether there is any news of army build-up in the neighboring provinces, and it will take a lot of time to find out.

In this way, the border land of Yunnan, the transportation is inconvenient, the message transmission is inconvenient, the false and false news, all kinds of situations are mixed, so that the image of Emperor Chongzhen's wisdom and martial arts has not been established here.

Of course, this also has something to do with Emperor Chongzhen's deliberate action. It has always been unfavorable to the suppression of the Shapu Rebellion, and even Annan's side, which was in collusion with the rebel Tusi, only sent officials to condemn it, but did not take actual action. All these behaviors have fueled the Tusi rebellion here.

The White Pole Army, which suppressed Shadingzhou, suddenly withdrew and retreated to Kunming, which became the fuse of the turmoil in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty. All of a sudden, the toasts in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty jumped out one after another, contacting each other, and a larger-scale riot would break out in a short time.

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Compared with the strength of the southwest toast who rolled up his sleeves and was ready to work hard, the Korean Japanese army was trembling for a long time, and did not find that after the Ming army moved south on a large scale, the military spirit gradually stabilized, which also made Matsudaira Nobutsuna and Inoue Masashige breathe a sigh of relief.

As a result, some things that were too late to consider before were put in front of them and must be considered.

On Matsudaira Nobutsuna's side, he changed Tokugawa Iemitsu's original intention without authorization, and instead of operating a territory in the Seoul area, he hurriedly marched to rescue the Qing Kingdom in Liaodong. The most important thing is that this did not succeed, but because the food and grass were cut off, and the rainy season on the Korean Peninsula coincided, the army suffered heavy losses.

This responsibility, even if there is Fan Wencheng, but others are already dead, and those who are alive still need someone to be responsible. As the coach, Nobutsuna Matsudaira will definitely not be able to run.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna also knows that this is the catastrophe of his life, it depends on how he can pass this pass!

In addition, the Japanese naval division was attacked by the Ming naval division at the port of Busan, resulting in the annihilation of the entire army, and it spread to the land army, burning the supplies that had just been sent to Korea. This is another very serious defeat. Inoue Shigemasa can't run away from responsibility, but he Matsudaira Nobutsuna can't be exempted from responsibility.

These two things add up, Matsudaira Nobutsuna and Inoue Shigemasa have become difficult brothers, at least the two of them think so. Now they sat together, and Hauge listened, just to find a way to avoid the disaster or reduce the punishment.

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