It is not easy for Wang Yan to get the Zhejiang Party and the pro-Tang faction to abandon the Tang and Lu kings, which requires all factions to gradually accept the current rules of the Ming court and acquiesce in the political ecology created by Wang Yan.

During this period, Tang and Lu had to be wary of his strategy of boiling frogs in warm water to prevent the two of them from jumping out in a hurry and breaking with him.

This night, Wang Yan and Wang Fuzhi really talked to each other, and then went to participate in the deliberations together early in the morning.

Wang Fuzhi arrived in the council hall, and Wang Yan still sat in the inner hall, and after a while, the two kings of Tang and Lu also arrived.

The three of them sat down, and the guards outside reported, "Qi Yu three highnesses, Qu Shilang has urgent matters to see!" ”

Wang Yan was slightly stunned, he was about to enter the meeting hall to discuss matters, Qu Congzhi came over at this time, there would be something urgent, he hurriedly ordered: "Let him come in!" ”

After a while, Qu walked straight into the inner hall with the wind, bowed and saluted. "Humble to meet the three highnesses."

"What's so flustered?"

Wang Yan frowned when he saw that he looked a little anxious.

"It's a gaffe." Qu Congzhi woke up and bowed again.

Wang Yan waved his hand and straightened up, "What's the matter, you can't wait until the end of the pre-meeting hall to end, you can say it." ”

The two princes of Tang and Lu also looked at Qu Congzhi, the latter groaned for a while, and then saluted: "Three highnesses, the battle report from Sichuan has returned." ”

It has been two months since the war started in Sichuan, and some time ago, Yuan Zongdi and Wang Yingxiong sent people back to send back the news, saying that they were fighting fiercely with Haoge in Hezhou, and the two sides were in a state of balance and see-saw.

Although the situation in Sichuan was not as urgent as it was before for the entire Ming Dynasty, and the attention of the Ming Dynasty mainly returned to Nanyang and Lianghuai, this did not mean that the Ming Dynasty did not care about the situation in Sichuan.

Qu Congzhi was in such a hurry to play the report, obviously it couldn't be good news, after Wang Yan heard it, his voice sank, "What does the war report say?" ”

Everyone held their breath for a moment, and a bad premonition came to their minds.

At this time, Qu Congzhi reported to Wang Yan, and then worried: "In September, the news that Haoge tore up the peace conference was transmitted to Sichuan by secret agents, and Yuan Duzhen strengthened the defense of Hezhou, and in October, Haoge really attacked Hezhou, and the two sides fought under the city for a period of time, Haoge did not make the slightest progress, and this situation lasted until November, when Yuan Duzhen thought that Haoge was about to retreat, he didn't want Wu Sangui to actually cross the mountains in eastern Sichuan, and attacked Wanxian, and then outflanked Hezhou and occupied Fotu Pass, Yuan Duzhen was surrounded in Hezhou, and the king of Sichuan, the king of Yingxiong, sent troops to support, and was ambushed by Wu Sangui, and the army was defeated and killed, and the situation in Sichuan immediately eroded. ”

Qu Congzhi's voice went from big to small, if it weren't for Wang Yan and the others listening with bated breath, they really couldn't hear what he said.

From Qu Congzhi's words, the outline of the entire Sichuan campaign was outlined, Haoge deliberately attracted the attention of the Ming army in Hezhou, led the Ming army to Hezhou, and then took advantage of Wu Sangui's partial division to unexpectedly climb over the mountain, outflank Yuan Zongdi's back road, and defeated the Sichuan governor Wang Yingxiong, who went to support.

Yuan Zongdi was trapped in Hezhou, and the governor Wang Yingxiong was defeated and killed himself, and only the governor Fan Yixuan was left in charge of the situation in Sichuan, and Sichuan was not in danger.

This situation made everyone look at each other, and no one expected that the Sichuan defense, which they had great hopes for, would collapse so quickly.

The governor was killed, and Yuan Zongdi, who was the commander of the military, was trapped, which would inevitably bring a sharp shock to Sichuan.

"Where is Wang Deren?" After hearing this, King Tang couldn't help but interject and said urgently.

After the Ming Dynasty judged that Haoge might break the treaty based on the news from all parties and the report of the envoy Jinbao who was detained in Jin, Wang Yan transferred Wang Deren from Jiangxi to Hunan and enter Sichuan through Guizhou.

Wang Deren is a general of the Tang Dynasty, second only to Jin Shenghuan and Zheng Chenggong, and after the Tang King heard Qu Congzhi's narration, he immediately became worried.

"Back to His Royal Highness the King of Tang, the military report is General Wang, who sent someone to send it."

Since the military report can still be sent back, it means that Wang Deren's troops did not fall into the war and suffered a fiasco, Tang Wang breathed a sigh of relief, but immediately because of the crisis in Sichuan, he raised his heart.

While they were talking, Wang Yan had already read the military report, and he was immediately shocked in his heart.

Wang Yan was full of confidence in Sichuan's defense, but he did not expect that Wu Sangui would fight from the mountains in eastern Sichuan and catch the Sichuan defenders by surprise.

Speaking of which, Wu Sangui would go to the mountains of eastern Sichuan, or because of his reasons, if it weren't for the battle of Wanxian, Wang Yan forced Wu Sangui into a corner, drilled into the vast mountains, and let him walk the mountains of eastern Sichuan, Wu Sangui would never dare to climb over the mountains to attack Wanxian this time.

"Since it's news from Wang Deren, how is he doing now? Can the war in Sichuan be reversed? ”

Wang Deren had nothing to do, which made Tang Wang breathe a sigh of relief, but what to do about the problem in Sichuan, Tang Wang immediately hurriedly asked.

Without waiting for Qu Congzhi to reply, Wang Yan, who had finished reading the battle report, said: "After Wang Deren arrived in Chongqing, he marched to Fotu Pass, but the two reinforcements organized were beaten back by Wu Sangui. At present, because Yuan Zongdi was besieged, Wang Yingxiong was defeated and killed himself, and the morale of the army in Sichuan was already very depressed. ”

King Lu listened, for the situation in Sichuan, no longer optimistic, "Although the war in Yangzhou has been understood, a few days ago Jiangbei sent back the news, Hefei Qing army has withdrawn from Fengyang to Huaibei, our dynasty is safe on the Huai River line, can be transferred to rescue Sichuan, but the road into Sichuan is difficult, now to mobilize people, is it still too late?" ”

This is one of the problems that Wang Yan is worried about, although the Ming Dynasty has built some roads in Guizhou, and it is much easier for the Ming army to enter and exit, but now it is necessary to transfer troops, I am afraid it is still a little slower.

However, compared to this, Wang Yan was more worried about another matter, he was afraid that Sun Kewang would come back to the ground at this time.

The Ming army in Guizhou and Guangxi, in the past six months with Sun Kewang in Yunnan, friction has been constant, Sun Kewang's western army repeatedly jumped across the provincial border, testing the defense of the Ming army, but Sun Kewang was afraid of the strength of the Ming Dynasty, and never dared to make a big move, if he knew that the Ming army was not good at fighting in Sichuan, he might take the opportunity to invade the southwest.

Wang Yan thought of this, and he couldn't do it anymore, "Go, inform the officials in the council hall that today's deliberations will be suspended for a day, and then send someone to inform the cabinet and military officials to come here to discuss the matter!" ”

King Tang and King Lu listened to it, and they didn't object, if such a big thing happened, it really had to be dealt with first, and neither of them objected, Qu Congzhi hurriedly bowed down and withdrew, and went to inform.