After Hanzhong fell into the hands of Zhang Xianzhong, although Gao Yihuan still kept in touch with Li Guo and Gao Yigong, he could only send messengers to and fro, and could not send caravans to deliver supplies, so Zhou Ronghua was idle.

When Gao Yihuan summoned him, he was in a brothel in the city, and his will was already a little depressed, as if he was ready to give up on himself.

The family found him and said that the handsome had summoned him, so Zhou Ronghua hurriedly packed up and hurried over.

At this time, Gao Yihuan was already in the study, and began to ponder Tartar's intentions, judging when Tartar would do it, and the direction of his move.

If the Tartar target is himself, to be honest, Gao Yihuan already has some confidence, after all, there are 200,000 horses and sufficient food, and the Tartar is not so easy to eat him.

Although he took the initiative to attack because he lacked more than enough strength, he was still very confident in defense! If the tartar dared to come, he would have to knock out a tooth.

Gao Yihuan punched the Western Army, stepped on the Southern Ming Dynasty, and the Northern Imperial Tartars, like a hegemon in the Central Plains, not so easy to bully.

If the Tartar wants to destroy him, he must be prepared to be abolished with one arm, or even both arms, and the tall and handsome idea is so hard, it depends on whether Dorgon has this determination.

If the Tartars didn't come to attack him, and the goal was to target the Ming Dynasty, this would have advantages and disadvantages for Gao Yihuan.

On the plus side, if the Tartar doesn't come to fight him, he will have more time to consolidate his territory, build up his army, and build more weapons to strengthen himself.

On the disadvantage, he was afraid that Nanming would be too brittle, so he knelt down as soon as he fought, allowing the Qing army to easily occupy Jiangnan, so that the Qing army completely crushed the Wei Wu army in terms of troops, financial resources, material resources and manpower.

Historically, Duoduo went south from Guide on the fifth day of April in 1645, passed through Sizhou on the 13th, went to Yangzhou on the 17th, broke Yangzhou City on the 25th, entered the north bank of the Yangtze River on the fifth day of the fifth month of May, and entered Nanjing on the 17th.

It took only 42 days for the Qing army to defeat the small court in Nanjing, which made people laugh and cry.

For generations, there has never been such a thing, and it is simply a shame in the midst of shame.

Of course, there are many reasons for this situation, but the main ones are the rebellion of Zuozhen and the east, the traitors in the four towns, and the unfavorable command of Shi Kefa, the governor of Jiangbei.

If he loses so quickly this time, it is estimated that Wei Wujun will not even have a chance to make a move, and Nanjing will still have to kneel.

However, Gao Yihuan believes that the current situation should not repeat a scene in history.

Gao Yihuan pondered, the emperor in Nanjing City is Zhu Cihong not Zhu Youxiang, the hearts of the people in Jiangnan are relatively unified, plus Donglin has lost power, Zuozhen has just been repaired by him, and there is no possibility of rebellion in the east.

In addition, Liu Liangzuo, who had long colluded with the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the four towns, had been opened by him, and the whole family had become corpses.

Without this traitor, there will not be too many loopholes in Jiangbei's defense, and the Jiangbei Ming army will not be caught off guard.

In addition, the current superintendent of Jiangbei is Gao Mingheng, not Shi Kefa, Gao Mingheng has suppressed bandits and resisted the Qing Dynasty for many years, and knows military affairs, which is many times stronger than Shi Kefa, who does not know soldiers.

With these changes, Gao Yihuan felt that the Ming army should be able to fight, at least not like in history, losing Nanjing in a month and a half, and as long as the Ming army can withstand it, then Gao Yihuan's opportunity will come again.

Thinking of this, Gao Yihuan felt that it was not enough to just inform Liu Heizi, but also to inform Nanjing so that the Jiangbei Ming Army could prepare.

Now that I think about it, I can say that most of the changes are due to Gao Yihuan.

This made Gao Yihuan snort coldly, and felt a little unhappy in his heart, "Mother, Xiao Zhu doesn't know how to be grateful at all, Lao Tzu has done so much, how can you be your relative?" This time the Tartars really beat you, see if you don't come to beg Lao Tzu. ”

At this time, Gao Yihuan was thinking about what action he should take if the Qing army attacked Ming, when the soldiers outside reported, "Marshal, Captain Zhou has arrived." ”

Gao Yihuan retracted his thoughts, "Let him in!" ”

Not long after, Zhou Ronghua entered the study and immediately knelt down and bowed, "Humble duty, meet the handsome!" ”

Gao Yihuan smiled when he saw this: "Get up, I have something to do with you!" ”

Zhou Ronghua stood up, he hadn't seen the marshal for a few days, and he couldn't help but be a little excited, "If the marshal has something to do, even if he has something to order, he will go up the sword mountain and go down to the sea of fire, and he will also do it for the marshal." ”

Gao Yihuan waved his hand, "It's not that serious, but this matter, if you do it well for Ben Shuai, Ben Shuai will reward you heavily." ”

Saying that, Gao Yihuan paused and continued: "Xuan Yiwei told Ben Shuai that Dolgon seems to have sent Ning Wan and me to see Zhang Xianzhong, Ben Shuai doesn't know what Dolgon's idea is, but it is definitely not a good thing. Now Ben Shuai wants to send you to see Zhang Xianzhong, no matter what method Ben Shuai uses, as long as you can persuade Zhang Xianzhong to reach an alliance with Ben Shuai, Ben Shuai will remember you a great achievement. ”

Zhou Ronghua listened, but his face became embarrassed, he knew that he had a few catties and a few taels, and he didn't dare to take the order at all.

persuaded Zhang Xianzhong to ally with Wei Wujun, such a big thing, he really didn't know the bottom in his heart.

Gao Yihuan saw that he didn't dare to take it, and smiled: "Today, the Tartar family is strong, Zhang Xianzhong, Ben Shuai, and Zhu Cihong in Nanjing are natural allies. As long as anyone who has watched the Romance of the Three Kingdoms can see this, Ben Shuai believes that Lao Zhang's level is still there. ”

Gao Yihuan looked at him, "Ben Shuai will send a deputy to you, don't worry too much." Zhang Xianzhong must be able to see the situation clearly, but Ben Shuai snatched Xiangyang from his mouth, and attacked Sun Kewang to seize Jingzhou, Lao Zhang must hate me. Although he can see the situation in the world, he will not be able to unite with Ben Shuai in his heart. You go to Zhang Xianzhong this time, as long as Zhang Xianzhong dissipates his anger, this matter will be done. Do you understand? ”

Gao Yihuan felt that Zhang Xianzhong could naturally see the current situation clearly, but Lao Zhang was ruthless to himself, and he had to be angry with Lao Zhang to have a chance to cooperate.

This is to let him please Zhang Xianzhong. If so, Zhou Ronghua has a bottom in his heart.

"I understand the humble position, it is to make Zhang Xianzhong comfortable, so that he will not be angry with the handsome!" Zhou Ronghua said with a flattering smile.

Gao Yihuan nodded, "Yes, it can be understood in this way." How much money to spend and what gifts to prepare, you can figure it out for yourself, and then report it to the commander. When you're ready, let's go in the next few days! ”

Zhou Ronghua nodded, "I know the lowly position, and I will report to the marshal tomorrow." ”

Gao Yihuan bowed slightly, then waved his hand, "You go and prepare!" ”

Zhou Ronghua saluted and retreated, bowed and retreated to the door of the study before turning around and leaving.

After the failure of the last time, Zhou Ronghua thought that he was going to be idle, and he didn't want to have another task now.

This made Zhou Ronghua feel a little moved in his heart, Gao Dashuai still misses the old love, and he immediately made up his mind to do things well and live up to Gao Dashuai's expectations.

Zhou Ronghua left the Marshal's Mansion and did not go home directly, but went to the shops in the city to buy some gifts, and then visited Bai Wenxuan, the deputy general of the Chinese army, and asked some things about the Western Army, and learned about Zhang Xianzhong and the situation of the Western Army from the side.

He talked about the afternoon at Bai Wenxuan's mansion, Bai Wenxuan wanted to keep him for dinner and invited him to drink a glass of wine, but Zhou Ronghua politely refused, so he left Baifu and went back to ponder the matter of the envoy.

On his way back, he happened to pass by a bookstore, and remembered Gao Dashuai's words, so he went in and bought a copy of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

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