Wu Sangui returned to Hengzhou Mansion and immediately made an order: "Spread my will, order the treasury to prepare 100,000 taels of silver and 200,000 stones of white rice, and send them to Daming." informed Wu Shifan, and said that I was guarding the back road for him, so that he should not worry. ”

Hengzhou Mansion is in the south of Changsha Mansion, Changsha Mansion and Daming are facing each other across Poyang Lake, it can be said that Wu Sangui is under Daming's eyelids, but since he has reached a consensus with Daming, he is not afraid of Daming tearing up the treaty, in his opinion, if Daming really tears up the treaty, the two families are just the end of the fish and the net, as long as the king of Daming is not a fool, he will not make this kind of decision, and he does not look like a fool when negotiating.

After finishing speaking, he remembered something: "Don't make a noise about sending money and food to Daming, don't make the soldiers and soldiers in front of you feel confused." ”

In Xiangyang Mansion, Qin Yue pointed to the topographic map on the table: "Since ancient Huguang marched north, all of them were sent by Xiangyang soldiers to Nanyang Mansion, but now we know according to intelligence that the Manchu Emperor used the deployment method of stacking Arhats' troops to advance layer by layer, if we attack Nanyang Mansion, the troops of Henan Province, Ruzhou, Kaifeng Mansion, and Runing Mansion will be pressed up, and at this time, Huaiqing Mansion and Weihui Mansion in northern Henan Province will be pressed. Zhangde Mansion will press its troops to Henan Mansion, Ruzhou and other four state capitals, and we still have to deal with a steady stream of troops. ”

Cheng Xiaolian nodded: "I know all of this you said, what method do you plan." ”

"Lao Chen plans to divide his troops into two routes, one is to attack Xinye from Xiangyang Mansion to attract the attention of the four prefectures, and the other way is to point directly at Xinyang Prefecture in Runing Mansion from Yingshan, so that their strength will be reduced by half, and they won't know where our main force is, and we will have more opportunities."

Cheng Xiaolian laughed: "Since Tuhai was recalled to Beijing, no one has come to attack Tongguan, but Shanxi has made layers of defense, I suggest that since we have fought, we should bloom more, one is to sweep the Northern Army to attack Henan Mansion in Luonan in Shaanxi, one route is to send troops to Nanyang Mansion in Xiangyang Mansion, and the other way is to attack Ruzhou Mansion by the Shanhe Army in Yingshan." ”

He didn't overturn Qin Yue's suggestion, because Qin Yue must have been studying these things, and he was thinking about more things, so he simply added one.

Qin Yue thought about it for a while and then said, "The old minister thinks that this is not beautiful. ”

"Huh?"

"Our two-way attack is already the limit, if it is a three-way attack, can we supply the army of food and grass for the time being, the Manchus must think that we are going to fight them to the death, and they will definitely mobilize the main force of the army to fight, and when Wu Sangui gets cheap, the pressure of the Manchu Qing will be on us."

"Won't the two-way attack on Henan be overwhelmed by the Manchu army?"

"Lao Chen thinks that these two route armies are far from the heart of Henan, not to mention the Gyeonggi stronghold, even if the Manchus get the information, they will not abandon the previous strategy, because only by recapturing Jiangsu and Zhejiang, they can slowly fight with us with a cash cow, so up to now, Wu Sangui is still their number one target, we are sure to deal with the Manchus, but we can't use a quick knife to cut the mess, we can only cut the meat with a blunt knife, as long as they feel that we will not become the climate, we can slowly encroach on Henan."

Cheng Xiaolian clapped his hands: "Just do as you say, let's give him a blunt knife to cut the meat." ”

I haven't studied the latest situation in the world for a few months, of course Cheng Xiaolian will not insist on going his own way, with such a safe old man seeking the country, he only needs to give full support.

Qin Yue coughed: "The old minister thinks that it is not appropriate to do anything to Yunnan for the time being, the land of Yunnan is barren, and it has not been the land of fish and rice since ancient times, we have taken Yunnan in addition to some usefulness in the name, we can only offend Wu Sangui in vain, the old minister thinks that occupying the land of the three provinces and occupying the land of the four provinces is not about the amount of land, but about the tax and military resources, Wu Sangui has been in Yunnan for many years, if we take over this hot potato, it will be difficult to restore it for a while, it is better to let him be under Wu Sangui's hands, It also reassured the hearts of their soldiers. ”

Cheng Xiaolian smiled bitterly: "I don't want to do it to Wu Sangui so soon, but the Mao family can't wait to correct the name of Mao Dudu, and even they have come up with a way to blow the pillow wind, and I am helpless." ”

It was about Cheng Xiaolian's family affairs, Qin Yue naturally didn't want to talk about anything, but said lightly: "According to the old minister's opinion, if the Mao family does it, they might as well let them go north, the grassland is vast, and the tribes are scattered, we can build our own horse farm if we occupy a piece of land, relatively speaking, it will not cause dissatisfaction among the Manchus and Wu Sangui, and we can also get huge benefits." It's much better than capturing Yunnan. ”

Cheng Xiaolian nodded: "I will think about this matter again." ”

Qin Yue didn't say anything more, Cheng Xiaolian was originally a smart person, as long as he pointed out the stakes, he would definitely think clearly, thinking of this, he secretly said in his heart, Confucius, I am worthy of you.

This matter is indeed Confucius told him to do it, Mao Ruoling gave birth to a prince, no one in Chengdu Mansion can stand up to dissuade this matter, this is a tacit rule in the officialdom, people have made such a great contribution, they should have some privileges, if they even have to block these, but it is really bullying.

But they are unwilling to watch the Mao family become bigger, because the identity of the Mao family is too special, these days have gathered a lot of generals, all of whom are the descendants of Dongjiang Town, it can be said that although the generals of Liaodong are very different in the overall situation, they are very good for the soldiers under them, after the death of Mao Wenlong, many soldiers left Dongjiang Town and returned to their ancestral home incognito, and some surrendered to the Manchu Dynasty. And most of the incognito people were in the prime of life at the beginning, and now although they are old and dead, the descendants dare not forget the legacy, and the affairs of the Mao family are their own affairs.

Hearing that the Mao family was recruiting troops in Sichuan and Shu, many descendants of the original generals rushed to join the army, and the Mao family immediately collected nearly 10,000 horses, which is also the confidence of their plot against Yunnan. Now they are self-contained, and there is an inner palace princess to echo, the key is that this princess also gave birth to the eldest son of the Ming Dynasty, and no one wants to have the monster of the Mao family.

Mao Youyi's original idea was to train an elite soldier and hand it over to the imperial court in exchange for the glory of the Mao family, but he didn't expect that a careless, his son made his own opinion, and actually invited the will to fight, and now the Mao family is difficult to ride a tiger, even if it gives up these, the civil and military forces in the court will not be less jealous, rather than this, it is better to give it a go, and really cut off from the inner palace and become the new noble of the Ming Dynasty, which is also the only way that the Mao family can count on now.

(End of chapter)