The siege battle under the city of Jizhou Town is still continuing, the two sides have been fighting back and forth for half a month, and by this time the soldiers are all tired, and the enthusiasm at the beginning is gone, and only hard support is left to see who can't hold on first.

Tuhai had already sent someone to the Zhou Dynasty to send documents, asking them why they did not continue the war with the Ming Dynasty, if they did not hear the news of the Zhou Dynasty's troops within ten days, the Qing army would retreat outside the Guan.

Tuhai knows very well that in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty, the most important thing is to unify the world first, and Jiangnan is much richer than Liaodong, and if the Zhou Dynasty is destroyed, the Ming Dynasty will be able to lay the foundation for unifying the world.

Xia Guoxiang couldn't laugh or cry when he received this letter, originally he planned to let Hu Guozhu send troops immediately, but Hu Guozhu put on a show that the Ming and Qing dynasties were fighting fiercely, and now the Qing Dynasty was cheap to send troops, so it was better to let them fight for a few more days, and it was best to wait until the army in Shandong was transferred to fight against the Qing Dynasty, and then they would be able to take advantage.

This reason has convinced Wu Shifan, and they plan to do the same, but they didn't expect Tuhai to see through their strategy so quickly, and immediately came up with a way to deal with it, this time it did take the lifeblood of the Zhou Dynasty, this is the case, the border is vast, and the Han people are afraid that the environment is not easy to adapt, and the Zhou Dynasty occupies Jiangsu and Zhejiang, no matter what aspect the main target of the Ming Dynasty should be the Zhou Dynasty.

The Qing Dynasty's troops could have withdrawn from the Guanwai, but the Zhou Dynasty could not cope with this situation alone.

Hu Guozhu thought of an idea at this time: "Your Majesty, now that Guangdong and Fujian are being attacked by Taiwan's Zheng family, if you are not careful, it will endanger Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the minister thinks that the minister should still stay in Beijing, General Gao Dajie was defeated in Shandong, but because of this, he should know the situation in Shandong very well, and even know the Ming Dynasty army in Shandong, so it is better to let him lead the troops to the battle." ”

He also knew very well that once he left Jingshi, Xia Guoxiang would definitely do something to his allies, so he made up his mind to spend time with Xia Guoxiang in Beijing.

Hearing this news, Xia Guoxiang smiled: "The minister agrees with General Hu's words very much, and it is better for Shandong's military to be handed over to General Gao Dajie." ”

Historically, after Gao Dajie captured Ji'an, the Zhou Dynasty sent Han Daren, but unfortunately Han Daren was at odds with Gao Dajie, and the book entered the slander, and finally Gao Dajie actually worked hard to die, and later Han Daren surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and was appointed as the chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, I have to say that it is a kind of irony, those who can fight were slandered by the villain and died, but the villain took refuge in the court to continue to be an official.

But because of Cheng Xiaolian, Wu Sangui started the army a year in advance, and after the Battle of Ji'an, Gao Dajie did not meet Han Daren, although there was some contact afterwards, and it did not coincide, but after Wu Sangui's death, Xia Guoxiang's purge campaign had killed Han Daren.

Besides, after so many wars, Xia Guoxiang has long known Gao Dajie's ability, and tried his best to win over, Gao Dajie is also fed up with the days when there is no one in the court, the two hit it off, and the relationship between Gao Dajie and Hu Guozhu was also quite good, but in the first battle of Shandong, Hu Guozhu took the army back to Nanjing, and the relationship between the two has fallen to the freezing point, if it weren't for Gao Dajie's fast running and now he died on the battlefield in Shandong, this grievance he has in mind.

Now Hu Guozhu proposed to let Gao Dajie lead the troops, which is definitely a good thing for Xia Guoxiang, as long as Gao Dajie gets the military power, Hu Guozhu's only advantage will be lost, and he will not have to be obedient and soft when the time comes.

And Hu Guozhu felt that the situation was a little bad after hearing Xia Guoxiang's agreement with his words, and he was also sensitive to the fact that this seemingly factionless Gao Dajie had become Xia Guoxiang's person, and the reason why he recommended Gao Dajie was because he was isolated on the battlefield in Shandong at the beginning, and few people in the court stood up to speak to him, and he regarded it as a non-faction, and let him take away part of the army without harm, and now when he saw this situation, he understood that he seemed to have fallen into Xia Guoxiang's trap.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly enough, and hurriedly said: "The minister thinks that the capital needs at least 30,000 soldiers to garrison it. ”

These words blocked Xia Guoxiang's back road, you must know that when he was defeated, the number of troops he brought back was only this number, and the rest were newly recruited troops, and those recruits took Gao Dajie and took them away, and the overall situation was fine, as long as he had these 30,000 people, he could stabilize his position in the army.

However, Wu Shifan is obviously not a rag doll that can be manipulated by others: "Nanjing City has thick walls, why do you need 30,000 people, only 10,000 people are enough, I don't believe that Taiwanese surnamed Zheng can still fight in Nanjing!" ”

This time it was decided, Hu Guozhu was a loss-making business, and just after the next dynasty, people from his faction gathered in his mansion.

"How can the general recommend Gao Dajie?" These people probably understood through Xia Guoxiang's performance that this Gao Dajie must be Xia Guoxiang's person, otherwise he would not have agreed so happily.

"You are embarrassed to say that I, for such a long time, you didn't even inquire that Gao Dajie was the person of Xia Guoxiang, is this to blame me?"

"I don't mean to blame the general, it's just that this matter is not easy to handle, if only 10,000 people are left, the general will be at a disadvantage in the army."

"Otherwise, if we secretly leave 20,000 people, it will be the general's own army after all, who knows the detailed situation?"

Hu Guozhu stood up suddenly: "Don't pull Lao Tzu if you want to die, raising a private army or in the capital of one dynasty, no matter in that dynasty, it is a capital crime, this is not thirty people or fifty people, this is ten thousand people, it is not enough to press our heads, as long as Xia Guoxiang hands over this news, we all have to move our heads!" ”

"And what's the general's idea?"

"Nonsense, if I have a good idea, what do I want you to do, you immediately come up with a good idea, we can't let Xia Guoxiang lead the way."

Hu Guozhu is in the army, and when he speaks, he is also the straight look in the army, these ministers will be a little unacceptable for a while, and a few people have changed their faces, but the leader shook his head to suppress them, and coughed: "General, let's go back and think of ideas, we must come up with a complete strategy within two days, and the general must also have an in-depth understanding of the army, as long as we have an idea, we will do it immediately, but don't let Xia Guoxiang react." ”

Out of Hu Guozhu's mansion, a person said angrily: "You look at his unbeatable appearance, do we really owe him silver?" ”

"Be cautious, he is just a knife in our hands, as long as this knife kills Xia Guoxiang, how we deal with him in the future is not a matter of being caught, it's just that no one has a lot of mouths before killing Xia Guoxiang, otherwise don't blame me for being polite!"

(End of chapter)