Hearing the news that Wu Sangui was called emperor, Cheng Xiaolian didn't have much feeling, in his heart, Wu Sangui would definitely be called emperor, but it seemed to be a little earlier than he remembered.

If Cheng Xiaolian had a history book in his hand now, he would find that it was not a little earlier, but more than a year earlier, in history, in March of the seventeenth year of Kangxi, Wu Sangui was proclaimed emperor in Hengzhou.

It's just that if Cheng Xiaolian has this book in his hands, he will definitely be very puzzled, obviously Wu Sangui has been fighting for a year early under his efforts, why is it better to live a long time than to start later, logically speaking, he is now much better than the situation in history, not to mention anything else, just say that over there in Shaanxi, the king ~ auxiliary ministers surrendered without much fighting, and now the Manchu Qing Dynasty has consumed nearly 100,000 troops under Tongguan.

It's no wonder that Cheng Xiaolian doesn't understand, the reason is very simple, born in sorrow and died in peace, Wu Sangui was in a critical situation in history, so he fought on horseback, and his body was also very strong. But now it's different, since opening the passage to the south of the Yangtze River, Wu Sangui has lived a life of dogs and horses, and this kind of life is the most exhausting. In addition, he is not willing to stay in Jiangnan anymore, people say that Jiangnan is good, and his direct Emperor Yang of Sui was beheaded in Jiangnan, so he has to return to Hengzhou if he says anything, and this place can now be regarded as the hinterland of Wu Sangui's forces, and he can enjoy himself with peace of mind.

But he is sixty-five years old, his body and bones can't hold it after all, his own family knows his own situation, and now his biggest wish is to live the addiction of being an emperor.

For his request, Xia Guoxiang and Hu Guozhu immediately and unconditionally satisfied, if Wu Sangui is not the emperor, with their prestige, it will be difficult to put Wu Shifan on the throne, now Wu Sangui is willing to be the emperor, and then Wu Shifan is just a successor, and the two of them don't have to work hard.

In this way, Wu Sangui proclaimed himself emperor in Hengzhou, set up Wu Shifan as the crown prince, and left two auxiliary ministers, Xia Guoxiang and Hu Guozhu, which can be regarded as arranging the aftermath. As for his nephew Wu Yingqi, who is far away in Yunnan, he seems to have forgotten about this person.

It's no wonder that he is ruthless and unrighteous, as a very good politician, of course he knows the truth that he can't let the DPRK and China dominate, otherwise his grandson will definitely be hollowed out, but he is not worried at all, because Xia Guoxiang's surname is Xia, Hu Guozhu's surname is Hu, the reason why they cooperated sincerely before is because they have common enemies and common interests, once Wu Sangui is dead, their alliance will immediately fall apart, and then Wu Shifan will be able to balance in the middle.

As for why he didn't leave Wu Yingqi to check and balance, Wu Sangui's idea in his heart was very clear, Wu Yingqi had been fighting with him for many years, and his ability had also learned six or seven points, if he was really powerful, Wu Shifan might not be able to fight him, after all, he was also surnamed Wu, and even it was not impossible for him to win over Xia Guoxiang and Hu Guozhu, for this reason, Wu Sangui chose to send him back to his hometown, just waiting for the day Wu Sangui died to bring him to the funeral.

It can be said that Wu Sangui has worked hard for this grandson to arrange a broad road, as long as his grandson knows the way of checks and balances, it is a little difficult to try to figure out the world, and there is no problem with favoring Jiangzuo.

It's just a pity that Wu Sangui hasn't heard a word, Emperor Qin built the Great Wall of Ten Thousand Miles, and couldn't lock up the giant deer of the West River; Sun Hao cast a thousand-layer iron cable, and he couldn't hold the Jin Voyage that went south. However, there is a poem by Liu Yuxi that he must have heard, he has to be able to open the country, and his children are not like virtuous. All of this was blinded by an old man with an illusion, he didn't think about whether his grandson had the ability to subdue those two giant beasts, he just wishful thinking that his Wu Sangui's bloodline would not be much worse no matter how bad it was.

Knowing the news that Wu Sangui was called emperor, Cheng Xiaolian sighed silently, which means that Wu Sangui's departure is not far away. Although they have never met, they have an indelible hatred and both want to kill each other. But according to this situation, Cheng Xiaolian will definitely not have the opportunity to see this hero again.

After Wu Sangui's emperor ceremony ended, the envoys of Geng Shang's coalition army had been here for half a month, and seeing that the New Year was coming, Wu Sangui didn't have the heart to see them, so let them live in the post house all the time.

As early as half a year ago, Wu Sangui's iron harrier no longer reported the situation to him, firstly, Wu Sangui did not have so much energy to deal with affairs, and secondly, he always had to let his grandson be familiar with this group of people, otherwise how to control it in the future.

Wu Shifan had already received the news that the Ming army had entered Huguang, so he took it and asked Xia Guoxiang, who had a gloomy face: "Geng Jingzhong's monk Zhixin, these two wastes, have more than enough success and failure, and they can't do anything big, and they will only drag us back." ”

Wu Shifan was anxious: "Uncle, now is not the time to scold, what should we do?" ”

"Inform our people, don't let them in, tell them, either defeat the opponent or be killed by the opponent!"

"Huh? What is the rationale for this? ”

Xia Guoxiang said patiently: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, think about it, how did Han Xin defeat the Zhao army in the first place? It's not a battle against the water, only if those people feel that if they don't fight hard, there is no hope of survival, they will fight desperately, as long as they dare to fight hard, the Ming army may not be able to beat them. ”

Wu Shifan nodded heavily: "It's all up to my uncle." ”

In this way, the envoys of the Geng Shang coalition army could not see Wu Sangui, and their way to take refuge in Wu Sangui was cut off again.

Shang Zhixin, who was forced to be helpless, glanced at Geng Jingzhong: "Brother Geng, otherwise let's descend." ”

Geng Jingzhong's eyes widened: "What did you say?" ”

"Let's surrender the Ming army, maybe 。。。。。。"

Before he could finish speaking, the furious Geng Jingzhong suddenly reached out and grabbed his neck: "Shang Zhixin, let me tell you, we are desperate, not speculating, do you think the Ming Dynasty army will let us go?" From the moment our ancestors brought in with the Manchu army, our families all had no way to retreat, if it weren't for the Manchu court's persecution too tightly, the ghost would be willing to be the slave of these three surnames, and now we have taken a wrong step, and we can't be wrong again. He let go of his arm.

Shang Zhixin's face turned red: "Isn't there no way out, but if there is a little way out, let's get to this point?" The Manchu Qing Dynasty designated that it would not tolerate us, and Wu Sangui sat idly by, if we don't surrender, will it be possible that we will really die in battle? ”

Geng Jingzhong waved his hand violently: "Wu Sangui is unkind, don't blame us for being unjust, let's go south!" ”

(End of chapter)