"The soldiers use their lives, His Royal Highness has rewarded them, since Emperor Taizu was called the emperor in Yingtianfu, when did our Ming Dynasty have such a rich reward, His Royal Highness is kind-hearted, they can't suffer losses, and now our Ming Dynasty needs the world's heroes to vote, if there are not a few legendary stories, how can those fools believe that you are the true son of heaven? The minister did this for the good of the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Stop, you're talking a lot of. Also, what's going on in Tongguan City? ”

"Okay, it can't be better, it is said that Tongguan City was almost broken at the beginning, and even the city gate was punched out of a big hole, thanks to His Royal Highness's wisdom and martial arts, raided Shanxi, in exchange for Tuhai's retreat, we can be regarded as keeping Tongguan City. After nearly a month, the city gate and city walls have been repaired again, and the gunpowder has been transported, except for our soldiers, who are new, and the others are old. General Qu spoke, and it would not be a problem to block the sea for another month. ”

Cheng Xiaolian smiled bitterly: "The losses of our soldiers are a little too serious, if we have to defeat Shaanxi like this, why are there so many soldiers and generals on the Manchu side, by the way, why hasn't Tuhai come back yet?" ”

Yang Youcai smiled when he heard this: "Of course I was entangled by the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and those ministers couldn't wait to get Tuhai aside and replace them with their people to fight this battle, but they helped us." Especially when I heard that Your Highness personally went to Shanxi, those ministers even found the reason, saying that Tuhai deliberately let the tiger return to the mountain and raised troops with bandits. ”

Cheng Xiaolian also laughed when he heard this: "The civil and military forces of this court are really quite confident, and they all think that we are grass cowards who popped out of the ravine, and it is definitely a great achievement to exterminate us, can't they see how Cai Yurong lost?" ”

Yang Youcai laughed: "It's not easy to be a minister in the court, it's easy to serve the country wholeheartedly, but when the world is stable, in case the benefits are taken away by others, they don't even have to drink the broth, and the rewards are not theirs, and the history books will not give them books and biographies, so it can be said that fame and fortune are lost." If you are dedicated to your family, it is easy to become a minister of the Chongzhen Dynasty, and one by one you are pulled out by Li Zicheng, a traitor, and whipped with a whip, until all the money in the family is given away, and in the end there is nothing left. So they have been grasping this degree, which can not only get benefits, but also keep the country. ”

Cheng Xiaolian sighed: "But where is this degree so easy to grasp, if you are lucky, fame and fortune, bad luck, but it will be written in the history books as a shame, and then the descendants of these people will not dare to recognize this ancestor." ”

"Why bother with them, let's just do our own thing, the more the Manchu Qing Dynasty is, the better, it's best to put Tuhai, this old thing, in prison and investigate, this old thing is too difficult to deal with."

At this time, Chen Chengan stepped in: "I just summarized the information that we left for this period of time, and I am afraid that the war in Jiangnan has changed." ”

Cheng Xiaolian raised his eyebrows: "What do you mean?" ”

"Wu Sangui was determined to pass on his position to his grandson, but his nephew was not very peaceful, and it is said that he asked Wu Sangui for his life, saying that he would lead troops to recover Sichuan and Shaanxi."

"What did Wu Sangui say?"

"According to rumors, Wu Sangui scolded him in his heart, and now he has been deprived of his official position, let him think about it behind closed doors at home, and he must not leave the house without an order."

"At this time, it is always the grandson who kisses him, and there is an iron harrier watching on the side, I am afraid that it will be difficult for Wu Yingqi to turn over, since he has not been given the opportunity to counterattack Sichuan and Shaanxi, why are you sweating in a hurry?"

"I'm afraid Wu Sangui is really running out of time this time." Chen Chengan sighed: "Otherwise, he would never treat Wu Yingqi like this, I'm afraid that the day he dies will be the day Wu Yingqi dies." ”

Cheng Xiaolian reacted at this time: "What do you mean。。。。。。 ”

"Yes, once Wu Sangui dies, with Wu Shifan's virtue, he may not be able to convince the army, if this army loses its courage, I am afraid that it will be destroyed by others, and then we will be in danger. Even if we can take the opportunity to grab some places, we won't be able to make an iron piece for a while, and we can't even collect grain and strong men, so it is really difficult for us to use these three provinces to deal with the Manchus. ”

"Mr. Chen, don't be too anxious, but don't forget that Wu Shifan still has Xia Guoxiang and Hu Guozhu by his side, although Wu Shifan is not successful, but his two uncles are not vegetarians, even if it is difficult to enter, it is still easy to defend the city."

At this time, Wang Tieniu arrived at the door: "Your Highness, Mr. Jia Xu asks to see you." ”

"Let him in!"

Jia Xu has been busy deploying troops in Shaanxi these days, and Cheng Xiaolian hasn't seen him for a long time.

"Mr. Jia has any recent gains?"

Looking at Cheng Xiaolian's narrow face, Jia Xu was so angry: "I said Your Highness, you didn't take me with you for such a thing as a raid on Shanxi, if you take me, I promise that we have already taken Beijing City now." ”

"Don't talk big, what are you doing this time?"

"Seeing all of you with sad faces, I must have received the news that Wu Sangui, this old guy, will die soon, I suggest that once he is dead, let's immediately take down the two lakes, advance north from the two lakes, and fight Henan Mansion!"

"Tell me about your credentials."

"Half of the territory of the two lakes under his command is now occupied by the Geng Shang coalition army, the Wu family has no heart to fight this lawsuit with them, and they can't pull out for a while, let's fight the two lakes, the Wu family will only feel awkward, and will definitely not be angry and raise troops. If we want to map the world, we have to fight the idea of Henan Mansion. ”

Speaking of this, he pointed to the topographic map hung on the wall: "At the beginning, Li Zicheng was unstoppable, but he still suffered heavy losses in Ningwuguan, if it weren't for the Ming monarchs and ministers to deviate from Germany, he wouldn't have been able to fight Shanxi at all." The army of King Qin in various places can consume him alive in Shanxi. In the same way, we are also very likely to be consumed alive by the Manchu army in Shanxi, rather than that, it is better to find some way out in advance. ”

Cheng Xiaolian nodded: "Go on." ”

"As long as we take the two lakes, our power will grow, now Sichuan and Shaanxi are one, as long as Tongguan is not lost, others will not be able to enter, I have carefully studied this war, unless the Manchu Qing Dynasty transferred back the army that fought with Wu Sangui to Tuhai, otherwise it is impossible for him to take Tongguan City, and he can only consume them over there." And the most favorable condition for taking the two lakes is that the Geng Shang coalition army is unpopular. ”

"From the beginning, we deliberately calculated them, they were defenseless, but the more they lived, the worse they became, I heard that a few days ago they began to rob the people under their rule, as soon as we send troops, the time and place are favorable, and we will win!"

(End of chapter)