Speaking of this, Xia Guoxiang raised his head suddenly: "If we take this country in one fell swoop, let them get a piece of the pie, it's okay to say, if they let us fight with the Manchu court at the same time, it's just a fool's dream, it's not bad if they don't stab us in the back." To say that they are our allies is to promote them, they are waving their flags and shouting on the side, and once our situation is unfavorable, they will immediately switch to the Manchu Qing Dynasty. ”

Although Wu Sangui's face was not good-looking, he also knew that Xia Guoxiang was telling the truth, so he didn't refute anything, but just sighed: "As long as they don't take refuge in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it's enough." ”

"In this case, why does my father think that we can consume the Manchu Qing Dynasty, you must know that they are the power of the whole country, we are only the land of three provinces, and it is also a place with deep mountains and dense forests like Yungui, even if we can catch them off guard in the early stage, but the more we go on, the more we can't hold on. In that case, shouldn't we find some help? ”

Wu Sangui said coldly: "You mean that the former Ming court is our helper? Don't forget, how Emperor Yongli died! ”

"Although Emperor Yongli was forced to death by your father, but now the situation is different, if the two families join forces, they can drive the Tartars out of the pass, if we deal with them first, and finally the Manchu Tartars quell the rebellion, then none of us will survive, presumably they also saw this, so they chose Shaanxi as a breakthrough, if they want to find their father to take revenge, will they not choose to attack Yunnan? At that time, the father's foundation was unstable, and he was directly killed by the Manchus, and they had revenge. ”

Seeing that Wu Sangui was also a little moved, Xia Guoxiang continued: "They didn't fight Yunnan, we don't have to care about Sichuan, and when the Tartars are driven out of the pass, does my father think that a former Ming who crawled out of the ravine can deal with us Liaodong iron horsemen?" ”

Wu Sangui was silent, obviously agreeing with what Xia Guoxiang said: "You are indeed good, you have not embarrassed your father, nor have you embarrassed your father, from today on, you and Jin Liang will return to Shifan, I am also old, and Shifan will still rely on you to take care of me in the future." ”

Hu Guozhu's face was happy and he was about to stand up and thank him, who knew that Xia Guoxiang hurriedly held him down: "Erchen and Jin Liang are reluctant to go to the army, my father is old, and it is always bad to have no close people around him, and the two of us are also half of your sons, so it is good to take care of anything if you stay around." ”

Wu Sangui laughed: "What is there to take care of Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu has been fighting since he was a teenager, and he came out of the sword formation, who can harm me?" , take good care of Wu Shifan for Lao Tzu, what is he not doing well, you uncles will discipline him well, Lao Tzu will be very happy in his heart. ”

Hearing this, Hu Guozhu couldn't help but give Xia Guoxiang a thumbs up, this move is too powerful to retreat into advance, no matter how Li Benshen is, he is an outsider after all, his father is old, and it is the two brothers who trust.

Sure enough, Wu Sangui remembered something again: "Go to the army and call Lieutenant General Li Benshen back, he is not too young, and it is not the same thing to not always be out and about, let him come back to accompany me, our two old brothers are old bones, and the world will depend on you young people in the future." ”

Xia Guoxiang persuaded Wu Sangui with some words and regained power in the army, Li Benshen was finally not selected by Wu Sangui because of his close relationship, Wu Sangui is old, and he still trusts his relatives. And this time, Xia Guoxiang will definitely not let the opportunity slip away in his hands again.

At this time, some scholars in Jiangnan also gathered at home to discuss the westward migration.

"Brother Sanguan, when the three gentlemen came to us to invite us in person, not only did we not go, but we also sneered at others, saying that the revival of the Ming Dynasty was a dream, and now we can't let people laugh at us?"

"Brother Qi Xian, don't worry too much, the three gentlemen are all sincere gentlemen, how can they resent us because of this, besides, we didn't go to take advantage of them, didn't we go to revive the Ming Dynasty?"

"Brother Qi Xian is right, we are not going to get a piece of the pie, the Ming Dynasty is in ruins, we must need a lot of scholars to help, we are going to restore the great cause of vision, not for personal gains and losses."

"That's right, now Wu Sangui, an old thief, is killing in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, how did he put the Manchu Tartars into the customs in the first place, he looks like a complete traitor, Jiangsu and Zhejiang can't stay here, our family plans to leave for Sichuan tomorrow."

"The journey is lonely, why don't you add a brother as a companion?"

"Yes, our Jiangnan scholars have the same hatred and hatred, and will eventually help the Ming Dynasty rejuvenate, and then all the brothers will be meritorious ministers, and the younger brother will follow behind to drink soup."

There were bursts of laughter in the room, but the braids on the back of their heads were a little dazzling, as if it was not them who stood behind and laughed at them when a group of scholars resolutely rushed to Sichuan.

Cheng Xiaolian, who was far away in Xi'an, could not have imagined that he would lay down a Xi'an and trigger so many chain reactions. But at this time, he didn't have time to think about it so much, he had been fighting fiercely these days, and he had never slept peacefully, but now that he had a chance, Cheng Xiaolian fell asleep soundly while lying on the bed.

Yang Youcai hurriedly took a piece of information and walked in, saw Cheng Xiaolian sleeping very sweetly, looked at the information in his hand, and slowly turned around: "I haven't slept peacefully for a long time, tonight is a holiday, go to his grandma's bullshit information." ”

The next morning, Cheng Xiaolian got up, and Yang Youcai walked in: "Last night, a piece of information came from Jinyiwei, saying that Tuhai did not completely march, but began to camp after withdrawing fifty miles from Xi'an City, and it looked like he was going to cooperate with Tongguan to deal with Wang Jiyong. ”

Cheng Xiaolian nodded: "Why did you only get the information from last night today?" ”

"Your Highness, you don't know how dead you slept last night, I walked to your bedside and you didn't wake up, looking at your sleeping appearance, I can't bear to wake you up. So I suppressed this information. ”

Cheng Xiaolian smiled bitterly: "Fortunately, it's not an emergency military situation, we have already notified Wang Jiyong, presumably he has also taken precautions, today's army is resting, and tomorrow's march is it." ”

"Your Highness, the main reason why we forced Tuhai out of Xi'an is because we have a palm thunder in our hands, Tuhai can't make up his mind, now let's catch up, who wins and who loses is really uncertain."

Cheng Xiaolian smiled: "Then what do you mean?" Let's give up Wang Jiyong? Since we want to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, we have to gnaw this hard bone, and Wang Jiyong is our general of the Ming Dynasty, don't give up at every turn if you come up with ideas in the future, what will others think when they hear it? ”

(End of chapter)