Cheng Xiaolian was very pleased, Jia Xu finally listened to his advice, and no longer competed with Chen Chengan between a plan and a strategy, but chose the layout he was best at.

Yang Youcai nodded after listening: "Elder Qin has come to countless seals, saying that the Geng Shang coalition army outside Kuimen is the same as persimmons, and he can't help but want to pinch them for a long time, but our side is fighting fiercely, and it is really not good for him to start a war again, and we can't support the two-front battle at all." ”

"How is Geng Jingzhong and Shang Zhixin doing over there?"

"Geng Jingzhong and Shang Zhixin, the old and the young, each have their own thoughts, but although Shang Zhixin has the courage of ten thousand people, but in comparison, Geng Jingzhong is more sophisticated, but the two families take care of Wu Sangui behind them and the old man Qin in front of them, and they haven't put things on the bright side, but the battle in the secret is getting more and more intensified."

Cheng Xiaolian thought for a while: "Go and ask someone to invite General Yuan over." ”

Yuan Zonghao sat in Xi'an Mansion and was so busy every day that he didn't care about the end, but fortunately, he had the help of the prefect and Zhou Peigong, so he didn't mess up, and when he arrived at Cheng Xiaolian's mansion, he drank two glasses of water first: "Your Highness, what bad idea did you come up with today?" ”

Cheng Xiaolian smiled bitterly, since he came back in Shanxi, these old ministers have all sneered, not where is His Royal Highness's three heads and six arms, and if there is time, we can open our eyes, or His Royal Highness Shanxi is worth it, and he suddenly became the son of the Emperor of Heaven.

They were naturally convinced of Cheng Xiaolian in their hearts, and they secretly applauded Cheng Xiaolian's action, and drank the three whites, but they seemed to have a heart and would never praise Cheng Xiaolian in person, in their opinion, the more young people boasted, the more they floated, and they also heard about the situation this time, if they hadn't met an ambitious Galdan, His Royal Highness would have been able to come back or not.

So these people began to sneer, the purpose is to let Cheng Xiaolian stay in the rear safely, there are so many people who can fight, why do you have to lead the team in person, just say that this time, Wang Jiyong led a surprise attack with people, isn't it the same?

Of course, Cheng Xiaolian can't explain to them, if Wang Jiyong is directly asked to lead people to raid Shaanxi, what will the old generals of Shaanxi Wang ~ Fuchen think? Isn't this killing Wang Jiyong with the help of others, and then annexing Shaanxi's soldiers and horses and territory? Not to mention Shao Lingzhi and them, even Daniel Zhang is estimated to be cold, besides, without Cheng Xiaolian personally going out, how can the soldiers under his command fight for their lives, in that case, I am afraid that they will not even be able to come out of Shanxi.

Of course, these are all wishful thinking on the part of Cheng Xiaolian in the eyes of those old ministers, since ancient times, so many famous generals, who have not fought with the king, have not created all kinds of military miracles.

Cheng Xiaolian listened to Yuan Zonghao's words and immediately smiled bitterly: "General Yuan, how is the situation in Shaanxi in recent days?" ”

"It's good, we have sprinkled a lot of copper coins and silver, those soldiers who died in battle can live in peace and security at home, and those who did not die in battle have also brought a lot of silver money to their families, many strong men in Shaanxi have come to join the army, and we have got a batch of horses from the grassland, and Huangfu Tong They are training cavalry. The recruits under his command also let Shao Lingzhi train them, these people are the old brothers of Wang ~ Fuchen, they know how to train recruits, and they are very well-behaved, and they don't want to turn Shaanxi into the posture of the Wang family. ”

Cheng Xiaolian nodded: "I'm going to go to Sichuan these days, and I've just discussed it with a few military advisors, we can't try to beat Shanxi, Shanxi is not easy to fight." ”

Yuan Zonghao didn't react violently: "Your Highness is right, once our army is overwhelmed, the Manchu Qing would rather give up the war in Jiangnan than transfer the army back, and when the time comes, we will help Wu Sangui a lot, not to mention, we will have to set ourselves on fire, because everyone knows that once we get Shanxi, the Jingshi will be under our noses, so the Manchus will definitely not allow us to get involved in Shanxi." ”

"How's the situation in Tongguan?"

"According to the current situation, as long as the Manchu Qing does not mobilize a large army to come, Tuhai has no chance to break through Tongguan at all, if he is allowed to re-prepare the new army, there is no way to attack the city without three or five months, so Shaanxi can take a breath, and from the beginning of the spring to fight, and Cai Yurong fought for two months, and Tuhai for two months, now it is August, and in two or three months it will be winter, Tongguan will definitely be able to defend it."

"I'm going to go to Kuimen."

Cheng Xiaolian didn't say anything, Yuan Zonghao already knew what he meant: "Your Highness should also go, if it wasn't for the King of Sanshun to lead the way, our Ming Dynasty may not have died so quickly, the hands of each of their families are stained with the blood of our Ming soldiers, remember to use their heads to pay tribute to the spirit of the emperor in the sky." ”

"I'll cut off their heads."

"There is one more thing, Your Highness must promise me that I will never be alone again." Speaking of this, he shouted: "Yang Youcai!" ”

Yang Youcai hurriedly stood up: "General Yuan! ”

"You bastard Jinyi Guard commander, don't you know what your Jinyi Guard's identity is? Originally, it was the Son of Heaven's pro-army, if you follow His Highness to mess around again, I will cut off your head! ”

"Yes!" After finishing speaking, Yang Youcai's face turned bitter: "General, this is not easy to do, he is His Royal Highness, of course I have to listen to him." ”

"If he wants to be alone again, you will tie him up, and if he wants to cut off your head, let him cut off my head first!"

"Yes!"

Cheng Xiaolian watched the two of them sing and harmonize, and smiled bitterly: "My strength is not in commanding the military formation, nor in controlling the overall situation in the rear, if I don't let me win by surprise, then I can only have children in the harem." ”

Yuan Zonghao persuaded bitterly: "Your Highness, look at the emperors of previous dynasties, where is there a person like you, as the old saying goes, often walk by the river, where are the shoes not wet, in case you encounter any danger, what should you do if you let us Ming?" ”

Cheng Xiaolian hurriedly nodded: "I promise, I will never take risks again." But he also knows in his heart that whenever he has the opportunity, he can't help but try, just like in the future, some parents will not let their children learn to ride motorcycles, which one can stop it.

Yuan Zonghao sighed: "In short, Your Highness remembers a sentence, the net worth and life of our people are in your hands, if you die, we people will never recover, if you want to gamble with the lives of our old guys, then go." ”

Seeing that preaching was useless, he immediately changed his way and began to sell bitterness.

Cheng Xiaolian had no choice but to make a series of guarantees, but only Cheng Xiaolian knew what the real effect was.

On the second day, Cheng Xiaolian rushed back to Chengdu Mansion with his people, and after a short stay there, he would go to Kuimen to deal with the Geng Shang coalition with Qin Yue.