Kong Luoling understood that after the plague was controlled, all those involved would be rewarded by the imperial court. She was looking forward to such a reward.

This is not a commendation for the sake of money and honor. Just like Kong Luoling, the happiest thing is never the crystal carved tube, but the person who gave it to him.

She looked at the doctors who were cheering, celebrating, and clamoring to hold a celebration banquet, and murmured in her heart: "This idea of governance was given by him, and the support for cutting off the infection of the plague was also given by him." The artifact-like microscope was also taken out by him. The lives of these thousands of living beings were almost saved by him. We've just done what we're supposed to do. But where is he? The protagonist of this celebration...... What are you thinking? ”

……

Zhu Cihong stood on the small pavilion of the rockery, listening to the cheers that kept coming from Nancheng round and round, his smile slowly hooked, and his eyes were closed, he knew that such cheers had his own merit.

At this time, Si En hurriedly came, obviously hearing the news clearly.

Zhu Cihong took the lead and said, "Big companion." Listen, here's my ...... What a deed you have done. Let me guess again, the news that Otomo is going to send. It's because the plague in Jingshi has been cured, right? ”

Si En looked surprised: "The Holy Divine Skill has already known in advance. The army hospital sent urgent news in the Jade Emperor Temple, and this time, there was no more case of plague in the Beijing division today. The plague is in its infancy. Slave, long live the Lord! ”

"God bless the Ming ......" outside the city, another burst of cheers rang out. It seems to be accompanied by background music, which makes people's hearts hot.

Zhu Cihong waved his hand, but he squinted his eyes and looked at a vast clearing located in the west of the city.

There, it is the school field of Jingying University, and it is also the place where the Royal Guards Corps is stationed at this moment.

You know, the Guards didn't dare to go out early in the morning because of the plague. Now, the biggest fetters are gone.

The hidden dragon soars into the abyss, flying straight into the sky.

Zhu Cihong strolled towards the bottom of the mountain and said, "Come on, arrange tomorrow's meeting for me." The cabinet, the newly built Privy Council, the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, as well as the nobles in Beijing, the ministers of various ministries, and the Nine Secretaries, all came to me. By the way, you might as well spread the news of me first. Did they think the surprise was over when they heard the message that the plague was over? ”

"No...... Far from it. Zhu Cihong said casually: "I, I want to decide to personally recruit Li Zicheng." Will me be in the west of the Ming Dynasty and re-stabilize! ”

At this time, the sky was clear in Beijing, and everyone looked at it, but they felt that there was a faint thunder brewing.

Zhu Cihong strolled back towards the dormitory, silently reciting a name in his heart: "I am more and less handsome." This time, I personally took action, danced with you, a guy who was known as a fierce man in the late Ming Dynasty, and swept away the dirt between heaven and earth. I wonder what it will be like? You...... But don't let me down is ......"

……

Time forward, 1644, February 267 of the Ming Dynasty.

In the sky, the eagle spreads its wings and flies high. On the ground, on a big tree with a diameter of five people, one person Qiao Qiao waved a small colorful flag in his hand.

In the sky, a black shadow fell from the sky, and landed on a branch with swiftness and precision, shaking the crown of the tree for a while.

Above the canopy, a burst of laughter rang out. Sixteen or seventeen-year-old Xie Zhuang gently touched the eagle's head and said with a smile: "Bao, you're back." I'll eat more when I come back, and this time, I've secretly prepared a lot of jerky for you. Eh, that's awesome. Here, one more. I throw it out, you catch it! ”

"That's amazing! It's my Po, haha......"

"Come on, take it easy, let me let go of your claws, and see, what's in the letterbox. Huh......" Xie Zhuang took out the letter tube from the eagle's talons, and after opening it, his pupils contracted: "It's red!" It is the first urgent news! ”

"Bao, you go play first, I'll look for you later!" Xie Zhuang jumped up and down on the branches of the trees as agimbly as a monkey, but the ancient tree about a few feet high was like his own backyard, and it fell quietly in just ten breaths, and then he ran quickly and ran into the small courtyard of the farmhouse.

On the ancient tree, the eagle called Ah Bao spread its wings, watched Xie Zhuang gradually park, shook his head, flapped his wings and flew high, and dissipated into the sky.

"Hundred households! 100 households...... Kyori, here's news! News of my Daming Jingshi! Xie Zhuang shouted and rushed into the small courtyard.

This is Ganzhou, located in the west of the Ming Dynasty, the station of Gansu Town, the capital of Shaanxi.

That's right, here...... is still under the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

In the eyes of most people, the world of the Ming Dynasty seems to be the pole of the West by the time it arrives in Xi'an, Shaanxi. But in fact, the land of Daming is vast, far more than that.

In the Ming Dynasty, Xining in Qinghai and Yumen Pass in Gansu are the land of the Ming Dynasty. To the surprise of many people who don't know what's going on, even if Li Zicheng established the Shun State five months ago, he still hasn't set foot on the western border of the Ming Dynasty, so that this is an enclave, but it is still an enclave of the Ming Dynasty.

And this has to start from last year.

After Li Zicheng invaded Xi'an last winter, he attacked everywhere in an attempt to stabilize the rear.

On the Ningxia side, as soon as the Shun army's inscription arrived, Li Yukui, the governor of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Zhuo, the king of Qing, who was divided here, were helpless. The Qing clan and civil and military officials gathered in the palace and after some discussion, they decided to surrender. Li Zicheng ordered Chen Zhilong, the Ming Supervisor of the Army, to be the envoy of Ningxia Jiedu, and to surrender the general soldier Niu Chenghu to defend the place.

After Guyuan, Ningxia and other places were pacified, the remnants of the Ming court in the northwest were left in Gansu and Qinghai, that is, Xiningwei at that time. These are relatively remote places, and Li Zicheng did not send the main force to set off, he was going to prepare for a large-scale eastward expedition.

In the original history, the task of completing the Western Expedition was He Jin. But in this time and space, He Jin had already been killed by Zhu Cihong in the first battle of Kaifeng.

This time, it was Xin Sizhong who replaced him. Xin Sizhong led his troops to Gansu, first conquering Anding in one fell swoop, and then Jinxian opened the door to surrender, and the troops reached Lanzhou. At this time, seeing that the situation was critical, the general of the Ming and Gansu generals, Ouyang Gon and others, persuaded Zhu Zhihuahong, the king of Su, to go west to Ganzhou and recruit troops to hold on. Zhu Zhiyu and Ma Lianzhan did not adopt this opinion.

Ma Yi and the others fled to Ganzhou on their own. On December 21, Xin Sizhong's army arrived in Lanzhou, and the Lanzhou people opened the city to accept it. The king of Su, Zhu Zhiyu Hong, fled out of the city in a hurry and was captured by Yang Qi, the outgoing general of the Ming Dynasty, as a gift for his surrender to the Chengshun army.

Yang Qi's currying favor was counterproductive.

Xin Sizhong was disgusted that he betrayed his master to make a fortune, and was neither loyal to the Ming Dynasty, nor did he sincerely surrender to the Shun army, so he not only executed King Su, but also beheaded Yang Qi and his son. So Lanzhou Wenwu changed their minds and began to wait and see. In addition, at this time, Li Zicheng ordered all parts of the country to recover stolen goods and help salaries, and Lanzhou's civil and military forces were not only wait-and-see, but also the people's hearts were shaken, and the people's feelings were like fire.

At this moment, Liangzhou and Zhuanglang surrendered successively, and the Shun army entered Ganzhou. Gansu Governor Lin Rirui, General Soldier Ma Yi and others organized resistance. When Zhu Cihong ascended the throne, the Shun army crossed the river on ice and reached the city. At this time, the snow was falling heavily, and the officers and soldiers who defended the city were chapped with their hands and feet, and even froze their fingers, and they all complained. However, the soldiers of the Shun army were in high spirits, and used the snowdrifts as a staircase to climb the city, and actively prepared for the siege.

In the original history, the defenders who could not hold on should join forces inside and outside, and the Shun army victoriously captured the city of Ganzhou.

But here, time and space quietly shift.

……

The time was reversed to 1644, February 276 of the Ming Dynasty.

Ganzhou City is the last territory of the Ming Dynasty in the entire western region.

It's located in the west, and the whole is an enclave. But such an enclave did not surrender as the cities along the way, but continued to resist.

Located in the temporary governor's station, Gansu Governor Lin Rirui and Gansu General Ma Yi, Deputy General Ouyang Gon and others looked worried.

"The thief army has been cut off everywhere, and most of the officers and soldiers along the way have surrendered. Ganzhou is difficult to defend ......" Ma Yi was sullen.

Ouyang Gon even said: "The most important thing is not here. But...... Lord Governor, dare to ask how the gentry in the city are donating? Our troops have done their best to suppress the soldiers and keep the people from panicking. But for now, we have to make up for the money and military rations. Otherwise, how can the soldiers fight? ”

"In the past few days, the snow has been falling, and the soldiers are fighting on the city and even their fingers are frozen. You can't let the soldiers shed blood and tears......" Ma Yi said again.

When Lin Rirui heard this, he was silent for a long time, and only sighed: "For today's plan, I can only look forward to it...... He's ......"

When the two heard this, they were both expecting and uneasy. Ouyang Gon said: "He, can he really do it?" ”

Ma Yi muttered: "The superintendent is my famous handsome, if it weren't for a few troubles, how could he have fallen to such a point." At present, the land of Ganqing has become an enclave, and there is no restraint on all kinds of activities. The military strategy of the Inspector can be used to his heart's content, no matter what, it should be okay to fight that Xin Si chasing the old thief, right? ”

"How can I say that I've been coughing all the time. It turns out that you are all talking about me! At this moment, a middle-aged man who was in good health strode into the flower hall, looked at a few people, and said, "All nagging, waiting for me?" ”

"Overseer!"

"Overseer!"

"Supervisor ......"

The three of them saluted to this middle-aged man, and this person was Sun Chuanting, Sun Boya, who was fifty-two years old. is the same as the trilateral governor of the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that in history, Sun Chuanting was defeated in Xi'an and died in defeat. But now, Sun Chuanting is still here. Looking at the complexion, it is even a few points better than in Xi'an.

"Why, when you see me, you don't say anything?" Sun Chuanting looked at the three of them with a smile, and everyone was red-faced.

Talking about people behind his back is not a gentleman's doing.

Sun Chuanting smiled and set his eyes on Lin Rirui.

This governor of Gansu lost his city and land, and his status was inferior to that of the deputy general Ouyang Gon. But at this moment, seeing Sun Chuanting, a literati supervisor, Lin Rirui was suddenly encouraged and said, "Supervisor! I'm looking forward to you. Now that the snow is falling, the soldiers even know that their bodies are injured and their hearts are shaken. At this critical time, it is urgent to motivate the morale of the army! Therefore, I waited for the Overseer to come. ”

Ouyang Gon sighed lightly and said: "I see that the thieves are attacking violently, and there is the prestige of Na Laoshizi in Xi'an to stabilize the country, and he will kill him by taking advantage of the situation, if there is no move to inspire the army's heart." I'm afraid that the fall of Ganzhou is just around the corner. ”

Ma Yi, the chief soldier of the top general of the Ming army, did not speak, but looking at the eyes, it was obviously the same, and he looked at Sun Chuanting with a blank eye, just to wait for Sun Chuanting to have a way.

But what can Sun Chuanting do?

Ouyang Gon and the others meant very clearly, to encourage the morale of the army, it was nothing more than money, and at least they had to eat a good meal.

However, Shaanxi has never been a strong province with a developed economy, and because Shaanxi is a place with a high incidence of natural and man-made disasters, floods, droughts, locust plagues, and military disasters have been raging back and forth, and Shaanxi's last oil and water have long been squeezed out. Sun Chuanting was defeated and retreated westward, where will he bring how much softness?

Gansu's economy is even worse than Shaanxi's, and what is even more serious is that Gansu has lost cities and lands one after another, and there is not much silver in the treasury. As for going to a big family, the Ming people lost their hearts, although Sun Chuanting suppressed military discipline several times, so as not to let the officials and people in the city conflict. But anyone understands that there is no way to turn into a relationship.

Therefore, President Sun Chuan was silent for a long time.

His silence made the atmosphere in the stadium very awkward.

Just when Lin Rirui was disheartened and was about to retire, Sun Chuanting smiled.

Accompanied by his smile, there was also the movement of an object escaping from his arms.

It was a big red cylinder object, and everyone looked at it unclearly, Sun Chuanting took the initiative to explain: "Everyone, have you seen a story in the Three Kingdoms period? According to legend, Cao Cao, the morale of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Mengde led the army to attack Wancheng Zhang Xiu, and the army marched all the way, with huge physical consumption. Therefore, the soldiers were thirsty. People can't do without water, it's worse than not eating, and the march is delayed. But if the march is delayed, the battle will be greatly difficult......"

Lin Rirui's eyes lit up slightly, and he thought of something.

Ma Yi and Ouyang Gon, two martial artists, did not read much, but listened very seriously, and Sun Chuanting's storytelling skills were also good.

I only heard Sun Chuanting say with a smile: "In order to make the army's march smooth." Cao Cao pointed to a plum forest shop in front of him and said: There is a bayberry forest there, if you arrive at the other place, the bayberry will be eaten. ”

"What does the inspector mean ......" Lin Rirui's eyes shone very brightly.

Ma Yi and Ouyang Gon were a little impatient, and said in their hearts: Isn't this playing us?

Ouyang Gon said quietly: "Then there must be a Merlin......

Sun Chuanting laughed: "Hahaha, so, God bless me Daming!" ”

"Lord Xiqi Tusi Qi, come in." Sun Chuanting clapped his hands, and slowly disassembled the cylinder in his hand. Only then did everyone realize that this was a secret letter.

"I really didn't expect that the Holy Lord would bring us such a big help. In this battle, there were Qi Tingzhi and Lu Yinchang and other masters of Ganqinghe Huang Tusi reinforcements. Waiting for work, can you still be afraid of Xin Si chasing this snake across the river? Sun Chuanting spoke wittily, which made everyone's eyes light up. (To be continued.) )