The Ming army originally planned to rush back to Fengjie before the New Year, and the family members of Tan Wen's old department, who were originally stationed in Wanxian, followed Wen'an to Fengjie before, and this part of the Ming army hoped to be able to reunite for the New Year; Although most of the Dachang soldiers of Yuan Zong's first department did not have time to rush back to reunite with their families before the New Year, they also hoped to have a fat year in Fengjie - when the Ming army withdrew from Wanxian, they scraped the ground and left nothing behind.

But after Deng Ming defeated Tan Yi, the Ming army would not be able to set off immediately no matter what, and it was necessary to clear the remnants of the enemy in the local area, to screen the prisoners who had just been caught, and to allow the wounded to recuperate—although there were not many, they could not be left behind to go to Fengjie. Seeing that he couldn't rush back to Fengjie in time, Tan Wen's old department no longer set off in a hurry, but agreed to celebrate the New Year in Wanxian, which is better here than in the wilderness; As for the Dachang soldiers, the reason why they were reluctant to stay in Wanxian before was mainly because they wanted to have a good meal during the New Year, and now thanks to Tan Yi's tireless efforts to bring a large number of New Year's goods to the Ming army from chóngqìng - before the expedition, Tan Yi knew that he would definitely welcome the New Year in Wanxian, and for the sake of military morale, he brought pigs and wine in addition to military rations, which had been included in the warehouse of Wanxian by the Ming army at this time.

Although Deng Ming was anxious to leave the dangerous place of Wanxian, the officers once again swore to him that there would never be any more Qing troops in the vicinity this time, and Wang Mingde would definitely not dare to turn the military stronghold of Chóngqìng into an empty city, and then lead the whole army to Wanxian; Taking a step back, even if Wang Mingde went crazy and wanted the whole army to attack Kuizhou to find a place for a rebel general who had recently surrendered, it would take some time for the news of the Qing army's rout to reach back to Chóngqìng, and Wang Mingde would need to spend a lot of time to convince his subordinates not to spend the New Year in Chóngqìng but to go on an expedition to Wanxian.

Although it sounds very reasonable, but their misjudgment before made Deng Ming very unconfident in the strategic vision of these officers, since everyone does not leave the dangerous place of Wanxian, then it is necessary to strengthen the city defense, at least first plug the gap in the city wall, the city gate can not pursue quality, but there must be some.

After the battle with Tan Yi, the Ming army captured more than 1,500 prisoners, plus there were already 2,100 people before, although the surrender army of Wanxian escaped a little, there were still 2,000 left, and these 4,000 people were immediately mobilized to build city defenses. The hardest thing is, of course, the thousand and a half who have just been caught, and they have to do the heaviest work, but they only have the least rations. is also a prisoner, the six hundred captured from Tan Hong in the first battle have begun to turn over at this time, and the group of prisoners who are most actively demanding progress have begun to serve as overseers with Xiong Lan's gang at this time.

After counting the heads, the Ming army sent the numbers to Yunyang together with the good news, and then forwarded them to Fengjie, believing that these good news could make the Wen Inspector have a good year. At the same time, Deng Ming also ordered the compilation of the list of personnel of his own army, and sent it to Fengjie, after the defeat of Chóngqìng, the families of these soldiers estimated that they had lost their lives, and Deng Ming thought that it was necessary to report the safety of these people's families before the year.

Of course, this kind of work of collecting people's names will not trouble Deng Ming, and Master Qin, who has always been with Tan Hong, was released from the prison and was able to eat a full meal. Although it is very troublesome to write a large number of names, Qin Xiucai would rather work hard than being hungry, these days of starvation and starvation have worn out all Qin Xiucai's loyalty to Tan Hong, and now he is dedicated to doing the things that Deng Ming has explained to ensure that he can eat every day in the future. Due to Deng Ming's inquiry, those Tan Hong's sworn friends now have enough life-sustaining rations to sacrifice prisoners, and many of them, like Qin Xiucai, can no longer maintain their loyalty to Tan Hong, but since they don't have Qin Xiucai's ability to write, they can't walk out of the prison door and enter the dining hall like him.

"There are a thousand bells in the book!" Thinking back to the complicated eyes of those fellow refugees when they saw him leaving the prison, Qin Xiucai secretly sighed that the words of the ancients were indeed true.

When Master Qin was busy recording people's names and trying his best to squeeze out time to help the Ming army officers write letters, Deng Ming, who had nothing to do, made some charcoal by himself, and sketched around Wanxian County.

Due to the problems of materials and tools, Deng Ming asked himself if he could not make oil paint for the time being. The battle of Wanxian gave Deng Ming a great shock, although the battle only lasted for a short hour, but the various expressions he saw, the movements when he fought for his life, and the demeanor when he shouted and killed, gave Deng Ming a far more impact than the sum of the past years.

There were already hundreds of sketches in the painting folder in his hand, Deng Ming was walking on the battlefield a few days ago, and every time he stopped and stopped, the scene at that time came to his face, and his ears were filled with the sound of golden drums.

"If one day I have the opportunity to ......" In the past, Deng Ming always hoped to be able to paint a magnificent oil painting, preferably several meters in length and width, but he also knew that such materials were hard to find. But at this time, looking at the thick stack of sketches in the painting folder in his hand, Deng Ming regretted for a while, if he had enough paint at hand at this time, it was a lack of technique and he had to force a painting: "This kind of subject matter is to paint a wall full of galleries, and I can't get enough of it, I don't know if it can accommodate it." ”

"What Mr. Deng drew today, let's show us."

In the afternoon, Li Xinghan and Zhao Tianba came behind Deng Ming, although they didn't know how to paint, they only saw some pictures of ladies and the like, at first they found that Deng Ming was painting when he was looking at a few funny things, but after seeing Deng Ming's fleshy figures, they all liked this way of painting.

After seeing Deng Ming's things today, Li Xinghan suddenly remembered something, and asked with a look of anticipation on his face: "Mr. Deng has been to Jingshi, right?" What does Kyoshi look like? ”

"Well, I did." Deng Ming groaned slightly, he didn't know very well that the buildings of běijīng were there in the Ming Dynasty, and those were newly built later, but he knew that the Summer Palace must not be painted, and the běijīng city wall was also demolished to the point that only the front gate tower remained. In the end, Deng Ming picked up the pen and began to sketch the appearance of ** on a blank piece of paper - Deng Ming remembered that people said that the Forbidden City was in the Ming Dynasty.

However, Deng Ming didn't know that ** was still called Chengtianmen in the Ming Dynasty, and it was renamed ** by the Qing court during the Shunzhi period, so he told Zhao Tianba and Li Xinghan beside him while painting: "This is **, the Forbidden City." ”

Li Xinghan and Zhao Tianba both liked it more and more, and as Deng Ming dealt with light and shadow, the grandeur of the building gradually revealed from the paper, and the reverence on their faces became heavier and heavier.

"Can Mr. Deng give me this painting?" Li Xinghan asked, the expectation in his tone was so strong that it was about to condense into shape.

"Absolutely." Deng Ming smiled and put the painting in his hand to the end, and handed it to Li Xinghan: "It's a pity that there is no paint, otherwise it will be much better." “

Li Xinghan didn't mind at all, and asked again: "What did Mr. Deng say this door is called?" ”

“**。” Deng Ming replied, took the painting back, and then wrote these three words on the side before handing them over to Li Xinghan again.

"Mr. Deng, I want one too." Zhao Tianba's eyes were hot, and when he saw that Deng Ming's painting didn't seem to be very difficult, he also asked for it.

"Absolutely." So Deng Ming drew another one, also inscribed with the three words "**" and gave it to Zhao Tianba.

After looking at the painting in his hand again and again, and then carefully putting it away in his arms, Li Xinghan asked again: "Is there any other scene?" ”

"Hmm," Deng Ming, of course, couldn't draw overpasses and high-speed trains for the two of them, thinking about the safety of the Forbidden City, so he drew some palaces and pavilions in the Forbidden City, but this time he painted it quite simply, and he also had a word for the two of them: "I can't make two copies of each one, just look at it." ”

Although these drafts were much simpler than the first two paintings, they were still divided up by Zhao Tianba and Li Xinghan, and Zhao Tianba, who was deep in the city after returning to the city, was tight-lipped about this, and did not intend to share them with others at all. But the so-called three people are not secrets, Li Xinghan was vain, took out the painting to show off, and suddenly there was an uproar in the camp, and all the officers rushed up to take a closer look at the appearance of the palace. The fire at the city gate affected the pond fish, and after finding that everyone first appreciated it, and then quickly gave birth to the heart of snatching their treasures, Li Xinghan immediately recruited Zhao Tianba out, and the result was that Zhao Tianba and Li Xinghan were robbed a lot, and both of them fought each other with xìng to save the ** picture given to them after the inscription of Deng Ming.

It wasn't until the matter was big that Zhou Kaihuang and others found Deng Ming's death and begged Bai Lai to get a Deng Ming's inscription painting, that he realized that he shouldn't paint the palace at all, because although the people who came to him insisted on the inscription, the content of the painting was different: some asked him to draw a throne for himself, some asked to paint a court, and some people even asked to paint a dragon bed and a bedroom to open their eyes.

After secretly scolding himself for not thinking it through, Deng Ming insisted that he didn't know the details of the palace, but where are the officers willing to do it now? Although everyone kept calling Deng "Mr. Deng", and never asked him how he learned about the interior of the palace, everyone led by Zhou Kaihuang said that they had to get the painting in their hands, and some people simply untied their clothes and showed Deng Ming the injuries they had suffered during the battle with Tan Hong.

In the end, Deng Ming had no choice but to draw a few more pictures for them, and it turned out that none of these guys were as stable as Zhao Tianba, and after getting the painting, he and Li Xinghan had a virtue: they were overjoyed to show off. And their successful experience led more people to come to Deng Ming to splash and roll, and after finding that Deng Ming was soft-hearted and easy to bully, these people's curiosity became more and more serious, and some people in this group of people had already asked Deng Ming to draw a picture of the royal pure gold toilet to him.

"There is no such thing in the palace!" Deng Mingzheng verbally rejected this unreasonable request, and in order to calm the situation, Deng Ming finally had to agree to paint a batch of identical Jinshui Bridge scenery for everyone, and let them discuss the problem of how to distribute it, and not to disturb themselves in the future.

Although such a gentleman's agreement was reached, the next requests for additional quantities came again and again, and in the end, Deng Ming didn't know how much he had drawn, he only felt that his arms were so sore that he couldn't move, and of course the quality was getting worse, and in the end they were all extremely shoddy sketches - these sketches were also carved up, and even Xiong Lan and Qin Xiucai took advantage of the chaos to steal one.

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Fengjie,

Wen Anzhi has been in a very bad mood recently, the imperial court is in danger, and he tried his best to persuade the Ming troops in eastern Sichuan and northern Hubei to attack Chóngqìng, but he fell short because of Tan Yi and Tan Hong's defections.

Wen Anzhi has always hoped that the King of Jin can defeat Wu Sangui and ensure the safety of the imperial court, and it is best to annihilate Wu Sangui's army in Yunnan and give the Sichuan Ming army a chance to take the initiative to recover Ganxi. But things may also get worse, if the Jin king's war is unfavorable, Wen Anzhi feels that the imperial court must be transferred to the Chengdu Plain through Jianchang in western Sichuan - if it can be done, it is not an unacceptable situation to lose Yungui, Wu Sangui took away the Jīng Rui Qing army in the northwest, and now northern Sichuan, Shaanxi and other places are almost singing empty city plans, as long as Li Dingguo's main force is not damaged, he can still try to counterattack Ganshan, if he succeeds, he will be able to exchange territory with the Qing court.

However, due to the failure of the attack on Chóngqìng, it is impossible for the Ming army in Sichuan to launch an attack on Shaanxi under the best circumstances, and if the imperial court moves to the area of Kuizhou, Sichuan, the Ming army does not even have the ability to go to Chengdu to meet them. Wen Anzhi was also worried that the Qing army would take the opportunity to develop towards Wanxian, if the Qing army really acted like this, then the Ming army, which had exhausted the military food reserves, had no way to react - although Wen Anzhi carried out a certain amount of destruction in Wanxian, but it would take a long time before the harvest, and by the time the Ming army could mobilize the army next time, most of the Qing army had already consolidated the city defense of Wanxian.

A piece of news came five days ago that made Wen Anzhi's mood a little better, that is, the garrison report in the Yunyang area: The Ming army abandoned under the city of Chóngqìng was not completely annihilated, but one escaped, not only escaped but also defeated the mutinous Tan Hong.

And the news from the day before yesterday made Wen Anzhi overjoyed, the army that withdrew from Chóngqìng defeated Tan Yi who came to rob Wanxian, and roughly estimated that the beheadings and prisoners were also more than 3,000, if this good news is true, then Wanxian is not in danger for the time being, and after the Ming army relaxes next year, there is still a chance to re-control it. This good news made Wen Anzhi, who had not thought about tea and rice for several days, have an appetite all of a sudden, and not only ate two bowls of dry rice that day, but also drank a glass of wine in a comfortable mood, waiting for further detailed reports to be sent.

Yesterday, Yunyang did send a more detailed report, this Ming army still has more than 2,400 people, and the roster was sent together, and the messenger who sent the good news was also escorted to Fengjie by Yunyang. But after carefully questioning this messenger, Wen Anzhi's good mood suddenly disappeared again.

"How dare a bold fanatic pretend to be a clan!" Although the envoy swore that it was an unnamed clan disciple who led them to victory, Wen Anzhi scoffed at this: "I have never heard of a clan disciple coming to Sichuan. It also happened to be bumped into by Yuan Zongdi, who attacked chóngqìng? That's too many flaws, isn't it? And Yuan Zongdi never mentioned it to me at all, if there was such an important matter, would he not tell me? ”

After the words came out, Wen Anzhi thought about it, the person who came to deliver the letter was also a subordinate of Yuan Zongdi, according to him, he saw Yuan Zongdi and this person very closely, and patted his chest and said that Yuan Zongdi had confirmed that this person was a member of the clan, and he was also a close confidant of Yuan Zongdi.

"It's better to repair a book and ask Yasukuni Gong what is going on." Wen Anzhi didn't plan to investigate the crime of Yuan Zongdi's subordinates in bewitching the people, the situation was so sinister that there would be punishment for officers and soldiers with combat effectiveness?

However, the fanatic who pretended to be a sect is a different matter, as long as there is still a banner of the Ming Dynasty here, it is impossible to pretend not to see it, after repeatedly asking the messenger, Wen Anzhi felt that Yuan Zongdi might be hiding something, he repaired a letter to ask about the situation, and at the same time said hello: If this person and Yuan Zongdi are not related, then it is best to pretend not to know about this matter and let the superintendent yamen deal with it himself.

He didn't have much thought about Yuan Zongdi's Wen Anzhi, and Wen Anzhi didn't notice the little abacus in the other party's heart, if someone really deceived Yuan Zongdi, it was not surprising that he was fooled. And Yuan Zongdi did conceal the discovery of Deng Ming as expected by Wen An, Yuan Zongdi felt that Deng Ming was most likely to fall into the hands of the enemy, and at this time he also reported that he had found a member of the clan.

But unlike Yuan Zongdi, the more he thought about that liar, the more angry he became, the court was in danger, all kinds of demons and monsters came out, and now there were people blatantly claiming to be the clan, trying to take advantage of the difficult situation to steal the imperial court's army, and this daring liar has been deceived in front of the Guogong.

Originally, he thought that he would be able to have a good year in a happy mood, but Wen Anyi felt worried when he thought that the thousands of troops in Wanxian County were still under the bewitchment of this person, but judging from the words of the envoy, this person had already coaxed this army into a daze, and if the measures were not taken properly, the consequences were unpredictable.

"Don't startle the snake." Wen Anzhi carefully considered it, and decided to pretend to believe that this person was indeed a child of the clan, and he could even pretend to be sincere and fearful, as long as he stabilized this person first.

"A young liar in his early twenties shouldn't be difficult to deal with." In this era when the vast majority of people will never leave their birthplace for hundreds of miles in their lives, and all knowledge comes from the villagers, Wen Anzhi not only reads and writes, but also walks several provinces. It's not that Wen Anzhi hasn't seen liars, but the tricks they used to deceive farmers who don't know anything about a hundred miles away are no problem, and for him it is ridiculous; Wen Anzhi has also seen liars who pretend to be clansmen, they don't know anything about the royal family at all, and they are completely imaginary of the villagers - this liar is only in his early twenties, even if he is clever and clever in front of Wen Anzhi's torch method, what can he do?

Wen Anzhi made up his mind, first using the greed of the liar to summon him and the army that had been bewitched by him to Fengjie, and then ruthlessly exposed his lies in public, first convincing everyone and then punishing the liar. This should be the best way to deal with it, not to give this person the opportunity to lead the army to the Qing court, and not to let the army become suspicious, so that rumors will spread.

Outside the window, the sound of firecrackers celebrating the thirteenth day of Yongli has sounded, although the materials are tight, but this still cannot be saved.

"It's going to be a better new year." The sound of firecrackers took away most of the worries in Wen An's heart and made him full of longing.

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Boryeong,

Li Guoying's New Year was not a happy one, and in just a few days, he experienced the whole process of great joy and sorrow.

When he heard that Chóngqìng was about to be detained, Li Guoying, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, grew a lot of gray hair overnight, but after thinking about it again and again, there was no force to send to Chóngqìng to relieve the siege, and he was even helpless on how to keep Boryeong. But the news came very quickly, Tan Yi and Tan Hong defected, Tan Wen was killed, and Yuan Zongdi fled. Li Guoying laughed when he looked at the report, as if he saw Wen Anzhi's angry but helpless face with his own eyes.

What made Li Guoying even happier was that without waiting for him to order the generals to take Wanxian County as a barrier, Tan Hong sent a military order with knowledge and interest, saying that he must block Wen Anzhi and seize Wanxian for him.

Very well, Li Guoying immediately reported to Běijīng, and at the same time asked Běijīng to recognize Ertan's marquis title.

"What clan? Nonsense! ”

Li Guoying, who was furious, slammed Wang Mingde's report on the table, and since his victory was sent away, bad news came one after another, first Tan Hong was defeated and captured-this idiot will be beaten by a group of routs and lose his armor! Li Guoying felt that he had lost his eyes, and he used to think that Tan Hong was worth buying.

And today's report is even more exaggerated, Tan Yi, who went to pursue this rout, was actually killed and wiped out by the whole army - there is no merit and he will be implicated, Wang Mingde unceremoniously reported all the truth to the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and refused to hide it for Tan Hong, a general whose strength was lost.

Originally, Li Guoying was still thinking about using the forces of the two Tan to shield Kuizhou, and then go all out to enter Chengdu, and in the case of Wu Sangui taking away all the main forces, quickly pacifying Sichuan is not only a great achievement, but also a full demonstration of his ability to Běijīng, but unfortunately Li Guoying's wishful thinking was crushed by Deng Ming.

"Do your best to find out the origin of this person's life!" The governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi shouted angrily, although the governor of Sichuan, Gao Mingzhan, abandoned the city and fled by him, but sooner or later he would also be informed by běijīng, if he recovered Chengdu, not only would he be fine, but he might even be able to keep this old subordinate, but now not only may he not be able to keep Gao Mingzhan, but even Li Guoying himself may be reprimanded by běijīng for this.

The Sichuan and Shaanxi Governor's Mansion is busy, and under the strict orders of the Governor, there will soon be a group of meticulous factions in the direction of Wanxian, and now Li Guoying, who appeared out of thin air, has become very important. After the initial outrage, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi again picked up Wang Mingde's report and read it carefully, and then summoned the witnesses sent by Chóngqìng to the front for repeated questioning.

"Twice lured the enemy with his body, took the lead, and beat Tan Hong and Tan Yi to the point where he was powerless." Li Guoying had already asked Gao Mingzhan to make meritorious contributions to attack Chengdu Mansion, but now he canceled this order and turned his attention to the direction of Kuizhou Mansion: "Deng Ming, Deng Ming, who are you?" ”——

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