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Li Guo's camp was full of sustenance, whether it was an ordinary soldier or the two main generals Li Guo and Gao Yigong, they had not yet gotten rid of the sadness and hesitation of Li Zicheng's sudden death.

Ma Yongzhen had many interviews with Li Guo and Gao Yigong, and then Song Xiance also arrived to persuade them, but Li Guo and Gao Yigong had difficulty making up their minds to join Qin Mu.

The two secretly sent people to Jingshan to contact Gao Guiying, and at this point, Gao Guiying learned the news of her husband's violent death, and was grief-stricken for a while, and only came to Yicheng a few days later with part of the old camp.

In the big tent, Song Xiance comforted him: "The queen, everything in the world has a fixed number, and it is difficult for manpower to return to the sky. ”

After all, Gao Guiying has been fighting for many years and is used to seeing life and death, so she didn't cry like an ordinary woman anymore, but just asked sentimentally: "Has the emperor ever been buried?" ”

Song Xiance hurriedly replied: "Back to the queen's mother, the emperor's coffin is still parked in the Lingtan Temple of Dabie Mountain, and it has not yet been buried.

"And what? At this point, why should the great teachers of the country swallow and spit out! ”

"Back to Niangniang, Qin Mu promised, as long as the queen promised to return, she could be buried according to the specifications of the emperor's tomb in the future"

"What if I don't agree to join it?"

"This queen mother, Qin Mu has always been benevolent and righteous, when my Dashun army withdrew from Yanjing, Qin Mu took the initiative to send people to contact Yuan Zongdi, to ensure that he would not commit Xiangyang, Yuan Zongdi was able to lead the right battalion of people to the north to meet the emperor, when our army retreated to Guanzhong, Qin Mu sent several people to contact the emperor, hoping that the two families would fight against Hu Lu, during which Qin Mu kept his promise and did not take advantage of the danger to seize Xiangyang;

Guanzhong was lost, and the emperor retreated to Jianghan. Qin Mu provided our army with grain, grass and weapons free of charge, but the will of heaven was unpredictable, the emperor died suddenly, the three armies were mournful, and the army was about to collapse, which coincided with Wu Sangui leading the army to attack;

The 100,000 old and weak women and children in Dabie Mountain were about to be slaughtered, but it was Qin Mu who rescued them in time, saving the 100,000 women and children from disaster; And now they have all been transferred to Huguang and properly resettled;

The queen is not a subordinate who has the heart to betray the master. It's really the last resort when it's the end of the road;

The queen must also know that those who win the hearts of the people get the world, since the loss of the foundation of Guanzhong, the Dashun officials have almost escaped, and the people's hearts have been scattered, not to mention that the world is not benevolent, the emperor died young, and the heart of the Dashun army has also been scattered, how easy is it to talk about it again? I hope the queen will think twice. ”

Really talk about it. Between the Qin army and the Dashun army, except for the initial battle in Jingmen in order to fight for territory, the Qin army really had nothing to be sorry for the Dashun army, when the Dashun army was in a difficult situation. If it weren't for the Qin army's help, don't say that the 100,000 old and weak women and children in Dabie Mountain would not be able to escape the catastrophe, even the 60,000 horses on her side would also be unable to escape death.

"Make it up, one thing. What's your opinion? ”

Li Guo was silent.

Gao Yigong replied hesitantly: "Queen Mother, Ma Yongzhen placed our army in Yicheng, and there is Xiangyang Jiancheng in the north. There are Jingmen and Chengtian in the south, and the grain and grass provided to our army each time are barely enough to eat for two days. ”

Gao Yigong's words are equivalent to telling Gao Guiying that we have no way out.

To the east, it is difficult to climb the Great Hung Mountain.

To the west, there are uninhabited deep mountains and old forests such as Jingshan Mountain and Shennongjia;

To the north, the distance from Yicheng to Xiangyang is 100 miles, and when the army reaches Xiangyang, the food is also eaten up, and the hungry stomach attacks Xiangyang City, which is defended by 10,000 Qin troops, and it is tantamount to a fool's dream to capture it.

To the south, forget it, it's better to surrender directly.

In fact, the Qin army has already eaten them and agreed to annex them, hello and I am good; If they do not agree, they will immediately run out of food, and then face a north-south attack.

Nowadays, every time the Qin army sends grain, it will hype up the policies of the Qin army with the soldiers of the Dashun army, and advocate how good the treatment of the Qin army is, which makes the soldiers of Dashun very envious;

In addition, the two sides have just fought side by side, and there is some friendship, and now they eat food every day with free assistance, eating people with short mouths and soft hands, and letting tens of thousands of Dashun soldiers attack the Qin army, I am afraid that many people are reluctant.

More importantly, at the beginning, their partial division had a special task, and their families were led by Li Zicheng to retreat, and now many of the 60,000 soldiers and their families have also been placed in Huguang together.

Song Xiance persuaded again: "Queen Mother, Dashun is really destroyed by the Manchu Tartars, the Manchu Tartars are our real enemies, if it is not the Tartars, Wu Sangui is the enemy of my Dashun, if it is not the Tartars, why does the emperor need to withdraw from Yanjing, and how can he lose the foundation of Guanzhong?" The queen mother, if you want to avenge this great revenge to comfort the emperor's spirit in the sky, now you can only achieve this wish by relying on Qin Mu. ”

Whether to return to Qin Mu or not, for Gao Guiying, this is indeed a difficult decision.

She sighed gloomily and said: "I am just a lonely widow now, and it is enough to be able to keep the emperor in front of the mausoleum for the rest of my life. ”

"Queen Mother!"

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Regarding the question of the next strategic direction, whether to take Heluo and Guanzhong in the north or to fight for Jiangnan in the east, Qin Mu was difficult to decide for a while, and the officials in the palace were also divided into two different opinions, and they could not hold each other.

The two plans have their own advantages and disadvantages, and at dusk, Qin Mu returned to the back garden of the palace, still struggling with this problem.

Li Xiangjun had already prepared a sumptuous dinner, and placed the banquet in the small lotus pavilion by the small lake, the cool breeze blowing from the lake, the lotus leaves on the lake were like covers, and the red lotus was in full bloom, a beautiful scenery in midsummer.

Li Xiangjun and Dong Xiaowan are both thin Shi Fandai, with floor-length skirts, curling Tingting, and unlimited style;

Bian Saisai is still dressed in a Confucian shirt, holding a folding fan, like a personable son. It's just that the restrained slender waist, the moving curves can't be hidden, and under the backdrop of the Confucian shirt, a bit of neutral beauty is added to the softness, which corresponds to her melancholy temperament, and there is an indescribable beauty.

A few people had a few touches of sunset, a breeze in the small pavilion feasting, asked about the situation after parting, each with a sigh.

Bian Saisai found that Qin Mu had fewer words, and couldn't help asking: "My lord has won a new victory, and he has annihilated 100,000 enemies, but he can't see joy on his face, but he looks like he is preoccupied, why is this?" ”

When Bian Saisai first came, Qin Mu was afraid that she would misunderstand, but he didn't hide it, so he concisely mentioned a few words on his mind.

After Bian Saisai heard this, he thought for a while and said: "Such a matter related to the safety of the world, the slave should not say much, it's just"

Qin Mu knows that current political strategies are also a compulsory homework for them, and they talked and laughed in their previous lives, and they were all ministers, and their knowledge was not comparable to ordinary people;

Qin Mu was a little curious in his heart, what kind of opinions they would have, so he said with a smile: "The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband." If you have any opinions, you can also talk about them, and if you say it right, I accept it, and if it's wrong, let's just make small talk. ”

"I don't dare to take my opinions, the slave family takes the liberty to talk about what they think, and I hope the adults will not blame them."

"You're welcome, just say it."

"My lord, after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the momentum was like a bamboo, and almost all the lands in the north of the river had fallen, so for adults, the most important thing at the moment was to seek stability, first to maintain vitality, and then to fight back step by step;

In fact, although the adults have won a new big victory, the current overall strength of the Tartars is still superior to the adults, whether it is north or east, the adults cannot guarantee that they will be able to achieve strategic expectations;

As the weak party, it is particularly important to seek stability, and the slave family feels that the adults can compare which plan has a better chance of winning, and the adults should take which plan to do;

If the adults can go further, the Tartars will have to take a step back, and if the strength of the adults increases, the strength of the Tartars will be reduced by one point. ”

Bian Saisai's words are actually very conservative, but it is not unreasonable, now the overall strength of the Qin army is not superior to that of the Tartars, but it is to occupy the advantage of the inner line of combat, and win the first move with the defense of the attack;

The 20,000 Guanning troops near Macheng have not yet surrendered, and Li Guo's 60,000 troops have not yet been attached, which are extremely unstable factors;

If it cannot be solved as soon as possible, once it goes all out, whether it is north or east, these two unstable factors are enough to affect the overall victory or defeat.

Therefore, Bian Saisai said that stability is required first at present, and this is indeed correct.

Li Xiangjun was also interested, and she asked prettyly: "Master, can a slave talk about it?" ”

"Of course you can.".

(To be continued......)