Hearing this answer, not only Shunzhi panicked, but even Xiaozhuang panicked. Said: "The two of you are so sure? Ning Wan said: "Originally, I wasn't very sure based on these two points alone, but let's take a look at it again, Zhang Changgeng's report said that the entire Shizhou Guard and Yuanzhou's Restoration Army were dispatched. And it can be said that the whole army is dispatched, which shows that they have no worries at all. ”

Fan Wencheng also said: "Their worries are my army in Yungui in the Qing Dynasty. Now that they have no worries, it means that Yungui's army is gone. Although the old minister didn't want to believe that this was true, judging from the intelligence of all parties, my Qing Dynasty's army in Yungui was indeed more than lucky. ”

As soon as Shunzhi heard the news, he immediately panicked, got up and walked back and forth, and said, "Then what are you waiting for?" Hurry up and pack up your things, I will withdraw from the customs outside the Qing Dynasty and not fight with them. Seeing that everyone was not moving, Shunzhi suddenly said, "What are you waiting for?" If it's too late, we won't be able to leave. ”

Xiaozhuang said sharply: "Emperor, you are confused. At this time, we should discuss how to block the rebels and how to hold the country left by our ancestors. As soon as you have a stir, you just want to retreat outside the border, which is really a shame for our Manchurian face, and shame the ancestors of our Aixinjueluo family. ”

Shunzhi said: "What Eniang said is easy, the Restoration Army has wiped out the 100,000 troops stationed in Huguang. Now that Huguang is wide, there is no longer a large army in Jiangxi that can stop it, not to mention that Yungui's army has also been wiped out. The Liangguang army was pinned down by the remnants of the former Ming army in Guangdong, and Fujian and Zhejiang had to guard against pirates. What will I do to defend Huguang? What did the Qing Dynasty take to prevent it? ”

Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan knelt on the side, quietly listening to the quarrel between Xiaozhuang and Shunzhi, and when they heard that Shunzhi was going to return to Guanwai, they didn't dare to come out to persuade them. It's not that they want to let Shunzhi withdraw from the pass, but they know that it is impossible for Xiaozhuang to let Shunzhi take the Manchurians back again.

At this time, when they heard Shunzhi say that there was no way to defend, the two old foxes suddenly had a twinkle in their eyes. Ning Wan said: "Emperor Shengming, what you said is right, we will immediately withdraw to Wuchang." As long as we can retreat to Wuchang, we will have an army to defend it. ”

Shunzhi didn't hear what Ning Wan said specifically, but he heard Ning Wan say that he was going to retreat, and thought that Ning Wan and I suddenly agreed to the plan of retreating outside the Guan. No one would agree before, but now suddenly another person agreed, and Shunzhi immediately grabbed a life-saving straw.

As a result, before Shunzhi could praise Ning Wan, I heard Ning Wan say that there would be an army to defend in Wuchang. Immediately scolded: "Fart, you old thing is talking nonsense, what do you tell me to guard?" Where did you come from, you can scatter beans into soldiers and conjure me into an army. ”

Ning Wan said: "Your Majesty, of course the old minister does not have the ability to scatter beans into soldiers, but I can find an army for the Qing Dynasty." There are local armies in all the cities of our Qing Dynasty, but they are scattered all over the country, so it is obvious that there are no soldiers available. As long as we gather these armies, even if there are only 500 people in one city, how many cities are there in the whole Huguang? I'm afraid there are no less than a hundred cities. With these people, we can quickly raise an army of 50,000. ”

Shunzhi looked at Ning Wan and me a little dumbfounded, and he didn't think about it, Ning Wan came up with such a childish way. As soon as I wanted to say that Ning Wan was naïve, I saw Ning Wan and I said again: "What's more, there are many big cities in Huguang, as long as we give up the small cities, and then concentrate our troops and stick to the big cities." Due to the division of troops, the Fuming army has only more than 20,000 troops all the way, and if you want to capture a well-defended city, it will take ten days and half a month at the earliest. ”

Fan Wencheng continued: "This will give us time to gather our troops, and when our army arrives, they will only capture one or two cities, and the overall situation will not be hindered at all." At that time, the veteran soldiers of the Restoration Army must be tired and demoralized. And the army of our Great Qing Dynasty, waiting for work at ease and returning at dusk, must kill the Ming Army like destroying the withering and decaying, leaving not a single piece of armor. ”

Shunzhi was a little relieved at this time, and said, "The two gentlemen can say in detail." Ning Wan said: "Your Majesty, since Emperor Taizu in the Qing Dynasty, I have paid the most attention to the population, and I have never taken the gains and losses of one city and one place to heart. Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong, every time they went out to attack the Ming Dynasty, they would aim to bring back a large number of people and food. Facts have also proved that the two first emperors, Taizu and Taizong, were right. The population and combat power of the Ming Dynasty were getting weaker and weaker the more they fought. And I, Daqing, is getting stronger and stronger. In the end, I entered the Central Plains in the Qing Dynasty and sat firmly in the country, so we should use this method now. ”

Fan Wencheng said: "Lord Ning is right, now that my Qing Dynasty has lost troops in Huguang, there is no army that can stop the offensive of the Restoration Army. And it takes time for the imperial court to mobilize the army, and it will not be able to mobilize a large army to block the Restoration Army for a while. Why not withdraw all the population and troops of Huguang to Wuchang, the area of Chengtianfu, and the personnel of Hunan to Changsha and the vicinity of Hengzhou Mansion. ”

Shunzhi said: "Don't want other land cities?" Is it useful to retreat to this area? Ning Wan said: "Your Majesty, we don't have an army to stop the Restoration Army now. But as long as we retreat to the Guangdong side of Huguang, there must be a large number of people and troops with us. Then we are defending the cities in the east, and we are building defensive lines in these places, and we will have a large number of people and armies. What's more, we can calmly mobilize the troops in the south of the Yangtze River to Huguang. ”

Fan Wencheng said: "Yes, when we retreat, we don't move all the people away, we can choose their strength and take them away." As for the old, weak, sick and disabled, the women, children and children were directly discarded and left to be taken care of by the Restoration Army. In this way, it will definitely slow down the speed of the Restoration Army's march, which not only increases the consumption of grain and grass for the Restoration Army, but also lengthens the grain route of the Restoration Army, and also makes the Restoration Army unable to find a grain in the local area. ”

Xiaozhuang also nodded and said: "Yes, what the two Qing families said is too right, as long as I am given time in the Qing Dynasty, we can mobilize a large army to encircle and suppress, and when the time comes, look at these Han barbarians, what tricks can they come up with." ”

After Ning Wan, Fan Wencheng and I suddenly got up and said, "The Empress Dowager Shengming." Then Ning Wan said: "I also ask the emperor to make a will, that is, to forgive those retreating officials for their responsibility of losing their land, as long as they can retreat with their youth and food, they will be forgiven." If the Ming Army surrenders, or if the grain and young people are not taken away, then they will be punished for the crime of losing their land, and they will be exterminated to warn future generations. ”

Xiaozhuang said: "Well, Ning Qing's method is good, not only to give these people a little hope, but also to give them corresponding punishments." In this way, the local officials will naturally be able to do their errands with their hearts. ”

Fan Wencheng also said: "If you can't go with food, as long as the local officials can set fire to it, they are also not guilty." As long as the Restoration Army has no food to spare, there will be no soldiers to replenish. Even if they are strong for a while, they will be dragged down. ”

Shunzhi also figured it out at this time, and said, "The two gentlemen are really Zhuge alive." In this way, the Restoration Army not only had to be responsible for its own military rations, but also had to face the women, children and children who were waiting to be fed on the ground of Huguang. But they gave food to save the people. They also did not receive the slightest reinforcement of soldiers, and they had to take care of a large number of elderly people and children. Even if the Restoration Army has great ability, it is helpless. ”

After Ning Wan, Fan Wencheng and I immediately patted their asses and said: "This is the emperor's sage, and the Great Qing Dynasty is blessed with all the heavens." I believe that when the army arrives, the Restoration Army will be vulnerable. ”

Yue Le said: "In this way, the Restoration Army will either be consumed alive in Huguang, or they will only return to Sichuan in a gray manner." In that case, we'll start without a fight. When Shunzhi and the others heard this, they all immediately burst out laughing.

Shunzhi also said happily: "Yes, after I pacify Huguang in the Qing Dynasty, I will exempt Huguang from taxes for one year, which can be regarded as compensation for the people of Huguang." Yue Le also joined Ning Wan and me and said, "The emperor loves the people like a son, and the blessing of the people." The emperor's benevolent heart, I believe that the people of Huguang must have deeply felt the emperor's grace, and they dare not have the slightest disagreement with the Qing Dynasty. ”

Shunzhi said: "Okay, Yue Le, tomorrow you will take 10,000 guards to the military camp and go to Huguang to oversee the army." Give you the right to make arbitrary decisions on the spot, and all the local officials in Huguang Province will be at your disposal. You have to organize the army and the people to retreat as soon as possible. Anyone who deliberately delays the retreat and fails to do so will be dealt with as delaying the military aircraft, regardless of the size of the official. ”

As soon as Yue Le heard this, this right was great, and almost the entire Huguang was handed over to Yue Le. As long as Yue Le arrives in Huguang, he is purely a king of Huguang. Yue Le suddenly said excitedly: "The slave has the order, please rest assured that the slave will do a good job and not embarrass the emperor." ”

Shunzhi said again: "Okay, with your words, let you go to Huguangzhen and rest assured." But after you go to Wuchang, do one thing for me first. Yue Leqi said: "I don't know what the emperor wants his servants to do?" ”

Shunzhi said with a fierce look in his eyes: "It is to secretly dispose of Wang Jieshu of Kangjun, I asked him to go to Huguang to supervise the army, but the army was fighting, but he retreated without authorization." led to Dong Xueli's defeat in Chenzhou, and he was unforgivable. His family has decreed that all of them will be sent to Ningguta as slaves. But Jieshu is a member of the royal family after all, and going to Ningguta as a slave will inevitably humiliate those subordinates. In order not to let him disgrace his ancestors, let him decide on his own. ”

Yue Le didn't expect that Jie Shu would be killed because he lost a battle, and the family would end up like this. But now it's not good to speak for Jieshu, so I had to agree.

At this time, Sonny and Ao Bai also returned, and Sonny said to Shunzhi: "The royal family, the transfer of various armies, has already passed down the will. At this time, Shunzhi was also in a comfortable mood and said: "Don't worry about the rest, change the order of Badali, let him take the Mongolian Eight Banners to Xinyang, go directly to Huguang De'an Mansion, and be dispatched by Yue Le, Prince of An." ”

Sonny and Ao Bai were taken aback and said, "Your Majesty, is there any military information?" Why is it suddenly time to go to Xinyang again, it is taboo to change the military order every day. Shunzhi said: "There is no military situation, but the plan has been changed." Ning Aiqing, you tell Sony about them. ”

After listening to what Ning said again, Sonny and Ao Bai applauded this new plan on the surface, but in their hearts they were impressed by the two old foxes Ning Wan and Fan Wencheng. said secretly: "These two old things are really fucking poisonous." If this plan continues, the entire Huguang will be covered with corpses. In the future, you have to stay away from these two old things, otherwise you won't know why you will be killed one day. ”

After Sonny and Ao Bai understood, Shunzhi said: "Since you understand, hurry up and go on an errand." Tell the local officials that I have forgiven their sins this time, and if they don't do their errands well, they will be punished for both. ”

Sonny and Ao Bai immediately said: "Huh" saw the two leave. Ning Wan and I Fan Wencheng also got up and retired, and Xiaozhuang did not stay. When everyone went out, Xiaozhuang said, "Look at it, what's the big deal." Isn't that an easy solution? When you encounter a little something, you think about retreating outside the border, do you really think that this country is easy to fight, come easily? ”

Shunzhi stopped talking at this time, and Xiaozhuang said: "Okay, I won't say it either, you should listen to the methods of the Han people more in the future." Don't make a fuss at every turn. With that, he took Su Mala to Cining Palace.

Shunzhi wrote a holy decree and said to Wu Liangfu: "Let the Jiangnan side step up the pursuit, and don't relax." Wu Liangfu immediately ordered someone to send him to Nanjing.