After Zhu Dashan and the others made up their minds, Zhu Dashan asked Tan Shuanghua to call Peng Zhenxi back again. (In the future, Zhu Dashan will use Zhu Youdong's identity from time to time, in order to facilitate the reader's understanding, Zhu Dashan will be directly called Zhu Youdong later.) Zhu Youdong continued to point to Yutu and said: "Qihou went to Banzhou, this is the way, General Hao Yongzhong took Dingyuwei and went north on the Yangtze River. From Jiangjin, Yongchuan invaded Luzhou, Xuzhou and Luzhouwei. By quickly occupying the local passes and taking Renhuai County as soon as possible, we will be able to hold the Qing army and prevent them from attacking Sichuan from the west of Banzhou. ”

Yuan Zongdi looked at Yutu and said, "It's good to wait for such an arrangement, but what about other places in Sichuan?" Do you want to leave them alone? Zhu Youdong said: "We still have three guards in Bishan, let them go north to Tongchuan Mansion." After arriving in Suining, two guards were divided to attack Chengdu Mansion in the west, and the other guard continued to go north to capture the entire Tongchuan Mansion. Du Xue and the others who assembled in Yanting, without logistical supplies, they would not be able to struggle for a few days, and it would be best to force them to surrender, so that we would be able to mobilize enough troops. There are now close to the four guards in the south, plus the surrender of Yiwei and Du Xue and others who went to converge, there are enough 70,000 troops, and then counterattack the land of Long'an and Songpan, and completely drive the Qing army in the north out of Sichuan. ”

Hao Yongzhong said: "In this way, the army is gathered in the north, and the south is not a little weaker." Zhu Youdong said: "No way, now there are various passes in the north to defend, we only need to drive these Qing troops from Sichuan out of Sichuan, the north is relatively safer, now we must do our best to drive them out, and when we completely hold the passes, then the troops can be transferred south." ”

Yuan Zongdi said: "That's okay, but how did these tens of thousands of troops go south?" Which way is it better? Zhu Youdong looked at the map, pondered for a while, and said: "I look at Chengdu Mansion to the south, and by the way, Yazhou, Jiading, Qiongzhou, Meizhou and other places will be recovered." This time, Li Guoying transferred troops to transfer all the troops in these places, and now they are very empty, and there are no garrisons stationed at all, as long as our army arrives, I believe that there will not be much resistance in these places. ”

Hao Yongzhong said: "But this road is not easy to walk, it is a high mountain and a snow-capped mountain." Zhu Youdong said: "As far as this attack on Chongqing is concerned, our troops have shown great courage, as long as we can fulfill our promises, I believe that these troops will be able to handle this task, and I will personally go south on the Jiading line when the time comes." ”

He Zhen exclaimed: "What? Pingyuhou also went to Jiading to go south in person? Zhu Youdong said: "Yes, this road is close to 70,000 troops, if we can go south from Mahu and Wumeng, capture Zhenxiong, Wusa Mansion to defend Qixing Pass, and then continue to attack Yunnan, will we be able to rescue the court and the emperor?" ”

Listening to Zhu Youdong's plan, Yuan Zongdi and the others were stunned, this plan was too risky, but it couldn't be said that a plan was completely infeasible. Yuan Zongdi said: "Is it easy to attack Yunnan from this road, but this road is high and dangerous, and there are big snow mountains and many high mountain dangers, I'm afraid it's not so easy." ”

Zhu Youdong couldn't help but hesitate a little when he heard this, can he succeed in doing this? But then Zhu Youdong said very firmly: "This is an opportunity for us, after I lead the army to attack Yunnan, I will also make adjustments to the deployment of Sichuan." But we must go, we have no imperial court, which has always been a huge weakness for our resistance to the Qing Dynasty. ”

Yuan Zongdi and the others saw that Zhu Youdong had already made up his mind, so they immediately didn't say anything. Then Zhu Youdong said to Yuan Zongdi: "The Duke of Yasukuni can't be idle in Chongqing for a few days, after stabilizing Chongqing, he will send troops to attack Fengdu, Zhongzhou and other places, and punish the Tusi who surrendered to Youyang and others, so as to deter the small group." At this time, Jing Guogong's army should have been reorganized, so that he could also cooperate with Shizhouwei, who directly attacked Huguang, so that the connection between Kuidong and Chongqing could be strengthened, and the Qing army in Huguang could better guard against the attack of Huguang. ”

Yuan Zongdi said: "Huguang is afraid that there are no extra troops to attack." Zhu Youdong said: "We still have to be careful, not careless, if the Qing army in Huguang invades Sichuan, it will be a great damage to my plan." ”

He Zhen also said: "Yes, you can't help but guard against this hand, and when you gain a foothold in eastern Sichuan, you can also send troops to attack Sinan Mansion in Guizhou, so that you can also support me." Hao Yongzhong smiled: "Look at it, these eight characters haven't been skimmed yet, and the ideas have come here." Yuan Zongdi said: "As long as we defend eastern Sichuan, we will definitely send troops to support." ”

Zhu Youdong said: "Yes, that's the case, otherwise we will become our own battles, and it will only let the Qing army take advantage, but this time the main force of the Qing army in Yungui is mostly the elite of the battle. ”

For the main force of the Qing army attacking Yungui, no one was sure that it would be defeated, and they were silent when they saw Zhu Youdong say this. Peng Zhenxi, who had already come in, saw that Zhu Youdong and others had been discussing military affairs, so he had to stand there for a while and didn't speak, but now he saw that everyone didn't speak before he said: "If you want to completely cut off the return route of the Qing army, it is best to capture Duyun Mansion in Guizhou." ”

Hao Yongzhong sneered: "Don't we know the benefits of capturing Duyun Mansion? But we are now short of troops, and we have to divide several lines to defend, and we can still storm Duyun Mansion there. Peng Zhenxi said: "It's not that you want to capture Duyun Mansion, just capture Duyun Mansion." Hao Yongzhong said: "What's the difference?" ”

Peng Zhenxi said: "Of course, there is a difference, the capture is to garrison, but the capture is not necessary, as long as after the capture, destroy the road, blow up the bridge, so that the Qing army will be difficult to come up with, after all, Guizhou is known as "eight mountains, one water and one field", although this is said to be in Guizhou less land farming, but also shows that Guizhou is high and the road is dangerous, in such a place the road, the bridge was destroyed, the Qing army wants to build a new road from the new I don't know what year and month. ”

Zhu Youdong's eyes lit up and said: "Yes, why didn't I think of it, we just destroyed the road." He Zhen said: "Pingyu, this is not good, in this way, we will not be able to attack Guizhou." Zhu Youdong said: "We are not in a hurry now, we are now going to trap the main force of the Qing army in the southwest, as long as they are trapped, we will use time to do other things, and when we can attack Guizhou, how many hundreds of thousands of Qing troops are left in Yunnan and Guizhou?" ”

Zhu Youdong looked at Yutu again and said: "It seems that we have to find a way to send people to attack Duyun Mansion, but who can quickly capture Duyun with the army without the Qing army knowing?" Hao Yongzhong said: "I can't do this, I don't have any ability." Yuan Zongdi and He Zhen both said they couldn't.

Zhu Youdong couldn't think of this person for a while, so he had to let it go first, and said: "Don't be busy with this matter first, you should do a good job of the defense of Sichuan first, we can't go to the front to fight lively, there are still people robbing our homes in the back, and we must appease the people everywhere." ”

Then Zhu Youdong said to Peng Zhenxi: "Let you come is to let you write an article, calling on officials from all over the country to return to the Ming anyway, as long as it is before my Ming Dynasty Wang Shi arrived, all those who returned to the Ming Dynasty will be retained in their original positions anyway, and all the civil and military generals in the city will be beheaded." If there is a city to resist the army, directly write down the origin of the general, when I come to the place where the Ming Dynasty Wang Shi went, there are officials who resist the Wang Shi, and the whole clan is slaughtered. ”

Peng Zhenxi was stunned when he heard Zhu Youdong's words. This is to uproot those resisting generals, and even record the origins of these officials, and kill other people's entire clans when they arrive at people's hometowns. Peng Zhenxi said: "Master Hou, isn't this a bit too much, just behead these officials." ”

Zhu Youdong said: "It's not too much, aren't these officials who surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty just relying on it now, and their families are not in Sichuan?" Well, I'll remember where you are, and as soon as I get to your hometown, I'll kill all of your people, so that I can deter them from being demoted. ”

Peng Zhenxi said: "Such a fanfare announcement in the world also has a great impact on the image of the Ming Dynasty." Zhu Youdong said: "How many people did the Manchus kill in my Daming?" Why haven't I seen anyone say that they have a bad image? A paper shaving order, enclosure, escape law, how many people have been killed? Why don't you see anyone come out and talk about it? These people are obviously afraid of knives. ”

Yuan Zongdi also said: "Ping Yuhou, isn't it too much to write the words of slaughtering the whole clan on the inscription?" Zhu Youdong said: "It's not an exaggeration, just write like this, since they are afraid of knives, I will throw knives at them directly." Otherwise, people like Zhai Chang don't know how many there are, and they don't know what dirty things they are doing. ”

Peng Zhenxi was helpless, so he had to find Zhu Youdong's meaning and write it out. Peng Zhenxi's literary talent is still good, and he wrote it after a while. Zhu Youdong was very satisfied and said: "Okay, just write it according to this, write more, and let the army set off with these documents tomorrow." ”

Peng Zhenxi took the officials in Chongqing and worked all night, and finally wrote enough essays. The next day, the Restoration Army set off with the text, originally no one was optimistic about Zhu Youdong's message, but after receiving the message, the Restoration Army directly threatened with his own family, and in desperation, officials from all over the country opened the city and surrendered, after all, there were still few people who could give up the size of the whole family and serve the Qing Dynasty. But it's not nothing, the Nanchuan guard relied on himself that he was not a local, not afraid of the coercion of his family, and resisted according to the city, but before the Jingyu guard arrived, he was tied up by the officials in the city with his family, and when the Jingyu guard led the troops to arrive, the officials escorted the guard to the Jingyu guard, and the garrison will also come, and immediately promoted the official to the local garrison, and he registered his place of residence after the guard was beheaded, and then went directly to Longwu.

The remaining officials of Nanchuan stood in place and didn't know what to do, looking at the people around them, they couldn't believe that they were directly promoted. The magistrate has long since run away, and now he is still acting as the magistrate, and in the congratulatory voices of the "adults" around him, after he woke up, he immediately began his career as a magistrate.

As Chongqing's Restoration Army attacked everywhere, the cities around Chongqing have returned to the Ming anyway, and even the Zhenzhou Division of Banzhou heard about the matter of Nanchuan, and hurriedly submitted a surrender table to Chongqing, saying that he was a courtier of the Ming Dynasty, but the situation forced him to surrender to the Qing, and now he heard that the Ming Dynasty was going to recover Sichuan, and immediately said that he must return to the warm embrace of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youdong looked at the table in front of him with a smile and a smile, Zhenzhou Division, Zhu Youdong really didn't want to attack. Because it was too remote and not on the way, he didn't give He Zhen, who had even invaded Banzhou, an order to capture the Zhenzhou Division, but now he sent it to the door himself.

Zhu Youdong was ready to politely praise two sentences, and was about to reply. At this time, Peng Zhenxi came in and saw the table on the table, and said, "Master Hou, this is a great thing, Zhenzhou Si came at the right time." Zhu Youdong said: "There are times when there are no time, and there is no way there, and the place is still remote, so it is useless." ”

Peng Zhenxi said: "How could Master Hou think like this? It was useless before, but now it's too useful for the Restoration Army, I wanted to ask Hou Ye why he didn't attack Zhenzhou Division, but now they sent it themselves, this is God favoring Hou Ye, God bless Daming. ”

Zhu Youdong saw Peng Zhenxi's cautiousness, and said curiously: "Why didn't I see that this Zhenzhou Division is important?" Tell me why he's important? Peng Zhenxi pulled Zhu Youdong to the front of the map, pointed to the location of the Zhenzhou Division and said, "Master Hou, look at the location of the Zhenzhou Division." ”

Zhu Youdong looked at the map and said, "What's wrong with this position?" One is not through the official road, the second is not on the main road, and the third is not a pass. No matter how you look at it, it's useless. Peng Zhenxi said: "It's because of these that he is important now, and it's because of these that no one pays attention to him, where is the Hou Ye looking through the Zhenzhou Division?" ”

Zhu Youdong looked at the movement of Peng Zhenxi's fingers and said, "Isn't this just going to Sinan Mansion in Guizhou, so what?" Peng Zhenxi continued: "What about to the south? Zhu Youdong said: "Guizhou Shiqian Mansion." Zhu Youdong couldn't understand Peng Zhenxi's meaning and said, "What do you want to say?" You now point all the way south to Zhenyuan Mansion, then Xinglongwei, Duyun Mansion. You're not going to let me go this way, there's no way out. ”

Peng Zhenxi said: "Yes, there is no way for the army to go in these places, but someone can walk, who live in these places?" Zhu Youdong said impatiently: "What kind of person, Miao people." Peng Zhenxi said: "Yes, it's a Miao person." After speaking, he looked at Zhu Youdong with a smile.