Zhu Youdong said: "As long as the pass is defended, as long as the other paths find a way, they will definitely be able to trap the Qing army." Then Zhu Youdong looked at Yutu and said to Lin Zhuang: "Send an order to Hao Yongzhong, let him immediately lead the army south, today is the twenty-ninth day of the winter month, it is the last day of the winter month, I want him to reach Qujing within five days and capture Xiangshui Pass." ”

Lin Zhuang glanced at Zhu Youdong, but didn't say anything, and after writing down the military order, he asked people to send him out immediately. Zhu Youdong said to Luo Ren again: "Tomorrow, you and Hu Yiqing will set off with 6,000 troops, bring gunpowder, hide in the mountains first, and wait until Hao Yongzhong captures Qujing and Xiangshui Pass, and immediately blow up and block all the surrounding paths." ”

Luo Ren immediately agreed, and then Zhu Youdong said: "In the case of ensuring that the Qing army will not take a small road, you can support Hao Yongzhong." This is Ding Yunfu said: "Master Hou, now there are only more than 10,000 people in the Shengjing Pass, and General Luo took away 6,000, how can we guard the pass?" ”

Zhu Youdong said with a smile: "Don't panic about this, the Guanning army suffered heavy casualties during the day, and it is estimated that the Qing army will not come to attack Shengjing Pass in the past few days, they will wait for the Guanning army to rest a little before they will come to attack Shengjing Pass." ”

Wu Guogui said: "The general is right, the casualties of the Guanning army during the day have reached 10,000, which is half of the entire army. The bannermen of the Han army were reluctant to come to attack the city, and now they didn't know the situation in the Shengjing Pass, so it was nothing to wait for a few days. ”

At this time, Lin Asan came in with one person, and Zhu Youdong guessed that this was the Long Jizhao of the Manaiying Tusi, and immediately got up and said: "Long Tusi understands the righteousness, and Zhu Youdong admires it very much." ”

Long Jizhao suddenly said: "This is all Hou Ye taking care of our Miao people, and he is willing to treat us Miao people with sincerity." If we don't help you, can't we help those Manchurian Tartars who kill people and eat people. Zhu Youdong said: "Okay, as long as we work together, we will definitely defeat the Manchurians and drive them out of the Central Plains." ”

Long Jizhao just said happily that everyone was very polite when they met for the first time. After Zhu Youdong introduced the people in the room again, Zhu Youdong said to Lin Asan: "There is still Qi Hou over there in Zunyi, and there is no news from them?" ”

Lin Asan said: "Li Tingming of Zunyi has gone south, and together with Wang Mingchi and Wang Liucang of Guiyang, he led a large army to attack Weiqingwei and Pingbawei. Qi Hou and Luo Anmin together under the response of the Long'an Domain, captured the Xibao Division. Li Benshen, the garrison general of the Qing army stationed in Anshun Prefecture, learned that Li Tingming and others were attacking Wei Qingwei, so he led a garrison of 5,000 to the east to resist Li Tingming. When he arrived at Pingbawei, he met Li Tingming's army outside the city. The two armies fought a decisive battle, and then camped separately. ”

Zhu Youdong said: "Li Tingming has an army of 10,000." Lin Asan said: "Yes, plus the defenders of Guiyang, there are 10,000 people." Zhu Youdong said: "Then what's going on with Li Tingming?" Where is he now? ”

Lin Asan said: "Li Benshen sneak attack that night, Li Tingming was unprepared, the army lost more than half, and now he can only retreat to Wei Qingwei to hold on, and the general Wang Mingchi died in battle." Zhu Youdong listened for a long time without speaking.

Lin Asan continued: "Li Benshen left Anshun Prefecture, and after being known by the Long'an Domain, he relied on the Yi people in the city to answer. Qi Hou and Luo Anmin divided their troops into two routes, seized Anshun Prefecture and Pudingwei, and incorporated 3,000 defenders of Pudingwei. The nearby Miao and Yi people went to Anshun Prefecture to respond to them. There are more than 10,000 soldiers and horses from all over the country. ”

Zhu Youdong nodded and said, "Qi Hou and Luo Anmin's methods are still fast, how are they now?" Lin Asan said: "Qi Hou took 6,000 to the east, with the cooperation of the local Miao people, surrounded Pingbawei, and has sent someone to inform Li Tingming to lead his troops westward as soon as possible, and join Qihou to attack Pingbawei together." ”

Zhu Youdong said: "Then where is Luo Anmin now?" Lin Asan said: "I just received news from General Wang Xing of the Pingyi Institute that now our army is attacking all parts of Guizhou, and the news has spread, and the Tusi in various places have raised troops to respond. The guards along the way did not dare to resist, and sent people to ask for surrender. General Luo Anmin gathered his troops all the way, and now he has arrived near Xinxingsuo. ”

Zhu Youdong said happily: "Okay, Luo Anmin's heart moved so quickly, beyond my expectations, since he arrived at Xinxing, then tell him not to come to Shengjing Pass, and directly let him go south, and go to Huangcaoba by Annan." Then he went directly into Yunnan, occupied Luoxiong Prefecture, and supported Luo Ren and them. ”

When Lin Asan heard this, he immediately went to write the military order. Zhu Youdong continued: "Although there are these places to encircle the Qing army, but now we still have to defend at Shengjing Pass with all our might, and let Wang Xing bring 4,000 troops to Shengjing Pass. ”

Zhu Youdong said to Lin Zhuang again: "By the way, last time Qi Hou said that Tan Shuanghua went south to Sizhou Mansion with the white pole soldiers of the stone pillar, and Jing Guogong and Li Xiao also arrived at Huguangchen Prefecture, how are they now?" ”

Lin Zhuang said: "After Jing Guogong and Li Xiao captured Yuanzhou in Chenzhou Mansion, Dong Xueli, the governor of Huguang, and Hu Maozhen, the chief soldier, led troops to attack. ”

Zhu Youdong said: "It's okay, as long as you can hold the Huguang Qing army." Nowadays, it is mainly Yungui. What about Tan Shuanghua? Lin Zhuang said: "Tan Shuanghua is bringing the white pole soldiers of Shizhu, we only know the general direction, we received the news five days ago, it is said that it has passed the Zhenyuan Mansion and entered Duyun." It's been about ten days since they entered Duyun, so they don't know the exact location yet. ”

Zhu Youdong said: "Okay, as long as she doesn't make trouble, she won't be left alone for the time being, after all, the white pole soldiers are also fighting against the Qing Dynasty now." Lin Zhuang said, "Do you want us to inquire where they are?"

Zhu Youdong said: "No need, I originally wanted Jing Guogong and them to lead the army south to Guangxi, but now it seems that it will not work, they are contained in Chenzhou." Tan Shuanghua's girl is already very good if she doesn't cause trouble. ”

As soon as Zhu Youdong's voice fell, a female voice came from outside the door: "Saying bad things about people behind your back will rot your tongue, why do you say that I caused trouble?" As he spoke, a girl walked in, it was Tan Shuanghua. After Tan Shuanghua came in, he had a pair of wonderful eyes and was staring at Zhu Youdong tightly.

Zhu Youdong was also a little happy to see Tan Shuanghua, although Tan Shuanghua was pretending to pass the military order in Kuidong, but she went to the stone pillar alone to say that the stone pillar would send troops, which was undoubtedly an unexpected joy. Zhu Youdong saw that Tan Shuanghua was followed by two big men, so he said, "Two are from the Ma family of Shizhu?" ”

The person on the left said a little roughly: "In Xia Qin Yiming, this is Ma Wannian." Zhu Youdong suddenly saluted: "It turned out that after being loyal and good, Youdong admired it." ”

I don't know how Tan Shuanghua persuaded these two people, it seems that he is not very enthusiastic about Zhu Youdong. Zhu Youdong said: "Okay, the two of them are also people who understand the righteousness, and with the help of the two, the great cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty will be like a tiger." ”

Tan Shuanghua pouted and said, "Whether you are fake or not, I can tell you that when I promised the two brothers, you would give them the title of duke." ”

When Zhu Youdong heard this, he immediately stood up and glared at Tan Shuanghua with his eyes. Tan Shuanghua didn't expect Zhu Youdong to react so suddenly, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Now Zhu Youdong has also been killed for a long time, and the army under his command has reached more than 100,000, and he is angry and majestic. Wu Guogui, Luo Ren, Lin Zhuang and others around them suddenly felt that the temperature in the room had dropped by several degrees, and several people couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

Tan Shuanghua was also a little frightened, and said, "You, what are you doing?" I just don't want to scare people. Zhu Youdong stared at Tan Shuanghua and said, "I haven't settled accounts with you about the last time you faked the military order in Kuidong." ”

Tan Shuanghua said: "Whoever told them not to listen to me, you don't allow me to lead troops." Zhu Youdong said: "This is not the reason for you to fake military orders, you have always admired the loyal marquis, is this how the loyal marquis led the troops?" ”

Zhu Youdong deliberately said the loyal marquis, firstly, to let Tan Shuanghua know the mistake. The second is to tell Qin Yiming and Ma Wannian that Qin Liangyu was only crowned a marquis with such a great merit back then, why can you be crowned a prince.

Tan Shuanghua said aggrievedly: "Why, I took the white pole soldiers to fight hundreds of miles of mountains and forests by myself, is it still wrong?" Now that the land of Sifu has also been laid, there is no good word, and I am to blame. ”

Zhu Youdong said: "What? You have a lot of credit for laying down the land of the Four Mansions? Why don't I play the emperor and give you the position of a concubine. Tan Shuanghua trembled angrily, tears rolled in his eyes, and he pointed at Zhu Youdong speechless for a long time.

Zhu Youdong ignored her, turned to Qin Yiming and Ma Wannian and said, "What do the two generals think?" You must be willing to restore the Ming Dynasty with Zhu, and wait until the day when the world is peaceful, I believe that the imperial court will reward the merits of the two of them. In that case, I, Zhu Youdong, are very welcome. ”

Zhu Youdong hesitated for a moment and continued: "If the two of them are just here for the title, I think the two of them will be disappointed, Zhu is only a marquis, and now he has not been officially registered by the imperial court. If I want to make you a duke, it's not realistic. Even if I can give it, I won't give it, what if I give you the title of a prince now? It's just a laughing stock. ”

After speaking, Zhu Youdong looked at Qin Yiming and Ma Wannian calmly, Qin Yiming and Ma Wannian looked at each other a few times, and then Qin Yiming said: "The Hou Ye said that he laughed, how can the title of the imperial court be granted to each other privately, we resist the Qing Dynasty, first, we don't want to be the Tartar lackey, and second, the ancestors in the family left their last words and can't be cleared even if they die." ”

Ma Wannian also said: "Yes, if it weren't for Master Hou to make this scene, we would all be ready to live in seclusion in the mountains and forests and never come out again." ”

Regardless of whether what Qin Yiming and Ma Wannian said was true or false, at least now they agreed that they were not here for the title. Since both of them have expressed their attitudes, Zhu Youdong can't be excessive, and immediately said: "Okay, there are two people who understand righteousness, and I think the day when the world will be peaceful is not far away." I don't know how many white pole soldiers the two generals brought? ”

Qin Yiming said: "Now the stone pillar is also dilapidated, and we only have three thousand people. Zhu Youdong said: "Okay, originally all the departments of the Restoration Army need to be reorganized as long as they come, but the two generals are the descendants of the loyal marquis, and they are also the queens of loyalty." Your white pole soldiers have different combat methods from the Restoration Army, so there is no need to reorganize, and they are still led by two generals. ”

Seeing that Zhu Youdong did not reorganize their army, Qin Yiming and the others were also relieved. At this time, Anyang came in outside and said: "Master Hou, the army that came just now not only has 3,000 white pole soldiers, but also about 7,000 troops and Miao people, do they want to reorganize." ”

As soon as An Yang's words were finished, Tan Shuanghua immediately shouted: "No, that's the army I led, why did you reorganize my army." Anyang saw that she was still a woman, and when she looked at Zhu Youdong again, she immediately understood, and immediately turned around and went out to run.

Zhu Youdong was also angry, you Anyang don't know how to hold on, Zhu Youdong glanced at Tan Shuanghua, and suddenly felt a little troublesome, just turned his head to look at the other people, but none of them could speak. When several people saw Zhu Youdong coming over, they immediately found a reason to slip away.

In an instant, there were only Zhu Youdong and Tan Shuanghua in the entire room, and even Lin Zhuang didn't finish his information, he patted his ass and ran away. Zhu Youdong said: "This Anyang, try to find some, you can't just reorganize it." ”

Tan Shuanghua looked at Zhu Youdong and said: "I asked you to give me the army, but you didn't give it, now I recruited the army myself, why should you reorganize it?" Zhu Youdong saw Tan Shuanghua asking, so he had no choice but to say: "Aren't you a member of the Restoration Army, your army is also the army of the Restoration Army, of course you have to accept the reorganization." ”

Zhu Youdong looked at Tan Shuanghua's expression as if he was about to cry, and suddenly softened his tone and said: "You took the stone pillar white pole soldiers south to capture the four prefectures of Guizhou this time, and you still have the credit, but you shouldn't fake the military order." It's going to lose your head no matter where you are. ”

Tan Shuanghua said: "Who told you not to give me the army, I had to find it myself." Zhu Youdong said: "You still promised Qin Yiming and others the title of duke of any country without authorization, can you say it casually?" Look, which of you isn't causing trouble? ”

Tan Shuanghua said: "You just look down on people, and my army must not be reorganized this time." Zhu Youdong immediately said: "No, it must be all reorganized." Zhu Youdong saw that Tan Shuanghua was going to talk nonsense again, so he said: "Now tens of thousands of Qing troops are outside the pass, the army can't work together, how can we fight the Qing army, this matter is not allowed to be said anymore, it must be reorganized." ”

Tan Shuanghua's eyes rolled and said, "Then you transfer an army to me, otherwise I will definitely not let you reorganize." Zhu Youdong suddenly said helplessly: "You, I don't have an army for you now." Why don't you go to the Pingyi Institute to train recruits for a few days, and when the recruits are trained, I'll transfer troops to you? ”

Tan Shuanghua was not fooled, and said: "No, if you don't transfer troops for me, I won't let you reorganize." Zhu Youdong thought for a moment, and then motioned to the guards at the door to pay attention to the surrounding situation. Then he whispered: "You really want to lead the army, you can do it, I have an army that just lacks a general." ”