After Yuan Kuoyu and the others returned to the barracks, before Wang Ping could ask questions, Yuan Kuoyu asked, "How is it?" Is there any news from the spies we sent out? ”

Wang Ping said: "Our spies haven't returned yet. However, just as the governor was looking for Lord Hong, I saw a herald hurrying in the direction of the Yuanjiang River. ”

Chen Deye said: "Yes, I see that those Manchurians seem to be very panicked this time, and the army of the Han Army Banner is also gathering, only our army has not received news." The troops who surrendered in Guizhou also did not move, and seemed to be asking around. ”

Yuan Kuoyu listened to Cheng De's words, and immediately asked, "The surrendered army of Yungui has not moved?" How could it be that only the Eight Banners of Manchuria and the Eight Banners of Han were moved. ”

Chen Dedao: "I'm sure those surrendered soldiers haven't gotten any news, just now I saw those surrendered generals, such as Ma Bao and others are still asking around." ”

Yuan Kuoyu said: "It seems that they don't know either. Then the person who went out to inquire came back, and as soon as he came in, he exclaimed, "It's over, this time it's really over." ”

Yuan Kuoyu said: "Yang Mingyu, what are you doing in a hurry, tell me what's going on?" "This Yang Mingyu was originally the general soldier of Chen Chang, and he was also Yuan Kuoyu's subordinate, and he has been listening to Yuan Kuoyu since entering Yunnan this time. After everyone else went out just now, he also went out to inquire about the situation.

Yang Mingyu had some friendship with the imperial guard Ma Dayuan, Ma Dayuan was one of the two guards sent to Hong Chengchou by Emperor Shunzhi, so Ma Dayuan went to Doni with Hong Chengchou today and inquired about the details.

When Yang Ming saw that everyone was looking at him, he said: "The Eight Banners of Manchuria and the Eight Banners of Han were transferred because Guiyang was occupied. Wang Ping said disapprerovitically: "What's all the fuss about, hasn't Guiyang been occupied a long time ago?" There was no food, and we all went out to grab food for half a month, what is so strange about this. ”

Yang Mingyu said: "What do you know? It was Guo Liai who occupied Guiyang last time, and he didn't dare to fight against the Manchurian Eight Banners if he was given ten dares. Chen Dedao: "That's right, didn't the Manchurian soldiers with red flags go back to Guiyang?" Why do you have to send so many soldiers back? ”

Yang Ming said: "This time is different, this is the occupation of Guiyang by the army of the former Ming Dynasty." Hearing Yang Mingyu say this, Wang Ping stood up and said: "Yang Mingyu, don't talk nonsense, this anti-Ming army is trapped in the remote area of western Yunnan, why did it suddenly run back to Guizhou, and Guizhou still has Yang Yong, Nan Yikui and Zhenghuangqi's 2,000 people in charge." ”

Yang Mingyu smiled bitterly: "How can I talk nonsense about this kind of thing, this is what Ma Dayuan said, today when King Xinjun saw the military report, he fainted at that time." King Pingjun discussed with all the Eight Banners and asked all the cavalry of the Eight Banners and the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty to rush back to Guizhou. ”

Yuan Kuoyu was also stunned at this time, and said for a long time: "I see, of course this kind of information can't let us know, if the news spreads, these troops in Kunming will be blown up." At that time, the whole of Yunnan will be shaken, and the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Qing Dynasty in Yunnan will be in danger. ”

Chen Dedao: "Then what should we do?" The Manchurian Eight Banners and the Han Eight Banners are gone, and if the news leaks out, we will die without a place to bury, and now the surrender army stationed in Kunming can tear us apart. ”

Yuan Kuoyu said: "Don't worry, they won't be for the time being, Wu Sangui led a large army to quell the Nasong rebellion, how can it be a deterrent to them, plus their surrender, the reverse Ming side will not let them go easily." ”

Wang Ping said: "Then did you say that the messenger who went to Yuanjiang transferred Wu Sangui back?" Yuan Kuoyu then remembered that there was such a thing, and suddenly said with some surprise: "You let the army be secretly on guard, and always watch out for those surrendering troops." I'm going to go to my mentor and talk about it. ”

Immediately, Yuan Kuoyu came to Hong Chengchou's residence, and after seeing Hong Chengchou, he didn't wait for Hong Chengchou to ask, and immediately whispered: "Teacher, are the Manchurians and the army of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty going to return to Guizhou?" ”

Hong Chengchou frowned, and suddenly felt that this Yuan Kuoyu was not sensible, and he told him not to ask, why did he still come to ask, and immediately said: "Didn't I tell you not to ask?" You're too long. ”

Yuan Kuoyu said: "I know that the teacher doesn't want the news to spread, but these news can't be hidden, not to mention that Wu Sangui can't be transferred back now." ”

Hong Chengchou smiled bitterly and said: "I didn't know that I couldn't transfer the eldest uncle back now, but this was the idea of King Xinjun and King Heping, what can I do?" Yuan Kuoyu was stunned for a moment and said: "Then the teacher should persuade the two princes." ”

Hong Chengchou suddenly lost interest and said: "Now that I am unofficial, I will not listen to them." Yuan Kuoyu was shocked: "What? The teacher is the pillar of the Qing Dynasty, how could he say such a thing? ”

Hong Chengchou said: "Just last month, the emperor had given me permission to resign and return to my family, and I am now a governor of many five provinces, not even the governor of Yungui. Does what I say still work now? At that time, they proposed to let the eldest uncle come back, and I said that now that Na Song has reached the last moment of rebellion, I can't let Na Song and other traitors have a chance to breathe. But they didn't listen, and asked me to write the military order for the return of the commander. ”

After listening to Hong Chengchou, Yuan Kuoyu was suddenly shocked, and secretly thought: "Hong Chengchou is finished, this work of destroying the country is in front of him, and Shunzhi actually agreed to his resignation and rearing." ”

immediately said: "Since the imperial court has let the teacher return to support, it is also sympathetic to the teacher's years of hard work." But now that the army has returned to Guizhou, the Ming army will have a chance to breathe, so will there be any recurrence in Yongli? ”

Hong Chengchou didn't want to bother with the planning, but when he heard that Yongli might be repeated, he suddenly came to his senses and said: "It shouldn't be, now that he is trapped in Myanmar, as long as Myanmar doesn't let him return to China, there will definitely be no repetition." ”

Yuan Kuoyu said: "It is precisely because he is in Burma that it is possible to repeat, if the Manchurian Eight Banners and the Han Eight Banners return to Guizhou, and Yunnan is not suppressed by large soldiers, those Tusi and the Ming army will inevitably cause trouble." Yunnan will be eroded at that time, and the small country of Myanmar is a capricious person. But if I withdraw from Yunnan in the Qing Dynasty, will the Burmese King think that I can't destroy the Yongli in the Qing Dynasty, so will he dare to detain the Yongli? ”

Hong Chengchou was also cold when he heard it, and said: "Yes, what you said is right, the small country of Myanmar is capricious, if I withdraw from Yunnan in the Qing Dynasty, I will not dare to offend Yongli." In this way, maybe Yongli really turned over. ”

Yuan Kuoyu said: "Yes, if Yongli turns over, it will be detrimental to the reputation of the teacher." Yuan Kuoyu didn't say anything about himself, but said that Hong Chengchou's reputation was unfavorable, in fact, Hong Chengchou never had time to wash his own stains.

At that moment, Hong Chengchou said: "Okay, you go with me to see King Xinjun and persuade him to let Burma get rid of Yongli as soon as possible." With that, Hong Chengchou took Yuan Kuoyu to Doni's residence.

Doni was resting at his residence because he had fainted just now, and when he heard Hong Chengchou coming, although he was unhappy, he still let Hong Chengchou in.

As soon as Hong Chengchou met, he hurriedly went to ask Doni for peace and said: "King Xinjun, now that the army has returned to Guizhou, I don't know what to do with Yongli?" Doni said disappreciatively: "Yongli is already in Myanmar, what big waves can he make?" ”

Hong Chengchou said: "Yongli doesn't have much ability, but he is a banner, if the Qing army rebels north, Yunnan will be unstable." If the king of Burma sees that my Qing soldiers have withdrawn from Yunnan, it will be difficult to target Yongli as before, and maybe he will come back. ”

Doni said: "Come back, come back, we can beat him this time and run around, and we can kill him next time." Hong Chengchou said: "Then the king of the county doesn't want to destroy the country?" Will the general of the unified army be the king of the county next time? ”

Doni suddenly hesitated: "This, I don't think it should be, there are so many county kings in the court who don't want this to destroy the country." Hong Chengchou said: "It's not that I want to, but I definitely won't be the king of the county." This time it is simply the work of destroying the country in his hands, and the king of the county has not obtained it, will the emperor still trust the king of the county when the time comes? ”

Hong Chengchou paused, and seeing that Doni was already thinking, he continued: "And the county king will also be impeached by other county kings in the court because of the loss of this battle exploits. Doni said, "How is this possible, even if we have no merit, we are not guilty." ”

Hong Chengchou said: "The county king is not guilty, but for the sake of the county king, he can't lead the army in the next expedition, and those county kings will definitely do this, so as to cut off the possibility of the county king leading the army." ”

Doni immediately became nervous and said, "Then what should I do?" Let the army stay in Yunnan? However, we now have no grain and grass, and the back road will be cut off, and the army's heart will be chaotic, and if we don't open up the grain road as soon as possible, it won't be long before the army will be in chaos without a fight. ”

Hong Chengchou said: "It is certain that the army will return to Guizhou, but I also said last time that it is very simple to kill Yongli, as long as Yongli dies, this merit of destroying the country is still the king of the county, and next time even if the army goes out again, there will be no such merit of destroying the country." ”

Doni said: "Yes, if it weren't for this extermination, what would they do attacking me?" Moreover, I have already achieved this merit of destroying the country. ”

Hong Chengchou said: "That's exactly the principle. Doni said: "But the messenger who went to Myanmar last time has not returned, and we don't know what is happening to Yongli now." ”

At this time, Yuan Kuoyu said: "Don't wait, just give an order to Myanmar, either kill Yongli immediately, or hand over Yongli to me immediately." ”

Doni glanced at Yuan Kuoyu and said, "If he doesn't listen, let alone if he is willing to hand it over to me in the Qing Dynasty, Myanmar will have already handed it over." ”

Yuan Kuoyu said: "Why don't you let the king of Pingxi directly lead the army to Burma, if Burma does not hand it over, he will directly send troops to snatch it back, and the small country of Burma will not dare to confront my Qing Dynasty." Let the king of Pingxi kill him on the spot after catching Yongli to avoid future troubles. ”

Doni said: "This is a good way, but Wu Sangui's Guan Ning Army has already transferred him back to Guizhou, how to let him go to Myanmar to arrest Yongli?" ”

Hong Chengchou said: "In addition to the Guanning army, the king of Pingxi has more than 10,000 soldiers from Hanzhong and Sichuan, so he can lead these troops there." ”

Yuan Kuoyu said: "Yes, now that there is no pressure from the soldiers, the forces of all parties in Yunnan are surging, if the hidden danger of Yongli is not eliminated earlier, I am afraid that the war in Yunnan will also drag on for a long time." ”

Doni thought for a while and said: "Okay, let Wu Sangui transfer the Guanning army back to Guizhou, and then take his Hanzhong soldiers and Sichuan soldiers to Burma, capture Yongli, and kill them on the spot after being caught." In addition, let Zhuo Luo take Suo Hun's inlaid white flag and go to Myanmar with Wu Sangui. ”

Hong Chengchou knew that this was because Doni was afraid that Wu Sangui would be unwilling to contribute because of the transfer of the army. didn't say anything immediately, but said: "Then King Pingxi and the Eight Banners with white flags are gone, what should I do over there?" ”

Doni said: "It's okay, let the other troops return to Kunming, suppress those Kunming troops, and then clean up Na Song and other thieves when these two things are done." ”

Hong Chengchou originally wanted Yuan Kuoyu to lead the army to encircle and suppress Na Song, so that Yuan Kuoyu would also have some military merits, and take the opportunity to incorporate Ma Weixing and others, who had surrendered Wu Sangui, into his own army. But now that Dhoni has all the troops back, it's hard to say anything.

Seeing that Yuan Kuoyu was about to say more, he immediately said: "It's okay, since the king of Xinjun has arranged it, then let Yuanjiang's troops return to Kunming." Then he took Yuan Kuoyu out of Doni's residence together.

After coming out, Yuan Kuoyu said: "Teacher, why didn't you let me say just now, if you let me lead the troops to Yuanjiang, it will be just to get some military merits." ”

Hong Chengchou said: "You can't be too anxious, wait for the Eight Banners of Manchuria to leave, now they are still there, the more anxious you are, the easier it is to leak." ”

Yuan Kuoyu didn't know what Hong Chengchou was going to do, so he stopped talking immediately. After sending Hong Chengchou back to his residence, Yuan Kuoyu returned directly to the barracks.

Seeing Yuan Kuoyu coming back, Wang Ping and others asked, "Lord Governor, how is it?" Does it matter? Yuan Kuoyu said: "The current situation is still incomprehensible, the messenger who went to Yuanjiang really leveled the king of the west and returned to Guizhou, but now only the army of the king of the west has returned to Guizhou." ”

When Chen De and the others heard this, they immediately said: "Here, the army has returned to Guizhou, what should we do?" Yuan Kuoyu said: "Don't worry, King Xinjun will transfer Yuanjiang's army back to Kunming to guard, and then Guangxi Governor Lian Guoan will also return to Kunming." ”

Yang Mingyu said: "What about Yuanjiang?" It is said that Yuanjiang City has been breached, and Na Song's family has also set himself on fire, leaving Xu Mingchen and others to resist in the inner city. ”

Yuan Kuoyu said: "I can't take care of so much now, if the army is not transferred back, one is not good, and we will be crushed." Is Xu Mingchen important or our lives important? ”