Zhu Youdong captured Guiyang on the tenth day of the first month of winter, and because Zhu Youdong blocked the road out of Guiyang, even if there were routs who escaped from Guiyang, they did not dare to boldly go directly to Yunnan by official road.

These defeated soldiers hid all the way east to Tibet, and the Miao people went around to arrest these defeated soldiers, and it was not until ten days later that there were soldiers who escaped from Guiyang and sent the news to Li Benshen, who was stationed in Anshun Prefecture. Li Benshen was shocked when he saw it, and he didn't dare to delay in the slightest, so he immediately sent a fast horse to Yunnan.

Li Benshen's messenger changed horses all the way, and the news was delivered to Kunming Doni in just three days. This time, after Doni received the news, he didn't have time to get angry at all, and directly rolled his eyes and fainted.

When everyone put Doni on the bed, they quickly found a doctor. After some rescue, Dhoni was saved. But as soon as Doni woke up, he shouted to hurry back to Guizhou.

Everyone didn't know what was going on, but Luo Keduo was the master and asked the messenger to call the messenger to deliver the message, and after the messenger told the matter again, all the Qing generals in Kunming were stunned, and no one thought that someone would rob them of the back road.

Many young generals immediately panicked, and some even shouted that they would gather all the troops, return to Guizhou to open up the grain route, take the opportunity to return to Huguang, and even return directly to Beijing.

Last time, I heard that Chongqing was attacked, and the general Guo Liai was stationed in Guiyang and kept ordering. This group of young Manchurian Eight Banners shouted in fright that they were going back to Beijing, and now Guiyang has been breached, the only place where Huguang leads to Yunnan and Guizhou. These people made even more noise, but they just looked at Doni who was still lying down, and did not dare to make a loud noise, if it were not for this, I am afraid that the roof of the house would have been lifted.

Looking at these Manchurian Eight Banners with six gods and no masters, Hong Chengchou couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Is this still the Eight Manchurian Banners that were brave and invincible in the world?" Hearing a bad news, it has already become like this, if it is on the battlefield, it must not be rushed by the Ming army and collapsed. ”

At this time, the veteran Arzin shouted: "What do you want to do? Are you still Manchurian men? If you encounter the slightest thing and want to flee back to Beijing, you are simply losing the face of our Manchurians. You are not worthy of being a Manchurian man, think about the difficulties of the ancestors in starting a business, that time is not a hundred times more dangerous than this time. You hear a little bad news and you want to run away. ”

Arzin was angry for a while, and he was choked and coughed constantly. Those who had just shouted that they were going to return to Beijing suddenly did not dare to speak anymore. This Arzin wants to say how high his status is, and there is no one present who is lower than him.

Arzin is now just a solid mountain Ezhen of the blue flag, but there is no one present who is not, most of them are still the royal kings, Beizi Baylor. But this Arzin is a veteran of the three dynasties of the Qing Dynasty, who has experienced Tiancong and Chongde. That is, Nurhachi and Huang Taiji, plus the current Shunzhi.

The words he also said in the court can be described as highly respected, and when he yelled at him like this, these generals in their twenties, Beizi Baylor suddenly did not dare to speak. Arzin said: "When Emperor Taizu raised troops with thirteen pairs of armor, how many troops did the Ming Dynasty have?" It's not the same as being defeated by our Manchurians. ”

Arzin looked at these people in the room, and then said: "The later Emperor Taizong was also heavily surrounded outside the pass, Mongolia, North Korea, and the former Ming Dynasty were all eyeing each other, but what was the result? Now it's not that I've taken over the world by the Qing Dynasty. Now it's just that the back road has been cut off, and we have reopened it, what are we afraid of? ”

was said by Arzin, the ferocity in the bones of the Manchurians was also stimulated, and Luo Keduo said: "Yes, the old general Arzin is right, the army against the Ming Dynasty can take Guiyang away, and we can also take it back." ”

Alzin glanced at Luo Keduo appreciatively and said, "Yes, as long as we are united, what is Guiyang worth?" The messenger also said that the Ming army did not capture Guiyang in a dignified manner, but took advantage of the gap of our army's attack on Guo Liai and attacked Guiyang City. So this is not how powerful the Ming army is, but they sneak attack us to succeed, as long as our army arrives, I believe that our Manchurian men will be able to capture Guiyang and open up the Huguang grain road. ”

Luo Keduo also said: "Yes, as long as we work together, we will definitely be able to defeat Guiyang, Yongli has been beaten away by us, and we are afraid that these guerrillas will not be able to disperse." ”

With the encouragement of Arzin and Rocoduo, the Manchurians present finally stopped panicking. Then Luo Keduo said: "Now you all go and prepare to go on the expedition and attack Guiyang, let's discuss it and then go back to the army to attack Guiyang." ”

After sending the others away, Hong Chengchou and Arzin were left alone, and the veteran Jixiha came to discuss matters. After everyone else had gone out, Rocodo got up again and looked at Doni before saying, "Generals, what is the situation now?" ”

Ji Xiha said: "Arzin has been very right before, but if we want to capture Guiyang as soon as possible, we can't use the previous method, Guo Li Ai was in Guiyang before, maybe just to ask for some rewards." Now that it is really occupied by the Ming army, you can't just send a little army, I think you will send the cavalry of the Eight Banners and the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty to capture Guiyang in one go. ”

Arzin nodded and said: "What Ji Xiha said is reasonable, it is best to transfer Wu Sangui's Guannei cavalry back, anyway, Yuanjiang has already been breached." Now the street fighting will only make our losses greater, so it is better to withdraw the army and just surround the Yuanjiang. When Guiyang was captured, the traitors of Yuanjiang were almost hungry, and they calmed Yuanjiang in one go. ”

Hong Chengchou said: "General Arzin, no, if Wu Sangui's army is transferred back now, the traitors of Yuanjiang have not been completely exterminated, which will undoubtedly let the tiger return to the mountain." Now that the cavalry full of the Eight Banners and the Han Army Banner have returned to Guiyang, it is more than enough, so why let Wu Sangui and them return to the army? ”

Ji Xiha also frowned, and said, "I think let's let Wu Sangui and Luo Tuo be in Yuanjiang and destroy the traitors there first." However, Arzin disagreed, and saw that Ji Xiha and Luo Keduo had come to persuade Wu Sangui not to return to the division. In the end, Arzin was upset, so he had to say, "What do you say?" If Wu Sangui's army is not allowed to come back, and the time comes to attack the city, are you ready to let our sons of the Eight Banners of Manchuria go to climb the city? ”

Luo Keduo and Ji Xiha stopped talking when they heard this, and Hong Chengchou suddenly said in his heart: "After talking for a long time, it's not that I don't want to die to you Manchurians, hey, after all, it's not a member of the same clan." ”

But now Hong Chengchou has no way to object, so he has to agree. At this time, Doni also slowly calmed down, just now because of the coma, and then flew out of the sky, and did not hear the discussion of Arzin and the others. Seeing that a few people were still sitting here and didn't move, he immediately said: "You are still discussing the military situation in Guiyang, how is it, have you discussed it?" ”

Luo Keduo comforted: "The general doesn't have to worry, we have already agreed, as long as we gather the army, it will be fine to counterattack Guiyang, and besides, my Qing Dynasty has hundreds of thousands of troops in Yunnan, and only one Guiyang is no longer a problem." ”

Then Arzin and Jishiha also spoke comfortingly, and Doni relieved himself and said: "I am relieved that you have discussed, I am also relieved, I heard the Ming army that suddenly appeared in Guiyang just now, and it really scared me." What plan have you discussed, and who will go to Guiyang? ”

Then Luo Keduo said: "General, we plan to let all the troops of the Eight Banners of Manchuria and the Han Army Banner return to Guiyang, and let Wu Sangui's Guanning Army also go back together." ”

Luo Keduo deliberately said Wu Sangui's Guanning army, the meaning is obvious, since entering Yunnan, Wu Sangui used his Han identity to collect too many surrendered troops, and now there are no less than 100,000 troops. Just left Wu Sangui in Yunnan, and now the back road of the army has been cut off, I am afraid that Wu Sangui will have something wrong with it.

Of course, Doni knew when he heard it, and asked Wu Sangui to attack Yuanjiang before, that is, to consume Wu Sangui's army. Immediately said to Hong Chengchou: "Then there is Lord Lao Hong, the next military order, let Wu Sangui lead the Guanning army back to help." ”

Hong Chengchou can't say anything now, his governors of the five provinces have been removed, and now the only one he can command is the army from Huguang. And in October, Hong Chengchou had already obtained the approval of the imperial court to return to Beijing and return to recuperate.

If it weren't for the fact that there were such situations in Guizhou later, Hong Chengchou would probably have arrived in the capital. Now Doni politely calls him Lord Hong, and unceremoniously calls him a dog minion, and he doesn't have any capital to resist.

Hearing Doni's order, he immediately said: "The general's orders, just do what you do, and there is nothing to work for." After saying that, he immediately wrote a military order, and then handed it to Doni, who nodded after reading it. Seeing this, Luo Keduo immediately called someone outside and asked him to send this military order to Yuanjiang immediately.

The men talked for a while, and then they dispersed. Hong Chengchou returned to his residence alone, and as soon as he returned to his residence, he lost his temper, and the imperial court had just taken back his position, and these Manchurians did not look at him at all. I didn't think of my exploits in planning Yungui for the Qing Dynasty for so many years.

And when Shunzhi was about to destroy the country in the Ming Dynasty, he actually approved his own request for repatriation. He was just putting on a show, so that the court would not destroy the country because of his Han identity. In that case, he will definitely cause a lot of criticism, if he plays and begs for support, then Emperor Shunzhi will keep him on the grounds of the war in the southwest.

In this way, even if he has the merit of destroying the country, no one will dare to say anything, because this is rewarded by Shunzhi, and he can also highlight his importance in the court. Hong Chengchou's performance was just a statement to the imperial court, saying that he was not greedy for credit, and let the emperor and the court remember his credit for planning the southwest.

As a result, as soon as he went up, Beijing's approval came in less than ten days, and he directly agreed to return to him. Seeing that the work of destroying the country that he had in hand flew like this, even if he didn't have the merit of destroying the country, he agreed to raise Shunzhi without the slightest reward, and these Manchurians in Yunnan heard that they were going to be raised, and they immediately didn't take themselves seriously.

Hong Chengchou thought of how much infamy he had borne in his life, and he was desperate to plan for the Qing Dynasty, so that the Qing Dynasty could win the world, so as to wash away the stain of his surrender to foreign races. But an alien race is a foreign race, and no matter how hard you try, people still guard against you.

Thinking of Wu Sangui, who had just been transferred back by Doni, an idea suddenly popped up in his heart, if he let himself join forces with Wu Sangui, he would occupy Southwest Yungui. Then he forced the imperial court to let Wu Sangui and himself stay in Yungui, so that he didn't have to look at the faces of those Manchurians. Then Hong Chengchou was a little frightened, why did he suddenly think like this again.

At this time, Hong Chengchou's protégé Yuan Kuoyu came in, saw the mess all over the ground, and said, "What, is there anything wrong with the teacher?" Hong Chengchou was taken aback and said, "It's nothing, I came back just now to see a few employees in the family chewing the root of their tongues and scolded them." Then he shouted outside: "Why don't you come in and clean up, wait for this master and I'll clean up?" ”

The servants outside first saw Hong Chengchou angry, and now blamed themselves for these things, and immediately came in tremblingly and took away the things on the ground.

Of course, Yuan Kuoyu didn't pay attention to these servants, and said to Hong Chengchou: "Teacher, have you noticed that something is wrong in Kunming City today?" Hong Chengchou also calmed down at this time and said, "Oh, Kuoyu, what did you hear?" ”

Yuan Kuoyu said: "I just found out that the Manchurian soldiers are preparing to go on an expedition, but our army has not received any news. Hong Chengchou said: "That is the transfer of their Manchurian Eight Banners, and I have no right to know." As long as there is no military order, you just let the army be stationed well, no more than care. ”

Yuan Kuoyu still didn't feel at ease and said: "Last time I heard that something happened in Guiyang, Guo Liai didn't go to Chongqing, but stationed in Guiyang. ”

Hong Chengchou's face suddenly fell: "Do you know why you are just a Governor of Biyuan now?" If there are some things that you can't inquire about, don't inquire about them, otherwise it won't do you any good. ”

Yuan Kuoyu saw that Hong Chengchou was unhappy, and suddenly said in a panic: "What the teacher taught is that the students are troublesome. Seeing that Hong Chengchou still didn't say anything, he immediately said: "Then the teacher has a good rest, and the student will go back to pacify the army." After speaking, he didn't wait for Hong Chengchou to speak, and slowly retreated.

Hong Chengchou saw Yuan Kuoyu retreating, smiled bitterly, and whispered: "Now and the situation, even if I told you, you and I are both Han, what else can I do." ”

After Yuan Kuoyu came out of Hong Chengchou's residence, Wang Ping and Chen De, the generals who were waiting outside the door, immediately surrounded him and said, "Lord Governor, how is it?" What did Lord Hong say? ”

Yuan Kuoyu glanced around and said, "This is not the place to talk, let's go back to the camp first." Wang Ping and Chen De looked around, and also felt that it was inconvenient to talk on the street, and suddenly the three of them hurriedly returned to their camp.