Zhu Youdong was overjoyed when he heard this: "It's good to have this situation, the people from these places have moved into Guizhou, which is also good for our recovery in Guizhou, not to mention that it can also have the effect of clearing the wilderness." You see, this time, you moved the people of Pingyiwei to Guizhou in advance, and when the Qing army came to attack Shengjing Pass, they could only let their elite army be consumed under the wall. ”

Seeing Zhu Youdong praising this action, Luo Ren immediately said happily: "This is also what Master Hou set when he was in Shuixi, let us move the people around the defense line to the rear." Luo Ren was humble at first, and then continued: "Moreover, the Miao people and local natives in various places are very welcoming to our army, and the people nearby will provide us with as long as there is a need, which makes our actions very convenient." ”

Zhu Youdong was also very happy when he heard it, and he wanted to encourage Luo Ren a few words. At this time, Luo Ren said a little lowly: "But the situation in Yuanjiang is very bad. Zhu Youdong had already learned about the situation in Yuanjiang from Wu Guogui before, and now when he saw Luo Ren mentioning it, he said: "We are too far away from Yuanjiang, and we can't provide them with any support at all." ”

Zhu Youdong couldn't help but say to Lin Zhuang and Zhao Shichao: "There is a lot of responsibility for you, such a big thing happened in Yunnan, and you have no news at all." When the two heard Zhu Youdong's accusation, they immediately panicked.

Seeing this, Zhu Youdong said: "This time it should be a lesson, and next time there is such a situation, I will not be spared." The two hurriedly promised that there would be no next time. Then Zhu Youdong said to Luo Ren: "What about the other situation?" Luo Ren said: "That's it on our side, this time I have selected about 4,000 recruits from among the people and all the way to the army, and they have already let them train General Wang Xing in the Pingyi Institute." ”

Zhu Youdong nodded, indicating that he understood, and then asked Lin Zhuang to tell him about the situation in Sichuan. Lin Zhuang said: "Now Sichuan has basically been occupied by us, and Gou Xingwang is stationed in Long'an Mansion. After hearing about Hou Ye's policy towards the Miao people in Guizhou, he also followed Hou Ye's example to appease the Tibetans of Songpanwei. But there are not only a large number of Tibetans in the area, but also a large number of Qiang people, who are reluctant to interact with the outside world. Fortunately, Liu Yingnan and others, who attacked Jiading and other places in the south, found Deng Ruoyu, the general of Long'an, and Long Fuhuang, the Ming general. ”

Zhu Youdong said: "These good generals of the Ming Dynasty who are difficult can still contribute to the Ming Dynasty now." Lin Zhuang said: "General Long Fuhuang, who is very old, is now reluctant to lead troops to fight, but he came forward to appease the defenders in Jiading and other places, which also played a great role in the pacification of western Sichuan by our army." ”

Zhu Youdong sighed: "Lao Ji is in the woods, and his ambitions are thousands of miles." It is necessary to let the Governor's Mansion take good care of some loyal ministers and good generals of the Ming Dynasty, so that they have no worries. Lin Zhuang said: "Now I have let the old general of Longfu Huang go to live in Chengdu." General Liu Ruoyu heard that Gou Xingwang's commander was attacking Long'an and Songpan, and took the initiative to ask to serve in the army, saying that he knew some people in Long'an and Songpan and other places, which was beneficial to the army. ”

When Wu Guogui heard this, he knew that now the whole of Sichuan has changed. Lin Zhuang continued: "With the help of General Liu Ruoyu, most of the two prefectures of Long'an and Songpan have now accepted the appeasement of our army. Commander Gou Xingwang was deploying defenses everywhere, and then called on the Qiang and Tibetans in the mountains to go down the mountain, or move to Chengdu and other places. ”

Zhu Youdong said: "Songpan is a grassland, where horses can be produced, we have this land, we must make good use of it." It doesn't have to be all the Tibetans and Qiang people coming down the mountain, as long as they are willing to trade with us and provide us with horses, we will be happy to trade with them what they want. To be flexible, we don't have to come out, we also have to use the Songpan grassland to train cavalry, and we will always have to fight a decisive battle with the Manchu cavalry when we go to the Central Plains in the future. ”

When Lin Zhuang heard this, he immediately said, "Okay, I'll send a message to Commander Gou Xingwang." Zhu Youdong said: "You don't have to give a stiff order, you have to let Gou Xingwang be in the local area, and take measures yourself in combination with the situation of the local people." ”

After Lin Zhuang wrote it down, he continued: "Everything else is fine, Tianquan, Lizhou and other places were originally Ming defenders, and when they saw that all parts of Sichuan had been returned to the Ming Dynasty, they didn't dare to resist anymore, so they surrendered directly." Liu Yingnan's commanders and Jiang Chao's envoys were anxious to go south to capture Mahu, Wumeng and other places, so they accepted their surrender and stayed in their positions first. ”

Zhu Youdong said: "Now we have to do this, our biggest enemy is the Manchu Qing, but we must let the Governor's Mansion evaluate the generals and officials in various places as soon as possible, and replace those who are useless as soon as possible." ”

When Lin Zhuang saw Zhu Youdong speak, he immediately wrote it down and said: "Liu Yingnan originally wanted to go south through Jianchang, but in order to meet with General Hao Yongzhong, he had to go south with Jiang Chao. Fortunately, they were together, and when they were in Wumeng, they were resolutely resisted by Du Zixiang and others. ”

Zhu Youdong sighed and said: "Is it Du Zixiang who directly discarded Chongqing back then?" Lin Zhuang said: "It's him." Zhu Youdong was puzzled: "Back then, he didn't dare to touch his face in front of the Qing army, and now where is the courage to resist?" ”

Lin Zhuang said: "When General Liu Yingnan went to Wumeng with a large army, Du Zixiang made a request, saying that he wanted to form an army alone, and his army would not be integrated or separated. Let us give him a separate formation, and everything in the garrison will be under his jurisdiction, otherwise he will never surrender. ”

When Zhu Youdong heard this, he immediately said angrily: "I didn't see him have this backbone when I resisted the Qing army, and now I have blood in my own nest." It's not a pity to kill such people. Lin Zhuang said: "Of course Liu Yingnan and Jiang Chao disagreed, so they had to lead the army to attack, Liu Yingnan was blocked by Du Zixiang and the army in the area of Dousha Pass, and he couldn't advance." Seeing this, General Jiang Chao had no choice but to lead his army to make a detour from Leibosi. ”

Zhu Youdong said: "Liu Yingnan still doesn't dare to let go of his courage when he tackles tough problems." Lin Zhuang said: "This is not to blame General Liu Yingnan, although the Dousha Pass is small, but the terrain is treacherous, and only one person is allowed to pass through the narrow place." Fortunately, General Jiang Chao acted quickly, and it only took five days to go around to the back of Dousha Pass, and then the two armies attacked back and forth to capture Dousha Pass. Then the two of them joined forces and captured Umon. ”

Zhu Youdong said: "What about Du Zixiang? Lin Zhuang said: "Du Zixiang saw that there was no way to escape, so he surrendered, and now he has been sent to Chengdu." Zhu Youdong said: "Let Cheng Deyi in Chengdu mislead Du Zixiang according to internal strife, cause trouble in the place, and punish him canonically, and warn and warn those scum who only care about infighting." ”

Hearing that Zhu Youdong was going to kill Du Zixiang, Lin Zhuang said: "Master Hou, do you want to think about it again, after all, Du Zixiang has already surrendered." If you kill him now, I'm afraid it will have a big impact on those who want to surrender later. Zhu Youdong said: "Du Zixiang must not stay, he must be killed, and after he is killed, he must use some methods to announce his deeds and the reasons for killing him to the world." ”

Wu Guogui also felt that Zhu Youdong was a little too much, which had increased a lot of enemies for the later Ming Army to recover the Ming Dynasty. Wu Guogui had just surrendered on the first day, so he didn't speak. But Ding Yunfu was the old man of the Restoration Army, and immediately said: "Master Hou, Du Zixiang has surrendered, if his past is really disgraceful, we don't need him." But kill him now, and those who want to surrender in the future are afraid and afraid of being killed later, so they will not surrender. ”

Zhu Youdong said: "I'm not afraid of them, as long as they dare to resist, just like we said before, remember his hometown, and when we get to their hometown, we will destroy the whole clan." These people are just because they have no worries, so they do things from their own interests, and they don't care about their compatriots in dire straits. It's just an expert in internal fighting, and the external fighting has become a soft egg. ”

The more Zhu Youdong said, the more angry he became, and he couldn't wait to arrest all these people and kill them all. Zhu Youdong got angry and said: "Although their sins are unforgivable, as long as they are willing to surrender, if they are really guilty, except for traitors such as Xiang Li Guoying, Fan Wencheng, Ning Wanme, Hong Chengchou, etc., even if they are guilty, they will only kill themselves and not affect their families." ”

Hearing Zhu Youdong's decision, everyone present was not easy to say. Zhu Youdong asked Lin Zhuang to continue, and Lin Zhuang said: "After Liu Yingnan and Jiang Chao occupied Wumeng, I heard that Hao Yongzhong sent a large army into Guizhou to cooperate with Hou Ye to attack Shuixi. Liu Yingnan and Jiang Chao only left some soldiers and horses to stay in Wumeng, and then led the army south and also attacked Wusa. ”

Zhu Youdong frowned and said, "They also attacked Wusa?" What about the Uzza defenders? "This Usa is stationed at An Kun's son An Chongsheng, if An Chongsheng is killed in Usa, it will not be good to provoke An Kun to fight hard. Although Zhu Youdong wanted to get rid of An Kun, now provoking a war has a great impact on the layout of the entire Guizhou.

When attacking the land of Shuixi, it was An Kun who was frightened by Zhu Youdong's army, if he really defended it everywhere, it would not be easy to defeat Shuixi. Therefore, Zhu Youdong cares very much about An Chongsheng's current situation.

Fortunately, Lin Zhuang said: "Hou Ye, rest assured, although An Chongsheng resisted, Liu Yingnan's army was still near the Tiansheng Bridge." An Chongsheng received a persuasion from Shuishui An Kun to surrender, An Chongsheng was originally afraid of our army, and with this letter of persuasion, he surrendered. Now the army has accepted Liu Yingnan's reorganization. ”

Zhu Youdong put his mind at ease, as long as An Chongsheng is still alive, he doesn't have to worry about An Kun for the time being. As long as this period of time passes, when Zhu Youdong recovers Yunguichuan, under the pressure of all parties at that time, An Kun will not be able to make any big waves.

Zhu Youdong asked again: "Then where are Liu Yingnan and Jiang Chao's army now, and where is Hao Yongzhong?" Lin Zhuang said: "After Hao Yongzhong received Hou Ye's letter, he has already entered Wusa Mansion as soon as possible, preparing to bring the army to Guizhou to join Hou Ye. Liu Yingnan and Jiang Chao were leading a large army to the west to capture Dongchuan Mansion. At this time, it is estimated that Dongchuan is about to be defeated, and I am here with the news that they sent back four days ago, and now that they are heading west, the news has been coming for a longer time. ”

Zhu Youdong said: "Okay, all your current military intelligence transmissions must be anti-counterfeiting, so as not to have something like Kuidong Tan Shuanghua." Lin Zhuang was suddenly a little uneasy, although Tan Shuanghua's matter had little to do with him. However, for the internal transmission of military intelligence, there was a fake transmission of military orders, and he, the chief officer of the military intelligence department, could not escape responsibility.

Zhu Youdong said: "Of course, this matter is not your fault, you just have to pay attention to these situations in the future, and you can't let this kind of thing happen again, fortunately, this time it is our own internal matter." If the Qing army comes back and forth, mobilizes the army at will, and takes the opportunity to attack, we will be in trouble. ”

Lin Zhuang said: "Master Hou, don't worry, I will step up my precautions in this regard in the future." Zhu Youdong said: "Okay, don't talk about this." Then he left and asked someone to bring a map and point to it: "You sent an order so that Hao Yongzhong does not have to come to Guizhou, and let him go south directly from Wusa Mansion, enter Yunnan, and capture Zhanyi Prefecture." Then march sharply and occupy Jiaoshui. ”

Lin Zhuang didn't see anything yet, but Wu Guogui was shocked: "This, the general wants to eat all the elites of the Qing army in Yunnan in Qujing?" Zhu Youdong glanced at Wu Guogui and said: "I have this idea, but I don't know if it will work, I have to try it." ”

Lin Zhuang also said at this time: "Master Hou, are you thinking about it, after all, Hao Yongzhong only has more than 10,000 troops there, less than 20,000, and you let him take more than 10,000 troops to block the return route of nearly 40,000 Qing troops, which is a bit risky." ”

Zhu Youdong thought for a while and said to Luo Ren: "How many Miao people are there in Qujing City now?" Luo Ren said: "There are not many Miao people in Qujing City, so the Qing army is stationed in Qujing due to the lack of food, and I am afraid there are not many in Qujing City." ”

Zhu Youdong couldn't help frowning when he heard this, now is a good opportunity, the Qing army has begun to run out of food, as long as the Qing army is blocked in Qujing, and then continue to clear the surrounding walls, let Luo Ren scatter into the mountains with the army, and hunt and kill the Qing army who want to escape back to Kunming from the small road, and there is a great chance that tens of thousands of Qing troops will be trapped in the road of two hundred miles.

But now there are no people in Qujing City, and I am afraid that it will not be possible to rely on Hao Yongzhong's more than 10,000 troops alone. Zhu Youdong looked at the map, and couldn't think of a way to trap the Qing army. Suddenly, Zhu Youdong looked at Pingyiwei to the west, about thirty miles away from a pass.

Zhu Youdong pointed to the pass and asked Wu Guogui, "Is there a pass here?" Wu Guogui said: "There is a pass here, between two mountains. However, there are small roads nearby that can be bypassed, and although it is difficult to walk, it is impossible to completely block the Qing army. ”