Yue Le saw Aobai's worried look, and said: "Aobai, why worry so much, my Qing Dynasty iron horse is all over the world, what are the chaotic people in Sichuan afraid of?" If the sky can't fall, the emperor can also transfer the Mongolian Eight Banners to quell the rebellion. ”

After Yue Le finished speaking, Ao Bai was stunned, why weren't these clans in the Qing Dynasty in a hurry? Is it so easy to put the Mongolian Eight Banners into the customs? The current country is in the Qing Dynasty. Looking at Yue Le who was far away, Ao Bai shook his head a little weakly.

Shunzhi finally didn't listen to Aobai's advice, and this time even Xiaozhuang didn't support Aobai. On the second day, Shunzhi sent the guard Amida, who accompanied Wang Jieshu of Kangjun, to the south. Due to Shunzhi's urging, Jieshu and others did not rush to Nanjing by canal, but went directly to Henan by land.

Jieshu is only a twenty-four-year-old young man now, and he has been living a life of fine clothes and fine food in the capital before, how can he withstand this long-distance bump. As soon as the group arrived in Luoyang, Jieshu was immediately reluctant to leave, and shouted: "You want to murder me, you go back to tell the emperor, if you want to kill my Jieshu, my Jieshu will definitely receive the order and thank you, and there will be no complaints." I'm not leaving, and I'm not going to die. ”

It turns out that this masterpiece is the lineage of Prince Li Daishan, who has competed for the throne with Huang Taiji before. Later, although Dai Shan also changed to support Huang Taiji, he was always suspicious of Huang Taiji. Therefore, although there are many kings of the county in the lineage of Daishan, there are also many who have been liquidated, and since August this year, there have been people who have been playing to liquidate the sins of their uncle Man Dahai, and even the current Prince of Li, Chang Adai, has been implicated, and he has to be demoted to Baylor, and he has to be deprived of Mandahai's honorific title and inscription.

And Jieshu's father and brother also died inexplicably within three years, so Jieshu didn't want to believe that this was an errand at all, and only thought that Shunzhi was trying to kill him, finding a reason to get himself out of the capital and then secretly kill him.

Seeing that Jieshu was not leaving, Amida was immediately embarrassed, and said to Jieshu: "King Kangjun, why are you, now the military situation in Sichuan is urgent, and the emperor wants us to go to Huguang to supervise the army as soon as possible." Jie Shu said: "Since the military situation is urgent, we should send a large army to either support or quell the rebellion, what are you doing against my urging?" Isn't this the emperor trying to kill me? ”

Amida smiled bitterly and said: "My county prince, when did the emperor say that he was going to kill you, if you are unreasonable and delay the military situation at that time, the emperor will really kill you if he can't say it." Seeing that what Amida said didn't look like he was lying to himself, Jie Shu immediately said, "The emperor really didn't let you kill me secretly?" ”

Amida had no choice but to explain: "Lord Jun, we are going to Huguang to supervise the war, and we want the official army of Huguang to open up the official road to Yungui as soon as possible to ensure the transportation of grain and grass for the army." Jie Shu said: "We don't have an army, how can we open up the official road?" I think we'd better go back to Beijing. ”

Seeing Jieshu's timid appearance, Amida suddenly said with some contempt: "Lord Jun, the emperor wants us to go to Huguang to supervise the army, and now the Huguang army has not opened the official road, don't we give the emperor a reason to punish us when we go back now?" ”

When Jie Shu heard it, he also felt justified and said: "Yes, yes, yes, we can't go back now, and if we go back, we will be even more caught." Yes, we are going to Huguang, and we must go to Huguang as soon as possible. By the way, what army did the emperor ask us to go to Huguang to supervise? Where are the armies? ”

Amita was speechless for a moment, it turned out that the county king still didn't know what he was going to do? I had to explain: "Lord Jun, the emperor sent us to Huguang to supervise Dong Xueli, the governor of Huguang, and the general soldier Hu Maozhen attacked Xiayuanzhou within ten days, and then led the army into Duyun Mansion in Guizhou to sweep away the chaotic people, and open up the official road from Huguang to Yunnan and Guizhou." ”

Only then did Jie Shu understand: "Okay, let's set off, rush to Huguang, and urge them to march." Now that Jie Shu heard that he was not killing himself, he suddenly came to his senses. As soon as I went out, I saw that it was already dark outside, and then smiled awkwardly: "It seems that we will only set off tomorrow." ”

Of course, Amida can't laugh at Jieshu, how can people also love the Xinjueluo family, maybe they will fly up one day, and they won't die quickly. Immediately said: "The prince of the county is also tired these days, just rest for a night, and we will set off tomorrow." ”

Before, Jieshu did not cooperate, and the group walked very slowly, and it took 15 days to arrive in Luoyang. Now Jieshu has untied the knot in his heart, and he rushed to Yidu in only seven days to join Kachuha and others.

As soon as he met Jieshu, he asked, "Kachuha, how is the military situation now?" Kachuha said: "Now Kuidong is still defending by Yuan Zongdi's army, and the army of Wang Guangxing and others has been organizing defense in Chenzhou Mansion and Yongshun. In addition, Song Gaoju, the general of the Restoration Army, led the army to be stationed in Shizhouwei. Their total strength now stands at more than 50,000 men. ”

Jie Shu was startled and said, "Didn't you say before that they were all chaotic people? How did it suddenly reach 50,000 troops? How many troops do we have now? Amida didn't understand and said, "Yes, haven't Wang Guangxing, Yuan Zongdi and others been nesting in Kuidong?" Why did it suddenly come out? ”

Mar Track: "Now Kuidong has highlighted Kuidong under the response of the Restoration Army, plus Chongqing and other places have been lost, the Kuidong Ming Army and the Restoration Army have joined forces, and the entire Shizhou Wei, Yongshun, and Baojing Prefecture have been completely occupied by them. ”

Jie Shu was suddenly a little puzzled: "What can I do about this?" Kachuha said curiously: "By the way, didn't we give a concert to the court and ask the court to send troops to quell the rebellion?" Why don't you see the army coming? ”

Jie Shu and Amida suddenly looked at each other awkwardly, and then Jie Shu said: "Now that there are no reinforcements in the imperial court, all I know is that Echu will return to Jingzhou, but there are only more than 300 people under him." In addition, there was Suohong, Laida led 2,000 troops to come to the rescue, and the rest had to rely on Huguang himself. ”

Not only Ka Chuha and the others were dumbfounded, but also Yu Dahai, the general of Yidu, panicked, and said: "Lord Jun, this army can't play a role at all, now Yidu only has 5,000 defenders, not to mention attacking the Ming army, if the Ming army comes to attack, it is difficult to say whether we can defend Yidu or not." ”

Amida said: "Your 5,000 army can't attack the Ming army, how can you not defend it?" I think you just want to surrender to the Ming army. When Yu Dahai heard this, he immediately called out and said: "Heaven and earth conscience, I, Yu Dahai, am loyal to the Qing Dynasty, how could I betray the Qing Dynasty, but now the vast majority of soldiers have no fighting spirit, if it weren't for the last few days of the general's pressure, it is estimated that these soldiers have run out." ”

Jie Shu heard Yu Dahai's cry and said, "You can't even look at the soldiers under your command, how did you become a general?" I think you want to escape, and I think you should be court-martialed immediately. When Yu Dahai heard that he was going to give himself to military law, he immediately shouted: "Lord Jun, wronged, it's not that the last general doesn't do his best, it's true that these soldiers want to run." Lord Kachuha, Lord Marseille, you also plead with the king of the county, it is really not that I want to surrender. ”

Kachuha glanced at Jieshu and said, "King Jun, you really can't blame Yu Dahai for the current situation, many of these soldiers were brought out by Yu Dahai from Sichuan before. Now I heard that the Restoration Army in Sichuan has divided land among the soldiers and soldiers, and these soldiers have no intention of fighting now, and they want to run back to Sichuan all day long. ”

Jie Shu said: "My Qing Dynasty also provided them with food, how can anyone escape?" None of the people present could answer, Yu Dahai said: "Lord Jun, if it has been chaotic for almost 30 years, the people of the world are at peace, I heard that Sichuan can get the land, so these people all want to run back." ”

Jie Shu's face immediately pulled down and said, "What? My Qing world is unstable? I think it's too good for some untouchables, let Zhang Changgeng increase the intensity of arresting fugitives in Huguang, dare to hide fugitives, and those who don't report it will be guilty of the same crime as the fugitives, and will be punished severely and severely. ”

Jie Shu was angry for a while, but this did not help in the slightest to deal with the military situation in Yidu. Seeing this, Jie Shu couldn't stay any longer, so he let Ka Chuha and the others continue to defend Yidu, and then Jie Shu and Amida set off again and went to Dong Xueli's army in Chenzhou Mansion.

When Jieshu and the others set off from Yidu, it was already the fifteenth day of the winter month. A month and a half has passed since Kachuha played the military situation. After Jieshu and Amida and others learned about the military situation in Huguang, they immediately stopped delaying, and hurried to Chenzhou Mansion while playing for the imperial court.

Since the Restoration Army occupied Shizhouwei, Yongshun, Baojingzhou and other places, Jie Shu and his party only had twenty people, so of course they did not dare to take risks. I had to go to Yuezhou, go to Changde Mansion, and then transfer to Chenzhou. When Jieshu and others came to Dong Xueli's military camp, Dong Xueli saw that the imperial court had sent Jieshu, and he understood that the imperial court was forcing him to attack the Fuming army.

Sure enough, after seeing Dong Xueli, Jie Shu said: "Admiral Dong, how is the attack on Yuanzhou now?" The emperor has issued an order, asking you to conquer Yuanzhou within ten days from the date of the decree, and then lead a large army into Duyun Mansion in Guizhou to sweep away the thieves. ”

Dong Xueli hurriedly said: "Lord Jun, it's not that we don't go to attack, it's that there are too many troops in the Ming Army now, originally we thought that there was only a group of Ming troops in Yuanzhou, but after this period of exploration, we found that Tongren, Shiqian, Sizhou Mansion, and Zhenyuan Mansion in Guizhou were all recaptured by the Ming army." ”

Jie Shu was also taken aback and said: "Where did this Ming army come out, why did they capture so many state capitals in just a few months?" Dong Xueli said: "It is said that it is the Ming army from Sichuan." Jie Shu frowned and said, "How is it still said?" Don't have exact intelligence? ”

Dong Xueli said: "This time the Ming army is different, they are very good at agitating and bewitching the people, now the Miao people in Chenzhou Mansion, Yongshun, and Guizhou and other places have all fallen to the Ming army, and we are now very laborious to find out a little military situation." In just one month, more than 300 scouts and spies we sent out have disappeared, and an average of 10 people do not come back every day. ”

Amida felt that Dong Xueli was exaggerating, and said: "This is a little impossible, is it, the scouts of the Ming army are so powerful?" How much do we lose? Dong Xueli said: "Some of our scouts fled back and said that not only the scouts of the Ming army were chasing and killing our people, but even the Miao people in the mountains were also hunting and killing our scouts. I also often report to the Ming army, and our scouts are blind when they go out. ”

Jie Shu snorted coldly: "The more you talk about it, the more mysterious it becomes, can the Ming army still go to heaven?" Besides, you don't need to get too close to find out the military situation. At this time, Hu Maozhen also said: "Lord Jun, this is true, now the march of the Ming army is different from before, and it is often elusive, and it is impossible to prevent it at all." Fortunately, no Ming army came out to harass during this time, otherwise we would have returned to Lipu by now. ”

Jie Shu still couldn't believe it: "The Ming army is so powerful? Why haven't you heard of it before? Dong Xueli said: "I don't believe who told me this before, but now it's true." We also received news that Jingzhou, south of Chenzhou Prefecture, was also harassed by the Miao people. On the fifth day of the first month of winter, Wang Chen, the deputy general of Jingzhou, was harassed by the Miao people, and Wang Chen went out of the city to pursue, and finally Jiangdong Town was ambushed by the Miao people, and the whole army was annihilated, and Wang Chen was martyred. ”

Amida said: "Why are the Miao people so rampant? There must be someone behind this organization. Dong Xueli said: "Of course, there are people organizing in the back, but we can't find anyone to organize now, Wang Mingqi, the governor of Jingzhou, has asked the governor to send troops to exterminate him several times, but now Huguang only has our troops, and there are still troops sent to Jingzhou." ”

Jie Shu said: "No, we must exterminate these Miao people, otherwise we will open up the road and ignore the road, and the army in Yunnan will be finished." When Dong Xueli saw Jieshu say this, he suddenly couldn't say anything. No one dared to object to what Jieshu decided, he was not only the county king of the imperial court, but also the Qincha of Shunzhi.

After receiving Jieshu's order, Dong Xueli's army began to assemble. Jieshu also played the military situation in the south of Huguang to the imperial court, asking the imperial court to immediately transfer a large army to quell the rebellion, if the Ming army in Sichuan was allowed to develop, there would be endless troubles. Jieshu also demanded that the surplus troops from Jiangning be transferred to Huguang, and that the green battalions in northern Shaanxi, Shaanxi and other places could also be transferred to Huguang if the situation permitted, otherwise half of the Qing Dynasty would fall.

After Jie Shu finished doing this, he set off the next day with 10,000 people from Dong Xueli's military camp. Originally, Dong Xueli and others had 15,000 troops, but after these days of fighting, now there are only 10,000 left. Dong Xueli asked the defenders of Changsha, Hengzhou, Changde and other prefectures in the rear to come to support, but they have not yet arrived.

As soon as Jieshu set off with the army, on the third day, Wang Guangxing, who was stationed in Yuanzhou, knew about it. Then Wang Guangxing led the army out of Yuanzhou. Wang Guangxing led the army to ambush in Caojiachong, the only way to pass through Jieshu, and when Jieshu's army came, Wang Guangxing took advantage of the cover of the surrounding woods to raid Jieshu's army.

These Huguang Qing troops in Yuanzhou have been frightened by the people of the Restoration Army, and when they saw the Restoration Army popping up around, they immediately ignored the Jie Shu, and directly dispersed in a hurry, and ran back one after another. The angry Jie Shu couldn't even stop killing the dozen people who escaped, and Jie Shu had no choice but to return to the camp with Dong Xueli with the army. As a result, when Jieshu and others returned, they found that the camp had been attacked by the Restoration Army, and the grain and grass of the camp had been looted, and all kinds of materials had been burned innumerable.