Tan Shuanghua said: "Should we send troops to respond, so as to strengthen ties with Liu Yingnan and Jiang Chao." Zhu Youdong said: "It's time to send troops to respond, in this way, let Guo Li love go, last time his army was scattered, and now he is being squeezed out everywhere in Kunming City, and I am afraid that someone will not be able to sit still in the long run." ”

Zhao Shichao said: "It's okay, Tunqi can only defend Jiang Chao, we will send troops now to attack from behind, Tunqi must not care about each other." Should we inform Liu Yingnan's army and also respond to Jiang Chao. Zhu Youdong said: "No need, Liu Yingnan is now defending the Qing army in Dali Mansion and Beisheng Prefecture, and also has to clear out the soldiers and bandits in Yao'an Mansion, so don't notify him, send someone to tell him that as long as he guards Yao'an Mansion, he will be credited." ”

Zhao Shichao saw that Zhu Youdong had no other arrangements, so he immediately wanted to go out. As soon as he walked to the door, he remembered again and said: "Master Hou, do we want to send troops to Guangxi Mansion and Guangnan Mansion now, the previous ones sent over were some small troops, and it is okay to search for some scattered Qing troops with the cooperation of the local natives, but now the situation has changed, if the Qing army begins to retreat to Guangxi, we may not be able to hold it." ”

Zhu Youdong said: "I will talk about this matter for a while, and by the way, let your people step up their efforts to investigate the Burmese side." After Zhao Shichao agreed, he went out.

Seeing this, Tan Shuanghua said, "Then what should we do now?" Zhu Youdong said: "Don't worry about it for now, let Lin Zhuang inform Lin Zhuang of the decision just now." ”

After Tan Shuanghua also left, Zhu Youdong kept looking at Yutu in a daze, and he couldn't make up his mind to directly attack the Qing army trapped in Yunnan. Just when Zhu Youdong was embarrassed, Yuan Kuoyu suddenly came from outside the tent asking to see him.

Zhu Youdong was stunned, he never thought that Yuan Kuoyu would come alone to see him now. After Yuan Kuoyu came in, when he saw Zhu Youdong looking at him, he actually knelt down directly, and then knelt down deeply on the ground and said, "Humble to meet Master Hou." ”

Zhu Youdong was also stunned, and it took a long time before he said, "What are you doing?" Even if I was a lower official to meet Shangguan, I didn't say that I wanted to bow down. Let's get up first. But Yuan Kuoyu didn't get up, he still knelt on the ground and said: "It's not Shangguan who worships lowly, it's the lord." ”

When Zhu Youdong heard this, he smiled and said, "You are strange when you arrive, I am the marquis of the Ming Dynasty." Although you are a demoted official of the Qing court, how can I become your lord. Don't talk nonsense, even if you surrender to the Ming, we are both Ming courtiers. ”

Yuan Kuoyu said: "No, it was the Hou Ye who surrendered, not the Ming Dynasty. I am Lord Hou's courtier, what do you do with Daming? Zhu Youdong's face suddenly fell: "Yuan Kuoyu, do you know how rebellious you are?" If you leak a little rumor, there is no place for you in the entire Ming Dynasty. ”

Yuan Kuoyu said: "If the Hou Ye leaks the news by himself, I, Yuan, will be regarded as having no eyes and seeing the wrong person." Besides, I was originally a subordinate of the Qing court, and after surrendering, the Qing court would not let me go. I came out of the Qing court, and there was no way out in the Ming Dynasty, what is the difference between this and death? ”

After Zhu Youdong heard what Yuan Kuoyu said, he sneered: "This is your original intention of plucking the generals and splitting the imperial court?" Are you so sure that I, Zhu, will betray the court? If I do what Cao Cao does, I will rebel against the Ming Dynasty like Sun Kewang? ”

Yuan Kuoyu said: "No, the Hou Ye will never rebel against the imperial court, and he will not surrender to the Manchu Qing Dynasty." Zhu Youdong was curious: "Where does this start?" Yuan Kuoyu said: "Hou Ye raised troops as a citizen of the Qing Dynasty, which has cut off the retreat in the Qing court. The Qing court will not let a rebel surrender again, and Hou Ye has always been shown as a member of the Ming clan, so the Qing court will not let Hou Ye surrender. ”

Zhu Youdong said: "This is indeed a reason, but why do you suddenly want to recognize me as the master?" Wouldn't I be a pillar minister of the imperial court? Bao Daming Jiangshan, this is a lot less beneficial than your Daming. ”

Yuan Kuoyu said: "This is very simple, or because of the identity of the Ming clan of the Hou Ye, after the Ming Dynasty has been very wary of the identity of the clan since Taizu. Hou Ye really has the identity of this clan, don't say what the emperor will do in the future, even the ministers in the court will not let Hou Ye get a good death. ”

Zhu Youdong said: "But why did you come to me?" At this time, Yuan Kuoyu of course would not say that for his own future, he suddenly said sonorously: "If today, the only person who can save the Ming Dynasty is Hou Ye." For the sake of the Ming Dynasty and the thousands of Han people, if they do not fall under the iron hooves of Yidi, Shenzhou will not fall under the Tan Dynasty. I am willing to do my best to assist the Hou Ye to save the world. ”

Zhu Youdong shook his head and said: "I'm afraid I'll disappoint Lord Yuan, Zhu doesn't have such a big will, as long as this world is not invaded by Yidi." When the emperor comes back, Zhu will return to the court, and then be an ordinary person. ”

Yuan Kuoyu secretly said in his heart: "The ghost believes you? If you hadn't been nostalgic for this right, you would have sent troops to attack the Qing army in Yunnan ten days ago. With the current state of the Qing army, I am afraid that when the troops were sent at that time, the entire Qing army in Yunnan has been wiped out. ”

Although Yuan Kuoyu thought so in his heart, he still said: "Master Hou, this is wrong, the princes of the imperial court are now in exile in foreign countries, and the domestic generals have already been broken under the attack of the Qing army, and they are also talking about the Qing army." Dare to ask the princes of the DPRK and China, who can take on this heavy responsibility. Hou Ye did this, did he want to ruin the great cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty single-handedly? If the Hou Ye really wants to do this, how will he go to see the emperors of the Ming Dynasty at that time? How can you give an explanation to the world? ”

Yuan Kuoyu said that Zhu Youdong would be guilty if he did not directly set up another Ming court, and Zhu Youdong would only be the right ancestor if he held the military power and led the Ming Dynasty to resist the Qing Dynasty. Zhu Youdong said: "Lord Yuan is over, Lord Yuan should get up and speak." ”

Yuan Kuoyu knew that he was leaving Da Ming behind, and he just wanted to follow Zhu Youdong, and now Zhu Youdong was already tempted. immediately saluted Zhu Youdong again before getting up. Zhu Youdong sighed: "Now that the court and the emperor are in exile in foreign countries, where should the Ming Dynasty go now." ”

Zhu Youdong seemed to be talking to himself, but Yuan Kuoyu knew that it was Zhu Youdong who asked him to give him countermeasures. said okay, Zhu Youdong will accept himself, if he doesn't have any achievements, it is estimated that he will not be able to mix anything?

Immediately, Yuan Kuoyu cheered up and said: "The emperor is in exile in a foreign country, and now before the situation in Myanmar is unclear, they don't dare to do anything." In addition, the King of Jin and most of the Ming army are on the border of Myanmar, so Myanmar does not dare to act rashly, which is also the reason why Myanmar has been detaining the emperor, but has not expressed its position. ”

Zhu Youdong said: "Yes, we can't send troops to attack now, otherwise Burma will do something unfavorable to the emperor when the war is unfavorable, and we will regret it too late." Although Yuan Kuoyu came to seek refuge with Zhu Youdong, he didn't know Zhu Youdong's attitude towards Yongli.

Immediately, he had to say: "Otherwise, if we really attack Burma and our army presses in, it is estimated that the Burmese side will definitely return the emperor to us." Yuan Kuoyu saw that Zhu Youdong's expression had not changed, and said: "But judging from the results of the previous Jin kings, it seems that the emperor is not very resolute, otherwise Myanmar would not have received the holy decree." ”

Zhu Youdong said: "Yes, this is what I am worried about. If you continue to attack, you will be disobeying the will of the Holy Will. But if we don't attack, we won't be able to save the emperor. So we can only wait for the news of King Jin now, but unfortunately we don't have enough military strength now, otherwise if we can join forces with King Jin, we should be able to become the emperor. ”

Hearing Zhu Youdong say this, Yuan Kuoyu immediately understood. Zhu Youdong never thought about it, and he wanted to really save Yongli. On that day, Zhu Youdong led more than 40,000 troops and dared to attack Kunming, where more than 100,000 Qing troops were stationed. Now with the reorganized surrender army, the Restoration Army has an army of 100,000. But he said that the military strength was insufficient, and he had to join forces with the King of Jin to rescue Yongli, which deceived the three-year-old child.

After Yuan Kuoyu understood Zhu Youdong's thoughts, he said: "What the Hou Ye said is true, but now the emperor is even more dangerous, because Wu Sangui and Zhuo Luo have also entered Burma with more than 10,000 troops. Their purpose is to hunt down the emperor, and it is very likely that he will be killed in Burma. Therefore, we must attack the Qing army as soon as possible, otherwise the Qing army will succeed, which will be a very big blow to our resistance to the Qing army. ”

Zhu Youdong said: "Yes, we are now beyond the reach of Burma, and there are still hundreds of thousands of Qing troops blocking the way, can we just watch it." Put the emperor in danger? ”

Yuan Kuoyu said: "Master Hou, I think we should let the soldiers know that the Qing army went to murder the emperor, and then call on everyone to avenge the emperor and the people of the Ming Dynasty." Zhu Youdong couldn't help but glance at Yuan Kuoyu, he was thinking about using the Qing army to kill Yongli to improve the morale of the Qing Dynasty and eliminate the impact of Yongli being killed, which Yuan Kuoyu actually thought of.

Zhu Youdong said: "Then do you have any suggestions?" With Zhu Youdong's words, it shows that Zhu Youdong wants to be self-reliant, and he may have been thinking about Yongli for a long time. Yuan Kuoyu was immediately relieved and said: "First of all, we must keep the Qing army in Yunnan, and when necessary, annihilate it and boost morale." Then it is necessary to publicize it to the people and the soldiers, so that they can understand. It was the Qing army that used treacherous tricks to induce Burma to kill the emperor. The emperor did not die at the hands of the Qing army, otherwise it would have demoralized the soldiers who resisted the Qing Dynasty. ”

Zhu Youdong repeated: "Let the people of Myanmar do it? Yuan Kuoyu said: "Yes, as long as the emperor does not die at the hands of the Qing army, the morale of the army will not have much impact." Zhu Youdong said: "It's okay, the two ends of the first mouse in Myanmar will have trouble if they survive." Just keep this reason, and settle accounts with them in the future. ”

Yuan Kuoyu was shocked, this Pingyu Marquis has great ambitions, and now that the Ming Dynasty has not recovered, he has begun to think about this land of Burma. I'm afraid that he will also be a reckless lord in the future, looking good, but don't get ruined in the end. Yuan Kuoyu was suddenly a little worried in his heart.

Yuan Kuoyu continued: "The Qing army's troop movement in Huguang and Liangguang is limited, and Hou Ye should have sent troops earlier, the longer it is delayed, the more beneficial it will be to the Qing court." Zhu Youdong said: "For these things, I'm afraid we will not be able to send troops until Yunnan is completely pacified, and our army will be pinned down in Yunnan and Guizhou." ”

Yuan Kuoyu understands that now Zhu Youdong cares most about the life and death of Yongli, the Qing army in Yunnan is now a threat to the Restoration Army, and now in the Restoration Army, the natives from all over Yunnan come and go, and they have completely fallen to the Restoration Army. Zhu Youdong now says that the Qing army in Yunnan is simply an excuse. But Yuan Kuoyu can't say much, otherwise Zhu Youdong, who just accepted him, may have to doubt his purpose.

At this moment, Tan Shuanghua hurriedly came in, and just as he was about to speak, he saw Yuan Kuoyu. Immediately ignored him, and said in Zhu Youdong's ear: "I just received the news that on December 15, Mang Bai, with the help of Wu Sangui and others, launched a coup d'état, killed the king of Burma, Mangda, and established himself as the king of Burma. ”

Zhu Youdong was stunned for a moment and said: "Did Wu Sangui and them send troops directly, or did they do it themselves?" Tan Shuanghua was about to say again, and Zhu Youdong said: "Yuan Kuoyu can also listen to it." Yuan Kuoyu stared at Zhu Youdong fiercely, immediately got up and saluted Zhu Youdong, and then sat down in a proper manner.

Tan Shuanghua didn't think about it, Zhu Youdong actually let Yuan Kuoyu know about it. Still said: "Lin Zhuang's Military Intelligence Department came with news that Wu Sangui sent troops to help Mangda attack Ava City. The next day, in the name of the king of Burma, Mang Bai asked the emperor to canonize himself as the new king of Burma. The emperor did not agree, but Ma Jixiang and others used the excuse of living in Myanmar to let the emperor canonize Mangbai. was also reprimanded by Mu Guogong in person. ”

Zhu Youdong said: "In this way, the emperor is doing very badly in Myanmar. Now that Mangbai has usurped the throne and been rejected by the emperor, I am afraid that Mangbai will take risks and completely surrender to the Qing court. ”

Tan Shuanghua said: "Yes, on December 20, Myanmar continued to send envoys to persecute the emperor, and said that the emperor would send ministers to swear an oath with the Burmese authorities on the occasion of the New Year. ”

When Yuan Kuoyu heard this, he immediately said: "It's not good, this is Myanmar is going to murder the emperor, and this is the minister who wants to kill the emperor's companions first." When Zhu Youdong heard this, he immediately felt that this was Mang Bai and Wu Sangui and others who were about to start working.

Zhu Youdong immediately said: "Call Lin Zhuang over immediately." Tan Shuanghua saw that Zhu Youdong suddenly became anxious, and he didn't dare to ask more, so he went out directly and asked people to find Lin Zhuang.