The person who spoke was Xu Mingzhen, the chief soldier of Jianchang Town, and his face was originally a little hesitant, but when these words came out, he completely calmed down.

As the first person to attack Yue Zhongqi, Xu Mingzhen was not for his own glory and wealth, nor for his own life and death, in fact, what he wanted was very simple, that is, in the current situation, he could bring his brothers back and let them live.

At the beginning of the war, Xu Mingzhen still had many illusions in his heart, thinking that if he really wanted to fight with the Fu Han army, even if he was defeated, he would not be defeated, but with the fall of Ortai and the retreat of the front-line army, Xu Mingzhen had lost all illusions.

If you can't beat it, you really can't beat it, and if you continue to fight, it will only increase more casualties, so why bother?

When the general trend has gone, Xu Mingzhen just wants to keep the brothers home, and he does not hesitate to use his reputation in the army to let people secretly connect a large number of thousands of generals and generals, the purpose is to be able to use this general trend to force Yue Zhongqi to change his mind.

When Yue Zhongqi is willing to take everyone back to Sichuan, all the subsequent consequences will be borne by himself.

However, Yue Zhongqi told him mercilessly, what you think is too simple, your idea has already been guessed by the Fu Han army, they have laid layers of ambushes on the way back to you, and there is only one way to die if you go back.

When this road was strangled to death by Yue Zhongqi, Xu Mingzhen was already completely confused, since Yue Zhongqi still had a way, let him live with everyone. And he Xu Mingzhen can choose to die.

Yue Zhongqi looked at the man in front of him, as if he really knew him on the first day, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but outline a trace of arc.

"Xu Junmen, do you have any other requirements?"

"Nope."

Xu Mingzhen's face was very calm.

........

In the next few days, the Qing army's attack was very fierce, a large number of Tusi soldiers were expelled to attack forward, and even directly attacked under the artillery cover design of the Fu Han army, and a large number of corpses filled the battlefield, which also made the Fu Han army in the city feel very puzzled.

The front is so Buddhist, why is it like playing with life in the back?

Gao Yunxiao had to overturn his inner speculation again, he felt that the Qing army seemed to be normal again, but he felt that something was wrong, but fortunately, although the Qing army's attack was fierce, it was still able to cope with it, and besides, the reinforcements of the Han army should be arriving soon, so he was not worried about not being able to hold it.

Wait a minute...... Gao Yunxiao flashed a thought in his heart, is the main force of the Qing army really these people in front of him?

According to Gao Yunxiao's understanding through the information of the Military Intelligence Department, this time Yue Zhongqi's army has more than 60,000 people, of which 10,000 are Tusi soldiers, but there are less than 20,000 people on the battlefield at the moment.

It's a pity that the movement in the direction of the Qing army has not been able to send someone to investigate carefully, so Gao Yunxiao is not sure, and can only hope that the military department can see the intention from Yue Zhongqi's actions.

Two days later, the reinforcements of the Fu Han army, that is, Xu Mingyuan's fifth division, arrived, under the tentative attack of his fifth division, the Qing army actually collapsed directly, if it were not for Gao Yunxiao's fear that the Qing army was cheating, otherwise he would have wanted to take people out of the city to meet the attack.

However, under the attack of the Fifth Division, the Qing army could not escape the result of the defeat, but through this defeat of the Qing army, a very critical message was also obtained, that is, the main force of the Qing army was no longer in Anhua.

Although the Fu Han army still achieved a great victory this time, Xu Mingzhen, the general soldier of Jianchang Town, and more than a dozen green battalion generals were killed in battle, killing more than 7,000 Qing troops, capturing more than 6,000 people, and the rest were even more numerous, but in Gao Yunxiao's heart, he was still a little unwilling.

"Hmph, Commander Gao, do you think that Yue Zhongqi, who is as cunning as a fox, is so easy to catch? If you want me to say, even a character like Ortai was decided by luck in a battle! ”

Xu Mingyuan, as a veteran of the Green Battalion, was naturally thunderous about the names of these people, and he patted Gao Yunxiao's shoulder in a rather sighing way, "Okay, you can be regarded as the first contributor in this battle, otherwise we would not be able to defeat such a large Qing army at once, more than 10,000 people, which is not a few." ”

Hearing Xu Mingyuan's comfort, Gao Yunxiao couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Hey, that's what I said, but I feel a little uncomfortable after all....... By the way, why did only the Fifth Division come over in this battle? What about the 1st and 3rd divisions? ”

"Hmph..... This is going to ask you the treacherous and ghost-like Master Guo, his old man concluded from the beginning that the siege of Anhua was a good move for Yue Zhongqi to want the golden cicada to get out of his shell, and now he will drink some soup when he rushes over, he, the lord who is used to eating meat by nature, is not willing to drink this residual soup, no way, I can't get meat to eat, this soup can still be eaten in two bites. ”

Xu Mingyuan's face was a little stupid, and it was obvious that he was not willing to just come to Anhua to drink this soup.

"In other words, the first and third divisions are all besieging Yue Zhongqi?" Gao Yunxiao's eyes lit up, even if he didn't stop Yue Zhongqi, if other divisions could intercept it, it would be not bad, and he would always have a share when discussing merit.

Xu Mingyuan snorted and sneered, "Not to mention the first division and the third division, this time our entire Southwest Group Army is encircling, like the second division, the sixth division, the fourteenth division and the fifteenth division, they have all been encircled, and I don't know what Yue Zhongqi's old boy thinks, this soles of his feet are smeared with oil fast enough!" ”

Gao Yunxiao looked into the distance with a wistful face, "There are so many divisions besieging Yue Zhongqi, as long as he doesn't have wings, he should be able to catch it." ”

Xu Mingyuan had a wicked smile on his face, looked at Gao Yunxiao affectionately, and said in a demagogic tone: "Commander Gao, you can also see that this time you are under siege, but your division commander didn't ask a word, or did our old Xu take action to pick up your little life, do you want to go to my fifth division?" Give you a deputy chief of staff to do? ”

"Thank you for your kindness, but I'm used to staying in the third division....... Haha......."

Gao Yunxiao's head couldn't help but be a little dazed, looking at the philistine-looking Xu Mingyuan in front of him, he had some thoughts of wanting to escape from him, so he had to talk about him left and right, and prevaricated this matter.

In the following time, the Fu Han army and the Qing army once again started a game of cat and mouse, but this time, as Xu Mingyuan said, because the other armies of the Qing army have been wiped out, only Yue Zhongqi, who is a lone army, is also caught in the encirclement of the divisions of the Southwest Group Army.

However, because Yue Zhongqi was very decisive under the city of Anhua, he slipped away early enough and fast enough, so he actually walked out of a passage between Tongzi, Xishui and Hejiang, bypassing the encirclement and suppression of other divisions, and finally met with the third division in Xuzhou, and a big battle broke out.

Under the command of Guo Ding'an, the Fu Han army defeated Yue Zhongqi's two towns and eliminated more than 10,000 green battalion soldiers, but let Yue Zhongqi escape with the remnants of more than 20,000 people left.

bypassing the Xuzhou Mansion, Yue Zhongqi can be regarded as completely avoiding the encirclement of the Fu Han army, so although in the following time, the Fu Han army repeatedly pursued Yue Zhongqi, but did not completely leave the department.

By mid-September, the Great War in the Southwest had come to an end with unpredictable results, in which the Qing army had lost more than 100,000 troops, while the Fu Han army had only a few thousand casualties, and achieved a complete victory in an unimaginable manner.

Although among the three southwestern provinces, only Sichuan and Guizhou have been taken so far, and Yunnan has not intervened at all, all the obstacles that can be thought of have been eliminated in this big war, and the follow-up can almost only occupy other places on the march, so it can be regarded as completing the task ahead of schedule.

Of course, taking advantage of this opportunity of the great reduction of Tusi's power, the Ningchu cabinet center also issued a series of decrees and sent the pacification envoys of the three provinces to the southwest, the main purpose was to promote the three provinces to completely realize the return of the land, and Shizhouwei in western Hubei as the first batch of objects to change the land and return to the stream, also successfully changed to Shinanfu.

Since the Tusi no longer had the strength to confront Ning Chu, they were not affected too much, and the group of talents in the second year of innovation were also sent to the three southwestern provinces and began to serve as officials, filling in the local official system, so as to cooperate with the realization of the complete transformation of the land and the return to the stream.

At the same time, a large number of Sinology education schools have also been formally established in the southwestern provinces, and they will provide a certain amount of Sinology education for the local people of all ethnic groups, and those who pass the Sinology education examination organized by the government can receive three years of tax-free wartime benefits, so there is no need to worry that these Sinology education schools will not be attended.

According to the estimates of the cabinet, the Sinology education in the three southwestern provinces will last about 20 to 30 years, and the three provinces will have a new look, and the thorough implementation of the new policy is also destined to effectively develop the resources of the three southwestern provinces in the future, including minerals, tea, Shu embroidery and other materials, which will further promote the economic development of the three southwestern provinces, which also means that after three years, the financial resources of the three southwestern provinces will be further expanded.

As long as there is money, then it can fundamentally change the status quo of the three southwestern provinces, and also avoid the existence of some problems, so that the imperial court can better digest the southwest and transform it into real strength and potential.

Of course, when the problem in the southwest is resolved, it means that Ningyu's comprehensive northern expedition plan will also be further launched, so the relevant preparations have also been launched, including logistics preparations, as well as the recruitment and training of the eight new main divisions, which are all being carried out in an orderly manner, so as to ensure the complete victory of the Northern Expedition in the future.

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The capital, the palace of nourishing the heart.

Between the green smoke, a faint sandalwood fragrance, mixed with a rich sweetness wafting in the air, the smell can make people feel refreshed when they first smell it, but when it is a long time, it will give people a faint nausea.

On the imperial case displayed in the Palace of Raising the Heart, there are a large number of folds, which are all collected by the northern provinces, among which the folds about the southwest, only one of them is presented by Yue Zhongqi, and the fold is placed at the top of all the folds, but it has never been opened.

Yongzheng's face was extremely red, with a trace of abnormal whiteness, but his eyes became very lonely, and even revealed some madness, he looked at the letter presented by Yue Zhongqi, glanced at the yellow silk covered on the surface, and then seemed to have been bitten by a snake and scorpion, and immediately chose to avoid it.

He knew what that excerpt meant now, it meant the complete defeat and incompetence of Emperor Yongzheng, and it meant that the Qing court was only one step away from destruction.

Ortai is dead, Zhang Guangsi is dead, Cai Ting has surrendered, but why hasn't he Yue Zhongqi died?

The irritability on Yongzheng's face was almost so thick that it couldn't be dissolved, and the death of one important minister after another, and the surrender of one famous minister, made the pressure in his heart almost heavier than Mount Tai.

He even wanted to beg the reform emperor of the south, the young man in his early twenties, to let him go! Let Daqing go!

You are already rich and rulerous, and no one can disobey your will in this world, but why are you so aggressive?

If you want Jiangnan, I will give it to you! If you want two wide, I will give it to you! Now the southwest is also for you!

But you're still going on a northern expedition! You still want me to be the king of this fallen country!

I am not convinced, I am the son of heaven who loves Xinjueluo, I should rule the Qing Dynasty, reverse the maladministration, expand the treasury, train the armor soldiers, and make the Qing Dynasty the only master in the world!

When he thought of this, it made Yongzheng's eyes redder and redder, and that wonderful future seemed to be what he really should have, not like now, half of the world was lost, and the country and society were not guaranteed.

The boundless dizziness hit the top of Yongzheng's head, he only felt that it was dark in front of him, and he fell down completely, but before fainting, he seemed to hear some people crying, and some people laughing, those voices were noisy together, but it was the last trace of Yongzheng's consciousness that was annihilated.

I don't know how long it took for Yongzheng to slowly wake up, only to see a group of ministers kneeling in front of him, Zhang Tingyu, Xu Yuanmeng, Tolai, Neqin, Yunlu, Haiwang, Nayantai, Bandi and others, all of whom were looking sad and extremely sad.

"I, what's going on?"

Yongzheng felt that his voice was a little hoarse, as if he hadn't drunk water for many days, but he was not thirsty at all, but his body was sore and weak, and the bones were itching.

When everyone heard that Yongzheng woke up, they were a little happy at the moment, but Xu Yuanmeng seemed to have thought of something, his face was a little ugly, and he said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the imperial doctor said that you can't take that medicine anymore, and I'm afraid that if you take it again, there will be a big problem.....

Everyone knows what this medicine is, it is Yongzheng's Qi Li Dan that is the same as knocking pills every day, it is a new medicine donated by the palace monks, and the effect is better than the original Ji Dan, but the side effects are also greater.

However, only Yongzheng knew in his heart that if he didn't take drugs again, he was afraid that he wouldn't even have the strength to hold on, so he didn't argue at the moment, and slowly spoke: "Ministers, do you say, will the Fu Han Army go on a northern expedition next year?" ”