Under Ning Yu's suggestion, the first edition of "Qingliu Daily" can be regarded as officially meeting everyone, but this Qingliu Daily is published once a month, which is really not a so-called news, but in this era, it can be regarded as a rare information release.

After seven or eight days of printing, the first batch of "Qingliu Bao" finally got 30,000 copies, which will be sold in Nanjing, Wuchang, Hanyang, Changsha, Nanchang, Anqing, Hangzhou and other places.

Because the content of the first edition is basically the country's major politics, plus it is written by Lu Yizhong and Yan Hongkui, the great Confucian of Jiangnan, so most of the scholars are like treasures, and they can't wait to memorize the words directly, especially at the request of Ning Yu, the writing must be concise.

At the same time, not only the scholars were preaching, but even the storytellers in the city, large and small, also bought a copy and spread it around in various teahouses, and many illiterate ordinary people also had some basic understanding of the decrees of the imperial court, and in this process, although the 30,000 newspapers covered only more than 100,000 people, but in this era, they almost threw a bomb into it.

For the newly appointed Ningchu officials, they found that the imperial decrees were passed on almost quickly, and this method of propaganda was much stronger than in the past, and for the gentry, they also quickly discovered the drawbacks of the newspapers, that is, it was difficult for them to deceive their superiors and subordinates......

In the past thousand years, the gentry and officials have almost monopolized the news channels of the imperial court, and the people below almost do not know what the imperial court does, and it is inevitable to be squeezed and deceived, but now with newspapers, many people feel the original face of the imperial decree more intuitively, and there is no need to understand it through the gentry.

It can be said that at this point, Ning Yu's idea of the newspaper has basically achieved a relatively satisfactory result, so he further began to ask the Press and Publication Department to expand the printing capacity, increase the number of printing, and then pass on more "Qingliu Bao" by waterway, and even consider reducing the price by a certain amount, and this part of the price difference can be borne by the state.

The weather in June was extremely hot, and a long procession was going on, many of whom had already taken off their shirts and escorted a cart of supplies shirtless, but beside them, there were hundreds of soldiers in red clothes, who were marching neatly and neatly.

Just when the "Qingliu Bao" in Nanjing City was rapidly printed, the White Lotus Sect Righteous Army in Henan also ushered in the first batch of aid from Ningchu since the signing of the agreement, about 3,000 shotguns captured by the Qing army from the original Fu Han army, as well as more than 20 Weiyuan cannons, sub-mother cannons and a large amount of gunpowder, etc., and in addition to these materials, there was also a Ningchu envoy and officer representatives.

Ning Qianqiu was wearing a bright red officer uniform with an epaulette representing a major on his shoulder, and now he was officially separated from the shadows and re-entered the military world, and he also got a very difficult task, that is, as an envoy to assess the strength of the Great Righteous Army and judge whether it has the ability to enter Guanzhong.

According to the agreement reached between Ning Chu and the Great Righteous Army, after the Great Righteous Army received the firearms and materials, they would launch a westward expedition within a month, and directly attack Tongguan along the line of Mianchi and Shaanzhou, taking advantage of the fact that the main force of the Qing army had not yet assembled, they would enter the pass in one fell swoop and take Xi'an. Ning Chu, on the other hand, marched north into the area of Ruzhou and Runing, waiting for an opportunity to capture Luoyang and Kaifeng, thereby leveling the northern front and driving the Qing army back to the north of the Yellow River.

"General Ning, I have long heard of the military prestige and military discipline of the Fu Han Army, but now I see it and find that this rumor is not enough to describe the strength of your army, with this 100,000 army, it is not difficult to think about the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains......"

Xue Guan on the side fanned the fan while tentatively asking Ning Qianqiu, he was also bullying Ning Qianqiu when he was young, hoping to get some news, preferably about Ning Chu's Northern Expedition, this matter has become a thorn in the hearts of the Great Righteous Army, they are really worried that the Fu Han Army will give them a knife if they advance northward.

But after all, Ning Qianqiu came out of the shadow and military intelligence, and he was naturally clear about Xue Guan's careful thoughts, but he only smiled faintly on his face, "The Northern Expedition to the Central Plains is early, if your army can enter Guanzhong as soon as possible, our army will naturally be able to accept the Henan Provinces, and when the time comes, you and I will fight side by side, but it is a beautiful thing." ”

Xue Guan had to smile bitterly when he heard this, he quickly changed his conversation and said with a smile: "My king is now leading an army to besiege Dagu Pass, and I also ask General Ning to go with us." ”

Dagu Pass is the main road to Luoyang, in fact, after making the decision to abandon Henan and enter the customs, there are also different voices within the White Lotus Sect, many people think that Henan is they step by step, if you give up like this, it is a pity, even if you go to Guanzhong, you need to fight a little bit, it is better to occupy Luoyang to self-try.

There are actually not many supporters of this idea, even Liu Ruhan faintly regretted it, so with his acquiescence, the Great Righteous Army moved in the direction of Luoyang, and the offensive was very smooth along the way, but in front of Dagu Pass, which was heavily guarded by the Qing army, it finally encountered a hard nail.

The general who guarded this place was called Zhang Guangsi, who was originally an official in Sizhou, Guizhou, and later succeeded to the throne by Yongzheng, due to the situation, this person was transferred to Henan, and now he is reused under the command of Tian Wenjing, the governor of Henan, and led the army to guard Dagu Pass to prevent the White Lotus Sect from encroaching.

Because this person is very brave and good at fighting, and is good at using troops, although there are only 3,000 green battalion soldiers under his command, but under the onslaught of Liu Ruhan's 50,000 army, although he suffered heavy casualties, he also held on for seven precious days, so as to wait for the reinforcements sent by Tian Wenjing from Luoyang, and the two sides were in a state of anxiety.

Although Ning Qianqiu didn't know much, he could also conclude that Liu Ruhan was in trouble at this time, so he also wanted to see and learn, so under the guidance of Xue Guan, he moved along the road in the direction of Luoyang.

However, the distance between them is not too far, only two days of effort, has arrived at the bottom of the big valley pass, everyone looked up, only to see that the surrounding terrain is extremely dangerous, only a lonely checkpoint stands in the mountains, there is a big flag on it, written a 'Zhang' word, but it looks quite eye-catching.

The place under the gate was already covered with corpses, and because the weather was too hot, there were already many maggots and flies on it—causing everyone to frown for a while, and it was okay to be disgusted, but judging from the distribution of the corpses, the battle was extremely tragic and bloody.

Liu Ruhan said that there were many people and hundreds of thousands of troops, but the real discerning people understood that these hundreds of thousands of exiles had no combat effectiveness at all, and they were almost crushed at the touch of a button, and only the descendants led by him could fight with the Qing army, and the number of this army was only 30,000, and the combat effectiveness was not very strong.

"Meet Han King Chitose! Ning Qianqiu has already escorted all the materials of my Great Chu Yiying to this point, and asked Han Wang Chitose to verify them one by one. ”

Ning Qianqiu looked at the middle-aged man in the hall, and said polite words with no expression on his face, but he couldn't suppress the surprise in his heart, this person was obviously an ordinary man, and his appearance was even a little obscene, so he could do such a big thing?

The man looked at Ning Qianqiu, but he was a little flustered, and hurriedly stretched out his hand, "Your envoy, please get up, this time you came from afar, it's really hard, come here, pour wine!" ”

The sergeants came up with several jars of wine, and then placed a bowl of wine in front of them, and then began to pour wine, but the wine was so cloudy that it was not a good wine at first glance.

The man looked at everyone, then casually glanced at the corner, and then smiled: "Everyone, please drink this cup full." After finishing speaking, he didn't care about others, and he couldn't wait to drink it, as if he didn't care about the quality of the wine at all.

Ning Qianqiu poured the wine into his mouth, only to feel that the wine was extremely bitter and could not enter his throat at all, but the curiosity in his heart was a little stronger, so he stood up and glanced at the general of the Great Righteous Army who was drinking, with a contemptuous sneer on his face.

"Your Majesty, my previous agreement with Dachu is that your army will attack Guanzhong within a month, and our army will take over the defense of Henan Prefectures, and now your army has been suspended for a long time under Dagu Pass, is it not that your army's combat strength is not strong, so it is difficult to overcome this pass?"

"Bold! How dare you humiliate my king? ”

Before the man on the main seat could get angry, a guard came out of the corner, he pulled out the long knife at his waist and pointed at Ning Qianqiu viciously.

The atmosphere in the field was instantly condensed, and the generals of the Great Righteous Army looked at the guard's eyes, but they were a little more in awe than they were when they looked at the man, and this scene fell in Ning Qianqiu's eyes, and there was a little bit of bottom in his heart.

"Hmph, your army is full of talents, but this guard who came out of nowhere is even more domineering than the king...... Ning saw it today, I really admire it! ”

Hearing the meaning of Ning Qianqiu's words, the guard laughed, walked to the main seat step by step, and then pulled out his knife and slashed at the man in an instant, chopping off the person's head, and the air was instantly filled with a bloody smell, which was simply disgusting.

The guard did not panic at all, and calmly tore off a piece of cloth to wipe the blood beads on the knife, before he glanced back at Ning Qianqiu and snorted softly.

"Lone is Liu Ruhan, today is just an occasional physical discomfort, so he sent someone to pretend to be lonely, but he hated this thief with a lonely appearance, but he didn't have a lonely temperament, but let the noble envoy see the joke......"

Ning Qianqiu naturally won't take this set of tricks in his eyes, in his opinion, whether these people are changed or replaced, their essence is the same, that is, to be Ning Chu's dog obediently, as for who to be a dog, what is the difference?

"Han King Chitose, if your army can't enter the pass within a month, then I will restore the Han army or help Han King Chitose to capture Luoyang and Tongguan!"

As soon as these words came out, Liu Ruhan's face suddenly became extremely gloomy, he waved his hand, and saw that everyone in the tent retreated one by one, only Liu Ruhan and Ning Qianqiu were left in the huge tent.

"Your envoy can know that if Lone does not take Luoyang, when the time comes, when Lone attacks Tongguan, will he not suffer from the enemy on his back? If this is the case, I am afraid that there will be no place to bury me! ”

"King Han is too worried, your army will attack Tongguan, and our army will naturally attack Luoyang, which can ensure that your army is foolproof!"

Liu Ruhan sighed deeply, and his attitude softened a little unconsciously, "Your Majesty knows, I, Liu Ruhan, don't have any great skills, I don't want this Central Plains, but when it comes to this point, Guannai is the only place I can rely on..... If something goes wrong, how do I explain it to my brothers? ”

Ning Qianqiu was unmoved, and said coldly: "King Han Chitose is too worried, with my Da Chu as the backing, why worry about the Qing army...... What's more, do you think you really have a choice? ”

Liu Ruhan was silent, he reached out and held the long knife on his waist, his fingers were white, but he closed his eyes.

"Someone, give the order to attack the city, if there is a retreat, behead!"

..........

Boom Boom –

With the help of the artillery brought by Ning Qianqiu, the cruelty of the battle of Dagu Pass suddenly rose to a higher level, the entire pass was covered with gaps up and down, and there was a slender crack running through it, everyone knew in their hearts that this pass would not be able to hold it sooner or later, but it was still unknown how many lives would be buried in the pass.

Rows of righteous soldiers rushed up with shields, many of them either died from boulders, or long arrows, or shotguns, and more people stepped on the corpses in front of them, and began to climb up step by step, and then were pushed back by the Qing army on the pass, and the cycle continued until more bones were accumulated under the pass.

Ning Qianqiu looked at the scene in front of him, without the slightest expression on his face, he can be regarded as a character who has experienced life and death on the battlefield, and he has not experienced this kind of battle, holding a charcoal pen in one hand and a booklet in the other.

When Xue looked at the stones thrown down from the Dagu Pass, and then looked at the soldiers who fell down one after another, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this Ning Chu is really too deceitful, this is obviously taking the life of the righteous soldiers to lie down the Qing army in Henan.....

This truth is not only understood by Xue Guan, but also by Liu Ruhan, but now he has no way except to watch his soldiers fall one by one, Ning Qianqiu's arrival means one thing, if you want to live, you have to fight in the circle drawn by Ning Chu, if you don't fight, you can't do it, otherwise everyone will die.....