Seeing this, Qu Shiyun sighed in his heart, this little fellow has a broad heart and a lofty goal, which is far beyond the reach of his peers.

It was a little regrettable that he knew that Lin Xiao originally planned to help the imperial court train here, but now his decision made him faintly feel that Lin Xiao's heart was more or less cold, which showed that he was quite disappointed in the imperial court.

How much shadow will this incident leave on the future cooperation between the two sides?

Although fortunately avoided an infighting, Qu Shiyun's heart was still very lost.

……

Three days later, it was Chinese New Year's Eve, and Li Hanzhi's grain fleet arrived again, and Lin Xiao decided to return to Qinzhou, leaving only one company here to supervise the release of grain.

Li Yuanyin was the only one who came to see him off, watching Lin Xiao's boat gradually move away, Li Yuanyin stood alone by the river, his eyes were dark, and he was silent.

"The wind is sluggish and the water is cold......"

The cold north wind rolled up the dust leaves in the sky, swirling and flapping on the body, the wide sleeves rolled with the wind, and under the gloomy sky, Li Yuanyin, who was standing alone, did not move for a long time, this scene was like a desolate ink painting......

……

When the fleet arrived at Fangcheng, it was Chinese New Year's Eve, and Old Chen and them were already waiting at the dock.

Except for those who were on the expedition, everyone who stayed in Fangcheng came to visit Lin Xiao one after another, and Lao Chen did not allow others to talk to him about work, so that he could concentrate on recuperating from his injuries.

Lin Xiao could only lie on the bed and count the sheep depressedly every day, the only consolation was that there were two beauties taking turns to take care of and accompany him, which was not particularly boring.

The soldiers' welcome group meeting, Lin Xiao could not participate, through the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, also hosted by Lao Chen, for Lin Xiao, this year, he is not good.

……

Lin Xiao is not the only one who has had a bad year, there is another person who has a more difficult life than him.

On the official road from Beijing to Nanjing, a group of Qing soldiers was hurrying in the cold wind, and in the middle of the procession, a troika staggered all the way.

In the carriage, sitting with a sad face was the prince of the Qing Dynasty, the secretary of the military department and the right deputy capital Yushi, and the assistant of the inner courtyard - Hong Chengchou.

At the end of the year, a major event also occurred within the Qing court.

In November, the regent of the imperial father, Dolgon, left the little emperor Shunzhi behind, and personally led the crowd to hunt outside the Gubeikou, intending to further establish his authority, but he fell from his horse and was seriously injured during the hunt, and on the ninth day of December, Dolgon died in the city of Kara outside the Gubeikou, at the age of 39.

Emperor Shunzhi, Aixin Jueluo Fulin was shocked when he heard this, and personally led the kings and ministers to go out five miles outside the Dongzhi Gate to welcome Dolgon's body.

Soon after, Dolgon's political enemies came out to overturn the case and expose his great treachery, first discussing the guilt of his brother Azig, and then officially announcing Dolgon's guilt, seizing all his canons, and destroying the tomb.

In real history, it was not until a hundred years later that Emperor Qianlong issued an edict to officially overturn the case for Dolgon, ordering him to repair the tomb and restore his title.

Only two months after his death, Dolgon's sudden fall from the pinnacle of honor can be said to be entirely the result of the contradictions and struggles within the ruling class of the Qing Dynasty, but, in his heart, Dorgon's immortal contributions to the Qing Dynasty were by no means covered up by a few crimes imposed by his political opponents.

At the beginning of the pro-government, Emperor Shunzhi received bad news, the "Thirteen Families of Kuidong" of the righteous army in eastern Sichuan revived, and frequent uprisings broke out in the coastal areas of Fujian and Zhejiang, and the two armies that went south to attack Nanning were not only annihilated, but even Kong Youde, the king of Dingnan, was defeated and died.

In the face of the new anti-Qing upsurge in the country, Shunzhi and the ministers finally decided to adopt the strategy of soothing and suppressing after repeated deliberations.

On the one hand, we will continue to implement the Huairou policy of "recruiting and disappointing chaos"; On the other hand, Hong Chengchou was further reused, so that he participated in politics from an inner court with no real power, and became a feudal official, going to Nanjing to command all the soldiers and horses in the south, and ordering him to pass through the five provinces of Huguang, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, and Guizhou, and to be the governor of military affairs and manage food and salary.

At the same time, the order of the officials, the two departments of the soldiers shall not be constrained, the household department shall not be late, before leaving, Emperor Shunzhi personally set up a banquet, and in addition to the gift of a horse and a sword.

Shunzhi was so gracious because he took a fancy to Hong Chengchou, who was 61 years old at the time, and was a capable minister whether he was leading the army or managing the government, and placed high expectations on him to turn the tide this time, not only hoping that he would completely extinguish the current anti-Qing forces, but also lay the foundation for attacking Yungui and unifying the whole country in the future.

After Hong Chengchou received the order, he had to set off on a starry night, and seeing that it was the end of the year, he still had to hurry to Nanjing.

For Shunzhi's extra favor, he not only did not have a trace of excitement and complacency, but added a sadness like an abyss.

At this time, the real Houjin Eight Banner soldiers were actually only about 100,000, and almost all of them were north of the Yangtze River, and the main force that Hong Chengchou could command was only about 300,000 Qing traitor troops-Qing Association Army.

For the details of these troops, Hong Chengchou, who once held an important position in the Ming Dynasty, could not be clearer.

It is precisely because these people are greedy for life and afraid of death that they embark on the road of betraying the Lord and seeking glory. When fighting a good fight, they will work harder than their masters, bully the people, and be more ferocious, but when they encounter strong resistance, they will be a flock of sheep that will break up and flee faster than a gust of wind.

And all the information has already told him that among the remnants of the Southern Ming Dynasty, there has recently been a team of extraordinary bravery, whether it is the brave Kong Youde, or the cunning Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao, they have all been defeated by this army, it is said that this army has much more advanced firearms than the Franc Man.

However, since he has betrayed the old master and become a slave of the Manchurian with an iron heart, Hong Chengchou still has the consciousness of an excellent minion.

He knew that the rebels in other places were difficult to achieve, and the previous strategy of suppressing and appeasing them was effective, and it was this mysterious new force that was the real trouble.

Although the mystery of this team has not yet been revealed, there are all kinds of signs that in order to defeat such a team, it may not be possible to just use the old military strategy, and he feels that the time has come to use his own secret weapon.

Therefore, on the one hand, he asked Shunzhi to send a full cavalry across the river, and invited the fierce general Wu Sangui as the vanguard of the main battle in advance; On the other hand, he also secretly brought a mysterious person with him on this trip, and this person is his secret weapon.

It was this mysterious man's subordinates who had sent the first piece of information before he arrived.

This information shows that the invincible division of unknown origin is currently all distributed in the east road, and there is a great tendency to march into Guangdong, and the raw materials for their firearms are almost all controlled by Sun Kewang, who is entrenched in Yunnan and Guizhou.

Along the way, Hong Chengchou repeatedly calculated the deployment of troops and the strategy of breaking the enemy, and after repeated weighing, he felt that it was not the best strategy in military terms, whether it was an all-out attack or a full-scale defense.

If you want to attack the three provinces with 300,000 people, neither the troops nor the materials are enough, and the Qing court will never tolerate a passive defense.

So, what exactly to do?

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