In the course of the canal, a team of official boats is struggling to move forward against the night wind. The eight horn lanterns on the bow of the ship were blown by the wind and swayed from side to side, and the flat Song characters on the official titles on them became more and more unclear. However, the large and small ships moored in the canal are also old fritters who have been walking in the rivers and lakes for a long time, looking at the huge flag on the mainmast, and looking at the dozens of guards at the bow and stern holding their sabers and standing proudly with their chests and stomachs, they know that the owner of this fleet is definitely not an idle person. Perhaps, it is the eight banners of the DPRK and the central government, and it is also possible for the prince Baylor. Someone took advantage of the fact that a few guards on the bow of the ship who had a glance of the Eight Banners Manchurian face and image characteristics when the ship passed sideways, and made such a judgment in their hearts.

Although it is not hit, it is not far away. The owner of the largest official ship in the cabin, although he is not the prince of the Eight Banners of the DPRK and China, is also a powerful figure. Lord Hong Chengchou Hong, behind a table, by the light in the cabin, on the canal between Nanzhili and Shandong, flipped through the manuscripts and correspondence of the imperial court newspaper.

However, Lord Hong's eyes were on a few newspapers in a pile of letters.

"Shuntian Times" was published and distributed by Emperor Chongzhen in Beijing when he was alive, although after the great changes of Li Zicheng's entry into Beijing and the Ming Shun and Qing dynasties, everyone's eyes are often on the power and official positions, gold and silver, children's wealth, and a place where a "poor and sour literati" gathered, but it is just some literature and books, there is no oil and water, and it is not like the Ministry of War that is in charge of the map of the mountains and rivers in the world, and naturally no one cares about him. So, the newspaper miraculously survived. Not only survived the most chaotic period, but also restarted the distribution after Shunzhi entered Beijing.

For this newspaper, a group of former Ming Dynasty officials in the court wrote to the regent, "This is the remnants of the previous dynasty, and it is dedicated to demagoguery." It is also the poison of the Nanban Li family, and it must not be allowed to survive in Beijing. The ministers beg to get rid of the evil! ”

But, for Dolgon, a newspaper is nothing more than boring literati where they write and deliver news. It's not a big deal to report to the palace of the same court. He also looked for it, in addition to some current news, there is also some information such as commodity prices, and the supplement is full of news about Fengyue places, what new dramas have been arranged by which troupe, and which servants have added new lines, and this new line is from the hand of which old dou enke, what girls in the team took off the brand to marry and become an aunt's wife, and which courtyard under the shopkeeper of Lin Da has recently produced a stunner with national beauty. Also, a certain technician in which garden has any unique skills, which girl can be called a double of color and art, and something like that. The list goes on and on.

"This kind of thing also deserves to be banned by my order? Joke! Dorgon gave such a sentence. In his opinion, there are not many such things in him, and there are no less than him. Even if there is any harm, it is still circulated among Han Chinese readers. You must know that among the children of the Eight Banners, those who know Chinese characters and can use them proficiently are treasures. Otherwise, officers and generals at all levels will not be equipped with pen posts around them. In order to use them to read and process official documents.

He handed over how to deal with this Shuntian Times to Hong Chengchou, who was still in Beijing at the time.

"The slave thinks it's better to keep this thing than to lock him up." Hong Chengchou replied. Lord Hong's reasoning was that the sources and speed of the spread of the newspaper were faster than the official documents of the Imperial Palace. "In this way, the minions can also get the current situation in the world from it, and make plans for the master's decision as early as possible."

Hong Chengchou's reason deeply hit the nail on the head of Dolgon. The same situation was published in the newspaper for half a month, and the official documents of the imperial court arrived on his desk. I really don't know what the minions below are doing. To learn about the war ahead through the channel of Shuntian Times is also an original of him and Hong Chengchou.

With the acquiescence of the regent and Hong Chengchou, the Shuntian Times naturally had a peaceful life in Beijing. However, the chief writer of the newspaper and others are also aware of their own situation, so naturally they will not publish any forbidden and taboo words in the newspaper.

Today, Lord Hong learned about the latest developments of all parties through the channel of Shuntian Times, and he can be regarded as tasting his own fruits.

But in the newspaper, although the words and sentences are very vague, there is no shortage of words such as "turn in" and "rest", but how can this kind of trick be hidden from Hong Chengchou, who is a master of this way?

"The thieves and soldiers in southern Sichuan, afraid of the power of the soldiers, coerced the people and good people in the state capitals, burned the fields and houses and fled south."

"General Ao Bai personally supervised the troops and horses to attack Fushun, and made a contribution to the Qing Dynasty!"

"Artesian wells and other salt wells were burned and destroyed by thieves, which had a slight impact. The price of salt in Kawanaka fluctuated slightly. ”

"Prince An ordered the army to pursue the thieves, and the thieves burned, plundered and burned very hard, and there was no one in the territory for more than 100 miles. It was quite difficult for the soldiers to raise grain and grass, and they withdrew to Shunqing, Luzhou and other places to get grain. ”

"Fierce flames! On the road to Yunnan, the traitor Sun Kewang encountered the Zhongyi Tusi official leading the troops to block the attack, was frustrated, and slaughtered dozens of official villages in a fit of rage. The good people were slaughtered, and the bad people rushed to join the thieves. ”

"Arrogant! The western thieves crossed northern Yunnan with more than 1,000 thieves and fled to the direction of Kunming! Along the way, the Tusi official village intercepted and killed, but this generation is an old thief, and his escape skills are first-class. According to rumors, it has fled to the ground of southern Yunnan! ”

The important news reports in these newspapers were copied out by Hong Chengchou's copywriters and listed in front of him one by one. With these copies, Lord Hong searched for the names of the places mentioned in the report one by one under the oil lamp against the map.

As a veteran bureaucrat, he is all too familiar with the hidden subtext behind these official articles. He was able to peek keenly into the terrible truth of the face from under the thick fat powder.

"Alas!" Hong Chengchou sighed, he gradually captured a terrible fact through the layers of fog from these bits and pieces, trivial and abnormal news.

"The western thief Sun Kewang is expected to lead troops and horses into Yunnan and Guizhou, which is clearly to follow the story of the thief and join Liang Guogong in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces. I'm afraid that they will use the heads of the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou and the Tusi and officials of these two provinces, and even the heads of the Duke of Qianguo. In exchange for Liang Guogong's containment and support for them. That team of more than 1,000 centaurs, I'm afraid that the escort envoy went to Hejing to wait for Liang Guogong's lair! ”

"Alas! Li Shouhan, you are really a good means! Looking at the notes he made, Hong Chengchou couldn't help but feel cold sweat trickling out of his head, and he was blown by the wind on the river and gave him a headache.

"Receive the soldiers and horses of the Xiying with grain, grass and ammunition, send coaches to train these hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and gradually turn the Xiying thieves into your Nanyue army, and let them fight with my Qing soldiers and horses in Yunnan, Guichuan. Alas! It's a pity that Prince An Yue Le, although he is wise and resolute on the battlefield, but after all, he has less experience, and he has only seen the battlefield, but he has never seen the fighting methods outside the battlefield. I'm afraid that my soldiers and horses on the West Road of the Qing Dynasty will be trapped between Sichuan and Yunnan. Since then, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses have changed from living soldiers to stupid soldiers who stick to one place, not only can they not make meritorious contributions to killing the enemy for our Qing Dynasty, but they have become a bottomless pit that consumes food and wages! ”

Looking at his own indication on the map, hundreds of miles of food-scarce and no-man's land lay across the southern Sichuan region, and most of the people here went south into Yunnan to escape the war under the mobilization of Sun Kewang's Great Western Army.

Li Zong announced to Liang Guogong, on behalf of these people going south, that as long as you are willing to go south, I will be responsible for your rations along the way, and when you get to the ground in Nanzhong, everything will be handled in accordance with the resettlement regulations! Over the years, the people have more or less heard about the good days in Nanzhong, although they are all yearning, but they can only stay in their imagination. First, the idea of re-elieving the land of the Chinese people always thinks that the golden nest and the silver nest are not as good as their own grass nest. But as long as there is still a little way in his hometown, he is not willing to travel thousands of miles. Second, from southern Sichuan to Yunnan, and then to Nanzhong, how can the mountain roads stretch for thousands of miles? Not to mention the wolves, insects, tigers and leopards along the way, bandits and strong beams, the rations on the road alone are enough to be prohibitive.

Now, you have someone to solve both of these problems for you. Hundreds of thousands of people are heading south, and there are soldiers and horses guarding them along the way, and someone is taking care of the food, why don't you go to this kind of good day?!

As a result, the ground in southern Sichuan, which was originally considered prosperous and rich, was left for Yue Le with pieces of ruins and the skeleton of the sky crane on the artesian well and the Gongjing that were still smoking.

There was no one to farm, no one to collect money and grain, no salt to eat, and the hundreds of thousands of horses of the Qing army could only rely on the Chengdu Plain and the grain and grass transported from Shaanxi, Huguang and other places to survive. However, it is not possible to withdraw and get food, because once it retreats, then the entire Sichuan, and even the entire Qing army's war on the western front, will collapse immediately.

"Alas! Today, I know why King Zhao urged the Zhao army to fight a quick battle during the Battle of Changping! Combined with his own personal experience and looking at the war in front of him, Hong Chengchou couldn't help but make such a judgment. Li Shouhanli has been in the country for a long time, he has food, military salaries and materials, and he is not afraid of confrontation and consumption with the Qing army. The Qing army, on the other hand, may not be able to afford it! It may even be consumed to death!

"My lord! My lord! Outside, someone was gently tapping on the hatch.

"Come in!" Accompanying the scholar came in was a pen poster, who was responsible for collecting and managing these documents, such as letters, official documents, and manuscripts. "My lord, I just bought a new newspaper from a few ships heading south. Please take a look. ”

"Huh? How can they have a newer newspaper than we have? Hong Chengchou's eyelids couldn't help jumping a few times.

The pen post style has also been prepared for a long time and has done his homework in advance. He replied in a convenient manner: "My lord doesn't know, when they went south, some people went to Tianjin, although the trade area of Tianjin Wei stopped, but there are still sea ships from the south that occasionally stop to transport some products from the south, and naturally some newspapers have also come." ”

Hong Chengchou nodded, and waved his hand to signal that the pen post could be retreated. On the surface, his face was ordinary, but in his heart it was like oil cooking fire. "Tianjin is only more than 200 miles from Beijing, and there is the convenience of sea ships. Li Shouhan is extremely good at using the water master. Why didn't you send the sailors north and make a surprise attack on the Beijing division? What's more, they are also used to this sea route? ”

Although it was a trip from Tianjin, most of the newspapers were still the Shuntian Times published by Jingshi. If you want to go to Tianjin on those boats, you will only trade with a few bold smugglers and exchange the smuggled goods you have brought from the south with them. This kind of trivial matter, Inspector Hong is naturally too lazy to care.

Sure enough, the newspaper was only published in the past few days. The content in it has only happened in the past half a month.

"The general of Zhengnan went out from Jinling to the east, and all parts of southern Jiangsu looked down on the wind. The southern barbarians retreated one after another, and the gentry from all over the country ate pot pulp to welcome the king. ”

"Suzhou, Changzhou and other places are the first to recover, and the army is directed at Songjiang."

"Songjiang Prefecture, Jiading, Qingpu and other counties have been regained after a little war. The headquarters of Nanban Li Huabao is trapped in Shanghai County, Jinshanwei, Baoshan and other places, and behind it is the Oriental Sea! According to the confession of the captured thief, the soldiers of the Nanban tribe have no fighting spirit at present, and they just want to escape back to the nest of Nanzhong as soon as possible. ”

Bad! Inspector Hong had dealt with the children of the Li family in Liaodong, but he knew the temperament of these nieces and nephews, and he also knew the education style of the children of the Li family from the mouths of others. What's more, at present, Li Shouhan is powerful, and he is not much different from Cao Cao and Li Yuan back then, and he is only one opportunity away from going to the next level. At this time, none of his sons riveted their strength to make meritorious contributions and add glory to themselves in front of their fathers. Li Huabao, as a sister-in-law and the eldest son at the moment, how did he give up dozens of cities one after another, could it be that he really had no fighting spirit and just wanted to go south and return to his hometown to be a native emperor in a comfortable nest? !

Wrong! There must be a conspiracy here!

"Quick! Get a map of Songjiang Prefecture and Shanghai County, Shanghai Business District, and more! ”

After Duoduo entered Nanjing, Hong Chengchou also followed Xiao He's example when he entered Xianyang, and other generals of the Eight Banners were busy collecting gold and silver, looking for women, collecting antiques, etc., well, the specific behavior is just the scope of the "five sons of Dengke" who summarized the houses, cars, tickets, strips, and bitches given by the people when the national army received them. Only he, Hong Chengchou, paid attention to collecting the classics, albums, map files, etc. of the Hongguang Imperial Court, and ordered people to sort them out in different categories, and transport them to Beijing to be handed over to Yousi. Of course, in this process, it should be said that he did not copy a copy of himself at the same time when recording historical materials like Sima Gonggong did back then. In this process of collecting and sorting out some copies of the transcripts that he thought would be useful, that would be a lie.

The maps of Jiangnan and Nanzhong, the biographical materials of the Li family and the generals of the Nanyue Army, were found in the archives of the military department, the official department, and the household department. Although it is not very detailed, many of them only have the names of the three generations of their ancestors and any positions in a certain year and month, what merits and so on, but for Inspector Hong and the entire Qing Dynasty, from the Nanyue Army is almost a black eye, at least a little understanding.

The regent Dolgon ordered these archives to be further collated and compiled into a volume, and distributed to the nobles of the clan, the banner masters, and the generals of the Meljangin level. The title is "The General Essentials of Southern Love". Well, it's similar to the "Thief's Collection" about the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. As the generals of the Eight Banners, they understand the basic information of the Nanyue Army. As for the green camp, including Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, I'm sorry, maybe the people below were negligent and forgot about them. Wu Sangui is Li Huamei's godson, and he knows better than anyone else about the situation of the Nanyue Army.

(Don't worry about leaks creating internal contradictions such as rifts and disunity within the Qing army.) You must know that before the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the soldiers of the Eight Banners used the Romance of the Three Kingdoms as the art of war. And it's often the kind that doesn't show it. A copy can be kept secret until you get drunk before you can take it out and show it to a good Han officer who has a good relationship on weekdays. What's more, it's such a collection of information? ）

Several Goshha took out dozens of maps of different sizes and lengths from the rear cabin and spread them out on the carpet of the cabin for Lord Hong to guide thousands of troops on them.

"What is the situation in Hangzhou?" Unexpectedly, Hong Chengchou did not ask about the military situation in the east, but first asked about the war in Hangzhou on the western front.

"It's pretty good."

In the military newspaper, the generals of Zhengnan, Belebolo and Eju Turge, led more than 100,000 horses and horses in Zhejiang, relying on the Qiantang River to kill tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the former Dashun army from the western Zhejiang-Jiangxi border. Although it is said that the banner has changed now, the people who are fighting on the battlefield in Zhejiang are all old opponents. Former Ming Army and Former Peasant Army. The two sides know each other well, although you shaved your hair and braided your hair, do you think Lao Tzu doesn't know you? After a few rounds, more than 100,000 Qing troops were beaten by tens of thousands of Nanyue troops. However, relying on the strength of the crowd and the strength of Wu Feiluan's search in various parts of the south of the Yangtze River, the military salary, grain and grass can be helped, and the Qing army has not yet declined. However, it is also impossible to relax a little, because from Jiangxi, Fujian and other places, there are constantly large groups of people into Zhejiang. Relying on several rivers and relying on the materials that have been hoarded in Fujian for many years, there is no need to worry about supplies and grain and grass, and the various units that have just been reorganized from the Dashun Army to the Southern Guangdong Army have a morale like a rainbow and extremely strong combat effectiveness. Moreover, there are more than 20,000 people directly under Shi Lang's direct troops behind him, watching from the side like a tiger with sharpened claws, as long as Bolo's battle line is slightly loosened, I am afraid that it will be a collapse situation.

"What is the situation in the area of Shanghai County, Songjiang Prefecture?" Lord Hong was very strange, and after listening to the battle between the Qing army and the Nanyue army on the battlefield in Zhejiang, he was noncommittal. Just ask about the progress of the war in the Songjiang area on the eastern front.

Several pen posts and Goshha secretly speculated in their hearts, probably because the east road was personally led by the general county king Luckedhun to lead the troops, and the reason why Inspector Hong had to pay attention to it, right?!

"What is there to worry about on the east road. No matter how Li Huamei can fight, it is just a defeat for our subordinates when we were in Tashan! We weren't afraid when she attacked, not to mention that now they were defending! ”

One Goshha muttered a few words.