Defeat is like a mountain!

Although there was no defeat, when the sixth king Huaxing of the first month led 18,000 elite cavalry of the Eight Banners to leave Jingnan, he finally realized what the decline of the army was.

Although along the way, people and horses are constantly gathered from all over the place, and there are supplies along the way, but even so, the morale is still declining, and now although there is no defeat, everyone has become a lost dog.

Everyone is depressed, even if they are riding horses, they are also powerful and powerless, everyone knows that behind them, hundreds of thousands of Ming troops have surrounded Jingnan, they are now homeless, to the south, what the future is, it is not known.

On the road formed by people stepping on horses for thousands of years in the valley, the cavalry of the brigade marched on the road, a pile here, a group there, scattered in twos and threes, looking like a group of refugees, scattered in the valley like scattering beans, all over the eyes. However, the uniforms on their bodies show their identity, they are soldiers, but these soldiers, dirty, bearded, say that it is dusty, but rather discouraged, they are all depressed on horses, these people, now not so much soldiers, but a group of refugees, and in the middle of the team, on the continuous carriages, the old and weak, women and children are probably the same, that is, some ignorant children will look around curiously, these are the families of the flag battalions stationed in various places along the way......

Rout......

It always happens inadvertently, when the capital is besieged and the news of the arrival of the Ming army comes, the panicked local garrison flag battalion immediately takes the initiative to lead the troops to "come to help" after learning that the prince led the troops south, and defects to the prince's command, they do this not because of loyalty, but because of ...... To stay alive!

The escape in the past few days has made these Eight Banner Cavalry, who were once known as the elite of the Beijing camp, become like Huazi, and they are so depressed, I don't know how to retreat south tomorrow.

No one knows where tomorrow will be, nor where will it be tomorrow, but it is certain that all of them know very well that the current situation does not allow them to have a chance to breathe, as long as they stop a little, then the Ming army chasing them from the rear will swallow them alive, and not even a bone residue will be left.

Everyone is fleeing south in a hurry, ordinary soldiers are like this, even Wang Huaxing, who is the commander of an army, is the same, even as a commander, he also looks very down, when he led a few of his personal subordinates to the front to observe, avoiding the eyes of the banner man, Ma Yunqin, as his henchman, immediately scolded loudly.

"Grass, damn it, Dashuai, you said that our masters, where we used to be, it was not terrifying, those natives could be frightened when they heard the name of Dashuai, but who knew that today they fell to this point."

Li Pengju, who was on the side, shook his head and said.

"Hey, what's going on? Who asked us to protect the prince now, nothing matters, the important thing is the prince, it is the future of the Great Qing Kingdom, in the future, hehe, I think of the future at this time, if we used the big handsome, how could the Great Qing Kingdom end up in this step......"

"But no, the big marshal made great contributions back then, and the result? As a result, it was not recalled to the court on a piece of paper, and it became an ornament......"

Several of them, as the henchmen of the big handsome, were also left out when Wang Huaxing was snubbed, and it is precisely because of this that they will repay the grievances of the marshal, and they are also unhappy for their own encounters.

The complaints of his henchmen made Wang Huaxing not speak immediately, but just stood there silently, looking at the lofty mountains in the distance, and further south, he entered the mountains, entered the mountains, and the rolling mountains would become both his friends and enemies, how many dangers would there be in the mountains?

Thinking of this, Wang Huaxing thought of the natives who were starved to death, frozen, and trapped in the mountains by him back then, and now he has also fallen into a similar situation, and unlike those natives, they are a group of strangers.

Further south, those mountain people are not easy to give, will they watch this group of outsiders break in?

"Dashuai, you say, let's just recognize the bear like this? simply fought with the Ming army in a dignified manner, and when the time came, it would be lost, and the brothers would admit it if they fled south! ”

"That's right, Dashuai, no matter how bearish our battle is, it won't make people look like this."

Listening to their complaints, Wang Huaxing just sighed.

"The emperor entrusted the crown prince to Ben Shuai, since this is the case, Ben Shuai will never take the slightest risk with the future of the Great Qing Kingdom."

Dashuai's words made several people silent, and after they sighed helplessly, Wang Zhiyang asked.

"Dashuai, then what's the next step?"

From their words, I felt that everyone was at a loss and at a loss for what to do about the future. Wang Huaxing said calmly.

"Plans? For now, Afghanistan is the only place we can go, and going to other places is a dead end! ”

For the Great Qing Kingdom, there is only Afghanistan to go, after all, the situation there is chaotic, and the Great Qing Kingdom has also entered there many times to fight grass valleys.

"To Afghanistan?"

Wang Zhiyang sneered,

"Dashuai, what else is there besides stones? Waiting for the men and horses of the garrison flag battalions in the south to come, more than 100,000 horses and horses have arrived there, whether they have to eat or not, whether they want to wear or not, and the mountain people are brave, these years, we have beaten the grass valley there, and the offended mountain people are not only one family, but now that they are there, they can still spare us? Now where are you going to die? ”

Wang Zhiyang is right. Afghanistan is simply a place where rabbits don't, that place is still a stone in addition to stones, although it is not a long yellow sand, flying sand and stones, but the mountains are undulating, and the mountain people are brave and not afraid of death, that kind of place is not a good place.

But the strong enemy is in hot pursuit, what way is there not to flee to Afghanistan?

As the commander of the first army, Wang Huaxing did not speak, but just sighed silently, how could he not know the reality he was about to face, but was there any other choice?

Of course, there are other options, but this choice cannot be told to others now, after all, before the emperor's will comes down. Never let anyone else know.

No, but he couldn't let anyone else know, and even he had to put on a show that he had no choice.

"Now, for us, there is only survival in death, if they are interested, they will give up a place for us to live, if they are not interesting, they will be killed when the time comes!"

Wang Huaxing said fiercely.

"No matter how brave those mountain people are, they are just mountain people, besides, now most of the Afghan mountain people have been recruited by the Mughals to the south as mercenaries, and Afghanistan is very empty, and we can always have a place in the local area in the past."

Then he comforted his confidants with kind words.

"Don't worry, besides, we're not the only ones in the south. If Prince Li adds housing in various places, there are still 100,000 horses, do we have more than 100,000 people? I can still be afraid that those natives will not succeed. ”

Wang Huaxing's mouth of Prince Li Jieshu, has been fighting with those natives in the south, and now the two of them have not yet met, and once they do, it will be an army of more than 110,000 people.

"Prince Li's ......"

Let's hope all the best!

Then, the group returned to the camp, and when they were about to enter the camp, Wang Huaxing slowed down his horse and walked towards the camp. The so-called big camp, in fact, is a few circles with horse-drawn carriages, there is a passage in the middle is not wide, when the march is fighting, when it is too late to build a wall and build a camp, it is more convenient to use the car camp, at least to protect the army in the face of enemy attacks, so as not to be killed by the enemy into the camp at once.

When he entered the inner camp of the car camp, before Wang Huaxing could enter the tent, an internal official came to pass the decree, saying that the prince had invited him over.

"General."

As soon as he saw Wang Huaxing coming in, Yinren showed a smile and walked over to him and said.

"I just heard that the general went out to explore the way, and the general has really worked hard this time."

Yinren, who is not yet sixteen years old, as the crown prince of the Great Qing Kingdom, also knows how to win people's hearts. also knows that for him, Wang Huaxing is important, and he can't do without this great general.

"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

The crown prince was polite, but Wang Huaxing still adhered to the principle of being a minister.

"The general is polite, no courtesy, no courtesy, you can't go down so much."

Then, Yinren ordered the eunuch on the side to bring a stool, and then asked politely.

"General, I heard from this palace that we will enter Afghanistan in five days at most, going south?"

For Afghanistan, Yinren is no stranger, in the past few years, the border garrison flag battalion often used the mountain raid as an excuse to enter Afghanistan to fight grass valleys, plundering grain and grass is secondary, the most important thing is to plunder the young women of various tribes, after all, the Qing Kingdom needs those women to support the trade that lasts for many years, although the mountain people are brave but in the face of thousands of Qing army raids, they are often exhausted, after all, the Qing army is not in the territory, just to plunder women, livestock and materials, this kind of bandit-style attack, The heavy blow to the mountain people also made the Manchus know a little about Afghanistan, the so-called understanding, that is, knowing that it is a piece of fat - in the past few years, tens of thousands of rich women of Ahan have been plundered every year, and then sold everywhere, bringing huge wealth to the unknown number of Manchu elites.

However, that's all they know.

"That's right, Your Highness, if it's fast, four days will be about the same, but because of the drag of women and children, it is estimated that it will take five to six days."

Wang Huaxing replied respectfully.

"Then according to you, what are the chances of winning when we go to Afghanistan this time?"

Yinren said directly.

"It should be easy, this palace remembers that last year there was a report that he went south to fight the grass valley and robbed thousands of mountain people and native women. Since it was so easy at that time, let's go over now, and it shouldn't be difficult to clean them up. ”

"Back to Your Highness, today is not the past, in the past, I waited into Afghanistan to fight the grass valley, not to plunder the land, often take advantage of its unpreparedness, suddenly send troops to break in, after a killing, snatch the woman will be withdrawn, until they react, and then pursue us, our men and horses have fled back, even if the mountain people are brave, they can't capture the fortress fortress, so every mountain people always suffer, but now, we are going to be stationed in the local area, these years of accumulated hatred, will definitely make Afghanistan unanimously against me, when the time comes, There's a good chance we'll be embattled......"

Wang Huaxing's answer made Yinren lose his voice.

"W-what can I do about this?"

"Your Highness, what's so hard about this?"

At this moment, someone on the side interjected.

"As long as we seize Kabul, we will use Kabul as our base camp, as for the mountain people in the mountains, don't ask them, and then just make friends from afar and attack closely, those mountain people are all short-sighted, and the slaves think that as long as we use good strategies and give favors, it must be easy to clean them up when the time comes."

It was Mingzhu who spoke, he did not flee to Persia alone, as planned, but chose to follow the crown prince, and the reason why he made such a decision was not because he was a loyal minister of the Great Qing Kingdom, but because of Wang Huaxing, because of what Wang Huaxing said to him, and because of one of his promises.

Thinking that in the unknown future after fleeing to Persia, Mingzhu would be more willing to believe in Wang Huaxing and believe in his promise, of course, that promise can never be told to others, only the two of them know.

When the time comes, everyone will make the best choice for themselves. 20 years ago, he didn't make the right choice, and now he wants to make the right choice.

Wang Huaxing glanced at Mingzhu and asked rhetorically.

"This matter is not so simple, it is true that Kabul is on the plains, but when we seize Kabul, don't we tell the Ming army that we will make a comeback there? Now the place where we want to flee must be in the mountains, and we must not go to the plains, what we want to break is to hide, so that the Ming army thinks that we will die in the mountains, and time will make them forget us, ten or twenty years, only when they forget us, when they think that we are also a tribe of mountain people in Afghanistan, we can go out of the mountains again, otherwise, they will definitely chase after them, and when the time comes, the emperor's plan will be completely disrupted! ”

"Yes, His Royal Highness the Prince, what is the master working hard for? Isn't it the future of our Great Qing Kingdom? The minister on the side also said,

"What we need now! Your Highness. ”

Since everyone said so, Yinren agreed.

"You're right, and if that's the case, let's do it!"

Yinren then said.

"Hey, I don't know, what's going on with Huang Ama, you say, why is the Ming army so tyrannical, and it has to destroy my Qing Dynasty."

The prince's question made several people stunned, and Mingzhu hurriedly said on the side.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the master Jiren has his own destiny, there is no need for the prince to worry, as for the Ming army, the tyranny of the Ming army is not today's thing, when I built a state Jurchen to serve the Ming people for a hundred years, the Ming people treated me like a slave, killing my people, plundering my property, hundreds of years, my Jurchen blood and sweat can be described as a bamboo is difficult to write, if not, Emperor Taizu will not rise against the Ming, and how can he issue the edict of "seven hatreds", today the Ming people are tyrannical, but it is just their nature......"

After reversing black and white, Mingzhu said deliberately.

"It's only to blame that our banner people forgot the tyrannical nature of the Ming people after entering the customs, repaid grievances with virtue and applied benevolent government, so they ended up in today's field......"

Is there such a reversal of black and white in the world?

Yes, not only yes, but they are also willing to believe it, and sure enough, after Mingzhu explained this, Yinren nodded again and again.

"Isn't that the case, hey, the Ming people are tyrannical like this, this palace is really not at ease with Huang Amma, and I don't know what happened to him over there......"

After everyone else has left. He looked at Wang Huaxing and asked.

"General Wang, do you think that plan can be realized?"

When he asked this question, his eyes were full of doubt, but more of an expectation, he expected to get a positive answer from Wang Huaxing.

"Back to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, as long as everything goes well, that plan will definitely succeed. But His Highness ......"

Look left and right. Wang Huaxing said cautiously.

"Please also ask His Royal Highness the Prince, don't mention this matter again in the future, after all, the fewer people who know about this matter, the more beneficial it will be to my Daqing, otherwise if it is known by the spies of the Ming army, everything will be over."

Wang Huaxing's caution made Yinren nod again and again.

"What the general said is very true, it is all too careless, please rest assured general, I will not say this matter again from now on."

Regarding His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's answer, Wang Huaxing only smiled slightly. Then he stepped back. When he returned to his tent, Mingzhu was waiting for him. Almost as soon as she saw him, Mingzhu asked in a low voice.

"You must be hiding something from me."

"Why did the second brother say that?"

Wang Huaxing looked at him and asked rhetorically.

"When I was at the prince's place before, when I was chatting with the prince. I noticed that when he mentioned Afghanistan, he always looked like he was talking about him. It seems that he has no intention of going to Afghanistan at all, and has no intention of living there permanently, if I am not mistaken. The emperor must have made other arrangements. ”

Mingzhu stared at Wang Huaxing. I want to see what is going on in his heart. Although he didn't see a trace of waves on her face, he was still sure that the emperor must have other plans, and Wang Huaxing must have known.

"The emperor is a smart man."

Wang Huaxing didn't hide Mingzhu, after all, the next plan still needs Mingzhu's cooperation, especially when implementing that plan, without Mingzhu, he can't do that thing at all. It is precisely because of this that he will risk his identity being exposed to persuade Mingzhu to go south with him.

"The emperor must have the emperor's plan, I can't talk about this matter in detail now, and I ask the second brother to forgive me."

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