Hong Chengchou was very concerned about the battle situation in Huguang, and received the news of Aobai's defeat and retreat, he never rested for a moment, and spent almost every day in the study and signing room for half a month, although he had expected it, but when Aobai was besieged on the border of Hubei Prefecture, he still felt like he was hit hard and vomited a mouthful of blood.

That is the last elite mobile force of the Qing army here, although Aobai is the imperial party, he is Dolgon's regent party, but how to say that they are all people of the Qing Dynasty, Aobai was annihilated, which means that Hubei Prefecture is in danger, Hubei Prefecture has been breached, then he along the Yangtze River has been through more than a year, and the defense line of the past two years is useless.

Let's look at the situation, Yichang Mansion He Tengjiao occupies it, Jingzhou Mansion Li Guo's loyal battalion occupies it, Wuhan Mansion Qing Army occupies it, Xiangyang Qing Army occupies it, Jingmen is occupied by a rebel army Chen Youlong, Shangnorthwest Xi'an is occupied by Wu Sangui, Yungui is occupied by various Tusi and minority tribes and Li Chengdong, the Qing army fought fiercely with them, forming a thousand miles of no man's land, where there is sparsely populated, logistics and supplies alone can drag the army to death.

Regardless of the battle situation in the distance, let's just say that the battle situation in Hubei Prefecture, the Qing army was focused on consolidating and defending the Huaxia army, and had no heart to pursue Li Guo and He Tengjiao, Chen Youlong, these anti-Qing forces, now it seems that this has become a weakness of the Qing army, if the Huaxia army successfully passes through these areas, then they can detour behind the Qing army, cut into the territory that the Qing army has already consolidated, and surround their own Qing army.

Send troops to save it, now even Hong Chengchou doesn't dare to say that he can beat the Huaxia army, he has no troops to deploy.

He told Feng Quan, his old partner, about his thoughts.

Feng Quan carefully checked the map and said to Hong Chengchou: "My lord, it is better to give up Huguang and Hubei Prefecture, transfer the troops there to Anhui Prefecture and Suzhou Prefecture, as well as along Shandong Prefecture, and then arrange the key points at the junction of the three provinces, so that our troops will not be very scattered, and we will hold on for some time and wait for the changes in the DPRK and China." ”

Hong Chengchou looked up at Feng Quan, "What do you mean?" ”

Feng Quan's gaze swept left and right, "My lord," Hong Chengchou waved his hand to let the people retreat.

Feng Quan leaned into his ear and whispered: "My lord, the court is unstable, the imperial party is becoming more and more eager to pro-government and seize power, and after the hunting of Dolgonrehe, he suddenly fell seriously ill, and I heard that he was injured by falling from a horse.

Now the activities of the imperial party are rampant, Dolgon's regent party suffered heavy losses in the battle with the Huaxia army, his two brothers were defeated and died one after another, we did not exchange the prisoners for the living Azig, which led to Azig being executed by the Huaxia army, and many Manchu Niu Lu of Dolgon's forces were thrown into the hard labor camp by the Huaxia army, and now life is better than death.

The imperial party is now powerful, we have to leave a way out for ourselves, the best way is to save the soldiers in our hands, these years, there are soldiers to have the right to speak, otherwise people can arrest you and put you in prison with a word, and your family and relatives will be beheaded. ”

Hong Chengchou was worried about the strength of the Huaxia army all day long, thinking about how to defeat the Huaxia army, and when he heard Feng Quan's words at this moment, he couldn't help but tremble, his previous strategy was even worse than Feng Quan, but at this moment, he was fascinated by the strength of the Huaxia army, drilled the tip of the horns, and did not pay attention to the movement of the court.

"From Brother Feng's point of view, is it still possible for this Dolgon to turn around?" Hong Chengchou asked in a low voice.

Feng Quan shook his head, "I heard that as early as a month ago, Haoge led the army to withdraw from Sishan, and was rushing to the capital, and now they have come to Xi'an Mansion, they are with the 100,000 troops we support, the new army of the two towns, Wu Sangui Where is the 50,000 army we support, the new army of one town, after so many times of support, we only have the new army of 12 towns, the 150,000 Qing army Han army banner and the green battalion soldiers, the strength is not as good as before, you dare not attack the Huaxia army with a million army, at this moment, I am afraid that even defending is a problem, It is necessary to consider as early as possible whether to withdraw to Shandong Province and Henan Province, or to continue to garrison the Yangtze River. ”

Hong Chengchou got up and turned around a few times, "It's Brother Feng who is right, we can only hold our troops at present, and at the same time shrink our forces and wait for the situation to change in the DPRK and China, it's just that there are so many generals, if we don't move, many generals may impeach us." ”

"Wouldn't it be long before we replaced them all with our people?" Feng Quan said.

"Also, the old man is scared, and he will do it immediately, and fortunately, when Ao Bai left, he transferred a lot of Manchu generals and many imperial generals, and I also pushed the boat down the river, in line with the idea of not offending him, these people were all transferred, and now we have to deal with a small number of Manchu generals and some Han generals who are loyal to the emperor."

Feng Quan shook his fan, looking like Zhuge Kongming, and said with a smile: "We control half of Anhui Prefecture, half of Suzhou Prefecture, and the rich Yangzhou, the starting point of the Grand Canal, and also have Huai'an Mansion, the military base I founded. ”

Hong Chengchou figured it out and touched his beard with a smile, "Then let's sit back and wait for the sky to change in the middle of the court." It's just that Dolgon doesn't know if it's a real soldier, a fake disease, he's a generation of heroes, you can't figure him out. He turned to Feng Quan and said, "How does Brother Feng deal with the Huaxia Army's invasion of Hubei Prefecture?" ”

Feng Quandao: "The Huaxia army is strong, I am afraid that it will have the strength to dominate the world in the future, but at present, they are still very cautious, I think we will show favor to the Huaxia army first, withdraw the men and horses from Hubei Prefecture, and see how the Huaxia army reacts before making a decision, if they insist on fighting us, we can only fight, if they turn to deal with the imperial court, we will sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight." ”

"As for the future, who can say clearly, Nanming is already very strong, it is no longer something that our few troops can fight, Yongli Daming and Haogra saw that the population of Sishan and Yungui is gone, and the people of Shaanxi and Gansu are not happy, although there has been an improvement in recent years, but the court does not dare to trust the people where, after all, it is Li Zicheng's nest, the hometown of the remnants of Dashun, and it is not good to make trouble?"

After speaking, he said to Hong Chengchou: "The Huaxia army doesn't need to worry, they will encounter the same problems as the Qing army in Hubei Prefecture, Li Guo's loyal battalion, they are more threatening to wander than to stop, I believe that Li Guo will immediately flow when he sees the arrival of the Huaxia army, and then, the Huaxia army should have a headache."

He Tengjiao didn't want to be loyal to anyone, Longwu had to move to Jiangxi Prefecture many times, but He Tengjiao just didn't let him go, because he wanted to rule that place, he was a typical lord who listened to the tune and didn't listen to the announcement, and he had no place to run when he ran to Hubei Prefecture.

He was tossed in Jiangxi Prefecture, Huguang, and Hubei Prefecture, and his naturalized Jiangxi Prefecture fell, and it had long become the territory of the Huaxia Army. ”

Hong Chengchou also nodded secretly, like this boss Ming courtier who has been fighting for so many years, he has nowhere to run.

Feng Quan continued: "To the east, is our Anhui Prefecture, so many soldiers and horses, he will definitely not dare to run in, the west is Yungui, although there is some chaos, but that is Li Dingguo's taboo, now Li Dingguo returned to Yunnan Prefecture, or sent people to chase Shang Kexi to fight, Shang Kexi is like a lost dog, Hao Ge and Wu Sangui marched into Yunnan and Guizhou many times, were beaten away by him, and had to return to Shaanxi and Gansu.

The following are Huguang and Jiangxi Prefecture, Guangxi Prefecture, the Huaxia Army sealed all the important places in the south, he can't run over, it's easy to run up, but will Wu Sangui let him get close to Shaanxi and Gansu? Or the Henan Mansion of the Qing Dynasty let him in, where is it better to say something if it is Li Guo, where have people fought for many years, and where the uprising has a lot to do with the Anyway Army, many bandits and horse bandits are basically the remnants of his Dashun, where can he stand on the pillar, He Tengjiao will not work. ”

"That is to say, He Tengjiao will become an obstacle to the Huaxia Army, the opponent of the Huaxia Army, and Li Guo is not a good stubble, what we had a headache in the past, the Huaxia Army will also have a headache. These people don't necessarily buy Huaxia Army's account. Hong Chengchou smiled, now that he is turning in such a circle, it seems that all the things in the society have been solved.

He called his subordinates and asked his staff to write an order to withdraw his troops in Hubei Prefecture.

On the border of Hubei Prefecture, Ao Bai anxiously waited for the messenger he sent for help, he knew that at this moment the messenger was still carefully bypassing the blockade of the Huaxia Army on the winding mountain path, and asked for help from the Qing army garrison in Hubei Prefecture, but he was still very anxious, the cavalry of the former army of the Huaxia Army caught up again, the two sides fought several times, the full camp and the Mongolian battalion retreated to the edge of the town to camp to guard the town, the full camp on both sides did not dare to hold up, always guarding the favorable terrain, and the Mongolian camp and the full camp in front did not dare to relax their vigilance.

Soltu led 10,000 Qing cavalry to storm the enemy's pass, but he couldn't take it for a long time.

The longer you drag it on, the worse it will be for you.

The Huaxia army in front did not attack, just waited, just held on, and the cavalry of the Huaxia army that came behind was only entangled with themselves, and did not want to attack, they sent patrols to the surrounding villages, mountain roads, and passes, blocking all sides, if they took the troops to wave a blow at the moment, maybe there was a chance of victory, but there was no chance of winning in the pass, Suo Etu had been fighting for a day, and he had not yet beaten down.

At dusk, he heard a cheer from the cavalry of the Huaxia Army behind him, and he didn't have to think about it, it must have been the enemy's infantry arriving.

Ao Bai's face was pale, without a trace of blood, he sat on the chair, his eyes were dull, he could think of his fate, Bolo died in battle, Duoduo died in battle, Azig was executed, Tan Tai was killed in battle, Fan Shaozu died in battle, Ma Bao was thrown into the prisoner of war camp, Shang Ke was happy and ran away, but now he was chased by Li Dingguo's generals of Yongli Daming in the Yunnan-Guizhou Mountains very embarrassed, Kong Youde committed suicide, Mang Gurtai was captured, Zilharang committed suicide, is the Qing army really unable to defeat the Huaxia army, is the Huaxia army the nemesis of the Qing army?

The once brave first warrior of the Qing Dynasty, Balutu, is scared to death at the moment.

(End of chapter)