When the two sides were cheering up, preparing for a battle to the death, Hong Chengchou and Feng Quan and his generals were sitting in the hall of the Yangzhou Mansion to discuss matters.

Feng Quan introduced, "My lord, because we are suspicious and suppressed by the imperial court, so the officials in various places regard us as rebels, and those officials and generals in various places have dissociated themselves from us, which has reduced the territory controlled by our army by about half, and it is not a complete province, but a border area across two provinces. ”

A prefect said: "My lord, whether to send soldiers and horses to the rescue, we can't let those people with lofty ideals chill, we must make the people of the world feel our hearts even if the rescue fails." ”

Many generals and officials did not speak, and the atmosphere was a little dull, because everyone knew the current situation of these people, rebelling against the imperial court, being abandoned by the imperial court, this is the biggest blow to them, they want to be promoted to become rich, protect their descendants, enjoy the wealth of ten thousand years, at least enjoy the wealth of the Qing court, but now everything is gone, they have become traitors, like duckweed, there is no support, no object of allegiance, which makes them very panicked, just like a believer's faith has been broken, and they feel confused.

Hong Chengchou is good at using stratagems, but his arrogant character is not suitable for winning people's hearts and making others loyal, many people are because in this land, there is no chance to resist him in his sphere of influence, the one sitting here is not an official oil, maybe let them conceive some strategy, they are short-sighted, but they will do bad things, but if they see clearly that it is in their best interest to stand there at the moment, they will definitely not make a wrong choice, if they don't even have this vision, then they will not be able to climb to such a high position.

The civil officials sitting here are all at the prefect level, the military generals are all high-ranking officials at the level of staff generals, and there are many civil officials who were once the two Huai governors of the Ming Dynasty, the military squire, the bachelors of the Hongguang court, the officials of the various ministries of the Qing Dynasty, the powerful gentry, etc., they know that if they do not follow Hong Chengchou, then the end will be the same as the destruction of the Lu State by Hong Chengchou, the family is killed, exiled, and bloodily cleansed.

They are not optimistic about those of their colleagues in the Shandong territory, thinking that in the name of staring at the righteousness of the imperial court, they can be loyal to the imperial court and resist Hong Chengchou, that is to find their own death, although Hong Chengchou is downtrodden here, but the strength is still there, fifteen new military towns, real elite soldiers, may not be able to defeat the Huaxia army, but to defend this territory, the Huaxia army does not dare to say that it is easy to fight.

The arsenal, which is still under control, has continuously manufactured qualified weapons, and the quality is much better than that made in the Qing Dynasty. Recently, I heard that they have successfully copied the Jingai-2 arquebus, the current standard weapon of the Huaxia Army, which may be inferior to the Jingai-2 arquebus of the Huaxia Army in terms of range and power, but it is always close to the weapons and equipment of the Huaxia Army, and the distance between them and the Huaxia Army has been narrowed.

This gave some confidence to the generals sitting here, plus Hong Chengchou has been known for his steadiness and planning over the years, and has resisted the footsteps of the Huaxia army northward on the Yangtze River defense line for more than ten years, like a monument in many Manchu generals who were killed, captured, driven away, and defeated by the Huaxia army and the civilian officials who commanded the troops and horses are unique in the queue, so everyone is still sitting here and obeying Hong Chengchou's leadership.

Now, although morale is low, everyone still hopes that Hong Chengchou can lead everyone to a victory, lead everyone to victory, as for the Manchu court, although they hope to return to the rule of the Manchu Dynasty, their backs to the big tree to enjoy the shade, but these are all hopes, maybe it can be done, maybe there is hope, but no one knows when these hopes will become a reality, now the biggest requirement is to survive, at least everyone on this territory led by Hong Chengchou can survive, and hold on longer.

"Maybe we should send some soldiers and horses to try to pick up Tian Bin, after all, it is our soldiers and horses, if we can pick him back, our fifteen new military towns will increase to eighteen, and Tian Bin is very good at fighting, he is a rare general, he is also the commander of our first new military town, although he has been in the capital for a long time, but he is still very loyal to our troops, as soon as I summon him, he will come back."

Hong Chengchou drank the tea calmly, his face was expressionless, he didn't know what he was thinking, and he didn't respond directly to Feng Quan's words.

Many people nodded after listening to Feng Quan's words, agreed with Feng Quan's words very much, and looked at Hong Chengchou.

Hong Chengchou raised his head and swept away the officials and generals who were seated, as a person in charge of the power, and as a leader who had been able to run many Manchu troops with Han officials, he knew how to face the current situation than many people here, and if the next development was that the Qing Dynasty had been taking a strong line and developing well, he would have to curry favor with the Qing Dynasty, although Tian Bin was his confidant and favorite general, but for his future development, it must be an obstacle, a handle that is likely to be attacked in the future, This is also the reason why when he learned that the Qing officials and generals in front of him had rebelled against him, and when Tian Bin led the troops to mutiny and returned to him, he did not send troops to rescue Tian Bin at the first time.

When to rescue, when to mend the relationship with the Qing Dynasty, he has a scale in his heart, not on the spur of the moment, knowing some news and acting immediately, he is very cautious, when the dust has not completely settled, as a person who has betrayed the Ming Dynasty, betrayed Dorgon, and now has a falling out with the Shunzhi Emperor, and now he knows that he has to think twice about anything, and there may still be a chance to reunite, if there is no Great Qing Dynasty This big thing is in front of him, Even if his power can jump off a few teeth of the Huaxia army, the Huaxia army will not hesitate to attack, if at that time, he will have no way to retreat, he can only commit suicide or flee like all the defeated, and the result is very miserable.

It is not yet that time, perhaps Tian Bin's rebellion is an opportunity for him to repair relations with the Qing Dynasty, although he knows that the princes of the Qing Dynasty are very unkind to Han officials, especially when the Huaxia Army always promotes the Han people's world and the Han people are the masters, and his chances of returning to the ranks of the Qing Dynasty are very small, maybe there is a chance but it will not become the same height as Dolgon trusted him before.

Which direction of the next state of affairs will develop, this is what he is concerned about, maybe there will be changes, although the Dajin Kingdom was beaten by the Qing Dynasty, there was a lot of internal turmoil, and Wu Sangui was contained by the wall, but the Dajin Kingdom has not yet finally perished, and there is still the strength to resist, the Qing Dynasty still needs a force that can fight, as far as he knows, except for Aobai's troops, most of the other people's Qing troops are overwhelmed, and the Qing Dynasty will definitely think of him.

The Qing officials and generals who rebelled against him in the rear were actually a rabble, and he only needed to send a few cold weapons troops to easily recover those occupied territories, but he didn't do this, and he didn't send troops to meet Tian Bin, just waiting for a chance for the Qing Dynasty to regain him.

(End of chapter)