"The autumn wind is bleak, and the waves are surging."

Du Yinxi looked at the back of Hou Xuanyan, who had chanted two lines of poetry in front of him, and shook his head slightly. In this place that buried Cao Mengde's dream of unifying the world, chanting his poems does not bode well.

It is already late autumn, the river breeze blows humidity, and with the bleak autumn mood, the army slowly retreats to Jingzhou. It took dozens of days to block Yinxi, and the Jingyue defense line that he painstakingly built was connected with the Wuyue defense line of Gu Yanwu and Zheng Zunqian, blocking the Qing troops in Jiangbei. But that's all there is to it, and both sides are a little timid if they want to fight to the death. Just because the difference in strength between each other is not huge, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses are put in, and no one can afford to lose.

If Hou Xuanyan blocked Yinxi and lost, no one in the entire Nanming could stop the Qing soldiers from going south. At that time, the Qing troops cut off the southwest and Fujian, and they could conquer the east and the west at will. In the same way, if Wu Sangui lost, Jingxiang would have been Henan, the thoroughfare of nine provinces, and the restoration of the Central Plains would not be just a slogan for the Northern Expeditionary Army.

The Qing court had clearly seen the importance of the Battle of Jingxiang, which was a battle of national fortune that could not be lost, and Dolgon decided to temporarily put down the pace of entering Shu and transfer Haoge eastward. Haoge also knew that this was not the time for infighting, so he left the commander of the Yellow Banner Protector Army, Guerjia Aobai, to guard Hanzhong and wave his army east into Huguang.

Hou Xuanyan looked at the hazy water vapor on the river surface and complained: "Lao Du, Qinggou is increasing his troops day by day, we need a reinforcement." Zhang Xianzhong has no hauge on his side, I don't know if he will agree to form an alliance with us. The court didn't give a letter, this Jingxiang is really a mess, and we have to clean it up ourselves. ”

Du Yinxi smiled bitterly and said: "I heard that the people in the Fuzhou court are arguing about this matter, and the court scolds you and me every day." The entire early dynasty did not discuss any state affairs, and scolded us two wolves by name for their ambitions, and overturned the case for the sake of rebellion. Nowadays, whoever scolds loudly, who is a loyal minister, and who scolds brilliantly, it is even more amazing. ”

Hou Xuanyan pursed his lips and said, "So what, there are just a group of rotten Confucians on the left and right, and I don't see anyone who dares to learn from Zodiac Zhou." ”

Plug Yin Xi slandered: Huang Daozhou was sent back by you with his head cut off, who would dare to learn from him.

At this time, a young general in black rode to the riverside, saw Hou Xuanyan's figure, and jumped off the horse. hurriedly ran over and said, "Big brother, Zhang Xianzhong has news over there, and he is willing to talk to big brother." ”

Hou Xuanyan raised his eyebrows and said, "Okay! After accomplishing this important thing, even if he didn't send troops to help the war, it would be good to put pressure on the Qing soldiers in Hanzhong. ”

Hong Yixun saw that it was a galloping horse, stroked his chest and rested for a moment, waited for a breath, and said, "Big brother, when are you going to see him." ”

Gu Yinxi, who was on the side, took over the conversation and said: "This matter can't be rushed, no matter how you say it, he is a rebel who is the emperor, and he used to be the second rebel under Li Zicheng, the second in the world." We are all courtiers of the Ming Dynasty, and if we want to meet, we must think long-term. Every word, every etiquette, must be handled in a proper way, and no one can be tricked. ”

Hou Xuanyan nodded and said, "I'm not in a hurry about this matter, as long as I stabilize him." ”

As soon as Hong Yixun heard this, he didn't ask anymore, he and his subordinates were just responsible for communicating and passing the word, and let Hou Xuanyan make the decision. He changed his words and continued: "There is news from Jiangxi that Ganzhou has been lost. ”

Hou Xuanyan and Du Yinxi exclaimed at the same time: "What! How did you lose it? ”

Hong Yixun's arms were held by Hou Xuanyan, and he knew that the eldest brother was really in a hurry, so he hurriedly said: "Jin Shenghuan, the governor of Jiangxi Province of the pseudo-Qing Dynasty, and Ke Yongsheng, the chief soldier, joined forces and hit the city of Ganzhou. The Fuzhou court is noisy, and they are all criticizing the eldest brother and blocking the big man. His Majesty had no choice but to issue an edict to let Ding Kuichu, the governor of Liangguang, send troops to rescue, Ding Kuichu sent Tong Yizhen to lead 4,000 people, and the scholar Su Guansheng led 3,000 people, plus the defenders of Ganzhou, a total of more than 40,000 people. Governor Wan Yuan Ji refused to attack, and when he was waiting for more reinforcements, he was raided by the Qing soldiers and the whole army was annihilated. More than 80 huge ships on the Zhangjiang River were burned, and all the fire attack equipment was captured by the Qing soldiers.

The soldiers and horses from all walks of life were frightened by this raid and were defeated by Jin Shenghuan, and the superintendent Wan Yuan Ji and more than 30 official gentry committed suicide by jumping. ”

Hou Xuanyan and Du Yinxi glanced at each other, and they both saw the deep fear in each other's eyes, Jin Shenghuan was a character, and he was surrounded in Jiangxi, not only did he not rush out to join the Qing army, but to everyone's surprise, he took the initiative to attack south. In this way, the whole of Jiangxi is in his hands. Ganzhou is a place that connects Fujian, Liangguang and Huguang, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and holding this place is like inserting a sharp knife into Nanming's throat.

Hou Xuanyan flashed a lot of terrible pictures in his mind, and the entire center of Nanming was beaten down, and it was like a fish in his throat. Ganzhou is really not a bone to gnaw on, these wine bags and rice bags were lost so easily, and it is really difficult to get them back. Historically, it was the loss of Ganzhou that led to the death of Emperor Longwu, and also led to the defeat of Jin Shenghuan and Li Chengdong anyway. Ganzhou is so important.

Gu Yinxi gritted his teeth and stomped his feet in hatred, and said in a hoarse voice: "Little Marquis Commander, how is this good?" If Jin Shenghuan holds Ganzhou and runs Jiangxi, and one day joins forces with Jingxiang Qing soldiers, we will be attacked by the enemy. ”

It's not the first time that Hou Xuanyan has felt the sudden surprise brought by his pig teammates, these righteous gentlemen leading the troops to fight, they are really sympathetic to each other, and they are as stupid as they are. At the beginning, Shi Kefa did not dare to go out of the city to fight in Yangzhou, and when Duoduo came to rest, he lost the lives of 800,000 people. Now this 10,000 yuan Ji is using the same behavior to give up such an important place as Ganzhou.

His handsome face was already hideously deformed, his eyebrows were squeezed up, and he scolded sharply: "I really want to kill these bastards first, and then fight to the death with the Qing soldiers." ”

Du Yinxi's heart was in turmoil, and after hearing the words, he still endured and said: "Commander Xiaohou, now there is no point in saying this, let's find a way to remedy it." ”

Hou Xuanyan pinched his forehead, relieved the headache caused by the huge anger, and said in a low voice: "Quickly send someone to Hangzhou, transfer Hangzhou Qian Sule, Shaoxing Sun Jiaji, and send troops to Jiangxi." Don't ask them to recover the lost territory, involve Jin Shenghuan in Jiangxi, and don't let him take down Fuzhou. ”

Plug Yinxi breathed a long sigh of relief, and secretly sighed that Hou Xuanyan's strength was unfathomable.

Hou Xuanyan gritted his teeth and burst out a sentence from between his teeth: "When the battle is over, Lao Tzu will build a stupid temple in the south of the Yangtze River, erect an incompetent monument, and supply Shi Kefa, Wan Yuanji, He Tengjiao, these bastards, all of them." ”