Back in Suzhou, Hou Xuanyan walked through the door of the house without entering, and took Hong Yixun and his carefully selected 300 personal guards to embark on the road to the south.

These 300 people are selected from hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and they have their own momentum when they gather together. With these guards, as long as they don't cross the river and arrive at the fallen state capital, no one can hurt Hou Xuanyan. After all, he is the future of a civil and military official in Jiangnan, and he does not dare to be careless when selecting these guards in various battalions.

There are many places in Jiangsu, Zhejiang Province, although they are all officials appointed by him, but in fact, Hou Xuanyan has never been to it at all. Along the way, it is inevitable to make inspections and urge local officials to collect business taxes and mining taxes. After all, the small imperial court in Fuzhou is now unable to afford military salaries, and the so-called imperial court is more like an ornament. He Tengjiao of Huguang, Hou Xuanyan of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and Ding Kuichu of Liangguang all figured out their own ways to gather silver taels from the defense area to supply their own troops.

Hou Xuanyan not only had to inspect these state capitals along the way, but also had to pay attention to the movements of the Qing soldiers in Jiangbei at all times. Taiping Mansion, Yingtian Mansion, Zhenjiang Mansion and Suzhou Mansion were connected along the Yangtze River, and Hou Xuanyan set up four battalions to garrison them. To his surprise, the Qing soldiers in Jiangbei were not in a hurry to cross the river, and they had their own new troubles.

Li Zicheng, who swept through the Central Plains and forced Chongzhen to death, died in Tongshan County a few months ago at the hands of the landlord Tuanlian. Liu Zongmin, the only one in the army who was prestigious enough to inherit Li Zicheng, was captured and killed by the Qing soldiers one step ahead of his eldest brother. Although Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin died, the hundreds of thousands of troops they left behind were still there, and these people were divided into east and west, and the East Route Army, under the leadership of Tian Jianxiu and other generals, reached an agreement with He Tengjiao to jointly resist the Qing Dynasty.

Huguang He Tengjiao suddenly increased his troops by 200,000, and directly threatened Henan, the hinterland of the Central Plains.

Li Guo and Gao Yigong of the Western Route Army joined forces with Huguang Governor Du Yinxi to form a "loyal battalion", marched all the way north, taking advantage of the return of the main force of the Qing army to the north, Hou Xuanyan attracted a large number of Qing soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River, and took Jingzhou in one fell swoop.

Jingzhou is an important place for soldiers, and the ownership of this city is of great significance to the entire lake. The Manchu nobles, who quarreled over Duoduo's affairs, finally let go of their prejudices and joined forces to help Jingzhou. Haug, Azig, and Luckedhun all divided their forces and headed south.

This information is like snowflakes, and it keeps being sent to Hou Xuanyan, so that his trip is much slower, and when he gets past Wenzhou Mansion and arrives at Fuzhou, it has been half a month.

Hou Xuanyan took a secret letter and said to Hong Yixun in the car: "Du Yinxi is a talent, he can actually block the Qing soldiers and hold Jingzhou firmly in his hands. ”

Hong Yixun said with a smile: "The longer he blocks, the more stable we will be, in the past, we used to work hard to block the Qing soldiers for the people of the world, and now it is their turn to block for us." ”

Hou Xuanyan lifted the curtain, tore up the letter in his hand, and the confetti drifted to the mountain road with the wind, and said: "You can't say that, we are guarding along the river, and we have just fulfilled our duty." It is a good thing that Du Yinxi can hold Jingzhou, and it is a good thing for the country and the people, we can't sit back and watch him merge with the Qing soldiers. sent someone to inform Xia Wanchun that the Fengzi Battalion in Taiping Mansion should learn to find fighters and take the initiative to help Plug Yinxi reduce the pressure. By the way, did Gu Yanwu and Zheng Zunqian go back? ”

Hong Yixun's face was embarrassed, and he replied: "No, they won't leave Wuhu." ”

Hou Xuanyan was noncommittal and said: "These are all people with lofty ideals who are bent on opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the country, and they are the pillars of the country." That's fine, let them send troops, attack and disturb the flank of the Qing soldiers, it's not easy to block Yinxi, he not only has to fight with the Qing soldiers, but also deal with He Tengjiao, who is as stupid as a pig and a dog. We can help a little bit, don't let these people chill, otherwise who will fight the Qing soldiers in the future. ”

It's no wonder that Hou Xuanyan gritted his teeth when he mentioned him, He Tengjiao, like Shi Kefa, is a mediocre talent who deceives the world and steals fame.

If such a person is born in a peaceful and prosperous era, he is a mediocre minister, barely qualified. But to be born in troubled times, to be incompetent and stealing from a high position is the greatest sin!

People often don't believe in "loyal ministers" and mislead the country, but throughout the history of the Southern Ming Dynasty, this kind of so-called loyal ministers mislead the country, it is not uncommon.

In the original history, this idiot was the governor of the five provinces of Yuchu, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Hunan, but he was not successful enough to fail, but he was still as keen on power as all civil officials in the Ming Dynasty. Frequent tricks have ruined the good situation in the vast area of the lake. During the Hongguang period, he was subject to Zuo Liangyu and did nothing. During the Longwu period, he teamed up with Zhang Kuang, the governor of Hubei, to squeeze out the rest of the Dashun army, recruited a group of stragglers to act as his descendants, and could not control the arrogant generals under him, resulting in a situation in which Liu Chengyin, Cao Zhijian, Huang Chaoxuan and others were divided and dominated. Originally, Emperor Longwu in history was killed, and he also had an unshirkable responsibility. At the time of the victory of the counterattack on Hunan, as the commander of the whole army, he used it selfishly, instigating Hao Yongzhong to sneak attack Chen Youlong's department, which was returning anyway, and provoked the Ming army to kill each other to give the Qing army a chance to breathe; He also transferred away the loyal battalion besieging Changsha, and single-handedly ruined the overall strategic situation of recovering Hunan and aiding Jiangxi, what a fool among fools!

Just because he refused to surrender to the Manchus after being captured, he was hyped up. Especially the Manchu Qing Dynasty, who liked to praise him and Shi Kefa the most.

The brazen Manchu literati even said something like this: King Envoy (posthumously crowned the king of Zhongxiang after He Tengjiao's death) and Shi Kefa are different, and the death of Ming is unknown.

It's a big joke, history gave these two people enough opportunities and gave them everything. They also proved with practical actions that their success is not enough and there is more than failure.

In Hou Xuanyan's opinion, such a person is 10,000 times more hateful than Qin Hui, and he is the biggest sinner in the entire nation. It is this kind of fool who covets power and has no self-knowledge that has buried the great rivers and mountains.

A high-pitched shout pulled Hou Xuanyan's thoughts back into the carriage. Lifted the curtain and went out, only to see a guard of honor in brocade clothes in front of me.

The leader asked in a loud voice: "Is the person who came Hou Xuan playing Lord Hou?" ”

"It's my lord." Qin He, the commander of the personal guards, replied with a raised voice on his horse.

The envoy smiled and said, "I am waiting for the will of the Son of Heaven to welcome Lord Hou into the city." ”

Hou Xuanyan tidied up his clothes and walked out of the carriage, stopping and stopping along the way, but there was no tiredness. He is wearing the emperor's clothes, and the biggest feature of this kind of clothing is that he can wear and serve beyond the ranks. The flashing yellow unicorn uniform was worn on his body, and the momentum of Hou Xuanyan who had been in the top position for a long time made this young governor majestic.

Immediately, a personal soldier brought a horse, and after Hou Xuanyan got on the horse, he raised his whip and said: "Enter the city!" ”

The city gate of Fuzhou slowly opened, and looking through the city gate, Fuzhou looked a little low and empty. In the whole of Fuzhou, I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at Hou Xuanyan's arrival.