With Ji Xiaolan's documents and the memories of other old Manchu bureaucrats and old people in the palace, the research of the Manchu dragon vein and the treasures of Luding Mountain became clearer and clearer, and the navy began to conduct a new round of exploration of the northward route.

The recovery of the Northeast and the search for the treasure of Luding Mountain still need time to prepare, but it is time to harvest the fruits of victory on this side of Shuzhong, and the Chinese army of several roads is set out together, starting all the way from Yunnan, attacking Ningyuan Mansion, and approaching Chengdu Mansion through Yazhou Mansion; All the way from Guizhou, through Xuyong Hall, Luzhou and Zizhou to cut off the connection between Chongqing and Chengdu; All the way up the river from Hubei, even down the Kuizhou Mansion, Taiping Hall and Suiding Mansion, leaving Shunqing Mansion for Chongqing Mansion The Qing army fled north, and the Hunan side was depressed, leaving only Youyang Mansion, Shizhu Hall and Zhongzhou three small places to fight.

After paying homage to Qin Liangyu and other martyrs who sacrificed their lives for China in the Shizhu Hall, the army of Hunan continued to advance the defenders of Chongqing, and the army of Guizhou went down the river to flank the attack; There were people from the platoon on the river to respond, and there were heroes who begged for a living on the dock to do the internal response, and after a few days of hard work, the people in Chongqing became panicked.

"General, let's go! Now that Shunqing Mansion and Baoning Mansion are still in our hands, let's go north to Hanzhong! In Chongqing Mansion, a personal soldier persuaded his boss bitterly.

"Lord Gui is very strict in governing the army, if we escape from the battle, I am afraid that the first level will not be guaranteed!" , The commander of the Manchu Qing Dynasty still hesitated, he also knew that although Chongqing was terrainous, he still couldn't stop the Chinese army by relying on his subordinates, but if he ran away, he would be killed by Ah Gui!

"My lord, Lord Gui of Chengdu Mansion has deployed the troops of the Eight Banners in the north of the city, isn't it also for the convenience of escape?" , the soldiers knew that what their family lacked was an excuse, so they immediately sent it intimately, "It can be seen that Lord Agui also knows that Shuzhong can't hold it." We are ready to retreat, and when we save so many Eight Banners in the city, Lord Gui will definitely not blame you! ”

"If you don't feel at ease, you can first change the Eight Banners soldiers to the direction of Shunqing Mansion to garrison, and go north immediately if you can't do anything!" , the master also followed the persuasion. "The mountain roads around Chongqing are steep, and the Chinese army carries more artillery, so it is not easy to travel on the mountain roads, so we can still go."

"That's it!" , After muttering for a long time, the guard reluctantly agreed, after all, he didn't want to live and die with Chongqing.

However, the heroes of the rivers and lakes in Chongqing Mansion would not let them withdraw so easily, and as soon as the Eight Banners began to move north, rumors began to spread in the city. Some say that the Chinese army is about to go to the city, some say that the guards have fled, and some say that the soldiers of the Eight Banners are going to loot before leaving, and there is chaos in Chongqing!

When the Chinese army came to the city of Chongqing, they found that the city gate had been wide open, and the officers and soldiers of the green battalion were waiting in line to surrender, and the fortified city fell into the hands of China without shedding a drop of blood.

"So Chongqing Mansion has been lost?". Although he was ready to retreat, the corners of Ah Gui's eyes twitched angrily when he heard the news. It's okay to save your strength, but it's too much for you to shoot a single shot!

"My lord, what shall we do?" , the staff also knew that Ah Gui planned to go north, so they asked, "The traitors have already attacked Yazhou Mansion yesterday. The pioneer has entered the territory of Qionglai, and this is about to arrive in Chengdu Mansion! After the fall of Chongqing, Shunqing Mansion and Tongzhou Mansion couldn't hold out for a few days, and if we didn't leave, we wouldn't be able to leave! ”

"Hey, I really want to fight the safflower thief!" , Ah Gui said with a long sigh. "A man has been in the army for many years, and he has always known that fighting is a sharp spirit, since Fujian, Zhejiang and even the capital after many wars, my Eight Banners have lost the courage to confront the safflower thief head-on; If this battle is desperate to lose 10,000 people, and thousands of people can destroy the Red Flower Thief, and can also summon the blood and courage of the Eight Banners a little, then how can this official spare this little human life! ”

"It's a pity that it's not as good as it used to be!" , The staff shook their heads and said, "Now that we are only left in Shanxi, Gansu and other poor places in the Qing Dynasty, and there are fewer and fewer children of the Eight Banners, if we fight these people out in Chengdu, we really have no way out!" If the safflower thief was only entrenched in Fujian back then, or even when Zhili was still in us, we wouldn't be afraid to do it like this, but now we really don't have the confidence! ”

"Yes! I thought that we started with thirteen pairs of armor back then, and the Han people who fought were powerless, but I didn't expect that a hundred years later, we would be beaten by the Han people again. Thinking about the deaths of famous generals such as Zhaohui, Aligon, and Fu Heng, who he could only look up to at the beginning, Ah Gui was sad from the heart, maybe it would be better to die earlier like them and not see the end of the people who are full of despair now, right? lest you be tormented as yourself.

"My lord, now is not the time to talk about this, what you have in your hand is the last seed of our Eight Banners!" Seeing Ah Gui's decadent look, the staff hurriedly persuaded, "Now that the Han people are powerful, let's back down for the time being, slowly recover our strength, and when the Han people are in civil strife in the future, we will make a comeback!" ”

"Exactly, the safflower thief does not pay attention to Confucianism and does not accept the gentry, but the way to self-destruction!" , another staff member followed and persuaded, "We just need to watch from the wall, presumably it won't be long before the safflower thief's country will be defeated, and then we will come back, presumably all the gentry will eat pot pulp to welcome the king!" ”

"Let's go!" , Ah Gui waved his hand, putting down his mind of fighting with the Red Flower Society, "Inform the soldiers of the Eight Banners below to prepare to withdraw the army!" ”

"My lord, when we leave, we might as well burn this Chengdu Mansion! It can also slightly block the time for the safflower thief to pursue! ", said one of the staff members viciously.

"Confused!" , Ah Gui slapped the table fiercely, "If Chengdu Mansion is burned, we can only lose the hearts of the people, and even anger the safflower thief, how can we survive under the pursuit of the army!" Ah Gui vaguely saw that Honghua would not have the intention of killing him, but wanted to drive himself out of Shuzhong, how dare he anger them, and immediately scolded.

After a weak resistance outside Chengdu, the soldiers of the Eight Banners, led by A Gui, fled from the north of Chengdu to Mianzhou, all the way north along Baoning Mansion, and continued north after the deserters from Hanzhong and Chongqing converged, until Xi'an stopped.

Since then, Shuzhong has also fallen into the hands of the Chinese army without danger, and only half of Shanxi, Shanxi and Gansu are left in the territory directly under the direct jurisdiction of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. (To be continued......)