On December 21, the sixteenth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, in the mansion of the Xiao family in Wenchang County, Qiongzhou Prefecture, Guangdong Province, the Ming Empire, an old man in his seventies stood in his study wearing a thick cotton robe, and a map was hung on the large screen in the study, which was marked with some strange symbols. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The old man looked very old, but he was still in good spirits, and although his hair was full of silver threads, his body was still healthy, and he had stood in front of this map for half an hour, and he had not seen any respite.

"Father, there is definite news from the north, Inspector Sun was indeed killed in battle, and his body was beheaded by the intruding army...... However, the emperor still thought that Inspector Sun had absconded by fraud and failed to give him compensation, and people of insight in the world sighed. ”

A middle-aged man stood behind the old man with a look of great regret on his face.

"Alas......"

The old man was silent for a long time, and the middle-aged man standing behind him only heard his father sigh deeply.

The old man turned and looked at his eldest son.

"Are all the ships arranged?"

"The arrangement is arranged, but father, at this time of national crisis, why should I wait for a boy...... Father, when the national disaster is at hand, how can my generals be afraid? You were also a famous general back then, why shouldn't you be recruited by the imperial court? In this situation, only a veteran like you can turn the tide! The army is nothing more than a rabble, as long as you go out in person, you will definitely be able to go down with one drum! You've been in seclusion for so many years, why are you still ......"

Sun Chuanting said the same thing! And then he died! The old man suddenly glared angrily: "The old man has already written to the emperor, and he has already sent a letter to Sun Chuanting, telling them that the army is no longer the army of five years ago!" The army will also progress and change! They will also turn from a rabble into an elite army with rules and regulations! But what! Sun Chuanting didn't listen! The emperor didn't listen either! Using the tactics and tactics of five years ago to deal with the intrusive army five years later, do they treat Li Zicheng as a pig?! ”

The middle-aged man was speechless for a while.

The old man sighed deeply again, slowing his tone.

"Zining, why don't you want to save the country for your father, but you want to save the country for your father, and the country doesn't want your father to save it, fifty years ago, my father saw the country in a deep quagmire and wanted to reach out and pull it out, but the country slapped away his father's hand and continued to struggle in the quagmire, sinking deeper and deeper, falling deeper and deeper, why didn't my father want to save the country! But until today, the country is willing to let his father save him, but the general trend is irreparable, that is, Taizu becomes the reincarnation of the ancestor, and the Ming Dynasty is also hopeless. ”

The middle-aged man also heard about the events of that year, and said: "But father, my Xiao family has always been a general, and the country is in trouble, how can I not go to the country together?" That's what you taught us! What's more, my Xiao family still has the title of Pingyu, and the hereditary reckless retirement with the country! Isn't it time for us to rise up at this time? ”

"There is no way to save it, how can it be saved again? There is no hope for the Ming Dynasty, there is really no hope. ”

The old man sat on the chair dejectedly, and his mind came to mind for so many years, every time a turn may occur, his own efforts, he had illusions, but reality told him again and again that history is too thick, and he is too old, he can no longer turn the tide, and once again change history, he has been in his last years, he can't ride a horse, can't wield a sword, ridiculous that Zhu Youzhen, until now, only moved out of the Lian Po story, please go out of the mountain to save the Ming Dynasty.

Why don't you use me when I can still fight?

Your brother, your grandfather, am I not full of hope? When was it not reminded of them? When did you not give them a book? Even you, why don't I have hope? But did you listen to me?

What else can I do with my seventy-two-year-old body......

"Father's ......"

"You don't need to say it anymore, to this day, there is no point in talking about anything else, what Sun Chuanting led is a force that the emperor can rely on in the end, this army is gone, what majesty does the royal family have?"

"And the Jingshi Forbidden Army! There are also Wu Sangui's troops at Shanhaiguan, as well as the soldiers of the Nine Sides, and so many troops in Jiangnan and Jiangbei, everyone can be the king! Father! Only you have the prestige to command the entire army, only you! Didn't you say that you can go to Yiwu to recruit troops and retrain the southern army to go north to clean up the thieves? ”

The middle-aged man knelt down in front of the old man with a thud: "Father! Please go out of the mountain! Save the Ming Dynasty! ”

The old man closed his eyes in pain.

"It's late, it's late, Zining, don't think about it, don't think about it anymore! Listen to the Father, get ready early and go to the South Seas! Your second brother and third brother have gone to Japan and Australia, so I sent you, for my father not to ask for anything else, only to ask for the Xiao family one door and three branches, no matter who can continue to reproduce, don't forget that you are a Chinese descendant, a Chinese Miao descendant, if the descendants can see the day when the Central Plains recovers the country and prospers, don't forget to go home. ”

"Father's !!"

The middle-aged man cried: "Why did my father say this! Daming is still here! Your Majesty is still here! The country is still complete! Why did my father say that?! Father! You are a man who stands up to the sky, and you are a general who can fight well! Why don't you contribute to your country here? But they will separate us from each other!! Even if the thief wins the world and builds a new dynasty, China is still China, why should we leave our homeland to be that lonely ghost!! ”

The old man sat down in his chair and suddenly began to cry.

"I don't want to be a father...... It's just that...... I'm afraid that China will not be China from now on! The Central Plains is fighting endlessly, but in the end, it is cheaper than the foreigners! My son! How can a father watch you become the slaves of the foreign people! I can't be a father!! I am a descendant of Chinese Miao, a descendant of Yan and Huang! How can you put on your hair and be that barbarian!! ”

"Father! You...... What do you say? ”

The middle-aged man's eyes widened in astonishment.

"I'm incompetent! I, Xiao Ruxun, am sorry for the people of Daming! I killed Nurhachi, but I left out the demon Huang Taiji!! Why should I be in a hurry to withdraw my troops! Why can't I continue to search! It's me who I'm sorry for the world! It's me who I'm sorry for the people of Daming! It's me who is sorry for the generations of China!! ”

The middle-aged man watched his father tear his clothes and hair like a madman, stunned, unable to say a word.

After a long time, Xiao Ruxun was exhausted, collapsed on the chair, and couldn't even move his fingers, and the middle-aged man hurriedly stepped forward to support his father.

"Father! You...... What did you just say? You just said ...... Said Jiannu...... They ......"

Xiao Ruxun's old hand touched the face of his eldest son Xiao Guoliang.

"My son, I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry for my father, I'm sorry for this family, and I'm sorry for the people of the world, all of this is my father's fault, all of this is because my father failed to do what he should do, until today, the only thing my father can do is to let you wear Chinese clothes, take Chinese civilization to go away, find another land to multiply, don't forget the inheritance of Chinese civilization......"

Xiao Ruxun's words made Xiao Guoliang more and more confused and frightened.

"Father...... You...... Don't say that...... You...... This ......"

"My son, for my father can't keep the Daming Jiangshan Sheji, and I can't even fight for it in the end, only you can keep it for my father, and the villagers here, my son, remember, when you go to Nanyang, find a piece of ownerless island, take the villagers to build houses first, and then form a township, while cultivating the land, don't forget to make firecrackers and artillery, try to search for Nanyang Hanmin and work with you, occupy all the ownerless islands in Nanyang, and establish a new country!"

"Father!"

Xiao Guoliang shouted loudly in panic.