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Wang Yingxiong learned what happened in Xinhua on the road, Wang Huan's courage updated his understanding again, with 2,000 against 30,000, ancient and modern, this record is on the merit list of the Ming Dynasty, enough to rank in the top three.

So he almost ran into the Kuizhou military camp, and on the way, because the soles of the official boots were too thick, he ran too fast and stumbled.

Wang Huan greeted him at the gate of Xinhua City and County, which had become his temporary line, although it was simple, it was enough.

Seeing Wang Yingxiong's appearance of being a servant, Wang Huan suddenly felt a little reluctant in his heart, this governor had all his hair turned white, and he was used as a horse boy by himself, no matter how he said it, it was a little inappropriate, looking at the other party's happy and happy look when he saw him, especially the dirt on the hem of his clothes because of wrestling, Wang Huan felt even more guilty.

"Governor Wang has worked hard, come, please come in and sit, drink a cup of tea to moisten your throat." Wang Huan said with a smile and bowed his hand.

"Hahaha, Wang Junmen, a great event, a great event." Wang Yingxiong was not interested in his invitation to drink tea, so he directly grabbed Wang Huan's hand, laughed like a flower branch, and twisted his wrinkled face into a chrysanthemum, and his teeth that were yellowed by tea were exposed, and he sprayed saliva at Wang Huan: "After the governor of Huguang blocked the adults to understand the ins and outs of the matter, he was very grateful for your righteousness, and said in front of the old man: Wang Huan's move is not beneficial to himself, but he resolutely risked his life to block a certain enemy. A loyal and unparalleled general like Wang Junmen can no longer find a second one, and he will be rewarded in the future. ”

He raised a hand, raised his index finger, swayed straight to the sky, approached Wang Huan and said, "Who is Plug Yinxi?" Half the sky! No, half the sky! The same as our status in Sichuan, in terms of reputation and military strength, I am afraid that it is a few points higher than He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang, and all the important ministers in the DPRK and China are vying to win over, and the emperor is also very important. ”

Wang Huan was a little embarrassed by Wang Yingxiong's hand shake around, looking at his face blooming, his heart inevitably sighed, in Sichuan and Gansu, he is a god, calling for wind and rain, how can it fall in the eyes of the court bigwigs, it is better to be in the south of Huguang He Tengjiao and Plug Yinxi?

If you think about it carefully, you can also think clearly: Huguang is the barrier between the two Guangzhou, Huguang is lost, the two Guang will perish, and the two Guangxi are the foundation of the Southern Ming Dynasty, the local trade is developed, the business is prosperous, the population is large, the towns are dense, and the fertile land in Lingnan is even more well-known overseas, regardless of the tax grain and grass, it is enough to support the expenditure of the Ming Dynasty, and it can be relied on to make a comeback in the future. Yunnan and Guizhou have always been barbarian settlements, sparsely populated, full of miasma, insects and ants, desolate and hard, not the ideal place for the royal family and nobles to live; Sichuan is an excellent place of refuge, at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, there was a precedent for the emperor to take refuge in Sichuan, the country of abundance is vast, easy to defend and difficult to attack, safe and reliable, but Zhang Xianzhong, the thief, has defeated Sichuan to a pulp, and even killed almost all the people. If you have no money and no food, what can you use to recruit and raise soldiers? Therefore, no matter which faction of friends the imperial court has, it is surprisingly unanimous on this issue, Huguang cannot be lost, and Liangguang cannot be left.

Therefore, the status of Huguang supporters of the army has been rising, He Tengjiao and Du Yinxi are rare capable ministers in the late Ming Dynasty, and they have a good way to govern the army, although the two are foreign towns, they are extremely energetic ministers, whether the emperor or the ministers, they attach great importance to the two.

As for Wang Huan and Wang Yingxiong, who are doing a good job in Sichuan and Gansu, let them toss it, those two pieces of broken land, of course, it is good to take them back, it doesn't matter if they can't be recovered, and the people who live on them in the remote corners of the country certainly don't get paid attention to.

Therefore, Wang Yingxiong got the promise of blocking Yinxi, and he was overjoyed, but he forgot that he was the prince and the cabinet minister, and his status was two levels higher than that of Yinxi.

Wang Huan stretched out his other hand and pinched Wang Yingxiong's shoulder, his strength was so strong that Wang Yingxiong felt pain, and immediately shouted: "Don't, don't, don't, pain, pain, pain!"

He swallowed his hand in pain, Wang Huan let go of the hand he was holding tightly, shook his head, smiled and was about to speak, but he heard a fast horse running on the street, and a scout who was placed under the mountain of the Qing army quickly dismounted and knelt on the ground, and reported in a loud voice: "The military gate, the loyal battalion under the command of the governor of Huguang outside the city has surrounded the mountain, and it is about to attack the Qing army that is holding on immediately. ”

"Huh?" Wang Huan was a little surprised, this high level of merit was an urgent one, he was in a hurry to fight without eating when he arrived at the place, he was a man.

However, this is an excellent opportunity to observe the combat effectiveness of the loyal battalion up close, not to be missed, Wang Huan immediately handed over Wang Yingxiong to the guards behind him, and ordered him to take him to rest, while he hurriedly jumped on his horse and wanted to go out of the city to watch the battle.

"Hey, wait, wait." Wang Yingxiong seemed to remember something, called out to Wang Huan, took out a letter from the pocket of his underwear, and stuffed it to him: "This is a handwritten letter from Lord Du, the old man has always kept it well, so I have to hand it over to you." ”

Wang Huan took it casually, put it in the pocket of the arrow-sleeved samurai suit he was wearing, and shouted, "Drive!" Surrounded by the guards, he patted his horse away.

Xinhua is not big, a group of people ran out of the west gate not more than five miles, they saw a high earthen hill, the earthen hill has a gentle slope on three sides, one side faces the cliff, the top is set up with a fence of felled trees to resist the horse, it is the Qing army Yu Shizhong and Ma Jiaolin who have been besieged for many days.

At this moment, under the mountain, three phalanxes have been arranged, rows of soldiers of the Ming army wearing half-body waist armor and red tasseled hats on their heads, orderly arrays under the banner, a team of cavalry shuttles among them, all of them are in good spirits, people are like dragons and horses, like tigers, going up the mountain, like apes and going into the water, the momentum is extraordinary, on the big banner of hunting and fluttering, one by one embroidered gold characters "high" are very eye-catching.

Two miles behind Wang Huan's Lerma Loyal Camp, looking from afar, Li Dingguo with a thousand cavalry waited here, and when he saw Wang Huan arrive, he immediately rushed over.

"Sure enough, the army is strong, and the demeanor of the thieves' subordinates has not diminished back then." Li Dingguo sighed sincerely, he had dealt with Li Zicheng's army before, and he was very familiar with each other, but when he saw him again, he was a general of the Ming Dynasty: "Gao Yigong is worthy of being Li Zicheng's dragon and tiger general, and he has a set under his hands." ”

Wang Huan nodded in agreement, the name of the loyal camp is well deserved, and the plug Yinxi has picked up the treasure.

After looking at it for a while, Wang Huan's brows furrowed, and he squinted and asked, "Why is there so much artillery in the army?" ”

He asked this question, but he found that in front of each phalanx of the loyal battalion, there were more than a dozen cannons, large and small, all of which were below the medium size of the Furlong machine, and there was also a kind of cannon with four tiger legs cast in front and behind on a body tube, and the barrel of the cannon was upward, which was the famous tiger squat cannon.

However, these cannons are large and small, and there are nearly thirty guns, and it is very surprising that the loyal battalion of 10,000 people carries so many cannons.

"Maybe after returning to the imperial court, it was rationed, where did the original Gao Yigong use artillery, he is good at running, and he brings cavalry, one person, two horses or even three horses, but the cannon can't be pulled and run, and the cannon can't be used." Li Dingguo said casually.

"Can't be pulled and run...... Wang Huan had a heart, his eyes stared at the cannon on the ground, and he touched his chin and thought.

The gunners of the loyal battalion were busy for a while, ready to fire, and they all avoided a dug pit at the back, leaving a gunner holding a red-hot iron chisel to wait for the signal to ignite.

I saw that in the army of Gao Yigong, a red flag was waved several times in a row, and the gunners standing behind the guns stepped forward in unison, lit the fuse with an iron drill, and then threw away the iron drill, and turned around and ran away as if the fire burned their buttocks.