Of these three things, the first two of them have far-reaching significance for Wang Huan.

The Qing army returned to the north, leaving only Tong Yanghe to lead thousands of Manchu and Han soldiers to defend Wuchang and deter Jiangnan, which could only play a little role in diversion, self-defense, unable to launch a large-scale attack, Huguang was fine in a short time, He Tengjiao breathed a sigh of relief, Wang Huan also breathed a sigh of relief, and there was no obstacle behind him.

The shaving order is that the Manchus themselves provoked trouble, the ancient Confucian precept, the body hair was given to the parents, and the ancestors went deep into the blood and bones of the Han family for generations, and even the usual ones had to be cautious, how could they keep a rat tail braid and shave a yin and yang head like a tartar? As soon as this order was issued, it immediately set off an uproar, and the anti-Qing uprisings in various places were surging, spreading from the north to the south, and many Ming generals and officials who had already surrendered to the Qing Dynasty were in charge, and the Qing court was shaken.

In this case, the regent Dolgon solved it with only one word: kill!

Those who do not obey are killed, those who do not shave their heads are killed, those who rebel are killed, and those who do not obey are killed, and it is quiet.

These two incidents made the Qing court not have the heart to consider the Southern Ming ****** in the south of the Yangtze River in the short term, let alone pay attention to the warlords of all sizes in the direction of Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and Zhang Xianzhong.

This allowed Wang Huan to get a loophole, forming that people who wanted to beat him had no time to beat him, such as Zeng Ying; People who can beat him don't want to hit him, like the Manchus; Huguang behind him is He Tengjiao, a friendly army of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and it is impossible to beat him.

If you don't make good use of the opportunity, then it's not Wang Huan.

He sent Chen Xiang, a fine worker in Chongqing, kept replying to all kinds of information, the Sichuan in front of him was already a mess, Zhang Xianzhong was trapped within a hundred miles of Chengdu, embattled, landlords and gentry from all walks of life rebelled, countless landlord forces armed themselves to defend themselves, did not pay food and taxes, Zhang Xianzhong was helpless, his main force and Zeng Ying confronted in Shunqing Mansion, his soldiers were many Zeng Ying but there was terrain, guarding in a few passes and not giving in, more than 100 battles, corpses were everywhere but could not move forward.

Zeng Ying was also very uncomfortable, Wang Huan in the back was encroaching on his territory step by step, Zhang Xianzhong in front was yelling at his head every day, and more than 100,000 people on both sides were crowded together on the narrow territory of Shunqing Mansion, fighting a war of attrition.

In this case, when Li Guo, the left-behind general of Li Zicheng in Shaanxi, led his soldiers and horses all the way from Hanzhong to Sichuan, passed through Taiping, Dongxiang, and Dazhou, and went all the way south, people on both sides could only watch helplessly.

After Li Guo seized the ships in Dazhou and replenished the military rations, he would march east along the Yangtze River and enter the Kuizhou Prefecture.

Wang Huan got this information as soon as possible, Chen Xiang's big car shop was well-connected, and the guests from the north and south brought the latest news in a timely manner, which was much faster than the imperial palace newspaper that had been cut off for a long time.

"Eighty thousand people, Li Guo can still save so many people under the pursuit of Azig, he is really a general." Wang Huan tapped the table with his right knuckles, held the wax pill secret letter in his left hand, and said contemplatively: "I heard that he is still Li Zicheng's nephew, which is really rare." ”

Zu Bian posted on the side: "It's just a thief, no matter how powerful it is, it's just a mud leg, if I was in the pass back then, where can I tolerate thieves." ”

Ma Xintian shook his head and said: "It can't be said that, in the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, the Qin army led by the superintendent Sun Chuanting can be described as a strong army, which is second to none in the towns of the Ming Dynasty, and is still wiped out in the vicious battle between Tongguan and the thieves. ”

Wang Huan agreed: "That's true, if Chongzhen fifteen years ago, Li Zicheng's team can also be called a rogue Kou, then since the middle of the fifteenth year, he killed He Yilong and Luo Rucai to unify the rogue army, killed Sun Chuanting, occupied Xiangyang, Luoyang, Kaifeng and other big cities, Kaifu set up five battalions and twenty-two generals, and the army can no longer be a rogue to the army, but a regular army, its strength is stronger than the vast majority of military towns in the Ming Dynasty, Li Guo, as Li Zicheng's own nephew, is a general, ranking among the twenty-two generals, Nor is it done solely by nepotism. ”

For Li Guo, Wang Huan was very impressed, this young general who was misrepresented as Li Yan in later generations was both civil and military, many wild history chapters described him as an almost invincible legend, for Li Zicheng to give advice, charge into battle, until Li Zicheng soldiers were defeated and died in Jiugong Mountain, Li Guo also ran thousands of miles from Shaanxi to Huguang Savior, Li Zicheng's family into his own camp to protect, and later was blocked by the governor of Nanming Huguang Yinxi Zhao'an, by the Nanming Longwu Emperor awarded the army as a loyal battalion, Fengxing Guohou, and finally died of illness on the front line of resistance to the Qing Dynasty.

At this time, Li Guo was on the way to join Li Zicheng's main force from Shaanxi to Huguang, and he had not yet received the news that his uncle had died.

Hearing that Wang Huan also looked down on the army, Zu Bian pursed his lips, rolled his eyelids disapprenorantly, and stopped talking.

Wang Huan didn't care about him, and said to himself: "Eighty thousand people, all of them are veterans, if they can be used by me, it would be great." ”

Ma Xintian was stunned, took a step forward and hurriedly said: "My lord, Li Guo and Gao Yigong are both close relatives, and it has been more than ten years since they rebelled, and it is impossible to let them return to the imperial court. Even if they are willing to surrender and Li Zicheng commits a heinous crime, the court will not spare his subordinates, and the adults want to recruit him......"

Before he finished speaking, Wang Hua waved his hand and interrupted: "I know, we are now few and outnumbered, and Li Guo still has a full 80,000 people, how can they submit to us?" They're thankful they don't take us in one bite, and I just said it casually, so I don't have to take it seriously. ”

Ma Xintian breathed a sigh of relief, arched his hand at Wang Huan, and retreated.

Wang Huan touched his chin and pondered and said: "But it doesn't seem very appropriate to let them go over like this, we have to let them see our military might, and if they have a fate in the future, they will also have an impression." ”

Zu Bian and Ma Xintian glanced at each other, their eyes were full of incredible, fate? What's the fate? They are thieves and we are soldiers, and when we meet, we draw knives and slash and kill, water and fire are incompatible, can we still sit down and have a tea and dinner together? What kind of fate to talk about? Is Lord Wang stupid?

Wang Huan didn't pay attention to the faces of the two, and said to himself: "Li Guo, Li Yan, hehe, it's really interesting, if he is really included in his command, will there be my name in the future book reviews?" ”

Zu Bian and Ma Xintian didn't know what to say, staring at Wang Huan with four eyes, and included Li Guo under his command? That's Li Zicheng's own nephew, he surrendered, what does the court think of you? Isn't that tantamount to rebellion?

Wang Huan sat stunned and sat out of his mind, and it took a while to recover, sit up straight and say: "Order, the whole army is ready, and the whole army will go out the day after tomorrow, go to the edge of the Yangtze River, and welcome the guests from Shaanxi!" ”