Everyone in the tent looked at each other, all of them looked sad and frowned, and they were a hundred unwilling to go out for nearly a year, although they won Hanzhong, destroyed Zhang Xianzhong, and achieved a little result, but the biggest goal of this trip - the strategic intention of bringing Sichuan into the territory of the Qing Dynasty was not reached, and it was difficult to say that it was successful.

Hauge watched coldly, looked at everyone's faces, and knew what everyone was thinking, he was also worried in his heart, since the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, he repeatedly conquered the south and the west, and was invincible, Azig, Duoduo and other princes had outstanding military achievements, and they were promoted to the prince and the prince of Shuo, under their background, Hauge's westward expedition was unsatisfactory, and he returned, not to mention being promoted, and he could burn high incense without being asked.

However, if you don't have a teacher, the consequences will be even more serious, the pass of the Sword Pavilion seems to be unbreakable, and the corpses of the Qing army left under the pass can be piled up into a mountain, but the gate is immovable, as the ancients said, no one can break through the Sword Gate Pass head-on.

The army is blocked here, unable to advance or retreat, in a dilemma, wanting to detour, Yinping Dao is dangerous and difficult, and the Ming army is on guard, and it is difficult for Li Guohan to be dangerous; The starting point of Micang Road is Ankang, which is blocked by He Zhen, and the 40,000 people in Tan Bai can't help it; And the distant Lychee Road, with its long mountains and rivers, is too late to pass now.

The most burning eyebrows is the problem of eating and drinking, Haoge's soldiers and horses in Guangyuan and Tan Bai's army in Ankang totaled nearly 100,000 people, so many people eat and drink every day is a huge number, relying on the local to raise grain and grass on the spot, it is impossible to be satisfied, leaving the Guanzhong grain road, the army is difficult to move an inch.

Lack of food and grass, camp Xiao not to mention for the time being, how much strength can the soldiers who can't eat enough to fight and march, is something that everyone can imagine, when the time comes, the Eight Banners army will not stop the Ming army, and it will collapse and disperse, if this kind of consequence happens, Hauge will at least be beheaded, and the subordinate officials will have to accompany him to cut off a string of heads.

The Mongolian prince Ezhe is the most relaxed, his Mongolian cavalry is not good at foot combat, and it is not suitable for attacking cities, he has been staying in the back and doing nothing, and the losses are almost zero, so it doesn't matter if he is a teacher, anyway, he is already a prince, and he can't rise anywhere.

So at this time, Ezhe looked left and right, and saw that no one expressed his position, thinking that everyone was in the way of face, and it was not easy to tell the truth in his heart, and he had the obligation to come out of this, so he puffed up his chest and said to Hao Gelang in the upper seat: "The prince, the minions and others have no objections, the army has been on the march for a long time, and the battle situation has been decided. ”

As soon as Ezhe took the lead, the rest of the audience nodded one after another, even though they regretted it, they were helpless, and it would not be beneficial to anyone to drag it out.

Ao Bai looked at this scene with an indifferent face, puffed out his eyes, kept silent, and was extremely troubled in his heart, in fact, Hauge said so many reasons just now, and there was an extremely important one that was not said, that was the secret news that only he and Hauge knew-Dordor was sick.

Duoduo, the prince of Heshuo Yu, the younger brother of the regent Dorgon, is both wise and brave, can rejuvenate the country and can be anbang, and the stars are shining brightly in battle.

After capturing Nanjing and capturing Emperor Hongguang of the Southern Ming Dynasty to pacify the south of the Yangtze River, Duoduo returned to the dynasty in victory, and the scenery was unlimited for a while, and no one could match the momentum of the momentum, Dolgon got his support, and was more arrogant, Haoge was unable to resist, endured humiliation, and repeatedly retreated.

But now Duoduo is sick, and he can't afford to be sick, it's very serious, this is great news, God is open, to accept this demon, as long as Duoduo dies, Dolgon has one less right-hand man, and there are no variables in the court, and the chance of Hauge's comeback is no longer slim, and he can even see the dawn of a turnaround in one fell swoop.

Hurry up to save the vitality of the two yellow flags, return to Beijing, and wait for the opportunity, this is the result of the discussion between Haoge and Ao Bai all night last night.

Hauge waited for everyone's noisy discussion to come to an end, stood up, attracted everyone's attention to his tall body, showed a solemn expression, and said solemnly: "Since you all agree and no one objects, then go back to your respective camps immediately, appease the soldiers and pack up their baggage, and tomorrow morning, the army will be drawn and the class will return to the court!" ”

Everyone got up and knelt down in unison, and said in unison, "Yes!" ”

……

Sule in Hanzhong City, Ankang Tan Bai, at the same time received Haoge's emergency military order, the two were in different moods, Sule was full of regret, Malahi's death caused him, although only he and Malashi were present at the time, no one knew that this bad idea was his idea, but it was a heavy blow to him, and another defeat under Wang Huan made Su Le, who was extremely conceited and eager to make contributions, had a sense of decadence, and a bright Qing general star was slapped to the ground by Wang Huan before it was lifted into the sky.

And Tan Bai sighed, and the entanglement with He Zhen made him deeply feel that the original Han army was not as cowardly as Nanming, and he thought that the expedition was very easy, but it dragged on for more than a month, He Zhen backed the mountain, stubbornly resisted the attack of the Qing army, and He Zhen's subordinates, most of them were the original Ming army, Tan Bai didn't understand, why He Zhen was vulnerable when he was a general of the Ming Dynasty, and he was so strong when he rebelled?

When the Qing army retreated, it slowly retreated and withdrew directly to Xi'an, and the Guangyuan line only left some degraded generals to garrison, and Meng Qiaofang, the governor of Shaanxi, urgently deployed 10,000 returning troops of Zhang Wenheng, the governor of Gansu, to Hanzhong, to occupy the power vacuum after the Qing army retreated, in order to prevent the Ming army in Jianmen Pass from taking advantage of the weakness, and using Hanzhong City as a fulcrum, establishing the Qing court ruling pattern of the entire Hanzhong Plain, and sending the general soldier Daniel Zhang to garrison Hanzhong.

And the leading general of the Gansu Hui army is the deputy general Mi Layin.

Haoge retreated simply, but in just ten days, the army arrived in Hanzhong, entrenched in Hanzhong for several days, collected a little food everywhere, repaired the Hanzhong city wall by the way, and then opened again, through the Qinling Mountains straight to Xi'an, and then along the Datong line, back to Beijing.

Wang Huan stood on the top of Qinling Mountain, watching Haoge's team leave, and the huge golden dragon that represented Haoge's noble status was mixed in the strict military column, which was extremely dazzling.

Zu Bian's face was wrapped in a white cloth, and one head was wrapped around like a round cloth bag, only revealing a mouth and an eye outside, Rao was so, he was also eager to try, and tried his best to instigate Wang Huan to take the opportunity to kill and behead Haoge, it would be wonderful.

Wang Huan ignored him, and killed Hauge at this time, didn't he follow Dorgon's wishes? Wouldn't it be foolish to use your own hands to stop a power struggle within the Qing court? Besides, with these 6,000 people in hand, if you want to take the first rank of Haoge in the 100,000 army, you need 6,000 Guan Yunchang.

Ma Long came up from the side, holding a Kuizhou military-style messenger bamboo pipe in his hand, and handed it to Wang Huan with both hands.

Wang Huan inspected the fire paint on the bamboo pipe, and found that it was covered with the seal letter of Zhang Cheng of Baoning Mansion, and his heart moved, and he hurriedly tore open the sealing paint and poured out the letter paper rolled into a cylinder inside.

Zhan Xin looked at it, Wang Huan glanced at ten lines, and slowly the corners of his mouth curled, the more he looked at it, the happier he became, and when he saw the end, he couldn't help laughing.

Zu Bian and Ma Long were curious, looking at him with blank eyes, Wang Huan stuffed the letter back into the bamboo pipe, and said to the two with a smile: "Zhang Cheng sent a message, saying that half a month ago, Li Dingguo in the deep mountains sent people to Li Tingyu and Ma Xintian in the Sword Pavilion to ask for surrender and return to the Ming Dynasty. ”

The eyes of the two of them suddenly widened, and Zubian was also involved in the injury, and his mouth was grinning in pain, but even so, it did not prevent him from shouting in unison with Ma Long: "What? Li Dingguo wants to surrender? ”

Ma Long said: "This is very good, Li Dingguo is rumored to be a sharp blade in the hands of the thief, brave and scheming, the thief was defeated by the Tartar, and Li Dingguo was not there at the beginning of the time, this person can be under the command of the adult, beneficial and harmless." ”

Zu Bian swallowed the cold air and endured the pain on his face, and said disdainfully: "The sacrifice thief is capricious, the most unpredictable, and the character of the righteous son under his hand is also difficult to say, I am afraid that if I recruit this person, it will lead the wolf into the room!" ”

Wang Huan listened, put away his smile, nodded seriously, and looked thoughtful.

Zu Bian is right, Li Dingguo in history is loyal and courageous, and immediately became the pillar of Nanming after returning to the Ming court, it can be said that Li Dingguo is gone, Nanming has long been finished, and it can be said that the first general of Nanming, but that is the history before the crossing, this era because of his arrival, many things have changed, whether Li Dingguo is still so loyal and martyrdom, can not just talk about it.

You have to submit a petition for your name.

Wang Huan immediately made a decision, and said to Ma Long and Zu Bian: "You two are right, since Li Dingguo is willing to surrender, we can't refuse people thousands of miles away, otherwise it will chill the hearts of those who are willing to surrender in the world, and it seems that there is no room for people. But just accepting him like this, it also seems that we are too stupid, in case this person is like a white-eyed wolf, and he will turn his face and deny people after taking the benefits of Daming, but it is not good, he must be made sincere. ”

"Sincerity?" The two of them were stunned, and then they suddenly became stunned.

Ma Long smiled and said, "My lord, but you want Li Dingguo to attack He Zhen?" ”

Wang Huan laughed, pointed at Ma Long and said: "Bo Yanye, who knows me, Li Dingguo and He Zhen, one is Zhang Xianzhong's son, and the other is Li Zicheng's old department, which has a long-standing grudge, and has fought for Hanzhong a few years ago, and now Ankang is not far from Baoning Mansion, so let Li Dingguo go to He Zhen and accept a vote!" ”

The three of them looked at each other and laughed, and the laughter accompanied by the breeze on the top of the mountain, spreading among the mountains, even Haoge, who was walking on the plank road at the bottom of the mountain, seemed to be aware of it, and looked back at the mountain, of course, the distance was very far, and he couldn't see anything.

At this time, He Zhen, who was feasting and drinking wine in the camp tent because of the departure of the Qing army, inexplicably sneezed and splattered with saliva.

He put down the wine bowl, rubbed his nose slightly drunk, and said vaguely: "Damn, someone must be talking about me!" ”

(End of chapter)