The news of Dolgon's defeat, like a monsoon wind blowing north and south of the river, spread to all parts of the country at a rapid speed, this news is even more astonishing than Houjin's entry into the city of Beijing, the news came from one ear to another, and the listeners were all shocked, almost difficult to accept, but once believed, they were ecstatic.

The high rivers and lakes of the temples are far away, whether they are the generals and important ministers who hold the authority, or the humble and lowly peddlers and pawns, in the countryside, in the towns, in the main halls, in the court, in the wine shops, teahouses, and roadside fields, what people talk about and whisper about is this kind of thing.

Along with this news, there was another bombshell news, the Qing army besieging Datong nearly 40,000 people, five days after the defeat and disappearance of Dolgon's army, the whole army retreated, and the siege of Datong collapsed.

The prince of Liangguo led the army out of Daizhou, and along the way, the Qing generals were all frightened, and they erected flags anyway and took refuge in the arms of the Ming Dynasty. Liang Guogong pursued along the way, killed countless defeated soldiers, and even formed an alliance with Bentar Khan of the Mongolian Khalkha Department, so that tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry sneaked into Shanxi and set up a formation in the eastern part of Shanxi to deter Azig from returning.

One east and one south, pressing tens of thousands of Azig soldiers in the narrow range of the Datong Basin, Azig wandered around the Lulu Mountain for three days, and fought more than ten battles with Bental Khan, winning and losing each other, and being stranded and unable to advance.

In the end, seeing that Wang Huan's heavy troops were gradually approaching, Azig raised for a long time before waving his army to the north, breaking the border wall and escaping from Zhenqiang Fort into the grassland, detouring outside the Great Wall to meet with the Mongolian Horqin cavalry, and then running a big circle, before returning to Beizhili from the direction of Xuanfu.

Compared with these two news, there is also a small tail, that is, Han Zhaoxuan, who was appointed by the Duke of Liangguo to serve as the political envoy of Shanxi, led the two Yu Yin, who was also appointed by the Duke of Liangguo to command the envoy of Shanxi, led more than 100,000 righteous troops in Shanxi, and trapped the Qing army in the last and only important city in Shanxi---- after governing Taiyuan for more than two months, Li Kezhi, captured countless important members of the Qing army, and beheaded more than 10,000 soldiers, the Qing army burned the city when the city was broken, and none of the people in the city survived, Taiyuan was recovered, but it became a ruin.

At this point, the war was marked by the defeat of Dolgon's army, and ended with the recovery of Taiyuan, the entire Shanxi fell into the hands of the Ming Dynasty, and the line of Xuanfu and Baoding was in danger, as long as Wang Huan was willing, he could approach Beijing from these two routes at any time. If the capital is broken, the outside of the pass and the south will be cut off horizontally, and the Qing army that remains in the pass will completely lose its roots.

The whole country rejoices.

The north of Sichuan and other places were originally on Wang Huan's territory, needless to say, their jubilation was second only to the scale of the Ming Dynasty.

In Huguang, Guizhou, Liangguang, Fujian and other Nanming territories, the same carnival atmosphere, the people's hearts were greatly boosted, and the anti-Qing tide set off by this was a few points higher.

As Wang Huan threw out the official hat one by one, a large number of officials took office, whether it was promoted and transferred from the Kuizhou department, or from the local people in Shanxi, all followed the tone set by Wang Huan: first establish political power, then pacify the people, then resume production, and finally develop industry and commerce. Carry out the government affairs of one state and one county in an orderly manner.

In the city of Datong, a very magnificent restaurant, was chartered by high rollers, such a thing is very common in recent times, Jin merchants often spend a lot of money after the departure of the Qing army, invite the newly ascended Ming officials to the banquet and drink, for their family to continue to be able to exist and develop under the Ming Dynasty, and strive to lay the foundation.

But this time, it seems to be different from all the past, a large number of soldiers stand near the restaurant, several inside and outside, and there are many white-armored soldiers mixed in it, for the white-armored soldiers, Datong people have heard of it, it is these legendary three-headed and six-armed, invulnerable soldiers, so that the Tartars can't find the north, like the heavenly soldiers who descend to the earth are brave and terrifying. The pedestrians on the street looked at the white-armored soldiers with serious faces from a distance, and did not dare to approach, and even the Datong soldiers who were standing with them unconsciously kept their distance and looked at them with awe.

There are three floors in the restaurant, both floors are empty, and only the highest floor, the most luxurious private room, has a table of people.

The private room is inside, quiet and elegant, the furniture is all good pear blossom wood, the wall is hung with calligraphy, painting and ink treasure, the shelf is placed with cloud bamboo strange stones, a furnace of sandalwood smoke curls up, the aroma overflows the room, the smell is refreshing, every thing is a good thing of high value, but it is a very extravagant but not gold and rustic good place.

However, the few people sitting in the room were not very harmonious with this room.

Jiang Hao is not, he wears arrow sleeves and regular clothes, a crown and jade belt, and his face is very clean, compared with the previous days, if Jiang Huang is a brave military general when defending the city, he is a rich man with a noble spirit at this moment.

His younger brother Jiang Xuan was dressed like him, but the three people sitting opposite them were not right.

Wang Huan, Li Dingguo, and Li Tingyu are wearing chain mail, iron bracers, armor-swallowing beasts, bronze mirrors to protect their hearts, sharp blades hanging from their waists, and crossbows attached to their backs.

There were two people sitting at the table who looked like wealthy merchants, dressed in silk and satin, with rich smiles on their faces, but when Wang Huan and the others sat there with golden swords and iron horses, something was wrong.

The dinner was as if Wang Huan was three people holding four prisoners in custody.

However, Wang Huan's face did not change, and he looked at Jiang Hao very comfortably, with a fake smile on the corner of his mouth.

The two wealthy businessmen looked at each other, their lips squirmed a few times, they were the hosts of the treat, but they didn't know what to say at this time, so they secretly looked at Jiang Xuan.

Jiang Hao frowned, tried to suppress the surprise and unhappiness in his heart, coughed, stood up and said to Wang Huan with a smile: "Grandpa is here, Jiang is very honored." After the grandfather entered the city a few days ago, he was busy with all kinds of things and was busy with official business, and Jiang had not been allowed to see each other closely. Today, I heard that my grandfather was empty, and I wanted to set up a banquet at home to catch my grandfather, but because the house was hit by artillery fire in the war, and burned down part of it, I was very embarrassed, and I had no choice but to be the proprietor here, and I hope that my grandfather will forgive me. ”

Wang Huan smiled and arched his hand: "Master Jiang is too worried, Wang has been poor all his life and is used to living a hard life, where do you care about this, please sit down." ”

Jiang Hao smiled: "Grandpa is modest. ”

The greetings have ended, turned around and sat down, he stretched out his hand left and right and said: "Grandpa, today is a banquet below, no official trouble, so in addition to the younger brother, I also brought two local officials and gentry to accompany me, this one is the head of the Fan family, this one is the head of the Wang family, they are all good businessmen who have made great contributions to my Ming Dynasty, Jiang Mou defended the city, can hold on for a long time, and it is inseparable from the two of them to open their private warehouses to release grain and help them, and they are all great heroes for the country and Jiang. ”

The two wealthy businessmen hurriedly got up, smiled all over their faces, bowed to Wang Huan, and said in their mouths: "I've seen Grandpa Guo!" ”

Li Dingguo and Li Tingyu were expressionless like two sculptures, not happy or angry, while Wang Huan sat and smiled, nodding his head, the two wealthy businessmen were about to offer Ami's flattery, but Wang Huan still kept smiling, and asked in a cheerful tone: "The two heads of the family helped Lord Jiang defend the city, and donated generously, I don't know how much it cost?" ”

The two of them were stunned, they didn't expect Wang Huan to ask this, and they bowed down together and said: "Grandpa Guo is serious, do your best for the country, where to think about how much it costs?" As long as you can hold the city, why not go bankrupt? ”

Wang Huan nodded approvingly, took a breath, and said with a smile: "Yes, it's really good, some people say that there is no treachery and no business, and some people say that righteousness is not good, I think it should be in the two of them, it is not right." ”

Everyone at the table laughed, except for Li Dingguo and Li Tingyu.

"Still." Wang Huan said again: "I don't know if the two of you said the same thing when they were at the imperial banquet of the Tartar Emperor in Beijing two years ago?" ”

(End of chapter)