"My lord, the last general ......" Li Dingguo was a little excited, and he was a little hesitant because of extreme surprise, and he stammered in a hurry.

Wang Huan looked at him deeply, his face quickly regained his composure, turned his head back, looked ahead, and said softly: "When the national disaster is at hand, Dingguo is willing to follow this army gate to lay down a big country, and reshape a prosperous dynasty where everyone has food, everyone has clothes to wear, wind and rain have houses, drought and flood have food, and the whole world is peaceful?" ”

This passage was plain and bland, not as passionate as the words just now, Wang Huan's body also swayed on horseback, without the momentum of the roar just now, but when it fell on Li Dingguo's ears and eyes, it was even more shocking.

Next country?

Reinventing a prosperous world?

What does the Kuizhou General Soldier want?

Li Dingguo's heart was beating wildly, silently reciting the words "wind and rain have houses, drought and flood have food", he was fixed, his eyes were blurred, he looked at Wang Huan's back, and for a while he felt as tall as a mountain, and his body was crooked in a trance, and he almost fell off the horse.

He quickly wiped his eyes, wiped off a few drops of water marks without leaving a trace, shook his spirits, bowed deeply to Wang Huan's back, his forehead was about to drop to the horse's neck, and replied softly and forcefully: "Li Dingguo, I am willing to follow the military gate, the sword mountain and the sea of fire, and never give up!" ”

Wang Huan didn't look back, still maintained a straight posture, and slowly rode forward, but the smile on the corner of his mouth became more and more intense, and an irrepressible ecstasy emanated in a silent laugh.

……

From Hanzhong to Zunyi, Wang Huan and his entourage walked for almost a month, which was obtained in the case that all the members were riding horses and no one was walking, which shows that the mountain road plank road is difficult to walk, of course, there are also a few unsightly bandit nests along the way, the reason for delaying time, anyway, at the end of August, finally arrived at Zunyi Mansion.

Along the way, I slept in the open air, drank and ate hungry food, enjoyed the southwest scenery, and also saw a lot of people's suffering.

Since Chongqing Mansion to the south, after leaving the territory of the Kuizhou Army, the roadside roadside style has changed, the village is dilapidated, ten rooms and nine empty, the fields are barren and overgrown with wild grasses, from time to time you can see groups of displaced people helping the old and the young, fleeing to Sichuan in groups, starvation, disease or the corpses killed by the robbers, abounding, lying on the side of the road, no one to clean up, the desolate scene, shocking, embarrassing.

Li Dingguo traveled all the way, his face became more and more gloomy, what he saw and heard reminded his memory, when he was in Shaanxi, his hometown was such a scene, and it was all over the place, although he followed Zhang Xianzhong to run through most of Shenzhou over the years, everywhere he went, but at this time he witnessed the countryside and towns under the rule of the Southern Ming Dynasty, so desolate, and the disappointment of the Ming Court became more and more profound.

Correspondingly, the hope for Wang Huan is also becoming more and more ardent, compared with these places, the territory of Kuizhou under Wang Huan's rule is simply heaven, just the fact that no one starves to death is worth Li Dingguo's bet.

Wang Yingxiong, the military minister of the three provinces of the governor, went out of Zunyi City ten miles to welcome Wang Huan's arrival, and waited on the side of the loess official road with the officials of the governor's yamen and the officials in Chinese clothes, waiting eagerly.

When Wang Huan's figure appeared in the cavalry queue, Wang Yingxiong saw it at a glance, he took a few steps forward, regardless of his noble status and old age, he rushed out of the Shili Pavilion, stood directly in the dust raised by the horse team, and beckoned to Wang Huan with a smile.

"Oh, Lord Wang, this can kill the last general." Wang Huan kicked off the horse, walked a few steps forward to meet him, with a kind smile on his face, and bowed to Wang Yingxiong: "How can the last general, how can he deserve to be greeted by an adult in person." ”

Wang Yingxiong's face was like a flower, and he smiled from ear to ear: "It should be, it should be, Mr. Wang's military exploits are brilliant, the pillar of the country, sooner or later he will be crowned the king, and the old man is just a little show of the proprietor's gift." ”

The two of them humbled each other a few words, Wang Huan approached and whispered next to Wang Yingxiong's ear: "The last general came this time, and also brought some yellow and white native products, some of which were given to adults, I hope that adults will not refuse." ”

Speaking and listening, Wang Yingxiong understood this as soon as he heard it, the flowers on his face bloomed more brilliantly, revealing a mouthful of big yellow teeth, and even said "Okay, good", not even saying hypocritical excuses.

After drinking dust washing wine and summer tea in the Shili Pavilion, and absentmindedly introducing Wang Huan to several officials in the governor's yamen and local officials in Guizhou, Wang Yingxiong led Wang Huan to Zunyi City with a roar, and he abandoned the sedan chair and boarded the horse, and walked side by side with Wang Huan.

Li Dingguo was in front of the armor guard, and Ma Wannian was cruising behind with his sword, leaving a space for the two of them not to be heard by others.

At this time, the two put away their smiling faces and chatted solemnly.

"My lord, I don't know where the emperor lives now? How's the war going in the Southeast? What changes have taken place in the DPRK and China's friends, please tell Wang in detail. Wang Huan asked unceremoniously and directly.

Wang Yingxiong put away the governor's shelf, and said respectfully like a spy: "Okay, General Wang has been running around in Hanzhong these days, and he is far away from Guangxi and Guangdong, and he is ominous about everything in the court, so let the old man say slowly. ”

It turned out that after Emperor Yongli ascended the throne, he was originally in the southeast and Guangzhou, the governor of Guangxi Ding Kuichu, the governor of Guangxi Qu Shiyun, the governor Wang Huacheng and the university scholar Lu Daqi and others supported by Zhaoqing, and after seven days of stable life, he was chased by the Qing army Tong Yangjia and Li Chengdong, and fled to Guilin, Guangxi, panicking all day, a few days ago, in desperation, he even defected to the warlord Liu Chengyin to Wugang, Huguang, and lived in the palace of King Min.

The Qing army continued to pursue, Liu Chengyin naturally couldn't resist, this person was despicable and shameless, and even wanted to give Emperor Yongli as a gift to the Qing army to seek a fortune, was discovered by Emperor Yongli, fled overnight, and went straight to Liuzhou, in Liuzhou, Emperor Yongli was blackmailed by the local Tusi, robbed most of the property, and was extremely depressed.

At this time, Jiangxi Jin Shengheng rebelled anyway, which immediately attracted the attention of the Qing army, returned to the division to quell the rebellion, and Emperor Yongli was able to return to Guilin and summon Qu Shiyun and others, who had been named the first shop, to regain a foothold.

"So, the emperor is no longer in Wugang now?" Wang Huan frowned and asked.

"Yes, the emperor has built a palace in Guilin, temporarily resides in Guilin, and operates Guilin as a line, but in a few days, he will return to Zhaoqing again." Wang Yingxiong replied: "Because there is another news, which only came this morning, the Qing general Li Chengdong in Guangzhou, who died ten days ago!" ”

"What?" Wang Huan's color suddenly changed, and he asked in surprise: "Li Chengdong is the opposite?" ”

Wang Yingxiong nodded, with a sure face: "That's right, Li Chengdong was originally the chief soldier of the Ming Dynasty, a subordinate of Gao Jie of the four towns in Jiangbei, but after surrendering to the Qing court, he only became a commander, and was controlled by the governor Tong Yangjia, and he has always been resentful, and a few days ago it was finally anyway, so that Guangdong and Jiangxi all fell into the hands of my Ming Dynasty, Li Chengdong and Jin Shengheng are both important generals of the Qing court's southern expedition, holding a large army, the Qing army is on the southeast line, and there are no more soldiers to fight, the pressure on the court has been greatly reduced, plus He Tengjiao and Du Yinxi have also recovered Yuezhou in Huguang, Now the emperor is very happy, **** official, rewarded every day. ”

Wang Huan didn't listen to what he said later, he was already shocked by Li Chengdong's anti-Qing incident, not because Li Dingguo shouldn't have rebelled, but because he was too early.

Li Chengdong in history is against the Qing Dynasty, it should be next year, Emperor Yongli should be a headless fly in these months, where he can survive, he will run to wherever he can, at this time Wang Huan led the troops over, which is equivalent to escorting the ministers, and he can easily welcome Emperor Yongli to Sichuan.

But as soon as Li Chengdong reversed, the situation was different, the Ming court was equivalent to recovering Jiangxi and Guangdong provinces at once, and also included the main force of the Qing army under his command.

Wang Huan thought for a while, and then asked, "At this time, who is in charge?" ”

Wang Yingxiong was talking about it, and when he heard it, he replied: "The first shop in the court is still Qu Shiyun, thinking that the head of the civil officials, Li Chengdong, the Duke of Huiguo, is the head of the garrison in Guangzhou, and there is also Wang Kun, the chief eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch, who is the head of the internal officials. These three people are all powerful ministers around the emperor, Li Chengdong's son Li Yuanyin, who is also in charge of the Praetorian Guard and commands the emperor's guards. ”

He glanced at Wang Huan and asked tentatively: "Wang Zongbing thinks that the situation is very good now, and the emperor doesn't know anything about you, and he doesn't know the great situation in the northwest?" ”

Wang Huan looked at him and frowned.

Wang Yingxiong said with a smile: "General Soldier Wang doesn't have to worry, do you really think that all the silver and gold ingots transported from Kuizhou have been swallowed by me?" ”

He laughed proudly, stretched out his hand to his heart: "The old man is not greedy for money, most of the gold and silver, I sent it into the pockets of Wang Kun and Qu Shiyun, they said a lot of good things for you in front of the emperor, my twists and turns are all put on the imperial case, the emperor praises you and me, when it comes to this face, the court reward must be indispensable, you can rest assured!" ”

Wang Huan couldn't cry or laugh, looked at Wang Yingxiong and said, "Lord Wang, can you give some gold and silver to be worthy of military exploits?" ”

Wang Yingxiong had an expression of "you kid is too tender", and said calmly: "Of course, if we don't send gold and silver, we will fight and die outside, and the emperor doesn't know at all, so what's the use?" You and I cooperate, you are fighting outside to expand the territory, I am operating inside, just like what was discussed at the beginning, the civil and military echo each other, I will definitely be able to be a scholar this time, you can at least seal the marquis, you and I help each other, this is our confidence. ”

(End of chapter)