Sprinkled with joy, Ma Xin's words immediately caused the generals in the big tent to claim one after another. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming Army is the military and political group they serve, everyone is from the end of the micro by Chen Wen step by step simple uplift, even if Ma Xin in the green camp in Zhejiang was an ordinary military general without a big official as a backer, now they are thousands of famous generals under their command, tens of thousands of famous generals, the hereditary military position and military merits of the Ming Army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang They are also the part that benefits the most, since they look forward to this army getting stronger and stronger, Chen Wen's status is getting higher and higher, and they can rise to the top.

Listening to this eloquent talk, looking at the eyes of those expectations, the feet have stepped on the gate of Guizhou, and after Guizhou, it will be Yunnan, where Yongli is located, and at this moment, Yongli is only under the command of Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu and the tens of thousands of southwest Ming troops, and the combat effectiveness may not be higher than Sun Kewang's front army.

"Perhaps, we can really serve them in one pot. Zhu Yuanzhang back then could do this, and I could do the same. ”

defeated a world-famous general like Li Dingguo in World War I, and then forced the great emperor to make concessions, establish a new dynasty, and reform politics. Desire rose in his heart, but in the next second, he was suppressed by Chen Wen.

His current overall strength is indeed the strongest south of the Yangtze River, and even if he destroys the Manchus, it will only be a matter of time before he continues with the current momentum. If he really did that, it would be nothing more than tossing and turning in the south for a few more years, with the Kuidong Ming army in the ravines and ravines of Kuidong and western Hubei, with Zheng Chenggong who was confined to the island, with internal opponents such as Zhang Huangyan, and perhaps Li Dingguo, who would be driven to the border, and Yongli in Nangy Burma......

However, if that day really comes, will tens of thousands of troops be dispatched to encircle and suppress the mountainous areas of Kuidong, and those who surrender will not die, and those who do not descend will be killed on Maolu Mountain with men, women and children; Is it also necessary to move the border and ban the sea on the southeast coast, and not hesitate to kill millions of people, just to curb the supplies and commodities that the Zheng group obtains from the coastal areas; whether to drag Zhang Huangyan to the Jiaobi workshop in Hangzhou to behead the public; Do you want to drive Li Dingguo to the bank of the Lancang River, causing him to die depressed, and finally shout the sentence "I'd rather die and pay than surrender"?

If it really comes at that time, will it be necessary to force Burma to hand over the Yongli, and then a general will strangle it to death on the death slope with a bowstring?!

"Maybe because it is the change of dynasty of the Han family itself, not the barbarians stealing China, there may not really be so many heroes who choose to die unyieldingly, such as the remnants of the Dashun Army in Kuidong, such as most of the generals in the Great Western Army. But if I really kill all the opponents like that, what difference will it be from the Manchus that I have been trying to eliminate all these years? ”

Many of the ills of the Ming Dynasty could not be solved within the system, but internal strife could still be avoided. Taking a deep breath, the sweetness of temptation dissipated in his heart, and Chen Wen, who had regained his firmness, silently said to himself in his heart: "I have endured the scolding of the gentry to this day, why don't you work hard to create a better future." So if that's the case, why rush this moment? ”

Regaining his resolve, Chen Wen returned to the rhythm required for his original plan. The examination of the captured personnel and the sorting of the captured materials were the responsibility of the officers of each department, and Chen Wen waited for the follow-up news of the cavalry and the arrival of more prisoners while entertaining the captured officers. Of course, what is more important is that the army of the Qin Domain has been destroyed, and now is the only opportunity to enter Guizhou in a big way.

Early the next morning, after giving the captured auxiliaries a full meal, Chen Wen distributed several days of dry food to release them.

These people do not have the ability to threaten the Ming army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Zhejiang, so it is more in Chen Wen's interests to give them some food, dry food, or something to persuade them to return to their hometowns on their own.

Compared with the auxiliary soldiers, it is impossible for the soldiers to be released like this, and Chen Wen took these soldiers into the hinterland of the nobles after a day of repair. However, Chen Wen did not deprive the soldiers of their personal belongings before, but only confiscated weapons, armor, and other items that were easy to pose a threat to the soldiers of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies.

In the final analysis, everyone is the Ming army, and the interests of the upper echelons have much to do with their small soldiers, and even the middle and high-level officers of the Qin Domain are not without opponents of Sun Kewang's actions, otherwise there will be no history of Sun Kewang's internal invasion of Yunnan, as a result, once the real sword and real gun are fired, a large number of senior officers led by Bai Wenxuan have played the tricks of the pre-battle uprising, and Sun Kewang, who had previously taken 140,000 troops out of the Guizhou territory, waited until the end of the first battle, and could only take more than 100 family members, cronies and guards to leave Huguang, The eternal anecdote of surrendering to Hong Chengchou.

The army set off, Chen Wen took the three divisions of Yuzhang, Yuyao and Siming, and now the momentum of defeating the 140,000 army has been generated, and the rest will only be sporadic skirmishes and political games, and the Danyang division can leave a part of the guards here, and recover all the prefectures and counties in the south of Huguang that are still in the hands of Sun Kewang's subordinates, and also save the fact that there is always such an eye-catching thing on the map.

"If you have nothing to do, would you like to talk to this king about the geographical trend of the mountains and rivers in Guizhou?"

"The general of the defeated army, I dare not call it His Royal Highness the King of Yue."

Eguo Gongma Jinzhong, nicknamed 100,000, was born in Shaanxi Liukou of the Chongzhen Dynasty, and later defeated Zuo Liangyu. But when Zuo Liangyu died and Zuo Mengeng surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, Ma Jinzhong and Wang Yuncheng, who was also known as Wang Ma, ran to Huguang to follow He Tengjiao, and did not surrender the Qing army like Daniel Zhang, Li Guoying, and Jin Shenghuan.

Next, Wang Yuncheng once surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and Ma Jinzhong always served the Ming army on the Huguang battlefield. Later, Li Dingguo won a great victory in Guilin, and Kong Youde also had the idea of surrendering to the Ming army by taking advantage of the relationship between Wang Yuncheng and Ma Jinzhong. However, in the following Hengyang victory, as the main general of a partial division responsible for intercepting the Qing army, after discovering that another main general, Feng Shuangli, was ordered by Sun Kewang to withdraw on his own, Ma Jinzhong also chose to retreat, and the Hengyang victory failed to receive all the credit for this battle.

However, this person is not Sun Kewang's sworn friend. If it weren't for Chen Wen's extra move, Sun Kewang would have invaded Yunnan, and he would not have been missing Ma Jinzhong among the high-ranking officers who rebelled before the battle, especially when he had been canonized as the king of Jiading by Sun Kewang before.

Chen Wen is commensurate with the Duke of Hubei, and he uses the title of canonization in the Yongli Imperial Court, with this title, Ma Jinzhong can be regarded as relieved, Chen Wen obviously did not have the intention of killing him.

"His Royal Highness the King of Yue is the prince of the country, but if you ask something, the last general should know everything and say everything."

Hearing this, Chen Wen nodded, and then asked Ma Jinzhong: "This king heard that this Guizhou has no three feet of flat, no three sunny days, and no three cents of silver, but is there such a thing?" ”

What Chen Wen said is the description of Guizhou by people from other provinces. The first two sentences are about bad weather, unpredictable weather and rain, rugged mountain roads, and few plains, and its weather and geographical conditions are like this, and the latter sentence is because of this objective environment, which has long been impoverished in Guizhou Province.

Whether in modern or ancient times, the terrain of the plains is more suitable for agricultural production. Jiangnan is like this, and Huguang also used to say that "Huguang is ripe, and the world is full", that is, Henan's grain production was not small before the chaos at the end of the Ming Dynasty. Guizhou, on the other hand, was the only province in China that did not have plains to support it in the Ming Dynasty, and poverty was almost inevitable until tourism was developed in later generations.

"His Royal Highness the King of Huiyue's words, what he has seen and heard in Guizhou over the years, although this is a bit exaggerated, but it can also be called a word that fits the reality."

"Sure enough."

After receiving a definite answer, Chen Wen sighed, and then said to Ma Jinzhong: "I have heard that I hope to govern the country well and use troops in the country. King Jin was a famous king twice, which attracted the attention of the main force of the Tartars, and I also benefited from it. Looking at it now, Sun Kewang can support an army of 200,000 with Yungui, and that may not be all lies. ”

Chen Wen felt it, but Ma Jinzhong was confused, the day before yesterday, the two armies were still standing happily in Yuanzhou, and now it seems that His Royal Highness the King of Yue still seems to have some emotion, even regret, what does this mean?

It's just that after sighing for Nan Ming in history, Chen Wen quickly returned to the original topic, just looking at Ma Jinzhong's cranky appearance, he had to show his attitude first, and then he could continue.

"Sun Kewang has been under house arrest for all these years, brutalized Zhongliang, and acted perversely, and this time this king is going to ask for his execution. However, a good general like E Guogong who was able to refuse the Tartars back then and went south to serve the king's division should have been deceived by Sun Yi in the final analysis, I don't know if what this king said is or not? ”

With Chen Wen's words, Ma Jinzhong still didn't understand what Chen Wen meant, even if he was grateful for a thousand moments, and at the same time expressed great agreement with Chen Wen's opinion.

This is a smart person, otherwise it would be impossible to survive in the frequent infighting of Nanming, from a former rogue under Zuo Liangyu to become bigger and bigger, and later was canonized as the king of Hanyang by Yongli. Seeing this, Chen Wen hinted to him that he would give a part of the prisoners of the soldiers to Ma Jinzhong in order to recover his losses in the Battle of Yuanzhou.

"The Duke of Eguo is a marshal, loyal to the present for many years, and is also a trusted military general. This king heard that there are always traitors in the court who are framing this king, and if the prince of Eguo has a heart in the future, he should also say a good word or two for this king in front of this king. ”

Chen Wen made it clear that he did not intend to annex Ma Jinzhong's department, which did not conform to his usual style, which really made Ma Jinzhong puzzled for a while. But now that Chen Wen is willing to help him recover his strength, this sentence still has to be said, as for what will happen in the future, Ma Jinzhong didn't dare to think too much, after all, now the court is the king of Jin Bingzheng, who knows if he still remembers the grudge that Hengyang didn't send troops in the first battle.

The two talked very happily, and with Chen Wen's assurance, especially the return of the prisoners' personal soldiers, Ma Jinzhong also did what he said.

The army was heading towards the hinterland of Guizhou, but there were some people who rushed there one step ahead of them -- not the captured auxiliaries who had been released, nor the routs who had not yet been captured, but a large number of cavalry from the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Ming armies were still pursuing the enemy, among which Shen Jiabao's group was biting a big fish at the moment.

"No, this Yunnan horse is too staying power, little second brother, you are also from Dalan Mountain, go back and react with the above, is it not in addition to this Mongolian horse to match us with a Yunnan horse, run mountain roads, run long distances, this Yunnan horse is much stronger than Mongolian horses, even if it is a substitute for transportation."

Originally, they chased the officer all the way west, but who knows how long they lost it. However, after chasing this, the deputy captain beside Shen Jiabao was an officer who did not accept himself at night, and the horseshoe prints left on the ground determined that another path had passed by a small group of cavalry no more than half an hour ago, and it was likely that there was a half-officer among them.

With this thought, their cavalry chased after them without even resting for a moment, and it turned out that there was indeed a fish, and it was a big fish, a big fish big enough to kill them.

"Don't think about this, think about it yourself, this time our Jiangsu-Zhejiang Wang Division will fight Tartar first, and then go south to Qinwang, Huguang has already arrived, not to mention Guizhou, it is also a lot of territory, just to expand the army There are a lot of war horses, how can we be equipped with two horses."

Hurriedly fed the war horse a handful of fried noodles with salt, and the war horse greedily ate all the food in Shen Jiabao's hand, and couldn't help licking Shen Jiabao's hand, making sure that he had licked all the scum before he let out a satisfied neigh.

"The gang in front has already begun to divide some of the men and horses to intercept them, just look at the will to fight to the death and the outfit on the body, to make sure that it is a big fish, let's continue to chase if we have the heart, but don't let him run away."

After chasing for a few days, people were sleepy and tired, and Shen Jiabao wanted to give up the pursuit several times, but in the end he still chased down. After all, he still longs to make greater contributions to his wife and son, and with the cavalry he has chased to this day, there is no one who is not like this except for the military orders.

"Little second brother, I think we're almost done."

Saying this, the officer pointed to the horse manure he had just played with and said to Shen Jiabao: "Look, this group of people has been served by special horsemen and auxiliaries for a long time, and they definitely didn't bring dry food and spare horse food on the horses. Let's just say that in this horse manure, there is now the dregs of weeds left, and this lump, the war horses are beginning to thin up, and they can't last long. ”

Hearing this, Shen Jiabao couldn't care less about continuing to rest, and stepped on the war horse and shouted: "Brothers, do you hear me?" The great work is just around the corner, don't let them run away! ”

The interception force widened the distance gap between them, but the physical strength of the war horses came from better horse feed, especially food, and the physical strength of the war horses that only ate hay could not keep up, not to mention that the war horses of the group of guys they chased have now been reduced to the point where they can only eat wild grass.

After chasing forward for two days, as the number of fallen war horses seen along the way continued to increase, Shen Jiabao and the others got closer and closer to their goal. When they finally chased a deserted village, they saw only the big fish and two soldiers hiding in a room without a roof, shivering, and they became so excited when they saw them rushing in.

"Lone is the King of Qin, take Lone to see His Royal Highness the King of Yue in your family, Lone is willing to serve His Royal Highness the King of Yue as the Lord, and offer this land of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces!"