The envoy sent by Feng Shuangli was very large, and it was Ai Chengye, one of the four princes of the Great Western Army and the son of Ai Nengqi, the king of Yan'an, who was posthumously awarded by the Yongli Imperial Court. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 In the second year of Yongli, after the Great Western Army entered Yunnan, Ai Nengqi encountered an ambush when the local Tusi Lu Wan Zhong was ambushed, and the poisoned arrow bled non-stop, and the medicine died in the Dao. After Ainengqi's death, his subordinates were taken over by his son Ai Chengye.

Ai Chengye brought Feng Shuangli's report to Tang Jianguo and asked to send a supervisor. The above table shows that Feng Shuangli and the generals of Jianchang changed the name of Tang King to Zhengshuo, and the invitation to send supervisors was to show Zhou Shixiang their sincere support for the Tang Dynasty's regime.

Feng Shuangli's department has always been the original Great Western Army under the command of Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, and now it has been transferred to Tang Wang Zhengshuo, indicating that in addition to the King of Jin and King Gongchang and those generals who surrendered to Wu Sangui, the rest of the generals who still insisted on resisting the Qing have abandoned Zhu Youlang and turned to unite under the banner of resistance against the Qing led by the Tang king.

Zhou Shi asked Ai Chengye about the situation of the Ming army in the Jianchang area. Ai Chengye did not conceal anything, nor did he exaggerate, to tell the truth, there are more than 3,000 soldiers under the command of King Qingyang, more than 1,000 soldiers under the command of King Wugong Bohui, and only more than 2,000 soldiers under his own command, and there are more than 3,000 soldiers in the area of Jianchang, with a total strength of no more than 10,000 people.

Ai Chengyan said frankly that after Feng Shuangli, the king of Qingyang, heard that the imperial court had abandoned Kunming, he felt that it was a dead end to retreat south to western Yunnan, so he led them into Sichuan, with the original intention of joining forces with the thirteen families in Sichuan and creating a new situation. However, due to the failure of the two attacks on Chongqing by the Kui Dong soldiers, the king of Qingyang and they had to stagnate in Jianchang, because of the weak strength, it was difficult to do a big thing, many generals were shaken, until they heard that the Kui Dong soldiers rushed into Huguang, and the southern capital was recovered by the Taiping army, so they regained their confidence, and constantly attacked the Qing Sichuan governor Gao Minzhan Department, and successively recovered some lost territory. However, the Jianchang area was barren, so the Jianchang Ming army was still short of food and clothing, unable to undertake greater tasks, and could not even organize a decent offensive, so it could only fight a small fight and adopt the method of beating the side drum to contain and harass the Qing army in Sichuan.

Ai Chengye Dao Qingyang King has always intended to send people to contact the Taiping Army, but there is no opportunity, this time the Qing army in Guizhou suddenly retreated westward into Sichuan, and the Qing army's defense line in central Sichuan was shaken, and there were many gaps, so that he was able to send the envoy into Kuidong and out of Huguang.

"King Qingyang originally intended to come to Nandu in person, but Jianchang needed him to sit in charge, so he came to see Chengye. King Qingyang specially asked Chengye to tell him, and asked the prince to forgive him for the crime of not being able to come in person. ”

Of course, Zhou Shixiang knew that Feng Shuangli must be polite, no matter how he said it, Zhou Shixiang is still the Duke of Yue at the moment, but Feng Shuangli is the king of the county, and there is no reason in the world for the king of the county to ask the prince of the country for forgiveness. Moreover, Feng Shuangli sent Ai Chengye to serve the Tang King, the biggest purpose was to obtain the Taiping Army's support for them, not to really listen to Zhou Shixiang's command. It is not possible for Zhou Shixiang to really send a supervisor to Jianchang, but to wait for the Tang King to ascend to the southern capital, and re-canonize Feng Shuangli and others in the name of the new emperor, and use the officials they have raised to serve in the place, not not at all, but to point fingers.

Sure enough, Ai Chengye next mentioned whether he could invite the Taiping army to Kuidong to attack Chongqing, and Jianchang launched a counteroffensive from southern Sichuan, took Chongqing, and then mapped Chengdu, so that the whole Sichuan could be taken and Wu Sangui locked in Yungui in one fell swoop.

This request made Zhou Shixiang secretly shake his head, at present, the main force of the Taiping army has to deal with the Jiangbei camp in Shunzhi, and there is no ability to organize an offensive into Sichuan. Guangxi and Hunan are now on the defensive, even if Doni withdraws from Guizhou, Zhou Shixiang has no intention of seizing Guizhou, let alone making a detour to Hubei to fight Sichuan.

The Military Intelligence Department did not send news that Wu Sangui was anyway, and Ai Chengye also said that after Doni led the Manchu and Mongolian troops to withdraw into Chongqing, some Qing troops in Guizhou and Yunnan who obeyed Wu Sangui's orders did not launch an attack on the Doni Department, and even felt panicked about the sudden withdrawal of the Manchu and Mongolian troops. It is conceivable that the reason why Doni gave up Guizhou was not because of Wu Sangui in Yunnan anyway.

Feng Shuangli, the king of Qingyang, and the king of Wugong Bo would guess that the fundamental reason why Doni led the army into Sichuan may be because there is no food to eat in Guizhou, and the great changes that have occurred in the southeast are that the Qing court urgently needs this Manchu and Mongolian heavy army to return to the north, whether it is to take care of the family or use it for the war in the south of the Yangtze River, it is better than being trapped in Yungui.

This judgment coincided with Zhou Shixiang, and he also believed that there were two reasons for Doni's sudden withdrawal, one was that there was no food to eat, and the other was to return to the north of the town.

But Zhou Shixiang never ruled out that Wu Sangui might make Doni feel jealous in some ways, so he led his troops to withdraw. Thinking of Hong Chengchou's letter to Hong Shiming, Zhou Shixiang couldn't help but sneer, Wu Sangui, this old boy is really interesting, he doesn't put up a flag when he stops himself, and he doesn't put up a flag when Doni runs away, which shows that this old boy is too indecisive.

Thinking about the history of the previous life, during the "Rebellion of the Three Feudatories", the Wu army fought from Yunnan to the Yangtze River in one go, and South China and the Northwest were almost completely opposed. The Qing army took advantage of the few months given by Wu Sangui to stabilize its position, and the battle became a stalemate, and finally as soon as Wu Sangui died, the Wu army fell apart.

Combined with Doni Run, Wu Sangui still refused to let go of this matter anyway, and Zhou Shixiang concluded that Wu Sangui was now just waiting, waiting for himself and Fulin to separate the winner before making a bet.

Zhou Shixiang and Zhang Changgeng talked about Wu Sangui, Zhang Changgeng thought that if Wu Sangui was really ambitious and wanted to take advantage of the chaos to obtain the greatest fruit, then he had only one chance, or he would immediately go north into Sichuan, break through the Manchu Hanzhong defense line, and attack Shaanxi; Either it was to break the Huguang defense line of the Taiping army and rush into Huguang. If he doesn't do this, and only divides the winner in Yungui and other Jiangnan, then he will end up waiting for death, and the best outcome is to still surrender to the Ming or Qing.

Zhang Changgeng thinks that Wu Sangui is suspicious of nature, afraid of losing his strength, looking forward and looking backwards, always wanting to get the greatest benefits, but he is unwilling to go all out. This kind of person is an eagle dog, but it is difficult to make his own decisions. At present, he is facing a situation that will determine the life and death of his department's future strategy, and there is no room for hesitation at all, and he cannot be allowed to wait there stupidly. He should now immediately take advantage of Doni's escape, lead his troops to take Guizhou, and then immediately enter Sichuan, attack Baoning and Hanzhong, capture Xi'an, and occupy Tongguan. In this way, Wu Jun can go out of Shanxi in the east and Henan in the south, and is even expected to take Beijing earlier than the Taiping Army and achieve great things. After all, the Shunzhi army was attracted by the Taiping Army in Yangzhou, and Doni's 20,000 Manchurian soldiers and horses fled through these thousands of miles, how much more fighting spirit and combat effectiveness could they have? If he doesn't do it now, when will he wait!

The soldiers are fast, the Qing court can't take care of Sichuan and Shaanxi at all now, and Doni led the army to escape, this is a great opportunity in front of Wu Sangui's eyes, and he is still shrinking in Yunnan and waiting for the southeast to win or lose, which is really stupid.

Zhou Shixiang agreed with Zhang Changgeng's words, if he was Wu Sangui, he would have attacked Doni as early as when the southern capital was recovered, and then went straight to Sichuan all the time, took Shaanxi with lightning speed, and left Tongguan. He will not stop, you must know that there is a dangerous road in Sichuan between Shaanxi and Yunnan-Guizhou, and the transportation is extremely difficult, if you don't go all out to seize Beijing after taking Shaanxi, then the army in Shaanxi and the soldiers and horses in Yunnan-Guizhou can't take care of each other. Taking care of one thing and losing the other, the final outcome was nothing more than the second Liu Wenxiu, who retreated from Shu Dao and suffered heavy losses.

Zhang Changgeng also analyzed that if Wu Sangui did not enter Sichuan and seize Shaanxi, there would be a second way to go, that is, to play the banner of Yongli, to incorporate the Ming army of various departments in Sichuan in the name of Yongli, and then not to go to Hanzhong, but to take Chongqing as a node, and take the Three Gorges defense line, where the Ming army was weak, out of Huguang.

The area around the Three Gorges and Xingfang is full of 13 camping troops, the quality of the soldiers is low, and the main forces are concentrated on the front line of Wuchang and Henan, so although the Three Gorges is a natural danger, it is easier to break through. As long as the house is built and the soldiers are out of Yiling, Xiangyang, Shenyang, and Zhongxiang in Hubei are at your fingertips. Although the river is fast, as long as there are large ships, it can be transported downstream, which is far more convenient than land. Then the main force attacked Wuchang, and the division flanked Hunan, and the Taiping army in Hunan was under 20,000 or 30,000 horses under Zhao Sihai, the governor of Hunan, and could not withstand a blow from the hundreds of thousands of troops under the command of Wu Sangui.

In this way, Wu Sangui, who is mainly based on Yongli, can sit on Huguang and look at the south of the Yangtze River, just like Zuo Liangyu back then, but the pseudo-prince has become the real emperor Yongli, Hongguang has become the king of Tang, and Zhou Shixiang is the four towns. Zhou Shixiang was able to solve the Qing army's Jiangbei camp, so that he could win the decisive battle on the front line of Nanchang, Jiujiang and Poyang Lake, just like the Taizu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang to Chen Youliang.

Whoever wins, who is qualified for the Northern Expedition to completely wipe out Manchuria and restore China!

In other words, if Zhou Shixiang can't solve the Qing army camp in Jiangbei, then under the attack of the two armies, it will be the best end to retreat to Liangguang to breathe.

Zhou Shixiang didn't have many choices, but Wu Sangui could choose Li Zicheng or Zuo Liangyu. Of course, Zhou Shixiang couldn't let Wu Sangui give it a go, no matter which path he chose, he was the biggest threat to himself. But now, he found that he didn't have a good way to deal with Wu Sangui, and now he not only had to deal with the camp in Jiangbei, but also set out to restore Fujian and Zhejiang, and he was really a little beyond the reach of Wu Sangui. The most important thing is that he must immediately send the Tang King to the throne of the emperor, whether Zhu Youlang falls into the hands of Wu Sangui or not, he must reduce his value by half.

The big deal is the Three Kingdoms, one clear and two clear.

Zhou Shixiang is not worried about becoming Sun Quan, because the essence of China is not in the north, but in the south!

If Wu Sangui enters Sichuan and goes to Shaanxi, Zhou Shixiang can't reach it, but he can prevent him from entering Huguang. So after thinking about it again, Zhou Shi said to Ai Chengye that he would send a group of troops and horses to Hubei to consolidate the Three Gorges defense line with the loyal battalion, but in view of the fact that there was the main force of the Qing army in Jiangbei at present, he could not organize an offensive against Chongqing, and hoped that the king of Qingyang would understand. Zhou Shixiang promised that once the Qing army's Jiangbei camp was resolved, he would definitely provide effective support to King Qingyang.

In the end, Zhou Shixiang asked Ai Chengye to stay for a few days, and Tang Jianguo would soon arrive in Nanjing, and at that time, he would join forces with Nandu Wenwu to ask Jianguo to ascend the throne. (To be continued.) )