Ouyang Xuan, who was far away in Chang'an, looked at the letter just sent by the Secret Affairs Division, sighed long, and said to himself: "Good people don't do it, they have to be slaves."

Five days later, a bombshell news came from Beijing: Wan Yankang was convicted of deliberate rebellion, his home was raided, the nine clans were moved, and Yongji was cut to the people. The two high-ranking officials from China now ended up with a ruined family, which was somewhat unexpected by the Chinese people. If we follow the road of innovation of Wanyankang, the Qing Dynasty will still have the strength to compete with China in less than a hundred years. The current Central Plains killed the reformers behind it without even learning the most basic military system in China, and Ouyang Xuan felt a little sorry for this Wanyankang.

In addition to regretting, Ouyang Xuan was also very helpless. "Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains are full of strange peaks, and all kinds of Confucianism and dust are about to pass away; In this life, Wang Zuocai is a winner, and in the next life, he will inherit it", a sword book written by the seven words of Fu and a letter were transferred to Qianlong through the Qing envoy. In the letter, Ouyang Xuan expressed his heartfelt thanks to Qianlong for getting rid of Wan Yan Kang, the most threatening figure in Huaxia, and as for killing the Jurchen Wan Yan Ministry, Ouyang Xuan provided five million catties of grain every year as a reward, and Qianlong did what Huaxia wanted to do but did not dare to do.

When the resignation and letter arrived in Qianlong's hands, it was half a month later, and after reading the letter, Qianlong suddenly felt that the world was spinning. hurriedly ordered the recall of Yongji's bones, but it was too late, after hearing the news that the Jurchen Wanyan was killed, Yongji's bones killed the whole family, and committed suicide by hanging beams. This change made Qianlong feel at a loss. took out Ouyang Xuan's letter again and read it carefully, feeling more and more that all this seemed to be a conspiracy. It invisibly increased the contradictions within the Manchus, and at the same time increased the hatred between the Manchus and the Hans, after all, more than 100,000 Han soldiers pretended to be Eight Banner soldiers and died tragically under the two passes. took advantage of his weakness in the supremacy of power, and made a discordant plan to make all his wishful thinking come to naught. The military system of Huaxia has only learned some superficial knowledge, and now those Eight Banner soldiers can only use single-shot rifles, and they have not even learned the artillery ruler, so they have killed all the teachers, especially the 170,000 Wanyan subordinates with high education and understanding of Huaxia military. They were the biggest threat to Huaxia when they were alive, and now they are all gone. After learning the fate of the Yan tribe, those Mongolian tribes who had defected moved to the northern prefecture of Huaxia again, and the hope they had just seen was lost again.

Qianlong, who was exhausted, finally fell ill under internal and external attacks. Murong Xing took the opportunity to unite all anti-Qing forces to launch a rebellion based on Dabie Mountain. The rebellion included the Han, Mongol, and Xianbei tribes, and gathered 500,000 well-trained men. With Murong as the commander, the troops were divided into six routes, attacking Hefei, Wuhu, Lu'an, Xinyang, Huainan, and Fuyang respectively. For a time, there were wars in the land of Jianghuai, because the literary prison from Kangxi to the present day made the Han people miserable, and the Han people responded everywhere. "Drive out the Tartars and restore our China" became the slogan of the rebels. The Manchu officials were almost not spared, and all of them were slaughtered. The Six-Way Army was in full swing, rapidly expanding from the initial 500,000 to 800,000. In December 1744, Qianlong occupied a large area south of the Yellow River, and the sick Qianlong held a royal meeting with his weak body, and led the 180,000 elite soldiers of the Yellow Banner to the south to exterminate the rebels. The two armies were on the front line of the Yellow River, with the same equipment and the same training, but what the Eight Banners lacked was cultural heritage, and more barbarism and killing. After all, Murong Xing has royal blood, not the kind of peasant grass. It is strictly forbidden to govern the army, and the rules and regulations are moderate, and it is deeply supported by generals at all levels and local squires.

For a time, the two sides were at loggerheads, the main forces of Murong Xing's army were concentrated in Jinan, Heze, and Kaifeng, and the Eight Banners were concentrated in Xinxiang, Puyang, Liaocheng, and Gaotang. With the freezing of the Yellow River, Murong Xing led part of the main force across the frozen river to Liaocheng, the other part of the main force was led by the Han general Wang Qianhong to take Gaotang, Heze soldiers and horses were led by the Han general Zhang Yunji, crossed the river from Dongkou, surrounded Puyang, and the Kaifeng soldiers and horses were led by the deputy commander Han general Xiao Zhixin, crossed the river through Liuyuankou, and fought a decisive battle with the Qing soldiers and sealed the hill.

When Ouyang Xuan saw the Central Plains battle report, he was also at a loss. According to the investigation results of the secret affairs department and the astronauts, Murong Xing still had 50,000 strictly trained Xianbei military horses in Taihang Mountain, but he did not move. Something is somewhat wrong, if a fatal blow is launched against the Qing troops from the rear at this time, I am afraid that Qianlong's Beijing will also be just around the corner.

Ouyang Xuan summoned the people of the inner government and the cabinet to discuss the matter of the Central Plains with the Military and Political Palace, according to the constitution of Huaxia, it is impossible for the Central Plains to be touched again, and can only support a pro-Chinese force. Murong Xing is obviously not good, this leader of the Central Plains Xianbei is full of hostility towards Huaxia. After thinking about it, I couldn't find a suitable candidate. If Ouyang Xuan or the Huaxia generals opened their horizons, in fact, there were many capable people in the Central Plains at this time, but they were all people of Confucius and Mencius inheritance, and they couldn't enter the eyes of these people, so they could only wait and see what happened.

In the list of rebel generals submitted by the Secret Affairs Division, Ouyang Xuan actually saw Zhou Zhenhu and Shen Shaozu, Zhou Zhenhu and Xiao Zhixin's Yamen generals, commanding the front army, and Shen Shaozu served as the commander of the whole army in Jinan.

"You said that Hu'er is too, if you don't do it well, you go to be a Yamen general, what if there is a good one, how would it be good", Zuo Rui took a letter and directly found Ouyang Xuan and complained.

"It's okay, after Brother Zhou also has a general, maybe it may be almost the Lord of the Central Plains, and it's not impossible."

"What do you mean by that?" , Zuo Rui looked at Ouyang Xuan in surprise and asked.

"This lord of the Central Plains is not up to me, whoever you want to be in charge will be in charge. It's just that Hu'er, this kid doesn't have the appearance of an emperor in his life, and I'm afraid that it won't last long if he does it", Ouyang Xuan said slowly.

"As long as you keep the tiger safe, the old body doesn't think about anything that is not a king."

"This sister-in-law can rest assured, I have more than 100 masters by his side, and I should have no worries about saving my life. His family members are also in the Shanghai Concession, so they can rest assured."

After Ouyang Xuan finished speaking, he continued to study the current situation in the Central Plains, according to the current situation, if Murong Xing did not dispatch the strange army of Taihang Mountain, I am afraid that it would still be a little difficult to hit Beijing, and it was possible to destroy the whole army.

At the end of the year, the offensive was the first to end the battle of Fengqiu, although after a death battle, how could the Eight Banners soldiers be too brave, 60,000 rebels only Zhou Zhenhu with 8,000 people were able to retreat, and the rest of the horses were killed and in front of the battle, but the Eight Banners were also heavy losses and were unable to fight, and at this time Zhou Zhenhu, who retreated to the south bank, led the troops back to Fengqiu again, annihilated the remnants of more than 10,000 Eight Banners in one fell swoop, captured Fengqiu, Yuanyang, and the soldiers pointed directly at Xinxiang, and Yanjin and Qing reinforcements met, after hard fighting, the rebels suffered heavy casualties, Zhou Zhenhu was escorted by more than 100 cheetah members and returned to Henan. Wang Qianhong's Gaotang battle was the most defeated, and the 70,000 horses were almost wiped out, and they retreated to Jinan. The only battle of Puyang that was victorious, but after the battle, because of the lack of food and grass, it retreated to Heze.

Murong Xing's battle of Liaocheng was extremely tragic, and only 10,000 people were left in the end to conquer Liaocheng, but he was also unable to fight again and was forced to retreat to Jinan.

In early January, the two sides returned to the Yellow River. Qianlong, who had just improved his health, again mobilized 200,000 soldiers from Liaoning and Jilin to the south in mid-January to replenish the battle losses. This time God stood on the side of the Qing soldiers, and in January 1745 in the Central Plains, it was extremely cold, and the temperature in the lower reaches of the Yellow River was as low as minus 20 degrees. Taking advantage of the cold, the Qing soldiers crossed the frozen Yellow River to attack Jinan, Heze, and Kaifeng. The rebels, unable to fight any longer, had no choice but to retreat. The Qing troops quickly regained large swaths of lost territory. The first thing Nalan Dechong got carried away after conquering Jinan with great difficulty was to slaughter the city, regardless of men, women and children, no one was left behind, for seven days.

Ouyang Xuan, who got the news, smashed the Nanmu table case with one palm, "Pass on my order, the Guards and Laiwuguan of Penglai County will assemble and stand by, and the Cheetah team will return Qianlong's severed finger to him tonight, and recruit the envoy of the Qing State to see me." "No", Wei Yu was ordered to go down and give the order.

Soon the Qing envoy Erhe hurried to Renfeng Pavilion, and he didn't know what was going on, so he knelt on the ground tremblingly. "You send a letter to Hongli Xiao'er, because the Manchu Hu people and the Han clan of Jinan slaughtered me, and now we hereby cut off all contacts with the Qing State. Send troops to Jinan, capture Nalan Dechong, and punish all the people".

"Please think twice about the Divine Emperor, this is a momentary anger on the part of General Nalan Dechong, please go to Bang Haihan! If the two countries of China and Qing meet each other, the people who benefit from the Europa will also", Erhe hurriedly replied, obviously already knowing about the massacre of Jinan.

"You just need to speak, and someone will expel the Qing State Minister", Ouyang Xuan didn't pay attention to Erhe, and ordered directly. "No!" , The guards behind him led the order to carry the paralyzed Erhe out of Renfeng Pavilion.

That night, the panicked Hongli received a gold box picked up by the eunuch, and after opening it and looking at it, he only glanced at it, and was covered in a cold sweat. "I am dead in the Qing Dynasty, I am full of people", a mouthful of blood gushed out. Fainted. The eunuchs present were all frightened, and hurriedly found the imperial doctor for emergency treatment.

After being in a coma for a whole day, Hongli woke up slowly, and the first sentence was: "Quickly spread Nalande Chong back to Beijing, otherwise I will not be able to protect the whole family." "The slave leads the order", the pen-holding eunuch beside him bowed and replied.

"Your Majesty is fine, and if you are fine," Zhang Tingyu said tremblingly.

"Zhang Qing's family, I have something to ask for."

"Your Majesty, please speak, the slave must do his best to help."

"You go to the valley ten miles north of Wufeng Mountain in Lingchuan County on your behalf, and invite the people of Wufeng Dao to enter Beijing." "Slaves obey!" , Zhang Tingyu hurriedly retreated.

"Wufeng Daoist, who is it?" , Ouyang Xuan asked Wu Qinfeng.

"Back to Your Majesty, it is Mrs. Zhou's cousin Zuo Heng. He has always practiced the unique secret inheritance left by Zuo Shengzu when he lived in seclusion outside the valley with His Majesty, and a secret agent of the Secret Affairs Department cultivated the fields for him."

"Oh, I see. Someone came to give the order, stay behind the cheetah team and go to Taihang Mountain with me tonight." "No!" , Wei Yu bowed down to receive the order.

No one was more familiar with the valley than Ouyang Xuan and the cheetah team, because the entrance and exit passages were sealed with lava, forming a narrow sinkhole with a depth of 100 meters and a radius of 10 miles, surrounded by vertical and steep cliffs up to more than 100 meters high. Zuo Heng's residence is located in the valley northwest of the valley, and an ancient road passes through it. When Ouyang Xuan arrived, it was already the middle of the night, and he temporarily stayed on the mountain beam for the night. In the early morning, he disguised himself as a Jin merchant and walked along the Baicheng Ancient Road.

Pinching the time, it was almost noon before the disguised caravan slowly approached the Taoist temple. From a distance, the Taoist temple is located on the cliff above the ancient road, with red bricks and green tiles, which match the surrounding pine forest very naturally. "Let's all go slower", Ouyang Xuan faintly felt the danger in the mountains and forests.

Leaning slightly, Ling Huyan stepped forward and whispered to Ouyang Xuan: "Your Majesty, there may be an ambush nearby." Ouyang Xuan nodded and said, "Let everyone be vigilant, especially to guard against crossbow ......", before the words fell, a strong crossbow shot on the mountain road in front of the team with the sound of the wind.

"Where is the sacred, please show your true body?". Linghu Yan shouted loudly.

"Tianpan Liang, the earth is the household, you are here, please Liang Tuopan", Ouyang Xuan shouted with a smile in Hebei dialect.

"Feelings for this business, there are door beams", a group of black-clothed people flashed out of the hula in the forest, and the leader drank it.

Ouyang Xuan stepped forward slowly, looked at the leader, crossed his hands and hugged his shoulders, then dragged his right elbow with his left hand, pointed forward with his right hand and said, "Go in many ways, blue robe hexagram, walk like falling leaves." The wind is hiding".

"Haha, Liang Zimenqing. Which one to report? The leader asked.

"Taiyuan takes the goods rammer ditch, go to the road, Huang Yi Bai Liu, please take yourself." After Ouyang Xuan finished speaking, he ordered someone to take one tael of gold and sixty taels of silver and put it in the middle of the road. I made a gesture of please with my hand. The leader and the minions around him explained two sentences, and one of them stepped forward and took sixty taels of silver. Adjusted the direction of the gold tael and returned to the main formation.

"Once the road is opened, why don't you show up with the old boss?" , Ouyang Xuan asked with his hands clenched into fists crossed over his chest.

"Don't get ashes, even if you get it, the branch will be gone," the man at the head shouted coldly.

"Haha, when you get to the plate, if you don't bow to your head, you can't say anything." As soon as the words fell, a black figure suddenly flashed through the crowd and walked in front of Ouyang Xuan, and punched Ouyang Xuan directly in front of the door. Ouyang Xuan smiled slightly, grabbed his wrist with his right hand, used his right foot as the axis, turned to the left, and turned his left hand into a palm, straight to the neck. The man was not ambiguous, with his left foot as the axis, he suddenly turned around, clenched his left hand into a fist, and went straight to Ouyang Xuan's waist and ribs with the sound of the wind. Ouyang Xuan's left arm bent and sank, and his elbow slammed into his fist. When the opponent's body was not stable, his waist and abdomen were retracted and flicked, and his right hand was loosened, and the person was bounced out heavily. A Tai Chi starting pose, made a please. "No fight, no fight. It wasn't your match forty years ago, and it's not even now. It's just that your face doesn't look old? The man replied in an old voice.

"Haha, your fist has grown a lot."

The man took off his turban and his black clothes, revealing pale hair, a round face, high cheekbones, and a wrinkled forehead. "I'm old, I don't have the sharpness I had back then, it's just that your face and body haven't seen any changes", after speaking, he turned back to the group of black-clothed people and said, "It's all light, and the road branch has been returned." Your cousin is here, and he hasn't come forward to fold the shop! ”。

After hearing this, the men in black took off their headscarves and masks, took off their black clothes, and put them in the backpacks behind them. They all stepped forward and knelt on the ground, and said in unison: "I don't know that my grandfather is here, forgive my sins and atone for my sins!" ”。“ Arise, all of them, and he that does not know is not guilty." "Thank you, cousin".

After everyone finished worshipping, one person went to pull out the crossbow arrow from the ground, and the leader handed sixty taels of silver to Ouyang Xuan in both hands and said, "Please take it back!" ”。

"Oh, this is my longest apprentice, Hong San. It frightened my cousin."

"Haha, forget it, sixty taels of silver is just a matter of the seams to me. take it and give it to the brethren to drink wine." After speaking, with a flip of his wrist, a Tai Chi waved his hand and took Hong San's arm directly. This Hong San was also a clever reaction, so he turned around and skillfully defused the blow. "Haha, yes, yes. Learn exquisitely". After Ouyang Xuan finished speaking, he raised his right arm, and naturally raised his index finger and waved it back.