"Na Song's father and son raised troops at this time, but they chose a good time, after all, the Yongli court is not dead, and the people's hearts are undecided. He raised troops at this time, and there were many benefits he could reap, at least, Yongli would not treat him badly. Hong Jingluo revealed in his letter that the prince believed that Yuanjiang must be suppressed, otherwise the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who had surrendered to our Qing Dynasty would definitely be ready to move, and the local Tusi would also respond. Therefore, King Xin ordered Gushan Ezhen Zhuoluo to lead half of the Manchu army to Zhengyuan River through Tonghai, and the general himself and Ezhen Yierde led the other half of the Manchu army to stay in Kunming. ”

Hu Shouliang said as he handed the letter sent by Hong Chengchou from Kunming to Fang Xianting on the side. There are two other people in the tent, one is Wu Sangui's son-in-law Xia Guoxiang, and the other is Lin Tianqing, the new governor of Yunnan.

Xia Guoxiang is both civil and military, good at planning, but he was born at the wrong time in his early years, he had a talent but no place to show it, and he was not able to show his strength until he was favored by Wu Sangui. Not only that, Wu Sangui also made Xia Guoxiang take charge of his descendant soldiers Guan Ningbing, and also married his eldest daughter to him as his wife, which naturally made Xia Guo loyal to Wu Sangui. Outsiders all say that if the king of Pingxi has a right-hand man, then the Xia Kingdom must be one of them.

Lin Tianqing was a close confidant of Hong Chengchou, and when Hong Chengchou was still the trilateral governor of the Ming Dynasty, Lin Tianqing served under his curtain. After the Battle of Songshan, Lin Tianqing descended with Hong Chengchou. In the tenth year of Shunzhi, he was sponsored by Hong Chengchou to serve as the governor of Huguang, and in the eleventh year of Shunzhi, he was sued by the prefect of Jiayu for bribery, but he was demoted by the Qing court as "incompetent" and remained in office as usual. Later, he was demoted by five levels for minor reasons, transferred to external use, and his post as governor of Huguang was taken over by Zhang Changgeng, a bachelor of the Inner Academy.

After the Qing army entered Yunnan, Shunzhi asked Hong Chengchou who could be the governor of Yunnan, and Hong Chengchou, who remembered the old love, recommended Lin Tianqing to Shunzhi again, Shunzhi did not want to use Lin Tianqing, but he thought that Hong Chengchou worked hard and made great achievements, and the Qing army's three-way entry into Yunnan was going smoothly, so he sold Hong Chengchou's face, so Lin Tianqing had to serve as the governor of Yunnan.

However, although he is named the governor of Yunnan, Lin Tianqing has nothing to do now, and the city of Kunming was burned down by the Ming army, so that his governor's yamen has no place to be placed. The king of Xinjun Doni did not want to see him there, and the old benefactor Hong Chengchou did not have a comfortable life, and now he was either called by the king of Xinjun to do some staff work, or he was sent to raise grain and grass, and he could not interfere in the military and politics of Yunnan at all. Only Wu Sangui, a nominal student, could still be affected by him at all, and the other troops didn't pay attention to Hong Chengchou's strategy at all, let alone have a good face for Lin Tianqing, the governor.

Lin Tianqing asked Hong Chengchou to help him say to King Xin's side and let him come to Wu Sangui's army, he really didn't dare to stay in Kunming, because there was a word from the Guangxi Admiral Line Guoan, saying that he would give him a good look.

Line Guoan wanted to give Lin Tianqing a good look, because the newly appointed governor of the court had a fold with him, saying that he line Guoan followed the army into the western part of Yunnan, wantonly looted, and raped. Sexual murder has caused misery in the places where his subordinates go, and has provoked countless civil uprisings. As the governor of Yunnan, Lin Tianqing had to ask the imperial court to give the line national security punishment to reassure the people. Who would have thought that Song Shu was still on the way, but he didn't know how the line Guoan knew about it, and he angrily threatened to kill Lin Tianqing in the army.

Lin Tianqing is the governor of Yunnan, and Xian Guoan is the governor of Guangxi, so naturally it is impossible to really kill Lin Tianqing, the governor of the imperial court, so that is really angry. But Lin Tianqing heard it in his ears, no one in Yunnan was waiting to see him at the moment, and the old benefactor Hong Chengchou didn't talk about it, and the line Guoan really wanted to trouble him, and the letter king Doni would definitely not do anything for him. Now that Yunnan is at war, there is smoke everywhere, although the line Guoan does not dare to blatantly kill him, but no one dares to guarantee that he will not make people behind the scenes, and then blame his death on the Ming army. Therefore, in order to save his life, Lin Tianqing only got Wu Sangui's army to take refuge temporarily, thinking that the line Guoan was the governor of Guangxi, and when the war in Yunnan was over, he would definitely go back to Guangxi, and then he would return to Kunming, so he would not have to worry about the line Guoan would be a black hand.

Wu Sangui also paid tribute to Lin Tianqing, the governor of Yunnan, and would let him be present in military discussions of all sizes, and knew that this governor had a shallow relationship with his nominal mentor, so he also deliberately wooed him. After all, with the support of the governor of Yunnan, the division of Yunnan and Guizhou that the king of Pingxi was trying to do would be much smoother.

After listening to what Hu Shouliang said, Wu Sangui shook his head with a smile and said: "The combat strength of the native soldiers is limited, although the strength of the Song father and son is not weak, but if they really want to go over, they can't stop it." The general's move should also be appropriate, to deal with these local officials, you have to kill chickens with knives, otherwise, they will think that our Qing soldiers are afraid of them. ”

"The prince is reasonable, and he thinks so from his humble position." Hu Shouliang smiled and agreed, then opened another official document, and after glancing at it, his brows suddenly furrowed.

Seeing this, Wu Sangui asked him, "What's the matter?" ”

Hu Shouliang settled down and said, "King Xin ordered the line Guoan to return to the division." ”

"Back to the teacher?"

Wu Sangui and Fang Xianting were both stunned, and Xia Guoxiang's expression remained unchanged. Lin Tianqing stood up a little excitedly, this news was the best news he had heard when he came to Yunnan. Fortunately, the general actually called the line Guoan back to the division, could it be that his own fold had an effect, and the court was going to punish the line Guoan?

"Didn't Xian Guoan break through the city of Guangxi, how can you believe that the king wants him to return to the division?"

Wu Sangui is a little strange, although the Qing army on the left road is headed by Zhao Butai, the general of Zhengnan, but the main force is the Guangxi soldiers under the command of the line Guoan, and now although the army has retreated to the southwest of Yunnan, the rest of Yunnan is not stable, and it still needs a large army to suppress. There are 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers and horses under the line Guoan, which can be used in these places, what is wrong with Doni to transfer people back?

"Brother Hu, what's going on?" Fang Xianting saw that Hu Shouliang's expression was wrong, so he asked Hu Shouliang.

"Chen Weixin, the governor of Guangxi, urgently reported that the Ming army in Guangdong had occupied Guilin and was rushing to Yunnan, so the king ordered the national security to return to the division to block the Ming army in Guangdong." After Hu Shouliang finished speaking, he handed the official document to Wu Sangui.

When Wu Sangui read the official document, Hu Shouliang said to the other party: "Chen Weixin's urgent report said that the Guangdong Ming army in Guizhou has more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and they are all good in armor and weapons. ”

"Hundreds of thousands?" Fang Xianting was taken aback, the strength of the Ming army in Guangdong made him a little shocked.

Xia Guoxiang sneered and said in disbelief: "Chen Weixin was afraid that the imperial court would investigate his responsibility for abandoning the land, so he expanded the strength of the Ming army in Guangdong. There are more than 100,000 soldiers, and if you have a husband, you can get 200,000 soldiers and horses, where did the Ming army in Guangdong come from so many people? ”

"More than 100,000 is definitely an exaggeration, but it can capture several important towns in Guangxi in just one month, and the Ming army in Guangdong is also elite, and I am afraid that there will be 50,000 or 60,000 people."

Wu Sangui said and put down the official document, looked at everyone and said with some emotion: "The first time this king heard the name of Xiucai was when he was in Hanzhong the year before last, at that time I only heard that Xiucai defeated the prince of Pingnan according to Xinhui, and I don't want to be this only two or three years, King Pingnan, King Jingnan, Prince Jian, Li Shutai, and Hahamu have all become defeated generals under this Xiucai, and this Xiucai also took a province and brought out a strong army, it is really a hero out of a young man, powerful, powerful"

Hu Shouliang and Fang Xianting both nodded slightly, although Xia Guoxiang thought very highly of himself, but he also admired the thief Xiucai who rose up in Guangdong, after all, the other party defeated the Manchurian soldiers. Speaking of which, since the Wanli Liao incident in the former Ming Dynasty, it was the first time that the Manchurians suffered such a big defeat in the hands of the Han people. The word hero, that thief show deserves it.

Lin Tianqing said: "That show talent is powerful, but in the eyes of the lower officials, he doesn't know the current affairs and the overall situation. So the prince doesn't have to worry about that Xiucai coming to King Qin, King Xin has called the line Guoan to return to the division, and the Guangdong Ming army will come to Yunnan to defeat the line Guoan first, and when they really lose the line Guoan, the prince's side has been decided. ”

Fang Xianting nodded and said, "That's right, no matter how fast that Xiucai runs, he can't catch up." ”

Hu Shouliang suddenly said: "Lord Wang, I'm thinking, is that Xiucai really here to King Qin?" (To be continued.) )