Chapter 460: Farewell
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After the Qing army retreated, the Ming Dynasty was in ruins. Fortunately, the court regained power www.biquge.info the imperial court, and the whole country had to worship under their former kingdom again. In addition, during the war, the places far away from the war went their own way, and they made great efforts to consolidate their own power, and production did not fall behind. In particular, instead of stopping the central measures of changing the land into key areas, the central measures became more and more prosperous in the localities, because the people tasted the sweetness at the beginning of the reform, and the local princes also consolidated their spheres of influence in this way!
It can be seen that after the battle of life and death, the Ming Dynasty was not full of holes, and the local forces swelled rapidly when the imperial court had no time to take care of it, especially in the south of the Yangtze River, and the disasters brought to them by the war were far less than those in Jiangbei, north of the Yangtze River, and almost everywhere the Qing army went, almost all lives were destroyed, especially the capital Beijing, which was crumbling! Reconstruction is urgent.
In order to prevent the Qing army from cheating, Zhu Qing sent 100,000 iron cavalry and firearms to send the Qing army out of the customs with firearms, until the Jinzhou area. Originally, Ning Yuan and Jinzhou had always been guarded by Cheng Li, but this time Cheng Li's injury was not light, and now he is still healing in the ghost doctor's cold stabbing medical hall and cannot move. And Tie Mian has no other love in the capital, and he is the former deputy general of the border pass, so he should go on the expedition. Zhu Qing sent the white tiger to accompany him, of course, considering that the iron face was weak and weak, in case of an accident, it would be good to take care of it. After a few days of travel, Dolgon led more than 300,000 troops to withdraw from Jinzhou, and they left the Central Plains with Chu Ling, the princess of the Ming Dynasty in the Central Plains, everyone knew the significance of Chu Ling's trip, but no one expected that Chu Ling's marriage would determine the future of the Ming Dynasty!
"Should I call you King Liao? Or do you call it Shunzhi? Before leaving, Tie Mian suddenly said coldly to Fu Lin.
Fu Lin smiled lightly, "The general can call it whatever he wants." ”
Iron Mask nodded, "It seems that Qinglong didn't see the wrong person." But I still have to give you another reminder for Qinglong and treat our princess well. ”
"Don't worry, General Tie, I'll be fine, am I?" It was when Fu Lin was embarrassed, Chu Ling helped him break the siege, a king was so threatened by a general, it was really difficult for this child, fortunately he married a good wife.
"Okay, didn't you just call? Don't scare us all day, know that this time we have hit your capital. "Instead of quietly accepting all provocations, Dorgon is a man who has seen strong winds and waves, and he is a pestle in front of the Iron Mask, and the two of them look at each other coldly.
"Hey, what do you want to do?!" The white tiger was a little anxious, and now he thought that Dorgon was going to make a move, so he asked forward.
"Forget it, let's go." Da Yu'er didn't want to cause trouble, so she tugged on the corner of Dolgon.
Dolgon smiled coldly, patted Iron Mask and White Tiger on the shoulder, and said, "The young man is good, very promising. As he spoke, he walked between the two and said to Fu Lin, "Master, please!" ”
"Humph! What garlic to hold! Watching Dole lead the team out of the customs, the white tiger spat and sneered.
"Ignore them, let's quickly clean up the city defenses." Iron Mask glanced at it and said coldly.
After the Qing army left the customs, the Ming Dynasty temporarily consolidated the northeast border pass.
After sending the Qing army away, Zhu Qing and others redistributed their forces according to the situation, and under the condition of ensuring the reconstruction and protection of the capital, they divided the existing forces into four groups, one to the west to still defend Kaifeng, one to the east to supervise the coastal area of Shandong, and one to the south of the Yangtze River. The last force penetrated deep into the southwest, firstly, to pacify the local reactionary forces in Sichuan, Huguang, Yunnan-Guizhou and other places, to raise the prestige of the Ming Dynasty, and to ensure local obedience to the imperial court and tax payment.
Under Zhu Qing's mediation, the wolf king Cao Huachun did not kill Wang Chengen, but he did not stay in Beijing at the invitation of Chongzhen. Also making the same choice as Cao Huachun is Xu Hongfei. Daming was able to turn the danger into a disaster this time, and the White Lotus Sect made great contributions. After Zhu Qing reconciled the relationship between the White Lotus Sect and the imperial court, Xu Hongfei did not accept the imperial court's recruitment to join the central army, but agreed to the imperial court's covenant to exist as a legal army of the Ming Dynasty, to ensure the safety of one party, and not to interfere in the affairs of the court without suppression! Xu Hongfei and Cao Huachun made the same choice, and there were also some generals who were at odds with the imperial court on weekdays but stepped forward at critical moments, and they all chose to return to the place. "Rabbits and dogs are cooked, and birds are hidden." These generals who are on the battlefield and crisscrossing the rivers and lakes are well aware of this matter. Now that the catastrophe has just passed, and Zhu Qing is protecting him in the capital, Chongzhen will naturally not make any out-of-the-ordinary moves, but once the court relaxes and Zhu Qing is forced to transfer, it will be difficult to say. Just walked away, what is love!
The reinforcements, like the Qing army, did not accept any banquets and rewards from the imperial court, and after signing an alliance with each other, they disbanded on the spot and left Beijing.
Kaifeng guard general Liangshan and Chuang Wang Li Zicheng, the new Daxi king Shen Hui and other Kaifeng guards led 100,000 people to return to Kaifeng, this battle, the Kaifeng army suffered heavy losses, they became a veritable cannon fodder, a million Chuang army was beaten to only more than 200,000 people. When Zhu Qing saw them off, his eyes were blurry. At the beginning, the imperial court recruited an army, just to use the army to fight the Qing army and consume each other. But after a battle, I know who is the cutest person!
Like the Chuang Army, Xu Hongfei's White Lotus Sect was also an uprising of displaced people, but Xu Hongfei had long planned to cooperate with Jinyiwei, so he was supported by Jinyiwei's firearms, and because of the different combat missions, he did not suffer much loss and retained most of the strength of the White Lotus Sect, which shows the importance of the commander's ability and army cohesion to a team.
When Zhu Qing, Ning Er and the others sent Xu Hongfei and Bai Ying and the White Lotus Sect out of the city, it was difficult to say, brothers, hug it, warm wine is waiting for you! The affection of the rivers and lakes has to be done according to the rules of the rivers and lakes, and what rules are so vulnerable at the moment of life and death! Just like Xu Hongfei can go all out for the sake of the second master, the White Lotus Sect can also temporarily let go of the hatred with the imperial court for the sake of the Han Dynasty! Parting wine, Xu Hongfei and Bai Ying refused the imperial wine of the imperial court, and Xu Hongfei asked someone to take out a pot of sake.
"Do you remember, this is the trophy of the land we got from fighting the Japanese invaders, this Japanese is too bad, but this sake is okay." Xu Hongfei said, poured a few cups, and distributed them to Zhu Qing, Heisha, Xuanwu and Sai Shiqian and others, and even Zhuque and Ning Er also had a cup in their hands.
"I knew that I left the battleship to you at the beginning, and the sake went to the sea, so that you wouldn't be addicted to the Japanese wine, and one day your heart and eyes would be broken, hahaha!" Zhu Qing took the wine glass and laughed. When everyone heard this, they couldn't stop laughing.
"Then wait until you can beat you next time, come, dry this glass of wine, let's see you in the rivers and lakes!" Xu Hongfei said heartily.
"Goodbye!" The generals spoke, and drank it all.
"The two girls drink a good amount of alcohol, Qinglong, this is what you are used to, right?" White Shadow drank and quipped.
When everyone heard this, they were surprised and smiled, but they didn't expect that the white shadow, who had always seen the head and the end of the dragon, would also joke!
"Come, thanks to the White Shadow Hero this time, Qinglong and I will toast you." Ning Er remembered that in order to save Zhu Qing, Bai Ying was desperate for all injuries. Only then did everyone quiet down and nod their heads.
The three of them poured it full, looked at each other, and they were all in the cup. Zhu Qing watched Zhu Qing and Ning Er raise their glasses to the white shadow, and suddenly felt a hint of drunkenness.
When it was time to say goodbye to Cao Huachun, the scene was particularly bleak. One person returned to Beijing with nearly a thousand war wolves, and in the end, Cao Huachun was left with only ten scarred war wolves.
As a former great eunuch, Cao Huachun didn't want to see too many people at the parting scene, except for the few big brocade clothes who had met him.
"Father-in-law, you not only sent me a wind chasing horse, but also brought me hope, you say, what do you ask me to help do, no matter what, my Qinglong will do my best to do it for you." At the intersection of the road, Zhu Qing looked at this old man with slightly white temples, although his improvement looked good, but the gray hair still revealed his mood at the moment, because he was in the capital and reminded him of the unbearable past, so the yin atmosphere overpowered his masculinity.
Although Cao Huachun couldn't see his white hair, he could feel the skin on his body squirming, and it became more and more wrinkled. He shook his head with a wry smile, "No need, you've done it." ”
When Zhu Qing heard this, he was taken aback and glanced at the people around him.
"You have handed over Wang Chengen to me, and my wish in this life is to kill this rebel with my own hands!" Cao Huachun said lightly, as if Wang Chengen was not a rebel.
"But......" Ning'er wondered, in fact, everyone was puzzled.
"But I didn't kill him." Cao Huachun smiled bitterly again, "Even he can forgive him for plotting to usurp the throne Chongzhen, the past is over, why should I still have trouble with myself?" After Cao Huachun finished speaking, he smiled indifferently.
Everyone looked at this lonely old man who relied on wolf nature to maintain youth and masculinity, and they had mixed feelings in their hearts. I wonder if the remaining ten wolves can provide him with enough wolf nature, and if his short youth is really just a flash in the pan, and this life will wither?
"Okay, I should go, you can go back to the wolf's den to see Lin Bai when you have time, he should be almost fine." Looking at the unhappy expressions of Zhu Qing and the others, Cao Huachun patted Zhu Qing's shoulder and smiled slightly, beckoned to the wolves, and walked out of the city gate alone.
"Master!" Suddenly, a figure rushed out and knelt down abruptly towards Cao Huachun's back. A sunset shone on Wang Chengen's forehead, and he was already silver-haired.
Cao Huachun stopped, but did not look back, he took out the flute and blew, the wolves quickened their pace, and followed closely, this flute was his apprentice Wang Cheng who honored him back then. As the sun set, the flute sounded melodiously, and Wang Chengen burst into tears.
"Hey, if you knew today, why bother in the first place?" Zhu Qing and the others stood in front of the city gate, looking at Wang Chengen who knelt down to worship Cao Huachun, Ning Er leaned on Zhu Qing's shoulder and couldn't help sighing.
"Aren't all people like that?" Suzaku replied coldly and walked out of the crowd.
Sai Shiqian and the others smiled secretly, and they also dispersed.
"Shall we go back too?" Ning Er whispered to Zhu Qing.
Zhu Qing still looked at the lonely voice from afar, unwilling to leave for a long time. With them, there was also Hei Sha who overlooked Cao Huachun's distant direction, the prince of Longxuan who was saved by Cao Huachun with a wolf heart!
"Qinglong, when are you going to pick up Lin Bai?" Heisha asked suddenly.
"Tomorrow!" Zhu Qing replied without thinking, he not only missed that brother, but also wanted to send a trace of warmth to this lonely old man.
"Tomorrow you will prepare some gifts and come with me. They are all people who have made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty, they don't want the court to reward them, but the court can't help but give them! Zhu Qing instructed the black sha.
The Black Shady nodded, "I'll do it myself." ”
"Other reinforcements have also been sent to them, people can't keep them, and people's hearts can't be left behind!" At this time, a wheelchair drove out, and Killing Wind said quietly behind Zhu Qing.