Hong Chengchou and Shang Kexi have never had a relationship between superiors and subordinates, as early as the sixth year of Chongzhen, Shang Kexi, who was the deputy general of Guangludao, had led his troops to reduce the gold, and at this time Hong Chengchou was commanding the Ming army as the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi to encircle and suppress the war against Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang. A deputy general of Hiroshima and a trilateral governor, the difference between the identities of the two is 108,000 miles, and the distance is also 108,000 miles, so naturally there is no connection.

After Shang Kexi lowered the gold, his department was given the name "Heavenly Aid Soldier" by Hong Tai, and he was also awarded the chief military officer, and the Han army was inlaid with a blue flag. In the ninth year of Chongzhen, after Hongtai changed "Jin" to "Qing", Feng Shang Kexi was the king of Zhishun and ordered him to follow him to conquer Korea. During this period, there was never any contact between Shang Kexi and Hong Chengchou, who was directing the encirclement and suppression of the Liukou in the Guannei, and the two probably only knew about each other's existence. It wasn't until the outbreak of the Songjin War in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen that Shang Kexi and Hong Chengchou had contact for the first time, and this battle was also the only battle between the two.

The Battle of Songjin ended with the annihilation of the Ming army, and the commander Hong Chengchou surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. After the Qing Dynasty, although Hong Chengchou was highly valued by Hong Tai, in the end, Hong Tai did not hold an official position except for consulting. With such an identity and treatment, it is naturally not as good as Shang Kexi, who is the king of Zhishun, not to mention what affiliation there will be between the two.

Hong Chengchou's fate took a major change after the Qing army entered the customs, out of the consideration of using the Han to control the Han, Dolgon reversed his brother's apparent trust in Hong Chengchou, but the heart was extremely vigilant, and he was very important to Hong Chengchou, and appointed him as the crown prince Taibao, the secretary of the military department and the right capital of the Imperial Palace, and entered the inner court to administer military affairs, and awarded the secretary of the academy of scholars, making him the first Han prime minister in the Qing court.

In the second year of Shunzhi, Duoduo, the prince of Qing Yu, led his division to capture Nanjing, but because of the "shaving order", the people of the Ming Dynasty in Jiangnan rebelled fiercely. Swift and cheap acts. In the fourth year of Shunzhi, Hong Chengchou returned to his hometown to guard the system due to the death of his father. In April of the following year, he was summoned to return to Beijing and once again entered the inner courtyard to assist in machine maintenance. Dolgon was so pleased with him that he summoned for several days to inquire about the need for reform in all provinces, and all his suggestions were accepted. After the death of Dol Luo, Shunzhi was ten years old, because the Yongli regime of the Ming Dynasty in the south united with the rest of the Great Western Army to resist the Qing Dynasty. The Qing army was defeated one after another on the battlefield in Hunan, and in order to save the defeat, Shunzhi urgently ordered Hong Chengchou to serve as the governor of the five provinces, and was fully responsible for the war in the south until now.

Unlike Hong Chengchou, who has been serving the Qing court everywhere after the Qing army entered the customs, Shang Kexi only led his troops into the customs in the first year of Shunzhi and returned to the command of Prince Yu Duoduo to pursue Li Zicheng's troops in the south, and then returned to Haizhou, Liaodong after the troops arrived in Ezhou, Hubei. This time Liaodong was four years, and it was not until the sixth year of Shunzhi that the Eight Banners of Manchukuo were not enough to mobilize because of the repeated wars in the south, and the Qing court had to reuse the Han Sanshun King who had returned to Liao. Changed the title of Shang Kexi to the king of Pingnan, and ordered him to lead his troops to Guangdong. In the seventh year of Shunzhi, Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao captured Guangzhou, and then sat in Guangzhou until now.

The Qing court appointed Hong Chengchou as the governor of the five provinces. These five provinces refer to Huguang, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, and Guizhou, and although Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao are both vassal kings in name, they still need to obey the unified arrangement of the five provinces in terms of war. However, Shunzhi didn't know where to think about it, and issued another decree in Guangdong. The decree said, "The thieves in Guangdong have recovered, the place is gradually flattening, and they are far away from Hunan." The two kings should be appointed with the governor."

This will actually changed Hong Chengchou's five provinces in disguise to four provinces, and with this will, Shang Kexi, Geng Jimao, and even Li Shutai can ignore Hong Chengchou and act alone, and only need to notify him afterwards. With this will, Hong Chengchou could not interfere in the military and politics of Guangdong, let alone be under the unified command of his old superintendent Hong.

Without the power to control the two feudal kings of Guangdong, Hong Chengchou could only send this letter to Guangdong in his personal name, and the words and sentences in the letter were also carefully considered, and there was absolutely no intention of grandeur.

The reason why Ban Zhifu still calls Hong Chengchou the "old superintendent" is mostly because of the old things of the former Ming Dynasty, after all, Hong Chengchou has a great reputation in the Chongzhen Dynasty, even if they have been the "famous master" for many years earlier than Hong Chengchou, they definitely dare not despise it. In addition, it is also very important that before the decree was issued to grant the two kings of Guangdong a special place, Hong Chengchou had been serving as the nominal governor of moderation for more than a year. This year may not be a long time, and Hong Chengchou has not given any orders to the two kings of Guangdong in this year or so, but in terms of officials who pay attention to rules, whether the two kings are under Hong Chengchou's control or not, he, the old superintendent, is decided. Even if Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao see Hong Chengchou himself in the future, they still have to call each other "old supervisor" with the respect of the prince, there is no way, the rules are the rules, and they can't be broken.

"Hong Lao'er can't do it himself, but he asks this king to go west, and he is also very good at this abacus."

Shang Kexi is not as polite as Ban Zhifu to Hong Chengchou, he doesn't even bother to have any respect for Hong Chengchou in front of his cronies, because he has always thought that Hong Chengchou, the commander of the defeated army, is not a big deal, and if he is really great, he will not be defeated in Songjin. In the final analysis, Hong Lao'er's prestige over the years is just based on the rogues he encircled and suppressed back then, and what kind of soldiers and horses are those gangs of rogues, and the two rotten persimmons are worse than anyone else. is really an admired person, Li Dingguo is much stronger than Hong Lao'er, even Sun Kewang is better than this old man who sells his reputation and reputation!

Shang Kexi, who is nearly sixty years old, is still strong and strong, and he is full of energy when he speaks, he patted the letter on the table, sneered, and said: "The emperor's will wants him Hong Lao'er to wait and see again, and he didn't mention anything to our side, but he Hong Lao'er is good, but he wants this king to probe him to explore the truth and reality, hum, is this reality really so easy to explore?" What if it is false? ”

"Does the prince mean not to go west?" Ban Zhifu was thoughtful.

Shang Kexi shook his head and said, "If Sun and Li are really infighting, how can they not take advantage of this God-given opportunity?" ”

"What do you mean?"

Ban Zhifu couldn't figure out King Pingnan's thoughts, he just said that it was hard to explore the truth and truth, but he said it in a blink of an eye, but he didn't know what the prince thought in his heart.

"I still have to go to the west, but I can't go with great fanfare, first send some troops to Gaozhou to explore, if Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang have infighting, he will not leave many soldiers and horses in Gaozhou, on the contrary..."

Seeing this, Ban Zhifu hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, don't worry, in my opinion, Sun Li's two thieves must be infighting, otherwise there is such a big movement here in Xinhui, why is there no sign of the Ming army in Gaozhou advancing eastward." ”

"I hope so."

Shang Kexi is also a person who has been in the army for many years, how can he not know that the Gaozhou Ming Army has indeed been a little wrong in the past few months, and he didn't know why Li Dingguo didn't take advantage of the situation to move east, but now it seems that he is afraid that Nanming is really on fire in the backyard.

"Whether it's virtual or real, we must deal with the Taiping Army in Xinhui as soon as possible, otherwise, this nail will prick us in the head sooner or later."

Speaking of this, Shang Kexi got up and paced two steps, and instructed Ban Zhifu: "You go to Xinhui again tomorrow, transfer your own soldiers back, and let Zhixin calm down, I can wait for a month or two here, so that he doesn't have to worry, he has been surrounded for a few months, and he doesn't care about another month or two." This king doesn't believe that the thieves in Xinhui City are really iron! Hunger will starve them to death!"

After Ban Zhifu responded, he asked puzzledly: "Why did the prince transfer his own soldiers?" ”

Shang Kexi chuckled: "Since I have decided to explore the bottom of Li Dingguo, that is, I really explored, let the soldiers of my family go, and if I found it well, I just took Gaozhou in one fell swoop, and when the letter solved the Taiping army, he asked him to lead the army straight to Gaozhou, and at that time, the king called the Geng family boy to go west and kill Li Dingguo by surprise!" (To be continued......)