In the judgment, Gao Dejiejun, who was only thrown out as a bait by Wu Sangui's old man, was actually so difficult to bite, and his combat effectiveness was so fierce, it was really a bit much beyond the expectations of the veteran of Mites Qing and the last famous general of Mites Qing. In addition, what makes Ao Bai secretly vigilant and worried is that since he took power and decisively ended the large-scale war in the whole country, in just ten years, the serious degeneration of the mite Qing army and the decline of the soldiers' will to fight have greatly exceeded Ao Bai's expectations.

The enemy advances and retreats, and what worries Aobai, the loyal lackey, is the retreat.

As a veteran of the battlefield who joined the army at the age of 15, Ao Bai certainly understood the reasons for the degeneration of the Mites-Qing army -- there had been no large-scale war for ten years, the veterans and veterans had retired and died, the recruits had never been on a major battlefield, let alone seen so much blood when the Mites invaded the Central Plains, their experience was seriously insufficient, and their psychology was extremely immature, thus lowering the average combat effectiveness of the Mites-Qing army.

In addition, there is another important reason for the deterioration of the combat effectiveness of the Mites Qing army, that is, the superior life of the children of the Eight Banners after entering the customs of the main core of the Mites Qing army, the former banner people have no food and clothing outside the customs, and the food and clothing are all dependent on robbery and plunder, and they are not afraid to wear shoes with bare feet, under the pressure of survival, the battle is naturally very brave and tenacious, and now the banner people are eating hardcore crops, and there are Lu Mi Ke who are exploited and plundered from the Han people every month, and they have no worries about food and clothing, why are they willing to risk their lives on the battlefield? The backbone core is unwilling to work hard, so what can you expect from the Han green camp in an auxiliary position to work hard?

On the contrary, although Wu Sanguijun is only fighting to defend the exclusive planting right of the Eight Banners Fushou Paste this time, but the Yunnan and Guizhou controlled by Wu Sanguijun are too poor, and life is too hard. Can combat effectiveness not be tenacious? Under the mentality and will, Yue Le suffered defeat in front of Gao Dejie, and naturally he was not wronged at all.

Fortunately, the time for the degeneration of the Mites Qing army is not too long, and there are still ways and opportunities for Ao Bai to solve the above problems, the generals and soldiers are inexperienced and can accumulate and cultivate on the battlefield; The fighting spirit is not tenacious enough and the morale is not high enough, and it can also be through strict military discipline and strengthened training methods to awaken the cruel and tyrannical blood sleeping in the bodies of the people, and restore the blood surname and the beast surname of the past. For Aobai, who has already taken these pulses, it will only take time to solve these problems.

Easier said than done, these problems need plenty of time to solve, but what Aobai lacks most now is time. It has been almost four months since the second day of the first month of the eleventh year of Kang Mazi from the capital to swear, and in addition to completing the strategic encirclement of Wu Sangui's army that could not be effective in a short period of time, Ao Bai has not yet won a victory over Wu Sangui's army - even if it is a victory symbolizing the surname!

On the contrary, it was Wu Sangui's army to capture Lianzhou to open up the sea route, and Gao Dejie broke through the Yuping Pass to occupy the local initiative, and now Yue Le, who was pinned on high hopes by Aobai and Xiao Mazi, once again suffered a big loss in front of Gao Dejie, which can be described as a series of defeats, and if this continues, the morale will be a foregone conclusion, and the prestige of Aobai is bound to be hit hard, which is extremely unfavorable to Aobai's strategic plan of blockading Yungui and finally forcing the main force of Wu Sangui's army to go out of Guizhou for a decisive battle.

And what worries Ao Bai even more is one thing, that is, Xiao Mazi in the rear is confident in winning the decisive battle between himself and Wu Sangui, if Xiao Mazi sees that he has lost consecutive battles in the battle with Wu Sangui's army, and finally loses confidence and patience, and suddenly launches a madness to force himself into the decisive battle in Guizhou, or really contacts Wu Sangui secretly, and promulgates a secret edict to let Wu Sangui crusade against himself, then Ao Bai does not have to fight this decisive battle, and directly waits for his army to be divided and collapse on its own!

"Do you want to win a battle first to encourage morale and confidence?" Under the internal and external troubles, it is inevitable that Ao Bai will begin to waver, and he should think about whether he should fight one or two symbolic victories first, and first encourage morale and build confidence. But after staring at the map sand table in the northeast of Guizhou for a long time, Ao Bai began to worry again.

"How is this battle going on?" Ao Bai said to himself: "This ghost place in the northeast of Guizhou, that is, the terrain around Sizhou City is relatively open, and the road at the junction of Sizhou Mansion and Zhenyuan Mansion will immediately become narrow, and there are two key passes of Jiming Pass and Jiaoxi Pass less than ten miles away, all of which are easy to defend and difficult to attack. Gao Dejie's purpose is to introduce the old man into Guizhou, pull the old man's grain road, and use the ghost road in Guizhou to consume the old man's manpower and material resources, Yuping Pass and Sizhou City are not important to him at all, once the old man attacks, Gao Dejie will definitely give up immediately and lead the old man to the hinterland of Guizhou. ”

"Could it be that the old man really wants to push the front to Zhenyuan Mansion? The roads in that ghost place are narrow and the mountains are high and dense, which is not conducive to the deployment of troops, and it is very difficult to replenish, and the communication and reinforcements between the front army and the rear army are also easy to be cut off by the barbarians, and the battle is even more difficult to fight. ”

"Taishi, the 30,000 troops of the prince of Leerjin have arrived." When he was in a dilemma, Hadaha, the escort of the Chinese army, came in and reported: "Prince Leerjin asks for instructions, is it appropriate to meet the Taishi to receive the award?" ”

"Let him arrange the change of guard with Yue Le's army first, and then come in to see me." Ao bowed his head and ordered.

Hadaha agreed, hurriedly went out to give orders, and soon there was a chaotic herald and the sound of footsteps and running outside, until these sounds disappeared, Le Erjin and Yue Le entered the big tent of the Chinese army together and bowed to Aobai. And what surprised Ao Bai was that Le Erjin entered the account this time, and even brought a young Confucian student dressed as a scholar, twenty-eight or nine years old, with a vaguely familiar face, clear eyebrows, red lips and white teeth, and a pair of eight-figure eyebrows that were very separated, which was a rare beautiful man.

"King Shunjun, ...... this person?" Ao Bai asked suspiciously, pointing at the beautiful man.

"Student Zhou Chang and Zhou Peigong, knock to see Master Ao of the Qing Dynasty." The beautiful man kowtowed and hurriedly replied: "The student once served as an enshriner (secretary) under the command of the Hongwen Academy University Shitu Haitu Zhongtang, and when he was in the capital, he was fortunate enough to see the Taishi Zunyan a few times, but I don't know if the Taishi still remembers." ”

"I remember, the old man saw you in the capital." Ao Bai suddenly realized, and asked casually: "If the old man is not mistaken, you seem to have made some mistake and were sent to Guangxi Nandan to fill the army, right?" Why are you here again now? ”

"Taishi Shengming candlelight, Mingjian thousands of miles, the student was indeed sent to Nandan, Guangxi to fill the army." Zhou Peigong replied respectfully: "However, the student was framed by Lu Yifeng back then, and then he was assigned to the army, Lai Taishi Hongfu, exposed Lu Yifeng's evil face to the emperor, and then Meng Kong Sigege and Xiong University Scholar as a guarantor, and now the saint has pardoned the student's crimes and returned the student's freedom." When the students heard that the old master Tuzhongtang assisted the Taishi to go south to conquer the traitor Wu Sangui, they dared to come to Yuanzhou to find the old master, wanting to re-serve Tuzhongtang and the Qing court. ”

"It's Lu Yifeng again?" Ao Baileng was stunned, and he didn't bother to ask Zhou Peigong how he was framed by Lu Fatzi back then, but just shook his head and smiled bitterly: "You master and slave are really miserable by Lu Yifeng's fat barbarian." Alright, all get up, sit down and talk. ”

"Master Xie." Yue Le and Le Erjin agreed, got up and straightened up together, Zhou Peigong did not rush to get up, took out a letter from his arms, walked to Ao Bai on his knees, held the letter above his head with both hands, and said cautiously: "Taishi, this is a handwritten letter from the student's master Tu Zhongtang to Taishi, please take a look at it." ”

"Tuhai's handwritten letter to the old man?" Ao Bai is another one, and his heart said that Lao Tzu will return to Yuanzhou in a few days, what is there to say that it is not good to go back, can you still use someone to bring a letter? Curious to take the letter, open it and read it carefully, Ao Bai couldn't help but laugh dumbly again, it turned out that this letter was a letter from Tu Hai recommending Zhou Peigong to ask Ao Bai to reuse, on this letter, Tu Hai simply blew Zhou Peigong to the sky, what is good at scheming, both civil and military, righteous and courageous, talented, fulfilling, well versed in the strategy of governing the world, deep in the way of using soldiers, and what Ao Bai said As long as Zhou Peigong is given a chance, he will definitely be able to find that this person must be the pillar of the Qing Dynasty!

It takes time for Leer Jin and Yue Le's army to change their guards, and Ao Bai is not in a hurry to lecture them, so the surname Suo really gave Zhou Peigong a chance, put down the letter and said with a smile: "Didn't Tuhai reuse you again?" Why did you write to the old man to recommend you? Does he think that you are indeed very intelligent, and it is too condescending to be worshipped, and he wants the old man to reward you with a higher position? ”

"Back to the Taishi, the Taishi misunderstood, Tuzhongtang is not asking for an official position for the student." Zhou Peigong kowtowed and said respectfully: "It's because Zhongtang feels that the student's strategy to destroy the enemy is quite reasonable, and he wants the student to come to the Taishi to offer advice for reference, and he is afraid that the Taishi will dislike the student's humble position, so he wrote a letter to recommend the student to the Taishi." But the praise on the Zhongtang letter, the students really didn't dare to take it. ”

"Really?" Ao Bai smiled and said casually: "Okay, take advantage of the time now, let's talk about your strategy for breaking the enemy." King Shunjun, Prince An, if there is nothing to report in a hurry, you should also listen to it, and other things will be talked about later. ”

Zhou Peigong, Yue Le and Le Erjin agreed together, and when Zhou Peigong cleared his throat, he knelt in front of Aobai, raised his head and said solemnly: "Taishi, judging from the arrangement of your troops going south this time, the student took the liberty of speculating that Taishi, you must be trying your best to avoid the decisive battle in Guizhou, and plan to force the main force of the traitor Wu Sangui out of Guizhou, and fight a decisive battle on the Huguang border where our Qing army has the right time, place and people, so as to avoid the huge consumption of the Yunnan-Guizhou Mountain Road, as well as the geographical advantages, people and advantages of avoiding Wu Sangui's traitors, In order to defeat the enemy in a battle on the border of Huguang, so as to lay the foundation of Yungui's victory, so as to eliminate the remnants of Yungui in the future - Taishi, the student guessed correctly, right? ”

"These, Tuhai told you, right?" Ao Bai asked casually.

"Taishi, Xiao Wang can testify, these are not what Tu Zhongtang told him." Le Erjin said respectfully: "When Zhou Peigong and Tuzhongtang met again, Xiao Wang was also at the scene. ”

"Oh, really?" Ao Bai was a little interested, walked back to the handsome chair in the middle and sat down, and said with a smile: "I can't see that your kid still has a bit of strategic vision, stand up and speak, and continue to talk." ”

"Master Xie." Zhou Peigong was secretly happy in his heart, knowing that Ao Bai was already a little impressed by himself, so he quickly kowtowed again, stood up and said: "Taishi, the student will explain it directly, and I hope that Taishi will forgive me for the rudeness." ”

Seeing Ao Bai nodded, Zhou Peigong continued: "Taishi, with all due respect to the students, Taishi's strategy has been seen through by Wu Sangui's traitors from the beginning, so this is why Wu Sangui's traitors attacked Lianzhou and seized the mouth of the sea, the purpose is to open up the sea connection with the Nanyang foreign domains and establish food supply channels, in order to break the strategic blockade of Taishi, exert psychological pressure on Taishi, and force Taishi to enter Guizhou for a decisive battle. Subsequently, Gao Dejie, the lackey of Wu Sangui's rebels, frequently attacked in Sizhou with weak troops, and his purpose was nothing more than to provoke the Taishi and induce the whole army of the Taishi to counterattack, so as to achieve the strategic goal of luring the main force of our Qing Dynasty into the hinterland of Guizhou for a decisive battle. ”

The students believe that the current strategic situation between the two armies has reached a strategic standoff, and the competition is patience and determination. No matter which army can't hold its breath and preemptively abandons the established strategy, then that army will lose the opportunity and fall into passivity! If the Taishi moves first and enters Guizhou for a decisive battle, then the special terrain and difficult mountain roads in Guizhou will restrict a large number of manpower and material resources of the Taishi, so that the Taishi's strength cannot be concentrated to one point and lose many chances of victory. If Wu Sangui's rebel thief moves first and goes out of Guizhou for a decisive battle, then the mountain road in Guizhou will in turn make Wu Sangui's main force of the rebel suffer a lot, and if the decisive battle situation is slightly delayed by the Taishi, the supply of grain and grass will inevitably be poor, and the follow-up will be weak, and the Taishi will break the thief easily! ”

"Kind of makes sense." Ao Bai said unhurriedly: "Then in your opinion, the old man should break the strategic stalemate, force Wu Sangui to abandon the established strategy, and let the strategic situation develop in the direction of the old man's favor?" ”

The students believe that if Taishi firmly implements the blockade strategy, then even if Wu Sangui has an outlet to the sea to import grain, he will not be able to save the fire from far water, and his mentality will inevitably be shaken after a long time. It's just that this strategy is too passive and takes a long time. Zhou Peigong decisively raised two fingers and said in a deep voice: "If the Taishi wants to see results as soon as possible, the student has two strategies to help the Taishi break the thief." ”

"Say." Ao Bai sat up straight.

"The first strategy is used in the secondary battlefield of Yungui East Road, and the one who enters Kunming first will be crowned king!" Zhou Peigong said categorically: "The second strategy is used in the main battlefield of Huguang, and the reinforcements are encircled!" Eat the Wu thief! ”

"Let's talk about it." Ao Bai's face began to show a solemn look, and he said in a deep voice: "Let's talk about the first policy first, the one who enters Kunming first will be crowned king, who is it used for?" What is the purpose? ”

"I don't know if the Taishi has paid attention to it, the two members of the Jingnan Royal Mansion and the Pingnan Royal Mansion will go out to fight the main general?" Zhou Peigong Yin Yin said: "After these two palaces were edicted to send troops to rebel, Fujian sent Geng Juzhong, and Guangdong sent Shang Zhixiao, both of whom were second sons, and they were both unable to be canonized as princes because they were born a few years later, and they lost their qualifications to inherit the prince, and they were often dissatisfied with this. Can you still desperately attack the hinterland of Wu Sangui's traitors? ”

Ao Bai's face was silent, but in his heart, he was impressed by Zhou Pei's public welfare - the hand of the first to enter Kunming to be crowned the king is really too poisonous! Monk Geng Jingzhong is happy to send troops to the edict, and it is clear that he is dealing with errands, and he will definitely not really contribute money and efforts to merge with Wu Sanguihuo, so Ao Bai will sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, so Ao Bai does not have any expectations for these two troops and horses, just let them contain the battlefield on the eastern front of Yunnan and Guizhou and reduce the pressure on the main battlefield. In order to become the prince, Geng Juzhong and the monk Zhixiao, the two two or five boys, must desperately attack the hinterland of Yunnan and Guizhou, more effectively contain and disperse the main force of Wu Sangui, and win more chances of victory for the main battlefield.

For Aobai, there is another advantage to doing this, that is, it may be able to force Wu Sangui to expose his strength and take out the advanced firearms that he spared no expense in the previous three years to resist the enemy, so as to make up for the weakness of insufficient troops and too long a battle line.

"Mr. Zhou, your trick is good." Le Erjin asked worriedly: "But Shang Zhixiao or Geng Juzhong launched a madness and really rushed into Kunming first, so aren't we equivalent to cleaning up a Wu Sangui and recruiting another Wu Sangui?" ”

"Don't worry, those two fools don't have such skills." Ao Bai subconsciously said: "And Yunnan is the base camp of Wu Sangui's old thief, the old thief can let Guizhou be beaten into ruins, and he will definitely not let these two fools step into Yunnan." If those two fools really have the ability to enter Yunnan, Wu Sangui's old thief will inevitably return to the rescue, and we can also take advantage of the situation to occupy Guizhou and burn the war directly to the border of Yunnan, which is also a good thing. ”

"The teacher is very smart, and the students think so too." Zhou Peigong hurriedly patted his ass.

"Hmph, I can't see that you, a dog minion, still have these skills, it's a good idea, and I'll consider it carefully." Ao Bai smiled and asked, "Then what is the second strategy you said?" How to encircle the point to send reinforcements, how to encroach on Wu thieves? ”

"The second strategy offered by the students is to point to Wu Sangui's rebel army in Yuping Pass." Zhou Peigong hurriedly said: "Wu Sangui's traitorous Yunnan and Guizhou provinces are thin, and the reserve army is insufficient, and any army is extremely precious. As far as the students know, the thief army of Yupingguan is definitely a first-class elite under Wu Rebellion, and when Yungui does not produce enough horses, every soldier in this army is still equipped with war horses, which shows that this army still has a very high status in the minds of Wu Sangui's rebels. ”

"Taishi, you can think about it, since Wu Sangui rebels attach so much importance to the army of Yuping Pass, and they can't afford to lose this army, then if you can take advantage of the strength advantage of our army's main force and surround this army, then can Wu Sangui rebels not come to save this army? At that time, there will be too few reinforcements from Wu Rebellion, and you can calmly encircle the point to send reinforcements, and gradually eat away at Wu Rebellion's already small number of precious troops. If Wu Shun is dispatched with the main force and the whole army goes north to rescue, Taishi, you will force Wu Sangui to rebel against the thief and go out of Guizhou to fight a decisive battle, won't it be successfully achieved? ”

Aobai's two bronze bell eyes lit up, and he was really impressed by Zhou Peigong, a dog minion, why didn't he notice such a talent before? Over there, Leer Jin and Yue Le were also greatly surprised and moved, and the surprise was naturally Zhou Peigong's unique military insights and ruthless heart, and the motivation was naturally Zhou Peigong's proposal - if he could really trap Gao Dejie's slippery head to death, even if Wu Sangui's old thief did not come to the rescue and kill Gao Dejie's army, it could also greatly boost morale and report the blood feud that was abused by Gao Dejie a few days ago.

Tempted to be tempted, but after careful consideration, Yue Le still shook his head and said, "Mr. Peigong, your plan is good, but there are no conditions for implementation?" Surrounded on all sides, how can we surround it? Even if you can go around from the path south of Danan Mountain to the back of Yuping Pass, but it doesn't work if you have fewer troops, and it is easy to be noticed by the Gao Dejie barbarian when you have more troops. ”

"Prince Ann has a point." Ao Bai nodded, and then asked, "Mr. Peigong, what can you do about this?" ”

"Taishi rest assured, since the student dares to offer this policy to the prince, he will naturally prepare a specific implementation plan for the Taishi a long time ago." Zhou Peigong smiled, confidently pointed to the sand table and said: "Please be gracious to the Taishi, borrow the students' sand table, and let the students explain it carefully for the Taishi." ”

Ao Bai didn't speak, he got up directly and walked to the sand table to stand still, Le Erjin and Yue Le also got up and walked to the side of the sand table together, Yue Le also handed the bamboo pole used to guide the sand table to Zhou Peigong, so that he could guide and explain. Zhou Peigong was even more happy in his heart, and hurriedly cheered up his spirit, pointed at the sand table with a bamboo pole and said: "Taishi, two princes, please see, if our army storms Yuping Pass, in order to lure the main force of our army into Guizhou, the Gao Dejie thief army will definitely not defend with all its strength, but will only retreat to the hinterland of Guizhou. ”

"Gao Dejie thief army retreated to the hinterland of Guizhou, the first stop has two footholds, one is less than 30 miles away from Yuping Pass Sizhou City, the other is 80 miles away from Zhenyuan City, Zhenyuan City is far away from Sizhou City, as long as our army's pursuit is not too urgent, Gao Dejie thief army directly retreats to Sizhou City is the most likely surname. The surrounding terrain in this area of Sizhou City is relatively open, which is conducive to the deployment of our army's troops, which is the most ideal siege and reinforcement battlefield, and the goal of the students is also to besiege the Gaodejie thief army in Sizhou. ”

"The specific plan of the students is like this, the first step, Prince An's army changed guards as usual, and the Yupingguan battalion still retained about 30,000 troops, so that the Gao Dejie thief army took it lightly, thinking that we still had to maintain the previous situation, and continued to confront him at Yuping Pass, and there was no intention and intention for the army to enter Guizhou, laying the foundation for our sudden force."

"The second step, in the past few days, Taishi can secretly transfer a cavalry from the Yuanzhou camp and ambush it behind the Yupingguan camp, so as not to be detected by the thief army. Dispatch another elite army, secretly infiltrate the trail on the south side of Danan Mountain, and be ready to suddenly enter Guizhou at any time -- this Danan Mountain ambush army does not need to be large in number, but it must be elite and able to fight tough battles. ”

"Once the first two steps are ready, then the third step can be implemented. The third step is to ask the king of Shunjun to fight the main attack, pretend to induce the Gao Dejie thief army to go out of the pass for a decisive battle, first send a large army to the front of the pass to scold the formation, Gao Dejie thief army is of course better, even if it can't be lured, it can also play the role of paralysis and fatigue Gao Dejie thief army, and then in the afternoon around Shenshi, Shunjun Wangye, you suddenly exert force, launch a fierce attack on Yuping Pass, and force Gao Dejie thief army to retreat. At the same time, our Danan Mountain ambush troops also suddenly entered Guizhou, made a detour to the Jiming Pass on the west side of Sizhou, and cut off the road for the Gao Dejie thief army to retreat to Zhenyuan, just in case! ”

"After forcing the Gao Dejie thief army to give up Yuping Pass, King Shunjun, you must not pursue, and continue to paralyze the Gao Dejie thief army. And Shun Wangye, you will exert your strength in the afternoon, even if the Gaode Jie thief army retreats quickly, when it retreats to Sizhou City, it will be at least evening, and the Gao Dejie thief army will see that you have not chased and killed, and the people and horses are very tired, so they will inevitably enter the city to rest, and win time for us to close the door and fight the dogs! ”

"And then." Ao Bai took over the conversation and said in a deep voice: "The ambush soldiers behind our Yuping Pass camp suddenly exerted their strength again, and entered the pass overnight to kill from the official road to Jiming Pass, and joined forces with the elite army who attacked Jiming Pass to defend this pass, forming a trend of closing the door and beating dogs?" ”

"Taishi is clever, that's exactly the case." Zhou Peigong said solemnly: "As long as we take the Jiming Pass and cut off the return route of the Gaodejie thief army, our superior forces can form a trend of closing the door and fighting the dogs, so as to achieve the tactical purpose of besieging the city and sending reinforcements." Even if something goes wrong during this period, Gao Dejie can see the flaw by Gao Dejie Barbarian, as long as our ambush army in Danan Mountain can reach Jiming Pass before him and temporarily block his retreat, we can also win reinforcement time for our other armies! Therefore, the students repeatedly emphasized that the ambush army of Danan Mountain must be elite and must be able to fight hard and bloody battles! ”

Ao Bai was silent, and after staring at the sand table for a long time, Ao Bai said slowly: "This way from Danan Mountain, send Zhao Liangdong, he has been a chief military officer in Zhenyuan before, and he is familiar with the road situation. This ambush behind Yuping Pass, Laita! ”

"Master, so you agree to adopt the student's plan?" Zhou Peigong asked in surprise.

"The old man is not our emperor, he doesn't know how to pretend to understand and likes to be smart, your plan is good, the old man naturally adopts it humbly." Ao Bai sneered and said: "If you have any good strategic plans in the future, just propose it to the old man, as long as it is good, the old man will definitely adopt it!" You don't have to go back to Tuhai, the old man is also short of people here, stay and make offerings to the old man, and the old man will explain over there. ”

"Slave Zhou Peigong, thank you for your reward." Zhou Peigong was overjoyed, quickly knelt down on his knees, kowtowed to Aobai and thanked him, and in surprise, he didn't even notice that he had used the wrong claim.

"Get up, the old man hasn't promoted you to an official, so you don't need to thank you." Ao Bai said lightly: "But as long as you work hard and give the old man some good ideas, the old man will not treat you badly in the future." ”

"Of course, as long as you can infiltrate your shogunate and gain your trust, even if you don't promote me, someone will promote Lao Tzu." Zhou Peigong smiled proudly in his heart, and said respectfully: "Master Tai, the student has another suggestion, I hope Master Taishi will adopt it." ”

"Say." Ao Bai replied.

"The student suggested that the seven dang chops in the Taishi's military order be changed to six dang chops." Zhou Peigong said cautiously.

"Change seven to six?" Ao Bai raised his eyebrows, and asked with a sneer: "Do you want to suggest that the old man abolish the article on the beheading of those who rob people's wealth?" ”

"How does this old thing know?" This time, Zhou Peigong was taken aback, and he didn't expect that this old man who looked stupid and coarse would still have a careful heart and a prescient face. Under his timidity, Zhou Peigong had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "The Taishi is discerning, it is true, in order to support this great war to pacify the southwest, the treasury of my Qing Dynasty is already stretched and unable to make ends meet, and Wu Sangui's old thieves and the people of Yungui have relied on the Eight Banners for profiteering over the years, and the people are already ....... ”

"Nope." Ao Bai interrupted and said coldly: "The old man knows what you want to say, the treasury has no silver to reward the soldiers, the morale of the soldiers is not high, Wu Sangui and the people of Yungui have silver, as long as the soldiers are bold to rob, the morale will be extremely high, and they can also reduce the burden on the treasury by the way." But don't forget, this time the old man is to edict against the rebels, pacify Yungui, and come to conquer Wu Sangui's rebels and appease the people of Yungui, this kind of harm to the country and the people, the old man will never tolerate it! ”

Zhou Peigong had no choice but to agree honestly, and Ao Bai snorted coldly: "You remember it for the old man again, and give the old man such a bad idea in the future, be careful of your head!" ”

(To be continued)