On the seventh day of the fifth month of the fourth year of the Ming Dynasty, the Dragon Boat Festival has just passed, but for Xi'an City, today is their biggest festival. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The whole city of Xi'an, both inside and outside, is a lively and extraordinary sound, because today is the moment of the triumphant return of the southern expeditionary army, under the leadership of Shi Lei, when more than 100,000 soldiers slowly came to the city gate from a distance, the city gate, which was still chaotic, instantly became quiet and abnormal, and even some people even stopped breathing, for fear of disturbing the tranquility at this time.

Looking at the city of Xi'an that has been separated for nearly a year, Shi Lei and all the soldiers of the Southern Expedition are very emotional, when they left here, their hearts were full of passion, full of yearning for meritorious service, but now, their hearts are more sighing and rejoicing, in the battle of Huguang, although the Ming army has always occupied the initiative, but the Manchu army is not easy to deal with, after repeated wars, the losses of the Ming army are not small, many elite soldiers have died in these battles, this feeling, I'm afraid that only those of them who have come down from the battlefield through hard struggles are the most touched.

Although he sighed in his heart, the faces of all his Ming soldiers were full of pride, because it was they, in this nearly a year of fighting, annihilated all the armies of the Manchu army in the south, pacified most of the southern forces, and let the originally war-torn south rejoin the control of the Ming court, and with the victory of the Battle of Huguang, they successfully curbed the development of the Manchu court, and it can even be said that they broke the backbone of the Manchu court. I can't do anything else.

"The subordinates welcome the triumphant return of the lord." When Shi Lei was still looking at Xi'an City in a daze, Jia Hanqing and others, who came to greet him, had already surrounded him and saluted him happily.

Seeing Jia Hanqing and the others, Shi Lei looked up to the sky and laughed for a while, then jumped off the war horse, walked in front of everyone, and looked carefully one by one before he spoke: "Yes, yes, when I was originally in Yueyang, I heard that you were surrounded by the Tartar army, and the official was very anxious, and he couldn't wait to fly over to rescue you immediately, but unfortunately, the battle situation in Yueyang at that time was also only ten thousand, and the official could only watch you suffer here, and even, the official was ready to keep it for you, but I didn't expect it, Not only did you do nothing, but you annihilated the 100,000 Tartar army that came to attack in one fell swoop, which really surprised the officer, tell me how you did it. ”

Hearing Shi Lei's words, everyone present was overjoyed, and then, Jia Hanqing stood up and said, "Hahaha, Lord Hui, this matter will be a loss to Yuan Zongdi, Liang Zhendong and General Chitu, without their bloody battles and sophisticated plans, I am afraid that this Xi'an City would have already fallen into the hands of the Dao Tartar army, and the subordinates may have already returned to the underworld." ”

Hearing Jia Hanqing's words, Shi Lei glanced at Yuan Zongdi, Liang Zhendong, Chitu and other generals next to him, and nodded to them with a smile before he said, "Yes, your affairs, this official has also read it in the express, I heard that you are alive The Manchu Qing court's Prince Yu Duoduo and the Great Khan of the Horqin Grassland, Wu Keshan, this is a great achievement, for your merits, this official and the court will not forget." ”

The generals who said this were all smiling, and a group of people walked like they were walking in the city while talking and laughing.

After entering the city, Shi Lei and everyone dispersed, it stands to reason that ministers like Shi Lei, who led the troops out, after returning to the capital, the first thing to do is to meet the emperor, and then be able to go home, but this kind of rule, for the current Shi Lei, is almost nothing, after the last rebellion of Liu Liangdong and others, Shi Lei did not see Emperor Hongguang It's okay, if he really walks into the palace, I'm afraid that both Emperor Hongguang and Empress Dowager Zhou will feel that the end has come.

Therefore, after Shi Lei entered the city, he thought about his mansion and left, and Jia Hanqing and others also arranged the affairs of those returning soldiers with great interest.

When Shi Lei came to the street where Shifu was located, he heard a burst of firecrackers 'crackling', and then, he saw Fu Bo and Ergouzi, with a few people, running over quickly, looking at Shi Lei standing in front of him, Fu Bo suddenly said with tears in his eyes, "Young master, you are finally back, you don't know, during the time you left home, many things have happened at home, young master, hey no, the thief of Shizhu is actually sent by the Tartars, and he wants to harm you secretly, Fortunately, I was caught by Lord Jia, otherwise, I don't know what would have happened, the old lady also had a serious illness because of this, hey, what a sin! ”

Hearing Fu Bo's words, Shi Lei's face suddenly became panicked, when he was on the front line, he generally accepted the news of some important military affairs, even if he received a letter from home, it was all Zhu Weiyuan's peace, but he didn't expect that because of the matter of Shizhu, Li Cuier would actually have a serious illness, thinking of this, Shi Lei's heart was filled with a feeling of remorse, although his soul came from the afterlife, but his body was Shi Lei's body, plus so many years Li Cuier took care of him, love, Shi Lei had already regarded her as his own mother in his heart, and after hearing Fu Bo's words, Shi Lei suddenly asked loudly, "My mother is sick, is she seriously ill, how is it now." ”

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Fu Bo to answer, he ran towards the door so quickly, unexpectedly, when he just came to the front of the house, he was stunned, he looked inside the door, Li Cuier was standing there with a smile on his face under the support of Zhu Weiyuan and Haas Erdun, looking at Shi Lei excitedly, and Zhu Weiyuan and Zhu Weiyuan beside him also had the same expression.

Looking at the fact that although he looks quite healthy in front of him, no matter the increased wrinkles on his face or his hair that has completely turned white, Shi Lei can feel that Li Cuier is much older than before he set out on the expedition, and this result is either because he is worried about Shi Lei's safety, or because Shi Zhu has died tragically because of his incompetence, but in any case, seeing Li Cuier, who is much older in front of him, Shi Lei's heart is uncomfortable.

"The child is not filial, which makes the mother worried." Shi Lei knelt on the ground, kowtowed a few times like Li Cui'er, and said sadly.

"Good boy, get up, hurry up, my mother can see that you come back safely, and I am already satisfied, my mother knows that what you do is a major event in the court, how can I blame you, it's just a pity for your eldest brother, hey, I didn't expect your eldest brother to do that kind of thing, I can't believe it now, but what Lord Jia took over, but let Wei Niang have to believe that originally, Wei Niang wanted to let Lord Jia spare his life, but unfortunately, the law of the country was intolerable, so I had to go with him, but, every time I thought about his death so miserably, As a mother, I feel a little sorry for your father. Li Cuier said tremblingly.

Hearing Li Cuier's words, Shi Lei felt uncomfortable in his heart, you know, Jia Hanqing asked for his opinion on the punishment of Shi Zhu at the beginning, at that time, Shi Lei out of hatred for Shi Zhu, he sentenced him to a result of beheading to show the public, of course, he didn't expect that this would have such a big impact on Li Cuier, if he had known this, he would have been merciful even for Li Cuier's health, but unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in the world, Shi Lei can only think of comforting and taking care of her as much as possible in the future, Let her forget all this as soon as possible and return to calm.

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If this day is a memorable day for the Ming court in Shaanxi, then for the Manchu court, it is a day of mourning, first they sent spies in the south to transmit the news of the annihilation of the Azig army to the city of Beijing, and then, those Tartar soldiers who escaped under the city of Xi'an and returned to the grassland, also passed the news of the annihilation of the Duoduo army, and then, through the Horqin tribe, the news was transmitted to the city of Beijing.

When these two pieces of news were transmitted to Beijing one after the other, all the Manchu officials were completely stunned, as if they had successfully entered the customs at the beginning, happiness came very quickly, and this tragic result came just as quickly.

For a time, the entire city of Beijing became completely chaotic, some people clamored to gather the last troops, and the Ming army to fight to the death, but some people were quietly in tandem, wanting to re-exit the customs and return to their hometown outside the customs, and there were some faint voices that wanted to take advantage of this time to negotiate peace with the Ming army, based on the place they occupy now, the two sides will no longer attack, of course, as soon as this proposal was said, the person who proposed it was completely despised by everyone, because as long as everyone knows, This approach simply doesn't work.

"He Luohui, you tell the mourning family, is there a solution to the matter so far." Sitting in the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, who was dignified and noble in the past, was also full of panic at this time, and asked the ministers below.

Now the ministers in the Qianqing Palace can be said to be the last elite of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, not only Sony, Suke Shaha and other courtiers who are centered on the emperor, but also He Luohui and a group of people loyal to the regent Dolgon, in addition to the Han ministers, Fan Wencheng, Ning Wan and I also appeared here at the same time, but it can also be said that the scale of today's court meeting even exceeds the scale of the original entry, after all, when the first entry into the customs, it was only after Dolgon and many Manchu Eight Banner generals made a decision, it was immediately implemented.

Hearing Xiaozhuang's question, He Luohui did not have the silent style of the past, but after thinking about it, he said, "Back to the Queen Mother, up to now, the slave has no way, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, everything is based on strength, now we are in the Qing Dynasty, except for the two Eight Banners soldiers in Beijing City, there is no extra force, even if there is, we dare not use it, and want to rely on these 20,000 soldiers to resist the attack of hundreds of thousands of elite troops in the Ming Court, which is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg." ”

After finishing speaking, He Luo would kneel there helplessly, without a trace of superfluous words.

Seeing He Luohui's appearance, the expression on Xiaozhuang's face became even more lost, and then she turned her face to Fan Wencheng, but unfortunately, Fan Wencheng, who usually talks eloquently, also had straight eyes at this time, and his mind didn't know where to fly for a long time.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know if any of you have a way to deal with the current crisis, if you can say it, the mourning family will definitely be rewarded." It's a pity that Xiaozhuang's words are destined to be useless, none of the ministers present have spoken, and the entire hall has fallen into a strange silence.

"Queen Mother, so far, in fact, there is nothing to say, there are only two ways to go in front of us, one is to fight to the death, gather all the remaining troops, transfer troops from various tribes in Mongolia, and fight to the death with Ming Ting and Shi Lei Xiao'er, if Changshengtian takes care of it, we still have a certain chance of winning." It was Prince Hauge of Su who spoke, and it stands to reason that he was guilty of sin, but after Dolgon's death, Xiaozhuang pardoned his sins in order to strengthen the power of the Manchu royal family, and at the same time restored his title, so that he could appear here this time.

Hearing Hauge's words, everyone present couldn't help but pout, a burst of contempt in their hearts, Hauge's words, although they said heroically, but they didn't agree, why, if it was really like what Hauge said, what would be when they waited, that is, the fall of the entire Qing Dynasty, the complete extinction of the entire Manchurians, although it was said that 'the Jurchens are not satisfied with ten thousand, and the Manchu is invincible', but everyone here knows that this is just talking, if it is really so powerful, how can they fall to the point where they are today.

Hauge may also know what everyone thinks, all, before others have spoken to object, he continued, "If this plan doesn't work, then we have only one way out of the customs, when we first entered the customs, it was also Dolgon's single-mindedness, which caused our Qing Dynasty to be so passive now, now, since the situation is not in our favor, why do we still want to stay in this pass and kill ourselves, it is better to take advantage of the opportunity now, we will seize the things we have taken, all of them will be transported out of the customs." , Leave Ming Ting and Shi Lei Xiao'er, a fragment of the place, when the time comes, he will definitely not chase us too much in order to govern the place, and during this time, we will be able to quickly recover our strength, even if it is not as strong as in the past, but at least we have a certain ability to resist, in this way, after a period of time, we will always be able to restore the strength of the past, and when the time comes, whether it is the Ming Army or Shi Lei Xiao'er, we will be the object of our seizure. ”

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