"Your Majesty, the army was defeated in Anqing, resulting in the loss of elite divisions and disloyal ministers, this ...... It's all because the minions are incompetent......" Hong Chengchou's old face couldn't hide the gloom at all, and said in a slightly hoarse voice, "The minions know that they are in great trouble, and I implore the emperor to surrender!" ”

Ao Bai, who was kneeling beside him, was slightly stunned, and turned his head to look at Hong Chengchou in disbelief. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In fact, despite the capture of Zheng Chenggong, the operation to recover Fujian and Zhejiang provinces ended in failure.

But after all, Hong Chengchou defeated the Great Western Army, kept most of Huguang, and killed the Zheng family's army of 40,000 or 50,000, so that Zheng Chenggong did not dare to go west.

Compared to other people who lost their land and lost soldiers, it was definitely a great achievement.

Emperor Fu of Qing Shunzhi closed his eyes and seemed to be thinking.

This kind of silence without saying a word made the nerves of the civil and military forces in the entire hall even more tense.

Listening to Hong Chengchou's words, Suke Saha sighed silently - although Emperor Shunzhi Fulin is the King of Shengming, after all, he is young and vigorous, and now he is above the qi, Hong Chengchou's confession of guilt is really not a wise move.

In case Emperor Shunzhi was angry, he removed Hong Chengchou from his position as governor or imposed other more severe punishments.

This is probably not a good thing for the Qing Dynasty, which has been unhappy for many years.

The Manchu dynasty was up and down, and those generals who could lead troops to fight died one after another, and now they are forced to use Han people as commanders.

But among the Han people, except for Hong Chengchou, who can unite those Han troops!

For the sake of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Chengchou can't die for the time being.

Su Ke Saha just wanted to open his mouth to help Hong Chengchou exonerate.

"Your Majesty ......" Ao Bai raised his head and suddenly said loudly to Emperor Shunzhi.

When Sukh Saha heard Ao Bai speak, his expression couldn't help but change slightly.

Ao Bai is very unkind to see the Han people, and this opening must be to shift all the responsibility to Hong Chengchou.

In this way, Hong Chengchou's situation may be more passive.

However, this time, Sukh Saha's prediction was completely wrong!

"The defeat of Anqing, the minions are also at fault. As the commander of the Eight Banners Cavalry, the slave did not lead the army to break through the Zheng family army and cut off Zheng Haikou's head, the crime of the slave!" Ao Bai kowtowed and said.

As soon as Aobai's words came out, not only Hong Chengchou, but even Suke Saha, Sonny and others couldn't help but be surprised, and they all looked at Aobai with different eyes.

"The defeat of the army, the minions also have an unshirkable responsibility, please ask the emperor to surrender!" Zhang Dayuan said respectfully pleaded guilty.

"There will be an unshirkable responsibility in the end, please surrender the lord!" Brother Gao, Gao Wanli, Zhang Guoxun and other other generals also bowed to the ground and pleaded guilty.

Shunzhi Fulin looked at the generals kneeling in the hall with complicated eyes, and after a moment of silence, he suddenly burst out laughing, "Hahaha......"

The civil and military forces in the main hall were suddenly surprised, and even Hong Chengchou and the others, who knelt on the ground to ask for guilt, couldn't help but raise their heads slightly, and looked at Emperor Shunzhi with the afterglow of their eyes.

"With such a loyal minister, why worry that he will not be able to eradicate the thief in the future!" Shunzhi Fulin said angrily, "Victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, and since ancient times, I have never heard of a person who has won a hundred battles." What a heroic spirit my father and ancestor were, and there were times when the military was unfavorable and embarrassing! ”

After a pause, Shunzhi Fulin said with a little abruptness: "If this defeat is really investigated, the biggest fault is in me." If it weren't for my eagerness to succeed and my urgent order for Hong Aiqing to go on the expedition, how could I have today! ”

"Hong Aiqing, please get up!" Emperor Shunzhi got up and walked down, went to Hong Chengchou, and personally helped him up.

Immediately, he said to the rest of the generals who were prostrating on the ground: "Everyone, please get up......

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhang Dayuan and the others were full of gratitude, there was a stirring in their chests, they took a deep breath, and after kowtowing to Shunzhi Fulin with tears in their eyes, they slowly got up.

"There is no need to mention accountability! The most important thing now is how to deal with Zheng Haikou's next actions! ”

Emperor Shunzhi inspected the hall with his eyes and said in a deep voice, "There is no possibility of peace talks between me and the Zheng pirates. Zheng Haikou is ambitious, and he will not be willing to occupy only the four provinces of Fujian, Zhejiang, Anhui, and Jianghuai, and he is afraid that he will continue to invade Huguang and other places in the near future. ”

"Ho~~!" Sukh Saha's heart was relieved, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Hong Chengchou escaped a difficulty, so there is still something to be done!

"The emperor's words are extremely true" Seeing that Emperor Shunzhi was able to restrain the anger in his heart and behave so maturely and steadily, Sonny nodded with satisfaction and said, "I have been using troops for many years in the Qing Dynasty, and now I must recuperate and reorganize my troops before I can go out to fight against the thieves." ”

After bowing slightly, Sukh Saha stepped out of the column and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty! In the opinion of a servant, Zheng Haikou will not continue to invade Huguang in the short term. ”

"Why is Aiqing so sure?" Emperor Shunzhi raised his eyebrows slightly and asked suspiciously.

Sukh Saha calmly analyzed and said, "In the battle of Anqing, although Zheng Haikou's army escaped by luck, its troops also suffered huge losses. Zheng Haikou's original strength was limited, and after this attrition, the strength should not be able to recover in the short term. Moreover, Zhejiang, Jiangnan, Anhui and other places have just been occupied, and the people's hearts have not yet been annexed, and they still need soldiers and horses to defend them. Therefore, Zheng Haikou will no longer have troops and horses to invade Huguang. For Zheng Haikou, the top priority should be how to calm the hearts of the people in the three provinces and resume production. Before the three provinces were completely settled, the minions did not expect that they would easily send troops again. ”

Emperor Shunzhi bowed slightly, agreeing with Sukh Saha's analysis.

"I can take this opportunity to hurry up the rearmament and war, and I will definitely fight with Zheng Haikou in person in the future!"

"Hong Aiqing"

Shunzhi Fu looked at Hong Chengchou and said, "The matter of rectifying the soldiers will be entrusted to you!" ”

"The emperor can rest assured, the servants will do everything they can to repay the emperor's kindness!" Hong Chengchou hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed respectfully and replied.

Although Hong Chengchou's attitude was very respectful, for some reason, Hong Chengchou's eyes when he looked at Shunzhi Fulin seemed to be mixed with a hint of "strange".

"Sukh Saha, there is also the need to work hard to recruit the people and form a new army," Emperor Shunzhi said.

"Yes, the minion obeys!"

"My lord, in order to ensure that Zheng Haikou can't continue to attack, the minion has a few strategies here, which may work!"

Sonny groaned for a moment and said aloud.

"Tell me!" Shunzhi Fulin asked eagerly.

"On the one hand, he sent Xizuo to Zhejiang and Anhui to join up loyal people to raise troops against Zheng, and harassed him from the inside; On the other hand, you can send a fine work to spread rumors, saying that Zheng Chenggong intends to be the emperor, so that the Zheng family army and the Ming army are suspicious of each other! ”

"Use the Ming army to contain the Zheng family's army?" Except for a few people in the hall, the vast majority of people in the hall were extremely surprised by Sony's words.

Zheng Chenggong is known for his loyalty, how can he be called the emperor!

Although Zheng Chenggong has always been known for his loyalty, the minions heard that when Zheng Haikou conquered Jiangning, he once sat on the dragon chair. It is not difficult to see that with the growth of Zheng Haikou's strength, his mood has changed. I have a great opportunity to take advantage of it! Sony analyzed methodically.

"It's a brilliant idea!" After thinking for a while, Shunzhi Fulin nodded yes, "This matter will be handed over to Suo Aiqing!" ”

"Yes!" (To be continued.) )