Just entered May, under the city of Luling, Xibao and Zhang Chaowu were like being roasted by the scorching sun in September, and their sweat couldn't stop flowing downward.

Yongzheng sent an urgent message, relaying the report of Yue Zhongqi and Ortai, asking Xibao and Tian Wenjing to assess the situation in Jiangxi and see if they could continue to fight.

The disadvantages of not having a commander in front are so obvious, Huguang Jiangxi is a game of chess, Huguang is really going to collapse, Nanban went down the river, copied the back road, and the Jiangxi army was all wandan. But whether it is judgment or decision-making, it must be transmitted from Huguang and Jiangxi to the capital, and there is no way to look at it as one.

If Yongzheng directly ordered a retreat, Jiangxi would not be so panicked, but Yongzheng didn't know much about the situation on the front line, and he was even more worried that this was a Nanban bluff.

According to the Nanban newspapers, the Dutch had relented, abandoned Malacca, opened Batavia as a free trading port, and the British East India Company had given up all its colonial and trade privileges related to Burma. However, the turmoil swept to Europa on the one hand, and stirred up the Islamic countries in the South Seas on the other, and the situation became more complicated. The Nanban had to maintain a large army in both places, and it was impossible to withdraw all of them.

Even if Li Shi withdrew some elites, Yongzheng felt that he could hold on for a while, and hold on until he got enough weight, such as taking down Ganzhou, advancing Changsha, and threatening the hinterland of Nanban.

Dragged by such a **, even if the Nanban plot reported by Yue Zhongqi and Ortai has the credibility of **, Yongzheng is also very suspicious. Of course, Nanban suddenly pulled up a fleet that could compete with the Huguang Water Division, and the credibility of this matter was also affecting Yongzheng's judgment.

Therefore, Yongzheng's edict to the Jiangxi generals was ostensibly soliciting opinions, but in fact it was conveying his thoughts.

"The emperor wants us to be the master? Whether you fight or not, how can you let us have the final say? ”

Tian Wenjing didn't know what he was thinking, and Xibao subconsciously wanted to shrink his eggs.

Zhang Chaowu was silent, he recalled the words of his former subordinate Yang Kun, "Just go back like this, I'm afraid I will die without a place to bury." ”

That's right, the Xishan Daying Han military camp, which has been trained for six or seven years, is regarded by the emperor as a pillar of national salvation, but after fighting in Jiangxi for so long, he hasn't even taken a single city, is there still value in existing?

Their Han military camp can confront the Nanban red-clothed soldiers head-on, and even fight bayonets, they think they are the strongest army in the Qing Dynasty! But what's the use of that? The emperor and the court only look at the results.

Yang Kun's words are not metaphors, saying that there is no future after going back, but the real truth. Zhang Chaowu knew very well that the emperor had put too much pressure on the Han military camp in order to highlight the posture of the Manchu and Han families. When the Han military camp was built, the opposition of the Manchus and the court was overwhelming, and the emperor suppressed it. In order to launch this war, the emperor did not hesitate to raise the killing rod against the important ministers of the Manchu clan, and strongly suppressed the voice of opposition, and the hope was pinned on the Xishan camp, to be exact, on the Han military camp.

There has long been a rumor in the capital that the Han military camp has fought well, and there are no mistakes and mistakes, and it is only considered to have passed. If you fight badly and leave any pigtails, it will be a rebellion against the country, and it will even become a stepping stone for the emperor to negotiate a peace treaty between the north and the south.

The pigtails were already left, and Yang Kun cried: "We have no way out, always!" Zhao Junliang fell into the Southern Barbarians, how to justify this matter? The capital will definitely say that he has surrendered to the enemy! ”

Thinking of Zhao Junliang, Zhang Chaowu had a chill, yes, the right-wing president of the Han military camp, with the rank of commander, was arrested by the Nanban like this, and said that he was lost by risking the arrows and stones, who would believe it? Now that the news has not yet spread, once the capital knows about it, it can be imagined with its toes, and the Manchurians will definitely make a group of noises, shouting that they have foreseen it, the Han people are not credible and unavailable, can the emperor withstand this pressure? ..., I guess I can't stand it, and I don't want to top it. The emperor resolutely launched this war, and in order to appease the Manchus, he had to promise openly that it was for peace between the north and the south, and he did not even care that this news would affect the morale of the officers and soldiers below. If the Han military camp fails to support the emperor and loses the reputation, the emperor himself will have to fight first before the people are clamoring......

Gotta go on! No matter what the situation is on Huguang's side, the future of the Han military camp and his own reputation are tied to himself!

But what excuse should be used to persuade Xibao and Tian Wenjing, and even to persuade the emperor?

Zhang Chaowu was so engrossed that he listened to Xi Baozheng scolding: "Yue Zhongqi and Ortai should be damned!" Holding the Wuchang camp and the Hubei green camp, the waterways are all in his hands, and before he sees the army of the Southern Barbarians, the situation is defeated......"

With a stirring brain, Zhang Chaowu had a bottom in his heart: "Dashuai, I think Yue Zhongqi and Ortai are exaggerating, they advocated attacking Hunan before, and the emperor didn't use their rules." After this war, Yue Zhongqi's future was bleak, and Ortai's desire to enter the military aircraft department would also come to naught. ”

This was said too explicitly, and Xibao understood it clearly: "They ...... Is it deliberately trying to ruin our business? How dare you!? ”

Zhang Chaowu didn't reply, and Xibao didn't ask him, and then said to himself: "That's right, what's not to dare?" Back then, the puppet emperor Li caused trouble in Guangdong, but the civil and military forces of a province dared to conceal it and not report it for the sake of their own future. Ten years ago, during the Battle of Changsha, the first emperor suffered a stroke, and people from all walks of life could do anything, and the emperor ......"

At this point, this crossed the line, Xibao hurriedly shut up, but Zhang Chaowu understood that this was saying that if he was in a position today, he would be more worthy of the word "how dare you".

Zhang Chaowu was drugged, and Xibao ate it all, but he was still worried about the military level: "But if Nanban really copied our back road, it would be a big disaster." ”

Zhang Chaowu said: "When the time comes, the mistake is only in Huguang, not in Dashuai." If the marshal can't make some achievements, let alone Ganzhou, Ji'an will retreat before he takes it, and then the future of the marshal will ......"

This disaster is even greater, Xibao's face turned slightly pale, but his own safety is the first priority, the back road is really broken, he has to protect himself, he has not made up his mind yet.

Zhang Chaowu worked harder: "If Nanban really wants to copy my back road from Huguang, he must take Wuchang." At that time, if we retreat, not only will we be able to stand in the art of war, but we will also have time to retreat. ”

Xibao finally made up his mind, slapped his thigh and said, "They lost their mother, let's beat ours!" ”

Immediately after Tian Wenjing's letter arrived, Tian Wenjing already hated Yue Zhongqi and Ortai, seeing that the situation in Jiangxi was very good, these two guys came to pull back, and they must not be cheated by them!

After the two of them summed up, they made their own excerpts, and the situation in Jiangxi was at a critical moment, and they must not relax. Yue Zhongqi and Ortai had tens of thousands of troops, and they didn't ask them to occupy land in Hunan, but they had to guard the back road of Jiangxi.

Yongzheng was also hesitating, but after getting the Jiangxi report, his determination was stabilized, and he severely reprimanded Yue Zhongqi and Ortai, asking them to do their own things and not shout at every turn.

"Nanban is still recruiting the army in Changsha, such a corrupt and weathered thing, and it is regarded as a happy event, and it is grandly published in the newspaper and announced to the world...... It seems that the Southern Barbarians are a country that is exhausted and unbridled, and the hearts of the army and the people are all unusable. ”

In the Yinghua Hall of the Forbidden City, Yongzheng waved a newspaper and said this to Ru Xi. Although there was such an accident, the progress of Xishan Daying and Tian Wenjing in Jiangxi was too slow, but the overall situation was still attacking from the north and defending from the south, and Yongzheng's mood was also quite good, so he had time to come to Yinghua Hall to share his mood with Ru Xi.

Ru Xi's face was gloomy: "Your Majesty, just like we released the news to the south earlier, I am afraid that this matter is also hidden in the south." The concubine knew that Li Xian, he acted out of common sense, and it was not completely untrustworthy to make a fleet to control the waterways of the river in an instant. ..., these words made Yongzheng's face suddenly gloomy, especially Ru Xi's tone when he said Li Shi.

"Of course you and Li Xi know each other, don't you know each other's strengths and weaknesses, your depths, don't you know each other very well......"

Yongzheng chewed his tongue in his heart, but he didn't have a seizure on his face.

"The emperor should pay more attention to our people's thoughts, the concubines heard that several women in iron hats have been moving around very closely recently, and the sound of chewing their tongues outside is also panicking, there can be no big accidents at this pass."

Ru Xi tried her best to remind Yongzheng tactfully, she was full of relying on Yongzheng, but she could see clearly in her eyes that the cards in Li Xi's hand were much bigger than Yongzheng's, and the situation in the country was much clearer, and Yongzheng seemed to be a little overconfident recently, especially not paying much attention to the emotions of the Manchurians.

Yongzheng finally got angry: "Accident? If there is a big accident, then Li Shi dares to cross the river? His starting elite, the two armies of Yulin and Longxiang, were in a stalemate with the Shaanxi-Gansu-Green Battalion and the Manmeng Horse Team in Hanzhong, and it seemed that they were already rotten. Even if his Nanyang army has been lurking in Hunan, he has been fighting for most of the year, and he has become a tired army, so he is not afraid at all! Seeing that he is still forcibly recruiting villagers in the people, it is said that Hunan and Jiangxi have recruited 100,000 villagers, and it is only such a situation so far. I see that he is also looking forward to me sending a peace treaty in the past, I am going to send it, but not now! Let him stand on tiptoe and wait! ”

He got up and brushed his sleeves and said, "You are just a woman, don't meddle in military affairs so deeply!" ”

Yongzheng was disappointed, and Ru Xi pulled the handkerchief with both hands, almost tearing it in half.

"Don't meddle so deeply in militaristic affairs? Is this going to push me aside? Hehe...... That day and night, it wasn't for my words, you could really make up your mind to contact Long Keduo? ”

The anger of being despised was mixed with the resentment of never being favored, Ru Xi suddenly felt that the face of the fourth elder brother of the former Yongzheng Emperor began to blur, and the cold, ruthless, stubborn, and conceited face of the Yongzheng Emperor gradually became clear.

Yongzheng walked for a long time, and Li Lianying came up, and after a while, he reluctantly spoke: "Master...... Master An's side ......"

There was a crisp sound of ping-pong in the room, and several window glasses were also smashed, and Li Lianying, whose face was bruised, crawled out and retreated, and heard Ru Xi screaming in the room: "Why!?" Why would you rather plant on that little slut than come and touch me-!? ”

In the north of Changsha City, around the Iron Furnace Temple, the former battlefield has become a huge military camp, and there is not only one, but dozens of company camps. At this time, a large camp was full of people, and the red-clothed soldiers were huddled together, some shouted, some applauded, some whistled, and half of the military horn sounded, saying that half of the sound was because it stopped abruptly as soon as it sounded, and the indiscriminate blowing of the trumpet in the barracks was a big crime to squat in the military prison.

"Don't touch, don't touch! People are the army's, and those filthy things in their minds should be thrown away quickly! I can't hold back myself and go to the city to spend money to solve it! ”

A team of red and black military law soldiers escorted a group of people through the barracks, even if they surrounded the human wall, they couldn't stop the arms of the forest, and the military law soldiers scolded with sweat on their faces, but compared with the hustle and bustle of the mountains and seas, it was like a mosquito.

The perpetrator of such a commotion, wearing a hooded cloak and a petite figure, was about to enter a tent, a pair of white and crystal hands took off the hood, and suddenly showed a bright and delicate face, with bright cheeks and rolling eyes, with a natural and flamboyant atmosphere.

"Samniang! Samniang! Samniang! ”

When the beauties appeared, the crowd erupted in a very rhythmic shout, just like they marched in formation on weekdays.

"Brothers of the One Hundred and Third Division, hello!"

The crunch of coquettishness rippled in midair, triggering an even more enthusiastic wave of cheers.

This beauty is Luo Shenniang, who brought the singers and dancers of the Eighteen Lines of Yingxian Music Workshop in Nanguan, Guangzhou to Changsha to comfort the army, this is not the first time. The gestures, the words and tone of the words and tones of the words are all refreshing and generous that have never been seen in the old era, of course, in the eyes of the "Qing people" in the north, it is extraordinarily debauched. ..., "Luo Shen Niang...... It's a name well deserved......"

In the distance, Cai Fei, the commander of the One Hundred and Third Division, sighed with emotion.

"Real people are not as beautiful as paintings, and of course, they don't have real people...... The vitality of the freshness, the freshness of this ginseng girl, is really ...... Tsk......"

Fang Tangheng hugged his arms, his heart was about to move, he was still single, but then he shook his head again. Portraits of his wife are all over the world, although she is not bare-assed, she shows enough, in his opinion, this is difficult for any normal man to accept.

Cai Fei said: "Although our soldiers are not the bosses, they don't know any rhythm, and they don't know the singing and dancing of Samniang...... Is it appetizing? ”

Fang Tangheng shook his head: "That kind of song and dance, that is, the sour show who is immersed in the ancient study of righteousness and righteousness, only likes it, and the song and dance of Samniang has introduced the drum beat in our army, which is very braided, bringed...... What did the official say? ”

"Energetic!?"

"That's right! Fun!

"Well, we've been bored in Myanmar for so long, and we're really tired, so if we want to continue fighting, we really have to be a little energetic. Then again, all of you, we've been resting here for more than half a month, why hasn't the order to pull out yet? ”

"This matter depends on the performance of our land and water pioneers, Meng Songhai and Xie Shen will have to help us open the way."

"Xiao Meng didn't have to say, General Xie ......"

"God forbid, even if General Xie has nothing, he can always be a little blessed."

The topic of the two quickly turned to military affairs, and naturally fell on General Xie again.

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