Liu Zhaoji and other guards officers naturally did not attach much importance to Li Dingguo like Zhu Youzhen and Li Yan, and even did not think very much of it.

Especially a tiger general like Liu Zhaoji, who has fought with the most powerful tens of thousands of Manchurian iron cavalry, in his eyes, Li Dingguo is just a relatively capable thief.

The reason why he was valued by His Majesty was because he did not appear in advance, which made Li Dingguo shine in the southwest, and also made His Majesty, Ma Shiying, Li Yan and others regard Li Dingguo as a general, and they have to be appeased.

In Liu Zhaoji's eyes, not to mention a general of the Guards at the level of deputy chief soldier like Yan Yingyuan, even a young general at the level of commander and envoy can be more powerful than Li Dingguo.

Not to mention anything else, he just wanted to ask Li Dingguo if he knew what the pitch angle and elevation angle were, whether he knew the hook three strands, four strings and five, in his opinion, I was afraid that even if Li Dingguo knew, he would not know that these things were closely related to the war, especially the command of artillery.

Liu Zhaoji looked at Li Dingguo with an arrogance that surpassed this era:

"In the Guards, officers at the deputy general level also have to take the lead, if you don't capture the enemy commander, you don't dare to sit idle and drink tea and have fun in the city, the Yan Yingyuan you said has already taken the officers and soldiers under his command to search for Haoge!"

After speaking, Liu Zhaoji snorted coldly and stepped into Chengdu Fucheng, but as soon as he saw the defense of Fucheng, he couldn't help but accuse:

"Who arranged the city defense, the city does not add three fences and a one-zhang high curtain in advance, with the range of Chongzhen 22-type rifled guns, you guys can be knocked down from the city wall, and half a base Chongzhen 19-type infantry heavy artillery can collapse your city wall, without setting up a few fences in advance, after the city collapses, what will you do to resist the cavalry!"

Many officers and soldiers under Li Dingguo's command said that they did not understand the rebuke of the Ming army general, and even if they did, they also said that they did not understand, and they had become the Ming army, and it was necessary to think about how to guard against what Chongzhen guns and Chongzhen cannons.

"Don't blame General Li, Liu Dashuai has this temper, he even dares to be directly scolded by Gonggong He of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, if it weren't for his temper, he would not have been transferred to the Seventh Army of the Guards Army as the chief officer, and it is more than enough to be the chief soldier of the Second Army with his record of beheading more than 10,000 Qing troops, if you want to know Deputy Marshal Yan, this official can introduce you first, we will advance the city."

Here, Li Yan, the governor of Sichuan, had to explain to Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo bowed his hand to Li Yan and said: "Thank you for the relief of the platform, how dare the lower officials be angry with Liu Dashuai, he is a cadre of the country, but a hero of the Tartars, Li also admires, and what he just said is not unreasonable, the firearms of the imperial court are indeed very powerful, if you meet an opponent with the same firearms, the city defense in front of you is indeed not enough, it is Li who is not thoughtful, it just happens that Deputy Marshal Yan is not there, Li also has the courage to ask the Taiwan to mediate and mediate, and the lower officials seem to be Liu Dashuai to ask for advice. ”

Liu Wenxiu only smiled slightly when he saw this, he was different from Li Dingguo, he was not interested in military affairs, and he was not interested in letting go of his dignity and making friends with a senior general like Liu Zhaoji.

He was very grateful to His Majesty the Ming Emperor Zhu Youzhen, because he felt that Zhu Youzhen knew him better than Zhang Xianzhong, and actually appointed himself as the governor of Sichuan instead of being in charge of the army like Li Dingguo, so that he could concentrate on governing Sichuan well.

Liu Wenxiu likes farming and development, and does not like to fight and kill, and he is most pleased now that because the Ming army appeared in time, Chengdu Fucheng was spared a military disaster.

Regarding Li Yan's request for him to immediately restore the civil affairs of the Chengdu Prefectures, he also readily agreed, and began to organize manpower overnight to comfort some of the people who had been looted by the Qing army and Sun Bing, and the folk girls who were detained in the Shu Wangfu were also released one after another.

This is also why Zhu Youzhen is willing to appease Liu Wenxiu.

Although he did not have Li Dingguo's military talent, he still appointed the important position of governor because Liu Wenxiu was most familiar with the money and grain taxes in various prefectures and counties in Sichuan, and during Zhang Xianzhong's occupation of Sichuan, he arranged the civil affairs of Chengdu and its surrounding prefectures and counties, and as soon as he served as the governor of Sichuan, he could quickly coordinate his money, grain and materials in Sichuan to support the Northern Expedition of the Ming army.

Although Li Yan was the governor of Sichuan, he was not in charge of civil affairs, he still acted as a military adviser to participate in the entire military and political scheduling, and determined the specific strategy of the Northern Expedition with Liu Zhaoji, Li Dingguo, Gao Yigong, Yuan Zongdi, Liu Tichun, etc., and at the same time he also had to personally meet with Zhou Ze to unify all the military forces of the Ming Dynasty in the southwest region.

Because of Li Dingguo's annexation and Zhou Ze's defection, coupled with the return of Chengdu to the hands of the Ming Dynasty, it means that Sichuan has been recovered by the Ming Dynasty from now on!

And Haoge, who is still fleeing in Sichuan, has almost become a thief at this time, and all he has to do every day is to hide in Tibet.

Due to the obstruction of the Qinling Mountains, the cold wind in the northwest could not blow Shudi, so that the winter here would not be too cold, and Haoge was not frozen to death.

By this time, he had cut off his braids and even shaved his head, and had changed into a coarse cloth short-cut coat of ordinary people, and his face was covered with stubble and mud to hide the scars on his face from being discovered by the searching guards.

There are more than a hundred riders around Haoge, these are the most warlike Bayala of his Manchurian Zhenglan Banner, but at this time they are all embarrassed, hiding in a citrus forest full of artemisia grass, picking some wild citrus fruits that have fallen on the ground and have not completely rotted, so sour that Haoge vomits bitter water.

"Master, the minion found this!"

At this time, a Manchurian Bayala suddenly found a handful of chili peppers out of nowhere.

"One is sour, the other is spicy, can't you find something that can be meat or something?" Hauge said helplessly.

Chili peppers were introduced to China at the end of the 15th century, and they are not yet a very popular crop, and some wealthy families know about them.

As the prince of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Haoge naturally knew about chili peppers, so after he said such a sentence, he suddenly realized that there were chili peppers to prove that there must be relatively wealthy people nearby.

"Where did you find it?" Hauge asked hurriedly.

"Back to the master, the slave was found in a field on the opposite hillside", this Baya said the girl, and Hauge stood up excitedly: "There must be someone living nearby, you guys go to find the best meat to eat, if you can't find it, kill people to eat, if it's a woman first, let this king Shuang eat it again!" ”

Peppers in the south are generally picked at the end of October, and now there is a shortage of war, and it is possible that some villages will not have time to harvest because of the chaos, and it is precisely because of the discovery of peppers that Hauge has given him hope, but what Hauge doesn't know is that this time he is still disappointed.

Hauge was lying on the ground, holding a handful of chili peppers that were almost frozen in his hand, looking helplessly at the snow in the sky, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "It's boring, the snow can't fall to the ground, and this king can't drink snow water if he wants to." ”

And the few Bayalas he sent out also complained while looking for people: "It's boring, I knew that I shouldn't have entered the customs in the first place." ”

At that moment, a gunshot rang out, and one of the bayalas suddenly fell to the ground.

(End of chapter)