Jingzhong, Shang Kexi, Zhao Fu, and Wang Fuchen were led up to the south gate by Goshha here, and Ao Bai had already stood on the Taishi chair, and more than a dozen round stools were placed on both sides, and there were already local officials sitting on it, carefully accompanying Ao Bai to talk.

The four of them stepped forward to salute together, Ao Bai squinted, and waved his sleeves lazily: "Sit down, the time for the review is coming." ”

The four of them sat on the round bench with a depressed face, feeling uncomfortable, there were also two vassal kings here, Ao Bai actually asked the two vassal kings to sit aside, Zhao Fu and Wang Fuchen were okay, and Geng Jingzhong and Shang Kexi couldn't pull their faces.

In fact, Ao Bai did not deliberately snub them, in the capital, people Ao Bai was not even respectful to the emperor, and the prince and the prince saw him like a mouse seeing a cat, so he had to greet him honestly, and the two vassal kings were really nothing in the eyes of Ao Bai.

This is the third layer of the city tower, from the root of the wall to here is twenty zhang high, the 30,000 Xiao cavalry camps neatly arranged outside the city are just at a glance from here, Shang Kexi is older, the old eyes are not faint, looking down from here only feel dizzy and heavy, the 30,000 Xiao riding camps under the city wall have become a small black dot, like a chess piece nailed to the ground.

Shang Kexi trembled in his heart, just looking at this cavalry battalion from a distance, it was not comparable to his soldiers in Guangdong.

Three-way drum finish, trumpet. The sound was repeated, in a wave of banners, a horse team began to gallop from the city, the whole cavalry team flag is distinct, with an iron bow hanging behind its back, holding the reins of the horse in one hand, and holding the saber in the other hand raised high, revealing a murderous aura from the inside out.

Then there was a team of firecrackers wielding. The gunners lined up, followed by the sword and shield bearers, spearmen, and the horses changed the lights, and Ao Bai's face did not show any abnormality, but a few green battalion officers who had never seen the world gasped, and sighed in their hearts that the cavalry battalion really lived up to its name, and it was worthy of being the garrison in the capital. Shang Kexi, Geng Jingzhong, Zhao Fu, and Wang Fuchen kept pondering in their hearts, and compared the Xiao Cavalry Battalion with the headquarters, they also felt a lot of shame.

Sit in the first seat. Ao Bai, who had an expression on his face, finally opened his mouth to speak: "Two princes, if this Xiao cavalry battalion fights against the Ming army, what will be the outcome or defeat?" ”

The two princes naturally refer to the monk Geng Jingzhong. It's gratifying, Shang Kexi is old, after the death of King Pingxi, the two feudal clans naturally took his horse head as a look, Shang Kexi hesitated for a moment, although he was slightly dissatisfied with Aobai, but he really couldn't afford to offend this demon king, and got up respectfully and said: "The Ming Military Region is in trouble, the Xiaocai battalion is the elite division at the feet of the Son of Heaven, how can the light of the fireflies compete with the sun and the moon?" ”

Ao Bai didn't say anything about it. Xiao Jizi's ** took a sip and said: "This time the Empress Dowager Yizhi official came here to supervise the military, and the official said to the Empress Dowager that the Ming army is not terrible, and it is really easy to suppress the Southern Ming Dynasty, but what is really worrying is that the provinces cannot work together and dispatch in a unified manner, therefore, the Empress Dowager Yizhi and her official are here, not for anything else, but to control some people who take the food and salary of the imperial court and do not do things." ”

Worship the ground is bright enough. Finish. The spearhead is directed at the four mountain kings on the ground. The faces of the four of them couldn't help but change. It is their glorious tradition to take the imperial court's salary and not do anything. The court was also quite jealous of them. It's always a cigarette and a cigarette is closed. Today, Ao Bai said it in public. Most of them are preparing to take people under the knife.

Ao met all four people. Lose one's nerve. I couldn't help laughing and said, "Don't be afraid. If the official wants to take your head, it will only be a matter of time. The reason why I still have you in this conversation. and your heads will be saved. ”

Ao's brows began to sink more and more: "But this official has something to say first." If anyone slacks off in battle. or neglected the military orders of the official land. It doesn't matter if you're a vassal or a governor. The officer does not need to ask for a warrant. Immediately he shall behead your dogs. ”

"It's still gratifying!" Ao Bai called Shang Ke gratifyingly name.

Shang Kexi's heart jumped violently. Such a warning was something he had never heard before. The court has a lot of criticism about them. Nor will anyone say it blatantly. But today I met the evil star of Aobai. I didn't pay attention to it at all. Then he heard Ao Bai calling him. It's chilling. hurriedly responded: "Xiao Wang is here." ”

Ao Bai grinned disdainfully: "You know best how this official is human." When he entered the customs to pursue the thieves. You and I have worked together. Weigh it yourself. ”

Aobai's words immediately evoked Shang Kexi's memories, when he and Aobai were under the city of Beijing, the king of Chuang Li Zicheng retreated, the two of them respectively pursued with their headquarters, Aobai with 3,000 cavalry day and night, the whole 700 miles of pursuit, Shang Kexi followed, only to see the corpse of the army all the way, blood flowed like a river, the remains of the broken arm.

Experience has taught him that there is no good end to going against someone like Aobai, and once you offend him, no matter who it is, he will die and never die. After a short hesitation, Shang Kexi has made a decision: "

To supervise the war in the southwest, Xiao Wang is willing to give full support to Guangdong Province until the swing)

Shang Kexi was convinced, and Aobai's eyes had fallen sharply on Geng Jingzhong, who immediately stood up and saluted: "Fujian is willing to do its best." ”

The two vassal kings expressed their attitude, and the other two admirals were naturally not far behind, and said one after another: "I am willing to serve the dogs and horses of Aozhongtang." ”

Ao Bai laughed: "That's right, don't worry, your own official will not interfere in your own affairs, but if the military order is issued, the provinces must not be the slightest neglected, once someone pulls back, the official will never be spared." ”

Everyone nodded one after another, and several local officials also echoed a few words, Shang Kexi said: "Ao Xiang, Nanming is becoming more and more rampant, do you want to send troops to recruit immediately?" ”

Ao Bai shook his head, and said in a loud voice: "No, since you want to fight, you must be sure of victory, don't you Han people have a saying?" Quiet as a virgin, moving like a rabbit, what the official wants is this sentence, first make all preparations, once the preparation is appropriate, immediately from the provinces to encircle and suppress, the official personally with the cavalry battalion as the vanguard, or not to fight, to fight will be all in one net. ”

Ao Bai has been fighting for the southwest. With a lot of understanding, the internal integration of the southwestern provinces has not yet been completed, and although the two vassal kings and two admirals are superficially subdued, there are still many things that need time to coordinate. In addition, the military salaries in Jiangnan have not yet been collected and transported, and the green battalion soldiers in various provinces must also be rectified.

Aobai's spleen. Although he is irritable, he is quite scheming about war, and he will never be vague when it is time to charge, but he will never rush into the army at will, allowing people to take advantage of him.

Everyone listened to Ao Bai and went to prepare first, and it was also divided. nodded their heads, and they were even in awe of this big demon king who was airborne from the capital, and they didn't dare to say a word, and they looked at who this plague god was going to find.

Ao Bai squinted his eyes and began to look seriously. The drill of the cavalry battalion under the city lasted until noon, and then got up and dispersed.

Officials big and small breathed a sigh of relief and watched. The Great Demon King rode a horse and disappeared into the straight road at the south gate under the escort of a team of Goshha, only then did they relax and say goodbye to their colleagues and go home, only Shang Kexi, Geng Jingzhong, Zhao Fu, and Wang Fuchen returned to the post station with a straight face, and returned to the post station under the support of a team of pro-soldiers, and got together again and discussed with each other.

The four of them sat in turn. Jingzhong is young after all, and his temper is not very good, so he has scolded and said: "What is Ao Bai, when he comes here, he dares to be so domineering, is it really easy for us to bully?" ”

Zhao Fu was also dissatisfied, only Wang Fuchen drank tea with a smile and was silent. In his early years, he followed his brother-in-law to participate in the army, and later became a general surnamed Wang, and changed his surname to Wang. Soon he surrendered to Azig, saved himself from execution, and was confiscated into the Xinzhiku as a slave. After the death of Dolgon, Wang Fuchen was reused by Shunzhi, supervised the Hong Chengchou Department, and then Hong Chengchou promoted Wang Fuchen as the chief military officer, and Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, tried his best to entrap him, and later Wang Fuchen became Wu Sangui's subordinate, followed Wu Sangui into Yunnan, and was appreciated by Wu Sangui, and promoted him to be the governor of Shaanxi.

Wang Fuchen has a deep personality, and he was even more cautious after surrendering to the Manchu Dynasty, although he was Wu Sangui's old department, he was not very willing to offend Aobai, so he just groaned and did not speak.

Shang Kexi took a sip of tea and moistened his throat before he said slowly: "Ao Bai has always been domineering, but this person is the first general of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and he is also an auxiliary minister, and most of the decrees of the imperial court come out of his hands, and he also brought 30,000 Xiao cavalry battalions this time, even if we have a thousand dissatisfactions, we have to endure it first, we can't make a mistake, if we offend him, everyone wants to live a comfortable life again." ”

Wang Fuchen nodded, Shang Kexi's words were exactly what he wanted to say. Geng Jingzhong patted the table angrily and blushed and didn't speak, but he was helpless, Shang Kexi was right, Ao Bai is not easy to mess with, once he turned his face, the few people present had no good fruit to eat.

Zhao Fudao: "Ao Bai wants us to send troops to suppress, we have nothing to say, but this person has always had no one in his eyes, if he suddenly wants to send the Green Battalion or the Eight Banners into Guangdong, Fujian, Shaanxi, Guizhou?" When the king of Pingxi was here, he had repeatedly convened his henchmen to talk about the withdrawal of the imperial court, if the imperial court once drove us to exterminate the Southern Ming, and then come to a false Dao attack, take advantage of this time to give us a knife, what should we do? ”

The hall immediately became silent, the faces of the four people were not good-looking, everyone made traitors and lackeys in order to take this wealth, not to mention, but the real knife and real gun did it, what Zhao Fu said is not unreasonable, in fact, since the beginning of the tenth year of Shunzhi, the Southern Ming Dynasty was gradually exterminated by the Qing army, Emperor Yongli fled to Burma, and the remarks of withdrawing the feudal domain began to make a fuss in the court, and when Kangxi ascended the throne, this matter ended because the emperor was young and the power and ministers struggled, but everyone here believed that once the court had a chance, It is only a matter of time before the removal of the three feudatories is done, is it really necessary to sit idly by?