"The old man is really ashamed, if it weren't for the virtuous nephew who could finally pacify Huguang and sweep away the remnants of the thieves, the old man's grievances might not be revealed, let alone get another chance to be loyal to the country."

After receiving the order, Shen Shuren inevitably left Fang Kongzhi to reminisce about the past, and these words of gratitude that Fang Kongzhi said also sounded very awkward and unfamiliar-

It's strange if you don't get unfamiliar, because the eunuch who announced the decree was also invited to accompany him. In front of Chongzhen's henchmen, of course everyone has to pretend to be a little more businesslike.

The eunuch who announced the decree was also surnamed Wang, and I heard that it seemed that he had changed his surname, and worshiped Wang Chengen, the big celebrity next to Chongzhen, as his godfather. It was normal for young eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty to recognize eunuchs as godfathers.

Therefore, Shen Shuren's reply was also businesslike, and he did not forget to take the opportunity to inadvertently convey some information, so that the prince could bring it back to Chongzhen, so as not to have more bad times in the future, Chongzhen couldn't accept it in his heart, and then blamed the local governor.

"Uncle Shi doesn't have to blame himself, I have a good relationship with Brother Fang Nian like siblings, and I still have to help if I can help with this little favor. In such a situation, there are many things that cannot be changed by human beings. We are all just one of the governors, and it is not easy to manage our own jurisdiction so that there will be no chaos."

Between Shen Shuren's words, he did not shy away from his friendship with Fang Yizhi in the same year, and moderately showed some big packages, as if he was so supportive of his old boss because of his friendship with Fang Yizhi.

After all, this relationship is well known, and if you don't even mention this friendship, it will be too fake, and the prince is not deaf and blind.

After saying the comforting words, Shen Shuren changed his words and reminded, "Uncle Shi is going to Sichuan, I'm afraid it will be quite difficult, and you must be prepared for a hard battle. I was also here yesterday when I was reorganizing my troops and horses, and I just received another urgent report from the general Qin soldiers stationed in Fengjie.

It is said that Chongqing City has been convinced that it has been broken by Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Xianzhong should have succeeded in a long battle, accumulated a lot of resentment, and it seems that the city was slaughtered in Chongqing, and His Royal Highness King Rui should have also been killed.

Now Zhang Xianzhong's soldiers are divided into two routes, one to plunder all over the hinterland of Shuzhong, raise grain and grass to coerce the poor, and the other is trying to divide troops to seize Fengjie White Emperor City.

The bad news that Shen Shuren said really surprised Fang Kongzhi slightly, and the prince who came with him was also very worried.

Wang Gonggong was the first to ask, "So critical?! Uncle Shen, you can give me a word, can this Qin General Soldier keep Fengjie? Can't the imperial army rush to the rescue?"

Shen Shuren first humbly said: "The prince is polite, and the lower official is even an earl, but he is still young, and he still can't be called an uncle." What's more, Your Majesty has given my country a surname, or should I change my words,

It is really necessary to pay attention to the number of etiquette, so it is better to call the country surname. Uncle Fang Shi is too, and in the future, the little nephew will be Zhu Shuren, not Shen Shuren."

Wang Gonggong and Fang Kongzhi also hurriedly agreed, saying that they had indeed forgotten to change their words for a while.

(Note: From then on, when this book mentions Shen Shuren, it is changed to Zhu Shuren, which is also the name of the protagonist in modern society before he travels.) The book has been written to 1.11 million words, and the protagonist has finally changed back to his original name, which is a big hole. ）

After Zhu Shuren corrected it, he spoke again to reassure: "Don't worry, the prince, this Fengjie White Emperor City will definitely be safe. The terrain of that place is dangerous, and it is extremely difficult to conquer it when you are idle. And General Qin is a good general in the world, and he has been famous for decades.

She commanded the white pole soldiers, although a few years ago when she was sent north to fight with ***, she suffered heavy losses, but after all, she left thousands of backbone veterans, and returned to Sichuan to recuperate and expand the army for rectification, and now there are 20,000 horses.

Governor Shao had previously made improper deployments, and only let General Qin's troops focus on guarding the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, which overlooked other directions. But because of this, the defensive forces around Qutang Gorge are absolutely sufficient, and they have hoarded grain and grass in advance, and they are not afraid of besieging the city.

More firmly our Huguang army, more than half a month ago, under the leadership of Zhang Huangyan, who was the prefect of Jingzhou, with more than 10,000 troops westward, hit the tail of Sun Kewang's army, killed more than 2,000 enemies, recaptured Zigui and Wuxian, and reopened the Three Gorges waterway.

This time, Zhang Xianzhong blocked the festival with a partial division, and Zhang Huangyan had already used Jingzhou and Yiling reinforcements in advance to base all the troops in Qutang Gorge, and the White Emperor City became a corner, and our army wanted to take the Three Gorges into Sichuan, and the road was absolute

It won't be blocked. And with Zhang Huangyan to help in the battle, General Qin will be more at ease."

Zhu Shuren said, and at the same time, he asked people to bring the map, and at this dust washing banquet, he unfolded it and pointed it out to Wang Gonggong and Fang Kongzhi.

Wang Gonggong is not very knowledgeable about military affairs, but seeing that Zhu Shuren understands that the road into Sichuan is still guaranteed, he is relieved: "In this case, when our family goes back to give His Majesty a life, it is easy to explain it. In the situation in Sichuan, there will be Lao Guo's surname Ye and Fang Futai."

Zhu Shuren humbly bowed his hand: "The prince is polite, this is all our deep favor from the country, and we should do it." It's just that I also ask the prince to send a message to His Majesty to explain the difficulties of our Huguang army and people-

The city of Chongqing was broken yesterday, but in fact, it was already broken seven days ago, and from Chongqing to Fengjie, there were 700 miles along the waterway of the Yangtze River, and it took two and a half days to convey the news. It was also seven or eight hundred miles from Fengjie to Gangneung, and it only took one and a half days. From Jiangling to Wuchang, it can only be delivered by 600 miles of expedited fast horses.

Xiaguan returned to Wuchang ten days ago, and the troops had just experienced the bloody battle with the thieves in Chen County, and they were exhausted and wounded. As soon as Xiaguan arrived ten days ago, he immediately marched westward with his whole division, and within three days he marched to Jiangling at most, and it was absolutely impossible to rescue Chongqing, which was 1,500 miles away.

Therefore, please also ask the prince to be aware that the death of King Rui and the massacre of Chongqing are really not saved by our people. What's more, the lower official is only the governor of Huguang, how can he move into Sichuan lightly before he gets a clear order?

In the past ten days, Xia Guan could only guard the place, allowing Zhang Huangyan to assist in the defense of Chen soldiers at the junction of Sichuan and Huguang, and at the same time rotate the tired division.

I Huguang originally had 140,000 soldiers and horses, 90,000 of whom participated in the bloody battle with the thieves, and 50,000 of them, who had been seriously injured in the battles of Changsha and Hengzhou.

Now that they have been fighting with the thieves for more than three months, the 90,000 divisions that went north have lost 10,000 or 20,000, and there are more injuries, so they can only go on the defensive. The 50,000 soldiers defending the land had to recuperate and recuperate, and the lower officials were going to use these 50,000 horses and Henan to collect the army and go west to Chongqing to help their colleagues gain a foothold in Sichuan.

If Chongqing is recovered in the future, my Huguang ordnance baggage, reinforcements and other departments will naturally be limited to Chongqing, as for the pacification of the hinterland of Shuzhong after that, it is inconvenient for the lower officials to intervene, and it will naturally be solved by the governor Fang, I don't know what the prince thinks, this law can be in line with His Majesty's wishes?"

The prince listened and listened, and when he heard half of it, he suddenly realized that because of his fear just now, he even forgot to ask more about the slaughter of Chongqing and the murder of King Rui.

This is also Zhu Shuren's art of speaking, he just chose to describe the situation a little worse first, so he asked the prince to first shift his focus to "even Fengjie White Emperor City and Qutang Gorge may be lost, if that is the case, Huguang Army can't save Sichuan if they want to". and temporarily reduced the attention to the point that Chongqing was broken and slaughtered in the same paragraph.

This is also Zhu Shuren's attempt to squeeze Chongzhen and make Chongzhen no longer pursue the slaughter of Chongqing and the killing of King Rui in the future, so he must first draw a clear line and distinguish "which problems are caused by Shao Jiechun when he was the governor of Sichuan, before Fang Kongzhi took office, and before Zhu Shuren received the order to "cooperate with Fang Kongzhi to quell the chaos".

It's like an unfinished project, the previous contractor picks and leaves, is fired by the developer, and has the next family to take over. Then the progress list of the quantities when taking over must be drawn clearly.

How big the disaster was before, it must be said clearly, otherwise with Chongzhen's emotional instability, it is very possible to bite with the mud in the future, regardless of merit and demerit.

In addition, Shen Shuren's current location, in fact, even if he just went to Chongqing, was not very legal, and it had already left the defense area of the governor of Huguang.

But now the situation is a little more critical, and then he takes the initiative very knowingly, "I am just escorting Governor Fang to take office, and help him lay a foothold first, at least enough to set up a temporary governor's yamen", and promised never to go to Chengdu.

Then the situation is completely different, even if it is the people around Chongzhen, they will not think about "the surname of the country is that he wants to expand his descendant power again", he will only feel that he is loyal to the country and is heartbroken for the Ming Dynasty.

The prince was already quite emotional in his heart,

The Ming Dynasty has come to this point, and there is such loyalty, who said that the loyalty of the country surnamed Ye is not as good as Sun Chuanting's?

However, he only came to announce the decree, and Chongzhen did not explicitly say that he would supervise the army when he left Beijing. It's just that through Wang Chengen's reminder, when it comes to the place, he may find that the situation is getting worse, allowing him to act at the opportunity to a certain extent.

After thinking about it, the prince decided to compromise, and said in a consultative tone: "Even so, our family originally had the responsibility to ensure that Fang Futai and Shao Jiechun were handed over, and to escort Shao Jiechun back to Beijing.

Our family followed the soldiers and horses surnamed Guo and Fang Futai to Chongqing together, so as to observe Fang Futai taking office and confirm Shao Jiechun's life and death. Once we have the letter, our family will return to Beijing to resume their lives, and before that, our family will first send a deputy envoy back to Beijing to report the latest situation to His Majesty.

The prince's disposition is reasonable, Zhu Shuren thought about it, and he couldn't find a mistake. Because the holy decree carried by the people is to be given to three people, not only to give Zhu Shuren a knight and surname, but also to ensure that Fang Kongzhi and Shao Jiechun are handed over.

In this case, let him go to Chongqing for the time being, watch the official army recover Chongqing, no matter how delicious and drunk he entertains, and after confirming Shao Jiechun's news, it will not be too late to return to his life.

And at that time, "what is the current situation in Sichuan, and which pots were provoked by Shao Jiechun during his tenure", naturally it will also be subject to the confirmation of Shao Jiechun's junction news. Before that point in time, all the Sichuan territory lost had nothing to do with Fang Kongzhi Zhu Shuren.

Of course, before that, the territory that Zhu Shuren took back from Zhang Xianzhong must also be credited.

Merit should be counted as a sin, and this is also a case of maximizing benefits.

Zhu Shuren was very satisfied with this share of spoils, so he said very responsibly: "Please ask Uncle Shi and Wang Gonggong to rest for two or three days, and after a tiring journey, you can set off with our rear army to the west." This officer first took the front and the Chinese army soldiers and horses, and set out two days after the distinction, first going to Jiangling and Yiling, and then taking a boat to Fengjie."