"Father, in the art of war, it is often said that the time, place, and people are favorable. The king of Ming and Han declared that the world is dressed and restored to Yanjing is the co-lord of China, and there is this legal system. If the location is advantageous, Ming will secretly surrender to his father in Jingzhou, so that the Sichuan soldiers and horses can drive straight in, first take Jingzhou and then occupy Wuchang, as the foundation of the Northern Expedition

And the soldiers under the command of the father are strong and well-fed, and they are the biggest people. With these three points, although it is located in a thousand miles of plains, it can prosper the country; If you lose these three points, although you have the solidity of mountains and rivers, you can also lose the country. ”

As a son-in-law, Hu Guozhu hopes that his father-in-law can go further, especially now that he has such a good opportunity, it would be a pity not to take advantage of it.

His speech is crepe, not like a military general, but more like a showman.

It is also true that in the eleventh year of Shunzhi, Hu Guozhu once participated in the Shuntian Township Examination and was one of the different among the many fierce generals under Wu Sangui.

Quite like a Confucian general.

"My father has more than 100,000 elite soldiers under his command, and there are two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou as the foundation, if my father responds to the Northern Expedition of King Han, the people who have restored the sight of the world will respond to my father, and the Manchurian soldiers are no longer the so-called soldiers twenty years ago, a group of children who don't know how to be my strong opponent, and the son-in-law can recover Yanjing in a year at most!"

Speaking of excitement, Hu Guozhu is a bit bookish.

In the past, Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, took Guanzhong as the foundation, so he was able to go north out of Yan and Zhao, and in the east of Qi and Lu, chase the Central Plains, destroy Xiang Yu and unify the world;

Tang Gaozu Li Yuan and his son possessed Taiyuan and Hedong as the foundation, took Chang'an in the west, and then went out of Tongguan in the east, competed with Wang Shichong for the eastern capital, collected the Central Plains and unified the whole country;

Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, first took Nanjing as the foundation, destroyed Chen Youliang in the west, Fang Guozhen and Zhang Shicheng in the east, and then went out on the Northern Expedition to expel Meng Yuan"

Fang Guangchen further pointed out that since ancient times, those who have won the world immediately must first choose a foothold, which can be fought and defended, and can only be done if they are endowed with wealth and soldiers.

"However, although the Qing court ordered the prince to Yongzhen Yunnan and govern Guizhou, but after 20 years of military disasters, the land of Yunnan and Guizhou has long been barren and difficult to be a fundamental place.

If the prince has the ambition to compete, he should use the Ming room to decisively order the world to restore the Ming, even if he can't recover Yanjing, he should also collect the southeast wealth and land, so as to support it for a long time. Otherwise, trapped in Yungui, no matter how much the prince is motivated to save money, he will inevitably be controlled by the Qing court, which has far more money and food than our Qing court in the future. ”

Last time, Zheng Jiaolin secretly wanted to take advantage of the defeat of Manchuria to oppose the Qing Dynasty, Wu Sangui asked Fang Guangchen what he meant, but Fang objected to acting under the banner of restoring sight, because there would be trouble with Xiang Yu's story in the future.

But now that there is the only pro-vassal Han Wang of the Ming Dynasty telling the world to be dressed and restored to Yanjing to inherit the legal system of the Ming Dynasty, and there is a combination of the Ming army, Fang Guangchen believes that the time has come to restore the Ming Dynasty.

Wu Sangui frowned, and he was really hesitant in his heart.

At this time, a voice came and said, "Father, you must not raise an army!" The so-called those who do not seek the overall situation are not enough to seek a domain; Those who do not seek eternity are not enough to seek a moment, and at this time the army will be in trouble! ”

But it was Wu Sangui's eldest son-in-law Xia Guoxiang, who rushed to hear the news.

Hu Guozhu saw that his brother-in-law opposed the army, and couldn't help asking: "Why can't you raise the army?" ”

"Lack of strength!"

After Xia Guoxiang stepped forward to salute his father-in-law, he said to Hu Guozhu that the manpower, material resources, and financial resources at their disposal were not as good as those of the Qing court, and the war was about the overall view, and it was not a surprise army that could be done cheaply for a while.

After the army was raised, except for the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan, Wu's army was able to take Huguang and Guangxi at most, plus some areas in the northwest, and these places were all poor places, which were simply not enough to afford the needs of the Qing war.

"If you can't fight quickly, you will fall into a long-term stalemate, and there are two million available manpower in the land of Yungui? Sichuan is dilapidated and uninhabited, and it is simply unable to provide money, food and manpower. Even if you can provide money and food, the southwest is mountainous and highland, and the transportation is inconvenient, how to transport it? ”

Xia Guoxiang said that the Qing court used the strength of the whole country to wield the southwest and requisition the people at any cost, so as to ensure the needs of the front-line army.

And with Yungui raising troops to destroy the Qing Dynasty, where is the power of the whole country available.

Therefore, we should continue to endure and secretly accumulate enough strength before raising troops.

Hu Guozhu was not convinced, thinking that he could contact the two feudal domains of Pingnan and Jingnan.

"The two feudal domains are both Han armies, and if the Qing court wants to cut the feudal domain in the future, how can it only cut my Pingxi family! Shang Kexi is rich in the world in Guangdong, as long as he is willing to respond, the financial resources should be alleviated"

Before Lian Lian finished speaking, Xia Guoxiang interrupted him, "Shang Kexi is a treacherous and slippery, how can you be willing to join forces with us!" ”

He reminded Hu Guozhu that as early as eight years ago, that is, in the twelfth year of Shunzhi, Shang Kexi asked to return to the old Liaodong with "phlegm disease", but was retained by Shunzhi with "the whole of Guangdong is undecided".

In other words, it is impossible for Shang Kexi, that old fox to rebel, and even be the first to take the lead in responding to the imperial court's reduction of the domain.

This made Hu Guozhu stunned, but Geng Jimao, the king of Jingnan, would definitely respond.

Because his father Geng Zhongming committed suicide because he was a fugitive from private hiding, the Qing court and Geng Jimao had a "grudge against killing his father".

"What about the revenge of killing my father?"

Xia Guoxiang shook his head, "Shang Kexi's entire family was killed by the Qing soldiers, isn't he still the king of Pingnan of the Qing Dynasty?" ”

Shang Kexi embraces Guangdong, Geng Jimao embraces Fujian, and if the two feudatories are willing to respond to the momentum, they will definitely be strong, and they can also be supported in terms of money and food, but the question is that these two feudatories are extremely obedient to the Qing court, how can they respond to Yungui.

"I'm afraid that when the time comes, the two families will help him and the Qing court deal with us."

Xia Guoxiang advocated opposing the Qing Dynasty, but did not advocate opposing it now, and the reason is here.

Hu Guozhu was a little depressed by his brother-in-law's words, and said in a muffled voice: "Now there is Jingzhou available for the army." ”

"What can you do if you take Wuchang? If you really want to go on a northern expedition, you have to enter Henan, but do we have cavalry? How to fight against the Eight Banners without cavalry? ”

Xia Guoxiang pointed out the fact that regardless of whether the Manchurian Eight Banners were abolished or not, Mulima just fought a stupid battle at the wrong time and in the wrong place.

That is, the Eight Banners gave up their strengths and used their weaknesses to fight this doomed battle with the Ming army.

However, there is only one mistake!

Once the Wu army goes north, it will definitely have to fight hard with the Eight Banners, how can the Wu army, which does not have large-scale cavalry, resist the Eight Banners, which have hundreds of thousands of war horses, and the Horqin troops that the Qing court can transfer into the customs at any time.

Hu Guozhu was still not convinced, but when he was about to speak, he heard his father-in-law already instructed Wang Pingfan, the governor of the left capital who was on duty today: "Send someone to summon Wu Guogui, Ma Bao, and Liu Xuanchu to return to Kunming as soon as possible, and the matter of joining forces with the Ming army must be mentioned again, and the matter of raising troops must also be mentioned again." ”

Wang Pingfan hesitated and went down to make arrangements.

Seeing this, Fang Guangchen secretly shook his head: "Does the prince really want to be a rich man?" ”

"The imperial court may not really cut the feudal domain, and take one step at a time, it is not too late to discuss it when the day comes, and it is better to secretly save for now."

Wu Sangui made up his mind, although the Qing court had suspected him for a long time, he asked himself that he had never done anything sorry for the Qing court, and the government was now in charge of Aobai, and he had a lot of "filial piety" to Aobai, so with Aobai, the Qing court would not withdraw the domain.

After all, it's not good for Aobai.

As long as the Qing court did not withdraw the feudal domain, he had no intention of taking risks.

The previous Sichuan Governor Li Guoying made it clear to him in a letter that the imperial court did not explicitly withdraw the feudal domain, and if you Pingxi King raised an army, he would first lose his trust in the Ming Dynasty and then in the Qing Dynasty, and no one in the world would believe in you.

If you want to be justified, you must wait for the imperial court to cut the domain, so that the Han army and the green camp will have the feeling of cunning rabbit death and lackeys cooking, so that the responders will gather.

The Qing court will also lose its trust in the world.

Otherwise, it will be difficult to stand alone.

In other words, Li Guoying thinks that he, the king of Pingxi, can't win the championship at the moment, and the impulsive consequence will be self-defeating.

Fang Guangchen knew that this young man had made up his mind, so he did not persuade again, and asked again whether he wanted Zheng Jiaolin, the governor of Sichuan, to continue to encircle and suppress the Ming army.

Wu Sangui hesitated and asked Fang Guangchen to send a letter to Zheng Jiaolin, saying that he could privately cease war with the Ming army, but he was not allowed to fund the Ming army and left him to fend for himself in the mountains.

This is also the intention to use the legal system of the Ming Chamber in the future.

Regardless of whether King Han is a conspiracy or a conspiracy, the legal system is always true.

Fang Guangchen said again: "That Ming general who is willing to vote for the prince? ”

"Obviously to vote for the king, but in fact to lure the king to raise troops, the cunning person should not be gullible."

Wu Sangui really didn't have a good impression of Wang Yaowu, the Ming general who intended to be presented in Jingzhou, but felt that this person's three family slaves had a bad character and didn't want to have anything to do with it.