On the way to Yanzi Village, Wang Wu heard from the deputy general Zhang En who accompanied him that Hu Shuai and Hao Shuai were leading their troops to pursue the Qing army, and not only recaptured the seven large and small military villages lost before, but also recovered the two important strongholds that were occupied by the Qing army last year to Wushan.

The situation roughly returned to September last year, and the area available for the Ming army to operate was roughly doubled, and there was one county territory.

"The two old marshals are on their way back to the mountain, Yuan Shuai is in charge of the main village, and the little grandfather has already sent someone to the main village to inform Yuan Shuai, rest assured, Grandpa Pan just wants to ask you something, you don't need to worry about it."

may be afraid that Wang Wu will misunderstand, Zhang En specially said it.

Wang Wu nodded, he was not worried that the prison army Pan Yinglong would kill him without asking.

This inquiry is a routine matter.

Pan Yinglong didn't look for him, he had to take the initiative to report.

After all, he had private contact with Mu Lima, Zhang Changgeng, and the Sichuan Green Battalion, and did not get the consent of Li Laiheng, who was "ordered to supervise the military of the generals", nor did he get the approval of Han Wang, the spiritual leader of the military and the people, let alone the nominal boss Liu Xiang, the prince of Wanguo, and there was a problem in the "organizational procedures".

This is taboo for all dynasties and generations.

For example, in his previous life, the senior agent who met with Wang's puppet leader privately had an accident after the founding of the People's Republic of China because he did not know what to do.

However, I admire Li Laiheng and Hao Shaoqi, these old commanders are worthy of fighting for decades, and their capture of fighters can be described as very old-fashioned.

This time, he really made a combination punch with Wang Wu.

After this battle, the Qing army in Shaanxi was estimated to be greatly damaged, the Qing army in Sichuan could not contribute due to political reasons, and the Qing army in Huguang was waiting for the signing of the pledge, so as long as the three old commanders could agree to peace talks, the two sides could reach an armistice agreement of at least five years.

Wang Wu's bottom line is that the military and civilians in the base areas will not shave their hair, but they will not take the initiative to attack the Qing army in the past five years, and they can even nominally accept the jurisdiction of the Qinghu and Guang sides, and the internal military and political autonomy will be substantial.

He himself and his subordinates shaved their hair and accepted the canonization of the Qing court, and moved to Jingzhou as hostages.

In addition, the territory of five counties, including Zhushan, Xingshan, and Fangxian, was returned to the Ming army.

These five counties have been swept away by the Qing army, but there is actually no population, which is equivalent to a no-man's land.

The five counties that cannot provide manpower, money and food are like chicken ribs.

The reason why Wang Wu insisted on these five counties was just to set up another protective layer on the periphery of the base area.

Or a strategic buffer.

If the Qing court did not agree, then Wang Wu's final concession was that neither the Ming army nor the Qing army should be allowed to garrison troops in these five counties.

From a realistic and long-term point of view, an armistice and peace are the wisest option.

However, how to persuade the three old marshals to agree to an armistice, and how to persuade the King of Han, the King of Dong'an, the Hong Ministry of Yuan, and the Pan Jianjun to temporarily give up the idea of restoring the Ming Dynasty is not a simple matter.

Wang Wu is because he knows the situation, so he can take advantage of the situation.

At the same time, it is also because of the two lives of human beings that they advocate "flexibility".

But the three old marshals, the prince, and the ministries have been fighting against the Qing army for 20 years, and it is really hard to say whether they are willing to be flexible and wait for the future.

Zhang En was previously the deputy general of the Chinese army of Liu Tichun, the Duke of Anhui, and now he is stationed in Yanzi Village with Liu Heng, which is regarded as Liu Xiang's descendant.

On the way, Wang Wu asked Zhang En what he thought about the armistice with the Qing court.

"Our army was first defeated by the Eight Banners, and then defeated the Shaanxi Green Battalion, although there was a shortage of soldiers and food, but many prisoners were captured in the two wars, and the morale of the army was also revived, why can't we take this opportunity to break the blockade of the Qing army in one fell swoop, and we have to negotiate peace with them?"

Zhang En was not inclined to stop fighting with the Qing army, he felt that since the Qing army in Shaanxi had suffered a heavy setback and retreated from Maolu Mountain, the Ming army should take advantage of the opportunity to free up its hands on the northern front to break the blockade of the Qing army on the eastern, southern, and western fronts.

As early as when he went to Sichuan Luying to borrow the road, Wang Wu made a deduction.

The result of the mental calculus is not to work.

Whether it is the current Maolu Mountain or the past Kuidong, the military level has always been surrounded by the Qing army, whether the Ming army continues to trap Maolu Mountain or regain the lost territory to restore Kuidong, in fact, they are all in a circle.

A dead circle with no population, no money and food.

In this way, it doesn't matter whether the circle is big or small, what matters is whether there is an opportunity to stand out.

This opportunity originally existed, and the time was before the three provincial capitals were suppressed in the first year of Kangxi.

Now, no.

Even if Ao Bai agreed to a temporary truce with the Ming army due to political factors, it was impossible to let the Ming army die with a living mouth.

In a head-to-head battle, the Ming army was obviously not the opponent of the Qing army, as evidenced by the two counterattacks commanded by the tiger commander.

Wang Wu's victory at Huanglongshan was just a fool's mistake by Mulima, and the defeat of the Shaanxi Green Camp was ultimately caused by "political" reasons, not that the Ming army could really suppress and beat people.

Now the small encirclement has been broken, and the big encirclement is still there.

Therefore, the possibility of Wang Wu wanting to take people out is very small.

He could only do his best.

Zhang En's side did not agree to negotiate peace with the Qing army, but this matter was related to the death of tens of thousands of soldiers in Maolu Mountain, and it was proposed by Wang Wu, who led the remnants of Wushan to break out of the encirclement, so his attitude was probably not to oppose or agree.

In the words of later generations, if there is an opinion, it should be reserved first.

Wang Wu didn't ask any more questions, and followed Zhang En through a steep mountain cliff and climbed up the rope ladder for more than 100 meters, and came to the top of a mountain covering an area of more than ten acres.

This place is the swallow village.

The walled wall is made of long stone strips, high in the east and low in the west, cliffs on three sides, and only one side can go up and down.

The terrain is extremely steep, and it is really a terrain that cannot be opened.

Therefore, Yanzizhai also became a place for the wounded soldiers of the Ming army to recuperate.

"Brother Yaowu!"

Liu Xiang, the prince of Wanguo, was already waiting for the marquis, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw Wang Wu who came with Zhang En, and after saying a few words, he took Wang Wu to see Pan Jianjun and Hong's courtyard.

When passing through the gate of the village, Wang Wu saw that there were two happy words posted on the gate of the village, and he couldn't help but ask what the happy event was.

Liu Xiang said that his brother-in-law Li Fuguo was wounded by an arrow in the previous counterattack, and his sister Liu Yun ran to the main village to ask for her husband to marry her husband after learning about this. Hu Shuai couldn't help it, so the couple got married.

For some reason, Wang Wu felt a little sad in his heart.

It's not that there is anything wrong with the combination of Liu Yun and Li Fuguo, but that behind this is a bleak love story.

The husband and the wife followed.

The overseer Pan Gonggong lived in the same room with the Hong Ministry of Courtyard, and when Wang Wu came over, Pan Gonggong and the Hong Ministry were talking at the door.

Hongbuyuan's complexion was better than before, because it was due to the timely use of medicine.

"The Last General,"

Wang Wu was about to come forward to salute, but he heard that the Hong Ministry was slightly dissatisfied and said: "Since you have led your troops to stand out, the situation has also improved, why don't you fight bravely to kill the enemy and serve the country, but you have to shave your hair and lower your hair?" ”

"If you can fight without fighting, have you forgotten King Han's intention of giving you a name to show off your martial arts? Since the Liao Incident, how can my Ming Dynasty have ever been able to fight but not fight, if you don't fight, why do you want to fight? If you want to fight, why don't you fight! ”

Looking at Wang Wu, who was hanging a pigtail on the back of his head, Pan Gonggong couldn't help but shake his head, his eyes showing disappointment.

Wang Wu was silent for a moment, looked up at the two old men, and said in a deep voice: "Chongzhen Dynasty, my Ming Dynasty is only outside the pass, of course I have to fight; Hongguang Dynasty, I still have half of the Ming Dynasty, of course I have to fight; In the Longwu Dynasty, I still have several provinces in the Ming Dynasty, although the Qing army is strong, as long as our army and people have the strength to fight to the end;

Yongli Dynasty, the southwest is still there, no one is willing to be a slave to the country, only today, the last general will ask the ministry and father-in-law, what else do we rely on to be able to fight without fighting? ”