Zuo Hanbing sighed: "In fact, with the previous idea of the younger brother, our army should avoid the decisive battle, preserve its strength, and accelerate its development to make a future map." If everything goes well, in three or five years, the Zhentian Army will be able to grow to 500,000 people, and if we are given seven or eight years, I am afraid it will grow to one million. At that time, there will be no need for Dashun and Daming at all, and my Zhentian Army alone will be enough to compete with the Qing Dynasty. Even if we lose a thousand times, as long as we defeat the Qing army in the last decisive battle, it will be enough to change the pattern of the world. However, the current development of the situation has far exceeded everyone's expectations, the Qing army's march is too fast, Li Zicheng is about to collapse in the face of the Qing and Wu coalition forces, and the current situation no longer allows us to develop with peace of mind as before, and we must unite all forces to contain the rapid momentum of the Qing army. When the grass fell, the younger brother talked to his brother about Lianming's plan to resist the Qing Dynasty, and now it is time to wait!"

Tang Ma said: "Brother Zuo, you are here again, and you are also joining the Ming to resist the Qing Dynasty, what is the Ming Dynasty!

Duan Hongyu pondered for a moment and said, "The words of the military advisor are right! If we want to fight, we can't just fight Lianchengyu, we must pull Dolgon to fight together." It is better not to fight those innocuous small battles, but to fight big battles that can break the bones of the Qing Dynasty and have a fundamental impact on the current situation, so as to strike a blow at the arrogance of the Qing army and boost the morale of the Chinese people. ”

Tang Ma said: "Tenth brother, what you said can be regarded as speaking to the heart of the starling brother. You just have to give the order, we won't attack Lingzhi Island anymore, just attack Beijing City directly!"

Duan Hongyu said: "Starling! If you say you're fat, you'll breathe, how much strength can we have to take down Beijing City?"

Tang Ma said: "What's wrong with my Zhentian Army? There are so many masters in the army, and there are tens of thousands of sergeants, which is not enough for him to pull a breath?"

Duan Hongyu said: "Although we have many masters, we can't play a role in this kind of large army battle at all. We also have many sergeants, but our weapons are rudimentary, and they cannot be compared with the elite cavalry of the Qing army! Therefore, we can only attract the enemy army and destroy it little by little!"

Tang Ma said: "You can fight any way, anyway, as long as there is a battle to fight, we will be happy!"

Zhan Tianlun said: "Tenth brother, it is feasible for the military advisor to propose Lianming, no matter what, we must fully understand the intentions of all parties before we start, at least when my Zhentian army attacks the Qing army, Xia Qianxun and they can't take the opportunity to make trouble!"

Duan Hongyu said: "That day, we went to Nanjing to see Ma Shiying, who wanted to run into the Ming Dynasty's extermination of the Moth Army, which disrupted our plan. Let's go again now and touch the bottom of Ma Shiying and Xia Qianxun. ”

Tang Ma snorted and said, "What's so good to see? I know what they are thinking in their heads, that is, to get rid of my Zhentian Army, Dashun Army and Daxi Army in one fell swoop, and then divide the river with the Qing Dynasty and rule it!"

Duan Hongyu sneered: "If that's the case, we should go even more once to make their conspiracy unsuccessful!"

Tang Ma said: "Tenth brother, can you control Ma Shiying?"

Duan Hongyu said: "Although he can't say left and right, at least it makes him fearful."

Zhan Tianlun said: "Yes! If he doesn't resist the Qing, we will force him to resist the Qing!"

Tang Ma snorted and said, "Ma Shiying is a big man, not everyone can see it!"

Duan Hongyu also let out a long sigh and said, "It is indeed not easy to meet these two traitors!"

Zuo Hanbing said: "Brother, just rest assured, with our martial arts, as long as we arrive in Jinling, we are not afraid of not seeing people!"

Duan Hongyu immediately decided that he and Zuo Hanbing, Tie Bingxin, and Shangguan Hongying would go to Nanjing.

The four of them set off on the same day and came to Nanjing not long after, only to see that the city of Nanjing at this time was still immersed in a song and dance, and there was no atmosphere of the current enemy. Duan Hongyu couldn't help but sigh: "The Qing army is about to go south soon, but these dignitaries are still drunk and dreaming of death, it's a pity that the wise ancestors of Emperor Hongwu and Emperor Yongle are gone! They are afraid that they will never dream that their descendants are such incompetent fools!"

Tie Bingxin said: "Maybe they know that they can't escape death, so they are in a hurry to enjoy themselves!"

The four of them went to an inn, Duan Hongyu and Zuo Hanbing in one room, and Tie Bingxin and Shangguan Hongying lived in another room.

After lunch, Duan Hongxin and Zuo Hanbing walked out of the inn and wandered around Nanjing. Nanjing is a rich place in the south of the Yangtze River, and its prosperity is not below Beijing. In addition, it has now become a temporary capital, and many royal princes, nobles, and wealthy merchants in the north have gathered here, and it has become the first city in the world for a while. The two of them were in the middle of it, and it was really like another world.

Zuo Hanbing said: "Brother, we can't always wander around the streets, let's go to Ma Shiying's mansion and take a look!"

Duan Hongyu said: "The Ma Mansion must be heavily guarded, and we will go in vain!"

Zuo Hanbing said: "Since we are here, we have to see Ma Shiying no matter what, there is really no chance, so we can only go to the Ma Mansion to find out the truth first!"

As soon as Duan Hongyu heard that it was reasonable, he and Zuo Hanbing inquired all the way to Mafu.

When I came to Mafu, I saw that the magnificence was extraordinary, the gatehouse was towering, and it was seven in a row, covering an area of seven or eight hectares. Inside and outside the horse house, there are flocks of armor, and it can really be said that even a bird can't fly in.

Duan Hongyu and Zuo Hanbing were standing under a willow tree and looking at the mansion, when suddenly there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves in the distance. The two looked back, only to see the tiger-headed bachelor and Guan Meng beating the horse and galloping towards this side. The two of them didn't stop when they arrived at the house, and they just hit the horse and broke in.

Duan Hongyu said curiously: "I didn't expect that in broad daylight, these two people would dare to break into the Ma Mansion!"

Zuo Hanbing said: "They used to be Xia Qianxun's lackeys, why did they have a conflict with Ma Shiying?"

The guards of the Ma Mansion hurriedly surrounded them, and the first officer shouted: "Whoever is coming, get off the horse quickly!"

The tiger-headed bachelor did not answer, took off the three-stop water-splitting wolf's tooth pickle, and slapped it at the officer.

The officer's martial arts skills were average, and within three or five moves, he had already escaped back to the courtyard with injuries. The sergeants in front of the gate were in a panic, and fled back to the courtyard in a swarm, closing the gate.

The tiger-headed bachelor and Guan Meng jumped down from their horses and shouted, "Open the door quickly!" Guan Meng chopped the door with a small knife, and the red lacquered wooden door instantly left countless white marks.

The two were scolding, and suddenly two figures popped out of the courtyard, but they didn't expect it to be the iron-faced Qincha Tieyan and the face-nirvana killer Liu Ha.

Duan Hongyu said hatefully: "These two scum actually ran to the Ma Mansion!"

Zuo Hanbing said: "Presumably, Ma Shiying always does bad things and feels weak, so he invited these two people over!"

Duan Hongyu said: "The death of the eight monsters in the sky, the wounded injuries, now there are only the two of them left, I don't think about it or I don't repent!"