The Ming army returned to Wanxian in a steady stream, and walked for a whole afternoon before completely evacuating from the battlefield. The excited soldiers boasted about their martial arts. The soldiers who had been bored under the armor for a long time gave their equipment to the auxiliary soldiers, changed into thin clothes to dissipate heat, and some even jumped into the water to take a bath. During this period, the corpse under the straw hat remained the same. Two soldiers had played in the water not far upstream of it, and were ordered by the impatient officer to return to the team.

When the Ming army left, the sun was already westward. It was not until the night began to fall on the ground and the Yangtze River turned black that the "corpse" twitched slightly, then gently raised its head, exposed its eyes from the water, and carefully observed the movements around.

After confirming that there was nothing unusual around him, Zhang Yong slipped to the shore with his hands and reached out to untie the thin thread tied with the braid and the straw hat. But when his finger touched the braid, Zhang Yong hesitated for a moment, and did not uncover the thin thread but put the straw hat on his head. Then Zhang Yong gently spit out the straw tube in his mouth, and with the cover of the hollow tube and straw hat, he could stay under the water safely for so long. Zhang Yong did not spit on the ground, but carefully put it in close proximity, and then quickly walked to the west.

...

Two days later, the Sichuan-Shaanxi Governor General Camp was held in the northwest of Zhong County.

Before Zhao Liangdong and Wang Jinbao arrived in Chongqing, Gao Mingzhan defended the city with more than 1,200 armored soldiers. In addition to the 12,000 Shanxi Green Camp and the 3,000 Han and Eight Banners, Li Guoying had only 9,000 armored soldiers from Sichuan and Shaanxi Green Camps. As a result, the outpost was defeated in one battle of 4,000 armored soldiers. He only ran back one after another in two days. With the losses of the auxiliary soldiers, the Qing army had already lost nearly 10,000 people. He suffered such a great defeat at the beginning of the expedition, and there was no need to mention the blow to morale. In order to prevent the disintegration of the people in the Shanxi Green Camp, Li Guoying had to try every means to block the news and try his best to conceal the losses.

Fortunately, the losses of the senior generals this time were unprecedentedly low. Zhang Yong, Wang Mingde, Hu Wenke and other generals all had to return safely, which provided a lot of convenience for Li Guoying to conceal the losses. In the past, if there were more than 10,000 soldiers and four or five generals, they would not have fought like this. There were more bare poles than their personal soldiers when they escaped.

When Wang Mingde returned to the camp with six or seven generals, Yuan Jiawen Bizheng and Li Guoying were having tea leisurely. After seeing Wang Mingde, the deputy governor snorted but ignored them.

"Why come here and accompany the deputy governor!" Li Guoying shouted with a face. Yuan Jiawenbi sued the green camps fiercely and made a list of equipment losses for Li Guoying to take a look.

"The deputy commander, all the generals are incompetent." Wang Mingde and other green camp generals hurriedly bowed and claimed the crime: "The deputy commander is large, so give the generals a chance to make meritorious service."

After scolding his subordinates, Li Guoying changed his tone and pleaded with Yuan Jiawenbi for them. Li Guoying took over the losses of the Eight Banners of Han and expressed that he would be fully compensated, as long as Yuan Jiawenbi did not write to the court to complain.

"The Governor General is so serious, and Wang Shuai and others have tried their best. This humble position is also clear." Yuan Jiawenbi couldn't refuse to give the face to the Governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi. He generously stated that even if this matter was over, Yuan Zongdi was insidious and cunning. Although the generals failed, his courage was commendable. Since the requirements of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty were met, he naturally would not attack the lawsuit in front of the court.

After drinking the tea, Yuan Jiawenbi bowed and said goodbye. The Governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi sent him to the entrance of the tent with a smile. Sun Sike and the other two thousand Han Eight Banners were still far behind. Now the Han Eight Banners around the Governor's camp is the largest official.

After Yuan Jiawenbi left, Wang Mingde and others all knelt down and reported their escape process to Li Guoying in all aspects.

"It's that coupon again." Li Guoying no longer had the strength to curse, and pinched his nose with both hands and kept rubbing it. Now he felt exhausted: "Tell me, how many cows do you want me to give this time?"

Li Guoying was not too angry about Wang Mingde and others reporting the military information to Yuan Zongdi. As long as a general was captured, the secret of military information would probably not be able to be saved. After hearing the news of the great defeat, the first thing Li Guoying did was to adjust the deployment. Since these guys told him the truth, it means that they were still loyal. As for the fact that he claimed not to say a word in public, Li Guoying would naturally accept it openly.

"Governor General, I have an idea." One person said: "Yuan Zhe has a lot of soldiers. He must have planted a lot of fields in Wanxian County. Governor General may threaten him. If he doesn't let anyone go, we will burn all his fields."

"Even if he releases people, will we not burn his fields? You know that he has grown a lot of land. Do you just watch him harvest and continue to expand the army?" Li Guoying cursed. Since he realized Yuan Zongdi's strength, he regarded cutting Yuan Zongdi's crops as an important task that must be carried out: "Forget it, didn't Yuan Zongdi say that he would hand over everyone to Deng Ming? Deng Ming is a man who keeps his promise. After he cut Yuan Zongdi's crops, he will ask Governor Gao to find Deng Ming to ask for people for you. Baoning still has some cattle... I understand that no matter how rich my official's family is, you will be defeated!"

There is no need to worry too much about coupons, because the few Manchu lords around Li Guoying also used this to save their lives. They would probably pretend to be invisible to such scandals. With Manchu lords suppressing them, Sun Sike and Yuan Jiawenbi won the benefits and would not cause trouble.

Wang Mingde and others would not object to the fact that Li Guoying used their military pay to compensate the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty even if they were dissatisfied. At this time, the main master was not there, and Li Guoying also comforted them: "Don't have the same knowledge as Vice President Yuan Jia."

"The last general understands, understands." Wang Mingde and others nodded repeatedly. For the court, the Manchu princes were naturally their own sons; and the Han Eight Banners were mostly Liaodong people like Sun Sike, Yuan Jiawenbi, and Zu Zerun (Zu Dashou's son), who were also the Eight Banners soldiers, and they were considered honorary sons, commonly known as godsons; and Li Guoying and Zhao Liangdong, the Han Eight Banners who brought green camp soldiers, waited for them, and they were all those who made great contributions to the Qing army entering the pass. For example, Zhao Liangdong helped Ajige suppress the resistance of Gansu and Shaanxi, and Li Guoying defended the lonely city and fought against Liu Wenxiu's army, so he was also carried into the Han Eight Banners, but they were still different from Sun Sike, Yuan Jiawenbi, and Zu brothers, and were considered honorary godsons.

Li Guoying continued to ask about the details of the battle. Wang Mingde and the others planned to blame Zhang Yong, but Li Guoying was smart, so they answered very carefully and did not finish it once. Several people gathered together in the evening and confessed overnight based on Li Guoying's reaction. The next day, when Li Guoying continued to ask, Zhang Yong suddenly came back safely when they were just starting to complain.

Then there was a crazy criticism and abuse between each other. After hearing this for a moment, Li Guoying, who was old at military service, was so angry that he was so angry that he slapped the table and interrupted their spits and criticized each other: "Zhang Yong, Wang Mingde! You all want to take advantage, and no one is willing to suffer losses. In order to take advantage of the advantages, they send fake signals to deceive friends, treat the real signals as fakes, and then simply send fake signals to escape. As a result, they lost the battle that could be won. Five thousand to five thousand, and one of them was defeated!"

The boss, who was almost furious, stood up and cursed at Zhang Yong. Wang Mingde suddenly felt dizzy, his eyes blurred, and a scream sounded in his ears, including Zhang Yong and Wang Mingde.

"Hurry up the Governor!"

"Not good, call me doctor."

"Where is the doctor? The Governor fainted."

...

On the same day, Xuzhou.

The new governor of Xuzhou Yuan Xiang and Deng Ming were discussing government affairs. The station system between Xuzhou and Chengdu had been established. In order to raise the station personnel and horses, Chengdu did not spend less money on it. After the system was established, someone asked whether to establish a station system to Wanxian to speed up contact with Yuan Zongdi.

"If the post station is established along the Yangtze River, then it is the same as the one who comes here in the capital. The express delivery ships and the horses on the countercurrent can save half of the cost. But even if you save half of it, the cost is still too much." Yuan Xiang has made a simple budget. The distance from Xuzhou to Wanxian is much farther than that from Chengdu, and there is also a nail on Chongqing on the way. The post station must consider its self-defense ability and also needs to be equipped with reconnaissance forces. These expenses are added together, and the maintenance cost is probably ten times that of the Chengdu-Xizhou Post Station System.

"Too many." Deng Ming glanced at the budget table and threw it aside: "Li Guoying didn't dare to leave the Jialing River at all. There was no urgent military information to be conveyed, and it wasted money."

"I think so too." Yuan Xiang fully agreed with Deng Ming's view. Although the transmission of countercurrent intelligence was a little slower, there was never a military intelligence that needed to be sent to Chengdu in the past year. If you spend a lot of money to build this system, the Qingcheng faction in the Senate who was idle all day long would probably have to make a fuss. Especially the guard of Wanxian was still Yuan Zongdi, and the Qingcheng faction probably would have to speak out again that Yuan Xiang had selfish intentions. Even if you want to help Yuan Zongdi, Yuan Xiang could choose to send more supplies to Wanxian. There was no need to spend money on this useless post station system.

"I have always heard that Zhejiang people are very flexible, but in terms of war, they are really similar to those of elm-wood knots." After discussing official duties, Deng Ming and Yuan Xiang chatted about their last experience in Jiangnan. Since he came back, the two have not had time to sit together and chat as well as they do today.

"Why did the admiral say this?"

"I have repeatedly told Zhang Shangshu's men that in war, we must confront the enemy on the battlefield in a dignified manner, and don't think about sneak attacks all day long." Deng Ming said helplessly. Whether it was last time or this time, the Zhoushan army, especially Zhang Huangyan's direct descendants, were not very concerned about the upright positional warfare tactics, and were very interested in how to wear makeup and sneak attacks: "But they just decided that fighting was to wear makeup into Tartars, and then go to steal the camp while the enemy was sleeping or eating."

"They are so stubborn." Yuan Xiang also felt very incredible. Deng Ming was invincible, and the Zhoushan Army would not believe his military vision. Especially Deng Ming and the halo of the Gaoyou Lake Victory, it was unreasonable that Zhoushan Army was so stubborn.

After defaming Zhang Huangyan and the Zhoushan Army's stubbornness, Yuan Xiang asked again: "The Admiral has not told me the story of the battle in Gaoyou Lake.
Chapter completed!