When Deng Ming retreated from Chongqing, Wang Jinbao had to stand by because of his insufficient troops. As for Chongqing, he did not take any action. Seeing the Ming army retreating calmly. After the Ming army transported all the prisoners away, Li Guoying and Zhang Yongcai fled back from the mountains with great difficulty. Li Guoying was really overjoyed to see that Chongqing was not lost.

Originally, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi was worried that Chongqing had been abandoned and the Ming army was chasing the Qing army retreating towards Baoning. Because the Ming army naval forces were everywhere on the Jialing River, he had to continue to flee with the Shanxi Green Camp. But the worst situation did not happen at the moment, and Li Guoying immediately rushed back to Chongqing City at full speed.

I heard that after Li Guoying came back, Gao Mingzhan immediately went outside Chongqing to greet him. Deng Ming was determined to take action immediately after retreating the army without any delay, so Gao Mingzhan did not have to pay for the city redemption expenses. After Li Guoying entered the city, Gao Mingzhan accompanied him to inspect the city defense and inventory everywhere, and served him in front of the horse and behind the ground.

Recalling the past of this war, Li Guoying was so angry that he could not stop the deal between his subordinates and Deng Ming. After all, the strength of these direct descendants also concerns Li Guoying's future. Without these loyal subordinates, Li Guoying would definitely have greatly reduced his strength. How can he repay Beijing's kindness for his goodwill and conquer Sichuan for the court?

"It's done well!" Li Guoying felt relieved. Although he was very happy to learn about Chongqing's holdings on the road, he suspected that Gao Mingzhan had made another deal with Deng Ming, especially when he heard that Deng Ming had also visited Jialing River, which made the matter even more suspicious.

As a result, after rushing back to Chongqing, Li Guoying carefully inspected the city defense and warehouse, and found that there was nothing missing when he left. He was very happy. Gao Mingzhan acted openly and guarded the lonely city alone, and he was still worried about his deputy's character. This made Li Guoying feel guilty: "To be honest, your performance this time was beyond my expectations."

"Are you worried that the governor will leave the city and escape again?" Gao Mingzhan's face was calm and he talked to Li Guoying: "The governor abandoned the city and generals when he was in danger in Chongqing last time and escaped alone. Afterwards, he was completely under the care of the governor, so he was not blamed by the court. Whenever he thought of this, the governor was ashamed and ashamed, he secretly vowed to change his past and live up to the grace of the governor."

"Rare, rare." Gao Mingzhan was Li Guoying's old subordinate for many years. Although he knew that this person could not bear the heavy responsibility, Li Guoying still took good care of him and helped him get credit as much as possible. The two of them did not have much concern when they talked privately. In the past, Li Guoying only protected him for the friendship between them, but now Li Guoying suddenly felt that his efforts were not in vain.

"A saint has words, and knowing shame is almost brave." Gao Mingzhan didn't know that Jiang Guozhu had erected a monument for Deng Ming, and he didn't know the plaque on the pavilion: "The low-ranking official vowed to know shame before being brave. He wrote a plaque with his own hand and placed it in Xiaguan's study. When Deng thieves besieged the city, the low-ranking official felt that he was not afraid, but every time he looked at this plaque, he would pluck up his courage again and decided not to let the Governor's trust be wasted."

Li Guoying nodded in praise and patted Gao Mingzhan's shoulder hard: "You and I have worked together for more than ten years, so you don't have to be so restrained in speaking. It's rare that Brother Gao is so heart-warming with me today. Alas, think about your and my positions have been higher over the years, but the brotherhood seems to have faded a lot."

"The Governor is so serious. Brotherly dear feelings are not verbally verbally," Gao Mingzhan pointed to his heart vigorously: "And between a small inch."

Li Guoying, who was in a relaxed mood, asked about Gao Mingzhan's deployments these days. After learning that Gao Mingzhan ordered the navy to go to Baoning to pick up Wang Jinbao, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi was even more amazed. Li Guoying knew the arrogance of the Eight Banners of Han, and if it were not for Gao Mingzhan's wise decision, Wang Jinbao's reinforcements would not have arrived so quickly, Chongqing could not have been able to escape danger, and Li Guoying would not have had the opportunity to return to the mountain city.

Li Guoying and Gao Mingzhan didn't know that Deng Ming was at the end of his strength. After accepting tens of thousands of prisoners, the Ming army was almost dragged down by logistical pressure. What they saw was that Deng Ming had suffered little loss and his strength was almost intact. It was obvious that Wang Jinbao and the subsequent Zhao Liangdong played a decisive role. Whether it was reinforcements arrived in time or to keep Chongqing safe, Gao Mingzhan made great contributions.

"General Sun knew nothing about the battle formation, and the lower officials knew that they could not count on him at all. For the safety of the Governor and Chongqing, the lower officials would be willing to break into pieces. Why should they be afraid of making General Sun unhappy?" Gao Mingzhan made another generous speech, which made Li Guoying sigh.

Not long after, the troops commanded by Zhao Liangdong arrived in Chongqing one after another. While the Qing army reblocked the Jialing River and repaired the facilities destroyed by the Ming army, they sent ships to pick up the Shanxi Green Camp.

Now these Shanxi Green Camps, who followed Li Guoying to break through, were in a mess. It turned out that the weapons they carried were lost in the mountains, and half of the soldiers were missing. Most of the Shanxi Green Camp soldiers who were not knocked down by the epidemic were exhausted. After boarding the ship, they were three-pointed like humans and seven-pointed like ghosts. But finally they were all over the hardship. Thinking that they could escape from heaven without dying in the desperate situation of Zhongxian, these Shanxi people still loudly thanked the Bodhisattva for their blessings. Everyone knew very well that this kind of escape without a rear was extremely dangerous, and being able to save one life was the accumulation of virtue of our ancestors.

"Thanks to Wang Shuai and the others." Shanxi generals and officers who escaped from death knew that besides Bodhisattvas and ancestors, Wang Mingde was also reborn parents. If the Ganzhou-Shaanxi Green Camp had not controlled the riots and did not allow the Ming army to discover the breakthrough operation as soon as possible, everyone would have been blocked and pursued. Although the mountain road behind was difficult, the Ming army had not come to pursue it, and it must have been dragged by Wang Mingde and others to death.

Thinking of Wang Mingde, Hu Wenke and others, many Shanxi generals were almost filled with tears. As for those Manchu Taijun who sacrificed themselves as others, the gratitude of the Green Camp cannot be described in words. If the Manchu soldiers ran with them, they would definitely have to hand over their only horses and food. It would be nice not to cut their own meat to serve the Manchu Taijun to fill their hunger.

After hearing these feelings, Zhang Yong snorted, his eyes fiercely and he didn't say a word. Later, he heard Shanxi people still chattering and praising Wang Mingde and others, worried about their experiences. Zhang Yong, who could not bear it, got off the boat and went to find his old brother Zhao Liangdong.

At this time in Chongqing, Li Guoying was discussing with Gao Mingzhan how to report this failure to the court.

Because of this large-scale attack launched by Li Guoying, Deng Ming had a new assessment of the threat of Chongqing, and he had the idea of ​​conquering Chongqing. But Li Guoying's impression was completely different from Deng Ming. He didn't know that the Ming army was extremely nervous at one time. He only saw that Yuan Zongdi was strong and Deng Ming was at ease. The incident of withdrawing troops without taking a bow and arrow after invading the Jialing River also made Li Guoying suspect that Deng Ming had other plans; and Li Guoying also knew some situations that Deng Ming did not understand, that is, the Ganzhou-Shaanxi Green Camp brought by Zhao Liangdong and Wang Jinbao was still on the task of guarding the northwest direction and could not stay in Chongqing for a long time. Sooner or later, they would have to be transferred back to fill the vacancy. If Sun Sick had not modified Li Guoying's plan without authorization, these Ganzhou-Shaanxi soldiers would not have arrived; and if Chongqing was not in danger now, Li Guoying might have to let them go home instead of continuing to march towards Chongqing.

"We can't compete with Deng Zhe on the Yangtze River at all, and this battle cannot be fought at all. Yuan Zongdi can't be easily taken." Li Guoying felt that Chongqing had become completely useless. The civilians who lost this time were still within affordable range for Shaanxi and Shanxi. Since the civilians were brought here, Li Guoying had no intention of letting them go back. But it was never expected that tens of thousands of people would lose their entire lives. If the army was to maintain in Chongqing, it would have to be recruited from the rear again, which would have a bad impact on the rear. When Shanxi sent tens of thousands of civilians to Chongqing, he would never have thought that it would be exhausted in such a short time, but thought it would be enough for Chongqing to take several years.

The troops were mobilized and suffered heavy losses. Li Guoying felt that he should give up Chongqing. But Gao Mingzhan didn't think so. First of all, he was the governor of Sichuan. If Li Guoying retreated to Baoning and took charge personally, what is the value of Gao Mingzhan's position? If Chongqing was not lost, the court might be able to fool it. Even if the court knew that this was another crushing defeat, it would consider taking it lighter in order to maintain its power, and even helping Chongqing cover up the losses. On the other hand, if Chongqing was lost, it would be the first large-scale strategic contraction of the Qing army in several years, which was enough to make the world look at it. At that time, the court would not only not be able to cover it up, but would probably hold people accountable in order to cheer up people.

Before, when Deng Mingbing was at the city, Gao Mingzhan felt that he had the opportunity to turn the blame on Li Guoying, and he might have been living by guarding the lonely city alone. But now Li Guoying is safe and sound and has regained the power of internal and external power. Gao Mingzhan just wants to shirk responsibility or promote his achievements, and it is a little different from that. No matter how you look at it, Gao Mingzhan, the dispensable governor of Sichuan, is a popular favorite for being a scapegoat, and even Li Guoying may not be willing to protect him.

Although Gao Mingzhan didn't say it clearly, Li Guoying could guess that he was worried about being questioned.

No matter how Sun Sike did it, he would never be able to bear the blame for having a backer in the court, and Li Guoying would not say anything bad about him. Gao Mingzhan performed very well this time, which could be called turning the tide. Li Guoying felt that it would be too unfair if Gao Mingzhan was unlucky, not to mention that he was still an old subordinate who was loyal to him.

Therefore, for a moment, Li Guoying was a little hesitant. In the past, since he was determined to retreat, he would not be shaken by Gao Mingzhan's dissuasion. But now he still cannot ignore the feelings and interests of this hero who defended Chongqing.
Chapter completed!