When Hong Chengchou asked Shunzhi to recruit elite Han soldiers from all over the world to conquer the southwest, he analyzed Shunzhi in detail the pros and cons of various aspects. Of course, many of the elite soldiers selected by Hong Chengchou were loyal people like Zhang Yong and Zhao Liangdong, but many of them were thorns from various provinces and were not fed with evil eagles. In Hong Chengchou's plan, these people would not come back after entering the southwest with Wu Sangui. If they could fight with Li Dingguo, it would be the best.

When he saw Wu Sangui's progress was too smooth at first, Hong Chengchou pretended to be considerate of Wu Sangui, and advised him to protect himself, so that he would not let Yunnan go. However, Wu Sangui refused to be deceived and insisted on completely eliminating Li Dingguo without leaving any trouble. Obviously, he did not intend to fall into Hong Chengchou's plan to both lose money.

According to Hong Chengchou's backup plan, it was to encircle these people in Yunnan and not release them back. It took decades to wait for them to die of old age with Wu Sangui to eliminate future troubles. When Hong Chengchou and Shunzhi were fighting, Sony and Oboi were all around, and they all agreed with this plan. Unfortunately, a failure occurred, and suddenly a Deng Ming popped up, burning Hong Chengchou to death, and Wu Sangui also returned to Guizhou.

At that time, Oboi was hoping that things would turn into good things, so that Wu Sangui would continue to fight for Li Dingguo, but Wu Sangui said that he would not throw his old capital in for the sake of the Qing Dynasty. Although Wu Sangui was resolute in dealing with chieftains like Shuixi, every time he heard the Qing court ask him to attack Li Dingguo, he would shout that there was insufficient food and fodder. Now, not only did Li Dingguo not be cut off, but Wu Sangui was also well raised. In recent years, Wu Sangui cleared all the sand that Hong Chengchou stuffed into his army, and the Eight Banners who supervised him were fed, and the 100,000 troops basically became his followers.

At Shanhaiguan, Wu Sangui's dazzling wrists left a deep impression on Dorgon, so since he entered the pass, the Qing court has always placed Wu Sangui in an area where food and fodder cannot be self-sufficient. Military expenditure and food and grass have always been a powerful rope used by the Qing court to cover Wu Sangui's neck. Coupled with the military deterrence of the Manchu soldiers, this guy never dared to act rashly.

Now due to Deng Ming, the deterrence of the Manchu soldiers has been severely weakened. If Wu Sangui's report and analysis are true, even guys like Zhang Changgeng have developed the idea of ​​"a tripod that seems to be questionable" because of their two provinces. Then, what would happen if Wu Sangui's group was put into Huguang and he could be self-sufficient in food and grass? The King of Pingxi had a hundred thousand troops, almost all of them were elite soldiers and generals in the Han army. Compared with Zhang Changgeng, Wu Sangui was definitely a much terrible disaster. Wu Sangui must not be allowed to get the rice from Hunan. This is the consensus of the Ministers of the Responsible Government of Yanjing.

"How should we reply to King Pingxi?" Oboi asked when he heard Sony mention Oboi's name.

This matter made the regents very difficult.

Fortunately, the Ming court did not trust Wu Sangui. Wu Sangui reported that the court attempted to instigate him to fight Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian. Sony felt that this report was very credible. The Ming court's ideas were clearly visible. Obviously, like the Qing court, he was extremely alert to Wu Sangui, so he hoped that he would fight for the Dongjiang army's vassal soldiers. However, Sony expected that the Ming court's wishful thinking would not succeed, just as the Qing court could not convince Wu Sangui to fight for Li Dingguo.

However, since Wu Sangui spoke, he also said that he would still stand firmly on the side of the Qing court, so he had to reward his loyalty. Just like the Kunming fire, anyone could be punished, but King Pingxi, who had an army of 100,000, could not be punished; no one could be rewarded, but King Pingxi, who had an army of 100,000, could not be rewarded, and could not be rewarded to him, so he could only let Huguang allocate more food and grass for him.

"Please write a letter to Zhang Changgeng and inform him privately to let him know that King Pingxi had impeached him and was suspected of colluding with the enemy. The court knew that Wuchang was on the front line and the military expenditure was tight, but it was still impossible to ignore the needs of friendly troops like Zhang Changgeng. The court meant that Zhang Changgen must increase the food and supplies for King Pingxi, which was also his chance to prove that he was innocent and had no chance to collude with the enemy." Sony's solution was not only a blow and threat to Zhang Changgeng, but also a comfort to Wu Sangui, but also a reminder to Zhang Changgeng - reminding him not to be attacked by Wu Sangui, so that the Qing court would have a headache not only Deng Ming, who was far away in Sichuan. At that time, they would also worry that Wu Sangui would follow Deng Ming to Nanjing in the name of aiding Liangjiang.

"I'll send a letter to Zheng Jing again." As the military deterrence continues to decline, Sony feels that state affairs are becoming more and more difficult. Every decision needs to be carefully considered. While attacking the enemy, he also has to take three steps to prevent his younger brother from taking the opportunity to strengthen himself: "Just say that after careful consideration, the court felt that Taiwan has not been the territory of the Celestial Empire since ancient times. The father and son expanded their territory by themselves, and could use the North Korean example to do so without shave their heads or changing their clothes. If Zheng Jing is willing to negotiate peace with the court."

If Zheng Jing, Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi were recruited, a lot of power could be saved. The Dongjiang clan troops could also be transferred elsewhere. They could not only monitor Wu Sangui from behind, but also reinforce the Yangtze River Basin, and assist Hangzhou in suppressing the Jingnan rebels in northern Zhejiang.

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In the teahouse outside the Forbidden City, Zhang Mingcheng and his friends Huang Laopi and Fan Tong were drinking tea while discussing national affairs. In the past, they had no status in Liaodong, but after Long entered the pass, their days became better and better. First, they took charge of the large area of ​​land they circled for their master and completely bid farewell to the heavy physical labor. Now even the butler's work is done by other robbers. These noble big robbers live in beautiful houses. When they go to and from the wine shops and teahouses, the guys are serving each other with "masters".

"Yesterday I announced the victory in Yuezhou. Huguang Green Camp fought bloody battles and drove the Sichuan thieves back to Jiangling. I also killed a general of the Sichuan thieves. Hey, the surname Zhao is again."

"The surname is Zhao again?" Huang Laopi narrowed his eyes: "Is it Zhao Haiba again?"

"Of course not." Zhang Mingcheng shook his head. Zhao Haiba was killed twice in the Jiujiang Victory and Huangzhou Victory. There were several similar jokes, which made these two victories sound less credible. However, the great men in Yanjing would rather believe that this was just a flaw in the victory, just a recognition mistake that anyone might accidentally make: "It's Zhao Wulang, Zhao Luba."

Since Zhao Tianba was "shocked" by Prince Kang Jieshu in the Battle of Huai'an, his family has suffered one after another. Shortly after the court commended the achievements of Jieshu's formation to kill the thief general, Liang Huafeng claimed that he rose up to chase the Ming army that retreated from the canal and killed Zhao Tianba's second brother Zhao Diba. After reporting the victory again and again, the name of the killed enemy general appeared in Jiangnan's memorial this time. Since the court did not pursue Jieshu's deception, it means that the false report about Zhao Tianba was within the tolerance of the ministers of the regent.

No one dared to take over the credit of Prince Kang. If someone else killed Zhao Tianba again, it would be like pointing at Jieshu's nose and scolding him for lying. But Liang Huafeng would not have such a great face. Zhao Guozuo also killed Zhao Diba in a memorial to the court, saying that this person was not killed in Yangzhou at all, but instead traveled to Hangzhou Bay with his party members to try to rob him, and was killed by the brave general Song Kuige, the Eight Banners garrison in Hangzhou. The reason for using this name is mainly because Liang Huafeng not only refused to save him in the Jingzhan initiated by the banker, but also suspected of taking advantage of the situation. Zhao Guozuo would definitely not miss such an opportunity to disgust Jiangnan.

The second son of the Zhao family died in Yangzhou, and then the third brother Zhao Shanba died in Chizhou. However, the achievements announced by Jiang Guozhu were questioned by Zhang Chao. Zhang Chao took Dong Weiguo's good news and said that the third son of the Zhao family, Zhao Shanba and the fourth son Zhao Haiba, were obviously killed in Jiujiang.

Just as Jiangxi and Jiangnan competed for merit, Huguang also solemnly pointed out that the hero who truly eliminated Zhao Haiba's great trouble for the court was the prefect of Huangzhou in Huguang. Shortly after Zhao Haiba died in Huangquan, Zhao Liulang was also awarded the title of head in Wuchang.

"What's the name of Liulang of Zhao's family?" Fan Tong asked in anger.

"Street Fighter." Zhang Mingcheng and Huang Laopi answered in unison.

"Oh, yes, yes." Fan Tong nodded repeatedly. Since there was no dispute about the deaths of Zhao Luba and Zhao Jieba, their fame was far less famous than their second brother, third brother and fourth brother. Zhao Tianba's first three younger brothers spread throughout the country due to fierce lawsuits in Zhejiang, Jiangnan, Jiangxi and Hubei.

"Brother of the Zhao family," After answering Fan Tong's question, Huang Laopi hesitated for a while: "What's the name?"

Zhang Mingcheng, who had just answered Fan Tong's question fluently with Huang Laopi, also recalled for a while and asked back with little confidence: "Is it called 'Tianba'?"

Prince Kang's memorial was very low-key and did not make much public, so Zhao Tianba's fame was far from comparable to his five virtual brothers.

"It seems," Huang Laopi frowned and thought for a moment, nodded: "It should be, behind it is the earth, mountains, sea, road, and street. Dalang should be the sky. Well, it's true that Zhao Tianba is, with so many famous younger brothers, it's hard for him to be famous."

The people of Yanjing had no idea how much the Ming army in western Sichuan paid on their way back from Huai'an to Jiangling, but they were all impressed by the six brothers of the Zhao family. Except for the uncle's life and death, the other five brothers must have died in a bad way, which made everyone sympathize with these six brothers.

"I heard that the father of the Zhao brothers is a Western thief." Zhang Mingcheng said something he had just heard of.

"It's indeed a Western thief!"

"It turned out to be a Western thief."

Huang Laopi and Fan Tong had completely different reactions.

"The Six Bas of the Zhao family, what's so strange about being a Western thief?" Huang Laopi asked his friend strangely.
Chapter completed!