The Qing soldiers punched and kicked Li Changshui. Although Li Changshui fought back, he was outnumbered and was quickly knocked down.

The Qing soldiers still had no intention of letting him go, so they would do whatever they were fierce.

"You dare to hit me like a dog!"

The Qing soldier who was hit rubbed his waist, which was hit so much that he was hit, and scolded: "You are quite old and didn't want to catch you to be a Master's coolie. This is what you asked for! Come on, take it away!"

Seeing that his plan succeeded, Li Changshui breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as his son is fine, it doesn't matter if he dies of exhaustion in the Qing army if he is old.

But the incense in Lao Li’s family cannot be cut off. Son, you must live well!

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Wu Sangui condoned the soldiers under his command to rob, which made the entire Guiyang Prefecture so messy.

Poor local people, not only pay high taxes on weekdays, they have to be harassed and robbed by Wu Sangui. They can't even save a grain of rice at home, and the young and strong have to be kidnapped as a hard worker.

When many people heard that Wu Sangui's army was coming, they were so scared that they hid in the mountains to take refuge.

This kind of worrying life is really impossible to live.

Wu Sangui had no intention of stopping and led his troops to sweep over like locusts.

Didn’t you, Hong Chengchou, not provide me with food and supplies?

OK! Then I will grab it myself!

When did I feel that I had enough to attack Yunnan again?

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It is impossible for Hong Chengchou to know that Wu Sangui made such a big noise in Guiyang Prefecture.

In fact, he kept watching.

The reason why he did not take action to stop him was because Hong Chengchou did not want to fight.

Although he and Wu Sangui don’t like each other, they at least have to maintain the minimum face.

No one knows better than Hong Chengchou what Wu Sangui's army means.

Even if Wu Sangui only attacked Yunnan at this time, it was excellent for the Qing court.

Although Yongli has moved his travels to Sichuan, Kunming has been in business for several years and its foundation is still there.

Hong Chengchou wanted to see what Yongli would do in the face of the siege of Wu Sangui, the evil dog.

Of course, it is not necessarily useful to surround Wei and save Zhao. If the hero of Yongli cut off his arm and was determined to take down Hong Chengchou of Huguang, there was no way.

I can only expect Oboi, who went north to reinforce, to hold back Yongli.

In fact, the battle situation turned out to be what Hong Chengchou never expected.

Originally, he thought it would only take two or three years at most to completely defeat Can Ming.

But Yongli seemed to have suddenly changed his personal life. He was no longer cowardly and incompetent, but personally fought several times, which boosted the morale of the Ming army again.

Morale is strange to say.

Even though the soldiers are still those soldiers and generals are still those generals, you can clearly feel the changes that have occurred in the Ming army.

The confidence exudes from the inside out makes Hong Chengchou wonder who is the one who has the advantage.

This shows that the army suddenly attacked Huguang. Who would have thought that the Ming army would take a risky bet this time when they were at an absolute disadvantage?

At least Hong Chengchou thought that if he had been replaced, he would not have done so.

But the situation is not out of control now.

As long as Wu Sangui can take Kunming, the situation will not be too bad.

Huguang is a place of four battles, and it is difficult to defend even if the Ming army takes it.

It was not a loss for the Qing army to do this exchange.

It is the court that needs to find a way to appease it.

Emperor Shunzhi was young and frivolous, and he couldn't stand being face-saving and was most detrimental to his face.

I have to come up with a way to explain it to him.

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"Mr., this Wu Sangui is too bullying. You have to punish him!"

Seeing that Wu Sangui was so inappropriate, Zhao Liangdong couldn't stand it anymore, so he ran to Hong Chengchou to accuse him.

"How to deal with him? Fight with him? Or write memorials to impeach him? Qingzhi, you should not just look at the front of you when encountering things, but look at the long term."

Zhao Liangdong said a little dissatisfied: "You always tell me that you can't care about temporary gains and losses. But now it's obviously Wu Sangui's excessive. If you continue to indulge him so much, it's hard to guarantee that he won't do anything astonishing."

"Qingzhi, let me ask you, what do Wu Sangui want the most now?"

"Money? Women? It shouldn't be either."

Zhao Liangdong shook his head and said, "Maybe it's the territory."

Hong Chengchou nodded with satisfaction when he heard this, thinking that the child could teach him.

"Yes, what Wu Sangui wants most now is territory!"

He paused, swallowed and spitted, "The court once promised to reward Yunnan as a fief to Wu Sangui. However, Yunnan still couldn't take it down for a long time, so Wu Sangui must be very anxious. Now that the main force of the Ming army is attacking Huguang, Yunnan's defense is empty, Wu Sangui will definitely work hard."

"But what are the benefits of this for us? Wouldn't Wu Sangui be even more arrogant when he takes Yunnan?"

"But it is good for the court. Think about it, the Ming army will definitely change its morale after losing Yunnan. Their main forces have lived in Yunnan for many years. Can you feel comfortable when you learn that your lair was being taken down?"

Hong Chengchou said leisurely: "The further people are, the longer they leave, the more they miss the past. This feeling is not too obvious when they are in Sichuan, but it is completely different when they are in Huguang."

"What my mentor means is to wait for the Yongli people to lose all their hearts?"

"It will not be possible to lose all people's hearts, but there will definitely be some division within them, and then it will be our opportunity."

Hong Chengchou analyzed: "I heard that Zheng Chenggong had already captured Nanjing. At this time, the morale of the Ming army was the most powerful. It is difficult to gain any advantage when competing with the Ming army. Instead, it is better to wait."

"How wonderful! I understand everything after my teacher analyzed this."

"Besides, with Wu Sangui as the leader, we can save us from taking action. It's best for him to fight Yunnan. Even if he can't defeat it, we will not be the one who takes the blame."

Hong Chengchou has always been good at calculating and naturally he will not do anything that suffers losses.

"But will the court urge us to use troops?"

"If it were in the past, I'd probably have arrived. But now Huguang and Jiangnan are in chaos. Do you think the emperor still has the heart to ask about the southwest?"

Hong Chengchou narrowed his eyes and stroked his beard lightly.

"My teacher is really a magician, he plots people's hearts so clearly."

Zhao Liangdong said proudly: "This Aobai is also a fool. He went to Huguang so hard, even if he got the credit, he would not be as comfortable as Wu Sangui's conquering the city and making the court feel comfortable. However, they all arranged it clearly for his mentor. Isn't it beautiful for his mentor to sit firmly on Diaoyutai in Guiyang?"

"Haha, this is called the superior planner governing others, and the inferior planner governing others. You have to study hard and strive to be the superior planner rather than the inferior planner."

Hong Chengchou shook his head proudly.

"Thank you for your advice, the students have received the teachings."

Zhao Liangdong clenched his fists and said, "Students really want to see how Wu Sangui ends up."

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Chapter completed!