Han’s Son is Not a Slave

Chapter 600: war for food

Tie Yi really didn't know where Annan was. When Dong Changqing, the military officer, put out the map, he knew where Annan was. At the same time, he also realized that far water can't save near fire. 【】If you really wait for him to lead the second town to Annan, the day lily will be cold.

Zhou Shixiang didn't care about the wife Zhu Youlang got him, but what happened to the imperial decree of King Qi. Not long ago, Shao Jiugong just sent a report saying that he had intercepted a document from the Qing army. It said that the Qing army in Yunnan had captured several Ming army spies. It is the imperial decree of the Duke of Guangdong.

Emperor Yongli gave Zhou Shixiang the title of Duke of Yue, but now it is King Qi who came from Guangdong. The matter became very confusing, and Zhou Shi was more and more confused: Yongli is so happy, he is willing to give himself the title Prince? If he was really willing to make himself a prince, what happened to the Duke of Yue? Could it be that Yongli first gave himself the title of Duke of Yue, and then he felt guilty after thinking about it, and then replaced the title of King Qi?

Zhou Shixiang had no way of guessing what happened in Yunnan, and what caused Yongli to change his mind. He has a headache now, a headache for Annan's troubles.

In theory, whether he wants to or not, he will immediately send troops to rescue the eldest princess who is nominally his wife, even if the other party looks like a fat pig, Zhou Shixiang will marry her back, because this is what the emperor married for himself. wife. As a courtier, as long as Zhou Shixiang did not appoint a new monarch, he would have to accept Yongli's arrangement for him.

Zhou Shixiang has not yet established a new king, because he does not know whether Yongli has abandoned the country and fled. The generals of the Qing army who surrendered to the Taiping Army in Guangxi only said that Wu Sangui was leading his army to pursue Yongli, and he fought a battle with King Li Dingguo of Jin in Mopan Mountain. The Qing army lost nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses in this battle, but King Li Dingguo of Jin was also defeated. , is now leading the army to deal with the Qing army on the border of Yunnan. There was no news that Yongli had abandoned the country in the rhetoric of all parties, so no matter how impatient Zhou Shixiang wanted to support Tang Wangjian immediately, he had to wait patiently.

If the news of Yongli's abandonment of the country is not heard for a day, and it is not confirmed for a day, Zhou Shixiang would not be able to support the king of Tang. If he did this, not only would he be reviled by the world's supporting Ming forces, but the Taiping Army itself would also be inflicted with infighting. Not to mention the old four towns, Zhao Ziqiang's fifth town, Suna's sixth town, and Hu Qili's seventh town are nothing to worry about, but the eighth town of Zhenguo General Zhu Tong and Weiyuan Hou Guo Dengdi's are nothing to worry about. The ninth town and Wang Xing's tenth town will inevitably have a nasty relationship with Zhou Shixiang because of this, and then become estranged. After all, these people are willing to accept Zhou Shixiang's command, to a certain extent, for the king of Qin, the king of Qin Yongli. Their titles and status were also given to them by the eternal calendar, not by Zhou Shixiang. Even now they have accepted the Taiping Army reorganization, but in the Taiping Army system, they are still independent.

I would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail.

It's hard to say that Zhu Tong, Guo Dengdi, and Wang Xing are really willing to be generals in the Taiping Army. If they have the opportunity to choose, they are probably more willing to be independent and be the leader of the army. Why did Lian Chengbi, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and Zhang Xiaoqi, the governor of the four prefectures, unwilling to respond to Zhou Shixiang's call, because they did not want to be under Zhou Shixiang.

One is the governor and the other is the governor. They responded to Zhou Shixiang. What can they get? Which of the sites controlled by the Guangdong Taiping Army can they intervene? Why did Zhou Shixiang not want the Governor's Yamen to move back to Guangzhou, why did he set up the Guangdong Governor Si Yamen without authorization, and what were the reasons? Not even the word power.

Zhu Tong and Guo Dengdi were either for the sake of righteousness, in order to resist the overall situation of the Qing Dynasty, or their strength was limited and they could not fight against Zhou Shi, so they chose to respond to Zhou Shixiang. But Zhou Shixiang really wanted to set up a new emperor, and the righteousness was not there. Whether Zhu Tong and Guo Dengdi would have other ideas is really uncertain.

Zhou Shixiang told them in Zhaoqing that they were also going to King Qin of Guangxi. The emperor was still in the country, and he was still insisting, but Zhou Shixiang embraced the new emperor in a blink of an eye. This not only slapped himself in the face, but also attacked the forces of the world to support Ming. Face, but also to create trouble for himself.

The Kuidong soldiers, as the "supporting Tang faction" in Zhou Shixiang's plan, have been rescued from Kuidong and put into Hubei by him, and now they are turning upside down in Hubei. The Zheng family from Jinxia has also been resting since the hurricane returned to the north last year. The surname Guo has not given up the plan to go north. He is starting to re-enter the Yangtze River this year. And Zheng Jun's re-entry to the Yangtze River this time is the battle known by Zhou Shixiang as "the surname of the country fights Nanjing", and it is also the best opportunity for him to pick the fruits of the southeast.

Whether it is the Kuidong soldier or the country's surname, these two factual supporters of the Tang Dynasty, under the premise that Yongli has not yet abandoned the country, obviously cannot be people without a king and no father, and respond to Zhou Shi's support of Tang. In this era, righteousness is a big hat, and it is also a hat that can kill people. The Kuidong soldiers have already enshrined Yongli, and the surname of the country has also regarded Yongli as the father of the emperor against his will in the overall situation of the anti-Qing Dynasty. Therefore, as long as Yongli is still alive, no matter whether the Kuidong soldiers or the country's surname, in front of Da Yi, they can't be people without a king and no father. If you want them and Zhou Shixiang to embrace Tang together, there can only be one premise, that is, Yongli will kill himself - abandon the country!

The news of Zhou Shishi's abandonment of the country for eternity can be said to be seen through the autumn waters, but this news is too late, but it is Annan's trouble.

Annan's affairs are very troublesome. The main force of the Taiping army is facing off against the Qing army on the Guangxi and Hunan fronts. It is impossible to draw troops back from these two battlefields. But he had to send troops to Annan. After all, Zhou Shixiang's name wife was detained by the Annan people. If he didn't save him, if there was something wrong with the eldest princess, his "King Qi" was not good-looking. If the eldest princess has insulted something, then he, the "King Qi" of the Ming Dynasty, is even more shameless. Furthermore, in addition to this cheap wife, Xu Yingyuan, Guo Shao and other subordinates were also detained, as well as more than 200 Ming officials, their family members and guard soldiers, including Fu Gang, a great scholar. With so many people, can Zhou Shixiang save him?

But Zhou Shixiang really didn't want to send troops to save people, because it was equivalent to declaring war with Annan and a country. Even if Annan was only a small country, it would not be difficult to gather hundreds of thousands of people to come out. How could there be so many soldiers in Zhou Shixiang's hands to fight Annan? Where did he get the confidence and strength to fight against the Qing court and Annan at the same time?

Zhou Shixiang was very troubled. In his opinion, sending troops to Annan to save people seemed to be worth the loss, except that there was no return at all.

After thinking about it, Zhou Shixiang decided to redeem people.

Things in the world are but a word. The reason why Annan betrayed Daming was because he saw that the Ming Dynasty was dying. But to make good friends with the Qing Dynasty, it is not necessary to submit a certificate. As long as the price is high and the price is satisfactory to the Annan people, there is no need for the Annan people to carry a bad reputation for betraying their suzerainty. They also have to consider how the new suzerain Man Qing sees what they have done. If the Manchu Qing Dynasty is not enough in the future, will they do the same thing? Furthermore, it was impossible for the Manchus to declare war on Annan because the Annan did not hand over the Ming officials and soldiers they had detained.

So ~www.NovelMTL.com~ Zhou Shixiang believed that the plan of redemption was feasible, and under his insistence, Tie Yi and others stopped talking.

After deciding to redeem the people, Zhou Shixiang also considered a suitable messenger to go to Annan to act as a lobbyist, and finally he decided to send Gui Yongzhi, an official of the six officials, to Annan.

Dong Changqing, a soldier, is also insightful, and does not advocate war with the Annan people now, because the foundation of the Taiping army is too weak, and Hunan and Guangxi are under too much pressure. fighting. Therefore, the commander said that he wanted to redeem people, and Dong Changqing readily agreed. After writing the official document sent to Guangzhou according to Zhou Shixiang's intention, he handed it to Zhou Shixiang and said casually: "The other things in Annan are not good, it is a benefit. , the rice in the field is three crops a year, and there is too much grain to eat."

Hearing this, Zhou Shixiang's hand holding the official document stopped there: "You mean, Annan has a lot of rice?"

"A lot. Not only is there more rice, but it is more fragrant than our rice."

Dong Changqing nodded and didn't think much about it. As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the commander tearing up the official document he had written.

"Since there is plenty of food, let's go to war." (To be continued.)

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