I have a cornucopia

Chapter 203 Dark Version of Peach Blossom Fan
Yang Feng, like a god descending from the sky, quickly resolved the crisis in Tianjin, crammed all the accompanying people into this city that was large enough to accommodate them, and then personally escorted some of them south.

As for the Qing army...

Of course I hid aside and watched!
Moreover, because Hauge and Jirgalang were blaming each other, there was no news about Dorgon, and the Qing army was in chaos, not knowing who to listen to. Local tyrants closed themselves off, while Wu Sangui and other vassal states watched from the sidelines.

Jiang Ge has sent out troops.

It's just that he didn't send troops to encircle and suppress Yang Feng, but seized Xuanfu in the name of serving the king. As for the governor of Xuanda, Ma Guozhu, he was forced to lead troops to the south. Aren't you going to encircle and suppress Yang Feng? Then let Governor Ma lead troops to the south to encircle and suppress, which is also his responsibility. As for the stability of Xuanda in the rear, this will be left to the Duke of Zhenxi! With the Duke of Zhenxi personally in charge of Xuanda, my Qing Dynasty is as stable as Mount Tai!
In short, he grabbed the territory first, and whether he will give it up is another matter.

Wu Sangui also did not send troops, but he pretended that Li Zicheng was about to invade the north. In this case, he certainly could not withdraw his subordinates.

Anyway...

came back!
Our Ming Dynasty troops are back!
However, Li Zicheng had indeed stopped his attack on Sichuan.

But if it were not for Yang Feng's report, the messenger sent by Yang Feng would not have arrived so quickly. After all, there was the Qing army in the middle. Instead, it was Li Zicheng who first sent someone to tell Yang Feng the approximate location of Dorgon at that time.

Xuzhou.

And he brought 50,000 Qing troops with him.

Of course, this news was from more than ten days ago, so it is still hard to say where it is now.

So Li Zicheng, who had already arrived in Hanzhong, hurried back, and in order to appease Zhang Xianzhong and prevent the latter from attacking him from behind, he sent someone to say that he could talk, anyway, to coax him first. After he returned to Xi'an, he immediately began to mobilize troops to reinforce Liu Fangliang, or to wait and see in Luoyang. He even knew that Dorgon brought Zhu Cilang. So Li Zicheng was also anxious. Once Nanjing accepted Zhu Cilang, it would mean that Chongzhen would be abandoned, and his holding the emperor hostage to control the princes would be useless. The two groups of Dorgon and Zhu Cilang would join forces to deal with him, so at this time, the person who really decided the fate of the major forces appeared...

Qufu.

Dacheng Hall of Confucius Temple.

"Ask a price? I am a loyal minister, and I only have Your Majesty in my heart. I am not a merchant, so what price should I ask?"

Yang Zhuguo angrily rebuked Gu Junen in righteous words.

Then the Confucian knights around him, like repentant Knights Templar, stood in this solemn and dignified hall in long robes and with their heads lowered.

It was Duke Yansheng who was smiling.

However, his main responsibility has always been to act as a smiling face, just like a brothel owner.

Gu Junen looked around calmly, then looked at Duke Yansheng with a look full of kindness.

Yan Shenggong...

"Feng Sheng, how can you be rude to an angel? Since the angel is here on official business, it has nothing to do with the Knights. All of you follow me out of the hall first. Please forgive me, angel. Yin Zhi has prepared a banquet and will host a feast for the angel in the evening."

He quickly stood up and said.

"Thank you, Lord Yansheng."

Gu Junen said with a smile.

Kong Yinzhi quickly led the knights out and closed the door sensibly. Only Yang Feng and Gu Jun'en were left in the empty Dacheng Hall. The latter disguised himself as a merchant and came here from Tianjing Pass in Zezhou through the Qing army-controlled area, or the area controlled by local tyrants. At present, the Qing-Shun confrontation line is the Taihang Mountains and then turns to Lu'an. The Qing army captured Lu'an, but because of insufficient troops, it did not take down Zezhou and Gaoping controlled by Yuan Zongdi, so the two sides actually shared half of the southeastern part of Shanxi. But Wu Sangui did not take down Huozhou, so southern Shanxi was in the hands of Li Zicheng, and the Hedong Salt Lake was also in the hands of Li Zicheng. Gao Yigong guarded Pingyang, Li Guo guarded the Jiezhou Salt Lake, and together with Yuan Zongdi, they served as the main force against the Qing army.

As for Liu Zongmin...

He died in battle a long time ago.

His death was a great relief to the people, after all, Li Zicheng needed someone to take the blame.

As for northern Shaanxi, no one wants it because it is worthless and can even be said to be a burden.

Of course, it cannot be said that no one wanted him. In the name of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng appointed Wang Yongqiang, who was originally a bandit and later recruited, as the general of Yulin, and appointed his brother Wang Yongzhen to garrison Yan'an. In addition, with the addition of old generals such as Gao Youcai, it was considered a small warlord group. In addition, Hui Shiyang, who had previously run to Xi'an to sing his praises, was appointed as the commander-in-chief of Yan'an.

The Assistant Minister of War led the army to Yan'an.

The famous official of Donglin in the Ming Dynasty eventually degenerated into a running dog of rebellion. It is said that in history he was still in the capital waiting for Dorgon to give him an official title!
Then he waited for two years but no one paid any attention to him.

As for the areas further west, Li Zicheng appointed the bandits who followed him and former imperial generals as local garrison officials.

For example, Sun Shoufa, Wu Dading, etc., in short, the old system is still maintained, but the military generals are the main ones, and the civil officials are just symbolic decorations. Similarly, these military generals are also like vassal states. As for the original royal family members who are still alive, they are all moved to Xi'an, but there is definitely no salary or the like. Each family is rewarded with a piece of wasteland and is left to fend for themselves! Therefore, the descendants of Feng and Long are like their ancestors, carrying hoes to open up wasteland and cultivate the land, especially the scene of planting sweet potatoes, which is already a great pleasure in Guanzhong. As for planting sweet potatoes, it is because the land given to them by Li Zicheng cannot be good.

So Yang Zhuguo felt sorry for them and specifically requested that the technical consultants he sent out give priority to guiding these descendants of the royal family in growing sweet potatoes.

It is called imperial potato.

"Zhuguo, how about the Prince of Donghai?"

Gu Junen said directly.

"Do I want to be a king?"

Yang Feng continued speaking with a stern and righteous tone.

"Understood, Prince of Donghai!"

Gu Junen said.

As he spoke, he picked up a pen and wrote it down in the booklet in his hand.

"Yang Feng, Right Deputy Chief Censor of the Censorate, Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, Governor of Ji, Liao, Zhenbao, Shandong Military Affairs, Governor of Qing, Xu, and Left Pillar of the State, was granted the title of Prince of Donghai for his merits in recovering Tianjin and capturing the false Empress Dowager of Jianlu."

He said as he wrote.

“I like the ocean breeze.”

The Prince of Donghai said.

understood.

"The Prince of Donghai is in charge of the coastal military affairs and is allowed to act at his discretion. The commander-in-chief of the coastal navy and below shall execute first and report later."

Gu Junen quickly added.

"I also have a loyal Korean named Lin Qingye under my command."

Yang Feng said.

Understand.

"And add the strategy for Korea."

Gu Junen continued writing.

"I like dealing with foreigners."

Yang Feng said.

Understand.

"The affairs of the four barbarians are not the responsibility of the Nanjing Regent, and should be decided by the emperor. However, the Jianlu block the road and make travel inconvenient, so the Four Barbarians Hall is set up in Haizhou. The barbarians who come to pay tribute from the sea should all go to Haizhou, and other places are not allowed to accept them without authorization."

Gu Junen continued to add more.

Anyway, it was all empty talk. Yang Feng could add as much as he wanted and give whatever he liked. Now it could be said that Yang Feng was the one who decided the fate of the Ming Dynasty. Whoever he helped would be the winner. Especially for Li Zicheng, even if he just stood by and watched, it would be fatal. In this case, let alone these empty talks, even if he really wanted to divide the territory and build a country of his own, Li Zicheng would accept it without hesitation.

As for the silver...

There was really no way around it. It wasn't that Li Zicheng was reluctant to do so, but it was difficult to transport it over in a short period of time.

"Your Majesty, please feel free to add more."

Gu Junen said with a smile, holding a booklet in one hand and a brush in the other.

"What are you talking about? It's as if I'm forcing you to take on the official positions. These are all conferred by His Majesty. I just can't disobey the Emperor's order. A loyal minister like me certainly can't disobey the Emperor's order, although I don't actually want these official positions. Alas, it's hard to disobey the Emperor's order!"

……

Yangzhou. Streets at night.

"did you find it?"

Huang Shu looked anxiously at Hou Fangyu who also had an anxious look on his face.

The latter shook his head.

"I didn't expect this slave to be so stupid. She didn't even think about the fact that if she succeeded this time, not only would she be rich and powerful in the future, she would also be granted an imperial decree. How could she be so foolish as to do such a thing!"

Hou Fangyu said angrily.

"There is still a principal wife in Chaozong's family, right?"

Huang Shu sneered.

"Well, that's just my parents' orders. She and I are true love."

Hou Fangyu said with some guilt.

"Humph, you can't even coax a woman. Can't you lie to her and say you'll divorce her when you get home? You want her to go back with you and be your concubine, and you even want to coax her into being devoted to you? Otherwise, why would she run away? Keep looking for her. If she runs to Zhang Guowei, we'll all be dead."

Huang Shu said with contempt.

It has to be said that this kind of bad teammate seriously affected his brilliant planning.

Li Xiangjun ran away.

Before she ran away, she had a quarrel with Hou Fangyu. She wanted to persuade Hou Fangyu to tell Zhang Guowei about it, but Hou Fangyu refused and boasted to her that he would take her back to Huide after the Qing army took Jiangnan. How stupid must he be to say that? Don't you know that you have a wife at home? If you don't mention this, Li Xiangjun, who is in love, won't worry about it. After all, she is really happy that you two live together. But now that you mention this, aren't you pouring cold water on her head? Tell her that she is just a concubine after all, and she will have to face the main wife when she goes back. It is not uncommon for the main wife to kill a concubine these days.

At this special time, you have to coax and deceive her, but you end up stimulating her.

What an idiot!
"Brother Zhonglin, let's tell the Wang family. How can we find it with just the two of us?"

Hou Fangyu said anxiously.

They didn't dare to tell anyone about this, so they had to look for it themselves, but he was alone. Although Huang Shu brought a dozen Jianlu with him, the latter were like blind people in Yangzhou city. If they were asked to look for someone, it was estimated that not a single one of them would be able to return.

So it can only be the two of them.

After all, neither of them would get lost in Yangzhou.

"Idiot! If you tell them this now, they will sell us out right away!"

Huang Shu said angrily, unable to bear it any longer.

The Wang family could not be told. The latter was forced by the situation. If they knew that Li Xiangjun had escaped, they would have probably gone to Zhang Guowei to inform him. Then they would arrest Huang Shu and surrender to Zhang Guowei without hesitation. Zhang Guowei was not Yang Feng, and would not do anything to them. As long as they gave up the idea of ​​surrendering and continued to follow Zhang Guowei to defend Yangzhou, it would be fine.

Of course, Huang Shu is doomed, and even Zhang Guowei will not give him any chance.

Must silence.

"Hurry up and find her. How far can she go in such a short time?"

he said angrily.

Then they searched carefully on the streets at night, followed by the Jianlu, and continued forward. When their lights faded away, a weak figure shivered and crawled out of the canal next to where they were before, which had not completely frozen. Poor Li Xiangjun was as cold as ice in this cold winter night, and then she collapsed on the ground and trembled from time to time. The disillusioned love and disillusioned dreams made her feel as if her soul was gone. But she was not someone who had not experienced the ups and downs of life. She wanted to stand up, but it was winter.

After soaking in the ice water for so long, I was half dead and couldn't stand up at all. I could only crawl forward little by little towards the street in front.

There are patrols there.

Although it is very likely that we will encounter the Yangzhou militia, we can only take a gamble at this time.

After all, not all the militia in Yangzhou supported surrender.

She kept crawling forward, and although the distance was only a few dozen steps, she crawled like a sloth and it took her a long time to reach the street.

But she was finally exhausted.

With frost all over her body, she collapsed on the cold stone slab. Her right hand groped feebly beside her and finally touched a small stone. She mechanically raised her hand a little and then knocked the stone slab below with the stone, making a sudden sound in the silent cold night.

Then she gathered her strength.

Tap again.

……

after a long time.

A scream with a distinct Songjiang accent suddenly rang out.

Li Xiangjun, who had been holding on for a long time, finally let out a sigh of relief.

Then someone kicked her and said something. Soon a lantern appeared in front of her. The light made her slightly more conscious. Her eyes, which had been closed, slowly opened. Then a face that was obviously underage appeared in front of her. It was a familiar face. The half-grown child was also stunned for a moment, and then wiped the dirt off her face with his sleeve...

"Li Xiangjun?"

he exclaimed.

"Lift it up!"

he shouted anxiously.

Li Xiangjun suddenly grabbed his arm.

"Xia, Mr. Xia, go see Zhang Gebu, Huang Shu is at Wang's house."

It can be said that she used up her last bit of strength and fell into coma after she finished speaking.

Mr. Xia was stunned for a moment.

"Go, find my dad!"

He picked up Li Xiangjun and said.

At this time, in an alley not far away, Huang Shu and Hou Fangyu were looking at him hatefully.

"He is Xia Yizhong's son."

Hou Fangyu said in a low voice.

"Kill him!"

Huang Shu was about to wave his hand to let the Jianlu come forward.

Hou Fangyu grabbed his hand and pointed to the darkness behind Xia Wanchun. At this time, Xia Wanchun was already carrying Li Xiangjun towards a carriage. He was only fourteen at this time, so he could barely carry her. But as the carriage started, a dense crowd of figures emerged in the darkness behind. They were all musketeers carrying turtledove guns and knives on their backs.

"The new soldiers from Songjiang militia who came to reinforce Chen Zilong, Xia Yizhong was his deputy.

I must have been late in getting to the city."

Hou Fangyu said in a low voice.

This time Huang Shu didn't dare to move.

Although the Qing army was outnumbered ten to one, it was obvious that there were only four or five hundred musketeers, and no matter how brave the Qing army was, they could not defeat them.

"Let's go back and find another way!"

He said.

Then they both retreated quietly into the darkness of the alley.

(End of this chapter)