golden scales

"The old fairy has good skills." Zhu Cihong praised sincerely.After seeing Min Zhanlian's kung fu, he knew that the Wu family has been passed down from generation to generation.It's just the trick left by killing the enemy in battle, not the flying and chivalrous action imagined by later novelists.

Now that I see this old Taoist, he is skilled in health preservation and has a strong figure, so he must have a background.

However, Min Ziruo looked like he was facing a formidable enemy. Compared with that old man who was calm and breezy, he was already at a disadvantage.

"Guo Jingzhong, poor Taoist, I have seen officials." The Taoist bowed slightly as a salute.

Zhu Cihong raised his head slightly, said oh, and said, "So it's Mr. Huanyang."

Guo Jingzhong showed surprise on his face, and said: "The officials have heard of poor Taoists?"

"Hehe," Zhu Cihong said with a smile, "Dare to ask, do you have a disciple who is a famous scholar in Jinzhong, surnamed Fu Mingshan?"

Guo Jingzhong said clearly: "It turns out that the officials have heard of the name of the young disciple, and this is really in his favor, hehehe."

Fu Shan Fu Qingzhu, Taoist name Zhenshan.Arranged according to the Quanzhen Longmen's "morality leads to the profound and quiet, and the true and constant keeps the Taiqing" school, it is the sixth generation of disciples.Although Fu Shan is well-known for his medical skills and later known as the "Medical Sage", Fu Shan at this time should have just come into contact with medicine.And the master who taught Fu Shan medicine and swordsmanship is the Huanyangzi Guo Jingzhong.

Guo Jingzhong himself was not well-known, but he was still running around in the secret front against the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, and even instigated an uprising at the age of eighty.

"Sir, are you going to Henan?" Zhu Cihong asked.

"Otherwise," Guo Jingzhong picked up the hot water and took a sip, "Poverty is here for officials."

Zhu Cihong knew Guo Jingzhong's position and details, so of course he didn't have to worry about him plotting against him.He laughed and said, "I don't know what the kid can do for Mr.?"

"Don't dare to take it." Guo Jingzhong bowed her body, took out a kit from her sleeve, and offered it with both hands.

If Min Zi went to take it like this, Zhu Cihong had already raised his hand to take it, opened the kit by himself, and took out the silk book inside.Silk paper was still used in the Tang Dynasty, but few people wrote silk scripts in the Song Dynasty.The white silk in front of me is densely written with petty lowercase script, but it is a serious silk script, presumably one is to show respect, and the other is to avoid damage to the paper.

Zhu Cihong shook the silk book and read it from the beginning, feeling a wave of turmoil in his heart.

This silk letter was written by Mianhou Yuan Zongdi, a Chuangjun general who is currently guarding the two prefectures of Pingyang and Puzhou.

When Li Zicheng entered Yanjing, Yuan Zongdi was beating Zuo Liangyu with Bai Wang in Huguang.Zuo Liangyu is self-respecting for the bandits, not knowing how to fight.However, Bai Wang, a pig-like teammate, was indeed too slow, so that Yuan Zongdi was helpless. Later, when he heard that the "emperor" had been defeated, he hurriedly brought 6 or [-] people to the north to King Qin, and only after reaching Pingyang did he get the Dalai Lama. Shun gave up the news of Yanjing, and by the way, he was stationed in Pingyang as a barrier against the annexation of Shanxi by the Qing army.

Pingyang and Puzhou are located in the southwest of Shanxi.Especially Pingyang Mansion, which is located between Luliang Mountain and Taihang Mountain, is easy to defend but difficult to attack.There is a big river in the west of Puzhou, Wangwu Mountain in the east, and Zhongtiao Mountain in the southeast, which are not easy to capture.People say that Shanxi has "mountains and rivers outside and inside", and in these two prefectures, there are indeed mountains and rivers as Pingfan.

Now Li Zicheng even gave up on Shaanxi, and Zhu Cihong regained Henan in one fell swoop.To the west of Yuan Zongdi are Wu Sangui and King Sanshun; to the north are Meng Qiaofang and Ye Chen. I heard that Duoduo and Azige are about to lead their troops; to the east is the old rival Niu Chenghu.It was so completely surrounded that not even a fly could get out.

To make matters worse, Yuan Zongdi had only 6 or [-] people under his command, and there was a serious shortage of food and supplies. Seeing that the season was not ready, there was nowhere to collect military food.At this time, let alone desperately resisting, even if the Qing army did not fight, the morale of the Shun army would be broken.And if Zuo Guang hadn't threatened Meng Qiaofang in Taiyuan Mansion first, the Qing army would have already gone south to Pingyang, and would they wait until now?

"So Mianhou is really desperate." After Zhu Cihong finished reading the silk script, he looked at Guo Jing and said, "So you are here to be a lobbyist for the intruders?"

Guo Jingzhong didn't change his face, and said: "The old man is not a lobbyist for the intruders, but to save troops for the Ming Dynasty." He said: "Yuan Zongdi still has [-] people under his command, most of them have survived a hundred battles. The trapped beasts are still fighting, what's the matter?" Human?" Seeing that Zhu Cihong's face was calm, Guo Jingzhong continued: "What's more, now the Qing army is afraid that the officers and soldiers will cover up their retreat, and the officers and soldiers are afraid of sending troops to Pingyang and let the Qing army take advantage of it for nothing, so His Highness said that Mianhou has nowhere to go. Disapproval."

Zhu Cihong smiled slightly, he couldn't help admiring the old Taoist priest for hitting the nail on the head and hitting the nail on the head.

This is indeed the main reason for the stalemate in Shanxi.

Meng Qiaofang couldn't beat Yu County, Zuo Guangxian was like a sharp knife in his back.Once the Qing soldiers went south, not to mention the grain road, even Taiyuan might not be able to keep it.The fact that Niu Chenghu's troops of the Ming army were unable to advance westward was also because they were worried about the lack of troops. When the time came to fight on two fronts, it would benefit the Manchu fisherman.

"What's more, Yuan Zongdi was also inspired by the "Amnesty Order", hoping to have an uprising, and then join forces with the officers and soldiers east and south to take down Taiyuan." Guo Jing said.

"Speaking of it, no matter the Ming Dynasty or the pseudo-Shun, they are all dressed in Chinese clothes, but the Manchu Qing are barbarians who drink blood. Naturally, it is the best policy to work together to expel the Tartars." There is no faith at all.”

Guo Jingzhong smiled: "If the soldiers on the battlefield knelt down and surrendered, would His Highness also want to kill them all? Judging from Bai Wang and Liu Fangliang, it is not inevitable."

"Can they put down their weapons completely and obey the reorganization?" Zhu Cihong asked with a smile.He is not killing God, and he has no reason to kill his own people.As long as the root cause of the chaos is eliminated, it is natural to accept the surrender of the army.Now he also experienced Luo Yukun's feelings: recruiting tens of thousands of horses is indeed more troublesome than attacking an equal number of enemies.

"It's clearly written in Yuan's book, and I'm willing to come see you myself." Guo Jing said, "What doubts do you still have, Your Highness?"

"Isn't he afraid that I'll betray my promise and kill him?" Zhu Cihong asked.

Guo Jingzhong smiled and said: "The old Taoist once told him: If His Highness wants to kill him, he will die with him."

"Mr. met me for the first time, why do you trust me so much?" Zhu Cihong was quite surprised.

"Your Highness is the master of the true destiny, and his ambition is in the world. Even people like Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are nothing more than clowns in His Highness's eyes. How can he make things difficult for a small person like an ant and mustard seed? I believe that His Highness has a broad mind." , and I believe that His Highness can seek good luck and avoid bad luck." Guo Jingzhong said with a smile.

——This is the graceful comment of the pragmatists.

Zhu Cilang said with a smile: "I'll just write a handwritten letter and order someone to pass it on to Yuan Zongdi. The imperial court has its own system of famous titles, and false titles cannot be used any more; the soldiers will include Yuan's family: whoever asks to go will give them money for promises." Those who want to cultivate the land can divide the land according to their own circumstances; those who want to stay and fight as slaves can stay in the army for training, and they will be treated the same as recruits, and rewards and punishments will be the same."

"That's enough." Guo Jingzhong nodded.

This condition should have far exceeded Yuan Zongdi's expectations.

Zhu Cihong immediately wrote a letter according to this, and signed the letter generously to Emperor Ming Zhu Cihong.Because the seals of the Eastern Palace are all in Xingyuan Lu Suyao's hands, so he can only wipe off the charcoal dust and press the fingerprints.

Guo Jingzhong received the reply, put his sleeves in his sleeves, and said: "Poverty should go back to Zezhou the same way, and then go west, please go with Your Highness."

Min Ziruo looked at the crown prince nervously.However, Zhu Cihong said: "Stay true to what you want, but dare not ask for it." He immediately said to Min Ziruo: "I ordered Min Zhanlian, the governor of the right, to bring his men to Pingyang Mansion, and prepare to incorporate the Nichuang Yuan Zongdi Department. The number of reorganizations should be controlled at Less than 5000 people."

Min Ziruo led the way out.

Guo Jingzhong laughed when he heard the words: "Your Highness Jie Dao pursues elite soldiers, and after hearing about it today, I will know that the rumors are true."

Zhu Cihong smiled and agreed.He suddenly smelled the smell of scorched grass and trees behind him, thinking that there was a fire somewhere, and when he looked back, he saw that the old man in the tea shop burned a lot of grass ash and pressed the bad fragrance, bowed to himself, knelt down and kowtowed, muttering Muttered: "Taiwei Xingjun Da Tianzun is above, please be worshiped by the little old man."

"Old man, you are lucky, you have met the living Taiwei Xingjun." Guo Jingzhong is very old, but he still doesn't forget to joke.Zhu Cihong couldn't help laughing out loud. (To be continued.)