The left army, which stirred up the entire situation in Wuchang and was so powerful, collapsed in such a short period of time.

Now the Qing army is advancing from Jiujiang to the three cities of Wuhan. Among the three opposing forces, the Shun army is the weakest.

Not long after the news of the surrender of the Zuo Army came, the Shun Army was threatened by the Qing Army on the eastern front and had to lead its army to leave Wuchang and continue to retreat south.

After the Shun army withdrew, the Chinese army defended Hankou alone. Facing the Qing army from Hanyang and Jiujiang, the pressure suddenly increased.

Cui Ziyi and others repeatedly persuaded Wanjun to retreat temporarily. The Chinese army was not strong enough to avoid the Qing army's edge.

However, Wanjun was extremely determined, "We will never retreat! We only need to wait one to two months."

"What are you waiting for? In less than half a month, the barbarians will come from Jiujiang."

The Manchu Qing Dynasty has taken over the world. How can we shake this so-called destiny?

Just when Wan Jun and others were anxious, soldiers reported back, and the messenger from Nanchang arrived in Hankou.

Wan Jun saw the visitor at the garrison mansion in Hankou. Several personal guards were surrounding an old man with gray hair. He was thin and slender, dressed in very ordinary clothes, with handsome eyebrows and long beard reaching to his chest.

Wan Jun was sizing up the incoming man, and this man was also sizing up Wan Jun.

"Unexpectedly, the general is so young."

Wan Jun saw that this man was talking well and asked, "May I ask who the old gentleman is?"

"I'm Yuan Jitong."

In history, Yuan Jixian, courtesy name Jitong, and Zuo Liangyu marched eastward. Yuan Jixian went to Wuhu, persuaded Zuo Liangyu to stop going south, and returned to fight with the Shun army to take back Wuchang. Later, Zuo Liangyu died of illness in the army and was lured in by Zuo Mengeng.

He was put under house arrest in the army, and then Zuo Menggeng surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and presented Yuan Jixian to the Qing army to ask for merit. Soon after, Yuan Jixian died for his country because he refused to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.

Yuan Jixian had great national integrity, and together with Wen Tianxiang and Xie Fangde, he was known as the "Three Mountains on the Right Side of the River".

Wan Jun immediately guessed the purpose of Yuan Jixian's visit and hurriedly smiled and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm lucky enough to meet Governor Yuan. It's a worthwhile trip!"

Yuan Jixian looked surprised when he heard this, but he didn't ask any more questions. He saluted and said, "I don't dare to take it seriously. I can escape from the left army camp unscathed. I have to thank the general very much."

Wan Jun remembered this incident in history, so he secretly sent people to Yuan Jixian's camp to warn him, and finally rescued Yuan Jixian, and also caused the Zuo Army to split into two, which can be regarded as a chain reaction that changed history.

Historically, when the Qing army's Azige tribe pursued Li Zicheng to Jiujiang, Zuo Menggeng lured Yuan Jixian into house arrest in the army, and then led 800,000 left troops to surrender to the Qing army.

Now due to the emergence of Wanjun, the Chinese army suddenly rose in Shangshan. The Azige tribe was not progressing smoothly and could only retreat in Hanyang City. Zuo Menggeng failed to deceive Yuan Jixian. Instead, the Zuo army split into two and surrendered to the Qing army.

The number of troops and horses is less than one-third of the original number.

Wan Jun waved his hand and said, "Mr. Yuan, you're too polite. I just pointed out the clues. It's Mr. Yuan's clever methods that can divide the left army and fight back desperately!"

Words of appreciation are always directly proportional to the status of the speaker.

Although Yuan Jixian had been involved in officialdom for a long time, as an envoy, after hearing Wan Jun's words, he still

Feeling comfortable both physically and mentally, he stroked his beard and said with a smile, "General, your words are serious."

Cui Ziyi had already ordered a banquet, and Wan Jun took Yuan Jixian and a group of people to the table.

"Mr. Yuan has come all the way to prepare some wine for him to wash away the dust."

Yuan Jixian, Wan Jun and others brought three glasses of wine, put down the bamboo chopsticks, looked at Wan Jun and said, "The three rounds of wine have passed, it's time for the general to get down to business. Ji Tong is here to discuss important matters."

Seeing Wan Jun and others put down their chopsticks, Yuan Jixian looked serious and said slowly, "Now that the mountains and rivers are in ruins, and the barbarians are drinking horses in the south of the Yangtze River, it is the time to serve the imperial court and make contributions. I wonder what the general plans to do?"

Wan Jun asked, "I wonder what Mr. Yuan has to teach me?"

When Yuan Jixian came, he had already rehearsed it countless times in his mind. Up to now, the army of ten thousand troops has achieved good results. He fought against the puppet soldiers and horses in Shangluo Mountain, forcing Li Zicheng to move to Luonan County.

He was chased and killed by the Qing army fiercely in Huangshaling.

Later, when they marched south to Jingxiang, they defeated the Qing army in Shuanggou Town, and then went to Hankou to defeat the Qing army.

Both Pseudo-Shun and Hu Qing were enemies of the Ming Dynasty, and Wan Jun was presumably a friend of the Ming Dynasty. Although the troops were powerful, the emperor might not be able to restrain them in the future, but this was obviously not the time to consider this.

Yuan Jixian had a vague feeling that if he wanted to save the building from collapse, it seemed that he had to have this force. This was why he insisted on traveling in person.

However, Wanjun did not answer the rhetorical question, which was beyond Yuan Jixian's expectations for a moment. However, he was a veteran in officialdom after all. Yuan Jixian made up his mind and said, "In the past, Gaozu rebelled and drove away the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty and restored our Han people's country. Until now, it has been two hundred and seventy years."

In the past few years, China has been sinking and the barbarians are arrogant. It is the time for strong men to build construction and serve the imperial court. The general is young and promising. As long as he respects the banner of the Emperor of Heaven and drives out the Tartars, then the world will be stable and the general will be granted the title of marquis and the prime minister.

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Hearing this, Cui Ziyi and others all had smiles on their faces. Yuan Jixian saw that they seemed unmoved and asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

Wan Jun said, "The purpose of the Chinese army in raising troops is to expel the Tartars so that people all over the world can have a stable life. However, I want to ask a question. The Hu people turned out to be just a small tribe in Liaodong. The Ming Dynasty spread all over the world.

Since the Battle of Sarhu, we have been defeated again and again and lost most of the world. Why is this?"

Yuan Jixian never thought about this problem. At first, the Ming Dynasty could not win Liaodong with all its power. Now that the barbarians have occupied most of China, can the Ming Dynasty counterattack win?

But Yuan Jixian didn't dare to think too much. No matter life or death, whether he lost or won, he must keep fighting!

Yuan Jixian thought for a while and said, "The Ming Dynasty was in bad luck. There were unruly people inside, barbarians outside, and the country was short of food and silver."

Wan Jun looked directly at Yuan Jixian, "Mr. Yuan is right, the Ming Dynasty is in bad luck, but how can China, with its hundreds of millions of people, not be able to defeat a small tribe? Where did the money and silver of the Ming Dynasty go?"

Yuan Jixian opened his mouth, but could not speak.

Where have all the money and silver gone? The most important thing for a country is taxation. With more money, it is easier to do things, expand the country externally, and ensure people's livelihood internally. The Ming Dynasty

With thousands of miles of land and billions of people, why are we so poor?

Seeing that Yuan Jixian was silent, Wan Jun said, "I heard that when the late Emperor Chongzhen died, his dragon robe was still patched. It's really strange. In a huge empire, the people are so poor that they have gone to the point of rebellion, but the king of a country can also

With such misery, where has all the Ming Dynasty money gone?"

When Emperor Chongzhen was mentioned, Yuan Jixian's eyes turned red and he shed tears.

When Wan Jun saw it, he secretly sighed in his heart that the ancients were really gentle people, and continued, "Old Yuan has lived in the south of the Yangtze River for a long time. He should know that when the world was poor, some people lived extravagantly, with splendid courtyards and connected pavilions and buildings.

A few miles away, abalone and chicken wings, male servants and beautiful maids, but he is much happier than the emperor."

Of course Yuan Jixian knew who Wan Jun was talking about, "This is the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty, and the gentry is the foundation of the country."

Wan Jun smiled and said, "The gentry are the foundation of the country, what about the common people in the world?"

Yuan Jixian suddenly remembered that they were the ones who opened the gates of Nanjing, and when the Qing army arrived, they were the ones who came out of the city to present their watches!

"When the world is in turmoil, what are the fundamentals of these countries you mentioned doing?"

Yuan Jixian knew that Wan Jun was right. When the emperor wanted to raise military salaries, there were people in the court who opposed all taxes except increasing agricultural taxes!

If the people are not afraid of death, why should they be afraid of death?

At that time, someone in the court said that the agricultural tax was too heavy and the people would be overwhelmed, but no one cared.

People are like water. Before they drown you, they will always be submissive and harmless to both humans and animals!

Yuan Jixian knew it, but he could not change it. If the gentry was the foundation of Ming Dynasty before, now it is all that Ming Dynasty has to rely on.

"The Hu people have occupied the south of the Yangtze River, and the Geng thieves have arrived in Jiujiang. What advice does the general have?"

Wan Jun said, "Our army does not have enough troops, so we still need to ask the old man to cooperate wholeheartedly to defeat the barbarians."

Yuan Jixian said, "General, it doesn't matter if you say so!"

Wan Jun pushed out the wine glass and said, "This is Jiujiang. The Qing army came from the east. Now our army is in Hankou. The Qing army's Azige army is isolated by me in Hanyang. If the old man can hold back the Hu people, I will try my best to eat Hanyang."

The Hu people and the enemies south of the Yangtze River are nothing to worry about."

When Yuan Jixian came here, he also had the idea of ​​contacting the Chinese army to fight against the Qing Dynasty. Now he and Wan Jun hit it off and discussed the details of the battle together.

Soon Yuan Jixian returned to Nanchang, and together with He Tengjiao and Du Yinxi led troops to attack Jiujiang.

When the Ming Dynasty's troops attacked Jiujiang, the Chinese army faced threats from the Qing army on the east and west sides. They gathered refugees in the Hanyang area to recruit martyrs, and built warships in Jiangshan in an attempt to isolate the Qing army in Hanyang.

At the end of July, two pieces of news came from the southeast at the same time.

First, on the first day of July, Anbo Zheng Zhilong was in Fuzhou and supported the Ming Dynasty master Nanyang King Zhu Yujian to proclaim himself emperor and changed his name to Emperor Longwu of the Yuan Dynasty.

Another news is that the Manchu Qing Dynasty officially issued an order to shave hair and change clothes.
Chapter completed!