The envoy sent by Feng Shuangli was very famous. He was Ai Chengye, one of the four princes of the Great Western Army and the son of Ai Chengyi, the king of Yan'an, who was posthumously conferred by the Yongli court. In the second year of Yongli, after the Great Western Army entered Yunnan, Ai Chengye encountered an ambush by the local chieftain Lu Wanzhongshi. He was poisoned and bleeding from the arrows. The medicine was killed in the Tao. After Ai Nengqi's death, his subordinates were taken over by his son Ai Chengye.

Ai Chengye brought Feng Shuangli's report to the Tang Jianguo and asked to send a supervisor. The report stated that Feng Shuangli and the generals of Jianchang changed the King of Tang to the righteous, and asked to send a supervisor to Zhou Shixiang to show their sincere support for the Tang King's regime.

Feng Shuangli's troops were always the former Daxi Army commanded by King Li Dingguo of Jin. Now the troops are transferred to King Zhengshuo of Tang, indicating that in the Daxi Army, except for King Jin, King Gongchang and those generals who surrendered to Wu Sangui, the remaining generals who still insist on resisting the Qing Dynasty had abandoned Zhu Youlang and turned to unite under the banner of anti-Qing led by King Tang.

Zhou Shi asked Ai Chengye about the situation of the Ming army in Jianchang area. Ai Chengye did not hide anything or exaggerate it. In fact, it was said that King Qingyang had more than 3,000 soldiers under the command of King Gong, and King Wugong had more than 1,000 soldiers under his command, and he had only more than 2,000 soldiers under his command. In the Jianchang area, there were more than 3,000 generals including the general Wang Bitou, who had a total force of only 10,000.

Ai Chengyan admitted that when Feng Shuangli, the King of Qingyang, heard that the court gave up Kunming, felt that the retreat to western Yunnan was a dead end, so he led them into Sichuan, with the original intention of joining the thirteen families in Sichuan and creating a new situation. However, due to the failure of the two attacks of Kuidong soldiers in Chongqing, the King of Qingyang and they had to stagnate in Jianchang. Due to the weak strength and difficulty in doing something big, many generals were shaken. Until he heard that the Kuidong soldiers rushed into Huguang and the Nandu was restored by the Taiping Army, he regained his confidence and continued to harass the troops of Gao Minzhan, the governor of the Sichuan Province of Qing, and gradually recovered some lost land. However, the Jianchang area was barren, so the Ming army of Jianchang was still short of clothes and food, could not undertake a larger task, and could not even organize a decent offensive. He could only make small moves and use the method of beating the edge drum to restrain the attack on the Qing army of Sichuan.

Ai Chengye Dao King Qingyang had always been interested in sending people to contact the Taiping Army, but he had no chance. This time, the Qing army in Guizhou suddenly retreated westward into Sichuan. The Qing army's defense line in the middle of Sichuan was shaken, and there were many gaps, so he was able to send envoys into Kuidong and out of Huguang.

"The King of Qingyang originally intended to come to Nandu in person, but Jianchang needed him to take charge, so Chengye came to see him. The King of Qingyang specifically asked Chengye to tell him, asking the Duke to forgive him for not being able to come in person."

Of course, Zhou Shixiang knew that Feng Shuangli must be polite words. No matter what, Zhou Shixiang is still the Duke of Guangdong, but Feng Shuangli is the prince. There is no reason in the world that the prince asks the Duke of the State to forgive his crimes. Moreover, Feng Shuangli sent Ai Chengye to submit a letter to the King of Tang. The biggest purpose of Feng Shuangli was to obtain support from the Taiping Army to them, rather than really obeying Zhou Shixiang's command. Then asking for a supervisor is just a symbol. Zhou Shixiang could not really send him to Jianchang to supervise the army. Instead, he had to wait for the King of Tang to ascend to the Dabao of the Southern Capital to re-enthrone Feng Shuangli and others in the name of the new emperor, and serve as the officials they were appointed, instead of not reaching at all, but he still had to point fingers.

Sure enough, Ai Chengye next mentioned whether he could ask the Taiping Army to go out to Kuidong to attack Chongqing. Jianchang launched a counterattack from southern Sichuan, captured Chongqing, and then target Chengdu. This would help the whole of Sichuan and lock Wu Sangui in Yunnan and Guizhou in one fell swoop.

This request made Zhou Shixiang shake his head secretly. At present, the main force of the Taiping Army was to deal with the Jiangbei camp in Shunzhi and had no ability to organize an offensive into Sichuan. Guangxi and Hunan are now taking a defensive stance. Even if Doni withdraws from Guizhou, Zhou Shixiang has no intention to seize Guizhou, and has no intention of detouring Hubei to attack Sichuan.

The Military Information Department did not send any news about Wu Sangui anyway. Ai Chengye also said that after Doni led the Manchu and Mongolian troops to withdraw into Chongqing, some Qing troops in Guizhou and Yunnan who obeyed Wu Sangui did not attack the Doni army, and they were even worried about the sudden withdrawal of the Manchu and Mongolian army. It is conceivable that the reason why Doni gave up Guizhou was not because Wu Sangui in Yunnan anyway.

King Feng Shuangli of Qingyang and King Bo of Wugong speculated that the fundamental reason why Doni led the army into Sichuan might be because Guizhou had no food to eat, and the huge changes that took place in the southeast. The Qing court urgently needed this heavy Manchu and Mongolian troops to return to the north, whether it was a guard or used for wars in Jiangnan, it was better than those trapped in Yunnan and Guizhou.

This judgment coincides with Zhou Shi. He also believed that there were two reasons for Doni's sudden withdrawal, one was that he had no food to eat, and the other was that he returned to the north of the town.

But Zhou Shixiang could not rule out that Wu Sangui might have made Doni feel afraid in some aspects, so he led his troops to withdraw. Thinking of the letter from Hong Chengchou to Hong Shiming, Zhou Shixiang couldn't help but sneer. Wu Sangui is really interesting, causing trouble for himself here, and when Doni ran away, he didn't raise a flag to rebel, which shows that this old boy was too worried and indecisive.

Thinking about the history of the previous life, during the "Three Feudal Rebellion", the Wu army fought from Yunnan to the Yangtze River in one go. South China and the northwest almost all rebelled. Kang Mazi in the north was so anxious that he was in front of him and was within his reach, but this old boy was too strong to the river, which gave Kang Mazi a chance to breathe. The Qing army used the few months given by Wu Sangui to stabilize the position, and the war became a stalemate. In the end, as soon as Wu Sangui died, the Wu army fell apart.

Combined with Doni Run, Wu Sangui still refused to give up anyway. Zhou Shixiang concluded that Wu Sangui was just waiting and waiting for him and Fulin to decide the outcome before betting on the bet.

Zhou Shixiang and Zhang Changgeng had talked about Wu Sangui. Zhang Changgeng believed that if Wu Sangui was really ambitious and wanted to take advantage of the chaos to obtain the greatest fruit, then he had only one chance, either immediately heading north into Sichuan, breaking through the Hanzhong defense line of the Qing Dynasty, and attacking Shaanxi; or breaking the Huguang defense line of the Taiping Army and rushing into Huguang. If he did not do this, he would only wait for the victory or defeat in Jiangnan, then he would finally wait for death. The best outcome was to still surrender to the Ming or Qing dynasties.

Zhang Changgeng believed that Wu Sangui was suspicious and afraid of losing his strength when doing things. He always wanted to get the greatest benefit, but he was unwilling to try his best. Such a person was a hawk, but it was difficult to make his own decision. Now he was facing a situation that determined the future strategic life and death of his troops. He could not hesitate at all, and could not tolerate him waiting stupidly. He should immediately take advantage of Donni's escape and lead his troops to take Guizhou, then immediately enter Sichuan, attack Baoning and Hanzhong, seize Xi'an, and occupy Tongguan. In this way, the Wu army could go out of Shanxi in the east and Henan in the south, and even hoped to take Beijing earlier than the Taiping Army to achieve great things. After all, the Shunzhi army was attracted by the Taiping Army in Yangzhou. How much fighting spirit and combat power can Duni have after 20,000 Manchu and Mongolian troops fled thousands of miles? When will he not take action now?

The soldiers are very fast. The Qing court now cannot care about Sichuan and Shaanxi at all. Doni leads his army to escape. This excellent opportunity is in front of Wu Sangui. He is still huddling in Yunnan and waiting for the southeast to decide the victory. It is really stupid.

Zhou Shi agreed with what Zhang Changgeng said. If he were Wu Sangui, he would have attacked Doni as early as when the Nandu was revived, and then he would go straight into Sichuan, and seize Shaanxi with lightning speed and troops out of Tongguan. He would not stop. You should know that there is a dangerous road barrier between Shaanxi and Yunnan and Guizhou, and transportation is extremely difficult. If he does not strive to advance eastward to seize Beijing after taking Shaanxi, the army in Shaanxi and the troops in Yunnan and Guizhou will not be able to take care of each other. He will lose one's last fate, and the second Liu Wenxiu, retreating from the Shu Road, suffered heavy losses.

Zhang Changgeng also analyzed that if Wu Sangui did not enter Sichuan and seize Shaanxi, there would be a second way, which was to take the banner of Yongli and recruit various Ming troops from Sichuan in the name of Yongli. Then, instead of going to Hanzhong, he took Chongqing as a node to go to Huguang with the weaker Three Gorges defense line.

The Three Gorges and Xingfang areas are all thirteen camp troops. The quality of the troops is low, and the main force is concentrated in Wuchang and Henan. Therefore, although the Three Gorges are natural dangers, it is easier to break through. As long as you go out of Xingfang, troops will go out of Yiling, Xiangyang, Yunyang, and Zhongxiang areas in Hubei can be obtained. Although the river water is fast, as long as there are large ships, it can be transported in the flow, which is much more convenient than land. Then the main force attacks Wuchang and the side-level troops attack Hunan. The Taiping Army is under Hunan Governor Zhao Sihai, who is under 20,000 to 30,000 troops under Wu Sangui's command.

In this way, Wu Sangui, who was mainly based on Yongli, could occupy Huguang and look at Jiangnan, just like Zuo Liangyu back then, but the pseudo prince became the real emperor Yongli, Hongguang became the King of Tang, and Zhou Shixiang was the four towns. It would be fine if Zhou Shixiang could solve the Qing army's Jiangbei camp, so that he could win the decisive battle against Chen Youliang, just like Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang of the then Taizu, and won the decisive battle on the front line of Nanchang, Jiujiang and Poyang Lake.

Whoever wins will be qualified to completely eliminate Manzhou and restore China!

In other words, if Zhou Shixiang could not solve the Qing army camp in Jiangbei, then the best outcome would be to retreat to Guangdong and Guangxi under the attack of the two armies.

Zhou Shixiang had not many choices, but Wu Sangui could choose to be Li Zicheng or Zuo Liangyu. Of course, Zhou Shixiang could not let Wu Sangui go. No matter which path he chose, it would be the biggest threat to him. But at the moment, he found that he had no good way to deal with Wu Sangui. He now had to deal with Jiangbei Camp, but also started to restore Fujian and Zhejiang, which was really beyond the reach of Wu Sangui. The most important thing was that he had to immediately send the King of Tang to the throne of the emperor. Regardless of whether Zhu Youlang fell into the hands of Wu Sangui, he had to reduce his value by half.

At worst, it’s the Three Kingdoms, one qing and two wise men.

Zhou Shixiang was not worried that he would become Sun Quan, because the current essence of China is not in the north, but in the south!

If Wu Sangui enters Sichuan and goes to Shaanxi, Zhou Shixiang cannot reach it, but it can prevent him from entering Huguang. So after thinking about it for a while, Zhou Shi compared to Ai Chengyedao and he would send a team of troops to Hubei to consolidate the Three Gorges defense line with Zhongzhen Camp. However, given that the main force of the Qing army is in Jiangbei, he cannot organize an offensive against Chongqing, and hope that King Qingyang and others can understand it. Zhou Shixiang promised that once the Qing army's Jiangbei camp was solved, he would definitely provide effective support to King Qingyang.
Chapter completed!