The lights were still on in Wu Sangui's tent by the Qiupu River. Three people were still chatting. Besides Wu Sangui himself, one was his general Shen Jianghu and the other was Wu Guogui.
Anyone who is familiar with Wu Sangui knows that he has many generals and advisors under his command, but that was only after he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and became King of Pingxi. For example, his number one advisor was also the number two figure in his camp, Xia Guoxiang (according to legend, he was Wu Sangui’s son-in-law). As for the little kid, the other two son-in-laws Guo Zhuangtu and Hu Guozhu are naturally also little kids, but his in-law Hu Xinshui (father of Hu Guozhu) is working as a low-level military attaché under him at this time.
As for his other great adviser Liu Xuanchu, at this time he was still working as an unknown aide under Liu Wenxiu (a subordinate of Zhang Xianzhong, King of Shu in the Southern Ming Dynasty).
As for the most powerful generals under his command, Ma Bao was under Li Zicheng at this time, Wang Pingfan and Gao Dejie were still teenagers and their whereabouts were unknown at this time.
After all, Wu Sangui was only in his early thirties at this time. He did not have a famous general under his command, but he already had two advisers. One was Wu Guogui, who was as famous as Liu Xuanchu, who had followed Wu Sangui for a long time at this time, and the other was Fang Guangchen. .
Fang Guangchen was the son of Fang Yizao, the Minister of Rites. At that time, Fang Yizao was a great scholar in Liaodong. Fang Guangchen followed his father and met Wu Sangui's uncle, Dashou. Wu Sangui, who was serving in the Central Army under Zu Dashou at that time, saw that he was intelligent and talented and had the heart to pay him. "Forging an alliance is to make an alliance as a friend" is similar to worshiping a master, and Wu Sangui also worshiped his father three times.
However, Fang Guangchen was still a young master in the capital at this time and did not join the army with Wu Sangui. Therefore, Wu Sangui's only think tank at this time was Wu Guogui, an extremely precious left arm to him. So, as a result... we went south together.
Along the way, it was necessary to make suggestions and analyze the situation for Wu Sangui. Because of his low profile, no one expected that Wu Sangui would have a great adviser with him. If Chang Yu knew about it, he would have to poach him. He needed this kind of talent so much. .
However, he ignored him, but Wu Guogui was observing him all the time, and even studied his every military order and strategic deployment repeatedly. Finally, he came to the conclusion that this eunuch had no rules in fighting, but he always had miraculous effects. , Weird!
"Bai Wang was defeated and died. Li Yan on Anqing's side defeated the city with a show of his hands, and the remaining thieves were almost ready to surrender. All the way to De'an, they were overwhelmingly unstoppable. Only Li Yan's troops were more than capable of defeating them. Why did you go to all the trouble to mobilize troops from Chizhou, and only transferred some of Nanjing's troops and surrendered troops from the royal body? What is the profound meaning in this?"
Lu Daqi had also asked this question before, but Wu Sangui also thought differently at that time, so he asked his adviser Wu Guogui.
Wu Guogui lowered his head and thought for a while: "Nanjing's soldiers and horses have been without war for a long time. He deliberately tempered them. Wang Tizhong was once the leader of Bai Wang's warriors. He went to recover the lost territory with twice the result with half the effort. But these are not the main reasons. It should be Zuo Liangyu of Wuchang... ..." Chang Yu would definitely be shocked if he saw this, because this humble counselor could predict his intentions very closely!
"According to what the military advisor said, will we have to return home soon?" Shen Jianghu asked, and Wu Guogui nodded: "It could be as fast as ten days, or as slowly as half a month."
Wu Sangui fell into silence: "Even if we are the master, we still can't get out of the seclusion. The little eunuch finally tricked me back. If he doesn't make the best use of it, why would he do it? If he attacks Xi'an, he may have to take me with him..."
Wu Guogui patted Wu Sangui on the shoulder: "It may not be a good thing to go back outside the customs at this time. Also, the little eunuch will not rush to attack Xi'an. It's not that he doesn't want to, but that he is powerless."
Wu Sangui naturally knew the meaning of Wu Guogui's words, including the sentence: It is not appropriate to go back outside the customs. It is indeed not appropriate. At this time, his old uncle Dashou is occupying a trap there. It will be embarrassing for him to go back.
"If you can't go back outside the customs, then don't go back yet. Let's go back to Beijing first to celebrate Lord Wu!" Shen Jianghu grinned, and Wu Sangui couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth. He remembered Emperor Chongzhen's promise.
Capital City, Imperial Palace.
At dawn, Gao Shiming turned over and sat on the edge of the bed in the Neidongchang Yamen. He coughed a few times and opened his throat. A eunuch pushed the door in, bowed to say hello, and began to help Gao Shiming get up.
All the first and second leaders of Dongchang went south, and Emperor Chongzhen appointed his old confidant eunuch Gao Shiming to temporarily take charge of the yamen of Dongchang. There were two yamen in Dongchang, one in the imperial city just east of the palace, and one in the east outside the imperial city. Factory Alley.
Chang Yu often worked at the Waidongchang Yamen. Gao Shiming was only a temporary substitute, so it was inconvenient for him to go there to work, so he stayed at the Neidongchang to handle some affairs.
"Eunuch Gao, I heard some interesting news. Do you want to hear it?" The serving eunuch waited on Gao Shiming after he washed up and had breakfast, and said something to him.
"Tell me about it." Gao Shiming's face was expressionless, and the serving eunuch said softly: "I heard that people from Dongchang brought a mysterious woman from outside half a month ago and hid it..."
Before he finished speaking, Gao Shiming snorted coldly: "Who said that?".
When the serving eunuch saw this, he quickly knelt down and said, "I heard from Chen Dong that he has been staying in the Waidongchang Yamen recently..."
"Go and let him get twenty pieces of bread," Gao Shiming said coldly, "No spanking or spanking!"
Yes, yes, the serving eunuch turned pale: "Young man, go right now."
"Do you know why you want to hit him?" Gao Shi rolled his eyes knowingly, and the serving eunuch quickly said: "He's talking nonsense."
"No, he's just prying around!" Gao Shiming slapped the table: "Don't you know who owns the Dongchang now? We are just temporary gatekeepers now. Just do our job well and don't talk nonsense. You are asking for death if you ask around. You don’t know what the little eunuch’s tricks are. He can kill thousands of thieves and Tatars. How many people in the imperial court, Jingzhong Xungui, want him dead, but Have you noticed that he has lost a hair? Killing you little eunuchs is not a snap of his fingers for him."
"I've realized my mistake, I've realized my mistake!" The serving eunuch knelt on the ground and kowtowed. Gao Shiming waved his hand: "Go and let Chen Dong have a memory. Tell him to pull out his tongue if he chews it again. It's not easy for us to have trouble in the palace." He was such a talented person, but he was not destroyed in the hands of those Donglin Party members and the rebels and the Tatars. It would be really ironic if he was finally destroyed in the hands of our own people."
"Eunuch Gao, Eunuch Gao, good news, great joy, great joy." At this moment, a eunuch from outside ran in hurriedly: "The Eight Hundred Miles Express delivered by the Jin Yiwei, Bai Wang was defeated and killed..."
Gao Shiming stood up quickly, trembling all over: "Hurry, help our family enter the palace..."
At the Huangji Gate, hundreds of officials were attending court in the morning. Emperor Chongzhen was sitting in the palace with a solemn expression. He was diligent in his duties and would come to court early in the morning. However, he always frowned when hearing about court affairs, because nothing good ever happened.
The most embarrassing thing is that although the Ming Dynasty has a territory of thousands of miles, most of its daily government affairs are focused on the north of the Yangtze River and the east of the Yellow River, because other places are either war zones or war-torn areas, or they are blocked due to wars.
But just the government affairs and people's livelihood in these places have already made Emperor Chongzhen very worried. There is a severe drought in Shandong and Henan, a locust plague, a plague in Gyeonggi and a severe drought in Shanxi... The food gap in the north is getting bigger and bigger...
Can you get something good? Emperor Chongzhen scratched his head helplessly. He needed money and food everywhere. He missed the days when Chang Yu was around. This kid was always able to surprise himself and solve troubles.
During this southern expedition, Emperor Chongzhen knew that it would be difficult for anyone except him to carry out the expedition, because he had no money, no food, and even no troops. He could only watch Baiwang's troops advancing down the river.
Nanjing City.
But who would have thought that the little eunuch, who had been begging for food and cheating and abducting all the way, collected the food and grass, and even moved to Nanjing to bring reinforcements. In this way, the bachelor went on the road to Nanjing and gathered everything. He started fighting directly and won consecutive battles with great success.
I don’t know where the attack was at this time. Is this kid crazy? No secret letter has been sent for a long time, not even the Jin Yiwei... Hey, why did Gao Shiming come in? Emperor Chongzhen raised his eyebrows and looked at Gao Shiming who sneaked in. His heart moved.