Daming Prefecture, Junxian.

Wan Ji led his troops to confront Li Mei for many days. The war drums were beating loudly and the soldiers were frequently mobilized. The decisive battle was set up, but a large-scale war did not happen.

Li Mei had limited troops, and he knew that the task Li Zicheng gave him was to protect the security on the north side of Bianjing, rather than defeating the official army in Daming Mansion. So he took the defensive stance, shrank like a turtle, and was careful to be on guard.

Wan Ji had many soldiers in his hands, but most of them were new recruits. He led his troops to attack Kaifeng from the north and continuously put pressure on the rebel army. Not only did Li Mei wait for the opportunity, but even the rebel army in Kaifeng felt real pressure and deployed many troops on the side of the Yellow River.

Therefore, when He Jin was besieged, Kaifeng was hesitant and did not send enough troops to reinforce in time. Of course, Wan Ji also understood that his army had no strength to attack Kaifeng at all, and everything was bluffing. After seeing the news of He Jin being captured, he knew that his goal had been achieved, so he took the initiative to lead his troops to withdraw to Kaizhou.

He asked someone to call Yan Yingyuan, Sun Xuan and Xia Wanchun, and handed the newly arrived battle report to the three people and said, "He Jin, the troubles of Li Dingguo have been completely quelled, but Wang Zi was seriously injured. In order to avoid endogenous chaos, I will set off immediately and rush back to Jinan. Some things I want to tell you about."

Li Kai took away most of the troops left by Jinan, and Zhou Xian was seriously injured at this moment. The highest official position in Jinan was Gao Mingheng, Wu Ganlai and others. They did not agree with some of Zhou Xian's ideas in their hearts. Although the possibility of chaos at this time was very small, it was inevitable that Wan Ji was a little worried.

Xia Wanchun said anxiously: "The commander is not in trouble!"

"Nothing bad."

Wan Ji didn't want to say this again, "Sun Xuan, you led all the cavalry to Puzhou to meet with Wu Zhiying. After handing over the cavalry to him, you rushed to Yanzhou. This time, Chengshi and Teng County won a lot of horses, and Forget the meaning of you to form a new cavalry battalion."

Sun Xuan clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Wan, my subordinates will definitely do their best."

Wan Ji nodded and turned to Yan Yingyuan and said, "Yuheng, you have the talent to defend. After Sun Xuan and I leave, you will be responsible for all military affairs here. I only have two requirements for you. First, Daming Mansion must not be lost; second, you must achieve self-sufficiency in Daming Mansion as soon as possible."

Yan Yingyuan frowned and said, "I understand, but this requires the cooperation of the Prime Minister Zhang."

Wan Ji smiled faintly and said, "Don't worry! Zhang Zhengfan is a person who knows the current affairs. At present, the rebel army still occupies Junxian and Huaxian in the southwest of Daming Prefecture. He wishes you stay here to help him fight the enemy! As long as your request is not too excessive, he will do his best to meet it. If nothing else, Xiao Yin is there! Zhang Zhengfan admires his talent very much. He will coordinate for you in the middle, so there should be no big trouble."

Xia Wanchun heard him mention him, "Ah, I want to stay here!"

Wan Ji nodded, "Leave it here. Learn more from Yuheng will be good for you in the future."

Liaodong, Ningyuan.

Wu Sangui stood at the top of the city and looked at the crowd coming and going down, feeling inexplicably relieved.

Ningyuan was the first big city after leaving Shanhaiguan, but it is currently the only city left by the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong. After the Songshan War, both the Ming and Qing army suffered great losses. After that, the two sides confronted outside Ningyuan for several months, and no one got much advantage.

The biggest contributor to this is of course himself. He has heavy troops in his hands and can wind left and right between the Ming and the Qing dynasties. When the Qing army came, he had the strength to block them. When the court sent people, he warmly welcomed them. But whether to obey orders was decided by him alone.

Although he is only a general so far, in terms of strength, he is the king of Liaodong. This is his private place, and he has the right to decide everything. Which governor, governor, or military supervisor has such strength?

He is only 32 years old this year, but he became famous at a young age and was successful in his youth. He spent half of his time fighting on the battlefield. At first, he thought that to get what he wanted, he had to rely on the fast horse under his crotch and the long sword in his hand. But after much experience, he found that this alone was far from enough. He had to have power, know how to preserve his strength, and maintain certain contact with all parties.

The young general of the past and the experienced politician today. Before he knew it, Wu Sangui had completely changed, but he himself did not realize it.

Three people stood behind him.

A man wearing a green robe and dressed as a scholar, looked about twenty years old and thin, and was the Prime Minister of Xia Guo.

Another age is the same as him, but he is tall and mighty, with a strong face, standing in armor, pressing his sword in his hands, and standing straight, being Wu Sangui's adopted son Wang Pingfan.

The last man was almost the same age as Wu Sangui. He was wearing a pair of exquisite armor and could vaguely see the gorgeous patterns on it. He was only half apart from Wu Sangui, and he pressed his hand on the battlements of the city wall. His eyes looked down with Wu Sangui, with a calm and calm expression. It was Wu Sangui's general Gao Dejie.

After a while, the other two climbed to the top of the city, Zheng Jiaolin and Zu Kuan.

Wu Sangui turned around and smiled faintly, "Yilong, brother, thank you for your hard work. What do you say?" Yilong is Zheng Jiaolin's name. Zu Kuan is a servant of the Zu family. He has a low status, but he is brave and good at fighting. After Lu Xiangsheng's death, he held thousands of elite soldiers in his hands. Wu Sangui is very good at being a human being, so he found him personally and fell in love with him, and eventually made him fall to himself. In front of everyone, Wu Sangui gave Zu Kuan enough face and always called him brother.

Zu Kuan did not speak, so Zheng Jiaolin had to reply: "Chen Mingxia brought 200,000 taels of silver under the order of Zhou Xian, and has been transported outside Shanhaiguan. He also brought another news that Shen Tingyang would transport 200,000 shi of military rations to Ningyuan soon."

Wu Sangui smiled, "I look rich this week. Say it! What does he want?"

Zheng Jiaolin said: "With the general, he will help the capital, this is Zhou Xian's letter to the general."

Wu Sangui took it and looked at it. He frowned and handed it to Prime Minister Xia. After he finished reading it, he asked, "Prime Minister, what do you think?"
Chapter completed!