Sichuan Bei responded to the defense and finally followed the arrangement he said. Jing Xin seemed to have changed his temper overnight, becoming taciturn and silently guarding his dual duties as a general and his son.

Although Yang Zhan feels distressed, the safety of the Shu people will always come first in his heart, and he must ensure that all links are under his control.

When leaving northern Sichuan, the last words he said to Jing Xin were: "As a commander, you must know whether to advance or retreat to survive, and you must not act recklessly."

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The next year, Wu Sangui, who had won successive victories, proclaimed himself emperor in Hengzhou, confirming Yang Zhan's original prediction for him. Everyone in the world knew that Wu Sangui's rebellion against the Qing Dynasty and the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty was a lie, and that he wanted to be the emperor was the real one. They also understood.

When Wu Sangui opened Shanhaiguan to welcome the Qing army, the poem that whitewashed and beautified his traitorous behavior, "Weeping bitterly that all the six armies are naked, and being angry for the beauty" was a joke.

"The imperial edict has arrived, please ask Yang Zhan, Lord of Shu, to listen to the edict." Wu Sangui sent a military general to Sichuan to announce the edict.

Yang Zhan kneeled on the ground. This was the standard etiquette between superiors and subordinates among generals, rather than a posture for listening to the emperor's imperial edict. The general glanced sideways, and because Wu Sangui had already told him, he did not care about Yang Zhan and read loudly:

: "The Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty issued an edict: Yang Zhan, Lord of Shu, personally delivered the gold and silver to Hengzhou to meet him and set off today. I hereby express my gratitude."

"Don't worry, sir. This batch of money, food, and firearms is under preparation and will be ready in three or two days. At that time, Yang will personally escort it to Hengzhou. I would like to see His Majesty the King of Zhou."

"This is very good. The young general can return to Hengzhou and resume his duties."

After the person who announced the decree left, Yang Zhan blushed and broke the coffee table in front of him with one palm. Fei Xiaojin, who was next to him, was startled and said in surprise: "Wu Sangui has become the emperor, and I invite you to go to celebrate. Why don't you give me the coffee table?"

What are you so angry about?"

Yang Zhan gritted his teeth, "I expected that Wu Sangui would become emperor, but I didn't expect that he would be so impatient. If he wants to destroy himself, no one can stop him."

Xiao Jin said: "You think that everyone else is like you and Brother Pingxi, and the emperor who is presented to you is not worthy of the emperor. Who among the heroes would not want to sit in that position. What's more, Wu Sangui is already so old. When he conquers the world, he will

He may no longer be alive, so it’s understandable that people are enjoying themselves now.”

Yang Zhanqi said: "There is nothing wrong with wanting to be the emperor. The key is to assess the situation and choose the time and place to become the emperor. The good situation today is not due to Wu Sangui alone, but to the will of the Han people all over the world to fight against the Qing Dynasty.

It is not impossible to hold back one's breath, take advantage of the victory, and attack to drive away the Manchus. This is great, because everyone suddenly sees his true face clearly, and they will soon become disloyal and each has his own agenda.

First of all, the San Francisco alliance can be easily broken by Kangxi one by one. As long as the San Francisco faction is broken up, the other Han generals will compete to see who can fall faster. It's a pity, it's a pity. Xiao Jin, we should make our own plans."

"Aren't we always on guard?"

Yang Zhan sighed repeatedly: "Although I had been on guard for a long time, I just wanted to be prepared, and I still had hope for Wu Sangui in my heart, so I was willing to send gold, silver, firearms, grain and grass to him. Now it seems that there is no need to send it again.

.It’s just that the first one we fight must be his team. I have been in alliance with him for so many years, and in the end, we still can’t escape this ending.”

"His team? Do you mean the He De tribe bordering southern Sichuan, or the Tan Hong tribe bordering east Sichuan? We have cut off the supply. With his ambition as emperor now, he will not be at war with us right away."

"Southern Sichuan and northern Sichuan must also be on guard, but the first to fight must be northern Sichuan. I have always made it clear to you. If the Qing army wants to defeat Wu Sangui, it must focus on Shaanxi. Wang Fuchen and Wang Fuchen who are guarding there must

Wu Zhimao has only two options, one is to surrender, the other is to retreat. If he retreats, there is only one way, north of Sichuan."

Xiao Jin opened his only eye, thought for a while, and said: "Senior brother, I have always understood your good intentions of wanting to protect a pure land for the Sichuan people. After all, as long as there is a war in Shu, the people of Shu will suffer.

However, we are not strong enough to stop him, let alone win. If he wants to retreat, is it feasible for us to make a way for him and wait for him to retreat to Yunnan?"

Yang Zhan laughed dumbly, "You mean, let him go and we will help him resist the Qing army from behind?"

"Why should we help him resist? If the Qing army wants to pursue them, just wait for him to pursue them. If the two families are fighting, we can just hide next to them."

"When it comes to that, Sichuan is the focus of contention between them. It's not just a passing situation as you imagine. And we are the ones they want to win over and eliminate. The situation will become more complicated. No matter how many people there are,

I can't even use my strength. Once the war spreads in Shu, we have both experienced what kind of purgatory it will be."

"So, you won't go to Hengzhou to see Wu Sangui?"

"Of course I won't go. I was just coping. Now there are many people in front of Wu Sangui who are flattering. It doesn't matter if I am missing one."

As long as he no longer sends things to Wu Sangui, Fei Xiaojin is happy. There is not much gold and silver dug out, and it is almost bottoming out. This year, in order to raise firearms and food, he almost lost the hair on his head.

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After thinking about it, he added: "Since the first one to start the war is northern Sichuan, the dozen carts of grain that Dakai sent yesterday will not be given to Wu Sangui. I will arrange to send them to Jing Xin and the others tomorrow."

Yang Zhan nodded, secretly worried. Northern Sichuan was about to go to war, but the few things he had arranged before were progressing slowly. The most troublesome thing was the bargrass. It was very difficult to burn it with a sickle, a hoe, or fire.

What's annoying is that after finally getting rid of it and planting crops, it grew again the next year, and it grew wildly, and soon suppressed the crops.

Therefore, the Shu army in northern Sichuan is still unable to be self-sufficient and has to rely on the Shujiang League headquarters to mobilize supplies.

There are also those checkpoints and stockades that have long been abandoned since the Daxi Army and the Qing Army took turns bombing them. Jing Xin and Jian Kuan spent a year and still haven't repaired them.

I don’t know how the training of Jian Kuan’s child army is going. If there is a war next year, will they be able to go to the battlefield?

You should think of other ways.

Yang Zhan was thinking this, Li Zhiyong walked in, and Fei Xiaojin immediately told him, "Zhiyong, you are not going to Yunnan tomorrow, and you will send your things to northern Sichuan."

"Then..." What Li Zhiyong wanted to say was, what about Yunnan? Not sending it would mean breaking up with Wu Sangui. It would be strange if southern Sichuan and eastern Sichuan don't fight.

Yang Zhan immediately stopped him and said, "No, you'd better send someone else to deliver the things from northern Sichuan. Zhiyong and I are going on a long trip."

Fei Xiaojin was very puzzled, "Didn't you say you didn't want to go to Hengzhou?"
Chapter completed!