"Hahaha," Zhang Xianzhong nodded and laughed, "The third child is still smart and guessed one right. Can you guess the second gift?"

Liu Wenxiu frowned and remained silent for a moment, obviously not expecting it.

Sun Kewang and Ai Nengqi were also deep in thought and remained silent.

At this time, Li Dingguo said: "My father's prestige has increased after he captured Chongqing, and he will definitely continue to attack the surrounding state capitals. Now many people must have fled to Chengdu.

If my guess is correct, my father should have already arranged for people to turn into refugees and take the opportunity to sneak into Chengdu as internal agents."

"Hahaha," Zhang Xianzhong looked happy and nodded, "The second brother is right, you are indeed smarter.

So you said, "First of all, those officers and soldiers who have lost their ears, noses and hands have returned to Chengdu, frightening the dog officers and officers and soldiers of Chengdu; and then there are the internal agents sent by me, what is there that is not easy to fight in Chengdu?"

Hearing Zhang Xianzhong praise Li Dingguo for being smarter, Liu Wenxiu, who had already answered a question, was fine.

Ai Nengqi couldn't help but feel annoyed, and the smile on Sun Kewang's face was also a little stiff.

After hearing what Zhang Xianzhong said, Sun Kewang immediately said: "With my father's arrangement, I feel that Chengdu is already ours."

Zhang Xianzhong nodded, stood up and said: "No need to talk nonsense, while the weather is still good, I will vow to go to war right away!

Lao Si will lead your troops as the vanguard. Just follow the best road and attack Chengdu fiercely, so as to catch the dog officers along the way by surprise!"

Ai Nengqi was appointed as the vanguard. The little annoyance he had just felt immediately disappeared, and he shouted with bright bull's eyes: "I have my order!"

Zhang Xianzhong and Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu said: "You two each choose a few generals to follow you, lead hundreds of thousands of troops, and attack Chengdu on the left and right!"

Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu responded together: "My son, I have an order!"

Zhang Xianzhong finally looked at Sun Kewang and said: "The boss will command the army in the middle for me, advance by land and water, and press directly towards Chengdu!"

Being able to command the army in the middle for Zhang Xianzhong means that Sun Kewang is extremely trusted.

Then the smile on Sun Kewang's face immediately became natural, he cupped his hands and said: "I have my order!"

Afterwards, Zhang Xianzhong spoke very casually to the dozens of generals behind him and ordered the army to set off.

As for speaking to the entire army - hundreds of thousands of people, if you don't stand high enough and can't see the camp at a glance, even if you give Zhang Xianzhong a loudspeaker, there may not be even one-tenth of the army.

Hear him speak.

It's almost like getting a big speaker.

Of course, Zhang Xianzhong still doesn’t know the existence of these rare objects from later generations...

On the fifth day after Zhu Yuluo arrived in Chengdu, Ma Ke finally arrived with more than a thousand cavalry left by Li Yutian and Hong Niangzi in Li County.

Li Yutian was half-pushed by Ma Ke into the Prince of Shu's palace, with a very bitter look on his face.

If he had known this, when he first came to Sichuan, he should have persuaded Ma Ke to return to the Ming Dynasty anyway, or he would have found an opportunity to escape and return to the Ming Dynasty.

In that case, he would not be a prisoner like he is today.

In fact, it was okay to be reduced to a prisoner. The key was that he did not expect that Dashun would die in the blink of an eye.

It turned out that when Ma Ke, Chen Junchong and Li Ren "picked up" Li Yutian in Langzhong, a major news happened to come from Shaanxi.

Although this news did not mention the fact that Li Zicheng led the Dashun army and was defeated by the Qing army and Wu Sangui at Yishui.

But he talked about the Qing army entering the pass and the Dashun army withdrawing from the capital and preparing to establish defense lines in Shanxi and Henan.

He also ordered Ma Ke to step up his efforts to capture Sichuan as a land of money and food for Dashun's rear.

Ma Ke was experienced in fighting, and Li Yutian was even more talented. As soon as he got the news, he knew that the Dashun Army was really defeated by the Qing army and Wu Sangui, and it was a huge defeat.

Otherwise, why would we withdraw from Hebei?

On the contrary, Ming Dynasty has become hopeful again in the eyes of Chen Junchong, Ma Ke and others.

Not to mention Chen Junchong, in Li Yutian's opinion, he was a foolish and loyal person. Otherwise, why couldn't he be admitted to Jinshi in the first place, and he could only serve as an official?

But Marco also said the same thing, which surprised Li Yutian.

What surprised Li Yutian even more was that among Ma Ke and others, the hope of the Ming Dynasty turned out to be a princess - a princess who was granted the will of God and had great supernatural powers to travel to future generations.

Li Yutian didn't believe this kind of talk.

If there really are gods and ghosts, and the Ming Dynasty was so miserable, why didn’t we see gods descending to earth to save the suffering people?

As a result, Marco and others took out the magic lamp given by the princess.

After seeing the "magic lamp", Li Yutian's faith was shaken.

Because with his knowledge, he could not understand why the magic lamp could emit such bright light and could be turned on and off at will. It was only reasonable to regard it as a "magic weapon" used by gods.

It was precisely because he believed the words of Ma Ke and others that Li Yutian looked so bitter.

Now he really wanted to say something to Princess Kunxing: Your Highness, why didn't you show up and show your magical powers when you were in Langzhong?

In that case, I, Li Yutian, will definitely bow to you!

Now he is being sent to Princess Kunxing as a prisoner, and he doesn't know how he will be dealt with.

In this way, with full of bitterness and anxiety, Li Yutian met Zhu Ainao in Chengyun Hall.

Although Zhu Yuyao looked like a girl of sixteen or seventeen years old, Li Yutian did not hesitate at all. He knelt down and shouted: "The guilty minister Li Yutian comes to see your highness!"

Ma Ke, who was on the side, also knelt down and said, "The last general, Ma Ke, bows to Your Highness."

Zhu Ayao did not speak for a while. Fei Zhen'e, who was standing beside her, said: "Your Highness has now officially assumed the post of Supervisor of the Ming Dynasty."

Marco didn't react for a while.

However, Li Yutian, an old official in the officialdom, understood instantly and quickly changed his words: "The guilty minister Li Yutian is here to see the prisoner! I beg the prisoner to see that the guilty minister has made some contributions to the Ming Dynasty in the past and give him a favor.

An opportunity to redeem himself and make meritorious deeds!"

Only then did Ma Ke belatedly say: "Ma Ke congratulates Jianguo on taking over Chengdu!"

Only then did Zhu Yasuo say, "Everyone, get up."

The two of them stood up and couldn't help but glance at Zhu Yuyao.

Li Yutian didn't feel anything yet - this was his first time seeing Zhu Aona.

However, Ma Ke felt that after not seeing her for more than ten days, Zhu Yuluo's power was obviously much heavier.

Zhu Ayao first said to Ma Ke: "General Ma has been working hard these days. Let's go to the red lady to explain it to you, and then go to Supervisor Li to arrange a place for you to rest for two days."

Marco didn't dare to say anything, he just bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Highness."

Then exit the Chengyun Hall.

After Ma Ke left, Zhu Yulao looked at Li Yutian and said: "I know that after Li Zicheng captured the capital, it was difficult for you to have to die to show your loyalty to the country because of your situation at that time.

But after all, you followed the hypocrisy and were assigned to be the governor of Sichuan without taking the initiative to change the situation anyway, so you still have to be punished."

Even with Li Yutian's bureaucratic temperament, he couldn't help but be a little moved when he heard Zhu Yu'ao's words.

Indeed, the capital was occupied by Li Zicheng at that time, Chongzhen also committed suicide and died for his country, and Wu Sangui also wanted to surrender to Li Zicheng.

As Wu Sangui's nominal boss, he has no power and no soldiers, what can he do?

If you want to save your life, you can only obey.

Zhu Yasuo came from the Zhu Ming royal family and was only a teenager. She could understand the difficulties of people like him, which moved Li Yutian.

So Li Yutian knelt down again and said: "The guilty minister will be punished by the prisoner and will die without regrets."

This was all just talk, and Zhu Aao didn't take it seriously.

She nodded slightly and said: "I just established the Supervisory Government Office a few days ago, and now it is the time to hire people. You have been an official for many years and you are quite experienced in managing politics, so you are the first to serve as the Civil Affairs Department under the Government Affairs Office of the Supervisory Government Government."

Let’s get engaged.”

"The guilty minister thanks the supervisor for not killing him!"

Li Yutian came out of Chengyun Hall and was taken by a soldier to report to Li Yan.

Halfway there, Li Yutian couldn't hold it back any longer, so he asked the soldier leading the way, "May I ask this general, what rank does this Civil Affairs Department hold?"

"I don't know either, but I know that there used to be a man named Liu in the army who became the Financial Secretary. It is said that he was in the seventh rank."

Only seventh grade?

When Li Yutian heard this, his face not only trembled, but his heart ached.

He had previously served as governor in the Ming Dynasty and Pseudo-Shun, and the censor of Youdu was a red-robed official of the second rank. Unexpectedly, he was suddenly reduced to a seventh-rank official.

How many levels have you been downgraded in a row?

Li Yutian didn't want to think about it for a moment.
Chapter completed!