On the seventh day of the first lunar month of the thirteenth year of Yongli, Yu Youhan rejected Chen Kai's proposal to move to Guangzhou. Yu Youhan returned to Li Dingguo's army and followed Li Dingguo at the rear. The next day, he set off for Yongchang Mansion.

, Li Dingguo led the army in hot pursuit, and finally arrived at Yongchang Fucheng in the first month, and the army was stationed outside the city.

Along the way, Li Dingguo was always busy restoring the morale and combat effectiveness of his various ministries. Historically, after Li Dingguo's disastrous defeat at Zheyan River, he only had more than 10,000 troops left, and he had to send out Jin Tongwu's troops to protect him.

There were only about 10,000 troops. Fortunately, due to Chen Kai's assistance in the Battle of Xinhui, Li Dingguo's troops when he entered Yunnan were much stronger than in history. However, they were only limited by the frightening financial situation after Sun Kewang's defeat.

Due to the deficit, many troops were assigned to feed in Kunming and other parts of Yunnan. However, after he rushed back to Kunming, together with the troops withdrawn from the front line, there were more than 20,000 troops. This made him feel fortunate that his workload

also increased significantly.

After returning to Li Dingguo's army, Yu Youhan had few interactions with the guard who temporarily acted as a guide, but he got along quite well with Gao En, the commander of the firearms camp, and Wang Dana, the guerrilla general who caught up with him when he was on his way.

For familiarity.

When Li Dingguo went to Anlong to welcome him, the main generals under his command were all given the title of earl by Yongli, such as Jin Tongwu, Wu Zisheng, Wang Hui and others. Some of them were promoted to marquis after defeating Sun Kewang's internal provocation.

Gao En originally had the opportunity to confer a title. Even if he could not catch up with the first batch, the second batch with his qualifications was enough. But the problem was that he was a fellow villager of Sun Kewang, and he had been taken care of a lot by Sun Kewang in his early years. In the face of the "Sun Kewang internal strife group"

"The position was not firm enough, which made Yongli very dissatisfied, so the two waves of benefits failed to catch up. Today, he is still in charge of the firearms camp with the official position of Tongzhi, the governor of the Chinese Army Dudu Mansion.

However, this can only be regarded as an inadequacy. At least he still has military power in his hands, and Li Dingguo still trusts him after defeating Sun Kewang. It is better than Zhang Sheng, the commander-in-chief of the Xisheng Camp, who turned around and went to Guizhou after entering Yunnan.

Sun Kewang even led Sun Kewang's confidant Wu Dading to attack Kunming and steal his home, and ended up being executed. This shows that surrendering to the National Army in 1949 was not allowed.

These are all things Wang Dana told Yu Youhan in private. After the army arrived in Yongchang, the former was busy training his troops and horses. Finally, he had time tonight, so he made an appointment to have a drink together.

"Master Wu is very strict in managing the army. I have only heard about it before, but now that I have experienced it, I realize how powerful it is."

"Before I came here, I heard from the chief helmsman that the King of Jin had strict military discipline." Lan

In the Battle of Zheyan River, Huairen Hou Wu Zisheng's headquarters suffered heavy losses. This time Wang Da took the opportunity to surrender and was incorporated into Wu Zisheng's command. This was in line with his wishes, because the general Wu who had been good friends with him before

He was a subordinate of Wu Zisheng. However, when he actually entered the Jin vassal headquarters, he realized that many of the methods of training, leading troops, and using troops that he learned from his former general in the Qing army were nothing more than a joke.

During this time, his subordinates were busy training, and he was also actively learning how to lead troops from Wu Zisheng and other Jin vassal generals, and he really benefited a lot.

However, the army has retreated to western Yunnan. The land here is barren and the people are poor. It is difficult for the army to persist here for a long time. It is said that some officials have left the court and fled on their own. There are inevitably some whispers in the army, but Li Dingguo's prestige

It's very long, it's just that it can be suppressed at this stage.

"Brother Yu, didn't Mr. Chen mention when he would enter Yunnan?"

This is not the first time that Yu Youhan has faced such a question, nor is it the first time that Wang Dana has asked him about it. After getting along with him for this period of time, he can clearly feel that the Jin vassal generals do not care about him, and it is obviously Inherited from the close cooperation between Chen Kai and Li Dingguo in Guangzhou. Now the situation of the Ming Dynasty in Yunnan and Guizhou is really not good. When they see him, they can't help but miss the all-powerful situation in the past, and they have an extra note to Chen Kai. Affection.

The generals of the Jin vassal, such as Jin Tongwu, Dou Mingwang, Wu Zisheng, Qi Sansheng, Wang Hui, Gao En, and even the emperor's relative Wu Jinghou Wang Guoxi who led the army knew that this time was no better than the last time in Guangdong, Chen Kai It takes more than ten days to get there from Fuhai, Chaozhou. This time they are thousands of miles apart, and they are all by land. It is not very realistic to wait for Chen Kai to capture Wuzhou and travel across Guangxi and Yunnan to join them. Let alone , Li Dingguo, who received the letter, also mentioned that the Southeast Ming Army was organizing a counterattack in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and could not take care of them at all.

Chen Kai's drawings are already the biggest help. Now Gao En is very busy every day. A large part of the workload is supervising the craftsmen to make the national bottles and training the grenadiers. As for the other things, they still have to rely on themselves. .lan

Therefore, those who asked questions were basically middle- and lower-level officers who were familiar with them like Dana Wang. Yu Youhan had nothing to do about their disappointment.

"No, the chief helmsman only asked me to deliver a message to the court and His Highness, and to temporarily stay in His Highness's army."

This was indeed Chen Kai's order. In addition, after returning to Li Dingguo's army, he carefully read the tip bag that Chen Kai gave him before he left, in accordance with the previous instructions of "Kunming must be opened only after the fall of Kunming". From this, he also wanted to understand why Chen Kai wanted him to stay in Li Dingguo's army, and also asked Li Dingguo for the right to move freely in the army.

However, this matter is related to confidentiality. Since I agreed, I can't talk about it no matter how good the relationship is. Thinking of this, Yu Youhan quickly toasted and changed the topic: "If Kunming can be recaptured, Governor Gao should probably I'll give you a knighthood."

"Yes, if Lord Wu has made a great contribution by then, he should be able to become a duke."

This topic was transferred perfectly. In just one sentence, Wang Dana began to look forward to the rewards of defeating the Qing army and recapturing Yunnan. By the way, he also looked forward to the battle situation in the southeast. In the future, Li Dingguo would solve the annihilation of the Qing Dynasty. Later, the Nationalist Army teamed up with Chen Kai to regain Huguang, killed the dog traitor Hong Chengchou, and paid him a large sum of money.

Dreaming that a rising tide lifts all boats, but tomorrow we will continue with military training. If you are late, you must be careful because Lord Wu's military law is unkind. Wang Dana did not dare to drink too much. The two of them had dinner, chatted for a while, and then said goodbye in a hurry. Lan

On the way back to his residence, Yu Youhan raised his head and looked at the night sky in western Yunnan. It seemed that it was indeed different from the starry sky in his hometown. He thought that he went south to Zhejiang to send his master's ashes back home. In fact, that was not his master. What he asked for was that he felt that people always have to return to their roots, and as a disciple, he naturally had the responsibility to escort him. But at that time, he could not have imagined that so many things would happen later. After going around in circles for several years, he actually ended up in a miasma-like land like Yunnan. , and he was also burdened with such heavy responsibilities that he even suspected that this was just a heroic and chivalrous dream several times while half asleep and half awake.

Returning to his residence, Yu Youhan sorted out what he saw today, and subconsciously glanced at the Miao knife standing on the bedside. Chen Kai gave him the tip bag, and he sewed it on the knife-wrapping cloth - From Guangzhou to Kunming

, he has to walk for a month or two anyway, and his clothes may need to be changed, but the Miao Dao was passed down to him by his master, and he never leaves it, even if he just went to have a drink, he would take it with him, and when asked by others, he would say

It belongs to the sect and no one would be surprised if it is lost.

Lying on the bed, he recalled it carefully before falling asleep soundly. To be honest, he actually didn't know very well how to complete the task assigned by Chen Kai, not only how to do it, but also what to do and what the goal was.

Why, he still doesn't have a basic clue. Fortunately, he still accumulated some experience when he was engaged in "struggle behind enemy lines" with Zou Nan and Liu Jing in Ji'an - since he doesn't know how

If you want to do it, then simply listen and read more, it is better than knowing nothing.

Early the next morning, he got up before dawn to practice martial arts. This was unstoppable. The five-foot-long Miao Dao was like a body and an arm, and an arm was like a finger, as if it were part of the body. After these years of travel,

Yu Youhan felt that his skills were even better than before, and he thought that if his master was still alive, he would also feel gratified by this.

After practicing the sword, he once again exercised his right to move freely in the army. Along the way, he first met Deng Wanggong, a general of the Qishan Houwanghui, and they became an acquaintance. He nodded and passed away.

Later, from a distance, he saw Wei Junzhong, son of Meng Jinbo and Wei Yong, and Wang Yougong, the commander-in-chief, leaving Qi Sansheng's camp. The young man had always been interested in his Miao sword and was even more envious of his martial arts.

, but his father didn't seem to like him being too obsessed with martial arts, and wanted to train him to be a commander who could lead an army, rather than a brave general.

Not long after, he met Li Dingguo's cousin Ma Siriang again. He was a guy with an upturned nostril. Naturally, he couldn't see the little people. He didn't need to warm up to someone's cold buttocks... Lan

After he walked around and returned to Li Dingguo's Chinese army camp, he noticed that the man on duty today was Hu Shundu, the chief guard of the Jin Palace. He was also a familiar acquaintance recently. After chatting for a while, he saw a man

All the civil and military personnel left Li Dingguo's Chinese army tent.

The leader is Pingyang Hou Jin Tongwu. Yu Youhan clearly remembers that Chen Kai once mentioned that this person was Li Dingguo's first confidant, and he was also loyal to Li Dingguo. Followed by Wu Jinghou, Guoxi, and Tai'an Hou Dou Mingwang.

, Xianning Hou Qi Sansheng, Huairen Hou Wu Zisheng, Qishan Hou Wanghui, Yang Wu Bo Liao Yu, Meng Jin Bo Wei Yong, Dingshuo General Wu Sansheng, Tongzhi Governor Gao En and other distinguished generals, as well as Jin Weixin, the left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs,

Gong Ming, the right minister of the Ministry of War, Lu Guisheng, the young minister of Guanglu Temple, and several other civil servants.

I heard Wang Dana say that although Jin Tongwu was the first confidant of King Li Dingguo of Jin Dynasty, he was only responsible for the security work for a long time. Whether it was guarding the central army or guarding the troops, he was not the most important person in the battle formation.

He has a temperament from all over the world. I heard people mention it not long after he arrived. When he first joined Li Dingguo, the most valued ones were Zhang Sheng, the commander of the Xisheng Camp, and Gao Wengui, the commander of the Tianwei Camp. Zhang Sheng was extremely brave.

The entire Ming army in the Xiying system was famous for its fierce general brothers; Gao Wengui was good at using soldiers and was bold and careful, and had the style of a famous general.

However, this competition ended before it even got to the point—Zhang Sheng "dedicated himself to the National Army in 1949", so let's not mention it; Gao Wengui died in Wuzhou when Chen Kai regained the southern Jiangxi area, and even the Tianwei Battalion was also The whole army was wiped out.

Later, when Sun Kewang was defeated, everyone was more optimistic about Tai'an Marquis Dou Mingwang and Xianning Marquis Qi Sansheng. In the battle to counter Sun Kewang's internal provocation, Dou Mingwang charged forward and took Sun Kewang's camp directly, breaking through thirty bases in a row. , ranked first in merit; Qi Sansheng first refused Sun Kewang's solicitation, fought and traveled thousands of miles from Jiading, Sichuan, to surrender, and then in the battle of Jiaoshui, his merit was second only to Dou Mingwang, ranking second among the generals.

It is a pity that their performance in the recent battle to prevent the Qing army from entering Yunnan was not satisfactory. Also facing the main force of the Qing army led by Doni, Dou Mingming failed to effectively support the Anzhuang Guards, causing the defender to Liu Zhenguo died for his country, and Qi Sansheng also failed to defend the back of the chicken. However, in the battle of Zheyan River, Li Dingguo won first and then lost, and he was unable to defeat Zhao Butai's partial army. Although there was some luck, if there was no internal friction, it would lead to The strategy was passive and sent troops to Guizhou while the Qing army was not yet firmly established. This should not be the case.

After a quick glance, his attention quickly moved to Jin Weixin. This person was not only Li Dingguo's most trusted aide, but even Chen Kai had told him that if he had to, he could try to gain his support. The old friendship between the two people should be enough to help him with one or two small favors as long as the interests of the Jin Palace are not involved.

After wandering around all morning, it seemed that no clues could be found as usual, so during lunch, Yu Youhan's mind was still filled with questions about the kit.

He mechanically pulled the rice, but the dish didn't move much. However, the "gentle slope" on the side of the rice bowl he held in his hand had been dug into a trench, while the other side was still "too high." "Nose." After much thought, he still felt that maybe he should go to Yongchangfu City for a walk in the afternoon. Maybe the problem would be in the line.

However, just as he made up his mind, he ate up the food in three mouthfuls at a time, and vaguely heard some noise coming from outside the tent.

"Hu Shuai, what's going on?"
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