Fifty miles north of Guiyang, this county belongs to Xiuwen County. This county was established in the 26th year of the Kangxi reign. It was originally part of the ancient Yelang Kingdom and later divided into the territory of Guizhou Xuanwei Office. Later, the imperial court abolished Xuanwei Office and changed its territory to return to the land and established a county here.

Xiuwen County is between Kaiyang and Guiyang, and its terrain is complex and it is also the place where all forces meet. After Tian Rentong's death, Kaiyang was in chaos, and all chieftains and leaders competed for the "legacy" left by Tian Rentong, which led to no one taking into account the situation in Xiuwen County.

Later, under the instruction of Beihenuo who had returned to Yunnan, Xiuwen County was directly dumped to the local area. Then Zhao Hongcan's troops advanced from the east and took Guiyang directly. As for Gao Jin's troops from northwest to south, they fought all the way to Guiyang. Due to the agreement between the two sides, Gao Jin did not occupy Guiyang, but gave Guiyang to Zhao Hongcan. However, the area north of Guiyang, except for Kaiyang and other places, was basically in Gao Jin's hands.

Yue Zhongqi came from Sichuan and took advantage of the situation to capture an area west of Guiyang while attacking the Qing army. In this way, surrounding Guiyang, the most important core area in Guizhou, led to the gathering point of the Ming army, Zhao army, Gao Jin army, local chieftains, head men, and the gathering point of the four forces. Among them, Xiuwen County, 50 miles north of Guiyang, is the central area where the intersection is connected.

It is precisely because of the gathering of forces from all parties that Xiuwen County has given Xiuwen County a unique opportunity, that is, when all parties cannot ensure their victory, they all deploy their troops around Xiuwen County, which has led to Xiuwen County becoming a buffer zone for power.

Therefore, Gao Jin chose Xiuwen County as the meeting place to consider this factor. Although there was no actual conflict between Gao Jin's troops and the Ming army, both sides were nominally considered allies. But in fact, with the investment of various Zhao troops into the Ming Dynasty, the existence of Gao Jin's troops has become a serious problem. The two sides who did not take action were actually very clear that if the goal could not be achieved, there would be not much time to really turn against each other.

From Yue Zhongqi's heart, completely solving Gao Jin's department is a choice, but this choice cannot be completed for the time being. Moreover, for the sake of the overall situation, Yue Zhongqi does not want Gao Jin's department to turn against him now. In addition, the special reasons for Gao Jin's department, Yue Zhongqi still hopes to find a proper way to deal with it, at least he must stabilize Gao Jin's department first, which is also the reason why he finally agreed to the meeting.

Five days later, in Xiuwen County, Yang Han, the county magistrate who stayed before the Qing Dynasty, stood in front of the open city gate with a few yamen runners with a face like bitter melon, and his whole body looked very bad.

Bei Henuo evacuated Guizhou. As a local grassroots official, Yang Han did not accompany the army, but was regarded as an abandoned son and stayed in Xiuwen County. Speaking of Yang Han, he was also unlucky. You should know that Xiuwen County is not as good as the top in Guizhou, and it is not far from the capital Guiyang. Yang Han, who was a Jinshi, could become an official in Xiuwen. It is not bad to say that as long as he survives for a few years and can pass his political achievements, he will have a chance to be promoted.

Unfortunately, Yang Han was not lucky. Not long after he became the magistrate, the world changed drastically. Then the Ming Dynasty rose to prominence, the Qing Dynasty retreated step by step, and eventually even lost the Central Plains.

Subsequently, the changes in Guizhou were even more dazzling, especially when Tian Rentong joined forces with local chieftains and heads, they became a climate. The Qing Dynasty directly appointed him as Xuanwei Office and occupied Kaiyang. After Tian Rentong occupied Kaiyang, he was like a local emperor. He obeyed local government orders and disobeyed local government orders. In addition, the subsequent changes in the situation, even Bei Henuo could not stand him.

Although Xiuwen County is not far from Guiyang and has now been established, it is historically a territorial part of Xuanwei Office. This led to the idea that Tian Rentong had always intended to annex Xiuwen, but Bei Henuo took into account the local control of the Qing court, so Yang Han had to control Xiuwen County for the Qing court no matter what. Therefore, since then, Xiuwen County has become the intersection of the two factions and was involved in the vortex of competition.

During those days, Yang Han supported her hard and finally managed to control Xiuwen County. However, except for the county town, many places outside the city were occupied by Tian Rentong with local orders. However, it was fine if the area near the south was at least Bei Henuo sent troops to assist, and Tian Rentong did not dare to completely turn against Bei Henuo, so he preserved the nominal control of Xiuwen County.

This is also the reason why Bei Henuo did not inform Yang Han before leaving. To put it bluntly, although Yang Han had made contributions to Xiuwen, his official position was just a pawn. Letting Yang Han continue to stay in Xiuwen can ensure the safe evacuation of the Guiyang army and the ability to numb the place. In this way, Yang Han became a abandoned son without knowing it at all. It was too late when he learned the truth.

Next, the entire Guizhou faced earth-shaking changes after the Qing army withdrew. At this time, Yang Han was ready to surrender. Whether it was the Ming army, the Zhao army or the Gao Jin army, as long as one of the forces wanted to occupy Xiuwen, Yang Han, who had no power to resist, would inevitably surrender directly and join the opponent's forces.

But by chance, because of the reasons mentioned before, Xiuwen County became a buffer point for all parties. The forces of all parties did not have the idea of ​​directly taking Xiuwen. Instead, they regarded Xiuwen County as a confluence and each agreed to the existence of Xiuwen County. This was naturally appropriate in terms of the strategic deployment of each party, but it made Yang Han secretly complain and even more worried.

Think about it, Yang Han originally planned to surrender, but now neither side intends to surrender, and even defaults on the special existence of Xiuwen County. This makes Yang Han temporarily survived under the noses of several fierce wolves, and is always worried that these wolves would pounce directly on and tear themselves to pieces.

This kind of life is extremely difficult. Yang Han can be said to be frightened these days. He cannot surrender, he cannot leave, and he cannot continue to be an official of the Qing Dynasty. He, the county magistrate, spent every day in extremely torment and fear, making him extremely haggard.

Today, he brought a few yamen runners to the city gate and opened the city gate was because he suddenly received a message from Gao Jin's troops and the Ming army a few days ago, saying that the two sides wanted to use Xiuwen County as a place for meetings.
Chapter completed!