Chapter 6: The Lost Dog (I)

"Miss, I found out that the Qinglong God General will invite the Han and Miao people who will be thrust into the military camp together. They have not come out until now after entering." Magu's close little girl, Xiao Dingdang, ran away and reported in anger.

"It's normal for them to fight with the Han court and build weapons. Xiao Ding Bell, you ran so fast to tell me this?" Ma Gu didn't raise her head, lowering her head and rust the mandarin duck embroidered handkerchief that was about to be completed.

"No, Miss, I heard a few soldiers in our village who were in the military camp secretly tell me that they said that these blacksmiths were not building weapons, they seemed to be building something or something?" Xiao Dingdang thought hard before he said the news he had found in the most complete sentence.

"Cannon?" Magu was stunned for a moment, put down the needle and thread in his hand, and then immediately laughed, saying, "I heard from the master of the Han people that cannons are only cast with red-haired foreigners, and the Han people can also cast them. But it is not as good as casting by foreigners. Wu Heimiao also wants to cast cannons. Not to mention how much iron or copper there are in the Miaojiang in western Hunan, how many cannons can be cast, even if he is asked to build them, the Han people are vast and rich in land and materials. If they are built casually, they can make ten times more cannons than him. Can he win?"

"But Miss, the army of the imperial court on both sides has been fought, huddled in the two counties of Yuanling and Yuanzhou, and dared not come out. As long as you cast a cannon, you can defeat the Han people hiding in the city." Xiao Dingdang is a real Miao person, so he naturally has a tendency towards the Miao people. Although he is also Magu's confidant girl, under the guidance of Magu, he is not as timid and humble as Han women to express his views.

"What do you know? I heard from my father that the chief general of the court army in the north was poisoned. The deputy general was an incompetent coward and did not dare to send troops. Wu Heimiao's harassment tactic worked, so the army of the Han court in the north retreated to Yuanling City. Once they sent a new commander, Wu Heimiao would not have such an easy life. As for the governor of the Three Feudals in Yuanzhou, Guan Pingchao was also a little capable, but this man was lustful and greedy for money. When he thought about it, he only thought about wealth and wealth, and high-ranking officials showed his title. Yuanzhou was his governor of the Three Feudals. Although he had not many troops, he was a regular army after all, and had excellent weapons. Wu Heimiao had no good results in fighting any of them now." Magu analyzed while thinking.

"Miss, what should you do if you are Wu Heimiao?" Xiao Dingdang asked in a question.

"To the west, to the south, join forces with the Yao, Dong, and Tu ethnic groups to take Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi, and then plan other ones."

If Zhuoba heard Magu's words, he would definitely feel like a soulmate. The environment they were in was very harsh and lacked a certain strategic maneuver space. If the Ming army in Sichuan entered Guizhou, they would be attacked from the back and forth, and they would inevitably repeat the mistakes of the previous uprisings. Therefore, Zhuoba tried his best to persuade Wu Heimiao to fight against the Han court army and gain plenty of time to prepare.

Casting cannons, just kidding. Although Zhuoba is known as the wise man in Miaojiang, he does not know everything. Even if he knows it, casting cannons is not something that can be accomplished in a short time. What he wants is just these blacksmiths casting pig iron into models of cannons. This is not a difficult task. Within three days, Wu Heimiao ordered to collect nearly 10,000 kilograms of pig iron, and some were hoes, rakes and the like used by ordinary Miao people to farm. They all contributed them and turned into iron and cast four cannons weighing more than 2,000 kilograms that were similar to the four red cannons carried by Zuo Liangyu's army.

"Report——, Governor General, Luxi County has been captured by the Northern Dynasties army. Now the Northern Dynasties army is attacking Chenxi County. Luxi County Magistrate was killed, and Chenxi County Magistrate has also disappeared."

"What? This is impossible, it's impossible!" Guan Pingchao's straight body fell straight on the Taishi chair with a bang, and the silk handkerchief in his hand kept wiping the grey sweat beads on his forehead.

"Governor General, what should we do? You'll give me an idea. Chenxi is gone, and it's our turn to Yuanzhou next." Huang Yunlin, the governor of Chenzhou, was already in vain.

"Governor General, we have ten thousand soldiers and horses on our hands. The city can last for at least three months. We can last for one month. When Eunuch Wei finds out, he will definitely send troops to rescue us quickly." Liu Zongren, the political assistant, said whimsically.

Wei Zhongxian was in trouble himself. Li Chaoqin fled back alone, while Li Qi was a large group of generals who fled back together. He knew that Li Chaoqin was not the material for commanding the war, but Li Chaoqin was his godson after all, and his confidant among his confidants. Even if he was not defeated, he believed that Li Chaoqin said most of them, and Li Qi was much more pitiful. If he had come back alone, Wei Zhongxian would have killed Li Qi without hesitation to take the blame, but he can't do it now.

, the power in his hands was reduced by one point without a single point. On the other hand, the power of the Beijing court increased by one point. Killing Li Qi at this moment was definitely not a wise move. After all, Li Qi had been the admiral of the Beijing camp for many years, and the main force of the Nanjing guards were his subordinates. If this started a quarrel, a mutiny in the Beijing camp would completely ruin him. Therefore, Wei Zhongxian had to slap each. Li Qi took the title, and Li Chaoqin was demoted, and they were all at home and closed their doors to think about it.

Seeing Huguang lost so much, causing shock to the government and the people. Now nearly 90,000 troops were wiped out. The people in Nanjing were panicked. Wei Zhongxian was busy and sent several imperial edicts to Fujian, and appointed Zheng Zhilong as the Duke of Southern Min and the Grand Tutor. He asked him to lead the Fujian army to recover Huguang. Zheng Zhilong took the opportunity to argue with Wei Zhongxian. He wanted to immigrate the people suffering from Fujian to Taiwan and plan to establish his own independent kingdom. It was a lot of money, so Wei Zhongxian must be given some blood. The two sides bargained, but there was no agreement. How could there be troops to save Yuanzhou, a small town.

"It's better to open the city to surrender. I heard that the Northern Dynasties did not kill the surrenderers." Huang Yunlin only wanted to save his life, and looked at Guan Pingchao anxiously, Liu Zongren and his master Zhao Zilong said.

"Hehe, magistrate, don't forget, what have you done in Chenzhou? Can the Northern Dynasties tolerate you and me?" Liu Zongren said to Huang Yunlin with a sneer.

"What should I do? Could it be that I will not die in Yuanzhou City?" Huang Yunlin's desire to survive was so strong that he actually met Liu Zongren.

"Mr. Huang left secretly like a person?" Governor Guan Pingchao showed his ferocious face and asked air conditioning.

"No, absolutely not. The servant is willing to live and die with the two adults and Yuanzhou!" Huang Yunlin was so scared that he almost became incontinent, and shook his hand in panic and defended himself.

"That's good. You and I have received the deep kindness of the emperor and Eunuch Wei. At this time of crisis, how can we live up to our kindness and leave the city? However, if we know that we can't beat it and still fight hard, it is not a wise man. Two sirs, do you think?" Guan Pingchao changed his tone.

Huang Yunlin immediately cursed Guan Pingchao bastard in his heart. He clearly wanted to escape, but he was just as righteous and frightened that he was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat. You are more shameless than me, but he had to show an agreeable smile and said: "What the Governor said makes sense!"

"Since both adults think that this governor is polite, let's take a look first. If we really cannot compete with each other, we will withdraw from Yuanzhou City first. How about?" Guan Pingchao showed the governor's aura, looked down at Huang Yunlin sitting below, and Liu Zongren and the other two said.
Chapter completed!