Tieyi really didn't know where Annan was. When Dong Changqing, the official of the Ministry of War, put out the map, he knew where Annan was. At the same time, he also realized what distant water could not save the near fire. If he was to lead the second town to Annan, the daylily would be cold.

Zhou Shixiang didn't care about the wife Zhu Youlang got for him. He was concerned about what was the imperial edict for the title of King Qi. Not long ago, Shao Jiugong had just sent a report saying that he had intercepted a document from the Qing army, which said that the Qing army in Yunnan had captured several Ming army spies, carrying the imperial edict of Emperor Yongli to confer Zhou Shixiang as Duke of Guangdong.

Emperor Yongli gave Zhou Shi the title of Duke of Guangdong, but now the one who came from Guangdong was the title of King of Qi. Things became a little confusing and made Zhou Shi more and more confused: Yongli was so happy and willing to be a prince to himself? If he was really willing to be a prince to himself, then what happened to Duke of Guangdong? Could it be that Yongli had first given Duke of Guangdong to himself, and later he felt guilty and was re-elected to be a King of Qi?

Zhou Shixiang had no idea what happened in Yunnan and what caused Yongli to change his mind. He was very troubled now, and he was troubled by Annan.

In theory, no matter whether he wants or not, he will immediately send troops to rescue the eldest princess who became his wife in name. Even if the other party looks like a fat pig, Zhou Shixiang will marry her back because this is the wife the emperor married to him. As a subject, as long as Zhou Shixiang does not establish a new king for one day, he will have to accept Yongli's arrangements for him.

Zhou Shixiang had not yet established a new king because he did not know whether Yongli had abandoned his country and fled. The Qing general who surrendered to the Taiping Army in Guangxi only said that Wu Sangui was leading his army to pursue Yongli, and he had a battle with King Li Dingguo of Jin in Mopanshan. In this battle, the Qing army lost nearly 10,000 troops, but King Li Dingguo of Jin was also defeated. He is now leading his troops to deal with the Qing army on the Yunnan border. There is no news about Yongli having abandoned his country in the rhetoric of all parties, so even if Zhou Shixiang is anxious to support the King of Tang immediately, he has to wait for the marquis.

The news of Yongli's abandonment of the country did not come one day, and it was not confirmed one day, so Zhou Shixiang would not be able to support the Tang King. If he did this, he would not only be cursed by the Ming forces in the world, but the Taiping Army itself would also have internal conflicts. Let's not talk about the old four towns, Zhao Ziqiang's fifth town, Suna's sixth town, and Hu Qili's seventh town, but there was no need to worry about the eighth town of Zhu Tong, the ninth town of Weiyuan's marquis Guo Dengdi, and Wang Xing's tenth town will inevitably have dirty things with Zhou Shixiang and become disinterested. After all, these people are willing to accept the command of Zhou Shixiang, to a certain extent, for the purpose of serving the king, and for the king of Yongli. Their title and status were also given to them by Yongli, not by Zhou Shixiang. Even though they have accepted the Taiping Army's adaptation, they are still independent in the Taiping Army system.

It is better to be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail.

It is hard to say that Zhu Tong, Guo Dengdi, Wang Xing and others are really willing to be a general in the Taiping Army. If they have the opportunity to choose, they may be more willing to be independent and become the leader of the military. The Governor of Lianchengbi of Guangdong and Guangxi, and the Governor of the Four Prefectures, Zhang Xiaoqi, was unwilling to respond to Zhou Shixiang's call. Isn't it because they do not want to be inferior to Zhou Shixiang?

One is the governor and the other is the governor. After responding to Zhou Shixiang, what can they get? Which territory controlled by the Guangdong Taiping Army can be used to intervene? Why is Zhou Shixiang unwilling to return to Guangzhou by the Governor's Office, and why did he establish the Guangdong Provincial Office for the Governor's Office for the first time? What is the reason? It is not the word "power".

Zhu Tong, Guo Dengdi and others were either for the sake of justice, for the overall situation of the Qing Dynasty, or for the limited strength, and could not compete with Zhou Shi, so they chose to respond to Zhou Shixiang. But Zhou Shixiang really wanted to establish a new king, and the righteousness was not there. It is really indecisive whether Zhu Tong, Guo Dengdi and others would have other thoughts.

Zhou Shixiang claimed to them in Zhaoqing and went to Guangxi to Qinwang. The emperor was insisting on his insistence in China, but Zhou Shixiang supported the new king in a blink of an eye. This not only slapped him in the face, but also slapped the world and the world's power of Ming, but also caused trouble for himself.

As the "Tang-supporting Sect" in Zhou Shixiang's plan, the Kuidong army has been rescued from Kuidong and sent to Hubei. Hubei is now turning upside down. The Zheng family of Jinxia has also been resting since they went north due to a hurricane retreat last year. The Guo-sen Master has not given up his plan to go north. He is starting to re-enter the Yangtze River this time. The Zheng army's re-entering of the Yangtze River is what Zhou Shixiang knows about the "Gui-sen Master Fighting Nanjing" battle, and it is also his best opportunity to pick southeast fruits.

Whether it is the Kuidong army or the Guo surname, these two essentially supporters of the Tang sects, obviously, could not be a person without a monarch or father, and respond to Zhou Shi embracing Tang together. In this era, great righteousness was a big hat and a hat that could kill people. The Kuidong army had already supported Yongli, and the Guo surnamed also disobeyed Yongli as the king and father in view of the overall situation of the Qing Dynasty. Even if they did not listen to the tune, they were nominally the minister of Yongli. Therefore, as long as Yongli was present, Kuidong army or the Guo surnamed, they could not be a person without a monarch or father in front of Dayi. If they wanted them to support Tang with Zhou Shi, there was only one premise, that is, Yongli himself abandoned the country!

The news that Zhou Shixiang and others abandoned the country in Yongli was a long time to come, but the news was delayed, but Annan's trouble came.

Annan's affairs were very troublesome. The main force of the Taiping Army was confronting the Qing army on the two fronts of Guangxi and Hunan. It was impossible to draw troops back from these two battlefields, and it would be too late to do so. But we had to send troops to Annan. After all, Zhou Shixiang's name was detained by the Annan people. If he didn't save him, what if the eldest princess had any problems, his "King of Qi" was not good-looking in appearance. If the Annan people insulted the eldest princess, then he, the "King of Qi" of the Ming Dynasty, would be even more shameless. Besides, in addition to this cheap wife, there were also subordinates such as Xu Yingyuan, Guo Shao, and other subordinates, as well as more than 200 Ming officials, including the Grand Secretary Fu Gang, and their families and soldiers. How could Zhou Shixiang not save so many people?

But Zhou Shixiang really didn't want to send troops to rescue people, because this was equivalent to declaring war with Annan and declaring war with a country. Even if Annan was just a small country, it would not be difficult to gather hundreds of thousands of troops out. How could Zhou Shixiang have so many soldiers to start a war with Annan? Where did he get the confidence and strength to fight against the Qing court and Annan at the same time?

Zhou Shixiang had a headache. In his opinion, sending troops to Annan to save people seemed to be not worth the effort, and there was no reward except for the efforts.

After thinking about it, Zhou Shixiang decided to redeem people.

Things in the world are just a word of profit. Why did Annan betray the Ming Dynasty? It was nothing more than seeing that the Ming Dynasty was almost out of reach. However, it was not necessary to accept a letter of fame when it was good with the Qing Dynasty. As long as the price was high and the Annan people were satisfied, the Annan people did not have to bear a bad reputation for betraying the sect leader. They also had to consider how the new sect leader, the Qing Dynasty, viewed what they did. If the Qing Dynasty was not able to do so in the future, would they do this? Furthermore, the Qing Dynasty could not declare war on Annan just because the Annan people did not hand over the Ming officials and soldiers they detained to them.

Therefore, Zhou Shixiang believed that the plan to redeem people was feasible, and under his insistence, Tieyi and others did not say anything.

After deciding to redeem the people, Zhou Shixiang had to consider a suitable envoy to Annan as a lobbyist. In the end, he decided to send Gui Yongzhi, the official of the six officials, to Annan.

Dong Changqing, a soldier, also had vision and did not advocate going to war with the Annan people now, because the Taiping Army had too little foundation and the pressure on Hunan and Guangxi was too great. Once the war with Annan was started, Guangdong, which was actually a population of 1.5 million, could not support the war at all. So the general said that he wanted to redeem people. Dong Changqing happily agreed. After writing the official document sent to Guangzhou according to Zhou Shixiang's wishes, he handed it to Zhou Shixiang and said casually: "The other bad thing in Annan is that the rice in the field is ripe three times a year, and the food is too much to eat."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Shi stopped there with the official document: "You mean, Annan has a lot of rice?"

"There are a lot, not only more rice, but also more fragrant than our rice."

Dong Chang nodded and didn't think much. As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the Grandmaster tearing up the written official documents.
Chapter completed!