Winter is coming.

All things rest and recuperate.

Jin Xiaoding hid in the jungle. The trees above his head were bare and had no leaves, and could not block the sun or the flying snow.

Two days after they escaped from Luzhou City, heavy snow finally came, and the heavy snow fell all night last night. When they woke up this morning, many rebels failed to stand up like they did yesterday.

"Don't curl up there and freeze," the little leaders shouted everywhere. They looted a large village nearby and snatched some clothes to protect the cold. At this time, Jin Xiaoding was reluctant to maintain military discipline, not to mention that the rebel army under his command had never emphasized military discipline.

Occasionally, the sound of branches breaking in the snow forest.

Jin Xiaoding's eyes fell on the jade belt more than ten miles away, and the water surface of the Yellow River was covered with thick white snow.

He is very grateful that he should thank the heavy snow for his leisure at this moment.

Although some people were frozen to death, the snow came at the right time. 50% of the troops left by the Qing court in Shanxi were under the city of Luzhou, and 20% were in Taiyuan. There were not many troops left by southern Shanxi. The defenders from all over the country did not dare to risk the risk of throwing the city and search for the rebels who were hiding where they were hidden.

The road was blocked by heavy snow, and Wu Sangui's cavalry did not chase after him so quickly. Jin Xiaoding even doubted whether Wu Sangui would pursue him so hard. From his performance when he attacked Luzhou City, although this person was not unfair to the Qing court, he must have the intention to protect himself.

Who in the world is not for himself?

A few black dots came over the snow field a few miles away. They seemed to be crawling in the snow pit, and each step was extremely difficult. One hour later, three tightly wrapped people walked to Jin Xiaoding.

"How is it?" Jin Xiaoding looked expectant.

The leader shook his head and replied, "It's still not possible. The ice surface has not frozen. One or two people are okay. Thousands of people crossing the river together will inevitably collapse."

Jin Xiaoding looked up at the sky and smiled and said, "It's okay, wait a little longer." He was anxious, but he couldn't show it in front of these people.

The reason why he led his army to southern Jin was to follow the old path of the bandits' army from Jin to the Central Plains in the seventh year of Chongzhen. He wanted to bring the more than 30,000 people who escaped back to Huguang.

Datong City has been holding on for seven months, and even the most solid city will be destroyed. If Datong City is broken, it will mean that Jiangnan will return to Jiangnan and Jiangbei will return to Jiangbei. He is useless to stay in Shanxi. The Shanxi rebels dragged Wu Sangui's army to winter in Luzhou City, and he has squeezed the last drop of blood from these people.

From Shanxi to Henan, it is Huguang. The Zhang Tianlu tribe of the Ming army was already active in Nanyang, Henan, but it was only because of the heavy snow that it shrank back.

The offensive and defensive battles under Xiangyang City have stopped, just like Datong City.

Standing at the head of Xiangyang, the Ming army's barracks were no longer visible. Half of the Ming army was stationed in the mountain village thirty in front of Xiangyang City, and the other half were hiding behind the mountain village. In winter, I was unable to attack the city, so Zhai Zhe simply withdrew his troops so that the soldiers could spend a safe winter so that they would not have to worry about the Qing army leaving the city to raid when they were sleeping.

Seeing that the Ming army was unable to withdraw, Hong Chengchou in Xiangyang City rarely felt a little proud.

Last year, he was ordered to be sent to Nanjing in danger, but unexpectedly he encountered the great defeat of Jiangnan.

At that time, Boluo decided to withdraw from Nanjing City. Although he was unwilling to do so, he did not firmly stop it. At that time, the city was panicked. The Jurchens Yu Qian and Hangzhou suffered heavy losses. Liu Liangzuo and Yan Yingyuan wrote private letters to figure it out. Li Chengdong was unconscious. In the situation where the Manchus and Han people lost their trust, he did not dare to make any suggestions and let the Jurchens risk being wiped out to the end of the year. So the main thing he came to Huguangyu this year was to coordinate the relationship between the Manchus and Han people. Because of his weak strength, he failed to turn the crazy situation in Huguang, but tried hard to delay the war until the end of the year, and at the same time made Xiangyang City solid.

There were 4,000 Jurchens in Xiangyang City, 20,000 people in the Eight Banners of Mongolia and Eight Banners of Han. The remaining 20,000 were all surrendered troops of the Yuan Ming army, who made great contributions when defending the city.

Walking up to the city, seeing the fields covered with snow, Hong Chengchou suddenly felt like he was guiding the country, "If the Han people could integrate with the Manchus, Jiangbei would still be stronger than Jiangnan."

At present, the Manchus were very strict in preventing the Han people, and the court discriminated against the civil officials of the Han Dynasty even more severely. If this lasts, there will be chaos. He believed that the wise of the regent should be able to see the problem here. If the Qing court valued Han officials and Wu Sangui, the civil officials would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the one who would be the

The more Hong Chengchou thought about it, the more proud he became.

A few black dots appeared in the distance, which were the Ming army patrol soldiers. Luke Dehun repeatedly asked for the Ming army scouts, but he stopped them. Killing several people would be useless. He pointed to defend Xiangyang City without any trouble.

The Ming army patrol cavalry appeared under the city of Xiangyang from time to time, and there were also Ming army activities on the other side, but the Ming army was unable to attack Nanyang City because Xiangyang City was still here. Yesterday, he sent a messenger to swim across the river to communicate with Dorgon, so that the Regent could rest assured about Xiangyang City.

Zhai Zhe is in Yicheng, the closest city to Xiangyang.

More than ten days ago, Du Yinxi came from Jingzhou to transport food and grass, and Gao Huijun was also accompanied by Gao Huijun. Gao Huijun didn't dare to come, but after being persuaded, she took the courage to travel. Although she was a concubine, she was awarded the imperial edict from the court and could meet people as a fair wife. Fan Yi and Ulan both had descendants, and Mrs. Gao was so anxious that she wanted Gao Huijun to have a son as soon as possible.

A few months later, Gao Huijun's dress was very different. Everyone around him knew that Zhai Zhe did not like luxury. Even so, Liu Quan prepared for Gao Huijun for forty or fifty pieces of fur clothes. Because of Liu Suifeng, Liu Quan took special care of Gao Huijun.

After Fan Yongdou arrived in Jiangnan, Liu Quan felt the pressure clearly. The power of the Shang League was at its peak, and the sun at noon could not always remain at the highest point. Fan Yongdou was from Jin, but he and the Liu family had never been friends. He was like this in Shanxi, but he probably still did this when he went to Jiangnan. If the Fan family wanted to rise in Jiangnan, they would have to get a share of the business alliance. The Liu family was already rich enough to rival the country, but who would think it was too much money?

Today, Gao Huijun wore a goose yellow fox fur coat, and she looked much more mature.

When he saw Zhai Zhe, Gao Huijun lowered his head and did not dare to look directly at him. Later, when he saw that Zhai Zhe was not displeased, he slowly let go of his courage.

Yicheng is not under Xiangyang City, and Zhai Zhe has no taboos. When he saw Gao Huijun, he was a little dazed and suddenly remembered his wife and children in Jiangnan. He left Jiangnan in March and didn't know when he would return to Hangzhou. He was like this, and the soldiers in the army were the same. Seeing that New Year's Eve was approaching, the soldiers would definitely miss their families.

Gao Huijun came to Yicheng and asked Zhai Zhe to find some comfort in the cold winter.

At the same time, Jin Xiaoding's messenger arrived in Huguang safely.
Chapter completed!