The county school next to him is an old man in his sixties, and his eyes are no longer good, but he himself is a person who loves to watch the excitement. I heard that there were soldiers outside the city, so I immediately asked two students to support me and ran up the city wall to watch. At this time, a student beside him said: "Teacher, it's really strange, the clothes these people wear are not my Qing Dynasty uniforms." ”

Another student said, "Senior brother, it doesn't matter where they are, as long as they don't come to attack our county." Judging by the way they looked, they weren't attacking anyone at all, as if they were running away. You see how fast they ran, fortunately they didn't come towards our county, I heard that the deserter's mouth is terrible, but he robs whatever he sees. ”

The previous student said: "What nonsense are you talking about, how neatly did you pass through the platoon of deserters?" Then he ignored the student, turned to the old teacher, and said, "Teacher, what do you say these soldiers do?" Our Qianshan County is also not a road, and there is no official road nearby. They are in such a headless hurry, even if they want to go to Nanjing, they should go directly to the east. How to run to the northeast, go forward to Tongcheng. ”

The old teacher Yu said angrily: "Bastard thing, knowing that my eyes are not good now, you still want to anger me." I haven't even seen what they're wearing, what do you want me to say? ”

The previous student suddenly shrank his head and said, "I'm sorry teacher, these soldiers, hey, actually wear a lot of our Qing Dynasty uniforms, and they are not cotton armor." It looks like it is matched with several colors, and what is worn inside is too far away to be seen, but it is really strange that a black armor is worn outside. ”

The old teacher listened to the student's words, and muttered, "There are several colors, and there is armor on the outside." You say they're wearing armour? Then this is not the military uniform of the Qing Dynasty. The student in the back said, "Yes, they are definitely not the military uniforms of the Qing Dynasty." The military uniforms of the Qing Dynasty are only colored by the soldiers of the Eight Banners. The other green battalions are just a number one, where is there such a good-looking military uniform. ”

The previous student suddenly hit this person with one hand, and wanted him to wink. The student in the back suddenly woke up, didn't this mean that the Qing Dynasty was not good? In today's world, the only thing that can look better than the Qing military uniform is the military uniform of the Ming Dynasty. Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's army, the unified military uniforms have not been made, and they have already perished.

After understanding, the student hurriedly looked around, and sure enough, the people around the county commander were looking at him. Frightened, he hurriedly hid behind the old teacher. Fortunately, the people who can study in this era are basically rich and noble, and for this little thing, the county order is not easy to trouble these people, so he has to stare at this student twice.

Suddenly, someone on the side of the city wall shouted, "Look, some of them are coming." The crowd hurriedly slashed out, and sure enough, several soldiers came over. The men did not speak, but shot an arrow at the wall from afar. Then a few people turned around and ran away, looking at the panic in the city, and immediately laughed.

The county order of Qianshan County is a jinshi in the twelfth year of Shunzhi. Originally, according to his knowledge, he couldn't get into the Jinshi, but because many scholars now, especially these scholars in Jiangnan, are unwilling to go out of the Qing Dynasty. The corpses of the Manchus were all over the north, and there were only a few scholars left. That's why he reluctantly won the jinshi and was sent to the unstable southern part of the country to serve as the county commander.

I used to see a lot of people killed everywhere in the Northern Expedition by the Eight Banners of Manchuria, but now as long as I see those who are soldiers, I think they are all butchers. Suddenly, seeing these people running down the city to release arrows, the frightened county commander shouted: "Come on, defend the city, the enemy is attacking the city." ”

As a result, no one moved after calling for a long time, and when I looked at the city again, the few people who had come to shoot arrows just now had already walked away. Seeing this, the county commander himself suddenly turned red, and said to the defenders of the city: "I'm just testing it to see if you are ready to defend the city." It seems that you have disappointed me, and no one has reacted. ”

A master next to him suddenly said: "Yes, yes, the county lord is right, we should strengthen the defense of the city, and tomorrow we will prepare defensive materials on the city." Before the master finished his sycophant words, a servant shouted behind him and said, "There is a letter on this arrow." ”

The county commander hurriedly said: "Quickly bring it to me to see, what did these thieves say?" When the county magistrate took the letter, he immediately read it, and said: "His Royal Highness the Ming Eunuch, tell the people in the city." The Ming Dynasty has arrived, and the defeat of the Qing court can be expected. All officials who are in the light of the situation will be retained in their original positions. Those who dare to resist in the city will be executed by all officials, and the three tribes will be exterminated in the place where the officials are from. ”

After reading the county order, he suddenly said angrily: "Bah, what a big breath, you actually said that I was defeated in the Qing Dynasty, and I think you are just a group of guerrillas." As soon as my Qing Dynasty King arrives, you will fall apart in an instant. The master took the letter and looked at it, and said, "County Zun, there are still words behind this." The county magistrate said angrily: "I will listen to you and see what arrogant words they say." ”

The master read: "This doesn't seem to be a word of persuasion, but like a ballad." There is hair on his head, his clothes are afraid of being white, and when it is too peaceful, the chief kills the king. The county commander was stunned for a moment and said, "What are these words?" What mess? ”

The master said, "What else is below?" What is this, all the sergeants of the Restoration of Sight should keep in mind, and pay attention to the three major disciplines and six points. First, all actions should be commanded and orders should be unanimous in order to achieve victory. Second, I don't take a needle and thread from the people, and the people support and like me. Third, all seizures should be returned to the public, and every effort should be made to lighten the burden of the people. ”

Seeing that the master was not talking, the county commander asked, "What?" Without? The master said, "No, that's all." The county order said: "What bullshit doesn't make sense, it doesn't rhyme at all." That's it, what kind of prison is the country, and he still wants to be the enemy of my Qing Dynasty. The crowd was also confused when they heard this, and no one understood.

Suddenly, the old teacher said, "It's like a ballad, but what about such a beginningless and endless?" And the words and sentences don't rhyme when you see them, and they don't rhyme with each other. Even this meaning is too straightforward, it is simply vernacular. The county ordered: "This is a ballad?" Just these two sentences that are as light as water? The old teacher said: "Do you remember Li Zicheng more than ten years ago? The county ordered: "Of course I know, but he doesn't know what he can do, and he actually wants to disobey the mandate of heaven." As an enemy of my Qing Dynasty, in front of the heavenly soldiers of my Qing Dynasty, he was not defeated and defeated, and finally he died in the vast land of Huguang. ”

The old teacher said: "Yes, no one thought back then that a mere post station pawn would overthrow the Great Tomorrow." At that time, he had such a ballad, called to kill cattle and sheep, prepare wine syrup, and open the city gate to meet the king, and the king came and did not pay food. Li Zicheng relied on this ballad to sing the Ming Dynasty in a daze. ”

The master looked at the ballad in his hand, and suddenly said, "Oh, isn't this the same as Li Zicheng at the beginning?" If you don't take a needle and thread from the people, who came up with this ballad, its heart can be punished, and this mind is too vicious. The county magistrate suddenly understood, and hurriedly instructed everyone: "Everyone listen, whoever dares to spread this matter, I will directly kill his whole family." ”

Although the county order has been strictly ordered, how can this kind of thing be blocked. Within two days, the rumor was spreading everywhere. The Restoration Army had not yet reached Nanjing, and it took only four days for Luzhou, Ningguofu, Chizhou, and even Taiping Mansion to spread the rumors.

Of course, Lin Zhuang's Intelligence Department is promoting this, but it also shows that in these places, Siming's emotions still exist. Of course, Zhu Youdong didn't know that a letter of persuasion that he casually asked Zhou Chang to write caused a big turmoil.

Zhu Youdong sent people to Qianshan County, and after shooting a letter of persuasion, he didn't care anymore. Directly led the army and continued to Tongcheng. After passing the hidden mountain, I traveled all the way, and arrived at Shijing Town outside Tongcheng that night. As soon as Zhu Youdong arrived in Shijing with his army, he was discovered by the scouts of Jiang Chao's army. After some inquiry, Jiang Chao actually led the army directly and stationed in Tongcheng.

Zhu Youdong was suddenly furious and said: "Why is Jiang Chao so bold, he swaggered into Tongcheng with a large army, doesn't this tell the Qing court that there is a Ming Restoration Army in Tongcheng now?" Go and immediately ask Jiang Chao to come to see me, and ask him to take the army out of Tongcheng and into Longmian Mountain. ”

The scout said, "Your Highness, this can't be blamed on our general, it was General Weidu who said that everyone should live in the city." Zhu Youdong said: "What? Is there still a matter of Weidu in this? Zhu Youdong thought about it carefully and felt that even if he was unreliable, Feng Shuangli should not accompany the two to mess around.

Zhu Youdong asked again: "Where is Feng Shuangli?" He also entered Tongcheng? The scout said: "Yes, several generals are in Tongcheng, only Wei Du with an army is stationed in Daguan Town, north of Tongcheng. Zhu Youdong hurriedly asked someone to bring the map, and then found Shangguan Town on it.

After seeing this position, Zhu Youdong immediately thought about it. After a while, Zhu Youdong said to the scout: "Did Wei Du say the reason why he did this?" The scout said, "We don't know about this, and the generals have not explained it." ”

Zhu Youdong said: "Okay, wait a minute, I'll go to Tongcheng with you and see what they want to do?" Then Zhu Youdong said to Xia Guoxiang: "The location where they are stationed now is very strange. I'm going to go into Tongcheng and see what they want to do. You lead the whole army into the mountains, just in the Longmian Mountain, and hide first. ”

Zhu Youdong asked Xia Guoxiang and others to take the army to the mountains, while he took Zhou Chang and the guards and followed the scouts directly to Tongcheng. Although there were scouts leading the way, there were still five or six checkpoints along the way before entering Tongcheng smoothly. Zhu Youdong saw that the army's outposts were arranged quite tightly, and he was immediately relieved.

After Zhu Youdong entered Tongcheng, he came to the barracks and immediately saw Jiang Chao and others. Several people were discussing the military situation together, and when they saw Zhu Youdong coming, they immediately saluted Zhu Youdong. As soon as Zhu Youdong came, he said, "Don't care about these false courtesies, how are you discussing?" ”

Jiang Chao added Zhu Dongdong's dusty appearance, and said: "Your Highness must have come for us to be stationed in Tongcheng, otherwise it wouldn't be so late, and he rushed to us directly." Liu Zhen and Feng Shuangli also laughed immediately. Zhu Youdong said: "You still know that I am here for this matter, so since you know, you can tell me your plans now." ”

Jiang Chao said: "Actually, this plan was said by Wei Du, and when Wei Du said this plan, we were also shocked. However, we thought about it carefully and felt that this plan was very conducive to our annihilation of the Mongolian Eight Banners. Zhu Youdong did not interrupt Jiang Chao's words, but listened quietly.

Jiang Chao walked to the side of Yutu and said, "Your Highness, please see, Tongcheng, where we are stationed now, is here, and this location is just on the road south of Shucheng." And Tongcheng is the mouth of the valley between the road just passed, between the North Gorge Mountain and the Lu Jing Mountain. Your Highness, think about it, if we block the Mongol army here, we can starve the Mongol army to death just by starving. ”