Wan Yushan thought that his daughter had been captured by the Qing soldiers, and if he couldn't come out before dark, it would be too late to say anything. Looking at the Restoration Army in front of him, Wan Yushan suddenly had another crazy plan.

That is to encourage these Restoration troops to fight Gangneung, as long as they go to attack Gangneung. The Qing soldiers would definitely not take care of their daughters, if the Restoration Army could break through Gangneung City. When the time comes, he will take advantage of the chaos to find his daughter, so that her daughter still has a chance of life.

After Wan Yushan thought it through, he immediately glanced at Wang Hongliang, and the two of them retreated and hid from the crowd. The two walked aside, and then Wan Yushan told Wang Hongliang what he thought. Wang Hongliang is also a human spirit, and now there is no other way but to do this.

The two immediately squeezed back into the crowd, and Wan Yushan said: "General, this is true, there are only 1,000 green battalion soldiers in Jiangling City. They came out today to arrest Minzhuang, and they must have defended Gangneung City. As long as the general takes advantage of the defenselessness of the Qing army in the city and sends troops to attack, he will definitely be able to capture Jiangling City. ”

Wan Yushan turned his head and glanced at Wang Hongliang, and said, "If you don't send troops to raid now, seize Jiangling City, and wait for the Qing army to be arranged in Jiangling City." At that time, Gangneung City will not be easy to fight, the city is high and the river is wide, and the guards are tight, and if the general wants to take Gangneung City, he will take a lot of dead and wounded soldiers. ”

Wang Hongliang also hurriedly followed: "Yes, general, I know the situation of Jiangling City best, as long as the general goes to attack Jiangling City, the old man is willing to lead the way for the general." ”

Jiang Tong saw Wang Hongliang and two people before, and he was not enthusiastic about the Restoration Army. Now suddenly, the attitude of the two suddenly changed, which made Jiang Tong wary of the two. However, the other people did not know about the plans of the two, and should not have casually echoed their words.

Some people in the family were captured by the Green Battalion soldiers, and after listening to the words of the two, they were a little jumpy to try, but when they saw Wan Yushan and the two talking, they shouldn't interject. In this way, Wan Yushan and Wang Hongliang are particularly conspicuous.

When Jiang Tong saw this situation, he didn't dare to believe the two directly. I had to say: "The kindness of the two, we understand it." As for the matter of leading the way, I don't think it's necessary, the Restoration Army has regulations that it is not allowed to requisition civilians at will. ”

After saying that, Jiang Tong turned around and was about to return to the army. Seeing this, Wang Hongliang and Wan Yushan didn't understand why they took the initiative to lead the way for the Restoration Army, and why they were unwilling to advance the Restoration Army.

The two glanced at each other, looked at each other, and said secretly: "There is such an army there, the Qing army didn't forcibly arrest the people to be masters that time, and now the two of us take the initiative to help the Restoration Army, you actually put up a fight, and you are not willing to do it." ”

But now the Restoration Army is the only one who can treat his daughter, and the two of them can't care about their faces. Immediately followed, Wan Yushan said: "The general has any concerns, don't be afraid, as long as the general says it, we will definitely do it." ”

Wang Hongliang also said: "General, the situation here is complicated, if we have help, the general will definitely be able to capture Jiangling City." General, it will be difficult to fight Gangneung City if it is late, in that case, the general's soldiers will definitely suffer heavy casualties. ”

Wan Yushan said: "Yes, yes, Wang Hongliang is reasonable, the general can only take advantage of his unpreparedness, now Jiangling City is the time when there is no defense, as long as the general sends troops, Jiangling City can be captured before dark." ”

After listening to the words of the two, Jiang Tong did not dare to send troops even more. In Jiang Tong's eyes, the performance of these two people is that they are living and spying in the Qing army. In order to lure himself, he took the army to the trap of the Qing army. Otherwise, how could he die begging for nothing to persuade him to attack Gangneung City in such a hurry, then Gangneung City is easy to fight?

I can't move around now, otherwise I don't know how many of the more than 1,000 people under my command will survive in the end. Listening to the persuasion of the two of them who were still in their ears, Jiang Tong was so annoyed in his heart that he couldn't wait to cut these two spies directly.

But now that the two of them are dressed as ordinary people, if they are arrested at this time, they will have violated military law. If you don't have a credential in your hand, it won't be easy to say it to Qianhu when the time comes.

What Jiang Tong thought was that as long as these two dared to enter the barracks to lobby, they would be taken down as spies. Wang Hongliang and Wan Yushan didn't notice it at all, and Jiang Tong had already thought about the two

The two of them also followed Jiang Tong to persuade them, and they were about to enter the camp of the Restoration Army. At this time, the soldiers who went to the front to inquire about the situation came back and said to Jiang Tong: "General, we found some Qing soldiers in front, about 200 people. Minzhuang is being arrested everywhere, and many places are directly robbed, but we have few people and dare not go up to stop it. ”

Hearing this, Wan Yushan suddenly howled: "My daughter, general, the old man begs you, you can send troops, as long as you rescue my daughter, you can do whatever you want." ”

The soldier of the Restoration Army said: "I see that those Qing soldiers do carry more than a dozen women. But there were more men on the road, probably two or three hundred. ”

As soon as Wang Hongliang heard that there were women in the Qing army, he immediately shouted to Jiang Tong: "General, please send troops to save our daughter, as long as the general sends troops, we will definitely help the general to fight Jiangling City." I also gave all my possessions to the general, please. ”

Wang Hongliang didn't care, his family property had been burned by the Qing army. just made a promise to Jiang Tong, and knelt down to kowtow to Jiang Tong constantly.

Jiang Tong said impatiently: "You will be attacking the city for a while, and now you are saving your daughter." You've been egging me on to attack Gangneung Fortress. Who the hell are you? Don't act here, get out of here. Otherwise, you will be arrested as spies. ”

Hearing Jiang Tong's words, Wan Yushan and Wang Hongliang immediately panicked, and then realized that they were too eager, and the general of the Restoration Army misunderstood. Wan Yushan immediately explained: "General, we are not spies of the Qing army, you look at our houses, all of them were burned down by the Qing army, and the Qing army killed so many of us." How can we be the spies of the Qing army, ask the general to investigate. ”

Wang Hongliang also said hurriedly: "General, this is indeed a misunderstanding, we are all ordinary people, not spies." Jiang Tongdao: "Are you spies or not, I won't deal with it now, you leave by yourself." If you make noise again, you will be dealt with as a spy. ”

Wan Yushan and Wang Hongliang had to argue again, but there were already soldiers from the Restoration Army who came to drive the two away. The two had no choice but to retreat.

Wan Yushan said: "These Ming soldiers are the same as the Qing soldiers, and they don't care about the lives of the people at all. Wang Hongliang said: "Let's go, they, the soldiers of the Restoration Army, don't kill you and me." ”

When the two thought of their daughter, they were anxious for a while, and they wanted to go back and beg Jiang Tong again. But when he saw the soldiers of the Restoration Army guarding the guard, he had to give up and go back to the village.

When the two of them walked away, Marven said to Jiang Tong: "Lord Garrison, do you really ignore them?" If we get their help, we may be able to sneak up on Jingzhou and easily capture it. ”

Jiang Tongdao: "It's not that we don't care, but we have to be careful, when we came, His Royal Highness the Prison State said that our side is just to deter the defenders of Jingzhou." If we act without authorization, then there will be any loss to our 1,000 people, and the road from Huguang to Sichuan will be greatly opened. ”

Ma Wen said: "What is there to worry about, didn't they say it, the people in Jiangling City are panicking, and the officials are thinking about escaping, not to mention that there are only 1,000 green battalions defending the city, and they can't stop our attack at all." ”

Jiang Tongdao: "We have few people now, we can't be careless, not to mention that we have more important things." Besides, you will believe what they say, if they trick us into Gangneung City, and then ambush us in Urn City. At that time, how do we explain to His Highness? ”

Marven really didn't think of this, but he still couldn't bear to give up what a good opportunity he would. Said: "However, if we directly capture Jingzhou, it will also be of great help to His Highness, and our naval army can also go downstream, and when the time comes, we will still be able to meet His Highness." ”

Jiang Tongdao: "You don't want to think about it, but we must find out the situation now, you send two people out to keep an eye on the two people who came just now, to see if they are spies." Marven had no choice but to go out and make arrangements.

Jiang Tong said to the soldiers beside him: "Have all the people we sent to inquire about the situation come back?" A pro-soldier said: "Not yet, the people who went to the river have returned, but the people who went to the north in the direction of Jingmen have not returned." ”

Jiang Tongdao: "Send another team of people to see what the situation is." If the situation is not right, we will go straight back to Zhijiang. ”

After arranging these people, Jiang Tong went out to patrol the camp. At this time, Marven came back and said to Jiang Tong: "My lord, those people have not dispersed, many people have returned to their homes, and now they are burying their bodies." ”

Jiang Tongdao: "Did they make a fire to cook?" What is eaten? Marven said: "I didn't see them cooking on a fire, and I didn't look like a sergeant when I saw their movements." ”

Jiang Tongdao: "Don't be in a hurry, wait and talk about it first." We can't take any chances, otherwise none of us can afford to take the blame if there is an accident. At that time, His Highness entrusted us with the back of the entire army. ”

Ma Wen said: "You are just cowardly, you think that His Royal Highness dared to attack Baoning with 500 people, and 2,000 people went directly to attack the Mianzhou camp of the Qing army." I don't know what you're afraid of, the bigger the official, the less daring you are. "Both of them joined the Restoration Army when recruiting troops in Chongqing after the Restoration Army defeated Chongqing, so they are very clear about Zhu Youdong.

The two followed Zhu Youdong to Yungui again, so the relationship between the two was also very good. In the face of King Ma's accusations, Jiang Tong was not angry. Said: "This is not a matter of big officials and small officials, now our Fuming army is all dispatched, all the troops in Chongqing have entered Huguang, the entire eastern Sichuan, and Qiandong have no army at all, and it all depends on our thousand troops and three thousand water troops to scare the Qing army in Huguang." ”

Marven said: "So what? You also heard, Jingzhou only has a thousand green battalion soldiers. Those Qing soldiers in the green battalion, you don't know, can they be counted as soldiers? But you just don't dare to send troops, I really don't know why you should be a garrison. ”

Jiang Tongdao: "If you don't have a rough temper, it is estimated that you are also guarded, but you just don't change your temperament." Think about it, if something goes wrong with our 1,000 people, can we keep the capital with the 3,000 sailors? If the Qing army in Huguang sees our bottom line, there will still be an army there that can block the Qing army and let the Qing army run into Sichuan, have you thought about the consequences? ”

Marven said: "Okay, okay, I can't talk to you, I won't tell you, I'll go and keep an eye on those people." I know the suspicion all day long, and when the time comes, I will see what credit you have. ”

Jiang Tong ignored Marven's complaints and continued to patrol the camp. By the time Jiang Tong Circle came down from the camp, the sun had already set, and it was almost evening. At this time, the sentry sent to the north gate finally returned, but they seemed to be holding a person who looked like a scholar.

Those people walked up to Jiang Tong and said, "My lord, when we went to the north gate to investigate, we found that many Qing soldiers came out to arrest the people. Then he found this scholar, and also came out of the north gate. After seeing us, he wanted to run away in the direction of Jingmen. When we saw that he looked unusual, we took him back.