On the north wall of Anqing City, Zhang Yuanqi was wearing armor and a long knife at his waist, looking at his early forties, there were already many white hairs on his head, and he looked a little vicissitudes.

The Qing soldiers on the city wall saw Zhang Yuanqi patrolling the city, and their eyes looked at him with a little respect, not that this General Zhang was so powerful in battle, but that this General Zhang loved his soldiers like a son, and never let his brothers do things that would die, so the people under him all spared their lives.

If it is someone else, it doesn't matter how many brothers under him die, as long as his official becomes bigger and bigger, it will be worth it, but Zhang Yuanqi is different, in Zhang Yuanqi's eyes, a person's head can't be taken back, and if he dies, he is really dead, and he can't live anymore.

The green battalion soldiers on the city wall all carried a shotgun, which looked quite like that, but when Zhang Yuanqi took the shotgun from a soldier, his brows furrowed slightly, it turned out that there were already slight cracks in the barrel, and there were small holes on it, and I don't know how such a gun got into the hands of the soldiers.

Now the imperial court is suspicious of the ordinary green camp generals, and the shotguns given are getting fewer and fewer, and the quality is getting worse and worse, of course, not all shotguns are of poor quality, those with good quality have been given to the Manchu and Han Eight Banners equipment, they can have so many guns is already very good, most of them are holding large blades and spears in their hands.

Thinking of this scene, Zhang Yuanqi couldn't help sighing, he remembered the battle under Jiujiang City, under the fierce fire of the Fu Han army, he almost died on the battlefield, the reason why he was lucky to pick up a life was completely because several of his brothers sacrificed their lives, but the thoughts of the court were different.

"General, your wine has arrived." A green camp thousand president walked over and said in a low voice.

Zhang Yuanqi replied lightly, walked under the city wall, and found that the guy's expression was a little serious, he was holding a jar of wine in his left hand, and a snowy short blade in his right hand, which was quite cold.

"Even if you want to recruit me Zhang, you don't have to act like this, don't you drink alcohol, this knife is not prepared for me?"

The man's face was cloudy, and he said in a low voice: "It's not, for friends, the Fu Han Army has always been friendly, and will not force friends to do anything, today's wine is the last time it is delivered, and the foothold of our military intelligence department in the city has been discovered by Yue Zhongqi, and he will be evacuated immediately." ”

"Oh?" Zhang Yuanqi's face was a little ugly, the guys have come to him a lot these days, if someone finds out, it will be difficult for him to get out, thinking in his heart, his hand is pressed on the handle of the knife.

The guy sighed and said, "General Zhang, this knife was originally prepared for me, if the general drinks wine, he is willing to surrender to my army of the Han Dynasty, let's take the army out of the city by suicide, and we will be able to get out." If the general does not drink, he will kill the villain with this knife, and the general will not be affected. ”

Zhang Yuanqi snorted coldly, "What if I kill you?" You have been exposed, and I, Zhang Yuanqi, will not be an exception, I'm afraid that Yue Junmen's personal soldiers are not far from here. ”

"The general is smart, and the villain admires." The guy had a smile on his face, and his expression was a little meaningful.

Zhang Yuanqi sighed, took the wine jar in the man's hand, poured a few big sips, and then threw the wine jar on the ground, then pulled out the saber and cut the braid on the back of his head.

"Damn, the way of this world is the opposite!"

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In December of the 60th year of Kangxi, there was a civil unrest in Anqing City, and dozens of people were killed with Yue Zhongqi in the city, and all of them died on the spot. But soon after, Zhang Yuanqi, the general of the North Gate, led 3,000 people under his command to fight with the Qing army all the way, directly rushed through the North Gate, and fled westward, causing an uproar in the city.

Everyone knew that the west was the army of the Fu Han Dynasty, and they did not dare to pursue it too deeply, so they chased thirty miles outside the city and returned to the city, only to watch Zhang Yuanqi escape from Anqing City with more than 2,000 people.

After learning that Zhang Yuanqi still led people to flee in the end, Yue Zhongqi was furious, which not only weakened the already weak defense of the city, but also exposed a big problem, that is, the military spirit of the green camp was really worrying, even if he tried everything these days, but in the face of the fact that Zhang Yuanqi defected, he was crushed.

The most worrying thing is not a fleeing Zhang Yuanqi, but the hearts of the military and the people in Anqing City, Yue Zhongqi is very worried, who else in this city wants to do or try to be the next Zhang Yuanqi? Thinking about it, Yue Zhongqi shuddered.

Just when he was worried, Kangxi's secret edict was also sent from the direction of Luzhou, but it was packed in a box, and it was pasted with a seal, and no one knew what was inside, even the eunuch who delivered the secret edict did not dare to say much, and after passing the secret edict, he got up and said goodbye and left.

After the eunuch left, Yue Zhongqi did not open the box for the first time, but sat on the chair and thought carefully, this is also a habit of his, many things can not just look at the surface, but to start from the essence of this matter, the same is true of the secret edict on the table, at least it should be more tricky than imagined.

Kangxi doesn't like to play the game of guessing when he treats his subordinates, he often goes to his subordinates to understand his meaning as much as possible, and then completes them one by one, and the secret fold is just a channel for his subordinates to use to feedback the people's feelings, and he rarely directly gives his ministers a secret message, which shows that this matter itself is not ordinary.

After burning incense and cleaning his hands, Yue Zhongqi opened the seal, took out the secret fold in the box, and began to read it carefully, but the more he looked at it, the more frightened he felt.

“....... I am very old, and I am also auspicious among the kings of the past dynasties, and I am still fighting in the wilderness in the rare years of ancient times, which has never been seen in the world..... You are all ministers of the Humerus Stock, stationed here, waiting for the thief to change..."

Yue Zhongqi secretly measured, this full text is full of twilight, thinking about the difficult situation, even Emperor Kangxi feels a little unable to support it, if he knows about today's military mutiny, I am afraid that the blow to the emperor will be overwhelming.

Behind the secret message, Emperor Kangxi finally confided his thoughts, that is, to send people to the Ningyu army, and use his fame and official position to find the Han army to seek peace. As for why he wanted to seek peace with Ning Yu, instead of seeking peace with Ning Zhongyuan, I think Kangxi also had some thoughts of sowing discord in his heart, hoping to have civil strife in the Han army.

When Yue Zhongqi saw the end, he also knew Kangxi's plan, that is, to win over the Han army in the name of a king of Chu, following the old practice of the three feudatories, Xu Fuhan's army cut Hubei to claim the king, and the land, population and goods should all belong to the king of Chu, but the king of Chu still nominally belongs to the imperial court.

As for the other people under the command of the Fu Han Army, they also have rewards, and even Ning Yu has also won the name of the so-called Duke of Hanyang, which is basically the title of the Fu Han Army that is currently self-proclaimed, and the court has promised them one by one, and it seems that the sincerity is not small.

It's just that the high position of this king and the first prince has been thrown out, and the Fu Han army may not be willing to ask for it.

Yue Zhongqi sighed in his heart, if he had thrown it out earlier, he might still have a chance, but now this situation is too late. It's just that he didn't dare not listen to the emperor's secret instructions, and his heart was full of sorrow and lamentation.