Chapter 232: Rainy Night Terror (1)
The rainy season is rainy, and the sky in Xuzhou has only been clear for less than ten days, and then it begins to be gloomy again, and the air is filled with a strong sense of depression, which is a precursor to the rainy period of time.
There is no doubt that depending on the weather conditions, this heavy rain will not clear soon, at least for a day or two in a row.
In the Qing army camp, Dolgon's eyes flickered and stared at the dim and oppressive sky.
"Qiyu Regent, the Heavenly Supervisor has come to report, this heavy rain will fall for at least one day and one night!" A Qing soldier came to report to Dolgon.
The Guantianjian is a person specially set up by the army to observe the weather, and every time the prediction of the Guantianjian in the Qing army is 90% accurate, which is enough!
"Hehe, God really help me to clear up!" Dorgon laughed.
If a heavy rain only rains for two or three hours, it is not enough to completely suppress Ying Longjun's firearms, but if it rains for a day, a night or a few days in a row, it will be different.
"The fourteenth brother, the fifteenth brother's revenge must be avenged!" Azig originally guarded the west gate, but since Duoduo was blown off one of his right arms, Dolgon's two most trusted arms were left with one Azig, and in the face of Aobai and other Shunzhi little emperors, the Eight Banner generals had faint signs of disobeying the command, and Dolgon had to transfer Azig back to the main camp.
After all, although Azig is reckless, he and Dolgon and Duoduo are siblings with interests in the end, and for Dolgon, the wisest of the three brothers, Azig seems to be very unwilling to be suppressed by Dolgon's younger brother, but he is still convinced from the bottom of his heart.
"The fifteenth brother's revenge will naturally be avenged, and when the Emperor Ming is captured, he will be pressed in front of the fifteenth brother and let the fifteenth brother deal with it!"
"Gather all the generals, and discuss the big tent of the Chinese army!" Dolgon said that, and took Azig back to the Chinese tent first.
When the crowd arrived, Dorgon glanced at everyone expressionlessly.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this decisive battle is related to the fortunes of the Qing Dynasty, if you win, the Qing Dynasty will dominate the world, and if you lose, the consequences will be unpredictable, and I hope you can abandon all the previous suspicions in your hearts at this moment and win this war wholeheartedly!"
Ao Bai and some other people from the Shunzhi Emperor glanced at each other, and after a moment of silence, Ao Bai stood up and knelt down on one knee in front of Dolgon and said, "I am willing to listen to the regent's dispatch and the Qing Dynasty will rule the world!" ”
"I am willing to listen to the regent's dispatch and the Qing Dynasty will dominate the world!" At this critical juncture when the decisive battle was about to be held, all the Eight Banners generals who had previously opposed Dolgon put aside their prejudices and prepared for this decisive battle wholeheartedly.
Manchu people can develop so far, there is a lot of internal fighting, but there is no internal friction, and the external is mostly one heart, because everyone knows that the Qing Dynasty is powerful, but the Qing Dynasty cannot afford to lose any major war, they do not think about themselves but also for future generations.
In Xuzhou City, Zhu Cihong also received a report from the Guantian Prison, knowing that the next heavy rain would not be sunny for a day or two.
"Why do I always feel uneasy?" Feeling the depression in the air, Zhu Cihong faintly didn't dare in his heart, and always felt that something dangerous was going to happen!
"Your Majesty, are you too worried, Xuzhou City is high and deep, and the moat at the north gate has not been filled yet, and the siege of the city will only be hard, so there is no need to worry at all!" It was a general soldier from Jiangxi who spoke.
"Don't be careless!" Zhu Cihong shook his head, for the sake of stability, Zhu Cihong ordered: "Order, all soldiers enter the highest guard, each city gate is strictly guarded, and any idle people who do not listen to the dissuasion to approach, will be killed on the spot!" ”
"The last general will obey!"
The sky gradually darkened, the air became more and more depressed, a slight breeze with a little coolness passed, and a large dense dark clouds gathered in the distance to cover the sunset, and continued to converge in the direction of Xuzhou City, as if only waiting for the dark clouds on the horizon to arrive, the heavy rain will be brought together.
"The emperor has an order to strengthen the guard!"
"The emperor has an order to strengthen the guard!" More than a dozen fast horses ran along the streets of Xuzhou to various military camps to give orders!
As soon as the holy decree was issued, in Xuzhou City, the generals of each battalion performed their duties and tightened their vigilance.
In a private house, nearly ten generals secretly gathered again, and two of them were among the generals. Although the staff general is under the general army, he is also a high-ranking general who commands 5,000 soldiers and horses, and his authority is not small.
"Brother Zhang, I just received a message from the regent outside the city, and I just waited for the heavy rain to start planning." One of the generals said to another.
"Don't hide it from Brother Zhang, if it weren't for the fact that they had a handle in the hands of the Manchus, they would have lost more than 100,000 soldiers under Xuzhou City during this time, and I really didn't want to cooperate with them!" This general is not a lie, the hereditary marquis promised to him by the Manchu Qing Dynasty seems to be very tempting, but he can only enjoy it if the Manchu Qing can dominate the world, the Ming Dynasty has the Ying Long Army in hand, and the military power is not weak, and although the current emperor is not very old, he is not mediocre, but a saint like a saint, the Manchu Qing is a foreign race in the end, and he can't let the Manchu Qing have much security for him.
"Brother Lan also knows that we have a handle in the hands of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, if we don't fight, there is only one way to die." Another general, surnamed Zhang, smiled, his eyes narrowed slightly.
General Zhang Shen had different ideas from General Lan Shen, and the Manchu Qing also gave him the promise of a hereditary marquis, and for the glory and wealth of his descendants, he was desperate for the Manchus.
"Yes, in order to survive, I have no choice but to betray the emperor." After General Lan sighed, his tone became firm.
As the first rain and dew came down with the exhaled wind, the rain became heavier and heavier, the wind and rain, and because the sky was already dark in the evening, coupled with the dark clouds and heavy rain in the sky, the whole Xuzhou was shrouded in darkness.
The rain is blowing!
At the entrance of the secret road in the west of the city, tens of thousands of Qing soldiers gathered here.
"Quick, everyone has changed into the costumes of the Ming Army!"
These Qing soldiers took off their Qing soldier clothes, changed into the clothes of Ming soldiers, and jumped into the secret passage one after another, and followed the secret passage into Xuzhou City.
The main camp of the Qing army at the north gate of Xuzhou.
Dolgon and Azig quietly led the main army across the river in the heavy rain and came to a distance of more than 2,000 meters outside the West Gate.
"Ahh
Because of the heavy rain, the river rose a lot, and the water flow was relatively turbulent, and from time to time Qing soldiers were washed away, leaving only a mournful cry in the dark rainy night.
Dolgon and Azig watched expressionlessly, and although nearly a thousand soldiers were swept away by the river in the process, they didn't care.
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