The messenger Alin Bao, who rushed to the edge of the town in the middle of the night, paced back and forth outside the city with an anxious expression. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The four attendants who stood with their horses in their hands were equally impatient.

From time to time, Alin Bao looked at the defenders standing solemnly at the head of the city, and subconsciously looked at the east gate of the city on the edge of the town, which was still closed, and the annoyance in his heart was indescribable.

When he came to the east gate of the city on the edge of the town, nearly half an hour had passed, and the sergeant who went to deliver the news inside still did not hear from him.

"Damn, Tan Tai, what kind of fame is he doing, he will leave himself outside the city gate for a long time, hmph, when I return to Lord Yanguli, I will definitely let him, the elder brother, clean up Tan Tai's wanton and reckless guy!"

Alin Bao kept cursing in his heart against the city gate that had not been opened for a long time.

After waiting for nearly twenty minutes, Alin Bao was already extremely irritable, and the drawbridge at the east gate of the town was finally lowered with a bang, and the city gate creaked open.

"Ouch, it turned out that Brother Alinbao is here, oops, my brother has worked hard all the way, I have lost the reception, and I hope to forgive my sins."

At the city gate, Karamu came out of the city gate with a smiling face, and apologized to Alinbao again and again: "It's all the reported pawn who made a mistake that made Brother Alinbao stay outside the city for so long, or why don't I call him here and let Brother Alinbao beat him out of anger?" ”

Alin Bao's triangular eyes were full of hatred, his face was tense, and he snorted coldly: "Don't dare to be it, who knows if it's really this kid who is not careful, or if Master Tan Tai has a mind to look down on him?" ”

Karamu's face trembled, and he hurriedly smiled: "Brother Alinbao, you are out of sight, aren't you!" Who doesn't know that you, brother, are the celebrity next to Lord Yanguli, even if Master Tan Tai is Lord Yanguli's own brother, he will never dare to show Brother Alingu's face. Or did this janitor make a mistake and play too late, so that the Alin Bao brothers stayed outside the city for a while? Come, come, come and follow the foolish brother into the city to rest. ”

Alin Bao's face softened slightly, and he followed Karamu into the city.

Karamu took Alinbao and his party, walked through the streets and alleys, came to a spacious room, pushed open the door and entered, only to see that a grand banquet had been set up inside, with fat and tender roasted whole sheep, fragrant yellow rice wine, and all kinds of exquisite dishes, and a full table was placed, so that Alinbao and his party did not feel that their tongues were full of appetite.

"Karamu, let's go and see Master Tan Tai first, we will follow the order of Lord Yang Guli, and I have urgent matters to report to Master Tan Tai."

Alin Bao swallowed his saliva and said insincerely.

"Ahem! You have come so far and wide, no matter how urgent the military situation is, it will not be short of the time for this meal. Come on, all the brothers, please sit down, let's not talk about business first, but have a good drink," Karamu interrupted Alinbao's coquettish gesture and made a warm invitation to everyone.

Alin Bao and the others were no longer polite, and immediately sat around the table and ate a lot. Karamu frequently urged everyone to drink, and everyone ate to their heart's content.

After a short time, everyone had drunk three rounds and had five flavors of food, and Karamu saw that Alinbao was already quite drunk, so he said to Alinbao in a casual tone: "Alinbao, let me tell you the truth, you came at a bad time, Master Tan Tai, since the day before yesterday after the capture of this town, he has been unwell, and has been sick in bed, but it is inconvenient to see you. I will convey this military order on your behalf. ”

Although Alin Bao was drunk at this time, after listening to Karamu's words, a surprised expression appeared on his face: "Oh, Master Tan Tai is actually sick?" Lord Yanguli also expects him to bring his troops back to attack the county seat of Liangxiang. ”

When Karamu heard this, he hurriedly asked: "Isn't Lord Yanguli still have nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses, and it is not a problem to capture the county seat of Liangxiang, how can you still send troops and generals from the side of Master Tan Tai?" ”

Seeing that the words had been said at this time, Alin Bao, who was originally drunk, didn't think too much about it for a while, so he simply said to Karamu: "Karamu, since the master of Tan Tai is sick and it is inconvenient to see him, I will tell you directly." There is a reason why Lord Yanguli sent me here this time, because after conquering Fangshan County, Lord Yanguli's soldiers and horses were about to continue to attack Liangxiang County, when they suddenly received an urgent order from the commander Lord Azig, saying that it was to cut off the main road for the Ming army's southern reinforcements to enter Beijing, and specially ordered Lord Yanguli to divide most of the soldiers and horses, and cooperate with Lord Abatai's soldiers and horses to go south to attack Bazhou and Xiongxian County. In this way, there were only more than 7,000 soldiers and horses under Lord Yanguli, which was quite insufficient, so Lord Yanguli decided to temporarily transfer the troops of Tan Tai's main sub-department to attack Liangxiang, Zhuozhou and other places first, so as to end the attack on the county town south of Gyeonggi as soon as possible, so that he could reunite the army and go to Huailaiwei, Baoan Zhou and other places to plunder. ”

Karamu sighed, and finally understood in his heart what was going on with Yanguli's emergency military situation.

He sighed secretly in his heart, that Master Li Xiao Li, his mind is very sharp, he actually guessed that it might be Yanguli who was going to come to the edge of the town to transfer troops, this person is really not simple.

It's just that in this way, he happened to follow the plan set by Li Xiao, and in the next conversation, he would act cheaply.

Karamu sighed lightly, but his face immediately showed a look of hesitation and difficulty, and he said in a low voice: "Alin Bao, it is said that now that Lord Yanguli has issued a military order, our army should obey it immediately. It's just that you don't know that the soldiers of our army who went out to plunder have just received an astonishing news that there is a large number of Ming troops coming from Xuanfu Town, and the number is probably tens of thousands, and they are trying to recapture the border city of this fortress town in Beijing. The master of my family, Tan Tai, was already sick, and when he heard the news, he was very worried, and he was still discussing with me about his illness, and he would immediately send a messenger to ask Lord Yanguli for help after dawn tomorrow. ”

Hearing that a large number of Ming troops were coming, Alin Bao also had a surprised expression on his face, and gradually frowned: "If there is really a Ming army to attack the city, Lord Tan Tai will defend the border city of this town, but the pressure is quite great. You must know that the border city of this town is a traffic fortress leading to Huailaiwei, and it must not be lost. ”

Seeing Alinbao's worried expression, Karamu hurriedly struck while the iron was hot: "Brother Alinbao, forgive Brother Alinbao for saying a lot of words." Compared with attacking Liangxiang and Zhuozhou, it is important to protect the border city of this town first. After all, those county towns in the south of Gyeonggi will never be able to grow legs and run away, and sooner or later they will be taken by our army. It's just that the border city of this town is lost, and the Ming army from the west of Xuanfu Town can enter the Beijing division in large numbers through this channel, which may bring considerable trouble to our army. ”

After listening to Karamu's words, Alin Bao hurriedly asked; "Karamu, listen to what you mean, do you want Lord Yanguli to suspend the attack on Liangxiang and Zhuozhou, and instead send troops to support Master Tan Tai and defend the border city of this town?"

Karamu nodded again and again: "Brother Alinbao is a smart person, and he can understand it at one point, and this is exactly what our army means!" Master Tan Tai believes that only when the invading Ming army is repelled first, and our army is transferred to Fangshan to join forces with Lord Yanguli, can we have no worries. ”

Alin Bao groaned for a while, then drank the remaining wine in the cup, and said to Karamu: "This matter is very important, we will immediately return to Fangshan and report to Lord Yanguli urgently, it seems that Lord Yanguli will decide." ”

When Karamu saw that Alin Bao had already entered the palace, he was secretly happy in his heart, but he immediately made a gesture of retention on his face: "You have worked hard from afar, and you will rest for one night, and it will not be too late to return tomorrow." ”

Alin Bao waved his hand and said: "No need, the military situation is urgent, there can be no delay, now that the military order has been delivered, we must return immediately." ”

Karamu's eyes rolled and he said busily; "Everyone, wait a minute, let me go and talk to Lord Tan Tai first, and you can go back and make a difference."

After speaking, Karamu went out first.

After Alin Bao and the others ate and drank for a while, Karamu came in from outside the door with a smile, but there were a few more small cloth bags in his hands.

Karamu smiled and said to Alin; "Brother Alin Bao, the military order you passed on, Master Tan Tai already knows. It's just that now all the emergency military information of the Ming army coming to attack in the border city of my town is also asking my brother to help convey it urgently, and the master of Tan Tai apologizes for letting you wait outside the city for a long time, and has a little caution, and please smile. ”

After Karamu finished speaking, he gave four small cotton cloth bags to the four attendants, and then stuffed a silk cloth bag to Alin Bao.

Everyone pretended to excuse themselves, and then accepted it one after another.

Among them, each attendant received a cotton cloth bag of 5 taels of silver, and the faces of each attendant were extremely happy.

And the silk cloth bag that Karamu gave to Alin Bao was quite generous, and it contained ten taels of gold!

Ah Lin Bao quietly opened the cloth bag, glanced at it, saw the golden light flashing inside, and weighed it, and suddenly smiled badly.

"Master Tan Tai's generosity makes me feel ashamed." Alin Bao smiled, but he was hypocritically refusing again.

"Take, hold, what's polite! Brother Alin Bao, Master Tan Tai's thoughts, you can accept it with confidence. I believe that when my brother returns, he will explain the situation of my master to Lord Yanguli. Karamu said to Alimbo with a look of anticipation.

Alin Bao smiled and took the silk bag into his arms and put it away carefully, then patted Karamu's shoulder, and his tone was already very affectionate: "Don't worry, Karamu, brother, I know what to do, this time I will go back, I will definitely persuade Lord Yanguli to send reinforcements in time, this matter, it will be on me." ”

Karamu looked overjoyed; "If this is the case, I will thank Brother Alin Bao on behalf of my master and the soldiers of the town border."

In the dissolving moonlight, Alinbao and his party, who were full of wine and food, quickly rode out of the city and left, and behind them, a happy smile appeared on the face of Karamu who saw them off.

Afterwards, Karamu walked quickly to Li Xiao's mansion and reported to him about the talks.

"Master Li, this Alin Bao goes back this time, if he can send reinforcements over, our army just happened to catch turtles in the urn again, and maybe, he can catch a big fish." With a happy smile on his face, Karamu reported excitedly to Li Xiao, who was sitting on a high chair with the same smile on his face.

Li Xiao stood up and patted him on the shoulder affectionately, his face full of approval: "Karamu, you can serve the official so loyally, it's very good, the official admires you very much." Now, this official has entrusted you with the post of praising the painting before the army, and in the future, you will always serve by the side of this official. ”

Karamu looked happy and said hurriedly; "The slave Xie Li is rewarded, and the slave will serve more wholeheartedly in the future."

Li Xiao nodded, and said with a smile: "Karamu, although our army has been pretending to be the Qing army, this officer believes that in the near future, our army will definitely have a head-on conflict with Nayanguli. At that time, Karamu you will finally be exposed. The official is thinking, in order to protect your family and children, you can tell the address of your family and children, and the official will fly a pigeon to send a letter as soon as possible, and send the personnel of our army's security department in Liaodong to secretly bring back your family and children, so that they will not be poisoned by the emperor Taiji. ”

Seeing Li Xiao thinking about himself like this, Karamu was grateful, he knelt on the ground and bowed down; "Lord Li thinks about the slave like this, and the slave is willing to smear the liver and brain of Lord Li until he dies!"

Li Xiao smiled and helped him up: "Karamu, hurry up, the official said that as long as you serve loyally, the official will definitely not treat you badly." Get up, and let's have a good discussion about how our army should deal with the reinforcements sent by Yanguli. ”

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At noon the next day, A Linbao and his party rushed back to Fangshan County.

In the county town of Fangshan, in front of a luxurious tent with a fiery silver roof, a huge woven gold dragon is erected, and this place is the Chinese army tent of Yangguli, one of the commanders of the Qing army of the three routes.

Originally, after conquering Fangshan County, his subordinates wanted to arrange the best residence in the city for Yanguli to live in, but Yanguli resolutely refused.

He said that in order to maintain the simple nature of Manchuria, he should not covet beautiful and beautiful houses like the Han generals of the Ming Kingdom, but still live in tents, and his heart will be at ease.

Therefore, the subordinates had no choice but to clear a large area of open space in the city and build a large cowhide tent for Yanguli to live in.

Yang Guli, the commander of the Qing army of the Zhenghuang Banner, was over 60 years old at the time, which was a rare old age among the Manchurians living in the bitter cold situation. His hair was gray, but his body was still very strong, and his spirit was very strong. At this time, Yanguli was sitting upright on an official hat chair, looking at a huge topographic map of Gyeonggi of the Ming Kingdom hanging next to the tent.

In the tent, his second son, Ta Zhan, stood respectfully.

Yanguli had two sons, the eldest son, Ahdan, who kept his business in Shengjing's family, and later was named Tuosha Lahafan during the Shunzhi period. The second son, Ta Zhan, was a second-class Angbang Zhangjing at this time, and was deeply loved by Yanguli because of his courage and bravery, so he stayed by his side.

Although he was only fourteen years old, he was already quite like his grandfather, who was bold and brave and resourceful, so he was deeply loved by his grandfather. In the eighth year of Shunzhi, he led the Minister of the Guard, served as the general of Dingxi, and together with Wu Sangui, conquered Yungui and entered Burma, captured Zhu Youlang, the king of Gui, and made great contributions to the Qing court. Later, he was honored by the Qing court and the Taibao, and was the first-class Duke of Yingcheng, and after his death, he was also enshrined in the Xian Liang Temple of the Qing court.

Because Tazhan has such a virtuous son, this Yanguli loves the house and Wu, and treats Tazhan and his son even more partially. However, because Ai Xing Ah is still young after all, he did not accompany him on this expedition, only Ta Zhan accompanied him.

While Yanguli was looking at the map, a soldier came to inform him that Alin Pao, who had gone to deliver a letter to Tan Taibu, had returned, and that there was an important military report.

Yanguli sighed and urgently called for Alin Bao to enter the account.

"Master, we have already delivered the military order to Lord Tan Tai, and there is another urgent military situation to report to Lord Yanguli!"

As soon as Alin Bao entered the tent, he immediately knelt down and said loudly to Yanguli, who was sitting on a high chair.

"Oh, you tell me quickly."

Subsequently, Alinbao, who had received great benefits from Karamu, began to tell Yanguli vividly that a large number of Ming troops were preparing to attack the border city of the town.

"Master, the slave thinks that the Ming army's invasion of the border city is more urgent, but it is necessary to send reinforcements quickly." Alin Bao looked worried, and said anxiously: "If the border city of the town is lost, then the Ming army can smoothly open the passage from Xuanfu to Beijing, not only will Jingxi be uneasy from now on, but our army will be difficult to implement in the future if it wants to enter Huailaiwei and Baoan Prefecture to plunder!" ”

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