Li Zicheng's peasant army gradually approached the Beijing Division, the situation was critical, Lu Xiangsheng was ordered to be responsible for leading the troops of the garrison Beijing Division, but the soldiers in his hands were pitiful, in addition to the more than 8,000 Shanxi soldiers and horses under his command, the Beijing Division also had three major battalions and 70,000 horses and Jinyi Guard, and the rest of the garrison soldiers and horses scattered in the suburbs of Beijing still had more than 20,000 people, a total of only 100,000 people, and in addition to their own Shanxi battalion and Jinyi guards and horses had some combat effectiveness, the other people and horses from all walks of life were not fighting spirit, and there would be different intentions, It was simply impossible to resist Li Zicheng's 200,000 mighty army. In desperation, Lu Xiangsheng remembered the militia in the Special Administrative Region, and he had seen the fighting power of the militia and the majesty of Shang Dayong, and he had also heard that Wang Qiang had awakened and was recuperating in the Special Administrative Region, so he proposed to go to Tongzhou for a military parade, the purpose of which was to meet Wang Qiang and Shang Dayong, hoping to mobilize them to join hands with him to resist Li Zicheng.

Wang Qiang expected that Lu Xiangsheng would fight the idea of the vigilante group in the Special Administrative Region, so he had already discussed countermeasures with Shang Dayong. On this day, Lu Xiangsheng came to the Special Administrative Region with several personal guards, and Shang Dayong led the generals of Tongzhou and the militia to greet him in person. The two greeted each other, and Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help frowning when he smelled the strong smell of wine on Shang Dayong's body. Everyone gathered around Lu Xiangsheng to the school ground, and the soldiers of the militia were already waiting on the playground, only to see that most of these soldiers were sitting on the ground, all of them wilted and had no energy. Shang Dayong accompanied Lu Xiang to the parade platform, and shouted loudly below: "Brothers, you listen to me, now that Lu Dashuai is coming to the parade, you give Lao Tzu a good performance, a good performance, tonight I invite everyone to drink, if you don't behave well, you will go home and pick up the child." ”

The soldiers laughed for a while, and then got up and formed a team, with the order of an official, the soldiers of the militia began to practice, but these soldiers obviously did not have formal training, holding weapons in their hands as if they were wielding their own hoes, and the drill of the formation was also a swarm of swarms running around, Lu Xiangsheng frowned, only looked at it for a while, and then angrily stepped down and walked out, Shang Dayong followed behind him, and asked stupidly: "Dashuai, do you see that our militia is okay with practice?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng walked into the lobby of the Chinese army of the militia with a calm face, and the two sat down. Lu Xiangsheng said angrily at Shang Dayong: "General Shang, I know the strength of your militia group, why do you bother to fool Ben Shuai like this!" ”

Shang Dayong said with an innocent face: "Hey! Why did the marshal say this? These militia groups were originally all farmers in the field, and it was good to be able to gather here and listen to orders. Yes, our militia was strong at the beginning, but the team you have seen has already been brought to Shanhaiguan, which is the emperor's will. ”

"I know about this, but it's been two years, can the newly recruited militia group be trained like this for so long?" Lu Xiangsheng asked.

Shang Dayong stiffened his neck and said: "Dashuai doesn't know, the militia was originally trained by Lord Wang, Li Gang and me, but now, I am the only one left." Besides, when the militia was formed, it was said that it was to defend the special zone, and everyone was willing to participate, and their enthusiasm was also high, but the emperor's decree was transferred to the border gates, and it would be difficult to recruit people again. This is a militia group, and it doesn't take the food and salary of the imperial court, so why should I force everyone to participate? To put it mildly, Lord Wang trained the militia at the beginning, and also repelled the Qing army, what was the result, transferred back to the palace as a eunuch, if I practiced the militia, maybe I will be stuffed where to fill the stuffing! Hum! ”

Lu Xiangsheng understood what Shang Dayong meant, in fact, Chongzhen relieved Wang Qiang's military power and transferred him back to the palace to be the chief manager, and he also had an opinion, but now that retribution is coming, what can be done about such a master? "Alas!" Lu Xiangsheng sighed deeply, a cool breath came out of his heart, his eyes closed, and his face was full of sorrow. After a while, he opened his eyes and asked, "Where is Lord Wang, I want to meet him." ”

Shang Dayong said without hesitation: "Okay, I'll accompany you to the Zhao Mansion." ”

Shang Dayong accompanied Lu Xiangsheng to the Zhao Mansion, and the family directly invited them to the study of the inner house. As soon as I entered the door, I saw Wang Qiang shaking the folding fan in his hand, standing by the door, his face was full of red light, and he was full of energy, where did he look like a person who had been sick in bed for a long time! Lu Xiangsheng looked at Wang Qiang in surprise, Wang Qiang saw this, and said with a smile: "Don't come to Lu Dashuai." ”

Lu Xiangsheng pointed at Wang Qiang and said, "You, you have really woken up!" ”

"Hahahaha." Wang Qiang smiled and said, "I woke up a long time ago, but unfortunately Dashuai still hasn't woken up." ”

"Oh, what do you mean by that?" Lu Xiangsheng asked suspiciously.

"Sir, please take a seat." Wang Qiang invited Lu Xiangsheng to sit down, and then said: "I guess the marshal is here to see the situation of the militia group, hoping to use the militia group

Help the marshal defend the city together, but is this so? ”

"Exactly. However, I was deeply disappointed when I came this time, this militia is not the other militia, and it cannot be the same day. Lu Xiangsheng shook his head helplessly and said.

Wang Qiang smiled and said: "Hehe, dare to ask the marshal, even if this militia is the other militia, how sure are you that you can hold Beijing?" Even if he really holds Beijing, what should he do? ”

"This? To be honest, Issei wasn't sure, but I didn't even think about what would happen if I really held it. Lu received the grace of the country, since the saint condemned me as a general, I should do my best, do my best, and die to repay the emperor's kindness. Lu Xiangsheng said.

Wang Qiang said angrily: "That's why I said that adults are still in a dream." Li Zicheng now commanded 200,000 soldiers to attack the Beijing division, and Wu Sangui had tens of thousands of elite soldiers stationed in Shanhaiguan, and refused to return to the Beijing division for a long time, watching from across the mountain, and the Shandong garrison was not ordered to enter the king of Beijing Qin, and the Manchu civil and military forces and defending officers and soldiers in the capital were not sure how many people were planning to surrender after Li Zicheng came to invite merit. The emperor is suspicious and perverse, and he has lost the hearts of the people, even he himself knows that his life is not guaranteed, otherwise why hide the prince and the prince in the minister's house, and let you protect the breakthrough. Therefore, I advise the commander not to do this futile act, empty loyalty, and lose his life in vain, and it will not help. ”

Lu Xiangsheng hesitated and said, "Then according to the meaning of Lord Wang, what should I do?" ”

Wang Qiang said: "I know that the emperor has sent the three princes into the adult's mansion, this is the responsibility of the orphan, the marshal should take the responsibility of protecting the young lord as the most important, once the bandits break through the city, protect the young lord to break through, as long as he can leave a little blood for the Ming Dynasty, he is worthy of the emperor." ”

Lu Xiangsheng suddenly realized, patted his head and said: "Lord Wang is reasonable, I actually forgot this section in ignorance, even so, I also hope that the adults will help me and help me rescue the young master together." ”

Wang Qiang smiled: "This is natural. Once the city is broken, the marshal protects the young lord from the east of the city - to break through, General Shang led the Tongzhou garrison and the militia to block the bandits on both sides, and then the marshal evacuated from Tongzhou to the south, and when he arrived in Shandong, he was naturally safe. ”

"Good! It's up to the adults to arrange. Lu Xiangsheng high-fived and said.

Wang Qiang saw that Lu Xiangsheng promised to help protect the three princes, that is, his son to break through, his heart collapsed, he thought of Concubine Li, and couldn't help asking: "By the way, Dashuai, I don't know if the emperor has made arrangements for the evacuation of the queen and other concubines in the palace?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng shook his head and said: "I didn't arrange it, depending on the emperor's meaning, I want these concubines to bury him together." ”

"Tsk, tsk! That's not right. Dashuai you think, although we saved the young master, but if we don't save his biological mother, I'm afraid that we will not be able to explain it when we ask in the future, I think the queen is okay, his father Zhou Kui is powerful, and he will definitely save him when the time comes, and the biological mother of the three princes, Concubine Li, has no one to rescue, I think it is better to do a good thing at home, and save it together with the mother, so that their mother and son can be reunited, better, right? Wang Qiang said.

"This ------" Lu Xiangsheng groaned and said: "This matter is not very easy to do, on the one hand, there is the emperor's will there, and on the other hand, I am a foreign minister, how can I go to Da Nei to find someone, if I lead the troops to rescue, it is really complicit in rebellion, this is a bit difficult." ”

Wang Qiang pondered for a while, and felt that it was indeed reluctant to let Lu Xiangsheng go to save Concubine Li, he hesitated and said: "In this case, when I go into the city to save Niangniang, I am the head of the palace, and it should not be difficult to enter." ”

"Great! If adults can come into the city to help me, I will have no worries. Lu Xiangsheng happily shook Wang Qiang's hand.

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The news that Wang Qiang has recovered and is in charge of the position of the head of the Taiping Sect has been officially announced, and Wang Qiang has finally escaped from the cage, no longer has to hide in the inner house all day long, he began to show up frequently, openly presiding over teaching affairs, and has a feeling of raising his eyebrows.

On this day, Wang Qiang finished breakfast, wanted to go out of the house alone to go to the militia station, he went out of the inner courtyard, walked to the corner of the screen in the front yard, and suddenly turned out of a woman in front of the screen, with a soup basin in his hand, just hit Wang Qiang head-on, Wang Qiang flashed, the woman in order to avoid Wang Qiang also twisted her body, fell to the ground at once, the soup pot also fell to the ground, Wang Qiang quickly leaned over to help the woman up, at a glance, couldn't help but light up, and exclaimed in my heart: "There is such a beautiful woman in my house, how come I have never seen it." He grabbed the woman's hand for a moment

Forgot to let go. The woman was Cai Ling'er who had just received the maid Li'er from the house, Li'er seemed to be frightened, her eyes were flustered, her body shrunk, she looked at Wang Qiang at a loss, and stammered: "I'm sorry, master, Li'er didn't mean to offend the master, I won't dare next time." ”

Wang Qiang saw that the maid was timid and lovely, and he had a bad heart for a while, and wanted to tease her, he reached out and stroked Li'er's pink neck, and said in a dark voice: "Just I'm sorry, I'm angry, sir, let's talk about it, how to coax me to dissipate my anger." ”

Li'er's face suddenly turned red with shame, and she said in a trembling voice: "Master, don't be like this, if your wife sees it, she will beat me to death, please let me go." ”

Wang Qiang's heart fluttered, and he said in his heart: "Listen to this, if your wife can't see you, she is willing to obey." However, he felt that it was not good to hold a maid in the courtyard and let people see it, so he let go and said, "Your name is Li'er, what are you doing in the house now?" ”

"Yes, I was assigned by my wife to help out in the kitchen. I can read and write, but my wife said that there was a chance to arrange another errand for me. Li'er replied softly.

"Oh." Wang Qiang nodded, Xiao Jiujiu already had a plan in his heart, and said with a smile: "Hehe, I was playing with you just now, don't be afraid, okay, you go." ”

Li'er squatted down and said, "Master Xie." After speaking, his face was happy, he glanced at Wang Qiang, picked up the soup basin and turned around and hurried away. Wang Qiang looked at her back, and was stunned for a while, before going out of the house.

At night, Wang Qiang and his wife finished on the bed, and Cai Ling'er was satisfied with Wang Qiang's chest, and the two chatted softly. Wang Qiang gently stroked Cai Ling'er's hair and said sincerely: "These days when I was pretending to be sick, in order to keep it secret, you took care of everything inside and out, and there was still such a big mess in the house, but it was hard for you." ”

Cai Ling'er was praised, proud in her heart, and said: "What's this, you have to do big things, I should also suffer some hardships, these days have not come over, fortunately, I finally got through." ”

Wang Qiang said with emotion: "Yes, the news of my comeback has also been announced, and now no one can do anything to me, I don't think you should be too tired." I plan to select two personal soldiers from the guard to serve by my side tomorrow, and by the way, help me sort out the letters and documents, and share the work with you, and you can also help me. ”

Cai Ling'er thought about it and said: "This inner house is full of female dependents, it is inconvenient for men to go in and out, and men are rough and rough, and it is not a matter for them to serve them in soup and water, I think it is better to find a suitable girl, alas, it's a pity that Lan Ting's girl is gone, otherwise it would be nice to have her to help me." ”

Speaking of Lan Ting, Wang Qiang was also moved in his heart, and said secretly: "Lan Ting is really a good girl, but it's a pity that she is her niece, and she left suddenly for some reason." ”

After a while, Cai Ling'er seemed to remember something, and said, "Hey, that's right! Now there is a suitable candidate in the house, called Li'er, a girl I just received, very clever and sensible, her father is a teacher, so she is also familiar with some writing and ink, this child fled here from the northeast, and wanted to sell herself to save her father, so I took her to the house. ”

"Oh? And this person, so to say, you have done another good deed. Wang Qiang saw that Cai Ling'er had fallen into his trap, and he was secretly happy in his heart, and he complimented Cai Ling'er with words.

Cai Ling'er said: "Hey, what kind of good deeds are not good deeds, look at that girl is strange and pitiful, how can I bear it." But there's one thing you should listen to! ”

"Oh, what?" Wang Qiang asked.

"That girl is a beauty, put it next to you, you are not allowed to move your eyes, otherwise I will not follow!" Cai Ling'er pretended to be vicious and said, and twisted Wang Qiang's shoulder.

Wang Qiang sighed and grinned: "Don't dare, don't dare, with such a beautiful and kind lady as you, where did others get into my eyes." ”

"That's pretty much it." Cai Ling'er smiled and reassured, Wang Qiang's "treacherous plan" succeeded, and he was proud, and the two hugged each other and fell asleep satisfied.

The next day, Li'er was arranged to the inner house, responsible for serving Wang Qiang's diet and sorting out the letters. Li'er is careful and thoughtful, does things in an orderly manner, and soon enters the role, Wang Qiang is very satisfied, while Cailing'er goes out, it is inevitable to move his hands and feet, and the wind and waves - flirtatious, that Li'er is just shy and avoided, and is not angry, and gradually strengthens Wang Qiang's lust and gall, and his hands and feet are becoming more and more unruly, but Cailing'er is very tightly guarded, and he can't really get it, so he is itchy and unbearable.