After Zhu Cihong finished speaking, he picked up the letter and looked at it, it was a letter sent by Li Chengdong, the old general of Xuzhou Town, and others, saying that he was willing to enlarge the army into the city anyway, but there were eight banners in the city, and the four gates were blocked by stones, so it took some time to prepare, so please Zhu Cihong give them a little more time.

After reading the content of the letter, Zhu Cihong was even more complacent, the prestige of the Ming Dynasty for more than 270 years, the golden signboard of the Son of Heaven, how could Gao Jingzhong be compared to a grass coward.

Chen Zilong saw Zhu Cihong's expression and said, "Your Majesty, Gao Jingzhong definitely doesn't want to see us go too well, but he shouldn't want us to have any accidents." This is just like Your Majesty, who now doesn't want to see the Western Wei Dynasty defeated by the Qing army. ”

Zhu Cihong frowned and sat up straight, "What do you mean by the Qing family?" ”

Chen Zilong saluted and said: "Your Majesty, what the minister means is that since the Western Wei Dynasty has sent someone to send news in this regard, it must have received some rumors, and Your Majesty still has to be vigilant!" ”

Zhu Cihong frowned, was silent for a while, and began to calculate in his heart, "Gao Jingzhong Yang Yan went on an eastward expedition, but the men and horses were blocked in Puzhou, and when I saw that my army had recovered Lianghuai, I was jealous of me. He didn't want me to recover Beijing, which was a certain thing, but I couldn't stop at the great cause of recovering because of Gao Jingzhong's intelligence. Don't I have a brocade guard? Gao Jingzhong still has some brains, and he can't expect a piece of information to stop me in Xuzhou. Therefore, the Western Wei may indeed have sensed the movements of the Qing army, and was worried that I would be defeated and drag down the Western Wei's Eastern Expedition, so such a news was transmitted. ”

Thinking of this, Zhu Cihong couldn't help but be a little annoyed, Gao Jingzhong obviously looked down on me! He was blocked by the Qing army, and he actually came to worry about me, which is really ridiculous. Besides, even if the Qing army really came, so what? Am I scared?

Zhu Cihong's face changed, and after half a sound, he said in a deep voice: "My army has arrived in Xuzhou, and the soldiers threaten Beizhili, Shandong, and Luoyang to the west, Dolgon is indeed impossible to be indifferent, and it is very likely that he will draw troops and horses to stop me, but the Qing family does not have to worry too much, the army is all the way north, and the morale is high, even if the Qing army comes to help, my 300,000 army is not afraid." Of course, there is still to be a precaution, the Qing family sent an order for me, let Fang Guoan pay attention to the direction of Henan, and then send a group of soldiers and horses to cross the canal, as an outpost for the army, monitor the north, and warn the army. ”

Chen Zilong nodded, "The minister knows!" ”

Zhu Cihong bowed slightly, stood up, and said in high spirits: "Hmph, I will be able to take Xuzhou in a few days, and then I will go down to Shandong, and the overall situation will be decided." ”

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In the city of Xuzhou, King Nikan and Tong Tulai and others gathered together to discuss the situation worriedly.

In Nikan's study, candlesticks were lit, several figures were printed on the windows, and the soldiers of the Eight Banners stood with swords outside.

"Lord Wang, now that Zhu Cihong has more than 200,000 troops besieging the city, the army in the city is unstable, if there are no reinforcements, the situation is not good!" Tong Tulai said with a melancholy face.

Nikan said with a gloomy face: "Don't panic, this king has already asked people to block the four gates and closely monitor the generals of the green battalion in the city, as long as the Ming army does not attack the city, Xuzhou will not have a problem for the time being." ”

Tong Tulai said: "But Zhu Cihong saw that there was no reaction in the city, and he would definitely not drag it out forever." The prince asked Li Chengdong to write a letter and delay time, it was indeed a clever plan, and the Ming army did not attack the city, but Zhu Cihong would lose patience sooner or later, when the Ming army attacked the city, he was afraid that the green camp in the city would fake it! ”

Gang Atai also said: "If the Ming army attacks the city, and there is a green camp in the city, the city will be difficult to defend." ”

Nikan had no choice about this, he was speechless for a while, and then sighed and said: "Now I have to drag it first, how long can I hold it, if I can't hold it, then select the elite first, go out at night to sneak attack once, frustrate the sharpness of the Ming army, and then defend until the regent's reinforcements arrive!" ”

Tong Tulai, Gang Atai and the others nodded, and this can only be the case for now.

"Lord Wang, how can the generals of the green battalion in the city control it?" Tong Tulai said again.

Nikan frowned, "Gather them to discuss the matter, first eat and drink well, these wall grass, as long as the regent's reinforcements come, they won't dare to do anything wrong." ”

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Outside the city of Xuzhou, the flag is flying, covered with people from all walks of life of the Ming army, full of the accents of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Lianghuai, and the north and south of the Yangtze River.

The forbidden army of the Ming court, the Ming army of Jiangbei, the green battalion soldiers anyway, and the people who were recruited gathered around Xuzhou, and the camp spread as far as the eye could see.

Zhu Cihong's station, close to the Grand Canal, the Chinese army erected his Daxu flag, and the emperor's various honor guards were here.

Although the Ming army was numerous, there were few cavalry, and the horse army of the Qing army still had a great deterrent effect on the Ming army.

After receiving the report from the Western Wei State, Zhu Cihong did not want to receive this situation, but the Ming army still made corresponding precautions, not only sent troops and horses to the front, as an outpost, sent out a detailed work to collect the movements of the Qing army, but also let the army strengthen the camp.

At this time, outside Zhu Cihong's big tent, there were many torches and heavy guards, and several generals in the tent were reporting military information to Zhu Cihong.

In the big tent, the high-spirited emperor sat on the throne and raised his hand and said: "Jingguo Gong, Gao Ge Lao, the two Qing families came to find me together, is there anything important?" ”

Huang Degong directly hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, now that the air is getting cold today, the army must take Xuzhou as soon as possible." ”

"The city said that Nikan is very careful, but Li Chengdong has already planned well, and within three days, he will definitely do it, and the Qing family doesn't need to be too anxious!" Zhu Cihong smiled, looking very calm.

Huang Degong said: "Li Chengdong has been delaying for several days, and if it drags on, the canal will freeze, and it will be extremely ineffective against us, and the minister is really worried." ”

Gao Mingyu said: "Your Majesty, today was the agreed date, but Li Chengdong delayed it for another three days, and the minister also felt that it was inappropriate. The Duke of Yasukuni is ready to attack the city, and if Li Chengdong really has the intention to do so, he will cooperate with Yasukuni for a kilometer, and it is not necessary to rely on him to sacrifice the city. ”

Huang Degong immediately clenched his fists and said arrogantly: "Your Majesty, if Li Chengdong is willing to be the internal response, the minister will definitely be able to break the city!" ”

Zhu Cihong couldn't help frowning, Huang Degong and Gao Mingxuan were both people he relied on, both of them said so, Zhu Cihong was a little shaken, he was about to speak, but there was a sudden commotion outside the tent.

"Your Majesty is camping, what's the noise!" Huang Degong walked to the curtain and couldn't help but shout.

"Guogong, a camp to the south has been attacked!" The off-the-books soldiers hurriedly reported.

Huang Degong's face changed, and Zhu Cihong in the tent heard the voice, and got up from his seat suddenly, and said angrily: "What's the matter? ”

When the next group came to the tent, they saw a camp in the south, bursting with flashes of light, and there was a faint explosion ~~~~~

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