In the valley of the White River, although the winter sun hangs in the air, the cold wind blowing from the north pours into the valley, blowing the flag hunting sound, so that the soldiers walking in the valley have shrunk their necks.

On both sides of the valley, the snow has not yet melted, and the distant peaks and wilderness are covered with thick snow, and the trees are full of long icicles, all telling that winter is not over.

At this time, a long procession of miles was marching through the winding valley, and from time to time there was the hungry howl of wild wolves from the mountains, and the earth seemed particularly bleak and desolate under the heavy snow.

It is seventy or eighty miles away from the entrance of the White River in the south, and when it reaches the boundary of Henan, the Ming army of more than 30,000 people marches forward in formation, each soldier is wearing a white cloak to resist the invasion of the cold wind, and the white also blends with the surrounding snow.

In addition to the infantry army, there was also a cavalry of more than 5,000 people, galloping in front, and was rapidly advancing towards Xinye County to the north.

This army, it was at the mouth of the river to defeat the Qing general Xu Erxian's 10,000 horses and horses of the Zhongyong Town, the rampant horse army and the Eight Banners surrendered troops, after they cleared the Qing army camp at the mouth of the river, they notified Xiangyang Hao to shake the banner, and on the other hand immediately marched north, preparing to take advantage of the Qing army's unpreparedness to seize Xinye.

Xinye is located in the south of Nanyang, located in the strategic artery between Henan and Huguang, and is an important passage between the north and the south.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, Wancheng is now Nanyang, Zhang Xiu surrendered to Cao Cao, Liu Biao of Jingzhou arranged Liu Bei in Xinye in order to resist Cao Cao, and Cao Cao went south to capture Jingzhou, but also took Xinye first.

For the Ming army, taking Xinye is also a crucial step, not only can the Ming army's defense line be pushed from Xiangfan to the front line of Henan Xinye, Jiangbei is forced to give up hundreds of miles of land can be reused, but also can open the southern gate of Henan, the Ming army can then attack the Nanyang Basin, and use it as an important base for the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains.

The reason why the Qing army entered Huguang from Henan and plundered this time was to bring 30,000 infantry into Nanyang and Xinye to ensure that this key point was controlled in their own hands, so that the Qing cavalry that entered Kou Huguang would not be trapped in Huguang and could not get out.

Time to the end of December, the New Year is coming soon, the beginning of spring, the weather is bound to warm, the upper reaches of the Han River will be thawed recently, the Qing cavalry that plundered deep into Huguang will inevitably withdraw to Henan before the ice melts, although Dai Zhifan has notified Hao Shaoqi and asked him to send troops to block at the entrance of the river valley, but whether it can stump more than 25,000 Qing cavalry, Dai Zhifan is not sure, so he must take Xinye as soon as possible.

The army marched for two days, and had already entered Henan from the Huguang territory, which was also the first time that the Ming army set foot in the Central Plains after four years since the fall of the Hongguang Dynasty.

At this time, the Ming army Tanma informed that the army had arrived thirty miles south of Xinye, and Dai Zhifan saw that the army had been running for two days in a row, and the soldiers were exhausted, so he asked the soldiers to rest on the spot.

The 35,000 horses and horses were extremely tired, and the soldiers could not make a fire, so as not to find out about the Qing soldiers who were released by Xinye, so they could only grab a handful of snow and eat a little dry food, so they set up a simple tent, and more than a dozen people huddled together to keep warm, and fell asleep, while Dai Zhifan found more than a dozen generals, including the Qing generals, to come over and discuss how to attack Xinye City.

Several guards nailed a few wooden sticks to the ground, surrounded them with cloth, blocked the cold wind blowing from the north, and pushed a large cart in, and laid out the map on it, which was the temporary command post.

Many generals formed a half-circle around the car, and the conditions were limited, so they could only bow down to watch.

"Judging from the information in the captives, there are still fifteen thousand green battalion soldiers in Xinye City, in addition to five thousand people in the direction of Nanyang. Nanyang is not going to think about it now, the key is how to win Xinye? Although we have an advantage in troops, this march did not carry siege equipment, not even Franc machines, and the hard attack could not be taken for a while and a half, and I don't know if Hao Shaoqi can block Azig, so this battle can only be quickly resolved, and can only be outwitted. ”

Everyone nodded after hearing this, in fact, a consensus had been reached before, Dai Zhifan saw this and continued: "This time we sneaked thousands of miles, the picture is a surprise, since the Qing army at the entrance of the river valley is defenseless against us, and it was broken by a surprise attack, presumably the Qing army in Xinye City, the defense is also very lax, and we will not expect us to suddenly kill." Everyone thinks that we should outwit it, let's talk about it. ”

Outwitting is nothing more than using tricks and deceit, this is actually obvious, and everyone's eyes are on a few Qing army generals.

Seeing this, Dai Zhifan also looked at Zhang Cunren and Tan Tai on the side, "General Zhang, let's talk about it!" ”

Zhang Cunren is a Han Chinese, why did he betray the nation and surrender to the Manchu Qing Dynasty next to infamy, there are nothing more than two things, one is that he was afraid of death at the time, and the other is that he has enough interests, and those who believe in these two articles can also betray the Qing court again because of these two articles.

They served the Qing court before, and the Ming Dynasty promised many benefits, and they never rebelled against the Qing court, and the reason is also very easy to explain, that is, the conditions did not meet the first of them.

The performance of the Ming Dynasty is too decadent, the Qing Dynasty wants to win the world, even if the Ming Dynasty promises the reward of the duke and the prince, they will not get on the car, and they can't dig them, because they are not willing to be for the immediate benefit, and with the Ming Dynasty to perish, but at this time, the situation is different, Nanjing, the national situation is reversed, and the Ming Dynasty will not necessarily be finished, as long as they are guaranteed to be safe, and there are certain interests, then they are not for the world, not for the people's livelihood, only for their own people, change the boss, is not a big problem.

Besides, Tan Tai and some of the Manchurian Eight Banners, in fact, you can also use the above two, Manchu people are also people, there are scum in any nation, and the Eight Banners, this system, is not a nation, not a combination of culture and thought, but an interest monster over the nation created by the old slave with the binding of interests.

More than 10 years ago, the wives and concubines of fathers and eldest brothers, sons and brothers can inherit, women and children are regarded as property, tribes are often annexed, and there are few feelings of family and country, they defect, but will not be like the Han people will have some moral, family and country suffering, but more simply.

Zhang and Tan's family members were killed, to say how sad it is, it is not simple, in history, there are not a few people who surrendered, and there are not a few family members who have been killed, and not many people have committed suicide because of this.

The reason why the two of them, as well as many bannermen, are now serving the Ming Dynasty is that just like Hong Chengchou can't live no matter what, they have no way back. In East Asian culture, or in this region influenced by Chinese culture, even if you are defeated and captured, and you contribute to the country, people ask why you don't die, and most people don't understand it, let alone surrender to the enemy.

In the current situation, Dolgon is bound to kill Tan Tai, in order to deter people's hearts, of course, as the situation changes, when the Manchu Qing Dynasty is about to finish, the Qing court's attitude towards Tan Tai will definitely change again, just like the Yongli Dynasty in history continued to write letters to Wu Sangui, Dolgon or the Qing court will continue to win over Tan Tai, but as mentioned earlier, like Wu Sangui, since the Qing court is about to finish, it is even more impossible for Tan Tai to serve the Qing court anymore.

At this time, on the side of the Ming Dynasty, although Wang Yan used a little cleverness to Bolo and others, he was very preferential to the Qing generals who really chose to surrender.

He is here to set a model and show the generals of the Qing court that the Tong family was known as the Tong Half Dynasty in the Qing Dynasty, and Wang Yan still gave great use to Tong Tulai who chose to stay, and Tan, Zhang and other Eight Banners also received preferential treatment, in order to divide the Qing court.

For the Eight Banners to surrender troops, no matter what Wang Yan's purpose is, for them, first, they don't have to die, and second, they still have a reward for meritorious service, which is enough.

Zhang Cunren listened to Dai Zhifan's words, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "Returning to the country, every few days, the Qing army will transport the materials looted by Huguang to Xinye. ”

Dai Zhifan also meant this, and immediately nodded happily and said, "Then the town will hand over this matter to you!" ”

(The editor just contacted me, if nothing else, there will be a recommendation recently, so wait for Sunday to add more, let me save some manuscripts!) ）

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