Chapter 123: The Book of Battle
After struggling for a while, Jiang Chuan suddenly had an idea and said to Liu Ji: "Military advisor, since Duoduo has used arrogant tactics against us, how about we be fooled once?" ”
Looking at Jiang Chuan's shining eyes, Liu Ji said in his heart: "What good idea does the lord have?" ”
Jiang Chuan leaned over and said, "That's what I thought. So he said his thoughts like this, and Liu Ji was first shocked and then admired after listening to it.
"The lord's move is really bold, but if it succeeds, then this battle can be over, and we really have the qualifications to negotiate with Huang Taiji." Liu Ji exclaimed,
"Since the military advisor agrees, then do so." Jiang Chuan slapped the table and said.
"But lord, don't be in a hurry, it's better to wait another day, otherwise it will arouse the suspicion of the Tartars." Liu Ji thought about it and added.
"Cheng, listen to the military advisor." Jiang Chuan readily agreed.
The two men got together again for a long time to discuss various details, sometimes speaking in a low voice, sometimes arguing loudly on some disagreeing issues.
In the end, an hour passed after the two agreed.
Qi Xuan had already looked at the door a few times, and when she saw that the two big guys were busy, she didn't dare to come in and disturb. It wasn't until I heard the end of the conversation between the two that the meal that had been heated several times was brought in.
Jiang Chuan also happened to be hungry, and he didn't take off his armor in a military uniform, and finished eating with Liu Ji and then went up to the city tower again.
After asking Bai Mu, Qing Bing has been very quiet, and there is nothing abnormal.
Jiang Chuan told Bai Mu to continue to monitor and report to him in time if there was any movement.
In the past few days, he has been a little sleep-deprived because of something on his mind and various arrangements. So after going up to the third floor of the city tower, he fell asleep on the low couch, and soon snored loudly.
This man was so tired that he didn't sleep dreaming.
I don't know how long I slept, but suddenly I heard someone calling to me softly, Jiang Chuan suddenly opened his eyes, and his hands grasped the lord's big sword beside him.
When I looked at it, it was Bai Mu.
"What?" Jiang Chuan got up and asked.
"My lord, the Tartars are attacking the city again." Bai Mu Road.
"Let's go, go out and have a look." Jiang Chuan immediately came to his senses, stood up and strode out, and Bai Mu followed quickly.
When I went out of the city tower, I saw that the Qing soldiers attacked the same way as in the morning, basically they collapsed at the touch of a button, and after repeating it several times, they left hundreds of corpses and then collected the troops and returned to the camp.
If it weren't for Liu Ji's analysis, Jiang Chuan would have even thought that Duoduo wanted to take refuge in his side, so he kept giving himself heads.
However, he was even more convinced that the Duoduo envoy was arrogant.
Not to mention Jiang Chuan now, even the middle-level generals like Bai Mu felt that something was wrong.
"My lord, even if the Tartar is sent to death, it is not such a way to die. The last general sees that he is here with the intention of consuming our fortification materials. Bai Mu looked at the Qing troops who had retreated back to the camp in a hurry and said.
"Maybe that's what Dordor thought. Let's continue to monitor, the Tartars come a few times, let's collect a few heads, don't worry about the supplies, there are a lot of these things. Jiang Chuan patted Bai Mu's shoulder and smiled.
Early the next morning, the Qing soldiers attacked the city again as usual, but this time it seemed that the attack could be more violent, so there were more corpses left under the city.
Shang Kexi couldn't figure out what Duoduo was doing, the left and right sides of the siege in the past few days were him and Kong Youde's men and horses, the two men and horses took turns to attack the city, and there were nearly 1,000 casualties on his side.
Those Manchurian soldiers and Mongol soldiers were all there to watch the excitement, and the generals saw him and shouted a few sarcastic and mocking words from time to time, which made him extremely angry, but he couldn't be tough with these people, so he almost held back his internal injuries.
Kong Youde was even more depressed, because the casualties of his subordinates were heavier than those of Shang Kexi's subordinates, so the two of them were in sympathy with each other, and went to Duoduo for fear of offending this master, so he could only complain in private.
Fortunately, after the whole army finished eating at noon, Duoduo beat the drum and gathered the generals to discuss the matter in the big tent of the Chinese army.
The big tent of the Chinese army is quite large, and there is a wide handsome case directly in front of the door, and behind the handsome case is a tiger skin chair, which is the position of the boss Duoduo. At this time, the large chair was empty.
Behind the chair is a large screen made of sheepskin that covers the back tent.
On the east side of the case is a row of weapon racks, on which are inserted with various weapons, and next to it is an armor stand. On the west side of the case, there are various flags and tokens and the boss's seal.
In the open space under the handsome case, there are two columns of generals on both sides.
The generals of the Manchu, Mongolian, and Han tribes entered the big tent one after another, and they all reined in their voices and sat down on their own generals.
From behind the sheepskin screen, a small man in soft armor came out, and shouted: "The handsome man is raised, and the generals are up!" ”
Everyone hurriedly got up and looked at the handsome case, just as they saw Duoduo walking out from behind the handsome case, and then sat on the tiger skin chair, and glanced at the generals with majestic eyes.
"Slaves wait to see the big handsome!" The generals bowed in unison.
"Sit." Duoduo waved his hand, and the generals dared to sit down.
Everyone is proud to be called a slave, and the level is not enough, and if the qualifications are not enough, if you want to be called a slave, you can't do it. This is also a unique scenery in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and it is really the only one for scorpion.
"Our army has been here for five or six days, and it has been attacking the city for three consecutive days, and there have been a lot of injuries, but there has been no progress, let's talk about it, how to fight this battle." Duoduo glanced at the crowd and got straight to the point.
As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at each other, but no one took the initiative to speak, and there was silence in the big tent for a while.
Just kidding, one of your coaches sent people to attack for three days without progress, if we say there is a good way, wouldn't that be a slap in the face? As long as you are not stupid about this kind of thing, you will never take the initiative to speak.
And everyone has heard that this master doesn't seem to have a big heart, if he offends him by speaking today, he will suffer in the future.
Therefore, with this idea, no one took the initiative to offer advice.
Duoduo smiled coldly, and seemed to know what everyone meant, and directly set his eyes on Kong Youde.
"General Kong, you say. In the past few days, your troops have been attacking the city frequently, so you should know something about the thief army and tell me what you think. Duoduo was directly named.
Kong Youde was depressed, he didn't dare to go to this master in private, he didn't expect him to say his heart in front of so many people, that was really to roast himself on the fire.
But he couldn't help but say it, and after hesitating for a moment, he finally got up and said: "The slave thinks that the combat power of this thief army is extraordinary, and the thief den has been built so strong and tall, it is better than that of Datong City. If you want to take this city, you can't do it humanly, and you must bombard it with red-coated cannons to break it. Therefore, the minions thought that when the prince quickly mobilized the red-clothed cannon to come here, he would definitely be able to break the city in one fell swoop. ”
Kong Youde also weighed it again and again, and felt that saying this would not offend Duoduo too much before he dared to speak.
I don't want him to say it as soon as he finished speaking, and before Duoduo could judge, a general on the opposite side got up and scolded: "You dog slave, you are clearly greedy for life and afraid of death, but you are talking nonsense, and you should be executed immediately." ”
When everyone looked at it, it was a young Manchurian general, who was pointing at Kong Youde like a sword and scolding.
But Duoduo seemed to turn a blind eye to this, and put on a posture of watching the play.
Even if Kong Youde could bear it at this time, he couldn't help it, and said with a red face: "Aobai, everyone is a minister of the same court, don't deceive people too much." What Kong said is true, and there have been many injuries to his siege subordinates in the past few days, so why are you greedy for life and afraid of death? If you insult me like this again, Kong will desperately find the emperor to administer justice for Kong. ”
This person is Aobai, a yellow flag, and a Manchurian general who has made great achievements. In that year, he made great contributions in the battle to conquer Phi Island, so he was given the title of "Baturu" by Huang Taiji, which means warrior.
And Ao Bai has always been unruly, strong and irritable, and has repeatedly defeated the Ming army in his years of conquest, so he has contempt for the Ming army. For Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, a Ming Dynasty general who surrendered because of the defeat of the army, looked down on him even more, and often looked for opportunities to find faults.
Kong Youde was bullied by Aobai on weekdays, but he didn't expect that Aobai would dare to insult him in public in the big tent of the Chinese army today, which made him suddenly feel resentful in his heart for many days, and he didn't care about offending people or offending people, and bluntly said that he would ask Huang Taiji to administer justice to himself.
When Ao Bai heard that Kong Youde, the general of the defeated army, dared to use Huang Taiji to scare him, he was even more furious, and he pulled out his knife and was about to cut Kong Youde.
Kong Youde didn't dare to show weakness, and he pulled out his waist knife and was about to rush forward.
People on both sides hurriedly pulled both sides, and the scene was chaotic for a while.
Duoduo, who had been watching coldly, snorted coldly: "You are all good at it, roaring and wielding a knife in front of this king, but when this king does not exist?" ”
After all, Kong Youde's Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty were raised by his stepmother, and when he heard this, he hurriedly put the knife into the sheath, knelt on the ground and said: "The prince forgives the sin, the slave is not disrespectful to the prince, but it is really too much to deceive people, and please forgive the prince!" ”
Ao Bai disagreed, let out a heavy snort, stabbed the knife into the sheath with a big grin, and sat back on the seat, a pair of bull's eyes still staring at Kong Youde.
Duoduo glanced at Aobai, a hint of fierceness flashed in his eyes, and then turned to Kong Youde and sneered: "Since you are a slave, you must have the consciousness of being a slave." The master just beats you and scolds you, and you have to bear it well, otherwise I will help you pick off your head next time. ”
Although Kong Youde knew that Duoduo would not administer justice to himself, when he heard such blatant humiliating words, a huge anger surged up in his heart, his lips were almost bitten, his head was lowered, and his black face turned even redder.
After a while, he raised his head and said slowly: "Thank you for your teachings, the slave knows that he is wrong." ”
Kong Youde's anger Duoduo naturally saw it in his eyes, smiled coldly with disdain, waved his hand and said, "Continue to talk about the siege." “
After such a show, the Han generals basically kept silent, and their faces were not good-looking.
The Mongol generals were not good at attacking cities, so they didn't have any good ideas.
Only a group of Manchurian generals were babbling about various opinions. In other words, it is nothing more than building more ladders and continuing to attack the city. There are not many constructive words such as arranging the overseer team, daring to take a step back and killing without mercy.
Siege was something that the Manchus were not good at until they had obtained the red-coated cannons.
Duoduo frowned, looking at the mess and scolding a bunch of fools in his heart.
At this moment, a personal guard came into the tent to report: "Lord, the thief army in the valley has sent someone to issue a war letter to our army." ”
The generals were still making a fuss just now, and when they heard this, they were stunned at first, and then suddenly burst into laughter, as if they had heard a very funny joke.
Especially Ao Bai laughed the most arrogantly, and his saliva was about to spray on the face of the soldier who reported the news.
Duoduo was also stunned, but soon a smug smile appeared on his face: "How many people came?" ”
"Back to the prince, there are only two of them." The soldier said.
"Okay, the thieves have the guts, let them in." Dodor ordered.
After a while, two swordsmen in iron armor walked in slowly from outside the tent, both of them were dressed in silver armor and hung long swords at their waists, and walked in proudly.
There was a person in front of him, tall and handsome, but recently with a hint of a smile.
And the person behind him had a solemn expression, it was the young general who had come to summon Duoduo last time.
The two of them walked into the big tent proudly, and after a little look, they saw Duoduo on the top of the handsome seat.
Before Duoduo could speak, Ao Bai jumped out first and shouted: "The thief army is so daring, dare to come to my Manchurian tent, aren't you afraid of being chopped into meat sauce?" ”
Moreover, the long knife at his waist was unsheathed and rested on the neck of the swordsman at the head.
The swordsman behind him looked cold, and when he was about to move, he was stopped by his companion shaking his head.
The handsome swordsman led by him laughed loudly, and gently opened the bright waist knife of Ao Bai with his fingers: "It's really funny, your Manchurian tent is not the Longtan Tiger's Den, since we dare to come, of course we didn't take it to heart." But if we lose a single hair on our body, our general will cut off a hand of your delicate princess Gulun Yongmu. If we are missing a hand, then you will wait to collect the body of your princess. ”
As soon as these words came out, the generals were furious, they all pulled out their swords and glared angrily, some people scolded, and the swords were tense for a while, and the two people looked like they were about to be chopped into meat in an instant.
But the handsome swordsman was still not afraid, and he still had that faint smile on his face, as if he had not seen the dangerous scene in front of him at all.
Duoduo sat behind the handsome case and watched coldly, seeing this person so calm and composed, he also felt admiration in his heart, and secretly thought that there were so many powerful people in this small thief's den, and he was a little surprised in his heart.
He did have the idea of beheading these two people in his heart, although he said that the two armies were at war and would not be killed. But in the eyes of Duoduo, the opposite side was simply a group of bandits, unworthy to be placed in the same position as his Manchurian army.
But since the other party mentioned the safety of the princess, he couldn't help but be worried. If the princess really had an accident after killing these two insignificant thieves, then she would inevitably be hated by the emperor, which would be harmful to the ambition of the royal brother Dorgon.
With a decision in his heart, Duoduo waved his hand and said, "The generals will retreat, and they must not be rude." ”
This time, everyone angrily put their knives back into their sheaths and sat back in their seats, but they all stared at the two of them with their eyes, as if they wanted to tear off a piece of flesh from them with their eyes.
The two silver-armored swordsmen didn't seem to notice it at all, and the handsome swordsmen led by them set their eyes on Duoduo, and said with a faint smile: "Dare to ask if this is His Royal Highness Duoduo, the Yu King of the Qing Kingdom?" ”
"This is the king, tell me what you are here for." Duoduo's eyes flickered, and he asked coldly.
"It's better to be famous than to meet, and it's better to be famous than to meet." It is said that Duoduo is a famous general in Manchuria and has a good way of governing the army, and it was really an eye-opener when I saw it today. Haha......" The handsome swordsman did not answer Duoduo directly, but smiled at his partner behind him.
Some of the Manchurian generals heard the ridicule in the other party's words, and some did not, but they saw the other party's unscrupulous and arrogant attitude, and they almost couldn't hold the fire, and they all stared at each other with big eyes and wanted to go up and chop these two arrogant guys immediately.
Duoduo's face was not good-looking, this person was clearly mocking his inability to govern the army, so there was the rebellion of the generals just now, and he stared at the handsome swordsman with a cold smile and said: "Little thief, you dare to be presumptuous in front of this king." Is it true that this king will not dare to kill you? ”
As soon as Duoduo had said a word, a group of armor warriors poured in from outside the tent, and the two swordsmen were surrounded by a bright spear, the tip of which was less than an inch from their throats.