"Jiang Huang anyway, it is great news for the imperial court, the emperor and the ministers are very happy, and sent our family to leave quickly, in order to keep it safe, the lieutenant who set off with our family and carried the general edict with him, and four people, walked separately. However, our family arrived in Datong, and we didn't see other lieutenants arrive, and it seems that most of them were on a business trip halfway. Ma Mingtu said.

Wang Huan nodded to him and said, "Gonggong Ma does things for the imperial court, and he is blessed by gods and Buddhas, and it is reasonable that there is no danger." ”

Ma Mingtu looked sad and sighed: "Hou Ye praised it falsely, where is the blessing of God and Buddha, but our family is lucky, the other four lieutenants are all smart and clever people, they are gone, our family is also very heartbroken, and when I go back to Zhaoqing, I must report to the emperor carefully and do my best for them." ”

He picked up the teacup and sipped his saliva, opened his mouth and said: "Hou Ye, this time I went east, our family stayed in Datong for more than half a month, and saw with my own eyes the fierce strength of the Qing soldiers besieging Datong City, the red-clothed cannon was placed outside the city, and the continuous shelling for days and days was earth-shattering, and the long trench of the siege stretched several times, and the soldiers who besieged the city rushed like a tide every day, and retreated like a tide, covering the ground. ”

Hearing him talk about the Datong War, everyone in the hall immediately pricked up their ears and listened carefully, even the stench on Ma Mingtu's body was gone.

Li Dingguo stood beside Wang Huan, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but ask: "Since my father-in-law said that the Tartars dig trenches heavily, how did you get out?" ”

Ma Mingtu sighed and said: "Datong West Gate, the Qing army left a hole and deliberately let it out, but anyone who is willing to go out of the city and surrender can escape from this gate, and the Tartars outside the city will not only not be embarrassed, but will also treat them well." Every day, people in the city fled from the west gate, if it weren't for Jiang Hao's strict prohibition, he would shoot someone if he found someone fleeing, I don't know how many people would be left in the city. I escaped from a group of people who were deliberately released from the city, otherwise I really wouldn't have been able to get out. ”

Wang Huan and Li Dingguo glanced at each other, and then spoke: "My father-in-law has been in Datong for many days, so you can talk to us in detail about the regulation of the Tartar army." ”

Ma Mingtu thought about it sideways, asked for a pen and paper from Wang Huan's hand, and then lay on the table and draw, explaining while drawing.

"Jiang Huang Anyway, the government and the opposition of the Eastern Emperor were shaken, and the chief Dolgon was anxious, and sent many princes and county kings to lead the Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners to suppress it, and its strength was unprecedented."

"First of all, the British prince Azig stationed in Shanxi was the closest, and he was stationed around Taiyuan, and he reacted the fastest when Datong was anyway, and immediately protected Taiyuan, and fought several battles with the Jiang family's forces, and held the official road of Taiyuan through Guguan to Zhending, Hebei, creating conditions for the arrival of reinforcements from the east."

"In the next month, Boluo, the prince of Duanzhong, the prince of Chengze, the king of Chengze, the king of Qianjun, Wakda, the prince of Doluo, Mandahai, and the prince of Jingjin, Nikan, successively commanded troops to help, gathered around Datong, the size of the army was nearly 100,000, and the righteous army of all parties attached to Jiang Jiu in Shanxi fought together.

"Donglu also transferred a red-clothed cannon, of course this cannon is not as good as my original Ming, but it is also terrifying, dozens of pounds of iron bullets hit the city wall, a dozen is a hole, it is very tight. There are also cannons at the head of Datong City, but there is no red-coated cannon, the shot is not so far, the East Cape can hit the city wall, but the city can not hit the East Captive, very suffered, a few days before I left, the South Gate was also blown down for a while, if it is not for the sufficient firearms in the city, the gap was blocked in time, and I don't know what will happen. ”

"Hou Ye, please see, this is the map of the distribution of the military strength of the Eastern Captives in Shanxi that I have written down, in addition to the gathering of the Eastern Captives around Datong, there are battles in the area from Taiyuan to Daizhou and Fenzhou, Jiang Xuan's nephew Jiang Jianxun led the troops to attack Taiyuan many times, and the chief Nikan has been held back for a long time, and now he must not get out; Liu Qian, the leader of the rebel army, occupied the northwestern part of Shanxi and cut off the road from Xinkou to Taiyuan; Zhao Menglong, the deputy general of Ningwu, took up the first line of the Great Wall according to the Ningwu uprising, and included the passage between Mongolia and Shanxi through the Great Wall; The former Ming Dynasty Ningxia envoy Li Yukui gathered the righteous people, entered and occupied Tongguan, and possessed Puzhou; In general, Shanxi is full of beacon fires, everywhere righteous flags, although the East captured almost the whole country's troops, but still tired to cope, especially Datong under the siege of heavy troops, is a heavy blow to the East Emperor, if the Hou Ye can go east, then echo with Jiang Xuan, why worry about the big thing! ”

"Forever, famous in history, restore my Ming Dynasty, Master Hou, at this time!"

Ma Mingtu said so much endlessly, and he was still unsatisfied, if it wasn't for his body being too weak, he could still agitate his mouth and talk for a quarter of an hour, it seems that Yongli used him to announce the edict, and he really chose the right person.

A word said that everyone was passionate, everyone in Shaanxi, and Shanxi across a Luliang Mountain, the news is not smooth, only know that Shanxi is making a lot of trouble, but I don't know that it turned out to be so bad, Jiang Huang with the power of a province, contained the Qing court's soldiers, listen to the name Ma Mingtu just listed, which is not a famous general in the Jurchen Eight Banners Army, placed in the face of the direction of Nanming, are all generals who can stand alone, but now they are gathered in Shanxi, which shows the severity of the situation in Shanxi.

Everyone focused their eyes on Wang Huan, taking advantage of the chaos in Shanxi, just to attack in a big way, as Ma Mingtu said, things echoed, caught him off guard, and then met Datong, smashed Huanglong, and restored the Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop, isn't it beautiful?

Ma Mingtu also looked at Wang Huan with eager eyes, he made a detour from Shanxi to Shaanxi, in addition to coming to mix a full meal, lobbying Wang Huan to send troops was a main purpose.

Although only Ma Mingtu was talking in the hall, the atmosphere was warm, and everyone felt that the blood was rushing to their heads, and being a meritorious hero and making meritorious deeds was not exactly what the military general wished for in his life? The great opportunity is right in front of you, how can you not be tempted?

But the protagonist in the hall, Da Ming Pingliang waited for Wang Huan, but did not express his position, just stared seriously at the map drawn by Ma Mingtu in a graffiti-like manner, and fell into deep thought.

After a long time, after Ma Mingtu stopped for a long time, Wang Huan slowly raised his head and asked, "Grandpa Ma, you said that Dongyu has a red-clothed cannon?" ”

Ma Mingtu was a little unhappy, and it took me a long time to listen to a "red-clothed cannon"? Do you know the point?

However, he was still patient and replied seriously: "Yes! Dongyu brought a lot of red-coated cannons, which were set up outside Datong City to bombard day and night. ”

"How many cannons are there? Are there any other similar cannons? How much is there? Wang Huan asked.

"This ...... I didn't count them, but there were quite a few of them anyway, at least more than ten. Ma Mingtu recalled for a moment before he replied: "There are many other cannons, but they are not as big as the red-coated cannons, but they are placed in a dense area outside the city, which is bluffing." ”

Wang Huan raised his head and exchanged glances with Li Dingguo again.

Li Dingguo shook his head slightly and did not speak.

Seeing that Wang Huan was silent, Ma Mingtu still asked enthusiastically: "Master Hou, I don't know when I will be able to send troops?" Although Jiang Hao is tenacious and Datong is firm, he can't withstand the siege of the heavy troops in the east, and if he sends troops one day earlier, there will be more hope for success, sooner rather than later. ”

Wang Huan looked at him, put away his smile, and stood up.

He carefully put away the painting of Ma Mingtu on the table, pinched it in his hand, and then glanced at the generals in the hall, his eyes were solemn and serious.

"This matter is not trivial, and it needs to be considered in the long run, otherwise you will lose everything if you are not careful." Wang Huan said word by word: "Ma Gonggong has worked hard from afar, let's go to the guest room to rest first." ”

(End of chapter)