Pulling Hong Chengchou up, Dolgon patted him on the shoulder heavily, only to feel that his bones were jagged, and he was not as thin as he could say.

"What Hong Xiang said is an old method of planning and then moving, exchanging land for time, letting the hands of the Ming court remove Wang Huan, a strong enemy, and also preserve the strength of my state, leave behind the mess that is sparsely beaten, and stay for a few years, the pigs will be fattened, and we will enter the customs again to pick peaches." Dorgon slowly walked back to his seat, and as he went, he said, "This is a good plan, and it is a way out. ”

He lifted the hem of his robe and sat down: "The emperor of the Ming Dynasty is mediocre, and the ministers are also a group of party bureaucrats who only seek personal gain, and the court is intrigued and dirty. This is the feasibility of Hong Xiang's plan, but despite this, the Ming Dynasty monarchs and ministers may not be able to help Wang Huan, if this wolf is ambitious, far-reaching, and has the heart of Ming, we let out of the pass, isn't it in its arms? ”

Hong Chengchou smiled slightly, and said: "The regent doesn't know, the Han family is Confucian, the most important word is loyalty and filial piety, plotting the dynasty to usurp the throne, and the second minister is against the thief, everyone scolds, although Wang Huan is domineering, he definitely does not dare to betray the Ming court!" ”

Dolgon's eyebrows jumped, and he said curiously, "What do you mean by that?" ”

"This fang started an incident, relying on his stepmother Qin Liangyu." Hong Chengchou said: "When he fled from Yangzhou and returned to Sichuan, he had no long things and was poor, but Qin Liangyu accepted him as his righteous son, and he had a lot of help to get to where he is today." Qin Liangyu can be described as a grace of reinvention to him, and this fang is also like his own parents to Qin Liangyu, with great courtesy, and he dare not disobey. After the Ming court failed to assassinate him, he sent Princess Changping to him as his wife, obviously if he couldn't kill him, he would rely on marriage to use it. But Qin Liangyu agreed, and he didn't dare to object, which shows this fang's feelings for Qin Liangyu. Everyone in Sichuan knows everything about this matter, and they can know it if they ask. ”

Dolgon nodded: "This king has also heard that Wang Huan is very respectful to Qin Liangyu. ”

"And Qin Liangyu is a heroine, Rong Ma all her life, she can be said to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty court, even if her husband was killed by the mine supervisor back then, she is still loyal to the monarch and the country, and she leads the troops without hesitation, and even her only son died on the battlefield, but now although she is old and frail, she can't get on the horse, but she still kneels facing the south every day, bowing to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, which shows Qin Liangyu's loyalty." Hong Chengchou said with appreciation: "Lord Wang, think about it, with such an adoptive mother here, can Wang Huan rebel against the Ming Court?" He has this plan, Qin Liangyu is the first to raise troops against him! No matter how fierce Wang Huan is, can he fight Qin Liangyu? ”

Man Dahai listened to it, laughed, and shouted: "In this way, this is just like what you Han people say in your Han book, that Yue Fei, knowing that the emperor wants to kill him, has to go back and let people cut people?" ”

"Exactly." Hong Chengchou said with a straight face: "It doesn't matter if it's stupid or stupid, Confucian disciples, there has been no shortage of such characters for thousands of years!" ”

Man Dahai waved his hand disapprovingly: "We can't learn this set, a good man should be happy to be revenge, what is such a good or bad thing?" ”

Hong Chengchou smiled, arched his hand, and did not talk to Man Dahai again.

Dolgon's face was solemn and groaned for a while, before he raised his head, frowned at Hong Chengchou and said: "Hong Xiang, this king thinks about it, or should he spend another time here, after all, it is by immediate effort to fight the world, if you can defeat Wang Huan in one battle, go to this leader, the rest have no reliance, you can break them one by one, this world, or ours!" ”

"However, Hong Xiang's plan can be used as a backup. Hong Xiang, you can get this king to return to Beijing to meet the emperor, after getting the emperor's holy decree, a capable person as an assistant, operating the preliminary matters of retreating to the outside of the customs, now all the Eight Banners Army are gathered in the North Zhili area, once there is something, you can go north out of Shanhaiguan in a few days. ”

"This is the end of the matter! Victory, the Qing Dynasty reigns over the world; Defeated, it is only to return to Liaodong, the Central Plains was not the land of my state, there is no pity! ”

Dolgon's giant palm slapped on the table, and he made a powerful conclusion.

Man Dahai and Hong Chengchou hurriedly stood up, knelt down with their hands crossed, and responded: "Huh! ”

……

In Datong City, the East Gate Arrow Tower.

A small half of the towering arrow tower was destroyed, the remnants of the bricks fell to the ground, the roof of the eaves collapsed, standing in the arrow tower, you could see the sky, and the blue bricks of one wall also collapsed, revealing a big hole.

This kind of destructive power should be the masterpiece of the red-coated cannon, on a small hill directly opposite the east gate, there is a red-coated cannon, which was dragged up by the Qing soldiers with the effort of their old noses, and the muzzle of the black hole is facing this side, and the cannon is fired regularly every day.

In the morning, a cannon was fired every half hour, and at noon it stopped, and after lunch, it started again, and it was still fired every half an hour, until the unitary hour, and then it stopped.

When the cannon is fired, the cannon sounds like thunder, the sound shakes the earth, and the roar of the huge iron bullet flying past can make people's hearts jump out nervously, and each iron bullet can hit a target, after all, Datong City is too big, and you can hit anything you want.

Jiang Hao had already mastered this law, and when the hour had passed, and the sky had not yet darkened, he ventured to the arrow tower.

With an unobstructed view of the outside of the city, it's a great vantage point to peek into.

Jiang Jiu was wearing the iron armor of an ordinary soldier and an eight-petal helmet, accompanied by several cronies and generals, leaning on the broken wall tiles, raising his eyes and staring outward.

Outside several deep trenches and wooden walls, the large camp of the Qing army is continuous, such as a city composed of camp tents, around the city of Datong, the flagpoles in it are lined up, the towers of Diao Dou are densely packed, all kinds of flags are waving in the wind, the neighing of people and horses can be heard in the distance, and even when the wind is down, you can also smell the fragrance of the food of the Huotou army.

But at this time, obviously there was only the smell of gunsmoke, Jiang Hao opened a charred beam that blocked the view, and carefully observed for a long time, he didn't have a good thing like a clairvoyant, only by eyesight.

Several of the generals who came with them were also watching carefully, and after looking at one side, they switched to the other side, their eyes wide in the darkness.

After watching it for a long time, a few people retreated, and when they retreated, they were still light-footed, for fear of alarming the Qing soldiers outside, and it would be all over with a single shell.

Come down to the city, and come to a cave under the wall, where there is no one else, with candles lit, and a table with a map on it.

Jiang Hao led people here, and under the reflection of the candlelight, there was a slight joy in the bloodshot eyes.

"Do you see it all?" He asked, a slight trilling tone in his tone.

"I see it clearly!" Several people replied in unison, they were not as depressed as Jiang Jiu, they were all excited: "There are fewer flags in the Qing army camp!" ”

"There are several other flags in the camp that are empty, there are flags on the surface, but there are no fireworks, and it is dinner time, and if there is no fire, it means that there is no one inside."

"The Qing soldiers patrolling outside the trench are not as frequent as before, and it takes a while for cavalry to move."

"It's been a long time since I've been attacking the city during the day, it's been ten days this month, and I haven't even attacked once."

"Looking at it this way, is there really something wrong outside?"

The Qing army besieged the city for more than half a year, Datong was isolated inside and outside, at first there were still dead soldiers who risked death to break out, and later the Qing army built wooden walls, dug long trenches, dug several heavy ground, besieged on all sides, and it was difficult to get out of the city again, Jiang Hao was like a blind and deaf man, I don't know how the sun and moon are outside.

(End of chapter)