Chapter 189: Seeking a Way Back
A simple "catch the traitor" action solved the threat of Zhu Yousong unknowingly, and I have to say that it is really a trick. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
If Zhu Yousong is not lustful, or his wife is not so strong, and allows Zhu Yousong to take a concubine, Xue Zhen and others If they want to successfully complete the task, they must prepare to storm the Fuwang Mansion, which is very prone to accidents, not to mention, even if the task can be completed, it will have to pay a lot of price, and if one is not careful, it is possible to leave a few brothers inside.
Where will it be as simple as it is now.
Cut off Zhu Yousong's head and put it in a brocade box, and then only need to bring this head back to the capital smoothly, and the task will be successfully completed.
But before that, there is one more thing to do, and that is to make a big fuss about Duo Yanwei.
Xue Zhen and they were too familiar with this kind of thing to sabotage and create riots, a team of more than a dozen people came to a few dozen meters in front of the barracks in the dark, and then a grenade salvo was fired, and the continuous explosion sound immediately blew up the soldiers on duty in the barracks.
Immediately after, a series of chaotic gunshots were heard in the darkness, and several soldiers standing next to the fire were quickly knocked to the ground.
"Enemy attack! Beat the drums and fight! ”
A general called out loudly.
Although it is not known who the enemy is and how many there are, it is best to quickly gather the troops.
"Alright, retreat!"
When the enemy camp was in a commotion, Xue Zhen did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but gave the order to retreat.
The gate of the barracks is only about 400 meters away from the city gate, and Xue Zhen has explained that once there is a situation in the city, the mortars of the third squad will open fire to suppress the enemy barracks.
"Come if you want, leave when you want, how can there be such a good thing! Brothers, chase me! ”
Well, Xue Zhen ignored these people, these people thought they were mountain bandits and wanderers who came to harass them, and when they saw that Xue Zhen and others were about to escape, they were ready to take the opportunity to fight back.
"Mao is handsome! These people are well-trained and well-armed, so they are not easy to provoke at first glance, so it is better to stabilize the military camp first! A general reminded.
I don't know if this person really found the clue, or if he didn't have the heart to fight at all.
"Fart! Labor and management are still afraid of ..........." This general, known as Mao Shuai, just wanted to loudly scold his subordinates.
As a result, before he finished speaking, a burst of artillery drowned out his words.
The mortars on the walls were intimidating..........
With only six mortars, with continuous rapid fire, dozens of artillery salvos were unexpectedly fired.
"Hmm......... The deputy commander said that the enemy was too cunning, rashly pursued and ambushed, and all returned to the camp to defend. In addition, we sent people to the palace to report the battle situation, and hurriedly sent people to Tainingwei and Fuyuwei, saying that we had encountered a night attack by a large army of the Ming army, and there were more than 50 heavy artillery pieces alone, and the number of the enemy's main force was not clear, so the two places hurriedly sent troops to rescue! Mao Shuai re-ordered.
If he was full of pride and ambition before, he was now frightened by the fierce artillery, especially in this dark night, the best thing to do is to honestly huddle in the barracks and wait for dawn.
With the sound of explosions near the barracks, the entire Duoyanwei was in chaos, and explosions and shouts of killing occurred in several places in the city.
Most of the people who were awakened in the middle of the night did not even dare to hold the lamp, and most of them moved furniture out of the house in the dark, blocked the door, and at the same time wore quilts and held kitchen knives, so they stayed by the door all night.
Three auxiliary ministers died at once, and even the prince was missing, Zhu Yousong's wife Helian went crazy directly, and ordered the Royal Forest Army to find Zhu Yousong no matter what, to see people alive and corpses to death.
In the dark night, the common people don't care if you are a defender or an invader, the people in the northeast have always been fierce, if you dare to break in, they will dare to fight with you.
So the chaos in the city became more and more serious, and there were shouts of killing everywhere in the city, at this time, regardless of whether you were a civilian or not, as long as you dared to resist, you would be killed on the spot.
It wasn't until after dawn that Zhu Youzhen's headless corpse and the bodies of a group of Ouchi guards were found in the private houses near the barracks.
At this time, many generals were embarrassed....... How did the prince appear here? And who was the woman who died next to him?
Helian is also embarrassed, if this guy dies somewhere else, it's okay to say, the key is that he died on a woman's bed, and because of the fanfare search, almost half of the residents of Duoyanwei now know about it, and they can't hide it if they want to..........
Fortunately, at this time, someone finally came to report and alleviate the embarrassment in front of him: "Princess Qiqi, the whereabouts of the thieves were found yesterday, according to the results of our investigation all the way, after they left the city, they went straight to the territory of the Ming Dynasty, in addition, their number is not large, not more than 100 people." ”
In fact, the person who came wanted to say that according to the traces left by the other party when he fled, the number of people would not exceed fifty.
But he really didn't dare to report like this, because fifty people turned the garrison of thousands of Duoyanwei upside down, not only killed a prince and three auxiliary ministers, but also forced the seven hundred defenders not to dare to leave the camp.
If he really dares to say such a thing, he will offend the light from all over the world.
"Less than a hundred? Mao Jensen! Didn't you report last night that there were more than 50 heavy artillery pieces alone? And what about these heavy artillery? Zhu Yousong's wife Helian roared angrily.
"This ......... The last general didn't know, but last night's cannon sound was not heard by the last general, and its artillery density definitely exceeded fifty Furlong rapid-fire guns. Mao Yansen argued.
In this case, he must explain, otherwise he lied about the military situation, resulting in the defenders in the city not being able to rescue the prince and several auxiliary ministers in the first place, nor being able to catch a murderer, and the responsibility would be great.
"Princess Qiyu, the minister has heard that in the Ming court, there is an army, although the number is not much, but each can be a hundred, and the artillery they are equipped with is also the most advanced in the Ming court, not only powerful, light weight, and the rate of fire is twenty times that of the Hongyi cannon, just a few artillery, can play the effect of an artillery brigade." A minister reminded.
"Humph! The mourning family doesn't care whether the other party can really be a hundred or not, but the Ming court dares to be so unsightly, and we are not vegetarians! After passing the order, all the cavalry of Duoyan Sanwei immediately went to the border, intercepted this army, and must bring Zhu Lang's head back to the mourning family! "The woman is ruthless, completely reckless.
"Princess, please think again! Now that the Ming court is in full swing, rushing to the border will have unimaginable consequences! ”
What are you kidding, this squad is so powerful, who dares to go to the border to intercept it?
What if the other side still has reinforcements?
"That's it, we have this army in the future, but we can't stand the toss!" Someone chimed in.
Now that Zhu Yousong is dead, and several other auxiliary ministers are also finished, it is clear that the Ming Dynasty is starting to get angry.
At this time, everyone is thinking about how to find a way back for themselves, who is willing to continue to offend the Ming Dynasty, and now the Ming Dynasty is not Zhu Youzhen in power, many Han people are demoted, and they are even trying to find a way to catch Li Hongfei's line.
"The mourning family is not dead! Besides, the mourning family has already sent a message to Prince Heshuoying (Azig), do you think it was the Ming court's army that rushed to Duoyan Sanwei first, or Zhengbaiqi came back first? Helian coldly threatened.
At this time, only by moving out of Azig can this group of people be suppressed.
"The last general will order troops to pursue!" Mao Yansen was the first to speak.
There is no way, his previous "lying about the military situation" has already made the Helian clan angry, and if he doesn't want to make up for it, he may have to be carried here today.
At this time, it's useless to say more, move first, and the rest of the things will be said when you leave Duoyanwei, and when the time comes, it's a big deal to sell personal favors and put some water.
During the march, an adjutant general took the initiative to step forward and said to Mao Yansen: "Mao Shuai, you don't really plan to release the water, do you?" ”
"Why, can't you? With our current person, do you really dare to resist Da Ming? Mao Yansen did not shy away from saying.
The lieutenant general was his confidant, and he was in the barracks yesterday, but fortunately the lieutenant reminded him that he didn't let him chase him out, otherwise Mao Yansen estimated that he would be bombarded by the dense artillery.
So after thinking about it just now, Mao Yansen didn't plan to hide it from this deputy general at all.
The idea in his heart was to block this group of Ming troops first, and then send someone to show goodwill to the other party and let it break out of his encirclement.
"From the humble point of view, this matter must not be allowed, you must know that this trip to pursue, but not only our Duoyanwei, but also the soldiers of the other two guards, not to mention that this is too obvious, just seven or eight hundred of us, can not stop the other party's small team, spread out the discerning people will think in that direction, in case of being caught by the other two parties, with the tyrannical temper of that woman (Zhu Yousong's wife), Mao Shuai, your family members in the city, I am afraid that there will be danger." The adjutant reminded.
Withholding the family members of the generals as hostages is the best means for the ancient authorities to check and balance the border generals.
"So what do you say? Is it really fighting? "Mao Yansen is also in trouble.
He was originally an orphan who made a living by begging, but he was adopted by Mao Wenlong, the general soldier of the Ming Dynasty, and became a small soldier under him, and was given the name Mao Yansen.
Later, Mao Yansen followed Mao Wenlong to fight in the south and the north, and gradually rose to the rank of general under Mao Wenlong, and married a wife and settled in Liaodong.
When the Qing Dynasty was lowered, Mao Shuai was killed, and Mao Yansen was sad and indignant.
Second, when Mao Yansen was busy dealing with Yuan Chonghuan, Huang Taiji quietly sent someone to take his family to Shengjing.
In the end, Mao Yansen had no choice but to descend to the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
Although Mao Yansen surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he listened to his wife's words very much, except for fighting with the surrounding hostile tribes, he almost never fought with the Ming army, even if the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the south of the pass, Mao Yansen also took the initiative to apply to guard Shengjing.
In fact, the thoughts in his heart are very similar to Hong Chengchou, that is, he never attacks his compatriots.
It's a pity that Mao Yansen's movement was not small at the beginning, and when Zhu Youzhen was in power, he had already included it in the must-kill list, so after the defeat of the Manchu Dynasty, in order to save the lives of his wife and children, he could only follow the Manchu tribes and retreat into Duoyan Sanwei.
Now that Zhu Yousong is dead, and the Han ministers have almost been cleaned up, coupled with the fact that the Ming Dynasty is implementing political reforms, Zhu Youzhen has lost his real power, and there seems to be no need for these Han generals to continue to stay here.
Let go of this infiltrated Ming army, sell it to the Ming Dynasty, and maybe there will be a chance to return to the territory of the Ming Dynasty in the future.
However, the words of the deputy general just now also reminded him that his wife and children are still in the hands of that woman, and he has been lonely for most of his life, and now his wife and children have finally made Mao Yansen feel at home, and he must not put his family in danger because of recklessness.
"There is a way to be humble, let's make a big fanfare, pursue all the way, and create as much momentum as possible." The adjutant general proposed.
"You mean........ Act rashly and alert the enemy? No, not only will you not be able to sell the other party's favor, but if the other party doesn't appreciate it, won't you hate us even more in the future? Mao Yansen disagreed.
"Fighting the grass and startling the snake is only the first step, although we don't take the initiative to contact this group of Ming troops, it doesn't mean that we can't send people to Shengjing and contact the Ming army there to come to the rescue!" The adjutant reminded.
As long as this group of Ming troops is alarmed, with the strange hiding methods of these people, they will definitely not be caught in a short time, and the rest depends on whether these people can hold out until the arrival of the Ming army.
"You kid! In this way, the favors that should be given are given, even if this group of Ming troops is finally destroyed, it is none of our business. Mao Yansen was very satisfied with this plan.
It's just that Mao Yansen didn't know that his actions were completely superfluous, Xue Zhen and others had already fled on horseback after Duo Yanwei made a fuss, and there were two intelligence points along the way to help, and they changed horses and people along the way, and in just three days, they successfully entered the territory of Daming.
However, Mao Yansen's proposal of the deputy marshal was not useless, at least he sent someone to Shengjing to report to the Ming army, so that the intelligence department of the second department noticed Mao Yansen, and laid a foreshadowing for stirring up a bigger storm in the northeast in the future.............
At the same time that Xue Zhen and others returned to the capital with Zhu Yousong's head, the domestic situation gradually became clearer.
After Huang Degong returned to Jiangxi, he began to vigorously purge the army, although he did not mention the "encounter" in the capital, but he kicked out several officers who graduated from the Nanjing Military Academy in a row.
Not only that, Huang Degong also withheld Jiangxi's tax revenue in the first half of the year, used it as military spending, and wantonly purchased grain, grass, weapons and equipment.
At the beginning of the Ming Army's Northern Expedition, because the Fourth Army was responsible for staying behind, Zhu Youzhen's promised military expenses for equipment renewal had not been in place, and Huang Degong's interception of taxes to purchase weapons was also reasonable.
After all, it is about to become a congressional system, and it is better to settle the unfinished accounts owed earlier, even if the above blames it, there is enough reason to go back.
But what do you mean by buying grain and grass?
It goes without saying what businessmen hoard grain and grass to make a fortune, and what soldiers do when they hoard grain and grass.........