Chapter 169: The soldiers and horses have not moved, and the news comes first
Beijing City, as the capital of the Ming Dynasty, has gone through more than 200 years, and now, although it has been ravaged by Li Zicheng, and then because of the Manchu Qing Dynasty's soldiers coming to the city, many people who are afraid in their hearts have left here early, but after all, the heritage of Beijing City is still here, and with the pacification policy of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Beijing City soon regained its former glory.
After all, as a large country with a population of 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,0
These people are like underground rats, they usually can't be seen, but up to the first-class officials, down to the peddlers and pawns, no one can do without their existence, so if Beijing is ruled by the yamen on the surface, then secretly it is the world of these people of three religions and nine streams.
Sesame Hutong, a small alley, is called Sesame Hutong because it is indeed the size of a sesame grain in the whole city of Beijing, and another reason is because there is an old shop called Sesame Zhang, the sesame baked cake is good, because it is also a hundred years old, so the people of Beijing City like to come here in the morning to drink a bowl of bean juice and eat a sesame baked cake before starting a day's work.
Early this morning, a customer came to the Sesame Zhang shop, wearing a short robe in a green coat, looking like a descendant of a wealthy family, although the owner of Sesame Zhang did not know what he did, but this customer was an old customer, for several months, he would eat something here every morning before leaving. The people who do business must be very good for the old customers.
"Yo, little brother, here, it's still the same." Meet and smile, this is also the reason why the old Sesame Zhang store has been open for a hundred years.
"Yes, Uncle Zhang, it's still the same, remember that the hotter the bean juice, the better." The man in Tsing Yi said with a smile, and after finishing speaking, he walked to a remote corner of the store, where because of the backlight, he could clearly see the situation in the entire store, but no one else was noticed.
If there is someone from Xi'an, you can find that this person is very familiar, it is Liu Ming, who made the first contribution to Shi Lei's invasion of Xi'an City at that time. Since Liu Ming made great contributions in Xi'an City, he was appreciated by Monkey Er, and then recommended him to Shi Lei, Shi Lei had just returned from Beijing City, and Zhu Zi and others, who had originally collected intelligence in Beijing City, also followed him back to Xi'an, so at this time it was time to need a competent person to go to Beijing City, lead the nightingale, and carry out intelligence work.
Then, Liu Ming, who had just recovered from his injury, was sent to Beijing City by Shi Lei, although on the surface Liu Ming looked like a weak scholar, but he didn't expect that his heart was very wild, that period of fear in Xi'an City, not only did not make him feel afraid, but made him interested in this kind of thing, and then, two months ago, Liu Ming took a group of nightingale's elite to Beijing City, Beijing City at that time, was in troubled times, and the powerful and wealthy Liu Ming and others, Soon the situation opened up in Beijing, and all kinds of information also continued to spread to Xi'an City.
As soon as Liu Ming sat down, he saw a middle-aged man walk into the store in a little panic, and then after looking around, he looked at the man in Tsing Yi with a smile on his face, "Yo, isn't this Brother Liu, what's the matter, it's early today." β
Seeing this middle-aged man, Liu Ming was obviously stunned, and his face suddenly became a little ugly, this person is called Hong Liang, but Liu Ming brought an assistant from Xi'an, usually he is in contact with outsiders, but Liu Ming is hiding in the dark, this is also just in case.
Liu Ming got up and arched his hand and said, "Hey, it's Brother Hong, the younger brother also said that he hadn't seen you in the past few days, and thought that you had gone elsewhere to make a fortune, but I didn't expect to meet here again today, it's really a good fate, come and come, today the little brother is the east, let's have a good chat." β
Hearing Liu Ming's words, that Hong Liang was not polite, so he walked over and sat down, as soon as he sat down, he heard Liu Ming say in a low but very stern tone, "What's the matter, why did you come here directly to take me, don't you know the rules?" β
"My lord, I don't want to do this, but this news is really urgent, if it is a little later, maybe the hometown will suffer a big loss, so the subordinates can only go through extraordinary channels and come here to see you directly, as for the punishment afterwards, the subordinates are willing to bear it alone." Hong Liang said anxiously.
Seeing Hong Liang's appearance, Liu Ming also knew that something very urgent must have happened, so he didn't care about punishing him, "Tell me quickly, what the hell is going on, so anxious." β
"My lord, last night, one of our brothers inquired about a news, saying that since yesterday afternoon, the Manchu army began to make urgent preparations, and I heard that it was going to send troops, after receiving this news, the subordinates originally thought that they were going to send troops to attack Li Zicheng and other thieves in the south, so they didn't pay attention to it, but they tracked it according to the routine, but what they didn't expect was that their target was not Li Zicheng, but their hometown." Hong Liang said.
Hearing Hong Liang's words, Liu Ming's face suddenly flashed a trace of solemnity, he never thought that the matter would be so serious, fortunately, he was able to go to Beijing City to collect intelligence, and he was also a thoughtful person, although he was anxious, he still asked, "The news can't be wrong, is it all clear?" β
"My lord, after the subordinates received this news, they sent all the brothers who could be used, plus those people of three religions and nine streams, and finally it was determined in the mouth of a Manchurian military attachΓ©, this subordinate because of his natural gambling, he has lost dozens of taels of silver in the gambling house this month, and also borrowed usury, in order to exempt usury, he opened his mouth to say the news, I heard that tomorrow the Manchu army will be pulled, so the subordinates can only rush to see you early in the morning." Hong Liang explained.
After listening to Hong Liang's explanation, Liu Ming did not act in a hurry, but still sat there peacefully, until he finished eating and drinking the sesame baked cakes and bean juice, and then said, "Okay, I know about this matter, you have done a good job, this time the punishment will be waived, in addition, you let your subordinates go all out to find out the news, and then report it, don't be afraid to spend money, as long as it is something that can be done with silver, it is worth it." After finishing speaking, Liu Ming slowly left the old sesame Zhang store, and after a while, he saw a few carrier pigeons flying out of a warehouse not far away.
After seeing the carrier pigeons fly away, Liu Ming relaxed, looking at the sun that was still flushed, his face was calm, although this time the matter was very serious, Liu Ming was also worried about Shi Lei, but he knew that the only way he could help his hometown now was to spy on as much information as possible about the Manchurians, so as to avoid the blow of the destruction of his hometown.
When Liu Ming's information was transmitted through carrier pigeons, outside Beijing, a pair of neatly arranged, well-dressed and fierce-looking teams were waiting quietly, not only them, but even the war horses under their crotches also maintained a standing posture, not moving at all. Although they only had 20,000 people, that evil aura made the people around them feel that they were stronger than the hundreds of thousands of Dashun troops in the past. I have to say that in this era, the Manchu Eight Banners are indeed a team with few opponents in the world, if it weren't for the small number of people, maybe they would have captured Shanhaiguan and entered the main pass.
At this time, the leader was the Prince of Yu Duoduo, as Dorgon's younger brother, and also recognized as the most capable prince of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Duoduo was riding on a horse with a confident face, inspecting his soldiers.
"Fourteenth brother, everything is ready, you give an order, go out this time, the younger brother will definitely bring back the head of that Hongguang child to you, so as to relieve my henchmen of the Qing Dynasty, so as to dominate the world and stabilize the country forever." After reviewing the soldiers, Duoduo rode his horse to Dorgon's horse, and then dismounted and saluted, followed by the same young generals, one was Aobai, the other was Sukhshaha, as Dorgon's most important Manchu young man, this time they followed Duoduo, which was also a kind of exercise.
"Okay, good brother, the fourteenth brother is very relieved of you, this time the fourteenth brother believes that you will succeed immediately, so, the fourteenth brother has prepared the last wine for you, waiting for you to come back and drink together, in addition, this time I let you send troops, it is one thing to defeat Hongguang Xiaoer, and the other purpose is to take this opportunity to deter those with ulterior motives, and let them know that our invincible ability will never change, so as to dominate the world in the future and reduce unnecessary casualties." Seeing Dorgon kneeling in front of him, Dorgon's heart was filled with pride.
For Duoduo, Dolgon is really loved, and it is precisely because of this younger brother that he can achieve the position above 10,000 people under one person in the Qing Dynasty, and it is precisely because of Duoduo's heroic and good fighting, whether it is Daishan or Hauge, will honestly surrender to him, in addition, the tragic experience of the three of them since childhood, makes Dolgon feel even more sorry for this younger brother.
Although Duoduo is not very good in political affairs, he is a genius in military affairs, so as soon as Dorgon said it, he understood the meaning, and immediately said with a smile: "Brother Fourteen, don't worry, the younger brother will definitely fight this battle beautifully, and he will definitely not disappoint the fourteenth brother, fourteenth brother, you just wait for the good news of the younger brother!" β
After finishing speaking, Duoduo gave an order, and the 20,000 elites immediately rode their horses and whipped up, rushing towards the west.
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