Luo Jian and the others were preparing for the battle, but Duoduo was furious in the temporary marshal's mansion in Tianchang County.

Yesterday, he received news that the Azig Department of Prince Heshuo on the left was progressing very smoothly, and had already defeated the main force of the Dashun Army and was advancing towards Jiujiang, while the Zhun Tower Department on the right was attacking and advancing in the direction of Huai'an, and it was also attacking the city and plundering the land, which was unstoppable.

And his middle road was blocked in Yangzhou, not an inch inch, if the court learned of this, it will come to reprimand. If so, how could the haughty Duoduo accept it?

Now the situation in Yangzhou City is unknown, Kong Youde once swore to himself that Gao Qifeng and others would get rid of a few people in the strange car, but five or six days have passed, and there is still no news. More than 100,000 troops have withered and gathered in the land of Tianchang projectiles, and the daily cost of money and food is already days, once it drags on for a long time, the morale of these newly attached Han troops will inevitably be unstable.

As soon as he thought of this, Duoduo felt that the fire was rushing upwards, and yesterday a subordinate accidentally spilled water and was cut in two by him with a knife.

was about to ask people to recruit Kong Youde to come, but he heard someone come in and report that Kong Youde, the king of Huaishun, wanted to see him. Duoduo was overjoyed when he heard this, thinking that this Kong Youde was afraid of himself, and under normal circumstances, he would not take the initiative to come if he was not recruited, could it be that the matter in Yangzhou City had been resolved?

"I've seen Prince Yu." Kong Youde stepped forward and saluted.

"Don't be polite, tell this king what the situation is?" Duoduo was in a hurry.

"Prince Qiyu, the situation is not good, Gao Qifeng in Yangzhou City has been killed, and Li Qifeng has also been arrested." Kong Youde said stubbornly.

"What do you say? My army has been waiting here for so many days, and this is the result? Duoduo was so angry that he grabbed a pen wash on the desk and smashed it at Kong Youde, but because his hand was shaking badly, he didn't hit it, and the pen wash bounced a few times on the thick carpet in the tent, and it still cracked into several petals.

Kong Youde knelt on the ground and didn't dare to move, peeked at Duoduo, saw that his anger had decreased slightly, and said tremblingly: "Prince Yu, please calm your anger, although we failed to assassinate a few people in the strange car, we are not without gains." ”

"Come on, what's the catch?" Duoduo said angrily.

"The day before yesterday, I sent two spies into Yangzhou City..."Kong Youde hurriedly told Wang Si and Feng Erbao about the before and after they entered Yangzhou City. Hearing that the two spies had brought back the man who had been in the strange car, Dodor hurriedly asked, "Where is this Reifot now?" ”

"Prince Qiyu is waiting outside the door."

"Pass him in."

The guards walked into Duoduo's marshal mansion with a trembling Lai Fu, walked up to Duoduo and said to Lai Fu, "Hurry up and meet the prince!" And he withdrew.

Lai Fu knelt on the ground and saluted Duoduo, and said, "Little Lai Fu has seen Lord Yu", lowered his head and stopped talking.

"Lai Fu, you look up!" Duoduo stared at Reifou like an eagle.

Lai Fu only felt that his heart was beating hard, and he thought carefully about Luo Jian's confession that night, asking him to tell the truth when he met Kong Youde or Duoduo, and to tell everything he saw without reservation, otherwise he would not be able to gain their trust. Thinking of this, his heart settled down a little, and he glanced up at Duoduo.

"Which part are you from? And how do you get into that strange car? What's going on inside the strange car? In his eagerness, Dordor asked a lot of questions.

"The small one is the small flag in the army of Mr. Xu, and that day Mr. Xu ordered the little ones to inspect the strange car..."Lai Fu stammered and recounted how he was captured and escaped.

When Duoduo heard this, his brows tightened, he glanced at Kong Youde, and said, "What are you still kneeling on the ground for?" Get up and speak, Lai Fu, and you also get up and talk back. ”

Kong Youde got up from the ground, but because he had been kneeling for a long time, his legs were numb and he almost fell.

Duoduo pondered for a long time before he said, "Come, bring two stools." The soldiers brought two stools, and Duoduo pointed to them and said, "You both sit down and talk." ”

Kong Youde went to the stool and sat down, but Lai Fu trembled and said: "The little one doesn't dare, how can there be a small seat in front of Prince Yu?" ”

"If you sit down, you will sit down, where is so much nonsense!" Dodor was getting impatient.

"Little one, thank you Lord Yu." Lai Fu moved to the edge of the stool, and sat on the stool with half of his buttocks.

"Lai Fu, you have been in the strange car, what is the situation of the strange car, tell me in detail."

"Back to the prince, after the little one was caught in the strange car, the person in the car took out something that seemed to be handcuffs and put it on the small one. When those few people went down, the little ones had also earned, but they couldn't move at all, as if they were made of stainless steel. If the man hadn't freed him up when he had entered the city, the little one would not have escaped. "Lai Fu went south and north, his eloquence was already good, and now he was at ease, and he spoke very smoothly.

"The little one saw that the firearms they had made were all black, and they were made of steel, and their mouths were much smaller than those of firearms, and the bullets they used were golden all over." Reifou gestured with his hand again to the size of the bullet.

"The little ones saw that the people put this bullet in a box and placed it on the firearm to shoot, and the bullet case would pop out when it was fired." Raffle had carefully described what he had seen, and Dodor frowned.

"How many more bullets do you see in that car?" This is what Dordor cared about the most.

"The little one only saw five or six boxes in the car, and the bullets were taken out of that box." Lai Fu gestured again to the size of the box.

"The little one also saw two boxes in the car, which were filled with sky-shaking thunder, and I heard them call them grenades, and the little ones saw them blow up the red-coated cannon with the grenade."

Before Lai Fu's words fell, Duoduo hurriedly asked, "Only two boxes?" ”

"The little one doesn't dare to deceive the prince, the car is not loose, except for these boxes, there are also a few bags of things, which seem to be packed with luggage and the like, and the others can't accommodate more things, and the small ones only see so much." Lai Fu told the truth.

"If you have a lie, you will not forgive it! Have you ever seen any strange things about those people? Duoduo stared at Lai Fu and said, what he was most worried about was that Luo Jian and the others were really gods descending from heaven, so everything would be over.

"The little ones don't dare, the little ones don't see that those people are dressed differently from us, and there is nothing strange about them, except that they use firearms quite powerfully, and the little ones don't see any fairy means for a few people." Reifold understood what Dordor meant, and hurriedly said what he saw, with Andordor's heart.

"When the little one was begging in the streets, he had heard that the angel surnamed Luo had been blessed by the true gods, and that the assassin sent by Gao Qifeng had shot him in the chest with a strong bow from the army, and that the arrow had been fed with poison, but he was unharmed. The little one didn't believe it, the little one had seen a few people wearing helmets in the car, and the arrows couldn't penetrate it, and he thought that the angel of Naro must be wearing similar inner armor, so it couldn't hurt, and it wasn't blessed by the true god or something. "It is not difficult to inquire about the assassin's shooting of Luo Jian, and there is no need to deliberately conceal it, but you can be trusted by saying it.

"Well, Lai Fu, what do you think can do to resist that strange car?" Hearing that Reifold had said in detail, Duoduo had already believed most of it, and then asked again.

"Back to Lord Yu, the little one thinks that the strange car is invulnerable, and the non-red-clothed cannon can't destroy it, but the little one sees in the car that this strange car is also driven by people, and its four wheels are also similar to the carriage." Lai Fu said carefully.

When Duoduo heard this, he immediately groaned, but Kong Youde stood up and said to Duoduo: "Lord, when I heard Lai Fu say this last night, I thought that my army would gather in Tianchang County, and it would not work after a long time. Speaking of this, he glanced at Reifou, and Duoduo looked at it and waved his hand to let Reifel out.

Lai Fu wanted to hear how the two calculated, but he didn't expect to let him out, so he had to walk out after saluting.

"Lord Wang, considering that the soldiers and civilians of Yangzhou are inspired by this strange car, their morale will inevitably be high, if they continue to attack Yangzhou, even if the strange car and ammunition are used up, our army will suffer a lot of losses. According to what you can see, it is better to put down Yangzhou for the time being, and take Nanjing directly from here. Kong Youde walked to the front of the tent and pointed to **, Pukou and other places on the map and said:

"If Xu Dingguo leads the Henan army to enter the line of Qinlan Town and Yangshou Town, and dig deep trenches, it will definitely be able to prevent the Yangzhou army from coming, so it is better than the army not moving here."

The defense of the ** area is the Ming army Jingnan Hou Huang Degong's department, Huang Degong's department, Duoduo has sent people to surrender several times, all of which Huang Degong refused, Liu Liangzuo's department in the area of Shouzhou was more defended after sending people to surrender, immediately expressed his willingness to return to the Qing Dynasty, and Duoduo hated Huang Degong deeply. However, due to the direct capture of Nanjing, it has not been able to attack the Huang Degong Division, and now it is blocked in Yangzhou, so it can only take the Huang Degong Defense Zone, just taking this opportunity to eliminate the Huang Division. However, Huang Degong's troops had more than 60,000 people, and their combat effectiveness was the strongest among the four towns, so Duoduo was still worried.

Duoduo's heart moved, stared at the map for a long time without speaking, and after a long time he said: "If the Yangzhou army attacks my flank, how can I prevent it?" Where is the rest of Gao Jie's troops now? ”

"Don't worry, there are not many soldiers and horses in Yangzhou, so if you want to defend Yangzhou, how can you send troops to attack my flank? The rest of Gao Jie's troops don't have to worry, his army is now led by Gao Jie's wife Xing, and it is led by Li Benshen, Yang Chengzu, Li Chengdong, and Hu Maozhen. It's just that he is about to lead his army to Yangzhou, and if he joins the Yangzhou army, it will pose a great threat to our army. If the prince is worried about the Yangzhou army and the Gao Jie army, how about letting Geng Jimao lead the Tianyou army to enter the Qinlan and Yangshou lines with Xu Dingguo? Kong Youde was worried that Duoduo would leave him in Tianchang County to deal with the Yangzhou army, so he quickly pushed Geng Jimao out first.

When Duoduo heard this, he thought for a moment, and then carefully discussed with Kong Youde for a long time, and said: "This Lai Fu will be put under your account for use first, and then he will be asked if there is something." Then he shouted to his own soldiers: "Quickly spread the news that the generals from all walks of life have come to discuss the matter." ”