Wu Sangui said in a low voice: "But if that's the case, I'm afraid the speed won't be fast!" ”

"Hmm!" Zu Kuan nodded, as Wu Sangui said, only by retreating the Liao people first, and then using elite soldiers to break the rear, the advantage is that the morale of the broken army will be very high, after all, it is to protect their own family, and the disadvantage is that the word "as soon as possible" must not be mentioned. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"General Wu, General Zu, what opinions do you two have to say, why are you hiding below and whispering?"

Wu Sangui was taken aback, and when he looked up, he found that Xiong Wencan, who was at the top, was looking at him, his face was quite unsightly, it turned out that everyone had calmed down, only the two of them were still talking to each other, and Xiong Wencan looked extremely conspicuous. He hurriedly said respectfully: "Lord Xiong forgives me, the last general has an extremely important military situation to say to General Zu!" ”

"Military intelligence?" Xiong Wencan's face changed slightly, and his attention was diverted by Wu Sangui's words: "What is the important military situation?" ”

"These days, the Tartars over there in Guangning are moving very frequently, as if they are moving!"

"Didn't you report this matter a few days ago?"

"My lord, this time is different from the previous days, the sentinel of the last general has found several times that the Tartar scouts are haunting the banks of the Xiaoling River, as if they are surveying the water situation and looking for a ferry!"

"Is there such a thing?" Hearing Wu Sangui's words, even civil officials like Xiong Wencan realized the seriousness of the matter, Xiaoling River is a river located at the intersection of the Later Jin and Ming forces, although the water volume is not very wide, but the water volume changes greatly in summer and autumn, and the river bank is unpredictable under the impact of the current. If it is really as Wu Sangui said, there are scouts to survey the water situation and look for the ferry, it is very likely that it is to prepare for the invasion that is about to begin.

"Lord Xiong, after Liu Thief pacified the Eastern Captives, the Manchurian Army has been driven by him, and it is expected that the Manchurian soldiers will echo in Guangning!" The veteran who was the first to speak stood up and said, "It's just that in this way, I'm afraid that the matter of entering the King of Jingqin will be a little troublesome!" ”

"General Gao means to withdraw the people of Tuntian in Songshan, Xingshan and other forts to Ningyuan?" Xiong Wencan's reaction was also very fast, and he immediately understood that if he entered the Guanqin King in a big way, then those military households and ordinary people in Tuntian outside the exit of the Liaoxi Corridor would be the bait of the Dongyu.

The veteran nodded: "Yes, but it's probably not enough to just retreat to Ningyuan, the last general thinks it's better to retreat to Shanhaiguan to be safer, after all, the families of the soldiers are among them, if there is a mistake there, the army's morale will be chaotic!" ”

"So, how long will that take?"

"It will take half a month to say the least, it is not easy to withdraw troops in front of the enemy, not to mention that there are so many people!"

"But in the holy decree, the Guan Ning army should be ordered to serve the king as soon as possible and attack Liu Thief, wouldn't you say that to resist the decree!" Xiong Wencan was anxious when he heard this, there were soldiers and generals in these Qiu Batou in front of him, even Chongzhen didn't have much to do with them, at most he cut off the official title, punished him for a few months, and came back after a few more battles. Although a civil official like him seems to be honorable and noble, in fact he has no foundation, and he can be stripped of his official robe and sent to prison for punishment with a single edict.

The veteran's surname is Gaomingdi, he is the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, and he is also an old fritter who has been rolling in the officialdom for decades, how can he not see Xiong Wencan's thoughts, and hurriedly smiled: "My lord, how can you say the word "resistance" casually? The Holy Lord wants you to be King Qin as soon as possible and flank Liu Thief, but he didn't say how many troops he wants you to send? You can choose a few generals to lead thousands of elites as the precursor, and roll the armor into the king of Guanqin; My lord, you will lead the army first as the successor, as long as there is a confrontation with Liu Thief, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and the saint can't blame you for resisting and disobeying the order, right? ”

"Hmm!" Xiong Wencan nodded, Gao Di's suggestion was quite his heart, whether to transfer troops or not is a matter of attitude, but how much to transfer is a matter of ability, besides, the Guanning army is known as more than 100,000, in fact, there are 70,000 or 80,000 troops, how can it take a considerable amount of time to transfer them from various fortresses and reorganize them into a team, right? He Xiong Wencan first sent the elite into the King of Guanqin, and it is reasonable to go to the edge of the sky.

"General Gao, which general do you think is better to send as a pioneer?" Xiong Wencan asked.

"The last general thinks it's good to use General Zu and Uncle Chang!" Gao Di said with a smile: "There are 2,000 Yiding under General Zu's command, all of whom are kneeling in the west outside the fortress, brave and good at fighting; And Chang Bo is the rising star of the Guan Ning Army, and his 3,000 Ding Tu cavalry are also Xiaoguo. With these two generals as the pioneers, even if they do not win, they will not be defeated! ”

Zu Kuan and Wu Sangui didn't expect Gao Di to suddenly put his hat on his head, and they couldn't help but be shocked, and they were about to argue Xiong Wencan had already turned his head: "Two generals, now that the country is in an eventful season, it is the time for you to kill thieves and make meritorious contributions." Please inspire the two soldiers, kill more thieves, and when the governor returns to Beijing, he will ask the court for a reward for the two generals! ”

Wu Sangui and Zu Kuan glanced at each other, knowing that it was irretrievable, so they had to salute with their hands crossed: "The last general will obey the order!" ”

The two of them left the hall, and Zu Kuan sighed: "It's really unfavorable for the passing years, I actually want you and me to be the striker to deal with Liu Cheng's disaster star!" ”

"Brother Kuan, we haven't made a deal with Liu, so you don't have to be so afraid of him, right?" Wu Sangui said with a smile.

"Liu Cheng, we haven't fought before, but we've seen a lot of Dongyu, right? How many people have bargained in the hands of Dongyu over the years? But Liu Chengcheng wiped them out so much, do you think he is powerful? Uncle Listen, listen to me, you have to listen to me this time, you can't fight hard with Liu Thief! ”

Wu Sangui's heart moved when he heard this, and said with a smile: "This is easy to say!" ”

Nanking.

Six or seven days have passed since the Mid-Autumn Festival, and this ancient capital of the Six Dynasties has gradually recovered from the panic of that night. The townspeople gradually noticed that apart from the presence of more iron-clad and strange-looking sergeants patrolling the streets, the gates were more heavily checked, and nothing much had changed. For the vast majority of Nanjing citizens, the Yasukuni disaster and the Qing monarch side are not too unfamiliar words, after all, the last Jingjing disaster happened here, and this time there was no burning and looting that the soldiers often had, but a fireworks donation was levied on the courtyard on the bank of the Qinhuai River.

"These short-sighted people actually bowed their heads so quickly and obeyed the Xu thief!" Looking at a group of soldiers in light robes and slow sleeves who came out of the teahouse on the shore not far away, Chen Zilong was stunned: "There is no one who stands up!" ”

"Zilong!" Liu Ru picked it up with a bamboo fan, put down the curtain and sighed: "You can't help but blame yourself too much, what can they do?" You have also seen the soldiers in Xu Hecheng, the strong armor and sharp soldiers, the birds and cannons, all like wolves and tigers, you let these unarmed soldiers go up but send them to death in vain! ”

"But you can't just be like this, drinking and singing every day, right?" Chen Zilong said indignantly: "Where have you read the teachings of the sages who read on weekdays? ”

"Zilong, you don't have to blame these scholars, even if it's those court bigwigs? Didn't everyone sign their names on the announcement of the martyrdom? Except for Shi Da Sima's insistence on not signing, didn't all the big and small officials that night obediently obey? They have eaten the court's food for so many years, how can we blame the scholars? ”

"Hmph, the most hateful thing is that Ma Shiying, I heard that he was the first to sign, if he pacifies the Xu thief in the future, he will be the first to kill!"

It turned out that Chen Liu and the others wanted to go out of the city overnight that night, but they didn't want the city gates to be heavily guarded by Xu Hecheng's soldiers and couldn't get out of the city. In the next few days, Chen Zilong and Liu Ru did not dare to live in the apartment in order to avoid getting into trouble, so they rented a flat boat and floated on the Qinhuai River. After the two discussed, they felt that it was impossible for a big city like Nanjing to continue to be so strictly investigated, so they planned to wait for a few days to loosen the investigation before leaving the city. But in the past few days, the two of them in the city have seen that there has not been a scene of war and chaos as they expected, and they have become more and more indignant while secretly rejoicing.

Seeing Chen Zilong's depressed look, Liu Ru planned to go out and ask the maid to buy a few fresh fish and cook a few side dishes for him himself, so that he could relieve his depression and avoid getting sick. But as soon as she walked out of the cabin, she shrank back again, and Chen Zilong saw this and asked, "If so, what's wrong?" ”

"Zilong, I just saw Ma Shiying!" Liu Ru looked incredulous.

"What's so strange about that? This traitor must be very angry now! ”

"That's not true, I just saw him dressed as a subordinate, sneaky!" Liu Ru opened the curtain and pointed to the small boat in front of him: "On that boat, when I just went out, I happened to see a person poking his head out of the cabin to look, it was Ma Shiying!" ”

"Could it be that you're mistaken?"

"Absolutely not, this guy came to Songjiang more than a year ago and stayed in my south building for an afternoon, I will never be!" Liu Ruye's tone was very affirmative, and she shouted loudly to the outside world: "Captain, you follow the boat in front, don't lose it!" ”

"Great!" The captain answered. Chen Zilong excitedly took out a short stick from under a few cases, hid it in his sleeve, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, God has eyes, I will definitely ask this traitor to eat a few sticks from me in the future, and vent his anger for the people of the world!" ”

Liu Ru thought for a while and said in a low voice: "Zilong, I'm afraid things are not so simple, don't do it first later, look at my eyes!" ”

Chen Liu's boat was dotted behind for about half an hour, and then he saw the small boat in front of him docked in a secluded place, and a man in a green coat and a small hat came up, looked left and right to see that there was no one, and went to a secluded alley. Chen Liu and the others hurriedly went ashore and followed, Chen Zilong was anxious, grabbed more than ten steps, patted the shoulder of the man in green clothes from behind, and sneered: "Master Ma, don't come unharmed!" ”

The man in Tsing Yi was so frightened by Chen Zilong that he jumped aside, his face was pale and pale, his eyes were already full of horror, and he said: "What Lord Ma, Little Ma, Son, you recognize the wrong person, right?" ”

Seeing the other party like this, Chen Zilong knew that it must be good, sneered, and took out a short stick from his sleeve: "Master Ma is a noble person who forgets a lot of things, and he can't remember it, but he can't forget it." You are attached to the thief and help the evil cause, and today I will clean you up for the two ancestors of the Ming Dynasty! So saying, he raised his short stick and struck it at the man's head.

"Wait!" Liu Ru hurriedly grabbed Chen Zilong's arm and smiled at Ma Shiying: "Concubine Liu Ruyi, the adult once met with me in the South Tower of Songjiang more than a year ago, I don't know if you remember?" ”

"Miss Liu?" Ma Shiying obviously recognized Liu Ru is and asked in surprise, "Why are you here, who is this?" ”

"This is Songjiang Chen Zilong Chen Gongzi!" Liu Ru took the short stick from Chen Zilong's hand without a trace, and said with a smile: "Master Ma, why are you dressed like this, what happened?" ”

Ma Shiying looked at Liu Rus, then at Chen Zilong, sighed and said, "Hey, that's it!" So he recounted the situation that night, and finally said: "At that time, I saw that Xu Hecheng had been planning for a long time, and we had already fallen into his trap, even if we persisted, what good would it be." It's better to make a fool of yourself first, so that he mistakenly thinks that we have already succumbed to him, and then find a way to escape from Nanjing and deploy troops to fight. I didn't want this guy to be very strict with us, and I only found an opportunity to change into a servant's clothes and escape last night, but I didn't want to be penniless and find my way out of the city. ”

Hearing this, Chen Zilong showed a look of shame on his face, and said in a low voice: "It's reckless below, and I ask Lord Ma to forgive me!" ”

"That's it, Gongzi Chen!" Ma Shiying smiled bitterly: "It's no wonder that you, with the current reputation of someone in Ma, I'm afraid that everyone has already been punished, and you are already kind with only a short stick!" ”

"Master Ma, dare to ask what your plans are after you leave the city?" Liu asked.

"Naturally, I want to cross the river and return to Fengyang, where there are thousands of people and horses. I plan to mobilize Huaishang's soldiers and horses to crusade against the Xu thief! ”

"My lord, I don't think it's the best way to do it!"

Ma Shiying frowned and asked, "What is Miss Liu's opinion?" ”

"I think adults should go south and go to Fujian!"

"Fujian? Why go to Fujian? Ma Shiying asked puzzled.

"Master Ma should have seen Xu Thief's soldiers and horses in the past few days, but aside from obedience, the soldiers and horses under this person's command are fine, and they are not matched by other officers and soldiers. Not to mention whether you can find a boat to cross the river, even if you gather the soldiers and horses in Huai, I am afraid that you may not be the opponent of the army of Xu thieves! ”

"This-" If it was in normal times, Ma Shiying would naturally not take the words of a prostitute to heart, but the current situation forced him to seriously consider Liu Ruyi's judgment, and the army under Xu Hecheng in the past few days had left a deep impression on him, and finally he had to admit very embarrassed that Liu Ruyi's analysis was probably right.

"Then why did you go to Fujian?"