Chapter 45: The Chin Messenger is Coming
The envoy sent by the imperial court was Ruan Dacheng, the secretary of the military department.
After Lu Wei took Shi Kefa's recital to Nanjing, it caused a huge sensation in Nanjing. According to Shi Kefa's explanation, Lu Wei first went to the house of Ma Shiying, the first assistant of the cabinet, and as soon as he saw him, the Ma Cabinet Department was shocked, thinking that Yangzhou had been lost, and suddenly changed color. When Lu Wei said that Yangzhou had been helped by angels and was now fine, his expression settled down.
When Lu Wei showed Ma Shiying's recital and a bunch of printed photos, Ma Gebu looked excited, and actually read Shi Kefa's recital aloud to all the guests and staff in the house, and the result was that the recital had not been presented to the emperor for the imperial review, and it had quickly spread in the city of Nanjing.
After Ma Shiying was excited, he immediately took the fold and led Lu Wei directly into the palace. When he saw Hongguang Emperor Zhu Youxiang, Ma Shiying was still excited when he played the report. Emperor Hongguang couldn't wait for Ma Shiying to speak slowly, and he grabbed the fold and watched it, and he was excited while watching, and his fat body trembled. After reading the song, he carefully took a few photos and said, "Ma Qingjia, do you see these corpses of Tartars?" Did Inspector Shi send the Tartar head together? ”
As soon as Ma Shiying heard Emperor Hongguang's question, he hurriedly summoned Lu Wei forward, and told Emperor Hongguang that this was the staff of Shi Inspector's side, and he had just come from Yangzhou City, and Emperor Hongguang asked Lu Wei to give him a seat and let him sit down and talk slowly. Only then did Lu Wei tell the original story of what had happened in Yangzhou in the past few days.
Lu Wei finished talking about what happened in Yangzhou City, and said that there were now five or six thousand soldiers in Yangzhou City, and he urgently needed the imperial court to increase food and salary.
Emperor Hongguang was excited, and remembered to meet a few angels who saved Yangzhou City, and said to Ma Shiying: "I want to summon a few angels, and I still want to see the magic car, what do the Qing family think?" ”
"What the emperor said is very true, as the minister sees, he must send a messenger to invite him in person, so as to show the emperor's sincerity, I don't know what the emperor wants?" Ma Shiying's words were considered on the way here.
Yangzhou Governor Shi Kefa is a member of the Donglin Party, and if these angels have been in contact with him for a long time, it is difficult to ensure that they will not be used by the Donglin people. Therefore, the people sent by this party must be in a high position and have excellent eloquence, and persuade a few angels to come to Nanjing as soon as possible, and then there will be a few angels in Nanjing, and there will be artifacts to help them, so as to ensure that they are safe.
"This Qin sent candidate to the Qing family to be selected, and this palace has to send someone to show my sincerity. Let Zhang Cheng go in the palace. "Emperor Hongguang is now obedient to Ma Shiying, and the two of them discussed it a few days ago, if Yangzhou is not guaranteed, the two are ready to secretly escape from Nanjing. This Zhang Cheng is an old man of Fuwangfu, and he is also Zhu Youxiang's most trusted internal official.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the Shi Inspector can be sent to all provinces and towns as soon as possible to boost the hearts of our army and the people."
Although Ma Shiying is greedy for money and power, there is no shortage of this talent, and later it turned out that his move did play a great role.
When Ma Shiying came home from the palace, he realized that there were so many people in the family that he couldn't sit down. It is rare for the stormy city of Nanjing to have such a blockbuster good news, and almost all the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty came to the source of the news for verification.
When Ma Shiying arrived and sat down in front of the hall, everyone below asked nonsense, most of them asked whether the news was true, whether this angel really saved Yangzhou City, and some people were very skeptical about this news.
During the military department, Chen Zilong stood up from his seat and said sharply: "Ma Ge Ministry, I already have a 'demon monk' Dabei, a pseudo-prince, and a 'concubine', and now there are four so-called 'angels', do you believe it too?" "Although this military department is only six grades in the matter, it can go to the court to participate in the court discussions, and it is a low-grade position with a lot of power.
Chen Zilong's words caused a chorus of echoes in the hall, and Ma Shiying didn't speak, picked up a few pictures from the table and beckoned Chen Zilong to come and see.
Chen Zilong stepped forward and picked up the pictures one by one and looked at them carefully, and was silent for a long time, and the rest of the people took the pictures from one of them and passed them to each other.
Just when everyone was saying that there were some pictures to prove that the angel thing must be true, Chen Zilong spoke again, "Ma Gebu, this picture is indeed very realistic, but it is not impossible to forge it by extraordinary means, please ask the cabinet to ask the emperor to send a messenger to Yangzhou to find out, if the candidate is undecided, the official is willing to recommend himself and go to Yangzhou." ”
When Ma Shiying heard this, although Chen Zilong was not a member of the Donglin Party, he had a very close relationship with Shi Kefa, even if he was allowed to go, he could not be used as a messenger, in fact, at this time, Ma Shiying already had a candidate in his heart, that is, Ruan Dacheng, the secretary of the Ministry of War.
The next day, when he went to the court, Ma Shiying started to play Emperor Hongguang, and planned to take Ruan Dacheng, the secretary of the Ministry of War, as the main envoy, Chen Zilong in the Ministry of War, and Zhang Chengcheng, the official in the palace, to go to Yangzhou to invite angels to Nanjing, and Emperor Hongguang approved it as usual. However, because Ruan Dacheng was inspecting the Jiangfang at this time and was not in Nanjing, he had to send someone back to send him back before he could send an envoy.
waited for two days to find Ruan Dacheng back, Ruan Dacheng heard that Ma Shiying had arranged this errand for him, and he was immediately overjoyed, and he was about to set off in a hurry, but was called back by Ma Shiying and told him for a long time.
Ruan Dacheng's group of thirty-four people went straight to Yangzhou, while Lu Wei and others remained in Nanjing City and waited for the Ma Pavilion Department to allocate money.
On the way, Zhang Cheng wanted to send someone to inform Inspector Shi first, but Ruan Dacheng was worried that he would be notified in advance to meet him in the city, so he didn't let people go. When he arrived in the suburbs of Yangzhou, no one knew that Qin Cha had come to Yangzhou, so he hurriedly reported to Shi Kefa.
By the time Shi Kefa led the Yangzhou civil and military officials to receive the Qin mission, it was already getting dark.
The reception banquet was arranged in Yangzhou Restaurant, when Shi Kefa led Ruan Dacheng and others upstairs, Ruan Dacheng looked around, Shi Kefa knew that he was looking for "angels" and others, and he didn't say anything. This Ruan Dacheng was also very deep in the city, and he endured not to say anything, and only when everyone sat down did he ask Shi Kefa: "Dare to ask the superintendent, why haven't several angels been invited?" ”
Shi Kefa originally hated Ruan Dacheng very much, but now when he saw that the envoy of Qincha was actually him, he was very unhappy in his heart, but it was not good to show it in the face. Now seeing Ruan Dacheng asking, he actually thought a little carefully, and said, "Qin Cha wants to ask the angel to come over now, and I will inform him immediately." As he spoke, he took out the walkie-talkie from his arms, pressed the button and began to say, "Luo Angel, please answer when you hear the call." ”
Luo Jian and the others were eating at the dinner table, when they heard the walkie-talkie suddenly ringing, they heard Shi Kefa's voice, and knew that he was receiving Qincha, but they didn't know why he called him, and shouted "Luo Angel" again, picked up the walkie-talkie and replied: "Received, received, the superintendent has something to say." ”
Seeing that the little thing in Shi Kefa's hand actually spoke, Zhang Cheng, who was sitting at the bottom of Ruan Dacheng, was almost so frightened that he sat on the ground, and the rest of the people also showed a look of surprise, and even Chen Zhilong's eyes also had a very strong sense of inquiry.
"Xinghua, Qincha Ruan Shangshu wants to invite you over to the banquet, will you come or not?" Shi Kefa was a square person after all, and when he saw that everyone was already frightened, he didn't say anything more, and directly said what Ruan Dacheng meant.
"I've already eaten, so I'm not here, I'll go and see you tomorrow, Brother Xian, apologize to you on my behalf." Luo Jian's voice came from the walkie-talkie.
"How can this be done, how can this be done, Governor, how about we have a feast soon, and after dinner we will go to see the angels, if tomorrow the angels come to see me, etc., how will this be done." Ruan Dacheng was already anxious, and said "how to make it" three times in a row, and Shi Kefa was secretly amused, and said in his heart You don't know Xinghua, how can Xinghua be a person with the same knowledge as you.
"Xinghua, a few Qincha want to go to your house to meet after dinner, don't go out." Shi Kefa was clearly greeting, but he actually informed Luo Jian.
When Luo Jian heard this, he knew that the minister of the Qin Mission was Ruan Dacheng, and he was a little worried that Shi Kefa would quarrel with him when he was eating at the table, and thought that although Shi Kefa was square but not pedantic, he secretly laughed at himself for being too careful.
This Ruan Dacheng Luo Jian knows a lot, this famous historical villain of "Tongcheng does not want, Huaining does not accept" watched a lot of dramas when he was a child, thinking that after the surrender of the military department to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, in order to earn performance, at the age of 60, he actually exhausted himself to death on the way to lead the Qing army into Fujian, which is really a joke in the history of traitors.
Hearing that Ruan Dacheng was coming, Luo Jian didn't pay much attention to it, but just called Steward Luo over and asked him to get ready. Steward Luo thought that he was going to prepare the incense case to receive the holy decree, and he was suddenly nervous, Luo Jian said What are you doing with that thing? Prepare a few more cups and boil more boiling water.
There was a shock to this Ruan Dacheng, Luo Jian asked Xiao Wang to take out the generator and connect the lights in the hall, and he took the computer and projector to connect the connecting wires, and the hall was lit up after a while.
It is estimated that it will take them a while to come, Luo Jian found the topographic map of the Yangzhou area and studied it carefully, how to fight this battle with the Qing soldiers, to what extent, how many troops to use, and on what terrain to fight on must be carefully considered, if you are not careful, you will be surrounded by the Qing soldiers with superior forces, and the consequences will be unimaginable.
Carefully studying the terrain between Yangzhou and Tianchang, Luo Jian found that except for some river networks, the terrain between the two was extremely flat and the altitude was not high. These river networks had little impact on the Qing cavalry, but they posed a deadly threat to the warrior car, and although the warrior car had a strong cross-country ability, it was estimated that it would not be able to cross the river. Thinking about the need to form an engineering unit, just such a car, and its own weight does not exceed two tons, it is estimated that it can still be overcome.
It is estimated that there are not many bullets for the on-board machine gun, and Luo Jian feels that it cannot be used easily. After carefully calculating the possible number of rifle bullets and grenades, Luo Jian felt that this battle was very difficult to fight. If the Qing soldiers had rushed up directly at the risk of rifles and grenades regardless of casualties, the battle would still be very hanging.
Picking up a pen and writing and drawing on paper, and using tactical software to mark some combat situations on the computer, I feel that I still have no bottom in my heart, but I can't do it if I don't fight this battle. I was very entangled, so I wanted to find Liu Zhaoji to go to the field tomorrow to inspect the terrain.
Just as he was thinking about it, he heard Steward Luo come in and report that the superintendent had arrived with the Qin Mission, Luo Jian said casually, "You just bring them in", and after speaking, he carefully calculated on the map. Steward Luo looked at Luo Jian in some surprise, and saw that he didn't raise his head, and turned his head to find Wang Qiang, but Wang Qiang was not in the house, he went to the guards to teach them to maintain their guns, so he had to turn around and go out to pick up people.
Shi Kefa was a little strange why Luo Jian just asked the housekeeper to come out and invite everyone in, and didn't come out to greet him in person, thinking that Luo Jian was not such a person before, could it be that he also hated this Ruan Dacheng, he didn't know that Luo Jian was completely immersed in the preparations for the upcoming battle.
Ruan Dacheng did not show the slightest dissatisfaction, but felt that this should be the style of an angel, and even said that he asked Steward Luo to lead the way, which made Steward Luo a little frightened.
Shi Kefa took Ruan Dacheng and others into the hall, Shi Kefa had seen the electric light, but Ruan Dacheng and the others were already stunned.
Shi Kefa saw that Luo Jian was standing in front of the screen and kept chanting words, and kept gesturing on the screen with his hand, and he didn't even pay attention to Shi Kefa and the others coming in, so he knew that he was thinking about the problem and thinking about it. stepped forward and patted Luo Jian and said, "Xinghua, a few Qincha have arrived. Only then did Luo Jian wake up from his trance.
"Ahh Rude, Luo Jian is rude, everyone, please sit down, I just thought about the problem and was completely engrossed, I'm really sorry everyone. Luo Jian hurriedly bowed his hand, invited Ruan Dacheng and a few people to take a seat, and beckoned Steward Luo to hurry up and let people serve tea.
Ruan Dacheng didn't sit down immediately, but walked to Luo Jian and was about to kneel down and salute, although Luo Jian hated Ruan Dacheng, but he didn't have the habit of letting people kneel, so he hurriedly grabbed it with his hand, and said in his mouth, "Please sit down!" He dragged Ruan Dacheng, who was about as thin as Shi Kefa, to the chair and sat down.
Chen Zilong carefully looked at the electric light, ran to the screen and looked at it carefully, then returned to his seat and sat down, leaving Zhang Cheng standing tremblingly in the middle at a loss.
Before Ruan Dacheng and the others could speak, Shi Kefa asked first: "Xinghua, let me introduce you to a few Qincha." After the introduction, Luo Jian was introduced to Ruan Dacheng and a few others.
Ruan Dacheng and the others never expected the angel they saw to look like this, and for a while, they didn't know where to speak, and the audience was quiet for a while.
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