Chapter 238: Fishing in Troubled Waters

"Brother Fourteen." Duoduo hurriedly said, "Yan Jingjing is almost unable to keep it, what are you still doing guarding Liaocheng, a small broken city?" ”

"Old Fifteen!" Dolgon frowned, "Have you forgotten what Mr. Wencheng said?" If the troops are withdrawn back to Yanjing at this time, not only will Yanjing not be able to keep it, but even the hundreds of thousands of elites of the Eight Banners will die without a place to be buried! ”

Duoduo said: "Little brother doesn't believe it, Fan Wencheng, a minion, is just listening to alarmism." ”

"It's not alarmist." Dolgon said, "Have you thought about it, old fifteen, if we withdraw like this, will Wang Pu give up?" What if he catches up? ”

Duoduo said: "Wang Pu, does he dare to chase?" As long as he dares to leave the camp one step, the younger brother will come back with the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry, and he can clean up all his forty or fifty thousand people with a single assault! Unless the Ming army can use gunpowder to blow up all the ice on the surface of the canal, and then alternate with the sailors to cover the advance, but does the Ming army have so much gunpowder? ”

Dolgon's expression became gloomy, and he said, "Old fifteen, aren't you afraid that the wind will flash your tongue?" ”

Duoduo flattened his mouth and stopped talking, he just had a hard mouth, if Jiannu's Eight Banners Iron Cavalry could really tear through the defense of the Ming army, the battle of Liaocheng would not have reached a stalemate!

"Alright." Dolgon didn't have a good breath and said, "Old Fifteen, you should hurry back to Yanjing." ”

"Wow."

This time Dorgon didn't dare to say anything more, and turned to Dorgon and hurried away.

Seeing Duoduo's figure go away, Dolgon let out a long sigh, thinking that if Fan Wencheng couldn't provoke the party struggle in the Southern Ming Dynasty and force Wang Pu to withdraw his troops, then this battle would really be more than auspicious! Fan Wencheng, Fan Wencheng, you have never disappointed this king, can you still let this king get his wish this time?

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Fan Wencheng, who assumed the pseudonym Cheng Wenfan, carried a handwritten letter written by Zhu Changfang to Zuo Liangyu, and took the water road and the dry road, hurrying all the way, and finally arrived in Wuchang ten days later.

Wuchang, Ningnan Hou Mansion.

Zuo Liangyu's eyes showed a fierce light, and he looked up and down at the green-shirted Confucian in front of him, and the green-shirted Confucian looked calm, and also looked back at Zuo Liangyu with his clear eyes.

Zuo Liangyu has experienced a hundred battles, I don't know how many thieves and barbarians died under his knife, and there are more people killed, there will naturally be an invisible murderous aura in his expression, and those who are not brave enough really dare not face his gaze, seeing that the green-shirted Confucian is not afraid of crampedness at all, Zuo Liangyu couldn't help laughing and said: "Mr. is so bold." ”

The green-shirted Confucian clasped his fists and smiled: "Master Hou is so courageous. ”

"Haha." Zuo Liangyu laughed twice and asked casually, "Dare to ask Mr. Gao's name?" ”

The Confucian student in the green shirt replied: "In the next Cheng Wenfan, Xi is the Zhan matter of the Lu Wangfu." ”

Zuo Liangyu stretched out his hand and said, "Where is King Lu's letter?" ”

Cheng Wenfan carefully took out the letter from his arms and handed it to Zuo Liangyu, and said respectfully: "King Lu's personal letter is here. ”

Zuo Liangyu took the letter, handed it to a staff member standing behind him without looking at it, and said, "Master Liu, take a look, is it a handwritten letter from King Lu?" ”

Cheng Wenfan's eyes couldn't help but fall on the master, and he saw that the master was quite tall, about sixty years old, and he had a face of hemp.

The pock-faced master took the letter from Zuo Liangyu's hand, glanced at it casually, and then said affirmatively: "Master Hou, it is indeed the handwriting of King Lu." ”

Zuo Liangyu believed it, and reluctantly clasped his fists at Cheng Wenfan, and said proudly: "Cheng Zhan, I was offended just now. ”

"Where." Cheng Wenfan smiled apologetically, "Master Hou is cautious, and it should be." ”

"Sir, it would be best if you could understand." Zuo Liangyu nodded, and asked the pock-faced master again, "Master Liu, what did King Lu say in his handwritten letter?" ”

The pock-faced master said: "Master Hou, King Lu said in the letter......"

The pock-faced master hesitated for a moment, but didn't dare to continue.

Zuo Liangyu frowned and said, "What did you say?" ”

Cheng Wenfan took over the conversation and said indifferently: "Today's son is not the blood of the first emperor, it is a fake!" ”

"What did you say?" Zuo Liangyu's color changed, and he shouted loudly, "You dare to be so disrespectful to the Lord of Long Life, aren't you afraid of being exterminated by the Nine Clans?" ”

Cheng Wenfan said proudly: "The lower officials are just telling the truth. ”

Zuo Liangyu's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and he asked in a deep voice: "Are you sure that today's son is not the blood of the first emperor?" ”

Cheng Wenfan said: "Someone has witnessed the death of the former prince under the knife of the thief, is it possible that the first prince can come back from the dead and come to Nanjing to succeed the heir?" Master Hou, today's son is just an impostor, just a tool used by Sun Chuanting and Wang Pu to control the government! ”

Zuo Liangyu changed color again.

Cheng Wenfan said again: "There is a way that is false, it can't be true, it can't be true, if today's son is really the heir of the first emperor, how can the people still have so many doubts?" Why is the case of the true and false prince still spreading? Obviously, this is due to Sun Chuanting and Wang Pu's desire to cover up Mizhang. ”

Zuo Liangyu's gaze turned to the pock-faced master again.

The pock-faced master replied in a low voice: "Master Hou, the case of the true and false prince is indeed widely spread among the people in Jiangnan. ”

Zuo Liangyu stood up, raised his head and shouted: "Someone! ”

A pro-soldier had already entered and responded loudly: "What does Master Hou command?" ”

Zuo Liangyu shouted sharply: "Immediately summon Jin Shengtan, Lu Guangzu, Li Guoyong, Xu Yong, and pardon allegiance to see Benhou." ”

"Yes."

The soldiers responded violently and took the order.

Cheng Wenfan's eyes couldn't help but pass a grim smile, looking at Zuo Liangyu's posture, it seemed that he was about to raise troops.

That's right, Zuo Liangyu is really going to send troops.

In fact, Zuo Liangyu has long been dissatisfied with Sun Chuanting, Wang Pu and his son's control of the government, the Sun Wang group is only 100,000 troops, but he Zuo Liangyu has 800,000 male soldiers, why is it Sun Chuanting who finally entered the cabinet, why does the governor of the five provinces have to let Wang Pu be the governor?

In terms of strength, Zuo Liangyu is the strongest among the total soldiers of the towns in Nanming, and Zuo Liangyu thinks that it is reasonable that the government should be controlled by him!

The main reason why Zuo Liangyu has endured and has not raised troops until now is that there is no official excuse, if there is no suitable excuse to rashly raise troops, that is an unrighteous army, that is a rebellion, Zuo Liangyu does not want to be infamous as a rebellion, so he has to wait for a suitable opportunity.

Now's your chance.

With King Lu's handwritten letter and the spread of the true and false prince case among the people in Jiangnan, Zuo Liangyu has an excuse, even if today's son is really the heir of the first emperor, so what? As long as Zuo Liangyu conquered Nanjing, what he said was true was true, and what he said was false was false.

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Datong, the general army marches.

Jiang Xuan hurriedly entered the line and shouted loudly: "Second brother, it's messy, it's all messy!" ”

Jiang Jian hurriedly sat up from the soft couch and shouted in a deep voice: "Third child, look at your little bit of interest." ”

Jiang Xuan took a breath and said urgently: "It's a fight, it's all a fucking fight." ”

Jiang Jian frowned and said, "What's the fight?" ”

"Rogue!" Jiang Xuan said, "The thieves and Jiannu have fought, and the female leader of the Henan thieves, the Red Lady, has already fought to Zhending Mansion with tens of thousands of thieves, and the thieves have also gathered a lot of troops in the area of Mengmen Pass, and it seems that they are going to cross the Yellow River east to find trouble with Wu Sangui." ”

"Impossible." Jiang Jian shook his head categorically and said, "The thief was chased and beaten by Jiannu all the way from Yanjing to Shaanxi, and he has already hurt his vitality, and he will definitely not recover after a year and a half. ”

"Second brother, this time it's not a rumor."

Jiang Rang's voice fell, and Jiang Rang also strode in, still holding a letter in his hand, and said, "The eyeliner who stayed in Yanjing wrote that the Jiannu in Yanjing City were indeed preparing to defend the city, and the Henan soldiers of the Red Lady had already hit Baoding, not Zhending." ”

Jiang Xuan said: "The news of the little brother was heard from the fleeing people, these people fled from the north to Datong for almost ten days, even if the Henan soldiers of the Red Lady are making slow progress, they should fight to Baoding." ”

"Oh?" Jiang Zhuo's face suddenly became solemn, "So the thief really did it first?" This was a bit of a surprise. ”

Jiang Rang said, "Second brother, what should we do now?" Do you want to help Jiannu clean up the thieves? ”

"Help Jiannu?" Jiang Jian shook his head and said, "Now that Jiannu is a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, it is difficult to protect itself, what benefits can it give to our Jiang family?" Helping Jiannu is a loss-making business, and he resolutely refuses to do it. ”

Jiang Xuan said: "Then take advantage of the fire to rob, surnamed Suo stabbed Jiannu in the back and sent them to the western sky!" ”

Jiang Rang said with some worry: "What if you can't stab Jiannu to death, and Dolgon wins the battle of Liaocheng again?" Then our Jiang family will not be able to eat and leave. In my opinion, the safest way is to hold the troops, wait for the results of the battle of Liaocheng first, if Jiannu wins, there is still room for things to turn, if Wang Pu wins, it will not be too late for us to send troops to Yanjing. ”

"! The third child is right, why don't you take the opportunity to stab Jiannu in the back" Jiang Ji slammed the knot and said, "Starve the cowardly, support the bold!" The red lady has already muddied this pool of water, if we don't hurry up and fish in troubled waters, when the battle of Liaocheng has a result, then we won't be able to get any benefits. ”

Jiang Jian thought farther than Jiang Rang, it was impossible for Dolgon not to know these small actions made by the Jiang family in Datong, once Jiannu won the battle of Liaocheng, even if the Jiang family did not move and did not attack Yanjing, after the situation stabilized, Dolgon was likely to free up his hands to solve their Jiang family.

When the day comes, it's too late to cry.

As the saying goes, the first strike is stronger, and then the first one suffers!

Now that the main army of Jiannu is being pinned down by Wang Pu in Liaocheng, when will it be better not to fight Yanjing at this time? As long as Yanjing is recovered, Jiannu is finished, Jiang Pai can become a great hero of the recovery of the national capital, Wang Pu and Jiannu in Liaocheng worked hard, but in the end let Jiang Pai pick up a big bargain, this is the highest level of using soldiers.

The more Jiang Yan thought about it, the more beautiful he became, and said loudly: ", this big fish Lao Tzu has figured it out!" ”

(To be continued)