The captain of the guard said: "Lord Wang, this is horse plague!" ”

"Shut up!" Prince Tushetu turned around and slapped the captain of the guard fiercely, and said in a deep voice, "Listen to this king, don't mention what you just said to anyone!" ”

The captain of the guard replied respectfully, "Tsk." ”

Although Prince Tushetu is not smart, he is not a fool, this situation is ten likely, the horse plague has broken out, he just doesn't want to believe it, and what's even worse is that if this news spreads, hundreds of thousands of Mongolian cavalry will collapse immediately, and Dolgon will definitely not be able to spare him at that time.

Prince Tushetu thought for a while, and then said: "In this way, you immediately take the guards to the camp, gather all the sick war horses, slaughter them secretly, and then burn the corpses on the spot!" Remember, this matter must be kept secret, and the soldiers must not be suspicious, let alone known...... It's horse plague! ”

"Hey, the minion takes the order."

The captain of the guard took the order.

After thinking about it, Prince Tushetu was still not at ease, and muttered to himself: "No, this matter is very important, and you have to report it to the regent immediately." ”

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The Mongol battalion, the Chahar prince Ezhe carried out the account.

Although he is a Mongolian, he is the eldest son of Lin Dan Khan, and he has received a good education since he was a child, so he is not only proficient in Chinese, but also writes letters in Chinese characters.

When the curtain was lifted, Hu Luwen, the captain of Ezhe's guard, bent down and got in, knelt down on one knee and said, "Slave Hu Luwen, knock on the master." ”

Ezhe bowed his head slightly, carefully rolled up the parchment and bundled it, then looked up at Kuluwen, and said in a condensed voice: "Kuluwen, you are the most loyal servant of this king, right?" ”

"Of course." Kuluwen replied without hesitation, "The slave is willing to die for his master." ”

Ezhe shook his head and said, "This king doesn't want you to die, but you have to do something for this king." ”

Kuluwen said solemnly: "The slave obeys the master's orders. ”

Ezhe raised the parchment letter in his hand and said solemnly, "Take this letter...... Shoot into Jining City! ”

"Wow."

Kuluwen replied without hesitation, and stepped forward to take the letter from Ezhe's hand.

Ezhe stared deeply into Kuluwen's eyes and asked solemnly, "Kuluwen, do you want to know what this king wrote in his letter?" ”

Huluwen replied in a humming voice, "The minion doesn't want to know. ”

Ezhe bowed his head again and said softly: "Go ahead, and don't let others find out your whereabouts, you must act secretly." ”

"The minions will take care of it."

Huruvin agreed, took the parchment letter and turned away.

Seeing Hu Luwen's sturdy figure disappear outside the tent, a trace of inexplicable look suddenly appeared on Ezhe's face, as if he was looking forward to it, as if he was nervous, as if he was still a little lonely, a little melancholy......

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Build a large camp of slaves, and Dolgon makes an account.

Shortly after Dordor's departure, when Dorgon was about to go to bed, a hurried sound of horses' hooves suddenly shattered the silence of the night......

"Stop!"

"Dismount!"

"If we don't get off the horse, we're going to release the arrows......"

More than 400 heavily armored Goshkha had already swirled in front of Dolgon.

Goshha in the front row had already formed a thick shield wall with the shield in his hand, and sharp spears poked out from behind the shield wall, dozens of cold spear tips were intertwined into a terrifying forest of death, and dozens of archers were holding their bows and arrows, and Leng Sensen's arrow clusters were already aimed at the fast horses galloping in front of them.

"Sigh the law ......"

The knight on horseback slammed the reins of his horse, and the fast horse suddenly neighed in pain, and the man stood up, and when he landed on the spot, he stopped his forward momentum.

"Poof!"

After struggling to strangle his mount, the knight on horseback seemed to have exhausted all the strength of his body, and his body fell from the horse's back with a crooked body, and there was no sound after landing, only a cloud of dust was raised, only the crimson coat on his body showed his identity, which was clearly a cavalryman of the Red Banner.

"Quick!"

"Lift him up!"

"Water, get some water!"

"Lang Zhong, go find Lang Zhong!"

Without waiting for Dolgon's order, Goshha, who was waiting for the battle, had already snatched out more than a dozen people, and helped the red flag cavalry who fell to the ground up, and Goshha took a sheepskin water bladder and poured it into the cavalryman's mouth, and after a few mouthfuls of cold water, the red flag cavalry finally opened his closed eyes.

The horseman who rode the red banner slowly raised his right hand and pointed to the north with great difficulty, and his throat gurgled as if he was stuck in something and could not speak for a long time.

Dolgon separated the crowd and came to the cavalry riding the red banner, crouched down and asked softly, "What's your name?" ”

When the cavalry saw Dolgon, a pair of eyes suddenly lit up, and for a while he didn't know where the strength came from, he struggled to sit up, and then swallowed the thick phlegm stuck in his throat with a grunt, and said in a trembling voice: "The master is not good, the big thing is not good, the Nanming barbarians have attacked Zhigu, and the Tianjin Sanwei has lost ......"

Dolgon's eyes shrank for a moment, and he looked at the cavalry riding the red banner with extremely shocked eyes, and asked in a condensed voice, "What did you say?" The Ming army attacked Zhigu? ”

"Hmm." The Red Banner Cavalry nodded heavily, "Zhigu has been lost." ”

Dolgon took a deep breath, tried his best to suppress the shock in his heart, and asked in a condensed voice, "How many Ming troops are there who attacked Zhigu?" ”

The Red Banner cavalry said in a trembling voice: "I don't know, but at least there will be no less than 10,000 people, there are musket teams, artillery teams, and the fleet of sailors, they came from the sea, after capturing Zhigu, this Ming army went to Yanjing again." ”

Dolgon couldn't help but gasp again, more than 10,000 Ming troops, there are musket teams, artillery teams and sailor fleets!? Could it be that from the very beginning, the Central Army of the Ming Dynasty had already divided into two routes, one to contain the Qing army in Shandong, and the other to attack Zhigu from the sea, and then take Yanjing directly?

Yes, it must be!

Surprise attacks have always been Wang Pu's forte, three years ago in the Battle of Songshan, didn't this guy take advantage of the Qing army to pour out of the nest in Songshan, Jinzhou and Hong Chengchou decisive battle, in one fell swoop to attack Shengjing? Two years ago, in the battle of Tumut River, in the face of the pursuit of the Korqin cavalry, this guy once again unexpectedly took the initiative to attack and killed Ukshan by surprise! This decisive battle in Jining is related to the national fortunes of the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, and of course Wang Pu will once again show his good show!

Dolgon should have thought of it a long time ago, Wang Pu is good at surprise attacks!

Dolgon should have thought that Wang Pu's central army in Shandong was less than 30,000 people, and the number of troops was even less than that of the battle of Liaocheng at the beginning of the year, which is a flaw in itself, at this moment, Dolgon really regretted his intestines, but at this time it was too late to regret it, since Wang Pu sent troops to sneak attack, it must be the elite of the elite, Yanjing...... I'm afraid I can't hold it!

If Yanjing is lost, the blow to the Qing Dynasty will be fatal, and the touch on the people and officials of the provinces and officials in the Ming Dynasty will be unprecedented, and it is conceivable that the officials and gentry of Shanxi, Beizhi, and Shandong provinces, prefectures, and counties who had surrendered to the Qing Dynasty would defect again overnight and return to the embrace of the Ming Dynasty!

In this way, the Qing army will completely lose its foundation in the pass, and the situation will return to the past.

Moreover, a large number of treasures and treasures captured after entering the customs and a large amount of wealth looted from the hands of the Dashun army have not yet had time to be transported back to the customs, or Dolgon never thought of transporting these treasures and wealth back to the customs, if Yanjing is lost, these treasures will become the spoils of the Ming Central Army in a blink of an eye.

No, Yanjing must not be lost!

Dolgon stood up, his eyes suddenly showed a fierce look like a falcon, looked around and said, "You guys...... Listen to me, no one is allowed to make a noise about this matter, if anyone dares to leak half a sentence, all the men in the family will be killed, and all the female dependents will be sent to the bitter cold land to be enslaved by the armored people! ”

"Wow!"

More than two hundred Goshha were silent, and whispered.

Dolgon stretched out his hand and pointed at the Red Banner Cavalry who was paralyzed on the ground, and said coldly: "Carry him down and take care of him." ”

Two Goshkha had already stepped forward and lifted the cavalryman with the red flag and left.

Dolgon paced back and forth for two steps, then turned back to a Goshha and said, "You, take three fast horses, rush to Shanxi as fast as possible, and tell Wu Sangui that I have won a great victory in Jining, and I can annihilate the Ming army without saying anything, but I can't draw troops back to help Yanjing at the moment, so let him immediately send Guanning Iron Cavalry to rescue Yanjing, if you don't obey...... Jiang Ji is his role model! ”

"Wow!"

The Goshha said yes with a bang, turned and hurried away.

As soon as the Goshha left, another Goshha hurriedly came and said, "Master, Prince Tushetu is asking to see him outside the camp of the Chinese army. ”

"Prince Tushetu?" Dolgon's brows furrowed for a moment, and he said in a condensed voice, "What is he doing at this time?" ”

As the saying goes, blessings are incomparable, and disasters are not singular!

Tonight was destined to be the darkest night in Dorgon's life, and just after receiving the bad news of the fall of Zhigu and the emergency of Yanjing, another bad news that made him tremble even more was coming.

After a moment's thought, Dorgon commanded, "Let him in." ”

"Wow."

Goshha took the order and went.

By the time Prince Tushetu followed Goshha to Dolgon's tent, the more than 200 Goshkha who had just gathered had already dissipated and everything was calm again, but if Prince Tushetu was careful enough, he could still find that the guards in front of Dolgon's tent were still a little different from usual.

Following Goshha into the tent, Prince Tushetu quickly climbed to the ground and said respectfully: "The slave knocks on the master." ”

"Get up." Dorgon said indifferently, "Is there anything wrong with coming to me so late?" ”

Prince Tushetu looked around and looked like he wanted to say something, Dolgon waved his hand, and several Goshkha in the tent retreated, and then Prince Tushetu lowered his voice and said, "Master, something is wrong." ”

Dolgon's heart jumped, and he asked in a condensed voice, "What's wrong?" ”

Prince Tushetu took a breath and said, "Master, there is a horse plague in the camp. ”

"What? Horse plague!? Hearing this, Dolgon got up, and immediately scolded, "Nonsense, how can a good person make a horse plague?" Prince Tushetu, do you know what it is to spread rumors to disturb the morale of the army? ”

"Master, I don't dare to spread rumors by borrowing slaves." Prince Tushetu said in a trembling voice, "It's indeed a horse plague, hundreds of war horses in the slave camp have died, and the slaves have just come to the master's camp, and more than 100 war horses have died in the slave camp, and there are even more sick war horses." ”

Dorgon gasped when he heard this, and said in horror, "What you said is true? ”

"It's all true." Tu Xie Tu lamented, "Master, if there are also sick war horses found in the Eight Banners camp, it is better to slaughter them secretly, once this horse plague breaks out, the consequences will be unimaginable, or in a few days, all the war horses will be infected, and at that time, the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry and our Mongolian cavalry will become infantry." ”

"Oops." Dolgon's face turned pale in an instant, and he sighed, "In the past few days, the war horses of our Eight Banners Army and the war horses of your Mongolian tribes have been mixed and grazed, since the war horses of your Tushetu tribe have been infected with horse plague, then the war horses of our Eight Banners Army will hardly be spared......

"Master." Prince Tushetu wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, and said in a trembling voice, "Hurry up and summon the groom to confirm." ”

Dolgon looked up and shouted, "Someone! ”

Goshha had already flashed into the tent, knelt on the ground and said, "What does the master command?" ”

"Go." Dolgon pointed out the tent with his hand and said sharply, "Get the horsemen from each battalion at once." ”

Gosh chirped and took the order.

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Jining, outside the North Gate.

The stars and the moon are dark, and the night is as dark as ink.

A sturdy figure came to the outermost fence under the cover of the dark night, and in the crisp sound of horses' hooves, a team of Jiannu cavalry rode slowly from a short distance, and the figure disappeared into the shadow of the fence in a flash, and when the Jiannu cavalry walked away, the figure came out of the shadow again.

The figure removed the strong bow from his back, took out a thick and long wolf's tooth arrow from the quiver, first carefully threaded a roll of parchment letters on the shaft of the arrow, and finally fastened the wolf's tooth arrow with the letter to the string, the strong bow was raised, and the cold cluster of arrows was already aimed at the dark outline of Jining City two hundred steps away.

"Hey!"

The figure snorted softly, and the toughness was already full.

The next moment, only to hear a buzz, buckled on the string of the wolf's tooth arrow has been off the string, with a sharp whistle flashed across the dark night sky, and finally nailed to the arrow tower of the north gate of Jining, two night patrol of the central army sentry looked up urgently, only to see that the arrow tower lintel has been inserted a wolf tooth arrow, the tail of the arrow feather is still trembling slightly.

"There is a letter!" A sharp-eyed Central Army sentry shouted, "There is a letter on the arrow!" ”

"Take it off." Another sentry shouted in a deep voice, "Give it to Master Hou immediately." ”

(To be continued)