Chapter 10: Into the City
Wang Pu stared at Zhen Youcai and began to fall into a fierce ideological struggle, what should I do? To believe or not to believe? Believe, that is, his net worth and surname, as well as the surnames of more than 1,000 family members under him, are all bet on Zhen Youcai, but can this guy believe it? If you don't believe it, what better way can you do it? If you can't defeat Shengjing, escaping back to Daming can only be a dead end.
"Zhen Youcai!" Wang Pu suddenly asked with pity, "Who are you?" ”
Zhen Youcai replied in a low voice: "Villain, villain is a scribe." ”
"Nonsense!" Wang Pu shouted, "You were taken captive to Liaodong three years ago, but it has been decades since the old slave chief Nuerhachi captured Liaodong, how do you know that he relied on the tactics of deceiving the city gate to seize the entire Liaodong?" Can a small scribe know the core secrets of Jiannu? Do you even know that Jiannu should be guarded against entering and leaving at night? Can a small book history take a grain convoy in and out of the imperial city? Jiannu and Sudara believe in you like this? ”
"This ...... This ......"
Zhen Youcai's eyes were rolling around, but he couldn't answer for a while.
"Speak quickly!" Wang Pu slapped his palm on the table again, and shouted, "Who are you?" ”
Zhen Youcai was so frightened that he knelt on the ground, knocked his head on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "I said, I said that the villain's surname Zhen is true, but the villain was not taken captive by Jiannu to Liaodong three years ago, in fact, ...... In fact, the villain's ancestors lived in Liaodong for generations and made a living selling ginseng, but later the construction of slaves was rampant, and the whole territory of Liaodong fell, and the villain had no choice but to ...... I had to become a flag member. ”
"Okay, I actually got the flag membership." Xiao Qi stepped forward and grabbed the pigtail on Zhen Youcai's head, and said to Wang Pu, "General, this guy doesn't even want his ancestors, what are you doing with him living in this world?" The villain dragged him out and let the Han people outside beat him to death. ”
"No...... Don't. Zhen Youcai said hurriedly, "Although the villain has entered the flag nationality, his heart is still towards the Ming Dynasty, and how can the flag slave who was a slave return to the Central Plains to be a Ming citizen?" Otherwise, the villain will not risk his life today to dissuade the general, general, you must believe the villain, the villain's heart can be revealed. ”
"General." Xiao Qi also said urgently, "Don't believe it." ”
Wang Pu stared straight at Zhen Youcai, his eyes were as deep as a thousand-year-old piece of ice, and after a long time, he gritted his teeth violently and said in a deep voice: "Okay, General Ben believes you, just do as you say!" ”
"Whew."
Zhen Youcai let out a sigh of relief, sat down on the ground, and wiped the cold sweat on his head with his sleeve.
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The next morning, Wang Pu and Scarface took fifty capable families to pretend to be Ahha, holding forty carts of grain and ten carts of vegetables and mountain goods prepared before dawn, and swaggered to Shengjing City under the guidance of Zhen Youcai.
Xiao Qi, the bearded man and the big team were left in Changyong Fort by Wang Pu.
It wasn't until after dark, the bearded man would take advantage of the night to lead the main force of the family to quietly approach Shengjing City, Changyong Fort is already very close to Shengjing City, there are manors of Jiannu everywhere, and there is an endless stream of pedestrians on the official road, and the march in broad daylight can not hide people's eyes and ears at all, and only at night can they approach Shengjing City unconsciously.
It was only thirty miles from Changyong Fort to Shengjing, and the grain transport team arrived outside Shengjing in less than two hours.
The gate of Shengjing City was wide open, and the two teams of Jiannu were listlessly guarding outside the gate, and the pedestrians, cars, and horses in and out of the city gate did not see them go up for interrogation, it seems that Zhen Youcai did not lie, and the guards in Shengjing City during the day were really lax. In fact, it is not possible to blame the slack of Jiannu who defended the city, because since Nurhachi occupied Liaodong, the Ming army has never launched a decent counterattack, and it is impossible to hit Shengjing City, who would have thought that the Ming army would come to attack Shengjing?
Jiannu, who was guarding the door, and Zhen Youcai were really familiar with each other, and they began to say hello from afar.
Zhen Youcai glanced back at Wang Pu, Wang Pu shook his head imperceptibly, Zhen Youcai ran up in a hurry, Wang Pu stopped the grain cart, pretended to rest on the grain cart, his hands had already touched the middle of the grain bag, grabbed the long handle of the three-eyed gun, and the family behind Wang Pu also stopped the grain and grass one after another, and began to "rest on the grain cart".
At this distance, if Zhen Youcai dares to tell the truth, Wang Pu is confident enough to bomb him into a hornet's nest before he escapes into the city! Of course, having said that, if things really come to this point, Wang Pu's little life will be explained here today, and with the fifty family members that Wang Pu brought with him, the Jiannu in Shengjing City will bite them to death no matter how old, weak, sick and disabled.
Zhen Youcai stepped forward to greet Jiannu who was guarding the door in Manchu, and secretly turned around, seeing the posture of Wang Pu and his fifty family members, he couldn't help but shudder, in fact, Zhen Youcai really didn't have the intention of telling the informant, and said honestly to Jiannu: "Several military masters, the slaves were ordered by Lord Sudala to send these dozens of carts of grain, vegetables and game to the palace. ”
Saying that, Zhen Youcai also stuffed two ingots of silver into the hands of the leader Jiannu general, Jiannu made the general's face bloom with a smile, turned around and waved his hand and said, "Come in, don't miss the hour." ”
"I can't miss it, hehe, I can't miss it." Zhen Youcai sneered, and hurriedly turned around and beckoned to Wang Pu and the others, "Did you hear that, why don't you hurry up and drive the convoy into the city." ”
Wang Pu agreed and beckoned the convoy into the city.
When entering the city, Wang Pu kept an eye, according to his visual observation, this Shengjing City is not big, the circumference will not exceed ten miles at most, there are two city gates in the south, the other directions are not very clear, the height of the city wall is about 12 meters, the thickness is about six meters, there is a small urn city built in the city gate, there are hidden soldier holes dug on the walls on both sides of the urn city, there is a ramp to ride a horse to the city.
Now there are no enemy troops pressing the border, and the hidden holes in the walls are empty.
Wang Pu estimated that it was relatively easy to capture the city gate, and the problem was the garrison in the city. Although the elites of the Eight Banners of the Manchu Qing Dynasty are all in Songshan, and those who remain in Shengjing City are the old, weak, sick and disabled, but if you can sail the ship carefully for ten thousand years, if you can solve the garrison in the city without knowing it, why not?
Zhen Youcai quietly approached Wang Pu, lowered his voice and asked, "General, are you looking for the barracks of the garrison in the city?" ”
Wang Pu glanced at Zhen Youcai coldly, which was considered a tacit acquiescence.
Zhen Youcai said: "General, don't look for it, there are two military camps in the city, just on both sides of the Daqing Gate, the Daqing Gate is the main gate of the palace, and we will pass in front of the Daqing Gate in a while, and then you can take a closer look at the terrain there, don't look around now, in case it arouses the suspicion of Jiannu, it will be a big trouble." ”
Wang Pu snorted in response.
Zhen Youcai continued: "General, now you should believe the villain, if the villain wants to tell the truth, it was a good opportunity when he was at the city gate just now, the general should understand that the villain's net worth and surname are now tied to the general, and the villain is still counting on returning to Daming with the general to get promoted and make a fortune, hehe." ”
"Well said." Wang Pu said in a low voice, "As long as you serve the imperial court well, General Ben will definitely protect you to the Lord of Long Life." ”
Zhen Youcai sneered: "The villain thanked the general first." ”
Shengjing City is not big, the two of them talked all the way and soon arrived in front of the Qing Gate, Wang Pu also saw the two military camps, the scale of the military camps is not large, together about 2,000 people can be stationed, the killing sound on the school field is shocking, a team of young Jiannu is practicing, but it is also murderous.
In fact, Wang Pu didn't know that the Manchu Eight Banners were not allowed to be stationed in Shengjing City, and only the two thousand Zhenghuang Banner soldiers who belonged directly to Huang Taiji could be stationed in the barracks in front of the Qing Dynasty. This time, Huang Taiji personally led the army to the expedition, and the two thousand soldiers of the Zhenghuang Banner naturally had to go out with him, and the heavy responsibility of guarding Shengjing City fell on the young children of the Zhenghuang and Yellow Banners.
Although this group of young children is only half an adult, Wang Pu does not have the slightest contempt in his heart, he would rather treat the more than 2,000 Jiannu children as the most dangerous enemy to deal with, and now they are alone, there are only enemies and no friendly troops around, and the only thing Wang Pu and his more than 1,000 families can rely on is themselves.
In such a bad environment, we must be cautious and cautious, and we must not be careless.
The convoy marched to the side gate of the palace and did not go, and then it was the inner palace, of course the Han people who did not have a clean body could not go in casually, and Zhen Youcai could not enter even though he entered the flag register, and soon a eunuch came out to take over the car, Wang Pu and their task was completed, and the next thing was to go out of the city to find a place to stay, and then wait for tomorrow to enter the city and return the empty car.
Zhen Youcai led Wang Pu and his entourage to a secluded corner, and said in a low voice: "General, the villain knows a banner man, his house is in the south of the city, there are two courtyards, and it is relatively secluded, no one will disturb it, and it is safer for us to hide there." ”
Wang Pu said: "Let's go." ”
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