Liaocheng, Dolgon's residence.

Almost at the same time that Wang Pu received the news of Zuo Liangyu's army, Dolgon also received a secret letter sent by Fan Wencheng, although the flying pigeon of the White Lotus Sect passed the news quickly, but the White Lotus Sect did not know the news until Jin Shengtan's army reached Jiujiang, and Fan Wencheng sent a secret letter as early as when Zuo Liangyu had just decided to raise troops.

Therefore, Dolgon and Wang Pu learned the news of Zuo Liangyu's army almost at the same time.

When it was delivered intensively, Dolgon was summoning Azig, Holohui, Sakhalian, Ning Wan and others to discuss the matter, and after reading the secret letter in a hurry, Dolgon's expression suddenly became extremely strange, looking a little happy, a little angry, and a little lost and melancholy.

Seeing that Dolgon's expression was strange and he didn't speak for a long time after reading the letter, Azig, who was in a hurry, couldn't help but ask, "Old Fourteen, whose letter is this?" What does the letter say? ”

Dolgon breathed a long sigh of relief and said indifferently: "This is Mr. Wen Cheng's handwritten letter. ”

"Fan Wencheng?" Azig said hurriedly, "What does the letter say, has his plan succeeded?" ”

"It's successful, Mr. Wen Cheng's Zhang Liang plan has worked." Dolgon said in a quiet tone, "Mr. Wen Cheng really provoked the party struggle in the Southern Ming Dynasty, and Zuo Liangyu, Marquis of Ningnan, has led an army of 800,000 troops down the Yangtze River to the east and launched an attack on Nanjing, threatening to get rid of Sun Chuanting and Wang Pu who controlled the government on the 'Qing monarch's side'. ”

"Okay, great!" Ning Wan said excitedly, "It's worthy of a constitutional fight, and it really provoked the Nanming party dispute!" ”

Dolgon suddenly looked at Ning Wan me with a very strange look, and asked faintly: "Mr. Wan, if you are now in Zuo Liangyu's army instead of Mr. Wen Cheng, are you still willing to return to this king, and are you still willing to contribute your wisdom to the Great Qing Kingdom?" ”

"Of course." Ning Wan replied without thinking, "The slave must come back." ”

"Alas, Mr. Wencheng won't come back." Dolgon let out a long sigh and said a little lonely, "Mr. Wen Cheng said in the letter that the Battle of Liaocheng failed to annihilate Wang Pu's elite Central Army, and our Qing Dynasty has no chance......

"What?" Ning Wan was taken aback, and said in a lost voice, "Fan Wencheng, this dog minion, how can he be like this!?" ”

Azig, He Luohui, Bolo and other Manchurians were angry, staring at Ning Wan me one by one, Azig, who was in a hurry, had already reached out and touched the handle of the waist knife, and his eyes also showed an undisguised murderous aura, obviously, he put Fan Wencheng's account on Ning Wan's head.

"Ugh." Dolgon sighed again, and then said, "Mr. Wen Cheng also said that if this king returns to Guanwai with the Eight Banners army, he may still be able to confront Daming across the Shanhai Pass, and if this king has to stay in Yanjing and not leave, it can only accelerate the destruction of the Great Qing Kingdom, Mr. Wencheng, what do you think of Mr. Wen Cheng's words?" ”

"Full of nonsense." Ning finished me and said, "Fan Wencheng, a dog minion, is simply full of nonsense, I am the Qing Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty in Liaodong, which is the destiny of heaven, how can a Wang Pu change it?" Crazy, Fan Wencheng, this dog minion, must be crazy, otherwise he would not have been able to say such crazy things......"

"Die!"

Azig roared angrily, drawing his knife and stabbing it in Ning Wan's vest.

The cold light flashed, and the sharp blade had pierced Ning Wan's body, Ning Wan's body was suddenly suffocated, and then he turned his head with difficulty, slowly raised his right hand and pointed at Azig, desperately trying to ask why, but in the end he still failed to do so, his fingers fell down halfway, and the whole person fell straight to the ground, and a pool of red blood quickly poured out from under Ning Wan's body, and a large piece of red blood was red.

Dolgon didn't mean to stop Azig in the slightest, and it wasn't until I died under Azig's knife that Dolgon sighed faintly and said, "Han people...... After all, it's still unreliable! ”

Azig wiped the blood stains from the waist knife on my corpse, looked up and asked Dolgon: "Old Fourteen, since Zuo Liangyu has already raised troops, Wang Pu will definitely choose to withdraw in order to keep his lair, now is it time to send Mongolian cavalry to entangle them and prevent them from retreating?" ”

"Nope." Dolgon shook his head and said in a condensed voice, "Wang Pu has already caught fire in the backyard, so why don't we have a fire in the backyard?" Let's sweep the snow by ourselves, don't worry about Wang Pu, first go back to Yanjing and settle the tens of thousands of Henan thieves in Jiang Pin, Wang Chengyin, Tang Tong and Baoding, and then say, this king wants to take a look, is there really no hope for the Qing Dynasty? ”

"Huh?" Azig said unhappily, "What a pity to miss such a good opportunity?" ”

"For Wang Pu, isn't this also a good opportunity?" Dolgon said coldly, "Wang Pu's difficult bone, leave it to Zuo Liangyu to gnaw, Fan Wencheng is not very optimistic about Zuo Liangyu, does he think Zuo Liangyu can become a big thing?" Hmph, this king wants to see, in the end, Zuo Liangyu cleaned up Wang Pu, or Wang Pu cleaned up Zuo Liangyu. ”

Azig waved his fist viciously and said fiercely: "No matter who cleans up whom, in the end, it will have to be cleaned up by our Eight Banners Iron Cavalry of the Great Qing Dynasty." ”

"Hmm." Dolgon nodded heavily, and said loudly, "Order, withdraw the troops and return to Beijing!" ”

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The camp of the Central Army, Wang Pu's account.

After hesitating for a long time, Wang Pu still couldn't make up his mind, so he had to ask the young lady to find Liu Ruyi, although Liu Ruyi's strategic vision was slightly inferior to Wang Pu's, but two people would always think more comprehensively than one person.

Liu Ru was also taken aback when he heard that Zuo Liangyu had raised troops and that Jin Shengtan's vanguard army had reached Jiujiang.

After thinking for a while, Liu Ru asked Wang Pudao: "Master Hou, in your estimation, can Tang Sheng's White Lotus Battalion and Huang Zongbing's Nanjing Navy Division block Jin Shengtan in Anqing?" ”

"There's nothing wrong with that." Wang Pu said categorically, "Tang Sheng's 5,000 White Lotus Battalion was trained by Monk Zhang, and it was selected from the thieves of Yuan Shizhong and Li Qingshan. ”

Liu Qingyan said: "But Jin Shengtan is just Zuo Liangyu's pioneer!" ”

Liu Ru said: "Sister Qingyan, have your intelligence officers found out how many troops Zuo Liangyu has?" ”

Liu Qingyan shook his head and said in a condensed voice: "Zuo Liangyu is known as an army of 800,000, but the Yinu family estimates that it is only about 500,000 at most, but it is certain that Jin Shengtan's forward army is only 8,000 people. ”

Wang Pu also said: "800,000 people must be bragging, Zuo Liangyu's subordinates are really elite that is the more than 30,000 veterans he brought to Wuchang from Guanzhong, even if he collects a lot of thieves and veterans, there are more than 100,000 people added to it, and the rest are just some old, weak, sick and disabled, completely vulnerable." ”

Wang Pu is still quite confident in his judgment, after all, he has trained soldiers, and he knows that it is not easy to train an elite soldier, it is not something that can be solved by raising thousands or tens of thousands of elites, even if Zuo Liangyu follows the model of managing the army of thieves, he must give them weapons and equipment and give them food, right?

With just a few prefectures and counties controlled by Zuo Liangyu, how could they raise such a huge army? How is it possible to supply so much weapons and equipment?

Liu Ru said: "However, even if the left army only has more than 100,000 people, Tang Sheng's 5,000 White Lotus Battalion will definitely not be able to resist it. ”

Wang Pu said: "If Zhao Xin doesn't send reinforcements, Tang Sheng will hold out for half a month at most." ”

Liu said: "Although there are still 60,000 central troops in the Yanziji battalion, they are all recruits who have never been on the battlefield, and there are only spear battalions and baggage battalions, which lack attack power. ”

Wang Pudao: "The worst thing is that there are still 60,000 Jiangbei troops in the Yanziji camp in training, these 60,000 people are Gao Jie, Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo's old troops, Gao Jie and they are all in Nanjing City, if Zhao Xin takes the central army to reinforce Anqing, in case there is a storm in Nanjing, we will have a difficult home." ”

Liu Ru sighed lightly and said, "It seems that I have to go back to Nanjing." ”

"It seems that the national policy of first securing the inside must be the right one." Wang Pu nodded, and said abruptly, "Although we failed to solve Jiannu this time, the strategic purpose of our Northern Expedition has been achieved, after all, Li Zicheng has stabilized his position in Shaanxi and formed a confrontation with Wu Sangui in Shanxi. ”

After pondering for a moment, Wang Pu said to Liu Qingyan again: "Sister Yan, you can go back to Jining now, and inform Sun Ge Lao with a flying pigeon message, and ask Sun Ge Lao to mobilize those imperial historians of the Donglin Restoration Society as soon as possible, and give Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo and Gao Jie a random charge and put them in prison for monitoring." ”

Without waiting for Liu Qingyan to respond, Wang Pu said again: "There is also the red lady in Baoding, it is impossible to attack Jiannu together, you immediately fly the pigeon to inform Monk Zhang of Kaifeng, and let Monk Zhang send a fast horse to inform the red lady, so that she can lead the army back to Henan as soon as possible. ”

Liu Qingyan smiled and said, "Master Hou, you are really bad. ”

"And." Wang Pu thought for a while, and then said, "Can you pass the book to Anqing Feige?" ”

Liu Qingyan said: "Yes." ”

Wang Pu said: "Then use the flying pigeon to tell Tang Sheng and Huang Degong, let them hold Anqing for at least half a month no matter what, add another one to the letter to Sun Ge Lao, let Zhao Xin immediately take 20,000 central troops to aid Anqing, and tell Zhao Xin that even if Zuo Liangyu takes the heavenly soldiers to attack, he will have to defend Anqing, if Anqing is lost within a month, Lao Tzu will unscrew his head and kick it as a ball, especially tell your intelligence officer, you must transfer my original words to Zhao Xin!" ”

Liu Qingyan replied in a flattering voice: "Yes, the slave family is ordered." ”

Wang Pu waved his hand and said loudly: "Go." ”

Liu Qingyan couldn't help but glance at Wang Pu, and turned his waist away.

When Wang Pu was about to summon the generals to announce the withdrawal of the army, Scarface and Li Chengdong suddenly hurriedly entered the big tent, Li Chengdong saw Wang Pu and hurriedly hugged his fists, but Scarface saluted with his legs together and saluted a standard military salute, and said loudly: "Master Hou, Jiannu seems to be running away!" ”

"Escape?" Liu Ru was stunned when he heard this, "Master Hou, it seems that Jiannu also knows the news." ”

"Hmm." Wang Pu nodded and said indifferently, "Jiannu's nose is quite smart, and I know the news so quickly." ”

Scarface was confused, looked at Liu Ru is and then at Wang Pu, and asked, "Master Hou, what...... What's the news? ”

Wang Pu said: "Zuo Liangyu rebelled, and now that our backyard is on fire, we can't care about solving the problem of Jiannu, otherwise he wouldn't dare to withdraw with the courage of Dolgon." ”

"Huh?" Scarface and Li Chengdong were taken aback at the same time, "Zuo Liangyu rebelled?" ”

"Hmm." Wang Pu nodded and said to Scarface, "Inform the whole army to withdraw the camp immediately, but let the brothers be vigilant, muskets and artillery are loaded with ammunition, ready to meet the sneak attack of Jiannu at any time, although Jiannu is also in a hurry to return to Yanjing, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not send Mongolian cavalry to disturb them." ”

"Yes!"

Scarface, Li Chengdong agreed with a bang and took the order.

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The flying pigeon is fast, Liu Qingyan rushed to Jining that night to release the carrier pigeon, and the next night, Sun Chuanting in Nanjing City received the news, Sun Chuanting did not dare to slack off after receiving the news, and immediately sent people to invite Qian Qianyi, Lu Daqi and Zhao Xin, the chief soldier of Nanjing, to discuss the matter.

Qian Qianyi, Lu Daqi's mansion and Sun Chuanting's mansion were on the same street, and the two arrived quickly.

After the salute in the study, Qian Qianyi asked: "The elder of the pavilion was summoned late at night, I don't know what is urgent?" ”

Sun Chuanting said: "Old Qian Ge, Old Lu Ge, the old man just got the news that Zuo Liangyu has rebelled!" ”

Due to the convenience of flying pigeons, Wang Pu, who was far away in Shandong, actually knew the news of Zuo Liangyu's rebellion before Sun Chuanting, and at this time, the fast horse sent by Tang Sheng from Anqing had just arrived at the Yanziji camp.

"Huh?" Qian Qianyi was shocked when he heard this, "Zuo Liangyu rebelled, this and this...... How good is that? ”

"Oops." Lu Daqi also hurriedly said, "Then hurry up and let Governor Wang return to Nanjing, Zuo Liangyu has 800,000 male soldiers under him, if there is no Governor Wang, Nanjing will be hanging." ”

Sun Chuanting said: "The two elders don't need to panic, Governor Wang has already returned to the south, and he can rush to Nanjing in twenty days at most!" But there are a few people that we can't afford to be guarded against. ”

Qian Qianyi and Lu Daqi asked in unison, "Who?" ”

Sun Chuanting said: "Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing!" ”

Qian Qianyi's face changed slightly, and he said in a condensed voice: "Elder Ge means ......"

Sun Chuanting said: "There is a way to prevent people is indispensable, at present, there are 60,000 Jiangbei troops in the Yanziji camp in the training, these 60,000 horses are Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing's old department, in case they hear the news of Zuo Liangyu's army and instigate the old department to respond, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

Lu Daqi said in horror: "The elder of the pavilion is extremely worried, these three should be careful and careful. ”

"It's not enough to just be on guard." Sun Chuanting said, "The old man's meaning is to put them in prison on a charge!" ”

Lu Daqi frowned and said, "But what kind of crime should be given to them?" ”

"It's not easy." Qian Qianyi said with a smile, "Didn't Zuo Liangyu rebel?" Let's just say that Liu Liangzuo is Zuo Liangyu's accomplice, isn't this crime justified? ”

Sun Chuanting said happily: "Just do what Elder Qian Ge wants." ”

"Okay." Lu Daqi nodded, and said respectfully, "The old man will go to inform Zhang Pu, and arrange a few imperial historians to poke out this matter tomorrow morning, and then let all the imperial historians under the name of the Donglin Restoration Society list the evidence, and finally the subordinates and the old man will come forward to confirm the charges of the three people." ”

"Hmm." Sun Chuanting said happily, "There are Lao Qian Ge and Lu Ge Lao. ”

"Farewell."

"Farewell."

The plan was decided, Qian Qianyi and Lu Daqi said goodbye to Sun Chuanting and assigned Zhang Luo, the imperial historian of the Donglin Restoration Society, to frame him.

As soon as Qian Qianyi and Lu Daqi left with their heels, Zhao Xin entered the old mansion with their heels.

Entering the study, Zhao Xin saluted Sun Chuanting with a standard military salute, and said loudly: "See the elder of the pavilion!" ”

Sun Chuanting waved his hand and said in a condensed voice: "Chief soldier Zhao, Zuo Liangyu has already rebelled. ”

Zhao Xin said: "I just received the news from my humble position. ”

Sun Chuanting nodded, and said, "Wang Pu has something to ask the old man to transfer to you." ”

Zhao Xin snapped his legs together and said loudly: "Listen to the Hou Ye's instructions." ”

Sun Chuanting said: "Wang Pu asked you to strictly seal the contact between the Yanziji camp and the outside world, especially not to let the 60,000 Jiangbei troops who are being trained in the camp have any contact with the outside world!" After the arrangements are made, you will take 20,000 central troops to Anqing to meet the Tang generals in the starry night! ”

Zhao Xinlang responded: "Yes! ”

Sun Chuanting said again: "Also, Wang Pu specially told the old man to convey the next few words to you: Even if Zuo Liangyu attacks with the heavenly soldiers, you have to defend Anqing, if Anqing is lost within a month, Lao Tzu will unscrew your head and kick it as a ball!" ”

Zhao Xin replied proudly: "Yes!" ”

"Go ahead." Sun Chuanting waved his hand and said in a harmonious voice, "Although Wang Pu's stinky boy is talking ugly, he is also reasonable, and Anqing will ask General Zhao to do so." ”

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Zhao Xin left the old mansion, as soon as he returned to the Yanziji camp, he ordered martial law, and all the soldiers in the camp were not allowed to act alone, even if they were in the last thatched house, they had to be accompanied by at least three people, and they also sent ten times more patrols than usual to closely patrol the surrounding area of the camp, even if it was a mouse, it was strictly forbidden to enter and exit.

After martial law was issued, Zhao Xin summoned several of his generals to his general army.

Zhao Xin's sharp gaze swept over the faces of several generals one by one, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, this town has just received news that Zuo Liangyu has rebelled!" ”

These generals are all veterans brought out by Wang Pu from Datong, and they are worthy of being battle-hardened generals.

Zhao Xin said: "This town will take 20,000 central troops to Anqing to meet the Tang general army, our task is to hold Anqing for at least a month, Hou Ye said, if Anqing is lost within a month, he will unscrew the town's head as a ball to kick!" However, before the Hou Ye unscrews off the town's heads, the town will unscrew off a few of your heads first! ”

Hearing this, several soldiers stood up.

Zhao Xin shouted: "Did you hear it clearly? ”

"Hear me clearly!" Several generals responded violently, "If Anqing is lost within a month, the general will screw off our heads and kick the ball!" ”

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(To be continued)