Zhu Daolin took Guo Zhongjun, Qi Gongliang and more than ten guards out of the camp, and rushed through Wang Laicheng's camp of Sleeping Tiger Mountain, swept three hundred steps away from the south gate, and went straight to the west on a path.

When the group passed by the military camp at the foot of Heifeng Mountain, they happened to meet Wu Xiang's father and son who came out of the camp.

Zhu Daolin immediately slowed down, came to five meters in front of Wu Xiang's father and son, hugged his fists and saluted, and saw Wu Xiang politely turn over and dismount, so he had to dismount to meet him.

Wu Xiang, who has a straight body, has a long and dark beard, a dignified appearance, and a red face, and he can't tell that he is nearly fifty years old, and Wu Sangui next to him is twenty years old, with a tall nose and slightly slender eyes like his father, and he is a pair of handsome guys in any era.

Wu Xiang saw Zhu Daolin taking the lead to salute, and immediately stepped forward to hold Zhu Daolin's hand, and said in a loud voice: "General Zhu is polite, haha!" I wonder where the general is going in the morning? ”

Zhu Daolin pointed to Dengzhou City, 1 kilometer to the east: "I want to see if the 600-step-wide ground between Penglai Pavilion and the city wall can be placed with a guard's soldiers and horses." ”

Wu Xiang was taken aback: "The place is wide enough, the original governor Lord Chen's 5,000 men and horses were stationed in the camp south of Penglai Pavilion, about 800 steps away from the city wall, but Kong Youde placed 8 general cannons on the northwest corner of the city wall, and after several shells in a row, Lord Chen's men and horses had to withdraw from the camp that had been set up with great difficulty, and moved back 500 steps to re-establish camp. ”

Zhu Daolin was very surprised: "The big general's cannon at the head of the city can shoot 800 steps? ”

Wu Xiang nodded: "There are not 800 steps, there are 700 steps, the huge iron ball is pierced on the frozen ground, and it can jump a hundred steps away, look there...... The empty row of gaps was shattered and collapsed by shells. ”

Zhu Daolin looked at the abandoned wide camp in the southwest of Penglai Pavilion in the north, and thought about it and said that he wanted to take a look. Wu Xiang offered to go with him.

Under the nervous gaze of hundreds of rebels at the head of the city, they entered directly through the gap in the collapsed camp, and soon came to the empty wooden house in the center of the stockade, turned over and dismounted. Climb up the flattened mound in front of you and look at the western castle wall about 1,000 meters away.

"Look! The thieves and rebels at the head of the city seem to be dragging artillery, and it looks like they are going to fire at us. Wu Sangui, whose eyes were wide open, reminded loudly.

Everyone was shocked and hurriedly looked, but Zhu Daolin didn't care, and ordered several soldiers under the ridge to ride around the camp and survey the terrain and width of the open space in front of the camp.

The four young soldiers immediately turned on their horses, rode their horses to the four corners of the camp, and it was not long before they joined together and left the camp without any scruples. He went directly to the distance between 300 and 500 meters from the city wall, carefully inspected from south to north, turned the horse's head and jogged south again, and saw Wu Xiang's father and son and the officers and soldiers of Guanning stunned.

Zhu Daolin said calmly: "The rebels at the head of the city have not set up the two cannons so far, it is a complete bluff...... Even if they played for real, it would take at least half a quarter to a quarter to move out the gunpowder and iron bullets and reload. Even if the reload is completed, the ignition is fired. There is less than a 10% chance of hitting my four brothers, and the bow and crossbow cannot be shot, so what is there to worry about? ”

The veteran Wu Xiang looked stunned, and finally had a very deep understanding of Zhu Daolin's boldness, and his son Wu Sangui pondered for a moment, looking at Zhu Daolin with blazing eyes. Just opposite Zhu Daolin, who turned his head, Wu Sangui smiled embarrassedly and turned his head.

Zhu Daolin asked politely: "General Wu, the next 8,000 brothers are coming from Huang County, and they want to enter this camp to facilitate the next attack, I wonder if they need to ask for the consent of the governor?" ”

Wu Xiang replied with a smile: "The governor wishes that someone would be stationed here...... The 5,000 men who were originally stationed here. Now in the newly built camp north of Heifeng Mountain, there are people blocking in front of them, and I am afraid that they can sleep much more steadily. ”

Zhu Daolin also smiled: "I'll go and report to Lord Zhu and Lord Chen later, anyway, my 8,000 brothers have no place to station, I'm afraid it's too late to build a camp, this place near the sea can freeze to death at night." ”

Wu Xiang had a good impression of Zhu Daolin, thought about it and reminded in a low voice: "If your army really wants to be stationed here, I am afraid that the burden of attacking the West City Gate and the Northwest City Wall will weigh on your head." ”

Zhu Daolin didn't care: "It's okay, didn't you come all the way to this place just to fight?" Was General Wu's mission to attack Simon? ”

"That's right, the two guards of Governor Zhu are stationed behind us, and they share the heavy responsibility of attacking the West Gate...... If General Zhu took over the burden of attacking the fortifications north of the West Gate, it is estimated that Lord Chen would take the initiative to hand over his 5,000 men and horses to General Zhu's command. Wu Xiang replied kindly.

Zhu Daolin nodded, and when he saw the four soldiers riding their horses back, he bid farewell to Wu Xiang and led his subordinates straight to the Chinese army camp in the southeast of the city.

Wu Sangui looked at the heroic Zhu Daolin riding away, he felt very envious in his heart, remembering what his father had just said and feeling that something was not right, seeing that his father sighed and wanted to leave, he hurriedly followed and asked in a low voice:

"Just now my father said that Lord Chen would take the initiative to hand over his 5,000 men and horses to General Zhu's command, but after thinking about it, I think it's unlikely...... Governor Denglai now has such a small number of people left on hand, is he willing to do it? ”

Wu Xiang taught his son earnestly: "He must be reluctant, but Zhu Daolin takes the initiative to enter the most dangerous place, as long as the governor of Shandong, Lord Zhu, gives an order, he will take on the most difficult and dangerous task...... In such a situation, Lord Chen must always say something, right? ”

"Zhu Daolin has solved problems for him, at least he has to speak more beautifully, as for whether he will really hand over the 5,000 men and horses to Zhu Daolin's command at that time, that's another matter...... What is the face of my Ming civil official, after so many years in Ningjin and Shanhaiguan, haven't you seen enough? ”

Wu Sangui immediately said yes humbly, and when he got to the bottom of the hill, he couldn't help but ask again: "Then do we want to express to Zhu Daolin that we are willing to fight side by side?" ”

Wu Xiang stopped and asked his son seriously: "What do you think of Zhu Daolin?" ”

Wu Sangui frowned and pondered: "Brave and fearless, he is full of courage, the child thinks he should have a way to defeat Dengzhou." ”

Wu Xiang nodded: "My intuition is good, my father also thinks that he can conquer Dengzhou, just look at the firearms and equipment of several battalions under his command, and you will know what he relies on." ”

"In the previous military discussions, the two generals Wang Laicheng and Ding Sihou also mentioned using gunpowder to blow up the city wall and charge vigorously, and Zhu Daolin is likely to do this...... As long as he can blow up the city wall, it is equivalent to taking Dengzhou, why don't we show him the sincerity to fight side by side? ”

"Take 10,000 steps back, even if he returns in a fiasco, it will not harm us, we are cavalry, we don't need to climb the wall, if the city is broken, we will rush in and make contributions, if Zhu Daolin and the other departments are defeated and return, we will at most go back to the camp to rest, advance and retreat freely, why not?"

Wu Sangui finally understood, and nodded convincingly: "The child understands, as my uncle said, the first priority is to preserve strength, if the family is gone, I'm afraid the emperor won't look at our Wu family again!" ”

Wu Xiang patted his son's shoulder with satisfaction: "There is growth, my father is old, and in the future, our old Wu family can only rely on you to carry it forward!" ”

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Wu Xiang's father and son's thoughts Zhu Daolin didn't know, and he didn't want to know, if he hadn't happened to meet him today, Zhu Daolin wouldn't have been a bird of the Wu family father and son, let alone fight side by side with the notorious Wu family father and son in later generations.

The evil deeds of the entire Guanning Army in the previous wars against the Qing Dynasty left an extremely bad impression on Zhu Daolin, who had long regarded the Guanning Army as an unscrupulous warlord that must be eliminated in the future.

However, Wu Xiang was right when he said that Zhu Daolin took the initiative to ask to be stationed in the abandoned camp in the west of the city, much to the delight of Zhu Dadian and Chen Yingyuan, who offered to lead his 5,000 men and horses to fight side by side, and hand them over to Zhu Daolin for unified command if necessary.

Zhu Dadian happily rewarded Zhu Daolin with 800 stone of grain and a lot of wine and meat, and sent it to the camp in the west of the city where Zhu Daolin was about to lead his troops to station.

Knowing that Zhu Dadian meant that if you don't enter the camp in the west of the city, I won't send you anything, Zhu Daolin still respectfully thanked him, and just wanted to ask for his resignation, the Chinese army Tanma came to report in time:

"The 8,000 men and horses of the Jiangnan New Army arrived at the foot of the West Mountain, 10 miles to the southwest, and the officers and men of the whole army were equipped with a large number of muskets and artillery, and the marching speed was very fast!"

Zhu Dadian and Chen Yingyuan were overjoyed, and immediately stood up and said that they would welcome Sanli and take a good look at the majestic posture of the new army in Jiangnan.

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