In the back hall of Jinan Yamen, Pang Gang and Wei Tongnian sat on their knees, looking at Pang Gang's increasingly majestic and resolute face, Wei Tongnian smiled and said: "Chaodong, if you can come three days earlier, you will be able to keep Dolgon's wings, and if you can annihilate or severely damage Dolgon, our credit will be great." ”

Pang Gang shook his head with a smile and said: "Father-in-law, you think Dolgon is too simple, all you can repel Dolgon in Jinan is just relying on the advantage of the city wall, if you go out of the city to fight a field battle with Dolgon, it is not known who will kill the deer." ”

Since it was a family and talking behind closed doors, Pang Gang's words were also very direct, but it still made Wei Tongnian feel a little embarrassed, he glared and said: "Old man, these are five or six thousand Tartars, and they are not much worse than the movements you made in the hinterland of the Tartars, right?" ”

Wei said it in the same year, but Pang Gang smiled bitterly, but as a junior, he didn't say much, just smiled lightly.

Fortunately, Wei Tongnian was just joking with him, and after saying a word, Wei changed the topic in the same year: "Chaodong, Dolgon hit a stone in Jinan, and he must have gone to join Yue Tuo when he turned around, so our Jingshi is in danger, what do you think about this?" ”

Pang Gang shook his head: "Father-in-law, the son-in-law is not very worried about the Beijing Division, after all, there are still hundreds of thousands of Beijing camps there, even if it is erosive, it can withstand it for a while, but the son-in-law is worried about Lu Xiangsheng and his soldiers and horses stationed near the Beijing Division, which is a gathering of all the elites in Xuanda, Hebei, and Shanxi. ”

"Well, you have the same opinion as the old man." Wei Tongnian nodded, and then sighed: "But now that your relationship with the imperial court has become so stiff, we can only watch the situation erosify and be powerless, the old man has no taste in his heart." ”

Although Wei Tongnian is Pang Gang's father-in-law, it stands to reason that he should be on Pang Gang's side, but after all, he has worked hard for the Ming Dynasty for so many years, and he can't help but sigh when he sees the situation in the court so critical at this moment.

Pang Gang frowned and lowered his head and did not speak, he knew that if the historical habit had not changed much, Lu Xiangsheng's current situation would be very dangerous, while he was fighting against the Qing army, Gao Qiqian, a guy who did not do anything, was still dragging his feet back, if there was no strong foreign aid, Lu Xiangsheng might be really dangerous.

But should I do something about it? It stands to reason that he should sit back and watch the Ming Dynasty's forces continue to be wiped out by the Qing army, and then take the opportunity to replace them, but Pang Gang found that he could not do it. There is no emotion for Pang Gang of the Ming Dynasty, but for Lu Xiangsheng, the national hero of the late Ming Dynasty, Pang Gang, he can't help but admire, although Lu Xiangsheng is loyal to the Ming Dynasty, but as a son and daughter of China, he admires this iron-clad man, maybe what the Chinese nation lacks is a real man like him.

Seeing that Pang Gang was silent for a long time, Wei Tongnian asked, "Chaodong, do you plan to return to Qingzhou in two days?" ”

"No!" Pang Gang shook his head: "The son-in-law plans to go to Hebei again to help Lu Dudu." ”

"What?" Wei Tongtong stood up and said in a lost voice: "Are you crazy?" Thinking that Gao Qiqian already hates you to the bone, if you go to Hebei, won't you throw yourself into the net! ”

"Throwing yourself into the net?" Pang Gang smiled, "Father-in-law, you also underestimate your son-in-law, as long as the army is in hand, what can you do to me?" ”

"That's not going to work either." Wei Tongnian still shook his head and said: "Your relationship with the imperial court is already so tense, what if there is a mistake, the old man doesn't want to let Manyao be widowed at a young age." ”

Seeing Wei Tongnian so worried about his own safety, Pang Gang's heart warmed, and he said with a smile: "Father-in-law, don't worry, in fact, the son-in-law didn't go to Hebei all for Lu Dudu. The son-in-law thinks so, now the main force of the Tartars is almost all gathered in Hebei, and the grain and gold and silver treasures they have robbed are piled up, and there are no less than 500,000 people who have been robbed, if we can take these things over, even if it is half, our development speed in Shandong can be greatly accelerated. ”

"Then you can't just go like this, money is a thing, why do you want to snatch it from the Tartars so desperately?" Wei Tongtong still did not give up persuading Pang Gang.

"Father-in-law, don't you hear that the rich and the dangerous seeking, that Tartar comes and goes freely in our Central Plains, like robbing whoever you want, killing whoever you want, is it really that I am no one in China!" Speaking of this, Pang Gang's eyes showed a cold light, "So, this trip to Hebei is really impossible for the son-in-law to fly." ”

"Okay!" Seeing that Pang Gang had already decided, Wei Tongnian had no choice but to nod helplessly and agree, and he continued: "Since you have made up your mind, the old man will not stop you, how many soldiers do you plan to take on the road?" ”

Pang Gang thought about it in his heart and said: "This time in the face of the most elite army of the Tartars, it is not good to bring fewer soldiers and horses, this time the son-in-law went out to bring the soldiers and horses who came back from Liaodong, and then took away an infantry battalion and artillery battalion from Jinan, plus two thousand heavy soldiers, so that there are more than 16,000 people, and they can barely break their wrists with the Tartars!" ”

"That's it!" Wei Tongnian frowned and thought about it, hesitated for a moment and asked, "Is there still a little less soldiers and horses?" ”

Pang Gang smiled dumbly and said: "Father-in-law, there are already a lot of these soldiers and horses, and all of our belongings are only 30,000 people, and it is already the limit for the son-in-law to take half of them, and if there are more, it will affect the defense of various places." ”

"Yes!" Wei Tongnian said a little unwillingly: "Chaodong, shouldn't we also recruit again." ”

"Yes!" Pang Gang smiled, "This is also what the son-in-law wants to ask you, after all, Jinan is the capital of Shandong, with a large population, and the conscription is relatively more convenient than Qingzhou and other places, the son-in-law plans to ask you to recruit 20,000 troops for the son-in-law, what do you think?" ”

As the territory controlled by Pang Gang continues to grow, and he gradually comes to the front from behind the scenes, there are more and more times when he needs to use troops, and now Pang Gang has less than 30,000 troops, if he is barely able to defend the city, but if he wants to fight with people across the border, it will be a little insufficient, so taking advantage of this opportunity, Pang Gang opened his mouth with Wei Tongnian and asked him to help him recruit troops again in Jinan.

"Well, who let the old man get on your thief ship!" Wei Tongnian smiled bitterly, his son-in-law has now gone farther and farther away from the court, but his relationship with him is already both prosperous and lossy, knowing that he will turn his face with the court in the future, but he has to "help the abuse", it is really impermanent!

(To be continued)