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The three-day period has arrived, that Kong Youde is really true to his word, saying that three days will be three days, no more than one day, no more than one day, no less, in these three days, not even a single soldier was sent to Yangzhou, and even the Qing army's meticulous spies have disappeared without a trace, only from this point of view, Kong Youde feels that he no longer needs to play the way of empty heads, when he wants to take Yangzhou, when he wants to break whichever door he wants.

In the early morning of this day, as soon as the sun rose, Wang Lanping received a report from a spy, saying that Kong Youde raised a large army to come to Yangzhou, the flag covered the sky and the sun, the iron hooves shook and the dust rolled, and the 100,000 army was divided into five teams, marching together, and the people encountered along the way were all killed, and at this time they were only afraid that they were less than 20 miles away from Yangzhou.

Wang Lanping knew that since Kong Youde's strength increased greatly, the battle of Yangzhou was completely out of his control, and he could only follow Kong Youde's idea step by step, and the side with absolute superiority in the military war often occupied the initiative on the battlefield.

Wang Lanping's idea of wanting to encroach on and disintegrate the Qing army step by step is impossible to realize, so he can only fight an earth-shattering decisive battle, 60,000 Ming troops against 100,000 Qing troops, and the two will fight under Yangzhou City.

Three days is less, Wang Lanping also did his best, 60,000 Ming troops were divided into three ways to resist the enemy, with the weakest combat effectiveness of more than 20,000 Yangzhou soldiers to defend the five gates of the city wall, Zheng Sen's Huai'an army also added a large number of recruits, but not in the city, but early pulled to a valley five miles outside Yangzhou City to hide, as a strange soldier to use, the three battalions of the champion army plus the cavalry battalion directly under the commander were all transferred out of the camp. Assemble outside Yangzhou City and stand by.

Everything was ready, and the army of Kong Youde arrived.

Wang Lanping and Shi Kefa walked up to the city, looking at the city and the city, the morale of the Ming army was okay, maybe the previous battle gave them a trace of confidence, and the Manchurians were not as strong as the legend.

Autumn winds gust. Under the rising sun, Shi Kefa on the head of the city seemed to have completely changed a person, there was no trace of anxiety and panic on his face, he looked very calm, he looked at the possible aspects of the Qing army, and said to Wang Lanping indifferently, "Dingnanhou, I think I Shi Kefa was born as a jinshi, and I am full of sage learning." Half of his life has been fighting in the court, but he has no merit in the world, I thought that this life would end in a mess, but I didn't know that I could end this life in such a big war, and I have no regrets in life."

Shi Kefa said sincerely, it turned out that he had long seen through the Nanjing court, the emperor had no talent, and the whole dynasty was traitorous. The people's livelihood is ignorant, and the officers and men have no fighting spirit. The Ming Dynasty is really the time when the building will fall, the great rivers and mountains, the virtuous live in it, the sage says, the Son of Heaven is not benevolent. Not to protect the four seas; The princes are not benevolent, and they do not protect the society; Doctor Qing is not benevolent, does not protect the temple, Shishu people are not benevolent, do not protect the four bodies.

Today's Ming Dynasty is unkind. What else do you want this family and country to do, heroes and heroes and heroes from the troubled times, play a Ming monarch and the son of heaven to dominate Kyushu, sweep away the Manchu Dynasty, and recreate the prosperous era of China, this is what the righteous and benevolent people should do.

Seeing all this thoroughly, Shi Kefa's heart is like stopping water, everything will go naturally, he is also old, his ambition is no longer there, but he can only save his integrity in the world.

Wang Lanping also saw that Shi Kefa was a little strange today, it was too quiet, as usual, when he heard that 100,000 Qing troops were coming, he had to jump up and down in a hurry.

"Ge Lao, why do you say this, you are a rare loyalty in the Ming Dynasty, and you are the Taishan Beidou of Shilin in the world, you can't be discouraged."

Shi Kefa looked up to the sky and laughed, "Loyalty, hum, since ancient times, which one of them has a good end, I Shi Kefa has the ambition to serve the country, but I have no talent to prosper the country, and I can't afford to be loyal and good. ”

Wang Lanping smiled, it seems that the evaluation of Shi Kefa in the history books is not wrong at all, he has no talent to teach the country, but he is worried about the world, and he is upright, although this kind of person is not enough, but the world cannot lack this kind of person, integrity, righteousness, and the foundation of a gentleman's life.

"Ge Lao, there is no gold and no one is perfect, born in troubled times, it is not what we want, why do you want to be so harsh on yourself, you are in such a high position, but you can still lead by example, you have already embarrassed those people in the court, don't be discouraged, this world will not always be like this"

Shi Kefa nodded, "What Master Hou said is right, this world will not always be like this, how can I let a foreign race slaughter me, it's just that this court, hey...... Master Hou, I'm old, I'm old, I'm old and incompetent to save the country, there is a skill in chaos, the sage cloud, the old and not dead is a thief, it's time to let the sage come forward, only a young man like you can save the people from fire and water, revive the appearance of China, now is the time for you to show your talents"

Wang Lanping secretly screamed in his heart, the old guy wants to die to protect the king, stupid or not, when the Ming Dynasty has run out of oil and lamps, you still have to bury him, can you think of something good.

"Lan Ping is only a shallow learner, I don't deserve to praise you so much, hey, do your best, listen to the destiny of heaven, according to what you said, don't ask for vigorous, but ask for worthy of your heart"

Unexpectedly, Shi Kefa's face sank, he was a little angry, and said in a deep voice, "Wang Lanping, you remember, the eldest husband stands in the world, should uphold the sage's secret, self-cultivation, Qi family, governing the country, and leveling the world, you, the hero of the world, the famous general of the country, you should ask for the people's life, be the master of the world, and return the world to a bright future."

Wang Lanping was stunned when he heard it, he couldn't imagine that these words could come out of the mouths of a generation of loyal ministers, isn't this just encouraging himself to rebel, he was stupid by Kong Youde.

Shi Kefa said, "The world is the world of the people of the world, the world of the virtuous people, I Shi Kefa has been loyal for a lifetime, I have hid for a lifetime, hated for a lifetime, endured for a lifetime, let me do it, let me be a loyal minister quietly"

The more Wang Lanping felt that something was wrong with this old guy, "Elder Ge, you, what do you want to do?" ”

Shi Kefa smiled, "I've thought about it, there's one thing missing from your previous deployment"

"What's missing?"

"The old man's head"

"Huh? ......" Wang Lanping was completely stunned.

But at this time, Song Dali said loudly on the side, "General, the Qing army is coming"

The two raised their eyes and looked into the distance, and sure enough, the intersection of heaven and earth in the distance. An iron stream is slowly surging, the soldiers are majestic, the flags are fluttering, the swords and guns are refracting ten thousand points of golden light, and the cold air is forested, which is Kong Youde's 100,000 iron horses. came, he finally came, an army of 100,000 people, lined up, with the momentum of Mount Tai, towards the north gate.

"Prepare for battle!"

Wang Lanping didn't have the heart to persuade Shi Kefa not to make a mistake, so for now, he would beat Kong Youde up first.

Outside the north gate, all the generals of the champion army arrived, and even Song Xian, who was seriously injured, gritted his teeth and insisted. He asked the soldiers to tie themselves firmly to their horses with ropes, how could such a big battle not come, he had to come, he had to avenge so many brothers who died in the heavy cavalry battalion.

Wang Lanping handed over the city defense to Xu Dingguo, and instructed him to take care of Shi Kefa, and then rushed down the city. Turned over and mounted his horse, and took two hundred soldiers with him. Come to the gates of the city.

Shi Kefa looked down on the city, and at this time, Wang Lanping also turned his head to look back, and the two of them each hugged their fists, and they both secretly said in their hearts: Take care.

"See the Overseer!" The congregation will be lined up on the moat listening to the suspension bridge. Kneeling in front of Wang Lanping's horse, everyone has a look of death and then life, death is not the result but a state of mind, the soldier has no greed for life, and will have the heart of death. How dare you say that the Ming army did not dare to fight in the field of the Qing army, and this battle should start from the champion army.

Because Song Xian couldn't get off the horse, he only gave up, but that perseverance jumped to the fore.

Wang Lanping urged the war horse and came to the generals, he wanted to say a few words to boost morale, but when he looked at these people in front of him, he didn't need to bother with his lips and tongues, one look and a god represented everything.

"Array to meet the enemy" Wang Lanping just nodded lightly.

The generals got up, took their own soldiers, turned on their horses, and ran towards the battalions.

The champion army also gave everything this time, almost all the soldiers who could move went into battle, 25,000 people, lined up along the moat of the north gate, muskets and crossbowmen in the center, heavy infantry pressed, cavalry at both ends of the formation angle to press the formation, the only forty cannons that could be folded were also neatly stacked along the front of the formation, the whole army held its head high, the team was orderly, not chaotic or noisy, the city was up and down, as quiet as no one.

Wang Lanping marched back and forth along the procession, but did not say a word, just walked calmly, at the beginning of this decisive battle, any inspiring words seemed pale and weak, he just let the whole army see that the general is living and dying with you.

In the distance in the Qing army's formation, the war drums shook three times, the 100,000 army stopped abruptly, and there was no offensive formation, the two armies looked at each other one mile apart, although no one could see each other's appearance clearly, but everyone knew in their hearts that the opposite side was the enemy, and if you don't die, I will die.

In the middle of the Qing army, a big flag with the word "Kong" fluttered in the wind, yes, this is the handsome flag of Kong Youde, the king of Dingnan in the Qing Dynasty, he really came.

Ao Bai beat the horse to the Chinese army, pointing to Yangzhou City, the day before yesterday he lost his troops here, this time he had to redeem that shame, especially the word 'king' embroidered on the opposite banner, he wanted to tear it to pieces.

At present, the Qing army is pressed with a thunderous momentum, and Yangzhou City can be turned into powder with a snap of a finger, these 100,000 people are almost the elite of the entire Duoduo Southern Expeditionary Army, and all the artillery and ordnance that Duoduo can mobilize are concentrated.

Ao Bai pointed to the champion army on the opposite side and said Kong Youde, "King Dingnan, you promised me, let me teach the man named Wang Lanping a good lesson, when the war starts, you have to leave him to me, I will personally cut off his head, hang it on the flagpole and send it to Nanjing, so as to vent the hatred in my heart and scare Hongguang's stupid person to death."

Kong Youde was calm, stroked his beard and smiled, "Haha, it seems that there is a good show to watch today, I also want to see whether it is the first Baturu in Manchu or the superior martial arts of the Ming Court, but I didn't plan to attack the city today."

Ao Bai was puzzled, "Why?" If you don't fight, then what are we going to do? ”

Kong Youde is also a veteran of the army, the good man above the soldier, is the soldier who drives people without fighting, if the soldiers can take Yangzhou without blood, wouldn't it be better, really want the two armies to fight a decisive battle, kill a thousand enemies, self-damage 800, 60,000 defenders on the opposite side, it is also a tragic victory if you are in a hurry, it is better to first pull 100,000 iron horsemen outside Yangzhou City, scare away half of them, so that your soldiers have no fighting spirit, will not dare to fight, and then break the city, casualties can be reduced to the bottom.

Kong Youde said, "I said the day before yesterday that I came to play chess with Wang Lanping today, we Han people have a saying, a gentleman is difficult to chase after a word, and today I will talk about playing chess."

Ao Bai was unhappy in his heart, "Playing chess? What do you want me to do? As far as you Han people are concerned, I won't."

Kong Youde laughed even more, "You don't need to, you just need to beat Wang Lanping into a dead dog, it's a great achievement, come, pass on my order, today the king of Dingnan is here to play against Wang Zhuangyuan, only on chess skills, regardless of the battle"

The banner soldiers were ordered, and the three horsemen left the middle and ran towards the front of the champion army.

The long-range soldiers in the front row of the champion army concentrated on their arrows and bows, aiming at the three Qing soldiers.

Wang Lanping urged his mount, came to the front of the formation, and observed the camp of the Qing army, which was not like the intention of attacking, but like a group of onlookers, so he pressed his hand and signaled the soldiers not to be nervous, and pressed down the bow and arrow.

The three Qing soldiers went to Wang Lanping's five zhang place, and Le Ma shouted, "The king of Dingnan in the Qing Dynasty invites General Wang Lanping to play in front of the battle", and he didn't wait for Wang Lanping to agree, so he beat his horse and returned.

Wang Lanping laughed at himself, the old thief really ran this game of chess, the wealth is different, invited so many audiences, what, want to scare me, the war master is not a pestle, play chess, play chess, and play the knife to the end.

"Commander, this, what kind of tricks is this old boy playing" Song Dali asked behind him.

"Whatever, when you see the move, you will be given the order, and you are not allowed to attack without an order."

From the Qing army array, another company ran out of dozens of soldiers, without weapons, only with a pocket, came to the two army formations, picked up the pockets, poured out the lime powder inside, in the middle of this array, actually drew a huge chess board.

In addition, more than ten zhang away from the side of this chessboard, there were Qing soldiers who got off a table and two stools, lit an incense burner, and put a jar of wine.

Wang Lanping shook his head and smiled, and said secretly: I didn't expect that Xiao Lao'er still had this battlefield leisure, and he was thoughtful enough.

At this time, the Qing army suddenly separated, only to see Kong Youde's banner moving forward, under the banner, Kong Youde rode out of the battle formation alone, was beating his horse to the small table in the formation, and only followed by a flag bearer holding the word "Kong".

Kong Youde was full of pride, got off the horse leisurely, came to the table, pointed to the stool in front of him to the side of the champion army, and made a gesture of please, which means, please sit down, and then Kong Youde sat down generously, closed his eyes and recuperated, and waited for the other party to come.

Waiting for Kong Youde to sit down, then rushed out of the Qing army sixteen people, full armor, all of them are tiger backs, the leader is the majestic Aobai, and everyone has the same words hanging on the back of their chests, which is: generals, ministers, soldiers, horses, cars, cannons, and pawns.

Sixteen Qing soldiers came to a large chessboard painted with lime powder and stood according to the words on their chests, staring at each other.

It turned out that this huge chessboard turned out to be using soldiers as chess pieces, and the Qing army's 'general' position, Ao Bai pointed to Wang Lanping opposite, and smiled contemptuously, that means clearly, do you dare to come and fight with the master?

A Qing soldier ran over, threw the chess pieces in front of the champion army, pointed to the ground, and shouted, "Do you dare to wear it?" ”

Wang Lanping glanced back at Shi Kefa at the head of the city and shouted, "Supervisor, how is your chess skills?" ”

Shi Kefa replied with a smile, "It's enough to be virtuous!" ”

The city gate slowly opened, and Shi Kefa strutted his head and walked straight towards Kong Youde's place.

The chessboard is like a battlefield, between square inches, and life and death are discussed.

Wang Lanping personally selected fifteen warriors, and he himself hung the chess uniform with the word 'handsome' on his chest, and thirty-two people stood opposite the Chu River and Han realms, all of them murderous. (To be continued.) )