Chapter 23: The Lobbyist
Tunqi is not yet forty years old in recent years, it is the time when he is in the prime of life and unlimited energy, since returning to the camp, a kind of Eight Banners generals and colleagues and the generals of the Han Army's green battalion have come to congratulate, at this time the heart is even more comfortable to the extreme. All the way to the battle, even some decent resistance did not encounter, I thought that Jiangyin would take some effort, but I didn't expect it to be surprisingly smooth, the Han officials in the city actually took the initiative to open the city gate, if there was no civil unrest, I am afraid that I should have returned to the army a few days earlier.
After leaving the lieutenant general to lead 20,000 horses to defend the city, Tunqi couldn't wait to come to Bolo to show his merits. Since he was removed from his title during the Jinzhou War, it is not until today that Tunqi has had a time when he is full of spirit and sullen in his chest.
Tun Qi was busy talking with his colleagues, but outside the crowd was shouting, "Lord Belle has arrived!" ”
Everyone hurriedly got out of the way and stood solemnly on both sides, and Bolopi walked in without smiling, full of congratulatory words, but there was no joy on his face.
In fact, Bolo and Tunqi also know each other quite well, after all, their grandfathers are still brothers of the same mother, although Shulhaqi later died unexplained, and the mastermind behind it is still Nurhachi's ghost behind the scenes, but now that things are changing, who still has the heart to care about the confused accounts of the year. The current Eight Banners pay attention to military merits, as long as there are military merits, the regent will look at it differently, and even with the title will rise again and again.
As for Bolo, except for his arrogance and no one in his eyes, he will guard the title of a Baylor and wait for death. This nearly 200,000 army besieged a lonely city, and even a urn city was not captured for more than ten days.
Both of them are moving in their hearts, but their faces are full of brotherly affection, one is cold and warm, and they are meticulous; The other was full of humility and humility, and even the crowd on the side felt hypocritical and disgusting when they listened to it.
Han Jun Qin Guanglian, Liu Zhiyuan and others watched the performance of the two coldly. But he sneered in his heart.
Seeing that the heat was about the same, Bolo threw out the "baggage" he had prepared. Since Tunqi is invincible and invincible, now the main force of the Qing army is under the city of Nanjing, and the siege in the future will be handed over to Tunqi to command. Yu Wei's raid on Nanjing, which was coerced by victory, must have been captured.
Bolo in order to deal with Tunqi's prevarication. also prepared a large set of rhetoric, but surprisingly, Tunqi agreed without hesitation, looking at Tunqi's confident face, Bolo suddenly regretted it.
Tun Qi laughed: "I, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, reigns in the world, and now I am chasing the north." Earlier, there was a rumor in the army that the land outside my pass was lost, but I thought that was just an exaggeration of the southerners. There are disadvantages to the war outside the border, but it is far from being irreversible. I think back then, I Qing Dynasty assessed that Liaodong went through two generations of emperors to successfully conquer the land outside the border, the Ming Dynasty has been struggling to survive these years, where did it come from such a mighty place, saying that Liaodong will be taken, but how can there be such an easy thing in this world! ”
Tun Qi bowed his hand to Bo Luo and the surrounding generals, "I don't have a talent in Tun Qi." is also a descendant of Aixin Jueluo, since Lord Belle has the order to let me charge into battle. I Tunqi is naturally the one who will not give in, and there is no other thing to say! ”
The surrounding crowd suddenly roared into cheers. Bo Luo was unhappy in his heart, and asked with a dry smile: "I don't know what good plan Beizi has to break the city?" ”
Tun Qi looked at Bolo complacently, and the disdain in his eyes was revealed. "I'm afraid Lord Belle doesn't know yet. This time, Jiangyin was conquered without a fight, not only to cut off the communication channel between Jianghuai and Nanzhili, but more importantly, to let our army learn a lot of news about the defense of the city in Nanjing today. Including the commanders and generals of the southerners, the troops are real and real! ”
Bolo was taken aback, "What do you mean by that?" ”
Tun Qi knew very well what Bolo's intention was to push himself down in front of him, and he had several ups and downs, so that he was no longer a martial artist who only knew how to fight, and he began to learn to use his brain to analyze the speculation of these people's hearts and the changes in the situation. So. When Bolo threw the siege task to him, Tunqi, who had already made preparations, accepted this "big gift" without hesitation.
"Lord Belle doesn't know!" Tunqi deliberately sold a pass, "This general conquered Jiangyin this time, but there are many officials in the south, who defected to my Qing Dynasty, including civil officials and military generals, from their mouths, this general also learned that there are not many troops in Nanjing now, but the soldiers are only 40,000 to 50,000, and the rest are recruited young and strong people, what is the combat power at all?" Besides, the city of Nanjing is huge, and it is obviously impossible to rely on such a force to cover all aspects. ”
Tunqi's words immediately made Bolo's face hot. But he didn't stop there, but continued: "Lin Zhiji, the magistrate of Jiangyin, and Chen Ruizhi, the garrison, defected to my Daqing, and also talked about one thing, now the defender of Nanjing City is not Shi Kefa, but a master book called Yan Yingyuan jointly recommended by Zhu Ping'an and Lu Zhenfei. This person has an inconspicuous reputation and a low official position, but he is proficient in military affairs and has a reputation in Jiangyin. This time, it was he who led thousands of Jiangyin Minzhuang into Nanjing, and was appointed by Shi Kefa as the main general to take charge of defending the city, and our opponent is him! ”
Everyone exclaimed, but they didn't expect that Shi Kefa actually appointed a small official to be the garrison general of Nanjing City. This Ming Dynasty is really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger, a small master book, and he has such a ability to trap the 200,000 troops of the Qing Dynasty firmly under the city of Nanjing.
Tunqi was very proud of everyone's reaction, "This time to conquer Jiangyin, the southerners launched a civil rebellion and were suppressed by the general, killing and injuring countless people, and the entire Jiangyin City was bleeding like a river, so that my Qing soldiers were intimidating the north and south of the river." However, the general is not a reckless man who does not know how to be flexible, and deliberately left some people from the south to bring them to Nanjing, and they have many relatives, children and nephews who are now stationed in this Nanjing city. Everyone, please think about it, if these people show up under the city and cry for some time, then the military spirit in the city, hehe, won't they stop fighting and chaos? ”
Everyone suddenly realized, and for a moment they were overjoyed, and all kinds of flattery rolled in, and Tun Qi's face was pale, but his eyes secretly glanced at Bolo, but they found that his face was so black that it seemed to be covered with a dark cloud.
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For two days, the Qing army outside the city did not launch another attack, during this period, the Ming army at the head of the city can clearly see that the Qing army battalions are constantly moving the cut down giant trees into the camp, it seems that they are doing their best to build siege equipment, or it will not be long before they will launch another onslaught.
These days, because the news of the fall of Jiangyin has spread, Yan Yingyuan has been holding back the sadness in his heart, and he is also worried that the children of Jiangyin under his command will be in turmoil because of this. Therefore, he and Chen Mingyu have been living in the military camp of the children of Jiangyin in the city, constantly comforting and motivating the soldiers, hoping to minimize the impact of the news of the fall of Jiangyin and the slaughter of the people.
On the 18th day of February, the weather was still as sunny as ever, and Yan Yingyuan, who had just been woken up by his own guards, had not had time to have some breakfast, and the defenders of the city came to report that the Qing army had left the camp.
Yan Yingyuan's heart chuckled, and he picked up the iron shovel and ran towards the city. Chen Mingyu was guarding the city early, and when he saw Yan Yingyuan, the worry on his face did not decrease slightly, but he pointed to the city with trembling fingers.
Yan Yingyuan hurriedly came to the battlement, leaned out and looked down.
The morning sun has risen into the sky, and the warm sunlight has sprinkled every corner of the city, and it can be clearly seen that the number of Qing troops out of the camp is not much, and there are not even many foot soldiers, only about hundreds of cavalry lazily driving a group of people towards the gate of Jubaomen.
Yan Yingyuan hadn't seen clearly who was coming from the other side, and there were already soldiers crying at the head of the city, "Second uncle, is it you?" "Mother!"
Yan Yingyuan's heart suddenly sank to the bottom, and he didn't need to look anymore, he also knew who these people were driven by the Qing army.
The number of people who came slowly was not much, among them were injured Ming soldiers, but more of them were people who helped the old and the young, probably only as many as a thousand. The cavalry of the Qing army was on both sides of the ranks, and the blades in their hands exuded a bright cold light.
Looking at this scene, Yan Yingyuan couldn't help but feel like a numb.
After a short time, the Qing army had already come to the city, but they had no intention of crossing the moat, so they stopped on the other side of the river. Listening to the sad voice of the city, the Qing army was full of smiles, and was not afraid of the feather arrows and rolling wood and stones on the city, jumped off the horse in a big way, and basked in the sun on the other side of the moat.
The defenders of the city were stunned, but they were helpless, and the people in the city were also crying, and some could even see the faces of their relatives, but they were close to the end of the world.
Dozens of cavalry of the Qing army surrounded a person and rode to the main gate of Jubaomen, but the Qing soldiers held a wide shield and guarded this person tightly in the middle.
The man smiled and threw his hand to the Qing soldiers on the horse, and the heavy armor on his body was also rubbing, but Yan Yingyuan recognized this person at a glance as soon as he saw him, "Chen Ruizhi!" ”
There was an uproar in the city, "Traitors, traitors who seek glory!" "It was he who gave Jiangyin City to the Tartars!"
Chen Ruizhi is in his fifties, he has been practicing martial arts all year round, his body is as strong as an ox, he can hear the scolding in the city, the muscles on his face twitch twice, and he randomly regained his composure, and greeted the city, "General Yan is here, Xiao Ke wants to say a few words to him!" ”
Everyone turned their eyes to Yan Yingyuan in unison.
Yan Yingyuan forcibly suppressed the hatred and anger in his chest, and shouted loudly: "Rats and traitors, those who have abandoned their ancestors and forgotten their ancestors, and they still have something to say to Ben General!" ”
Chen Ruizhi followed the sound and bowed to Yan Yingyuan on the horse. "Chen knows that he can't meet his father and fellow villagers, but it is about the lives of more than a thousand people, General Yan is still patient, let's say a few words!" (To be continued......)