Aside from Liu Yuliang, as soon as Li Xin thought that Sun Chengzong was about to be reinstated, an inexplicable excitement surged in his heart, and he couldn't wait to kill him in Gaoyang City immediately and invite Sun Chengzong out so that he could preside over the overall situation north of the Yellow River.

Dolgon has tens of thousands of soldiers around Gaoyang City, and I am afraid that he has already controlled this impenetrable place within a radius of more than ten miles, so how easy is it to take advantage of loopholes? Suddenly, a flash of inspiration occurred in his mind, Hauge, who had been captured alive by him for a long time, had never come in handy, so why not carry him out and give him a slap to Dolgon.

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Outside the city of Gaoyang, it seems to have become a large training ground, and the Eight Banners and the Han Army Banner practice under the city every day, and then slowly attack the city and slowly retreat. For many days and nights, this Gaoyang City has been nailed to the map of Baoding Mansion like a nail.

Dolgon wanted to abandon it at every turn, but he couldn't swallow it, and when he learned that Yue Tuo was making good progress, he ordered the left wing army to plunder the vast area west of Zhili to the near Shanxi, and he led the main force from Baoding to move outside Gaoyang City, when to take the city, and when to stop.

The Qing army besieged Gaoyang City, but did not do its best to attack the city, Dolgon judged that if he attacked the city with all his might, it would be no problem to take Gaoyang within a few days, but in this way, the loss would be at least tens of thousands of people, for this kind of small city, to bear such a big loss, it is definitely more than worth the loss. Therefore, Dolgon planned to trap Gaoyang to death until they could no longer hold it or surrender out of the city, or starved to death.

But before this day could be reached, something big happened. If this news spreads, it will be too great a blow to the morale of the right-wing army and even the left-wing army, and at the same time, it will also have a strict impact on Dorgon's established strategy. He couldn't figure out why Yue Tuo had returned to Hejian from the front, and although the two had communicated several times during this period, they had not discussed this issue. Now that something is wrong, he really doesn't know who to punish, Dolgon blocked the matter as soon as he learned the news, Yue Tuo's death was only said to be a death of illness, and at the same time ordered Du Du, who was far away in Wuyi, to temporarily take Yue Tuo's position, don't worry about the rear wheel, and strangle Lu Xiangsheng's lone army with all his might.

A few days ago, Gao Qiqian of the Ming army led the Guanning army to recapture Lixian in the south of Gaoyang, and was eyeing Dolgon.

Who knew that after Gao Qiqian feinted a few times, he shrank away from the county seat, and there was no movement. Originally, this was nothing, but since Gao Qiqian was willing to shrink, let him shrink. But Yueto's death made Dolgon determined that no matter what the cost, Gaoyang City must be taken as soon as possible. But before attacking Gaoyang with all his might, Gao Qiqian, who was hiding in Lixian, must be beaten down. Otherwise, if the siege is halfway through, this guy will take advantage, and the Qing army may suffer.

In order to be foolproof, Dolgon pointed the finger at Lixian. Poor Gao Qiqian didn't know that a catastrophe was about to come to an end.

At this critical juncture, someone actually sent an open letter to Dolgon, yes, yes, an open letter. Dozens or hundreds of letters were fired into the Qing army camp in the middle of the night with crossbow arrows, and by the time Dolgon found out, it was too late to stop the spread of the contents of the open letter.

What kind of letter made Dorgon so jealous? The letterhead was an open letter with three large characters, which stated that Prince Su Haogeye had been captured, and if he wanted to save him, he had to make a deal, and the content of the deal was the withdrawal of the Qing army from Gaoyang City.

Dorgon smiled when he saw the end of the letter, and this style of work was all he could think of. The attendant next to Dolgon saw that Dolgon could still laugh out loud, so he glanced at the letter twice, only to see that the money was crooked and twisted in two big characters, Li Xin! This guy can always make some "surprises" for people, but I don't know when I will be able to completely subdue them. Li Xin caused him so much trouble, and it was a deception, and it was a camp, and Dolgon still had no idea of killing him as soon as possible.

But the mention of Hauge gave Dolgon a headache, and he hoped that the Ming army would slash his neck with a knife and return a headless corpse, saving him a lot of trouble. The brilliance of Li Xin lies in the fact that he used the form of a so-called open letter to negotiate with him. It is known to everyone, and it invisibly puts him in a passive situation. If Li Xin sent a secret envoy, Dolgon would not hesitate to kill him on the spot, and then block the news.

But the current situation is just the opposite, and now everyone knows that a Ming army leader named Li Xin has taken Hauge and demanded a sky-high price, threatening him on the condition that the Qing army withdraw from Gaoyang. Dolgon summoned the generals to refute the fact that this open letter was probably a ploy used by the Ming army to disrupt our army, and whether King Su was in the hands of Li Xin or not was still in between. Therefore, before the Ming army did not make further moves, the offensive of the Qing army on Gaoyang could not be slowed down, and it was imperative to send troops to Lixian, where Gaoqi was curled up.

Despite the opposition of Bai Yintu and other generals, Dolgon still sent Duoduo to lead 2,000 men and horses straight to Lixian County to make a tentative attack. Duoduo returned in vain. Gao Qiqian occupied Boye and soon moved back to Lixian. Dolgon soon discovered that this Gao Qiqian was like a slippery loach, and it was not easy to kill him.

But at the same time, Li Xin sent another messenger, and the messenger brought Hauge's evidence in Li Xin's hands, a wrench and a bloody thumb. This messenger was a leader of the Qing army, and unfortunately, this leader belonged to the Yellow Banner, because he had a congenital distrust of Dorgon, and this evidence was handed over to Baiyintu for the first time.

When Baiyintu slapped his wrench and fingers on Dolgon's case, Dolgon's face was so ugly and ugly.

"His Royal Highness King Rui, now that King Su's wrench and thumb are here, it can't be fake, hurry up and find a way to rescue it, otherwise how will you explain to the Great Khan when you go back?"

Although Huang Taiji had already been proclaimed emperor, in private, Bai Yintu, like many Manchu magnates, still liked to call him the Great Khan.

"This king didn't say that he wouldn't save it from beginning to end, but he was just waiting for an opportunity, the southern barbarian slave hurt King Su, which was unexpected, and now that it has been confirmed that King Su is in the hands of that barbarian slave, let's make a plan."

Baiyintu heard Dolgon say that he had made a plan to rescue King Hauge, and he didn't care about debunking Dolgon's pretext, so he asked expectantly, "How do you plan it?" ”

Dolgon, with his hands behind his back, paced through the tent.

"Agree on the place, withdraw the troops, release the people!"

Listening to Dolgon's plan, Bai Yintu was dumbfounded, this change is too big, but in order to save Hauge, he can give up the siege of Gaoyang for many days, this is a decision that requires a lot of courage. He suddenly felt that the rumor that Dolgon had been deliberately allowed to be taken away by the southern barbarian slave because of the recent rumor that he had a grudge with Hauge might not be reliable.

"His Royal Highness King Rui needs to do what to do with the Yin Tu, please feel free to give orders."

Dolgon smiled indifferently, "Gushan really just needs to wait for good news!" ”

The next day, Xu Yuan outside the camp of the Qing army, erected a high pole, on which hung a wide cloth, a large Chinese character, and an open letter.

Roughly speaking, tell Li Xin, we agree to the conditions you proposed, and we can withdraw the army after three days, but we need to take Suwang Haoge back to the camp first.

After reading it, many people felt that Dolgon was not sincere at all, and the southern barbarian slaves would not agree to such harsh conditions. But in the evening, at some point, someone shot an arrow at that pole.

The Southern Barbarian Slave actually bargained, and the impatient soldiers opened the letterhead and asked the soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty who knew Chinese to read it first.

Roughly speaking, Li Xin was very happy to hear that Dolgon was going to withdraw his troops, but Haoge could not hand it over to you first, he had to withdraw his troops first, and then hand over the people, and also put forward new conditions, the Qing army must retreat to the east bank of the Pigpen River before they would hand over Haoge.

The trick of you coming and going outside the city quickly spread, and the first to get the news was naturally inside Gaoyang City. After days of fighting, the city of Gaoyang was almost on the verge of collapse, and a group of officials in the city, led by Lu Zhifan, felt incredible about this episode outside the city. But it was after this episode that the Tartars actually slowed down the pace of the siege.

"Could it be that Li Xin is really a thief outside the city?"

Zhou Jin was still very polite when he spoke.

"Look at the style should be Li Xin, there is no doubt about it, I suggest that we should immediately send someone out of the city to get in touch with him, and we can take care of him."

Lu Zhifan proposed the construction of yì based on the actual situation, and soon this construction was opposed by Zhou Jin and Lei Juemin.

At the same time that there was disagreement in Gaoyang City, in the county seat of Lixian County in the south of Gaoyang, Gao Qiqian also received a small episode that was being staged outside the camp of the Qing army. After learning what happened, the big eunuch laughed for a long time, of course he didn't believe that Li Xin could arrest the dignified Prince Su of the Qing Dynasty, but that guy must have caught Dolgon's sore feet, otherwise how could Dolgon not even care about the siege of the city, and play some open letter game with him.

Gao Qiqian smiled with a sharp voice: "Our family has watched a good show this time, by the way, what's it called?" ”

"Back to my father-in-law, my name is Li Xin."

A little eunuch reminded with a very eye-catching look.

"Yes, just that Li Xin, why is this name so familiar?"

"Father-in-law, you are really a noble person who forgets things, a few days ago, didn't that Wang Pu come, didn't the person who came to protect him be called Li Xin, and the father-in-law was idle and Wang Pu was annoying, and he didn't let the guy surnamed Li come in."

Gao Qiqian slapped his head.

"No, we almost forgot. Let this guy stir things up for a while, and we'll stop and stop. Our family doesn't have a hard fight with the Tartars, and we can get the Tartars out of the customs! ”

"Father-in-law is wise!"

The little eunuch hurriedly offered his flattery.