Broken rain, for everyone, is just as annoying.

The camp of the Ming army was also stuck in the mud, and the tents were half wet and half wet, but the soldiers in Jiangnan were more accustomed to the weather than the northerners.

Zhai Zhe was a little bored in the face of the spring rain.

The days of waiting are boring.

He is not Dolgon, and the political affairs of Jiangnan are handled by the cabinet.

The imperial court led the cabinet with the Donglin Fushe, and Zong Mao and Yao Qisheng controlled the local area and contained each other. The same is true in the government, the household department has a block Yinxi as a book, and Fan Yongdou and Liu Quan are in charge of specific affairs. Chen Zilong is the secretary of the ministry, and the power is tilted towards the government and the opposition, but the servant of the ministry, Liu Suifeng, is not a fuel-efficient lamp.

The Donglin, Zhejiang, Eunuch and General's Office staff checks and balances each other, and he can't do whatever he wants, but he has the ability to do what he wants.

That's enough, he didn't do whatever he wanted.

Fang Jin walked over quietly, bowed more than a dozen steps away, and said in a slight voice: "Li Zhi'an asks to see" He was afraid that the sound would be too loud and scare King Jin.

Zhai Zhe didn't look at him, only nodded slightly.

Fang Jin understood, turned around and walked outside the Chinese army's tent.

The Ming army camp was divided into four regions under the city of Yangzhou, and the Chinese army camp tent was stationed on a grassy slope that was rarely seen in this area, Li Zhi'an camp was in the south, and Yuan Qizhou was in the north.

Li Zhi'an walked in with Fang Jin, saluted first, and said with a sad face: "Lord Wang, it has rained a lot recently, and many of the captives who were escorted across the river have contracted diseases, and four people died when they were counted this morning."

"Dead?" Zhai Zhe was a little surprised.

Although the Jurchen captives worked hard in the mines, they lived in a relaxed living environment and could sleep on dry straw. For more than 10 days after crossing the river, dozens of them were locked in a wooden cage, like pigs being trafficked. The Ming soldiers hated them to the bone, and often put them under the spring rain, so it was strange that they were not sick.

"There are still more than a dozen people dying, I'm afraid that if we don't deal with these people, they won't be able to hold on."

Li Zhi'an was not worried about the lives of those captives.

This time, the news of the killing of Jurchen captives in Yangzhou Mansion and the memorial service of hundreds of thousands of unjust souls who died in Yangzhou Mansion has spread all over the country.

Some people feel relieved, and some people secretly point fingers at the general's measures in a habitual manner. But this should not change, this will be the biggest event of the Ming Court this year.

During the execution and sacrifice, there must have been scholars and people who came to watch the ceremony, in fact, this set of rituals was originally made for others to see, if the Jurchens were all sick and dead by then, it would definitely disappoint the people who were full of hatred.

"The days are set, and they can't be changed" Zhai Zhe shook his head. He did not believe that Dorgon could endure it, and the internal strife among the Jurchens was overshadowed by the victories they had won on the battlefield in previous years. He was so vicious that he pointed it at Dorgon's sore spot.

"You go back and cook some decoction, do your best, how much can you keep?"

"Yes," Li Zhian frowned. The generals who led the army to war were now stewards of the captives.

Outside the camp of the Ming army, the people and the government soldiers braved the rain every day to build fortifications, digging countless traps and waiting for the Qing prisoners to come to the door. In this weather, the clairvoyant mirror was of little use, and the Ming scouts only monitored movements ten miles around the barracks.

As the days passed, the Qing captives did not move as scheduled.

The Ministry of Rites sent Zuo Shilang and invited the presiding officers of several famous temples in Jiangnan to settle in the barracks, and the Yangzhou barracks entered an unprecedented alert period.

On this day, in the afternoon, there was no rain and no sun could be seen in the sky.

The sailor scout who went to Gaoyou City to investigate the military situation brought back a man.

There are discussions in the army, and there are military generals such as Li Zhi'an and Yuan Qizhou in the big tent, as well as several staff members such as Zhai Tianjian.

The man was brought into the Chinese army, and as soon as he saw Zhai Zhe, he immediately fell to his knees, kowtowed, and said: "Lord Wang, save Gaoyou City, Gaoyou City is about to be unable to hold it."

Zhai Zhe saw that he looked anxious, and he didn't know to report his name and position first, and asked, "Who are you?" ”

The man came to his senses and said, "The last general is Li Daqing, the commander of the former battalion army."

"Are you a martial artist in the martial arts hall?"

"Exactly" Li Daqing raised his head, a little surprised in his heart. He didn't know that Zhai Zhe paid special attention to the martial arts students who had the experience of learning in the martial arts hall, and kept an eye on the four heroes who were sent to the army in the first phase of the martial arts hall.

"Don't worry, what's the situation in Gaoyou City?"

Li Daqing's face showed a look of pain, and he said: "Since twenty days ago, the Qing Lu has been fiercely attacking the city, and it was slightly relieved for two days six days ago. Then he stormed the city like crazy, and the defenders in the city suffered nearly half of the casualties, and General Yan ordered me to come and ask for help."

All the generals in the army knew that Gaoyoucheng was thin, and Li Zhian and Yuan Qizhou both showed concern.

Zhai Zhe frowned slightly, and said, "Okay, I know" He waved his hand towards Fang Jin and ordered: "You take him down to rest"

Unexpectedly, Li Daqing knelt on the ground and didn't get up, and said: "The last general came to ask for help with the lives of the whole city, and begged the prince's soldiers."

"Stand down," there was anger in King Jin's voice.

Li Daqing raised his head, and the look of disappointment flashed in his eyes. Before leaving, Yan Yingyuan had already revealed to him the strategy of King Jin against Gaoyou City, he was sensitive, and seeing that Zhai Zhe did not reply to him, he knew that this reinforcement was gone.

Fang Jin led the guards to take Li Daqing down.

Li Zhi'an came out and said: "General Yan has a straightforward personality, if it weren't for the extreme danger of the situation, he would definitely not come to ask for help."

Zhai Zhe asked, "Do you want to lead the army to the rescue?" ”

Li Zhian didn't dare to answer.

"Either he can stay until May 20th, or they will accompany Gaoyou City to live and die together"

On a rainy day, a battle with the Qing Lu on the plains must be an extremely stupid idea.

"If Gaoyou City is breached, I will immediately take Yangzhou City and hold a sacrificial ceremony."

As soon as Zhai Zhe said this, all the generals knew that he had made up his mind.

Gaoyou City is nothing more than an outpost fortress used to dissipate the spirit of the Qing Dynasty. If Yan Yingyuan died..., Zhai Zhe had a firm idea, the general would fight, the horse leather shroud, how could he be afraid of the dead in the battle.

The generals retreated.

After a while, Fang Jin came back and said: "That Li Daqing is unwilling to stay in the camp, and he wants to go with the scouts of the sailors who went out to inspect, and he wants to return to Gaoyou City."

Zhai Zhe's anger surged into his heart, and Li Daqing was blaming him for not sending reinforcements with his actions. Although the martial arts students in the martial arts hall are energetic, not everyone can understand the general situation.

Also, a group of young people, especially young talents who have written from Rong, still don't understand the truth that one will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither.

"Since he wants to go back, let him go"

"Obey" Fang Jin took the order and left.

As that day drew nearer, the more tense the atmosphere in the camp outside Yangzhou became. The scouts sent to Gaoyou City have changed from one a day to two a day.

The battalions sharpened their knives and prepared for a bloody battle.

No news is good news, these days, Zhai Zhe is very afraid to see the messengers and scouts in a hurry.

He didn't want to hear the news that Gaoyou City had been breached.

If he didn't have that much appetite, he would directly blow up the walls of Yangzhou City. After the defeat of Bolo, Dolgon will definitely retreat to Huai'an, and the siege of Gaoyou City will be relieved

"Newspaper"

The horses that entered the camp were stained with mud on both sides, and the messenger turned over and dismounted, trotting all the way to the Chinese army.

"Newspaper"

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Zhai Zhe heard the shouts outside, and his heart twitched slightly. It's not an emergency military situation, and I don't dare to make such a noise in the army.

Fang entered the tent and announced: "Lord Qi, Luzhou Mansion has sent an emergency military situation"

"The military situation of Luzhou Mansion?" Zhai Zhe's tense mood relaxed, and ordered: "Let the messenger in"

The messenger entered the account, Zhai Zhe had only seen him not long ago, and he was also a martial artist of Wutang, Cheng Ziming, a native of Songjiang.

"Lord Wang, the great victory of Luzhou Mansion" Cheng Ziming knelt on one knee, presented a wax-sealed military report with both hands, and said: "General Li surrounded Lujiang County with a small number of troops without attacking, lured the Qing soldiers of Luzhou Mansion to come to the rescue, and then merged with General Yuan to ambush the Qing soldiers at the foot of Lujiang Yefu Mountain, cut 3,000, captured 4,000, and has now captured Lujiang County, and the troops are under the city of Luzhou." ”

"Good" Zhai Zhe was overjoyed and threw aside Gaoyou City, which was in danger.

Cheng Ziming was quite interested, and said: "After the victory in Luzhou, more than 30,000 volunteers from the Yinghuo Mountains came to surrender. Luzhou originally only had 15,000 defenders, and after this heavy blow, the defense of the city was weak, and Luzhou could be taken down overnight."

While listening to him, Zhai Zhe opened the military newspaper, and Li Laiheng recorded the battle process in more detail in the military newspaper.

The Qing court concentrated its forces to rescue Yangzhou, Li Laiheng had no reputation, and the garrison of Anqing Mansion was only 10,000 people, so the Qing court was careless. Luzhou Mansion is the former camp of Fengyang Mansion, and further north is Fengyang Mansion, which is the focus of the Qing court, and the war on the middle road can only end here.

"Li Laiheng lives up to my expectations!" Zhai Zhe hurriedly folded the emergency report and said to Cheng Ziming: "You still have to work hard, go back immediately and give an order, ordering Li Laiheng not to go north again after taking Luzhou City." ”

"Obedience"

The news of the victory in Luzhou or the defeat in Luzhou was transmitted to the Ming army camp in Yangzhou and the Qing army camp in Gaoyou City almost at the same time.

Hundreds of miles away, Dolgon and Zhai Zhe's moods were diametrically opposed.

After receiving the news, he immediately summoned the generals and asked everyone to circulate the urgent report that had just arrived.

Dolgon clutched his chest and sat coldly in the middle, and the only sound in the Chinese army's tent was the "rustle" of paper and skin rubbing against the emergency report.

After a long time, Dolgon felt a little smoother in his heart, and said: "Li Laiheng, the remnant of the thief, who was chased and beaten by my Qing warriors and fled, dare to bully him today."

He couldn't bear it anymore, and if he didn't win another battle, the morale of the army would become a plate of scattered sand.

"Bow to the Order"

"The Last Will Be"

"Order you to bring the yellow flag cavalry to the aid of Luzhou in the starry night, if you can't defeat Li Laiheng, don't come back to see me"

“”

"You go back, go back to Gaoyou immediately after defeating Li Laiheng, there is still a battle waiting for you here"

Ao Bai looked up.

The regent of the Great Qing Dynasty was pale and looked a little weak.

He wasn't that strong, and he turned around and walked out of the tent.

If the prince allowed those Jurchen warriors to be slaughtered under the city of Yangzhou without saying anything, then he was no longer worthy of being the regent of the Qing Dynasty.

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