Chapter 458: Trapping Datong (Text)

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Zhai Tang left, which was expected by Fan Yongdou, and at the same time put him in a dilemma.

He chose a businessman's path, and Zhai Zhe, whom he admired back then, was already approaching the peak of power.

There were many Han ministers in the Qing court, and there were also many people whose families were in the south, such as Hong Chengchou's family in Quanzhou's hometown. Dorgon never liquidated Hanchen for this. If he does that, he is afraid that he will soon become alone.

But Zhai Tang is different, his younger brother is now the general of Nanming, the banner of resistance to the Qing Dynasty. Zhai Tang is just a small person, hidden in the seven families of the East Family. There are seven families in the east exit, and the most famous person is he Fan Yongdou.

"What should I do?" It would be impossible to say that he was not afraid, but Fan Yongdou believed that Dorgon would not move himself because of this.

The difference between in-laws and families is huge.

In mid-February, Fan Yongdou reported the news of Zhai Tang's disappearance to Xuanda Governor Geng Chun. The Dongkou Seven Families had a very close relationship with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and also involved the Pinglu general of the Southern Ming Dynasty, Geng Chun, who played the imperial court.

At the end of February, the Manchu regent Dolgon issued an order to send protons to Beijing from all over the country, including Han ministers, military generals, and even merchants like Fan Yongdou.

This order fully shows the weakness of his heart.

Datong Province.

A ragged young man walked into Datong Mansion with the cargo team that entered the city in the early morning, and people like Jin Xiaoding were very well dressed up.

Jin Xiaoding is familiar with every street here, he has lived here for two years.

Forty percent of the shops here used to belong to the Shang League, but now they belong to the seven in the East Exit. Jin Xiaoding turned left and right in the middle of the street, and waited until the end of the street to come to a house. He looked up and down, then stepped back and hid under the old locust tree not far away.

It was getting dark quickly, and around Shen Shi, a middle-aged military attache came over from the street.

When the man approached, Jin Xiaoding quickly followed, and said in a low voice, "Bow guard." ”

The man turned his head, his beard unshaven, almost blocking half of his face.

"You are?"

"In Xia Jin Xiaoding, on the orders of General Zhai, I came to meet you."

A trace of excitement flashed in the man's eyes, and he stretched out his hands to grab Jin Xiaoding's wrist and asked, "Zhai Zhe, can he still remember me?" ”

Jin Xiaoding looked around the dimly lit street and reminded, "Talking in the house? ”

"Good! Good! Only then did Gong Chen come to his senses, look left and right vigilantly, and lead Jin Xiaoding into the house.

The two went straight into the inner room, Jin Xiaoding coughed lightly, and said, "I will speak for the general, and the general has never forgotten the time when he was young and guarded with the bow at the east entrance. ”

Gong Chen sat there in a daze, as if reminiscing about the past, and only after a while did he come to his senses and say, "It was a long time ago! I should go to Jiangnan with General Zhai. He and Zhai Zhe are friends in Zhangjia**, and it is also Zhai Zhe's credit to be transferred from Zhangjiakou Fort to Datong Mansion.

Hanbu has been operating in Shanxi for many years and has deep roots here. For example, Zhujiazhai and Chenjiazhuang in Youyu County were all subordinates of Zhai Zhe, and Geng Guang and Geng Zhu, father and son, who did not go south, were also famous in the green forests of Shanxi. But not everyone is trustworthy, some people are in Cao Ying's heart is in Han, and some people are desperate to take refuge in Qingyu.

Zhai Zhe finally chose Gong Chen, a friend he knew best.

"The general is in the south of the Yangtze River and cares about Shanxi." Jin Xiaoding hunched over, like a big shrimp bent in the middle of the chair.

"Have you seen my beard?" Gong Chen pointed to his face and said with a wry smile: "Since shaving, I haven't cut my beard, and I don't have the face to see my ancestors." ”

Jin Xiaoding's posture was slightly more upright, and he said: "The general is preparing for the Northern Expedition, and I hope that the righteous soldiers of Shanxi can raise troops to echo!" ”

"If there's anything I need to do, just ask!"

Jin Xiaoding hesitated for a moment and said: "The general of Datong, Jiang Zhuang, is the general's brother-in-law, and when he is hesitating, the general hopes that the bow garrison can help him. ”

"Ahh Gong Chen was surprised at first, and then said: "If you can drive away the Qing captives, Gong Chen is willing to sacrifice his life to accompany him." ”

"Good!" Jin Xiaoding nodded, "The bow guard is waiting for my news." ”

The two talked until late at night, and Gong Chen inquired in detail about the war in Jiangnan. When he heard Jin Xiaoding say that he was excited, he couldn't help but dance with his hands, suppressing his voice and calling for joy.

Early the next morning, Jin Xiaoding left.

It is much colder than Jiangnan, there are few pedestrians on the streets, and the Han people hang their heads one by one with stiff expressions, and they only dare to greet each other with their eyes

This is the center of the town in the northwest of Shanxi, after the Qing court occupied Shanxi, in order to monitor the surrendered generals, let the governor of Xuanda, Geng Chun, move to Datong, the purpose is to monitor Jiang Ping and others. However, Jiang Ji has been operating in Datong for seven or eight years, and the surveillance of the Qing court is only superficial, not internal.

Jin Xiaoding contacted the secret camp and found Wang Yi.

After the two met, Jin Xiaoding conveyed Zhai Zhe's latest instructions: "Urge Jiang Jian to raise troops in Datong this spring." ”

Last year, Zhai Zhe asked Jiang Zhi not to be in a hurry to act rashly, and over the years, the shape has been very different.

Wang Yi was very embarrassed and said: "Although Jiang Ji has the intention of rectifying, Qing Yu is very strict with him. He was in a very bad situation, so he sent his eldest son to Beijing. What he revealed to me meant was that when the general went on a northern expedition, he would raise troops in Datong to respond. ”

"Can't wait that long!" Jin Xiaoding is very crisp.

"What can you do?"

Jin Xiaoding paced around a few times, his expression became very cold, and said, "There is only one way!" ”

"What's the solution?"

"Fishing with bait!"

Wang Yi was puzzled at first, but when he saw Jin Xiaoding looking at him with knife-like eyes, he slowly understood what he meant, and said: "I'm afraid this is not appropriate, once the matter fails, there is no way out."

"This is the order of the Great General! The pro-soldiers and guards are determined to die for the general. ”

One sentence put an end to the controversy. Jin Xiaoding is like this, and so is Fang Jin. What Zhai Zhe has done over the years is enough to make many people willing to become his dead soldiers.

Wang Yi has been in Datong for two months, and he was sheltered by Jiang Pai, and he even went to naturalize halfway. He was familiar with the shape of the place and informed Jin Xiaoding of the situation in Datong.

There are three troops and horses in Datong City, with Jiang Jiao's troops being the largest, Geng Chun, the governor of Xuanda, has 4,000 people in the Fu camp, Lei Yanqian leads 3,000 troops to garrison the town guards outside the city, and there are hundreds of Jurchens in the supervision camp to monitor the various departments.

Wang Yi introduced, and Jin Xiaoding met Jiang Zhuang.

Jiang Jian is forty-nine years old, and his shoulders are as wide as a giant bear in the mountains.

Jin Xiaoding performed military etiquette, took out a letter from the mezzanine of his padded jacket, and said: "This is the general asked me to hand it over to the general soldier, and the general asked me to speak, he misses the lord very much." ”

Jiang Ji took it and put it in his sleeve, not in a hurry to look at it, "I miss General Zhai too." ”

"The general is preparing to march into Jiangbei this year, and I hope that the general army can raise troops in Shanxi to respond."

"As long as General Zhai raises troops, I will definitely respond in Datong!" Jiang Jian had already made up his mind. He did not spend a single soldier of the Qing court, sacrificed Shanxi, and led the army to accompany Azigeshe to Shaanxi, but he was reprimanded instead of receiving a reward, and was forced to show his proton, and he was born against it early. But the Qing court was on guard against the Han Dynasty, and Geng Chun was a sharp knife around his neck.

Jin Xiaoding arched his hand and said: "Deputy General Datong Lei, who once served under the general, can help the adults. ”

"Well said!" Jiang Jian smiled and was not in a hurry to express his position. After the meeting, he ordered someone to arrange a place for Jin Xiaoding to live, and asked his own soldiers to accompany him.

Jin Xiaoding stayed in Datong City for a few days, making full use of his talkative characteristics and mingling with Jiang Bao's personal soldiers.

As the days passed, he seemed to have forgotten to return to Jiangnan, and was mysterious and mysterious in Datong City.

March came quickly, the snow melted, and the streets became more and more pedestrianized.

The Qing soldiers and the Ming army were tense at the boundary of Huguang, and Azig was waiting for the riverbank at the boundary of Yangzhou Prefecture. Jiangnan has been lost, Huguang is still at war, and there is no hope for the two major sources of field endowment now. Dolgon ordered that food and wages be levied in various places for the use of the army, and Geng Chun was busy searching all over Shanxi.

Jiang Ji paid close attention to the shape of various places, and only hoped that the battle could be fought along the south of the Yangtze River.

On this day, the sun is shining, and it is a good time to go out. After noon, the two pro-soldiers rushed into the general soldier's mansion in a panic and announced: "Tell your lordship, something is wrong, Lord Jin has been arrested." ”

"What's going on? Which officer did it? Jiang Jian was taken aback. The officials of Datong Mansion were familiar with him, and he asked two personal soldiers to accompany Jin Xiaoding to ensure his safety.

"It's not a servant, today we went out of the city with Lord Jin to the town guard, and at the gate of the city, we were bumped into by the soldiers of the Governor's Battalion, and those people swarmed up, indiscriminately, and arrested Lord Jin."

Big trouble! Did you be informed?

Jiang Jian pondered for a long time and ordered: "Come here, follow me to the governor's camp to ask for someone." ”

He knew that Geng Chun, the governor of Xuanda, had gone to Shanxi to supervise the transportation of grain and grass, as long as Jin Xiaoding was asked to come back before Geng Chun came back, and he was not given a chance to interrogate, there was still a chance to redeem the matter.

Leading hundreds of soldiers out of the barracks two or three hundred steps away, Jiang Pai stopped. He thought about it carefully, this matter was strange from the inside out, how could the Governor Camp arrest people on the street? If the officials arrest someone, someone will definitely reveal the news to him, and the superintendent camp will arrest the person, which shows that this problem is very strict.

In Datong City, except for himself and Lei Yanqian, no one should know that Wang Yi and Jin Xiaoding are from Jiangnan.

The camp is in the north camp of Datong.

Gong Chen was sitting side by side with Ding Yue, the garrison of the Governor's Camp, and Jin Xiaoding was tied in front of the two of them.

"This person, I have seen him, he once served as a personal soldier under Zhai Zhe, the general of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and I used to know Zhai Zhe, so I have some impressions of him."

Ding Yue laughed, looked up and asked Jin Xiaoding: "Yes and no?" ”

Jin Xiaoding grinned and said, "Han people, how can they be willing to be dogs for women?" ”

Ding Yue was furious and ordered: "Fight!" ”

The two soldiers stepped forward and slapped Jin Xiaoding violently. A moment later, Jin Xiaoding's cheeks were swollen like steamed buns, and blood flowed.

Gong Chen closed his eyes, unable to bear to look.

He reminded: "Ding Shoubei, this matter is not trivial, please inform the Governor!" ”

"Exactly, exactly!" Ding Yue came to his senses.

"What did you come to Datong for?"

Jin Xiaoding lost a few teeth, his speech was leaky, and he smiled: "Of course, it's to kill the Tartars." ”

After he came to Shanxi, he met Fan Yongdou, sent Zhai Tang away, and met Jiang Ting, after he was arrested, many people would not sleep well.