Chapter 506: Tongue Blossom Lotus (II)

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Sichuan is Wu Sangui's territory, but he has no name.

The Qing court would not give Sichuan to Wu Sangui, Zhai Zhe was willing, because he already owned Jiangnan. If Wu Sangui can break away from the Qing court, there is another important significance, he is the most prestigious Ming general soldier who defected to the Qing Dynasty after the Qing court entered the customs.

Wu Sangui laughed, and Chen Huan, who was laughing, had straight hair in his heart.

The laughter of "hehe" was hiding the contradiction in Wu Sangui's heart.

In troubled times, who wouldn't want to take this opportunity to make a difference? He knew Zhai Zhe's plan, but he couldn't help but be tempted. This is not a conspiracy, it is a conspiracy, just like when Zhai Zhe cooperated with Ezhe in the grassland, they would all be unwilling.

After laughing, Wu Sangui responded to Chen Huan, "The general has such a big breath, but it's a pity that my appetite is not so big."

Chen Huan realized in an instant that this mission was a great success. Wu Sangui's reason is that he doesn't have that much appetite, which is a reason for a ghost to believe.

He replied: "The general and the prince are both Han people, the general has a sentence that the villain admires very much, and the Han people should be like brothers" His sentence is not entirely a pretext, after the Jiangnan anti-shaving order, the distinction between Han and Yi was given a new meaning. Gu Yanwu, a scholar of the Restoration Society, said in Jiangnan: "The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband." The general has never participated in the theory of scholars, and even put this sentence on the main entrance of the martial arts training ground of the martial arts hall.

Wu Sangui was unmoved, returned to indifference, and said: "Say too much, don't let me change my mind and leave your rank"

Chen Huan bowed down and said, "There is one more thing, the villain almost forgot"

"Speak"

"Jin Xiaoding, the leader of the Shanxi Righteous Army, is the general's personal soldier, I don't know that the prince has offended the prince in Shanxi, and now he has fled to the Yellow River, begging the prince to let him live."

Wu Sangui suddenly realized and sneered: "This is your real purpose."

Chen Huan shook his head, avoided Wu Sangui's questioning, and said: "I came this time, and I brought 30,000 taels of silver on the order of the general, and it was in the mezzanine of the carriage loaded with goods, and the general always hoped that Nen would meet the prince in person. ”

Wu Sangui didn't let go, "I let them go, who will let me go?" ”

"In the past few days, the snow is thick and the road is slippery, please suspend the army for a few days, and when the Shanxi righteous army enters Henan, it doesn't matter what happens to the prince."

Wu Sangui laughed and said: "Jin Xiaoding is a character, but are you all fools to be regents, in the seventh year of Chongzhen, Gao Yingxiang led the thieves to cross the Central Plains, and now the soldiers and horses in Henan have not moved, but a pair of eyes are staring at the Yellow River." Those people hiding in the mountains may be able to save their lives, but once they cross the Yellow River, they are afraid that they will not even have a place to escape. Don't you know, Shang Kexi has been transferred to Henan, and he has been waiting for him in Luoyang as early as possible. ”

His tone was sarcastic, but he had already revealed important information. The Qing court had long been prepared for the rebels wanting to cross the Yellow River

"It's okay" Chen Huan looked calm: "The general is ready to send a surprise army to Henan to respond?" ”

Today, Chen Huan brought all the blockbuster news. Although the words came out of Chen Huan's mouth, Wu Sangui had a feeling that he was fighting Zhai Zhe. Not to mention the truth of this news, Chen Huan cannot have the right to disclose such news.

"Why are you telling me this news?" Wu Sangui was crazy in his heart, if Zhai Zhe was in front of him, he must grab him and ask him clearly, "Aren't you afraid that I will tell the truth?" ”

Of course Zhai Zhe is not afraid, otherwise how could he sue him

Are you going to eat me? Wu Sangui didn't like it, it was a feeling of being put in a cage. Two years ago, he invited the Qing soldiers to enter the customs, and was later forced to become a pawn of the Qing soldiers. He has been chasing and killing the Shun thief and the Great Western Army, and has not personally invaded the Jiangnan Ming Court, but the death of the Ming Dynasty has always been a pimple in his heart. Since then, he has been put in a cage and does everything that is not what he thinks it is.

There was a brief silence.

"Okay, I'll take the silver, you go back" Wu Sangui suddenly stretched out his right index finger and pointed at Chen Huan: "Also, don't come to Shanxi again, if you appear in my barracks again next time, I will definitely kill you."

"The villain is clear"

Chen Huan left.

Liu Suifeng did not show up and returned to Huguang safely. The trip arranged by the general is really the credit of picking it up.

From the winter moon to the wax moon, it is a gradual cooling process, and the ice surface of the Yellow River is getting stronger and stronger. This winter is very cold, but not as cold as Chongzhen's seventh year. After Jin Xiaoding's test, it was still difficult for the cavalry to cross the river, and the foot soldiers were already able to cross the river safely in batches.

This is the best, after he crosses the river, he no longer has to worry about the pursuit of Wu Sangui Guanning Iron Cavalry.

Everything was ready, and he was waiting for the messenger of the great general.

Recently, the living conditions of the rebels have been greatly improved.

Wu Sangui's cavalry went to the foot of the nearest hill guarded by the rebels every day and retreated. After receiving Zhai Zhe's silver, Wu Sangui sold his favor. 30,000 taels of silver, one tael of silver buys a life, but Wu Sangui values human favor more. This kind of thing, the Ming army played from the second year of Chongzhen to the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, and Wu Sangui came easily.

The Yellow River is frozen, and the Yangtze River flows.

The Ming army's sailors were dispatched in the cold winter, and the sailors struggled to control the warships in the howling north wind. The 20,000 Ming troops crossed the river more than 50 miles downstream from Xiangfan, where the water flow was gentle.

Zuo Ruo is the commander of the army, and he has always been labeled as a surprise attack, and even concealed his talent from the training table. Zhai Zhe knew that it was their experience on the grassland......

Iron armor and cotton armor, Qi knives and tiger squat cannons, battle flags swept by wind and snow, and frozen purple lips.

Zuo Ruo got up a white horse, which was not very eye-catching in the snow, and the flag officer looked at Zuo Ruo's gesture and shouted: "Out" The neat queue walked into the vast snowfield.

The Ming army would cross Nanyang Province, reach Yiyang, and finally reach the shore of Huang, not far from Luoyang. The Central Plains are all plains, suitable for cavalry combat, Zuo Ruo only has 2,000 cavalry under his command, and the rest are foot soldiers.

This army was only the vanguard, and Zhang Tianlu, Li Laiheng, and Yuan Zongdi each led their troops across the river in the next few days, and circled the boundary of Nanyang Mansion to respond. The biggest difficulty in the snow rush was the supply, and Zuo Ruo only brought 12 days of food.

When Zuo Ruo crossed the river, because the Ming army often sent troops to the Henan border to harass, Hong Chengchou did not care.

Three days after Zuo Ruo crossed the river, 30,000 troops crossed the river repeatedly, and such a big movement of the Ming army finally alarmed Xiangyang City.

Hong Chengchou finally put aside his caution and sent more than a dozen waves of scouts out of the city in a day. The Qing cavalry was already outnumbered, and the Mongols were better than the Han Chinese, and the Ming scouts were gradually driven away from Xiangyang City. There are also water ghosts who are good at swimming in Xiangyang City, who are not afraid of the cold river water, and investigate the movements of the Ming army's sailors.

Since the beginning of winter, the Ming army has withdrawn from the siege, and the news of Dolgon in Xiangyang City and Datong City has spread smoothly.

The two main forces of the Qing army were pinned down in Datong and Yangzhou, and the soldiers and horses of Henan defended the city acceptably, and they never dared to fight with the Ming army in the field. Hong Chengchou couldn't guess the purpose of the Ming army for the time being, and he was anxious like an ant on a hot pot.

Luckedhun finally seized the opportunity and came to ask for his life: "The Ming army that came to besiege Xiangyang was only 1340,000 people, and tens of thousands of people retreated during the winter. ”

Hong Chengchou still had this thought, but when he heard Luck Dehun say this, he was vigilant and didn't answer him directly, just shook his head. Every temptation can be a trap, Hong Chengchou thought about it repeatedly, and felt that this matter was not as simple as he imagined.

Lucke was furious and scolded: "How long do you want me to shrink back to them, Han people only know how to be a man with their necks shrunk"

Hong Chengchou didn't dare to quarrel with him, but he didn't agree with Luckdhun's plan to send troops. He is a governor who knows military affairs, but his strength lies in his ability to coordinate the forces of various ministries for his own use, not a governor who is good at surprise attacks like Lu Xiangsheng.

The day after Zuo Ruo led the army, Zhai Zhe left Yicheng and stationed in the cottage outside Xiangyang City. The Jingzhou Loyal Battalion had already gone north under the leadership of Li Guo and Gao Yigong, and he hoped that the defenders of Xiangyang would be able to dispatch if he had the opportunity to save one in ten thousand, and even did not hesitate to reveal the news to Wu Sangui.

Compared with the capture of Xiangyang, the 30,000 righteous troops in Shanxi are no longer so important.

In just a few days, in addition to the local garrison, the only troops that the Qing court could use in Henan were Wu Sangui's Guanning cavalry and Xiangyang City's 40,000 men. I don't know if Dorgon will take any chances.

The armies were eyeing Xiangyang.

Zuo Ruo marched all the way to the north.

Zhang Tianlu, Li Laiheng and Yuan Zongdi led their troops north in Nanyang, plundered the people to the south, blocked various intersections, and kept the Qing Dynasty away from Zuo Ruo's army for three days, and were always ready to go south.

Michi Ferry.

The rebels began to cross the river, at first only a few thousand men, and scattered out to check the movement. In the past few months, the place has become a high-risk place, the people of the Central Plains have suffered from thieves for many years, and the older people still remember the disaster in the pond in those years.

Luoyang is the capital city of Henan, and in the past month, half of the Qing soldiers in Henan have been concentrated in this city.

As soon as the rebels crossed the river, scouts immediately returned to the city to report, and 20,000 Qing soldiers poured out of the nest and killed Michi. Shang Kexi led 3,000 Han and Eight Banner soldiers to supervise the army, and he had fought with the rebels more than once in Shanxi, and knew that those people were vulnerable.

The army left the city at about noon, and at about noon, the messenger of Nanyang City galloped in.

The Ming army in Nanyang Mansion was rampant, three days ago Zuo Ruo led the army to cross Nanyang to the north, and after a day the Nanyang prefect got the news, the messenger galloped wildly, and the four legs really ran faster than the two legs, and finally arrived at Luoyang City before Zuo Ruo.

Wu Sangui really didn't reveal any news to Shang Kexi. Zhai Zhe came into contact with him for the first time, and the promises he made were all things that tickled people's hearts.

"Report, report" messenger rushed all the way to the front of Shang Kexi, "Lord Wang, the Ming army has gone north"

The soldiers and horses of the front battalion gave way to the road, and the messenger reached the Chinese army. At the beginning of this year, the general soldiers of the Ming army who defected to the Qing court continued to rebel, and Dolgon sealed a group of kings in order to win over the Han people, and Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi were all crowned kings.

Shang Kexi comforted the messenger who was panting and couldn't speak: "Don't worry, come slowly"

The messenger repeated: "The Ming army marched north in the snow twenty-three days ago, and I don't know where it was on the road. ”

Shang Kexi shook his head and ordered the army to stop.