Chapter Sixty-Eight: King Rui's Scheme

This slope in the north of Baiyangdian is really a good place to hide, and Anzhou is close at hand but it is difficult to find it under your feet, and you can run back and forth when you go to Gaoyang overnight. After a few days of exchanging open letters with Dolgon, it was as if there was such a thing. But Li Xin is now worried about another matter. Hauge's left thumb had been chopped off, and the wound was a little infected.

He was telling the soldiers how to change his dressing and wrap his wounds, "This strip of cloth must be boiled in boiling water for half an hour, remember...... The strip of cloth that wraps the wound will breed bacteria after a long time, so remember to change it every day..."tireless advice, not because of how nervous he cared about Hauge, but because the strange goods in his hand should not die because of the infected wound on his thumb. He now regretted a little that he let Lu Jiu chop off Haoge's thumb and find a Tartar to replace him, but it was too late to say anything.

Looking at Hauge grinning with teeth, his face was pale with pain. Lu Jiu, who was following behind Li Xin, couldn't stand it anymore, and shouted: "Manly man, because of the wounds, are you embarrassed?" ”

Haoge gritted his teeth and replied: "Ten fingers are connected to the heart, but I'm afraid that when it's the general's turn, he will not be as good as this king." ”

As he was arguing, he galloped back to the camp on a fast horse, "The scout who sent the open letter to Dolgon has returned, Brother Thirteen, you say, can the Tartars agree to withdraw their troops?" ”

Lu Jiu obviously didn't have hope for this, how naΓ―ve people would have withdrawn the army in order to save someone? Emperor Yingzong was captured by the Mongols, and the Ming court never surrendered to the soft and wanted to change people! Dolgon isn't a fool to do this.

I only heard Hauge sneer coldly.

"Expect Dorgon to withdraw his army for the king? He wished that this king would die sooner! ”

This rebuttal carried great resentment, Li Xin was quite surprised, and Lu Jiu couldn't help but say: "Anyway, he is also your fourteenth uncle, who can hope that his nephew will die early?" ”

"Don't you want me to die? Don't you want me to die? Do you think you'll be able to catch me that easily? ”

Hauge suddenly became agitated, and his voice became high-pitched and high-pitched. Lu Jiu ridiculed him: "If you don't steal your fourteenth uncle's woman, why are you here?" ”

"Dolgon has calculated that! He just didn't expect you, a southern barbarian slave, to burn down his camp, ha...... Haha......"

Hauge's expression was a little crazy, Xu is sudden change in identity and status gave him great stimulation, and the love that had been suppressed for many days was finally vented today. Historically, Hauge and Dolgon are not at odds with Li Xin, but Dolgon is not limited to this, this is Hauge's wishful thinking after all.

"Teach you, the head of the Tartars asks to meet you, and he wants to see the king of the Tartars......"

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"Brother Fourteen really wants to withdraw his troops?"

Duoduo was dusty, just returned from Lixian, and heard the news that Dolgon planned to withdraw from Gaoyang, and he didn't care about resting and went directly to the big tent of the Chinese army.

"Of course withdraw the troops, haven't you seen that the army outside has begun to purge the camp?"

After Dorgon confirmed it, he couldn't hold back his anger anymore, and raised his leg to kick the cases in front of him.

"With such a withdrawal, what should the soldiers who have died under Gaoyang City in the past few days think?"

Bai Yintu, Tan Tai, Turai and other generals were there, and when they saw that the two brothers were about to do it, no one pulled them, but lowered their heads one by one to accuse them of their crimes, and left one after another. In fact, only Dorgon could stand the barrel of the cannon of Dodor, and everyone else avoided it.

After the generals withdrew, they did not go far, but watched from afar, pricked up their ears and listened to how the two brothers were going to quarrel. But for a long time, there was no expected movement, but with a cup of tea, Duoduo drooped his head and walked out of the big tent of the Chinese army. Everyone was amazed, how did Dorgon subdue his brother this time?

Strange to strange, the withdrawal of troops cannot be delayed at all.

Tan Tai watched coldly.

"What kind of worm do you say this Dolgon has in his belly, I really want to cut it open and see it, doesn't he hate King Su the most? How did you change sex today? Yesterday, he went to meet the southern barbarian slave, and I don't know if he saw King Su? ”

"Do your part, and wait and see how he rescues King Su."

Baiyintu's voice was cold, Dolgon was obviously still very wary of them, and the roadmap for this withdrawal was all formulated and executed by Dorgon's henchman Turg himself, and they could just listen to the command when the time came, and they did not participate in it at all.

This was the most unusual thing about Baiyintu, who felt that Dolgon must have hidden something from them.

Until dawn the next day, the army was launched, and Turg was in charge of the march, while Dorgon and Dorgon went north with 5,000 cavalry. After passing through Anzhou, I came to the agreed place in the north of Baiyangdian, except for the vast white earth and the withered yellow reeds, there was no half a figure around.

"Brother Fourteen, weren't we deceived?"

Duoduo watched the withered yellow reeds swaying in the wind with alarm, as if they might rush out of the ambush at any moment. But Dolgon's gaze had already fallen on a slope in the distance.

"Boom ......"

The otherwise peaceful scenery was shattered by the sound of protruding cannonballs, which landed less than a hundred meters away from Dolgon, and flew forward, splashing countless debris of ice and snow, flashing countless halos in the sunlight, with a strange beauty.

The loud noise startled the horses to gouge their hooves and keep beating their trunks.

"It's a plan, the fourteenth brother quickly retreats, and Duoduo will cover after breaking off!"

Unexpectedly, Dolgon smiled and said: "Fifteenth brother, don't worry too much, we are three miles away from that slope, this distance, even the red-clothed cannon is also the limit, not to mention that they can't drag the Hongyi cannon, the cannon just now is just a coincidence!" ”

Sure enough, another shot followed, as if to make a footnote to Dorgon's words, and fell dozens of paces away from them.

"Since Dorgon has come here as promised, why don't you come out and meet him?"

Dolgon's breath was full of energy, and his voice echoed through the air.

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"That Dolgon is bold enough, if I were replaced by Lu Jiu, I'm afraid I would have been scared by the cannon."

Li Xin said with a smile: "You know what, that Dolgon is proficient in firearms and understands the range of cannons, don't you see that he stopped three miles away from the gun position!" ”

Lu Jiu looked abrupt, "Thirteenth brother, look, that Dolgon is calling you!" ”

"Brother Lu Jiu swept the formation, wait for me to meet him!"

With that, Li Xin urged the horse to rush out, and rushed to a stop a mile and a half away from the slope, and then did not move forward, so he gave up his hand on the horse.

"His Royal Highness King Rui, don't come unharmed!"

Dolgon also urged his horse to run towards Li Xin's position, and stopped at a distance of only ten paces from Li Xin.

"Sir, this king thinks so bitterly, how can you say goodbye that day? For these days and nights, the king has been waiting for the return of the gentleman. ”

Li Xin laughed.

"His Royal Highness's call to Mr. Li Xin is too exalted by Li Xin. Li Xin is just a horse thief who can't read big characters, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint His Highness! ”

Dolgon also smiled and said, "Since the gentleman refuses to return, Dolgon does not insist on it, so he will wait until the gentleman is willing." ”

"Li Xin has always had a question that he can't understand, His Royal Highness is willing to give up Gaoyang City for a Haoge, but I don't know why?"

The two of them are like old friends catching up, if people who don't know the truth see the two people chattering there, they will really think that this is an old man who has been reunited for a long time.

To Li Xin's question, Dolgon smiled mysteriously.

"Later, you will know that now that the Great Qing Iron Cavalry has withdrawn from Gaoyang, sir, please return Haoge to this king!"

Li Xin shook his head, "Li Xin's Tanma hasn't come back yet, how can you just listen to King Rui's words and make a fool of yourself, or be a little calm, wait." Then he added, "King Rui might as well come to Li Xin's place to congratulate him, and save the boredom of this long wait!" ”

Dolgon smiled and said nothing, his eyes skimmed behind Li Xin, and he saw Hauge being escorted from a distance, kneeling on the snow, and his heart chuckled. Looking back, there were still groups of people hidden in the snow, and I only felt that something was wrong, but I couldn't say clearly.

"Thirteenth brother! Thirteenth brother! ”

It was Lu Jiu's voice, and Li Xin clenched his fist at Dolgon.

"Lost company, as soon as the scout comes back, Li Xin will return Hauge, and we will invite both from now on!" Without waiting for Dolgon's answer, he rode away, leaving Dolgon alone.

After Li Xin returned to the slope, he saw Lu Jiuzheng looking at him with a smile and asked, "Are you ready?" ”

"Brother Thirteen, rest assured, nothing goes wrong!"

"So good, withdraw now!"

"Brother Thirteen's clever plan, let Dolgon wait for the man in this stupid wife!"

There was a slope in the way, and the Qing army in the south could not see the situation here, and saw that the 300 cavalry was ready to stop, and only waited for an order to withdraw from this place. Li Xin looked up at the sky, and it was past noon.

"If it is smooth, the stone should have protected Liu Yuliang to Gaoyang City."

In the past few days, there have been more than ten people who have exchanged open letters, and there are more than ten people who have lost their horses, so Li Xin can't help but worry about Zhang Shi's current situation.

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Gaoyang City, all the Qing troops outside the city withdrew, so that Lu Zhifan and others were surprised, how did the Tartars really withdraw? Li Xin's play, then Dolgon's play can't be a child's play? The heads of the county town pondered for half the night, and they couldn't figure out the joints.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Shi escorted Liu Yuliang, the first assistant of the cabinet, into Gaoyang City, which undoubtedly brought strong confidence and encouragement to the Gaoyang soldiers and civilians, whose morale had been depressed to the bottom. It turned out that the imperial court had not forgotten them. When Liu Yuliang read the holy decree in public, Sun Chengzong was reinstated and was entrusted with the title of secretary of the military department of the governor of the three provinces, and everyone was boiling. Dozens of days and nights of desperate fighting were not in vain, and the rise of Sun Ge Lao made the whole city see hope.

But Sun Chengzong, who was the party concerned, was not happy, the emperor appointed him as the governor of the three provinces, but did not give him a single soldier, and the Shanxi soldiers and Datong soldiers followed Lu Xiangsheng may have passed Wuyi and the Tartar right wing army was entangled and difficult to get out. The soldiers and horses of Zhili are all controlled by Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian, and it is difficult to interfere at all. Shandong Liu Zeqingbu is far away, and the water can't quench the thirst.

He is a bare-bones governor, and it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.