The families of those officers arrived at the city wall one after another, and the shouts from up and down the city wall came and went. Some large packages brought by the families to the officers were also hung on the city walls. Among them, there are a large number of Lantern Festivals brought by these family members. This Yuanxiao Festival is indeed coming soon.

When he arrived in Zuihou, Xue Yufei, who was wearing a veil, and Xue Chenglin, the little marquis held by his wet nurse, also went up to the south city wall under the opening of a group of guards, maids, and mothers-in-law.

As soon as she saw Wu Shigong, Xue Yufei choked up and couldn't speak, she held a handkerchief again and again, lifted her veil, and wiped the tears that kept remaining. It took a long time for her to finally hold back her emotions and speak.

At that time, it was certainly impossible for these two couples to say something like "kiss you a thousand times!" "Love you for 10,000 years! They had to say something like, "Are you okay?" "Pay more attention to your body! "It's not nutritious.

However, Xue Chenglin, this kid, was particularly excited, he "giggled" and laughed, constantly slapping the battlements of the city wall with his little hands wearing cotton gloves, and shouted crisply to Wu Shigong: "Dad! Daddy! ”。 When he arrived at Zuihou, he grabbed the small cotton hat on his head and threw it at Wu Shigong under the city wall, and then he clapped his little hands excitedly and laughed more happily.

Seeing his son's little cotton hat swaying down from the city wall, Wu Shigong hurriedly stepped forward to grab it, then put the little cotton hat under his nose, and sniffed his son's baby fragrance on the little cotton hat vigorously. Then he treasured the little cotton hat in his arms.

It wasn't until dusk that Wu Shigong and his group reluctantly returned to their camp. In the days that followed, the officers whose families were in the capital took turns going to the city walls to meet their families, and Wu Shigong met with his wife and son four or five more times. They all look forward to such days going on forever......

Qin Liangyu and his son Ma Xianglin hurried to the Tongzhou camp, but they didn't expect that they were burning their hearts, but the other officials leading the army of King Qin were late. By the time all the officials arrived, six or seven days had passed.

This time the presiding officer was Sun Chengzong, who was reinstated by Emperor Chongzhen. When all the officials arrived, Sun Chengzong immediately gathered the officials together to discuss the current situation.

Now, the Houjin army led by Huang Taiji, their military goals have been basically achieved, in addition to looting a large amount of property, this time, they have plundered a large number of scarce people outside the pass.

More importantly, the Later Jin Army completely figured out the virtual and real situation of the paper tiger of the Ming Dynasty, and also had an intuitive understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Ming Dynasty army, that is, the Later Jin Army believed that the Ming Dynasty's army was vulnerable in the field. This made the Houjin army from top to bottom have a great increase in confidence, and from the bottom of his heart, he felt sincere admiration and reverence for Huang Taiji's wise leadership and accurate judgment.

Since the goal has been achieved, Huang Taiji ordered the main force of the Houjin army to withdraw from the gate one after another, and accept it when it is good. However, Huang Taiji still asked Amin of the Four Great Baylors to lead his blue banner to garrison the four cities of Luanzhou, Yongping, Qian'an, and Zunhua, which were occupied by the Houjin army in the pass.

Huang Taiji asked Amin to be stationed in the four cities of Guannai, and the reason used was also very high-sounding. He said to the Houjin army: It is to ensure that the Houjin army can freely enter and exit the customs in and out of the customs in the future.

However, as an outstanding military commander, Huang Taiji certainly understood that it would be difficult to hold on to this lone army with only Amin and the blue flag, facing the Ming army that was constantly coming to seize the city.

However, Huang Taiji did this with the purpose of killing two birds with one stone. First of all, he wanted to use the four cities of Yongping as a bargaining chip to negotiate with the Ming court, so that the Ming court would recognize that Houjin was a country that stood side by side with the Ming Dynasty.

Speaking of which, the author is a little funny. The regime of Houjin has been established a long time ago, and it also has considerable strength, and there is such a large territory outside the customs, so now if you want to establish a country, then you can do it. But they refused to establish a country for a long time, and begged the Ming Dynasty to canonize them to establish a country to show the legitimacy of their statehood. What is this? Doesn't this mean that now, those in power in the Later Jin Dynasty still have a deep sense of inferiority when facing the Ming Dynasty?

And another purpose of killing two birds with one stone is to weaken the strength of Amin's blue flag. Of the four Baylors, the other three Baylors are all brothers, and only Amin is a cousin.

And after Huang Taiji saw that his prestige was established, he wanted to collect the power of the Eight Banners in his own hands as much as possible, and Amin, who was far away in blood, was a very good target. Because of Amin, the other two big Baylors will not unite to oppose Huang Taiji's decision.

But the court of the Ming Dynasty would definitely not let the four cities of Yongping be in the hands of the Houjin army, so let Sun Chengzong, who had come back, preside over the dispatch of all the Qinwang troops to recapture the four cities of Yongping as soon as possible.

But when Sun Chengzong asked all the officials present to come up with a plan to recapture the four cities of Yongping, those officials did not say a word. At this time, whoever makes a noise is a fool. And Sun Chengzong is not too pressing, because most of these leading officials are civilians.

Seeing that those officials had become mud bodhisattvas, Qin Liangyu couldn't stand it anymore. She stood up angrily and said loudly very unceremoniously: "The four cities of Yongping are in the hands of the Tartars, and that is simply a shame for the Ming Dynasty and the imperial court." Let the old man's son be the vanguard, go and take the four cities of Yongping, and you slowly lead the army to support the old man. ”

Listening to Qin Liangyu's unkind words, those battle-hardened old bureaucrats seemed to turn a deaf ear. Besides, these officials have no way to care. It does make sense not to mention Qin Liangyu's outstanding military exploits, nor to mention Qin Liangyu's unkind words, Qin Liangyu's identity alone is higher than the status of the vast majority of civil officials here.

You must know that although Qin Liangyu is a military attaché, and most of those officials are civil officials, the tradition of being noble and lowly is very unpopular with Qin Liangyu. Because Qin Liangyu also has an identity, that is, the second-rank lady who was canonized by the emperor.

Seeing that the scene was a little stiff, Sun Chengzong immediately started a round, and he said to Qin Liangyu with a smile: "Mrs. Ma is really old and strong!" The court has always regarded you as a pillar. Mrs. Arima is out of the horse, and the recovery of the four cities of Yongping will be just around the corner. The official promised here that Mrs. Ma would mention whatever support she wanted from the imperial court. ”

Facing the highly respected Sun Chengzong, Qin Liangyu did not dare to slack off, and after she saluted Sun Chengzong, she said to Sun Chengzong: "Master Sun is polite. The old man's other requirements were nothing more than some money and food for mules and horses. Sun Taishi is familiar with military strategy, and his old body is also very relieved. It is a Henan army that accompanied the old body to the capital, and the old body looks good. I hope that Master Sun will allow this army to be the vanguard with the old body. ”

Sun Chengzong immediately looked at the governor of Henan and the Henan supervisor Xiao Gonggong. The two of them glanced at each other, and Gonggong Xiao asked Qin Liangyu with some confusion: "Who is the leading general of that army?" ”

As soon as Qin Liangyu saw that it was a eunuch who was asking, he raised his head and replied coldly, "It's a kid named Wu Shigong." ”

Seeing Qin Liangyu's attitude, Gonggong Xiao had no choice but to laugh dryly. Because everyone here knows that Qin Liangyu's husband was killed by the eunuch. After Qin Liangyu saw the eunuchs, he would never give them a good face.

The governor of Henan had no choice but to step forward to relieve the siege, he said: "Wu Qianhu is a person, this official knows. It is indeed brave and good at fighting. Recovering the four cities of Yongping is a national war, and we have no reason to retreat from Henan Erlang. Mrs. Ma can arrange to go. ”

The governor of Henan and Gonggong Xiao both thought in their hearts: "If Wu Shigong can make a contribution in the battle to recover the four cities of Yongping, it is not the credit of the leading officials of their Henan Qinwang army?" If they can suppress the other Qinwang troops, they will weigh a lot more in the hearts of Emperor Chongzhen! As for the defeat of the battle, it is also under the command of Qin Liangyu, and it is not to blame the two of them. Anyway, this matter is not a loss. ”

Next, all the officials discussed how much mule, horses, grain and grass to support Qin Liangyu, and what army to send to cooperate with the follow-up. Soon, Sun Chengzong arranged everything.

But the arrangement of those mules and horses grain and grass dragged on for several days, and when Qin Liangyu returned to the camp of the white pole soldiers and Wu Shigong with these mules and horses, the time was almost February of the third year of Chongzhen.

After returning to the camp, Qin Liangyu immediately gathered all the military attaches to discuss military affairs. She first said to Wu Shigong: "Wu Qianhu, the imperial court has an order, this time to attack the four cities of Yongping, your army is under the command of this official." ”

Then, Qin Liangyu showed Wu Shigong the official document of the transfer of troops stamped with the official seal of Sun Chengzong, and also the transfer document stamped with the official seal of the governor of Henan and the seal of the Henan supervisory officer. In the procedures for mobilizing Wu Shigong's troops, he was impeccable.

Wu Shigong looked at these official documents and documents blankly, and regretted it very much in his heart: "How did I get lost in my mind at that time!" knew that with Qin Liangyu, a tigress, she still wanted to live a stable life. After arriving in the capital, I could have broken up with Qin Liangyu and went to Tongzhou to find my own organization in Henan. Now it's self-defeating! ”

"What's wrong with Wu Qianhu? Don't you want to go? Seeing that Wu Shigong was in a daze, Qin Liangyu's words seemed very cold.

Wu Shigong came back to his senses all of a sudden, and he immediately said something grandiose, and his chest was "popping". Anyway, it looks like I can't escape now, so let's fight a haode attitude first.

Qin Liangyu looked at Wu Shigong's performance with a smile, and understood his thoughts. Then she ignored Wu Shigong and began to arrange the actions of the army.

After the military discussion, Wu Shigong returned to his camp and immediately called all the officers over. After announcing the order of the imperial court, Wu Shigong said to them: "This official doesn't say anything, and you don't complain about your own bad life or anything." Since you are going to fight, you should brace yourself and fight well. ”

"Don't be afraid of what the Tartars have three heads and six arms, at that time, Lao Tzu had no bottom in his heart in the face of tens of thousands of chaotic people, but after rushing over, he found that it was just some local chickens and dogs. We fought the Tartars the other day, and the Tartars are nothing more than that. Take out the level you usually practice, and guarantee that you won't die is bragging, but this official guarantees that most of you can go home safely. ”