Chapter 639: The Prince
After a few days of heavy snowfall, it finally cleared, and although he lived in the Northeast in later generations, he had never seen this knee-thick snow in Luwan.
It's just that this was supposed to be a snowball, a snowball fight, and a day when he pulled his sister to the snow, but for Lu Wang at this moment, he didn't have any interest at all, and today he was going south, and the trouble was that it was very troublesome to drive with such thick snow.
Why not fly? The problem is very simple, he was sent back to China for maintenance the night before, and secondly, he didn't go by himself this time, in addition to a few personal guards, he had to take Tian Xiuying and the prince south.
For Tian Xiuying's request, Chongzhen was a little surprised, but Lu Wang didn't have any surprises at all, in Tian Xiuying's words, I want to go out for a walk to broaden my horizons, to paraphrase a sentence in later generations, the world is very big, she wants to see!
It is unusual for the concubine to leave the palace, and now she wants to go out of Beijing to play, and it is definitely shocking enough to say it, causing countless defenders to accuse, simply, there are not many people who know these things, except for the emperor and his mother's family, there are only a few hundred royal forest troops responsible for security, and even the people in the Xishan Shenwang Palace suddenly found that the villa on Nanhu Island was gone!
Tian Xiuying's pomp is not big, but it is definitely a lot, in order to make her journey comfortable, Lu Wang also specially equipped her with an RV, and Chongzhen in addition to sending four palace maids, also prepared three cars of baggage, three hundred royal forest soldiers to escort casually!
As for the crown prince Zhu Cihong, who followed south not to follow Tian Xiuying, but to study with Lu Wang on the order of his father, read thousands of books, and walked thousands of miles, but Lu Wang knew that more than 80% of them had Queen Zhou blowing the pillow wind, because she was afraid that the Tian family and Lu Wang would get too close and the prince would fall out of favor!
Early in the morning, the sun had just risen, and outside the Yongding Gate, there were three off-road vehicles and an RV. Needless to say, this is the convoy of Rwan, in case the car skidneys or get stuck in the mud, the cavalry team is not only responsible for guarding, but also has a function of towing trucks!
The car was twenty miles out of the city. Slowly, the three off-road vehicles in front and the RV and the cavalry escort in the back opened up the distance, the reason is very simple, Tian Xiuying is not in a hurry to play, and plays while walking, and Lu Wang has a heart and must go to Yanzhou early, because the Ming army is in trouble.
The sun is shining and the weather is good, but the roads are difficult. It was mainly knee-deep snow that once made Luwang's convoy either slip or get stuck in the mud and almost lay down, but fortunately there were spare horses to tow him, so as not to let him in the mud and mud, but this was delayed, and he did not arrive in Fucheng until three o'clock in the afternoon. Yes, the Fucheng that is being rebuilt.
The trip was too slow, and Rwan's mood was a little low. With a black face, stepping on snow foam and creaking in Fucheng, Li Yan beside him was constantly talking about the recent affairs in the city, in fact, there was no major event, and although Li Yan led the troops, he was definitely a good hand at people's livelihood. This made Lu Wang want to recommend him to join the court as an official for a while, but thinking that he now has manpower on hand, he should keep it for his own use for the time being, of course, some information was faintly revealed between the words, which also made Li Yan's mood high. It is said that after all, he was born as an intellectual, and when he entered the court as an official, that is the right way and the ultimate dream of a literati!
Lu Wang did not stay in Fucheng for long, after leaving a batch of food, he ordered Li Yan to hand over the affairs at hand to the local yamen, he is a director of the military discipline department There is no need to waste resources in this small city, anyway, this place is just a post-war reconstruction, such trivial things can be handed over to the local yamen, Lu Wang is not worried that the yamen here will take the opportunity to do some dirty things, because here he also left some spies from the military discipline department, and now Chongzhen is vigorously grasping the civil affairs, and the tens of thousands of Jinyi guards under his command are not vegetarians, looking for typical ones everywhere!
Taking advantage of the fact that it was not dark, Lu Wang decided to continue on his journey, and it was best to rush to Texas before dark, it is said that the snow there was not deep, so he did not wait for Li Yan, and drove away in a hurry!
As he wished, Lu Wang finally entered the city of Texas before dark, for his arrival, the people of Texas and the yamen were welcome, welcomed, warmly welcomed, and to prepare a banquet for the god king to receive the wind and wash the dust, for this, Lu Wang was severely reprimanded: "The palace has repeatedly ordered to be diligent and thrifty, and it is forbidden to eat and drink at public expense, how can it be so ......"
So the god king who led by example walked away, and he didn't even live in the post station, he directly found an inn to live in, ordered a few side dishes and drank a little wine with the guards, this is not actually how decent he is, but he really doesn't want to talk nonsense with those officials, there is no topic to talk about, it is better to hide in the corner and drink and brag with his brother to play cards!
But in doing so, he made the local officials tremble, and went to the inn one by one to ask for a meeting, proving that he was not extravagant and wasteful...... Wait, it annoys Lu Wang, come out and explain it before sending these people away!
Of course, some people are worried that someone will be happy, such as the innkeeper, when he heard that the God King was staying here, he immediately rushed from home, knelt down and begged the God King to let him serve for free, for this kind of iron powder, Lu Wang generally refused, but seeing that people are so sincere, then reluctantly accept it once, but after all, his principle is not to take a stitch from the masses, since he eats other people's sleep, he will also take some benefits!
The benefits must be, the innkeeper knelt down and begged for Mobao, so the Great Ming God King waved his pen and wrote down four big characters, Yuelai Inn! So this inn has become a famous store in Texas, tourists from all over the world will inevitably come here to pay homage to the place where the God King stays, and it is a blessing to be able to stay for one night, of course, you can only live next door to the room where the God King stays, because the God King has lived in a miracle, and can only be offered!
These are all later words, and it is said that after Lu Wang sent away the innkeeper, he drank three rounds, and when he was playing cards with a few guards, spies from the south found here, and the Ming army laid too many contact points from south to north, but wherever there is any wind and grass, it will soon reach Lu Wang's ears!
Now in front of Lu Wang, a spy is sitting in front of Lu Wang and is telling Lu Wang: "Two days ago, Uncle Huang coerced the Qing army to Yanzhou Mansion, and first acted in a play as in Qingzhou at that time, and then it was Camp Commander Xu who entered the city to ask for money, who knew that he was directly scolded by Zhu Yipai, which completely angered Uncle Huang, so he personally entered the city, accompanied by the guard general Qi Jianlong and the prefect Deng Fanxi and several other officials, and entered King Lu again to ask for salary, but he was still scolded. Uncle Huang had a big temper and almost used a knife on the spot, if it weren't for the identity of the other party as the prince and the prefect and others desperately trying to stop it, it might have caused a big incident! ”
The spy spoke in detail, and Lu Wang listened very carefully, with a cigarette in his mouth, and an unpredictable smile from time to time: "Do you know how King Lu originally died?" It is just that the money is not killed, and he can't get a penny, and as a result, the city is broken and killed, so it's useless to just scare him! ”
"What the prince said is that after Uncle Huang went out of the city, he asked Abatai to immediately besiege the city and blapped outside, but inside he let Governor Deng and others enter the palace again to persuade him, but it was still ineffective. Uncle Huang and the others can't help it, they can't really kill him, so they sent a message to the prince and asked you to come up with a decision! ”
Lu Wang smiled and glanced at the next room, where Zhu Cihong was reviewing his homework, and he must not have heard the words here: "He wants money and doesn't want to die, I'm different from him." I want money, but I also want life. It's just his life! Eat well and sleep well, hurry tomorrow morning, and ask for money for killing! ”
The world is so unfair, Lu Wan and others fall asleep when they are full of wine and food, but some people can't sleep with blood-red eyes. Besides, I can't sleep yet, because I will face another life-and-death struggle at any time.
This is the Northeast, this is Songshan Fort, I'm Hong Chengchou, I'm tired. The mouth is dry and blistered, and the knife-like cold wind makes the folds on the face crack, one word, pain, two words anxious!
Even so, the Qing army's offensive in the past two days has become more and more intense, Hong Chengchou can't figure out whether the Qing army has changed its strategy and wants to fight quickly, or in order to avenge the bombing of Shenyang, since yesterday noon, the Qing army launched an attack on Songshan and Jinzhou at the same time!
From the very beginning of the tentative siege, to the last wave after wave of blood, Lao Hong gritted his teeth and couldn't help but rejoice in his heart, fortunately the God King had left so many killing weapons when he arrived before, while the gas cannon bombardment and gasoline bombs, the gunpowder bag was thrown out without money, and at the moment of emergency, he relied on the twenty-eight spears to knock over wave after wave of the Qing army, of course, he was also exhausted at this time!
He is definitely not the only one who is exhausted, in Jinzhou City, which is separated by Rufeng Mountain, Zu Dashou is under more pressure, because his city is large, and there are many Qing troops around, and it is conceivable that only more than 10,000 people stick to the pressure, and more importantly, the Qing army also has artillery here, the only thing that is fortunate is that their range is not enough, and if they get close, they will be blown up by the gas artillery in the city, which is also the only place for Zu Dashou to breathe a sigh of relief.
It was late at night, the wind and snow were tight, and in the cave on the side of Rufeng Mountain, Huang Taiji was wrapped as tightly as a polar bear, and his face was pale without a trace of blood.
To Lu Wang's surprise, Huang Taiji did not return to Shenyang, there is a reason, although after hearing the news at that time, Huang Taiji, who was already sick, fainted immediately, but the first thing he did after waking up was not to return to Shenyang in a hurry, he was worried that it was Lu Wang's plan, which led him to move and then half an air attack, so he continued to nest in the cave and sent an elite army back to Shenyang to find information, which was also the next day Lu Wang went to Shenyang to find Shiyi Lang, and saw those people and horses on the way.
Huang Taiji just sent someone over, but when he was worried in his heart, the person sent by the person from Shenyang to report the news came to take the lead: "The palace was razed to the ground, there were countless casualties, and the harem and the prince from the sixth to the eleventh were all burping, and Shenyang was in chaos at this moment."
Huang Taiji was very numb to the news of the five thunders, and didn't say a word, because he fainted again, and when he woke up, he gave a few mouthfuls of blood, which frightened Haoge to cry and scream, and there was chaos in the cave, and the people in the army were panicked.
However, at this moment, the sky that had been cloudy for a few days was very suitable for the snow, and Huang Taiji, who had a few breaths of anger in the catastrophe, was full of enthusiasm and decided to adopt a gratifying strategy and attack the city with all his might, as for returning to Shenyang, he didn't dare for the time being, because he was still afraid of the bird!
In order to guard against that bird, the Qing army, which originally only dug trenches, received an order to dig trenches and hide holes, so trench tactics were hundreds of years ahead and knew how to prevent air raids!
Heavy snow fell in the sky, at this time the Ming army's artillery was limited by moisture, and the strange bird was not seen to rise into the air, it is very likely that it was also blocked by heavy snow at this time, the people of heaven and earth and Huang Taiji finally gave an attack order!
So, the Qing army, which dug trenches for two days, jumped out of the trenches full of grief and indignation and began to attack, Zierharang was responsible for commanding the troops around Jinzhou to tear apart Zu Dashou, and Huang Taiji sat in Rufeng Mountain to mobilize Duoduo, Nikan, Azig, Haoge, and Dolgon, as well as three Guishun kings, to Songshan and Xingshan to carry out a devastating explosion of the chrysanthemums of Lao Hong!
Although the chrysanthemum is remnant, full of wounds, but the reality is cruel, let Huang Taiji how to mobilize the soldiers and horses wave after wave of blood, but failed to get closer, although did not see the strange bird appeared, but the Ming army's firepower was surprisingly fierce, from Xingshan and Songshan, dozens of artillery cross-bombardment, the range and power, simply made the Qing army embarrassed to launch their own artillery, and many were blown up before they were pushed to the front!
If the power of artillery shocked the hearts of the Qing army, then explosives, gasoline bombs and muskets were the destruction of their bodies, the kind of spirit and flesh.
From yesterday noon to tonight, there were a total of seven attacks, each time in vain, and heavy casualties, after listening to the casualty report, Huang Taiji, who was holding the cave wall, fainted again in front of him, and woke up with a few mouthfuls of blood, his face was as pale as paper!
However, there is a saying that disaster is not a single line, just after vomiting blood and not completely calming down, Huang Taiji received another piece of information that Xingshan came to reinforcements, estimated to be more than 50,000.
cough cough cough, Huang Taiji suddenly felt that the world was spinning, and he endured it and did not faint: "If you want to fight, you want to fight quickly, otherwise our army will not have any advantage here!" ”
"Don't be dry, the emperor is not dry, although we lost the attack today, but we also found out the reality of the Ming army, all with firepower advantages, although we can't get in, but they don't want to come out, and although Xingshan came to reinforcements, but where and Songshan has long been cut off by us with a trench, they want to come over to help is still a fool's dream, and at this moment the heavy snow is blocking the mountain, and the supply of food and grass for the Ming army is also a problem......" Azig began to talk eloquently, and the Tao of analysis was also the Tao, but the last sentence: "What the minister is worried about is still ...... That strange bird! ”
"The strange bird is not afraid, just throw a few gunpowder bags, the accuracy is so poor, it can only bluff people, and Uncle Twelve, you have also seen, the bird has not come out in the past few days, it must have been affected by the snow, we can take advantage of this opportunity to hit the ...... fiercely" Hauge is passionate!
Hey, Duoduo sneered: "Haven't you fought hard enough in the past two days, the Ming army can't come out of the city, but their artillery and muskets are not affected by the weather at all, and there is still the oil fire that can't be extinguished at the slightest dip...... His subordinates have suffered more than 10,000 casualties, and according to such a fighting method, it will take a few days for his subordinates to die! ”
"That's it, you can't go on like this, Your Majesty, you have to change your playing style......" Duoduo's words caused several other generals to echo him.
How to fight? This makes Huang Taiji very headache, since the sudden appearance of that bird, what king, the overall situation began to tilt instantly, and then it became the current stalemate, the Ming army relied on the advantage of firepower, and there are cities to defend, plus now there are reinforcements, even if the fairy who pretends to be a ghost does not appear, this battle is not easy to fight, and I really don't know who will kill the deer.
"Your Majesty, Prince Heshuo Rui ......" Just when Huang Taiji had a headache, an even more headache news came, and Dolgon, who was seriously injured by the explosion, died, so the Qing prince's eyes were dark, and he fainted to death for the fourth time, and there was chaos in the cave!
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Double 12 is here, don't chop your hands, ask for cigarettes! (To be continued......)