Ling Jingyang looked at Mei Shaozuo, he was really ugly, he asked Mei Shaozuo to go down to rest, Mei Shaozuo refused to leave, he had to ask Xu Yun to apologize to him, and he wanted to marry Xu Yun tomorrow.

Xu Yun swore not to marry Mei Shaozuo, looking at Mei Shaozuo's appearance, she was also a little angry.

"You... Do you believe that my brother cut off your dog's head with a knife? ”

Mei Shaozuo suddenly remembered the knife that Xu Sheng angrily slashed Jiang Butcher, he was definitely not so fast, and he couldn't catch that knife.

was so frightened that he immediately slipped back, Ling Jingyang didn't have a good impression of Xu Yun, and he didn't want this woman to be a maid for Wen Yuanyang.

Such a scheming woman, let her go to the Special Bureau, right?

Ling Jingyang just wanted to speak, and then thought of Zhou Yuan, who is also a person with a city government, why not let the two of them make do with each other?

"Miss Xu, I have a following, Yushu Linfeng, you can marry him."

"My brother is not married, and the slave family is not married."

"Then you go to the Special Bureau."

Ling Jingyang stuffed Xu Yun to the Special Bureau, Fang Xiaoyan was dumbfounded, how could the governor stuff him with a woman.

He looked at Xu Yun's appearance, and suddenly remembered that outside the gate, those poor women who were wrapped with him, a strong desire to protect surged in his heart, and he arranged easy work for Xu Yun to boil water in the special bureau building every day.

This is also Ling Jingyang's request that every member of the Special Bureau must drink hot water when they are not going out.

Xu Yun refused this errand, she asked to be integrated into the Special Bureau, so that the Governor of Lingdu could take a good look, she Xu Yun was by no means a little woman.

Fang Xiaoyan scratched his scalp, and finally thought of a good task for Xu Yun, which was to learn with him how to use firearms, as well as the maintenance of weapons and equipment of the Special Bureau, Xu Yun was reluctant, but he had to study hard.

After Xu Sheng became familiar with the military camp, he followed Mei Shaozuo to Ling Jingyang and became Ling Jingyang's personal soldier, and after living in the mansion, he knew that his sister had gone to the Special Bureau the next day and wanted to go to the Special Bureau to see his sister.

was organized by Mei Shaozuo, and Mei Shaozuo told him that the Special Bureau is the most mysterious unit in the army, and if you want to see your sister, you must ask the head of the Special Bureau for instructions.

Xu Sheng immediately came to the mansion of the Special Bureau, Fang Xiaoyan happened to be at the door, and after seeing Xu Sheng's arrival, he didn't speak, waiting for Xu Sheng to come and greet him.

Looking at Fang Xiaoyan, who was much smaller than himself, Xu Sheng said respectfully: "Lord Fang, villain Xu Sheng, I want to meet my little sister." ”

Fang Xiaoyan said deliberately: "Who is your sister?" ”

"Little sister Xu Yun, yesterday the governor asked her to come to the Special Bureau."

"Oh, so, you come with me."

Fang Xiaoyan deliberately pretended to be mature, and took Xu Sheng to a warehouse of the Special Bureau, where Xu Yun maintained weapons and equipment, Xu Sheng thanked Fang Xiaoyan, came to the warehouse, and saw that his sister was tinkering with a firecracker.

"Sister Yun, what are you doing with a girl?"

"Who told me to do this?"

Xu Yun angrily threw a firebolt on the ground, Xu Sheng hurriedly stepped forward, picked up the firebolt, and said to his sister: "This is a big killer, don't look at my fist and foot skills, in front of this thing, it is a human flesh sandbag." ”

Xu Yun's eyes widened instantly, this fire gun is so powerful, Xu Sheng nodded, let his sister work hard in the Special Bureau, and he will also follow the Governor Lingdu, and in the future, the brother and sister will get ahead, so that those who look down on them will be stunned.

Xu Yun saw that her brother was ambitious, and her hard work was not in vain, she asked Xu Sheng to follow the governor well, the brother and sister chatted in the warehouse for half an hour, Fang Xiaoyan pricked up his ears outside the door to listen, how much he wanted to hear, Xu Yun said how much he took care of her, the leader of the special bureau.

But after Xu Sheng left the warehouse, the two of them were stunned and didn't mention Fang Xiaoyan, after Xu Sheng left, Fang Xiaoyan came to the warehouse and asked Xu Yunshi if he was suitable?

Xu Yun shrugged her shoulders and said to Fang Xiaoyan that she liked these firecrackers very much, and was willing to learn how to use them from Fang Xiaoyan, which could make Fang Xiaoyan useful, he used all his skills to teach Xu Yun the skills of firecrackers, and Xu Yun also studied carefully.

Fang Xiaoyan and Xu Yun worked hard to practice the fire gun technique, Ling Jingyang asked Mei Shaozuo to prepare a fast horse, he was going to Qinzhou, if He Zhen didn't go to Datong Mansion, he would go to Datong Mansion to send heads to the Qing army.

Not only that, Ling Jingyang was still waiting for Zhou Yuan to return, and Zhou Yuan set off for Yan'an Mansion for 300 kilometers

It takes at least fifteen days to go back and forth.

However, after Zhou Yuan set off, he asked five hundred soldiers to go back, and only brought twenty cavalry to escort him to Yan'an, and the return time was shortened by half.

Ling Jingyang was very satisfied with Zhou Yuan, he went to Qinzhou again this time, and specially brought five hundred taels of silver to He Zhen, as well as twenty pairs of fine armor, after all, He Zhen and he are both the leaders of the small army in Shanxi, and Jiang Jiu and Chongzhen's court are not at the same level.

The two of them only huddled together to keep warm, and the other warlords did not dare to fight, even if they did, they could break a tooth, whether it was the Dashun army, the Qing army, or the Chongzhen court, they would not waste their troops on these two earth overlords.

Xu Sheng and Mei Shaozuo also had twenty cavalry to go to Qinzhou with him, and after arriving in Qinzhou, Ling Jingyang unexpectedly found that the soldiers and civilians of Qinzhou were preparing for war.

The guards from all over Qinzhou knew that Ling Jingyang and He Zhen were allies, and seeing that Ling Jingyang did not bring a large army, they let Ling Jingyang and his party go to Qin County.

He Zhen carried out a general mobilization in Qin County, and Wang Chengen came to Qin County the day before yesterday and sent him 100,000 taels of silver and 200,000 stones of grain and grass.

and named He Zhen as the left servant of the household department and concurrently served as the prefect of Qinzhou, but asked He Zhen to send troops to attack Datong Mansion, and also told He Zhen that His Majesty also ordered Ling Jingyang to attack Datong Mansion, but to give Ling Jingyang silver, grain and grass are far less than He Zhen.

These superior conditions made He Zhen no longer hesitate, he said that as long as Jiang Hao and Ling Jingyang attacked Datong Mansion, he would also send troops to attack Datong Mansion.

In order to let Wang Chengen go back and report to His Majesty, he ordered the soldiers and civilians in various places to prepare for war.

He also occupied a county seat in Fenzhou, but there were not many troops, so he did not mobilize the military forces of Fenzhou, and after Ling Jingyang came to Qin County, the streets were full of soldiers coming and going.

He Zhen greeted Ling Jingyang at the door of the mansion, and after Ling Jingyang met him, he asked He Zhen if he wanted to send troops to attack Datong Mansion?

The two chatted while walking, and after coming to the mansion, He Zhen told Ling Jingyang.

"The prince came to me a few days ago, read out His Majesty's holy decree, and appointed me as the left attendant of the household department and the prefect of Qinzhou, but asked me to send troops to attack Datong Mansion."

"Wang Chengen also came to me to read the holy decree, but I asked him to give me more silver."

After Ling Jingyang finished speaking, he asked his subordinates to give the armor to He Zhen, He Zhen is an armor fan, Ling Jingyang sent the armor is very good, and it is superior at first glance, he and Ling Jingyang smiled and said: "Ling Dudu, do you want to use these twenty armors in exchange for me not to send troops?" ”

Ling Jingyang was stunned for a moment, and understood what He Zhen meant, He Zhen thought that he didn't want to send troops to attack Datong Mansion.

"General He, no, He Shilang, you villain's heart, I led the troops to aid Henan before, this time to attack Datong Mansion, how could I refuse, but our two armies attacked Datong Mansion, this is not enough, Jiang Jiu's Taiyuan Mansion army is the main force."

He Zhen agrees with this very much, Jiang Hao occupies the entire Taiyuan Mansion, as well as Lu'an Prefecture and Liaozhou, with the largest territory and the largest number of troops, he does not attack Datong Mansion, Ling Jingyang and He Zhen have no chance of winning.

He Zhen asked Ling Jingyang, should you go to Taiyuan City now?

Ling Jingyang nodded in agreement, but he talked to He Zhen that if he wanted to attack Datong Mansion, the imperial court would give him such a little silver, grain and grass were not enough, and he needed more military salaries and salaries.

Ling Jingyang rested in Qin County for one night, and the next day the two took their own soldiers and rode fast horses to Taiyuan City.

The group hurried up and came to Qi County, the border of Taiyuan Prefecture, and the two thought that they could quickly pass through Qi County, but the Qi County guard refused to allow them to enter the country.

Ling Jingyang and He Zhen knew this guard, and shouted under the city: "This general, I am Ling Jingyang, this is He Zhen, we have come to Taiyuan Mansion to discuss with Governor Jiang." ”

The city guards responded to the two on the city walls.

"Governor Jiang has an order, the soldiers of Qinzhou and Fenzhou are not allowed to enter Taiyuan Mansion, please go back, two adults."

Afraid that Ling Jingyang and He Zhen would not leave, the guard general ordered the archers to climb the city wall, looking at the dense archers on the city wall, Ling Jingyang and He Zhen did not understand how Taiyuan Mansion became this attitude, and the two had to retreat to Qin County with their own soldiers.

After Ling Jingyang returned to Qin County, he and He Zhen were in the mansion, the two couldn't understand what Jiang Jiu was thinking, Ling Jingyang ordered Mei Shaozuo to rush back to Lingshi County with his hand, and ordered the Special Bureau to infiltrate Taiyuan Mansion.

He Zhen looked at the map, attacking Datong Mansion from Qinzhou and Fenzhou, he had to pass by Taiyuan, Jiang Huang clearly did not want to attack Datong Mansion, and he did not let Ling Jingyang and He Zhen attack Datong

Prefecture.

Ling Jingyang thought for a while, and said to He Zhen: "There is another way, that is, to lead the army to Yan'an Mansion and launch an attack from Yan'an Mansion, but the Dashun army stationed in Yan'an Mansion may not agree to the imperial court soldiers and horses entering the jurisdiction." ”

He Zhen let out a long breath and said, "This also has to pass by the northwest corner of Taiyuan Mansion. ”

The two didn't say anything for a while, and Ling Jingyang didn't rest in Qinzhou, and returned to Lingshi County with Xu Sheng and his own soldiers.

After returning to Lingshi County, Zhou Yuan was also on the way back from Yan'an Mansion, and this time he went to Yan'an Mansion and saw Liu Fangliang, the supreme general of the Dashun Army in Yan'an Mansion.

Liu Fangliang and Ling Jingyang have a little friendship, when Zhou Yuan introduced him as Ling Jingyang's subordinate, Liu Fangliang was not surprised at all, in his heart, Ling Jingyang did not have the Dashun Army in his heart, nor the Ming Dynasty, but only the heart of Jiannu to fight to the end.

He readily agreed with Zhou Yuan, saying that he could send troops to Datong Mansion, but asked the Ming army to launch an attack on Shuo County, Andong Zhongtunwei, and Lingqiu in the south of Datong Mansion.

Zhou Yuan did not know military affairs, and he and Liu Fangliang said that the imperial army would never hold back the Dashun army, and the two quickly reached an agreement to launch an attack on Datong Mansion on September 1.

Zhou Yuan rushed back to Lingshi County with the agreement, and returned to Lingshi City almost at the same time as Ling Jingyang, and in the city he reported to Ling Jingyang with great interest, and the Dashun army agreed to attack Datong Mansion.

Ling Jingyang didn't show much excitement, telling him that Jiang Hao did not agree to send troops and refused to allow Qinzhou and Fenzhou soldiers and horses to pass through Taiyuan Mansion.

But only he and He Zhen attacked Datong Mansion, not only did they lack troops, but there was no way to attack Datong Mansion.

"Isn't Governor Jiang dizzy?"

Zhou Yuan couldn't believe that Jiang Hao didn't agree to attack Datong Mansion, Ling Jingyang said to him: "I have asked the Special Bureau to sneak into Taiyuan Mansion to see if I can get some useful information?" ”

"Governor, we can't afford it, the Qing army is ravaging the Central Plains, North Zhili, Henan, Shandong, Huguang, South Zhili, and Datong Mansion are all under the iron hooves of the Qing army, continue to let the Qing army rage like this, I will never have a counterattack."

"If Jiang Jiuzhen refuses to attack Datong Mansion, we will lead our troops north to Yan'an Mansion, and Huguang will support the Dashun army."

Ling Jingyang had an idea in his heart, that is, the Chongzhen court could not resist the Qing army, so he returned to the Dashun army, and followed the Dashun army, which was better than being dragged back by the Ming army.

Zhou Yuan was worried that the Dashun army would not listen to Jingyang.

"Governor, let's go back to the Dashun Army, the Dashun Army may not be willing to take us in?"

"You can rest assured, we are bringing troops to vote, people can't wait for it, if you go alone, maybe people don't want you, and they will kill you."

Ling Jingyang continued to train troops in the city, and at the same time he asked Wang Mu to go to Yicheng to report to His Majesty that Jiang Hao refused to send troops to Datong, and let Zhu Youzhen and Jiang Hao fall in love and kill each other.

Zhu Youzhen was furious in Yicheng at this time, he thought that after Jiang Hao became an official of the Ming Dynasty again, he would be loyal to him and the Ming Dynasty, but Jiang Hao was a wall grass again.

Especially after the Qing army successively defeated the Chongzhen court's army in Henan, as well as the Hongguang army's army in the Central Plains, Jiang Huang's mentality changed a lot.

At this time, his former colleague Tang Tong and others also brought him a message, asking him not to know how to raise his face, and quickly surrender to the Qing army again, and Dolgon also promised him a high-ranking official in the capital, as long as he surrendered to the Qing army, he could continue to lead troops to garrison Taiyuan Mansion.

Jiang Hao was a little moved, when Wang Chengen came to Taiyuan City, he didn't give Wang Chengen a good look, let Wang Chengen stay for one night, and the next morning he expelled Wang Chengen from Taiyuan Mansion.

After Wang Chengen returned from Taiyuan Mansion, Jiang Hao ordered the border army to be under martial law, not only Fenzhou, Qinzhou, but even the Pingyang Mansion army could not enter Taiyuan Mansion, which almost cut off his connection with the Chongzhen court.

Zhu Youzhen was mad by Jiang Liang's series of operations, and he was eager to lead troops to attack Jiang Huang, so he summoned Zhang Luofu, Wu Dading and other generals and asked them if they could be sure of raiding Taiyuan City and beheading Jiang Huang.

Wu Dading's troops were defeated by the Qing army in Henan, and there were more than 6,000 troops left, and Zhang Luo's auxiliary troops were also severely damaged by the Qing army, and the whole army was less than 4,000 people.

Only Mei Shifeng's 20,000 troops are complete, and the other armies either listen to the tune and do not listen to the announcement, or the number is not large, and the combat effectiveness is not as good as that of ordinary officers and soldiers.

Many generals opposed the raid on Taiyuan Mansion, Zhu Youzhen saw that the generals did not agree, so he gave up the plan to raid Taiyuan City, he felt very aggrieved, the north was pressed by Jiang Xuan, and the south was resisted by the Qing army, and the court was like trying to survive in the cracks.