At the ferry port on the south bank of the Yangtze River, the medium-sized ships have been fully equipped, and the soldiers of the Wuchang Legion who have done their job of boarding the ship are quietly lined up in a long queue outside the ferry, and the grain has been transported to the ship first, and a new type of artillery is arranged in a row, exposing the muzzle of Hessesen on the south bank, the range of this kind of artillery is enough to cover the opposite bank, as long as the 50,000 troops cross the river, the artillery can provide cover at any time, and the defenders on the opposite bank will be blown to pieces.

And Li Xiao put his hands behind his back, anxiously waiting for the news, in the afternoon, the sound of artillery on the opposite bank sounded again, obviously the siege has reached the white-hot stage, to Li Xiao's regret, Li Laiheng obviously made up his mind to burn the jade, and did not send people to report the news, but he didn't know that at the moment when the Qing army continued to bomb Hankou City, a great show was staged in Hankou City.

The bombardment of the whole half afternoon has turned the city walls and urban areas of the north city of Hankou into a mess, almost everyone is sure that it will not be long before the entire Hankou will fall, but Li Laiheng is thinking that it is better to stay in the city and wait to be killed, although the possibility of victory is very small, but at least a few Tartars can be slashed, at this time, Yang Qilong has a banquet.

The venue of the banquet is in a huge mansion in Dongcheng District, the house was originally the private residence of the local general soldier, after the death of the general soldier in Hubei, it was naturally accepted as public ownership, after a simple decoration, it also has a unique flavor, Yang Qilong felt that this mansion was quite majestic, and he had already made up his mind that he could rebuild it into a temporary palace after he ascended the throne in the future, but Li Laiheng has been delaying, since he could not get the support of Li Laiheng, Yang Qilong could only give up, but this has become a place where Yang Qilong lives on weekdays.

Li Laiheng took a few leaders and a pair of personal soldiers to the east of the city, there are still 100,000 defenders in the city, the city wall has collapsed a few holes, the Tartars are powerful firearms, but if they rush into the street fighting, I am afraid they will not take much advantage, so Li Laiheng is not worried that the Tartars are in a hurry to attack the city, the number of the Kuidong army has an advantage, and the long-range firepower of the Tartars is their advantage, he believes that no matter how stupid this group of Tartars is, I am afraid that they will not give up the advantage of long-range firepower to rush into the city to meet each other in close combat. The problem now is to reach an agreement with Yang Qilong, a coward, as soon as possible, otherwise where will this city be defended.

Turning a street corner, a group of people came over, and walking in front was a majestic man in his fifties with a white beard, who came over with a knife handle, and as soon as he saw Li Laiheng, he immediately shouted: "Brother Li." ”

Li Laiheng stopped to see that this was the old brother of the loyal battalion back then, surnamed Ye Mingzhen was one of the leaders of the Eastern Army, after the north of the city was in an emergency, Li Laiheng handed over the defense of the east of the city to him, and he took a group of elites to the north to increase troops to rescue.

"Brother Li." Ye Zhen glanced around awkwardly, approached Li Laiheng, and lowered his voice: "At noon, the two leaders of the Sanlang Xianghui were killed. ”

Li Laiheng couldn't help but wrinkle his head, who assassinated the two leaders in the siege of the city now? Could it be that there are still traitors in the city who fornicate with the Tartars? He shook his head, this is obviously not very likely, there are more than seven or eight personal soldiers around the ordinary leader, as long as he shouts at the nearby streets, hundreds of brothers can be killed at any time, if it is said that the traitor caught a loophole and assassinated a leader, it may be explained, it is really unbelievable to kill two at once, unless they have the size of hundreds of people, even so, there will definitely be a big disturbance, it is easy to assassinate, but it is difficult to retreat with all his body.

"What did Brother Yang say?" Lee Rae-hyung asked.

"Him?" Ye Zhen pursed his lips. Look around again. He said in a low voice: "I asked a few Zhong Saburo Xiangtang people. They just say they don't know. There was no mourning in his expression. The two bodies were hastily buried. In my opinion. Maybe it's their dry land. ”

Li Laiheng was deeply convinced by Zhendi's analysis. There are only two major forces in the city. Can kill two bosses at the same time. Only he, Li Laiheng and Yang Qilong, have this ability. Li Laiheng knew that he had not given such an order. Then the eight achievements are Yang Qi's hand. The question is. Why did Yang Qilong do it?

"Originally, I didn't have the heart to have the surname Yang Di. But then something happened. That's when my heart rose. Just an hour ago. The two Zhong Saburo incense people will go out of the city from the east gate. He was intercepted by our brothers at the gates. They said that Fengdi was ordered by Yang Qilong to go out of the city to investigate the enemy's situation. At the time, I couldn't stop it. So it was released. Nature. I had to send a brother to follow behind. But who knows. They haven't come back yet.

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Li Laiheng asked rhetorically: "What do you mean?" ”

"I'm afraid that Yang Qilong, this kid wants to surrender to the Tartars. First, he secretly killed two of his own brothers. These two leaders are the land of my acquaintance. They are all rude and straightforward men. Maybe it's because they're against it. Yang Qilong killed them. Send two incense people in the city and land to say that they will go to investigate the enemy's situation. Hey. Standing on the city wall, we can see the movement of the Tartar Land. What else do they need to probe? Perhaps these two are just going to contact the Tartarlands. ”

Li Laiheng first shook his head in disbelief, and then thought of Tartar

Yang Qilong's various strange behaviors couldn't help but have some doubts, and the conversation involuntarily lowered his voice a little: "No matter what, this matter can't be publicized anyway, otherwise it is inevitable that brothers will kill each other, so that the Tartars will take advantage of the situation, as for whether Yang Qilong has a small abacus, let's see." ”

Ye Zhen nodded, in the absence of evidence, of course this kind of thing can't be publicized, he couldn't help laughing: "Brother Li, where is this going?" What happened to the north of the city? ”

"Yang Qilong invited me to the banquet and said that there was something important to discuss, hey, now that the Tartar soldiers are coming to the city, he still has the kung fu to set up ......" Li Laiheng suddenly stopped talking when he said this, and looked at Ye Zhen with a stunned face, Ye Zhen also seemed to feel that something was wrong, and frowned.

Li Laiheng is not a fool, at this time Yang Qilong invited him to the banquet naturally not necessarily with good intentions, in fact, Li Laiheng was moved by Yang Qilong, not because he trusted this flamboyant person, in the final analysis, the two of them are just a combination of politics, and basic trust may not be discussed.

"Brother Li, it's okay to go, you have dozens of guards with you, outside the house, I will naturally lead troops to respond, but you should be careful with the wine and food." Ye Zhendao.

Li Laiheng nodded: "That's the truth, besides, send someone to find a way to contact the Ming army on the south bank, the fall of Hankou is only a matter of time, no matter what, it must not fall back into the hands of the Tartars, let the Ming army occupy it, it is better than the Tartars to occupy it." ”

Ye Zhen nodded helplessly: "I will arrange it." ”

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"General Lee." As soon as Li Lai entered the house, Yang Qilong and a group of leaders had already stood up and greeted them enthusiastically.

"At the moment of the great enemy, what does it mean that Brother Yang is still holding a banquet here?" Li Laiheng's good impression of Yang Qilong is considered to be in vain, followed by dozens of guards, and Ye Zhen is also lurking outside the house, ready to respond, so he is not afraid of Yang Qilong's face.

Yang Long said with a smile: "Naturally, I invited General Li to discuss the current situation, and I invited General Li to take a seat." ”

Li Laiheng sat on it with a big grin, Yang Qilong sat on the side, and the other leaders and rules sat on both sides, but the dozens of guards brought by Li Laiheng were bustling in the hall, and even the door was blocked.

Yang Qilong glanced at these guards unexpectedly: "The brothers have also worked hard, Yang also opened a table of banquets outside, Zhang Xinshun, you take these brothers to drink outside." ”

One answered, and was about to stand up, but was stopped by Li Laiheng: "I don't think it's necessary, these brothers were born and died with Li, and they have always slept together, bed together, and wear a pair of pants together. ”

Yang Qilong couldn't help but look quite embarrassed, and his heart was also a little anxious, his idea was to set up a Hongmen banquet, simply kill Li Laiheng, and then offer Li Laiheng's rank and Hankou City to the Qing army, now the descendants surnamed Zhu have already been killed by the Manchus, Yang Qilong claims to be the third prince of Zhu, if the simple surrender is naturally a dead end, what is the purpose of the Manchus killing the surname Zhu? Aren't you afraid that the influence of these people will be used by the rebel party who opposes the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty? Yang Qilong killed the anti-Qing righteous Li Laiheng, which is equivalent to a complete break with the anti-Qing rebel party, from now on I am afraid that his reputation has long been stinking on the street, not to mention what the anti-Qing forces have to do with him, I am afraid that when I hear this name, I can't help but spit and spit at the mouth, and it is precisely because of this that Yang Qilong is confident that after taking off Li Laiheng's rank, he can find a way to live on the Manchurian side, maybe for the sake of political propaganda, he Yang Qilong can also mix a half-official position, although the dream of being an emperor is gone, but it is stable to live in the old age.

And at this moment, Li Laiheng obviously had his heart set on him, and dozens of guards were in this main hall, and things were in trouble.

"General Lee, what are these words? Come on, go and get a stool for the brothers, everyone will make do with it, and they won't get drunk or go home. ”

Li Laiheng's eyebrows were knotted: "Didn't Brother Yang say that there is something important to discuss?" ”

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Regarding whether Yang Qilong surrendered or not, it depends on the situation, the Manchu people are not fools, naturally they will not kill people when they see them, whether to kill or not depends on whether they can get benefits, those princes and grandsons surnamed Zhu naturally want to kill, after all, these people have a certain appeal, leaving one is equivalent to raising a tiger for trouble, but if Yang Qilong kills Li Laiheng, I'm afraid this person has no appeal among the people who oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, think about it from another perspective, if you are Kangxi, Will this shameless traitor be treated favorably to attract more people to surrender, or will he be slashed and avenged by Li Laiheng? Convenient for next visit