In the courtyard next door, after listening to the report of the scouts planted outside, Song Xiance put down the teacup and said to Yang Boxian: "It seems that Song Mou guessed correctly, this general soldier surnamed Jiang is not Erer." ”

After Song Xiance returned to Chongzhen, he privately inquired about what had happened in the city before, and he knew that Jiang Hao led the troops to kill Zhang Tianlin and Ke Tianxiang anyway.

He was originally a military advisor that Li Zicheng relied on, and he had been with the army for a long time, so he naturally knew many secrets in the army.

Li Zicheng once faced the late Shanxi general Zhou Yuji in Daizhou, but was met with stubborn resistance from the Ming army led by him, and the war was once depleted. After the Shun army desperately attacked and paid great casualties, it finally broke through the Ningwu Pass, but Zhou Yuji still took the remaining entourage to fight with the Shun army in the streets, and swore not to surrender.

Even if he was caught with several arrows, he still scolded Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng was furious, and ordered the soldiers to hang Zhou Yuji on a high pole and shoot him to death, and dismembered his body and fed it to wild dogs. Zhou Yuji's wife, Liu, who was guarding the government office, was set on fire to death along with dozens of women.

This is not enough, Li Zicheng said, "Then slaughter Ningwu, infants and children are not left behind", the Shun army began to slaughter the city, and many people were killed, and there was not one of the ten households.

Zhou Yuji's incident made Li Zicheng murderous, even if Jiang Xuan, the later general soldier of Datong, did not resist and chose to surrender, Li Zicheng still wanted to kill him.

And the strange thing is that the person who persuaded Li Zicheng to leave Jiang Jiu's life was Zhang Tianlin, Song Xiance was present at the time, and he was aware of the 1510.

No matter that during the time they stayed in Datong later, whether Zhang and Ke and Jiang Hao had a quarrel with each other, or whether they were suppressed openly, Zhang was kind to Jiang.

Song Xiance, who knows this, has a very low evaluation of Jiang Jiu, this person is "disloyal, unrighteous, unfilial and unkind", which is really a treacherous in the world. Fortunately, Long Live Lord has a great mind and his eyes are like mirrors, otherwise he would really have to find a way to remind him.

"Commander Yang, this is the matter, let's hurry up and return to the Lord of Long Live."

"Okay."

....

On the tower of the East Gate, Chongzhen has put on his armor and stood side by side with Wang Jinchao on the side of the city wall.

Since he chose to march in the direction of Shanxi, and finally stayed at Xuanda according to the situation, he has calculated countless strategic directions during this period.

Whichever one he chooses, the first step must be to monopolize military power and strengthen the central forbidden army. Otherwise, wherever he goes, he will be played with by warlords and civil officials, which is why he is determined not to return south first.

Even if the historical development of the south is not very clear in the memory of his later generations, it is not difficult for a discerning person to see that there are still more than 200,000 governors and soldiers of the army and the Donglin Party in the Jiangnan base camp have long been difficult to control, and the two can easily overthrow the imperial power in collusion.

It was too stupid to distinguish between the loyal and the traitorous and thus attached, Chongzhen was unwilling, and the memories of later generations taught him a truth, "The truth is only within the range of the cannon." ”

Just now, the sentinel has come to report that the Qing army stationed near Baishan Mountain has been found, and the size of the camp is about 3,000 people.

Judging from the information provided by the Imperial Investigation Division, Jiang Hao has already colluded with the Qing army in private, and this group of about 3,000 Qing troops is the front army, and they want to surrender.

Chongzhen raised his hand and pointed outside the city wall, and asked, "Wang Jinchao, if he divides his troops to attack the enemy's camp at night, will he have a chance of winning?" ”

Wang Jinchao said bluntly: "Your Majesty, the enemy's military camp is well guarded, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for a night attack to be effective." After that, he quickly looked at Chongzhen's expression.

After hearing this, Chongzhen was dissatisfied with this, and in the past, Wang Jinchao's outspoken words were bound to be accused of passive sabotage, and he himself often offended Shangguan for this.

However, with Chongzhen's "talking on paper" for a long time, after the comparison of this and future generations, the current Ming Emperor has his own understanding of the war.

In fact, the night attack is a kind of military operation that is very demanding on one's own soldiers, which not only tests the military quality of the low-level soldiers and the organizational ability of the non-commissioned officers, but also requires the commander to understand the time and place.

Wang Jinchao was worried that His Majesty would misunderstand, and just wanted to say something about the scene, but he heard Chongzhen tell his views on the night attack, although some words and sentences in the middle were very ear-catching, but the general meaning was clear.

It seems that His Majesty has made a lot of effort to take charge of the army.

The emperors who have always known the soldiers are all male lords, and Wang Jinchao can't help but feel a little strange to His Majesty in front of him, when did His Majesty learn this?

"In the future, whenever it comes to war, I will be as blunt as I am now, I don't need empty words, beautiful words, just the truth."

"Yes." Wang Jinchao nodded in agreement, feeling emotion in his heart.

"I don't know what price Jiang Hao sold me, Wang Jinchao, will you have the courage to accompany me out of the city later?"

Although Wang Jinchao doesn't know what to do when he goes out of the city, His Majesty plans to go in person, how can he be a gutsless rat?

"My subordinates swear to protect him to the death, and he is thoughtful."

.....

Half an hour later, Wang Chengen hurried to the gate of the city, and after being informed by the guards, he was able to meet Chongzhen in person and handed over the note in his hand.

The note was stained with a few drops of blood, blurring the handwriting, and it seemed that Yang Zhenwei and Jiang Hao had revealed all the details of their collusion with the Qing army.

Chongzhen put away the note, noticed that Wang Chengen also had blood stains on his body, and said with a smile: "These dirty jobs are handed over to his subordinates to do, why do you need to do it yourself?" ”

The relationship between master and slave is extraordinary, and Chongzhen's jokes are actually for concern.

Wang Chengen saluted gratefully and replied: "Long live the matter of the Lord is in the hands of the slave maid, then it is a big matter, and we can't let go of it if we hand it over to our subordinates." ”

Although Wang Chengen can't be seen on weekdays, there is no shortage of things to do, and the dark circles on his face are boiled out, and Chongzhen sees it in his eyes and remembers it in his heart.

"Look at your haggard appearance, hurry up and go home to sleep, I order you to dry your ass in the sun tomorrow before you are allowed to go out." Chongzhen laughed and scolded, and turned over on a fast horse.

"What the Lord said is that the slave and maid admit punishment." Wang Chengen hurriedly accepted the guilt, and in a blink of an eye, he saw Chongzhen riding a horse, with only ten horses behind him, and went out of the city lightly.

"Ahh Wang Chengen sighed, it is not uncommon for the Lord to be in danger in person, and it is impossible to persuade him, the only thing our family can do is to pray for God's blessing.

.......

When the time comes, it will be dusk.

On a dirt slope ten miles east of Datong Mansion City, Wu Weihua waited here on horseback. There was a military general standing beside him, his expression was extremely impatient, judging by his dress and his iconic pigtails, there was no doubt that he was a Jianzhou Jurchen.

Wu Weihua is ostensibly the leader of this group of vanguards, but in fact he is just a Han translator, and the real master is the Manchurian next to him.

This man's name was Manba, who was originally a Goshha (Manchu personal guard) under Azig, and was later promoted to Melzhangjing (deputy general) in the Hedu army.

Manba Chinese is not very good, and I am a little impatient after waiting for a long time, but I have endured it because of the inconvenience of communication.

After a while, Manba slapped the flying insect lying on his face into his mouth and asked in broken Chinese, "Wu, when, emperor?" ”

Wu Weihua knew what he meant, his eyes suddenly flashed, and he immediately pointed to the light in front of him and said excitedly: "Barbarian Eight Commanders, look!" ”

Manba's night vision is excellent, and when he looks in the direction and counts in his mouth, there are ten people riding horses from the opposite side.

"Quasi-..... Prepare. Manba immediately ordered the Han Banner soldiers next to him to be on guard, and scattered around, Manba carefully brought a hundred people here, just in case.

Seeing that the people were getting closer, Wu Weihua shouted: "Those who come stay behind." ”

So the light rider on the opposite side of the slope came to a slow stop, ten paces apart between the two sides.

Everyone was holding torches, and their faces were clearly visible. Wu Weihua looked left and right, but he didn't see his acquaintance Yang Zhenwei, and asked anxiously: "What about General Yang, why didn't you come?" ”

Chongzhen immediately took a step forward and said, "It's not enough for Jiang to come in person?" ”

As soon as Wu Weihua heard that this person was Jiang Xuan, he was relieved, Yang Zhenwei was happy that he had something else to do, so he continued: "It turned out to be Lord Jiang, Wu has been looking up for a long time, and I don't know what Lord Jiang promised us..."

Chongzhen let out an "oh", touched his forehead, with a forgotten expression, and said, "You said that Emperor Chongzhen is locked up in the camp." ”

"Why didn't Master Jiang bring him here?" Wu Weihua wondered.

"Yang Zhenwei's words were unclear before, and Lao Tzu agreed in a daze, which is inappropriate."

"What does Master Jiang mean to repent?" Although Manba Chinese is not good, he understands the meaning of repentance, and he carefully observes the person talking on the other side, and always feels a sense of familiarity.

"Anti-..... Yes? Manba repeated the word repentance and asked Wu Weihua.

Without waiting for Wu Weihua to speak, Chongzhen leaned on the horse's back with his elbow, leaned over and squinted at Manba, and asked, "Hey! You're a Tartar? ”

Manhachi knew that the person on the other side was belittling him but didn't care, and the hunter's instinct told him that this person was not simple, and he wondered who else had given him this feeling.

Wu Weihua heard Jiang Hao's disrespectful words, and hurriedly started a round.

"This is the Barbarian Eight Commander."

Chongzhen and Manba looked at each other for a while, shook their hands in disappointment, turned the horse's head and said: "Lao Tzu repented, the official seal is not enough, and he has to give money." ”

"How much does Master Jiang want?"

"One million taels."

"Jiang Xuan! Are you kidding me? Wu Weihua saw that Jiang Hao obviously didn't want to talk, and he was anxious.

Chongzhen had already set off with his entourage, and when he heard the reprimand, he replied loudly: "If you don't have money, you can exchange it for cannons, horses, and just count it." After saying that, he walked away.

"This.... Manba Commander...."Things are messed up, Wu Weihua's face is ugly and abnormal, and he asks Manba uneasily what to do.

"He, the general soldier?"

"He is Jiang Jiu, the chief soldier of Datong."

Manba knew that the total army of the Han people was comparable to his own Gushan Ezhen, but Gushan Ezhen didn't feel that way.

"Chase! Pursue! Suddenly realized, he grabbed his horse and stepped forward, shouting for his men to pursue immediately.

Manba recalled the scene when he followed Azig to meet the Emperor Taiji Great Khan, that's right, that feeling was the same as the Great Khan!