For some time afterward, the two armies were largely uneventful, and Dordor was not ready to cross the river with the boats he needed, and he was annoyed and helpless by the losses he had made. After all, he is a mature general, an excellent hunter, and he will not be reckless when he should be patient.

After all, Zhou Shixian had been prepared for a long time, and he had emptied the city in the north early in the morning, and the people in the city, and even the people in the nearby villages had already dispersed, and if the Qing army wanted to conquer Ding, they could only run farther away. As for the boats needed to cross the river, the area along the river has naturally been disposed of by Zhou Shixian in advance.

However, the confrontation between the sentinels of the two armies continued, except for the dozens of people directly sent by Duoduo at the beginning, the other Qing sentinels chose to bypass from a farther place, and fierce "sentinel battles" broke out on the plains north and south of the Huai River on both sides, with casualties every day.

Both sides want to find out each other's actions, and although Zhou Shixian wants to show weakness, this does not mean that he has to show that he has no resistance. If that's the case, it doesn't seem real.

Moreover, if you want to provoke Duoduo, you have to show a certain strength, just to conform to the Manchu inherent impression of the Ming army in the interior. In this way, he can attract Dodor and slowly fall into the trap.

The top hunters often appear as prey. Who wins and who loses depends on how capable Dordor is, who thought he was the prey of a hunter from the beginning.

Compared with the slow progress of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Zhou Shixian's side was much faster in the transfer of materials and the construction of city defense under the concerted efforts of the military and the people.

In addition to the more than 20,000 people brought by Zhou Shixian to Germany at the beginning, among the German people who fled on the north bank of the Huai River, Zhou Shixian recruited more than 50,000 young and middle-aged people, and settled them in various cities together with their families.

It is precisely because of these manpower that the cities can be impregnable, and Zhou Shixian can be so calm, and these hundreds of thousands of people who fled to the Manchu Qing Dynasty hated the Manchus very much, and many young and middle-aged people spontaneously formed a city protection team, patrols, on the city wall, by the Huai River, day and night, to prevent the Qing army from smuggling and sneak attack.

The Ming army fought on the inside line, and there were rivers as transportation channels, and with the full cooperation of Zhou Shixian, Ni Yuanlu, Zheng Chenggong and others, there was no shortage of food and salary, and they were even more united.

However, although the Qing army went deep into the enemy's territory, it did not worry about food and salary by burning, killing and looting, and even captured 20,000 or 30,000 people to transport supplies. Even though Zhou Shixian had already evacuated part of it in advance, Jiangbei was too big, and the villages and towns were out of his reach.

After realizing that he could not break through from the flanks, Duoduo also summoned Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming back, leaving only a few Green Battalion troops to garrison the important towns north of the Huai River, east and west.

However, after gathering the army, Duoduo did not send more sentinels to increase the intensity of reconnaissance, but sent someone to send a "letter of persuasion" to Zhou Shixian.

In the Governor's Mansion of Fengyang City, the eyes of the generals also converged on Zhou Shixian's body, only to see him pause, and then said with a smile: "Okay, that Duoduo actually wants to persuade this horse to surrender, it is the world's biggest, there is no wonder!" ”

The generals were stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter, as if they had heard some joke. After all, it is really unheard of to persuade the emperor of the enemy country to surrender, thanks to Duoduo, a dog-day tartar who can figure it out.

However, Zhou Shi showed his correct color, and then said: "Duoduo is preparing to attack, otherwise he would not have suddenly sent someone to send a letter, I am afraid that this is to confuse us and make us relax our vigilance, and it is deliberate." ”

"Two days ago, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming had withdrawn from the east and west sides to the Qing army camp on the north bank. Xue Lao Er clasped his fists and spoke.

Zhou Shixian nodded: "The two armies have been facing each other for almost two months, and if it goes down until the scorching heat of July and August, the Qing army has been fighting since the beginning of the year, and it will definitely not last long, and Duoduo will inevitably fight with us as soon as possible." ”

"The last general is waiting to cut off the chief's head!" Zhang Hong said hatefully.

Zhou Shixian thought for a while, and suddenly smiled again: "Since Duoduo wrote a letter of persuasion to Ben Pony, then Ben Pony can't let him down, so I have to write one to him." ”

When Zhang Huangyan heard this, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Didn't Ma Mo want to give those many chieftains Duo the title of King of Pingliao? ”

To say, this scholar speaks differently, which is really too bad.

The other generals in the big tent were still a little confused, but when they heard this, they almost couldn't help it, and most of them laughed.

It was Zhou Shixian, who had been pretending to be calm, and finally couldn't help laughing:

"If Na Duoduo is really willing to lead the 20,000 Manchurian Eight Banner soldiers and 30,000 traitor soldiers under his command, and bring the land of Henan and Shandong provinces to vote for my Daming, even if this horse is reproached by the emperor and drowned by the spittle stars of those civil officials, he will definitely fight for him to be the king of Pingliao, and then he will set his fief in Hetuara City, so that after he dies, he will go to eighteen layers of hell, and he can also recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors!"

The generals who stood around the long table in the governor's palace listened to it, and laughed even more, and named the Manchurian king of Pingliao, and drove him back to the place where the bird didn't, that place was still the other party's hometown, and he had to worry about it.

"This plan is very good, and the minister thinks that we not only want to recruit Duoduo, but also that Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Nikan, Tunqi and the like are not impossible to consider."

Xue Lao Er paused, then changed his words, and said: "These people burn, kill, loot, aid, abuse, and brutalize the people, even if they are cut by a thousand knives, it is not too much. We don't really want to persuade us to surrender, but to shake the will of the lower-level officers of the Qing army, especially the low-level soldiers, those green battalion soldiers, and traitors to fight a decisive battle!

The main generals of the Qing army, the Manchus will never surrender, those generals of the Green Battalion Army, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming's Liao people, if the horses are rewarded lavishly, there will inevitably be a gap between the Manchu and Han generals who do not trust, and between the soldiers and generals, so that we can persuade them to surrender and shake their military hearts. ”

Zhou Shixian listened, nodded lightly, and said: "That's right, at such a moment, as long as the rumors are together, it is an innocent person, and it is difficult to understand himself." In ancient and modern wars, people's morale is the most important, especially now, the two armies have been facing each other for a long time, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and Geng Zhongming have been defeated, as long as the Manchu and Han are disrespectful, the soldiers do not believe in the generals, and the generals are suspicious, and the morale of the Qing army will inevitably decline. ”

"What the horse said is extremely true, the Qing army in this battle penetrated deep into the territory of our Ming Dynasty, and the Tartars must be vigilant, but these Han troops and green battalion soldiers rebelled, so that with the momentum of our army like a rainbow against the Qing army with weak soldiers, this battle will be won." Gao Jie immediately clasped his fists and flattered, he has now convinced Zhou Shixian, and plans to follow the other party well.

"Come on, bring pen and paper, and this horse will also personally give Duoduo, Nikan, Tunqi, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and those Qing army generals in the north, all of them have a big official, let them see, my Ming Dynasty's bearing!" The corners of Zhou Shixian's mouth twitched, and he laughed.

Soon, Zhou Shixian finished writing all the letters of surrender, and then stamped the seal of his generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses in front of everyone, and then sent the Hanchen sent by Duoduo to deliver the letters back.

The sky darkened in a blink of an eye, and on the north bank of the Huai River, Duoduo, Nikan, Tunqi, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and a group of Manchu and Han generals looked at the letter of persuasion brought back by Zhou Shixian, who sent the letter, and their faces were ugly.

And those Manchurian generals behaved differently, some laughed directly, and some pretended to be calm, but in fact, they kept holding back, wanting to laugh but not knowing whether to laugh or not. After all, Duoduo was actually crowned the king of Pingliao, Nikan was the general of Dingguo, and Tunqi was the general of extermination......

However, at this time, no one in the big tent, whether it was Manchu or Han, dared to say something out of place. After all, the faces of the three clans of Duoduo, Nikan, and Tunqi are really ugly.

"What a Ming country concubine, a good Zhou Shixian, dare to humiliate this king like this, he is the king of Japan will definitely break him into thousands of pieces, see if he dares to ...... Don't you dare to talk to this king here? ”

Duoduo's face was hideous, and he gritted his teeth, as if he was going to eat Zhou Shixian, after all, the title of King Pingliao was too humiliating.

Zhou Shixian not only gave Duoduo the title of King of Pingliao in the letter, but also promised that after he drove Dolgon and Shunzhi back to Liaodong, he would leave him a prince, and if the other party could persuade Dolgon and Shunzhi to surrender or kill him, he would be credited with a big credit. In the eyes of Duoduo, this is simply a great shame, and it is unbearable!

Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and others were also very unhappy when they heard this, but at this time, they were all a little cowering, for fear of saying the wrong thing. Zhou Shixian gave them a few additional officials in the letter, and by the way, he also said that after Duoduo didn't know how much a Zhenyi's head was worth.

"Ming Guo's concubine wants to divide the trust of my army and divide people's hearts, Lord Wang, we must not fall for his scheme, and the content of the letter cannot be believed in a word." Compared with Nikan, whose angry lips trembled, Tunqi was still relatively calm at this time.

As he spoke, Tun Qi suddenly looked at Han Chen, who was in charge of delivering the letter, and glanced at the two heavily armed Baya Lamas beside him.

The two Bayalas instantly understood, nodded in unison, and then walked quickly in the direction where the Hanchen was standing at the door of the big tent, and at the same time drew their swords. Immediately, a scream sounded in front of the Manchu Qing Chinese army's big tent, and the tent was instantly splashed with several red streaks.

Duoduo looked coldly, then looked around at the people around him, but still didn't say a word.