Jingzhou City, also known as Jiangling, is located in the south-central part of Hubei Province, belonging to the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, next to the Yangtze River in the south and the Han River in the north. Tang Li Bai Shiyun, Jiangling in "A Thousand Miles of Jiangling in One Day" is talking about here. In ancient times, it was as famous as 'Jiankang' (that is, now Nanjing). It has always been the largest and most prosperous city in southern China.

There are many teahouses and wine shops in the city, and people come and go on the streets. It's really lively. In an alley not far away, many women dressed in bewitching clothes were leaning against the door, and from time to time they were squeezing their eyebrows at the passers-by, showing off their coquettishness.

Turn a street is the Jingzhou Mansion Office, see that it is almost dusk, the lights are lit up early outside the Yamen, and the two sides of the Mansion are full of soldiers and generals.

In the three halls of the backyard of the Yamen, there are two eight immortal tables made of big red sour branches, two pairs of neat dishes and chopsticks are placed on the table, and a pot of freshly opened aged Luzhou Daqu. The dishes on the table are full of delicacies that are not famous.

A middle-aged strong man with a blue round neck and a purple brocade robe, who was cleaning his hands with a golden basin by two little maids with their hair in a bun, turned back to the general standing beside him while cleaning his hands and said:

"General Tong don't be restrained, is it okay to be your own family?" After speaking, he wiped his hands dry and sat on the main seat, and a little maid hurriedly stood behind him and shook a fan.

"Yes, Lord Wang, the last general will not dare!" The general looked flattered.

These two people are the Ten Kings Duoduo and Meler Zhangjing (Manchurian Eight Banners, belonging to the deputy general or deputy capital unified level) Tong Yanghe!

"General, please be seated," Dodor waved his hand.

"Wow!" Tong Yanghe sat down with his ass on his side.

"You see, this is 'red braised bear's paws', this is called 'Luohan prawns', this is 'braised mandarin fish', this is called 'crab roe shark fin', and 'crab with sauce'.

"This one is called 'Osmanthus Rabbit Meat', and this one is ......" seemed to remember again, "Oh, yes, this one is called 'Fried Quail with Pine Nuts'." ”

"These are all made by my North Korean chef, authentic Korean food, General Tong, you are so delicious." As he spoke, he secretly pointed his finger at his back, "These two are also North Korean goods!" ”

After saying that, he laughed unscrupulously, "Hahahaha......"

Amid the laughter, the older maid hurried over. Sift the wine to the brim and stand beside it with the flask in hand.

"Well, come, eat, eat," said Duoduo, who put a piece of rabbit meat in his mouth, beckoned him.

"Thank you, Lord Wang!" Tong Yanghe is still restrained. Although he was the regent's personal general, he didn't dare to be disrespectful to the regent's younger brother.

After three rounds of drinking, I only heard the prince say:

"The reinforcements from Xiangyang will arrive within three days, General Tong, you should prepare quickly, exterminate the rest of the Nanming Party, and make meritorious contributions in this battle, I am very optimistic about you!"

"Raise and thank you for the cultivation of the prince!" He immediately stood up and clenched his fists in thanks.

I saw that the tenth prince shook his hand and continued:

"After you go back, you will cross the river immediately, and give an order to Li Qinxiang on the other side in my name, ordering him to quickly prepare all the men and horses and warships, and make clear outposts along the river to prepare for a big battle!"

"Oh, the last general will obey!" Picked up the unfinished Luzhou Daqu in front of him, and drank it all in one gulp to say goodbye.

"Eh, don't worry, have a few more drinks, sit, sit!" Dodor persuaded.

Although Tong Yanghe was very restrained, it was not easy to brush off the kindness of the prince, and the two drank a few more glasses, and then they said goodbye and returned to the military camp outside the city.

Inside the felt tent, a Han man wearing coarse cloth clothes with patches bowed down and chatting with a person who looked like a steward. Then they heard the sound of horses' hooves outside the tent, and the steward said, "I'm back," and hurried out the door.

I saw Meler Zhangjing Tong Yanghe walking drunk, followed by a group of soldiers towards the felt tent.

The steward immediately supported Tong Yanghe and whispered a few times in his ear, and Tong Yanghe suddenly woke up halfway up.

"Where's the man?"

The steward stroked his lips, motioned inside, and followed.

When the man dressed as a peasant saw this, he immediately knelt down and said:

"The villain is a personal soldier under General Mao Shoudeng, and there is a letter here." Immediately tore it open at the trouser leg, took out a very thin folded letter and handed it to Tong Yanghe and the soldiers in front of him.

Tong Yanghe stared at the man in front of him, took the book handed over, and after reading it, he asked himself, "Whether it is a true surrender or a false surrender, I don't know, if it is really surrendered, it will be a great good thing for my Great Qing Kingdom, and it will also be a great achievement for myself, but if it is a false surrender, it will hurt myself a lot!"

He weighed the pros and cons in his heart, "But you can't give up eating because of choking!" After a moment, he made up his mind, and said:

"If he Mao Shoudeng is sincere, I'm afraid he won't be able to do it if he is not sincere?!" Eagle-like eyes stared at the person in front of him.

"My lord, General Mao is willing to pledge Mao Gongzi to your place to show his integrity!" The man hurriedly replied.

"Oh, then please come in!" Tong Yang and Dengshi's eyes lit up. "So good, very good!"

……

However, it was said that in the lobby of Xiangyang Mansion at this time, the lights were bright, and there was a solemn atmosphere. Outside the hall stood a lot of "Goshha" with knives wearing yellow horse coats, (Goshha was the acolyte of the Manchu high-ranking officials), and these Goshkha were all of the "Baturu" level, and they were all dead soldiers raised by Dolgon!

In the hall, on the mahogany Taishi chair, sat the regent Dorgon, and in front of him were gold seals, order flags, order arrows and other objects. On the seats on both sides, the left hand "General Dingxi" Tuhai, the "General of Xi'an" Fu Kachan, and the "Gushan Ezhen" (the official of the Qing Eight Banners to manage a banner) Jin Li. On the right hand are the "Governor of Huguang" Zhang Changgeng, the "Governor of Shaanxi" Bai Rumei and the "Governor of Shaanxi" Wang Yizheng.

"Generals, in response to the return of the horses sent during this period of time, we can say that we have a general understanding of the Li Laiheng Department of the Southern Ming Dynasty. If you have any comments and suggestions, you may wish to share them. Dolgon's piercing eyes swept across the room.

In just a few moments, the generals in their seats stood up one after another. They looked at each other and said in unison:

"I want to listen to the king's dispatch!"

"Hmm!" Dolgon nodded and said, "At present, the southern army is basically assembled in several important market towns centered on Baiyang Village. Now that most of our Qing soldiers and horses are also here, it is the best time to fight a decisive battle with the enemy. ”

After a pause, he continued:

"Tuhai, Fu Kachan, you two will lead the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to Dangyang tomorrow and merge with Azig, and the king will then respond. Jin Li took the waterway to Jingzhou and met the ten kings. Zhang Changgeng, Bai Rumei, Wang Yizheng, the three of you went to Nanyang Town from Wollongong Road. Be sure to launch a general attack on the enemy in three days!"

"Wow!" The generals took the lead one after another, and left with the arrows.

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At this time, it has been handed over ugly. Wang Jincai looked at Mao Shoudeng, who was pacing from time to time due to anxiety in front of him, and said:

"Brother Mao doesn't have to be too anxious, maybe the other party keeps Wang Si and is greedy for a few more cups, it should be fine!" Although Wang Jincai said so, he couldn't help frowning, after all, the matter is big, and his life is at stake!

"Alas, this fourth king!" Mao Shou Deng said with a sigh.

……

"Let's go, be honest."

"Alas, dude, my own people, my own people!"

Lang Wu, who had just fallen asleep with his clothes, was woken up by a noise. Before he sat up, the general came in and whispered:

"It's a man surnamed Mao, from the 'east'." The 'east' he said naturally refers to the direction of Jingzhou.

"Interrogate carefully!" Lang Wu ordered him solemnly.

"Yes, Master Wu." The pro-general promised to leave.

"Name, where did you come from?"

"My name is Wang Si, I am General Mao's person, my own person!"

The pro-general really has some means, and the tea time passed, but Wang Si didn't resist it, and he recruited it!

Lang Wu was both excited and angry. only scolded "Miscellaneous pieces who are greedy for life and afraid of death!" Took a sip of phlegm. Looking at the sky again, the sky was already bright, and he had to send someone to send a report to Laiheng.

"Master Wu, the old camp Li Yong and the second master of Huangliang Town have arrived!" I only heard the words of the relatives outside the door.

"Hurry up, please!" Lang Wu hurriedly put on his shoes and got up. "It's so timely, the general is really clever!" One by one, he is really afraid that he will not be able to handle this matter himself! Now, well, here comes the helper!

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