After returning to the Yellow Lawn, Wang Wu immediately found Liu Heng, who was in charge of the rear camp, and put forward his needs to the prince of Anhui.

Although Liu Heng didn't quite understand what Wang Wu meant, he still prepared according to his requirements.

On the way back, Wang Wu asked Hao Shaoqi about Emperor Dingwu, but this matter puzzled him for several days.

After hearing this, Hao smiled bitterly and said that there was something to do, and there was nothing to do.

The so-called existence refers to the fact that after the news of Yongli's martyrdom reached Kuidong, Xue Wenxiang, a strategist in Hao's tent, suggested that he support the king of Han as the emperor, establish the Yuan and Dingwu, and change the Fang County, where Hao Shaoqi's marshal was located at that time, to Xingjing.

In order to dilute the negative impact of the collapse of the Yongli regime against the Qing struggle, it can also improve the morale of the Ming army in Kuidong and prevent some people from wavering and surrendering the Qing.

Before this matter could be implemented, the Qing army began to encircle and suppress the Kuidong area.

During a retreat, Xue Wenxiang was unfortunately captured by the Qing army.

Therefore, most of the news about "Han Zhu Dingwu" circulating on the side of the Qing army is mostly confessed by Xue Wenxiang.

Yes, there is a matter, and there is nothing to do.

Wang Wu was relieved at this time, but he did not immediately make a statement to Hao Shaoqi to support the establishment of King Han as the emperor, because there was no way to say this matter at the moment.

If you can't go out, it's useless to have more Son of Heaven!

When Liu Heng went to prepare the materials needed by Wang Wu, Wang Wu took the time to visit Hong Yuao, who was seriously ill.

At that time, I saw several soldiers weaving a stretcher out of wood, and there was a strong smell of herbs in the house.

After reporting his identity, the attaché of the Hong Ministry immediately invited Wang Wu to enter.

After entering the house, Wang Wu was a little stunned.

Pan Yinglong, the eunuch of the prison army who he saw yesterday, held a long sword in his hand and gestured at a middle-aged man lying on the bed.

Glimpsing Wang Wu coming in, Eunuch Pan immediately beckoned to him and smiled: "Yaowu said, can our family kill one or two Qing soldiers tomorrow?" ”

Wang Wu hurriedly said: "If the father-in-law personally goes into battle, what else will the last general do!" ”

If you want him to tell the truth, this Father-in-law Pan really has the power to strike.

It's just a blow.

Because he could see that Pan's father-in-law did not have any experience in battlefield fighting.

Eunuch Pan smiled: "You are you, our family is our family, you don't have to say anything else to our family, just say that our family's sword can kill people?" ”

Wang Wu followed the words: "Father-in-law's sword, of course, can kill. ”

Hearing this, Eunuch Pan turned around and said to Hong Buyuan, who had a sallow face on the bed and a hidden painful expression: "Old Hong, you can rest assured now." ”

"You,"

Hong Yuao stood up with support, first nodded slightly at Wang Wu, and then smiled indifferently at Eunuch Pan: "It's better to die under your sword than to die under the Qing sword." ”

These words made Wang Wu feel a pang in his heart.

Goodbye to the eunuch Pan Yinglong of the Yongli Dynasty, gently put the long sword on the table, walked to the side of the bed and held the hand of Hong Buyuan, and said a little sadly: "Although it is dangerous to break through tomorrow, as long as our army is united and everyone has the will to sacrifice, it may not be impossible to stand out, so why bother to trust this lonely person to our family."

Our family has never killed people in this life, that is, even a chicken has never been killed, and we really want our family to do it, where has our family been able to do it for so many years, I and you Hong Yuao are always friends of life and death, if you die, where do we have to live alone, it's a big deal to go with you to see the first emperor, and I have all the feelings of the monarch and the servant."

Between the words, Pan Gonggong's eyes were already red.

"Father-in-law, don't do this, I'm just planning for the worst."

Hong Yuao was also moved, and tried to stand up and look at Wang Wu, "You told me about the Duke of Jingguo, and they all said that the family is poor and thinks of a good wife, and the country is in trouble and thinks of a good general, but I hope that you will show off your power as King Han wishes, and boost my Chinese morale." ”

"The last general is willing to defend the ministry to the death to break out of the siege!"

Wang Wu knew what was going on.

It means the same as the sentence he said to the dumb man at the beginning, "If I can't do it, cut off my head".

Hongbuyuan didn't want to be captured alive and humiliated by the Qing army if he failed to break through, so he asked Pan Yinglong to be the last man.

"I'm a dying person, it doesn't matter if I can't get out, as long as you can stand out. If you see Hu Shuai when you go back, make amends to him on my behalf. ”

After speaking, Hong Buyuan raised his hand and motioned for Wang Wu to go, so that he didn't have to waste time with him, a patient.

He is indeed a little sorry for Li Laiheng.

In order to ease the relationship between the loyal camp and the Yongli court, Hong Yuao wrote on behalf of Li Laiheng without authorization and said that he wanted to go to meet the Son of Heaven, and then asked Li Laiheng to leave quickly in the name of the ministry.

didn't want Li Laiheng to be reluctant to meet Yongli at all, but the court thought that Li Laiheng was unwilling to surrender, and then made a lot of difficulties for the loyalty camp.

In the end, this heavily armed group of the formation was brought into a desperate situation step by step.

This incident also became a thorn in Hong Yuao's heart, so that he did not go to Xingshan for several years.

After returning from the Hongbu Courtyard, Wang Wu convened his officers to discuss the matter.

Wang Wu, the commander of the left battalion, recommended Ma Changyuan, so he used to be the chief soldier in the Tatianbao Department.

The left battalion is also mainly based on the tower, so it is more convenient for Ma Changyuan to command.

The candidate for the commander of the right battalion, Wang Wu, recommended Zhang Tianwang.

The five sentinels of the front battalion led by him were respectively appointed by the mute Zhu San, the blind Wan Si, Zhao Jinzhong, Tian Wen, and the "company commander" Xu Lin of the green battalion who was the first to do it.

Among the team officers, half of them are from Wang Wuyan's lineage, and the rest of the departments have them.

According to Wang Wu's request, all the cotton armor brought by the Ming army on the Western Front was distributed to the front camp, although it still could not make all soldiers have armor, and the armor rate also reached eighty percent.

The armor rate is already higher than that of the Eight Banners of Manchuria!

and the dumb Zhu San's whistle all wore double armor.

The iron armor captured from Wu Jiayuanzi and Cizhulong Manchurian soldiers was also used intensively, together with the 15 sets given by Yuan Zongdi and Hao Shaoqi, the entire front battalion had a total of 52 sets of iron armor.

All 52 sets of iron armor were rationed to the blind man Wan Si Na Sentinel.

This post is also Wang Wu's personal guard post.

Tomorrow's breakout has been announced, and everyone is packing up.

Once the breakthrough began, Wang Wu commanded the front battalion and the left and right two battalions as the first wave of offensive forces, and there was only one task, that is, to tear apart the defense line of the Qing army and fight for a hole for the whole army.

Yuan Zong's first department, together with the rear battalion commanded by Liu Heng, was the second wave, responsible for protecting the families of the army and the people who were willing to go with the Ming army.

There were about seven thousand people, including soldiers.

Hao Shaoqi's department is the third wave, that is, the people who are responsible for the back.

The rear of the cushion is actually dangerous, because the Qing army must follow the attack, and it is impossible to let the Ming army go easily.

According to Yuan Zongdi's arrangement, King Han, King Andong, Hong Buyuan, Eunuch Pan and others broke through with him.

That night, the Ming army had its last cooking.

The time of the breakthrough was set at the end of the Yin hour, which was the time when the Qing army was most relaxed on the eve of dawn.

In order to ensure that his subordinates had enough energy to attack, Wang Wu ordered that except for the officers and soldiers on duty, the rest of the men must sleep and gather half an hour before the breakthrough.

But he himself did not sleep, but climbed up to the roof alone, and sat on the roof quietly waiting for the dawn to come.

Before the decisive battle, people's state of mind is always unsettled.

In the open-air "square" below, many people also did not sleep.

But no sound came out.

I don't know how long it took, Wang Wu noticed that someone had climbed onto the roof.

When I looked back, it was the half-grown child Song Xiao.

Wang Wu was curious about what the child was doing on the roof without sleeping.

Just as he was about to ask, Song Zizi turned around and pulled up the big flag leaning against the wall.

After that, he silently walked to Wang Wu's side.

He stood there with a banner on his shoulder.

Motionless.

Wang Wu smiled.

After that, he put away his smile and said solemnly to the child: "In case one day we adults die in battle, you are the successor of this banner, remember, you must fight it to the end!" ”