"Who?"

A huge crash sounded outside the secret room, accompanied by the noise and shouts, and the scholars and doctors who were assembling in the secret room couldn't help but look at each other on the ground, and had a bad premonition in their hearts.

"Bump!"

A gunshot rang out, and the people in the secret room couldn't help but shrink their necks, and their eyes were a little frightened.

The footsteps came closer, and then they heard another gunshot, and the lock was blasted out of a large hole. The door to the chamber slowly opened, and policemen dressed in the iconic black costumes of the Hua Dynasty and equipped with leather armor quickly poured in, and then pointed their muskets at them.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have received a report that there are people here who are plotting to join the enemy." The leading police officer smiled:

"Come with me."

The eyes of the landlords and gentry were full of horror, and why they were here, a few of them themselves could not have known better.

Someone tried to resist, but was quickly caught in the head by the muzzle of the black hole.

They were all imprisoned awaiting their verdict at the end of the war.

But not everyone was like that, and someone came out of the filthy prison shortly afterwards and shook hands in the office with a thin, middle-aged man, none other than the head of the Intelligence Division, Le Juxuan.

"Thank you for your cooperation." Le Juhui's eyes were full of smiles: "Your Excellency took the initiative to expose their defection to the enemy, but you have made a great contribution!" ”

"As a reward, thirty thousand taels of silver will soon be delivered to your house."

"Thank you, Lord for your kindness." In the end, the gentry who chose to stand on the side of the Hua Dynasty said respectfully with some joy:

"Then I will retire ......"

"No, you're going to do one more thing for me."

……

Liu Zongmin felt embarrassed.

He boasted in front of Wang Chongzu that he wanted to lead a large army to pacify Jiangnan for him, but after fighting for so long, he lost so many troops, but he couldn't even take a city, and he was pushed back.

Tian Jianxiu also failed to capture Nanjing, and the Second Army firmly stopped in front of their advance, and defeated the Shun army several times, and Tian Jianxiu could only lead more than 20,000 remnants of the defeated army to retreat.

This undoubtedly made the commander feel ashamed.

However, he was also an excellent general, and he realized that the Chinese army was definitely not so easy to deal with, and he acted much more cautiously.

He began to shrink his defenses, retracting his neck like a venomous snake, staring at his prey with cold eyes, waiting for a fatal blow at the critical moment.

Even if he received the edict of Wang Chongzu's doubts and inquiries, he was unwavering and kept going so for a month.

The losses of the Shun army became more and more heavy.

But he finally waited for his chance.

"General, it's true. Now there is a lot of emptiness in the South Zhili, except for more than 30,000 people stationed near the western border, there are no defenders in the rest of the places, if the general drives straight in, then the South Zhili will be at your fingertips. ”

So said the man dressed as a plain man. He claimed to be the steward of a certain landlord's house.

He held a token in his hand, which was a decree given to them by Dashun in order to win over the landlords and gentry. After Dashun occupied the southeast, they could get official positions.

Seeing this, Liu Zongmin also believed a little, so he asked him about his intention, and he had the above words.

Majestically touched his beard, a thoughtful look flashed in his eyes.

This statement of stewardship has a certain degree of reliability. As far as he knew, the Chinese Dynasty did not have many troops, only 300,000 in total, distributed in the entire southeastern region, which was obviously a little small. Maybe because the capital is here, its defenders will be a little more, but 100,000 is already the limit.

There were 70,000 people confronting him on the front line, and there were indeed not many people left. If there were any more, unless the garrisons of the remaining provinces of the Hua Dynasty were transferred.

But that's obviously not possible.

In other words, the current Hua Dynasty, except for the outermost circle of indestructible and powerful, is actually extremely fragile inside.

This is the only chance to win. The Shun army was defeated and retreated, and if it continued like this, it would be a matter of time before his 300,000-strong army was exhausted.

He was a little moved.

However, Liu Zongmin could not believe the words of the landlords and gentry so much, so he immediately sent spies to investigate.

Soon after, the spies reported that the interior of the Hua Dynasty was indeed extremely empty, and the defenders had dropped to less than a thousand men in the county seat that had entered the defensive line a little.

It can be seen that the main forces are now at war with him.

When Liu Zongmin heard this, a trace of joy flashed on his face. If this news was told to him by the landlords, then he might not have believed it much, but it was detected by his own spies, and the two parties confirmed that he really trusted him.

He was finally relieved.

"Order, the army marches." Liu Zongmin gave the order, and he sent his lieutenant general to lead 60,000 troops to quietly leave the garrison position.

Bypassing the area of fierce fighting between the two sides, he chose to go straight to the rear of Nan Naoli.

……

On the land of Nanzhili, the soldiers of the brigade are marching.

It was the 60,000 Shun army led by the adjutant general, who marched all the way, and at this time had entered the territory of Nanzhili, preparing to launch an attack on Bozhou, which had only more than 1,000 defenders, and attacked Nanzhi from there.

In the procession, there were two people marching next to each other, and they were the young soldiers and the old soldiers at the head of the city that day. They wanted to defect to the Hua Dynasty in the south, but they happened to run into the Shun army, which was attacking.

Fortunately, they were also obedient, and even if they threw down their weapons and knelt down on the side of the road, the soldiers did not kill them, and after they entered the city, they were placed at the front, ready to be cannon fodder.

However, the Ming army collapsed too quickly, and there was no resistance to form an establishment at all, so these two people also managed to survive, and soon after they were officially incorporated into the Shun army and followed Liu Zongmin south.

At this time, looking at the surrounding scenery, a wry smile appeared on the old pawn's face.

"I didn't expect to come here after all......"

In the eighteenth year of Wuxing, he once followed the pawn of Yue Guogong in the battle with Gao Yingxiang in Nanjing, and after nearly ten years of conquest, he survived from the battle of Fangshan and the battle of Fengyang, and became an old pawn from a pawn, and returned here in this way.

He was about to shatter the peace of his hometown with his own hands.

I couldn't help but lament in my heart.

The young soldier didn't think as much, and now he only thought about making more achievements.

Shunjun's silver salary was sufficient, and after eating enough, he had already begun to think about climbing up.

With different calculations, the two followed the team and set off.

In the wilderness, the sound of the march of the army echoed.

Bigger and bigger, more and more ...... Big?

Wrong!

The old pawn turned his face violently, and he saw a black line rushing towards them at the end of the wilderness.

It's cavalry!

The expressions of the two froze on their faces.

(End of chapter)

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