Night fell quickly, and as a hazy layer of fog enveloped the surroundings of Yanzhou Mansion, Yanzhou, which was filled with the sound of fighting a moment ago, became extremely quiet at the moment. Only a few birdsong occasionally sounded, but then it suddenly became quiet again.
There was no sound. But he looked and saw that he was shot into the stomach by an arrow and fell to his death.
Picking up the bird that fell on the ground, the soldier immediately took it and quickly delivered it to someone's hand, and then stepped back respectfully.
But the man who shot the bird down didn't even look at it. He threw the bird into the stove nearby, where it burned instantly. Soon, the smell of burnt feathers and meat spread.
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"That is to say, His Majesty not only took away my 20,000 troops, but also planned to encircle and suppress me, right?" It was Liu Zeqing who spoke. After speaking slowly, he sat down on the Grand Master's chair aside and closed his eyes.
A man who looked like a master came slightly forward, bent down and said: "That's right, Mr. Liu, your majesty is really cruel. Not only did he get your help, but he also wanted to surround you and not even give you a way to survive."
Liu. With such a court and such an emperor, is it still worthy of your loyalty to him?"
With the verbal output, Liu Zeqing had to shake his loyalty to the Ming Dynasty. Although he was half-hearted, but now he suddenly felt a little dissatisfied when he saw this posture. Dong Chuan had taken away 20,000 soldiers and horses for a long time and had not returned.
In the end, there was no news at all, and he almost thought that the other party had defected to His Majesty.
After sending someone to inquire, they found out that Dong Chuan was directly executed by His Majesty, his head was hung on the city wall, and the 20,000 soldiers and horses below him were also annexed by Your Majesty. As a result, he not only lost 20,000 soldiers and horses, but also
He is a general, and he has not received any benefits at all! He is really blind!
"General Liu, are you still thinking about asking Chongzhen to give you a title?" The man looked at Liu Zeqing's expression and saw its several changes. He suddenly remembered something and asked seriously.
"Are you talking nonsense? If that's the case, you would have died the moment you arrived." Liu Zeqing raised his head and glanced at him, and said coldly. "This matter has a big agenda and cannot be decided in a moment. I am the one who is afraid of it."
I agree, but the soldiers under me don't. When the war breaks out, do I have to be a bare general?"
The man softened his tone slightly and continued to persuade: "General Liu, you should understand the current situation. General Soldier Gao Jie was so arrogant and domineering before. Not to mention rebelling, he looted everywhere he went.
The common people were slaughtered wantonly, and finally they were captured by Nanjing Shi Kefa and sent to Chongzhen, where he was almost killed. Now he has become a small leader and has to start over. My general couldn't help but sigh that such a fierce general did such a stupid thing. "
Liu Zeqing also followed his thoughts and thought of Gao Jie. He obviously had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in his hands and was very powerful. In the end, he was caught by Shi Kefa and brought to Yanzhou himself. Not to mention that the soldiers and horses were gone, even he himself
He was reduced to a small boss. He thought that although he was demoted, he could cling to others and gave Zhou Yanru ten thousand taels of gold before he became the commander-in-chief again.
"Now, if General Liu is like Gao Jie and went to Yanzhou to plead guilty, I'm afraid your ending will not be like Gao Jie's. At least he has the Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing to protect you. What about you? You are just an arrogant general.
It's just soldiers. Once you lose your soldiers, you will be punished by death!" At the end of the sentence, the man also threatened coldly.
"I know what you think." The man attacked again. "I just want to do whatever I want without getting offended. I won't defect to anyone. When the time comes, I will have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, find a remote corner, and live happily for the rest of my life. But what do you think?
Is this possible? Not to mention whether the Ming Dynasty can make a comeback, I, Dashun, will soon unify the world. Can you still be your local emperor at that time?"
These words really touched Liu Zeqing's heart, revealing his inner thoughts at a glance.
"If you surrender to us now and help us capture Chongzhen alive this time and occupy the north, you will be a great contributor to Dashun at that time, and you will definitely be granted a title and gold! From now on, you will no longer have to worry about glory and wealth!"
By now, Liu Zeqing also knew that he had no way out, so he immediately made a decision and stood up, saying in a deep voice: "Of course I can vote for Dashun, but I also have conditions."
"Please tell me." The man expected that he must have conditions, so he let him speak.
"First, I and my family cannot be held responsible. Second, if the emperor is captured alive this time, just make me uncle. Third, I must have a certain amount of military power, and I must not take away all of it!" After saying that, Liu Zeqing looked at it.
Looking at the man, his eyes were filled with an unusual feeling.
"As General Liu mentioned, I will naturally agree!" Seeing that Liu Zeqing finally agreed, the man couldn't help but feel a little relieved, and then he handed over his hands and said, "Then please General Liu, please wait for my general's orders and be sure to obey them."
After saying that, he turned around and left.
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This time, the people of Yanzhou Mansion, who were still discussing today's war at night, are gathering at Prince Lu's Mansion. After first confirming the logistics and other aspects, they are also studying the war.
Finally, I came to a few points:
First, intruders are not scary, and their morale is even easier to collapse.
Secondly, today's city defense is extremely effective, not only delaying the enemy's progress, but also causing a large number of casualties to the enemy.
Thirdly, the siege of the city will not end here today. If the intruders are frustrated in their siege, they will definitely find another opportunity to attack the city.
The last point is what everyone has to worry about next. The intruders suffered heavy casualties today. As long as they are normal people, they will no longer be stubborn. Then, they will definitely find other ways to break the city. Other ways are
There are many possibilities: traitors, underground caves, night attacks, sieges and reinforcements, etc. are all possible.
But after today's great victory, not only the spirit of the center was uplifted, but also the morale of the soldiers guarding the city was extremely high. In the past, they were afraid of intruders coming to the city, but after today's battle, they were not afraid at all. Not only were they not afraid, but they were also afraid of them.
The intruder has the intention to fight. This situation naturally has good and bad consequences.
The good thing naturally means that if you fight the intruders again in the future, you will not worry about them suddenly escaping from the battle, causing a situation where they are in a hurry when they see the enemy. If you fight again later, the defenders will definitely be more impregnable and cause greater casualties to the intruders. The disadvantages are naturally
There are quite a few, and I am afraid that they will become conceited and will not take the intruders seriously, and will most likely ignore the threat.
And the most frightening thing is that if you were defeated in the past, you could still fight even if you gathered together. But if you gain confidence this time, if you lose, you will no longer have the will to fight even if you want to gather together and resist.
This problem is naturally easy to solve. Zhu Dadian patrolled the city and praised the intruders. He also talked about some of his own problems today. After some scolding, the soldiers took back their temper a little.
Conceited. No longer think that intruders are just that, but treat them with caution.
Tonight is bound to be a difficult night.
In order to continue to expand their advantage, Yanzhou formed a death squad on the city. As long as they obtained it, each person would be given 500 taels of housing allowance, 800 for the dead, and another 100 for the living. The task was to burn the intruders.
Camp, and then escape back immediately. It doesn't sound like it is very difficult, but everyone knows that if they go down this time and slow down a little, they will not be able to go back.
But even so, under the temptation of a large sum of money, three hundred people participated in the operation. Taking advantage of the heavy fog, they slid down the rope. Each person was dressed in black, carrying a long knife and a fire weapon.
He pressed himself hard and set off.
As for the intruders, due to heavy casualties today, they retreated hastily. Some of the siege equipment was thrown in front of the Yanzhou city. Morale was naturally sluggish. Most of the soldiers' fear of the Ming army suddenly increased after hearing the descriptions of the soldiers who participated in the battle.
Many. Suddenly, the atmosphere of fear spread instantly.
In order to prevent the spread of this emotion, after killing several soldiers who spread fear randomly, Gao Yigong also planned to send people to attack Yanzhou at night. He immediately found some elite soldiers, all of whom also carried long swords on their backs, and left under the cover of night.
Both groups of men and horses headed towards the enemy, but they met each other in the middle, and immediately started fighting fiercely without saying anything. One side of the two groups of men and horses was a dead soldier, and the other side was an elite soldier. Therefore, there was almost no distinction between top and bottom in the battle, and the soldiers fought hand to hand.
The sound rang out instantly. Along with the sounds of fighting and screams, the originally quiet night was also disturbed.
After about a few moments, the place really became quiet, but you could vaguely smell the smell of blood filling the air.
It was not until the troops from the two forces fled back that the final situation became clear: the intruders won the battle by three points, and in the end there were still more than a dozen people still holding on, while only three people from the Ming army fled back, and the rest were all killed.
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At this point, from day to night, the war really ended.