There is a village ten miles south of Jiaocheng, called Fenyang Village. The village is divided into two parts, east and west. The one close to the bank of Fen River is called Dong Fenyang Village.
Niu Yong's 10,000-strong army was stationed in this village near the river. Of course, the village had long been deserted.
It was noon, and the logistics personnel who had arrived were busy cooking. The soldiers who arrived earlier were not idle waiting for food. They were really busy setting up a defense line and setting up camp with the village as the center.
Chang Yu came riding alone. The soldiers on duty in front of the village didn't seem to recognize him and shouted at him to dismount and undergo inspection.
He was about to reveal his identity, but after thinking about it he gave up. Just when Chang Yu was about to jump off his horse for inspection, a Niu Yong's soldier who was patrolling nearby recognized him and hurriedly came to greet him.
It turned out to be the factory supervisor of the East Factory. The soldiers on duty were startled and confused. The factory supervisor looked like he had just returned from a field battle with his hair disheveled and covered in weeds and dust. What was he doing?
Even Niu Yong was surprised when he saw him: "Mr. Factory Master, is there a fight in front?"
"There was a thief over there who didn't like it, so I gave him a beating." Chang Yu chuckled and smoothed his hair: "Get me something to eat."
In a clean farmyard in the south of the village, which was now Niu Yong's combat headquarters, Chang Yu was holding a large bowl and devouring it. It was actually just a bowl of porridge with some pickles.
"How are you doing in front of the factory?" Niu Yong saw how delicious his food was and couldn't help but ask his attendants to give him a whole bowl.
Chang Yu raised his head and looked at the sky, and said calmly: "There is nothing going on in the front. If anything happens, Mr. Cai will take care of it. You should be prepared here. There will be a tough battle to be fought in three to five days at most."
Niu Yong nodded and clenched his fist hard: "It's been a long time since I fought a tough battle!"
Chang Yu turned to look at him, thoughtfully, and suddenly laughed: "Maybe there is no need to hit him hard, maybe you can stab him secretly, and then retreat after the stab!"
Niu Yong's eyes lit up, and he immediately smiled and said: "The factory owner is good at this, and I am willing to listen to the details of my humble position."
"We haven't discussed it yet, let's wait and see," Chang Yu said, "Just be prepared for war."
With enough water and food, Chang Yu was about to take a nap, but he tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep, so he got up and walked out of the small courtyard.
This place is on the front line. Although it is during the peace talks and armistice, there are always many thieves spying on the outside. To ensure Chang Yu's safety, Niu Yong specially arranged a small team of people to protect Chang Yu at all times.
But Chang Yu decisively refused, saying: "Our family only wanders around the village. This is unnecessary in a large army. Besides, our family is not weak. A few ordinary thieves really don't notice it. What's more? There are very few people who know our family’s identity, so who can panic and assassinate me, a little eunuch?”
Niu Yong acquiesced on the surface, but still told a few soldiers to follow Chang Yu secretly to protect everyone, but not to disturb him, because he could tell that the factory owner seemed to have something on his mind today.
Several soldiers followed Chang Yu from a distance. After seeing him wandering around the village, he went to the west of the village and looked at the western mountains in the distance for a quiet cup of tea. Then he walked to the south of the village and saw a jujube tree with a crooked neck by the river. The tree actually climbed up, leaning on a branch with a leaf in its mouth, looking at the wilderness in the distance in trance.
What happened to the factory boss? Several soldiers were confused. How could the dignified admiral of the East Factory still be like a naughty boy climbing a tree to hold a bird's nest?
As Niu Yong expected, Chang Yu had something on his mind and was homesick.
Naturally, this home was not the city of Beijing thousands of miles away. There was no home there. He was thinking of a home in another time and space that was far away, a place that was already out of reach.
What is my state in another time and space? Dead? Vegetative? Or alive in a parallel time and space? Are my parents and friends okay...
It has been more than a month since I traveled through the Ming Dynasty, just like a dream, but the dream is so real, it is incredible to think about it. In just one month, I suddenly transformed from an unknown little eunuch who was dying in the palace to a high-ranking eunuch.
The powerful governor of Dongchang, and even the current governor of Taiyuan Military and Political Affairs, faced a tough battle that could rewrite history.
It seems incredible and a bit absurd, but the reality is far more exciting and absurd than the movie. Chang Yu was favored by the prince because of a "dream", and then Chongzhen knew that his time was short, and all kinds of crazy actions were reasonable.
As for the crisis, Chang Yu was ordered to leave the capital, and then was promoted to the position of factory supervisor of the East Factory for the first time.
Some people find all of this absurd and even illogical, but from another perspective, if you are predicted by a master that you will die in a month, and what is happening every day is exactly the same as the prediction, I am afraid you are even crazier than Chongzhen, and you will
Do more incredible things.
What's more, many of Chongzhen's decisions are still reasonable, but they are more decisive and more distrustful of the courtiers in the court.
As for his promotion of Chang Yu, the reason why he was not blocked by the cabinet is very simple. That is because Jin Yiwei and Dongchang are both his domestic slaves. Whoever he promotes as a house slave steward does not need cabinet approval. Even if it is needed, under the current environment
, he would not pay attention to it, which is why he was able to decisively remove Li Guozhen and others when the cabinet was about to rebel, and re-appoint new chief assistants and ministers of war.
He was desperate and was desperate.
Only then did Chang Yu suddenly appear and be promoted. Fortunately, what this little eunuch did now did not disappoint him but rather surprised him.
Behind him is the army that is busy setting up camp. To the west is the vast mountains, to the east is the vast wilderness, and Wuhu's men and horses in the middle of the wilderness not far to the south. Farther away is the shadowy figure, which should be the men of the bandit army ten miles away.
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"General, look at Mr. Factory..." In a village not far away, Niu Yong stood in a corner and squinted at Chang Yu in the jujube tree. Several soldiers around him found it very strange.
"The factory owner is a lonely man!" Niu Yong said slightly.
Sometime later, Chang Yu heard someone calling him in a daze. He almost fell off the tree because of his excitement, but he actually fell asleep in the tree.
The person who called him was Cai Maode, followed by Zhou Yuji and others. They had already returned from negotiations.
Looking up at the sky, it must be around two o'clock in the afternoon. Chang Yu stretched out and jumped down, "I'm really good at pulling, and I'm pulling now."
"Hey, didn't the factory boss say that truth and falsehood must be true and false to confuse the thieves? So I salivated a lot." Cai Maode chuckled.
"You've worked hard, sir, but what's the harvest?" Chang Yu walked towards the village with him, but Zhou Yuji did not follow him. Instead, after saying hello to Chang Yu, he took a few soldiers to inspect the camp.
Cai Maode's face became a little serious: "Niu, the two thieves Li are very cunning. They took me and questioned them one by one about every detail. I pretended to deal with it. Occasionally, I couldn't take charge of the matter, so they asked me to write this down.
, go back and ask for instructions... From this point of view, the factory owner's previous prediction was too optimistic, and the five-day period cannot be delayed. The maximum three days is the limit!"
Chang Yu was silent for a moment after hearing this, and then said: "It seems that a big killer weapon is about to be used!"
A big killer? Cai Maode was startled and thought to himself, isn't this the ultimate weapon?
"Your Excellency, hurry back to Taiyuan and tell the King of Jin about this plan. Then tomorrow, let the King of Jin send the Chief of the Palace to pretend to discuss it with the thief. This will increase the authenticity, and secondly, the delaying plan can be completed.
There is no trace of it”.
"Since it's all pretense, why bother looking for something far away? I've brought some followers from Taiyuan who haven't shown their faces yet, so I'll pretend to be here tomorrow," Cai Maode said.
Chang Yu shook his head: "Li Yan and Nao Niu are both careful people and should be dealt with carefully. Moreover, as the saying goes, truth is the highest state."
"In that case, I should go back to Taiyuan in person and talk to the King of Jin about this matter!" Cai Maode had just entered the small courtyard of the headquarters and was about to turn around and leave.
"Sir, it's better to send someone. It's a hundred miles back and forth, and your body is weak..." Chang Yu said with concern.
"Hey! Don't look down on me, Mr. Factory. Besides, what if old Taiyuan Ping'an dies?" Cai Maode said solemnly, Chang Yu's admiration arose spontaneously, and he hugged him with a fist: "Mr.
Chang Yu admires his loyalty and courage!"
"I don't dare." Cai Maode replied: "I will set off now and will be back before noon tomorrow."
"Master Cai" Chang Yu took a step closer: "Let King Jin come over tomorrow!"
What? Cai Maode was startled, and then he realized: "The King of Jin is the ultimate, the ultimate killer weapon you mentioned?"
Chang Yu nodded and smiled slightly, which Cai Maode found incredible.
Historically, whenever someone with some status wanted to surrender, they would first send out their confidants to discuss with the other party. The decision would be finalized in one round-trip or two meetings at most. Only then would the protagonist show up and surrender. For example, before Jiang Yu surrendered,
He sent his old father-in-law to meet with Li Zicheng to negotiate, but I have never heard of any protagonist directly negotiating on his own.
But Cai Maode knew Chang Yu's intention at this time, and he was planning to let him, the King of Jin, also show his face and go directly to the battlefield for negotiations.
Old Man Cai smiled bitterly. He could last for one round on his own, which meant that the two meetings were delayed for two days, and then the royal palace chief Shi was holding on for one round. After that, there would be no excuse for delaying, but King Jin suddenly entered the battle.
As a final negotiation, it can be postponed for another day.
This Eunuch Chang really did everything he could to delay Taiyuan. It can be said that he was shameless. The question is, is the King of Jin willing? Even if the dignified King of the Ming Dynasty knows that it is a false surrender, is he willing to do anything?
You know that if you are not careful, you will create a stink that will never be washed away for the rest of your life!
"He will!"
Chang Yu smiled faintly, and Cai Maode said no more words and left.
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