The moon was bright and the stars were sparse. Chang Yu and Song Luoyu were chatting in a low voice in the courtyard of the palace in the dead of night. Qiao Sanxiu, who was napping at the door, stretched out and got up to help the little eunuch make a pot of tea again. Then he sat next to him and listened to the two talking. He thought it was so late.
Aren't you still sleepy? I'm thinking about why Kuang Ren, Chen Suole and others haven't come back yet, or why they won't come back tonight...
At the same time, more than ten Qing troops on horseback rushed towards them from a few miles north of the city. They were quickly intercepted by Ming scouts and were about to fight. The Qing troops said something and then left a letter before leaving.
The scout did not dare to neglect, and soon the letter was sent to Qingzhou City. Soon the Dongchang Fanzi on duty rode straight to Prince Heng's Mansion, and the servants guarding the gate did not dare to stop him and allowed him to go straight in.
At the door of the courtyard, Qiao Sanxiu let Na Fanzi in and whispered to Chang Yu for a long time. Chang Yu accepted the letter with a hum, read ten lines at a glance, raised his eyebrows, turned to Qiao Sanxiu and said: "Go and get it."
General Lee shouted."
"Mr. Factory, something big is going to happen?" Song Luoyu's eyes were shining and she was a little excited. Chang Yu rolled his eyes at her and said, "It's none of your business. Go back and go to bed."
Song Luoyu shook his head: "I am on duty tonight."
"You are a piece of shit," Chang Yu scolded, and Song Luoyu said seriously, "Have you forgotten that this humble position is also your personal attendant?" Chang Yu was startled, he had really forgotten!
"Those big gentlemen all went out to play and stayed up all night. They have to fill the vacancies in their humble jobs. The factory boss Jin Gui must not make any mistakes," Song Luoyu said hehely.
Okay, okay, Chang Yu realized that every time he talked to her, he would be put off, so he quickly waved his hand. Just then, Li Yan was also pushed out by his guards, and asked with a worried look on his face: "But what big trouble happened?"
"We can't talk about the trouble, but something happened," Chang Yu said and handed the letter to Li Yan.
The letter was written by Dorgon himself and was written to the young eunuch. The content was simple and direct, and he wanted to make a deal with him. The Qing army would withdraw its troops and the Ming court would release Azig, and the Ming army would not stop him, otherwise they would bear the consequences.
The consequences of this are very serious. If the Ming court does not release Ajigeqi, he will be attacked by cities and villages on the way out of the customs. He will ravage the Ming Dynasty villages and fortresses as much as possible. If Ajigeqi is released, he will be undisturbed along the way and break camp as quickly as possible.
Leave.
On the other hand, if the Ming army were to block it, they would fight back at all costs, even if they discarded the looted materials, they would fight to the end. Twenty thousand cavalry would rampage through the territory of the Ming Dynasty and cause wanton destruction. He did not believe that the Ming army could stop him.
After reading this, Li Yan frowned deeply: "A delaying tactic, an extremely vicious delaying tactic!"
Chang Yu smiled bitterly and said nothing.
Dorgon's move was indeed cruel, and it also hit Chang Yu's weakness!
First of all, Chang Yu never thought of releasing Azig. Secondly, the two armies were facing each other and wanted to kill him with their own methods. Moreover, at this time, the Ming army had the upper hand in terms of strength and morale.
But now Dorgon is obviously cowarded. Instead of fighting, he threatens the little eunuch nakedly with the people of Ming Dynasty, and it is the kind of threat that has no offline. For example, he will kill all the captured people of Ming Dynasty, for example, he will run around everywhere.
Disaster everywhere.
You asked Chang Yu if he was afraid?
Afraid!
If Dorgon really jumped over the wall and used 20,000 cavalry to cause harm regardless of the cost, it would have caused heavy damage to the Ming Dynasty. Just imagine that at this time, the towns north of the Huaihe River in the Ming Dynasty, except for Qingzhou City and Tianjin at this time, almost all were not heavily guarded.
The cavalry of the Qing army are fierce, coming and going like the wind. If they are determined to cause harm, you can't stop them, you can't catch them, you can't stop them. They burn and kill everywhere and do evil. How many people of the Ming Dynasty will suffer, and how many families will be torn apart.
What's more, Hebei and Henan had just been severely damaged by the bandit army's raids. If they were plowed again by the Qing army, it would be difficult to recover for more than ten years.
So Li Yan said this was an extremely vicious delaying tactic.
Chang Yu, who has always been resourceful, is at a loss what to do.
To be precise, he didn't want to pay such a high price and couldn't be the master.
"Factory Supervisor, do you want to report to the court immediately?" Li Yan asked in a low voice.
Chang Yu lay on the chair and looked at the starry sky, speechless for a long time.
Li Yan knew that he was unwilling to give up, and when he was about to fight, he was suddenly poured cold water on him. Just like the day before when Dorgon's siege was about to succeed and he had to withdraw his troops, he felt the same. He had no choice but to give up.
Because the lives of countless people of Ming Dynasty cannot be gambled on this game.
"Luo Yu calls for pens and ink!" Chang Yu said after a while. Song Luoyu hurriedly went to the room to get pens and ink, and then went outside the hospital to call a few Dongchang fans.
Chang Yu picked up the pen and thought about it for a while before handing it to Li Yan: "Our handwriting is ugly, so please help General Li."
Li Yan did not shirk, took the pen and dipped it in ink, while Chang Yu wrote while talking.
The letter was written to Dorgon, and it was concise and concise: If the matter is of great importance, please report it to the imperial court for a decision. You will receive a reply within five days. During this period, you are not allowed to use weapons without permission, otherwise you will retaliate with tooth for tooth and blood for blood!
Chang Yu then sent someone to deliver the letter to the Qing army camp, and ordered Fanzi to ride eight hundred miles overnight to return to Beijing to inform Emperor Chongzhen of the matter.
It was extremely late at night, but Chang Yu didn't feel sleepy at all. The so-called impermanence of things in the world is probably what he is like now. One second he was holding the initiative and preparing to feast on the Qing army, but in the blink of an eye he was about to be manipulated by others.
Yesterday evening, he killed more than a thousand enemies and returned victorious. A few hours later, Dorgon took back the initiative. His bottomless plan to destroy the family was very successful. Within the time limit for the court's reply, he could head north without hesitation.
Worrying about the Ming army's obstruction, it doesn't matter whether to send troops to raid the surrounding area to hide others' eyes.
In the Qing army camp, Dorgon showed a long-lost smile when he saw Chang Yu's reply. He even praised Geng Zhongming's plan for being extremely clever, and the dark clouds that had been weighing on his head for many days suddenly became lighter.
"Will we attack Linzi and Xincheng tomorrow?" asked a general under his command.
"Of course we have to fight. If we are frightened by his few words, where will the face of the Qing Dynasty be?" Nikan shouted, and some people agreed. Dorgon was silent, and Duduo stood up and swept away everyone: "This is not a fight.
When the time comes, you should get out of seclusion as soon as possible. Since the eunuch has temporarily reached an agreement with us, please don't cause any more trouble, that person can't be provoked!"
Everyone was deeply aware of this. When the news reached Kong Youde's ears on the hospital bed, this guy was trembling. Damn, if I had known this, why would I have injured myself and cost a thousand lives to act like this? But then I thought of winning.
Dorgon's favor was worth it again.
At three o'clock in the morning, Huang Degong, Tu Yuan and more than a dozen people came out of a brothel to admire the moon. They stood on the street looking up at the scorching sun with a still unsatisfied expression and frowned. Should they go back to the palace or take a stroll again?
There are a lot of rules in the palace, so everyone unanimously voted to take a walk in the city. After being here for so long, fighting and killing every day, they still haven’t had a good look at Qingzhou City.
So a group of big guys walked shoulder to shoulder along the street. At this time, people's livelihood in the city had returned to normal and shops had opened.
It was almost noon after walking around to see how much money they had made. Everyone found a restaurant and ordered some food and wine to eat. Seeing that they were soldiers, the owner felt grateful for his kindness in defending the city and offered to waive the bill. Huang Degong was overjoyed and thanked him profusely, but Tu Yuanwrinkle
He frowned and quietly paid the money in private.
The shop owner was very puzzled.
Tu Yuan explained that he was under the direct jurisdiction of Dongchang, and Dongchang had strict orders not to eat the people for free.
The store owner was shocked and secretly said that the military management in Dongchang was so strict now!
The restaurant was near the north gate, and everyone had tables by the window, eating and drinking while admiring the scenery. However, they saw soldiers and cavalry rushing back and forth on the street. Huang Degong couldn't help but wonder. Li Yan had said yesterday that nothing would happen in the next three to five days. Could there be some trouble?
Then he stopped Yiqi and asked him.
But he was a personal soldier of Chang Yu. He knew Huang Degong and told him that he had been ordered to sit outside the city and monitor the movements of the Qing army.
Huang Degong raised his eyebrows and asked what happened. The soldiers shook their heads and said that the young eunuch had issued several military orders early in the morning, sending dozens of spies with hundreds of people out of the city to closely monitor the Qing army camp, and ordered Zhou Yuji's troops to gather and wait.
make.
It seemed that something had happened. Huang Degong and others threw down their wine bowls and ran towards the palace, wondering in their hearts that if a war broke out, it would be impossible for the young eunuch to let more than ten generals have fun outside without notifying them.
But when Huang Degong and his party hurriedly returned to the palace, they learned that the young eunuch was sleeping, Li Yan was drinking tea and reading, and the Song Luoshu brothers and sisters and the princess were visiting the courtyard. The peaceful atmosphere of the whole year was completely different from the tense atmosphere outside.
So Huang Degong rushed into Li Yan's room and asked him what happened.
Li Yan closed the book and smiled slightly: "Don't be anxious, don't be impatient, just rest these days."
"Have a rest, why are Lao Zhou's men waiting for orders?" Huang Degong shouted, and Li Yan had no choice but to tell him what had happened. Huang Degong was immediately confused.
"We know that he wants to escape but we can't chase him now?"
Li Yan nodded: "Yes, the Tatars are as cruel and inhumane as they say. If they really killed prisoners or were ruthless and abandoned their supplies and sent troops to burn and kill them, the price would be too high for the Ming Dynasty!"
"You son of a bitch!" Huang Degongqi yelled and asked, "Then there's nothing the little eunuch can do?"
Li Yan smiled: "You can say yes, you can also say no!"
"It's really annoying for you people to talk about what is and isn't. Just tell me if it's true or not!" Huang Degong scratched his head and cheeks anxiously, and Li Yan laughed: "Let's put it this way, treat others with their own harm.
Dao, if Dorgon tries to slow down the troops again, the little governor will also try to slow down the troops!"
"Speak more clearly." Huang Degong seemed to have heard something.
"Whether we are chasing or blocking, we also need time to prepare, and our troops and horses also need to rest." Li Yan said and poured a cup of tea for Huang Degong. Huang Degong took it and drank it in one gulp, with a smile on his face: "Then I really have to take advantage of this opportunity.
I’ve had a good rest these days.”
Really? Li Yan smiled half-heartedly: "Aren't you going to admire the moon tonight?"
Huang Degong burst into laughter and said, "I will serve as a host tonight. Will General Li appreciate it?"
Li Yan quickly waved his hand: "I'm sorry for the inconvenience, Mr. Huang." Huang Degong burst out laughing. Just as Li Muxian came back, the two of them met and Huang Degong shouted: "Niubi, you went to a brothel last night."
Li Muxian was startled and looked around in panic: "What nonsense are you talking about? How can a poor and outsider go to that rouge place? Don't be ridiculous!"
Shit, Huang Degong rolled his eyes: "You smell like rouge, and you're still quibbling."
Ah! Yes, yes? Li Muxian lifted up his clothes and smelled it, then grabbed Huang Degong and dragged him into the house: "General Huang, come here, come here, I will give you a divination..."
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