On Qingzhou City, Chang Yu and Li Muchian were strolling in the night breeze. It had been a whole day since Dorgon submitted his letter, and he had slept for most of the day. The Qing army looked motionless and nothing unusual, and the little eunuch looked also.
Nothing to do.
But is this really the case?
It was obvious that the two sides were calm on the surface, but in fact there was an undercurrent surging under the water. Dorgon's heavy supply camp had already set off northward last night, but he thought that the surrounding Ming troops had no way of detecting it due to the blockade, but in fact it was extremely ridiculous.
The baggage train is more than ten miles long. It is impossible to completely cover such a large scale. Even if he strictly sealed off the surrounding areas, the little eunuch sent a large team of scouts to spy around the camp, but in fact several small teams had already bypassed the camp.
Going straight to the north to spy, more importantly, Dorgon did not expect that there were Ming troops in Xincheng County due west and Binzhou on the bank of the Yellow River, and their every move had been monitored.
The Ming army in these two cities was also Li Yan's unintentional move. He had previously sent Cheng Ming to Cangzhou to collect grain and grass. Cheng Ming lived up to his command and led his troops to Cangzhou. In one sentence, he followed the order of the admiral of the East Factory to collect grain and borrow it for half a day.
Collect a hundred stones inside, otherwise if you miss the battle ahead, you will be killed!
In just half a day, he led his troops to rush south with grain supplies. When he arrived in Binzhou, he heard that the army had gone south to Linzi City. Due to the inconvenience of crossing the river with grain trucks, and after Li Yan entered Linzi City, Kong Youde's supervisors and horses were running around everywhere. Cheng Ming could not
If he dared to act rashly, he stored grain and grass in Binzhou City. He led more than a hundred soldiers and horses to cross the river and return south. When he arrived at the new city, he received an order from Li Yan. The young eunuch had already entered the mountain and was about to start a fight in a few days. He was afraid that the Qing army would be defeated and retreat, so he let him
Return to defend the city just in case.
So Cheng Ming was ordered to return to Binzhou. Before leaving, he left a team of troops in the new city to guard the city and collect surrounding intelligence. That is to say, when Chang Yu and Dorgon were fighting fiercely in Qingzhou City, from the new city in the west to the north bank of the Yellow River,
The Binzhou line is Cheng Ming's territory.
So when the Qing army's supply camp thought that they were unaware of the enemy, they broke out of camp and sneaked northward at night. They were detected by Cheng Ming's people before they had gone thirty miles. His first reaction was that the Qing army was defeated and he immediately sent people to report it.
Yu.
This information was not of much value to Chang Yu, because whether he could see it or not, he had already expected that Dorgon would do this, so he sent an order to Cheng Ming, just keep an eye on him, and do not stop him but provoke him. The premise is that
They have no interest in Penn City.
As for Chang Yu, who slept until noon, seemingly doing nothing and not being impatient, in fact he did a lot of things secretly. For example, last night he sent an urgent message of 800 miles to Gao Jie and others who were thousands of miles away to mobilize troops north to prepare for an encirclement.
He notified the imperial court of this matter to ensure accuracy, and discussed with the generals a set of cunning tactics, waiting for the east wind to blow.
It can be said that just as the chief assistant Li Banghua expected, he already knew how to fight and how to fight.
Compared to a few days ago, the city seemed a little cold. There was no one else outside the patrol group. Because the Qing army was about to retreat, Qingzhou City's war preparations were lifted, and all the soldiers and horses went to the city to repair.
"Mr. Factory, do you think Dorgon has slipped away quietly?" Li Muchian asked softly as they walked north along the city wall, with stars twinkling in the distance.
"No," Chang Yu said with certainty, "How far can he go with the baggage for five days, not to mention that he will not need the baggage and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses himself. Furthermore, if he wants to drag me, he must hang me.
, if he is not there, who will negotiate peace with our family!"
Li Muxian nodded and suddenly asked: "If Dorgon agrees to your conditions, will you let him go?"
Chang Yu was silent, looking towards the dark wilderness outside the city, and after a long time he said: "Maybe!"
Condition, what condition?
Please listen to the breakdown in the next chapter!
As the sun rose the next day, Chang Yu had finished his morning exercise, took a shower with cold water, and had breakfast. He walked around the palace and felt extremely bored. Huang Degong and others did not return home for another night, so they might have gone to admire the moon.
Maybe he went to gamble, but no matter what he did, Chang Yu would never ask or care.
Soldiers in troubled times are really drunk now. Don't squat in the sky and look at the moon. Just say a word and enjoy yourself in time, because you don't know when you will die in battle.
As long as it's not wartime, you can be as happy as you like, whether you're a drunkard or a gambler.
Li Yan was still injured and had trouble walking. He didn't drink, gamble, or find a young lady, so he just held a book and read in the palace. After all, Chang Yu was a young man who couldn't sit still. After saying hello to Li Yan, he took
More than ten personal attendants rode out of the city. To their surprise, Li Muxian did not go to practice his immortality but actually followed Chang Yu.
Everyone left the city through the west gate and strolled by Nanyang Lake for a while. Kuang Ren suggested going hunting in the mountains, while Li Muchian said that just after the battle, the mountains were messy and not suitable for riding.
Chang Yu suggested fishing for a picnic, but Li Muchian also said that during the battle, there were dead bodies in the lake that polluted the river water, and the fish could not eat it.
"Where do you want to go, where do you want to go back to the palace to sleep?" Chang Yu felt something was wrong with him, and Li Muchian was a little embarrassed: "Why don't you go for a walk in Linzi?"
Damn, Chen Suole and the others were unwilling. Linzi was dozens of miles away from Qingzhou, and the journey was not peaceful. Although the two armies had temporarily reached an armistice agreement, both sides were busy exploring horses. More than ten people came and went.
Going there is extremely risky, and why are you going there?
"The Taoist Master misses the little Taoist boy, right?" Chang Yu could see through Li Muchian's thoughts at once.
Li Muxian trained his disciples and asked the little Taoist boy to follow him through the rivers and lakes. Along the way, he saw all the scenery, all the suffering in the world, and witnessed the blood and cruelty of the battlefield. He experienced far more than his peers, and it was more exciting.
The master and the apprentice followed the military master all the way to make plans, and the young one was carefree. After entering Linzi City, Li Muxian followed Chang Yu into the mountains, while the young Taoist boy stayed in Linzi City and was taken care of by Zou Fengji.
Now that they haven't seen each other for several days, Li Muchian couldn't bear to miss him. However, the risk on the journey was too high and he didn't dare to go there himself, so he came to take advantage of the young eunuch's popularity to see if he could go with him.
"Chunfeng is young and is always worried about being taken care of by others." Li Muchian admitted directly: "If the factory owner doesn't want to go, can you allow Pindao to go and visit alone?"
Moreover, Chang Yu curled his lips: "If you had the guts to go, you would have gone there a long time ago. You are still chattering here. I mean, Taoist Master Fang, you brag every day about how powerful you were in the world in the past. Why are you becoming more and more timid now? These days.
Don’t you dare to venture even ten miles away?”
Cough cough cough, Li Muchian smiled awkwardly: "Although the rivers and lakes are dangerous, the heroes on the green forest road have room for negotiation, but these dog Tatars are inhumane. When encountering a situation, there is no other way to survive except to fight a bloody road.
If it's just one or two, that's fine, but if there are ten or eight, then the poor man will have no choice but to die."
"Okay, if there are ten or eight of us, let's see who dies and who lives." Chang Yu has always been bold and adventurous and had nothing to do, so he decided to go to Linzi for a trip.
"Mr. Factory, why don't you go back to the city and call some brothers to fetch your armor?" Chen Ruxin whispered. Chang Yu had just gone out for a walk in the city, and the weather was hot so he didn't wear armor. This reassured the guards.
No less.
"It doesn't matter! Just come as you go, how could we meet by chance? Besides, our troops are everywhere around here, and there will be support at any time. What are you afraid of?" He said and whipped away, and everyone helplessly clapped their horses and followed closely.