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Chapter 788 You Forced Me!
The eyes of Ma Ke, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, were full of suspicion. He did not hand over the envelope to Ma Zhiren immediately, but silently lit the cigarette again, and the curling smoke enveloped his body again, making his expression look like , more gloomy than description.

After a long time, Marco asked sullenly, "Is the person you sent to contact reliable?"

Ma Zhiren hurriedly stepped forward, and whispered back: "Don't worry, Commander, that man is absolutely reliable."

Ma Ke stared at Ma Zhiren sharply for a long time, then closed his eyes and asked again: "I forgot, what's this man's name?"

Ma Zhiren hurriedly reminded: "Ma is loyal."

He then carefully added: "Marshal, have you forgotten? In the ninth year of Chongzhen, you saved the lives of his family members. From that day on, you have been loyal to your brothers and decided to serve you to repay your kindness.

When he went out to communicate yesterday, he put poison between his teeth. Once the matter is leaked, he will kill himself on the spot to repay your kindness and never let outsiders find out about it.

Marshal, loyal brothers are absolutely reliable! "

Ma Ke suddenly opened his eyes, with incomparably sharp eyes, which made Ma Zhiren tremble.

Afterwards, Ma Ke said lightly: "Okay. When he returns after completing the matter, he will be treated as a bodyguard who died in battle and send 100 taels of compensation silver to his family in Shanhaiguan."

Ma Zhiren's heart trembled suddenly, but he saw Ma Ke's eyes that were threatening, and said in a stiff tone: "Yes, yes. The little one understands, and the little one will arrange it by himself, and ask Ma Jinzhong to do it for you." Dashuai is loyal."

Ma Ke then picked up the letter on the desk, stared at Ma Zhiren's eyes, handed the letter to him, and said in a deep voice, "If you do this well, I will never treat you badly!"

Ma Zhiren looked terrified, his face was pale, and his forehead was covered with sweat, and he continued: "Yes, yes. The little one will make arrangements."

He folded the letter carefully, put it in his arms, and was about to leave in a hurry.

Ma Ke was smoking his cigarette, looking at Ma Zhiren with a thoughtful expression, and when Ma Zhiren was about to step out of the big tent, he suddenly said: "By the way, when Ma Jinzhong went out yesterday, there was a lot of trouble on the way." Is it going well?"

Ma Zhiren stopped in a hurry, he turned around, he didn't quite understand the meaning of Ma Ke's question, but he still replied: "It's generally smooth, even if the Xuanfu's army horses are sent out everywhere, it's good for Fei It took a lot of twists and turns."

His words were like a bolt from the blue, hitting Ma Ke's heart hard, and for a moment, his face was so pale that there was no trace of blood.

Ma Ke screamed, "You mean...you mean...Ma Jinzhong...it is possible for him...to meet a sentry cavalry from the Xuanfu army on the road?"

He suddenly screamed: "Come back, come back quickly."

Ma Zhiren didn't know why, so he hurriedly said in surprise: "Marshal..."

But Ma Ke continued to shout anxiously: "Come back, come back quickly!"

Ma Zhiren was standing by the tent door, he was also stupefied in shock, he stammered, "Brother... Marshal, what's wrong with you?"

Ma Ke waved at Ma Zhiren, and shouted anxiously with a pale face: "I told you to come back quickly..."

Ma Zhiren didn't feel overwhelmed until this time. Seeing Ma Ke's strange appearance, he couldn't help being frightened, and hurried back to the desk in a hurry.

Ma Zhiren's expression was uneasy, he didn't know what happened to his commander in chief, why he suddenly became supernatural.

But seeing Ma Ke's strength coming from somewhere, he suddenly jumped up from the seat, grabbed Ma Zhiren by the neck, stared at him with red eyes, and said fiercely, "You sue and Ma Jinzhong, if he is captured by the Xuanfu army, he must not reveal half a word..."

His pupils shrank suddenly, and he changed his words: "No. They can't be caught!"

Ma Ke's blood-red eyes widened, and he said in a vicious and deep voice: "Tell Ma Jinzhong, if he is caught by the Xuanfu army, he must die on the spot, and Zhang Cheng must not be left alive.

Otherwise, this commander-in-chief would not be able to keep his family members in Shanhaiguan safe. "

He pushed Ma Zhiren away violently, and asked sullenly: "Do you understand?"

"Understood...understood, little one understands...understood!" Ma Zhiren was obviously startled by Ma Ke's actions.

Ma Ke asked again: "Zhiyong, does he know about this?"

Ma Zhiren couldn't help being shocked when he heard the words, and hurriedly replied in a trembling voice: "Great... Marshal, my brother... he doesn't know about this matter, and the little one... never told anyone about it."

It was only at this moment that Ma Ke's expression calmed down a little. He still stood behind the table, staring at Ma Zhiren, and said word by word: "You know, I know. No third person should know. This matter!"

"Yes, yes. The small ones are spared, and the spares are spared."

Marco felt a little relieved, he sat back on the chair slumped, waved his hands weakly and said: "Go, go and do things."

Only then did he heave a sigh of relief, leaning on the desk with his hands, gasping for breath, still lingering in his heart.

As if he thought of something again, he shouted to Ma Zhiren who was about to walk out of the big tent: "Haosheng told Ma Zhongzhong that this commander treats him as a caring person, and he will never embarrass his family, and will definitely make them happy.

As long as he acts cautiously, he will be promoted to serve by my handsome side! "

Hearing what he said, Ma Zhiren couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat. The commander's capriciousness made him feel as if he was with a tiger or wolf.

He didn't dare to be negligent in the slightest, fearing that something new would happen again, he responded in a low voice, and hurried out of the tent and left.

Seeing Ma Zhiren turn around and go out of the tent, Ma Ke seemed to be a few years older in an instant. After a long time, he sighed and growled bitterly: "Boy Zhang Cheng, you forced me!"

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On August 14, 23th year of Chongzhen, early in the morning.

The morning glow only revealed the pink dawn in the sky. Looking from the air to the northeast of Huangtuling, from Pingchuan under the mountain to the west bank of Xiaoling River, there were crowds of people like ants.

The topography of this area is generally high in the northwest and low in the southeast. The rivers and streams are almost exhausted. The few rivers flow along the northwest highlands, and finally flow into the Xiaoling River in the east.

Originally, around these rivers, according to the trend of the rivers, there were flat lands with convenient irrigation everywhere, but now they have become wastelands.

However, along the Tianjiagou and further to the northeast, there is a narrow river valley between Shimen Mountain and Xiaoling River, which is where the East Shimen is located.

The Xiaoling River flows from west to east in the south of Jinzhou City, but after passing through Jinzhou City, it suddenly turns and flows southward until it enters the sea.

Not far from Tianjiagou to the north, there is a place called Shoushuiying, which is across the river from Xiaolinghe Fort not far to the east of the river.

Xiaolinghe Fort was just a post station in the early Ming Dynasty. With the frequent traffic on both sides of the Xiaoling River, because this section of the river is an important channel for ferry boats, many boatmen gathered here, and gradually developed into a camp fort.

At this time, the camp had already been completely occupied by the Qing army, and a deep trench was dug a hundred steps ahead, cutting off the connection between the mountain and the river.

At the same time, from the west of the sailor camp, the terrain gradually changed from low to high, with undulating mountains and ridges, one after another, running from east to west, like steps, from north to south, until it is not far from Huangtu Ridge.

This is the terrain from Shimen Mountain to Huangtuling in the southeast of Jinzhou City and northeast of Rufeng Mountain, with various landforms of mountains, rivers and rivers.

Compared with before, there are not many Qing troops stationed on Shimen Mountain.

The flags flying here are a part of the Manchurian Zhengbai Banner and a part of the Korean Army. There are less than 3000 armored soldiers. Of course, there are thousands of handymen here. They can also be counted as combat power at critical moments. of.

When these Qing soldiers looked down from the mountain, they saw that the plains in the southeast were densely packed with banners of various colors of the Ming army, and the rolling troops seemed to fill up the plains between the mountains and the river.

With more than ten thousand people, it feels innumerable, but how many Ming troops are there in front of them?

Roughly estimated, how can there be about 4 to [-] horses!

Even though they usually despised the fighting power of the Ming army, the feeling of the tide of soldiers still made many Qing soldiers on Shimen Mountain and Huangtu Ridge gasp.

And those North Korean soldiers were even more pale, trembling in their hearts!
The Ming army has a large number of soldiers. If they really go crazy and attack Shimen Mountain and Huangtu Ridge, with only tens of thousands of troops on their side, can they hold it?
On Shimen Mountain City, Huang Taiji, who was getting fatter and fatter, held a binoculars in his hand and looked at the Ming army camp in front of the mountain without moving.

Looking at their dark sea of ​​people, boundless, camps all over the mountains and plains, surrounding Songshan Castle, it seems that there is not much change from the previous few days.

He couldn't help admiring Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, and thought to himself: I really can hold my breath!
Looking at the flags of the Ming army outside Songshan City, it turned out that the flags of Liu Zhaoji and others in Liaodong Town were not seen, and there were only two places that stood out the most. One was Zhang Cheng's Xuanfu military barracks, which occupied a very large area due to the large number of soldiers and horses. , Looking around a large Xuanfu military flag.

The second is the camp of Chen Jiugao, the former battalion of the Shenji Battalion. Although they only have more than 1 people, they take up a lot of space because of the large number of cannons, and there are many mules and horses pulling the cannons.

A dense mass of cannons of various sizes was placed there, which greatly attracted the attention of the chieftain Huang Taiji. Almost every time he came to observe the camp of the Ming army, he had to stare at the Shenji camp for a long time.

Huang Taiji looked at Songshan with the binoculars in his hand. His opponent, Hong Chengchou, governor of Jiliao of the Ming Dynasty, was sitting there. Huang Taiji valued Hong Chengchou very much.

In his opinion, Hong Chengchou is not comparable to the previous governors of the Ming Dynasty. Since the first year of Chongzhen, he began to participate in the war against bandits.

He was promoted from governor of Shaanxi grain and political affairs to governor of Yansui, and then in the fourth year of Chongzhen, he succeeded Yang He as the successor governor of the three sides. Shaanxi bandits won a complete victory.

In the seventh year of Chongzhen, as the governor of the three sides, he added the title of Prince Taibao and Minister of the Ministry of War, and governor of the military affairs of Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Huguang, and Sichuan provinces, and became the main military commander of the Ming court to suppress bandits.

In this way, until the 11th year of Chongzhen, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting, then the governor of Shaanxi, set up an ambush in Tongguan, and defeated the most powerful gangsters in the Ming Dynasty at that time.

At that time, he defeated Li Zicheng's troops, leaving only [-] cavalry to flee to Shangluo Mountain in southern Shaanxi. It was because of this battle that the domestic rogues disappeared for a time.

Thieves such as Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai, as well as the men and horses of Gezuo's Fifth Battalion, had all been recruited by the court, but Li Zicheng, who had been refusing to be recruited, was defeated and never recovered.

If Huang Taiji hadn't sent Dorgon and Haoge to lead the Qing army into Daming Gyeonggi, perhaps Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting could have completely wiped out Li Zicheng.

It is not hopeless that Daming will be rejuvenated from now on!

It's a pity that history has no assumptions, and history is always full of coincidences, or maybe it's not a coincidence at all, but a deliberate move by some people with a heart.

How could he not pay attention to a literati supervisor like Hong Chengchou who has been overseeing the army for many years, and who has won consecutive battles with the rampant bandits in the Ming Dynasty and has never been defeated?

At this time, Hong Chengchou's prestige in the court and place of the Ming Dynasty should not be underestimated. I am afraid that he is the most prestigious person among the generals in the towns of the Ming Dynasty at this time.

Although Huang Taiji was thinking all kinds of things in his heart, he did not show his expression on his face. He moved the binoculars slowly, and stopped in the direction of the camp of Xuanfu army horses.

Accompanied by Huang Taiji's side, Baylor, the kings of the Qing Dynasty, as well as the ministers and generals, also paid attention to the movements of the Ming army at this time.

Standing beside Huang Taiji, Hauge also looked down the mountain without blinking a glance. His usually rebellious look has subsided a lot at this moment. It seems that he is still somewhat restrained by Huang Taiji's side.

Daishan stroked the gray whiskers on his upper lip, lowered his head in thought, Dorgon next to him also had a thoughtful expression, only Duduo behind him looked around.

At this time, Yingerdai, the household manager, laughed loudly, and said to Huang Taiji: "Congratulations, my servant. The Southern Army is still setting up camp around the Songshan Mountains. It is obvious that they have no grasp of our army's movements.

The decisive victory in this battle is expected! "

As soon as he said this, all the courtiers of the Qing Dynasty around him were full of flattery, all praising the chieftain for his vision and clever calculations. This time he will surely defeat the southern army in one battle.

It is not a problem to capture Hong Chengchou and Zu Dashou alive!
Hauge said bitterly: "It's not just Hong Chengchou and Zu Dashou. There is also the Xuanfu Zhang Cheng, we must not let him get away. This time, he must be captured here alive to relieve my hatred. King Keqin has avenged him!"

Here, the Duke of Keqin mentioned by Hauge was the posthumous title given by Huang Taiji to Yue Tuo. When he invaded Daming, Yue Tuo was attacked and beheaded by Zhang Cheng in the Qing camp at night, which was always regarded as a great shame by them.

Prince Li Daishan saw that Hauge mentioned Yuetuo, but as a father, he showed no sadness on his face.

In fact, although he and Yue Tuo are father and son, their political views have always been at odds, especially when it comes to Huang Taiji's succession to Jinhan.

However, Daishan didn't answer, but Dorgon stepped forward and said: "The governor of the Southern Kingdom can be counted, but he is so calm. My warrior attacked Jinzhou so fiercely, and he can still be so prudent, but it is not easy.

However, with the news of Zongbing Ma, as long as my warriors of the Qing Dynasty really cut off the supply of the Southern Army according to the ingenious plan of today, I don't believe that he can still defend so safely.

Especially the Xuanfu Zhang Cheng, who fought against me many times, not to mention Mazhan and Yuetuo, even in the last battle, my Batulu warrior Zhun Tagushan died at the hands of this thief.

In just a few years, he has been promoted from a guerrilla to the general of the Xuanfu. He must be capable. If it takes a long time, he may become a strong enemy of our Qing Dynasty.

This time, we must take advantage of this golden opportunity to defeat the Southern Army in one fell swoop. In addition to capturing the Governor of the Southern Army Hong Chengchou and forcing him to surrender Jinzhou Zu Dashou, we must also remove the scourge of Zhang Cheng for my Qing Dynasty! "

(End of this chapter)