Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 322 Don't kneel down to the king of the country
The Qing army had not attacked Xiangyang City for two days. The sentry cavalry running from the Qing camp outside the city from time to time, and the Qing soldiers returning with feathered arrows all told the defenders in Xiangyang City that reinforcements were coming.

Even the more cautious Gao Yigong realized that everything might be true, but he still ordered the defenders to raise their spirits and guard the city tightly.

The scepter-wielding team appeared outside the Qing camp in the distance, and the soldiers on the city couldn't help cheering loudly when they saw it. Countless soldiers and young guards rushed to the top of the city to watch, and then joined in the cheers.

The Qing soldiers in the Qing camp also felt the changes in the battle situation. The momentum of the Ming army on the city was high, but the momentum of the Qing soldiers in the camp was down. Wu Sangui frowned when he heard the shouts in the camp.

Huang Xudong smiled slightly when he saw this, he asked for an envoy to clear the camp, and according to the countermeasures discussed by everyone, the Qing army felt that the Ming army could not easily win, so his convoy was planted with large enough to make the Ming army on the city see. banner, and himself a coquettish scepter.

The sentry cavalry of the Qing army found them in the south, and Huang Xudong immediately identified them as the envoys. Although the Qing army were barbarians, they knew that the envoys wanted to meet Azig, so they didn't dare to make mistakes and led them back to the camp.

"Sir, wait here, I will report to the prince."

When they came to the gate of the village, several cavalrymen of the Qing army dismounted from their horses, and the leader gave orders to the general, and strode away to the tent with his saber in hand.

Wu Sangui's tent is in the northwest corner, and he is standing in front of the map thinking, considering the current situation, analyzing various possibilities, among which he is most worried about the fall of Wuchang, and Wang Yan's entire army will come to help.

"My lord, on the way to Yicheng to investigate, I met a group of envoys from the Ming army and brought them back." The commander came outside Wu Sangui's tent and reported: "Now they are outside the camp, please invite them Your Highness shows you."

Wu Sangui heard the words, and immediately understood why there were bursts of cheers in Xiangyang City just now, which made him annoyed for a while, but he didn't blame others, because everything has two sides.

Knowing that the reinforcements had arrived, the Xiangyang defenders' morale would be greatly shaken, but as long as he defeated the Ming army's reinforcements, the Xiangyang defenders would turn from hope to despair, and their morale would drop to the extreme.

"You take them into the camp, and I will go find Prince Ying to discuss it." Wu Sangui sighed slightly.

Outside the tent, the general manager immediately saluted and left, Wu Sangui also picked up his gold-rimmed helmet, raised the curtain, and strode towards Azig's tent in the center of the camp.

Because of the sound of cheers from Xiangyang City, Azig walked out of the big tent, and Wu Sangui immediately stepped forward to report the arrival of the envoy.

"What?" Azig frowned slightly, and said with a sneer: "The envoy of the Ming army, what is he doing here to see the king? Do you want the king to stop fighting?"

"No matter what the purpose is, you will know it when you see it, and you can also take the opportunity to find out the situation of the Ming army's reinforcements, and even find out the news about Wuchang." Wu Sangui said.

"What Uncle Chang said is right~" Azig nodded slightly, "Hmph~ Since they came to the door by themselves, I have tortured them severely, and I know all the information about the Ming army. After all, Han people are soft bones and cannot withstand threats and temptation."

This remark embarrassed Wu Sangui, and Azig quickly realized it, but he didn't pay attention to his own emperor, let alone Wu Sangui.

"In this case, let the envoy come to pay respects to the king~"

Azige then returned to the tent, sat down on the tiger leather chair, and called thirty Eight Banners soldiers to stand on both sides, looking murderous.

After a while, the curtain was raised, and Huang Xudong led two subordinates. He was holding a scepter, and the two Ming soldiers behind him each held a wooden box.

"During the Ming Dynasty, the Counselor under Du Futai's curtain was entrusted by General Zhennan and Wang Shiheng, the Duke of Chu, to see Prince Ying of the Qing Dynasty." Huang Xudong slightly cupped his hands.

Seeing this, Azig's eyes shone with a sharp cold light, and he said coldly: "You are here to see this king, why don't you kneel!"

"A minister of the upper kingdom, don't kneel down to the king of the kingdom!" Huang Xudong raised his head and smiled.

However, Azige said quite shamelessly: "How could the capital be occupied and the emperor be taken into captivity?"

Wu Sangui wanted some face, and didn't speak on this matter, but Huang Xudong brought him into the topic: "The other country took advantage of my celestial dynasty's provocation, and according to my Central Plains, rituals, music, clothes, and hats are full of filth. I The defeat of the Celestial Dynasty was not due to the power of Manchuria, but to General Wu's contribution to the pass, and the disaster of his sacrifice. In the past, our internal and external difficulties made our small country rampant. A paper tiger can be broken at the first stab. I am the general of Daming Zhennan, Duke Yan of the Chu State, raised a hundred thousand soldiers, wiped out the two Han banners of Erhan, wiped out [-] people of the Eight Banners of Mengman, pulled out the two cities of Jingzhou and Wuchang, and killed the puppet kings and dukes. Invincible all the way, the Eight Banners of Manchuria, but mediocre. In my opinion, it will not take long for my Ming Dynasty to restore the two capitals. With your strength, you can also make the envoys of the upper kingdom bow down?"

Wu Sangui was startled when he heard the words, Wuchang had indeed been captured by Wang Yan, but Azig suddenly slapped the tiger leather seat with his palm, and said angrily: "Rampant, the southern barbarians don't want to show off their tongues, Where did you come from now? Believe it or not, I killed you first, and then sent troops south to cut off Wang Yan's dog's head."

The envoy in front of him made Azig very angry. At first he thought that the other party was asking for peace, but now the situation is a bit unexpected.

The [-] Qing soldiers in Wuchang were defeated by the Ming army in less than a month, and according to Huang Xudong's words, it seemed that the Eight Banners soldiers brought by Luck Dehun into Huguang were almost completely wiped out by the Ming army. This shocked Wu Sangui , So he also said: "Your envoy is here today, doesn't he just want to provoke us?"

The Qing army soldiers on both sides, following Azige's anger, drew their swords one after another, making the tent look murderous. Seeing this, Huang Xudong was not afraid, and still smiled: "If Prince Ying has the ability, Da You can send your troops to the south and try it out. In fact, there is no need for the Prince of England to send troops. Our country’s soldiers and horses have already arrived in Yicheng, and they will come to fight the Prince of England in a few days. Today I was ordered to go on a mission, in addition to bringing some gifts to the Prince of England Besides, I am here to deliver the letter of war, inviting the prince to fight with my **** army tomorrow!"

After Huang Xudong finished speaking, he took out a letter of war from his sleeve, put it on the box held by the soldiers behind him, and asked the soldiers to present the box.

Azige and Wu Sangui couldn't help being surprised when they heard Huang Xudong's words. They had thought about all kinds of possibilities, but they never thought that Huang Xudong was here to fight. The strange thing is that they actually had a little timidity in their hearts, and they didn't dare to take it easy. Should be next.

At this time, the soldiers of the Qing army took the box from the Ming army, handed the letter to Azig, and at his signal, unwrapped the cotton cloth that wrapped the box, and took off the cover.

"This~Tong Yanghe~Sun Dingliao~"

Inside the two boxes were the pickled heads of Tong Yanghe, Governor of Huguang, and Sun Dingliao, Admiral of Huguang. Seeing this, Azige and Wu Sangui were shocked and completely believed in the fact that Wuchang had been breached. .

Seeing the expressions of the two, Huang Xudong smiled and said, "This is only a small part. There are ten large carts outside the camp, all of which are loaded with the heads of high officials from the Qing Dynasty. My family knows that your country believes in shamanism. It pays attention to the fact that after death, the soul will be attached to the pigtail, so these heads are kindly sent here, but too many heads have been chopped off in your country, so we can only pick up the heads of some officials and officers and send them over."

"Enough~" Huang Xudong said with a smile on his face, but Azige interrupted him angrily, and then angrily said: "It's unreasonable, why don't you pull him out and cut him off for this king~"

(Thanks to Yue Dong Woxin, the reward of the special battle)
(End of this chapter)