Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 584 He Tengjiao, sending his son out of the city
Duoduo was upset, when he heard that he had caught someone coming out of the city, he immediately asked his guards to let him go.

Whether Wuchang can be captured right now is the key to victory in this decisive battle. Even the people in Wuchang city should be interrogated to see if they can get any useful information.

He watched several Qing soldiers push a man who was nearly 30 years old. This man was dressed in a brocade robe, a hair crown, a jade hairpin, and a dignified appearance. Embarrassed.

He was pushed in front of Duoduo by the Qing soldiers, snorted coldly, and looked up at the sky, but the two soldiers immediately kicked him down one by one, and then knelt down firmly on him without waiting for him to struggle to get up.

At this time, the general of the Qing Dynasty who was on the side offered his treasure and said, "I would like to report to the lord, the servant led a routine patrol to monitor the situation in the city. When he arrived at the moat of the west city, he suddenly saw a water mark on the ground. He thought it was a savage in the city hanging down from the city. Swimming across the moat, I wanted to leave the city. The slave immediately led people to chase after the water. After chasing for three or four miles, he was caught up by the slave. There was one of them, but in order to protect this person, the slave killed him. But the slave also lost four brothers, fortunately, he caught a living man and brought it back to the prince."

Duoduo listened, and said with a smile: "You are a careful person, and you will go down to get 50 taels of silver later, and I will use it again in the future."

The general was overjoyed, and quickly knelt down and kowtowed, "Thank you, my servant, for your kindness, and thank you for your reward."

Duoduo waved his hand, stopped the general from continuing to flatter, turned to look at the kneeling man and said, "What's your name, what are you doing out of the city?"

The man struggled a few times, but he couldn't break free from the oppression of the two Qing soldiers. He felt like a rascal in his heart, so he could only keep silent.

Duoduo narrowed his eyes, he had seen a lot of this kind of sour and tough literati, and killed a lot, the biggest one was Shi Kefa.Looking at this picture, he is probably a die-hard guy again, but he may also be a guy who is trying to gain fame, and his legs will go weak when he sees the real chapter.

Duoduo is not a good man or woman, they have all become prisoners, and still refuse to obey the king, so let's kill him, and see if he can be scared to death.

"My lord, this is the letter found from this person." At this moment, the general suddenly remembered that there was something important that had not been handed in, so he immediately took out a wet silk handkerchief and presented it to Duoduo.

Duoduo gave the man a cold look, and was about to be killed. If he was really hard, he chopped it off directly. If he begged for mercy, he would be on trial.Now he had no choice but to turn his head when he heard the sound, took the silk handkerchief and unfolded it for a look. After reading a few lines, his brows immediately became happy.

After he finished reading, he couldn't help but stare at the man for a while, then suddenly laughed and said: "Haha~ You don't want to be unreasonable to Mr. He, please pet him quickly, pet him."

It turned out that this man was He Wenrui, the eldest son of He Tengjiao.

In Wuchang City, the officials and generals guarding the city also felt that the city would not be able to hold on any longer, and that sooner or later it would be broken by the Qing soldiers.

Yesterday He Tengjiao witnessed the horrific battle in the temporary command post behind the low wall. The Qing army broke through the low wall several times. In the worst case, hundreds of people almost killed He Tengjiao's temporary command post.

This shocked He Tengjiao. He had been mobilizing troops in the Governor's Mansion, thinking that he was planning a strategy to win a decisive victory thousands of miles away, but he did not expect the situation to be completely corrupted.

Yesterday, the soldiers of the Ming army rushed to the death. Although they defended the city, it also made him feel desperate. It is estimated that Wuchang will be lost.

At this time, You Youlun suggested that He Tengjiao send people out to rescue and give hope to the soldiers and civilians in the city, and maybe they can last for a few more days.

Of course He Tengjiao knew that there were no reinforcements, blocking Yinxi's 1 horses. Although he harassed Duoduo from time to time, he couldn't break the siege of Wuchang at all, but sending people out to rescue could indeed give the army and civilians the illusion that Wuchang still had reinforcements, deceiving the army and the people. Keep it for a few days.

He Tengjiao immediately agreed, this is also an excellent opportunity for him to send his eldest son out of the city to ask for help, and the people in the city will never object, he wants to leave a seed for the old He family.

Under such circumstances, He Wenrui was sent out of the city by He Tengjiao.

Although he followed He Tengjiao in the army for many years, he was engaged in civilian work and lacked experience in the battlefield. After swimming across the river, he did not take off his wet clothes and left footprints along the way, so he was captured by the Qing soldiers.

Duoduo read the letter, and his heart was really happy. The letter He Tengjiao wrote to Du Yinxi was not so much a request for help as an explanation of the funeral. He knew that Du Yinxi was unable to save Wuchang, so the whole letter Full of despair, in the end he asked Du Yinxi to take care of his eldest son.

Duoduo originally had concerns about his plan to continue the siege of Wuchang, but now he is full of confidence. As the defender of Wuchang, He Tengjiao has lost confidence, so what reason does he have for not attacking Wuchang?
The two Qing soldiers didn't understand why Doduo's face changed so quickly, but they obeyed immediately, stroked He Wenrui up, and even patted the dust on his body, but He Wenrui's clothes were soaked, and the two of them had no habit of washing their hands , the more you shoot, the dirtier it gets.

He Wenrui saw that Duoduo was overjoyed after reading the letter, and felt a chill in his heart. He was taken into a separate large tent, surrounded by soldiers guarding and closely monitored.

Not long after, Liu Chengyin came to his big tent first. Seeing him coming in, He Wenrui immediately cursed and coaxed him out, but not long after, another old department came to persuade him, and he also coaxed him away.

This situation has not stopped, and in the middle of the night, Fu Shangrui also ran over.

When He Wenrui saw this person, he was very angry, but this time he didn't coax him away. He felt that it was not worth Duoduo's persuasion to surrender. The Tartars obviously had some intentions.

Sure enough, after he talked with Fu Shangrui for a while, Fu Shangrui promised that as long as he said in the city tomorrow, "There are no reinforcements", not only his life will not be in danger, but also the life safety and assets of the He family in the city will not be infringed. Like He Tengjiao, he can continue to enjoy the high officials and honors bestowed by the Qing court.

After understanding the intention of the Qing army, He Wenrui was silent for a while. He didn't answer immediately, but said that he would think about it and reply tomorrow morning.

In the early morning of the next day, the Qing army formed a large formation below Wuchang City, but for the first time, they did not attack the city, which made the defenders on the city a little uncomfortable.

Not long after, a cavalry from the Qing army galloped straight to the foot of the city, threatening Prince Yu to ask Governor He to meet all the officials in the city.

The Ming army didn't understand what the Qing army was going to do, but as long as they didn't attack the city, they could delay it for as long as possible.

A while later, He Tengjiao and other Wuchang officials gathered at the top of the city, and a group of troops from the Qing army rushed out.

When He Tengjiao and the people in the city saw He Wenrui, their expressions changed drastically, and Liu Chengyin's face revealed a look of satisfaction. He walked a hundred steps, and he could already see the terrified faces of the people in the city.

Seeing this, Chen Youlong immediately bent his bow and set up an arrow. The arrow was not aimed at Liu Chengyin, but He Wenrui, but He Tengjiao didn't allow him to shoot the arrow.

Liu Chengyin felt that it was dangerous, so he hurriedly urged: "Xianqing, tell me quickly that Wuchang has no reinforcements, let everyone in the city hear."

Before he could finish his sentence, He Wenrui who was on the side shouted in a hoarse voice: "Mr. Wang is leaving Sichuan, and the twenty troops will arrive in a few days. Hold on! Die~"

In the city, He Tengjiao saw that He Wenrui hadn't finished yelling, and was chopped off by Liu Chengyin with a knife, and he was already in tears~
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