Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 67

In the early morning, when the sky was slightly bright, horns sounded from the Qing army camp, and countless green camp soldiers, swearing and cursing, left their tents and stood in line in the open space.

Outside the west city, the Ming army on the high slope bombarded the Qing camp all night, making it impossible for the Qing army to sleep.

In the Qing army commander's tent, Duoduo is convening generals to discuss how to recapture Gaopo and break Yangzhou.

At this time, Duoduo sat behind the commander's table with a frosty face, and on both sides were the real Manchuria, the Outer Fan Mongolia, the Green Camp of the Han Army and many other generals.

Doduo's head was tied with a circle of white cloth, and the blood oozing from his forehead had already dyed the white cloth black.

At this time, Doduo's mood was as black as the color of the bandage on his head, extremely dark and gloomy.He originally thought that the morale of the defenders in Yangzhou would be demoralized after defeating the navy aided by the Ming army. hurt.

At this time, Duoduo hated Wang Yan and Yangzhou to the bone, but he also knew that the Yangzhou defenders had captured Gaopo, and the Qing army lost [-]% of its artillery, making it even more difficult to capture Yangzhou.

Duoduo knew very well about military matters, once the artillery battalion was lost, the previous attack strategy would be useless, so he summoned all the people to ask about the plan: "Do you have a good plan to help the king avenge the artillery?"

"Report to the lord! I have a plan, I don't know if it should be said or not!" Bai Yongfu came out and knelt down to worship.

"Oh~" Duduo is most annoyed by the extravagance of the Han people, but at this time he had to show a respectful and corporal attitude, and said with a smile: "What countermeasures does President Bai have? When the king takes Yangzhou, this king will definitely play the role of the regent and raise the flag for you! Get up and answer!"

"Hey, I obey!" Doduo agreed, and Bai Yongfu was overjoyed, and quickly said: "Yangzhou is an isolated city, but now foreign aid is cut off, and if you stay for a long time, you will die. It is already in a desperate situation. If Wang Yan wants to survive, he has no choice but to surrender." During my holy pilgrimage, the prince can send envoys to recruit him with high officials and rich salary, and the whole city of Yangzhou will surely come to surrender."

"Bo Zongbing doesn't know something!" Duoduo shook his head when he heard this, and said, "At the beginning of the siege, I recruited Wang Yan to surrender, but was rejected by him sternly. Based on what I know about him, I'm afraid he won't surrender me." Pilgrimage."

Bai Yongfu saw that Duoduo didn't accept his words, so he said anxiously: "Master! The slave thinks that the present is different from the past. Wang Yan didn't surrender at the beginning, but he hoped that the Nanming court would come to help him, and he had a hope in his heart. Now Nanming The reinforcements have already been defeated by the master, so Wang Yan's hope is gone. If he has any hope of survival, he can only surrender to my pilgrimage. Besides, the prince only needs to send an envoy to try it out. If it succeeds, it will not cost any troops. Let’s go to Jiancheng, Yangzhou, and if we lose, we will have nothing to lose.”

"Hmm~" Duoduo agreed with Bai Yongfu's words after thinking for a while, and said casually: "Your words are reasonable, I will give it a try. If it works, you will definitely be rewarded. "

Bai Yongfu was overjoyed when he heard the words, and hurriedly bowed down again, thanking De De in his mouth: "Slave, thank you for your words, thank you for your appreciation!"

Among the Han generals in the account, some of them were extremely disdainful of Bai Yongfu, but most of them were envious of his ability to seize the opportunity and curry favor with Duoduo.

At this time Duoduo asked Bai Yongfu to get up, then looked around at the people in the tent, and said in a solemn voice: "This king will write down the letter and send it to the city, but you should not slack off. If Wang Yan does not surrender, I will The king wants you to wait for the soldiers and horses under his command to be on standby to attack the city at any time, can you know?"

"Don't worry, my lord! The servants are always on standby!" a group of people bowed.

Seeing this, Duoduo nodded in satisfaction: "So, let's all step back and prepare separately!"

"Cha!" A group of Qing generals saluted, then bowed their waists and exited the tent.

In Yangzhou city, Wang Yan knew that there would be a big battle today, so he took He Gang and others to inspect the west city, but he didn't wait for the Qing soldiers to attack aggressively, but he waited for Duoduo's envoy to enter the city to recruit him.

Wang Yan ordered the principal and deputy envoys to be brought to the west gate tower, and without looking at Duoduo's letter, he said to the envoy: "The two countries are fighting each other, and the envoy is not beheaded, but the morale of our army is declining, but it is just for you to use your head. In order to let the Yangzhou army and people know my determination, and also let Duoduo lose his heart to surrender."

Wang Yan then ordered the envoy of Duoduo to be killed, and the deputy envoy to return with his head.

The deputy envoy returned to the Qing camp with the letter and the head, and Duoduo hurriedly summoned him for questioning. Seeing that Wang Yan did not surrender, he even killed him. For the city, I will personally execute the sword, and cut it into pieces with a thousand swords."

The deputy envoy was holding the head, and when he saw Duoduo furious, he immediately lowered his head in fright.

After venting, Duoduo calmed down a lot, followed by Wen Ming and said, "I saw Wang Yan, have you ever read my letter?"

"My lord, Wang Yan never watched it. When he saw the servant, he said he wanted to use the head of the servant to boost the morale of the Yangzhou army!" The envoy said tremblingly: "He asked the servant to tell the prince. The discord between the Han and the captives made the master and son die of the desire to surrender. Wang Yan also said that with the prince's talent, if he wanted to win Yangzhou, he would have to spend at least 20 lives to pay for it."

"Ah~" Duoduo, who had just calmed down, was once again irritated by Wang Yan. He overturned the handsome case in front of him, and cursed angrily: "Wang Yan, how dare you take a peek at this king! This king will definitely kill him!"

Duoduo has gone through battles since he was a child, and made countless contributions to the Qing Dynasty. He was already in a high position at a young age, so he is very conceited. No one has ever doubted his ability, but now he is humiliated by Wang Yan. .

Seeing Duoduo's fury, the envoy trembled with fright, bowed down and said: "You should die, you should die, you shouldn't talk nonsense and make the master angry~"

Duoduo was completely enraged at this time, wishing he could attack Yangzhou immediately, and then eat Wang Yan's flesh raw, he ignored the envoy, and went directly out of the commander's account.

A group of Qing soldiers hurriedly protected Duoduo and walked out of the camp. When they came to the front of the Qing army, they ordered the Qing guards to summon the generals and shouted angrily: "Send the order to go out and attack all four gates. If you don't break Yangzhou, you will be defeated." See you all!"

All the Qing generals couldn't help but change their faces when they heard the words, but seeing that Duoduo was in a rage, they didn't dare to speak out against them, so they had to respond resentfully.

At this time, Duoduo waved his hand, and the Qing troops in each battalion went back to prepare, while he rushed to the west camp.

Although Duoduo was angry, his thoughts were not completely chaotic. He knew that the city of Yangzhou was strong and vast, and the only shortcoming was the high slope outside the west city, so he decided to take it back no matter the cost.

Duoduo came to the barracks of the Qing army outside the west city. The generals of the west camp had already assembled their soldiers and horses to wait for the military order. Dodo ordered Li Chengdong to attack the west city and Bai Yongfu to attack Gaopo. With 500 troops in the blue flag, they will supervise the battle later, and they are bound to recapture Gaopo and capture Yangzhou.

(End of this chapter)