Nanming Engineer

Chapter 458 Helpless
Pulling Hong Chengchou up, Dorgon patted him on the shoulder heavily, only feeling that his hand felt bony and unreasonably thin.

"What Hong Xiang said is a well-established method of planning before moving. Using land for time, let the Ming court clear away Wang Huan, a strong enemy, and preserve our strength in Jianzhou, leaving behind the battered mess. After a few years, when the pigs are fattened up, we will enter the customs again to pick peaches." Dorgon slowly walked back to his seat, and said as he walked, "This plan is very good, it can be regarded as a way out."

He flicked the hem of his robe and sat down: "The emperor of the Ming Dynasty was stupid, and the powerful officials were also a group of party bureaucrats who only wanted self-interest. The court was scheming and filthy. I heard that Li Chengdong even sent someone to assassinate him when Wang Huan of Zhaoqing was in the face of the saint. , the assassination of the pillars of the country, and the emperor did not stop it, it can be seen that the Ming Dynasty is a bastard! This is where Hong Xiang's plan is feasible, but even so, the Ming Dynasty monarchs may not be able to deal with Wang Huan. If this wolf is ambitious and has far-reaching plans, With the heart of the Ming Dynasty, if we let go of the pass, wouldn't it be in his favor?"

Hong Chengchou smiled slightly and said: "The regent does not know something. Confucianism and Taoism of the Han family value loyalty and filial piety the most. Everyone scolds for plotting to usurp the throne and rebelling against thieves. Although Wang Huan is domineering, he absolutely dare not betray the Ming Dynasty Ting's!"

Dorgon's eyebrows twitched, and he asked curiously, "How do you say that?"

"The cause of this incident is his adoptive mother Qin Liangyu." Hong Chengchou said: "When he fled from Yangzhou and returned to Sichuan, he was penniless and impoverished. Today, Qin Liangyu treated him as a gift of regeneration, and this beast treated Qin Liangyu like his own parents, treated him with courtesy, and dared not disobey him. After the Ming court failed to assassinate him, they sent Princess Changping to be his wife. If you can't kill him, you have to rely on marriage to make use of it. It is said that there is such a murder, how can you agree? But Qin Liangyu agreed, and he didn't dare to object, which shows his feelings for Qin Liangyu. Everyone in Sichuan knows about this matter. Just ask and you will know."

Dorgon nodded: "This king has also heard that Wang Huan is very respectful to Qin Liangyu."

"As for Qin Liangyu, a heroine who spent her entire life as a soldier, she was loyal to the Ming court. Even if her husband was killed by a mine supervisor, she was still loyal to the monarch and served the country. She led the army without hesitation. Even her only son died on the battlefield. Complaints, although old and frail, unable to ride a horse, he still kneels facing south every day, bowing to the Ming emperor, which shows Qin Liangyu's loyalty." Hong Chengchou said with admiration: "Think about it, my lord. With his adoptive mother here, can Wang Huan rebel against the Ming court? He has this plan, and Qin Liangyu will be the first to raise troops against him! No matter how fierce Wang Huan is, can he fight Qin Liangyu?"

Man Dahai listened to it, laughed, and shouted: "In this way, this is like what is said in your Han Chinese books, that Yue Fei, knowing that the emperor wanted to kill him, had to bite the bullet and go back to let others kill him ?"

"Exactly." Hong Chengchou said sternly, "It doesn't matter if you call it stupid or loyal, or you call it stupid, Confucian children, there have been many such people for thousands of years!"

Man Dahai waved his hand disapprovingly: "We can't learn this, a good man should be happy with his hatred, what's the difference between good and bad?"

Hong Chengchou smiled, cupped his hands, and didn't talk to Man Dahai again.

Dorgon pondered for a while with a solemn expression, then raised his head, frowned and looked at Hong Chengchou and said, "Xiang Hong, I think about it, and I should spend a little more time here. After all, fighting the world depends on instant kung fu. After defeating Wang Huan and taking away the leader, the rest have no support, so we can defeat them one by one. This world is still ours!"

"However, Prime Minister Hong's plan can be used as a backup. Prime Minister Hong, you can get a memorial from me to go back to Beijing to meet the emperor. After you get the emperor's imperial decree, you can use competent people as assistants to handle the early-stage affairs of retreating outside the customs. Now All the Eight Banners troops gathered in the northern Zhili area, and if something happened, they could go north to Shanhaiguan within a few days."

"This matter is settled here! If you win, the Qing Dynasty will rule the world; if you lose, you will only return to Liaodong. The Central Plains was not the land where I built the state, so there is no pity!"

Dorgon slapped the table with his giant palm, and made a conclusion forcefully.

Man Dahai and Hong Chengchou hurriedly stood up, crossed their hands and knelt down and said in response: "Hey!"

……

In Datong City, the East Gate Archery Tower.

A small part of the towering watchtower was destroyed, and the remaining bricks and tiles fell to the ground. The cornice roof collapsed. You can see the sky from inside the watchtower. The blue bricks on one wall also collapsed, revealing a big hole.

Such destructive power should be the masterpiece of the red-clothed cannon. On a small hill facing the east gate, there is a red-clothed cannon. It was dragged up by the Qing soldiers. The muzzle is facing here, and the cannons are fired regularly every day.

Shoot every half hour in the morning, stop at noon, start again after lunch, still shoot every half hour, and don't give up until you hour.

When the cannon was fired, the cannon sounded like thunder, and the sound shook the earth. The whistling of the huge iron bullets can make people's hearts jump out of tension. Every iron bullet can hit a target. After all, Datong City is too big. You can hit anything you want.

Jiang Guan had mastered this rule a long time ago, and he ventured up to the archery tower only when the time had passed and the sky was still dark.

The location here is extremely high, and the situation outside the city can be seen at a glance. It is an excellent place to spy from the heights.

Jiang Tuan was wearing the iron armor of an ordinary soldier and an eight-petal helmet. Accompanied by several trusted generals, he leaned against the broken wall bricks and stared out.

Outside several deep trenches and wooden walls, the Qing army’s large camps are continuous, like a city composed of camp tents, which circles around Datong City. Inside, there are many flagpoles, densely dotted archery towers, and flags of various colors flutter in the wind. The sound of people and horses can be heard far away, and even when the wind is downwind, you can still smell a little bit of the food of the Huotou Army.

But at this time, it was obvious that there was only the smell of gunpowder smoke. Jiang Guan pushed aside a charred beam that blocked his line of sight, and observed carefully for a long time. He didn't have such a good thing as a telescope, he could only rely on his eyesight.

Several generals who followed were also watching carefully. After seeing one side, they switched to the other side and opened their eyes wide in the darkness.

After watching for a long time, the few people retreated. They still walked lightly when they retreated, for fear of alarming the Qing soldiers outside, and they would be wiped out with a single shell.

After going down to the city, we came to a hidden soldier cave under the wall. There was no one else here, candles were lit, and there was a table with a map on it.

Jiang Guan led the people here, and under the candlelight, there was a slightly happy light in his bloodshot eyes.

"Did you see everything clearly?" He asked, with a slight trill in his tone.

"I see it clearly!" Several people replied in unison, they were not as depressed as Jiang Yu, but they all looked excited: "There are fewer banners in the Qing army camp!"

"In addition, there are several flag camps that are empty. There are still flags on the surface, but no fireworks are lit. It is now dinner time. If there is no fire, it means that there is no one inside."

"The Qing soldiers patrolling outside the trenches were not as frequent as before, and only cavalry moved around after a while."

"It's been a long time since the city was attacked during the day. It's been more than ten days this month, and it hasn't even been attacked once."

"Looking at it this way, is there really something going on outside?"

The Qing soldiers besieged the city for more than half a year, and Datong was isolated from inside and outside. At first, some dead soldiers risked their lives to break out of the siege. Later, the Qing army built wooden walls, dug long trenches, and dug a lot of ground. Ascending to the sky, Jiang Guan is like a blind and deaf man, who doesn't know what the sun and moon are like outside.

(End of this chapter)