Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 319 Hostage Exchange

The day for hostage exchange between the Ming and Qing Dynasties was set on February [-].

On the night of February [-]th, Princess Changping couldn't sleep. Her heart had already flown to Wang Yi's side. She was eagerly looking forward to dawn, hoping to take Wang Yi back as soon as possible.

While tossing and turning, Xia Wanchun said softly outside the tent: "Your Highness, Your Majesty has a request."

Princess Changping hurriedly got up, tidied her clothes a little, went outside the tent and asked, "Lord Xiaoxia, Father summoned me at this time, what's the matter?"

"You'll know when your Highness comes down." Xia Wanchun led the way.

When they came to the big tent of the Chinese army, Xia Wanchun stayed outside the tent and let Princess Changping go in by herself.

Princess Changping stepped into the tent and saw Gong Yonggu and Hei Mudan also present. She bowed and asked, "Father, what are your orders?"

Li Cunming smiled and said: "I see you are in high spirits and your eyes are shining. Are you very excited? Changping, you can see Wang Yi tomorrow. What a great joy!"

"I am also very happy. I am looking forward to welcoming Wang Yi back. He is the hero of our Ming Dynasty! But I want to explain that the reason why I didn't ask Dorgon to hand over the shadow is that I guess the shadow has not yet been released." Falling into Dorgon's hands, I don't want to put my shadow in danger again. Can you understand my painstaking efforts?"

Princess Changping said: "My son, I can understand it. Father, you can negotiate with the Manchu Tartars and exchange a prince for an unknown person like Wang Yi. It is already a great grace."

"No, Wang Yi and Chen Yuanyuan are not unknown people. Their names are indeed not as famous as Duoduo, but I know better than anyone else the contribution they made to the Ming Dynasty. Wang Yi killed Fan Wencheng, which is equivalent to eliminating Chen Yuanyuan invented the method of pricking blood and eliminated the plague, and his merits are immeasurable. The Manchu Tartars don't know how important these two people are to the Ming Dynasty!"

Princess Changping said: "Father, what exactly do you want to say?"

Li Cunming held Princess Changping's hand and said solemnly: "Because Wang Yi and Chen Yuanyuan are too important to be lost, I want to entrust you with the important task of exchanging hostages!"

"What, my son is going to do this? Father, won't you come forward?" Princess Changping was surprised.

"I have other things to do, so I can't come to the scene in person. Exchanging hostages is actually doing business. In Cao Huachun's words, no matter who I do business with in the Ming Dynasty, I must not suffer losses! You have to have some backup, do you understand?"

"My son understands!"

Li Cunming warned: "Remember, your most important task is to ensure the safety of Wang Yi and Chen Yuanyuan, and bring them back with their tails back. Gong Yonggu and Hei Mudan will help you, and the three of you will do your best." Bar."

Princess Changping came out of the big tent of the Chinese army, deeply aware of the heavy responsibility, and she was sleepless at all. She was busy until early morning.

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In the afternoon of the next day, at the first quarter of the unitary hour, the Ming and Qing parties arrived at the agreed place on time.

This place is the confluence of Qihe River and Shahe River, between Qihe County and Changqing County.The Ming army occupied Changqing, while Qihe County was in the hands of the Qing army. After many discussions, the two sides agreed that exchanging hostages here was the most appropriate and fair place.

The [-] cavalry of the Ming army lined up on the south bank, and the [-] cavalry of the Qing army lined up on the north bank. The two armies faced each other across the river.

Under the setting sun, the flags fluttering in the wind were dyed red by the rays of light, and they made a hunting sound.The atmosphere was very tense. There were more than 2 people looking at each other across the river, but there was no sound at all.

There is a wooden bridge on the river, which was jointly built by the Ming and Qing armies a few days ago.The hostages on both sides passed the bridge on their own, and no troops were allowed to escort them, and no boats were allowed in the river to meet them.

After the two sides waited in full force, Zhang Ruxiu led the three doctors across the wooden bridge, came to the front of the Ming army, cupped his hands and said: "Your Highness, I have withdrawn the troops in Jinan City towards King Pingnan. These are the relevant documents. There is a seal letter from the prefect of Jinan, and it will be handed over to your court, please check it."

Princess Changping nodded slightly, and Gong Yonggu took the document and stamped it to read, and said, "Very good!"

Zhang Ruxiu said: "Please send your military doctor to cross the river to check the physical condition of the hostages."

Gong Yonggu waved his hand, and a Jin Yiwei took two doctors and went to the other side of the river.

Not long after, the doctor of the Qing army checked Duduo's body and said that there was nothing abnormal, and then went back to report to Shang Kexi.

The doctor of the Ming army also came back and reported: "His Royal Highness, Chen Yuanyuan is in good health, and Wang Yi has many wounds, but they are all old wounds, and his life is safe."

After this tossing, two quarters of an hour have passed, and at the end of You hour, the sky is gradually darkening.

"It's getting dark, light the torch." Princess Changping ordered, looking at Gong Yonggu, "Commander Gong, do you have any other questions?"

"It's gone, the hostages can be officially exchanged." Gong Yonggu said.

Princess Changping waved, and a soldier raised a red flag and waved it.The Qing army also waved the red flag on the opposite bank, which indicated that the two sides no longer had any objections, and the hostage exchange officially began.

"Duoduo, please!" Princess Changping said.

Duoduo walked towards the bridge, Hei Mudan held a brocade box in his hand, and said with a smile: "Prince Yu, wait a moment. This is a gift from my emperor, please accept it."

Duoduo hesitated, and Hei Mudan opened the brocade box herself, and there were a few pieces of high-quality opium cream in it, which were shiny.

"Forget it, I accept it." Duoduo repeatedly confirmed that there is no danger, took the brocade box and put it in his arms, and thought for a while, "Please tell Chongzhen that he will fall into the hands of the king in the future. I don't have any gifts for the king. He, everyone, goodbye, this king will come back!"

Gong Yonggu snorted coldly: "Accompany me at any time!"

When Duoduo stepped onto the wooden bridge, Chen Yuanyuan and Wang Yi also walked onto the other end of the bridge.The wooden bridge was about 300 meters long, and the hostages walked toward each other, walking very slowly at first.

In the twilight, Princess Changping's buttocks left the horse's back, and she looked up.

Seeing Wang Yi's familiar figure appearing in the field of vision, his body was a little stooped and thin, and Princess Changping burst into tears.

"Why does Wang Yi need Chen Yuanyuan's support when he walks? Hey, he must have suffered a lot!" Princess Changping was extremely worried, and tears rolled down her eyes.

The two hostages met in the middle of the wooden bridge. Duoduo gave Wang Yi and Chen Yuanyuan a vicious look, raised his chin and brushed past them.

Wang Yi and Chen Yuanyuan were too lazy to pay attention to him and continued to move forward.Unexpectedly, Duoduo suddenly made trouble secretly, stretched out his foot and tripped Chen Yuanyuan. Chen Yuanyuan screamed and almost fell into the river. Fortunately, Wang Yi held her arm tightly and stabilized her body.

At the same time, Duduo ran quickly and quickly jumped off the bridge, shouting: "Fire arrows and shoot them to death!"

Several Qing soldiers rode forward, took up bows and arrows and shot.At this time, Wang Yi and Chen Yuanyuan were still a few feet away from the bridgehead, exposed to the range of Qing soldiers' archers, and the situation was critical.

"Shameless!" Princess Changping scolded and shouted, "Wang Yi, jump into the river!"

(End of this chapter)