Chapter 34: Fire burns the gentle countryside
"It's burned. This is not the Qinhuai River, and there are no business women who sing the mediocre sounds. This gentle place is not the home of the Eight Banners men."
Dodo turned around and looked at the town that connects north and south, quietly instructing his subordinates.
Tunji nodded and surrounded the town with his wolves and tigers. Then, a raging fire lit up in the town, and the people who were still in the town ran out of the town in panic.
"Kill! No one left!" Berennikan, who led people to surround the way, issued an order to his subordinates while drawing a bow and arrow.
The arrow instantly shot the people who wanted to escape and turned over.
Heart-wrenching crying mixed with insults, the people were forced back by arrows pressing step by step.
The fire reflected the sky red and the smoke rolled.
Duoduo rode on the horse and stared at him expressionlessly. Although there was no Ming army stationed here, he seemed to have lost a battle and was so hurt.
In the fire, he seemed to see the old juren's sarcastic smile.
Soon, Tun Ji ran over with a gray face.
"Prince, it's clean!"
"Let's go, Liu Liangzuo sent someone to say that Hangzhou is well-defended and ready to fight a bad war."
After saying that, the army set off, Duoduo rode his horse and walked in the central army, Nikan guarded him and headed towards Hangzhou.
Not long after he left, the cavalry of the former army came to report that the Ming army's special envoy had arrived. Duoduo knew that it was the Lu King who should have replied, so he ordered someone to take the messenger to the central army to see him.
Soon, an old horse appeared staggeringly in Duoduo's sight.
Gao Qiqin, who was riding on the horse, was sweating nervously. He had already seen that the man riding on the horse in front was Prince Yu Duoduo.
"I am hereby order from the command of the Ming Dynasty's governor, Prince Lu, to send a letter to Prince Yu of the Qing Dynasty." Gao Qi snatched off his horse and bowed his hands.
"Rareless! Why don't you worship me when I see my Prince of the Qing Dynasty?" Nikan shouted angrily when he saw the person in front of him talking.
At this time, Gao Qiqian saw the town with black smoke in the distance, his heart trembled, and his face pale answered: "I will only worship the king of the Ming Dynasty, not the king of the enemy."
Nikan was about to have an attack, but Duoduo stopped him and hooked his fingers at Gao Qi.
Gao Qiqian hurriedly presented the letter box.
Duoduo did not avoid others, and opened the letter and unfolded the paper. His face changed drastically. The content in the letter was very simple, with only one poem: The king's army settled in the north on the Central Plains, and the family sacrifice was never forgotten to tell his husband.
Nikan, who was on the back, stretched his neck and glanced at the content, and said to himself: "Is this poem used like this?"
Duoduo's face turned pale and then blue, then smiled angrily, and couldn't help but say to Gao Qiqian: "Are you wise people all just showing off your verbal advantage?"
Although I don’t know what was written in the letter, Gao Qiqian could see that Duoduo was so angry that he was very angry.
"The prince is joking, but others don't know, but it's definitely not good." Gao Qi smiled.
"Go back and tell your master that I will use his head on his neck to pay tribute to my father. Get out!" Duoduo said in a cold tone.
Gao Qiqian was overjoyed, so he hurriedly bowed and said he was about to turn over the horse, but with a "swoosh", an arrow stabbed into his calf.
Gao Qiqian, caught off guard, fell from his horse and screamed in horror.
The Qing army set off again, Nikanche passed by, spitting at Gaoqi on the ground, and grinned, "Is that poem used like this?"
After saying that, he rode straight ahead.
The pain of the arrows lying on the ground was piercing through his calves.
Looking at the dust that kept floating in the sky, Gao Qiqian wiped the sweat from his face, struggled to sit up, jumped in front of the horse with one leg, and tried his best to climb onto the back of the horse and drive the horse away.
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In Hangzhou City, Liu Liangzuo did not attack the city. He had already seen that Hangzhou City was prepared for it. If the Ant Support attacked the city, it would have suffered heavy losses.
His troops were forwards and did not carry too many artillery, so he could only wait for the main force to arrive.
At that time, you only need to follow the example of the Battle of Yangzhou and use the red cannon to blast the city gate open with a light blast.
Under the gate of Fengshan in the city, the Governor's Yamen Mubin Qi Biaojia was directing Minzhuang to use bricks, stones and mud to block the city gate.
After reporting to Zhu Changqing that the Qian Sule army was on the way, Qi Biaojia was ordered by the king to strengthen and seal all the city gates except Water Gate.
At this time, other city gates were being constructed at the same time.
"Sir, this must be reinforced and strong enough to withstand the Tartars' cannons." Today, the small flag official Niu San was guarding the city gate. He stood beside Qi Biaojia and whispered.
Qi Biaojia shook his head, he didn't know, but naturally the thicker the better.
After failing to talk, Niu San smiled, turned around and walked away, and his face suddenly changed when he turned his head, and his gloomy eyes glanced at Min Zhuang who was working.
If the city gate is blocked, there is no need for them to guard the city soldiers.
At this moment, a large group of people drove from afar, and there seemed to be hundreds of people, and they instantly surrounded the city gate.
The first person was Lu Ruoteng, the left governor of Zhejiang.
"I've seen Lu Fantai!" Qi Biaojia hurriedly stepped forward to salute.
"Brother Qi, you're welcome." Lu Ruoteng was thin and not tall, and looked a little weak.
Seeing that the formation was a bit big, Qi Biaojia didn't know what happened, so she stood there quietly and watched.
The construction people and the strong men also cast curious eyes.
"Everyone, you have nothing to do, keep working!" Lu Ruoteng walked towards the small flag official Niu San, while shouting at the people and the soldiers with a smile.
Seeing that the high official in front of him seemed to be walking towards him, Niu San couldn't help but jump up.
He looked at his subordinates left and right, and then slowly moved closer to Niu San.
"Are you Niu San, the small flag officer of the Chengcao Army?"
"Meet the Lord!"
Lu Ruoteng looked at the strong man kneeling on the ground and pondered for a while.
"Do you know what I am asking for?"
"I don't know."
Niu San shook his head and looked at Lu Ruoteng with an innocent look on his face.
"The state has a life of order to disarm the Cheng Caojun and take care of him. Let me tell you the truth, your affairs have been posted!"
Seeing that Niu San was still pretending, Lu Ruoteng shook his head and sighed. He had thoroughly investigated the Cheng Cao army, and he would not know if he didn't check it, and he was shocked when he checked it.
Through the method of offering a large reward and reporting to each other, Lu Ruoteng easily found several small banner officials who were bribed by the Tartars, but these people all told that they had never put the Tartars in the city gate under their jurisdiction. What they did was to hand over the daily records of entering and leaving the city gate to the online.
So, only the Chengcao Army, who was responsible for the Fengshan Gate, was left.
Lu Ruoteng did not rush to take him down, but summoned Baihu to question him first. The Baihu explained that there was nothing unusual on weekdays, but Niu San, the small banner official, often asked several other small banner officials to change shifts.
In an instant, Lu Ruoteng locked on Niu San.
Chapter completed!