Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 405
Chen Qiyu turned the screen and entered the second hall, took a few steps forward and sat down on the main seat, followed by Han Guan and Li Lu.

"Li Lu, come here! I have something to ask you!"

After confirming that the voices of Chen Qizhi and He Qian could not be heard in the lobby, Chen Qiyu ordered in a deep voice.

Feeling bewildered, Li Lu hurried forward and clapped his hands, "I don't know what orders the scholar has!"

"I ask you, are you, Li Lu, still an official of the court? Do your soldiers still obey the orders of the court?"

With a straight back, Chen Qiyu looked straight into Li Lu's eyes with piercing eyes, and asked in a stern tone.

Hearing this, Li Lu hurriedly bowed and clasped his fists and replied, "Returning to the bachelor, I have always been an official of the Ming Dynasty, and my soldiers have always been soldiers of the imperial court! I have never had any second thoughts about the imperial court!"

Although he didn't know why Chen Qiyu asked these words, Li Lu had a vague feeling that something was going to happen.

"Okay! I am waiting for your words! Although I have not been here for a long time, I still watch your actions and still have awe of the imperial court. This is rare outside the customs! Now the Eastern Barbarians are overwhelming the situation, and the situation is at stake. ! I am responsible for the emperor's order to oversee the army, and I will never allow any disobedience to the general's order!"

While talking, Chen Qiyu observed Li Lu's expression and actions. Seeing that Li Lu was still respectful, he immediately said, "Li Lu, how long have you been a guerrilla?"

"Bachelor, humble, it has been more than five years since Mr. Qian was promoted to the post of Guerrilla at the end of the fifth year of Chongzhen!"

Li Lu replied respectfully.

"Well, I'm going to go to the imperial court to promote you to the post of general! But before that, you have to do one thing to prove your loyalty to the imperial court! Are you willing to listen to my order? ?!"

Chen Qiyu leaned forward and lowered his voice, staring at Li Lu with sharp eyes.

Li Lu was overjoyed at first when he heard the words, and then he immediately realized something, and the expression on his face became extremely struggling.

He had roughly guessed what Chen Qiyu wanted him to do.

Vote certificate.

The nomination certificate for being promoted to general.

Seeing this, Chen Qiyu smiled slightly, leaned back slowly on the back of the chair, and did not continue to urge Li Lu.

Judging from He Qian's tone and behavior towards Li Lu in the lobby just now, the relationship between the two is not a life-and-death relationship. Although they both came from Liaoxi generals, when it comes to vital interests, he believes that Li Lu will Make the right choice.

He had ordered in advance to ask He Qian and Li Lu to select 50 people from each of their subordinates, and then use the [-]-man squad to attack the Qing army at night. From Li Lu's behavior of obeying orders, it can be seen that this person is still serious to the court. loyal.

But He Qian turned a deaf ear to his orders and perfunctorily acted, showing that he had no reverence for the imperial court. Keeping such a person would be a waste of state money, and in the face of this great enemy, this person must be eliminated.

At this moment, Li Lu's heart was also extremely entangled.

He has worked with He Qiang for many years, although it is not a good friendship, but after all, several of his colleagues belong to the generals of Liaoxi. That means completely breaking away from the Liaoxi generals, and can only rely on the court from then on.

But at the same time, Li Lu has always been dissatisfied with his current official rank.

Because he is not a direct descendant of the Zu and Wu families, even though he has done a lot of meritorious service in the battle, he only got the position of a mere guerrilla general when he was in his 30s. Thanks to the thick relationship, he was promoted to the position of general officer smoothly.

"Scholar, I would like to follow the imperial court's orders, and follow the orders of the bachelor!"

Li Lu, who was struggling fiercely in his heart, finally made a choice. He knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists above his head, bowed his head and saluted Chen Qiyu.

"Okay! I have never misunderstood you. This is a person who understands righteousness and understands current affairs! Li Lu, I order you to immediately lead people to kill all He Feng's subordinates outside the mansion! All surrounded the barracks and screened the soldiers in the camp. Anyone who was close to him on a daily basis would be killed on the spot! The rest confiscated the weapons and armor and were grounded in the camp! That's it, you go and recruit He Qiang into the second hall Come on, Han Guan, this matter is up to you, go!"

Chen Qiyu decisively gave Li Lu an order, then got up immediately, and returned to the back house through the back door of the second hall.

Chen Qiyu didn't take the trivial matter of killing a general at all.

According to his thinking, all Liaoxi generals should be killed.

Daming almost collapsed a few years ago, and one of the culprits was the several million Liao salaries every year.

Exhausting the national power to deal with a small Jianzhou with 200 million people, how many people took the opportunity to act at the expense of the public and private, but caused the court to provoke anger and resentment because of the additional levy.

After the two people in the hall sent Chen Qiyu away respectfully, Li Lu gritted his teeth and turned to the front, while Han Guan took out the flintlock pistol and began to load the ammunition.

"General He, there are invitations for the bachelor!"

After arriving at the lobby, Li Lu finished delivering the message, glanced at He Apologetic with complicated and incomprehensible eyes, then strode out of the lobby, crossed the courtyard in front of the lobby, and walked quickly to the gate of the Garrison Office.

At this moment, He Qian didn't know that the time of his death was approaching. After hearing Li Lu's words, he stood up from his chair, snorted coldly at Li Lu, and walked towards the second hall.

Just now, the promotion of the reward mentioned by Chen Qiyu is still circling in He Qian's mind.

He had already decided in his heart that now that the soldiers of the Eight Banners had arrived, the imperial court still had to rely on them to contribute their strength, so they had to use their rank and gold and silver to buy people's hearts.

While thinking about good things, he casually stepped into the second hall.

However, what he wanted was not there at all, only a few steps away, Han Guan, who was neatly dressed and held a short gun, aimed at him. Before he could react, a loud noise echoed in the not-so-spacious second hall , He Qian's body seemed to be hit by a heavy hammer, and he fell to the ground straight on his back with his eyes wide open.

After about a cup of tea, Chen Qizhi came to Chen Qiyu's study in the backyard, and told his elder brother the news that he knew everything outside.

The dozen or so soldiers brought by He Qian were all killed by Li Lu. Li Lu had already rushed to He Qian's barracks with He Qian's head. A night attack team composed of fifty soldiers would soon be Go out of the city from the west gate, and then go to the Jiannu camp outside Ningyuan City through the mountains and dense forests in the west. They will launch a surprise attack at night when the officers and soldiers in the direction of Ningyuan fight Yu Jiannu.

After Chen Qiyu made up his plan for the night attack, he dispatched Ye Bushou to send his hand letter to Ningyuan City, hoping that Sun Chuanting would send troops to cooperate with his actions at that time, to contain and attract the attention of the Qing army, so that the night attack The team can implement this plan more smoothly.

Sun Chuanting's reply came back soon.

In the letter, Sun Chuanting stated that he would fully support Chen Qiyu's plan, and that he would take the opportunity to send a large army out of the city. After breaking through the blockade of the Qing army, he would send his troops north to support Sun Yingyuan's troops, and force the Qing army in Ningyuan back to the vicinity of the Ming army's heavy camp. Waiting for an opportunity to start an offensive and defensive battle with the Qing army.

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