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Chapter 686 Ask the county magistrate, am I, Hong Chengchou, worth the price?
"Master Hong, why did you rashly start a war against Jiannu? It is not easy for you to hold onto Jinzhou now. The odds of such a war are slim! And what you do will also affect our business in Liaodong..."

When Li Deqian entered the tent, he complained to Hong Chengchou. Hong Chengchou's eyes flashed coldly when he heard this, and he said, "How did you know that I was going to fight Jiannu? Senior general, you..."

Hearing this, Li Deqian said calmly: "Lord Hong, don't ask questions knowingly. As long as the news we want to know in Lantian is released, some people will tell us that you have no secrets for us in Lantian."

Hong Chengchou smiled wryly: "I didn't expect that my Hongmou's barracks would be infiltrated into a sieve by your Lantian one day. Well, to tell you the truth, I really want to start a war with Jiannu, and it has reached the point where I can't do without a war, Your Majesty." Five imperial edicts have been issued to force me to go to war with Jiannu. If I don’t go to war, I’m afraid that my position as governor of Jiliao will be handed over to someone else in the near future. sacrifice."

After hearing this, Li Deqian looked at Hong Chengchou and said, "Has it reached this point?"

Hong Chengchou said: "Promise, the imperial decree is on the table, and it is clearly written on it. If I don't organize a counterattack against Jiannu, then my position as governor of Jiliao will be given to Wu Sangui. He is a man who knows how to fight, and he will not rush forward, but if he does not advance rashly, His Majesty will not be satisfied, and he will be forced to fight Jiannu at that time. If he does not obey, he will definitely be replaced until he is replaced by a fool. , Your Majesty will be satisfied only with ministers who are willing to fight Jiannu decisively."

"And people like this either don't know how to fight, or they have bad intentions. How can I feel at ease when they lead soldiers? These soldiers and horses stationed in Jinzhou are my old brothers. They followed me through life and death. The wounded are not here A few, they are not afraid of death, what they are afraid of is that death is not worth it. Now that the current situation has reached the point where I am the commander, I may not be able to help them a lot. It has some value."

Hong Chengchou said, hearing what he said, Li Deqian looked at Hong Chengchou and said, "Your Excellency, has the will to die?"

Hong Chengchou smiled wryly and said: "During the 200 years of the Ming dynasty, when someone died for the country, Brother Lu and Brother Sun have already walked ahead of me. Why should I live in the world?"

After hearing this, Li Deqian saw that Hong Chengchou's expression didn't look like he was joking, so he sighed and said, "Master Hong, actually..."

"Actually, you want to say that Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting are not dead, right?"

Hong Chengchou looked at Li Deqian, Li Deqian looked at Hong Chengchou in a daze and said, "How do you know? You have spies in Lantian?"

Hong Chengchou shook his head and said: "No, in terms of espionage, the strongest spy in the world should be your secret agent in Lantian. I know this. Even His Majesty's Jin Yiwei and that old dog Cao Zhengchun are in your Lantian. Any useful information, let alone me, a rough guy in the army, even if I want to know, I can't do it."

"Then how do you know that the two of them are in our Lantian?"

Hong Chengchou heard the words and said: "I don't know them, but I know your county lords. Your county lords are the most indescribable people I have ever seen in my life. They are treacherous like Cao Cao, benevolent like Liu Bei, and have a heart like the Qin Emperor and Han Wu. Not weaker than Tang Zong and Song Zu, even the arrogance of that generation, I am afraid that in the eyes of your county lord, he is just a reckless man who bends his bow and shoots eagles. It can be said that your county lord is not No. 1 in the past and present, but he is similar. "

Li Deqian was very happy with Hong Chengchou's words, this man surnamed Hong really knows a lot, if he dares to say that the county is not a word, he will not give Hong Chengchou a good face today.

Hong Chengchou glanced at Li Deqian, saw that the expression on his face softened a little, and said: "Actually, the most admirable thing about your county magistrate is his love of talents. Duke Zhou vomited and nourished the world, so he recognized him There are people around Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting, and of course me, and you will not watch us die!"

Hong Chengchou glanced at Li Deqian, and Li Deqian stopped talking. He knew his role as a caring person, and he never wanted to hide himself. After all, he dared to use his real name to associate with Hong Chengchou, so he never thought about it. Conceal Hong Chengchou.

Who doesn't know that Lantian's relatives are highly valued, and the people who are currently valued by Lantian's relatives are nothing more than the Chaozi generation and the Dezi generation. There are still many Chaozi generations, and the reason is very simple. The German-character generations are basically cultivated by Lantian College, and the utilization rate is higher.

And his name is Li Deqian, obviously he is the second generation relative of Lantian!

Li Deqian stopped talking, looked at Hong Chengchou and said, "What does Master Hong want to say?"

After hearing this, Hong Chengchou said with a smile: "I don't want to do anything, in fact, I want to make a deal with your county honor seat!"

"Trade?"

Li Deqian looked at Hong Chengchou and frowned slightly, Hong Chengchou said with a smile: "That's right, exchange Hong's next loyalty for Lantian's support!"

Li Deqian looked at Hong Chengchou and said, "What kind of support?"

Hong Chengchou said: "I don't want anything else, I just want [-] grenades, as long as you give me the grenades, after this battle, I will be loyal to your family's county honor and never repeat it, how about it!"

After hearing this, Li Deqian looked at Hong Chengchou and said, "Five thousand grenades, the price is not low!"

Hong Chengchou said with a smile: "Five thousand grenades, buy an important official of the Ming Dynasty with both civil and military skills. The price is fair. If you don't believe me, go back and ask your county lord. If you are willing, Hong will give the county lord the hundred or so catties!"

Li Deqian looked at Hong Chengchou and said, "You can count on what you say? If these five thousand grenades are given to you, are you really willing to serve my county lord?"

Hong Chengchou said: "Hong is a shameless person. He learned literary and martial arts well and sold his goods to the emperor's house. I didn't get a good price at Zhu's house, so when I came to your county lord, I hope your county lord will give me a good one first." Price!"

Li Deqian looked at Hong Chengchou and said, "Forget it, since you said so, I won't refute you. I have accepted this deal. When are you going to ask for these grenades?"

Hong Chengchou said, "The sooner the better."

Li Deqian said: "In three days, five thousand grenades will be delivered."

Hong Chengchou cupped his hands and said, "Thank you!"

Three days later, the [-] grenades were delivered to Hong Chengchou's command. When Hong Chengchou saw the [-] grenades, a smile appeared on his face and said, "Thank you very much. Please go back and tell the county magistrate to thank him."

After Hong Chengchou said this, Li Deqian always felt that there was something in the old guy's words, as if something bad was going to happen, but he didn't ask explicitly.

Two days later, Hong Chengchou dispatched troops impressively, and Ma Ke from Shanhaiguan took the lead in attacking the Qing army from Xingshan. After the Qin army was attacked, Huang Taiji immediately sent Zhenghong Banner Daishan to fight head-on. Marco.

The obese Huang Taiji looked at Dorgon who was looking at the military map and asked, "What do you think the Ming army is doing?"

At this time, Dorgon was much more stable than a few years ago, and since Guihua City lost to Li Chaohu last time, Huang Taiji deprived him of his Zhengbai Banner of several Niulu troops, and he was also called to his side by Huang Taiji , has become an existence similar to a military division, which seems to be reused, but in fact it is Huang Taiji who is guarding against Dorgon.

Huang Taiji's health is getting worse and worse. Obesity has brought many sequelae, such as blood coming out of the nose when talking, which is obviously not a sign of longevity.

And now the two most capable people in Manchu Qing Dynasty should be Dorgon and his son Hauge, but Hauge is rude and less intelligent. Although he is good at fighting, his political ability is far behind Dorgon, so Huang Taiji I really want to kill Dorgon, but the situation in Manqing is not optimistic.

Although Daming is a soft persimmon, and they were very happy in Bangzi Country, but Mongolia was beaten on the ground by Li Chaohu from Lantian. Lantian's army is too strong, it is their nemesis. Everyone in Lantian is equipped with flintlock guns. That kind of gun reloads quickly, has a long range, and is highly accurate. The cavalry charges they used to rely on for survival were stepped on the ground by Lan Tian and rubbed against them. Often before they rushed to Lan Tian's position, they were shot by Lan Tian's muskets. He was beaten to death halfway.

Even if Jianzhou Erlang is brave and not afraid of death, he will still feel shudder when he sees Lantian harvesting his life like harvesting wheat!
Fear is also inevitable, so it can be said that Jianzhou is currently in Liaodong, and it has its own advantages in Bangzi Island. The only one in Mongolia does not have it, and the disadvantages are great, so even if Huang Taiji does not like Dorgon in every possible way But they still can't kill Dorgon. At this time, they may not be able to defeat Lantian when they unite. If they kill Dorgon, one of the few smart people in the court, I am afraid that the Manchu dynasty will come to an end.

Therefore, for the long-term existence of this regime, Huang Taiji was unwilling and helpless, and could not kill Dorgon. He could only hope that Dorgon would still be loyal enough to him.

In fact, Dorgon is not stupid, he also knows that he is a thorn in Huang Taiji's side, but there is no way, Huang Taiji is the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and he is just a prince, he is still not good enough in front of Huang Taiji, so he can only hide his strength and bide his time.

"Your Majesty, I think this is Hong Chengchou's trick to attack the west! His ultimate move is not in Xingshan, but in other places."

At this moment, a messenger came to report: "In the rear of the army, soldiers and horses of Wu Sangui, the commander of Ningyuan, are attacking the flanks."

The corner of Huang Taiji's mouth twitched when he heard the words, "Fourteenth brother really has no plans."

Dorgon heard the words: "No, this is not Hong Chengchou's main force, brother Huang doesn't need to send too many people there."

Hearing the words, Huang Taiji directly dispatched Xianglan Banner Amin to resist Wu Sangui's charge.

At this time Dorgon said: "Your Majesty, now that we have sent two banners, Hong Chengchou will definitely feel that our camp is empty, and I am afraid he will come to attack the camp."

Huang Taiji heard the words and said: "What is there to be afraid of, I will fight him personally."

But after saying this, Huang Taiji's nose started to bleed, and the maid at the side immediately covered Huang Taiji's nose with a handkerchief skillfully and shouted: "Please call the big shaman, Your Majesty has another nosebleed."

Dorgon looked at Huang Taiji with his head down and still looked submissive. Huang Taiji covered his nose, looked at Dorgon with cold eyes, and all the murderous intent in his eyes subsided for a moment and said: "It seems that I can't go, Fourteenth Brother Go for me."

"Yes."

Dorgon obviously felt the murderous look in Huang Taiji's eyes, but he didn't say anything, just nodded obediently, turned around and took the two banner soldiers of Zhengbai and Xiangbai to meet the enemy, and soon met Hong Chengchou who was about to attack, After a great battle between the two sides, Hong Chengchou was defeated and retreated to Songshan.

Li Deqian watched the whole battle, but he didn't notice that Hong Chengchou used grenades. Where did the five thousand grenades go?

Li Deqian didn't know what Hong Chengchou was selling. Anyway, in this wave of decisive battle, Hong Chengchou's side suffered more than [-] casualties, which can be called a big defeat, and news soon spread to the capital.

Chongzhen was furious when he saw the battle report sent, and roared to replace Hong Chengchou, but none of the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty agreed. The reason is simple. The situation in Liaodong is now in dire straits. Let Hong Chengchou stand alone.

So Chongzhen said that he wanted to replace Hong Chengchou, but no one was willing, and in the end he had to let it go, but the finances had already collapsed. If you don't solve Liaodong, the court will have no money to suppress the rebellion. The political envoy sends three distress letters a day, what do you ask Chongzhen to do?

In the end, it was Zhou Yanru who came forward and said that, the Ministry of Households will find a way to squeeze out some money, and your Majesty, you should also take some money out of your internal funds. Let's gather all the generals and gather in Jinzhou to join forces with Hong Chengchou to defeat Jiannu. That's the only way. Only then can the problem be solved. If it is delayed for a long time, it will be a waste of money. Please think twice.

Hearing this, Chongzhen had no choice but to grit his teeth and agreed, and took out 30 taels of silver from the internal funds, and the imperial court made up enough 30 taels of silver, and issued it to the Ministry of War, so that the Ministry of War immediately fell to the north. Heavy troops from all walks of life support Hong Chengchou and win this battle!
So half a month later, in order to save the dangerous situation in Liaodong, the military department of the Ming court issued an order to recruit Yang Guozhu, the general soldier of Xuanfu, Wang Pu, the general soldier of Datong, Tang Tong, the general soldier of Miyun, Bai Guangen, the general soldier of Jizhou, and Cao Bianjiao, the general soldier of Yutian. Wang Yanchen, the commander-in-chief of the Tunwei, plus Ma Ke, the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan, and Wu Sangui, the commander-in-chief of Ningyuan, led a total of 13 elite troops from the Eighth Route Army, and assembled with the generation of Jinzhou Songshan to prepare for a big battle with the Qing soldiers!

After Huang Taiji heard the news, he immediately dispatched two banners from Shengjing to gather near Songshan. Between Songshan and Xingshan, the Ming army set up camp in the south!

He also sent Jierhalang to lead the ZLQ to attack the outer layer of Jinzhou, cut off the supply line to and from Songshan, and forced Hong Chengchou to fight a decisive battle with him. Seeing this, Hong Chengchou summoned eight general officers to swear in front of the army, and spoke of the decades-long relationship between Daming and Jiannu. The blood feud was avenged today, and he drank blood wine with the eight generals, swore to advance and retreat together, live and die together!

The next day, Hong Chengchou personally led the army to prepare for a decisive battle with Jiannu!

(End of this chapter)