Han ride

Chapter 370 Who Is The Fisherman

Gao Qiqian was indeed hesitant. Although he was a eunuch, he had served as a military supervisor for many years. He still knew a little bit of military knowledge. He knew that this time was indeed not the best time to attack Zunhua, and he also knew Li Xin's soldiers and horses are all cavalry, and the elite infantry has not yet arrived. At this time, it is definitely impossible to attack Zunhua with cavalry, so he can only use infantry, which is the imperial army. The reason is to weaken the power of the imperial court?The doubts in Gao Qiqin's heart suddenly rose.

"Eunuch, do you know the location of Xifengkou?" Fan Wencheng looked at Gao Qiqian's face in his heart, and he was relieved all of a sudden, and said lightly.

"Of course our family knows." Gao Qiqian replied dissatisfied.

"As long as the hundreds of thousands of troops standing in front of him are wiped out, he can lead his imperial guards to the capital city in one fell swoop. What the students don't know is that in the current Beijing city, there is also a second King Qin army." Is it?" Fan Wencheng's words hit Gao Qiqian's heart like a bolt of lightning, and the last trace of doubt in his heart disappeared without a trace. Although the territory is vast, the guards have been deserted in recent years, many military households have fled, and there is no way to organize too many troops. At present, the 20-odd army does not know how long it took to gather. If the 20 troops are really captured Li Xin was wiped out at the entrance of Xifeng, and there really wasn't any King Qin's army in the north of the capital.Even if there is, I am afraid it is not the opponent of Li Xin's army.

"This time, my Dajin invasion appears to be because of us, but in fact, has Eunuch ever thought about the problem?" Seeing this, Fan Wencheng became more confident in his heart.There was a smug look on his face, but it was covered by the black veil, and Gao Qiqian couldn't see it at all. He only heard him say: "No matter how loopholes are in Xifengkou's defense, but Li Xin was in front of it before. There is no other way, this time Li Xin suddenly withdrew the troops cruising on the prairie, and made such a huge loophole, just to let me, Dajin, take the opportunity to attack the Central Plains, and then he led the army to block the army's return journey, and he himself Leading an army of tens of thousands, sitting at the entrance of Xifeng, watching you and my two families fight, when the kill is almost the same, when Beijing City can no longer find King Qin's army, he will take the opportunity to fight out, hehe, what a plan! "

After Gao Qiqian listened, his complexion changed again. He had been persuaded by Fan Wencheng at first, but now Fan Wencheng analyzed it again.This Li Xin is a thief with ambition, I am afraid that he really wants to capture the city of Beijing, but he is only worried about King Qin's army, so he set up this game to trap King Qin's army in one fell swoop.

"No, absolutely cannot let such a thing happen." Gao Qiqian said through gritted teeth.Are you high and latent loyal and patriotic?Obviously not like this, but he didn't want Li Xin to take advantage.

"I don't know how your lord made the decision?" Gao Qiqian looked at Fan Wencheng and said.

"Since Li Xin wants to attack, let him attack and pay back." Fan Wencheng thought for a while and said, "Since Li Xin can capture Xifengkou, why can't the imperial troops take Xifengkou? Li Xin's troops are very Few, if we want to attack Zunhua this time, we will definitely come out in full force. The imperial court has a lot of soldiers and horses, so we can send some soldiers and horses to attack Zunhua. Know what your father-in-law thinks?" Fan Wencheng looked at Gao Qiqian nervously.

Gao Qiqian thought for a while, and finally said with a smile: "Our family has to think about this matter. We will keep your opinion in mind, sir. Please come back, sir!" Gao Qiqian is not a fool, Fan Wencheng is What kind of character, is it really helping me to come up with ideas?After all, it is not a good thing to be a character from Jiannu's side. Maybe there is some trick in it!

"Okay, if that's the case, the student will leave first." Fan Wencheng was disappointed for a while, but he soon recovered, solved a big problem, and found a chance for Daikin, which is already very good. If If you forcibly get some secrets from the high dive, it will cause the opposite consequences.Fan Wencheng also knew the meaning of enough is enough, he hurriedly cupped his hands towards Gao Qiqian, and led three or five entourages, and flew towards Zunhua, because he wanted to tell Huang Taiji about the news he got from Gao Qiqian. He was wary of Dodor's army.It doesn't matter whether Dorgon is rebellious or not. The important thing is that Dorgon has really returned to Shengjing Shenyang. He can't even imagine what's in it.

Let's talk about Gao Qiqian waiting for Fan Wencheng to leave, after greedily looking at the several large boxes of money in front of him, he asked people to collect the money, and couldn't wait to come to the Zhongjun.Among the Chinese army, Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng were discussing the military situation, when they saw Gao Qiqian coming, they didn't dare to neglect, so they hurriedly welcomed him in.

"Father-in-law, we are going to jointly attack Zunhua tomorrow with the Marquis of Zhengbei. I don't know if the father-in-law has orders." Hong Chengchou is extremely smooth, unlike Lu Xiangsheng, who is not used to eunuchs.When Wei Zhongxian was in power, other ministers were terrified, but this Hong Chengchou had no timidity, a smile on his face, and all kinds of small moves behind his back, but Wei Zhongxian still treated him calmly.

"To unite with Li Xin, I'm afraid we want Li Xin to invade Beijing!" Gao Qiqian listened.He sneered and said, "Let our soldiers and horses attack Zunhua, isn't that just using our soldiers as cannon fodder?"

"No way!" Lu Xiangsheng asked slightly suspiciously.

"No, General Lu, have you been to Xifengkou before? Have you ever seen how many infantry there are at Xifengkou?" Gao Qiqian said with a sneer: "General Lu, you have led the army for many years and know a little common sense. Do we need cavalry or infantry to capture the city? Li Xin is all over the world, relying on those cavalry? Can the cavalry capture the city? Isn’t it the imperial court’s infantry that we rely on in the end? Our infantry is an elite division , was consumed in Zunhua like this, how can we resist other rebels in the future? If Li Xin’s cavalry takes the opportunity to capture Beijing, what will we use to resist it?”

"This? Li Xin will really attack the city of Beijing? No way!" Hong Chengchou also said in disbelief: "No matter how you say it, Li Xin is also the Marquis of Zhengbei of the imperial court. If he captures Beijing, won't he be cursed by the world?" ?”

"What's wrong? Li Xin is a wolf with ambition, when can't he do it?" Gao Qiqian sneered and said, "Both of you are sensible people, do you really think that Xifengkou was breached by Jiannu? Now that Li Xin occupies Xifengkou, everyone, don’t you know where Xifengkou is? But it will take a few days to go down to Beijing. What can we use to resist Li Xin's cavalry? By that time, the three of us will all be criminals of the imperial court!"

"You mean that Li Xin gave up Xifengkou on purpose to Jiannu, and then he took back Xifengkou from Jiannu himself, and then took advantage of the situation to occupy Xifengkou. Could it be possible that the imperial court can take it back from him? Lost At Xifengkou, we have lost a major dangerous pass. Li Xin will be able to occupy an important geographical position."

"Then what does the father-in-law mean?" Hong Chengchou's complexion changed, and he asked involuntarily.

"When we seize Xifengkou, we must at least recapture Xifengkou." Gao Qiqian rolled his eyes and said, "Even if we want to eliminate Jiannu, we must destroy Jiannu ourselves. Now Jiannu has been defeated." Trapped in Zunhua City, don't we just have a chance to trap Jiannu to death?"

"Eunuch, are we trapped to build slaves? Eunuch, don't think about it." After hearing this, Hong Chengchou shook his head and said, "Eunuch, do you know how many days we have left for food and grass?"

"How many days?" Gao Qiqian said hesitantly: "Zunhua is very close to Beijing City, and the transportation of grain and grass is also very convenient. At least the grain and grass can be managed for several months!"

"Ten days. It's only ten days." Lu Xiangsheng shook his head and said: "The army is short of food and grass, that's for sure, so we don't have much time, so we can only cooperate with Li Xin to destroy the Jiannu first and seize the food and grass in their army , so we can do other things.”

"Only ten days' food and grass?" Gao Qiqian jumped up suddenly, but what he didn't expect was that there was only ten days' food and grass.

"Although there is a lot of food and grass in Beijing, there are also a lot of people, so I can't help so many people eating!" Hong Chengchou sighed: "Eunuch, there is a shortage of food and grass in the army. If there is enough, I don't want to be trapped to death like this." Slave. So we can only do this, cooperate with Li Xin, and attack Zunhua together."

"What if we deal with Li Xin with Jian Nu?" Gao Qiqian said quickly.

"How to deal with Li Xin?" After hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng and Gao Qiqian looked at each other, and then said in surprise: "Li Xin is now sitting at Xifengkou, should our army and Jiannu unite to attack Xifengkou? No? If that's the case, the lower officials think it's better to attack Zunhua?"

"Of course there is no need to attack Xifengkou, our family is not that stupid." Gao Qiqian said with a smile: "If you can invite Li Xin to come to the camp as a guest, what do you think?"

"Hongmen Banquet?" The two were even more shocked, the meaning in Gao Qiqian's words was exactly that, that is to lead Li Xin to the camp and kill him in one fell swoop.

"Of course not. In this way, we will not be able to easily eliminate Li Xin in the end. Li Xin already has a bloodline. If you kill him, the grassland will still be in chaos." Gao Qiqian shook his head, and then said Fan Wencheng's idea Once again, he proudly said: "In this way, we can not only destroy Li Xin, but also take back Xifengkou, and finally trap Jiannu to death, killing three birds with one stone. How about it? You two. What do you think?"

"This matter, this matter?" Lu Xiangsheng suddenly hesitated.Glancing at Hong Chengchou, the two of them could see a trace of surprise in each other's eyes. This high-rise plan is not simple, but there is a hint of insidiousness and cunning in it.Isn't it something ordinary people can think of?When did the eunuch Gao Qiqian come up with such a plan.

"How about it, two, our family's plan is okay!" Gao Qiqian didn't seem to see the surprise in the eyes of the two, but took a sip of the fragrant tea lightly, and smiled triumphantly.

"Since that's the case, why does my father-in-law want to invite the other party to discuss military affairs? Just follow this strategy." Lu Xiangsheng still didn't understand.

"Li Xin is a treacherous person. If we cooperate with him quietly, what would he think? We can only invite him first. Of course, he won't come if we think about it. So we can only go three of us." In order to deal with Li Xin, Gao Qiqian put in a lot of effort, and even prepared to come to the door himself.

"What if?" Hong Chengchou rolled his eyes, and he didn't want to go.

"Our family sits in the Central Army, and the two adults are court officials. Even if Li Xin has the courage, he would not dare to offend the two." Gao Qiqian rolled his eyes and interrupted Hong Chengchou's words. Even if he planned well, Even if he guessed that Li Xin would not do anything to him, it's better to be careful about this kind of thing, so Gao Qiqian didn't hesitate to keep him.

"Although this is feasible, I'm afraid that the court will pursue it in the future. Hey!" Hong Chengchou thought for a while, and then said: "We have made great contributions to the court, but the court doesn't necessarily think so! Li Xin is here. There are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and there are also many soldiers and horses outside the Great Wall. We trapped Li Xin inside, these people may do something, and if the trouble continues, the emperor will definitely blame us." Hong Chengchou thought He was very thoughtful, so what if he and others killed Li Xin here, he was forgotten, he still had a lot of people under his command, and if they really broke out, Chongzhen might ask him to be a substitute for the dead.

"Death is like a lamp going out. Even if Li Xin has thousands of troops under his command, as long as the nine border passes are closed, Li Xin's soldiers and horses will still be able to attack the Central Plains. After a long time, these troops will be the same as the previous tribes. Everyone fights each other for power, and my Ming Dynasty's northern border will be much calmer." Gao Qiqian said nonchalantly: "How about it, two people, is this business going to be done?" Gao Qiqian looked at the two of them looking forward and backward. The look, suddenly a little impatient.

"Forget it! Let's play it by ear!" Hong Chengchou finally thought about it, and sighed, "If it's really possible to make a profit out of the fire, then that's good, but if it doesn't work, hey!" To be honest, Hong Chengchou found that he suddenly didn't have much confidence .

"Since this is the case, most of the troops on the three sides of Governor Hong are cavalry. They can take advantage of the time when Li Xin's troops are attacking Zunhua, and surprise Xifengkou. I will lead the Tianxiong army to attack Zunhua." Lu Xiangsheng thought for a while and said.In his heart, he thought that such a strategy was too risky.It's just that things have reached this point, and it's impossible to change.Can only reluctantly agree.

Fan Wencheng who returned to Zunhua City did not dare to hide anything. After telling Huang Taiji what he had heard, he stopped talking immediately because he found that this matter was beyond his consideration.

"Dorgon? Duoduo?" Huang Taiji above said softly, then looked at Fan Wencheng, and said, "You said this news was released by Li Xin on purpose, or is there really such a thing?"

"Your Majesty thinks that Li Xin released such news on purpose?" Fan Wencheng's open-mouthed boss obviously never thought that Li Xin's plan was so deep.He actually counted Fan Wencheng in it.

"Not necessarily." Huang Taiji shook his head and said: "Duo Duo certainly has an opinion on me, but if he said that he took refuge in Li Xin and cooperated with Li Xin, I am afraid that he will not reach this point. As for Dorgon, it is more I won’t try to take my position. If I die, that’s another matter. Now that I’m not dead, how can Dorgon succeed? Dorgon is not a fool, let alone do such a thing. Something that makes Li Xin proud."

"But why did Li Xin do this?" Fan Wencheng still couldn't figure out the meaning.

"To deal with Hong Chengchou and the others." Huang Taiji laughed and said, "This is Li Xin who wants to punish them and teach them a lesson. How can an army that likes to betray its own be able to convince the friendly army?"

"Then what should we do?" Fan Wencheng asked quickly.

"Of course we have to cooperate with Li Xin." Huang Taiji said proudly: "Li Xin is our biggest enemy. Although Hong Chengchou has many soldiers and horses, it is a pity that they are all exhausted. We have fought all the way to the Central Plains. Hong Chengchou also Don’t dare to attack us lightly. We attack Li Xin this time to let everyone in the world know that Li Xin is on our side and is preparing to take over the Ming Dynasty. If we want to create a fact, if we can destroy Hong Chengchou Soldiers and horses, that is the best. It is a pity that Li Xin will not be so easily hooked."

"This matter was figured out by Li Xin, so he will not easily put all his troops on it." Huang Taiji was extremely proud, he obviously thought that Li Xin would not be easily hooked.

Fan Wencheng nodded, but he really didn't believe that Li Xin could do such a thing. Although he was very wise, he really didn't know what Li Xin's next move would be like what Huang Taiji had guessed. like that.

"If you don't believe me, sir, you can read on." Huang Taiji seemed to see the suspicion in Fan Wencheng's heart, and said with a smile: "Whether it is Hong Chengchou or you, sir, you have all underestimated Li Xin. Such a territory, how could it be a simple person. Perhaps, your plan has long been seen through by Li Xin."

"My minister is guilty." After hearing this, Fan Wencheng's expression froze, but he did not dare to object.It's just that what's on his mind, even Huang Taiji doesn't know.Huang Taiji saw it and shook his head.He could sense the thoughts in Fan Wencheng's mind.

At Xifengkou, Li Xin also received news from Hong Chengchou.Shaking his head, he said, "What do you want to do? Hongmen Banquet, or something else?"

"My lord, let them come to our side. Let's see if they have the guts." Jutu snorted coldly.

"That's a good idea." After hearing this, Shi Yuanzhi glanced at Jutu, and said, "It's rare for General Jutu to come up with such a plan."

(End of this chapter)