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Chapter 330 I might as well pretend to be cowardly once

Facing the four kings of the Qing court with one hundred thousand Qing troops, Zhu Yousong played a trick in a situation where the enemy was outnumbered, but this trick was undoubtedly supported by timing.

In order to win the opportunity, Zhu Yousong first set up a camp-in-camp defensive position for Prince Yu and Prince Ying, using defense as an offense, and let the imperial cavalry and the Zhongzhen Camp build up their fortifications in the northern and southern camps. Nedobu archers, and later prepared another [-] troops to wipe out the Tartars who rushed into the wall.

After a mid-night offensive and defensive battle, Zhu Yousong's two ace divisions lived up to their mission and repelled several attacks by the Qing army in a row. The Qing army suffered a big loss. Between them, 5 horses were lost, and the whole line retreated.

The significance of this great victory also lies in the fact that Zhu Yousong's firearms battalion never fired a single shot, which made the Tartars mistakenly think that the ammunition was almost exhausted, paving the way for the next step.

Due to Zhu Yousong's adequate preparations for this battle, the casualties of the Ming army were not large.The fly in the ointment is that Ma Wannian, the deputy commander of the Zhongzhen Battalion, accidentally injured an eye.

Fortunately, the medicine was timely, and Zhu Yousong ordered the best imperial doctor to diagnose and treat him. The arrow has been taken out, and after bandaging and medication, the injury has stabilized, so there is no danger of life.

Zhu Yousong led all the ministers to visit in person, and after appeasing the siblings, he continued with the next step of the plan.

At dawn, Mingying was very busy, cleaning the battlefield, burying the corpses, treating the wounded, taking care of the spoils such as swords, guns and horses, and dealing with post-war affairs.

During the war, the construction within the wall did not stop. The [-] Ming troops continued to dig tunnels. Those who should change shifts, those who should rest, baskets of empty soil were lifted out from under the ground.

When the soldiers of the Ming army learned that they had won another complete victory, they once again raised their thumbs up for the Imperial Camp and the Zhongzhen Camp, and of course they praised their Majesty for strategizing.

The soldiers became more motivated, and now the generals in charge of building the walls have also started construction. They repaired the damaged parts and continued to construct according to Zhu Yousong's drawings.

This time Zhu Yousong did not reward the three armies, but ordered the Military Affairs Department to record all the contributions of the officers and soldiers, and when the battle was completely won, the rewards would be raised again.

The next day, the scouts and Jin Yiwei came to report that the Qing army in Luoyang and Baishagang had made another big move. They were concentrating their artillery fire, and it seemed that they were going to bombard the Ming camp.

The project has only been carried out for less than a third of the time. If the Qing army uses artillery fire to make trouble at this time, it will undoubtedly be a more troublesome matter.

Moreover, Zhu Yousong knew that the artillery fire of the Qing army should not be underestimated. In history, Li Zicheng suffered from the artillery fire of the Qing army, because the Tongguan War lasted for several months, and finally the Qing army brought a batch of cannons in red. Tongguan was broken.

All the generals looked at Zhu Yousong with hesitation on their faces.

"I've prepared for them a long time ago." Zhu Yousong smiled with confidence.

"I don't know how His Majesty will respond?"

"Peace talks." Zhu Yousong said these two words, and the ministers were astonished.

"Peace talk?"

"In order to gain time for our project, I might as well pretend to be cowardly."

But the Qing army has suffered such a big loss, and now it is still outnumbered. Can the Tartars sit down and talk to us?The generals were very puzzled.

Zhu Yousong continued, "Of course, this time I have to spend some capital, and I plan to cross the Yangtze River with them. Let them sign, and we will retreat."

This cost is indeed not small. Now that Ming's army has crossed the Yellow River and ruled the Yangtze River, it means that the Ming army has taken the initiative to retreat thousands of miles. The north of the Yangtze River belongs to the Tartars, and the south of the Yangtze River belongs to Daming.

This price is indeed too high. It has never happened in the 200 years since the Ming Dynasty established itself. The emperor guarded the gate of the country and the king died.

Although it was just a fake peace talk, the generals were not without worries, and the eunuch An Lin, the imperial horse supervisor and admiral, expressed everyone's aspirations with his unique chicken and duck voice.

"Your Majesty, forgive me for being stupid. If the Tartars really want to sign the peace talks, wouldn't His Majesty have to retreat thousands of miles away? If they don't retreat, they will still attack the camp with artillery, and His Majesty will give you a false statement." , what can I do?"

"Hahaha," Zhu Yousong laughed, "I think it's simple. Even the four kings can't make a decision on such a big matter. They must go to the capital to ask Dorgon for instructions. Dorgon is ambitious. I will give it to you later They put some smoke bombs to stimulate their appetite, and the Tartars will definitely refuse, but such a round trip will take at least ten or eight days, so we have won the opportunity and the plan can be achieved."

"High, it's really high. Your Majesty's strategizing and winning thousands of miles is really a blessing to my Ming Dynasty, and my servants admire me." An Lin clapped his palms and praised, and all the ministers were also convinced.

Zhu Yousong quickly drew up two identical documents, dried the ink, and used jade seals.Two courageous people must be sent to the Qing camps in Luoyang and Baishagang to write letters.

After careful consideration, Zhu Yousong decided to send Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Damu's uncle and nephew to go there. These two generals are brave and resourceful, versatile in both civil and military affairs, and more importantly, they are loyal to the Ming Dynasty. Their loyalty and bravery are absolutely trustworthy.

In the imperial tent, Zhu Yousong summoned Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Damu alone. The two generals were honored and deeply felt the great responsibility.

Zhu Yousong was very pleased, gave a royal banquet, and accompanied him in person, in this way to honor the two heroes.

After eating, Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Damu took the documents with them, rode on two fast horses, and led two small officers respectively. They didn't bring weapons, but hidden sharp knives in case of accidents.

After leaving the camp of the Ming army, the uncle and nephew parted ways, one headed north to Luoyang, and the other headed south to Baishagang.

After sending away the two envoys, Zhu Yousong ordered people to speed up the construction, while continuing to release smoke bombs to paralyze the enemy.

Otherwise, the Ming army won consecutive victories, but actively pretended to beg for peace and retreated thousands of miles of territory, the Tartars are not stupid.

Zhu Yousong had to give the Tartars reason to believe that he was also forced to do so!

So they sent out generals to collect food everywhere. In fact, they had enough food and grass to last for at least a month.

Now it is April and May when there is no harvest, and wars have been fought year after year.

Therefore, it is more difficult to collect food, and it cannot be bought with money, and Zhu Yousong expressly prohibits robbery, so these generals can only search around.

The spies of the Qing army were not just a display. After finding out about this situation, they immediately went back and forth to Luoyang and Baishagang to report to the four kings.

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