"It is only right to serve as a soldier and eat food."
The man puffed up his chest, looked at him with a strange look and said, "With the emperor gone, it's impossible for our Guan Ning Army to defect to Li Zicheng, right?"
"Between regicide and slavery, do we still have a choice?"
"This-" Li Jizu was choked instantly.
He turned around and asked for help from You Shiwei.
You Shiwei smiled and said casually: "Untie this brother!"
"May I have your name?"
"Hu Xinshui!"
The young general was stunned for a moment, then blurted out.
"You are held hostage by Wu Sangui and have to obey his orders and serve as slaves."
You Shiwei said loudly: "We will not pursue the past matters, but you must listen carefully. Guan Ningjun was cultivated by the imperial court with great efforts. Now that he meets us, he will return to the Ming Dynasty."
"Da Ming? Didn't the Ming Dynasty perish? The late emperor is already dead."
Hu was stunned.
"There is a court in Nanjing again."
You Shiwei couldn't help but explain: "We belong to King Yu and are also members of the Ming Dynasty."
"Soldiers can eat food. Those who are slaves can eat it, and those from the imperial court can also eat it."
Hu Xinshui nodded, tilted his head, hesitated for a while, and then hesitantly said: "Does the Nanjing court have food and salary?"
"I don't know if there is one in Nanjing!"
Hearing this, Li Jizu quickly interjected: "His Royal Highness, King Yu, you have plenty of food."
"You know, three meals a day, solid food, and meat every now and then. Do you understand this kind of happiness?"
As soon as these words came out, more than a hundred Guan Ning soldiers were shocked and moved.
Hu Xinshui was full of disbelief and said suspiciously: "Could the general be lying to me? How can there be such a good army in the world?"
"Why did I lie to you?"
Li Jizu was anxious and hurriedly patted his chest and said: "King Yu is different from others. He keeps his word and has countless money and grain in his bag. He will never treat you badly."
You Shiwei knew that going too far was not enough. Seeing that they didn't believe it, he couldn't help but shake his head and said: "In this way, you can enter the army first. If what we say is false, you can just run away."
"Are you really not lying?"
Hu Xinshui asked carefully.
"certainly!"
You Shiwei nodded and said confidently: "But you must also obey military orders. If you violate it, you will be killed without mercy."
"As it should be!"
Hu Xinshui nodded and agreed.
Immediately, a group of one hundred people collected their weapons and moved with the army.
"You are not the only ones in Ruzhou Prefecture!"
Seeing that Hu Xinshui was a good talker, bold and careful, You Shiwei couldn't help but get interested.
"There are thousands of people!"
Hu Xinshui betrayed him without hesitation: "That Prince Yu of the Manchu Qing Dynasty stayed in Luoyang with his Eight Banners. Han Chinese like us went out to collect grain."
The Qing Dynasty was short of food.
Guan Ning's army has not yet completely returned home.
You Shiwei knew it in his heart and was quite happy to gain such military intelligence.
Suppressing his joy, he continued to ask: "Wasn't the intruder defeated? Why did he stop in Luoyang and not leave?"
"I don't know either!" Hu Xinshui shook his head and said: "As a general manager, how could the Jurchen tell me this."
"However, those Han Eighth Banners in the army are clamoring privately, as if they are waiting for something to come, and Tongguan will be like paper."
What can break Tongguan?
You Shiwei was shocked, and then he thought of the thrilling attack by King Yu on Dingbei Bao, which scared Chen Yongfu to death.
Could it be the red cannon?
I thought about it in my mind, and the more I thought about it, the more likely it was.
You Shiwei hurriedly called Li Jizu and whispered in his ear. The latter nodded constantly, and the more he thought about it, the more he understood.
"Hurry up your horse and inform His Highness behind me that I will capture the city of Ruzhou and clear out the grain scraping team."
You Shiwei ordered calmly, and Li Jizu nodded repeatedly and hurriedly ran back.
"Your horses are good."
Hu Xinshui looked at the Qin army's cavalry and sighed: "Our Guan Ning cavalry are carefully selected on the grassland, but I didn't expect that we are only slightly better than you."
"We are Hexi horses." You Shiwei said slightly proudly: "Hexi healthy horses are no worse than your Liaodong horses, but the roads are blocked and the good horses can't get there."
While chatting all the way, You Shiwei wanted to know more about the military situation in Luoyang, and Hu Xinshui also revealed everything.
It's a pity that the position of the small boss is too low after all.
Here, Zhu Yixi also waited for Li Jizu's report and felt reassured.
"It turns out that Duduo is not only short of food, but is actually waiting for the red cannon."
King Yu said with emotion.
"Your Highness, Duduo has been searching for food and grass these days, but now he is not necessarily short of food."
Chen Yongfu also said excitedly: "However, when we are approaching Ruzhou, Jiannu will definitely take action and will never sit idly by."
"There is no shortage of food. What if the artillery arrives now?"
Zhu Yixi shook his head and said: "Now that our troops have entered Ruzhou Prefecture and attacked the food search team, they must have learned the news."
As he said this, King Yu's expression changed and he hurriedly said:
"Let the whole army speed up and we must capture Ruzhou. I will make his food road longer."
"Yes!" Chen Yongfu agreed.
Thanks to the pioneers, Guandao was able to leave, and the tens of thousands of people in the rear army moved faster and faster.
By the time they arrived in Ruzhou, it was already the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, and You Shiwei came out of the city to greet him.
King Yu was furious. He glanced at the rough-faced You Shiwei and couldn't help but admire him: "You Tongzhi is indeed a veteran, well-informed and experienced."
"Your Highness is so complimentary!" You Shiwei was overjoyed in his heart, but his face was fake and he hurriedly waved his hands and said: "This is all a blessing to Your Highness."
That's what he said, but his beaming look still made Zhu Yixi laugh.
He likes people with such emotions written on their faces. Military generals who have too deep thoughts are scary.
Of course, it is possible that they are acting, but being able to act is also a self-protection strategy for others, proving that they have no second thoughts and can see through without telling the truth.
"Your Highness, the last general of the more than 2,000 Guan Ning troops who were searching for food and grass in Ruzhou Prefecture has defeated all the prisoners."
"Guan Ningjun?" Zhu Yixi frowned and said, "Is Wu Sangui also near Luoyang?"
You Shiwei glanced at Li Jizu, and then said: "Wu Sangui is not in Luoyang, but some soldiers and horses were assigned to Duduo's banner, and he doesn't know who he is."
"The Manchu and Qing Dynasties are checking and balancing!"
Zhu Yixi understood that the 50,000 Guan Ning troops were almost half of the Eight Banners. Even Dorgon was quite afraid of them.
"I can tolerate intruders and Western thieves, not to mention those Guan Ning soldiers."
Zhu Yixi waved her hand and said: "It is not their original intention to surrender and become slaves. Surrender those who can, but they must be closely supervised, just in case."
"Yes!" You Shiwei nodded.
"The longer we wait, the more food Jiannu will have, and the more likely it is that his logistics will arrive."
Zhu Yixi looked at the nervous and excited faces of the generals and couldn't help but said in a deep voice: "What I want is for the cavalry battalion to go to various places to attack their food search teams, to scare off the enemy, and let Duduo come to Ruzhou City for a decisive battle."
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