The team of men and horses stopped a few miles outside the camp. A horse flew by and dismounted in front of Chang Yu's formation: "My lord, the Governor, has had a hard journey. General Liu held a banquet in the camp to wash away the dust of the Lord Governor. I have been ordered to welcome the Lord Governor respectfully." "Your Excellency, enter the camp" and then said: "The governor's subordinates can camp on the spot, and the food, grass and meals will be delivered later."
Chang Yu secretly laughed at Liu Zeqing's guilty conscience. When Emperor Chongzhen summoned him to the capital, King Qin refused to leave. Shi Ke ordered him to support Baoding Prefecture. He had been grinding for a month and only marched 200 miles. Now he simply stopped moving forward. Suddenly, he heard that Dongchang was there. Why aren't you afraid when the people come, not to mention the admiral of Dongchang is here in person.
Just like Zu Dashou, who was implicated in the Yuan Chonghuan incident, he hid in the military camp all year round for fear of being caught by the Jinyi Guards. Liu Zeqing knew that he had done many evil things. Although the court was currently employing people, it would not do anything to him, but Be careful in sailing the ship of ten thousand years, don't dare to be careless.
So when I heard that Chang Yu was coming, I sent a team of troops ahead to pretend to be 20 miles away, but it was actually to detect the wind. Later I was shocked when I learned that Chang Yu had killed several people with a knife at the edge of the village, and immediately ordered all the troops to restrain themselves. The governor led an army of three to four hundred, including a heavy armored cavalry. He was horrified. When he approached the camp, he led a large army to meet him. He hid in the army and did not let his confidants go to contact him. He made it clear that Chang Yu's men were not allowed to enter the camp. .
How could Chang Yu not know this little trick of his? He happily accepted to leave Li Tiezhu, Hu Ling, and Fan Jiaqian to lead the Second Battalion to rest outside Liu Zeqing's camp. He rushed to the military camp with only a dozen personal guards.
Seeing Chang Yu's dozen men coming lightly, Liu Zeqing stepped out from the army and shouted with a smile on his face: "Mr. Factory Supervisor, please forgive me for the inconvenience of being injured due to my humble position and the inconvenience of meeting from afar!"
Chang Yu looked at the fifty-year-old man in front of him and felt a chill. He suppressed his nausea and smiled lightly: "General Liu, you are so polite. Is your foot injury not healed yet?"
"It takes a hundred days to break your muscles and bones. I still have some time to bear the crime of humble duty. It's just a small punishment for humble duty. If the military situation is missed and Mr. Shi's affairs are delayed, it will be very bad!" Liu Zeqing said with a look on his face! With a bitter look, he welcomed Chang Yu and rode into the military camp. He was secretly surprised that this little eunuch was so young. Are his rumors true?
Obviously he has also heard some stories about Chang Yu. Now that he has met the real person, he always feels that the rumors are too false. How can a kid who is not as good as a weak crown make such a big splash?
The old fox is so shameless, Chang Yu cursed in his heart, with a gentle breeze on his face: "Since Mr. Liu is worried about the military situation, why is he so slow to move forward? It takes only one month to travel 200 miles. If you wait at this speed until you reach Baoding By the time they arrived in the city, the bandits had all reached the capital."
Did he rush to the subject so quickly to plead guilty? Liu Zeqing sneered in his heart that the young man couldn't keep his temper when doing things. The previous killings near the village were just to show off his power, but now he was going to fall out before he even entered the camp? The official authority of Dongchang is so great, but you can do nothing to me if you enter the camp alone. I don’t believe you dare to kill people, let alone what the emperor dares to do to me at this juncture. It’s not just bluffing and trying to appease me.
Having made up his mind, Liu Zeqing didn't panic and pretended to be miserable: "The factory governor doesn't know something, and it's the second that General Mo has trouble walking. After receiving the military order a month ago, General Mo immediately mobilized his troops and prepared to go north, but the preparation of food and grass The matter cannot be accomplished in one day. In addition, the army is in arrears of pay, and the morale of the army is unstable. They all complain that they can't do it without pay. The general has no choice. He finally prepared some food and fodder and talked about sending the army north. Unexpectedly, just after this, he was Stopped by thieves..."
It was the same old thing again. Chang Yu sneered in his heart and responded: "That's so, but I heard that the imperial court has already allocated salary and food, and I can pay it only when your troops arrive at Baoding Prefecture."
"That's what I said, but the factory governor also saw it. The bandit army was blocking the way. The general thought it would not be that easy to get through." Liu Zeqing smiled slightly and led Chang Yu to take the account.
As expected, a banquet was laid out in the tent, and the dishes were extraordinary, with a good mix of meat and vegetables. Liu Zeqing invited Chang Yu and others to the table, and asked several of his subordinates to accompany them, saying: "The factory director has been traveling all the way, let's talk while eating." .
Since the people kept greeting them with smiles, Chang Yu didn't take it too seriously and greeted them to sit down. He didn't stop Liu Zeqing and others from taking turns to toast, and drank them all one by one. Seeing that he was a little drunk, he gave a hint to Wuzhong next to him.
Wuzhong couldn't hold himself back for a long time. He was addicted to alcohol and his recent abstinence from alcohol was like a fire. At this time, he and Tu Yuan both stood up and responded to Liu Zeqing's group.
During the dinner, they stopped talking about official business and just had a good time drinking. Liu Zeqing was a little surprised that the young eunuch suddenly lost his composure. He became more curious and asked Chang Yu to verify the rumors one by one.
Taiyuan killed thieves, singled out the generals of the chief thieves, went deep behind enemy lines to assassinate Li Laiheng, led a lone army out of the city to fight a group of thieves, etc. The rumors were all true, and Chang Yu agreed to them all. Liu Zeqing and others were shocked. Could this young eunuch really be as brave as Zhao Zilong?
"The generals under my command are all enemies of ten thousand people. They kill thieves like nothing. A few days ago, they even killed the Tatars outside the pass. They threw away their helmets and armor and pissed themselves... The intruders seemed to be powerful at this time, but in fact they were vulnerable." Chang Yu seemed to have Being drunk, he stood up, pointed at Tu Yuan and the others and said proudly to Liu Zeqing: "There are so many generals under my command, it will only be a matter of time for the intruders to be defeated and die!"
Tu Yuan, Wuzhong, and even Chen Wangting were all the kind of big guys with big shoulders, round waists, and burly bodies who looked brave at first sight. Liu Zeqing believed what Chang Yu said, but he suddenly felt something was wrong. Wait, Guanwai, when will they Went outside the customs?
A month ago, Chang Yu and Shi Kefa left the capital at the same time. He led his troops out to supervise the army, lured the enemy, ambushed the enemy, and routed the enemy. He quickly defeated the enemy in less than twenty days and then returned to the capital to go south. The speed was so fast that even Shi Kefa could not expect it. , not to mention Liu Zeqing and others who are thousands of miles away.
"Have you ever been outside the customs, Mr. Factory Supervisor?" The next general under Liu Zeqing's command took the lead in asking everyone's doubts.
Chang Yu snorted coldly and glanced at it: "Have you heard about it a month ago when the Tatars gathered their army and went south to prepare to enter the pass?"
have! Liu Zeqing had indeed heard the news. Just as the rebel army was sweeping across Henan and heading north, news came from Beijing that the Qing army was gathering troops to move south. It was for this reason that he lingered on. Sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, preserve your strength and wait for the price!
But he really didn't know about Chang Yu going north to supervise the army, so he was a little surprised when he heard this, thinking that since this man went and came back, was it already trapped there or...?
"We followed the Lord Governor to the north and came out of seclusion. We joined forces with Wu Sangui in Ningyuan to fight against the Qing dogs. We fought several fierce battles and killed countless enemies. Dorgon threw away his helmet and armor and ran away with his head in his arms..." Tu Yuan got up from drinking and slapped the case, spitting. Liu Zeqing and the others were dumbfounded when they talked about the feats outside the customs.
In just over twenty days, hundreds of thousands of troops were defeated, and Dorgon fled in embarrassment... This was a bit exaggerated. Liu Zeqing and others did not quite believe it. Over the years, the Ming army had faced off against the Qing army. They were defeated one after another, and the disastrous defeat of Songjin two years ago is even more vivid in my mind, as if it was yesterday. Who the hell did you say this to me now?
"Is this serious?" Liu Zeqing naturally couldn't directly say that you were bragging. He carefully considered his words, but his expression said that you were bragging.
Wuzhong snorted coldly: "We have no chance of killing the enemy outside the pass. The remaining 10,000 heads of the owl were sent to the capital a few days ago. The emperor and the people of the capital witnessed it with their own eyes, and ordered to build the capital with Tatar heads at Gubeikou. Is this still true? It’s fake!”
ah! Liu Zeqing and the others took a breath of air and looked at each other in shock.
"The Tatars claim to be invincible with their armored cavalry, but... hehe." Tu Yuan saw the expressions on everyone's faces, and his face became even more arrogant: "During the last battle, we and the Lord Governor defeated the Tatars' tens of thousands of cavalry with only 500 armored cavalry. I was rushed to pieces... That battle is still unforgettable, it was so exciting!"
Five hundred versus tens of thousands? Liu Zeqing and the others breathed another sigh of relief. They were all veterans on the battlefield. They knew that heavy armored cavalry crushed ordinary cavalry, and even more so against infantry. But you are exaggerating to say that five hundred against tens of thousands.
But Liu Zeqing soon realized that this was no longer an exaggeration, it was Chi Guoguo's warning, or a threat!
He had already heard the implicit message: Don't think that you are hiding in the military camp and protected by tens of thousands of people, so there is nothing you can do. My four hundred cavalry outside the camp will come in as soon as they say. Liu Zeqing felt a chill in his heart when he thought of this. He turned his head and looked at Chang Yu. The little eunuch looked at him with a smile but not a smile.
