In the early morning, the sunlight scattered through the branches and shone on the tent. Huang Degong rolled over and his snoring was still there. The soldiers came in hurriedly and shook him vigorously: "Sir, sir, the governor is calling you to come over!"
In Li Yan's tent, Chang Yu was drinking gruel and eating dried radishes. Li Muxian got a bird egg from somewhere and was peeling it for the little Taoist boy: "Eating this will make you grow taller, and only those who grow strong can beat that." Sis..."
Zhou Yuji couldn't help but laugh: "Master Fang, why do you hold such a grudge every day? Lao Huang didn't do anything to you."
Ah, Li Muxian was startled, then quickly shook his hand: "General Zhou misunderstood, Pindao was not talking about General Huang, but a big yellow dog that jumped out of nowhere yesterday and almost bit him..."
Just as Huang Degong walked in, he was furious when he heard this: "How dare you scold me behind my back, you idiot..." As if he was about to take action, Chang Yu spit out the rice with a pop.
"Hey, Lord Governor is here..." Huang Degong realized what he was here for, and quickly put away his anger and greeted Chang Yu with a playful smile.
"I just know how to fool around..." Chang Yu scolded lightly.
Huang Degong coughed and cleared his throat: "That dog Tatar invaded our country, burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of evil. Even after we negotiated peace, he stumbled from time to time and it's disgusting. I'm just angry. I've done the job anyway. You can punish me as you like." Punish it!”
Chang Yu looked stunned, raised his eyebrows and said: "What are you talking about?" Then he seemed to have thought of something and shouted: "I went to do mischief again last night!"
Only then did Huang Degong realize. The little eunuch didn't know what happened last night, so he didn't bring it upon himself? This... cough cough cough, looked at Li Yan, but saw that he was just holding back his laughter and burying his head in eating.
"Ahem, I did it too. You can punish me as you wish." Huang Degong suddenly wilted, and Zhou Yuji stretched out: "Could it be that he went there again last night? Ahem, I'm older and I missed it a long time ago. I missed it..."
"Old Zhou, you are just watching the excitement and are not afraid of big troubles. Didn't I say that your dignified commander-in-chief is a strong man, so you are too vain to sleep at night..." Huang Degong caught Zhou Yuji and started to complain.
"We don't know whether Mr. Zhou's soldiers are weak or not, but Lao Huang, have you gone a little too far recently?" Chang Yu snorted coldly: "You are not at fault for attacking the Tatars, but if you violate military discipline, you will have to accept the punishment."
"I accept the punishment, I accept the punishment." Seeing the young eunuch's gloomy expression, Huang Degong didn't dare to mess around anymore, and quickly said: "I accept any punishment!"
"It's not up to you if you don't admit it." Chang Yu snorted: "I guess you were not the only one to make trouble last night, but you were the one who took the lead. This will be all on you. General Li, how do you want to punish him?"
Li Yan then put away his smile and coughed lightly: "It's an extenuating circumstance and it didn't cause serious consequences, but the impact was extremely bad, so I'll fine you fifty taels of silver and ban you from drinking for half a month!"
"Okay, okay," Huang Degong responded quickly, his eyes suddenly widened: "What the hell, I'm fined with drinking for half a month, you kill me!"
"Why, you deny it?" Chang Yu's face darkened, and Huang Degong was dejected: "Yes, yes, it's just that the half-month drinking penalty is too severe."
"Then how about we make a pity for you and exchange one hundred taels of silver for one day's fine of drinking?" Chang Yu raised his brows, Huang Degong was overjoyed, but after calculation, if he paid it off in fifteen days, it would cost him one thousand five hundred taels. Silver, although he was rewarded with a lot of silver by King Heng in Qingzhou, it would be really painful to escape with a thousand taels of silver at once.
"Hey, I'll thank you Lord Governor then." Huang Degong sighed: "Be patient for now, and then exchange it for money when you can't help it." Everyone laughed.
"By the way, Lord Governor, is it meritorious to report a crime?" Huang Degong suddenly laughed evilly, and Chang Yu said, "That's natural."
"I will report Tu Yuan, Jia Waixiong and that Lao Jiu under your command, especially Jia Waixiong and Lao Jiu. It is said that they were on duty last night and went out with the general. I will report them. I hope the governor and General Li will deal with them according to the law." !”
"General Bing Huang, I just said that accomplices will not be punished. The account will be charged to you. Don't think about good things." Li Yan smiled slightly, but Chang Yu was angry: "This happened. If you leave your post without permission while on duty, If a thief comes to assassinate me, my life will be in danger. No, this matter must be investigated strictly. However, the three of them are under the direct jurisdiction of Dongchang, and they should be dealt with by Dongchang. If Mr. Huang reports that he has meritorious service, you will be exempted from the half-day fine of drinking wine!"
Ah, half a day! Huang Degong was speechless: "Isn't this a shabby person?" Everyone laughed again.
Come on, Huang Degong knew that he couldn't be Chang Yu's opponent with such tricks. He shrugged and found a seat and sat down. The soldiers had already served him a meal: "It seems that the governor called me, Old Huang, here early in the morning because he had other things to do." .
"It's not too late for you to eat first." Chang Yu raised his hand to signal to the soldiers to give him another bowl of rice.
Zhou Yuji touched Huang Degong and whispered: "Old Huang, wine is a good thing, but don't drink too much, otherwise it will affect this." He pointed to his head.
"What do you mean, my brain is not strong enough?" Huang Degong curled his lips.
"Tu Yuan and Jia Waixiong are both direct descendants of the Dongchang. They are responsible for the governor's peripheral security these days. Do you think he is so brave that he dares to leave his post without permission and go fool around with you?"
"Uh...what do you mean?" Huang Degong didn't react for a moment. Zhou Yuji shook his head with a bitter smile and pointed at Chang Yu vaguely with the tip of his chopsticks. Only then did Huang Degong realize.
Dongchang has always maintained strict military discipline and its generals are extremely loyal to Chang Yu. In the past few days, Jia Waixiong of the Black Wolf Battalion, Lao Jiu and the Black Panther Battalion, is responsible for Chang Yu's peripheral security. Without his instructions, how could he leave his post without permission, especially I already hammered it yesterday and it is impossible to do it a second time.
The little eunuch is indeed treacherous. He must have ordered Tu Yuan and others to instigate him last night. They could not only make the Tatars uneasy but also take the opportunity to beat him, killing two birds with one stone.
Damn it, I'm convinced! Huang Degong rolled his eyes and sighed, holding his rice bowl and pulling hard. He felt that people like the young eunuch and Li Yan were too complicated. They never said anything directly or in a roundabout way. It was really tiring to live with all kinds of calculations every day.
"The Tatars broke out of camp early in the morning, but unexpectedly did not release the hostages but left behind a large amount of baggage and even a few livestock. What do you think?" After the gag, Chang Yu knocked on the table to highlight the important points. According to the past behavior of the Qing army, more than a thousand people would be released in the uninhabited ruins of Wuqing County, but they did not.
Zhou Yuji frowned slightly: "It's less than three hundred miles from the capital, and it's nearly two hundred miles from the capital to Miyun. At this time, the Tatars don't have many hostages on hand. The closer they are to the pass, the more cautious they are, for fear of what we might do, so Take your own dignity hostage."
"We obviously need to speed up the abandonment of a large amount of baggage. After all, the ten-day limit is coming," Li Muxian said softly. Chang Yu hummed and looked at Li Yan again: "Do you have anything to add?"
Li Yan looked outside the tent with solemn eyes: "Just show your sword in the capital. If nothing else, the Tatars will do it in the capital if they want to play tricks!"
Chang Yu nodded: "Even so, our family will take the first step."
"The final general is willing to go with the Lord Governor." Huang Degong stood up and Chang Yu shook his head slightly: "How can the main force in the rear be without you in charge? We can't move forward first and we can't set up the formation, it's very boring."
"Since it's so boring, I won't go there anyway," Huang Degong chuckled.
Chang Yu bowed his hands to several people and said, "Here are some of you who can help me." They all returned the courtesy quickly: "I will live up to the governor's trust in my duties."
At three strokes in the sun, Chang Yu led his personal guards and led three battalions of men and horses under his command to break out of camp and go ahead. Along with them were Li Muxian's master and his disciples.
At the same time, the Qing army was heading north along the canal, which was the same as the route it came from. The reason why it did not deviate from the route and go straight to the northwest direction of the capital was because the army could not run out of water when marching. Secondly, heading straight to the capital would cause the Ming army behind to attack. sensitive.
Chang Yu's three battalions plus personal guards were less than a thousand men. They took dry food and water bags and took a shortcut straight to the west of Beijing City and hurried off!
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