After hearing that Huang Zhisheng said that he had used Dongchang's Mongolian sweat medicine to knock down Shang Zhixin, Li Tianzhi was still recovering. Shang Kele suddenly became nervous. He looked at Huang Zhisheng and said, "Huang, what did you say? What do you want to do?"
Huang Zhisheng looked back at Shang Keke, who was a little angry, and said with a smile: "Vice Dutong Shang, I bought this Mongolian sweat medicine from Dongchang at a high price in Guangzhou... just to use it to save Master Shi and his family. Let’s take our own lives!”
"How to save?" Shang Kele asked.
Li Tianzhi sighed, took the question and said: "Seventh Master, you don't know something. The emperor has named the new Pingnan King...not the Crown Prince, but the Fifth Master!"
"What? The fifth master became the king of Pingnan? Then the prince..." Shang Kele already understood.
There is only one King Pingnan!
Shang Zhi has pawned it, but Shang Zhixin has not pawned it!
And why didn't the emperor let Shang Zhixin take it? Of course it's because Shang Zhixin is guilty and needs to be punished!
"We are the slaves of Prince Pingnan's Palace, not the Crown Prince's servants..." Li Tianzhi sighed, "Now that the master of Prince Pingnan's Palace is the Fifth Master, of course I can only go to Beijing to plead guilty to the emperor. Even if my father-in-law doesn’t want to go himself, we should send him there.”
Upon hearing this, Shang Kele had nothing to say.
What Li Tianzhi said is right!
When you are a slave, you must find out who your master is? The masters of Shang Kele and Li Tianzhi are from Prince Pingnan's Palace, not An Dagong's Palace.
So whoever is King Pingnan is the master!
And if the old King Pingnan is gone and the new King Pingnan has not yet succeeded, then the prince will be the master.
Now Xinping Nanwang already has one, and he is Shang Zhixin's brother, so Shang Zhixin doesn't even have a son, and there is only one Duke.
"What about the new club?" Shang Kele didn't know what to think. His head was almost gone, and he was still thinking about the new club.
Huang Zhisheng said seriously: "Xinhui has my father's son to lead the people to guard it. With the loyalty of the people of Xinhui, they will stick to it to the end."
Shang Zhixin also inherited Shang Kexi's "stallion attributes". He is still young but already has ten sons. The eldest son Shang Chongmi is already in his early twenties this year and can lead the people of Xinhui to defend the city for me.
Shang Kele nodded, "That's what I said...Okay, without further ado, let's leave now!"
If I don’t leave now, I’m afraid I won’t be able to leave!
"Okay!" Huang Zhisheng also said, "Let's leave right away... before the Yamen Waterway is closed, we have to leave by boat quickly."
Li Tianzhi didn't wait for Shang Kele's reply, so he called a few soldiers who listened to him, immediately carried Shang Zhixin, "packed" it with a rope and put it into a sedan that had been prepared long ago. Before dawn, Li Tianzhi quietly They carried Shang Zhixin out of Xinhui City...
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"General, Prince, Grand Master, the younger one's surname is Huang. He is a member of the family of Mr. Huang, the Jinshi Gong of Xinhui. Following the orders of Shang Dutong, Li Changshi and Mr. Huang, he risked his life and came out with a letter asking for help... ..."
On October 18, the 11th year of Kangxi reign of the Qing Dynasty, a Xinhui boy aged 16 or 17 was picked up by the Pingnan Prince's flag soldiers who were patrolling at the junction of Qingyuan and Panyu counties and had moved to Qingyuan County. General Jingkou of Ningnan was in his camp.
This young man looks dark, stocky and stocky, with a loyal and honest look on his face, and he can speak a bit of Mandarin.
"In the hall in the picture, Xiao Wang has already been tested. This boy can speak Xinhui dialect and can explain clearly the situation in Xinhui County. He also knows a lot about the Huang family in Xinhui. His identity should be unmistakable."
This young man from Xinhui was personally brought to the general's residence by Pingnan Wang Shang Zhidian. Before that, he had already personally interrogated him - mainly asking about the situation of his eldest brother Shang Zhidian!
When he learned that Shang Zhixin spent all day drinking and waiting to die, he felt relieved and brought the young man named Huang to see Tuhai.
"Has Xinhui County been besieged by the rebels?" Tu Hai stroked his beard and looked at the young man with burning eyes - he was the chief bachelor and an old fox in officialdom! When I was in Beijing, I dealt with the most shady boy in the world all day long. It was impossible for a country kid from Xinhui to deceive his old man!
"General," the young man replied truthfully with a pair of particularly innocent big eyes, "When I left Xinhui, Xinhui County had not yet been surrounded, but the rebel fleet had already appeared on the Xijiang River... ..There are so many rebel warships that they can line up for dozens of miles on the water of the Xijiang River!"
Tuhai nodded. Based on his experience in dealing with shady young men, this boy was definitely not telling lies!
Moreover, the details sent by the general's troops also reported the news that Zhu Heji led the army to send troops by water.
"So what's the situation with the new guild? Are you ready to defend the city?"
"Reporting back to the general, the people of Xinhui, under the leadership of Shang Dadutong and Huang, Mo, and Li, have been preparing for war for several months... The city has at least enough rice stored for three years. , no need to eat people this time!"
Tu Hai nodded repeatedly and said in his heart: "Sure enough, one learns from every experience!"
Wang Shangzhidian of Pingnan next to him said: "In the middle hall, Xinhui City is small but strong, and faces water on two sides, but not on the two sides of the river. Two more trenches were dug outside the city, and a sheep and horse wall was built. A wooden fence was erected... Although the rebels had many red cannons, the trenches had to be filled in one by one, which took a lot of time. Xiao Wang thought that Xinhui City could be defended for at least a month .”
Tuhai asked again: "Can you run?"
"Can't run away," Shang Zhidian shook his head, "The entire Kaiping County has been captured by the rebels, and most of the villages in Gaoming County have surrendered... Besides, where can he run?"
In fact, there were not many regular Ming troops in Kaiping and Gaoming counties in Zhaoqing Prefecture. The main defense force was the "Returning Coolie Regiment". Although equipped with "military-grade sugar weapons," it does not have much field capability. Shang Zhixin must run, and he will definitely reach the high point of Zhaoqing Fucheng.
But the question is...can Shang Zhixin survive after reaching Gaoyao? How can it be! Since running out would mean death, why waste all the effort?
Tu Hai thought for a while and asked again: "Can you surrender?"
Shang Zhidian said: "My father-in-law is also surnamed Shang!"
How could someone named Shang surrender?
Even if Zhu Heji is willing to spare him, the Chaozhou people, Guangfu people and Guangpiao people below cannot agree!
"Can't run, can't surrender...then we have to defend!" Tu Hai said, waving his hands to take the young man away.
After the young man left, he turned and looked at Sun Sike, who was sitting in the lobby without speaking. "Chen Chen, what do you think?"
Sun Sike is in his forties, with a curly beard and shining eyes. He looks like a ruthless man, but in fact he is also a capable master. If you don't count the figures in Wu Sangui's camp, he is probably the most capable of fighting among the "Second Generation Banner" and "Third Generation Banner" who are still alive.
Since he followed Hong Chengchou in his expedition to Sichuan and Yunnan-Guizhou, he has been leading troops to fight. After conquering the Southern Ming Dynasty, he went to the northwest to fight the Mongols. Just before he was transferred to Guangdong to fight against Prince Zhu and his son, he was still fighting against the Erut Mongols!
But firstly, this guy doesn't know how to flatter people, and he is very stingy with his superiors. Secondly, he doesn't know how to be a good person, and his speech is very unpleasant. He doesn't give face to anyone because of his "slave" status. Therefore, his official fortune is particularly poor. Even though he is leading a rather large deputy general now, the generals of the Qing Dynasty were temporarily dispatched and not officially established. His official official position is still a second-grade commander-in-chief...
"General," Sun Sike said calmly, "the battlefield is not an officialdom after all! The certainty of winning this battle is not high. If it is a draw, there is a 60-70% chance of returning without success. If Letting a humble position make decisions is definitely not an option.
But you are a general, and I am just a deputy general. As long as you give the general's order, I will work hard to fight. "
This is not a pleasant thing to say! What is the battlefield after all, not officialdom? This is a mockery of Tuhai, a Shangguan who only knows how to be an official but not how to fight!
However, Tu Hai was very brave and didn't care about these words, so he smiled and said: "That's enough... I'll leave everything to you, Nanchen! I'll be sitting in Qingyuan, waiting for your success!"
