Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

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But when the army went out, some people were worried about the sneak attack of the Qing army again!There are also rumors that there are spies at the sticky pole of the Qing army in Dengzhou City, and they want to mix the city gate with the inside and outside, which is true...

Chapter 563 Someone is going to sneak attack, we all know it, this is a clever plan!

"His Royal Highness, Zhu Zongrong and Wang Qianhu are asking to see you."

When Princess Kunxing was troubled by the rumors that someone was coming to sneak attack, the voice of the female officer's announcement came from outside her study door.

It was Zhu Shangxian, the commander-in-chief of Dengzhou Town, and Wang Zechen, a thousand-household Wang Zechen from the Jinyiwei Dengzhou Thousand-Household Institute, who came...

"Call them in!"

Princess Kunxing quickly put down a document in hand, and then said that the two visiting people were invited into her study.

Zhu Shangxian and Wang Zechen walked in a hurry, and they knew what happened at a glance!

Princess Kunxing didn't wait for the two to salute according to the rules, and asked first: "Zhu Zongrong, Wang Qianhu, have you heard? There are rumors in the Sihai teahouse that the Qing demon is coming to attack Dengzhou! And... There are also spies at the sticky pole of the demon who want to make trouble!"

Wang Zechen nodded, and said solemnly: "The rumors are true... Qing Yao Prince An Yue Le and Gong Prince Chang Ning indeed led an army of tens of thousands to sneak to Dengzhou, and they are about to attack. The spy at the sticky pole of the Demon Household Office is also preparing to make trouble!

In fact, the subordinates had already discovered that Qingyao Confucianism and the spy at the sticky pole had infiltrated Dengzhou, so they had been sending people to keep an eye on them. "

Zhu Shangxian also nodded and said: "Your Highness, this subordinate and Wang Qianhu are here for this matter... You see, how should we deal with it?"

Princess Kunxing nodded approvingly: "Okay, okay, the two of you are indeed good at handling things... By the way, did you release this rumor on purpose?"

Now Zhu Shangxian and Wang Zechen were speechless, and they shook their heads at the same time.

Zhu Shangxian said: "Reporting to the princess, this subordinate has never let anyone release such news."

Wang Zechen also said: "The subordinates didn't do this either..."

Princess Kunxing was also taken aback: "Who did that?"

Both Zhu Shangxian and Wang Zechen shook their heads.

They don't know either!

Dengzhou is a place full of fish and dragons, and the two of them can't control it at all.The reason why Confucianism and sticky poles of the Qing court were targeted was actually because Huang Zhisheng, the leader of Confucianism, was a spy of Ming Dynasty.So Confucianism's dark hall in Dengzhou was infiltrated by Jin Yiwei from the very beginning!

Since the sticky pole was the yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Confucianism could not enter at all, so their organization in Dengzhou was unknown to Jin Yiwei at first.

However, in order to cause trouble in Dengzhou, Cao Xi took the Shenggong Order given to him by Kangxi to the Dengzhou Confucian Dark Hall and asked them to gather disciples and prepare for trouble.As a result, I exposed myself!

But Zhu Shangxian and Wang Zechen would never spread this news to the Four Seas Teahouse.

Moreover, Tiqi from Jinyiwei Dengzhou Qianhu Institute would not do such a stupid thing on his own initiative...

Princess Kunxing looked at the two people in front of her, was silent for a while thoughtfully, and then asked, "Let's not say who leaked the news. It's about the sneak attack... What are you going to do?"

Zhu Shangxian and Wang Zechen looked at each other again after hearing the words, and then they saw Zhu Shangxian mysteriously take out a black kit, and then took out a small scroll from the kit, and handed it to Princess Kunxing with both hands. .

"Princess... This is the trick that the king of heaven left behind when he left Dengzhou."

"Brilliant plan?" Princess Kunxing was a little bit dumbfounded.

This new Ming Dynasty's military and state affairs are not serious at all, doing these weird things all day long... Could this be the style of Tang Palace?

After a bit of defamation, Princess Kunxing reached out to take the scroll, and spread it out on her desk.

There are not many words in the bag of tricks, Princess Kunxing finished reading it quickly, and then her eyebrows twitched, and she said in a low voice: "We want to establish the name of Tianwang City, but also blackmail other people's money. I also want to coax some people to go to Liaodong to open up wasteland... I also want to lure out all the poisonous snakes in Dengzhou City! Hehe, kill four birds with one stone! My brother is still very fierce!

By the way, he didn't want to ruin his reputation, so he hid in Nanjing and left me in Dengzhou... Does that mean I'm included?No wonder in this world let their father and son get it! "

Zhu Shangxian is Yang Qilong's confidant, and Yang Qilong and Princess Kunxing are in the same party.So he said to Princess Kunxing with a serious face: "Princess... prosperity, wealth, stability and ease are always hard-won!"

Princess Kunxing frowned again, nodded and said: "I understand!"

……

Dengzhou commercial port, Sihai tea house.

This teahouse is probably the most well-informed place in Dengzhou folk news!

At least in the view of Cao Xi, the special agent sent to Dengzhou by the sticky pole of the Qing Dynasty, this teahouse is simply a place for "gathering of gods", and there are always gossip from various sources, and a considerable part of the news will later be published. Proved to be true.

So in the past two years, whenever he has time, he will come to Sihai Teahouse to sit for a while, and then write some gossip he heard in Sihai Teahouse into a secret book, and then send someone to send it to Emperor Kangxi... Potential errands are dealt with.

This Four Seas Tea House is really a good place!

But today, Cao Xi, who was sitting in a corner of Sihai Teahouse as before, felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

Because he heard an important piece of information related to himself for the first time here...and it was quite accurate!

"Have you heard? Yue Le, Prince An of Qing Yao, is leading an army of [-] people to our Dengzhou...a sneak attack!"

"I know, I know, it has been spread for several days... It is said that people have been arranged to come to the city, and there are people from the sticky pole of the Qingyao Internal Affairs Office as the internal response!"

"Is this really the case? Who did you hear from?"

"It's all spreading! It's been spreading like crazy for the past two days... Monk Yishi, you don't want to spend so much time chanting scriptures with the teacher, so you don't hear anything outside the temple, do you?"

"Nonsense, don't talk nonsense, the poor monk never recited scriptures with the little teacher, the poor monk swears to God..."

"Didn't chant scriptures together? What are you doing then?"

"The poor monk is here... By the way, did you say that gossip, when will the Qing Yao come to the city?"

"Just these two days, the army is said to be coming from Huang County... Master Yishi, do you still have room in your Yishi Temple? Can you let my younger brother bring his family to hide for a few days?"

"Do you really want to hide? Is this really the case?"

"I'd rather believe it! During this period of time, the Ming army succeeded in Liaodong and North Korea one after another. Kang Mazi lost red eyes. Maybe he will really attack Dengzhou!"

"That's right... no, the poor monk has to go back to the monastery to prepare!"

The news that the people in the Four Seas Teahouse is spreading is almost exactly the same as what Cao Xi has!

There is no doubt that someone leaked the news!But who is this person?Could it be some secret agent lurking in the sticky pole in Dengzhou City?Could this person have betrayed?But if the person at the sticky pole betrayed, they wouldn't spread the news to the Four Seas Tea House!

Who did this?Could it be...

Thinking of this, Cao Xi's heart was beating violently, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

……

The snow on the side of Dengzhou Prefecture is getting bigger and bigger. In the heavy snow, a "refugee team" is pushing the car, carrying the luggage, holding the "children", and supporting the "old man". Before dusk, he arrived outside the capital city of Dengzhou.

The inner city and water city of Dengzhou Prefecture are well-known fortified cities in the world. Danya Mountain, where Penglai Pavilion is located beside the water city, is also very dangerous—Penglai Pavilion is actually a mountain city!But the outer city of Dengzhou is not very strong. It just looks tall and magnificent, but in fact it is just an ordinary moon-shaped city wall, not a bastion, and there are not many "fragments" outside the city wall wrapped in red bricks. Daocheng moat plus four city gates.Water was placed in the moat, but the temperature in Dengzhou Prefecture has plummeted in the past two days, and it is about to freeze.And the four city gates are not protected by urns, they are simple gates and towers.It looks pretty, but the defense ability is not too strong.

Moreover, in order to absorb more refugees into the city, the four city gates of Dengzhou Outer City are opened early in the morning every day and closed until dark. The bearing from the undeniable "Liberty City"...

Chapter 564 Batulu, be brave, go for a sneak attack!

The sky is getting darker and darker, and the sky has turned into a grayish-black color. Thick clouds are pressing over Dengzhou Prefecture, covering the sun, moon and stars. Flying snowflakes are falling down like goose feathers. It means to stop for a while.

This is a winter day that will freeze to death!

A thick layer of snow has already accumulated on the tower of the Great East Gate in the outer city of Dengzhou.But on the road leading in and out of the city gate, there was no accumulation of snowflakes, instead it was trampled like a muddy pond by the influx of refugees...

Such a heavy snow, such a cold day, and such a bad road, can't stop the people from three counties and one prefecture, including Penglai, Fushan, Ninghai, Rongcheng, and even "Dengzhou of Qing Dynasty" from pouring in. The pace of the outer city of Dengzhou... because the people here in Dengzhou know the cruelty of the demons and the benevolence of the king of heaven!

The "old bean" Zhu Tianwang of Zhu Heqi is obviously a rare benevolent monarch in the world. The land tax in the three counties and one state of Dengzhou is extremely low, which is much lower than that of the six southeastern provinces under Zhu Heqi's rule. It only needs to pay a few catties of wheat for planting a year, which is almost nothing!

In addition, Zhu Tianwang did not send corvees to his subordinates, nor did he say anything about exemption money.It is equivalent to exempting the people of three counties and one state from corvee collectively!

In addition to exempting them from military service, the local officials in the three counties and one prefecture of Dengzhou did not dare to apportion additional taxes...Under the eyes of Zhu Tianwang, who would dare to do this?Moreover, their official salaries are not low, enough to maintain a decent life.

Of course, there are still a lot of large-scale projects in Dengzhou, such as repairing city walls, building houses, paving roads, and building ports.A large number of strong men are needed to do the work, so Zhu Tianwang implemented the "Employment Law" in Dengzhou, paying people to work, and the wages are quite high.

Therefore, the young men from the three counties and one prefecture of Dengzhou would go to the prefectural city of Dengzhou to make money every time they had slack in the fields. After earning money, they could buy back a lot of cheap and good-quality Songjiang cloth, Jingde porcelain, Nanjing iron... In short, since coming Zhu Tianwang, the people of Dengzhou can live a good life in peace and contentment.Compared with the days when Shunzhi and Kangxi were ruled by the two "sage kings" of the Qing Dynasty, it is simply a heaven and an earth!

Moreover, the people in the three counties and one prefecture of Dengzhou now know what the six counties of Dengzhou, which are still under the rule of the Qing Dynasty, look like.Since Kangxi introduced the village virtuous system, the six counties of Dengzhou under the rule of the Qing Dynasty quickly became a paradise for local tyrants.

However, the local tyrants in Dengzhou are more vicious than other local tyrants. They don't think about the long-term at all, they just know how to kill chickens to get eggs, and wish they could beat the bones and suck the marrow of the people below!

However, these Dengzhou tyrants have one thing in common with the small people in Dengzhou. They also yearn for the place "at the foot of the king of heaven" within the outer city of Dengzhou, and they also feel that the Qing Dynasty's way of doing things will definitely end.

So after they scraped the money, except for a share to the Qing court, the rest was basically "transferred" to Dengzhou City to store a bank account or buy bonds.Moreover, these Dengzhou tyrants are still buying houses in Dengzhou City, and many of them have sent their families to Dengzhou... Some tycoons even live in Dengzhou City for a long time, just letting lackeys squeeze the people for them.

Therefore, when the news came that the Qing army was about to attack the Dengzhou capital of the Ming Dynasty, not only the people in the three counties and one prefecture of Dengzhou under the Ming ruled ran to the capital of Dengzhou, but even many people in the six counties of Dengzhou under the Qing ruled. Run to Dengzhou Fucheng——Perhaps in the minds of Dengzhou people, the tall Dengzhou Outer City, the powerful Da Mingbing, and Zhu Tianwang, a rare benevolent king in the world, can give them the greatest sense of security!

And everyone believed that King Zhu Tianwang of benevolence and justice would not ignore the common people!

Although it is not easy to walk to the city of Dengzhou to take refuge in such a cold, windy and snowy day, when these people from all over the city of Dengzhou saw the tall and majestic red city wall of the outer city of Dengzhou, they were all very excited. Carrying big and small bags of luggage, the old and the young walked to the city gate.

Inside the four gates of the outer city of Dengzhou Prefecture, a long row of sheds and fences were erected at this time to keep out the wind and snow.

Inside the shed and the fence, there is a special place to cook steaming hot and fragrant rice porridge... and fish, shrimp and salt are added, it is delicious!

It's not that someone is setting up a stall to do business, but the Dengzhou government has someone make it for free for refugees entering the city.

All the people who enter the city can drink a big bowl for free, first to warm up their bodies!

After drinking, there will be people who will register and issue household registrations to those who do not have household registrations in the state. They will also distribute cotton-padded clothes, quilts, and rations to homeless refugees, and arrange temporary accommodation.

If some people caught wind and cold on the road, the Dengzhou government government would arrange for them to go to the hospital for treatment.

In short, these people who braved the wind and snow to seek refuge with Zhu Tianwang were all moved after entering the gate of Dengzhou Outer City.

Many people just burst into tears and shouted long live!

Cao Yin and Shuo Dai led a thousand New Eight Banners Mongolian soldiers disguised as refugees. At this time, they were also mixed with the bustling crowd and were heading for the Great East Gate of Dengzhou City.

He once helped Emperor Shunzhi catch assassins, and because of this, he became the master of Lazhangjing in the Ba Yala camp. He is also one of the few veteran generals in the Qing army who once fought against Li Dingguo.In this round of "Yuan Ming Qing Zhou" chaos, he also followed Zhuobutai and Yue Le to participate in many battles.Although he is also the master of "Battle in the North", he is still good at experience...accumulated a lot of valuable experience in defeating battles!

Because of successive defeats under Wu Sangui, Wu Yingqi, Zhu Heqi, Zhuge Sanhe and others, looking at the incomparably mighty Batulu Shuodai (Kangxi also gave him a Batulu), now he is a little timid.

He shuddered when he heard someone in the city shouting long live, and leaned close to Cao Yin, lowered his voice, and asked nervously, "Someone shouted long live...could it be Zhu Hechi who came to Dengzhou?"

Zhu and Chi are invincible!

"No way," Cao Yin glanced at the not-so-brave Batulu, and said helplessly, "It should be the Heavenly King Zhu who came forward to appease the refugees...he has been playing tricks of benevolence and righteousness for the past two years, Deceived a lot of people's hearts."

"Third Prince Zhu?" Shuo Dai's expression was still not very good-looking, "He single-handedly blocked Shang Zhixiao's tens of thousands of elite soldiers back then, and even captured Wu Sanwei, the champion of martial arts...It is said that the second master Guan was reincarnated, and his martial arts are unrivaled in the world. !"

Of course "Sai Guan Gong" Zhu Tianwang couldn't beat him either!

"This..." Cao Yin didn't know what to say to this Batulu, and said to himself, "This Batulu doesn't want to run away, does he?"

However, Shuodai is Batulu after all, and he hasn't fallen to the point of "fleeing after mishearing the news".

So he didn't leave right away, but still bit the bullet and walked towards the east gate of Dengzhou University.After walking for a while, when approaching the Great East Gate, I suddenly heard a familiar voice: "Hurry up, don't block the door..."

Shuodai was startled, isn't this the voice of Li Sixing, who is guarding the gate of the Forbidden City?Even the words he said were the same - every time he met him at the Meridian Gate, he used the same words!

Isn't this guy "missing"?So running to Dengzhou to see the gate coming?By the way, his father is Li Dingguo, this is his return!

Li Sixing, who was standing outside the Great East Gate "directing traffic", also saw Shuodai and the others, but he didn't recognize Shuodai, but he was still attracted by Shuodai and a group of Mongolian men, and greeted them with a smile: "Which mountain did you guys come down from? Why are you so strong? Are you here to join the army? You have come to the right place. Now the soldiers' salary is very high! The smallest soldier also has three silver dollars a month." Salary, one silver dollar for salt and vegetables..."

Hearing Li Sixing talk about the military pay, Cao Yin knew that he couldn't wait any longer, and let him continue. Those bitter Mongols all joined the Ming army in the end, and they even sneaked up on me!

So he quickly pulled out a flintlock pistol made in Foshan, shot Li Sixing with a "bang", and then roared like thunder: "The heavenly soldiers of the Qing Dynasty are coming! Zhu Heqi has been defeated in Liaodong, and the heavenly soldiers of the Qing Dynasty have already died!" Under the city, those who surrender will not die!"

Chapter 565 The Surprise Attack Was Successful!

Cao Yin's gunshot finally opened the prelude to the Battle of Dengzhou.

Li Sixing, who was in charge of guarding the Great Eastern Gate, was shot in the chest on the spot and fell to the ground, but he was not killed, and he was still yelling loudly: "It's not good, the Qing monster is really coming to attack... Don't just focus on yourself Run, give me a hand, brother!"

After being bluffed by him, the dozen or so Ming soldiers who had already taken off their flintlock guns to resist at the gate suddenly lost their fighting spirit, so they had to rush forward, lifted Li Sixing up with their hands and feet, and ran towards the gate. go.

Li Sixing's injury didn't seem serious at all. While being carried away, he was still yelling, "Qing Yao is really coming to sneak attack, everyone run! Run to Danya Mountain and Tianheng Mountain!"

He is the guard of the Great Eastern Gate, so it’s fine if he doesn’t organize resistance when the enemy comes for a surprise attack, but he actually takes the lead in running away, not only taking the lead, but also asking the big guys to run together, and he also pointed out the direction for everyone to escape... like this There is really no one guarding...

Originally, he wanted to find out whether the "martial arts master" Zhu Third Prince was Batulu Shuodai in the city, but now he finally knew how the Forbidden City was breached by the Mongols, and his anger arose—his wife, And his precious daughter, who was tall and strong, who was about to enter the palace to serve the emperor, was taken away by the Mongols!

This is all Li Sixing's fault!

Thinking of this, Shuo Dai let out a strange cry, pulled out a long knife, shouted "Rebel, where are you running!", and then rushed towards Li Sixing who was being carried away.

And those Mongolian New Eight Banners who had their ears pricked up and wanted to hear how Daming was treated, saw this scene, and they showed their weapons helplessly, rushing towards the already chaotic Great East Gate of Dengzhou!

The refugees who were queuing up outside Dadongmen and waiting to enter the gate were also shocked by the sudden change, and all rushed to Dadongmen crying and shouting.Now it is impossible for the defenders of the Great East Gate to close the gate. As for the Qianjin gate, it seems that there has also been a malfunction, and it has not been released for a long time.

At this very moment, in a hotel on Dadongmen Inner Street, which seemed to be in a bad mood, Cao Xi, who had sensed something was wrong, was nervously holding a flintlock pistol made in Foshan, armed with a hundred The ten warriors at the sticky poles of the House of Internal Affairs huddled in the room with the doors and windows closed.

Each of these warriors looked like Cao Xi, pale and flustered, looking like frightened little animals... They had already heard that they were going to raise troops in the city to cooperate with the Qing Dynasty who came to sneak attack. It is rumored that the heavenly soldiers seized a gate of the outer city of Dengzhou in one fell swoop.

But this is a sneak attack!

In theory, it should not let the enemy know.