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Chapter 349 The time has come
"Your Majesty, many monks among the refugees have entered the city." Li Quanlai, who was in charge of punishing thousands of households in Dongchang and commanded frugal affairs in Jinyiwei, reported to Zhu Yousong.

"Have you found out their identities?" Zhu Yousong frowned and said, these tartars would not let go of even monks, it is really hateful.

Li Quandao: "Return to Your Majesty, we have found out everything. They are from the Shaolin Temple in Chongshan. It is said that the Tartars bloodbathed the Shaolin Temple. These are monks who fled from the temple."

Zhu Yousong lamented that the thousand-year-old temple was also destroyed by the Tartars. Since ancient times, the kung fu in the world came out of Shaolin. No amount of kung fu can stop the mighty army of Tartars, these damned Tartars!
"Since this is the case, don't make it difficult for these monks, whether they are monks or Taoists, as long as they don't commit crimes, they should give gruel and gruel, just like refugees." Monks are also human beings. These people have to be treated as human beings.

"Follow the order." Li Quan took the order and went out.

Everywhere the Tartars went, they slaughtered and plundered. Recently, a large number of refugees have flocked to Luoyang. After Zhu Yousong ordered people to verify their identities, they brought all these refugees into the city, built houses and tents, took in the refugees, and opened porridge The homeless and displaced people cried bitterly with gratitude, and scenes of kneeling in the direction of Zhu Yousong's palace can be seen everywhere.

But Zhu Yousong knew that the camp of the Qing army was set up in Huaiqing, which was not far from here. Before the battle to wipe out these Tartars started, we had to beware of them jumping over the wall in a hurry.Therefore, these refugees had to find out their identities and origins before they could be put into the city. Zhu Yousong opened and closed the city on time every day.

At this time, another scout came to report that tens of thousands of Tartars had arrived in Huaiqing, and it seemed that they were going to attack Huaiqing by force. They planned to tear a hole from there and escape.

Zhu Yousong smiled, the cage has already been set up, these damned guys can spend two more days in this big circle, but there is no way to escape!
Zhu Yousong immediately sent an edict to ask Zheng Hongkui to lead 5000 troops to reinforce Huaiqing, together with Huaiqing's Ma Bao, Zu Keyong's original 5000 troops, three brave generals, and [-] troops, to guard the little Huaiqing without any mistakes. , the Tartars wanted to escape here, the situation was as high as the sky, and when they couldn't attack Huaiqing, they would be attacked from all sides, and the whole army was wiped out.

Zhu Yousong's arrangements were flawless, waiting for the best fighter to wipe out these tens of thousands of Qing troops. Counting Lu Jiude's 10,000+ army, Zhu Yousong gathered a total of more than 20 troops around, and wiped out these [-] to [-] troops. The Tartars are not a problem either, but if you kill one thousand enemies, you will lose [-]. The combat effectiveness of the Tartars should not be underestimated. Except for the thousands of troops in the Imperial Battalion and the Zhongzhen Battalion, the rest of the Ming army are all old troops. It’s really not flattering. Now that the ammunition is insufficient, it means losing the advantage of artillery fire. Therefore, the battle of trapped beasts is not advisable. Zhu Yousong wants to minimize the casualties. The child drilled in.

During this period, Zhu Yousong asked the scouts and Jin Yiwei to shoot arrows at the Qing camp to persuade them to surrender and lure them to disintegrate the morale of the Qing army. Now according to reports from the scouts and Jin Yiwei, the Qing camp is killing people with guns every day , The morale of the Qing battalion is floating, this should be the prelude to the mutiny of the army, Zhu Yousong is waiting for the opportunity.

In a porridge factory in a refugee camp in Luoyang, Tong Dabao, dressed in tattered monk clothes, received a bowl of porridge and a steamed bun from the Ming army, and approached Tong Yangxing, who had just received the porridge.
"My lord, it has been found out that there are 2 Ming troops in the city, and the false emperor's palace is in the Old Fu Palace. There are no more than 2000 guards, including armored warriors and Jinyi guards. When will we do it?" Tong Dabao looked at No one paid attention to them, and asked Tong Yangjia in a low voice.

Tong Yangjia took a big bite of the steamed bun in order to suppress his excitement. He didn't expect things to go so smoothly. With their skills, it would not be difficult to bring these 100 people into the palace by surprise and kill Zhu Yousong. Two thousand guards couldn't stop it at all. They, regardless of the fact that there are still 2 people defending the city, if they don't have time to mobilize rescuers, Zhu Yousong will be finished.

It seems that this time the monk was not in vain, and the sins of the past few days were not in vain. He wore rags, ate pig soup and dog food, slept on the roof of the house, and begged for mercy. He was like a beggar. How could this be Tong Yangjia life?However, it was worth the trip!

Thinking about this, Tong Yangjia had a feeling that he was going to stand out when he was in a catastrophe, but he forced himself to calm down, thinking that he couldn't do it rashly, it's better to come safely, even if 100 people could successfully kill the false emperor Zhu Yousong, they would still It is difficult to retreat completely. This manpower will mess up the Ming army's city defense. It is even more wishful thinking to take Luoyang from the inside and the outside. It is said that Zhu Yousong is still a kung fu emperor.He felt that there were too few people, so he decided to go ahead with the original plan.

Tong Yangjia chewed two mouthfuls of steamed buns resentfully, and said to Tong Dabao: "The time has not come yet, tell the brothers not to act rashly, and must not be exposed in advance."

Tong Dabao didn't know what opportunity Tong Yangjia was waiting for, but he didn't dare to ask more, he nodded repeatedly, obediently, and then the two wolfed down, forcing himself to eat the porridge, Tong Dabao left again.

The Qing army camp, tens of miles away from Luoyang, is only more than ten miles away from Huaiqing. The tents are undulating, one next to the other, stretching for tens of miles in a circle.

The flags in the camp were like a sea, the sound of ox horns, and the neighing of war horses could not be heard. The Qing army in the camp was very busy. very obvious.

The [-] Ming troops in Huaiqing City were in full formation, with Zheng Hongkui as the main general, Ma Bao and Zu Keyong as the deputy generals, and three generals personally went up to patrol the city. There was no moat in the small town of Huaiqing, only a small ditch for sewage, and the cavalry rushed through it. The ditch needs no bridge at all.

The city wall of Huaiqing is not high, only about two feet. The city gate has neither a suspension bridge nor a thousand-jin gate, but a thick city gate.But at this time, the top of the city was already full of bows, arrows, and rolling logs. These things were not enough, and stones and bricks were used instead, and the defensive objects piled up like a mountain.

At this time, the three chief generals were standing at the top of the city in full armor. Zu Keyong was a little puzzled. Looking at the Qing army camp not far outside the city, he wished he could destroy the horse wheel ax and kill him. He couldn't wait to say: "Great governor, little Brother Ma, although there are many Tartars, they are vulnerable to a single blow. Why are we pretending to be cowardly here? We might as well rush over to the city and kill them all, so why bother?"

Zheng Hongkui stared, "Do you dare to disobey His Majesty's will?"

"The last general dare not." Zu Keyong shrank his neck in fright.

The young general Ma Bao said with a smile: "Brother Zu, Your Majesty has his own plan. We just need to defend this place, so that we don't have to go to war. Think about it, attacking them or waiting for them to die, which is easier?"

"Of course it's the latter, Zu is being reckless." Zu Keyong blushed and stopped mentioning it.

At the third watch of the night, the shouts of the Qing army's camp were so loud that they could be heard several miles away. The three generals were all alarmed, thinking that the Qing army was about to attack the city on a large scale. Zheng Hongkui, Ma Bao, Zu Keyong climbed to the top of the city in full armor, and only then did he know that it was not the Qing army that attacked the city, but the Qing army in the battalion had mutinied.

The three generals were overjoyed, praised His Majesty's use of troops like a god, and ordered the soldiers to be ready, and all Qing troops who came to surrender would be put into the city and killed.

(End of this chapter)