Chapter 40 Hong Chengchou who seeks death

Hong Chengchou knew what to do next, and he was even ready to marry another wife, after all, having only one son was far from enough for the future Hong family.

For now, the reason why he is still holding on here is for these soldiers who follow him, not for Emperor Chongzhen.

When one's ideas become simple, it's time to do great things!

People like Zhang Ruolin have found him, the almost perfect scapegoat, and they are also relieved - no one wants to stay in Liaodong to face Jiannu, this is the voice of every Ming soldier in Liaodong.

Since the beginning of the Battle of Sarhu until now, the Battle of Liaodong has been going on for more than 20 years, and nearly 500,000 good men of the Ming Dynasty have died here, but there is no expectation of victory...... Everyone is tired.

At this time, it is time for a different group of people to come to Liaodong to fight against Jiannu, for example, Li Dingguo, who is about to move in Lantian City.

Hong Chengchou still knows very well about the army led by Li Dingguo, after all, when this army was established, Yun Zhao had asked his opinion.

Therefore, although the army led by Li Dingguo is also an all-firearms army, they have a very high degree of mule and horse-like use, which solves the problem of the slowness of the all-firearms army in a certain sense.

Sometimes Hong Chengchou always thinks that if Li Dingguo is also assigned to his command, the battle of Liaodong should be very easy to fight.

He just needs to order this army to constantly advance, advance, advance......

Hong Chengchou, who was extremely sleepy, woke up from his sleep, and first listened to the movement outside, very good!

Jiannu did not begin to attack the Xingshan camp.

However, the feeling of loneliness quickly came to his heart, and he hurriedly called out to the old servant Hongfu.

Soon, Hong Fu came in with a basin of water and waited for him to wash.

"Xianggong, let's sleep for a while, it's hour, and it's starting to rain outside again."

Hong Chengchou put down the towel and said, "Chen Dong, where are they?" ”

Hong Fu said: "Chen Dong is resting in the camp near the left, and Yun Ping, the leader of the black-clothed people, is keeping vigil. ”

Hong Chengchou said: "Don't isolate our relatives. ”

Hong Fu smiled: "On your right there lives Liu Kuang." ”

"Why didn't Jiannu take advantage of the rain to attack?"

"General Wu said that Jiannu also ran eighty miles in a day and a half, and they also needed to rest."

Hong Chengchou looked at the armor on the shelf, sighed slightly, and said: "I am a civil minister, and I spend more time wearing armor than when I wear a literary robe. ”

Hong Fu said while helping Hong Chengchou hold on to his armor: "Lantian is like a cloud, and the prince will not need to wear armor in the future, and he will be able to govern the world by sitting in the political hall." ”

Hong Chengchou smiled bitterly and said: "You think too much, Yun Zhao has spent such a big price on me, it is impossible for me to sit firmly in the political hall, Yun Zhao's behavior of cutting the southwest is already obvious, just wait for me to give him peace in the world." ”

Hong Fu said with a smile: "Xianggong is a great person, and it is appropriate to be reused, as long as Xianggong sends these soldiers to Shanhaiguan safely, Xianggong should retire."

When the time comes, the old slave will take the old lady and the second master back to Lantian County, leaving the old dog Hongshou to guard the hometown, and take care of the family's maritime trade by the way.

After the world is peaceful, the prime minister is an official in the court, the eldest prince is an official in the customs, and the second master returns to his hometown to take care of the housework, won't our family be stable? ”

Hong Chengchou shuggled his armor and said in surprise: "You said our family's maritime trade? ”

Hong Fu diligently wiped off a mud spot on his armor with his sleeve and said with a smile: "The old slave used to buy a lot of land for his family, and later I heard that Lantian did not allow a family to own more than 1,000 acres of fertile land.

So he sent a letter to Hong Shou, asking him to sell the extra land at home, scrape together some money, go to Sun Chuanting, and buy two boats for the family, specializing in buying and selling silk, and porcelain to buy and sell overseas......"

For the two old families of Hong Fu and Hong Shou, Hong Chengchou still believes extremely much, it is these two old servants, if it were not for these two old servants running around all these years, the Hong family would not have had a good life.

After putting on the sword, Hong Chengchou left the tent, at this time, it was dark outside the tent, only some dead wind lamps were swaying in the wind and rain like ghost fire.

On the higher Diao Dou, two bright pillars of light were alternately patrolling, scanning the open space outside Xingshan Castle.

This spotlight was originally a piece of equipment in the Lantian Army, with a large butter candle and a concave glass mirror behind the candle, so that there was a good thing that could not be afraid of wind and rain, but could shine the light far away.

Hong Chengchou was exhausted when he returned yesterday, and he had not yet inspected Xingshan properly, so he began to inspect the camp accompanied by his own generals.

At dawn, Hong Chengchou stepped on the muddy water to inspect the camp, and the light rain still did not stop.

Just as he was about to go back to the tent to rest, four soldiers hurriedly walked in from outside the camp carrying a simple stretcher.

On the stretcher lay a young Ming soldier, his limbs were firmly nailed to the stretcher by wooden thorns, and there was a rolled wound on his ribs, the wound had been blistered white by the rain, and there was no trace of blood.

Hong Chengchou reached out and felt the pulse of the young soldier, he had been dead for a long time.

In his arms, half of the oil-paper bag was exposed, and he personally took out the oil-paper bag from the leader Liu Kuang, and after opening it, he handed a silk with words written on it to Hong Chengchou.

After reading the words on the silk, Hong Chengchou said to Liu Kuang: "Out of the camp, there are still seven siblings outside. ”

Liu Kuang hurriedly went out with people, and in less than half an hour, he really brought back seven simple stretchers.

The seven men were also watered by the rain all night, and the bodies of six of the soldiers were already stiff, and only one of them was still trying to open his eyes and breathe in pain.

"Governor, save my ......"

The moment the soldier saw Hong Chengchou, his spirit seemed to be relaxed, he called in a low voice, his head tilted, and he fell silent.

Hong Chengchou made a strange rumbling sound in his throat, as if a mouthful of phlegm was blocked in his throat, and it seemed to be talking to himself, and finally, a wisp of blood flowed out of the corner of his mouth, and two tears also fell on his messy beard.

He returned to the tent, hurriedly wrote a letter on a silk silk, handed it to Liu Kuang, and ordered him to tie the silk book to an arrow and send it to the camp of the Jianzhou people.

Wu Sangui hurriedly entered the account, looked at the silk book in Liu Kuang's hand and said to Hong Chengchou: "Commander, can you take a look at the last general?" ”

Hong Chengchou nodded weakly, and after Wu Sangui read it, he handed the silk book to Liu Kuang and whispered to Hong Chengchou: "Commander, it is not feasible to exchange gold and silver for the captured soldiers." ”

Hong Chengchou said in a deep voice: "Is there a better way?" ”

Wu Sangui said: "The commander has always been decisive, how can he have the kindness of a woman today?" ”

Hong Chengchou gritted his teeth and said: "If you don't save these people, there will be no one to cut off for us in the future." ”

Wu Sangui shook his head and said: "Being a soldier and eating food is a battalion with his head tied to the waistband of his trousers, if he dies, he is considered to be leeward, and if he is captured alive, he is dead, and he can't harm us who are alive for these people who have died, as long as they are soldiers, this truth does not need to be explained." ”

Hong Chengchou smiled bitterly: "How can I not understand what you said, but I just feel that it is really difficult to let go of if I don't do something." ”

Wu Sangui said with a smile: "Okay, it's also a way to spend some money to buy peace of mind." ”

At noon, the light rain finally stopped.

A round of red sun seems to have been washed from the clear water, and it hangs in the Tianshan Mountains in a bright red and gorgeous manner.

Just fifty zhang away from the walled city, the people of Jianzhou erected more than ten tall wooden frames there.

Dozens of Ming people with huge voices kept shouting in front of the formation.

"Hong Chengchou, surrender!"

"Hong Chengchou, you want to die, don't bother your brother!"

"Brothers of the Ming army, we have surrounded Xingshan, surrender quickly!"

"Brother surrender, don't sell your life to the official, Hong Chengchou wrote to us this morning to sell you for a good price......

Wu Sangui glanced at the traitors who kept shouting, and said directly to the gunners in the camp: "Open the cannon!" ”

Immediately, the cannon at the head of the city roared, and none of the dozens of traitors escaped, just standing upright and straight, and being ravaged by the cannon into a pile of minced meat.

Hong Chengchou put down the binoculars in his hand and sighed: "These words were not shouted by them, but by people hiding underground. ”

Wu Sangui was silent.

Soon, the people of Jianzhou outside the city began to laugh, and their laughter was extremely arrogant.

Wu Sangui looked up at the red sun in the sky and said, "I'll go out of the city to fight for a while." ”

Hong Chengchou said: "That's the plan, the reason why Jiannu didn't attack overnight is actually waiting for Shang Kexi them, at this time, they also have artillery, once you go out of the city, it's just the right time." ”

"In that case, why do we stay in Xingshan?"

Hong Chengchou said: "If we can't defeat the sharpness of Jiannu, our retreat is meaningless, even if we retreat to Shanhaiguan, what is the difference between it and Xingshan?" ”

Wu Sangui said angrily: "Jiannu didn't come to attack!" ”

Hong Chengchou smiled: "It's time for you to rescue Cao Bianjiao." ”

Wu Sangui frowned and said, "Rescue Cao Bianjiao?" ”

Hong Chengchou smiled: "Go now, as long as I am still in Xingshan, Jiannu will not chase you." ”

Wu Sangui said: "I'm leaving, there won't be many people under your command." ”

Hong Chengchou took a long breath and said: "Not only do you have to go, but all my command, father and son are in the army, the son will go with you, the brother will go with you, and the only son in the family will go with you." ”

Wu Sangui was taken aback and said, "How can this be made?" ”

Hong Chengchou sighed and said, "I can't go back, so let's die in Xingshan." ”

"How does this work?"

"If Yang Guozhu can stay, why can't this official stay?"

"How does this work?"

"Make, make, Wu Sangui, I will give you all the people I can give you, remember, guard Shanhaiguan, don't allow Jiannu to pass a step, and keep Shanhaiguan, your Wu Sangui's future fate will not be too bad no matter what.

Can't hold Shanhaiguan - everything is over! ”

Chapter 1, oh, yesterday's newly elected vice chairman of the Writers' Association 2 drank too much and died of drunkenness, and will live in our memories in the future, the online writer Xiao and 2 are still alive, and they are very good - brothers, prosperous and lonely. We continue our long march.

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