Chapter 31 Failure always starts unexpectedly

At this time, Hong Chengchou's mood was extremely complicated.

Although he had already shown that he belonged to the Lantian side, the pride of the scholar made him unwilling to do so in his heart.

For a scholar like him, the attendant Daming was the original choice, and if he deviated from the original choice, he would become a reviled minister to everyone!

If he and Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting were generally framed by the emperor and even the ministers everywhere, it would be enough to take refuge in Yunzhao, a giant robber.

However, since the forty-fourth year of Wanli high school jinshi, the Ming Dynasty did not owe anything to him at that time, the governor of the three sides, the governor of Jiliao, and the commander of half of the elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, which could not be said to be important.

Several times rejected the emperor's will, insisted on his own opinion, and forced the Ming Emperor to cry in the harem, but his position was as stable as Mount Tai, which can not be described as ungenerous.

These things happened clearly, and every time it happened, it made the guilt in Hong Chengchou's heart aggravated.

What kind of person Yun Zhao is, no one understands this person's ambition better than Hong Chengchou, a person who has known Yun Zhao for many years.

From the very beginning, he never thought of becoming a loyal and filial son of the Ming Dynasty, and he saw from the beginning that the Ming Dynasty would inevitably collapse......

When he was in Xi'an, Hong Chengchou hoped that Yun Zhao could become the pillar of support for the Ming Dynasty with him, but the Ming Dynasty never gave Yun Zhao a chance.

When Yun Zhao was still weak, the Ming court only knew about blindly exploiting this person from a thief family, and there was no kindness at all, Hong Chengchou was even thinking that if at that time, if the emperor could use Yun Zhao in an eclectic manner, Yun Zhao might not have embarked on the road of rebellion.

Even when Yun Zhao was in his infancy, if the emperor could decisively marry Zhu Yujiao to Yun Zhao, Yun Zhao might still become a strong arm of the Ming Dynasty.

It's a pity that at this time, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty and even the emperor have begun to be wary of Yunzhao, and the meritorious Lantian County Order has been done for ten years...... It's a wonder in the world.

By the time Yun Zhao's strength was blazing, there was no one in the whole world who could make this proud wild boar bow his head.

At this time, sending the princess over again, except for aggravating the humiliation of the dynasty, there is nothing else.

Others don't know, how can Hong Chengchou not understand that the reason why Yun Zhao has been entrenched in the pass all these years is to repay the last bit of kindness that the Ming Dynasty has imposed on him.

Now, the kindness will be exhausted.

Even if Yun Zhao still has some affection for Da Ming, his subordinates will not tolerate Yun Zhao continuing to let the great country not take it, and still entrenched in Guanzhong, which is forced by the general trend.

Hong Chengchou finished the last bite of his meal painfully, looked up and said to Chen Dong: "In this battle, if I don't die, I will take the pseudonym Qinglong and return to Lantian to take up a post." ”

Chen Dong finally waited for this sentence, and said with a smile: "Hurry up, Lei Heng's army has arrived in Changsha, once Zhang Bingzhong's army conquers Jiangxi, the Lantian army will enter the hometown of the commander, and the Ming territory will also be cut off by my Lantian army."

In the southwest, it also depends on the power of the commander. ”

Hong Chengchou sighed helplessly and said, "It's so fast......"

Chen Dong said with a smile: "This is already the result of the county zun ordering General Lei Heng not to rush forward. ”

Hong Chengchou looked at Chen Dong and said: "In the past, the county lord said that the emperor would not die, and he would not go out. ”

Chen Dongdao: "Today, we still keep this promise, the land under the jurisdiction of Lantian is all taken from the hands of thieves, but it is under the jurisdiction of the people, as long as the imperial court can send people and soldiers and horses over, we can hand it over immediately." ”

Hong Chengchou smiled bitterly: "Is it possible? ”

Chen Dongdao: "The county has always been as good as a mountain, that is, there is no one who dares to come to the imperial court to serve in the homeland of the imperial court. ”

Hong Chengchou slammed his fist on the table, making the cups, plates and bowls jump one after another, and after a chaotic sound, he heard Hong Chengchou gritting his teeth and saying: "There are too many disasters in the Ming Dynasty, too many accidents, and there are very few people who dare to speak out and dare to fight." ”

Chen Dong continued: "As far as I know from the Secret Spy Division, Fan Wencheng has become a guest of Wang Pu, the chief soldier of Datong. ”

"What?" Hong Chengchou was stunned, hurriedly stood up, and came to the door, only to find that it was already pouring rain outside the door.

A thunderbolt exploded above Hong Chengchou's head, and the downpour immediately poured Hong Chengchou into a cold heart.

The rainy night is dark, and under such heavy rain, there will be floods in the mountain streams, and it is impossible to send troops to take over Wang Pu's defense at this time.

"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"

Hong Chengchou stood in the torrential rain and roared at Chen Dong.

"Are you willing to see these good men buried in this pine mountain, are you satisfied?"

Chen Dong shook his head and said, "After I received the news that Wang Pu may change again, I have come to report it as soon as possible. ”

Hong Chengchou laughed miserably and said, "If you have any bad news, just tell me as well." ”

Chen Dong said: "The reinforcements prepared for the general can't come, and His Majesty the Emperor has already rejected the peace talks of the Jianzhou people, and before the 12th, the Jianzhou envoy will be skinned and grassed." ”

Hong Chengchou laughed and walked back from the rainstorm, and after walking back and forth under the eaves like a grumpy lion twice, he said to Hong Fu: "Life, Songshan's deputy general Xia Chengde will come to see me immediately." ”

Chen Dong saw Hong Chengchou ** sitting on the chair, and he did not look half frustrated or worried, but his eyes were wide and majestic.

After a while, the sound of armor colliding was heard, and Chen Dong left Hong Chengchou's festival hall under the guidance of Hong Fu.

After arriving at the back hall, the worry on Hong Fu's face disappeared, and he smiled and said to Chen Dong: "How is my son-in-law?" ”

Chen Dong said with a smile: "It is naturally a great thing for Hong Gong, but it may not be a good thing for Hong Gongzi." ”

Hong Fu smiled: "Why is this? ”

Chen Dong laughed and said, "Student Hong Shiming is now gnawing sand in the lower courtyard of Yushan Academy in Ningxia Town. ”

When Hong Fu heard this, he smiled more and more happily, pointed to the front hall and said: "Back then, this old man of my family suffered no less than the little son, and he always said that only by suffering hardship can he become a master, which is very clear in my master." ”

Chen Dongdao: "Old housekeeper, take care of Hong Gong, you must not be lost in this war that has little meaning." ”

Hong Fu nodded again and again: "I know, I know, the master is ready to fight for the last face of Daming, but Chen Gongzi rest assured, there are no less than 50,000 horses in this Songshan City, even if there is a change, my master will definitely be safe and sound." ”

Chen Dong nodded with a smile and said, "In this way, I will be relieved, and my county will also be relieved." ”

Hong Fu invited Chen Dong to sit down and continued to ask, "I heard Gongzi just now that the Lantian army has arrived under Changsha City?" ”

Chen Dong nodded and said, "I was stopped by my county honor, otherwise, Changsha City will fall in one go." ”

"This is nature, this is nature, I also heard that Chaozhou, Fujian Province has belonged to Lantian?"

Chen Dong said with a smile: "In less than three months, Quanzhou, the hometown of Duke Hong, will also be under the command of Lantian." ”

"Oh, oh, that's great, I also heard that there are no people who own thousands of acres of land under Lantian's rule?"

Chen Dong glanced at Hong Fu and said: "The surplus land of the county family has been forcibly divided, so there should be no family in the world with more than 1,000 acres of land. ”

"However, over the years, Hong Fu has been stupid, and after having some money, he bought 2,000 acres of fertile land in Quanzhou for my lord, how can this be good?"

Chen Dong said with a smile: "The old housekeeper must have a plan, why bother with me, a junior, haha?" ”

Hong Fu said with a smile: "Since it is the national policy of Lantian, the Hong family is naturally not easy to disobey, to be honest, the land that the old man bought for the old man back then is still very good, as long as it is sold, there will definitely be many people who buy it." ”

Chen Dong laughed and said, "It seems that the old housekeeper is going to take precautions?" ”

"This is natural, my lord is obsessed with military affairs, these small things naturally have to be handled by an old slave like me, I can't let my lord work all his life, but he will return home with four walls, right?

I heard that Lantian is preparing to prosper the maritime business? ”

Chen Dong looked at Hongfu and thought for a moment and said, "This is inevitable, and the battle between Lantian and Fanren at sea has begun." ”

"Can the Hong family buy a boat to go to sea?"

"Of course, it can."

In just a cup of tea, Hong Fu got all the news he wanted, and Chen Dong also understood from Hong Fu's words that Hong Chengchou would finally choose Lantian The news did not suffer.

At this time, Hong Chengchou was not as leisurely as the two of them.

The Ming army is now divided into three routes, among which Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui, Yang Guozhu stationed at the forefront of Songshan and Dolgon frontal combat, Cao Bianjiao, the general soldier of the town, led the headquarters of the men and horses to garrison Xingshan, for Hong Chengchou's response, and Liaodong governor Wang Tingchen led the Liaodong border army to garrison Tashan as a backup.

Even so, in order to ensure the supply of grain and grass, Hong Chengchou deliberately set up the grain and grass camp on the beacon post between Ningyuan and Tashan, where the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and is guarded by Wang Pu, the chief military officer of the town.

Even if Songshan Fort, Xingshan Fort, and Tashan Fort were besieged by the Jianzhou army, Hong Chengchou was not worried, with the support of powerful firearms, the Jianzhou people wanted to completely capture these three forts, and they needed to fill them with a large number of corpses.

Even if Huang Taiji can capture these three fortresses, Jiannu's strength will also suffer heavy losses, not to mention that if he has the intention to invade, it will be difficult to even protect himself at that time.

Those who were as strong as Dolgon were also unable to advance under Songshan Fort, and were revoked by his brother Huang Taiji.

Everything is as good as Hong Chengchou expected, as long as these three fortresses are still there, Jiannu will continue to bleed.

Now, there is a possibility that something is wrong with Wang Pu......

Hong Chengchou knew that Yun Zhao would never use this kind of military event as a bargaining chip in order to make himself die, if this was really the case, he Hong Chengchou would meet Yun Zhao with swords and guns, instead of taking refuge.

Sitting until dawn, the sky was still gray, the rain did not weaken in the slightest, and there was still no news from Xia Chengde, the deputy general of Songshan sent last night.

It wasn't until noon that the rain stopped in the sky.

Hong Chengchou came to the city wall, looked down at the Jianzhou people who were soaked in muddy water, and said to Yang Guozhu, who was missing an arm, and Wu Sangui, who was still tall: "After the road is drier, we will break through." ”