Cao Wenbao was originally Cao Huachun's nephew and passed on to Cao's father-in-law. He was born in the second year of Chongzhen, the same year as Zhu Cihong, both were sixteen years old, and had the position of deputy Qianhu of Jinyi Wei. However, I hadn't seen any battle formations, and now I saw thousands of iron horsemen coming in formation, and my little face turned white with fright.

This is an iron horse with everyone wearing armor! And the queue is strictly uniform, and from a distance, this murderous aura is forced over!

Gonggong Cao was calm and composed, and there was no panic on his white face. After handing over the telescope to his son, he just smiled and said, "Help Daddy down, they are coming for us, and when they get closer, they will know whose person it is?" ”

Cao Wenbao helped Cao Huachun, carefully went down the stairs, and asked in a low voice: "Daddy, where should we go for Wang Qingtuo?" ”

It's still undecided! Although Zhu Cihong depicted the bright prospects of Jiangnan feudalism when he sent Cao Huachun out of Beijing, Cao Huachun was a big family on Wang Qingtuo's side, and he couldn't follow the Ming Dynasty to the dark without thinking about it.

Moreover, whether Chongzhen's father and son can come out of Beijing is a matter of two words!

Cao Huachun smiled: "Let's see...... Our family is just struggling to survive in the troubled times, and we can't help but which side the wind is blowing and which way is going? ”

Cao Wenbao's eyes rolled, and his voice was lowered: "Daddy, the hearts of the people in the town are on the side of Dashun!" ”

Cao Huachun snorted: "People's hearts? The heart is sinister! ”

As the father and son spoke, they had already gotten off the lookout and stood on the city wall north of Wang Qingtuo.

Wang Qingtuo is a town, there is no city wall, it was Cao Huachun who came out to build the wall after he developed. Because they spent their own money to defend their homes, the walls were built very strongly. A large number of green bricks were used, and there was a moat outside the city. Without the Hongyi cannon, it would not have been easy to take down this walled city.

Cao Huachun's elder brother Cao Huachun was very old, and his beard and hair were all white, but he still went up to the city wall.

Now is the time for Wang Qingtuo's Cao family to live and die! If you are on the wrong side, it will be the destruction of the whole race!

Seeing the fifth brother Cao Huachun coming down from the high platform, Cao Huachun hurriedly asked: "Old five, is it Dashun's soldiers and horses?" ”

"Probably yes......," Cao Huachun whispered, "Yishui's iron cavalry is very well lined up, and there is no such elite in Beijing!" ”

"Then let's ......" Cao Huachun's old face already showed a panicked look, "Do you have to meet the king?" ”

Cao Huachun sighed.

The Cao family is the largest landlord in Wuqing County, and they are also engaged in business, and Cao Huachun and Cao Huayu are both high-ranking officials, and they have made a lot of money in the position. Of course, such a wealthy family doesn't like to "eat his mother, wear his mother" to break the king.

By the way, the Dashun army's torture and plundering of military salaries did not start in the city of Beijing! They have always done this, otherwise why should they be exempted from payment for three years? The poor people are exempt from taxes, and they no longer torture from the rich, what will Li Zicheng's million-strong army eat? With what?

Therefore, the torture of military salaries was not the reason for Li Zicheng's defeat in Beijing at all...... Being defeated by the Manchurians is the only reason!

"Big brother, don't worry," Cao Huachun smiled and comforted his old Dao, "I have asked Wenbao to prepare 100,000 taels of silver and 10,000 stone wheat...... If it is the Dashun army, it will be sacrificed immediately, and it will always keep our family safe. ”

"That's good, that's good......" Cao Huachun breathed a sigh of relief, "Now I can only break my fortune and save my life." As long as our fields are not equalized, everything is easy to say. ”

Compared with "forced donation", Juntian is even more frightening!

But no matter how terrible it is to force the donation of Juntian, it is better than being wiped out by the Great Shun Heavenly Soldiers, right?

While the Cao clan was waiting in fear, the ironclad cavalry in the distance finally approached Wang Qingtuo.

Just under the shroud of the dusk twilight, a pair of royal flags and a large banner appeared in the telescope held by Cao Wenbao.

"Liaodong Chief Military Officer Ping Xibo......" Cao Wenbao read out the words on the general flag in a low voice, and Cao Huachun, who was standing next to him, was surprised.

"What did you say?"

"Daddy, the name on the general's banner is 'Liaodong Chief Military Officer Ping Xibo'."

"Liaodong Chief Military Officer Ping Xibo...... Wu Sangui!? Cao Huachun was stunned, "Why did he come to Wang Qingtuo?" ”

Cao Huachun, the old man on the side, was also a little surprised, "Old Five, isn't the chief military officer of Liaodong stationed in Ningyuan?" Why did you get to our Tianjin? ”

Cao Huachun said: "Big brother, the Holy Lord ordered Wu Sangui to abandon Ningyuan and enter the king of Jingqin on March 6. ”

"But we are 150 miles away from Beijing, why did he come to us?" Old man Cao still couldn't figure it out.

However, his nephew Cao Wenbao was clever and interjected: "It must be that Wu Sangui felt that Li Zicheng was powerful and did not dare to directly relieve the siege of Beijing, so he led his troops to move to Tianjin." ”

Cao Huachun frowned, "That's how it should be...... Alas, this Wu Sangui too, where can he go, why did he come to our Wang Qingtuo? ”

Cao Huachun asked: "Old Five, do we want to greet you?" ”

Cao Huachun frowned and sighed: "Wu Sangui is here, can we not take it?" Wu Sangui's Guan Ning army is more than 1,000 people, and there are tens of thousands of soldiers! We can't afford to mess with it! ”

The iron cavalry that has arrived now should be Wu Sangui's personal soldier "Yiding Tucai...... That's a thousand people selected out of the 3,000 Wu family members. All of them have iron helmets and iron armor, and their martial arts are superb, and You Shan rode a horse assault with a team of fifty people.

Among the 40,000 Guanning troops, the only one who can really compete with the elite soldiers of the Manchurians is these 1,000 Yiding cavalry.

Don't look at Wang Qingtuo, there are nearly 3,000 brave people here, if you really pull out and fight with Yiding Tucai, people don't need a thousand people to go up together, and they can be crushed with a surprise attack of fifty horses.

Even if it is to defend the castle, when the rear team of the Guan Ning army arrives, it will not be a piece of cake to break Wang Qingtuo?

When it comes, it's all gone! Therefore, even if Cao Huachun dared to be sorry for Chongzhen and Zhu Cihong, he would not dare not accept Wu Sangui, a big warlord!

"Wenlu!" Cao Huachun called his second brother Cao Huayu's eldest son, Cao Wenlu, who is 26 years old this year, to him.

"Fifth uncle, what do you command?"

Cao Wenlu is a Confucian student, has a talent and fame, has entered the national prison, and is now a figure in the Cao family.

"Bring some delicious food and drink to greet you," Cao Huachun paused, "If it's really Wu Sangui, I'll call someone to report it immediately, and the old man will have to go to the city to greet him." ”

"Nephew takes orders."

……

"Chitose, it looks like someone has come out to greet us!"

Wu Sanfu, who was standing on the horse pedal and watching ahead, turned his head and asked Zhu Cihong beside him: "Do you want to continue to pretend to be the second brother of the minister?" ”

"Pretend! Keep loading! Zhu Cihong smiled, "Until I entered Wang Qingtuo!" ”

"Chitose Lord, don't you believe Cao Huachun?" Wu Sanmei, who was riding a horse and followed Zhu Cihong, interjected and asked.

"Hehe," Zhu Cihong still smiled, "Bengong is willing to believe Cao Huachun...... That's why you have to play the banner of your second brother. ”

"Oh......" Wu Sanmei didn't understand it at all, but it was absolutely that Prince Zhu's speech was unfathomable, which was admirable.

"Sanfu," Zhu Cihong said to Wu Sanfu again, "It's inconvenient for this palace to show your face, so it's up to you to deal with it later." Remember, if you say too much, you will lose it...... Cao Huachun will not go out of the city so far, it must be his son and nephew. So don't talk too much to people, just insist on going into the city to rest. As long as we arrive at the gate of the city, Cao Huachun will definitely come out to greet him, and when the time comes, the palace will show up again and control him, he will naturally be my loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty! ”

"Got it!" Wu Sanfu received the military order, and immediately rode his horse forward, and went to the front of the team to fool the Cao family's wall grass according to Zhu Cihong's instructions.

Zhu Cihong, the prince of Fujun, who became a lost dog, was extremely cautious. If it weren't for the fact that the thousands of people who ran out of Beijing had walked for almost a day and a night, and had traveled nearly 150 miles, they would have been extremely sleepy, and there were many pursuers behind them, so they would have had a safe place to stay and rest for a day. He won't come to Wang Qingtuo to find Grandpa Cao......