Chapter 13: Flapping Little Wings
There is also such a thing as "crossing the sea to attack the heart", the second brother has no impression in his mind, which means that this thing must not have been successful.
This strategy may be a strategy that the Ming Dynasty lost nearly 100,000 elite soldiers after the defeat of Songshan, and the Qing army completely turned to passive defense.
If the Ming Dynasty can hold the wall, and then release such a man and horse in Denglai, Shandong, it can indeed play a role in containment, at least the Qing army does not dare to enter the pass with all its might.
As for why it didn't work, whether it was because of no money, or because of other reasons, the second brother doesn't know.
However, the Qing army will enter the customs for the sixth time this year, but the second brother Gao remembers it very clearly, and the Qing army did come to Shandong, and broke more than 20 cities in a row, and fought south to Haizhou.
Presumably, the reason why the plan failed was somewhat related to the Qing army's entry into the army.
Thinking of this, Gao Yihuan suddenly had an idea in his heart, since he knew that the Qing army was going to enter the army, could he think of a way to inform the Ming Dynasty.
At present, logically speaking, he is a member of the Chuang army, and the Qing army's entry into Beizhi and Shandong will undoubtedly be able to contain the official army, which is conducive to the decisive battle between the Chuang army and the official army in Henan, forming a two-on-one situation.
However, the second brother didn't want to see this kind of situation, he thought that the Qing army was going to enter the customs again this year, and he would harm Beizhi and Shandong, and his heart was heavy.
There is a limit to people's ability to endure, so there is a saying that chaos must be cured for a long time.
Now that the north has been in turmoil for many years, and the rogues and the Qing army have taken turns to plague, the people's patience has reached a limit, and they are very eager for stability in the world.
After the Qing troops entered the customs, they failed to form a large-scale anti-Qing campaign to contain the Qing army from going south, a very important reason is that the northerners really can't stand it, and they are eager for stability.
If the Qing army entered the customs as it did in history, but the north still retained a considerable part of its vitality, forming a situation like the eight-character army in the Song and Song dynasties, and the righteous banners of Hebei and Shandong, it would undoubtedly delay the southward movement of the Qing army.
Gao Yihuan was silent for a while, and decided to notify him, but he had no way, as for whether the news could reach the Beijing court, it was up to fate.
Standing in the position of breaking into the army, he seems to be a betrayal, but whether Li Zicheng can succeed or not is not yet known, and he has never thought about who he wants to be loyal to, as long as he has an army in his hand, he still has to mix with Li Zicheng or the Ming Dynasty, isn't it up to him to choose? Isn't Gao Jie's guy quite good?
Thinking of this, Gao Yihuan called the man on the side and ordered: "Bandage him, don't let him die."
After saying that, Gao Yihuan went out of the house, came to the courtyard, and saw Gao Yiyi and a few people digging a pit, and was carrying the four Tartars into the pit, he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Don't bury it first, you come here."
"Second brother, what's the matter?" Gao Yiqian clapped his hands, and said with some excitement as he walked over: "Second brother, these Tartars have brought a lot of things. As soon as I saw it, there were more than 300 taels of silver alone, and some salt and jerky. ”
Gao Yihuan was about to say something, but as soon as he heard the silver, an uncontrollable joy immediately rose in his heart, "Where is it, take me to see." ”
The two men hurried to the two mules, and on the ground lay four piles of things, one of which was full of silver, estimated at three hundred taels, and two bags of grain and a bag of salt.
Silver and salt are both good things, Gao Yihuan leaked a smile on his face, and said in his heart, "It's gone, haha, it's really done!" ”
Although Gao Yiyan had seen it before, he still couldn't hide the excitement in his heart at this time, he squatted down and touched the silver, "Second brother, so much silver, how can we divide it!" ”
"Points? Divide your head! Gao Yihuan was smiling, listening to his words, his face changed, and he came to his senses, "All this silver will be exchanged for food, and some of it will be given to the old and young people in the camp, and the rest will recruit some people to come over and make up for our shortfall first." There are more of us, and only in the future will more silver be sent to the door, so that we can get more military funds from the camp, otherwise we can only look at the faces of Liu Heizi and Wang Jiaping. ”
Hearing that there was no separation, Gao Yiyan was disappointed for a while, but he wanted to send food to the separated old and young, so he accepted the second brother's statement.
The Chuang army implements the strategy of dividing the battalions, and the family members are separated from the soldiers, so as not to affect the soldiers and soldiers, which is very similar to the Taiping Army, but it is not as strict as the Taiping Army's male and female battalions.
After saying that, Gao Yihuan had already sobered up and remembered what was going on, he pulled Gao Yiyan aside, afraid that Fan Dongling inside would hear it, "I'll tell you something, it's a bit dangerous, but maybe it's also a fortune, do you dare to do it?" ”
When Gao Yiyan heard that there was danger, he couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, but he still said: "I just said it, what the second brother said is what it is." He gritted his teeth, "What's the matter, the second brother just orders." ”
Gao Yihuan nodded with satisfaction, "Later, I will have the heads of the four Tartars cut off, you take a mule, marinate the heads of the four Tartars with salt, and take them to the nearest Daimyo's Mansion in the north." ”
"Daimyo's Mansion?" Gao Yiyan was shocked, "That's the place of the official army, will they cut me!" ”
He has now accepted his identity as a rogue, and as soon as he heard that he was going to see an official, he was a little timid.
"If you don't say you're a thief, who knows? When they see that you have brought four Tartar heads, it is too late to rejoice, even if you are a thief, they have to provide for you! Gao Yihuan reassured, seeing that he was calm, so he continued: "When you arrive at the Daimyo's Mansion, there will be people interrogating, you say that these Tartars are investigating the situation in Hebei and Shandong, and the villagers will kill them when they are suspicious, and then remind the officials who interrogated that the Tartars may enter the customs again this year, please prepare the court." ”
"Second brother, we are thieves, why do we help the officers and soldiers!" Gao Yiyan said with some doubts after listening.
"Although we are thieves, we are also Han Chinese." Gao Yihuan said solemnly: "You remember, the Tartars are the enemies of the imperial court and our enemies, and I have a reason to do this." ”
Gao Yihuan saw that he didn't seem to understand, but Gao Yihuan didn't plan to explain more, because this matter would not be clear for a while, and he should ask what a Han person was.
After Gao Yihuan finished speaking, he immediately added: "After the matter is over, don't be polite if you have a reward, it's not too late to come back after taking it." ”
"Second brother, don't worry, I understand!" Seeing this, Gao Yiyan could only nod.
At that moment, Gao Yihuan asked people to cut off their heads, treated them with salt a little, and then asked Gao Yiyi to set off with enough dry food, and then everyone quickly buried the corpses, and set up a monument for Gao Zuyi and others, and after a simple worship, they packed up their things and prepared to leave.
However, he didn't return south immediately, he still had to send someone to Fengqiu, the gold and silver over there in Kaifeng were the same as stones, there was no difference, it was completely a rationing system, it was difficult to get food, and there were almost no merchants to exchange, so he had to exchange a little grain from Fengqiu to go back.
Of course, it will definitely not work if you change more, it will attract the attention of the government, Fan Dongling happens to have salt and Shanxi government in his bag, he is ready to send three people to be a salt merchant, to exchange a few bags of grain out, there should be no problem.
At that moment, he asked Gao Xinghao to bring some salt, and gave fifteen taels of silver to go north, while he waited for them outside the city with Fan Dongling.
For Fan Dongling, Gao Yihuan was ready to kill him early in the morning, and now he is left behind, not thinking that he can falsely kill Fan Yongdou, but wanting to hand him over to the Chuang army.
He reminded the Ming army, and he was also ready to remind the army by the way, so that they realized that there was such a strong enemy outside the pass, and they had begun to spy on the Central Plains, so that the high-level of the army would also be prepared, at least to know that there was such an enemy.