Chapter 390: The Longest Day (6)
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Li Chengdong heard Tong Tuchang say this, and hurriedly asked, "Who else?" Isn't what the emperor said bad? ”
"The emperor said the golden words, but the open gun is easy to dodge and the dark arrow is difficult to prevent, the emperor doesn't care about the matter of Queen Ma, but someone will keep it in mind!"
"Who is it? No, Lao Li will kill him! ”
Tong Tuchang laughed and said: "You can't kill this person, if you kill it, it's basically the same as rebellion!" ”
Li Chengdong is most annoyed by Tong Tuchang, a stinky old nine who hides half of his words and leaks half of them, so that people can guess for themselves.
"Lord Tong, you are so boring, who quickly said! What you stinky old nine say is like and leaving half a cut, which makes people uncomfortable! ”
Hearing Li Chengdong's vulgar metaphor, Tong Tuchang couldn't help it, it was better to deal with this gang of Qiu Ba directly.
"Lord Wang, this person is the current crown prince, the only son of Queen Ma!"
Hearing that it was the crown prince Li Chengdong who lost his temper, this is not easy to do. Even if the emperor is protected, but the emperor will die on the day, if the crown prince ascends the throne, his family will not die at all.
Li Chengdong thought of this and regretted that he had just taken refuge in Guangdong, knowing that it would be better to die in battle with the Manchus.
Seeing that Li Chengdong didn't speak, Tong Tuchang continued: "Lord Wang, don't be discouraged, there are many ways!" ”
"He's all princes, what else can he do? Do you still let Lao Tzu rebel? ”
"Of course not, if the crown prince can't be the prince, and the son born to Queen Ma is not the prince, then won't your prince's throne be stable?"
This is a solution, but how can you change the crown prince? Did you kill the current crown prince?
"Lord Tong, you won't be the one who beat Lao Tzu to kill the prince! What is the difference between this and rebellion! ”
Tong Tuchang really made Li Chengdong's political wisdom speechless.
"Lord, Zhu Yu's brother is the King of Chu, if the prince makes a mistake, the King of Chu is very likely to ascend to the throne of the prince, if it succeeds, with the relationship between your family and Zhu Yu, won't you rest with the country?"
When Li Chengdong heard Tong Tuchang say this, he felt that this was an idea, if Zhu Yu's brother was replaced by the next emperor, then his family would be completely out of danger.
"Master Tong, I'm a rough person, just say what you need me to do!"
I was very happy to see Li Chengdong on Tong Tuchang.
"Lord Wang, my uncle is the prime minister of the dynasty and Zhu Yu's grandfather, so we have the same interests, you can completely trust us. My uncle told me that the next thing that the prince needs to do is to attack Nanjing, so that my uncle can fight for more rights in the court, and the chances of the king of Chu becoming the crown prince will also be greatly increased! ”
When Li Chengdong heard that he was going to attack Nanjing, his head shook like a rattle. Li Chengdong still has a few catties and taels for himself, and now he only has 50,000 people in his hands, and it is okay to protect himself in Fujian, and attacking Nanjing, which was heavily defended by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, is completely sent to death.
Seeing that Li Chengdong disagreed, Tong Tuchang said: "Lord Wang, in fact, it's not for you to really fight Nanjing, just make a gesture and occupy one or two prefectures and counties in eastern Zhejiang, and then say in the recital to the emperor that you want to restore the old capital for the emperor, and hand over the rest to my uncle!" ”
Hearing Tong Tuchang say this, Li Chengdong didn't have any objections, and he could still do it by occupying a few counties.
Li Chengdong looked at Tong Tuchang, for the first time, he felt that these stinky old nine were not simple, these guys really had a way of playing with people, and he didn't follow their way anymore.
"Lord Tong, there is something you want to ask about in the end, okay?"
"Lord Wang, please speak!"
"You literati are all black-hearted, you won't stab me Lao Li in the back!"
Hearing Li Chengdong ask Tong Tuchang like this, he couldn't help but wonder, what did this guy really say.
"Don't worry, you and we now have common interests, how can we harm our own interests?"
Li Chengdong thought about it, and now he and Tong Tuchang and his uncle, plus the king of Chu are all grasshoppers on a rope, and one is unlucky and the others can't run.
When Li Chengdong and Tong Tuchang were discussing how to poison the Ming Prince, Li Yuanyin brought someone in outside the door.
Seeing that his father was fine, Li Yuanyin breathed a sigh of relief, if Zhu Yu is his most important person now, then Li Chengdong is the second, and now he is naturally relieved to see that Li Chengdong is fine.
Li Chengdong also saw his son, and saw Li Yuanyin's worried eyes Li Chengdong's heart warmed, although Li Yuanyin was his adopted son, but after more than ten years of getting along, Li Yuanyin and his own son were similar. What's more, Li Chengdong looked for a doctor to see that he had been injured on the battlefield and could not have children, so Li Chengdong vigorously cultivated Li Yuanyin, and now seeing Li Yuanyin, he is worried about himself Li Chengdong feels that the hard work of more than ten years has not been in vain.
Li Yuanyin saw that Li Chengdong was not wearing a helmet and had no braids on the top of his head, and knew that his father had finally made up his mind to do it anyway.
Li Yuanyin was very happy, and knelt down and asked, "Is my father okay?" ”
Li Chengdong picked up his son and said with a smile: "It's okay, your reinforcements came in time, plus the rescue of Lord Tong and Jinyiwei, there is no danger!" ”
"Father, where's your braids? Did you decide anyway! ”
Hearing his son ask, Li Chengdong nodded and asked, "How is the battle outside the door?" ”
"The Qing army was killed by Uncle Yang! Now Uncle Yang is taking people to Beicheng, saying that he wants to kill the bastards of the Han Army Banner! ”
Li Chengdong knew that Yang Dafu had been tortured enough by the guys in Han Junqi for more than a year, and now he let go of his hand and naturally wanted to take revenge.
"Lao Yang is here! What about the others? ”
Hearing Li Chengdong's question, Li Yuanyin remembered that the military camp outside the city was fighting, and hurriedly said: "By the way, father, when my son went to the camp, Luo Chengyao took the generals from Henan to oppose sending troops to beg his father, and now he is fighting with some people in Shaanxi, so my father should hurry up and take a look!" ”
The army is Li Chengdong's life, and when he heard that now that the rat is fighting by himself, he can still sit still, and hurry out to prepare to go to the camp to stop the fight.
Tong Tuchang's eyes on the side rolled and bad water came out again, although his uncle let him win over Li Chengdong, but this guy is capricious, a well-known four-surnamed slave, his strength must not be too big. He has 50,000 iron cavalry under his command, which are all veterans of a hundred battles, and on the basis of these people, he can completely pull up 200,000 troops, which is what Li Zicheng did back then. In order to prevent Li Chengdong's knife from cutting his own hands, he must weaken the army in Li Chengdong's hands.
Seeing that Li Chengdong was about to go out of the city to stop the fight, Tong Tuchang stepped forward and said: "Lord Wang, this official has important military information to say!" ”
Now Li Chengdong and Tong Tuchang are still in the honeymoon period, so naturally they have to listen to what he has to say.
"Lord Tong, please speak!"
"Lord Wang, pay attention to safety, I heard from Tong Guonai that he won over a Henan general in the prince's army, if it is not good for the prince, the prince should be careful!"
Li Chengdong heard Tong Tuchang say this, and he was guilty of a total in his heart, could it be Luo Chengyao? No, Lao Luo and himself fought all the way from Yangzhou to Fujian, and they did it a long time ago to the detriment of themselves.
But Tong Tuchang can't believe what he said, after all, this guy has the same interests as himself and will not cheat himself.
Li Chengdong didn't say anything, and went out of the mansion gate and rode on his horse to prepare to go out of the city.
Li Yuanyin, who was on the side, asked: "Father, there is a fight in the barracks, how many guards should we bring!" ”
Li Chengdong remembered Tong Tuchang's words just now and said, "Bring 5,000 people!" ”
In this way, a total of 10,000 cavalry were divided into 5,000 by Li Chengdong and brought these people to the East City Gate. Now that the Qing army has been killed and dispersed by Yang Dafu, the city gate has long been unguarded. Li Chengdong asked people to open the city gate and leave the city with 5,000 cavalry.
As soon as I left the city, I saw the sound of killing in the big camp in the distance, and the camp was already in chaos, and there were already fires in many places.
Seeing his soldiers being consumed, Li Chengdong was extremely distressed, this is all his own capital.
There was no one at the gate of the camp, and the soldiers did not know whether they ran away or went in to fight. When Li Chengdong entered the camp, he saw that the men and horses on both sides were fighting, and now they are completely out of the scope of fighting, and what is the use of both sides.
Standing on the side, Li Chengdong had no choice but to let his own soldiers shout, "The handsome man is here, stop!" After shouting more than ten times, the people on both sides slowly stopped.
When the generals saw that Li Chengdong was back, they ran up one after another to complain and scolded each other for not being a thing.
Li Chengdong looked up at these generals and found that Luo Chengyao was far behind, and a large number of personal soldiers were still around him. Seeing him guarding himself like this, Li Chengdong knew that what Tong Tuchang said was not far from ten, this Luo Chengyao was a twenty-five boy.
Li Chengdong raised his hand to stop the noise of the generals, and asked loudly: "Lao Luo, what are you doing so far away?" ”
Luo Chengyao, who was in the distance, arched his hand and said: "Dashuai, these Shaanxi people look down on us Henan people, and stay away from them for fear that they will do the trick!" ”
As soon as Luo Chengyao's words came out, the Shaanxi generals were immediately dissatisfied, and opened their mouths to scold the Henan generals.
Li Chengdong said again: "Lao Luo, isn't it? How did I hear that you accepted Tong Guonai's conditions and prepared to be an anti-bone boy and betray my brothers! ”
As soon as Li Chengdong said this, the surrounding generals all fell silent and looked at Luo Chengyao one after another.
Luo Chengyao said loudly: "What do you say, boss, Luo doesn't understand, this time it's your Shaanxi generals who are the first to provoke trouble!" ”
Hearing Luo Chengyao say this, Li Chengdong's heart was bright, and he knew that Tong Tuchang was right.
"Lao Luo, you said that you didn't have contact with Tong Guonai, do you dare to swear in front of Gao Jie's spirit in the sky?"
This team was left by Gao Jie, so Gao Jie has a high prestige among the generals.
Luo Chengyao heard Li Chengdong ask, and said with a smile: "Li Chengdong, don't use Brother Gao Jie to pressure me." Lao Tzu will tell you now, how about Lao Tzu's conditions for accepting Tong Guonai! Tong Guonai promised me to kill you, Lao Tzu is the governor of Fujian! ”
Hearing Luo Chengyao admit in person, Li Chengdong sneered and didn't speak, and all the generals around looked at Luo Chengyao dumbfounded.
Luo Chengyao knew that now was a critical moment, and only by winning over the generals in Henan and Shandong in the army could he survive.
Luo Chengyao said loudly: "Brothers from Henan and Shandong, how are these Shaanxi Yankees doing to us? They get any benefits first, and we are all on it when we are desperate, and now the brothers in Henan and Shandong listen to me, let's kill Li Chengdong together, Governor Tong said, as long as Li Chengdong is killed, everyone will be good! ”