Chapter 1005: Change of Situation
Inside the rebel camp, there was a small tent, and the so-called rebel commander Ainengqi was imprisoned in the tent.
Although he is the nominal manager, Eneng knows that he is just a prisoner, a tool used by others. The once commanding General Pingnan of the Great Western Kingdom is now like ashes, and the only hope is that Qian Fenglin, who is hiding behind him, can keep his word and give himself a way to live afterwards.
And in view of the cooperation shown by Ainengqi during this period of time, Qian Fenglin also treated him very well, in addition to not being able to leave the tent and wander around the camp, wine and meat were eaten and drunk openly, and even two singers from the Qinglou were brought to accompany him. After all, many times in order to hide people's eyes, it is necessary to pull Enchi out from time to time, and it is best if he can take the initiative to cooperate.
I don't know when I'm going to die, I-Nengqi can only get by, and he doesn't even have a cronie by his side, so what can he do?
But after all, he is a heroic figure who has led more than 100,000 troops, and Ainengqi's sensitivity is still very good. From what happened these days, I also have a good understanding of the current situation.
In the past few months, people from all over Jiangdong, Zhejiang Province have killed officials and raised righteousness to join the rebels, Qian Fenglin often pulled him out to meet the leaders of the rebels, from the attitude of these rebel leaders towards himself, Ai Nengqi can feel that Qian Fenglin has deceived even these people, and this gives Ainengqi a glimmer of hope.
Since so many rebel leaders thought that they were the commanders of the rebels, and they were defecting to him, the general of Pingnan of the Great Western Kingdom, if he could escape safely, would he be able to order these rebels?
Qian Fenglin's gang deceived the vast majority of people in order to be secretive, I am afraid that among the more than 100,000 rebels, there are not many who really know that they are puppets, if they can escape, maybe they can quickly grasp a force, so as to achieve a career and reproduce the glory of the Great Western Kingdom!
At this moment, a desire to survive grew like a weed in Ainengqi's heart, and at this moment, Ainengqi seemed to see an opportunity to escape and change his fate!
From the moment he heard that Chen Yue, the king of Qi, was leading the army to attack, Ai Nengqi knew that this was Qian Fenglin and Chen Yue acting, acting for the Ming court and the people of the world. And when the play ends, I am afraid it will also be the end of their own, Chen Yue and Qian Fenglin will use their heads to give an explanation to the Ming court. So, my time is running out!
During the day, Qian Fenglin once again sent someone to invite Ainengqi to the big tent, and then issued orders to the leaders of the righteous army in the name of Ainengqi, announcing the news of the decisive battle with the Ming army tomorrow.
Sure enough, as expected by Ainengqi, Qian Fenglin put many of the rebels who had defected to him at the forefront, and put all his own troops behind. This is clearly to let these newly attached rebels be sacrificed.
In the military discussion, when Ai Nengqi heard that more than 100,000 rebels gathered in Suzhou to fight a decisive battle with the Ming army, he knew that this was probably the last "battle", and the end of the battle was the end of the big drama, and then the rebels would be appeased and disappear, and he would come to the end.
So, time is running out for yourself.
At night, the camp was lit up, but Enench's small tent was dark, and he went to bed early. At the third watch, Ai Nengqi slowly opened his eyes, there was darkness in front of him, he quietly sat up from the bed, came to the door of the tent, and looked out through the gap in the curtain, the whole camp was already dark, very quiet, and occasionally the sound of drums came.
At the door of the tent, two guards reclined with their weapons, their heads dozing little by little. Ench quietly took out a hidden knife, and instead of trying to kill the guards, he gently cut the tent.
The tent is made of thick cotton cloth and painted with a layer of paulownia paint to protect it from rain and moisture. It didn't take much effort for the sharp knife to cut a large hole in the tent, and Ainengqi stood still for a moment, feeling no movement outside, and then he tore open the gap and escaped.
As a general who once led more than 100,000 troops, Ainengqi naturally understood the layout when he set up the camp, knew where there was a bright post and where there was a secret post, carefully avoided the dark shadows, and fled all the way to the periphery of the camp.
During the daytime military discussion, although Ainengqi hardly said a word, he secretly remembered all kinds of arrangements, and what he was going to was the camp of a rebel army, called the Wuxi battalion, which was the camp of a rebel army from Wuxi.
"Who?" A voice suddenly sounded in the dark, but I didn't expect this rebel army from Wuxi to be very alert.
Then a torch suddenly appeared in front of him, and Yao's Ainengqi closed his eyes suddenly, and when he opened his eyes again, several bright steel knives stood in front of him.
"I'm a messenger sent by the Shuai camp to herald, take me to see you General Hou!" Ainengqi stood up straight and scolded coldly.
Hearing him say this, and looking at his graceful bearing and good clothes, the secret post of the Wuxi battalion did not dare to despise it, and hurriedly sent someone to send a letter to the leader Hou Mubai.
Hou Mubai, the leader of the Wuxi battalion, was "canonized" as the deputy general of Wuxi because he brought thousands of righteous people to vote. Enenche had seen him during the daytime military conference and remembered his name.
Seeing Ai Nengqi who was brought by his subordinates, Hou Mubai was shocked and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.
As Ainengqi expected, Hou Mubai didn't know the actual details of the rebels, and always regarded Ainengqi, the general of the Great Western Kingdom, as the real leader.
"I've seen the big handsome, how did you come to the camp of the last general?" Hou Mubai asked suspiciously, Ai Nengqi actually appeared here alone in the middle of the night, which made Hou Mubai unable to help but be shocked.
As for the rhetoric, Ainengqi had already thought about it.
"General Hou, the reason why this marshal came here alone at night is because there is an important military matter to be handed over to you!" Ai Nengqi said solemnly.
"Please command!" Hou Mubai hurriedly said.
"Does General Hou know about Jinyiwei?" Enchi asked. Hou Mubai nodded again and again, he didn't know how to deal with the notorious Jinyi Guard.
"Jinyiwei is a secret spy organization controlled by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and there are many spies, almost all over the world. Our rebel army is so powerful, how can Jinyi Wei not send people to infiltrate?
These days, every day, there are rebels from all over the world who come to take refuge, even Ben Shuai doesn't know which ones are the real rebels, and which ones are Jinyi Guard's secret agents! And for the sake of the people's hearts, Ben Shuai can't turn away the righteous people who come to vote. Enchi continued.
"Dashuai, I don't have anything to do with Jinyiwei!" Hou Mubai hurriedly defended himself.
Ai Nengqi nodded: "General Hou, you are your own brother, Ben Shuai naturally trusts you, otherwise he would not have come to your camp."
There are too many secret agents in Jinyiwei, and the secrets in our army may have long been known to the Ming army, and the Ming army on the opposite side is the department of Chen Yue, the most powerful Qi king of the Ming Dynasty. For the sake of prudence, many things could not be said in the big tent during the day, so Ben Shuai came to see the general at night. ”
Hearing Ainengqi say this, Hou Mubai could feel the importance of the matter and Ainengqi's trust, and a wave of enthusiasm poured out at once.
"I want to listen to the commander's orders, I don't know what the commander wants his subordinates to do?"
Ai Nengqi nodded: "General Hou is really loyal and courageous, since this is the case, I will tell you the truth, the arrangement in the big tent during the day is just to hide people's eyes, because there are detailed works of the Ming army in the big tent." And now the Ming army must have known our plan. Therefore, Ben Shuai's real plan was not stated in the big tent.
The Ming army thought that we would fight a decisive battle with them tomorrow, and we would make a detailed report, so we would definitely not prepare tonight. So, tonight is the perfect time for the decisive battle! ”
"Dashuai, do you want me?" Hou Mubai was shocked.
Ai Nengqi nodded heavily: "General Hou, everyone thinks that the two departments led by Ma and He are the real elite of the righteous army and the descendants of this commander, and the Ming army is naturally aware of this matter." Therefore, there must be countless pairs of eyes staring at Ma and He now. And General Hou, your subordinates have just come to vote, and no one thought that you would lead the army to attack, so it can have a surprising effect! ”
"But Dashuai, my subordinates only have more than 4,000 but less than 5,000 people!" Hou Mubai was shocked.
Ai Nengqi's face was full of confidence and said: "General Hou rest assured, the rebels on the opposite side are only twenty or thirty thousand people, we are attacking at night, the Ming army is defenseless at all, as long as we enter the Ming army camp, the Ming army will inevitably be chaotic, and then the two generals Ma and He will also lead people to rush into the Ming army camp."
General Hou, the opportunity to annihilate the Ming army in one fell swoop is tonight. If you can defeat the Ming army and defeat Chen Yue, the most powerful Qi king in the Ming Kingdom, your reputation will be known to the whole world, and this commander will be rewarded for his meritorious deeds! ”
Ainengqi's words were reasonable, and the flickering Hou Mubai's eyes shone brightly. Thinking about the bright future in the future, Hou Mubai finally strengthened his confidence.
"I want to listen to the commander!"
"Okay, you will quietly pass the order, let the brothers get ready, and leave in half an hour!" Ai Nengqi instructed, "I'm writing a few warrants, you send people to Kunshan Camp, Changshu Camp, etc., so that they can follow us and attack the Ming army's camp." ”
"But, Marshal, didn't you just say that there are Ming Army's brocade guards in our camp, if you let other battalions know with great fanfare, is it equivalent to notifying the Ming Army?" Hou Mubai asked with some confusion.
Ai Nengqi smiled: "Do you understand the time difference General Hou?" After we quietly leave the camp, the Kunshan camp and the Changshu camp will receive the order, and the Jinyi Wei will learn that it is too late to report to the Ming army camp. ”
"I see." Hou Mubai suddenly understood.
Looking at the back of Hou Mubai going out to give orders, the smile on Ainengqi's face became even bigger. With a few words, Hou Mubai's flickering obedience has been subdued, and his plan to escape can finally be launched. At this moment, Ainengqi seemed to see the hope of escape.
Hou Mubai ordered someone to send pen, ink and paper, Ai Nengqi began to write orders, and Hou Mubai went to prepare.
There was some commotion in the camp, and thousands of soldiers were woken up from their sleep and began to dress and prepare. In the end, it is a rabble composed of some ordinary people, even if Ai Nengqi ordered him to keep quiet in advance, Hou Mubai was still scolding in a low voice, and there was still a lot of movement in the camp, which made Ai Nengqi secretly a little frightened, I don't know if it would alarm Qian Fenglin and make his escape plan come to naught.
Fortunately, half an hour passed quickly, and the rebels of more than 4,000 Wuxi battalions also gathered crookedly, and Ai Nengqi immediately ordered to immediately go out of the camp and touch the Ming army camp a few miles away.
In order to prevent making a sound, before leaving, Hou Mubai ordered every soldier to carry a wooden stick in his mouth, and thousands of people left the camp, except for the sound of footsteps, there was no big sound.
However, it is impossible to be silent with such a big movement, and the Chinese army battalion, listening to the faint restlessness coming from the westerly position, Qian Fenglin's face showed a look of vigilance.
"My lord, there was an abnormality in the Wuxi battalion, and the soldiers of the battalion poured out of the camp!"
Soon, a subordinate arrived and reported the news to him.
Wuxi battalion? Qian Fenglin was taken aback, in order to avoid chaos, the rebel armies in various places have always been camped alone, and in order to facilitate control, they have always been stationed not far from the army of henchmen. But yesterday, in order to facilitate the plan, Qian Fenglin ordered the mobilization of the battalion, but he didn't expect that something would happen at this moment.
Wuxi battalion, what do they want to do?
"Order the Ma and He battalions to be vigilant immediately, and send people to closely monitor the movements of the other battalions!" Qian Fenglin gave orders one after another, and one by one the heralds flew away and disappeared into the night of the camp.
Soon, another piece of news came, which made Qian Fenglin's heart panic all of a sudden.
"My lord, Ienchi has run away!" The officer guarding Enench hurried over and reported with a nervous expression.
"What's going on? So many of you can't even look at one person? Qian Fenglin said angrily.
"Ainengchi cut a big hole in the tent and fled, and the brothers didn't pay attention for a while." The officer said ashamedly.
"My lord, send someone to chase after you, it should be in time." The general next to him suggested.
"Chasing? Where to chase? Qian Fenglin said angrily.
The Wuxi battalion suddenly poured out of the nest at night, and Ai Nengqi escaped, are the two things related? If it does, I'm afraid it's really in trouble!
Qian Fenglin knew that in his plan and that of King Qi, Ai Nengqi was an important part of it, and he was the object used to explain to the imperial court. Only by using the head of Enchi can he cover up everything he has done, and can he shirk all the guilt and responsibility of the rebels.
Now that Ainengqi has run away, how should he explain to the king?
In the plan, tomorrow's war, push those rebels who are not under his control to the battlefield, and then lead people to retreat to Zhejiang, and the king of Qi can easily recover the four provinces of Jiangbei. Now that Ainengqi has fled, and the Wuxi battalion has also left the camp inexplicably, can the plan still be realized?
Just when Qian Fenglin was thinking nervously, more news came that the Wuxi battalion was actually heading in the direction of the Ming army camp, and more rebels were also preparing to leave the camp. The whole camp of westerners shouted and neighed, and fell into a commotion.
What's going on? Qian Fenglin looked at such a big movement in shock, and for the first time felt that things were completely out of his control.
"My lord, what should I do?" A group of cronies and generals came behind Qian Fenglin and asked nervously.
"Let our people get ready, retreat immediately after dawn, retreat to Suzhou, these rebels, let them fend for themselves!" Finally, Qian Fenglin said with difficulty.