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Kaifeng is the capital of Henan, and there is the vassal king Zhu Gongyu of Zhou, Ding Qirui can't ignore it. In addition, at this moment, Xuchang City, where Ding Qirui was stationed, was attacked by a peasant army, and Ding Qirui was a little afraid.

So Ding Qirui readily agreed and led the army to aid Kaifeng City.

As a result, a few days after Ding Qirui ran out, Xuchang City was broken by the peasant army.

After Ding Qirui ran to Kaifeng City to rescue, he was targeted by Li Zicheng and his troops, first let Ding Qirui lead reinforcements into the city, and then took advantage of this opportunity to storm Kaifeng City, and Kaifeng City was almost breached.

Chen Yongfu, who still hurried back to Kaifeng City from the Water Gate, gave his strength and blinded Li Zicheng in the left eye with an arrow, which repelled the offensive of the peasant army.

As a result, Ding Qirui's subordinates plundered Kaifeng City again...... In this way, a different kind of relationship was formed.

Now, it is April 15 of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen.

Li Zicheng, who had just been repelled for less than half a year, led the army to besiege again, and this time, Ding Qirui was scared again.

Because, in addition to nominally commanding three provinces, but in fact he has no ability, and he has no combat effectiveness under his command. The most important thing is that the main forces under his command still don't listen to him!

Although Zuo Liangyu under his command belongs to Ding Qirui, Ding Qirui can influence a little when raising food and grass, but he wants to let Zuo Liangyu fight like an arm, but he doesn't even think about it.

If Ding Qirui could have a little more ability, Wang Qiaonian would obviously not die in vain.

Regarding Wang Qiaonian's death, Ding Qirui felt very guilty in his heart. Because at this moment, he felt that he was also following in the footsteps of Wang Qiaonian.

Wang Qiaonian was killed by his teammate, because Ding Qirui couldn't handle his subordinates.

But Ding Qirui felt that he was also cheated, because he couldn't handle his subordinate Zuo Liangyu.

So when Gao Mingheng, the governor of Henan, Zhu Gongqiao, the king of Henan Domain, and Chen Yongfu, the chief military officer of Henan Town, rushed over, Ding Qirui's face tightened and he began to have a headache.

However, no matter how much he had a headache, he couldn't drive away the three most important people on the ground in Henan, so he had to get up and step forward, showing some unnatural smiles and saluting King Zhou: "Your Royal Highness King Zhou will see your majesty." ”

Ding Qirui is a traditional scholar with a white face and a long beard, who looks like a high-grade civil official. Wearing a colorful embroidered regular dress with loose sleeves, although he is smiling, he has a sense of distance. It seems to be on guard against something.

Zhu Gongfang, the king of Zhou, was an unusual vassal king.

At least in terms of bearing, compared to other vassal kings who are commanding, sensitive and extremely conceited, King Zhou is more approachable, often smiling in his words, and his stature is not as good as that of King Fu, and he has to be supported by two or three big men when he takes two or three steps. It can even be said that King Zhou's stature can be described as strong. If it weren't for the sorrow that King Zhou's eyebrows couldn't hide, he could even be said to be a sunny and healthy uncle.

Of course, leaving aside these external things, Zhu Gongqi is still a super prince, with a noble status, and he has played a granary and morale boost in the first two battles of Kaifeng, Ding Qirui is particularly solemn about Zhu Gongqiao's arrival.

Watching Ding Qirui salute, Zhu Gongyu was really not as arrogant as the average vassal king, and helped Ding Qirui up with a smile and said: "The superintendent is exempt from courtesy, and the lonely is here to see." The national plan and strategic planning also rely on the planning of the superintendent and the military generals of Henan. ”

As he spoke, Zhu Gongyu gave up his words to Gao Mingheng.

This is a rather young, or rather young official. Around thirty years is the age of abundant experience. It's just that compared with Zhu Gongyu, who is slightly more athletic, Gao Mingheng looks thinner and thinner. But Gao Mingheng's eyes are very sharp, revealing firm beliefs, so that people can feel his sharpness and persistence at first sight.

For this person, Ding Qirui naturally understands the weight.

Gao Mingheng, who is now the governor of Henan, is a ruthless man. When Li Zicheng first attacked Kaifeng, he was the governor of Henan at the time, and he presided over the city defense. But the more meritorious Gao Mingheng is, the more difficult and hard-working, the more he naturally sets off Li Xianfeng's mistakes. For this reason, Li Xianfeng, the governor of Henan at that time, wrote a book to Gao Mingheng as soon as he came back, trying to strike first. Fortunately, at this time, Emperor Chongzhen was still a wise man, and he appointed Gao Mingheng to become the governor of Henan.

Now, Gao Mingheng listened to Zhu Gongyun's words to himself, so he naturally asked without hesitation: "The lower officials are here to seek a strategy for opening the city. Supervisor, now the thieves are surrounded again, its momentum is large, and the odds of winning are unpredictable with the strength of a city in Kaifeng, Henan. The lower officials once again begged the superintendent to come up with a clever plan as soon as possible, or to gather the troops of Huguang and Sichuan and Henan, and they would suppress the thieves. Or invite the border army of Baoding to rely on each other and stabilize the city defense as soon as possible. Otherwise, under the siege of hundreds of thousands of troops, it will be difficult to stabilize the security of Kaifeng! ”

Hearing this, Ding Qirui pondered for a long time, his eyes were shining, as if he was pondering something, and sat on the Taishi chair with a superintendent bearing: "What Zhong Ping said, this official has already thought about it one by one. It's just that the mobilization of generals from Huguang and Sichuan took a long time to go back and forth, and it was really urgent. Moreover, with the official's consideration, the central plains should be firmly committed to Kaifeng, and the battle committee out of the city is really unpredictable. With this in mind, the army is outside, and the thieves are not allowed to attack the city with all their strength, but they are defending it alive. If all the armies enter the city, guarding Kaifeng will become a rigid defense, which is really useless to the overall situation. ”

Hearing this, both Gao Mingheng and Zhu Gongyu glanced at each other and couldn't hide their disappointment. Even when Chen Yongfu, who had the same background, heard this, he also sighed in his heart.

There was a slight silence on the field.

After a long time, Zhu Gongyu broke the silence and said with a smile: "The superintendent is really clear about the use of the art of war. In fact, this king came to the Governor's Mansion today to boost morale and reward the army. For this reason, this time he brought 50 pigs, 100 sheep, and 100 stones of rice and grain, and 100 jars of wine. ”

Hearing Zhu Gongyu mention the reward army, the topic suddenly became much easier.

Ding Qirui stroked his long beard and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness is generous and gracious, but the official is disrespectful." ”

There was a slight chuckle on the field. Zhu Gongyu and Gao Mingheng glanced at each other, and finally Gao Mingheng slowly bowed his head.

Seeing that Gao Mingheng responded to Ding Qirui, he almost followed the joke and said: "Presumably, the army will know the expectations of the Kaifeng public affairs after this." The government and the people support the army, and the officials and the army protect the people. Such a good story of reciprocating the peach will definitely be passed on to future generations! ”

Gao Mingheng said with a smile, but Ding Qirui's hand stroking his long beard trembled slightly.

Where in this world is there the so-called government and people supporting the army, and the officials and the army protecting the people?

On the contrary, it is the widely spread folk song of "thieves are like combs, soldiers are like grates" that make the people all hate the officials and soldiers, and even the government is extra vigilant.