Thinking clearly about the stakes, Yang Sichang found that he had no way out.

Originally, the matter of discussing peace, under his own operation and the acquiescence of the emperor, slowly released the rumors, instructed a group of officials to create public opinion, and slowly tried to make it unacceptable to the majority of people. However, Xia Nan spied on his intentions, and chose such a sensitive opportunity as the Tartars to enter the Kou to be exposed, and the matter of secretly helping Abatai to go north was not clear, so he put himself in a comprehensive passivity, and even charged with fornicating with the Tartars, and his reputation was ruined, and even the emperor would be implicated. As the other party said, when the time comes, it will not be a crime that can be resolved.

His eyes slowly showed murderous intent, and he made up his mind in his heart: since the other party doesn't give him a way, then he will not do anything, and take advantage of the fact that King Qin's army is outside the city, and uproot this person and this army to prevent future troubles.

At this time, a eunuch hurried to Yongding Gate and conveyed Chongzhen's instructions: "Lord Yang, Long Live Lord received the news from you, Long Yan was furious, such a lawless and arrogant person must be severely punished, and the special order came to pass on the message: Everything outside the Yongning Gate is handled by Yang Wenqiao." ”

Yang Sichang was overjoyed, Shang Fang's sword came, and it was justified to deal with Xia Nan.

In fact, when he sent someone to the palace to report, he kept an eye on it, only saying that there were soldiers and horses from other places making trouble outside the Yongding Gate, and threatened to bombard the city gate, but he did not explicitly say that it was the Qiong Navy. Sure enough, when Chongzhen heard the news, he immediately exploded. But if it is explained that it is the Qiong Navy, Chongzhen may not be so happy to authorize him to dispose of it, because the combat power of the Qiong Navy has been proved by thousands of Tartar heads, and Chongzhen's attitude towards such a strong military leader has always been weak. What's more, the Tartar army is close at hand, and it may arrive in Beijing at any time, and if you deal with the Qiong Navy at this time, if you don't get it right, you will let the Tartars take advantage of it, which is tantamount to playing with fire.

However, in order to save the outside world and settle the inside, in order to turn the tide and make oneself famous in history, this risk is worth taking. Yang Sichang stared at Xia Nan under the city with blazing eyes, and shouted in his heart: Anyone who stands in front of this official must be eradicated, and you are no exception!

He commanded softly: "Go out of the city and give orders to the leaders of each battalion, according to the emperor's dictation, authorize this official to have full authority to deal with the Qiong navy that is making trouble outside the Yongning Gate, and now order them to surround it, gather and annihilate it!" ”

Xia Nan was still waiting for Yang Sichang's attitude to soften, and then took the opportunity to propose negotiations, and then threw out his own conditions. But Yang Sichang didn't say a word, but a few hanging baskets were placed on the city wall, and a few young officials in Tsing Yi came down, ran to both sides in a smoke, and disappeared into the camp of King Qin's army in a blink of an eye.

Xia Nan didn't know the intentions of these people, but instinctively felt that something was wrong, and said to Wei Lianheng, Huang Hansheng and others: "You go back to your own troops and get ready, I feel that the person surnamed Yang seems to be going to do something." ”

He turned around and shouted to Yang Sichang: "Lord Yang, are you trying to play some tricks to cover up your despicable behavior?" ”

Yang Sichang smiled coldly: "General Soldier Xia, you have soldiers in your hands, flying and domineering, this is the case in Nanjing, and it is still the case in the capital, do you really think that no one can cure you?" ”

At this time, several artillery shots were heard in the south, east, and west directions, and the commander-in-command of the Qinwang army on the periphery began to move, and the dense soldiers ran out of the camp, formed a formation, and slowly approached the Qiong navy.

King Qin's army camp was originally connected together, and the Qiong Navy arrived at Yongding Gate or Datong Town to get out of the way, and it was easy to form an encirclement at this time, and it was easy to form a formation to move closer to Yongding Gate. In less than half an hour, the soldiers and horses of Shanxi, Xuanfu, and Datong towns surrounded the Qiong Navy, and as far as the eye could see, the swords and guns were like forests, and the men and horses were like walls, and the water was impassable on three sides.

Xia Nan snorted and said loudly to the wall: "Lord Yang, I underestimated your ruthlessness, now that the Tartar army is in Gyeonggi, it may be killed at any time, you actually drove the army of King Qin to besiege us at this moment, so you are not afraid that the Tartars will suddenly appear and the fisherman will benefit?" I, Qiong Haijun, have killed so many Tartars for the imperial court, and I have made outstanding achievements, why do I have to do such a thing that is loved by relatives and enemies? ”

Yang Sichang replied coldly: "Even if you have a small amount of credit, this is not a reason for your arrogance, an army that dares to set up cannons at the gate of the Beijing Division, the imperial court doesn't want it!" Let's see if the Qiong Navy, which has made outstanding achievements in battle, can escape under the siege of 100,000 troops. ”

"No matter how high-sounding it is, it's just trying to kill people and cover up your crimes." Xia Nan sneered, "Okay, let's see the real chapter under our hands, and see if your 100,000 army can shake my Qiong Navy!" ”

At this time, the three regiments had been lined up, and the artillery was dragged away from the city gate, and they returned to their respective positions according to the artillery formation, aiming at the Qinwang army in three directions.

Directly in front of the soldiers and horses of Datong Town, Wang Pu, who was clearly dressed and armored, shouted loudly in front of the battle: "Ping Nanbo, I'm sorry, it's not that my brother wants to be your enemy, Lord Yang of the military department has the emperor's command, and we are also acting on orders, no way." ”

Xia Nan replied: "It's okay, everyone is divided according to their ability, and I also want to see the strength of several border towns." ”

Sima De asked in a low voice: "General, do you really want to fight?" ”

"Or else? Do you think Yang Sichang made such a big determination that he would give up halfway? Xia Nan stared ahead, "I'm not afraid of these so-called border towns, but killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred, it makes no sense for us to fight such a battle, it will only make the Tartars happy." ”

Yang Youji said hatefully: "These officials in the capital don't know what is going on in their heads, and they actually let the officers and soldiers fight among themselves, can no one control him?" ”

"I'm afraid no one can stop him except the emperor. However, there is still a card outside this city that can suppress Yang Sichang. Xia Nan smiled slightly, looking at the direction of the Chinese army where Zhang Fengyi and Liang Tingdong were.

Sima De followed his gaze and suddenly realized, "Why didn't I expect him to be there!" No matter how incompetent this person is, he is still the main hall of the military department, and he is still nominally Yang Sichang's superior. ”

"What's more, Zhang Fengyi is the supervisor of King Qin's army, and the command of the army is still in his hands. As long as he is not a dead man and comes out to make a statement, even if he can't make the army retreat, at least he can confuse the command, and these general soldiers don't know who to listen to, and our opportunity will come. Xia Nan pointed to the big tent of the Chinese army, "Yuji, taking advantage of the fact that there is no unified command of King Qin's army now, and the troops will not move, you will lead people to rush into the big tent, whether it is coercion or lure, let Zhang Fengyi come out and give orders, and let the army retreat." ”

Yang Youji responded: "Obey." ”

Sima De volunteered: "General, it's easier to talk to the literati, I'll go with Youji, Zhang Boqi is incompetent and soft-eared, maybe I can convince him." ”