In Zilharang's view, a small Luoyang City, even without the use of Manchurian cavalry, just sending a force of the Eight Banners of the Han Army is enough to take it, after all, Luoyang City is no longer the Luoyang City of hundreds of years ago, it is in decay, and even the remnants of the broken wall left by Li Zicheng when he besieged Luoyang City are still there, and the number of troops in the city is only a few thousand, how can he resist the 100,000 army? Sending 10,000 troops is enough to wipe out Luoyang City.

Zu Dashou took the lead, came to the city of Luoyang, and shouted to the top of the city: "The people at the head of the city listen, quickly tell your prefect to open the city and surrender, this official can still ensure that his high-ranking officials have to sit, horses have to ride, and the future is bright, if you insist on going to war, the Qing Dynasty will move the troops, and ten thousand cannons will be fired in unison, so that your Luoyang city will be flattened and the blood will flow like a river!" ”

Chen Qiyu was above the city, and he saw Zu Dashou at a glance, the two of them had been officials in the same dynasty for many years, although Zu Dashou was a foreign minister, but Yuan Chonghuan was in Japan, Zu Dashou had followed Yuan Chonghuan into the court for many books, and Chen Qiyu, who was a soldier at the beginning, met a lot, Chen Qiyu naturally knew Zu Dashou!

Chen Qiyu's face was pale, this was a few fierce generals in the Ming Dynasty back then, the leader of the Guanning Iron Cavalry, and now he has surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty and become a lackey of the Manchurian Tartars!

"Zu Dashou! You ungrateful rebel thief! Betraying the Lord for glory and being willing to be a Tartar eagle dog is really an unforgivable sin, and it is not as good as a beast! ”

Zu Dashou looked at the city, an old general standing at the head of the city, scolding at himself, taking a closer look, his heart was awe-inspiring-Chen Qiyu, I didn't expect that in this small place in Luoyang City, there was still a hidden important minister of the Ming Dynasty!

Zu Dashou looked at Chen Qiyu and shouted, "Is there Lord Chen Qiyu in the city?" You and I have been officials in the same dynasty for many years, and I don't want to be in danger with you, thinking of the friendship of my comrades, I am even willing to protect you from the Qing Dynasty, with your prestige, conduct, and ability, it is enough to be a Shangshu, the Ming Dynasty has been exhausted, why do you have to stand up for it, don't forget how Chongzhen drove you out of the court! Now there are 100,000 heroes in the Qing Dynasty, if you insist on going your own way, the entire 100,000 people in Luoyang City will be buried for you, how can you bear it? ”

Chen Qiyu shouted coldly: "Fart! The old man was born as a minister of the Ming Dynasty, and death was also the ghost of the Ming Dynasty, Zu Dashou, you are also a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, you are also a Han person, and the blood flowing in your body is also the blood of the Han people. What face does he have to meet the first emperor and the nine springs? ”

Zu Dashou said coldly: "Why should I go to see Chongzhen? I'm sorry for him? Is he worthy of me? Is he worthy of Guan Ning's iron cavalry? Is he worthy of a loyal general who has guarded the frontier for many years? Inspector Yuan Chonghuan Gong made great achievements, was loyal to the liver and courage, and what happened in the end? Wan Chop Ling Chi, the meat on his body was eaten by people in one bite! Did he Chongzhen forget that when the Qing army besieged Beijing, it was Yuan Dushi who led the Guanning Iron Cavalry to return to the capital from Jinzhou for seven days and seven nights, and then worked with the Qing army base station under Chongwen Gate for a day and a night to solve the crisis in Beijing? The birds are all gone, the good bow is hidden, the cunning rabbit is dead, and the lackeys are cooking! If it weren't for my ancestor Dashou's disobedience and refusal to enter Beijing City, I'm afraid that this head would have been taken off by Chongzhen a long time ago! What point are we sorry for as courtiers, Emperor Chongzhen? My ancestor Dashou has been guarding Jinzhou for a year, where are the reinforcements from the imperial court? Long live the pearls in front of the mountain, and the sheng song in the Penghu Palace, we don't owe the Ming Dynasty! ”

Since he chose to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, Zu Dashou no longer cares about reputation, naturally there is a set of rhetoric to block the mouths of the world.

However, is Chen Qiyu easy to match? People are from Jinshi, both civil and military, how can the advantage of the tongue be afraid of you as a military general?

Chen Qiyu sneered: "Zu Dashou, you don't want to use strong words to confuse right and wrong!" Yuan Chonghuan was executed by Ling Chi, can you see that he has the slightest resistance? He has a heavy army, and it is not easy to resist? Why didn't he resist, it was because he was loyal and a thousand times stronger than you! Besides, is Yuan Chonghuan really wronged? Killing Mao Wenlong, an important minister of the imperial court, is it a felony, right? It is a felony to deceive the superiors and subordinates and sell grain, grass, salt and iron to Manchuria, right? It is a felony to talk about five years of peace and deceive the king, right? Which one has wronged him? As for your ancestor's birthday, you support the army and respect yourself, and every year you falsely report the strength of the army and risk the army's salary from the imperial court, for more than ten years, I am afraid that you will receive no less than millions of taels, right? Do you still have the face to say that the court can't stand you? Your family has been loyal and good for generations, and now you have treasoned against the enemy and fought for the tiger, what face do you have to see your ancestors and ancestors under the Nine Springs? Your ancestors and ancestors have been ruined by you, nailed to the pillar of shame in history, and left a stench for 10,000 years! You are the first-class rebel thief of the Ming Dynasty, the scum of the nation! I, Chen Qiyu, are standing here, and if I want to take Luoyang City, I will step on my Chen Qiyu's corpse! ”

Chen Qiyu was righteous and stern, his expression was cold, and his words completely shocked Zu Dashou, and he was poor in words, outside the city, he commanded the Eight Banners of the Han Army, almost all of them were Han people, for Chen Qiyu's words, he could hear it clearly, and cut the butcher knife to the fathers and villagers in Luoyang City like this? How can I bear it?

There was a little turmoil in the hearts of the entire Han army, people's hearts were unstable, and Zu Dashou was even more red-faced, and he was already a little shorter before the war!

"Father, what do you have to talk to a bad old man with him, and attack the city directly?"

Zu Kuan on the side said urgently.

Zu Dashou shook his head and said astringently: "Stop the siege for the time being, wait for Prince Zhuang to come up, the morale of the army is frustrated, and the forced siege is only afraid that it will backfire......"

The Eight Banners of the Han Army did not fire a single shot or cannon, but only surrounded Luoyang City, waiting for the arrival of Zilharang.

In the afternoon of the next day, Zilharang arrived with the main force of the army.

Seeing that Zu Dashou's army did not make any moves, Jierharang was furious, and reprimanded angrily: "Zu Dashou, what are you nervous about? Didn't this king tell you to attack immediately when you arrived in Luoyang City? The military situation is urgent, and you dare to delay time? Do you want to rebel? Bastard thing! ”

Zu Dashou hurriedly bowed down and said: "Lord Qiyu, when the minister arrived in the city, Luoyang City was already tense, ready to defend to the death, and there is an old minister in the city, Chen Qiyu, the former soldier of the Ming Court, this person is an official Qingming, with outstanding prestige, at this time forcibly attacking the city, the minister is afraid that it will backfire, and Chen Qiyu has excellent ability, he is a generation of capable ministers, if he can surrender, it can be regarded as a pillar of the Qing Dynasty......"

"Confused, even if you want to recruit Chen Qiyu, then you have to show them the advantages of the soldiers first, if you don't give them both grace and power, can he surrender obediently? Order, immediately launch an attack on Luoyang City! ”

(End of chapter)