Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 402: Just hold on

Daming's factory guard, in the hands of the current emperor, is at its peak!
Thinking of this, Wu Sangui couldn't help being startled again, would there be factory guard spies around him?

Immediately, he thought about whether he was disrespectful to the emperor, did he say something that should not be said, did he do anything that should not be done or could not be done?
Needless to say, when Wu Sangui thought about it, his heart broke out in a cold sweat. At least he had already made mistakes when he was in Liaodong!
After being stunned for a long time, suddenly a flash of light flashed in Wu Sangui's mind, and suddenly, how did the whole person come back to life: the emperor didn't seem to care about the things in the past, otherwise, he wouldn't have confused himself to accompany him Going out to fight, promoted himself to be the commander-in-chief, continued to lead troops, and suppressed the rebel generals of the Ming Dynasty.Now it turned out that the secret decree was given to me again, this trust, other people don't have it...

The more he thought about it, the more excited he became.Could it be that after he accompanied him on the expedition, his ability was recognized by the emperor.Yes, it must be me, no matter what, I am also a capable person, one of the few outstanding young generals among the generals of the Ming Dynasty!

Thinking about it, Wu Sangui suddenly thought of a bad thing as a good thing.Isn't it possible that there are factory guard spies by my side?Then if you perform well, you will be able to get feedback to the emperor's ears through the factory guard spy!

Thinking of this, he made a major decision in his heart, and he must perform well in the future!

Therefore, without saying a word, Wu Sangui immediately assembled the cavalry under his command, told the Datong General Soldier that he was ordered to go to the capital to escort the grain and grass, and then left Datong and headed east.

He did not look like he was going to fight, he did not carry the supplies needed for the battle, just like marching in the customs.

When he arrived in Shanxi and arrived at the residence of Chen Qiyu, the governor of Xuanda, he went to see the governor again.It was here that he secretly replenished supplies, then exited the border at a very fast speed and escaped into the vast grassland.

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And somewhere in the grassland far away from the Great Wall, a huge team is marching.Needless to say, this team was under the command of Chai Shihua who was ordered to escort the population back to Liaodong.

He had five hundred cavalry and two thousand infantry.

The people who were plundered from the northwest of Ming Dynasty and taken to Liaodong were all young and strong selected by Jierhalang, and there were not even strong women, all of them were men.All of them had their feet tied, and in a group of ten, they could only move together.He drove the grain trucks to Liaodong.

There are about [-] young men, but the escorting force is only [-], and they still have to look at the food and grass.The pressure on the guards is still a bit high.

Therefore, after setting off from Guihua City, Chai Shihua took the initiative to say to Xilin Jueluo: "My lord, it's a long way to go to Liaodong. These idiots definitely don't want to go. After thinking about it, they will definitely find a way to escape !"

"Huh?" Xilin Jueluo snorted when he heard it, squinted at him, and asked noncommittally, "Do you have any ideas?"

The vast grassland is too vast. No matter whether these slaves will starve to death after escaping, if they escape and hide in the grassland, it is really difficult to search for this small number of people.

Therefore, he heard the hidden meaning of Chai Shihua, so he asked this question.

"Exactly, your lord is wise!" Chai Shihua replied with a charming smile when he heard it, "The general is thinking, why don't you arrange it in the next few days, and show a flaw in the guard, so that those idiots will definitely want to escape. Yes, just arrest them, and then use the most painful method to execute them in public, killing chickens and scaring monkeys. In this way, even if those idiots really find a chance to escape on the road to Liaodong, they will think they are the last generals The flaws that were deliberately exposed, I dare not escape again!"

Hearing this ghost idea, Xilin Jueluo couldn't help but give Chai Shihua a high look, nodded and praised: "Yes, this is a good idea, you can figure it out, as long as these population and materials can be safely escorted to Liaodong, I will help You asked the emperor for credit."

When Chai Shihua heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed. His eyes almost burst into laughter. He thanked them repeatedly, then patted his chest and promised that he had many ways to deal with these idiots, and then went to arrange them secretly.

Chai Shihua was not wrong, these young men really didn't want to go to Liaodong.Their home is in the northwest of Daming. Although the home is gone, they are familiar with this place after all.There are also young and strong, their relatives were also captured by Jianlu and stayed here in Guihua City. If they are going to be taken to Liaodong, they don't know if they will see each other again in the future. Maybe it will be life and death. parting.No matter who is replaced, of course they are unwilling.

So, at night two days later, the escorted young and strong were shocked to find that the guards of the Jianlu army seemed to be lax.Therefore, the group of people who least wanted to go to Liaodong immediately wanted to escape. As a result, there was no accident, all of them were arrested, and none of them ran away.

Early the next morning, Chai Shihua mercilessly used his trick of "killing chickens and scaring monkeys". In front of all the young and strong, he dragged the 20 fleeing people to death with his horses. Didn't let go.Being dragged by the cavalry all the time seemed to remind them that whoever dares to escape, this is the end.

After this incident, even Xilin Jueluo felt that these slaves were more secure, so he happily praised Chai Shihua.

"Thank you, sir. This is what the general should do!" Chai Shihua felt proud after hearing this, but he said very modestly on the surface, "My lord must also know this method, but he just didn't say it out loud. The general is just an errand boy. Yes. Besides, if it weren’t for the adults sitting in charge, the general would not feel so at ease, and things would definitely not be handled so well!"

Listening to his flattery, Xilin Jueluo felt very comfortable in his heart, and couldn't help but feel a little more fond of Chai Shihua, so he was willing to chat with him.

This made Chai Shihua hug Xilin Jueluo's thigh even more tightly and serve him carefully all the way. The relationship between the two people seemed to be much more harmonious than when they set off.

This team has about 7000 people, and with so many grain trucks, even if it looks small on the grassland, the movement is not small.Therefore, it is not that the Mongols came to check it out, but when they saw the banner of Jianlu, they all retreated in the end.

At the beginning, Chai Shihua was a little nervous, fearing that the Mongols would rob him.To be honest, he didn't have much confidence in the [-]-step cavalry under his command.The family members who had originally defected with him had already been exhausted in the confrontation with the Ming army.Now these are more of the team he pulled up later, so they can only bully ordinary people.

Thinking of this, Chai Shihua hated him a little.That Wang Shichong is dead, so forget it; a large part of his direct family members died at the hands of Wu Sangui of the Guanning Army.This time, it was luck for that guy to go back to Liaodong by order.Otherwise, he would definitely be able to lure him into the ambush circle of the Qing army and definitely kill him!
Now that he has become a general of the Qing Dynasty, he has also arrived in Liaodong, with the Qing as his backing, and Wu Sangui has also arrived in Liaodong, there will always be a day of reckoning!
Several times, Chai Shihua felt ruthless in his heart, thinking to himself.

Having said that, when he saw that the Mongols shrank away and did not dare to covet the food and grass, he became more courageous and relaxed his vigilance. If there were any Mongols, he would not chase them away, but just marched on his own.

No, in the evening, the cavalry who spread out to be vigilant all around reported that there were Mongols coming to spy on them.

Chai Shihua disagreed with this, and even said a little impatiently: "Don't worry about those poor devils, they will naturally retreat when they see the banner of the Qing Dynasty."

Of course, there have also been special situations, that is, some Mongolians are unwilling to be reconciled and jealous of so many food and grass supplies, so they come closer to verify.

At this time, Xilinjueluo stepped forward, scolded the leader of the Mongols repeatedly and apologized, and then left in despair.

Regarding Chai Shihua's flattery, Xilinjueluo said confidently: "On this grassland, it is the world of my Qing Dynasty. Those who disobey my Qing Dynasty have all been conquered by my Qing Dynasty. I Qing Dynasty has conquered it." They have to do whatever the Qing Emperor orders them to do!"

Even the Ming Dynasty could not do such a thing.Chai Shihua experienced it himself again, and he admired the strength of the Qing Dynasty in his heart, and he was overwhelmed with admiration.Anyway, it's okay to be idle, so I just flatter Xilinjueluo around.

But he didn't know that the Mongols found by the horse explorer this time retreated as expected after watching the marching team from a distance.However, they were not the wild Mongols on the grassland, but the Mongols in Wu Sangui's cavalry army.

Returning to Wu Sangui's resting place, Ye Bushou immediately reported excitedly: "Commander, Chai Shihua's troops are escorting the population and supplies, and they have camped for the night twenty miles ahead."

Hearing this, Wu Sangui couldn't help but be overjoyed and finally found it.

"Marshal, my subordinates saw that the escorted Jianlu had no vigilance at all, and they even let them approach. The soldiers guarding them are also loose, and they don't look elite at all." Ye Bushou added the report excitedly road.

When Wu Sangui heard this, he sneered and said, "Just that idiot Chai Shihua, what kind of soldiers can he bring out! If he didn't escape quickly every time, this commander would have killed him long ago."

With that said, he immediately began to deploy.

Wu Sangui was no stranger to grassland warfare. After all, he came from a family of generals, and Chai Shihua, that idiot, had been defeated many times by his subordinates, and was also a familiar opponent. He knew what Chai Shihua would do in any situation.

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It was late at night, it was already the end of September, and it was already a bit cold on the Mongolian grasslands.The grain carts and the lee of the livestock fence are all places where the fake Tartars take shelter from the wind and sleep.

Naturally, the captured people of the Ming Dynasty could not have enough clothes. They were all shivering from the cold, but they did not have any shelter. They had to huddle in a pile and hug each other to keep warm.

Under the night, the sky was full of stars, but the hearts of these Ming people were full of despair.

Among them, some people could not make it to Liaodong alive.Before that, dead people had already begun to appear.

These fake Tartars, at any rate, can be regarded as fellow villagers, but when dealing with their own people, they are ruthless.It takes a day to walk, but there is very little food to eat, not even enough to feed the livestock.Some people in the Ming Dynasty were in a hurry and couldn't care less. If they went to grab food from the animals, they would be whipped immediately.

In the silence, suddenly, someone was worried and whispered in a low voice: "Second brother, hold on, you must hold on. I heard from that Shiba Gou that the imperial army won the battle in Liaodong. As long as we get to Liaodong , there is still a chance to go home!"

Obviously, Chai Shihua's flattery made Xilin Jueluo feel comfortable. After such a long journey, he was too busy to be in a panic. While chatting, he would naturally reveal something, which was accidentally overheard by these Ming people.

"Brother, don't lie to me. I'm so tired, I just want to lie down. It's better to die here than in Liaodong."

"Really, I didn't lie to you. Do you know why we were escorted to Liaodong? It's because more Han people in Liaodong were rescued by the imperial court and less labor, you know?"

"..."

Hearing the conversation between the two brothers, the people of Daming nearby couldn't help but also participated in the discussion in a low voice.

"Is it true? Can the imperial army defeat the Jianlu? Can they save the people of Liaodong?"

"Impossible, Jianlu is invincible. This time, even Marshal Wang was killed by them!"

"That's right, if the imperial court can win the war against Jianlu, it would have recovered Liaodong long ago."

"..."

Most people didn't believe that the imperial army could win, which made the person who spoke at the beginning become anxious and couldn't help but speak in a higher voice: "Really, I have sharp ears. Although my hearing was a bit blurry, the general meaning is, Inseparable!"

As soon as someone heard this, he immediately became nervous, and immediately reminded in a low and anxious voice: "Shh, don't be so loud, or alarm those Tartars, we will be beaten together."

Hearing this, the man immediately shut up, turned his head to look at the guards, and found that there was no movement, so he continued in a low voice: "I slept like a pig, it's all right."

Even though this was the case, no one dared to run away. Who knew if those guards were actually pretending to sleep.Those who had escaped before were dragged into skeletons and hung behind the horses, which was a warning.

After he finished speaking, he persuaded his younger brother to continue to insist.

However, don't talk about others, even his younger brother doesn't believe it. In fact, they are in the northwest, and their confidence in the imperial court can be said to be extremely weak.Even if there is such a thing, they feel that the probability of their death will be higher.

Seeing this situation, he sighed in his heart, seeing that it was getting late, and he had to maintain his strength to go on the road tomorrow, so he had to sleep first and persuade his younger brother tomorrow.

However, thinking that his family would be ruined, he would only have such a younger brother left, and seeing that he would not be able to hold on, or if he was gone, he would not be able to sleep no matter what.I secretly prayed to the sky in my heart: "Father, mother, if you have spirits in heaven, you can entrust your brother with a dream to cheer him up, otherwise, there is really nothing you can do about it!"

Worried, I really couldn't sleep, opened my eyes and looked around, inspecting the environment, thinking in my heart, I should run away, maybe I can save my brother.

However, when he saw it this way, he suddenly became a little silly.

(End of this chapter)