Chongzhen Chat Group

"It won't be long before we go deep into the hinterland of Liaodong. You are young and still a girl." Lu Xiangsheng said sincerely. "There is no need to say how dangerous this trip is. The hardships include staying in day and night, or going out at night. Traveling day and night, you may have no sleep at night, you may be hungry and have no food, why don’t you stay on the island?”

Wei Mulan was sent by Emperor Chongzhen, and he had no authority to give orders. However, he really felt that if Wei Mulan went with him, he would not be able to come back, so he had to persuade her.

After hearing this, Wen Mulan smiled, which was particularly touching. She smiled and said: "His Majesty's decree is that this official should be by Mr. Zhongcheng's side to convey news at any time. When we go to the hinterland of Liaodong, we need to know more news. . Only by accompanying the lower official can we ensure the actions of Master Zhongcheng as much as possible. As for the lower official himself, it will be fine!"

She did not say that Emperor Chongzhen was actually worried about her and could ask her not to follow him. But she had already made up her mind, so there was no need to mention the matter. Of course, she was also very grateful for Lu Xiangsheng's concerns, which strengthened her belief.

Lu Xiangsheng saw that he could not persuade her, and he could feel that she had made up her mind, so he stopped trying to persuade her and continued to inspect the troops on the island.

Wei Mulan sat quietly for a while and then reported the situation on the island to Emperor Chongzhen, saying that the preparations here were very good.

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen waited for further confirmation of the news before ordering Lu Xiangsheng to attack. Just when he was about to withdraw from the chat group, someone suddenly looked for him in the chat group.

"Purpose all sentient beings, group leader, I have something to talk to you about!"

Emperor Chongzhen took a look and found that it was Zhang Dingguo, the little kid who seemed to have been quiet for a while. He was curious about this kid among the dirty thieves, and at the same time wanted to know about the dirty thieves, so he asked, "What do you want from me?"

"Don't you have connections in the court? Let me ask you something, okay?" Zhang Dingguo asked immediately.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw him, he thought, you are a little brat, and you are already thinking about building relations between the DPRK and China? He felt a little funny, so he continued to ask: "If you have something to say, tell me quickly, I'm busy!"

If it had been before, Zhang Ding would probably be angry. Anyway, he felt that he was not afraid of the group leader. But at this time, he did not show his rebellious side, but replied obediently: "I heard that the emperor has decreed that as long as we are willing to surrender, the imperial officers and soldiers cannot kill us?"

What does it mean? Could it be that he was chased and intercepted by Hong Chengchou, Ma Xianglin and Wu Xiang, the Datong general sent by Governor Xuanda, and finally had no choice but to surrender?

Emperor Chongzhen thought so and felt happy in his heart. It would be great if the problem of stray thieves was solved at this time, and then all we need to do is focus on disaster relief.

So, he quickly replied: "Yes, as far as I know, the emperor did have a decree. As long as you are willing to surrender, he will organize you to build water conservancy..."

As he was speaking, before the remaining words were displayed, he saw Zhang Dingguo say something, which made him hold back the rest of his words: "Don't talk so much nonsense, I just want to know, to kill or not to kill?"

"..." Emperor Chongzhen was speechless, you little brat, why are you so domineering?

"You are a child, so you must be polite when you speak!" Wei Mulan acted bravely and stepped forward to remind Zhang Dingguo.

"It's none of your business, just stay here!" Zhang Dingguo was still very arrogant, "Group leader, if you are a man, just answer, kill or not kill?"

In fact, Emperor Chongzhen already understood what he meant before, but this little kid was still very insistent, which made him a little helpless. But it's not easy not to answer in this matter. Besides, why are you angry with a little brat?

So, he followed Zhang Dingguo's advice and said: "Don't kill!"

Who knows that this is not over yet, Zhang Dingguo continues: "You promise?"

"Promise!" After Emperor Chongzhen finished his answer, he immediately asked, "If you are still worried about surrendering, in order to avoid misunderstandings, maybe I can create a bridge so that you can surrender as confidently as possible. How about that?"

After saying this, Zhang Dingguo waited for a while and then said: "Who said we are going to surrender? None of the dog officers are good!"

"..." Emperor Chongzhen was speechless. He said so much. Are you kidding me?

After a moment of silence, he asked: "Then why do you ask this?"

This time, Zhang Dingguo answered quickly enough: "I have a few close companions who can't run anymore. My adoptive father said that I would throw them to the officers and soldiers. I was a little worried, so I asked about it!"

Hearing him talk about this, Emperor Chongzhen chatted with Lu Ruipeng privately: "How is the situation of suppressing bandits over there?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the bandits escaped very quickly. Hong Zhongcheng could still hold on to the bandits, but in the past few days, a large number of old and weak people were abandoned by the bandits. Hong Zhongcheng has been thrown away in order to accommodate these old and weak people." Lu Ruipeng Of course, the emperor's questions were answered immediately.

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen asked Zhang Fengyi again and found that the same was true on her side. The bandits did not fight the officers and soldiers, but just ran as hard as they could, leaving behind the old and weak in the team along the way to delay the officers and soldiers' pursuit. As for the remaining Wu Xiang road, since there are no members of the chat group, we cannot know the specific situation, but it must be similar.

While he was thinking about it, he saw Zhang Fengyi chatting with him privately: "Your Majesty, when the general and his wife were chasing these bandits, they found that there seemed to be a lot of broken troops from Jin who had joined the bandits. Although the number of bandits has been greatly reduced now. , but its combat effectiveness may be stronger than before."

This was the situation that Emperor Chongzhen was most worried about before. Unexpectedly, some things could not be changed by just flapping butterfly wings. However, judging from the current situation, Hong Chengchou is coming from the west, Baigan's army is coming from the east, Wu Xiang's Datong army is going south, and soldiers and horses in other places are on the spot and are gradually narrowing the encirclement. It would be best to encircle and annihilate them. If not, it would be fine to rush to the grasslands outside the pass and let them disrupt the situation in the grasslands.

What he didn't know was that in the process of escaping, these bandits had destroyed several villages and castles. For example, at this time, forty-two camps of thieves were gathering in a village fort that had just been conquered by them to discuss matters. These extra bandits were from the Jin region and were driven over from the east by the Baigan Army.

The squire's yard in the fort was very large, with bonfires burning and leaders from all walks of life sitting around it. Wang Jiayin sat on the steps of the lobby, clapped his hands and said loudly: "Brothers from all walks of life, these days, we have been driven out by the army. We haven't had a good rest since we were sleeping. We can't go on like this forever, otherwise sooner or later, we will be overtaken by the army."

"Yes, we have seen what King Hong Yan is capable of. If we fight, we will definitely suffer heavy losses!"

"And the same goes for the white-pole army. They are the chieftain soldiers who fight so hard that even Jianlu are afraid. It's difficult to fight them!"

"Isn't it the same with the general soldiers of Datong? They were transferred from Shanhaiguan. They were also the army that fought against Jianlu before!"

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