Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 354 Chapter 354, the British Duke is waiting for the real hammer, Prince Yu tests his resourcefulness
Shanhaiguan.

The British Duke Zhang Shize and the Uncle Li Guozhen of Xiangcheng stood side by side, looking at the endless Qing army camp outside the city.

The British Duke frowned and said, "How long has it been?"

Li Guozhen said: "Three and a half days."

Britain is fair: "Then why hasn't Jiannu launched an attack yet? It's impossible for them to come here just to camp, right?"

Li Guozhen thought for a while, and said: "Could it be that some civil strife broke out inside them?"

The British Duke shook his head and said: "Impossible, Jianu is a country on the surface, but in fact it is just a tribal alliance."

"Each of these tribes knows very well that they cannot be an opponent of Da Ming fighting alone, so they will definitely reach an agreement before sending troops."

Li Guozhen pondered for a long time and said: "Since the option of internal strife has been eliminated, then... it should be what His Highness the Crown Prince predicted, right?"

The British Duke squinted his eyes, and said after a long time: "Dorgon, this guy really hates His Highness the Crown Prince to the bone."

Li Guozhen said hurriedly: "Since Dorgon has led the main force to the north, let's attack quickly, Mr. British."

The British Duke shook his head and said, "Not yet."

Li Guozhen asked anxiously, "Why?"

The British Duke calmly stared at the Qing army camp in the distance, and said: "Because we don't have any definite evidence to prove that the main force of the slave establishment has indeed gone north. What if Dorgon didn't go north? Then we have to face the situation when we lead the troops out of the city." Yes, but it is the main force of building slaves."

"Uncle Xiangcheng, the old man is here to ask you, do you think we can win if we encounter the main force of slave building?"

Li Guozhen hesitated for a moment, and said: "There should be a certain chance of winning, after all, we also have a full [-] musketeers."

Britain was fair: "The Shenji Battalion actually played a role in the confrontation with the Jiannu back then, but its role was actually relatively limited. The Daming Musketeers rebuilt by His Highness the Crown Prince were indeed far better than the Shenji Battalion back then, but... After all, I have never experienced actual combat."

Li Guozhen was speechless for a moment.

The British Duke looked at Li Guozhen and said seriously: "Uncle Xiangcheng, of course I also want to defeat the Jian Nu. Of course I also want to go to Shenyang tomorrow and kill all the Jian Nu who are entrenched there."

"But don't forget that we are Shanhaiguan, the last and only line of defense that guards the capital before Jiannu. The lives of the emperor, civil and military officials, the capital, and thousands of ordinary people in the Central Plains are all here. Above the first line of defense, how can the old man take risks so easily?"

Li Guozhen was completely speechless.

After a while, Li Guozhen said with great reluctance: "Then we can't stay here all the time, can we? His Royal Highness..."

The British Duke smiled slightly and said: "Uncle Xiangcheng, I know you are worried about His Highness the Crown Prince. But the old man has to say, if it is just about fighting, the two of you and I together are not enough to carry shoes for His Highness the Crown Prince, aren't you?" ?"

"Since His Highness the Crown Prince has chosen such a strategy, he will definitely make some arrangements, so just wait."

Li Guozhen asked subconsciously: "What arrangement?"

The British Duke shrugged his shoulders, spread his hands and said, "I don't know, but His Royal Highness said so at the time."

Li Guozhen: "..."

After co-authoring and talking for a long time, your British public is just holding a chicken feather as an arrow, pretending to understand if you don’t understand!
Just when there were countless alpacas galloping in Li Guozhen's heart, a general hurriedly came to the two of them.

"The British Lord, Mr. Xiangcheng, there is news from the pier. We just caught someone smuggling over from the sea. He claims to be the envoy of Dongchang in Shengjing. He has top-secret information to submit!"

The British official was obviously taken aback, and said: "Take him to the official office!"

Soon, in the British official's office room, he saw the envoy who had been kidnapped.

The British Duke did not speak to the envoy, but looked at a eunuch who had just arrived beside him: "Is your identity confirmed?"

This eunuch is from the East Factory, and he followed the British Duke all the way to the expedition. Hearing this, he nodded and said: "I have confirmed it through tokens and code words, and it is indeed the spy arranged by the East Factory in Shenyang."

The British Duke then asked someone to untie the envoy and asked, "What happened in Shenyang?"

The envoy moved his wrist that was aching because of being tied up, and suddenly took out a letter as if by magic, and said with a smile: "I don't know about this little one. The little one is just in charge of sending letters. Lord, read the letter."

The British public looked at the letter in front of him, and his expression gradually changed.

The content of this letter is actually very simple. It is to translate the information written by Hauge in Manchu into Chinese characters, and then add the notes from the Shenyang branch of Dongchang.

Li Guozhen waited a little impatiently, and couldn't help asking: "Master, what is written on it?"

The British Duke breathed a sigh of relief, handed the letter to Li Guozhen, and said with a smile: "Uncle Xiangcheng, haven't I told you already? His Royal Highness must have made arrangements. This is His Highness's arrangement!"

Li Guozhen looked at the contents of the letter and was overjoyed: "So it turns out that Dorgon has been going north for several days. This is really unexpected. In other words, Dorgon was actually left to Duo 3 Thousands of people? Does he look down on us too much!"

By the end, Li Guozhen was even a little angry.

The 3-strong army here at Shanhaiguan, Dorgon actually thinks that only [-] people from Duoduo can handle it?
The British Duke chuckled, and his expression became serious: "This bitch Dorgon is really overconfident, and he is so bold. Uncle Xiangcheng, you immediately send an order to the entire army to prepare for battle today. Tomorrow morning Let’s go out of the camp and give the Jian slaves outside a good look!”

Li Guozhen smiled broadly and nodded vigorously: "I promise to complete the mission!"

At dusk that day, the Qing army camped.

Duoduo stood up on his horse, staring at the Qing army camp in front of him, his expression was lost, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

A Manchu general came up to Duoduo on horseback and said, "Prince Yu, all the soldiers have already evacuated."

Duduo nodded slightly and said: "Leave a thousand cavalry here. When the Ming army comes in tomorrow, set the entire camp on fire and then retreat."

The Manchu general nodded in agreement, and then said with some distress: "There are so many tents...Prince Yu, they are all going to be burned anyway, why don't we take more and leave."

Doduo slapped him across the face.

"Idiot, these tents are all designed to confuse the Ming army. Do you think they are useless? It doesn't matter if you burn more tents. As long as you can confuse the Ming army for one more minute, it will be worth the money!"

After reprimanding this ignorant general of the Qing Dynasty, Duoduo's mood finally improved a lot.

At this moment, the pressure in Prince Yu's heart is still great. He has deceived the Ming army for four whole days, and he also knows that the Ming army in Shanhaiguan will react sooner or later.

At that time, it will be the real time to test Duduo's resourcefulness!

(End of this chapter)