Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 54
Flying all the way north, enduring the bumps, Weng Zhiqi kept lingering in the emperor's earnest teachings.

The emperor said that preventing Duduo from leading troops to support Huaiqing Mansion was of great significance and related to the fate of the country.

Regarding this point, Weng Zhiqi had already thought through it thoroughly.But how to delay Dodo's marching pace, he couldn't think of a strategy.

Fortunately, the emperor handed over the cavalry team to him. Relying on these more than 4000 elite soldiers, he can always cause some big troubles for Duoduo.This cavalry was captured from Liu Liangzuo, and it was also the only cavalry army in the hands of the emperor!
It can be seen from this, how much His Majesty the Emperor attaches importance to the Battle of Huaiqing, and how much he thinks highly of Weng Zhiqi!
Before arriving in Jining, he caught up with the broken troops of Duoduo's army.After two hours of fierce fighting, thousands of enemy soldiers were beheaded, and the enemy fled in embarrassment.

Huaiqing Mansion was to the west of Kaifeng, and at this time the vanguard of the Duoduo army had turned around and moved westward.Weng Zhiqi made a decisive decision and did not enter Jining City to rest. While chasing the enemy with all his strength, he opened the bag that the emperor had given him in advance.

There is a note in the kit, with a few words: "Xiangyang has dozens of catties of divine ointment in his hand as bait. If Duoduo comes after him, lead him all the way to Yimeng Mountain. I have arranged an ambush to assist the general."

Weng Zhiqi remembered that there was a Jin Yiwei in the army accompanying him, this man was carrying a big box, and he never left for a moment when eating or sleeping, it seemed that the so-called god ointment was in that box.

Hastily called Jin Yiwei, showed him the note in the kit, and said with a smile: "On business, can you take out the god's ointment?"

Jin Yiwei said: "The emperor and Military Advisor Yan have given instructions, but General Ping Weng will make the decision. However, the emperor has another secret order, please let the general read it."

Weng Zhiqi received the secret decree, and she was sweating profusely when she saw it: "Use the ointment carefully. If it is rumored or someone in the army is contaminated with this thing, I'm the only one who asks, and I will kill you without mercy!"

"I dare not be careless!" Weng Zhiqi got off the horse and kowtowed to receive the order.

Jin Yiwei handed over a key, unlocked it, lifted the lid of the wooden box, and saw pieces of opium wrapped in oiled paper.

"Isn't this opium ointment? Can it really lure Duoduo?" Weng Zhiqi asked.

Jin Yiwei was like an old monk in meditation, he didn't answer.

Weng Zhiqi took out about a catty of opium, put it in a parcel and carried it on his saddle, and handed the key back to Jin Yiwei, saying: "It's better for the superior to keep the god ointment. If the general needs it, you can unlock it and take it out."

Jin Yiwei was very satisfied, nodded and said: "I will truthfully report what General Weng has done to the emperor and the military adviser. I think they must be very happy."

After chasing to the boundary of Kaifeng, Duoduo finally couldn't bear it anymore, ordered the army to stop advancing, and personally brought three thousand Manchu cavalry to fight.

Naturally Weng Zhiqi didn't dare to confront the Manchu cavalry, and ordered to flee, but secretly dropped several pieces of opium ointment.

Qing soldiers picked up the opium ointment and handed it over to Duoduo.Duoduo was worrying that his ointment was exhausted these few days, and he was addicted to cigarettes. He was so anxious that he was like an ant on a hot pot, and his heart felt as uncomfortable as being scratched by countless claws. After seeing these pieces of ointment, he was overjoyed.

Immediately lay down in the tent to get addicted to cigarettes, did not pursue Weng Zhiqi, and did not order the troops to leave.

One of the soldiers who waited on him to smoke knew very well what Prince Yu was thinking, so he took the opportunity to please him and said, "My lord, there have been rumors in the past few days that a cavalry soldier from the Ming army brought a large box of divine ointment. Jin! I thought it was a lie, but I didn’t expect to seize the god’s ointment today..."

"Is this really true?" Duduo sat up.

"Anyway, that's what the rumors say. Many people in our army know about it, especially the ranks that have been terminated. The prince can ask someone to ask."

Duoduo immediately called many people to ask questions. The rumors were true, and he felt itchy. He immediately ordered: "Turn around and catch up with the Ming cavalry!"

When Kong Youde received this order, he hurriedly came to Duoduo and persuaded him, "My lord, the Regent ordered us to support Huaiqing Mansion, how can we change the direction of march halfway?"

Duoduo said: "The cavalrymen of the Ming army are like hateful flies, buzzing and buzzing after us. If we don't slap them to death, how can we march with peace of mind? This king has made up his mind, so there is no need to say more! Kill a few Thousands of flies, how much time can be wasted, you and Geng Zhongming lead the army to station here, and this king will come back as soon as he goes."

Then he took away [-] soldiers and chased Weng Zhiqi to the east.

The [-] full soldiers are the backbone of the Duduo army. The remaining [-] soldiers are either local regiments brought by the gentry and landlords, or the Ming army who surrendered. Binghu pretends to be a tiger.

All the soldiers were taken away, how could they dare to take another step forward?
Geng Zhongming stomped his feet angrily, and said to Kong Youde: "I knew that Prince Yu was so useless, we should have followed Prince Ying Azige to conquer the West, but now we are all right, we haven't accomplished anything, maybe we have to make a mistake." The crime of wronging the country and the army!"

"Stop talking about that, after all, Prince Yu is the Prince Regent's younger brother!" Kong Youde stopped Geng Zhongming's complaints, and sighed, "Let's hurry up and write a memorial and report it to the Prince Regent."

Duoduo's wishful thinking was well planned, [-] full soldiers chased him out, and used the minimum price and the shortest time to snatch the god's ointment, and then he went to Huaiqing Mansion without delay.

But the facts were unsatisfactory, and the cavalry of the Ming army fled eastward blindly.The soldiers chased farther and farther, and finally came to the foot of Yimeng Mountain.

Suddenly an army in ragged clothes came out from the mountain, joined forces with Weng Zhiqi, and caught Duoduo by surprise.

In a rage, Duoduo stormed Yimeng Mountain, but the Ming army's tactics were extremely cunning. He was stuck in the mire and couldn't escape, so he had to order Kong Youde to lead an army to support him.

……

On Yimeng Mountain, in front of a cave.

Looking down the mountain, Weng Zhiqi could vaguely see the enemy's camp, and said with a smile, "Mr. Yan, so you are the emperor's ambush! I've heard about the incident in Liaocheng. ,Honored!"

Yan Yingyuan said: "Ren Qi, come to see General Weng."

Ren Qi put a plain knife on his shoulder, and grinned at Weng Zhiqi: "General Weng, you are going to fight guerrilla warfare with us. This tactic is very fun, and it will be fun to keep you!"

"What is guerrilla warfare?" Weng Zhiqi asked.

Yan Yingyuan said with a smile: "We have confronted the enemy army down the mountain several times, and we used guerrilla tactics."

"After these few battles, I have long discovered that the tactics invented by Mr. are unique and extremely flexible. I was just about to ask. Now that I have reached this point, please give me your advice!" Weng Zhiqi said.

Yan Yingyuan waved his hands and shook his head and said: "This is not a tactic I invented, it was taught to me by the emperor, how could I dare to covet the power of heaven? Guerrilla tactics, there are sixteen-character formulas, the enemy advances and retreats, the enemy harasses us, and the enemy exhausts us Fight, the enemy retreats and we chase. That's all, but it's wonderful!"

Weng Zhiqi chanted the sixteen-character formula in her mouth, like eating an olive, she felt a little obscure at first, but later her mouth was filled with saliva and endless aftertaste.

"It's wonderful, it's really wonderful, our emperor is really a god!" Weng Zhiqi patted his thigh and cried.

Yan Yingyuan agreed with a smile, but Ren Qi curled his lips and said: "It's not that mysterious. When I led my brothers to hide in Tibet in the elm forest, I used the same tactics, but it was not as good as Chongzhen's conclusion."

The Jin Yiwei accompanying the army took out an imperial decree and read it out: "Order Yan Yingyuan to be the governor of Shandong, and the governor of the soldiers and horses in Shandong; appoint Qi as a thousand households to assist Yan Yingyuan in managing military affairs."

Yan Yingyuan hurriedly kowtowed to thank Tianen, but Ren Qi stood still and said coldly: "I am not an official of the Ming Dynasty, whoever loves this thousand households will be the one!"

Weng Zhiqi was surprised by Ren Qi's attitude and advised: "Brother Ren, Qianhu is a fifth-grade military attache. How many people want to be but can't become it? Don't let the emperor down..."

Ren Qi dismissed it, turned around and entered the cave.

Yan Yingyuan smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Ren has a lot of prejudice against the Ming Dynasty and even the emperor because of his own experience. Let him go. He has a good heart, and the most important thing is that he understands the righteousness of the nation. The rest, Let's not force him."

After dealing with the Qing army for a few days, the Anhui merchants finally delivered [-] shi of grain.These Anhui merchants were really capable. They forcibly drilled a gap in the siege of the Qing army, and delivered food safely to the mountain without anyone knowing it.

"Brother Ren, I said the emperor would send us food, did I lie to you?" Yan Yingyuan smiled while holding a bowl of white rice.

Weng Zhiqi also joked: "Brother Ren, you are not an official of my Ming Dynasty, do you want to eat my Ming Dynasty's food?"

"If you don't eat, if you don't eat, I will eat bark and grass roots for the rest of my life. Even if I starve to death, even if I jump from the cliff, I will not eat a grain of food sent by him Chongzhen!" Ren Qidao.

After a while, Ren Qi wolfed down three bowls of rice in a row, hiccupped and lay on a rock basking in the sun, like a full-fledged piglet whining.

Well, it’s so sweet!

Chongzhen not only sent food, but also a lot of bacon and vegetables, delicious!
(End of this chapter)