Chapter 21 Li Chengdong is messy
Li Chengdong was shocked when he heard that Emperor Yongli had already judged their action plan.
This is simply incredible!
I was a soldier sent on the 16th, and Zhu Youlang knew that day. Even if there were his spies in our army, the news would take as long as five days to pass to Zhaoqing, right? You must know that the two places are more than 500 kilometers apart, and they cannot be reached with just a thrust.
Impossible, this is absolutely impossible.
Moreover, according to Ding Xu, Emperor Yongli wanted to personally bring 500 troops into Guangzhou, which means that after our army started fighting, he would launch a sneak attack on me. This is even more impossible, unless Emperor Yongli had a problem with his mind. Because if he entered Guangzhou, he would not only be threatened by our Qing army, but also Emperor Shaowu's soldiers would not listen to him. Will he risk being attacked from both sides? What's more, on the fifteenth, his army had just been wiped out, and Chen Jitai's army was threatening his east gate. If he didn't escape quickly, he would enter Guangzhou as the honor of a country?
It's unreasonable no matter how you think.
But if this is not true, how did Ding Xu know our army's action plan? This plan is absolutely true. Could it be that there is a fraud? Luo Chengyao's action was exposed? This was a plan by Ding Kuichu? Even if this is a plan, Ding Kuichu is far away in Zhaoqing and wants to ambush our army, it is the army of Shaowu Dynasty. It is not his turn to jump into the well across the river?
The more you think about it, the more you become, the more you become confused.
Li Chengdong glanced at Li Chengyin, and Li Chengyin shook his head, his eyes also felt confused.
Li Chengdong looked at Ding Xu kneeling in front of the table, pondered for a moment, and asked, "What's your name?"
"When the Grand Marshal, the youngest name is Ding Xu."
"Ding Xu, let me ask you, when you are about to come, did Lord Ding say how Emperor Yongli knew the movements of my Qing army?"
"When I go back to the Grand Marshal, my master can't tell you how the emperor knew, but he is indeed dispatching people to secretly enter Guangzhou."
"Oh, Lord Ding is the chief minister of the Yongli Dynasty. It can be said that he has already become the most important minister. Why should he send you to deliver a letter to me? Is he of his purpose?"
"When I go back to the Grand Marshal, my master said that he was not optimistic about the future of the Yongli court, and the Shaowu Dynasty would not be a match for the Qing Dynasty. It turned out that he was thinking of releasing the city when the Qing army came to the city, but the emperor had already expressed distrust of him, so he was right in advance. My master also said that if his intelligence lucky enough to prevent the loss of the Qing army, he would like to govern Guangdong and Guangxi with the Grand Marshal."
"What you said is true?"
"Every sentence is true. When it comes, my master asked me to recite it repeatedly, but I dared not change a word of the smallest one."
"Hmph! I made a temporary decision on the 16th and never mentioned it to anyone in advance. Emperor Yongli had no way to know my plan. But you said that he started to act that day. Ding Xu, are you playing tricks on me as a three-year-old child? Tell me, what's going on? Tell me if you don't tell the truth, be careful that I will cut you off!"
Li Chengdong slapped the table and shouted sternly.
Ding Xu didn't expect that Li Chengdong suddenly turned his back. When he looked up, he was frightened by the murderous aura in Li Chengdong's eyes, and his soul was shaking, his whole body was trembling like a sieve, and cold sweat flowed down like a river.
"Big, big, big, big, small, small, small, small, even if you have the heavens, you are not brave enough, and you dare not deceive the great commander! Big, big, big, big, let's spare your life!" Ding Xu kowtowed like pounding garlic, tears flying together, and shit and urine were all over his body.
When Li Chengdong saw that he was so scared that he couldn't speak any more when he saw a word from him. He smelled the smell of shit and urine, covered his nose, waved his hand, and shouted contemptuously: "Pull him down!"
The personal soldiers came in and pulled Ding Xu down.
"Yin'er, what do you think?" Li Chengdong asked quickly when he knew that Li Chengyin had always had a smart plan.
"Father, according to the child, Ding Wei is a man who is a little soft-spoken, not like a fraud." Li Chengyin replied.
"Well, you're right. If Ding Kuichu sent someone to commit a fraudulent surrender, he would never send this person. Then, what do you mean is that Ding Kuichu's letter is true?"
"The father, the son, don't know, and always feel that this matter is strange everywhere. Emperor Yongli can know our plan so quickly? Unless he is a ghost, there is no way to explain it. However, the plan of our army he said is so accurate. Could it be that Luo Chengyao was exposed? But it is not right. Today he also sent someone to say that he had arrived in Zengcheng, and the defenders of the Shaowu Dynasty along the way were very happy and did not realize that the disaster was coming. This was completely in line with the information sent by the son to Guangzhou." Li Chengyin replied.
"so……."
"So, the child is also confused."
"So, according to your opinion, what should we do?"
"Father, the child thinks there are two things that can be determined. The first is that our plan to march is leaked, so we must deal with it; the second is that the Shaowu army is not prepared for it, that is, it is leaked. At present, the target of the leak is not the Shaowu army." Li Chengyin replied.
"Um."
Li Chengdong walked out of the desk, with his hands behind his back, thinking while walking.
Li Chengyin was right, and nothing else was needed, whether Ding Kuichu surrendered or not, whether Emperor Yongli brought five hundred troops into Guangzhou City, these were not needed at all. As long as the Shaowu Dynasty was not prepared, it would not affect its march plan at all.
"Yes, if what Ding Xu said was true, what can the five hundred Emperor Yongli people play? He wants to fish in the water? Don't just stop touching the fish and then stabbing your hands. If he is really in Guangzhou, we can capture two emperors at once, so as to save trouble in the future." Li Chengdong gradually clarified his thoughts.
"You are handsome, do you mean to use your plan?" Li Chengyin asked.
"Yes, just follow the plan. I think if Zhu Youlang entered Guangzhou, his plan should be after Luo Chengyao initiated it before our army arrived in Guangzhou. It would not work early because Emperor Shaowu in the city was still there; it would not work late. If I waited for me to enter Guangzhou, his wishful thinking would be completely blind. I think our plan will not change, but in order to deal with it, we will do this..." Li Chengdong said quietly to Li Chengyin.
"Okay, father and commander. In this way, Zhu Youlang wanted to take advantage of the situation, but he didn't want to take advantage of himself."
"Hahaha, I really want to see what his expression would be if we caught him? Will there be any annoyance of stealing a chicken and losing a handful of rice?" Li Chengdong said with a smile.
"Father, if he really has the courage to enter Guangzhou City alone, the child would admire him very much." Li Chengyin did not laugh and said seriously.
Chapter completed!