After receiving the order from Wu Chaoyue to order the New Hunan Army to attack and open the seal and break through the Yellow River, Zeng Guoquan immediately asked Wu Chaoyue a question in a letter. How to deal with Yinglanpo, who had sent people to assassinate Wu Chaoyue? Should we cut him into pieces and avenge him? Or should we deliberately save him a lifetime and win people's hearts?

Wu Chaoyue's personal reply was just one sentence. Yinglanpo's original surname was Zheng and his name was Yinggui. He was from the Zhengbai Banner of the Han army. He changed his surname to be more like Manchu.

Wu Chaoyue's reply seemed a little dazed, but Zeng Guoquan understood Wu Chaoyue's hints. However, just as Zeng Guoquan was ready to kill Yinglanpo and vent his anger to avenge his future niece, the Qing army in Henan took the lead in making a very important military deployment adjustment. The Chong'an Ministry of the Qing army, which was originally responsible for confronting the Wu army in Luoyang, suddenly gave up Sishui and retreated east to Zhengzhou, as if preparing to join forces with Kaifeng Qing army to deal with Zeng Guoquan's army.

If it were other Wu army generals who were responsible for carrying out the tasks undertaken by Zeng Guoquan, they would definitely not be solemn when encountering such a situation. They would even think that there was an opportunity to siege the city and attack aid, and forced one of the Qing troops in Kaifeng and Zhengzhou to fight to the decisive battle with their own troops in the field. However, Zeng Guoquan was the opposite. He had just confirmed that Chong'an led his army to retreat east to Zhengzhou and set up a camp to station, Zeng Guoquan, who was well-read in history, immediately smelled a dangerous smell.

"Impossible? Can the rebellion be so crazy? But the main force of Chong'an's waste was not retreated directly to Kaifeng and chose to be stationed in Zhengzhou. No matter how you look, why do you think you are planning to use that trick? It's already spring again, and the peach blossom flood is coming soon..."

After thinking hard for a long time, he did not dare to take risks easily. Considering that he was already the acting governor of Henan of Hubei Provisional Government and had to think about his future governance of Henan, Zeng Guoquan resolutely gave up the established combat plan to directly attack Kaifeng and decided to attack Zhengzhou first, and then attack eastward to open the Fengfeng. At the same time, Zeng Guoquan also sent an envoy north to contact the Qing army general Chong'an, who clearly told Chong'an that he would dare to fight the Yellow River, and the Wu army would never accept the surrender of Chong'an!

Zeng Guoquan's threat was sent to Kaifeng by Chong'an as soon as possible. After learning that Zeng Guoquan had seen through his intentions, Yinglanpo and Tomina, who were secretly in charge of the matter, immediately pulled their faces longer than donkeys. Tomina, who had escaped from Xuzhou to Kaifeng, cursed, "The treacherous dog thief, actually saw through our plan so quickly!"

"There's no other way." Yinglanpo also sighed: "Now I want to use floods to eliminate the Wu thief army, no hope."

"But we can still rely on floods to protect Kaifeng." Tomina said gloomyly: "At this time, we should dig the Huayuankou embankment, and the flood goes east along the Jialu River. It will be difficult for the Wu traitor army to cross the Jialu River one step, and Kaifeng City can be as stable as Mount Tai."

Yinglanpo was hesitant again, and Toming Aze reminded: "Yingfutai, we have no extra choice. After the Wu bandits came to the city, Kaifeng City could not be saved no matter what. As the governor of Henan, you should be very clear about what the consequences of losing the provincial capital."

After hesitating for a long time, the selfish thoughts finally gained the upper hand. Yinglanpo whispered: "You can't use official documents, or verbally order, and ask the most reliable person in the Chong'an School to take action."

What surprised Yinglanpo and Tomina was that after the verbal order they jointly issued was sent to Zhengzhou, it was actually flatly rejected by Chong'an. Chong'an also had to secretly tell Yinglanpo and Tomina that he could do this conscientious order, but there must be a handwritten order written by Yinglanpo and Tomina. The order must also include the Henan Governor of Yinglanpo and Tomina's imperial envoy, Da Yin, otherwise even if he was killed, he would not dare to do so! He really could not bear such a big blame.

Of course, Yinglanpo and Tominga were unwilling to leave ink and paper on this matter, but there was no way. Zeng Guoquan, who had seen through their evil means, had already sent troops from Xuzhou to the north and took the Taoist Priest Ge to Zhengzhou. There was not much time left for the Qing army in Henan. So there was no choice. Yinglanpo and Tominga gritted their teeth and simply met Chong'an's requirements. They really gave Chong'an a signature and sealed order, so that Chong'an could choose absolutely reliable soldiers to take action quietly, secretly digging the Yellow River embankment, and let the upcoming Taohua Flood destroy the embankment and pour it into the Jialu River, and use water instead of soldiers to resist the Wu army's attack on Kaifeng.

"It's okay, anyway, the lower reaches of the Jialu River are either controlled by Wu thieves or broken places that were beaten by the Nian bandits. The Huai River basin downstream is already all the territory of the long-haired bandits. If we do this, it will be beneficial to the court without any harm. Moreover, unless Chong'an has a problem with his brain, he will never dare to promote this matter at will." In the end, Tomina and Yinglanpo comfort each other so much.

Although Yinglanpo and Toméa played well in the abacus, they forgot a very important point, that is, the current location of the Chong'an Ministry of the Qing army was south of the Jialu River. Once the flood flooded into the Jialu River, the Chong'an army immediately became an isolated army. So even after they sent the handwritten order to Zhengzhou, Chong'an still hesitated and dared not take action.

"General Chong, you can't delay any more. It's too late if you don't take action." The messenger, who was appointed by Tuomina's personal soldiers, urged: "Trust the military gate to explain, you must see that you have completed the mission and go back. Don't worry, after the Yellow River collapses, you can cross the river north immediately. On the other side of the court, the military gate and Yingfutai will explain to you."

After hesitating for a while, Chong'an still did not dare to make this decision. He also used the excuse that he could easily be exposed during the day and had to wait until night before acting. He first sent Tomina's personal soldiers away, and then discussed with his confidant: "What should I do? Should I follow the order or disobey the order?"

"Sir, I think this is absolutely not allowed to do it." The confidant said terrified: "Not to say that doing this is too harmful to the will of heaven, you will definitely go to the eighteen levels of hell after death. Even if you can make up your mind, the Wu thief army and the people of Henan will definitely not spare you. No matter whether you can cross the Yellow River or escape, even if we cross the Yellow River, the Wu thief army will still cross the river upstream and chase us!"

After saying that, his confidant quickly added another sentence and said, "Also, General Chong, don't forget that your subordinates are all local green camp soldiers in Henan. If you ask them to do such a thing, they may not obey orders. If they force them to intensify, they will launch a mutiny and kill you and surrender to the Wu thief!"

"But disobeying the order, how can I explain to the military gate?" Chong'an said hesitantly: "He is an imperial envoy and has the right to die. If he pursues the matter, I can't afford it?"

"Mr. Chong, I'm sorry for saying something bold, you don't have to explain, and you don't have to bear it." The confidant said carefully: "The handwritten handwritten handwritten handwritten by the military gate and Yingfutai is the best gift you offer to the Wu thief army. If you disobey Wu for this matter, you will have no shame to come to the court to pursue your family in Manzhou. Shu Bao, Feng and Duxinga, the bannermen like Wu Chaoyue are doing well."

Hesitated until it was dark. When Tominga's personal soldiers came to Chong'an again to urge him, Chong'an finally made up his mind and decisively ordered his subordinates to take down Tominga's personal soldiers. Then he summoned all the soldiers of the army and made the shameless orders of Tominga and Yinglanpo to the public. As a result, the Chong'an army soldiers, mainly local green camp soldiers in Henan, were indeed roaring and demanding to refuse to obey. Chong'an also took the opportunity to announce his decision to surrender to the Wu army, and broke with the crazy Tominga and Yinglanpo! The Chong'an army soldiers who had been afraid of being beaten by the Wu army immediately cheered like thunder, and all supported Chong'an's correct decision.

Then, before the Wu army could reach the city of Zhengzhou, Zhengzhou magistrate Wang Shoulin had already taken the initiative to change his flag and surrender under Chong'an's persuasion. At the same time, the surrounding counties of Xingyang and Xingze were also surrendered. Even Zhongmu County, which was closer to Kaifeng than to Zhengzhou, changed its flag and surrendered to the Wu army that day after learning about the orders of Tuominga and Yinglanpo to dig dikes.

The consequences of being betrayed by Chong'an were far worse than those imagined by Tomina and Yinglanpo. Although they repeatedly claimed that the warrant was forged by Chong'an, the seal on the warrant was carved with carrots, and pretended to order the Qing army and regiments from all over the country to guard the Yellow River to prevent floods. However, the Henan military and civilians, who suffered from the Yellow River disaster, still rushed to the Wu army while strictly guarding the Yellow River embankment, not giving Tomina and Yinglanpo any chance to take action secretly. They also helped Zeng Guoquan's army directly drive to Kaifeng City without a single shot and a bullet, and surrounded the Henan Provincial Capital.

Amid the rumbling cannons, Zeng Guoquan, who knew the tactics of attacking the heart, used flowering artillery shells and improved Kangliff rockets to bombard Kaifeng City, shocking the enemy's morale with powerful firepower. At the same time, he used bows and arrows that were already rare in the Wu army to shoot a large number of letters into the city, revealing the crazy act of Tominga and Yinglanpo trying to flood eastern Henan with floods, and calling on Kaifeng Qing army to kill Yinglanpo and Tominga Kaicheng to surrender. Kaifeng defenders, who had heard of this, were even more morale. Most of them had no intention of fighting again, and had long been determined to put down their weapons and surrender as long as the Wu army broke through the city.

The struggling Yinglanpo and Tomina of course denied all the accusations against them by the Wu army. While shouting the slogan of living and dying with Kaifeng City, they fought with the solid fortifications built over the past few years. While recruiting the Qing army that was fighting against the Nian Army in southeastern Henan to return to Kaifeng, they kept asking for help from the Qing army in Zhili. They did not dare to give up the provincial capital and leave, nor did they dare to open the city to surrender again.

After all, it is a provincial capital with priority supply of money, grain and materials. Relying on the strong city defense fortifications that were piled up before, and the Manchu and Mongolian soldiers under Tomina defended the city with all their might, Kaifeng City had to withstand a while, and waited for the request for help from the Qing army in Zhili. However, this reply made Tomina and Yinglanpo completely desperate. While launching a full-scale attack on the Qing army in Shandong, the Shi Dakai's troops also sent Chen Yucheng to lead a side division into the Daming Mansion of Zhili. The Qing army in Zhili is now unable to take care of themselves, so naturally they can't take action to rescue Kaifeng.

The attack on Tominga and Yinglanpo was still behind. The next morning, news came from outside the city that the Qing army who returned to Kaifeng from southwest Henan to aid the Kaifeng was defeated by the Shubao unit of Wu's army in Qi County and was forced to withdraw back to Guide Prefecture and could no longer rescue the provincial capital. As a result, when Yinglanpo heard it, she burst into tears and wailed that Kaifeng would be stopped. Tominga's face turned pale and suddenly shouted at Yinglanpo: "Why are you crying? A scar is a big bowl of scar on your head! At this point, what other choices can we have besides dying for our country?!"

Yinglanpo nodded with tears in his eyes, took out a small medicine bottle from his arms, and choked and said, "As soon as Wu thief broke through the city, I will eat this immediately, and ask the military gate. If possible, please ask someone to bury me secretly. I don't want my body to fall into Wu thief's hands."

"Shut up, useless things!" Tomina roared: "When is it now, still consider your body? Don't think about what we can do for the emperor and the court before we die!"

"But what else can we do?" Yinglanpo shed tears again.
Chapter completed!