readsfreenovel Chapter 255 Contact
Chapter 255 Contact
Qian Biao personally led the army to greet Feng Quan. Qian Biao sat on his horse and turned a deaf ear to Feng Quan's greetings. When he saw that the person had been picked up, he ordered his subordinates to hold guns and knives, as if they were escorting members of the delegation. Seeing this, Feng Quan's face turned black and he cursed in his heart: "Stinking soldier!" Then he ignored Qian Biao and turned to get on the carriage.
On the way back to the city, Qian Biao thought to himself, could it be that the king had accepted his suggestion during the discussion? Did the king really intend to put Feng Quan under house arrest and publicize the Qing envoy's decision to join the light? Qian Biao thought for a long time but could not come up with any clues. He could only sigh, "It's too difficult. How can I guess if the king doesn't explain it clearly?"
Soon, the delegation entered the city of Jinling. The news that the Qing envoys were preparing to negotiate peace had already spread throughout the city. People flocked to the streets. On both sides of the streets, crowds of people surged like a tide. Curiosity was written all over people's faces. Children jumped and jumped, vying to stick their heads out to watch. The crowd whispered and exchanged their opinions and speculations.
"Hehe, the Tartars really sent people to negotiate peace. It seems that the Tartars are no longer viable!"
"Yes, they are definitely defeated, otherwise they would have rushed across the river long ago. Why would they come to us to negotiate peace? Look at these Tartars, they look like they are being held captive by us!"
"I don't know if we can really negotiate peace this time. If we can avoid fighting, then that's fine. Years of war have been going on and business has been bad."
"You spy, how can we negotiate peace when the Tartars invade our Central Plains? You actually agree to negotiate peace. You are a Qin Hui!"
"Bullshit, you are Qin Hui!"
"You are Qin Hui......"
Then the two men started fighting, which was a great excitement for the onlookers. However, most people blamed the vendor who agreed to the peace talks. The propaganda work of the Propaganda Department in recent years was quite effective.
The carriage of the delegation moved forward slowly. The figures of the Qing envoys were looming behind the window. Feng Quan felt no tension at all. The Regent asked him to come to Nanjing just to test the people's hearts in Nanjing. The Regent didn't care whether it would succeed or not. If it succeeded, the north was now in ruins, and it would be a struggle to supply supplies to the armies of Hauge and Baiyingtu. After Bolo plundered the money and food of Korea, he could paralyze Meng Jun and devote all his efforts to the battlefield in Huguang.
After arriving at the inn, the officials in the inn presented the names of the members of the Qing Dynasty delegation. Meng Jun didn't care at first, but after a glance, he found a familiar name, Mao Xiang.
Meng Jun was delighted and quickly ordered Meng Bian to come. Although the Qingluan Guard had been planning in the north at this time, more than half a year had passed and there were some results. Various news were also reported back to Nanjing from time to time. However, there was still very little known about the Forbidden City, the heart of the Qing court and the political center. It was really a pleasant surprise that Mao Xiang would go south with the delegation at this time.
Meng Bian quickly arrived at the palace and bowed to Meng Jun, saying, "Your Majesty."
Meng Jun picked up the list, pointed at Mao Xiang and said to Meng Bian: "This Mao Xiang, you should find a way to send someone to approach him and check carefully to see if this Mao Xiang is the one that Hong Chengchou sent to Beijing!"
Meng Bian nodded and said, "Yes, my king, I will arrange it immediately." He was about to leave when Meng Jun hurriedly stopped him and asked, "Have the spies from Beijing City gone in?"
"Oh, he has been sent in. His name is Lu Ping. He is a talented person, but the routes for transmitting secret information along the way have not been fully arranged. He has just entered Beijing. I will let him settle down first." Meng Bian said hurriedly.
Meng Jun nodded, then signaled Meng Bian to find out Mao Xiang's identity as soon as possible.
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The land of Jiangxi.
When the Southern Expedition Army was about to arrive in Fuzhou, Lin Shiqi laughed dumbly at the news sent by Meng Hong to the army, and said to Song Wuque with emotion: "Jin Shenghuan was said to have more than 300,000 soldiers, but he was defeated in one day, lost the support of the people, and ended up being captured alive!"
Song Wuque asked in surprise: "General, Jin Shenghuan was captured? Who captured him?"
Lin Shiqi handed the urgent report to Song Wuque, and then said: "It seems that Jiangxi will be conquered by a decree. Once Jiangxi is conquered, they will rush to help Fujian. I wonder what happened to Han Xiong?"
Song Wuque took the military letter and took a look. He was really more and more shocked. After a while, he calmed down and said to Lin Shiqi: "General, this is really what the people want. It seems that the big thing can be settled!"
"What do you mean by the will of the people? If we hadn't won the battle in Nanling City, would these fence-sitters have captured Jin Shenghuan and surrendered to us? They would have been clamoring to rush to Jinling City to sleep with the singing girls in Qinhuai River!" Lin Shiqi snorted disdainfully.
Song Wuque just smiled when he heard this, and did not refute. He then said: "General, speed is of the essence in war. Let the army rush to Nanchang. I still feel a little uneasy before we reach Nanchang."
Lin Shiqi nodded and said, "Well, no matter what, let's go to Nanchang first and control the city first!"
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Just as Li Chengdong's army crossed Ganzhou, news came that Wang Deren, Hu Zhan and Zhang Yingwei rebelled and captured Jin Shenghuan. When he heard the news, Li Chengdong's face turned blue and white. He never expected that Jin Shenghuan would be so useless that he was captured alive by his subordinates.
Li Chengdong threw the military report on the ground, stomped on it twice in anger, and cursed: "You bastard, you idiot, you idiot!!"
Wu Wenxian was a little confused. The Marshal's temper had become more and more irritable recently, and he was scolded from time to time. But Wu Wenxian couldn't suppress his curiosity, so he approached carefully and asked softly, "Marshal, what happened again?"
Li Chengdong turned his head, his eyes were red, and his vicious look scared Wu Wenxian. Li Chengdong angrily cursed: "Jin Shenghuan's eyes are just decorations. All three of his subordinates rebelled. It's too much to say that he is stupid. Now Jiangxi is definitely finished."
Li Chengdong's tone was full of unwillingness, and his face turned from blue to white. He thought that even if Jin Shenghuan could not stabilize the situation in Jiangxi, Li Chengdong could accept repeated defeats. After all, he still had more than 100,000 soldiers under his command, and he could drag on for more than half a year by taking one city at a time. However, he did not expect that Jin Shenghuan would be defeated just once and his subordinates would all rebel. This made Li Chengdong extremely angry.
Wu Wenxian was also shocked when he saw this. He hurriedly picked up the military newspaper thrown on the ground, quickly glanced through it, and his expression became solemn.
Wu Wenxian knew that the situation was critical, but he still tried to calm Li Chengdong: "General, now that things have come to this, it is better to retreat to Ganzhou first. Ganzhou's defenses are strong..."
Before Wu Wenxian could finish his words, he was interrupted by Li Chengdong, who said in a deep voice: "Retreating to Ganzhou is the worst option. There are only two options now. Either we go all out to the north and forcibly capture Nanchang before Lin Shiqi has reorganized the city, and then fight Meng Jun. Or we negotiate peace with Meng Jun! Let's not fight anymore, retreat back to Guangdong and wait for the opportunity."