Add Bookmark | Recommend this book | Back to the book page | My bookshelf | Mobile Reading

Free Web Novel,Novel online - All in oicq.net -> Historic -> My Emperor s Career: A New Biography of the Southern Ming Dynasty

Text Chapter 226: Was the poisoning plan successful?

Previous page        Return to Catalog        Next page

    Chen Wanqing wiped his sweat while keeping accounts. In the surrounding towns, including Huaiyin City, he notified wherever he could find a medicine shop. He had raised more than a thousand kilograms of crotons before noon, and more goods were delivered one after another. When he  When he handed these goods to Yan Yingyuan, he couldn't help but ask, "Sir, what do you want so many crotons for? After I plundered them like this, the doctor stopped prescribing any prescriptions for crotons."

    Yan Yingyuan saw that the amount of croton was almost gone, and patted Chen Wanqing on the shoulder, "Okay, I will remember your contribution. I will go to Mr. Wu Ruoquan to pay for it later. You will not miss a penny." Yan Yingyuan sent Chen Wanqing away.  He rode on horseback to the huge temporary tofu house.

    When Yan Yingyuan saw the first person he knew, he was Lao Wangtou, a tofu seller in Huaiyin City. The two of them even exchanged a few words, "I say Lao Wangtou, these people will be under your control for the time being. The beans will be here soon. You guys  Work is about to start, but remember, master, I don¡¯t want tofu, but soy milk and tofu skin. The tofu skin must be broken into pieces. I¡¯ve agreed on the wages with you! Work hard, and if you¡¯re done, master has other important tasks.  Reward." As soon as Yan Yingyuan spoke, Badou arrived.

    "Lao Wangtou is quite old, he hasn't seen anything before!"  Take a look and see where the beans are for making tofu!  It¡¯s obviously the croton from the drug store!  What is Master Yan going to do?  Make soy milk with croton beans?  Although Lao Wangtou was puzzled, he couldn't shirk the work assigned to him. Besides, Master Yan kept his word. The promised salary was more than making tofu. It would be better if he grinded croton every day!

    While talking, dozens of donkeys pulled the mill and began to grind the soy milk and crush the bean skins. Yan Yingyuan saw that the progress was very fast and nodded slightly, "You didn't even take the brine, did you? Throw it away as soon as you take it, and then you can make tofu easily.  Master, I won¡¯t give you any money!¡±

    When it got dark, half of the work in the temporary tofu room was completed. Dozens of tanks were filled with soy milk made by Croton. Lao Wangtou looked at the dozens of large tanks and couldn't help but joke, "If all this is done,  If you eat tofu, you will have diarrhea and diarrhea. Croton is powerful enough. This is the essence of croton! It¡¯s just that the processing is too coarse, so you can¡¯t make tofu.¡±

    Yan Yingyuan is just waiting for the shipment!  Seeing these dozens of jars of soy milk, he was very happy, "Little Lizi, you find Master Wu and Master Ma, and tell me that I want to invite you."

    When Wu Ruoquan learned that the Tatars had gone south and that Yan Yingyuan burned the straw to prevent the Tatars from going south, he smiled bitterly and said, "The humble position that Master Yan has hidden is so hard! Master Yan is really a genius. He can come up with such a clever plan.  Even Zhuge Liang is not inferior."

    Yan Yingyuan curled his lips and said, "Okay! Stop talking about it. How can I be on the stage? I don't know who gave me the nickname. I thought about it myself. It's a disservice to me!" Yan Yingyuan laughed at himself.  After a while, they looked seriously at Wu Ruoquan and the guard Ma Chaoxian, "The Tatars chose a place with little smoke and marched slowly. It is estimated that they can stay in Xiaoyugou for a day and a half. There is a river near Xiaoyugou. I have been to that place, and the river water  Yes, it's very clear. Mr. Ma, now you are carrying the ground soy milk and tofu skins out of the city to the small fishing ditch. You don't need to be too close to the Tatars. Ten miles upstream, pour the soy milk and tofu skins into the river. That's right.  , and add some ingredients that the horse likes to eat. Master Ma, please don¡¯t pour out the soy milk and other things all at once. Pour it out every other hour. It¡¯s best to drink it when the horse is eating, so that the effect can be achieved.¡±

    Ma Chaoxian patted his chest and assured, "Don't worry, sir. I will definitely handle this matter well. No matter what, I have to let the Tatars use the soy milk."

    Yan Yingyuan sent Ma Chaoxian away. He looked at Wu Ruoquan and said, "Master Wu, Master Ma will have to go to Xiaoyugou tomorrow morning. I estimate that the remaining soy milk will be available tomorrow morning. Once the soy milk is ready, you can transport the soy milk out of the city."  Go, the Tatars will definitely attack Huaiyin City, Lord Wu saw the opportunity and sent the remaining soy milk to the bellies of the Tatars, which should be considered a great achievement."

    Wu Ruoquan clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, sir, even if I pour water into the moat, I won't leak any water sources that the Tatars can come into contact with."

    "General, please drink some water! This water is very delicious and has a sweet aroma!" Ahadan handed Obai a glass of water, "We can reach Huaiyin City this afternoon, do we have to attack Huaiyin City?  "

    Ao Bai took a sip of water and felt that the water was indeed good. "As you can see, only the Huaiyin road has less smoke. If we don't take Huaiyin City, we will have no place to replenish food and grass. Besides, I think this is the Ming army deliberately giving it to us."  There is a road left, but we have to take it. It seems that Huaiyin City is not easy to fight!"

    Ahadan also felt that this was the case, "It seems that God didn't bless us. It would have been better if there was a strong wind. The smoke would be useless and make them work in vain." As he said this, Ahadan took another breath.  Water, Ahadan felt that the water here was so good that even the horses liked to drink it. The horses, which were originally listless due to the cigarette smoke, became more energetic after drinking this water.

    Ma Chaoxian heard that his subordinatesAfter the Tatars had set off, they wiped their sweat and said, "I didn't expect this work to be so tiring. You, you, and you, find the village chief nearby immediately and tell them not to eat the river water within three days, otherwise there will be consequences."  Conceited, the Tatars must be heading for Huaiyin City, there is no use for us to follow them now, pass on the order, the eight hundred soldiers will rest on the spot, and we will take action after dark."

    The next day, as soon as Yan Yingyuan had lunch with his mother and his new concubine Qiao Xuerong, the people below reported that the Tatars had arrived three miles away.  Yan Yingyuan immediately summoned his subordinates to discuss countermeasures. As soon as Wu Ruoquan left the city, Yan Yingyuan explained the real situation to his subordinates. What was needed at this time was for everyone to unite with the enemy and mobilize the power of the whole city to resist the Tatars.

    The news of the Tatar army coming to attack Huaiyin spread like wildfire, and the people in Huaiyin were panicked. They didn't know where these Tatar soldiers and horses came from. There was no sound in the city, and every house was closed.  Not even an idle person could be seen. Fortunately, Yan Yingyuan did the publicity work in time, which gave the people a little peace of mind.

    All the subordinates only found out about Yan Yingyuan's plan today, and they no longer talk about Yan Yingyuan in their hearts. Most of the officials below the governor came from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, or received training in the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Faced with such an incident, there is no way.  People retreated, but fear was unavoidable. Fortunately, there was such a backbone as Yan Yingyuan, otherwise it would have been difficult to gather strength.

    Yan Yingyuan stood at the top of the city and looked at the Tatar army. He scolded Ma Chaoxian in his heart, "That guy must not have done a good job in poisoning. Otherwise, from Xiaoyugou to here, the effect of Croton would have already taken effect. The Tatars'  The military appearance will not be so vigorous at all."

    "Bang!" Ahadan farted more than a dozen times in a row and felt a little uncomfortable in his stomach. He endured it, "General, I think it's better to take Huaiyin City in one go! Our army will not be able to fight for a long time."

    Ao Bai looked at Huaiyin City and said, "That's right. Let's do it quickly. Tell the sons and daughters that after taking Huaiyin City, they will massacre the city for a day. They can play with them as they please, regardless of whether they are young or old. They have worked hard for such a long time and it is nothing to enjoy themselves for a day."  As soon as the order was conveyed, the morale of the Qing army rose sharply by three points.

    Ao Bai personally supervised the army, with him as the main attack, and Ahadan as the flanker, storming the west and north gates of Huaiyin. The Qing army had not fought since they left Shandong. The Qing army, accustomed to fighting, was full of energy.  They are even more brave when fighting.

    Yan Yingyuan led less than 4,000 people to resist desperately, and personally went to the top of the city to direct the battle. The offensive and defensive battles were unprecedentedly fierce. Because Yan Yingyuan had too few troops, some of them were unable to sustain their strength. The Qing army attacked the city several times, but they were all defeated.  The resisting Ming army was repulsed. Almost all the middle and lower-level officers of the Nan Ming army came from the military academy. Whether they were brainwashed or loyal and patriotic, they all defended Huaiyin risklessly.  Some Ming troops were seriously injured and could no longer fight, so they jumped out of the city with the Qing troops who had attacked Huaiyin City and died together. Dead bodies were everywhere on the top of Huaiyin City, and blood flowed like a river.

    Obai did not expect that the Ming army in Huaiyin City would resist so desperately. Seeing that Huaiyin City could not be taken, this made Obai anxious. At this moment, there was a commotion in the rear of his army. He heard that it was a small group of Ming troops.  The infantry were about to attack from behind, but were already scattered by their own troops. Obai's eyelids began to jump, and he thought to himself, shouldn't he waste his strength in this place?

    After fighting fiercely for an afternoon, the Qing army failed to capture Huaiyin City. Aobai had to order a cessation of fighting and rest. When he ordered someone to call Ahadan, it took a long time for Ahadan to come. When Aobai saw Ahadan, his face was pale.  , his heart tightened, "What? Are you injured?" The only general who followed Obai south was Ahadan. If something happened to Ahadan, he would be under even greater pressure.

    Ahadan shook his head, "No, I didn't feel much better when I was fighting just now. As soon as I stopped, I felt an unbearable stomachache. I went to the toilet and it got better." Ahadan was almost having diarrhea now.  I was dehydrated and couldn't exert any energy. After discussing with Obai for a while, I went back to rest, hoping that a night's sleep would be better.

    Wu Ruoquan took advantage of the night to pour the remaining jars of bean curds into the river near the Qing army's camp. In order to be effective in poisoning, he had people take off their clothes, hold the soy milk and tie it up by the river. Wu Ruoquan thought that in this way the soy milk would last  The river is full of it, enough for the Tatars to drink a pot.

    When Wu Ruoquan retreated cautiously, he and Ma Chaoxian's men unexpectedly met together. If they didn't recognize each other quickly, they would start fighting.  Wu Ruoquan looked at Ma Chaoxian lying on the stretcher and asked, "Master Ma, is he injured?"

    Ma Chaoxian nodded, bared his teeth and said: "I originally wanted to relieve Lord Yan's pressure, but I didn't expect the Tatars to be so powerful. I was hit by an arrow in the thigh. Lord Wu, do you think Lord Yan's plan can work? What do I think of the Tatars?"  No movement?"

    {Piaotia Literature www.piaotia.net thanks all book friends for their support, your support is our greatest motivation}
Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report