Prince Chongzhen

Chapter 94 Military Intelligence (Part )

For Rat Tail, although he killed a few kids this time, he also lost a lot of surrendered soldiers.

If we can get something out of the boy, it would be considered a credit. On the other hand, even if we can't get anything out, bringing him back alive would be considered making up for our mistake.

But now he has been dragged to death by those idiots, and one of them has escaped, so there is naturally no hope of any credit.

After all, our country is different from the Ming Dynasty. Although the head can be counted as a merit, its value is far lower than the actual performance on the battlefield.

"Want to chase?"

"We are almost at the gate of the city. If we continue to chase them, wouldn't that be courting death?"

At this point, both of them had lost interest in discussing business, and they were both thinking about how to resolve the matter.

After a while, Paozi changed his mind and pointed at the surrendered soldiers who were still kneeling on the ground and said, "They dragged the people to death. Otherwise, just hand them over."

At first, Shuwei did not understand the meaning of the robe, and thought that the robe meant to put the blame on the surrendered soldiers. But when he was about to refute, a sudden flash of inspiration came to his mind, and he understood what the robe meant.

"If it really doesn't work, then this is the only way."

As soon as the words fell, the surrendered soldiers suddenly panicked.

Killing an important spy is naturally a serious crime, but the most he could do is beating with a stick or be forced into slavery. After all, he had caused the disaster himself, so it was only natural that he should bear the responsibility.

But if someone takes advantage of the situation and says that they did it to silence the witness, then the whole family will suffer.

"Sir, we really can't bear this kind of sin."

"My lord, have mercy on me! My lord, please have mercy on me!"

"Okay, okay, aren't we discussing this? Why are you howling?"

When Shuwei saw the performance of these pawns, he didn't know what to feel, but what he said was extremely impatient.

"Sir, today we encountered nine spies. After a hard fight, we finally wiped them all out. Do you think this is a good idea?"

With more people, there will naturally be some who are relatively clever. Just when the other surrendered soldiers were still looking sad and not knowing what to do, a thinner surrendered soldier finally thought of a way to deal with it.

"So we have done nothing wrong?"

"That's nature, that's nature."

Afterwards, they exchanged words with each other, and it was not until noon that the place returned to its former tranquility.

The young men died tragically, but without their sacrifice, this crucial message would never have reached Yingtian.

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"Boy, it's not that I don't want you to enter the city, but how can I let you go if you refuse to say anything?"

"Sir, I really have urgent military information to meet with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Hearing the words "urgent military intelligence", the captains in the city couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

Logically speaking, if a person of unknown origin appeared outside the city at this time, let alone letting him enter the city, even shooting the arrow a little slowly could be considered a mistake.

But the kid looked only about fifteen or sixteen years old, and his body was stained with blood. If the Tartars wanted to send a spy, they probably wouldn't send someone like this.

"My dear, why don't you wait here first? I think His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be here soon."

"Sir, if you can't make the decision, why don't you go ask your superior?"

The young man's words made sense, but the centurion could only complain in his heart: Do you think I don't know this? But my current boss is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!
"Don't worry, His Highness should be here soon."

Hearing this, the young man became increasingly angry, but when he thought of his brothers who had died in the battle, he could only wait patiently.

However, the centurion did not lie. After only a quarter of an hour, the young man heard greetings from the city, and then saw a large basket slowly lowered.

"Come up."

The young man stepped into the basket with a livid face. In just a moment, he popped his head out from the battlements. But before he could jump onto the wall, several people rushed over and pinned him down. "You!"

"Don't blame me, kid. You came from outside, so you should be careful."

At this moment, a feeling of humiliation couldn't help but surge into the young man's heart.

He understood that this was necessary, but he risked his life along the way, and in the end he was treated like this. No one would be able to accept it with peace of mind.

"Those who can come to deliver the message are all heroes, how can you treat them like this?"

After these words were spoken, the soldiers released the ropes on the young man after a brief hesitation, but a few more people gathered around him.

Seeing this situation, Zhu Cilang could not say anything more. After all, the survival of Yingtian depended on him, so he had to take necessary precautions.

"I have met His Highness the Crown Prince."

The young man bowed hastily, but Zhu Cilang didn't pay any attention to him.

Now that he had clearly seen the traces of struggle on the young man's body, he could imagine that he must be feeling somewhat dissatisfied.

"Let's get down to business."

"I am Zhu Baozi, a native of Zhutang. I have come here to report important military information to Your Highness."

Having said that, Zhu Baozi paused for a moment. When he saw that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was looking at him with concern, his anger seemed to subside a lot. Then he laid out all his findings of the past few days in front of Zhu Cilang.

Since arriving near Yingtian, they have been hiding among the lakes and water networks. It is not known whether it is because the Tartar soldiers are not used to swimming, but in any case, the Tartar soldiers have not been near the water when they patrolled these days.

After that, they kept looking for opportunities to enter the city, but with the army besieging the city, how could such an opportunity be easily found?

However, it was precisely because of this that they discovered that the Qing army's recent movements seemed somewhat strange.

According to common sense, ten should surround it.

Although the Tartars have strong military force, in recent days, teams of varying sizes have left Yingtian from time to time.

These teams have a few thousand or nearly ten thousand people. If you count them one by one, there are probably tens of thousands of people. If you count the first batch that left the camp, the number may even reach 70,000 or 80,000.

Naturally, their adults found this situation strange, so they took the risk and sent some people to investigate the situation.

After this investigation, they found that the Qing army had sent out many troops to attack nearby counties and prefectures, and there probably weren't many troops left in Yingtian.

"What do you adults think?"

"My master would like to ask Your Highness to attack the Tartar camp at night."

Hearing this, Zhu Cilang couldn't help but hesitate.

He had been planning the night attack since the day he assumed command of the army. This was not the case of great minds thinking alike, but simply because his army was inferior to the enemy, and if he did not want to be a punching bag, he had to take an unconventional approach.

But then again, is this news credible?
And if what Zhu Baozi said was true, they did see quite a few Qing troops leaving the camp, but with so many scouts patrolling, who could guarantee that they did not see the Qing troops returning to the camp, and that the Qing troops really did not return to the camp?

If we think more carefully, could this be Duoduo's strategy to lure the snake out of its hole?
So confused.

Zhu Cilang kept thinking about it, but the lack of information left him completely clueless, let alone judging whether the news was true or not.

"Please stay here first, and let me think about it."

"Your Highness, my master is still waiting for my report."

At this point, Zhu Cilang suddenly remembered that he had not asked their adults' names yet, so he just asked casually, but the answer that followed cheered him up.

"My master is the former Jiangyin Dianshi, Yan Yingyuan."

(End of this chapter)