In the middle of the night, a curfew was imposed in the city of Suzhou. Except for the occasional sound of patrols, there was almost no other sound.

Several Ming soldiers came to the mansion with a Qing army and woke up the guard.

"A guerrilla of the Qing army asked to see him and said he wanted to surrender to our army?"

Awakened from his sleep, Wu Changqing got good news.

However, is this news true, or is it a trick set up by the enemy to lure the enemy?

This Wu Changqing is unknown. He chose to meet Zhao Shijin first, and then make judgments.

When Wu Changqing came to the hall, Zhao Shijin immediately knelt down on one knee and said, "I have seen General Wu."

"I heard that you are going to surrender to our army, why is that?"

Wu Changqing looked at Zhao Shijin, a big man in his forties, and he didn't see anything out of the ordinary.

"To tell the truth, my family's General Dong's resignation is purely helpless. In fact, we have always been concerned about Daming. In this siege, my family's general felt the general's might and kindness to the people, and regretted the past in shame. "

Zhao Shijin talked some nonsense, and this kind of talk is just fooling an idiot. Wu Changqing is not a fool, and because of his understanding of history, he is more aware of what Liu Liangzuo's subordinates are.

To say that they were afraid of death and wanted to surrender Wu Changqing believed, but to say that they had a big heart in mind, that would be a big joke.

"In this case, our army naturally welcomes the arrival of General Dong."

Wu Changqing didn't expose him. Anyway, he didn't have a big Ming in his heart, nor was he loyal to him. As long as the surrender of the other party is beneficial to him, he will not refuse.

As for the fact that Dong Tianbao's soldiers were all scum, Wu Changqing couldn't care less.

In this chaotic world, it is not easy to find a good person. Those scumbags, to a certain extent, are also forced to be helpless. As long as the living conditions are better in the future, some people will hide their inferiority and become good people.

"On behalf of my general, I thanked General Wu for accepting him regardless of previous suspicions, but I don't know how we were treated after our army surrendered?"

Zhao Shijin asked.

On the contrary, Wu Changqing was relieved by his question. If Zhao Shijin hurriedly surrendered without asking for anything, he would probably suspect that the other party was a fraudulent surrender.

Now that Zhao Shijin is asking for treatment, it means that the other party really wants to surrender. Of course, it does not rule out that the other party is acting.

"General, please rest assured in terms of treatment. After General Dai Zhijun led a few hundred soldiers to surrender anyway, he is now leading 2,000 troops under my command. I think you should inquire about this.

As long as General Dong leads the troops, I will let him continue to lead the troops in the future, and provide ordnance, food and salaries, and even give you additional troops after the soldiers are lost in battle. "

Wu Changqing made a promise. Of course, this verbal promise, whether he abides by it or not, has the initiative. If Dong Tianbao is honest and obedient in the future, everything will be easy to talk about.

If Dong Tianbao is not honest and expands his strength privately as before, even if the soldiers do evil, Wu Changqing will still have a way to stand him up.

For example, bypassing the officers and directly paying the soldiers, such as placing officers in their army, such as arranging them to be cannon fodder, consumes their strength little by little.

Zhao Shijin was overjoyed when he heard the words, he did not expect Wu Changqing to agree so readily.

However, after thinking about it, he felt that this was normal. After all, Wu Changqing was trapped by an army of tens of thousands, so he was naturally eager to help at this time.

"If this is the case, our army should serve its own life."

Zhao Shijin didn't know Wu Changqing's means, and thought that Wu Changqing would directly allocate the salary to the officers like the Manchu and Ming dynasties.

Therefore, in his opinion, the treatment given by Wu Changqing is already very good.

Later, Wu Changqing called in several generals to discuss how to accept Dong Tianbao's surrender.

Dong Tianbao still has nearly 4,000 troops. This number is small for the Qing army, but it is very large for Wu Changqing and the others. How to arrange them is a big problem.

If you open the gate and let them bring their weapons into the city, it will be funny if they are swindling. Therefore, this method of surrender, Wu Changqing and others, is unacceptable.

However, if Dong Tianbao's department should put down their weapons and enter the city again, this Dong Tianbao's department may not be willing to agree. Although everyone has negotiated and surrendered now, it is impossible for them to immediately trust each other.

To ask them to lay down their swords is to completely hand over their fate to the Ming army. This Dong Tianbao should be difficult to accept.

"I think that General Dong can completely create riots in the Qing army camp, and then our army will take the opportunity to attack at night and completely defeat Liu Liangzuo's troops."

Dai Zhijun suggested.

"Will this be too dangerous?"

Zhao Shijin was a little hesitant. Their plan was to quietly leave the camp by tomorrow night, and then directly enter Suzhou City.

However, now Dai Zhijun hoped that they would mutiny in the camp anyway.

This is too dangerous. If they fail to create chaos and Liu Liangzuo responds in time, they will face counterattacks from tens of thousands of Qing troops.

"I think it is Liu Liangzuo who is in danger. You are creating chaos inside, and our army is gradually advancing outside, and the Qing army will inevitably be in chaos."

Wu Changqing said that his idea coincided with that of Dai Zhijun.

Let Dong Tianbao mutiny in the military camp, which can not only kill the Qing army, but also weaken Dong Tianbao's strength. More importantly, as long as Dong Tianbao did such a thing, it would mean a complete break with Liu Liangzuo, and he would no longer have to worry about Dong Tianbao's fraudulent surrender.

Offended the Qing army, Dong Tian

Bao can only rely on Wu Changqing, and Wu Changqing can use him with more confidence in the future.

"Well, this is our army's certificate of submission. I suggest that the time be set for tomorrow night, because Wuxi's rations were burned, and the army's rations are only enough for five days, so Liu Liangzuo is preparing to carry out the last general attack the day after tomorrow.

As long as the news of the burning of military rations is spread, it will inevitably lead to instability in the military. At that time, if we attack from inside and outside again, Liu Liangzuo's army will collapse. "

Zhao Shijin made a decision for Dong Tianbao. Before he came, he got the absolute authorization of Dong Tianbao, because it was too late to go back and forth with Wu Changqing.

"Then we will start preparing to eliminate Liu Liangzuo's department in one fell swoop."

Wu Changqing laughed.

Afterwards, everyone continued to discuss the detailed plan anyway.

For example, at what time and when to act righteously, what to wear as a sign, when will the Ming army enter the field, and how to defeat the main force of the Qing army...

These details need to be discussed, the surprises that may arise in the research plan, and the corresponding plan should be developed.

This is a major event involving thousands of lives and deaths, and it is really not sloppy.

The discussion continued until it was almost dawn, and Zhao Shijin had to leave and return to the barracks, and he would be easy to find when the sun was completely bright.

"General, do we really have to trust him?"

After Zhao Shi entered, Liu Hansan asked.

In case the enemy army surrendered by fraud, it would be miserable for them to rush out of the city to attack at night.

"Don't worry, we just make preparations first, and then leave the city after they are in chaos, and let them kill each other for a while."

Wu Changqing said that although based on his observations, he felt that Zhao Shijin was not swindling. But with his prudence, it is impossible not to guard against the possibility of the enemy's surrender.

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