The Ming army's advancement speed was faster than Li Laiheng imagined. Within three days after taking Linfen, he had already reached Pingyao.

Pingyao is an extremely wealthy mall, but the defense is very lax. Or it is to say that the Qing army has no army to defend.

After the Ming army captured Pingyao without bloodshed, Li Laiheng waved his hand and rushed his troops north to attack Taiyuan Prefecture.

If you have to find a heart of Shanxi from many cities, it must be Taiyuan.

Li Laiheng's attitude was also very clear, that is, to restore the entire Shanxi as efficiently as possible.

After all, Li Dingguo and Zheng Chenggong have both made great contributions. If Li Laiheng cannot overwhelm them in speed, it will be difficult for His Majesty the Emperor to occupy a place in the mind of His Majesty.

Of course, Li Laiheng also had his own considerations, that is, too much is too much. So he immediately sent the eight major Jin merchant families captured to Nanjing and handed them over to His Majesty the Emperor's Holy Punishment. This is the most obvious statement, that is, everything Li Laiheng does now is for the Zhu family and for the Ming Dynasty.

No matter what others do, Li Laiheng's attitude is at least that.

Putting aside this level, Li Laiheng didn't use anything to be afraid of.

The war is no longer a competitive strength, but a mentality.

Whoever has a better mentality will have the absolute advantage.

The Qing army's mentality had obviously collapsed.

From the recent Qing army state, Li Laiheng can clearly see that the Green Camp soldiers were absent-minded and just acted like to fight, without any intention of fighting.

Li Laiheng even heard that it was because the Qing court had the idea of ​​withdrawing from the customs to seek preservation.

If this is true, it is not a big deal that the Green Camp soldiers are unwilling to fight.

After all, even the master doesn’t want to guard it anymore, why do they come here to guard it?

Soon, the Kuidong Army led by Li Laiheng had arrived outside Taiyuan City.

In order to verify whether the rumors were true, Li Laiheng wrote a handwritten letter and ordered people to tie them to arrows and shoot them into the city.

The best is to fight and attack the plan.

He wanted to see the attitude of the Qing army's garrison.

The current Taiyuan general is named Liu Zhao.

In terms of qualifications, he can be regarded as a veteran who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty during the Hongguang Dynasty. After years of accumulation, he has only become a general.

Although there is some reason why he himself has no background, what is more important is the issue of the entire promotion system of the Qing court.

As a Han Chinese, unless he has made great contributions to Shanhaiguan like Wu Sangui, he will be the general of a town at most, which is the end.

Originally, Liu Zhao had no other ideas while he was mixed up. After all, the others were the same. Everyone worked for the emperor, not worrying about being weak but not being equal.

Since the treatment is the same, there is nothing to complain about.

But who would have thought that all cooked ducks could fly?

I thought the Qing court had already settled down, but who would have thought that Emperor Yongli was shocked to sit up in a state of dying illness, as if the second ancestor had possessed him, and actually saved the Ming Dynasty with one operation.

Not only did he rescue the Ming Dynasty, he even used various forces to break through Hong Chengchou's blockade to seize Jiangnan, and then restored the lost territory in the Northern Expedition.

In just a few years, the Ming Dynasty turned from a corner to a victory.

Throughout history, I'm afraid only Emperor Guangwu of Han can compare with Liu Xiu.

Liu Zhao is a person with little knowledge, but he is also very clear that his luck is now on the Ming side.

If you want to go against the trend, you are seeking death.

What's more, news has been made recently that the Qing court wants to escape from the barriers and avoid disasters.

Although it is not certain that the news is true or false, there is a way that there is no wind and no waves.

Liu Zhao believed that since the news could be spread, it at least showed that the Qing court had indeed taken the initiative.

I have to say that as soon as this news came out, Liu Zhao's heart was getting cold.

The soldiers fought desperately on the front line, but the emperor and the empress dowager thought to run away.

How can I fight this battle? What else can I fight?

In fact, in the final analysis, the Aisin Gioro family did not think that the Central Plains was their own territory, right?

They entered the Central Plains with the mentality of making a profit and running away, and never thought they could survive for more than ten years.

In the end, I had nothing to be disappointed when I was driven away. At worst, I could go back to my hometown in Liaodong to continue living a peaceful life.

But Liu Zhao and other green camp generals are different.

They swore allegiance to the Qing Dynasty, but in the end they were all slutty.

The Qing Dynasty was fine, and he slapped his butt and left.

Leaving a green camp general like Liu Zhao is in a dilemma.

Just when Liu Zhao was hesitating about what to do, Li Laiheng's letter made him think.

Who is Li Laiheng?

That was Duke Linguo personally conferred by the Emperor of Ming Dynasty.

Although the Duke is now everywhere, he is second only to the king.

Li Laiheng can more or less represent the attitude of the Ming court?

No matter what, I will read the letter first.

Look at it and you won't suffer any losses.

But Liu Zhao opened the letter and read it. He didn't know it, but he was really shocked when he saw it.

In the letter, Li Laiheng promised that if the city was opened and surrendered, he would be given generous conditions.

If it is really as Li Laiheng said in the letter, it would be a real profit.

However, when Liu Zhao thought about it carefully, the defeated general must have no conditions for negotiation.

But he is not, at least not now.

As long as he wants, he can completely take the opportunity to offer the city and change the door.

Taiyuan City is not an ordinary city, it is a dignified Shanxi Provincial Capital.

You should know that there are still tens of thousands of soldiers in Taiyuan City now. If the Ming army wants to attack hard, they don’t know how many people they will lose.

If Liu Zhao directly opened the city and surrendered, the Ming army would have no need for these losses.

You can avoid any loss by moving your mouth. Who will not do it?

After thinking about it carefully, you can figure it out.

What we need to consider now is how to reply to Li Laiheng.

Liu Zhao did have the intention to surrender, but he did not think about how to surrender and what conditions and attitudes to surrender.

If the conditions are not agreed upon, wouldn’t it be a loss?

Well, at least you have to carefully consider the reply.

Liu Zhao was not in a hurry to reply, but called the military advisor to think carefully.

It took more than half an hour before the two of them collected the first draft of the reply.

Liu Zhao was quite satisfied with this reply. First, he clearly expressed his attitude in the letter, and secondly he also expressed his sincerity.

As for the conditions, I also mentioned them in a tactful manner, but it won’t make people feel uncomfortable.

With Liu Zhao's current identity, it is difficult to be able to write a letter to this level.

The next step is to send the letter to wait for Li Laiheng's attitude.

As long as Li Laiheng accepted Liu Zhao's conditions, Liu Zhao would open the city gate without hesitation to surrender.

It doesn't matter if Li Laiheng disagreed, both parties can slowly discuss the conditions.

If necessary, Liu Zhao can also make some concessions.

In short, Liu Zhao had already made up his mind to surrender, and as long as there was nothing unexpected, he would have decided to contribute to the contribution of the city.

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Chapter completed!