On the third update of the moon, a group of prisoners sat quietly on the ground in the camp of the Northern Expedition Army. On the quiet summer night, you could hear the sound of heartbeat.

A rustling sound of footsteps came, and the rapid gasps were clearly heard. The captive general of the Qing army, Liu Yingyuan, pressed the restless prisoners and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, wait and see."

The prison door was gently pushed open, and Wu Yi came in person, with a group of soldiers dressed in full armor behind him. Liu Yingyuan sneered in his heart, but his face was very excited.

Wu Yi looked around and said slowly: "Take these people outside, and the Duke of the State has ordered me to execute them."

The young general who guarded the captives was in the Shui camp, so he naturally recognized Wu Yi. Although he was doubtful, he did not dare to question him. He had just crawled out of the camp tent, narrowed his sleepy eyes and said, "The general has an order, let him go quickly."

Wu Yi took them to the woods behind the camp, ordered his men to untie their shackles, and said with a smile: "Your Prince Wakda and I have already made a decision. We will lift them up tomorrow to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. When you go back, you tell the prince that Hou Xuanyan's army will attack Qingjiangpu and use water plans to break the dike."

Liu Yingyuan was extremely despised and looked excited, saying, "The general's grace to save his life, the villain will never forget it."

Wu Yi held his hand and whispered: "This matter is extremely urgent. It concerns the lives and death of the people of the two Huai Rivers. Remember to explain it clearly to the prince after returning."

Liu Yingyuan was anxious and didn't want to listen to him nonsense here. He nodded and led the person into the night and disappeared soon.

Wu Yi clapped his hands and said to his subordinates: "Okay, my mission is completed. Go and ask the Supervisor for a drink."

In the central army's tent, Hou Xuanyan was covered in a ward and sat on the head with his eyes closed. Generals at all levels of the Northern Expedition Army gathered together. Wu Yi opened the tent and came in, and he was also jumped when he saw this scene.

Hou Xuanyan opened his eyes and asked, "How is it?"

"As the commander of the governor, he has already released the person."

Li Haoxian finally couldn't sit still. Relying on his favor, he stood up and asked, "Master, what are your ideas you have made so far? You can tell us. Our plan is so clumsy, why do you still send someone to ambush the road in Qingjiangpu? The mark is that the hair has been pulled all over the past few days, and my head hurts."

Hou Xuanyan laughed and said, "I have set up a net of heaven and earth from Huai'an to Qingjiangpu. Wakda will definitely take this path. He was surrounded by 200,000 of us, surrounded by Huaiyin. What we are anxious about is when we will take him down? Everyone knows that he has no chance, it is just a matter of time. In addition, the local snake in Huai'an came to contact us. After knowing this, how can Wakda not be suspicious? He must always beware of the Han people inside who opened the city to surrender.

If you were Wakda, what would you think when you heard the captives?”

Li Haoxian blurted out: "Kill all the salt merchants and defend the city. It will take a day to spend the Northern Expedition and other roads to be uncomfortable for a day."

Hou Xuanyan walked into the tent and patted his shoulder with a smile and said, "You are judging others by yourself, and Li Haoxian is a general who fights against the enemy for other brothers, but Vakda is not. I guess he must have to burn both jade and stone.

In his opinion, we used the bitter meat scheme to break Huai'an City. At that time, we were the ones in Huai'an. Why didn't he break the dike and clear the river and drown us 200,000 people here? Anyway, the Han people were suffering, and he had no taboos. I believe that Wakda would be willing to do this. Anyway, he stayed in Huai'an and was a frightened bird, and sooner or later he was worried about being betrayed."

Li Haoxian's eyes lit up and said, "So the general was sure that he would retreat to Qingjiangpu, pretend to be trapped, and hand over Huaian. After we go in, he will flood Huaian and wipe us out?"

"That's right, I was a little worried that he would not be fooled, but Huai'an salt business Cheng Liangzui helped us a lot. Now I don't believe it, he dared to defend Huai'an. If he was determined to break the dam, he would definitely take away all his elites and leave behind a group of old, weak, sick and disabled people. The Qingjiangpu along the way is their burial place." Hou Xuanyan's tone gradually became heavier, and everyone could hear a clanging voice. The generals said to his heart: It seems that the Duke has had his mind to kill all these Qing soldiers. It is said that there are many Qing soldiers from the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty...

It was only now that Zhu Dadian understood Hou Xuanyan’s true intention. He did not want Huai'an, but the lives of all the Qing soldiers. Thinking of this, he stood up and said, “If Wakda really wants to break the dam, then he will not die unjustly. Breaking the dam is an evil deed of the anger of heaven and people.”

Hou Xuanyan walked back to the table in front of the tent and said murderously: "The generals obeyed the orders, and the Shui-Capital divided the troops and was led by Wu Yi to attack Qingjiangpu. Zhu Dadian and the rest of the people were ready to recover the empty city Huai'an at any time. Li Haoxian, follow me to Qingjiangpu halfway, let's see Wakda fall into the trap."

There is actually no other reason why Hou Xuanyan is so sure of his judgment. It is because Hong Yizhuo has been scared in Lianghuai recently. He has mastered all kinds of information, even Wakda and his concubines know very well. He also concluded that such guy named Aisin Gioro would not take the lives of the Han people to heart. In order to wipe out his 200,000 troops, he was willing to flood Yingtian Mansion.

At the third day of the day, the entire Northern Expedition Army dispatched, without ignition, to protect themselves while the night was covered. On the south side of Qingjiangpu, there was a valley between Qingjiangpu and Huai'an, called Qiulinggang. Huoziying had been lying here for a day.

The soldier Zhang Shijie tightened his clothes and complained: "It was the day of summer when he went to the war. He was wearing thin clothes. It's autumn now. I don't know if I'll give you some thick clothes after this battle."

In the haystack next to it, an older soldier was from the guardhouse of the Zhang family, the ship king in Suzhou. Later, he was incorporated into the Huiyi Division, named Huang San. Huang San poked his head out and said, "Don't worry, kid, we will fight with the general, and we have never been hungry and frozen."

"Brother Huang San, do you tell me that the dog will walk from here? My waist is sore after squatting." Zhang Shijie lowered his voice and asked closer.

Huang San's face changed and he cursed: "You are a terrible little bastard. When is the old man's plan not accurate? It's your turn to suspect here? I'll follow the old man to fight and fight. When will I complain and let you squat for a day? I think you should let you squat with Qinggou and run away."

Zhang Shijie laughed and said, "Stern brother, don't be angry. I didn't complain, I just asked when I would come."
Chapter completed!