Three hundred and seventieth chapters sharpening the knife to the cattle and sheep (7)
Ning Wan, I have been staying in Jinzhou for almost a month, but I have not received the intelligence sent to Denglai for a detailed investigation. I don’t know whether Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng have defended Dengzhou. While waiting for high-quality updates, After Ning Wan, I actually had the idea of taking a sea ship to visit Dengzhou, but this idea only flickered and never happened again. Because Houjin had no navy, and the sea route to and from Denglai was controlled by Dongjiang Town of the Ming Army. After the Kong Youde rebellion occurred, the Ming army in Dongjiang Town began to conduct strict inspections of the sea lanes. It was said that people on passing ships would have their heads pulled one by one to check whether they were wearing wigs. It was found that there were traces of head picking, so the Ming army would rather kill the wrong one than let it go. As a result, there were probably more than ten Jin soldiers who died as a result.
Ning Wan, I managed to get a decent status in Daijin as a Han army flag-bearer, and I was favored by Mrs. Hong. I was appointed as a bachelor of the Neihongwen Academy and a minister of political affairs. How could I risk beheading and go to the summit alone? Lai. Just wait, there will always be news. Anyway, King Khan is leading an expedition against Lin Dan Khan, and will not be able to return to Shenyang for a while. Even if he successfully contacted Kong Youde at the moment, it would be meaningless.
Last month, Mao Zedong sent someone to send a letter saying that Kong Youde had led his troops to join Li Jiucheng and was expected to seize the Ming army's important town of Laizhou. However, Mao Zedong was still not optimistic about the situation after seizing Laizhou, believing that Kong Youde had only fought. The Ming Dynasty was caught off guard. When the Ming Dynasty reacted, it was difficult for the rebels to support Denglai alone, and they had no choice but to retreat to the sea. At that time, they could persuade Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde to lead their troops and surrender the gold. But before that, he However, we cannot publicly say that we will drop gold in the army, because doing so will cause dissatisfaction among most generals. After all, they have fought with Dai Jin for so many years, and all the soldiers have a blood feud with Dai Jin. , these people will not let go of the hatred in their hearts and switch to Daikin, and they may even come together in groups to chop themselves with knives.
Regarding Mao Da's difficulties, Ning Wanwo expressed his understanding and said that he was not in a hurry, and neither was the Khan. Everything was decided by the general. He wrote back in his own hand, promising Mao Chenglu that regardless of whether Dengzhou was lost or not, Da Jindu is the safest escape route for the general. Finally, he specifically recounted the past events in which he was released by Mao Chenglu as an envoy to North Korea under the order of the Khan. He also mentioned that Huang Taiji had said several times that Dongjiang Wenlong was dead. The high-quality updates are unjust. The implication is that naturally, I and my Khan King know that General "Mao" is close to Daikin. We are also deeply indignant at the death of General "Mao" and are willing to avenge his father's death for General "Mao" in the future. hatred.
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Jinzhou City is not big. It used to belong to the Liaoyang Road of the Yuan Dynasty. In the eighth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, Jinzhou Guards was rebuilt and the administrative seat was located in Jinzhou City. After the Jin Army captured Shenyang in the first year of Tianqi, they successively sent troops south to capture Anshan, Hainan, and Anshan. Zhou, Yaozhou, Gaizhou, Yongning, Jinzhou, Lushun and other places. However, because the main force of the Jin army was placed in the direction of Shanhaiguan at that time, it did not pay attention to the area south of Liaoyang, so there were not many garrison troops left, giving the rule to the The soldiers and horses of Dongjiang Town in Ming Dynasty in Pidao could take advantage of this opportunity.
From the first year of Tianqi to the second year of Chongzhen, the area around Jinzhou and Lushun was still basically controlled by the Ming army. They used Jinzhou and Lushun as bases to carry out guerrilla attacks in Yaozhou, Gaizhou and other places, and fought with Yizhou and Xuan on the Yalu River. The Ming army in Zhouzhou and other places cooperated from the north to the south, which greatly restrained the Jin army, and to a certain extent reduced the pressure on the Ming army in the direction of Shanhaiguan (Ningyuan, Jinzhou). Unfortunately, after the death of "Mao" Wenlong, the 100,000 Ming army in Dongjiang fell into internal strife. In the state of being the leader of the group, the generals were busy competing for the title of Commander-in-Chief of Pi Island, attacking each other, and were no longer interested in going ashore to attack the Jin army. They even voluntarily gave up the Jin, Brigade and other places on land. This made " Mao Wenlong's strategy of containing Hou Jin based on Pi Island was completely bankrupt.
The Ming army did not dare to go ashore on the Dongjiang River, and the Jin army naturally wanted it. They had no navy, and naturally they would not go to sea to attack the Ming army. The Jin and Ming sides just "don't care about me, and I don't care about you," but they were "happy".
After Huang Taiji succeeded to the throne, the focus of the Jin State was still on the direction of Shanhaiguan. The defense in the area south of Liaoyang was mainly based on the Han Army Banner, with a small number of Mongolian Eight Banners and Manchu Eight Banners. The Jin Army stationed in Jinzhou was Han Army Flag The two Niulus with red flags have 750 soldiers. In addition, there is a Manbaqi Zuo leader leading 80 Jurchen soldiers and 300 Mongolian soldiers to garrison, with a total strength of 1130 people.
When Ning Wanwo set out from Shenyang, Huang Taiji was eager to conquer Lin Danhan in the west. Although he knew that the return of Kong Youde and other Ming troops was very important to Dajin, because the matter had not yet been settled, Huang Taiji did not send Ning Wanwo to the west. How many soldiers and horses were there? I only sent my close confidant Bai Ya La and his personal soldier Da Su led 10 Bai Ya La soldiers to escort Ning Wan me to Jinzhou. In addition, two officials from the Ministry of War accompanied me. High-quality updates will be made after everything is confirmed. Make appropriate arrangements.
Da Su and Ao Bai were both known as the "Batulu" warriors of the Two Yellow Banners. Except for General Gushan Ezhen, there was no one in the entire Two Yellow Banners who could surpass them in terms of bravery. Therefore, they won the trust of Hong Tai, regardless of the situation. He always takes these two people with him wherever he goes.
After hearing that King Khan was going to personally conquer Lin Dan Khan, Dasu thought that he would definitely accompany him. When the army attacked Dalinghe, Dasu was ordered to stay in Shenyang to protect Hauge, but he did not gain any military exploits. Later, he followed Hauge to the front line. Later, the incident of Mang Gurtai "showing his sword in front of the emperor" happened. Later, during the battle of Xiaolinghe, Mang Gurtai led his troops to escape and almost killed the Khan. In order to prevent Mang Gurtai from occupying Shenyang and becoming independent, he reached Suyou returned to Shenyang urgently with Hauge, but failed to catch up with the battles and gained no credit. Naturally, he felt very aggrieved, especially when he saw that Aobai was awarded the award for his contribution to the Daling River counterattack against the Ming army Zhang Chun. He was still a powerful man, so he was eager to fight and win. He was gearing up, fully expecting to follow the Khan in his westward expedition and make military exploits to catch up with Obai, but he didn't want to have to escort Ning. I finished my errand to Jinzhou, which made Da Su very angry and aggrieved.
Ning Wan, I am nothing but a despicable Han dog. Why should I, a Manchurian warrior, escort him?
But after his request to the Khan King failed, Dasu could only hide his grievances and anger deep in his heart, and honestly led people to escort Ning Wanwo to Jinzhou.
Actually, I don’t know who is escorting whom. Along the way, Da Su was a man of Manchuria. Ning Wan and I tried our best to flatter each other like a servant, completely ignoring that I was already a member of the Neihong Wenyuan University of the Kingdom of Jin. As a scholar and a minister of the political affairs of the country, his groveling and flattering attitude towards Dasu even made it difficult for the two accompanying military officials to look past it. They reminded him privately to pay attention to his identity. Although Dasu was favored, after all, it was just a show of force by the Khan King, not an Eight Banners. He is a prince and an important minister. He would rather me than I am a minister trusted by the Khan, but to be so low-key and down-to-earth to a bald man is really detrimental to the dignity of the Khan.
Ning Wan and I didn't care at all about the two people's kind advice. Instead, I laughed at the two people because they had no self-awareness and could not be carved out of rotten wood. I continued to flatter Uncle Dasu as usual. After arriving in Jinzhou, I even intensified my efforts. Every day What he did while waiting for the letter was to find out for Dasu whether those Han slaves had any outstanding daughters or wives. If there were any, he would immediately ask Han Junqi to tie them up and send them to Dasu's house. In addition, He also gambled with Dasu and tried every means to lose money to him. He was so happy that Dasu was so happy in Jinzhou that he thought that this happy life was better than the hardships of Aobai in the west.
On September 19th, the guards in a fort on the seaside where the Han army flag was set up suddenly caught three spies of the Ming army. One of them, Zheng Deqing, kept saying that he was an old acquaintance of Mr. Ning Wan and that he had urgent matters.
According to the report, the other two Ming army commanders also kept saying that they were envoys who came to negotiate with Dajin to surrender under the orders of Deputy Commander Kong Kong, not the commanders. The people of the Han Army Banner did not know whether what they said was true or false, so for the sake of safety, they
Send the three of them into the city.
As soon as Ning Wan and I came to Jinzhou, I said hello to the two Niu Lu of the Han Army Banner, and all the captured details will be sent to his place of residence as soon as possible. With this order, and Da Su also sent a message
, the two Niu Lu naturally did not dare to delay, and sent the person directly to the place where Ning Wan and I lived without asking any questions.
The entourage from outside came to report that Han Junqi had sent three Ming army soldiers. One of them called himself Zheng Deqing. When I heard this name, Ning Wan and I frowned: After waiting for so many days, it is finally here!
"Bring people in quickly, quickly!"
After the entourage went out to take the people, my heart beat even harder after Ning Wan. This Zheng Deqing was indeed his old friend. When they were still people in Liaoyang Prefecture of the Ming Dynasty, they read, read poems and drank together. After he surrendered to the Jin Dynasty, he was granted the title of
Hong Tai ordered a group of Han people to be recruited as agents of the Jin army. Zheng Deqing was the first agent he recruited. At that time, he sent him to Dongjiang Town as a businessman to investigate and made a lot of contributions to the Jin army. Kong Youde rebelled.
After the news came, Ning Wan and I sent a secret message to Zheng Deqing asking him to go to Dengzhou to meet Mao Chenglu and try to bring Kong Youde and others to Daikin's side.
Zheng Deqing is a steady person. He will never come to Jinzhou in person unless there is something very important. Ning Wan and I have already decided in my heart that what he has been waiting for for so long may finally be revealed.
Zheng Deqing had not shaved his hair and was dressed as a wealthy Han businessman. When he was caught by the Han military flag, he still looked scared. When he saw Ning Wanwo, he suddenly turned into a smile and shouted with a smile: "Ning Wanwo
, why don’t you come out to say hello when an old friend comes?”[
"You old guy has been here for so long without a reply. Did you know that I almost got killed by you?" I scolded Ning Wan with a smile. In fact, Zheng Deqing is not old. He is only in his thirties, but Zheng is
I have less gray hair, so I look older.
Zheng Deqing rolled his eyes and said angrily: "I just came back from Imperial City Island. I came to you without even returning home as soon as I landed. Just be satisfied."
Ning Wan, my whole heart was with Kong Youde, and I was not in the mood to argue with Zheng Deqing anymore. I pulled him over and asked with concern: "How is it? It's done?"
"Well, it's done." Zheng Deqing nodded solemnly, and his expression became serious.
"Really?!" Ning Wanwo jumped up with joy, his whole face became red and full of energy, he grabbed Zheng Deqing and urged him eagerly, "Say it quickly, tell it now."
Zheng Deqing gave a bitter smile and said, "I've been running all the way, why don't you give me a bowl of water first?"
"Okay, okay, you wait." Ning Wanga glared at the guard who was still standing stupidly: "Why don't you go make some tea."
"Make three bowls." Zheng Deqing emphasized. After finishing Ning, I noticed that there were two men wearing fishermen's clothes behind Zheng, but I didn't suspect anything. I just thought they were the fishermen Zheng Deqing paid to take him across the sea.
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Zheng Deqing said excitedly: "Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Mao Chenglu have led more than 10,000 soldiers and their families, more than 100 warships, and more than 300 artillery pieces to defect to Dajin. They are now on the Imperial City Island.
Standby."
"What? Say it again."
He brought more than 10,000 people, more than 300 cannons, and more than 100 warships?! Ning Wan, I couldn't believe my ears. This really made him ecstatic.
Zheng Deqing smiled and repeated it. After confirming, Ning Wanwo clenched his fists, closed his eyes and looked up to the sky, and tears actually fell from the corners of his eyes.
"Sir, Dasu sent someone to ask you to take the person to him."