Chapter 26 Never Introduce Captives into the State
The Qing army was quietly crossing the Yellow River near Dangshan County. Liu Liangzuo's escape without a fight created a very favorable window of time for Tan Tai, Ao Bai, Li Guohan, Ye Bilong and other Qing troops.
At this time, Gu Kecheng was restrained by his own caution. He paid too much attention to the two Qing envoys Tang Tong and Alateng, and focused all his attention on the other side of the Yellow River in front of him. Therefore, he relaxed his attitude toward Dangshan County.
Surveillance on the east section of the river. Of course, the east of Dangshan County was originally the area controlled by the Ming army. It was really difficult for Gu Kecheng to monitor the river defense situation in this section of the Yellow River.
Therefore, the responsibility for allowing the Qing army to cross the Yellow River to the south should not be shouldered by Gu Kecheng. The Qing army was able to cross the Yellow River so quickly and calmly only because Liu Liangzuo fled without fighting.
Li Weiqun, who was sent back by Gu Kecheng to break into the army's main formation near Mamuji to report the news, although he did not know that the Qing army had crossed the Yellow River, the mere news that the Qing army had sent an envoy over attracted Li Laiheng's great attention.
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Li Weiqun also reported all the information about the Qing army's artillery demonstration on the north bank of the Yellow River to Li Laiheng.
The generals of the invading army had to be vigilant and pay great attention to this new force that suddenly rushed in and exposed the battlefield.
"What is the purpose of Donglu's envoy?"
Gu Junen asked hurriedly, while Li Laiheng briefly scanned the letter to the Qing army sent by Li Weiqun, gave it to Fang Yiren to read, and then said to Gu Junen:
"The purpose of the letter from Donglu is to give one hundred thousand taels of silver, one thousand taels of gold, and five thousand bolts of other silks. With this so-called salary, we can be the vanguard of Donglu and help them kill the Ming army.
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Li Laiheng snorted contemptuously. After Fang Yiren read the letter, he was uncharacteristically uncharacteristic. He had always been a deep-tempered person with a temperamental expression of joy and anger. At this time, he slammed the Qing army's letter on the table.
, said angrily:
"Donglu openly regards my servants and the master of the palace as slaves, and actually wants us to attack the city and seize territory for them. It is really nothing more than a big joke!"
Gu Junen doubtfully picked up the letter from the table and read:
"The Emperor of the Qing Dynasty sent a letter to the commanders in the west of the Ming Dynasty: I am far away from you by mountains and rivers, but I have heard about the name of the victory and the attack, but I cannot know the title. Therefore, it is not included in the book. Fortunately, I don't mind it.
At the time of writing this letter, I have sent Doro Rao Yubeile Abatai and Interior Minister Turge to lead the troops into the pass, hoping to conspire with the princes and seize the Central Plains. The Ming Dynasty is our great enemy, and I have
Order Abate and other officials to prepare one hundred thousand silver, one thousand gold, and countless silks and satins to reward the princes.
If the Duke and others are our vanguard and defeat the Ming soldiers, then our soldiers will be mixed into one area, and the world will be divided among them, and the wealth and honor will be shared. I don’t know what the respect is. I just hope that the messenger will rush to the letter and express his sincerity.
I wish."
Every time Gu Junen recited a sentence, the faces of the Chu Chuang generals around him became uglier. As soon as he finished reciting, Fang Yiren cursed: "Rong Di is very deceitful and should not be taken lightly. What's more, Donglu only regards Chuang Jun as his minister."
How can one tolerate this when our servants actually ask us to be their vanguard?"
Hao Yaoqi also curled his lips, nodded and said: "Guan Dui, what are these slutty Tatars outside the Great Wall so crazy about? We can't even look down on the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who is going to look at him as a slutty Tatar emperor? This
Someone doesn’t recognize the emperor!”
"No, no, I think the wording in Donglu's letter is quite appropriate. It's not that we have no room for cooperation!"
Gu Junen did not know that Fang Yiren had personally experienced the Jinan Massacre in the 11th year of Chongzhen's reign, so he was very surprised by his overreaction:
"I think what Donglu means is to cooperate with us to eliminate the Ming army in Shandong and give us a sum of money. Isn't this a good thing? You have always been worried that Donglu will ruin our plan to force Chen Yongfu to surrender.
The layout, but now Donglu’s attitude towards the letter is quite friendly, isn’t it a good thing?”
Li Laiheng glanced at Gu Junen's whole body from top to bottom, then shook his head and said:
"Gu Junen, Gu Junen, why don't you understand? If we want to make an emergency landing on Chen Yongfu, the best situation is not to have any external factors interfere with it. Now the Donglu are patrolling on the north bank of the Yellow River. What are they asking for in this letter? It's just to gain the opportunity to cross the river.
opportunity.
Once they successfully cross the river, what exactly will Donglu do? Can it be restricted by a piece of paper?"
Gu Junen lacked a deep enough understanding and still defended himself by saying: "Your Majesty, even so, we can first make peace with the Donglu and use them to put pressure on Chen Yongfu. The Donglu and the Ming army are enemies, so they will definitely not attack our army.
, will only attack the Ming army, so letting the Donglu cross the river will naturally have more advantages than disadvantages."
"What kind of ridiculous statement is this? His heart can be punished and his person can be killed!"
Fang Yiren slammed the table angrily, pointed at Gu Junen and retorted: "How can Rong and Di be trusted with deceitful strength and a human face and a beast's heart? What's more, the strength of Donglu's troops cannot be compared with that of Ming soldiers. Once Donglu crosses the river, if they only have a few hundred
, Thousands of weak soldiers came to the Central Plains, and our army was still able to control them; but if the Eastern captives penetrated into the Central Plains with ten thousand people, Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting, who were in charge of the world's elite soldiers and generals, could not control them.
Brother Haozhi thinks that our army of 20,000 people is comparable to that of Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting. How many of the Qinwang troops in the world are commanded by Sun Chuanting? Can we be sure that we can continue to control the situation in the Central Plains after the heavy troops of the Eastern captives cross south?"
Fang Yiren's voice became more intense as he spoke, and his fingers almost poked Gu Junen's face. He continued:
"I'm just afraid that Rong Di will cross to the south. The so-called letters and heavy rewards are all fake, and the plunder of the Central Plains is real. The Generalissimo has occupied Heluo and is about to run the Central Plains. At this time, dear brother, you want to let the invaders invade.
Generalissimo, what will Niu Qidong think of you? I'm afraid that when the bandits from the east and south cross the Central Plains to plunder the Central Plains, that's when you take care of your direct mission to Bianmen!"
Gu Junen's face turned red at Fang Yiren's accusation. He really thought that Fang Yiren was going above and beyond and the words he used were too excessive.
But Gu Junen wanted to consider Li Laiheng's opinion. He saw that Li Laiheng's expression did not change at all after hearing Fang Yiren's words, and he felt uncertain, so he could only say calmly:
"Leshan, you know me, and I have absolutely no intention of doing this... If everyone feels that Donglu is cunning and has to be on guard, I have no objection... In fact, what I mean is that you have to be wary of Donglu in order to take advantage of him.
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"No."
Li Laiheng grabbed the letter in his hand, tore it into two halves with both hands, and said expressionlessly: "I fight for China, and I want to have the whole picture. If we succeed, the world will laugh; if we fail, we will bring captives into the country, let alone
It’s a big joke.”
At this time, the trend of the invasion army sweeping through the Central Plains had begun to take shape. In Li Laiheng's opinion, the Ming army's own strength was basically impossible to stop the invasion army from seizing the world in the pass.
So now the biggest opponent of the Chuang Army has naturally changed from the Ming Army to the Qing Army.
Therefore, Li Laiheng would not serve as a vanguard for the Donglu and help the Qing army to consume the strength of the Ming army.
People like Chen Yongfu in the Ming army could be absorbed into the Chuang army and become a part of the Chuang army as long as the time was right.
But there is no coexistence between Donglu and Chuangjun. In the future, the two sides will have a life-and-death struggle with the world as the battlefield.
"Ask Gu Kecheng to guard the south bank of the Yellow River and never allow the Donglu to cross the Yellow River."
Fang Yiren approached Li Laiheng and asked in a low voice: "What should we do with the Qing envoy? Kill him? Imprison him?"
Li Laiheng held his chin with one hand and said in a deep voice: "Well... let Li Weiqun bring the news to Gu Kecheng. First, control the two Qing envoys. To delay the time, we have to hurry up and deal with Ma Muji.
...Hao Yaoqi, Li Shiwei!"
"exist!"
"You immediately organize a strong attack to put maximum pressure on Chen Yongfu, and then send envoys to Ma Muji to give Chen Yongfu the last chance to surrender. As long as he surrenders, we can keep his status intact... The same goes for Yuan Shizhong! As long as he surrenders
Yuan Shizhong is willing to come back and break into the camp, and we can forget about everything in the past!"
Li Laiheng clapped his hands and said: "Get rid of Ma Muji's matter in the shortest possible time, and then we will send troops north to block the Yellow River. If the Donglu have no opportunity to take advantage of it, they will never be able to stay on the north bank of the Yellow River for a long time. After a while,
It is bound to retreat on its own. In this way, the entire Jianghuai River will fall under the control of our army."
Both Hao Yaoqi and Li Shiwei became excited. They were gearing up and preparing for a full-scale attack. The main force of the Chuang army had already gathered near Ma Muji. There was a huge disparity in strength between the two sides. As long as the Chuang army's cannons released their bombardment,
The Ming army and Chen Yongfu had no choice but to surrender.
Only Gu Junen reminded the Xuzhou side again: "The Xuzhou Suppression Campaign will not let Chen Yongfu be eliminated by us. Shi Kefa must be doing everything possible to gather troops to go west for rescue. We must also be on guard for any officers and soldiers attacking from the east."
Fang Yiren replied: "There is no need to worry about this. Kendeji and the Red Team have a lot of eyes and ears deployed in Xuzhou. New information was sent to the camp just at noon, saying that Shi Kefa and Hou Xun were from the Xuzhou Suppressor General.
People have different opinions and restrain each other. It will take about the year of the monkey and the month of the horse to put together the reinforcements who marched westward to relieve the siege."