One day the roc rose with the wind and soared nine thousand miles.
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On June 17th, the sun was scorching like fire, the weather was sultry and there was no wind.
At the mouth of the Lingjiang River in Taizhou Bay, in the Niutoujing Military Camp in Haimen, Wu Kai, the former Taizhou military commander of the Ming Dynasty, has been a little irritable and angry recently, and his mouth is full of blisters and aphthous sores.
"General, Huangyan County Magistrate Li Changchun has sent another message."
"Are you here to persuade the Tatars to surrender again?" Wu Kai frowned when he heard this, opened his mouth, and the pain of ulcers made him even more irritable. "This bastard Li Changchun."
"General, the current situation is turbulent. The Ming Dynasty is about to perish. General, why don't you follow the trend and join the new dynasty?" The person who came to report was his confidant Qian Zong. At this time, the situation was turbulent, the two capitals fell, Chongzhen hanged himself, Hongguang
After being captured, Lu Jian surrendered, and the two hundred and eighty years of the Ming Dynasty came to an end.
"Li Changchun said that he has obtained many good conditions for the general, which are very generous. The Beiting is willing to confer the title of General Huangyan to General Dingyuan, and command the land and sea troops of Huangyan Liuyi..."
This condition can be said to be pretty good. Wu Kai was originally an officer at the Zhejiang Guards Station. After transferring to the camp, it was not easy for him to become a general in Taizhou step by step. If it weren't for the turmoil in recent years, he might not even be able to do a garrison job.
We arrived, let alone supporting and guarding the generals all the way.
Above the general, there is the deputy commander-in-chief, and then there is the commander-in-chief.
According to the old system of the Ming Dynasty, the general army is also divided into general soldiers with seals and general soldiers without seals. There are rules for general soldiers with seals. For example, Hubei is the general who conquers barbarians, Liaodong is the general who conquers Liao, etc., and general soldiers with seals are
In the early years, they were held by dukes, princes and ministers.
Respected status.
But General Dingyuan, this has never happened before.
"General, we only have one battalion in Haimen. The roster is three thousand, but we actually know how many there are. If we really want to fight, we won't even be able to fight half of them, let alone how many can fight. This Tartars
Since entering the customs, the prisoners have been invincible. The originally fierce bandits were not only beaten out of Beijing, but even Xi'an was lost. Now I heard that they all fled all the way to Changsha, and they can't even stand in Hubei.
Stop, we are about to be completely annihilated, and as for the Ming Dynasty, there is no one left now. The general must plan for himself early."
"How much money did you receive from Li Changchun, you idiot, just to speak for him?"
Mr. Qian chuckled and said, "Two hundred taels, but I am not taking money to speak for him, but because I am thinking about the future of the general and our brothers. The Ming Dynasty's ship is about to sink, and we can't sink with it."
Die. Before the ship sinks, quickly change jobs and change ships."
Wu Kai didn't pursue his subordinate Qian for accepting Li Changchun's two hundred taels of silver. He covered his rotten lips.
"I, Wu Kai, have also been favored by the country. My ancestors were veteran generals who followed Taizu to conquer the world. My ancestors were favored by the emperor and received hereditary military positions. They have been passed down from generation to generation. This kindness is not small."
"Of course the young ones are aware of the ancestral merits of the General's family, but the times have changed after all."
"Look at the current Ming Dynasty. It's rotten from top to bottom. Especially the Zhu family doesn't have a decent one. Chongzhen has been messing around for more than ten years and has the most cabinet ministers and bachelors.
, they also levied the most taxes, had the most killable governors, bachelors, and general soldiers. As a result, everyone in the world was tortured, and in the end they just allowed the thieves to seize half of the country and invade the city of Beijing.
, and let the Tatars outside the Pass take all the land outside the Pass, and finally entered the Pass, and finally hanged themselves."
"Hongguang, not to mention Lu Jian, these people are not even as good as Adou. Adou said he couldn't hold up the wall, but at least they stood side by side and persisted in Shu for decades. Hongguang didn't persist for a year, and King Lu
He was surrendered after only five days as a supervisor. You said, why do we need to be loyal to such a Ming Dynasty?"
"As long as the old Zhu family has a decent person, we may not be able to rule across the river and protect half of the country. Shouldn't we continue to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty? But as it is now, we can't be loyal even if we want to."
"General, I heard that General Wang from Ningbo has surrendered, and Zhang Youyi from Shipu has also agreed to submit. You said that even if we don't surrender, how can we block the car with a mantis' arms?"
The situation has become worse and worse, and it can even be said to have completely collapsed. No one has any hope for the Ming Dynasty anymore. If we say that a year ago, when Beijing fell and the news of Chongzhen’s death came, although everyone was panicked, they felt that the sky was just
Although a corner has collapsed, the southeast half of the wall can still hold up.
But now, generals like Wu Kai, who have been favored by the country, have to start to consider the grim reality.
Seeing that he was still hesitating, General Qian said, "General, why don't you ask Li Changchun to bring the Northern Envoy to meet him first? Wouldn't it be just right if the Northern Envoy is sincere?"
"I, the Wu family, have been blessed by the country..."
"General, when the two capitals fell, a large number of the princes and uncles who had been favored by the country surrendered and surrendered. There were even a few academicians in the cabinet who stayed. Who are we?"
"Even the supervisor of the Zhu family has surrendered, what else can't we surrender?"
When Wu Kai heard this, he couldn't help but sigh.
Yes, even the supervisors of the old Zhu family have surrendered. What do the generals of the Zhu family have to hold on to? It is said that when the Qing army attacked Hangzhou City, Fang Guoan, who had the seal of General Zhennan, led his troops to fight fiercely under the city.
He fought tooth and nail for Lao Zhu's family, but Lu Jianguo hung out a reward of wine and meat to the Qing army on the top of the city.
Is there such a thing in the world?
"Okay, let's meet first." Wu Kai finally relaxed.
When the Northern Ambassador was brought in, Wu Kai was very surprised. He always felt that the man in front of him looked familiar. He was confused and tried to stay calm, and deliberately sat in the hall without getting up.
He even looked at the Northern Envoy up and down with a sharp gaze.
Upon seeing this, his confidant Qian Zongzong shouted angrily, "You are a thief, how dare you not be polite when you see Wu Junmen?"
"You haven't announced your name yet!"
In the hall.
After the "Northern Envoy" Lao Zhu came in, he kept looking around, especially Wu Kai, the sea cucumber general, and observed his micro-expressions very carefully.
Lao Zhu ignored the shouts of the bear-like officer, and just raised his hand to Wu Kai, "May I ask, which general is General Wu now? Should he be called General Haimen of Zhejiang in the Ming Dynasty, or Zhejiang in the Qing Dynasty?
Huangyan Commander-in-Chief General Dingyuan?"
Wu Kai also looked at the envoy from the north, his ulcer started to hurt again, "You still don't know the envoy's name?"
"Zhu Wu!"
Wu Kai felt that this envoy was really rude, so he was not angry, but he tried his best to suppress his temper, "Why didn't you see Li Changchun and Li Zhixian?"
"The sun was too hot when we arrived. Li Zhixian suffered from heatstroke, so we had to stop and rest halfway. I was anxious to see General Wu, so I came first."
Wu Kai frowned again, and his eyes moved from Lao Zhu to the few northern soldiers behind him. They were all tall and strong, wearing mercury cotton armor, with bows and swords on their backs. They did not relax at all in such a hot day, but these soldiers were all
Didn't shave my head.
"General Zhu is not from Jianzhou?"
"To be honest, I have a similar status to General Wu. I am also a hereditary military attache who has been favored by the Ming Dynasty. My ancestral home is Shandong. However, my official rank is far lower than that of General Wu. I am only a governor. These are my loyal and brave servants."
Seeing that the Northern Envoy said that he was also a military attache of the Ming Dynasty and a Dusi, Wu Kai suddenly felt a little more friendly.
He sighed and said, "That's it. Brother Zhu, please take a seat."
Lao Zhu went straight to the point, "I heard from Li Changchun that General Wu has been hesitant and has been reluctant to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. I don't know what General Wu is hesitating about. Is he willing to surrender now?"
Wu Kai was stared at by Lao Zhu and put away his smile.
a long time.
Wu Kai said slowly, "Wu is just a general. He knows that his strength is weak and cannot compete with the elites of the Eight Banners. However, my Wu family has been blessed by the country in this life, and I, Wu Kai, cannot be that unfaithful and unfilial person."
"Then General Wu has decided not to surrender?"
Mr. Qian gave Wu Kai a fierce wink from the side.
Wu Kai paid no attention to it, and went on to say, "I also know how much I weigh, so I don't dare to be arrogant. I also know that both countries have fallen, and I don't know how many people surrendered. Among them are the Dukes and Lords, Boxun Chen."
, there are even clan members and even supervising the country. It’s just, hey.”
"Let me put it bluntly, although the Lu Supervisory State in Hangzhou has surrendered, in Zhejiang, Ningbo still has General Wang Zhiren, the chief military officer, and here in Taizhou, we still have the vassal King Lu guarding us, and we have the Taizhou Military Preparation Road.
Yu Dafu is my superior, if they all surrender, then I will naturally follow them."
Lao Zhu was very surprised by these remarks.
He set off from Taizhou this time and moved very quickly.
After killing the Northern envoy in Taizhou, he directly took advantage of the situation and took over the throne to supervise the country. Then he went down the river to Haimen without stopping for a moment. Wu Kai had not yet learned what happened in Linhai City in Taizhou when Lao Zhu came.
Originally, he wanted to bring hundreds of soldiers and horses, plus the heads of the Tatars and Dai Guangda, to see Wu Kai.
Unexpectedly, on the way, I unexpectedly encountered Li Changchun, the magistrate from Huangyan County, and several Tatar surrender envoys. Those northern envoys were actually sent to Huangyan County by Niha when he went to Taizhou.
Like Dai Guangda, Li Changchun surrendered without hesitation. In order to achieve meritorious service, he also actively contacted Wu Kai, the sea cucumber general, hoping to persuade Wu Kai to surrender and surrender to the Qing Dynasty together with him, thus achieving a meritorious service.
Lao Zhu met them and after learning about this, he captured them without ceremony.
After asking for the details, Lao Zhu changed his mind and disguised himself as a northern envoy, asking Yu Dafu and Ma Jixiang to lead their troops to hide outside the city and wait for orders.
He took Wang Xiang and several other veterans of the Brave Guards with him, and pretended to be the Northern Envoy and went directly to the Haimen Military Camp.
"If Wang Zhiren surrenders to the Qing Dynasty, will you surrender?"
"If the boss is demoted, we subordinates will naturally follow suit." Wu Kai nodded.
"If King Zhiren of Ningbo is willing to surrender, but King Lu in Taizhou City refuses to surrender, what should you do?"
Wu Kai hesitated for a moment, and then said, "It is better to be in charge than to be an official. If General Wang is willing to surrender, but His Royal Highness King Lu here in Taizhou refuses to surrender, then I...then I will listen to King Lu."
"Why?"
"My ancestors followed Taizu Emperor Gao to conquer the world. Later, he was rewarded based on his merits and became a hereditary military officer. This has been passed down from generation to generation. My Wu family has also been favored by the country. Therefore, as long as His Royal Highness King Lu refuses to surrender, I should obey him.
Guard. If King Lu goes south, I will send him away; if King Lu resists the Qing Dynasty, I will sacrifice my life to accompany you!"
"Seriously?" Lao Zhu stared at Wu Kai, even doubting whether this guy recognized him.