Geng Jimao was wearing cotton armor and sitting there holding a lance, looking lonely and even having tears in his eyes. Geng Zhongming was very annoyed when he saw his son acting like a bear.
It can be said that he has carefully cultivated this son and has always been by his side to teach him personally. But now his son is so ignorant. He asked Geng Jimao to go to Emperor Shaotian as a hostage and serve as a bodyguard, but this boy came to talk to him about loyalty.
It is said that the Qing Dynasty was as kind as a mountain to the Geng family.
Isn’t this fucking nonsense?
Where did this bullshit idea of loyalty and patriotism come from?
If you really want to be loyal to the emperor, then you should be loyal to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty and love the country of Han Dynasty. Why should you be loyal to the Qing Emperor and love Manchuria?
"The Qing Dynasty treats us well. We cannot betray the court and live up to your kindness!" Geng Jimao still insisted.
Geng Zhongming was so angry that he slapped him in the face and said, "Bullshit, what do you mean by not being thin? Why do you think I surrendered and rebelled? Because the old slave wanted to kill me, so I took all the Liao people to surrender to Dongjiang Mao Shuai.
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Little Geng Gang raised his neck and said, "But later on, when my father was defeated in Dengzhou and had no other choice, Emperor Taizong accepted him without any regrets and granted him the title of king. Isn't this a heavy favor?"
"Don't you fucking think about things all the time? Later, Huang Taiji accepted me regardless of the past, just because although we were defeated at that time, we were still a very strong force, especially with great influence. They accepted me,
Dongjiang Town was also abolished, not to mention that we still held a navy and a new firearms unit in our hands at that time. These are what Huang Taijiji desperately wanted.
If we didn't have these, how could Huang Taiji be so generous in letting things go?
In the final analysis, it’s all about us having capital and value, not some bullshit loyalty!”
In troubled times, what is loyalty?
How much is loyalty worth? Can it be used as food or can it save lives?
When Marshal Mao was in Dongjiang for the imperial court, he harassed the Hou Jin Dynasty and contained the Jian captives, and he also made great achievements. But in the end, he was killed without hesitation. Who can express loyalty at this time?
After Mao's death, he reported his grievances to the court. Did Emperor Chongzhen vindicate Mao Shuai?
No, instead he said Mao Shuai Tonglu.
Little Geng cried, "Father, the Qing Dynasty treats my Geng family well, so we must not rebel!"
"You traitor!" Geng Zhongming's hands shook with anger and he wanted to slap him again. Xu Degong succeeded, but three of Chen Shaozong's confidants quickly stopped him.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. Your Majesty just didn't turn around for a while."
Old Geng fell to the ground angrily, "I'm really committing a crime."
"Has the prince really made up his mind?" Xu Degong asked.
What Lian Decheng is more concerned about is whether Zhu Yihai's words are credible!
I always feel like this thing went too smoothly.
"I'm quite good at judging people. I don't think Emperor Shaotian meant to lie to me. The reason is simple. We are holding on to Laizhou now, with thousands of troops and horses. We can hold on for more than half a month at least. If we are ruthless, we can follow the example of our ancestors.
If you eat people to defend the city on your birthday, you can still defend it for another three to five months."
"Even if the Ming army attacks regardless of casualties, the damage will naturally be great. After all, we are Han people, not real Tatars. There is no reason for the Ming army to let go of the real Tatars and insist on spending time with us here.
I also met many old acquaintances at the Ming Army today, including Huama Liu Liuliangzuo, one of the former Hongguang Jiangbei Towns, Tu Guobao, the former governor of Jiangning, Li Yuchun, the governor of Zhejiang, Zhang Tianlu, the governor of Anhui, and many others. They are now all
Walking in front of the emperor tomorrow,
You said that these people can have such good results. Now I have thousands of troops in my hand, holding on to Laizhou City, and I am willing to take the initiative to surrender. Why not tomorrow?"
"But do you really want us to go to Dongjiang?"
"It is good for Tomorrow to go to Dongjiang. Firstly, we don't have to attack here and lose troops. Secondly, if we really go to Pi Island and reopen Dongjiang, then he will not suffer losses and can threaten Manchuria from behind.
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Geng Zhongming opened the jar of wine and poured glasses for all three of his old subordinates.
"If the prince has a plan, we are willing to follow him to the death."
"Sun Long's three thousand men?" Xu Degong was a little reluctant to part with these two thousand men.
"Although the emperor asked us to arrange for Sun Long to leave the city from the other side, I don't think it is that simple." Geng Zhongming clenched his fists.
A certificate of submission."
Geng Zhongming and Du Ren felt that Zhu Yihai's conditions were too generous. For Sun Long's 2,000 men, they only asked him to arrange for another branch to be taken over by the Ming army. However, he felt that this was obviously a hint, and there were at least two reasons.
mean.
One is that they are not allowed to annex and take away these three thousand people, and the other is that he is allowed to deal with these three thousand people to show his loyalty.
The emperor did not say so clearly, but he believed that the emperor meant this, and ministers must be able to understand it themselves.
In troubled times, every step is difficult.
Geng Zhongming was able to survive in troubled times, and even achieve his current status, because he did not rely on his brains, he had to survive and be flexible.
Back then in his hometown in Liaodong, the Hou Jin Dynasty was rising rapidly, and he was very aware of current affairs and joined the Hou Jin Dynasty. Later, when he was an official, he could be executed for committing crimes. He did not wait for death, but ran away immediately, taking many people with him.
A small number of Liao people went to the Dongjiang River.
Along the way, every key choice he made was to put his own interests first.
"Actually, Sun Long is pretty good." Geng Zhongming sighed.
If possible, he would still like to take away Sun Long and his three thousand troops, but now, he cannot.
"Let's make arrangements to start tonight and summon all the officers from Sun Long's department to the commander-in-chief and above."
After receiving Geng Zhongming's order, Sun Long had no doubts and rushed to the Yamen with officers at all levels to discuss the matter.
Before entering the yamen, Geng Zhongming's deputy general Chen Shaozong personally led his servants to guard the door, asking all participating officers to hand over their weapons, and asked their servants to wait in another place.
Sun Long and others still didn't pay much attention to these. After all, in the current war, it is normal for there to be more rules.
When all the officers arrived, Geng Zhongming still did not show up.
Gu Xian
Just when everyone was impatient to wait, Chen Shaozong suddenly came in, followed by the elite servants of Geng Zhongming from the brigade.
Look at the bright sword and gun regiment cards, as well as the bows, arrows and firecrackers in the hands of the soldiers.
Sun Long's expression changed drastically.
"What does this mean?"
Chen Shaozong was fully clothed and held a long sword in his hand, "To be honest, we have followed General Geng to return to the Ming Dynasty. Now my commander-in-chief is the Duke of the Liao Kingdom of the Ming Dynasty, the admiral of Liaodong, and has the seal of the general of the vanguard of the Liao Dynasty, reopening Dongjiang Town.
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Sun Long was secretly shocked.
"I see, we are willing to accompany him and return to the Ming Dynasty anyway."
This surprised Chen Shaozong.
After all, Kong Youde had just been forced to death in Dengzhou City by the Ming army.
"Sorry, this is not the order I received."
"Do it!"
Following Chen Shaozong's order.
The archers drew their bows and fired arrows one after another, and the swordsmen and shieldmen also came forward. In the narrow room, the unarmed Sun Long's troops and dozens of officers above him were all surrounded and killed on the spot.
Soon, the smell of blood filled the room, and there was no longer an officer standing.
Sun Long was also shot into a hedgehog and died with his eyes open.
Chen Shaozong ordered his servants to come forward and cut off the heads of these officers and take them back to life.
Geng Zhongming saw the heads brought back by Chen Shaozong, who had returned to his life, and said nothing.
"If you don't do one thing, you won't stop!"
Xu Degong even succeeded in understanding.
Sun's three thousand troops received an order from Geng Zhongming to pay and reward them. They all gathered at the North Campus in the city.
Just like Wang Bao, the commander-in-chief of Jizhen, deceived the Qi family army back then, Sun Long and other officers had been trapped and killed, but the soldiers thought that the officers were still discussing matters in the commander's mansion, and happily accepted the order to assemble at Beixiaochang.
When all Sun soldiers entered the school grounds, Geng's army suddenly blocked all sides of the school grounds, then set up ambushes and used artillery, muskets, bows and arrows to kill Sun soldiers from a high position.
Because many Sun soldiers came to receive rewards, they did not even wear armor, and many did not even bring heavy weapons such as spears and shields. No one could have imagined that they would encounter betrayal and ambush by their fellow soldiers in Laizhou City.
The sound of blunderbuss is endless, and arrows rain down like rain.
Under this sudden attack, countless soldiers fell.
Finally, sword, shield, and spear soldiers entered the scene and killed all the remaining soldiers.
The three thousand elite cavalry of Kong Youde's tribe led by Sun Long were slaughtered in this way.
In the end, Geng's army ruthlessly chopped off the heads of all these soldiers and piled them into a mountain on the North Campus.
After doing all this, Geng Zhongming sent his servants to send his son Geng Jimao to the Ming camp outside the city, and then brought a team of Ming envoys back to let them personally inspect the results of the battle.
The envoys who entered the city turned pale with shock when they saw the tragic massacre in Beixiaochang. When they confirmed that all the officers and soldiers including Sun Long had been ambushed, they were too shocked to say a word.
The envoy returned to the Ming camp with a pale face and brought back the heads of Sun Long and other officers, as well as the armor, swords and guns that Geng Zhongming ripped off from Sun Long's three thousand cavalry, as well as their war horses, military supplies, etc.
Geng Zhongming sent them all to Mingying.
Finally there is a roster.
After Zhu Yihai finished listening to the report, he was also shocked and speechless for a long time.
Chen Qianfu, Zheng Zhilong, and Yan Wogong, many of the imperial ministers, even looked at the emperor with a bit of shock and suspicion. They suspected that the emperor had secretly instructed Geng Zhongming to do it. Otherwise, why would Geng Zhongming do this?
Cruelly and mercilessly killing a recent comrade?
Zhu Yihai let out a breath and wanted to curse.
But in the end, I couldn't hold it back. In troubled times, we can't control this kind of thing.
Geng Zhongming obviously misunderstood what he meant. He had made it clear to Geng Zhongming before that he would not be allowed to take away Kong Youde's three thousand men. In fact, his intention was clear, which was to slightly restrict Geng Zhongming and prevent him from annexing those three thousand men.
He let Geng Zhongming go, but he wanted to encircle, annihilate or capture Kong Youde's three thousand old troops, divide them and win over them, recruit some to surrender, and annihilate others. He would not allow Geng Zhongming to become powerful, but also completely annihilated Kong Youde's troops to avoid future troubles, and also gave Geng Zhongming a warning.
Of course, even if he didn't want to let go of the three thousand people from Sun Long's tribe, it didn't mean he wanted to massacre them.
What he arranged was for Geng Zhongming to let his Sun troops go out of the city alone, then surround them and capture them. Then they would disperse, reorganize or even demobilize some of the three thousand people, and then eat them.
But who would have thought that Geng Zhongming slaughtered all three thousand people without saying a word.
This ruthless method really shocked even Zhu Yihai.
But in this way, Geng Zhongming has indeed proved his sincerity anyway, and there is no need to doubt it anymore.
"When did the Duke of Liao leave Laizhou?"
"They plan to leave tonight. Geng Zhongming also asked, can the court voluntarily acknowledge the annihilation of Sun Long and the three thousand people under his command?"
Zhu Yihai said expressionlessly, "Okay, after the Duke of Liao leaves tonight, we will announce to the outside world that Laizhou broke out last night and fought all night. Sun Long led his troops to take charge of the rear. In the end, he was surrounded, fought stubbornly, and finally the entire army was wiped out.
And Geng Zhongming's troops fought a bloody path and broke through the siege from the sea."