Chapter 248: Life or Death
After Kangxi's entrustment, he immediately fell asleep again, but the ministers in the tent were in a dilemma at this time. They glanced at each other, then withdrew and walked out of the tent.
"Lord Tong, the emperor said that he would negotiate peace with Chu again..... You can't do anything about it....."
Just after leaving the camp, Xun Zhu grabbed Tong Fahai's sleeve and frowned, and the other ministers also behaved like this.
Tong Fahai frowned, these people in the tent just now didn't say a word, but now they began to have a verbal dispute, he didn't want to dwell too much, so he said stiffly: "Lord Xunzhu, this is the emperor's edict, don't you want to resist the decree?" ”
As soon as these words came out, they blocked everyone, the crime of disrespecting the decree is not fun, at least one person will be beheaded, and at worst it will affect the whole family, seeing Tong Fahai say such a thing, everyone didn't dare to say more, just looked at Xunzhu.
Xun Zhu usually has no prestige, but he stands on the court by his age, and now seeing that Tong Fahai doesn't give anyone face, he is helpless at the moment, he is just a nominal minister of honor and guard, so he glanced at King Nersu of Pingjun.
Nersu himself also has ideas in his heart, at least peace talks with Chu Wei are something he is unwilling to accept, of course, there are some reasons for the conflict of will, and the deeper reason is that there are already a lot of interests involved.
The reason why the ministers oppose the peace negotiation is the same, the key is that Kangxi's edict is not in line with the interests of the ministers, nor is it in line with the interests of the entire Eight Banners group.
In fact, as mentioned earlier, the foundation of the Manchu emperor lies in the Eight Banners, which can certainly consolidate the imperial power, but it is also a threat to the imperial power itself. Like in the early slave era, there were so-called ministers of parliament and councillors, which were composed of the original tribal leaders, and then formed a grass platform team with several of his Baylor sons to deal with government affairs.
Later, Nurhachi further concentrated power, that is, the four major bailes were divided into national affairs on a monthly basis, and the power was captured in his own hands. Later, as Huang Taiji took power and became emperor, the so-called Eight Kings Discussion appeared at that time.
In the early and middle period of Kangxi, the existence of the Eight Kings seriously affected the prestige of Kangxi itself, so it has been suppressed by Kangxi, and the so-called South Study is a measure for Kangxi to bypass the cabinet and the Eight Kings.
Now that Kangxi has seen it clearly, it is impossible to fight to the death with the Fu Han Army, so it has come to the point of considering the way back. But for the noble ministers of the Eight Banners, abandoning Jiangnan itself is a serious injury to the Eight Banners, without Jiangnan and Huguang, what can they rely on to feed the children of the Eight Banners?
If there is really no hardcore crops, it is better to fight to the death on the battlefield!
But it was precisely because Kangxi knew such a thing that he came to Tong Fahai in front of everyone and told Tong Fahai that he would let Tong Fahai go to the end on a black road and be a complete lonely minister. That is, if things can be done, that is the emperor's work, and if it is not done, it is your Tong Fahai alone.
Because of this, Pingjun Wang Nersu also said at this time: "What the emperor said is not blindly begging for peace, but also depends on whether Chu knows how to be interesting, if he retires from the army, it is good to think about it." ”
As soon as he said this, it was even more inauthentic, the big guy understood in his heart, and now he was talking to Chu Wei about this condition, wasn't it a clear joke? If it can't be negotiated at that time, it will still be Tong Fahai's sin.
Tong Fahai's face did not fluctuate in the slightest, he bowed and said: "What the emperor ordered, the slaves have to do, and they have to do it well, everyone, the rights and wrongs of this will be left for the future." ”
As soon as the ministers heard that it was okay, they did not continue to stay, Tong Fahai took a carriage and a groom, and just left the camp of the Qing army, without the slightest panic, and it seemed that he did not take his life and death to heart at all.
Ning Yu heard that the Qing army had sent envoys to come, and he probably understood what was going on, but he didn't want to see him, but he sent Li Fu to see Tong Fahai, and the two of them had also stayed in the south study before, but Li Fu's qualifications were shallow, so the relationship was not close, but now it is rare to see each other, so they drank in the tent all night until dawn.
The sky was slightly bright, and Li Fu sent Tong Fahai out of the barracks, and returned to the camp to find Ning Yu by himself, with a mysterious smile on his face.
"Let's fight! The time has come! ”
Ning Yu frowned slightly, but the smell of alcohol on Li Fu's body at this time made him feel a little disgusting.
Li Fu smiled, "Tong Fahai came this time, in the name of seeking peace, but in fact, he is seeking death." Presumably, Kangxi has hesitated in his heart, or something has changed....."
"Why?" Ning Yu knew that Li Fu's speculation on people's hearts was very profound, and he should have gained something.
"Naturally, the conditions for seeking peace should be proposed, but Tong Fahai didn't mention it bluntly, he only cared about drinking with me, I saw that his face was as usual, and he thought that he was also coming to explore my reality, and the intention of seeking peace this time was really not sincere enough."
"How is that begging for death again?"
"If it is not to seek peace, it is naturally to seek war, but now Tong Fahai should have obtained Kangxi's will, and he is in a dilemma, and in the end he will inevitably die."
"Is that going to be fought?"
"Hit!"
Ning Yu stood up and said with a smile: "Sir, go sleep peacefully, and wait for today's results." It's just that as soon as the words fell, I saw Li Fu lying on the table and sleeping soundly.
With the sound of rumbling drums, 20,000 Fu Han troops gathered into a formation, the banner fluttered and showed the heroic spirit of the battlefield, and the loud military song of the Fu Han army sounded, and began to slowly move towards the Qing army.
"I won't retreat today!"
With the support of the guards, Kangxi still stood up in armor, facing the mighty Han army, he did not have the slightest fear, a flush appeared on his face, and his body bones looked a little trembling.
There was a thick layer of fog in front of him, this fog was not caused by the smoke of gunpowder, but had appeared since he vomited blood yesterday, he couldn't see clearly, but he could hear it, and he could hear everyone's voice from the inside.
Tong Fahai stood aside, his eyebrows were already full of death, the current situation is beyond the control of any one person, yesterday's peace was so, and today's battle is also the same.
In today's Qing army camp, there are only about 20,000 Qing soldiers left, and in addition, there are 12,000 horsemen waiting behind the battle, and everyone's faces are more or less unsightly.
At present, on the surface, the number of the Qing army is still more than that of the Fu Han army, but those who have experienced yesterday's battle will not think that the Qing army, which has lost all its elite losses, still has the ability to fight.