Talk, talk about what?

It's nothing more than a way to survive.

"Exchange 1 million lives for the lives of more than 13,000 people, Lord Shizi! One million for ten thousand! This business is worth it no matter how you count it! ”

Although his wife and daughter are in the hands of the Ming people, Abatai, as the commander of the first army, still focuses on the safety of the soldiers under his command.

Although he handed over Hou Fangyu's goods to the person in front of him, Abatai had to admit that the kid's plan was indeed the only way for everyone to survive, and only in this way would Ming let them cross the river.

"That being said, but people are in your hands, in case you don't let them go, how can I believe you!"

Zhu Guoqiang's voice was not loud, but his tone was extremely firm.

"You can put some people first! The rest of the people, when I cross the Yellow River, I will naturally be released! ”

Lest the other party not believe it, Abatai said deliberately.

"If the prince doesn't believe it, you can ask Hou Fangyu's minion, this plan is from him, and now he is in your hands, I didn't lie to you, you can know as soon as you ask, in fact, ......"

Suddenly, Abatai's expression darkened, and even the gaze that looked at the Tokushi in front of him became more and more complicated.

"Shizi Ye, I led more than 30,000 troops to the south to plunder the Ming Kingdom, today can return to the Qing Dynasty alive at most 10,000 people, the loss of nearly 20,000 soldiers, it can be said that I have lost the most since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, after returning to Shengjing, the emperor will definitely not spare me, when the time comes, I will definitely die, the plan is nothing more than to bring these minions back, in the future, I will not be behind the children, so, you can rest assured, no matter what, I am a dead end, naturally I will not take the people of the Ming Kingdom to vent their anger!"

In fact, Abatai knows his future better than anyone, he will definitely die, even if he does not die in Nanjing, he will die in Shengjing, no matter what, the emperor will use his head to give everyone an explanation, so he will have such feelings.

The reason why he wanted to bring these people back. It is also to give the emperor an explanation to the Qing Dynasty. Only then will his sons not be affected by him in the future, and if he has left everyone here today, then his sons will also be affected by him in the future.

When it came to this, looking at Abatai's lost appearance, it stands to reason that Zhu Guoqiang seemed to be in the right place, but he still shook his head and said.

"That being said, but the truth is not the truth, you will not kill the people to vent your anger, but it is difficult to guarantee that the minions under your command will not, even if you strictly order not to kill the people who have plundered, but what if you kill the people along the way? If you don't kill before crossing the Yellow River, what about after crossing the Yellow River? ”

Shaking his head, Zhu Guoqiang refused directly.

"So, no matter what, it's impossible for me to agree to this condition!"

"So what do you say? Is it possible to make me wait to tie my hands? ”

Although I knew that what the other party said was the truth, I thought that I had put my posture so low. And he still didn't give in, which made Abatai suddenly annoyed.

"If you want to, I don't object to it!"

The other party's anger made Zhu Guoqiang sneer.

"Now, you have only one way to go! Hand over all the people who were plundered. As long as you get out of them, I promise to send you out of Daming! ”

"Guarantee, how to guarantee!"

Facing Abatai's rhetorical question, Zhu Guoqiang turned his head to look in the direction of Zhongshan Xiaoling, and then said.

"Swear by the spirit of your ancestors in the sky!"

In Abatai's surprise, Zhu Guoqiang sneered.

"You hand over all of them, and I will prepare forty boats for you by the river, and each boat will be equipped with a boatman for you, and then you will go down the river, out of the mouth of the Yangtze River, and return to Liaodong!" In this way, you and I can rest assured! ”

"Peace of mind!"

As soon as Zhu Guoqiang's words fell, Abatai objected loudly.

"Joke, if you hit me on the river, how can I fight back?"

Not to mention Abatai, even the generals under his command were frightened by the scene of hundreds of ships being destroyed by fire yesterday morning!

So many minions sank into the water, and they didn't even hear a sound, and now let them go to the boat, what if the Ming army let it go again?

Faced with the big guy's worries, Abatai snorted.

"He said he would burn all the boats!"

"What!"

Everyone was surprised.

"What did he say?"

Turg asked urgently.

"Burn, burn all the ships!"

"He said that if we promised, he would burn all the boats and promise that he would not pursue us, and without the boats, it would be impossible to pursue us on the river, and then he would send a team of horses along the river to escort us away."

Thinking about the previous conversation between the two, Abatai deliberately added.

"Actually, speaking of which, if we get to the boat, it is almost equivalent to tying up our hands and feet, but in addition, there is no better way, think about it, even if we cross the Yellow River, but who can guarantee that there will be no Ming army waiting for us in Hebei?"

"Lord Belle, when the time comes, we only need to be with Lord Rui and them, how can this Ming get us?"

"He can!"

Turg said casually.

"He is a virtuous son, he has just gathered tens of thousands of Ming troops in Jiangbei, plus his original soldiers and horses, if he sends the army to the north of the Yellow River to wait for us, after we cross the river, I am afraid it will be a dead end!"

Unlike Abatai, who was brave and unscrupulous, Turg was sent as his deputy, that is, to serve as his staff officer, the military advisor. Now when he said this, everyone was silent for a while, but despite this, Turg still said uneasily.

"My only concern is that even if he burned his ship, who can guarantee that he didn't have a backhand? What if he has other ships waiting for us in front of him? And the boatmen on board, this sea is very risky, what if they deliberately take us to the end of the road at sea? ”

"Master, this is easy to do, there are so many boatmen, it is impossible for all of them to be dead, there must be brave men under the heavy reward, we promise them, as long as they can reach Liaodong safely, we will give them each a thousand taels of silver, just like those boatmen before, one hundred taels of silver, and they are willing to serve us, the Ming people love silver the most, with silver, they will definitely be willing to work for us!"

Che Ke's words made everyone think, and it seemed that he also had a reason, the Ming people really like silver, as long as there is silver, there must be someone who is willing to die for the Qing Kingdom.

"Yes, besides, it's a boat, everyone is in the same boat, we are dead, and the boatman on the ship is still alive? I still don't believe that the Ming people can find thousands of dead people! ”

Then everyone discussed and discussed, and discussed, just like Abatai, and finally they convinced themselves that going by sea seemed to be the best option at the moment.

Of course, this does not mean that they do not have worries, such as those "divine fires" that can burn the ship to ashes in an instant, even if the Ming army burned their own boats, as long as they think of the tragic situation on the river yesterday, they are still worried one by one.

"I'm worried, I'm worried that they'll set it on fire!"

Faced with everyone's worries, Turg said suddenly.

"Lord Belle, didn't he say anything, willing to swear in the name of the ancestor?"

Does the name of the ancestors matter?

For Zhu Guoqiang, he doesn't mind swearing in the name of Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di and others. After all, they are not their true ancestors.

Moreover, for modern people, the so-called oath of "heaven and earth will be destroyed" is not lethal, that is, it is the same as hello, hello, but it is just a casual remark.

But in this day and age, the binding of the oath is not just the oath itself. It is more through the public opinion of the whole society to restrain him.

But when dealing with perfidious Tartars, an oath is necessary, but it is only a trade-off.

"The prince is just a temporary adaptation, and when they get on the boat, when the time comes, we will do it again......"

Without waiting for the people around him to finish speaking, Zhu Guoqiang laughed and said.

"Why bother? I said that I would not send troops after him, I would not send ships to bombard him, and I would not set fire to them. If this oath is violated, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed. ”

After laughing, Zhu Guoqiang sneered in his heart when he walked towards Abatai and them.

"Get on the boat, get on the boat, ...... then"