July 15th, late at night.

Liu Xingzuo was dressed in military uniform, draped completely, and sat in the tent with a golden sword. The two Niu Lu under his command, more than 100 soldiers, have all been mobilized and surrounded their big tents tightly. Inside the tent, more than a dozen of his cronies, Goshha, stood beside him with their swords unsheathed.

Outside the tent, the Shiheyi camp had fallen into chaos, and the faint shouts of killing reached Liu Xingzuo's ears through the thick door curtain. But he didn't react, still sitting steadily in his chair, his eyes quietly watching the entrance to the tent. The loaded handcuff was placed on the table in front of him, and his right hand unconsciously struck the table with a slight noise.

The tent door curtain was lifted, and a tall man walked in and nodded slightly at Liu Xingzuo. Liu Xingzuo leaned back in the chair and couldn't help but let out a sigh, and the serious expression on his face finally dissipated. A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said to the man: "The big thing is decided." ”

The big man grinned and said, "Brother Zuo, you are really accurate. ”

Liu Xingzuo shook his head with a wry smile and said, "What's the use of calculating accurately, it's not like pinning your head to your belt and gambling on it." If you get out of the spread pool, it's useless to calculate accurately. ”

"You go out first, someone should come later."

The big man agreed, and opened the curtain again. Soon, Dahan's voice came from outside the tent: "I've seen Master Fan." ”

"Eh, where is the word, Fan should not be called General Xingbang like this."

The door curtain was lifted by the big man, and Fan Wencheng, who was in armor, bent down and walked in from under the curtain raised by the big man, and as soon as he saw Liu Xingzuo, he arched his hand and said: "Xiaguan Fan Wencheng, I have seen General Liu." ”

Liu Xingzuo touched his chin with his hand, looked at Fan Wencheng for a while, suddenly got up with a laugh, strode towards the other party, and supported Fan Wencheng's arm with both hands to help him up: "Lord Fan is polite, you and I are one scholar and one martial artist, and we don't belong to each other, where did you come from to be a subordinate official." ”

Fan Wencheng smiled all over his face, looked around the tent, and sighed: "General Liu is strict in governing the army, so it can be seen. ”

"It's not that I heard the commotion outside and thought there was a roar." Liu Xingzuo also raised the corners of his mouth, looked at Fan Wencheng with a smile, and said slowly, "Liu is worried that the chaotic soldiers outside will do evil, so the soldiers are ready." ”

Fan Wencheng arched his hand at him, smiled and turned sideways: "General Liu, Fan came this time on the orders of the Great Khan, please General Liu go and meet the Great Khan as soon as possible." ”

Liu Xingzuo nodded, and also made a "please" gesture towards Fan Wencheng: "Lord Fan, please." ”

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After stepping out of the tent, Shiheyi had basically returned to calm. Carrying torches, Bai Jia led Yidin through the tents and houses, and those who had been wandering in the open area were driven back to their homes.

Neither Liu Xingzuo nor Fan Wencheng rode horses. He followed Fan Wencheng to the palace where Huang Taiji was located, while scanning the streets around him expressionlessly. Although a large number of Zhenyi were patrolling the streets, many of them still stood in the shadow of the firelight with gloomy eyes, and their eyes showed a dangerous light. At the intersection of each street, Wuzhen Chaoha, who carries an arquebus or a gun, sets up a checkpoint at the intersection.

The closer you get to the location of Huang Taiji, the greater the density of Yiding on the street. In addition to the Zhenghuang Banner led by Huang Taiji himself, the flags of the other five flags have appeared. The flag-takers of each flag were clearly gathered in blocks, separated by a few feet from each other, and the air was filled with a tense atmosphere.

"General Liu, it's here."

Liu Xingzuo glanced up at Fan Wencheng and thanked him softly. He lifted his foot and walked into the crowd through the gap between the two teams of flag-bearers, feeling the stickiness between the bottom of his boots and the ground. His nose twitched slightly, and the sweet smell of blood filled the air.

In the middle of the Six Banners, Huang Taiji and the other five banners were standing in front of their bannermen, looking at each other, and the scene was eeriely quiet. Directly in the middle of them, several corpses were lying there.

Seeing Liu Xingzuo walking out of the crowd, Huang Taiji turned his head to look at him, and then said loudly: "Since all the banner masters Baylor, as well as the Gushan Ezhen and Jiala Ezhen have arrived, I will tell you about Sakha and others." ”

Liu Xingzuo stood under the banner of the Zhenghuang Banner and quietly listened to the voice of Huang Taiji. Tonight, Huang Taiji brazenly launched a mutiny, gathered the troops of the two yellow banners to encircle and suppress Sakha Lu's Niu Lu, and actually killed Saha's henchmen before the other four banners reacted. The people who were lying on the ground now contained Saha's body.

After Huang Taiji finished explaining the matter, Amin's voice sounded in a non-yin and non-yang voice: "What the Lord of the Yellow Flag said is very reasonable, but just by your own words, you can't directly kill Sakha Ling." ”

Huang Taiji looked directly into the other party's eyes, waiting for him to continue speaking: "According to the words of the Lord of the Yellow Banner, Sahaxuan wrote a letter to Erbeile (Note 1) in private, asking him to take advantage of the fact that we are all trapped in southern Liaoning, and go straight back to Liaoyang to seize our power... Hey, that's a bit of a madness. ”

Huang Taiji looked at the other party coldly for a while, and then said gently: "I know that there is no basis for what I say, the letter in the brocade box in the daytime, in order to avoid being detected by Saha, I also managed to destroy the words on it." ”

He turned his head to the big tent behind him and said, "Then, please ask Mr. Wu to come out and testify." ”

In full view, the tent was lifted by two goshkhas, and a middle-aged man with short hair stepped out of it. In front of thousands of people, he took out a white cloth from his pocket, pinched the corner of his hands and shook it open: "This is the original text of the letter." ”

Liu Xingzuo looked at the person who took out the white cloth and subconsciously swallowed his saliva. But he recognized the man, named Wu Jianzhong, who was a well-known figure in the National Security Bureau. Unexpectedly, he sneaked into the Jiannu camp alone to testify to Huang Taiji.

In the tense environment of thousands of people, Wu Jianzhong remained silent, his eyes calmly scanned around the world, and read the words on the white cloth in Chinese, Jurchen and Mongolian. After reading it, he shook the white cloth, folded it and held it in his hand: "If there is anything you don't understand, just say it." ”

Although he was alone here, Wu Jianzhong did not have any fearful look. He even looked at the expressions of the banner owners with interest, and a little smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Huang Taiji turned to face his brothers, and glanced at Dai Shan with a cold look in his eyes. "Gushan is really above, enter the tent!"

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Early morning on July 16th.

Outside the new golden city, Huang Taiji came here for the second time. The difference is that the last time I came, it was still the world of Dajin, but now it is full of the army of Australian Song people, and the Australian star flag is flying in the sky.

Riding a horse through the scorched black soil, if there is a fishy smell poured into the nostrils, even if the sea breeze blows, it cannot be removed. Two sturdy teams of Australian cavalry were sandwiched between his sides, sharp sabers in their hands, reflecting the cold sunlight at all times.

Behind Huang Taiji, more than a thousand golden knights were leading their horses and walking on the ground. The barbed wire fence was opened, and more than twice as many infantrymen as Jiannu watched them with rifles. Every twenty meters, the Jiannu procession had to pass through a gate with two rifles crossed together, symbolizing the surrender of the Later Jin army to the Ao-Song armed forces.

As the Great Khan of the Later Jin Dynasty and the commander of the Yellow Banner cavalry, Huang Taiji can still retain a little so-called decency. He was allowed to carry his own saber and his hands were not tied with ropes. When he came to the new golden city, he could also be received by Major General Qi Wu.

"Phew."

Huang Taiji gently pulled the reins of his mount and flipped off his horse. He looked at the Australian Song soldiers in front of him with a complicated expression, straightened his clothes, and took a few steps forward under the supervision of the guards: "Aixin Jueluo Huang Taiji, I have seen His Excellency Qi Wu, Major General of the Great Song National Defense Army." ”

I stood behind Qi Wu and looked at Huang Taiji. According to the information, this person was born in the twentieth year of Wanli in the Ming Kingdom, that is, in 1592, and is now 37 years old. He was born with a dignified appearance, a very strong body, but a little fat, and a face with a majestic temperament that is unique to holding power all year round. He wears a scimitar at his waist, which looks like a Mongolian knife. Judging by the degree of wear and tear of the handle, Huang Taiji did not use it as an ornament.

Huang Taiji came this time to surrender to our country on behalf of the Later Jin regime. He finally won the victory of the Shiheyi mutiny, in addition to Haoge, the other four banner owners Beile and Gushan Ezhen, finally admitted the fact that Sakha had betrayed the Houjin power system, and also recognized Huang Taiji's action to kill him - the number of people who participated in the battle of southern Liaoning was only ten Niu Lu in total, and the two banner owners of Daishan and Yue Tuo were not there, and in the case of Huang Taiji's occupation, it was impossible for the four banner owners Beile to contribute to Daishan's father and son.

The two red flag bannermen who survived the mutiny were handed over to Liu Xingzuo as their agent. After Sakha's death, Liu Xingzuo was the person with the greatest official position and prestige among the remnants of the two red flags, and it was a logical thing to take over the rest of Sakhaluan. In the past, his Han identity would have been the biggest obstacle. And now, it's his help. The insignificance of individuals in the face of the general trend of the times can be seen.

Yesterday evening, Fan Wencheng secretly came on behalf of Huang Taiji. With the participation of the Special Representative of the National Security Service, it was me, His Excellency the Governor, personally met with Pham Van Cheng and reached an agreement with him. Huang Taiji officially surrendered to Ao Song, and our navy will help him leave the sea from Xinjin and land in Gaizhou. If necessary, he can also send a vassal army to help him return to Liaoyang and seize power.

"Huang Taiji has the power of Houjin, which is more beneficial to us than letting Daishan or other banner lords take power." After the meeting, the Governor addressed the negotiating committee, "It must be said truthfully that Huang Taiji is the only strategist in the Jianzhou bandit group, and he respects objective facts more than all other Houjin nobles. He is an ambitious man, and at the same time his abilities happen to match his ambitions. ”

"I can tell you what the General Staff said about him: he was a great leader in the classical feudal era."

"Of course, in feudal times." I shrugged my shoulders and said to Lu Daopei, "Comrade, times have changed. ”