There is one point, Hong Chengchou did not mention at all, that is, whether the Ming Dynasty can defeat the Tumut Department of Hetao. Because he had already seen what Emperor Chongzhen did in the war against the captives. He believed in the emperor and would not do useless deeds.

On the other hand, it was also the Tumut Department that was really abolished, and before that, it was beaten by Lin Dan Khan's Chahar Department and fled. Now the power of Jianyu has returned, but it has been split in two by Jianyu, and its power has been weakened. Daming has mental arithmetic or unintentional here, and the odds of winning are very big.

After Emperor Chongzhen and Hong Chengchou talked for a long time, early the next morning, he did not continue to stay in Yanghe, and led the army to continue westward and went to Datong. made the group of people who followed him, especially Wu Sangui, inexplicable.

Before, he was holding back his strength, just waiting to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, prove it to the other general soldiers, and also to show the emperor, he Wu Sangui is by no means a person who is not worthy of the name!

But what are you doing in Datong? Aren't you going to the Central Plains? Aren't the thieves in Hubei?

I can't figure it out, and I can't figure it out, Wu Sangui wanted to ask Emperor Chongzhen a few times, but after all, it was not in Liaodong, not in the Guanning army, so he thought about it, and finally held it in his heart and continued to hold it.

Emperor Chongzhen had actually noticed it a long time ago, but he deliberately didn't say it, so he let a few of their generals hold back, and when the time was ripe to turn back, he would let them go to the grassland to reward a good battle. At this time, it's not the time to hold back the big move!

When he led the cavalry to Datong, on the other side, the soldiers of the Ming army had already rushed to Hetao with the Jianyu Niulu, explaining the intention, which made Gu Luge, the commander of the left wing of the Tumut Department who learned the news, very surprised, and at the same time felt very troublesome.

For him, he is very reluctant to encounter this kind of thing himself.

In the Mongolian tent, he summoned the staff leader, the assistant leader, and the Xiao Riding School to discuss this matter together, and it was a headache.

The Ming State offered a price to exchange 1,000 warlike horses, and the time was limited, and it was too late to ask the Qing Emperor of Liaodong for a word.

In distress, some people complained: "Is this true, isn't the Qing army invincible in the field?" How could he still be captured by the Ming Kingdom? Ordinary Jurchens were captured, even Gushan Ezhen was captured, what the hell is going on? ”

If it was just an ordinary Jianzhou Jurchen, maybe they could still find an excuse not to trade with the Ming Kingdom, after all, there were thousands of warlike horses, which was not a small amount. For them, it's all flesh pain.

However, now among the captives are high-level Jianzhou Jurchens like Gushan Ezhen, since they want to rely on the Qing Dynasty to occupy this fertile Hetao Plain, they can only go to replace people. Otherwise, the Ming Kingdom made it clear that if it was not replaced, it would slaughter those captives and avenge the dead Ming people.

If you really don't change it and put these Jianzhou Jurchens to death, then after the Jianzhou Jurchens over there in Liaodong hear about it, their relatives and friends will definitely hate them, and when the time comes, what will happen to them, it's hard to say!

"This Ming Kingdom is really treacherous!" Someone in the yurt chimed in and said, "You said that the captive is a captive, and it is really idle to be taken to such a far place to trade with us!" ”

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As he listened to their conversation, Gurug only heard complaints, but he couldn't come up with ideas, and he was so depressed that he felt that he had suddenly lost his luck.

Suddenly, his subordinate leader suggested to him: "This matter can't be burdened by our left wing, isn't there still a right wing?" Why don't you inform me and share it with the two families? ”

As soon as he heard this, Gu Luge's eyes suddenly lit up, and he thought in his heart, yes, there is no reason to cut the meat by himself, if you want to cut the meat, let's just cut the meat together. In this year, the grassland has also suffered disasters, and life is not easy, and if there is less blood, there will be less blood.

As he was thinking this, he suddenly heard a noise outside the tent, as if someone was rushing towards him, and the guards outside wanted to stop him.

Guluge was annoyed, so he shouted, "Who makes any more noise, believe it or not, and will whip you?" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a person in the yurt, and shouted with an ugly face: "Who are you going to whip?" ”

Gu Luge took a closer look and found that it was the Niu Lu Ezhen who was brought by the Ming army.

Jianzhou Jurchen's Niu Lu is true, for Liaodong, it is not big, it is not small; But for these Mongols, it is too old. Therefore, Guluge hurriedly explained with a smiling face, saying that it was not what he meant.

This Niu Lu Ezhen didn't want to hear this, so he just shouted and asked, "Our Lord Turge is suffering in the Ming Kingdom, when are you going to rescue him?" ”

Speaking of this, he stared at Gu Luge again, took a few steps closer, and pointed to Gu Luge's nose and asked, "Is it that the lives of our Qing warriors are not as good as one of your horses?" ”

"No, no!" When Gu Luge heard this, he resolutely denied it, "Didn't Ming Guo say that he wanted a good war horse?" I'm just afraid that the Ming Kingdom will pick a thorn at that time and affect the matter of saving the Qing warriors, so I thought that after discussing with the right wing, I will select some war horses on both sides, so that the Ming Kingdom will have no reason to save Lord Turg and other Qing warriors at one time! ”

When this Niu Lu heard this, he should be quite satisfied, his tone softened a little, agreed with Gu Luge's statement, and urged him to do it quickly: "Don't delay, those Ming troops will return tomorrow, delaying the time, making the Ming Kingdom think that you don't want to exchange, and you have harmed Lord Turg and other Qing warriors, this matter is not something you can afford!" ”

After a threat, he was still a little uneasy, so he sat still and didn't leave, and saw with his own eyes that the right-wing capital Hang Gao was called, and then discussed together, and finally decided on the unfortunate thing of sending out 500 good war horses each.

The next day, a thousand war horses, without room for bargaining, had already been selected.

According to the meaning of the Niu Lu Ezhen, Gu Luge said to the Ming army Xiaoqi who was the leader: "This war horse is the best war horse of our Tumut Department, and this is ready." So next, isn't it time to hand over people with one hand and hand over horses with the other? ”

Hearing this, the Ming army Xiaoqi replied disdainfully: "It's not like that, these war horses will be brought back to the customs for inspection first." Otherwise, who knows if you have eaten croton or something, if it's okay, you'll naturally let them go. If you have any opinions, our Governor has said it, you can not change it! ”

"......" When Gu Luge heard this, he and Hang Gao looked at each other, and they were all speechless.

Damn, with those old men in his hands, the Ming army is so confident, and on his side, there is no room to talk about conditions.

That Niu Lu was really there, and after hearing the words of the Ming army Xiaoqi, he still wanted to fight for it and said: "What if the war horse is given to you, but you don't let people go?" ”

"Hehe, my Ming is a state of etiquette, how can I be as untrustworthy as you barbarians!" When the Ming army Xiaoqi heard this, he couldn't help but sneer, "Love is not changed, if you don't believe in me, then quit!" ”

After saying that, I really had to leave.

This time, this Niu Lu was really dumbfounded! When did Minggou become so arrogant?

However, Master Turg is still in the hands of Ming Gou, and this breath can only be endured! Niu Lu was really aggrieved, he couldn't pull his face down to beg for someone, so he had to give Gu Luge a look.

Gu Luge was very helpless, so he had to accompany the smiling face, and went to say good things, appease the Ming army Xiaoqi, and promised to give the horse first, and at the same time believed that the Ming country would release people if he had a letter.

So, the Tumut Department sent people to drive the horses and followed these Ming troops back to Guannai.

Watching them go away, the cow Lu really spat at the mouth, and said viciously: "Ming dog, who can't die well, let you be arrogant, and when you rescue Master Turge, you Ming dog must be killed without leaving a piece of armor!" ”

Gu Luge and Hang Gao, who were standing on the side, did not speak, and they all contempt in their hearts: If you really have this ability, why did you become a prisoner of the Ming Kingdom? Really, it hurt us by the way!

At the same time, Zheng Chongjian, the governor of the three sides, had just arrived at the palace of the Rui King of Hanzhong. During this time, he was exhausted. Shaanxi is not small, the vassal king is divided into various places, he is non-stop rushing around, reading the holy decree, and exchanging the silver stamps and grain stamps of the Ming Royal Bank brought to him for money and grain.

To his delight, the emperor's decree was still useful after all. Although the vassal kings could see that they were not very reluctant, they finally took out the money and food.

Of course, Zheng Chongjian also knew that this had something to do with the proportions in the holy decree, and he didn't empty the money and food of the vassal kings everywhere at once, but just let them take out some of it. Now, after dealing with the money and grain from King Rui's side, he has to rush back to deal with the matter of the Hetao.

This time, however, he was in trouble.

It is likely that King Rui has heard the rumors, so it took a lot of trouble for him to meet King Rui. King Rui seems to have done it on purpose, and when he finally summoned Zheng Chongjian, he was eating, eating pickles and radishes, and drinking gruel. Then, when Zheng Chongjian arrived, King Rui's grandson was still shouting, saying that he couldn't drink enough gruel, that he wanted to eat rice, and that he wanted to eat white flour steamed buns or something.

King Rui pretended not to see that Zheng Chongjian had arrived, and reprimanded his grandson, saying that his own food had been robbed by others, and that he could only survive by cutting back on food and clothing.

Zheng Chongjian knew this, and knew that he was afraid that it would not go well in Ruiwangfu this time.

Sure enough, when King Rui saw Zheng Chongjian outside the hall, he had a cold face and was very unhappy. And his grandson ran over to arrest Zheng Chongjian, shouting that Zheng Chongjian would compensate them for the grain in the Ruiwang Mansion, and asked Zheng Chongjian to arrest those people and punish them severely.

Regarding his grandson's mess, King Rui acted as if he didn't see it, and let him make trouble with Zheng Chongjian. Anyone who sees this situation can know that it was instigated by Zheng Chongjian.

If you talk logically, although Zheng Chongjian is the governor of the three sides, he is the courtier of their Zhu family after all. Just like although King Rui is not the head of the family, he is the second master, the third master or something, and the servants in the family are not at the same level. If you want to make such a fuss, no matter how big Zheng Chongjian's official position is, it will not be easy to attack.

King Rui's meaning, first of all, is to embarrass Zheng Chongjian.

However, Zheng Chongjian didn't want to be angry, and immediately took out the holy decree and shouted: "The emperor has a will!" ”

This little rabbit cub, if you scratch it again, now this official is an angel, and he must be the emperor!

However, King Rui was obviously very angry, so he pretended not to hear, and was still drinking porridge slowly, asking his grandson to scratch it for a while. Even his grandson knew that he was about to run out of scratches, so he scratched even more frantically, and accidentally ripped off Zheng Chongjian's belt.

At this time, Zheng Chongjian's subordinates couldn't stand it anymore, and hurriedly shouted: "The emperor has a will!" ”

This shout was about to break through the hall, and King Rui drank his grandson away, and only then did he pretend to hear: "Ah, there is a will!" You see, this king is so hungry these days that he is in a trance, and he hears it. ”

When he said this, he had that kind of mockery on his face, and he didn't have the slightest look of being hungry for a long time and in bad spirits.

Zheng Chongjian didn't answer his topic, and immediately asked him to take the order.

As a result, naturally, just as he was worried, King Rui spread his hands and began to repay the debt: "This king wants to contribute something to the country, after all, they are all descendants of Taizu!" However, you should also see that this king has fallen to the point of eating chaff vegetables, where will the money and food come from? It's not that this king is not dedicated, this really can't be taken out! ”

Whether there is money and food in Ruiwang's Mansion, everyone has a number in their hearts. If it were a change in the past, Zheng Chongjian might be worried that the emperor would blame, so he could only follow King Rui's wishes, afraid that if he made a big mess, then he, the governor of the three sides, would not be able to escape, and he would definitely be punished.

But now, Zheng Chongjian roughly understood the emperor's meaning from the emperor's will, so he still tried to complete the things explained in the holy decree, so that the border army on the Hanzhong side could be appeased. Therefore, he said: "The Rui Wangfu has been enshrined since the Wanli period to the current Chongzhen Twelfth Year, although only this time it has ......"

As soon as King Rui heard what he meant, he knew what he wanted to say, and suddenly he roared like an enraged lion: "Do you think this king is alone? Do you know that this king wants to support his family? Is this world still not the world of our Zhu family? They all grabbed the head of this king, and there is no royal law, how are you the governor? This king wants to go to the court, and he wants to ask the king's imperial nephew for an explanation, how did he, the emperor, treat the clan so poorly? Do you want to be lonely, do you want to starve to death......"

When he roared, foam flew at the mouth and sprayed on Zheng Chongjian's face. If you want to avoid saliva, you either retreat or use your sleeves to block it.

It may be that he usually has nothing to do when he is full, and he has developed a body of combat effectiveness, just like the legendary shrew, so that Zheng Chongjian has no chance to speak. Obviously, in order not to take out money and food, he doesn't even want his own identity.

In the end, Zheng Chongjian was helplessly sprayed out of King Rui's Mansion, and as soon as the door was closed, there was a "bang", which could be regarded as quiet.

Seeing that he was in a mess, Zheng Chongjian couldn't help but smile bitterly, and said to his subordinates: "I underestimated the face of King Rui!" ”

He didn't expect that as soon as he finished speaking, a voice with a Jingshi accent sounded on the side: "It seems that the Governor doesn't seem to be going well in the Ruiwang Mansion!" ”

Zheng Chongjian was stunned for a moment when he heard this, turned his head to look, but saw a group of strangers standing not far behind him, and at a glance, he knew that it was not an ordinary person. I couldn't help but be a little surprised, so I asked casually: "Are you ......?"

The leader listened, took out a jade plate, motioned to show him, and said lightly: "Li Ruolian, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, is here to wait for the governor!" ”

As soon as he heard this, Zheng Chongjian, including his subordinates, was taken aback, and their faces suddenly changed.

Because the first thing they thought of was that King Rui had already made trouble with the emperor, so the emperor sent the Jinyi Guard commander to deal with this matter, right?

Could it be that he misunderstood the meaning of the emperor, and after all, the clan family wanted more?

Li Ruolian withdrew his waist card, approached Zheng Chongjian, and then said to him: "I have already been to the side of the deputy general Li Guoqi, and I have also seen those soldiers who robbed the land rent, and the matter has been understood, I wonder if the governor can tell me what happened in the Ruiwang Mansion?" Why is it a mess? I am instructed to do an errand, to know the truth, there can be no exaggeration, and there can be no mistruth. ”

After all, looking at Zheng Chongjian like this, it should be another big case of the Chongzhen Dynasty, so you can't be cautious.