Kong Youde didn't answer immediately, but looked at Geng Zhongming and said in a slow whisper: "They say, now that the Ming Dynasty is strong and the emperor is wise, do you still want to act for the tiger and recognize the thief as your father?" ”

This was said very lightly, but in Geng Zhongming's ears, it was like a thunderbolt, and his face changed.

His eyes were fixed on Kong Youde, just staring at him like that, without saying a word.

Kong Youde lowered his head at the beginning, but then he felt the sharp edge of the star, he raised his head again, looked back at Geng Zhongming, and showed a wry smile on his face.

"Do you regret it?" Geng Zhongming asked in a low voice after a while.

When Kong Youde heard this, he shook his head and denied it: "I really dreamed about it, and I didn't lie about it!" ”

"Thinking day and night, dreaming!" When Geng Zhongming heard this, he immediately pointed out in a low voice.

Kong Youde listened, sighed and said, "Whatever you say, I'm just telling you the truth and telling you about it." ”

When the two of them rebelled against the Ming Dynasty and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, the reason they said was that the lord and the young ministers were treacherous, forcing them to have no place in the Ming Dynasty, so the good birds broke the wood and rested, praised how wise and martial the emperor Taiji was, and ran to the Manchu side.

The two of them, when they were paying tribute to Mao Wenlong and their dead relatives, also used this reason to explain their hardships and show that they had no choice but to do so.

At this time, whether Kong Youde used the dream to say something, or whether they really said it in the dream, for Geng Zhongming, it was already a very clear signal: Kong Youde's position was no longer firm.

After a while, Geng Zhongming whispered to Kong Youde: "You and I, friends of life and death." As brothers, I remind you that even if we surrender, the emperor may not understand us. You must know that the firearms of the Qing Dynasty were brought by us. In addition, the emperor is strictly investigating this matter, and among our personal guards, there may be some who have been bribed, and if one is not careful, the Ming Kingdom has not yet come into contact with it, and the emperor has already known about it first. ”

Kong Youde understood that the first emperor he said referred to the Ming Emperor, and the emperor he said later referred to the Qing Emperor.

After smiling bitterly, he said to Geng Zhongming: "You really think too much, I just dreamed." Forget it, don't talk about it, say goodbye today, say something happy, I hope that one day, our brothers can see each other again! ”

Geng Zhongming saw that Kong Youde disagreed, so he didn't say more, changed the topic, and talked about the marriage of the two children.

The next day, the two of them each led their own guards and did not bring their own subordinates, so they left Jinzhou according to their orders.

At the same time, on the steppe, there was a man and a horse, resting.

It can be seen that this man has a beard and scum, and he is about to become a savage; And the horse, too, was so thin that it seemed to fall to the ground and die at any moment. Looking at it like this, it's really down.

At some point, a group of knights quietly surrounded him, and the leader of them shouted in Mongolian: "Who are you, but a spy of the Ming Kingdom?" ”

Hearing the movement, this "wild man" looked up, and immediately showed ecstasy, and couldn't help laughing, and at the same time said in Jurchen words: "God has eyes, and he is finally saved!" ”

After speaking, he looked at these Mongols who were a little surprised and said, "I am the king of the Great Qing Dynasty, which tribe are you from?" ”

That's right, this person is Azig who was released back to Liaodong by Emperor Chongzhen. This journey back to the east can be described as a lot of hardship, and I almost starved to death on the road. I also met the robbers of the Chahar tribe, who were robbing other tribes, and killed people when they saw them, but Azig didn't show up, otherwise, listening to their shouts and whining, it seemed that the tribe was destroyed, and it was all because of him Azig and Zilharang, if he really wanted to show up, it was estimated that he would retaliate, anyway, he Azig would be alone.

At this time, after Azig protected his identity, the surrounding Mongols looked at each other, and suddenly they couldn't help laughing, which made Azig very angry.

Seeing him like this, one of the Mongols laughed and shouted coldly: "You said that the king of Daqing County is the king of Daqing County?" Does the king of the Qing Dynasty have such virtue as you? Then I said that you are a spy of the Ming Kingdom, and it is even more convincing! ”

"That's right, how majestic is the King of the Great Qing Dynasty? You don't look at yourself either, what about the guards? What about the army? Another Mongol also pointed at him and shouted, "I see, you must be a fugitive slave from the Ming Kingdom who escaped from that tribe, right?" ”

Azig listened, looked down at his ghost, and his original anger suddenly disappeared.

After sighing in his heart, he took off his hat and said, "If you don't believe it, take me to see the patriarch of your clan, which tribe is it, maybe I can see it, and I will naturally know when the time comes." ”

glanced at the money rat tail, but this does not mean that he is a Jurchen. Those Han people who were plundered to Liaodong were also forcibly taken care of by the money rat tail. None of these Mongols believed that even if the king of the Qing Dynasty did not lead the army to the battle, the guards around him would definitely be indispensable, and he would never be alone, like a savage.

Azig originally didn't want to say it, he felt too embarrassed, embarrassed by his own face, and embarrassed by Daqing's face. But at this time, these people didn't believe it, and they wanted to treat him as a fugitive slave, so he had no choice but to say: "I am really the king of the Qing Dynasty, and I love Xinjueluo Azig." Previously, he led the army with Prince Zheng in Guihua City, but the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty drove his own expedition and annihilated the entire Qing army, and I was the only one who escaped alone and wanted to return to Liaodong to report the news to the emperor. Now, you get the idea, right? ”

Hearing that he was serious, that his expression did not look like a hypocrisy, and that he said something like that, they were skeptical.

Now these tribes in the east of Mongolia already know that the Ming State is indeed strong, and Prince Rui led more than 10,000 Qing troops, all of which were wiped out by the Ming Emperor. Now when I hear that the Qing army was defeated by the Ming Emperor, it is easy to accept.

Therefore, one of the Mongols replied to Azig's words and reported himself to his family, saying that he belonged to the Ao Han tribe.

As soon as Azig heard this, he immediately said, "Is it the king of Zasakdoro?" Princess Ao Han is also here, hurry up and take this king to meet them. ”

Hearing him say this, it doesn't seem like a fake. The Mongols immediately accepted their contempt and formally met with Azig to lead him to the head of the Ao Han tribe, that is, the eldest son-in-law of Huang Taiji.

When Azig saw that they had believed, he did not go away at once, but asked them for water and food, and threw a piece of dried meat that he had brought with him into the grass. There were Mongols with sharp eyes, and after a glance, they found that it seemed to be human flesh, so they couldn't help but look at Azig again, but did not speak.

After devouring a full meal and changing into a good horse, he followed the Mongols on horseback, and when it was almost evening, they arrived at the camp of the Ao Han tribe.

The patriarch of the Ao Han tribe, Ban Di and Princess Ao Han Gulun, that is, the eldest daughter of Huang Taiji, had already received the report first, and greeted them with a suspicious expression, and both of them were stunned when they saw Azig for the first time.

Although when Azig came, he had already cleaned up. However, his kind of downfall still surprised the couple and the couple, which was really completely different from the Azig they had seen before.

The man is right, definitely Azig himself.

After Bandi came back to his senses, he immediately asked in a panic, "Uncle, how can it be like this?" ”

Although he is also the prince of the county, Azig is the uncle of Princess Ao Han Gulun, so he is naturally called a younger generation.

To be honest, Azig's appearance really shocked him.

"It's hard to put it into words, this king has a night's rest, and tomorrow he must immediately rush back to Shengjing to meet the emperor." Speaking of this, Azig sighed and said, "Prince Zheng didn't listen to my persuasion, resulting in the annihilation of my army stationed in Guihua City in the Qing Dynasty!" ”

Although he had heard the news of his clan beforehand, when he heard such news with his own ears and came out of Azig's mouth, Bandi was still shocked and couldn't close his mouth.

For a long time, the Qing Dynasty was invincible, not only swept Liaodong, swept the grassland, and even swept the territory of the Ming Kingdom. The Qing Dynasty was so powerful, therefore, in the seventh year of Tiancong, he couldn't wait to ask Huang Taiji for marriage, and offered a saddle, armor, and camel horse, for fear that Huang Taiji would regret his marriage.

The joy of getting married at the beginning, these memories of the past, are still vivid! Thinking about these in his heart, Bandi couldn't help but have mixed feelings: before, he thought that the Ming Kingdom had taken shit luck, and the Qing army was proud, so he was negligent, and the Ming army won a battle.

However, what about this second time, this second time the whole army was wiped out, and it was also led by the most famous wise general of the Qing Dynasty, Jierharang, and he was defeated by the Emperor of the Ming State again, could such a coincidence still happen?

Thinking of this, a terrible thought flashed in Bandi's heart, could it be that the Ming Kingdom is really going to be strong again, and the strength of the Qing Dynasty is just a flash in the pan, and it has come to an end?

Such a conclusion made it difficult for the class to accept at the first time. He wanted to ask for more details, but Azig wouldn't answer.

So, he had no choice but to press this idea and immediately put on a big banquet to welcome Azig's arrival. During the banquet, he continued to persuade him to drink, and Azig was also relieved at this time, knowing that his life was worry-free, and the hard times that came during this period also made him want to have a good meal very much. At first, there was a bit of a prevarication for Bandi's toast, but later, I drank it in a big bowl, and I wanted to forget the unbearable experience.

Seeing that he was almost drunk, Bandi began to knock on the side again, wanting to know the battle of Naturalization City.

For him, the battle of Naturalization City is far more important to him than the Battle of Tower Mountain, if it is possible, he can ignore the Battle of Tower Mountain, but the battle of Naturalization City, he will definitely find a way to figure it out.

What means did the Ming army use to send troops to the grassland and wipe out the Qing army? If the commander of the Qing army was incompetent, it would not be strange that the whole army was annihilated. However, the prestige of Zilharang was also thunderous to him, and he was also one of the few princes of the Qing Dynasty.

Anyway, as far as Bandi himself is concerned, he is definitely not as strong as Zilharang's ability to command troops! He is self-aware of this. But it was precisely because of this that he had to use unscrupulous means to talk about how the Ming army could completely annihilate the Qing army on the grassland?

Azig did drink too much, and he couldn't stand the clichés, so he told the whole process of the war from his point of view. Of course, there are some things, such as him strangling Zilharang to survive, even if he drinks too much, there is still a string in his heart, not the worst as mud, he will not say.

But even so, the more Bandi listened, the more frightened he became. I thought in my heart that if I encountered this kind of trick of the Ming army, the best way was not to be lucky, not to think about winning the Ming army, and to flee when I heard the wind was the best choice. Otherwise, the Qing army would eventually fall into the conspiracy of the Ming army, let alone the Ao Han Department.

By the next day, as if he had never heard of the battle, Bandi quietly sent people to escort Azig to Shengjing. Then, he immediately went to convene a meeting of the clansmen to see if he wanted to move the pasture away from the Ming Kingdom.

On Azig's side, he had not yet arrived in Shengjing, and the other group of people who had fled back, namely Ying Erdai and a dozen retinues, had already returned to Shengjing one step ahead, and no one was seen, and he did not go to his own home, so he immediately entered the palace to meet him.

Huang Taiji's side was discussing the matter of spring ploughing, and felt that it was a good way to let Geng Zhongming and Kong Youde go to the north to lead the Hannu to farm, and he was happy, so he heard the advice of thinking, and was immediately taken aback, and hurriedly summoned him.

On the side of Guihua City, more than 10,000 troops of Jilharang were facing the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom, and he was also very concerned. It's just that it's too far away and communication is inconvenient, so it's impossible to keep abreast of the war situation. However, he felt that even if Jilharang's troops could not defeat the Imperial Forest Army of the Ming Emperor, they could at least lead the Ming army to go around in circles on the grassland, and it was impossible to defeat them.

However, when he saw the embarrassed appearance of Ying Erdai and his party, he knew that something was wrong, and he was so shocked that his fat face was bloodless, and hurriedly asked how the war was going on in Naturalization City?

"Your Majesty, the Ming army raided the Naturalization City, and the two Highnesses were blocked in the Naturalization City, and after holding out for two days, the main force of the Ming army arrived, and our army ...... Our army was completely annihilated......" Ying Ordai wept blood, and lay in the hall unable to raise his head.

Hearing this news, Huang Taiji's face flashed a trace of blood strangely, and he turned red for a while, and then spit out a mouthful of old blood, and the whole person could no longer stand, so he fell backwards.

This news is indeed too big a blow to Huang Taiji. It's not that he feels sorry for Zilharang and Azig, but that the more than 10,000 Qing troops were wiped out! How many Qing troops are there, more than 10,000 troops are annihilated, and another more than 10,000 troops are wiped out, how many times can the Qing army be wiped out?

He didn't expect that the whole army would be wiped out, he was not psychologically prepared at all, under this sudden blow, it was inevitable that the old blood would vomit again, who made him have a lot of blood, and he was used to vomiting!

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