At this moment, the commander of the Ming Shanhaiwei in the command post: Gao Di, was busy reading the text to check the recent military salaries and materials and expenses in the Shanhaiwei area, about 300,000 taels of silver and 60,000 deniers*, which was mostly the expenses used to crack down on the northern captives and the south.

However, since this month, the imperial court has not sent military salaries and any food, ammunition and other materials, which has led to the inability to support the Ming army's funds, so this month's military salary has not been paid.

This made the general soldiers of Mingshan Haiwei very headache! How can you Ming Shanhaiwei Counselor: Feng Youwei suddenly broke into the guard command post and reported, "Lord Qiqi, the soldiers of our army are asking about military salaries again!" How do you think you can deal with it? ”

The very distressed Ming Shan Haiwei General asked, "How much silver is still in the treasury?" Take it out and give it to the soldiers to relieve their urgent needs! Don't keep them all waiting. ”

In fact, there is not much silver in this deposit, and it is all used to raise guns and artillery, and half of it is still the silver taels he put in it, so General Ming Shanhaiwei has no choice but to retreat.

At this time, another soldier walked in and reported: "Report to the chief soldier, the commander of the Qiantun guard of Guangning outside the Guan, and the Qianqian of Guangning, please come and ask for a meeting." ”

Curious, he asked, "Oh, why are they here?" But what is the matter? The soldier shook his head in disagreement.

In order not to lose courtesy, he decided to meet these two generals, met them in the side hall, and received them with tea, and took the opportunity to ask: "I don't know what the two brothers are doing here?" ”

The commander of the Ming Guangning Qiantun Guard, who picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, spoke first: "General, I came here today to let the chief soldier borrow some troops from me to go out of the customs to guard the land, I wonder if the chief soldier can promise it?" ”

Thought he would refuse? Who knew that he readily agreed, "This matter of borrowing troops is easy to say, but at the moment, the general is a little tight, can that silver tael?" ”

Hearing about the funds, the two brothers immediately echoed: "Don't worry about this, we will come out, as long as the chief soldier is willing to send troops!" ”

Seeing that the two of them readily agreed, the general soldier of Mingshan Haiwei took the opportunity to say, "Okay, let's take 200,000 taels of silver as a deposit first!" After the matter was completed, he gave another 200,000 taels of silver, and the general handed over the soldiers and horses of Fu Ningwei and Lu Longwei to the two brothers. ”

I thought I would be happy to be able to borrow a guard army, but now there are two guard troops? And it was also the David's border garrison, which made them very happy.

But in fact, the general soldiers of Mingshan Haiwei also deliberately lent out the army in order to get more military salaries, and now after the two sides reached a consensus, the general soldiers of Mingshan Haiwei asked their two brothers to take out silver taels, or write down the notes first.

At this moment, another army came from outside the city, led by two officials dressed in Ming clothes, riding horses and shouting to the city, "Brothers, open the door!" We are sent by the imperial court to find your commander-in-chief at the behest of His Majesty the Emperor, and we will open the door quickly. ”

The deputy commander of the Mingshan Haiwei guarding the city: Zhao Lin, the two officials who glanced at it asked, "I don't know who the two adults are?" Please also register! ”

The two of them defended their family name and said, "This official is Lord Zuo Lang of the Ministry of War, and he is Lord Zhongzhang of the Ming Ministry of War, this is His Majesty's edict, please open the door quickly!" ”

Because the walls are too high! For a while, it was impossible to see whether the handwritten edict was a handwritten letter from the Ming Emperor, but it was true that they were court officials, so they let the deputy chief of Ming Shanhaiwei open the door and let them in.

As soon as the gate of the city was half opened, the soldiers under their two men took the opportunity to rush forward and occupy the gate first, and after the two officials entered the city.

Mingshan Haiwei, the deputy chief soldier, realized that something was wrong? Because this group of troops does not seem to be the imperial army (Ming army) but the army wearing armor and chain mail, it is more inclined to the Liukou Shun army.

Feeling deceived, the Ming general immediately asked the firecrackers on the city tower to raise their guns and aim at the army entering the city, but unexpectedly, they laughed and said, "Don't worry! I'm not here today to siege the city, but to discuss things with the Commander of the Mountain and Sea Guard. ”

After speaking, he introduced to the Ming army defending the city, "There are 10 Dashun troops stationed outside the city, if you don't cooperate, the Shun army will attack the city, and we will be irresponsible!" ”

And the Dashun military division outside the city: Song Xiance, raised his head and looked at the majestic Shanhaiwei, the first in the world, and couldn't help but sigh, "Sure enough, it is the pillar of the northern defense, and it is a place where ten thousand people can't open it." ”

In order to successfully deceive the trust of the Shanhaiwei Ming army, the Dashun military division specially sent an envoy to talk with Gao Di, the general soldier of the Ming Shanhaiwei, in order to help the two officials.

So the Dashun envoy: Huang Yu, went into the city and followed the two officials under the leadership of the Ming soldiers to the Wei command post to meet with the Ming Shanhaiwei general soldiers, and the Dashun envoy proposed as soon as they met: "I came this time for nothing else, one is to be friendly with the old Ming court at the behest of His Majesty Dashun!" Now that the capital has been occupied by my Dashun, it doesn't make much sense for you to stay here alone! It's better to surrender to my Dashun as soon as possible, and serve the new dynasty, when the officials will be added to the knighthood, the glory and wealth will be inexhaustible, isn't it beautiful? ”

After finishing speaking, the Dashun envoy waved his hand and asked the soldiers to carry 100,000 taels of silver up and put it in front of the Mingshan Haiwei soldiers, which made the Mingshan Haiwei soldiers who had long been out of military pay very happy.

But he didn't dare to accept the silver two easily, one is that there are two bright generals behind the curtain account now, and the other is that the capital is occupied? Emperor Ming to die? This made him not believe it anyway, so he continued to ask, "Dare to ask the messenger, where am I to Your Majesty?" ”

The two officials responded: "Your Majesty, die!" In the Forbidden City, where the world has changed hands, it is already the territory of His Majesty the Emperor Dashun, if the Lord of the Shanhaiwei Guards knows each other, it is better to surrender earlier! ”

Before the general soldiers of the Ming Mountain and Haiwei agreed, the two Ming generals behind the curtain took the opportunity to jump out and said, "Bold thief general, you actually dare to come to persuade my Ming border generals to surrender, it's just looking for death!" Look at me, I can't wait for my life. ”

The Great Shun messenger who reacted asked, "Wait! If the two armies fight and do not kill, if I come, the Dashun army outside the city will definitely break through the mountains and seas to avenge my hatred. ”

It's good not to say this, but when he said this, it completely angered the commander of Ming Guangning's former guard, and he shouted, "Okay! Will Ben still be afraid of the rogue and the others? Our three brothers have been fighting with the northern and eastern captives outside the gate all the year round, and they have never seen any kind of army. ”

Heard that they are military generals outside the Guanwai? The envoy of Dashun asked, "Are you two generals of the Guanwaiwei Station?" Do you know Ning Yuanwei's general soldiers? ”

The two generals nodded and said, "I don't know, he is still my brother." ”

Then the messenger of Dashun said, "That's better, I'm about to look for him!" This has a letter written by the old man Wu of Fengjingying, just... ”

Before he finished speaking, he was robbed by the commander of the Ming Qiantun guard, and he carefully looked at the letter and found that it was actually his father, a handwritten letter, but the letter seemed to contain a threat? I really think it was written by the rogue who coerced his father.

This made the two generals a little angry, and they calmed down and asked, "What happened to your father?" ”

When the Dashun envoy heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "Oh, it turns out that the two of you are the sons of the Wu Mansion!" Disrespectful, disrespectful! Lord Ling Zun is a guest in the capital, everything is fine, please rest assured, the two generals, I don't know which of you is the chief soldier of Ning Yuanwei? ”

At this time, the commander of the guard of Ming Guangning replied: "I am the son of the Wu family, he is the third brother, and my second brother Sangui is not here." ”

After learning their identities, the messenger of Dashun said kindly: "Since they are all a family, then I will not say secret words!" I, Huang Yu, hereby swear that if you can surrender to my Dashun today, then you will still be the official who commands the Liaodong Metropolitan Division in the future, and the official position and Yulu will be promoted, and when the time comes, you will join forces to unify the Central Plains in the south, then you will be the founding heroes. ”

Having said that, everyone didn't believe it, and the envoy of Dashun asked the left attendant of the Ming Soldier Department and Fang Shilang of the Ming Soldier Department to persuade them, so that they could be completely obedient.

First of all, the two Ming generals took into account that their father and the children in the family were controlled by Dashun in Beijing, so they planned to discuss it with the three brothers, and the general army of Mingshan Haiwei of course planned to surrender to Dashun, after all, the Ming Dynasty was destroyed, and it was not much fun to defend the city in the air! And they also sent silver, and they didn't have any reason to refuse.

Moreover, their common goal now is the Eastern and Northern Prisoners outside the Guan, not the Great Shun of the same Han nationality, so they verbally agreed to the request of the Great Shun envoy, but privately they still had to send troops to discuss with the general soldiers of the Ming Ning Yuanwei.

General Mingshan Haiwei on the side: Xu Hu, he proposed, "It's better to go with the two adults and talk to Ning Yuanwei about this!" ”

This is exactly what the Great Shun Messenger wants.

At this time, the Manchu Emperor's father regent, who marched to the Jinchuan Camp Fort in Liaodong, and the accompanying Manchu Han scholars: Hong Chengchou, the Manchu Guangning Guard: Zu Dale, Karaqin Jianchang, Daru Huachi: Erjin Gulus Kunsa, and the Li Korean soldier Cao Wuxuansi: Jiang Zhengwen, and other generals began to stop advancing.

I saw a caravan marching in front of me, waving his hand and shouting in this direction, "Jurchen language: The one in front is His Royal Highness the Regent of the Great Qing Dynasty?" ”

The Manchu Zheng Yellow Banner cavalry in the front team hurriedly asked, "Jurchen language: are you the merchants?" Passerby or Trader? ”

The leading merchant came out and replied, "Jurchen language: we are passing through!" After matching the code in this way, the Manchu and white flags of the rear team of Baturu waved their flags to deliver the news to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, the father of the Manchu Emperor in the middle.

The Manchu Han people's bachelor, who was familiar with the code, reported, "His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, our Liao Shang eyeliner is here!" ”

Then he asked the Manchu Zhenghuang Yellow Banner cavalry to come over with the Liao merchants, and reported the news from the interior of the Central Plains: "Jurchen language: See His Royal Highness the Imperial Father, Prince Regent, (see Han University Bachelor) We have the latest news from the Gyeonggi region outside the Guan, the Liukou army has broken through the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Emperor is afraid that he has already died?" Nowadays, the Liukou forces occupy the Northern Zhili, Shanxi Chengxuan Political Division, Shaanxi Chengxuan Political Division, Henan Chengxuan Political Division and other places, and there is a great trend of development to the north and south Zhili. ”

After giving the information, the Liao merchants retreated, and each received some silver as a reward under the leadership of Baturu, the Manchu Zhengbai Banner.

After the Liao merchants left, the Manchu emperor and the regent began to ask: "Han people, bachelor, what do you think?" ”

The Manchu Han scholar who was full of wealth thought for a while and said, "Back to the words of the imperial father and the regent, the minister feels that since the Liukou has entered Beijing now, then we can't continue to pursue the Ningyuan Wei Ming army in the south, let alone attack any of the guards of the Liaodong Dusi." ”

This surprised the Manchu emperor's father, the regent, and the rest of the people! Even Cho Wu Xuansi, a Korean soldier of the Lee clan, was impressed by him and thought; Could it be that his conscience found that he felt sorry for Daming?

In fact, the Manchu Han scholar continued to explain: "The minister once fought with the Liukou army in the Central Plains, and also served as the governor of the Central Plains of the Ming Empire, and the military department Shangshu: Yang Sichang, Xuanda Governor: Lu Xiangsheng, Shaanxi Governor: Sun Chuanting, and other Ming generals together surrounded the Liukou, and once forced the Liukou to retreat into Shangluo Mountain, and there were still 18 horsemen left. ”