The gods obviously didn't hear Yang Hongzhang's prayer, or they didn't want to care if they did. On the third day, Gaoyang's envoy came, saying that the Qing army was besieging the city, hoping that Yang Hongzhang could send troops to attack the Qing army outside the city to relieve the siege of Gaoyang. Although Wang Lenian swore in the letter that he was consumed by his own desire for profit, he would definitely change his past mistakes and work hard to work together. But with the example of Huang Daozhou, the governor of Zhejiang, coupled with Gao Yang's personal experience, Yang Hongzhang really didn't want to believe the literati of this era. The most important thing is that he is only a mere 600 cavalry, and the ones who have really fought are the 200 Tianxiong Army and his 200 sailors brought back from the sea. In addition, Zhang Hu and others barely counted 600 people, and some of them had already lost part of the sneak attack on Hejian, and the rest were all good at fighting with the wind and waving their flags and shouting. went out into the field to fight the Qing cavalry, or two thousand against ten thousand, Yang Hongzhang has not yet swelled to the point where he does not know who he is. Unless the two thousand people are all themselves or Xia Dongwei and others, everyone is equipped with flintlock pistols!

Gao Yang's request for help could be refused, but there was no way to bypass the siege of the right army again, which was what Yang Hongzhang was most worried about, after all, Yue Tuo was full of 30,000 people when he set off from Qiangziling. But before that, there was an emissary from Dolgon. The person who came claimed to be Suppilon, and on behalf of the Great Invitation Prince Dolgon, Rui, came to lobby Yang Hongzhang. When he heard this name, Yang Hongzhang wanted to kill this guy directly, and also contribute to the weakening of the Manchu Dynasty. However, it seemed that he was not afraid of death, or pretended to be calm, and after seeing Yang Hongzhang, he did not mention the several defeats of the Qing army in Gaoyang, nor did he mention the demand for the release of Haoge and Aobai, nor did he mention Yue Tuo. This made Yang Hongzhang almost think that the Qing army was closed to news, and he didn't know that he had these three people in his hands. But Yang Hongzhang thought about it carefully, it was absolutely impossible.

He asked to meet Yang Hongzhang alone, and even asked Si about the prefect of Hejian before he asked Yang Hongzhang to explain his intentions. Seeing that Kubilong first boasted about the combat effectiveness of the Manchu army, how to defeat Lu Xiangsheng in a battle in Zhuozhou, how to block the Guanning Iron Cavalry in Gu'an, and almost wiped out the Guanning Iron Cavalry, and then now the soldiers are besieging Baoding, I believe that Keri can take Baoding, the only important town around Gyeonggi, and then return to the north to besiege Ejing.

It was evident that Dolgon had carefully selected him, but after a proper boast, he changed his words: "Before Prince Rui came, he personally told him that the court of the southerners was deaf, and the important ministers only knew that they were deceitful and intrigued to exclude dissenters. A young talent like you, a general, will definitely be awarded the title of prince or even prince in my invitation, but in the Ming court, you can only be the object of prevention and exclusion. The general's victory in three battles allowed Sun Chengzong to recover, and he will definitely become Sun Chengzong's confidant and proud aid, but it will also become a thorn in the side of those cabinet ministers. Although Sun Chengzong is capable, he is old and doesn't know how long he can last. If he falls, the general will be left alone. Unless the general shows that he is too kind of to change the door and join these people, the general will definitely become the target of everyone's attack at such a young age!

The expulsion after Gao Yang's big victory is the best example. Even Sun Chengzong didn't seem to think about coming out for the general, thinking that at this moment, the imperial court's holy decree to punish and even arrest the general was about to arrive. Why would the general work hard for such a court. I would like to ask Prince Rui to see the general late! If the general can abandon the darkness and surrender to me, Prince Rui is willing to be the commander of the right army, General Xu. Then the left and right route armies besieged Baoding, and then the troops came to the city of Beijing to export evil anger for the general! If you want to return to Shengjing, the emperor will definitely reuse the general! There must be a prince! At this critical moment, the general needs to think twice.

As for the general's family, you can rest assured that as long as the general is willing, he can send someone to Zhejiang to transport his family to Shengjing at any time, and the emperor will definitely treat him with courtesy. The general's brother Zhang will definitely be treated like Mr. Fan Wencheng. Even if we can't leave for the time being, our court will definitely discuss with the Ming court, so that the Ming court will not dare to target the general's family. I don't know what the general thinks? ”

Hearing this, Yang Hongzhang smiled secretly in his heart, what a Dolgon, the abacus is really good. There is really a level of persuasion! Don't talk about Haoge, don't talk about Yue Tuo, go straight to persuade him to surrender, as long as he moves a little bit of thought, then Hao Ge and Yue Tuo will be safe. All the goods in the city of Hejian Mansion also belonged to the Qing army. The transportation line to the east of the Qing army's right army was also absolutely safe. And it can also give a surprise attack to the Shi Ming army in Shandong! What a strategy to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle and get more than one stone!

Of course, what Yang Hongzhang admired was Dolgon's shrewdness, and he actually used the commander of the right army to persuade himself to surrender! What a temptation to be someone who is not very principled. Tens of thousands of Qing soldiers are riding in their hands, which will really give birth to a kind of heroism that I have in the world. If Yang Hongzhang did not come from the era of harmony, he would not know the inferior nature of the Jurchens in the slave society. Maybe I'll really agree to this condition!

Because it seems that Yang Hongzhang is also making a lot of money, and the treatment of the prince is arranged even by his family.

But Yang Hongzhang can't agree, if it's not my clan, his heart will be different. Yang Hongzhang is not aimed at Dolgon, nor does he look down on Huang Taiji. Rather, it was the entire Manchu people, whom the Mongols called the savages of the forest, and especially the ruling class of the Eight Banners aristocracy. Although the Mongols were a little mean, the civil and martial arts of the savages in the forest were indeed worse, at least in terms of the treatment of scientific and technological progress, it was their origins that limited their imagination.

Because it turns out that after they occupied the great rivers and mountains with the help of Hong Chengchou, Wu Sangui and others, they gave up muskets and artillery, closed off state-owned enterprises, and tried to be safe, and what they ushered in was the Opium War and the Eight-Nation Alliance! Yang Hongzhang can be disloyal to this court, or he can be disloyal to Zhu Ming, but he does not want to see the whole of China ruined by the Manchus and enslaved by Westerners or even Orientals. This is the bottom line of being a man, if he crosses over, he will be guided to help the Manchus deal with the Ming court, and he would rather return to the sea to be a pirate.

So after Curb Pilon finished speaking, Yang Hongzhang looked at him with a smile, kept looking, kept looking, looked at this curb Pilon with the same eyes that the governor of Zhejiang Huangzhou looked at himself, and saw that Curb Billon was panicked, and Yang Hongzhang said slowly: "Thank you Prince Rui for your kindness." Ben will really be ashamed. As the general said, it was only in the faint of our Ming court that the Qing army was aggressive and strange in Gyeonggi. However, with me Yang Hongzhangzi one day, I am afraid that the strategy of the Qing army will have to be changed in the future. If they can keep a corner of their own peace, maybe the Manchu Qing Dynasty can last for decades. If you repeatedly provoke, sooner or later you will go to the country, disband the Eight Banners and go back to hunting in the forest. It will not be alarmist, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty will definitely have a day when it does not converge. Don't forget that I have a population of tens of thousands of miles in the Ming Dynasty. Talents come out in large numbers, and it won't take a few years for them to spring up like Ben Jiang. As long as you have a little experience, you can be like Lu Xiangsheng, Yuan Chonghuan, and Sun Chengzong. On the other hand, the Manchu Qing Dynasty, in addition to going south every year to plunder, did not have good production conditions, and the talents of Anbang to govern the country only relied on a limited number of Han people such as Fan Wencheng. How much does the general think he will gain from this raid? How much money and people do you have to loot to afford to lose a prince and a commander? Therefore, the general thought that if the prince and the general should focus on how to redeem or send troops to regain Hauge and Yue Tuo at the moment, it is the key. Leave the rest of your mind behind. ”

Seeing that Yang Hongzhang did not react to his carefully prepared persuasion to surrender, and pointed out the embarrassment of the current Qing army, Ji Bilong's back was sweating, and they thought that this young man in front of them, who was much younger than themselves, was so sophisticated, so they tentatively asked: "What about General Yi?" ”

Yang Hongzhang glanced at Kubilong and said: "The Qing army withdrew the siege of Gaoyang, let my Ming people leave freely, and our army returned to Haoge and Aobai." ”

"What else?"

The Qing army abandoned the siege of Baoding and left. After exiting the wall, our army released Yueto and Groha. ”

"The general is a bit of a former strongman. Giving up Gaoyang may be able to discuss, so that it is impossible for our army to leave Baoding and leave Gyeonggi. Since our army is here to plunder, how can we give up because of one or two generals? "Suppilon is also working hard to search and organize the language.

"Then there's nothing more to say, general, please come back. A word to Prince Rui, the day when the army besieged the river was the time for Haorge and Yue Tuo to sacrifice their heads. ”

"Uh...... Can you let Prince Shimomi Su meet with Yue Tobel? When he saw Yang Hongzhang, who was smiling a moment ago, he suddenly came to his senses with a murderous face, and the man in front of him had killed thousands of good Manchu men under his hands. Not to mention that the Qing army besieged Hejian, but if Gaoyang is really captured, or Hejian is captured, I am afraid that Haoge and Yue Tuo's lives will really be difficult to protect. I'm not afraid of how high the official position of the Ming people is, but I'm afraid that young people are impulsive and bloody.

"Impossible! The letter clearly stated the conditions of our army, and Dolgon read it and decided for himself. General, please come back. If it was too late, Ben would have changed his mind, and he would have wronged the general to become a prisoner. Saying that, Yang Hongzhang stuffed a handwritten letter he had written in a hurry into his arms.

"That General Yang, in fact, our Prince Rui is really sincere. You think about it again...... Uh, what's that, okay, I'll tell Prince Rui, I just hope that after our army evacuates Gaoyang, the general will be able to release Prince Su and Yue Tuobel. Checkmate...... I, the children of the Eight Banners of the Manchu Dynasty, welcome the arrival of the general at any time! While being driven out by Yang Hongzhang, he tried his best to lobby for the last time, and he couldn't imagine that Yang Hongzhang was obviously not as generous as the Southern Dynasty officials he had seen before, but he suddenly turned his face. The experience of Suppilon tells that those who are satisfied with moral articles will be able to succeed as long as they promise benefits, but he has not yet found where Yang Hongzhang's weakness is.

He was completely pushed and driven out of the river by Yang Hongzhang. So much so that the other purpose of his trip was to explore the reality of the defenders in Hejian City, and there was no way to carry out it at all.