On June 27, the 46th year of Wanli, the Ming Dynasty negotiators, who had no news for five days, were released from Hetuara and returned to Shenyang in embarrassment. The Ming envoys were naturally ecstatic about this escape, but the response to the peace talks brought back by Nurhachi made the Ming court feel extremely ashamed.

The Ming court's demands were very simple and straightforward, and the Jianzhou Jurchens unconditionally returned the plundered population and land, so as to avoid a large-scale invasion by the Ming army. It's as simple as that, and it's an ultimatum in every sense of the word.

However, intimidation must be backed up by strength. The ministers who presided over the negotiations in the Ming Dynasty were not clever bluffers, and his opponents were not just a few words to frighten them. At this time, the Ming Border Pass had neither the troops to kill the Houjin, nor the corresponding effective countermeasures, and the envoy was sent to make peace from an extremely weak position, fantasizing about recovering the lost territory at the negotiating table, and the results of facing people like Nurhachi can be imagined.

The Ming envoy actually didn't even see Nurhachi's face, but only came back with a handwritten letter. The general meaning of it is: I have no reason to return even one of the people I have gained from the war. If you admit that what I have done is right, you should give me more rewards of gold, silver, silk, and python satin, in addition to what you have already received. If you think I'm wrong, then you can't make peace, and you still fight each other.

At this time, Yang Hao, who had already moved the passage to Liaoyang, had nothing to say after getting the news, except for adding to his depression and annoyance, he had long expected that the farce of peace talks directed by the central director of the imperial court would be humiliating himself, and the result was as expected. But he also took advantage of this rare opportunity to go deep into the interior of Jianzhou, so even if he was embarrassed, he had to endure it.

After repeated ideological struggles and weighing the pros and cons, he finally decided to bet on Yue Xiang once. It was also Yue Xiang's idea to send Wang Yining into the envoy group to enter Liaodong to find an opportunity to contact Li Yongfang. He didn't know where this Yue Xiang got so much confidence, and that feeling actually made him feel like he was in control of victory in an instant.

"Only I know how to defeat Nurhachi!"

What impressed him was Yue Xiang's demeanor when he said this at that time, and that kind of firm and confident look really made him unable to detect the slightest falsehood and vacillation. This kind of expression Yang Ho had only seen on the face of the famous general Li Rusong before, and for a moment he even thought that Li Rusong was alive again.

So he made up his mind to believe Yue Xiang once, because he didn't have self-confidence, so when a very confident person appeared, he was naturally grabbed by him as a lifesaver.

He is now waiting for the information from Qinghe, whether Li Yongfang is willing to do it anyway. He knew that while he was betting on Yue Xiang, Yue Xiang also bet on this opportunity. He had already seen that Yue Xiang, a young descendant, was definitely not a lonely, and now that he had the opportunity to show his talents, he would definitely take advantage of it. So he wasn't worried that Yue Xiang would take the opportunity to fight some other crooked brains, besides, he arranged people around Yue Xiang just in case, which was also a condition that Yue Xiang had to accept, with the means of the ghost tiger and the dark dragon, he should be able to watch him.

Now what he needs to worry about is what happened to the rebellion against Li Yongfang.

It's not that he hadn't thought of using this strategy before, but first, the Jurchens are not of the Han race, and the non-Wu race is bound to be different, the language is different, the customs are different, and it is difficult to develop spies, and he is used to not wanting to trust these barbarians. And Li Yongfang, a scumbag who defected to the enemy was a person he wanted to kill and then fast, he didn't think about anything else about this kind of person at all, he just thought about how to capture him alive and then drag him through the streets, and finally punish him properly.

But Yue Xiang finally changed his mind after repeated soft grinding and hard bubbles. The Art of War: Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles. Now Nurhachi knows everything about the situation of the Ming army in Liaodong, but the Ming army knows very little about the Eight Banners Army in Jianzhou. And now Li Yongfang is quite important in Jianzhou, if he can rebel against him and respond internally, then Jianzhou's soldiers and horses will know everything about the reality and reality.

Yang Hao didn't think much of this at first, that Li Yongfang, as an official of the imperial court and a general who guarded one side, did not know how to be loyal to the country when he was in battle, and his subordinates all died bravely on the battlefield, but he betrayed the country and surrendered to the enemy, and openly became a Jurchen puppet official, which opened a very bad example. com debuts such shameless scum who are greedy for life and afraid of death, it is really unbelievable. If he tells Nurhachi, it will be a big deal.

But Yue Xiang still persuaded him in the end, and Li Yongfang defected to the enemy out of helplessness. At the beginning of the battle, he also personally went to the city to command the battle, but the Jianzhou soldiers attacked too quickly, and he didn't have time to make any parry before the city was captured, and it was meaningless to make any resistance at that time, so he was forced to surrender. He can defect to the enemy because he saves his life, and naturally he will go anyway again for the same reason.

It is true that Li Yongfang is a repeated person, but it is precisely because Li Yongfang is a repeated person that he may betray the Jurchens again. At present, although the Jurchens have won one after another, they are all small local battles, and so far they have not fought a decisive battle. Once the imperial court really gathers a large army to come to the campaign, it is not certain who will win and who will lose.

In such a state where the current situation is still unclear, people like Li Yongfang will never bet on only one side. If there is a chance to make him the first to end the rat, he will definitely not let go of this opportunity.

What Yang Hao didn't know was that Yue Xiang actually felt that he was very similar to Li Yongfang, both of whom belonged to the unscrupulous lawlessness and did not always take the worldly ethics into their eyes, and they could not hesitate to do anything when the situation required them, and there were no worldly rules that could encircle them, just like Sima Yu in the Three Kingdoms, they belonged to the people who were improvised, and there were no fixed principles.

And he may not be really happy as a Han general in an environment surrounded by Jurchens, and Nurhachi even married his granddaughter to him in order to win him over, and this kind of honor may not even be able to get many leaders in the Jurchen army who have experienced a hundred battles and made great achievements, which will inevitably cause some people to be jealous of him.

Moreover, Jianzhou is a wild land, with backward productive forces, and its prosperous civilization is far inferior to that of the Ming Dynasty. Being a deputy general there is a forehead, at best, he is the leader of a group of savages, where is there the beauty of enjoying the wine and wealth of advanced civilization here. Moreover, Li Yongfang was just an inconspicuous middle-level officer in the Ming army, and Nurhachi gave him one of his granddaughters, which shows that although Nurhachi is called Khan, his position seems to be too low, and the capital on hand seems to be too little.

Moreover, Li Yongfang still led the Han Hu Qiding who was forcibly absorbed, and it was not his turn to lead the Jurchen troops at all. On the one hand, this is of course because they are all Han Chinese who are easy to manage, and on the other hand, it also shows that Li Yongfang has not really integrated into the center of the Jurchen power structure.

Based on the above reasons, Yue Xiang thinks that Li Yongfang still has a chance to pull him over again. But it is impossible to contact him and send people to infiltrate the city of Hetuala, and no one on the side of the Ming army has such a skill. Only by taking advantage of the opportunity of the envoy to send people there openly.

Yang Ho is now waiting for the outcome of this matter, at least judging from the envoy's inquiry after returning to Shenyang, although the envoy suffered a lot of humiliation, Nurhachi did not perceive the real purpose of concealing it. Li Yongfang showed up, and Wang Yining seemed to have some degree of contact with him, and now it depends on whether the conditions he offered can make Li Yongfang tempted.

But deep down in his heart, he actually didn't intend to fulfill his conditions, unlike Yue Xiang, Li Yongfang was an extremely bad example, whether it was a situation or not, surrendering in battle was intolerable. If these people can escape punishment in the future and become an official and become a knight, then how can they be worthy of those unyielding soldiers who fought on the battlefield.

In his opinion, no matter whether Yue Xiang's plan can succeed or not, the fate of Li Yongfang and Jianzhou Jurchen is already doomed, that is, they will be trampled into powder under the iron hooves of the Great Tomorrow soldiers.

On the other hand, Qinghe City.

In the past two days, everyone in the city breathed a sigh of relief, Yang Hao's Bodhisattva finally moved his ass and left, and Zou Chuxian and other generals were all secretly happy. As soon as this person arrived, he pointed fingers everywhere and intervened indiscriminately, wasting more than 20 days of precious time in the critical city defense project, and the soldiers and horses in the city were everywhere outside the city sent by him, which increased the consumption of materials, grain and grass, and made the already overstretched logistics supply even more miserable.

Those of them who are officials have been scolded by the officers and soldiers below for their blood. Moreover, the various branches of the family Ding Volunteer Brigade organized in the city also obviously expressed their dissatisfaction with them, and some orders were carried out quite reluctantly, such as Dong Mingchuan and the family members of the Ma Palace who withdrew from the horse shop outside the city to the city, and the other two volunteers who were supposed to go to the wheel found all kinds of excuses to push back and hinder because they didn't want to get out of the city. And Dong Ma and the others made it clear that they would not go out of the city again after being killed. Zou Chuxian didn't dare to let Yang Hao know about this kind of thing, so he had to secretly coordinate in private, and said good things to appease him, making him feel haggard.

Well, now that nasty guy is finally gone, the whole world is quiet. After Yang Hao left, the mobilization of troops that had been pretending to be pretended to slow down immediately slowed down, all the people were passive and slacking off, and the troops stationed outside were ready to pack up and return to the city.

Zou Chuxian also wanted to order the team to be withdrawn, but he didn't have the power or the guts. He was convinced that the matter of lobbying Yang Hao that day to Yue Xiang had an effect, and Yang Hao should have actually given up his original unrealistic plan. But after all, he did not explicitly order the withdrawal of the men and horses when he left, then this order was still valid, and he, as a small lieutenant, had no right to order the suspension at all.

However, Yang Hao left behind someone who had the right to stop, that is, Yue Xiang and Yue Ziyi, who had ascended to the sky not long ago. He did feel uncomfortable with this appointment. Although there is no clear appointment, Yang Hao personally said that Yue Xiang stayed in Qinghe as his plenipotentiary agent, which actually means that Yue Xiang will have the final say on Qinghe's affairs in the future.

Two months ago, Yue Xiang was a small commander under him, and now he actually climbed on his head and became the de facto master of Qinghe City, which is very abnormal for the army that pays the most attention to seniority. But it is still acceptable to Zou Chuxian, after all, this is his own person, and it is better than sending a completely strange outsider. And Yue Xiang is indeed extremely capable, he is still as polite to him as before, and he is not complacent because of the sudden rise.

Therefore, when Yue Xiang appeared at the Imperial Office for the first time as the master, he just said hello as before, but the title changed, and then immediately asked him to withdraw the soldiers and horses outside the city to the city.

"Hehe, Lord Zou is really elevated. Don't scoop me up, what did I really do, Lord Jinglu sent the overseer here, Yue Mou is not the kind of person who doesn't know what to do. The generals in Qinghe City are still headed by adults, if the adults want to carry out any military orders, they will do it themselves, Yue Xiang will never dare to overstep his responsibilities. Everyone is their own person, so it's not easy to discuss. Adults don't have to do the things that are empty and brainy, isn't it okay to scoop Yue and become an outsider? ”

Yue Xiang said this quite politely, this is also something that cannot be helped. Although Yang Hao made him fully responsible, but it was only a verbal appointment, and there was no actual seal of seal, this old fox did things quite well, and he had his credit for the matter, and he could shirk the responsibility if he failed, and the wrist in the officialdom was perfect. Therefore, Qinghe's military power is actually still in the hands of Zou Chuxian. If Yue Xiang wants to do something, he must also have Zou Chuxian's cooperation.

And he suddenly climbed on the head of his former boss, there must be some people who have all kinds of ideas in their hearts, and it is the same if he is replaced. So he can't be complacent at the moment, that will only make things worse. What is needed in Qinghe City now is unity, and these local snakes cannot be taken lightly.

"Brother Yue laughed, when Lord Jingliu was leaving, he personally said that the elder brother was responsible for the matter of Qinghe, how could I, Zou, disobey Lord Jinglue's order. Besides, no one can match my brother's talent, even if you march to make me Zou also convinced. Zou Chuxian said it was also quite sincere, at least what was shown on his face.

To put it nicely, it's not that I didn't dare to order the withdrawal of troops, so I wanted to find me to carry this black cauldron. How could Yue Xiang fall for him, he just smiled and said: "My lord's words really killed Yue, if the adult can afford Yue, don't say anything else." It's the same as before, and everyone has discussed what to do. Don't say anything about who gives orders, otherwise I, Yue Xiang, will close the door and thank you from now on, and I will never come out again at home. ”

When Zou Chuxian heard this, he knew that Yue Xiang had already seen what he wanted to do, and anyway, he didn't really want to hand over the power in his hands, so he didn't say these clichés again. Instead, he rolled his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Brother is so nostalgic, of course Zou is not good to say anything, otherwise it will seem that we are not sincere." It's just that the two brocade guards and the father-in-law ......"

Zou Chuxian is talking about the ghost tiger and the dark dragon, as well as Li Jinzhong. They were the eyes and ears of Yang Hao and the Wei eunuch left in Qinghe, nominally to assist Yue Xiang in staying behind to do things, but in fact they were surveillance. And Eunuch Wei followed Yang Hao to Shenyang, he knew that Yang Hao had already obtained Yue Xiang's confession, and he would not give Yang Hao a chance to do it alone. Of course, what exactly is between the two of them, then Yue Xiang can't care.

Zou Chuxian was worried that they were secretly spying on the Qinghe garrison, and Yang Hao did not explicitly order the withdrawal of troops after all. If I swept his face on my own, I am afraid that these people will make a small report.

"Don't worry, those people are all from Beijing, and they are not familiar with life on the ground of our Qinghe, as long as we have the intention to fool them, are we still afraid that we can't fool them? Just stuff them with some benefits and you'll be fine. On our ground, can't you get these people? I'll take care of everything on their side. ”

"Hehe, I knew that my brother was an interesting person. I don't know what Zou said just now, what is my brother's opinion? The previous brother was also in favor of holding the city. Now in this situation, I don't think it's better to pull the main force back to the city, of course, there are still some people to be left at the critical intersections outside the city to be sentinels, and the matter of the Yahu Pass, I think it's not too late for the imperial court's reinforcements to go out of the pass. ”

"My lord's words are reasonable, in fact, Yue has always meant this. In the long run, it is still necessary to win a decisive victory with a field front. However, at present, the officers and soldiers are unusable, and the cavalry is really difficult to compete with the Jurchens, so for the time being, they can only hold on to the city first. ”

"That said, the elder brother is also in favor of withdrawing troops back to the city. I think it's better to hurry up sooner rather than later, bring the men and horses back sooner, and resume the city defense project one day earlier. Oh yes, should we do a letter to explain to Jing Liuxingyuan. ”

Zou Chuxian was impatient, but Yue Xiang was unhurried: "Don't be impatient, this soldier will definitely be withdrawn, but we can't withdraw the army for the sake of withdrawing the army, this withdrawal is purposeful." Yue Xiang leaned his face closer to Zou Chuxian, "Actually, Lord Jinglu left Yue here for a big plan. To carry out such a plan, it needs the full cooperation of Lord Zou to succeed, so Yue Mou is here to give the adult a background in advance, and I don't know if the adult dares to listen. ”

Zou Chuxian instinctively felt that something was wrong when he heard it. It's so mysterious, don't be a crazy strategy. He is particularly uninterested in this kind of thing now, but when the matter is spread out to his head, Yue Xiang said that he is asking for his opinion, in fact, he knows that he has no choice at all.

"If my brother has something to say, I, Zou someone, will not even dare to listen."

"Good courage, if this plan is successful, the huge disaster will be destroyed with a backhand, and my Qinghe soldiers will make great achievements in the world, and the adults will forever go down in history, at least like Ning Yuanbo back then, he will become a generation of famous generals and will be praised by the world forever."

Yue Xiang spoke more vigorously than he sang, with an excited look in his eyes, staring at Zou Chuxian's eyes.

And Zou Chuxian's heart was uneasy, what kind of idea was this Yue Xiang doing. How could he suddenly say such things like those charlatans, of course, Yue Xiang was not a charlatan, so what he said next must be even more earth-shattering.

"After talking for a long time, what is the plan, brother might as well say it clearly."

"Spread false news and set up a bureau to send Nurhachi to come." Yue Xiang's words seemed to burst out from between his teeth, "I killed him in Qinghe City in one fell swoop!" ”

This book was first published.

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