Xu Lang sat down and lit a cigarette: "I won't go even if you tell the sky down." ”

"I didn't let you go directly to Shengjing, I know it's too dangerous, even if you want to, I'm not at ease, I look at it and scare you." Jiang Beiming smiled, "That's what I think. You take Gao Chen to Lushun and find someone from Lushun to send a letter to Huang Taiji, and the negotiation location can be in the area of Jinzhou. Huang Taiji will definitely not go in person, I guess it will be Fan Wencheng if I can't get it. ”

"That's pretty much it." Xu Lang shook his head, "I said, our ten years of brotherhood, no matter how much you can't push me into the fire pit." ”

"But Beiming." Xu Lang stopped joking, "How do you talk about going to Lushun." Although Wang Chengen meant that Lushun could be relinquished, our ultimate goal was to destroy Huang Taiji. It took so much effort for us to wedge this nail, and I think it's a shame to let it out like this. ”

"That's exactly what I want to tell you." Jiang Beiming said, "I have thought about this issue carefully, it is indeed inappropriate to give up Lushun, and I can't do it until the last step." Tao Min must know about Xi'an now, he will never give up this opportunity, and he will definitely persuade Huang Taiji to attack the Ming Dynasty again, but does Huang Taiji still trust Tao Min so much? ”

"Beiming, you mean you can take advantage of their contradictions?" Xu Lang said thoughtfully, "If Huang Taiji wants to get rid of Tao Min, it would be easy to do, but the question is whether Huang Taiji has this idea." Tao Min has 80,000 new Korean troops in his hands, and now it may be more, and I expect that Ding Tao Gong will definitely not come this time, and he will stay in North Korea, and Huang Taiji will not ignore this issue. ”

"So it's up to you." Jiang Beiming said again, "We don't know the specific situation yet, after you arrive in Lushun, try to inquire about the Manchu Qing Dynasty first, and I will ask someone from the Ministry of Security to accompany you." In the end, the conditions for agreeing to Huang Taiji are all up to you, and you don't have to ask Beijing and your family for instructions, the general principle is that you must not let Huang Taiji and Tao Min join forces, most of the Ming Dynasty's troops were transferred to Xi'an to deal with Li Zicheng, once 200,000 Eight Banners and the new Korean army swarmed in, Beijing would be very dangerous. ”

"If that's the case, then without further ado, I'll leave tomorrow."

Tao Min waited outside Shengjing City for more than ten days, and there was no movement on Huang Taiji's side, and Tao Min was a little anxious. Tao Gong sent a letter to his brother, 5,000 flintlock pistols and 42 artillery pieces were on the road, and 20,000 new Korean troops had been deployed, and they would soon reach the Yalu River.

Tao Min was writing a reply to Tao Gong in the camp tent, and a soldier came in to report: "Lord Wang, someone is asking to see you."

"Who is it?" Tao Min put down the pen and asked, "Is it someone sent by the emperor?" ”

"Back to the prince, it's not from Shengjing." The soldier replied, "The person who came said that he had come from Lushun, and asked to see the prince." ”

Tao Min's heart fluttered for a moment, who would be coming from Lushun: "Bring him to see me." ”

A man dressed in peasant clothes and wearing a hat on his head was brought to Tao Min's tent: "The villain sees the prince." ”

Tao Min looked this person up and down, but he didn't know him: "Who are you, what do you want to see this king?" ”

The man didn't answer, looked left and right, and Tao Min waved his hand: "You guys retreat first." ”

There were only two people left in the big tent, and the man called a thousand: "Lord Wang, the slave is the eyeliner that Lord Xie has placed in Lushun City, and the slave has something important to tell the prince." Fan Wencheng secretly went to Lushun and was negotiating with the Ming Dynasty. ”

Tao Min was really taken aback: "Is the news accurate, who is negotiating on the side of the Ming Dynasty?" ”

"Back to the prince, it's Xu Lang from Yulin Bay."

"What did they talk about?"

"Back to the prince, the villain didn't find out what they were negotiating, but they have already started talking."

Tao Min asked people to take this person out, and he was stunned with his hands supporting his head. No wonder Huang Taiji has not moved, it turns out that Yulinwan has come to the door again. What conditions will Xu Lang bring, the purpose of Yulin Bay and the Ming Dynasty should be very clear, it must be to stabilize Huang Taiji in order to free up his hands to deal with Li Zicheng.

Will Huang Taiji agree, and what will be the conditions for him to agree. Tao Min thought about it, and suddenly realized that he might have overlooked a very important issue, and Tao Min remembered an incident in the afterlife.

Three hundred years later, there was a famous strategic shift on the land of China, when the troops representing YANG met with the local troops for the first time in Sichuan. However, there were only 8,000 Chinese and local troops, but there were tens of thousands, which led to the later establishment of Central Yang in the south.

History repeats itself, Huang Taiji is the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, but he only has 70,000 horses under his command, and Dolgon is also detached. With 100,000 soldiers and horses, Li Zicheng 200,000, what will happen after the three families really join forces to defeat the Ming Dynasty, a person as smart as Huang Taiji would not have thought of this, but he ignored this.

Xu Lang and Yulinwan will not ignore this, they will definitely make the stakes clear to Huang Taiji, and they will definitely use this incident to persuade Huang Taiji to stand still, and may even join forces with Huang Taiji to get rid of themselves.

The more Tao Min thought about it, the cooler his heart became, he had worked hard for so many years, and he didn't think that in the end, he became the first person who might be defeated. In order to save his own nation, he can cooperate with anyone, so Yulin Bay will definitely cooperate with Huang Taiji in order to defeat himself.

Tao Min picked up the half-written letter and lit it on fire, picked up the pen again and began to write to his younger brother.

Tao Min gave a detailed explanation of what happened in Shengjing and Lushun in the letter, and asked Tao Gong to arrange the defense of Pusan and Tsushima Island, and then rush to Nampo with Dolgon. The whole of Korea issued a conscription order, striving to expand the new Korean army to 150,000 people, and at least bring 100,000 people to the Nampo and Yalu River areas to assemble. Bring all the guns that can be used, Tao Min's heart already has the intention of turning his face with Huang Taiji, you can negotiate with Yulin Bay, I can do the same.

Xu Lang talked with Fan Wencheng twice in Lushun, and Shengjing did not delay after receiving the news that Xu Lang asked for negotiations, and Huang Taiji immediately sent Fan Wencheng to Lushun secretly, and he also wanted to know what the Ming Dynasty government really thought now.

The two negotiations did not reach a final agreement, and the two sides did not give in to each other on the issue of ceding Lushun and Huang Taiji, removing the title of emperor, and paying tribute to the Ming Dynasty, and the negotiations reached an impasse.

Xu Lang and Gao Chen were discussing the next step of negotiations in Jinzhou City, and a person from the Ministry of Security walked in: "General Xu, we have received a secret letter to send to General Xu. ”

"Whose letter?" Xu Lang asked.

"I didn't know about it, and I didn't see the person who delivered it." The people from the Ministry of Security put down the letter and went out.

"Who would know I'm in the Golden State." Xu Lang opened the letter while muttering.

Xu Lang looked at the letter, but the expression on his face was changeable, sometimes joyful and sometimes gloomy. Gao Chen couldn't help but ask on the side: "Chief of Staff, are you okay, who came from the letter?" ”

Xu Lang handed the finished letter to Gao Chen: "You can also take a look, it's really TM, it's getting more and more interesting, it seems that we have to reconsider the matter of negotiating with Fan Wencheng." ”