Chapter 37 The Progress of the Great Southwest Persuading Concubine Zhuang

Qin Peng took advantage of water transportation in Yunnan and quickly occupied Guangnan Mansion, Guangxi Mansion, Yuanjiang Mansion, Yunnan Mansion, Chuxiong Mansion, Dali Mansion, Yongchang Mansion, Chuxiong Mansion, Mengding Mansion, and Menggen Mansion to the north, and Anshun Mansion, Duyun Mansion, and Liping Mansion to the north. After these central points were occupied, according to the characteristics of the mountains everywhere, the army was divided into parts, and the troops marched to the Tusi cottages in companies and platoons. For those larger Tusi cottages, they concentrated their troops to deal with them, and the small Tusi were easy to deal with in a company. Qin Peng demanded that he try not to use swords and soldiers, and only kill if there is no way.

Fortunately, Qin Peng did not disperse all the troops, and received a telegram from his family asking him to send a mountain infantry division to support Zhang Xianzhong in Sichuan, and Qin Peng immediately called back and agreed. Qin Peng can understand that during this period of time, Qin Peng deeply realized that if it weren't for the special mountain combat training of the mountain jungle army, it would be really difficult to survive in the mountains of Yunnan, let alone fight. Now even those indigenous people who have been in the mountains and forests all the year round can't take advantage of them in the mountains, and the Tusi soldiers have some skills in the mountains, but the untrained jungle warriors have comprehensive skills. This is also the reason why Qin Peng and their progress are quite satisfactory. In addition, they all have radios and weapons that cannot be compared with those Tusi soldiers, and as the kiln gang army spreads, the Tusi regime is slowly and gradually disintegrating. Those Tusi who are unwilling to give up their generational rights will naturally resist, Qin Peng's principle is that your power is given by the emperor, and now the emperor will take it back, and those who do not obey will be killed. They also use both grace and power, and those who are willing to obey can participate in the election of local leaders in the future.

Fights and fights were inevitable, but those Tusi soldiers were the opponents of specially trained mountain and jungle soldiers. The good news continued to be transmitted from the depths of the mountains to Qin Peng's command post through the radio.

After discussing with Jiang Wei, the commander of the Mountain Jungle Army, in order to send reinforcements to Sichuan as soon as possible, it was decided to collect all the ships, and Jiang Wei led the Fourth Division of the Mountain Jungle Army to enter Dianchi Lake by waterway, and start from Dianchi Yunnan Mansion to cross the Jinsha River north to Sichuan and join Zhang Xianzhong's army.

Originally, as soon as Qin Peng and the others started from Yunnan, Zhang Xianzhong's side felt the pressure decreased, but when they moved forward, the Tusi soldiers they encountered were all local Tusi soldiers, and they often fought to the death, and they were afraid that their villages and families would be slaughtered, so they fought to the death. In addition, the various toasts have now been coordinated, giving up all previous grievances and dealing with Zhang Xianzhong together, their tactics are very unsuitable for Zhang Xianzhong, and they can't take advantage of Zhang Xianzhong in the mountains.

Just when Zhang Xianzhong was at a loss, the Yaogang command center sent him a telegram, telling him that a mountain division in Yaogang that specialized in mountain warfare was approaching them from the direction of Yunnan and supporting them in mountain warfare.

Now Zhang Xianzhong can't care about any face, and happily calls back to the Yaogang Command Center to express his gratitude. Originally, Zhang Xianzhong had good intentions, he wanted to be a villain in front of him, and cleaned up all these toasts in the southwest, and then the Yaogang people were good people to manage them, and then they went to hide Wusi and take them down. Unexpectedly, Zhang Xianzhong was entangled by the toasts all of a sudden. They attacked on a large scale and could not find anyone, but small armies were often attacked.

In fact, regarding those toasts in the southwest, Zhang Zhimu, Chen Yufeng, and Ouyang He of Yaogang didn't think that they would be solved quickly, but with the strong strength support of Yaogang, they insisted on long-term encirclement and suppression, and the toasts couldn't last long, and they would eventually be dragged to death. Yaogang's side also very much hopes to stabilize the southwest as soon as possible, and after the stabilization there, it will develop to the south, and it is Zhang Zhimu's plan to open up a channel to the south to the Indian Ocean.

Zhang Zhimu has several options for the southward route, but has not yet been decided, one is along the Dajinsha River (Irrawaddy) and the other is along the Salween River, both of which originate south of the Hengduan Mountains and flow into the Indian Ocean. When there were no railways, water access was very important. In choosing between these two channels, we should first consider which river has better navigation conditions, and then political factors. However, this is the next step to consider after stabilizing the Great Southwest. In line with this strategy, it is also necessary to build highways that open up the Hengduan Mountains across the Nu and Lancang Rivers. Only in this way can the Chinese nation open up an outlet to the Indian Ocean.

In short, things in the southwest should be stable, and it is useless to be in a hurry. What needs to be grasped is still the direction of Liaodong, and Liaodong also uses a lot of troops. Now there were three infantry corps, two cavalry corps, most of the naval corps.

Jiang Pai, Li Wei and Li Jing arrived in Shengjing, and after getting acquainted with the situation, Jiang Pai came to the palace and personally went to Yongfu Palace to meet Emperor Fulin and Concubine Zhuang, who lived here.

Jiang Ping, who had studied Concubine Zhuang's information for a long time, knew that Concubine Zhuang was exactly thirty-six years old this year, and he also knew that this was a very smart woman, so Jiang Ping's visit to Concubine Zhuang was a little more careful.

Jiang Pai is still very polite to let people report, and only after getting permission to enter Yongfu Palace, after coming in, Jiang Pai of course can not give any courtesy to the monarch and ministers, and arched his hand and said: "Jiang Pai has seen Concubine Zhuang!" ”

Concubine Zhuang, who was sitting on the edge of the kang, said coldly: "Don't dare to be it!" The emperor got me a gift in this round! General, please take a seat! The little emperor Fulin sat on the kang and looked at Jiang Ji coldly.

Jiang Pai really felt a little pressure, and after sitting down, Jiang Pai said, "I'll inform you!" Dolgon's army has been annihilated by us on the banks of the Liao River, and Dolgon has been captured alive; Jinzhou Songshan was also completely breached by us; Zhenjiang and Laozhai Hetuala were also occupied by us; All parts of southern Liaoning were also completely occupied by us. ”

After listening to Jiang Zhuang's words, the little emperor Fulin glanced at Concubine Zhuang nervously. Concubine Zhuang's expression did not change and said: "Then congratulations to the general, you should give you a reward for such a great achievement!" ”

Jiang Jian heard it, but Concubine Zhuang's words didn't come out, that is, "We can't reward you!" Can you tell us? ”

Jiang Pai hurriedly said: "For you, we Mr. Zhang have an explanation and want us to treat you well." You can tell me what you have in life. ”

"Since the general came to talk to our orphans and widows about this, he doesn't want to kill us yet, so if there is anything the general, just say it directly!" Concubine Zhuang understood that people like Jiang Jian would not come to see them if they were fine.

"That's good! I'll just get to the point! Jiang Jian knew that it was useless to fight with this woman, "We have solved the problem militarily. The wounds of the war must be healed and the livelihoods of the people restored. Without wanting any more bloodshed, we have a policy of equality for all nationalities here. All of your privileges will be abolished, but they will be given the same rights as everyone else. It's just that there are still many Manchu people who don't know what to do and are still resisting, and we hope that you will come forward to stop their stupid behavior and restore peace to Liaodong as soon as possible. ”

"Huh!" Concubine Zhuang smiled and said, "We are all bloody, and we will not yield to the Han people, I think they will resist to the end, and you will not let them submit." ”

Jiang pressed the fire and said, "Do you want to see them all killed by us?" They are all ordinary people, you are too selfish! The people should live their own pauperan life! Fighting a war is a soldier's business! ”

"The more brutal you deal with us, the stronger the resistance will be." Concubine Zhuang continued to say calmly, "We are not like you Han people, we will not live in humiliation!" ”

"To tell the truth, I came to see you today because we are Mr. Zhang's kind-hearted house, and I want to persuade you Manchu people to stop resisting through you, so that there will be fewer deaths! I will give you a chance to atone for your sins! If we had the will of our soldiers, we would have killed you and avenged the countless people you had killed! "Jiang Ji can't hold back the fire.

"Huh! Expiation? Concubine Zhuang said, "What are our crimes?" Our sin is defeated! ”

"That's not right! Defeating it was a soldier's business. Jiang Jianyi patted the case and said, "How many soldiers you kill on the battlefield is an act of war." But your army slaughtered innocent people everywhere in our Ming Dynasty. Countless empty cities have been created, countless belongings will be looted every time they enter the customs, and countless people will be slaves! This is your crime. If you don't confess your guilt, we will make you pay for the crimes you have committed! ”

After speaking, Jiang Jian knew that there was no need to continue, and got up and left.

At this time, Concubine Zhuang also regretted a little, she felt that she should not say too hard, and now Concubine Zhuang's only hope is to save the life of the little emperor. Jiang Pin's sentence "If you don't admit your guilt, we will also make you pay for the crimes you have committed!" "It made Concubine Zhuang a little worried.

Jiang Pai returned to Chongzheng Palace, and now this is Jiang Pai's office, and when they saw Li Wei and Li Jing, they told Concubine Zhuang about seeing Concubine Zhuang with a dark face.

Li Jing smiled and said, "I feel that something is wrong when I look at your face." Tell the good news, Fang Cai Liaohe Xipingbao sent a telegram saying that they had found Hong Chengchou. ”

"Huh?" Jiang Jian couldn't believe it, "Really? ”

"Really!" Li Jing said, "When Li Zhi and his men were counting the prisoners, they found some Han prisoners. Because most of the Qing troops on the other side of the Liao River were Qing troops, the Han army took few prisoners, which is particularly obvious. In particular, they found that there was a Han prisoner who was very old, and although he was wearing a soldier's armor and pretending to be a man, he had fine skin and tender meat, and he didn't think it was like it. In the end, it was found out that he was Hong Chengchou! ”

"Great!" Jiang Jian said loudly, "This miscellaneous piece should be cut with a thousand knives." In Jinzhou, it was he who gave Dolgon the idea to use the Han people as hostages to stop us from attacking the city. All the Manchu attacks on us have his business. Don't let him die! ”

Li Wei said to Jiang Ping: "Master Jiang, you don't have to be angry about the matter just now, Mr. Ouyang thought of this result." Then he said to Li Jing, "Let's go!" Let's go with Meng Si'er to meet that Mr. Fan Wencheng? ”

"Why are you going to see that traitor who went to the kiln?" Jiang Zhen didn't figure it out.

"yes!" Li Jing stood up and said, "Mr. Ouyang said, you saw Concubine Zhuang and the little emperor coming back, and the situation was not good, so let's go to see Fan Wencheng." What should I do if I ask him for advice? ”

"Ask what that bastard do?" Jiang Jian was even more confused.

"Let's get back and talk about it!" "To be honest, we don't know what's going on. That's how Mr. Ouyang arranged it. ”

They contacted Meng Si'er and left the palace together, and drove to Fan Wencheng's mansion in a car. On the way, Meng Si'er smiled and said, "The two of you have good news for you, we have caught Zu Dashou!" ”

"Who? Zu Dashou? Li Wei and Li Jing asked at the same time.

"It's Zu Dashou, the news I just got is in Shengjing City." Meng Si'er said, "There is also news that it is said that it is Shang Kexi who can be found among the captives in Jinzhou, and it is still being determined." I also just got the news. If it's all true, I'm not busy these days! ”

"Okay! If this is true, we will all give them to the emperor. Let the emperor deal with them well! Li Wei said, "It's better to get something like Ling Chi to be executed, if we get back to Yaogang Mr. Zhang's heart is soft, it will be cheaper for them!" ”

"Oops! That Zu Dashou is Wu Sangui's uncle, let's keep it a secret, and tell the family how to treat this Zu Dashou! Li Jing has more eyes.

"This ancestor Dashou surrendered to Huang Taiji once in Dalinghe, and later fled to Jinzhou and returned to the Ming Dynasty to continue to fight against Huang Taiji, but surrendered again. You say that such a person, what are you doing with him? Li Wei said in disgust.

"What a pity! Zu Dashou resisted the Qing Dynasty for decades, why couldn't he give up his life at that time? It's a shame to end up today! Li Jing said regretfully.

Li Wei, Li Jing and Meng Si'er stopped in front of Fan Wencheng's mansion and got out of the car, let the guards come forward and knock on the door, and after a while, the corner door opened with a "creak", a servant stretched out his head, and the guards said to him: "General Li Wei, General Li Jing, and General Meng Si'er from Yaogang have come to see Mr. Fan!" ”

The servant saw that there was a car parked in front of the door, and that the person who had come with a gift, hurried back to report it inside.

After a while, the door was pushed open with a "creak", and the family invited the three inside.

When he came to the study, Fan Wencheng stood up and bowed his hand and said, "Oops! How dare you bother the three generals! ”

"Mr. Fan, we have been busy with military affairs, and we should have come to visit Mr. Fan a long time ago!" Li Wei arched his hand and said.

"I know you're at your busiest, so why be so polite? You may be seated! Fan Wencheng hurriedly sat down, "Tea!" ”

Fan Wencheng said again: "Let you bother." After your army entered the city, no matter how chaotic the city was, there were soldiers standing guard in front of my house all the time to take care of it, thank you so much! ”

"This is all ordered by Mr. Ouyang, and we must take care of Mr. together!" Meng Si'er said.

"We are here today to inform Mr. that our army has basically won a military victory in the Liaodong battlefield. The little emperor Fulin, Dolgon, Dai Shan, as well as Hong Chengchou, Zu Dashou, and Shang Kexi were all captured alive. We have occupied Zhenjiang in the east and are developing in all directions, Liaodong has been basically settled, and the Songjin line has also been completely breached. Our main army has arrived in Shengjing. Li Wei said.

"Huh!" Fan Wencheng smiled and said, "I expected it to be like this." But I never expected it to be so fast! As he spoke, he looked at the three of them and said, "Even my trip to your kiln was used by you!" Hehe! ”

Li Wei, Li Jing, and Meng Si'er all laughed when they heard Fan Wencheng say this. They all know that Fan Wencheng refers to the fact that when they were in Yaogang, they have always directed Fan Wencheng's attention to the front line of Songshan in Jinzhou. Because I mentioned to him several times that he wanted to attack Jinzhou, and he also had to do Shanhaiguan work. Fan Wencheng also really reminded Dolgon to strengthen Jinzhou's defense forces.

Seeing the three of them laughing, Fan Wencheng also relaxed, and asked half-jokingly: "Didn't the three of you also set up the old man today?" If the old man falls for you again, he won't be able to live! ”

"No, no, no." Li Wei hurriedly said, "Before coming out, Mr. Ouyang told us that when we arrived in Shengjing, what kind of danger did we encounter when we arrived in Shengjing, and we wanted to ask Mr. Fan for advice?" ”

"Oops! I don't dare to take this seriously, Mr. Ouyang is too proud of the old man! Fan Wencheng listened to Li Wei's words, and his heart seemed to bloom, but he hurriedly waved his hand politely.

"Mr. Fan, don't be polite, our Mr. Ouyang won't look at the wrong person." Li Wei said very sincerely, "The war is basically over, and we want to restore order as soon as possible and heal the wounds of the war." I don't want to die anymore! Please give me advice! ”

"Oops! The general is gracious! Fan Wencheng said, "Actually, haven't you already banned the emperor?" Is it to ask the emperor to decree, so that fewer people will die, and the emperor will be willing. The emperor is even more reluctant to exterminate all the people, right? ”

"Hey! We, General Jiang Ping, have already met Concubine Zhuang and the little emperor, but we haven't talked about it. Li Wei said, "We have always given them considerable courtesy, and they have not changed any treatment, but Concubine Zhuang and the little emperor have no sense of appreciation." When their troops entered our pass, they burned, killed, looted, and did everything. If it weren't for Mr. Zhang's repeated restraint of our army, we would have been eager to kill all of them! ”

Hearing Li Wei's words, Fan Wencheng was speechless, tilted his head slightly, and seemed to be a little interested in the roof. Li Wei, Li Jing, and Meng Si'er all knew that Fan Wencheng was thinking, and they all drank tea with a teacup.

After a while, Fan Wencheng smiled bitterly twice and said, "Hehe! To tell the truth, I, Fan, am already a traitor, and I can't do the thing of selling out for glory anymore. But if it is good for everyone, thanks to your trust, I Fan can still persuade Concubine Zhuang! You must know that in such a situation, the only thing Concubine Zhuang can do is to maintain a little self-esteem, your words are slightly inappropriate, and what you can do, Niangniang can't do. Let's give it a try! But do you still have to tell me about your conditions? ”

"Condition! In my opinion, the main thing is to cancel all the special treatment of the Manchurians, and all the houses, land, and property of the Han people that have been seized will be returned. We practice the policy of equality for all ethnic groups in Liaodong, and we will make this known by law. Moreover, those who kill innocent Han people, and those who enter the customs to kill people, must pay for their lives! Li Wei said.

"Huh! Three generals, I think so, not all of the things you said about killing people to pay for their lives can be done immediately, so it is better to let it go first and talk about it later. Fan Wencheng said, "We persuaded Concubine Zhuang to let them come forward and order the Manchus to stop resisting, and without affecting the overall situation, try to say some conditions that they can accept, and let them convince themselves to accept these conditions." What do you think? ”

Li Wei said: "Okay, just listen to Mr. Fan!" ”

"That's good!" Fan Wencheng said, "If the three of you don't dislike it, you will have lunch at my place, and then I will go to the palace with you!" ”

"In this way, we will eat later, we still have something to rush back, after lunch, we will send a car to pick up Mr." Li Wei got up as he spoke.

"That's good! I'll be waiting for you in the afternoon! Fan Wencheng also got up to see off the guests.

On the car back, Li Jing said: "No wonder Mr. Ouyang exalts this person so much. With this person, I dare to say that what Jiang Zongbing can't say, he will definitely be able to say it! ”

"He's a Han and doesn't have any real skills, and those guys in the Manchu Qing Dynasty will reuse him?" Meng Si'er said, "But fuck, I feel uncomfortable when such people can eat at any time!" ”

"I'm not feeling well," Mr. Li said, "but it's up to him to help us do something we can't." ”

In the afternoon, when the car from Yaogang took Fan Wencheng to the palace, he saw Li Wei, Li Jing and Jiang Ting, and Fan Wencheng said, "Can the old man make a request?" ”

"Mr. Fan, don't be polite, please speak!" Li Wei said.

"After a while, can I see Concubine Zhuang and the emperor alone?" Fan Wencheng looked at Li Wei and the three of them and asked.

"Of course you can go," said Li Wei, "then you can talk casually, and we can wait for the result!" ”

"That's good! I'll go see Concubine Zhuang and the emperor now. Fan Wencheng was waiting for Li Wei's words.

Fan Wencheng came to the outside of Yongfu Palace, and after making a report, he entered the house and bowed his head, "Long live the emperor!" Hooray! Chitose Niang! Chichitose! ”

"Mr. Fan! Since the old Khan, we have not been thin on you! Why did you come to this time and you became a lobbyist for the Han people! Concubine Zhuang frowned and said coldly.

"Don't dare! Can't! Chitose Niang! I'm already a traitor! How dare you do the thing of selling for glory again! Fan Wencheng knelt on the ground, Concubine Zhuang didn't let him get up, didn't dare to get up.

"What's that for?" Concubine Zhuang still asked coldly.

"Last time, I was ordered by the regent to go to Yaogang to talk to them about cooperation, although it didn't work out, I met their military advisor. In order to keep in touch with them in the future, I left an address with them. Fan Wencheng lay on the ground and said, "This morning, they sent someone to my house and wanted me to come and persuade you. I was worried about the situation of the emperor and you, and I also wanted to take the opportunity to come and see you, inform you of the situation outside, and agree to their request. ”

"Humph! So, you're still their lobbyist! Concubine Zhuang snorted with her nose and said.

"Don't dare!" Fan Wencheng said, "With the wisdom of Concubine Zhuang, I don't need anyone to persuade me, what to do, Niangniang already knows in her heart." They don't know about the kiln, but we do. ”

Fan Wencheng's words were very decent, and Concubine Zhuang felt a little more comfortable. Say, "Get up and speak!" ”

"Xie Niangniang!" Fan Wencheng trembled and got up, straightened up and sat down with half his ass.

"Let's talk about the situation outside!" Concubine Zhuang's attitude softened a little.

"Your Majesty! Empress! The situation outside is not good! Fan Wencheng said, "Almost all of our Liaodong Quanxuan have fallen, and the regent and the prince of Daishan have also been captured. and Hong Chengchou, Shang Kexi, and Zu Dashou have all been captured! Their main team has already driven outside Shengjing City. ”

"Huh! Almost all of our Liaodong Quanxuan has fallen, what are their main forces still doing? Concubine Zhuang asked.

"Niangniang, their target is not only our Liaodong, they are ambitious!" Fan Wencheng said.

"Mr. Fan, you have been to Yaogang, tell me why our once invincible iron cavalry was defeated so quickly, what is the reason?" Concubine Zhuang is not an ordinary person, and asked a very critical question.

"I stayed at the kiln for a few days and observed them carefully. We are far from the Kiln Gang in all respects, and we are powerless to fight them, so I had a long conversation with the Lord Regent. Fan Wencheng said this and stopped.

"We've fought with people a few times, but we can't beat them. If you know the situation of others, you should take the initiative to bow your head to others, so that at least you can save your life! Concubine Zhuang said.

"Alas! Before I could say this, I told the regent about the actual situation of the kiln, and the regent felt that I was shaking the morale of the army and kept me under house arrest. Fan Wencheng sighed and said.

"Needless to say, the past!" Concubine Zhuang asked, "What do you think we are doing now?" ”

Fan Wencheng looked at Concubine Zhuang with a tired face, and firmly said the sentence she wanted to hear the most: "No matter what, let the emperor live!" ”

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New progress in "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty": the Battle of Yashan, the defeat of the Yuan army, the counterattack of the Song army, and the landing in Fuzhou.