Bauhinia Pass.

This important gateway and gate, which is more than 400 miles from Beijing, has now fallen into the hands of the Mongols. With the distance between the two places and the speed of the cavalry, as long as the Mongols sent troops at full speed, they could directly reach the capital of the Ming Dynasty in one night, even if the speed of the march was slowed down for the sake of safety, they could reach the city in two or three days.

But this time, the Mongolian people did not make such a rapid march, but temporarily stationed in Zijing Pass, which was three days.

As a horseback people who have to fight with people all year round, the Mongolian people certainly understand the truth of the speed of soldiers, and it is impossible to let go of such an opportunity at first. He also made this decision because he accepted a suggestion from Xuan Chengyuan and decided to seize the city of Beijing with minimal damage.

Although the former's defeat of the Ming army at Tumubao greatly boosted the morale of the Mongols, allowing them to sweep away their previous fear of the Ming army - for a hundred years, the Mongols have almost never taken advantage of the Ming army, but their own own damage has been damaged - but the long-term pressure has not dissipated so easily. Especially what they are going to attack is the strongest and easiest to defend Beijing city in the world, which naturally makes people feel even more frightened, so if there is a better siege strategy, of course they will choose to use it.

In fact, Xuan Chengyuan's strategy is very simple, it is just two words. By putting pressure on the monarchs and ministers and the army and people in Beijing, so that they can collapse without a fight, and when they are in chaos, they will suddenly send troops to attack them, and they will naturally be able to easily defeat this capital.

As far as he said, the Jin people were able to destroy the Northern Song Dynasty and attack Bianjing by this hand. Through continuous extortion, the monarchs and ministers of the Song State were afraid, and the people in the city were confused, and finally even took the initiative to surrender out of the city, so that there was a miracle battle to seize the enemy's capital without blood.

And today, I also planned to reproduce the legendary battle of the Jin people to destroy the Song Dynasty, and also wanted to use similar means to put great pressure on the Ming court, and finally let them collapse without a fight!

His plan did come close to success. If there was no Yu Qian and them to stop them, I am afraid that the Ming monarchs and ministers would recklessly choose to move the capital. And once the protection of the city is lost, even if the fleeing monarchs and ministers are really protected by soldiers and horses, they must not be the opponents of the fierce and flexible Mongolian cavalry.

It's just that after three days of rest, many Mongolian soldiers who were eager for a war were a little unbearable, and many people came to see him and frequently asked him for battle. Just when he also felt hesitant, the defenders south of Guancheng suddenly came to report that a messenger from the Ming Dynasty had arrived.

"Is this a request for peace? Or has the court agreed to our request and is willing to take out the money to redeem their emperor? When the thought turned in his heart, he first waved his hand and ordered the envoy to bring it to him.

After a while, his face was a little pale, and Qi Ruhai, who looked at the waiter of the Ministry of Rites who was a little trembling, came to Ye Xian.

In fact, originally as Qi Shilang, he didn't have to take such a risk at all. However, because he was confused that day, he actually chose to support the move of the capital, but his position in the DPRK and China became embarrassing. Afterwards, even his subordinates looked at him with a little more disdain, which made him extremely uncomfortable.

Qi Ruhai knows very well that now is the time for the imperial court to employ people, so the Son of Heaven will not hold himself accountable for this matter. But once you repel a strong enemy, everything is back on track, and you settle accounts after the autumn, your situation will be quite bad. From the final results of Wang Zhen's henchmen, he can know that the person sitting on the dragon bed is not a good stubble.

Therefore, Qi Ruhai must think about his future and make contributions to the court to change the prejudice of the Son of Heaven against him. It just so happened that Lu Zhen proposed a strategy to delay time with the Son of Heaven, and the imperial court needed to send someone to negotiate with the Mongolian people, so as an official of the Ministry of Rites, he seized this opportunity and took the risk.

When he took over this mission, Qi Ruhai was still happy. However, when he rushed all the way to Bauhinia Pass, and saw those fierce and rude Mengren, and now he was surrounded by these guys, he still couldn't help but regret it for a while, his decision was too risky. After all, if you don't come, you will lose your official position at most, but if you come here, you may lose your life.

But there is no regret medicine in this world, and he has already arrived and followed first, so he has no reason to retreat. So when he was glanced up and down by Ye Xian's gaze, Qi Ruhai quickly regained his composure, looked back at the other party without being arrogant or humble, and bowed his hand slightly: "Qi Ruhai, the waiter of the Daming Rite Department, has seen Ye Xian Taishi." ”

Seeing that the person who came from panicking at the beginning to quickly calming down, he couldn't help but glance at this official a little highly. However, there was still a hint of murder on his face: "What, you came alone, didn't you bring anything?" If I remember correctly, I didn't send someone to Peking so that you could send an envoy to meet me here. ”

His heart slammed suddenly, but Qi Ruhai's face was still pale, and he replied: "The master doesn't know, the requirements you made are indeed too difficult......

"Too hard?" also snorted first: "300,000 taels of silver should not be a big amount for your Ming court, is it still expensive to exchange this bit of silver for your emperor?" ”

"The value of my great tomorrow is naturally far more than this 300,000 taels of silver, but it's just ...... Now that the new emperor has been established, it is already the emperor who has fallen into your hands. In this way, there is no possibility for the imperial court to allocate 300,000 taels from the treasury to ransom people. Qi Ruhai hurriedly gave an explanation.

"What does that mean?" I really didn't understand the meaning of the other party's words at first.

Qi Shilang was good at talking, and immediately explained to the other party the difference between the Ming court and the royal family, as well as the difference between the treasury and the inner treasury. At the end, he concluded: "Although His Majesty intends to redeem the Emperor, this silver cannot be allocated from the treasury. And the silver taels in the inner treasury, because the previous war has been consumed very little, really can't come up with a huge amount of 300,000 taels of silver. ”

He finally understood what he wanted to convey, but he also felt annoyed for a while, this Ming court was too cumbersome, and it was so troublesome to even take out some silver. However, he also heard some meaning from the other party's words, so he asked, "Then what does your emperor mean?" ”

"I just hope that Master Taishi can lower the price, if you only collect 100,000 yuan to return the emperor, Your Majesty is still willing to take out this silver."

"One hundred thousand taels...... Do you think we're in business? How dare you bargain like this! He was also angry and snorted.

This majesty really frightened Qi Ruhai, and his body trembled slightly. But where the duty lies, he can only stand on it: "Taishi is angry, and our majesty is also out of helplessness, so he has to send his subordinates to come to discuss." Of course, if the Taishi is willing to give some time, such as three years, then our Majesty can still take out 300,000 taels of silver to redeem the emperor. ”

Well, this hostage can still be redeemed with an installment mortgage, which is what Lu Jin, a traverser, can come up with. At first, he didn't know how to react, so he could only stare at the other party a few times with hatred before saying, "Then how much silver can you come up with now?" "For him, Zhu Qizhen, who has lost his identity as the Son of Heaven, really has no value, if he can take the opportunity to squeeze some benefits from the Ming court, it is still good.

Of course, whether he pays the money or not depends on his mood. It is likely that because the amount of silver handed over by the other party is less than 300,000, our Taishi will be unhappy and turn his face and deny it.

"Ten...... 150,000 taels ...... This is already the most silver taels that can be taken out after the palace is reduced. After a slight hesitation, Qi Ruhai still raised the number up.

"In that case, you should prepare to send 150,000 taels first, and I can consider returning the person. Of course, the remaining 150,000 taels of silver, as well as this, your Ming court must pay in full. As he spoke, he first handed over the letter of alliance that Zhu Qizhen had recognized when he was besieged.

I took the book a little unexpectedly, and after a hasty sweep, Qi Ruhai's face changed again. He really wanted to scold the other party for being despicable, and he didn't even know how to comment on such a treacherous act.

It turned out that he had already signed an alliance with the emperor, and then attacked the Ming army with his backhand. Now, he took out this book to force the Ming court to admit it, and this kind of backsliding, but still wanting the other party to admit it, is really shameless and indescribable.

But in front of the other party, in an environment full of Mongolian warriors eyeing the door outside the door, Qi Shilang didn't dare to attack after all, so he could only say with some embarrassment: "I'm afraid that the official can't be the master of this matter, so he can only go back and make a decision after playing His Majesty." ”

"Then you can go back and talk to your emperor, and send the 150,000 taels of silver here as soon as possible. If we can't wait, maybe we'll go to Beijing and get it ourselves. After glancing at the other party first, he said this with a deep threat.

Hearing this, Qi Ruhai didn't react much, but felt a sense of relief. It seems that the purpose of his trip has been achieved.

As long as the other side is given a signal that the Ming Dynasty has no intention of fighting, and the ransom is used to disrupt the other side, it will be able to delay for a few days and buy time for Beijing's defense work.

After Qi Ruhai left happily, the greedy look on Ye Xian's face had been swept away, and he showed a thoughtful look instead. Although the other party is well disguised, it is still difficult to escape its eyes, which is a delaying tactic.

It was precisely because he saw this that he took out the alliance book as a temptation, and sure enough, the other party did not refuse, which shows that his intentions are not here at all.

"Since you want to delay, then I can't let you get your wish, and you must send troops as soon as possible!" I have already made a secret decision......

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Sorry, something suddenly went out at noon, so this one has been delayed until now。。。。。。 But it doesn't affect the evening update...

Forehead... It seems that this can echo the chapter name of this chapter.。。。。