"The thief and our Qing Dynasty have the hatred of destroying the country and killing the king. How will you help us? ”

With Luck Dehun's words, the other Eight Banner generals also began to discuss, and most of them thought that it was impossible to get the Shun army and the Qing Dynasty to cooperate.

"Where is the eternal enemy? Only eternal benefits! Fan Wencheng smiled: "Now the situation is very obvious, if Nanming defeats my Qing Dynasty, the next one to deal with is probably the thief, and the Nanming Imperial Court will definitely not allow the thief army to become bigger!"

The thief regarded my Qing Dynasty as a great enemy because he was defeated by our army, and for the Southern Ming Dynasty, the biggest enemy was probably not my Qing Dynasty, but the thief who once broke through Beijing and forced Chongzhen to escape, right?

There is still a possibility of reconciliation between the Southern Ming Dynasty and my Qing Dynasty, as long as I withdraw from the Qing Dynasty. But the thief will never reconcile, and will inevitably try his best to eliminate the thief, and there is no second possibility.

As long as the head of the thief can know this fact, they may not be able to use it for their own survival! As long as the right lobbyists are dispatched, it may not be impossible to persuade the thieves to send troops to Tongguan.

If the army of thieves goes out of Tongguan and attacks Henan and even Jianghuai, I am afraid that the rebellious army of the past will be repeated again. Can the Southern Ming court still sit still? Can Chen Yue still sit still?

Send troops back to encircle and suppress the thieves? Or send troops to fight a decisive battle with our army, and then the choice may not be owned by the Ming army. And I, the Qing Dynasty, can take the opportunity to defeat the Ming army. ”

Fan Wencheng's tone was very peaceful, but everyone was thrilled when he heard it, as if he saw the hope of defeating the Ming army and recovering Shandong. Even generals such as Bolo and Luckdehun have nothing to say.

"In the past, during the Three Kingdoms, Eastern Wu and Shu showed weakness, and none of them were Cao Wei's opponents, and only by joining forces could they compete with Cao Wei. Now I am in the Qing Dynasty, the thief, and the Southern Ming Dynasty, how similar it is to the time of the Three Kingdoms. Now that the Ming army has the upper hand, just like that Cao Wei, my Qing Dynasty will be like Shu Han, and it is natural for me to temporarily join forces with the thieves. Dolgon patted the arm of his chair and agreed with Fan Wencheng's plan.

"But who to send to persuade the thief needs to be carefully considered. Do you have any good advice, Mr. Fan? ”

"Back to the prince, Shanxi Jiexiu businessman Fan Yongdou is up to the task. Fan Yongdou traded with our Qing Dynasty all the year round, and in the past, he brought important grain, ironware, gunpowder and other materials to our Qing Dynasty, and he was loyal to my Qing Dynasty. Fan Yongdou has been in business for many years, and he is very familiar with the situation in the Ming Dynasty, and he has the ability to interact with people beyond the reach of others. Send him to Shaanxi to lobby the thief, and he will succeed! Fan Wencheng said without thinking.

"Fan Yongdou?" Of course, Dorgon knew this man, "Isn't he raising supplies for our army now?" ”

"Yes, my lord. Fan Yongdou had just returned from the Mongolian trade and had gotten a large number of cattle and sheep to transport the army. Fan Wencheng said with a smile.

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Ten miles west of Linqing City, Fan Yongdou said goodbye to his cousin Fan Tianyu, who saw him off.

"Uncle, it's too dangerous to travel thousands of miles to Shaanxi, and to pass through the territory of the Shanxi rebels along the way. You let your little nephew follow you, and you can take care of you all the way. Fan Tianyu said with tears in his eyes.

Fan Yongdou sighed and shook his head, "It's not that I won't let you go, the task on your shoulders is no less than mine." The supply of grain and grass for the 80,000 Qing army is inseparable from our Fan family, after I go, you continue to organize manpower and properly transport the grain that has been purchased to the army, Ah Chun will soon come back from Mongolia, and will bring back a large number of cattle and sheep, and you will also send someone to pick it up.

Our Fan family is now the key to rising. Only if they can help the Qing Dynasty survive this catastrophe, the Fan family can at least guarantee a hundred years of prosperity! ”

Fan Tianyu nodded yes, then glanced around, and ordered a few of the Fan family's guys to stay farther away.

"What, what do you have to say?" Fan Yongdou looked at Fan Tianyu in surprise.

Fan Tianyu took another step closer and said in a low voice: "Uncle, the little nephew doesn't understand very much, now that the Qing Dynasty is already twilight, is it necessary for our Fan family to put Baoquan on the side of the Qing Dynasty?" If the Qing Dynasty loses this battle, our Fan family will really be finished. ”

Fan Yongdou looked at him quietly: "If you have anything to say, just say it." ”

Fan Tianyu said: "Of course the little nephew knows that our Fan family started by foreign trade, and it is deeply involved with the Manchu Qing Dynasty. But there are still three holes in the cunning rabbit, and if our Fan family wants to keep rich and noble, we have to prepare some back roads.

When he was in Qingshikou, his little nephew had a military quartermaster for the then Qingshikou garrison, which is now the king of Qi, Chen Yue, and he had a little friendship.

If the uncle agrees, the little nephew wants to establish a little more contact with King Qi and prepare another way back for our Fan family. ”

Fan Yongdou was shocked: "Bastard, do you want to kill hundreds of members of our Fan family?" At this time, you dare to hook up with the Ming army! ”

Fan Tianyu shook his head and said disapprerovingly: "Uncle, you ventured to Shaanxi for the Qing Dynasty to lobby for the thieves, and Brother Chun is transporting cattle and sheep from Mongolia for the Qing Dynasty. My Fan family is loyal to the Qing Dynasty, how can the Manchu Qing Dynasty doubt me? As long as I do it confidentially, there should be no problem. ”

"Boy, let me tell you not to mess around, our Fan family has been on the ship of Daqing for too long, and we can't get off. Moreover, Chen Yue has always hated us businessmen who do business outside the mouth, and he will not be soft on us. Fan Yongdou shook his head and said categorically.

"Uncle, it's not that the little nephew has to be like this, but the little nephew feels very bad." Fan Tianyu said, "The little nephew stayed in Qingshikou for a while, and he still knows Chen Yue. At the beginning, he only had more than 1,000 troops, so he dared to take advantage of the heavy snow to cross thousands of miles of snow fields to wipe out the Mongol tribes. It's bold. Now that he has hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands, I'm afraid that Daqing is not his opponent, even if you can persuade the thief to help.

Moreover, uncle, you have a long way to Shaanxi, and it will take a month or two to successfully persuade the thief to send troops. What if the war changes in the past two months and Chen Yue defeats the Qing army? Our Fan family is raising military supplies for the Qing Dynasty, Chen Yue will inevitably pursue it, and then it will be a big difficulty to destroy the family! ”

"This?" Listening to Fan Tianyu's words, Fan Yongdou also hesitated.

"On the contrary, if our Fan family can fight back and help Chen Yue, the king of Qi, defeat the Qing army, what is the mistake of the past? Our Fan family is a businessman, and the relationship with the Qing army in the past was just business, and Chen Yue, the king of Qi, will definitely not pursue it. And relying on the big tree of Chen Yue, our Fan family may be more prosperous than before. ”

Fan Tianyu's words made Fan Yongdou also shake, and after thinking for a while, he nodded, "Okay, Cunning Rabbit Three Caves, you can try to contact Qi King Chen Yue." But remember, you must not show clues, and you must not make the regent suspicious! ”

"Uncle, don't worry, the stakes of the matter are very clear in my heart!" Fan Tianyu assured.