149 Secret Mission
Fan Wencheng, who volunteered to be an envoy to the Yitong Ministry, traveled extremely quickly, because he and several princes who were in charge of state affairs knew very well that their Qing Dynasty had reached the point of zero storms, and every day of delay would make their situation more dangerous.
Of course, it is easy for people to notice that an unfamiliar Han face rashly enters the ranks of the Yitong Jurchen tribe, so in addition to making some disguises, Fan Wencheng also brought more than ten Jurchen warriors with him.
The autumn harvest is imminent, but the scene Fan Wencheng saw along the way was a desolation, once cattle and sheep were everywhere, and it was almost difficult to see cows, horses and livestock on the grassland during the fat season, but more of them were white bones that appeared from time to time, as well as wild beasts wandering everywhere.
Even the fields that were once managed with great difficulty can now only see some traces of ridges, and the land that is easy to grow is overgrown with shrubs, and the lush weeds and flowers are idle in vain.
These should have been the exploits of Fan Wencheng and other Hanchens, but now they have finally turned into nothing because of the war, and in his eyes, Fan Wencheng felt pain in his heart, but in the end, he could only turn into helplessness and sigh.
It wasn't until they entered the territory now controlled by the Yeheyi Tong that Fan Wencheng and his party gradually began to be cautious, always paying attention to the Yehe army that might appear in the jungle around them at any time.
Soon, when they were not much away from Tonghua Castle, Fan Wencheng and his party were stopped by a Jurchen army, looking at the excited eyes of the Jurchen soldiers who were eyeing and eager to try, Fan Wencheng was very glad that some of their team of more than ten people happened to know Niu Lu of this team.
It is not surprising at all that since they came to contact the Yitong Ministry secretly, the escort that Prince Dorgon and they prepared for Fan Wencheng not only protects Fan Wencheng's safety, but also takes into account the task of matching Fan Wencheng.
Otherwise, with the Jurchens' domineering and rude character, Fan Wencheng and his party are afraid that they will already be dead in the wilderness before they have seen the Patriarch of Yitong Sakchi.
In fact, the overall community relationship between the Jurchen tribes is not complicated, and many tribal leaders are familiar with each other, even if they are not familiar, as long as they report their names, these middle and high-level leaders have actually heard of it.
Thanks to these guards, Fan Wencheng quietly met the opponent of the Qing Dynasty at this time in the Tonghua Castle without disturbing the liaison members of Hongtang's liaison in Yitong.
"Hmph, did that ignorant boy send you here to beg for mercy and surrender to us?"
In the face of Fan Wencheng's secret visit, Sackchi was actually a little puzzled, and at the same time he had a little bit of expectation in his heart.
"Respected Patriarch Sakchi, Xia Guan is Fan Wencheng, who participated in the politics of the Household Department of the Great Qing Dynasty, and on the orders of His Royal Highness Dolgon, the Prince of Regent Rui, I have come to discuss the truce with the Sakchi Patriarch."
Fan Wencheng is neither humble nor arrogant, and he looks very decent in front of Sackchi's powerful momentum.
"Huh! Armistice? Dolgon wondered if the child was funny, why did he run to shout for a truce with Lao Tzu! ”
Sackchi was also stunned, he didn't expect that the secret envoy came to this matter, but this surprised him a little.
"If you want a truce, there's no problem at all, let him Dolgon boy kneel in front of Lao Tzu, kowtow to Lao Tzu and admit defeat, Lao Tzu will not be guilty of the past!"
On the battlefield, the losses of the Sakchiyeh coalition were relatively heavier, but fortunately, their support from the Hongmen and the Kingdom of Korea did not put as much pressure on the people's livelihood as the Qing Dynasty.
Seeing that the cold winter is coming again, the Yehe coalition army has a supply of grain and grass to support, and the clansmen grit their teeth to survive the cold winter, which may not be more difficult than when they were pressed by the Qing royal family.
But this Qing Ai Xinjue Luo and his allies are not so happy.
In the Ming Dynasty, I looted and saw that I could have a rich harvest, but at a critical time, I was attacked by the Hongtang army from the back of the belly, and I was caught off guard.
Originally, I thought that after repelling the Hongtang army, I would send the army to support Ao Bai and others who were holding the Jingshi, but I didn't expect that the main force of the Qing Dynasty not only failed to repel Hongtang and recover the lost territory, but instead Yehebu took advantage of the situation and annexed and carved up countless tribes who were dissatisfied with the Aixinjue Luo clan, and finally stalemate with the Qing Dynasty.
The Ming people were not willing to be weak, before being driven into the pass by the Qing Dynasty iron cavalry, losing half of the country, and now with the main force of the Qing Dynasty to help, the Ming Dynasty army that seized the opportunity returned to the north of the Yellow River and recovered the homeland occupied by the Qing people.
And there was no rear support of the Aobai Jurchen Division, after the Beijing division held for several months, in the end, under the attack of Sun Chuanting's army of hundreds of thousands, had to retreat in a hurry, most of the captured materials and food hoarded in the Beijing division, and was recaptured by the Ming people, and the Qing army made a wedding dress for others in vain.
Not only did the war not reap the benefits, but the local country was also a place of chicken feathers, and there were countless destroyed tribes, and the Hongtang army swept away, and the Yehe tribe and their allies of the same clan did not relent, not only did they not let go of the material supplies, but even those small tribes and other populations were also fragrant buns in their eyes, and they looted things together.
This is really unfavorable for the Qing Dynasty in the cold winter, which likes to go south to loot to support itself!
When they fled, in order not to be held accountable by the cruel Prince Dolgon, he desperately saved a batch of grain and grass that was quite eye-catching, so that when he returned, he was exempted from the death penalty, but he also suffered a meal of flesh and skin.
Thanks to Aobai and their preservation of this batch of grain and grass at any cost, the Qing Dynasty has not had a food shortage until now, and the clansmen still have a mouthful of food.
But now that the cold winter of another year is coming, in order to suppress Ye Hebu this year, the Qing royal family has actually not been able to allocate much energy to take care of people's livelihood. In addition, most of the land is occupied by Hongtang and Yehebu, and the land further north has not yet been cultivated and is not suitable for planting, so that the harvest of the Qing royal family and the people is not enough to support the grain harvest season next year.
For all this, the people of the Qing Dynasty know very well, and as their opponent, Sakchi is also very clear, at this time he is sure that the other party will become more and more difficult with the passage of time, so he has always maintained the pressure on the Qing side, not allowing the Qing army to free up their hands and go to other places to fill the gap in their domestic food.
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