Lu Xiangsheng thought for a while and said: "There seems to be some truth in this, but I think about it, now that we have the advantage, Shenyang will be able to go down sooner or later, so why take the risk of believing in Shuotuo." In this case, I first asked the messenger to bring back the letter, and in the letter I expressed my willingness to join forces with Shuoto, and ask for merit and reward him when the matter was completed. See how he answers, if he can help, it would be good, as long as he doesn't suffer losses for blindly believing in him. ”

Yang San said: "Bachelor, the lower officials think it's good to seize this opportunity." In addition, it happened that our Jinyi Wei caught a person, saying that he was the family of a scholar in Shenyang City, and he also wanted to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, so he was sent to communicate with the Ming army. And said that he could make an appointment to open the city gate at that time. Xia Guan is about to bring him here, and now that he is outside, can he see him? ”

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Okay, let's meet this person first, if you can really open the city gate, how many casualties will be reduced." ”

Yang San went to bring in the people outside, it was a middle-aged man in his thirties, and as soon as he came in, he knelt on the ground and began to kowtow. Then he said: "After the master of my family is Fan Wenzhenggong, he was forced to be with the barbarians because of the coercion of Jiannu, and he has been looking forward to the rescue of the heavenly soldiers. Today, knowing that the Ming army has captured Liaoyang and coerced Shenyang, he was overjoyed and was willing to open the city gate and surrender when the army attacked the city, so as to wash away the shame of the thief. Then he took out a letter and presented it.

Lu Xiangsheng frowned when he heard the word "master", he took the letter and opened it, the letter writer was called Fan Wencheng, who was a talent from Shenyang County. In the letter, he complained about Jiannu's coercion and abuse of him, and he had no choice but to succumb to Jiannu's coercion. When he heard that the Ming Dynasty was going to recover Shenyang, he was overjoyed and expressed his willingness to help the Ming army capture Shenyang. He had more than a dozen subordinates under him, and they were willing to open the city gates when the Ming army attacked the city. I hope that the imperial court can see that he was forced to obey the thief and repented and made meritorious service, and forgive him for the crime of taking refuge in Jiannu.

In Lu Xiangsheng's opinion, this letter is not very good, and he barely explained things clearly, but the misery of this person and his heart to serve the country make people sympathetic and admirable.

He pondered and asked, "Your master is willing to help us and others enter the city, and we naturally welcome this matter." Reply to your master, this heart guard has accepted, if you need it, you leave an address, and we will let people contact you. ”

The man was overjoyed, and he was about to kneel down and kowtow, Lu Xiangsheng said: "Don't be so polite, you go back first, and tell your master not to act rashly now, there will always be a time for him to serve." ”

After he went out, he said to Yang San: "You just asked me to seize this opportunity, I think it would be a good idea to let Jiannu have civil strife." We can grasp this line of Shuotuo, but we just have to trouble you Jinyiwei to contact him so that we can know his true intentions. ”

Yang San said without hesitation: "Bachelor, I will go to Shenyang City to meet this Shuotuo for a while, and I should be able to see the truth of his intentions." ”

Lu Xiangsheng didn't say much to him, knowing that he was strong in martial arts, and the possibility of escaping if there was a disagreement would be greater, so he said: "Since Yang Yanshi is willing to go in person, let's see if there is a chance to promote the Jiannu fight, and you can promise Shuo that after the matter is completed, he can let him lead the Jianzhou Jurchen." ”

Yang San said with some embarrassment: "Bachelor, I'm not used to lying. ”

Lu Xiangsheng knew that he was not used to lying, but he was afraid that he would not be able to do it after he promised Shuotuo, and he was uneasy. So he smiled and said: "This is true, the emperor said that the Jianzhou Jurchen is a scout for our march to the north, so we still have to leave the Jianzhou Jurchen in the future, and besides, it is impossible for His Majesty to slaughter the Jianzhou Jurchen, there are too many of them, and it will hurt the peace." ”

In fact, he made up his mind in his heart that when the Jurchens completed their mission, at least the middle-aged men would be slaughtered. When there is retribution, it will also fall on himself, and it will not hurt the emperor.

Yang San was relieved and said, "Then the lower official will first go and explain some things in the guard, and then select a few companions to go with the envoy." ”

Yang San took two people and lived in Shenyang with Chabson. After entering the city, the two companions disappeared into the crowd, and he came to the Shuoto Mansion alone.

Chabson said: "Master, this is Mr. Yang, the official in the Ming brocade guard." He didn't understand what kind of official Yang San was, he only knew that he was a big official.

Shuotuo in front of Yang San was a short and strong man in his twenties with a gloomy temperament. Yang San bowed and said, "Yang San, the commander of the Ming Jinyi Guard, has seen Taiji. ”

Shuo Tuo squinted at him and said, "How big an official is the matter?" ”

Yang San replied: "It is the fourth product." ”

Shuo Tuo's face changed at this time and said: "Please sit down, I don't know what your army thinks of Ben Taiji's suggestion?" ”

Yang Sandao: "Lu Gong, the commander of our army, said that if Taiji can make meritorious contributions, then the Jurchens of Jianzhou in the future can be handed over to Taiji. ”

Shuotuo was still thinking about how the other party led the troops turned out to be a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, although it was a tradition for civilian officials of the Ming army to lead the troops, it was rare to send a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. But when he heard that he could actually lead the Jianzhou Jurchens, his heart couldn't help but be shocked.

He originally thought that after the defeat of Jianzhou, the Ming court would definitely kill the leaders of Jianzhou and dissolve the Jianzhou Jurchens, but now listening to Yang San, the Ming Dynasty will not kill Jianzhou, which makes the guilt in his heart completely disappear without a trace.

And the reason why he wanted to surrender to the Ming army was that he did not want to become a Great Khan on behalf of Shan. And Da Ming actually wanted him to lead the Jianzhou Jurchen, which was something he never dared to imagine. Such a big baked cake aroused his ambition for a while. If he became the commander of Jianzhou, the first thing he would do was to take Abahai into his account, but not let Daishan die, and let him watch the fire, but he was helpless.

His heart was surging for a while, his face was full of joy, and he gritted his teeth for a while. Yang San was determined in his heart, such a person who likes to be in shape should not be a hypocritical person, and his intention should not be a conspiracy.

Shuotuo was excited for a while, and then he realized that there were still others, so he said with a solemn face: "What do you think Shuotuo should do, please speak up." ”

Yang San said with a smile: "Taishi's words are serious, how dare the lower officials support Taiji." Mr. Lu hopes that Taiji can promote internal disputes in Jianzhou, and as long as the internal friction intensifies, Jianzhou will be broken in the near future. However, the internal strife in the state must be fought by Nurhachi first. I wonder what Nurhachi's condition is? ”

When Shuoto heard him speak up about Nurhachi's name, he was displeased. However, he also knew that he couldn't let the Ming Jinyi guard call Nurhachi the Great Khan. He thought for a moment and said, "The last time we saw Da Khan, Da Khan's complexion was extremely bad, and he was tired after saying a few words, but I was afraid that the time would not be long." ”