Mang Gurtai listened to Song Xiance's guidance, and suddenly fell into silence, and it took a long time to stare at Song Xiance's eyes and say, "You asked me to flee Shenyang to go to Mingguo, do you know what I'm talking about?" I'm the third Belle of Houjin, once I leave here, what will my subordinates and relatives do, do you want me to be a lost dog? Are you really giving me advice, or are you simply a spy of the Ming Kingdom? ”

As he spoke, Mang Gurtai's gaze suddenly became fierce, and the power that he had cultivated from fighting on the battlefield all year round suddenly enveloped Song Xiance, looking like a fierce beast about to pounce. But Song Xiance had no fear, without the backing of the Houjin Kingdom, no matter how Mang Gurtai made a fierce expression, he was just a paper tiger.

Song Xiance looked at Mang Gurtai with an indifferent expression and said, "Sanbeile won't be able to know his identity today, right?" If you don't have the existence of Da Ming behind you, how can you provide so much information to Sanbeile? ”

Mang Gurtai's expression slowly eased, and he suddenly asked, "Do Dai Shan and Amin know your identity?" You, a spy of the Ming Kingdom, come and go freely in Shenyang, do you really treat my Houjin as nothing? ”

Song Xiance shook his head and said, "Big Baylor and Second Baylor may be the same as Third Baylor, you know and won't say it." As for being able to come and go freely in Shenyang, doesn't that just show that the Jin Kingdom is in a difficult situation now, and everyone wants to find a way back for themselves.

It's like everyone knows that there will inevitably be people who collect intelligence for the Ming Dynasty in these trading houses in the four seas, but even the King of Khan does not dare to easily touch the people of the trading firms. Why, isn't it because the treasury of Houjin still needs to rely on taxes paid by trading firms to subsidize the state?

It's not that there's anything to be afraid of, it's just that your Houjin Kingdom is the same as my Da Ming, and there are also smart people. Therefore, when the Mandate of Heaven Khan's soldiers were in full bloom, the Houjin spies came and went freely in my Ming Dynasty. Now that I'm starting to gain the upper hand, why can't I move around freely in Shenyang City? ”

Mang Gurtai was silent for a moment, and finally avoided the topic and said, "Since you claim to be a person from the Great Ming, then we don't have to talk around like this anymore.

Now Huang Taiji, Dai Shan, Yue Tuo and others are all fighting outside, and Jierharang has taken away most of the defenders in the city today, but only Wei Qi is in charge of Shenyang City. If I release Amin and join the two of us, won't I be able to seize this Shenyang city?

If you can support me and Amin to take Shenyang City, then Amin and I are willing to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, like the precedent of King Shunyi, to protect the land of Liaodong for the Ming Dynasty, so that this place can return to the Ming Dynasty, and from then on we will stop the army and make peace, wouldn't it be better? ”

Song Xiance continued to shake his head and said: "Sanbeile is in the bureau, so he can't see the power of the Khan King clearly, and he also overestimates the strength of my Ming Dynasty in Shenyang City.

The fact that we can come and go freely in Shenyang does not mean that we have the ability to support the two Baylors to raise troops to seize Shenyang. The staff of the Four Seas Trading House are basically normal merchants, not armor.

All we can do is provide you with some information and advice, but going into battle with knives and guns is beyond our capabilities. As for the three Baylors thinking that Wei Qi was the only one in charge of the city, that was also wrong. In addition to giving advice to the Khan and mastering the clerical work, the Wenguan next to the Khan King was also responsible for the management of the Han army inside and outside the city.

Whether it is you, Amin Belle, or even the Daishan Belle Mansion, they are all monitored by the Wei Qi faction. If you want to launch a mutiny, I am afraid that the Han army outside the west gate has already entered the city to arrest people before the subordinates in the city have been assembled. What's more, the strongest in the city is still the two white flags, and the three Dorgon brothers are not in the city, will they really obey the orders of you and Amin Bel? Without the support of the two white flags, even if you catch Wei Qi and seize Shenyang by luck, you won't be able to hold it..."

No matter how much Song Xiance persuaded him, Mang Gurtai was still unwilling to give up the idea of seizing Shenyang City and turning it over. After all, he is not a loser like Du Du, as one of the four major Baylors, he naturally has a certain background in Shenyang City. Not to mention, there is also an Amin with whom you can support each other.

Before despair, Mang Gurtai was always unwilling to leave his fate to others. For others, Houjin is just a place to live, but for Mang Gurtai, it is the family property left behind by his father. As the owner who is qualified to inherit the family property, how can he do nothing and flee to the Ming Kingdom to send people under the fence.

Song Xiance finally gave up the idea of persuading Mang Gurtai to escape from Shenyang immediately after rescuing Amin, firstly, Mang Gurtai's attitude was too firm; The second is that the time for him to stay in the house is almost up, and if he does not leave, it may arouse the suspicion of the monitors.

The two finally reached several agreements, and Song Xiance provided Mang Gurtai with various information in Shenyang City, especially the Zhenglan Banner and the Blue Banner, as well as those generals who were not too close to Huang Taiji's subordinates; The other is to help Mang Gurtai deliver some news to his subordinates who he thinks are quite loyal, etc.

Leaving Mang Gurtai's house, Song Xiance walked around several neighborhoods before entering a small courtyard in an alley. Just as he changed his clothes, his attendant Ah Liang walked into the room and said to him, "Master, it's quiet outside, and no one is following you. ”

Song Xiance nodded, opened the closet door of the room, opened the secret passage inside, and walked into the secret passage with Ah Liang. After two or three steps, they walked out of a bedroom in the adjacent courtyard, and then walked through the hall and left through the main entrance. The people in this courtyard turned a blind eye to the two of them, as if they were invisible.

The two courtyards are adjacent to each other in the north and south, and this main entrance is another street. Song Xiance then got into a mule cart waiting on the side of the street and returned to his residence, and when he stepped into his study, he finally felt much more at ease. He then called Ah Liang and instructed: "Let our people all pack up, except for those few hidden stakes that have not been used, everyone else is ready to retreat." ”

Ah Liang was taken aback, looked at Song Xiance and said, "But what happened?" Houjin is eyeing our manpower? ”

Song Xiance shook his head and said, "I don't know if Houjin is eyeing us or not. But in a few days, the city of Shenyang will be lively. No matter who wins, the whole city will be sold, and we can't give these Jurchens a funeral for some reason, let's leave first..."

Mang Gurtai still has some confidence to dare to give it a go, even if the main force of Zhenglan Banner is outside, through Song Xiance's central contact, he still cobbled together seven or eight hundred henchmen. On November 17th, the weather on this day was particularly cold, just when the four doors were locked, and the thousands of families in the city had just turned on the lights to eat, smoke suddenly rose from a street in Xicheng, and soon someone shouted: "Go water, go water." ”

Wei Qi, who was on duty in the yamen outside the west gate of the Khan Palace, soon received the news of the fire in Xicheng, and he didn't think much about it for a while, so he wanted to take someone to fight the fire himself, but Gao Hongzhong on the side quickly stopped him and said: "My lord, now that Zilharangbel is not in the city, my lord has a lot to do, so how can I go out easily." This firefighting matter is still left to the subordinate to handle, and the adults are invited to sit here and take command. ”

Wei Qi thought about it for a while, and sent a team of people to Gao Hongzhong and ordered him to go to Xicheng to fight the fire. But Gao Hongzhong had just left, and the neighborhood near Amin's mansion in Dongcheng was on fire again, which couldn't help but make Wei Qi feel suspicious. While ordering his subordinates to lead troops to transfer Amin Bel to the Khan's palace, he began to gather his subordinates to stand by in case of contingencies.

Wei Qi's sense of crisis is correct, Gao Hongzhong, who led the team to fight the fire, encountered an attack, and Gao Hongzhong's life and death are unknown. The soldiers who fled back could not tell who attacked them, but vaguely looked at what appeared to be two white flags. Wei Qi was suddenly shocked and inexplicable, and was about to retreat into the palace to defend it.

Ning Wan and Li Shutai opposed Wei Qi's decision, and Ning Wan said to Wei Qi: "The three Baylors of the two white flags are not in the city now, how can they rebel?" Even if there are people with two white flags participating in the rebellion, it is impossible for both flag soldiers to rebel. The adults should quickly contact the garrison generals of the two white flags, and order the two white flags to block the neighborhood where they live, and no one is allowed to go out, so as not to be coerced by the rebels.

The Khan ordered the Lord to sit in Shenyang, so that the Lord would protect the whole city of Shenyang instead of a mere Khan Palace. The adults retreated to the Khan Palace to defend themselves, didn't they hand over Shenyang City to the rebels? If the rebels are allowed to occupy Shenyang City, will these thousands of men and horses in the hands of the adults still be able to defend the Khan Palace? ”

Li Shutai also said: "This rebellion is really too strange, and no one has come forward to openly raise the banner so far, which shows that the rebels are not very sure of seizing Shenyang City." Your Excellency might as well order all the Baylors in the city to come to the Khan's palace to discuss matters to quell the rebellion. Those involved in the rebellion will not dare to come, and we will be able to target. ”

Ning Wan I then said: "Now the city is not credible except for the two yellow flags, and I also ask your lord to give orders to the lower officials, let the lower officials open the west gate, and transfer the Han army troops outside the west gate into the city." The Han army had always been loyal to the Khan, and they would certainly not rebel.

As long as the Han army is transferred into the city, we will have enough strength in our hands to deal with any banner, then the ordinary bannermen of the Eight Banners will settle down. If the bannermen settle down, rebellion will become a sourceless fire, and it will be difficult to shake the general trend in the city..."

At such a critical moment, Wei Qi, who had no prejudice against Han officials, immediately agreed one by one. In accordance with the intentions of Ning Wan and Li Shutai, he contacted the generals of the Eight Banners to impose martial law on the residential areas of the bannermen; On the other hand, he ordered the big and small Baylors in the city to enter the palace to prevent them from joining the rebellion.

On the other side, Ning Wan and I, under the escort of a team of guards, rushed directly to the north gate, and made a detour from the north gate to the Han army camp in the northwest corner, mobilizing the troops in the camp to enter the city.

Under such a response, Mang Gurtai, who wanted to take advantage of the chaos to seize Shenyang, finally failed, and the banners and beylers did not respond to his call to join him to quell the chaos, but went to the Khan Palace to discuss matters with Weiqi. Unable to hold these Baylors in their hands, the more than 1,000 centaurs that Mang Gurtai and Amin combined together became a lone army in the city.

Unlike Mang Gurtai, Amin, who has been under house arrest by Huang Taiji for more than two years, has been worn away from all the **, just trying to save his life. When he heard that all the banners had entered the Han Palace, he quietly took 3 or 40 cronies to meet with Song Xiance.

The two talked for a while, and then decided to sneak away from the east gate while Wei Qi's attention was attracted by Mang Gurtai. The guard of the east gate is a general with a blue flag, although he is unwilling to assist Amin in his rebellion, but there is no psychological burden to let the old master out of the city.

As the banners were summoned to the palace, and Mang Gurtai was delayed, Wei Qi finally determined who the mastermind of the rebellion was. With the assistance of various banners, coupled with the entry of the Han army outside the city, Mang Gurtai's private army was quickly defeated. At this time, Mang Gurtai found out that Amin had disappeared, and he had to admit defeat and take the rest of his men to escape from Shenyang from the south gate.

However, at this time, the order in Shenyang has begun to be restored, and the defenders of the city gates are again in the hands of Wei Qi. However, the south gate had not yet been captured, and Wei Qi had already arrived with reinforcements in person, and Mang Gurtai was trapped under the city, unwilling to be humiliated and committed suicide, and the rest surrendered to Wei Qi. At this time, the sky had just turned white, and the Jurchen relatives and nobles who followed Wei Qi to calm the chaos did not look at Mang Gurtai's corpse with joy, but rather a sense of sadness for the death of a rabbit and a fox.