There are more than 5,000 soldiers and one or two war horses that need to retreat from the Xuanjia army, and it will take at least a day for all of them to get on the warship.

In one day, the Xuanjia sergeants of the brigade boarded the ship one after another and evacuated Dandongkou, and the entire Dandongkou was empty.

The last three warships that had not been evacuated were suspended in the middle of the river, and Fang Cheng, fully armed with explosion-proof equipment, stood on a small boat three feet from the port. Also on the small boat were the five sailor sergeants with the best water ability, even if they didn't use a small boat, they could swim and bring Fang Yuan back to the battleship in the middle of the river.

Fang Yuan stood with his hands on his shoulders, waiting quietly, waiting for the arrival of a person.

Huang Taiji finally arrived at Dandongkou, and Prince Haoge of Lingsu began to attack Dandongkou, but found that the city had already been empty.

Fang Yuan shouted at Haoge, who was rushing to attack, and asked to meet Huang Taiji and say a few words.

Seeing that the success had fallen short, the Xuanjia Army, which should have been surrounded at the mouth of Dandong, had already left by warship and troop transport, but this time it could be said that he had arrived home, and immediately returned to the camp to report to Huang Taiji Fang Yuan's request to meet.

Huang Taiji saw that Abatai, who went to supervise the Korean sailors, failed to annihilate the Daimyo sailors who received Fang Yuan at the Dandong entrance, and now under his nose, the Xuanjia army looted in Liaodong for one or two months, captured Hetuala, and withdrew safely, and the so-called four-square, six-corner, ten-sided net became a joke.

He couldn't help but be furious, and knocked the entire large table of the military case to the ground, and the anger of the heart touched the old disease, and he coughed violently.

Everyone in the military tent was silent, only Dolgon had a sneer on his face, this time Huang Taiji failed to annihilate Fang Yuan, it can be said that he was embarrassed and thrown home, how can he serve the public?

Huang Taiji looked around, the two red flags of Daishan and Mandahai, and the blue flag of Zierharang were riding the wall left and right and waiting to see the joke; The blue flag of Abatai is not enough to succeed and more than to lose; And his son Haoge of Zhenghuangqi was more than brave and lacked strategy, Fang Yuan and his party withdrew under his nose, and he didn't know it; Dolgon and Dordor, who were white and inlaid with white flags, were clearly gloating, waiting to see his jokes, and then waiting for an opportunity to pull him off the emperor's throne.

Huang Taiji, who has been riding all his life, suddenly began to break out in a cold sweat in his vest, only to feel that the situation in front of him was no longer beyond his control, looking around, either with ill intentions, or riding the wall left and right, and the only son he could rely on was that the mud could not support the wall.

If he died suddenly at this moment, how many of his sons and daughters would still be alive? Thinking of this, it seems that the pursuit of Fang Yuan has become a secondary priority, and the top priority is to negotiate peace, solve the external troubles, and then make every effort to clean up the internal troubles.

Huang Taiji coughed violently for a long time, and when the cough eased a little, he said to Haoge, "Okay, I'll go see Fang Yuan immediately." ”

Escorted by more than a dozen sergeants, he came directly to the port.

Huang Taiji is about fifty years old, with slender cheeks, bright eyes, and a deep royal demeanor between his demeanor.

Fang Yuan and Huang Taiji looked at each other from a distance, and there was a bit of sympathy between heroes in their eyes.

Huang Taiji endured the churning of qi and blood, and opened his mouth first, "Governor Fang is so young, he can achieve the merits of passing through the heavens and latitudes, and it is really the back waves of the Yangtze River pushing the front waves." ”

Fang Yuan smiled faintly, "I am just standing on the shoulders of 100 million people of the Ming Dynasty, compared to Your Majesty, with less than a million Manchurians, I can dominate the north of the Great Wall, and I have the potential to enter the Central Plains, which is really beyond my reach." ”

Huang Taiji barely put a smile on his face, "Governor Fang not only dared to surprise Liaodong, but also captured my old capital of the Qing Dynasty, Hetuala, which is really impressive." I only wonder why Governor Fang carried out three massacres in Lushunkou, Gaizhou, and Haizhou, but in Liaoyang, after capturing Hetuala, he did not carry out a massacre, let alone destroy the dragon veins of my Qing Dynasty, as well as the mausoleums of my ancestors and ancestors. ”

Fang Yuan said lightly, "Your Majesty, I am an atheist, and I never believe in any dragon veins. The dispute between the two countries is an all-round competition in the military, economy, system, and talent, what does it have to do with those feng shui? ”

"I was in the Lushun, Gaizhou, and Haizhou massacres, and I just wanted to tell Your Majesty a little. As long as the Manchus dare to enter the customs and plunder the people of the Ming Dynasty, my Ming Dynasty is also capable of reciprocal and even harsher retaliation against the Manchus. ”

"As for the mausoleums of the ancestors of the Manchu royal family, I have always firmly believed that the centuries-old struggle between Han, Manchu and Mongolia, and the 2,000-year war between the north and south of the Great Wall are just wars of ethnic integration, not wars ending in extermination. The only thing we compete for is which nation's culture is more vibrant and can be endless, and which nation's culture can only completely disappear in the long river of history. ”

Huang Taiji listened in a daze, his eyes were slightly closed, obviously agreeing with Fang Yuan's theory, and sighed, "It's a pity that the Ming Dynasty has not exhausted its qi, and the Governor Fang was born out of nowhere, disrupting my plan to enter the Central Plains!" ”

Fang Yuan smiled faintly, one, two years ago, he was still an unknown and penniless crossing dick, but now he is a character who can decide where the world belongs, Chongzhen, Huang Taiji, and Dolgon are vying to win over, looking back on the past, it is really like a world away, so he said solemnly, "Your Majesty, let's make a bet!" ”

Huang Taiji was curious, and asked in amazement, "What are you betting on?" ”

Fang Yuan said slowly, "If I can escape safely this time and return to Daming, how about you and I stop the army and negotiate peace?" ”

Huang Taiji sneered and said, "How can the war and peace between the two countries be such a child's play gamble? ”

Fang Yuan saw that he was still hiding his thoughts, so he smiled and said, "Peace talks are also His Majesty's original intention to go to Liaoxi this time!" Besides, if I can escape from Liaodong safely, it will be enough to prove that the Ming Dynasty no longer only dared to build city walls and pile up cannons before, and the field also has the ability to retaliate against the Manchus in reciprocal terms, right? Even if the Manchus did not negotiate peace, the two sides continued to hurt each other, if you fight my Gyeonggi and Shandong, and I fight your Shengjing and Hetuala, how much advantage can the Manchus take advantage of? ”

Huang Taiji was seen through by him, and said with a forced smile, "Governor Fang, peace talks are not impossible, I have always wanted peace talks before I sent troops to Shandong, it depends on what peace talks Governor Fang can offer for the Ming Dynasty." ”

Fang Yuan was secretly amused, this Huang Taiji deserved to be a hero, a traitor, and a cunning man, until this moment he still wanted to fool, "Your Majesty, the conditions for my peace talks are very simple, and the two sides are limited to the Liaohe River." Non-aggression and non-interference in each other's internal affairs within two years. Two years later, war or peace will depend on the situation. ”

Huang Taiji said, "Governor Fang seems to have forgotten that the Ming Dynasty is now suffering from internal and external troubles, so why did he make such a peace negotiation condition with me?" You and I take the Great Wall as the boundary, and give me 500,000 taels of silver and 100,000 horses of cloth every year. ”

He was obviously opening his mouth in the lion, and Fang Yuan said lightly, "It is clear that there are internal and external troubles, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty is also internal and external troubles?" Scold! ”

Huang Taiji was hit by the internal strife of the Manchu Qing Dynasty by his words, and couldn't help coughing violently.

Fang Yuan put his violent cough in his eyes, and secretly judged that it was estimated that Huang Taiji really wouldn't live long.

He secretly compared Huang Taiji and Dolgon, although Huang Taiji was an opponent, he acted above board, was stable, and never took risks easily; Dolgon, on the other hand, is clearly an adventurous hero. According to historical records, as soon as Dolgon occupied the city of Beijing, he immediately moved the capital to Beijing, ventured into the Central Plains, and even forced the Han people to shave their hair; or Fang Yuan's personal experience, he wanted to unite with Fang Yuan to murder Huang Taiji and seize the throne in one fell swoop, which fully showed that he was a natural gambler.

Compared to between, Fang Yuan still appreciates Huang Taiji more, while Dolgon is a more terrible opponent, because the gambler's mentality is that he can't see through it, he doesn't play cards according to common sense, and the damage is even greater, and he doesn't know when, he will directly stud with you, and end up together.

Fang Yuan's heart was full of thoughts, and he said, "Your Majesty's encirclement and interception can be said to have laid a net of heaven and earth, but people are not as good as heaven, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty also has too many internal and external troubles, otherwise even if I can escape from Liaodong, I will inevitably suffer heavy losses, right!" ”

Huang Taiji coughed without saying a word, obviously being told the key by Fang Yuan.

Fang Yuan continued, "Since the founding of the country, there has been no precedent for my Ming monarch to spend money to buy peace. In the change of Tumubao back then, the emperor was arrested, and Wara didn't get any money, let alone in front of him? If I talk about the conditions of Nagong, it will be the second Qin Hui! If Your Majesty covets that little bit of silver and cloth, peace talks will certainly not be negotiated. Please also ask Your Majesty to weigh whether the silver and cloth are important, or the throne and the safety of the children! ”

He originally wanted to mention Dolgon's conspiracy, but after thinking about it, the emperor Taiji would be with Dolgon all day long, would he not understand Dorgon's ambitions? Why bother to be a villain again, make people laugh, and keep silent.

Huang Taiji coughed for a long time, and finally raised his head and stared at Fang Yuan, and sighed, "Governor Fang, don't deceive me!" ”

He was noncommittal about the terms of the peace talks, and was helped by the sergeant to turn and leave.

Fang Yuan stared at his back, which was close to running out of oil, this time it might be the last time he met and talked to this hero, and he couldn't help but feel a kind of heroic pity in his heart.

After a while, under the reminder of the sergeant, Fang Yuan regained his mind and said in a deep voice, "Let's go!" We retreat! ”