"Taiyuan Zhu Shichang and Mongolian Gushan Ezhen Lai sent a letter together, saying that Taiyuan was besieged by hundreds of thousands of anti-thieves, and there were red-clothed cannons attacking the city day and night. Azig's face was like frost, his words were like thorns, and he stared at the two of them and said, "Why is it so far, you two talk about it." ”

The two people he watched were Nikan and Bolo, who were promoted to princes by the firing line because of their contribution to quelling the rebellion in Shanxi, of which Nikan was named Prince Jingjin, and Bolo was named Prince Duanzhong, ranking among the highest nobles of the Jurchens.

Although the two of them were promoted to the prince, they were not hereditary ****, and they always had to bow their heads in front of Azig, the prince who was crowned by the emperor, and at this time listened to the meaning of Azig's words, and understood that he was talking about himself.

This is because the area around Taiyuan is the area that the two are responsible for, and Bolo is responsible for attacking the front line of Daizhou and cleaning up the rebel army near the Inner Great Wall; Nikan was responsible for leading the Mongol troops to aid Taiyuan and recovering the prefectures and counties around Jinzhong.

The two glanced at each other, both with confused expressions on their faces, and then stood up at the same time, Nikan bowed his hand first, and said first: "Lord, I was ordered by the regent to lead the troops out of Hebei into Shanxi, and rushed to Taiyuan as soon as possible. I gathered with Zhu Shichang, the governor of Shanxi who was entrenched in the city, swept a hundred miles outside the city, slaughtered more than ten recalcitrant rebels in the corners of more than ten prefectures and counties, and drove Jiang Jianxun of the Jiang family who fled from Daizhou to Jinxi, and when everything was stable, I drove the army north and joined the prince, but somehow Taiyuan suddenly began to ask for help again? ”

After Bo Luo finished speaking, he also arched his hand and said: "Lord, I was ordered to march west along the Inner Great Wall from Baomaguan, straight into Daizhou, and join forces with the newly appointed Xuanda Governor Tong Yangliang to jointly attack the anti-thief Liu Qian's department entrenched in the Daizhou area, all the way like a bamboo, and fought to the death under the city of Daizhou, killed several anti-thief chieftains, drove Liu Qian to the Ningwu area, and opened the Great Wall barrier, the Jiang family's main chess piece in Jinzhong, Jiang Jianxun, was defeated by our department. ”

After the two of them said, they looked at each other again, and Nikan said: "Lord Wang, Shanxi is in turmoil, headed by the Jiang family, at present, Jiang Hao is trapped in Datong, and he is acting as a thief outside, but it is this Jiang Jianxun, I heard that this person has both humanities and martial arts, and is a good general, but he has been disabled by the two of us, and he should not be able to make waves, Taiyuan City has many strong soldiers, he should not dare to approach, how can Taiyuan be in a hurry?" ”

Azig threw the letter in his hand, threw it to the two of them, and said coldly: "There is a letter on the letter, your subordinate general Alai is detained, what is going on, you can see for yourself!" ”

Nikan hurriedly caught it, and looked at it at a glance, and Bolo also came over to look at it, and after a while, the two of them changed their faces greatly.

"With the Shaanxi Ming Army involved, it's no wonder!" Nikan said hurriedly: "Shaanxi Meng Qiaofang lost his land and died, and the regent was wary of Wang Huan, the Ming general who occupied Shaanxi. ”

"What's not good?! I think you're incompetent! Azig rudely interrupted his words, and shouted with a cold face: "What does a Ming dog look like, you and I both know it, the soldiers who are inferior to pigs and dogs are also worthy of being called unkind?" This Shaanxi soldier is true, but it is by no means the real reason why the plaintiff is in a hurry, gathered under the city of Taiyuan, most of them are Shanxi anti-thieves, the cannons in their hands, most of them are from the broken copper and iron collected from the nearby state and county capitals, but Zhu Shichang is scared of his soul, Alai is your ministry, but he also followed the coaxing, if it is really as you two said, Taiyuan City is full of chickens and dogs, why to tell the urgency? ”

He slapped the table suddenly, almost slapped the dwarf in two, and shouted violently: "Are you two falsely reporting military merits, obviously Taiyuan thieves and sentient beings, but you two say that they have been wiped out, vainly trying for military exploits?" Get on my knees! ”

Nikan and Bolo suddenly came out in white sweat, hurriedly knelt down, and shouted: "The prince is wronged! The two of us have no such thoughts, this matter is rootless and unfounded, it must be a misunderstanding! ”

The other Manchurian generals and princes sitting next to them either watched silently or treated each other coldly, and some people stood up to speak for the two and persuaded Azig to calm his anger.

Azig snorted, noncommittal, and let the two of them kneel on the ground, ignoring them.

Nikan and Bolo are very bright, knowing that this is Azig deliberately beating themselves, the reason is just because both of them are Nurhachi's grandchildren, but they are very close to the two brothers Dolgon and Duoduo, Taiyuan affairs, as long as the people with long heads can see, it cannot be that the two are greedy for merit, there must be a reason for the Shaanxi Ming Army, and although the Azig people are wild, they are extremely ambitious, although he and Dolgon are brothers, but they have their own thoughts, the Qing Dynasty, he also has the idea of sitting down.

At present, I am taking advantage of the Taiyuan incident to knock and beat the two, but I want the two to understand that although Azig is not qualified to enter the battle for the throne between Hauge and Dolgon, he is also very powerful and can intervene at any time.

"Alright, get up." After waiting for a while, Azig said angrily to the two of them, let the two princes kneel in front of them, and only Azig's reckless man can do it, he wants to intimidate and win over the two, but he doesn't know that humiliating them in front of the public will only make the two of them farther away from him.

Bolo and the two slowly got up unwillingly, and had to thank him respectfully: "Thank you, Lord Wang." ”

"Since the matter of Taiyuan is something that you two have not done well, then it is still up to the two of you to clean it up." Azig said slowly: "The regent is about to come to Shanxi in person, Datong is full of soldiers, you two left, no injuries to your bones, but you have to go back quickly, otherwise when the regent comes, seeing that the two of you are not there, ask the reason, I can't help you!" ”

The two of them gritted their teeth with hatred, but they wanted to pretend to be happy and convinced, and bowed down to receive the order: "Yes!" The two of us will definitely live up to the trust and vow to wipe out the thieves before we come back to restore our lives! ”

Seeing that the two of them were soft, Azig smiled secretly in his heart, but said with a fake warm voice: "The king is a little impatient, and his words are inappropriate, please don't go to your heart, everyone is a brother, the descendants of Emperor Taizu, if there is anything inappropriate, just pour it with this cup of wine." ”

He raised his voice and shouted, "Someone, drink!" Today I will rest for half a day, and tomorrow I will talk about swords and soldiers, and this king will drink and eat meat with all the princes and lords to eliminate the fatigue in his body! ”

The tent suddenly became lively, and when everyone heard that they could eat meat and drink wine, they were overjoyed, and they had been attacking the city in blood for several days, and the evil spirit on their bodies was very heavy, and they really needed a meal of wine and meat.

One day of the banquet, early the next morning, Nikan and Bolo, lit their respective soldiers and horses, a total of 8,000 Eight Banner soldiers, 10,000 Mongolian soldiers, plus more than 20,000 shop soldiers and Han troops, gathered the troops in one place, and marched in the direction of Daizhou.

(End of chapter)