, today's first more delivered! , the soldiers of the Ningzi battalion "boarded the ship from Dongjiabao, quickly went north, and hurried to loosen the fort." Stationed in Liaodong and directly fighting face-to-face with the Tartars, this is an exciting event. Therefore, the soldiers of the Ningzi Battalion were quite excited, and they felt that their blood was boiling. It's a pity that "when they arrived, the battle of Xingshan Fort was over."

Seeing Zhang Zhun and saluting, Ming Jia, the commander of the Ningzi Battalion, asked a little impatiently: "My lord, I heard that you are going to attack Jinzhou?" ”

Zhang Zhun nodded and said gently, "Yes." However, the time is not yet ripe. Your task is to rest well, regain your strength, and wait for orders. I will send you up when the need arises. ”

"Understood!"

Bu Mingjia agreed, nodded excitedly, and turned his head to take the troops to arm.

According to the original deployment plan, the Ningzi battalion will be stationed at Songshan Fort, echoing the Dingzi battalion stationed at Dalinghe Fort. The Qinglong Regiment, which arrived later, was responsible for garrisoning Jinzhou. All the other Tiger Army units that arrived after this were to assemble in Jinzhou and then attack Quang Ninh.

The arrival of the Ningzi camp made Zhang Zhun's hand a lot stronger. He subconsciously turned to look north, which was the direction of Jinzhou. Xingshan Fort was breached, and the family members surnamed Zu were arrested. Zu Dashou: "What do you want to toss?" Now that there are hostages on both sides, what will be the outcome of the negotiations?

"My lord, the Blue Dragon Legion has begun to board the ship."

Wang Shide arrived to report.

"Order the navy to send them to Matsuyama Fort as soon as possible."

Zhang Zhun said quietly.

The situation in Liaodong is very complicated, and there is no strong force around him, "there is no way to speak." Without a strong armed force in hand, "no one listens to what is spoken, and this is a very real problem. Any official rank is fake, only strength is real. Gao Qiqian and Wu Aheng, their official positions are so high, and they were not played to death by Zu Dashou in the end? What does Zu Dashou rely on, not a group of family members and slaves? These so-called servants and servants are his private army" is Zu Dashou's private armed forces.

At the beginning, Li Chengliang had thousands of family members, and the gold department was armed to the teeth. Not only were the enemies of Liaodong jealous of him, but the enemies of the imperial court were also jealous of him" and even Emperor Wanli was a little jealous of him. Thousands of menacing family members, put anywhere, are a huge threat. Emperor Wanli thought about it, and finally let Li Chengliang stay outside the gate honestly. Otherwise, when this guy arrives in the mainland, the thousands of people under his command "don't know what kind of mess to make."

Zu Dashou is not as powerful as Li Chengliang, and there are still 2,000 families. With the addition of other people's families, the total number is more than 5,000. It seems that Zu Dabi and others also have their own families, and the number of them is at least more than 500 people. These 5,000 family members armed to the teeth are the last capital of Zu Dashou.

They only obeyed the orders of their respective heads of households, "and they were completely independent of the armed forces outside the Liaodong military system."

Gao Qiqian and Wu Aheng's personal soldiers are less than 1,000 people, whether it is equipment or I, training, they are not as good as the 5,000 family members of Zu Dashou and others" This is the most fundamental reason why they are afraid of Zu Dashou. Based on these 5,000 Jiading, it is really an indirectly controlled force, and the number is even larger.

Long Feihu, who created a rebellion in Songshan Fort that day and tried to dismount Zhang Zhun, turned out to be Zu Dashou's family member "and later released as an officer." Like Long Feihu, there are many officers from Zu Dashou's family's team. Through such a dispersion, "the Liaodong Army has at least 50,000 people, which is in the hands of the Zu Dashou group.

At present, "Zhang Zhun has only two battalions of troops, about 3,000 people. Compared with the 50,000 people in Zu Dashou's hands, "the number is indeed too small." Obviously, such a force made it impossible for Zhang Zhun to make a decisive voice in Liaodong. If the Blue Dragon Legion arrives, "the situation will be a little better."

The Blue Dragon Legion is the first field corps mixed by the Tiger Army, with a total of ten associations and fifty teams, not counting officers, with a total of 25oo soldiers. If you count the officers, there are about 3,000 people. If you count auxiliary combat units, such as artillery, engineers, etc., the number is close to four thousand. It can be said that this is the most powerful infantry corps of the Tiger Army so far.

Only when this powerful infantry corps was stationed in Liaodong could Zhang Zhun be qualified to become the number one person in Liaodong. His words can have a decisive impact on Liaodong. Otherwise, "he will definitely be ranked after Gao Qiqian, Wu Aheng and Zu Dashou, and become the fourth person."

"Understood!"

Wang Shide turned around and went.

At noon, Zhang Zhun rode his horse to the front line of Jinzhou, and the Liaodong Army outside the city and the rebels in the city were engaged in tense negotiations. Because the rebels detained the families of many Liaodong Army officers, many Liaodong Army officers were very nervous.

If the negotiation is successful, their family will be saved, and if the negotiation breaks down, their family will be killed by Zu Dashou. Between gains and losses, some people even pointed the finger at the Tiger Army, believing that it was the Tiger Army that forced Zu Dashou to surrender, which would cause Zu Dashou to rebel.

"It's a typical!"

Zhang Zhun sneered.

Zhang Zhun didn't like the faces of some people in the Liaodong Army. However, if he doesn't like it, he can't kill them all. Now is not the time to go on a killing spree. The Tiger Army still has to win over a group of people first, and then it can get rid of a group of people. When the time comes, only Zu Dashou and Daji are snickering.

At this time, Zu Dashou's most hope was that the other Liaodong troops would all rise together to fight against the Tiger Ben Army. As long as this goal is achieved, the entire Liaodong Army will become Zhang Zhun's enemy. Even if you can't beat Zhang Zhun in the end, you can create a lot of trouble for Zhang Zhun. At the same time, under the threat of Zhang Zhun, they can surrender to the Tartars more openly and justifiably.

Because he was not very popular, Zhang Zhun was on the front line in Jinzhou and came back after a circle. After coming back, Zhang Zhun moved a bench, sat in front of the map, and concentrated on pondering the map of Liaodong, and didn't care about the outside world for the time being. The power in his hands is not strong enough, and he can't manage it if he wants to. It's better not to talk than to talk.

"My lord, Wu Sangui is here."

In the evening, Zhang Zhun suddenly received a report.

"Please!"

Zhang Zhun said quietly.

Wu Sangui has become the liaison commissioner between Gao Qiqian and Zhang Zhun, if Gao Qiqian has anything to discuss with Zhang Zhun, the first thing that comes to mind is this Shanhaiguan general soldier. Since Wu Sangui has arrived, it means that Gao Qiqian must have something to say that Zhang Zhun has discussed.

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After a while, Wu Sangui came in, solemnly saluted Zhang Zhun and said, "Lord Dudu, the officials are polite." ”

Zhang Zhun said with a smile: "Mr. Wu, looking at your face, it seems that there is something happy?" ”

Wu Sangui nodded and said, "Zu Dashou succumbed. ”

Zhang Zhun said a little surprised: "Oh? So fast? ”

Wu Sangui explained: "He is still a little afraid of death and doesn't want to die in Jinzhou City. He proposed that the two sides exchange hostages, and then he left Jinzhou and fled to Quang Ninh. ”

For his uncle, Wu Sangui's tone is still a bit obscure. No matter who you are, if you have a relative who takes the initiative to surrender to the Tartars in the face of the world's disapproval, your face will not be very glorious. Especially at this time, surrendering the Tartars is not only dishonorable, but also a bit brainless. The Tartar saw that he was about to die, and ran over to take refuge, isn't this looking for his own death?

Zu Dashou's condition was that he release the hostages in the city and let Jinzhou out, but Zhang Zhun had to let him escape to the Tartars. In other words, it changed from the original attempt to surrender the city to a primitive mutiny. In the end, you still have to run to the Tartars.

It is indeed not a wise choice to surrender to the Tartars at this time, I believe that Zu Dashou himself understands it. However, Zu Dashou did such a big thing except to escape to the Tartars, "He really has no other choice."

Zhang Zhun frowned and said, "Zu Dashou is really so stubborn? ”

Wu Sangui said bitterly: "Yes. ”

Zhang Zhun thought for a while and said slowly: "How many people are willing to surrender with Zu Dashou?" ”

Wu Sangui said: "There are less than 5,000 people, all of them are his family servants and the like. ”

Zhang Zhun pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Okay, I agree." ”

Zu Dashou detained many family members of the Liaodong Army, made many Liaodong troops uneasy, and made a considerable number of Liaodong troops hostile to the Tiger Ben Army.

The relationship between the Tiger Army and the Liaodong Army, if it is because of the opposition of the imperial court, the relationship between the two sides can be transformed, but if because of the relationship between the Tiger Army, many families of the Liaodong Army died in the hands of Zu Dashou, it is a personal grudge. This personal grudge is, in general, difficult to transform. Zhang Zhun didn't want to have a personal grudge with the Liaodong Army.

Perhaps, "this is Zu Dashou's conspiracy." If Zhang Zhun refuses Zu Dashou to surrender and refuses Zu Dashou to release the hostages, Zu Dashou will definitely add fuel and vinegar, talk about the Tiger Army's fault, and provoke the relationship between the Tiger Army and the Liaodong Army. Once the relationship between the Liaodong Army and the Tiger Ben Army deteriorates in an all-round way, Zu Dashou and them "can fish in troubled waters."

Zu Dashou still knows how to judge fighters, and he knows that once the time drags on for a long time, the large army of the Tiger Ben Army will arrive. At present, the number of the Huben army is small, and the number of "Liaodong Army is large" is still counted by Gao Qiqian and Wu Aheng. However, once the thousands of Tiger Ben troops arrived, the real person who spoke was Zhang Zhun. If he doesn't run away at this time, he won't be able to leave if he wants to wait for the Tiger Benjun to come.

If you think about it carefully, you can still show that Gao Qiqian and Wu Aheng, in this matter, also quietly yin the Tiger Benjun. They let Zu Dashou go, which is equivalent to enhancing the power of the Tartars. The strength of the Tartars increased, and after the Tiger Ben army took over Liaodong, it would take more effort to pacify Liaodong.

In other words, Liaodong will contain more troops of the Tiger Army, and consume more of the population, money and food of the Tiger Army. In this way, after the Liaodong Army retreated to the interior, the pressure from the Tiger Army would be reduced, so that it would be easier for them to act in the future.

I have to say that "the two of them are still a little smart, this way to kill two birds with one stone" they can also come up with. However, their cleverness ends there. If they were very smart, they would not have given Zu Dashou a chance to rebel at all.

After a moment of silence, Wu Sangui said cautiously: "Zu Dashou also specially proposed to retreat north through Liushui Fort. ”

Zhang Zhuntu, now the flowing water banquet is directly north of Jinzhou, and he goes north through the flowing water fort, which is Yizhou controlled by the Tatars. Yizhou was also a strategic fortress, connecting Liaodong with the southern part of the Mongolian Horqin tribe. Once Uiju was occupied by the Tiger Ben Army, the connection between the Tatars and the southern part of the tribe would be limited to a certain extent. As soon as the Huben army occupied Quang Ninh, the relationship between the Tatars and the southern part of the Mongol Horqin tribe "was completely severed."

Zu Dashou chose such an escape route, "obviously because he was worried about being attacked by the Great Ling Fort Tiger Benping." In fact, the Tiger Ben army stationed at Dalinghe Fort had only one battalion that was not fully staffed, "and it was not capable of attacking Zu Dashou." Zu Dashou is obviously a frightened bird, and he thinks too much.

Zhang Zhun pondered for a moment and said slowly: "I have no opinion." ”

Wu Sangui breathed a sigh of relief and said lightly: "Then there is no problem." ”

What he was most worried about was that Zhang Zhun refused Zu Dashou to flee back, and then refused Zu Dashou to retreat north from Liushui Fort. If Zhang Zhun does this, "many people in the Liaodong Army will become Zhang Zhun's mortal enemies." Their whole family was killed by Zu Dashou because of Zhang Zhun, and of course they wanted to be angry with Zhang Zhun.

Fortunately, Zhang Zhun's judgment is still very accurate, and he will not be easily deceived by Zu Dashou. When it's time to let go," Zhang Zhun decisively let go. Since Zhang Zhun can defeat Huang Taiji, Dolgon, and Zu Dashou, he can't get into Zhang Zhun's eyes. There is no difference between "cleaning him up now" and cleaning him up later.

"Huh? Why do I have such thoughts? ”

Wu Sangui suddenly felt very strange, why did he hope so much that Zhang Zhun would not be tricked? Zhang Zhun is in the plan, or not, it seems that it has nothing to do with him Wu Sangui? Zhang Zhun Zhongji: "The Liaodong Army and the Huben Army fought to the death, and he, Wu Sangui, could also stay out of the matter." If Zhang Zhun doesn't fall for it, he Wu Sangui doesn't seem to get any benefits.

Could it be that in his subconscious, he actually has an inexplicable good impression of Zhang Zhun or Zhang Zhun's Tiger Army? If you don't have a good feeling, how can you care about Zhang Zhun's decision? No matter what decision he makes, "I don't have a dime to do with myself, huh?" It's really weird.

Zhang Zhun obviously didn't know the confusion in Wu Sangui's heart, he was silent for a moment, frowned and said, "Zu Dashou escaped, did he bring any supplies?" ”

Wu Sangui said: "There are only some personal private property, all of which are gold and silver goods. No matter how much he gives him, he won't be able to take it away!" ”

Zhang Zhun nodded thoughtfully.

Zu Dashou fled back to the Tartars, as long as he didn't carry people and materials, Zhang Zhun was not very worried.

An ancestor will never be able to change the current predicament of the Dajin Kingdom, let alone save the fate of the Dajin Kingdom's demise. On the contrary, Zu Dashou's traitor charge has been completely confirmed, and he can be better dealt with in the future.

In fact, it can be inferred from the surrender of Zu Dashou that only 5,000 people followed. When Zu Dashou rebelled, it was said that there were more than 30,000 troops in Jinzhou City, but only 5,000 people were willing to follow Zu Dashou to join the Tartars. These 5,000 people should all be the family members of Zu Dashou and his backbone cronies. Obviously, the other Liaodong armies had some hesitations, or rather, were unwilling to surrender to the Tartars.

If in the past, when the Dajin Kingdom was flying and arrogant, when the emperor was swallowing ** and sweeping the party, Zu Dashou didn't say that it was possible to lead 5,000 people to surrender and lead 50,000 people to surrender. Even, it is very likely that even Jinzhou and Xingshan Fort will fall into the hands of the Tartars. But now, it's a no-brainer.

With Zhang Zhun's consent, Zu Dashou led the army to leave Jinzhou overnight that night. It is true that there were only 5,000 families who followed him away, and there were also their families. After leaving Jinzhou, Zu Dashou Xun went north, passed through Liushui Fort, and fled in the direction of Yizhou.

Subsequently, "Cao Wenzhao, Cao Bianjiao, Tang Tong and others led the army into Jinzhou, and Gao Qiqian and Wu Aheng also entered Jinzhou. The families of the detained military personnel hugged their loved ones and cried. Zu Dashou's rebellion" came to an end for the time being. But "this matter for Liaodong" is only the beginning.

There is no doubt that this matter is a bit uncomfortable for Zhang Zhun. Seeing Zu Dashou rebel, and finally succeeded in taking refuge in the Tartars, in this process, the Tiger Ben Army has never had the strength to stop it" I have to say, this is a very depressing thing.

If the Tiger Ben Army has enough strength, it will definitely take down Zu Dashou and then publicly behead the public. This is the fate of traitors! However, the "strength of the Tiger Ben Army in Liaodong" is indeed not strong enough, "he can only be depressed for the time being." Perhaps, when the Blue Dragon Legion arrives, "the depressed days will be over."

"Lord Governor, Lord Supervisor and Master Governor please move to Jinzhou, and they will hold a banquet in Jinzhou to welcome your arrival. Zu Dashou left, and our army will officially withdraw to the mainland. ”

The next morning, as the liaison commissioner, Wu Sangui appeared in front of Zhang Zhun again and invited Zhang Zhun to Jinzhou for a banquet. Originally, the banquet was supposed to be held a few days ago, but because of Zu Dashou's rebellion, it had to be postponed for a few days.

"Good!"

Zhang Zhun nodded.

Not long after Wu Sangui left, the Blue Dragon Legion led by Yang Zhiyuan just arrived. Their arrival swept away Zhang Zhun's depressed mood. If the Blue Dragon Legion had come one day earlier, Zu Dashou would not have been able to escape. It's a pity that there are no ifs in the world.

"Let's go to Jinzhou!"

Zhang Zhun said without hesitation.