Chapter 67: Relationships (Part II)

"No." Chen Ji didn't think about it, and immediately objected loudly, "What is said in the play, how can you believe it, besides, that Xue Xue looks like an incompetent person, and expecting him to deal with Totokh is tantamount to driving pigs and fighting tigers." ”

"It's his incompetence that I like." Zhu Chongjiu's face was slightly red, and he explained with a smile, "Before going north this time, Zhang Senjun and Feng Senjun had analyzed with me, in case the southern expedition was frustrated, the situation that Totoku was about to face would be very embarrassing, and earlier, Lu Changshi also said that there were two major factions within the Mengyuan court, and Totoku was one of them, and Xuexue, Hama, Yuekuo Chaer and others belonged to the other faction. ”

Chen Ji guessed very accurately, deep down in his heart just now, he was indeed influenced by the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", that is, the now widely circulated "Three Kingdoms Zhiping Words", trying to play a discord between Tokhtar and the Mengyuan court, but this idea was not based on wishful thinking, but according to the reality of the Mengyuan court, and many corresponding preparations were made a long time ago.

"In this way, it is reckless to Weichen." Hearing what Zhu Chongjiu said in a similar way, Chen Ji hesitated for a moment and apologized in a low voice, "However, the lord has to meet with him, in case this person has any bad intentions." ”

"In order to survive, he even deceived their Mongolian emperor, how could he be willing to fight with Zhu to burn jade." Zhu Chongjiu smiled and shook his head disdainfully, "Even if he really wants to work hard, it's not a big deal, with Hong San and Hei Ding here, it's not easy for idle people to get close to Zhu." ”

"This" Chen Ji hesitated again and again, nodding helplessly, judging from Xue Xue's current appearance, this person is extremely desperate for his life, and he should be reluctant to do the act of specialization and Jing Ke, and it is even more certain that in the case that both sides do not carry long weapons and firearms, the chief manager has a pig-killing knife in his hand, and ten Xue Xue is also delivering food.

"Okay, don't mother-in-law, go and prepare, if he wants to come, he will talk about it." Zhu Chongjiu waved his arm and urged with a smile, "Whether it succeeds or not, at least we can create some trouble for him before we get rid of it, and it's better than blindly fighting passively." ”

"If the minister is Xuexue, he will definitely come." Chen Ji saluted, responded casually, and then trotted out, mobilized the enemy intelligence department that had just been established for a short time, and began to operate at full strength.

This department was originally set up by Zhu Chongjiu with reference to the CIA of a single power in another time and space, but after the formal shelf, it is now somewhat similar to the Jinyi Guard of the Ming Dynasty, which is led by a well-thought-out minister with close associates, and recruits healthy and clever heroes from the bottom to be responsible for collecting military intelligence and plotting against enemy generals, and occasionally to do some dirty work that is not visible, such as creating chaos behind enemy lines and spreading rumors, (Note 1)

Although it was still in the initial stage, the Military Intelligence Department was also a "semi-professional" espionage system, and its efficiency was far from that of the Imperial City Division of this era, and the machine department was comparable

"This Zhu, what the hell does the Zhu butcher want to do?" Da Yuan knew about the Privy Council, and after the forbidden army Daru Hua Chixuexue received the invitation, she was startled at first, and then fell back into her chair and muttered silently at the desperate letter that could not be sent.

If the desperate book could not reach Dadu before the news of the defeat, his lies would lose their support, and the crime of losing the city and humiliating the country could not be cleaned, and the heavy task secretly given to him by Tuhuan Timur completely lost the possibility of execution.

As the nurse brother of Tuhuan Timur, Xue Xue knows very well the temperament of this great emperor in her heart, resourceful, suspicious, and undecisive, and has no responsibility, once he betrays his trust, I am afraid that he will soon have to make another arrangement, in that case, I am afraid that he will be an abandoned child, and may even be thrown out directly, as a scapegoat to appease and ease the relationship between the monarch and the minister.

The ants still spare their lives, Xue Xue is of course unwilling to be tied up, but at this moment, he does not have any capital to struggle to survive, more than 5,000 remnants of the army are defeated, it is impossible to retake Jinan, counting on getting rid of some credit to himself, or borrowing tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to help in the war, it is tantamount to a fool's dream, and the 5,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, there is no food and grass supply at all, and then chase rabbits in the deep mountains and old forests for a few days, I am afraid that no one is needed to fight, and he will escape cleanly.

"My lord, that Zhu, Zhu butcher, will you want to ask for Zhao'an?" Privy Council Senator Liu Wencai was more flexible, and according to his own thoughts, he speculated in a low voice, "If he had bad intentions, he would not have taken the initiative to return this letter." ”

"Quite possibly." It was as if a flash of lightning suddenly appeared in the dark night, and all the Menghan generals present had a bright light reflected in their eyes, "He, he sent back all the soldiers who sent the letter." ”

"He, he gave medicine to the wounded brothers, and he also returned horses and weapons."

"As the saying goes, murder and arson are recruited, when Fang Guzi caught Duo'er and only took a class, didn't he also serve like a Buddha."

"Ah, he must have the idea of recruiting An, how can it be a long time to dry a red scarf, and his current strength is ten times that of Fang Guzi back then, Fang Guzi will be sealed as a captain if he wins a battle, and if he rebels again, he will be sealed in the middle of the reign, the third time he rebelled and sealed ten thousand households, and the fourth time he closed the province to participate in politics."

The more he said, the brighter the eyes of the crowd, almost saw through Zhu Butcher's shameless intentions, Fang Guozhen repeatedly rebelled, every time he defeated the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, he was promoted once, Zhu Butcher and Fang Guozhen were also from low backgrounds, and they would definitely not be a long-term vision, if the imperial court was willing to give him enough benefits, the Huaiyang Rebellion would be peaceful without a fight!

Of course, the price will definitely not be too small, with Fang Guozhen's shipping of 10,000 households, Zhejiang Province's participation in politics as the benchmark, Zhu Butcher is afraid that he will have to seal the Pingzhang of Henan Jiangbei Province, and have the corresponding title and fief to be satisfied, but what does this have to do with Xue Xue, the official title and reward, and he does not have to pay out of his pocket, on the contrary, if he vigorously contributes to the matter of Zhao'an, his responsibility for losing Jinan can be completely ignored, and with Zhu Butcher and his tiger and wolf division as external help, he and Hama have two positions in the court, It will be as safe as a rock.

Thinking of this, Xue Xue's face was red with excitement, her forehead was sweating, she stretched out her hand and patted it on the low table next to her, and made a loud decision, "What about the people of Zhu Butcher, hurry up, reply to him quickly, the official promised to meet with Zhu and General Zhu, the location, the location is located in Qinglong Mountain, ten miles outside the city, if, if he thinks it is inappropriate, also, you can discuss it again." (Note 3)

"No, what the adults say is where it is, how can you let a butcher get an inch."

"It's okay to discuss, the adults treat him with sincerity, and he should also repay him with sincerity."

"In case the Nazhu butcher arranges an ambush in advance"

"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you will get the tiger, and besides, the Zhu butcher really wants to fight, I will wait in Lashan, and I can't hide it."

At the time of the arrival, the civil and military forces under the command of Xue Xue were divided into several factions, some of whom wanted to sacrifice their lives to defend the face of the imperial court, some who thought that only the corporal of the broken section could show sincerity, some of whom were indispensable for building a person to defend against people, and those who were afraid of long nights and dreams.

But no matter how noisy, no one will question the general direction of recruiting Zhu butchers for the imperial court, so after several deliberations, Xue Xue finally made a decision to entrust Zhu Butcher's subordinates to give Zhu Butcher an order, tomorrow at noon, the two sides will meet at the Hegui Pavilion on the top of Qinglong Mountain, each is allowed to bring five hundred guards, no one is allowed to bring firearms and crossbows, two hours before the meeting, each sent a powerful subordinate to search the mountain, and then all the soldiers and horses on both sides are stationed at the foot of the mountain, and the commanders of both sides only bring ten personal soldiers in the pavilion. Except for swords and swords, it is strictly forbidden to use any weapons on the mountain.

The purpose of Zhu Chongjiu's proposed meeting was to divide Meng Yuanjun and his ministers, of course, he would not make a fuss on the surface like Xue Xue and others, and after receiving the news that the dead soldiers of the Enemy Intelligence Division had brought back, he immediately laughed and agreed.

So, the two sides sent messengers, you and I formally negotiated a few times, and the next morning, they each brought the agreed men and horses, and rushed to Qinglong Mountain outside the city of Jinan.

Zhu Chongjiu wanted to see the autumn colors in the mountains, so he boarded the Hegui Pavilion half an hour in advance, and Xue Xue dragged on for more than half an hour before he had a full shelf, and eight burly Kunlun slaves carried it up the hillside with a sliding pole.

In this way, the available manpower around him was nearly one more than the agreed number, which made Xu Hongsan, Ding Dexing and others involuntarily frown, and Dayuan knew the Privy Council, but the forbidden army Wanhu Xuexue took the lead, laughed and explained: "This official was injured on a horse yesterday and couldn't walk, so he found a few servants to carry him up the mountain, Manager Zhu, you see that they are all tall and big, but they are all boneless goods, no matter how you beat them, they don't dare to fight back, let alone use swords and swords, What misdeeds have you done, Manager Zhu, you have high skills, back then, a short blade was seven in and seven out on the north bank of the Yellow River, you won't even have this little cheapness to worry about this official. ”

Note 1: The Jin Yiwei of the Ming Dynasty, because it can only be chaotic, has been criticized by the literati, but at the beginning of the establishment of this department, it made a lot of contributions to the Ming army's Shun lì Northern Expedition, and in the war against Japan during the Wanli period, the Jin Yiwei also collected a large number of Japanese intelligence, and the official documents of the Ryukyus, even mentioned that the commander of the Jin Yiwei made Shi Shiyong, lurking in Japan to spy on the military and returning to China, which was blocked by the storm, and then sent a ship by the Ryukyu State to send back the Ming Dynasty.

Note 2: The Imperial City Department and the Machine Department are all ancient spy agencies, but their professionalism is very poor, and the collection and sorting of intelligence is not systematic.

Note 3: Qinglong Mountain is now located in the urban area of Jinan, but in the Yuan and Ming dynasties, the urban area of Jinan was much smaller than the current one, with a circumference of only 6.4 kilometers, and was generally surrounded by the ruins of today's moat.

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