Abatai thought for a while, and finally shook his head, as Babutai said, the ancient general's strategy to motivate soldiers to fight is nothing more than two: the first is to distribute the spoils of war; The second is to defend oneself against foreign enemies. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Liu Cheng has broken the myth that the Eight Banners Army is "invincible" in the Battle of the Baiger River, and the battle may not be won, and the spoils of war are naturally Hughti; And if the two yellow flags are the pioneers, the nature of the war will change from resisting the invasion of foreign enemies to a civil war of the Aixin Jueluo family, and the soldiers' will to fight is naturally different.

"Lao Jiu, then how do you say you should reply to Zilharang's letter?"

"Drag it down and wait and see!" Babutai sneered: "Isn't it all snowing now? This snow road is closed, everyone is hiding in the tunzi cat winter, the battle must be unable to fight, everything has to wait until the spring of the next year to do. If you say in the letter that your moral ability is shallow and not enough to convince the public, please choose another capable person. He resigned from the position of Heshuo Baylor first. If they want you to go back to Shengjing, you will say that the first Khan asked you to crusade against the barbarians of the East China Sea before leaving, and if you don't ask for peace and begging for a day, you will have no face to return to Shengjing for a day. Take advantage of this time to get a good grasp of the soldiers of the Blue Banner, Dolgon and Zilharang will definitely spend a lot of brains on this Heshuo Belle position that you have given up, and there will definitely be no time to deal with you in a short time, anyway, when the heavy snow falls, there is no need to be afraid of them, there will always be news from the side of Suppilon in winter! ”

Abatai thought about Babutai's suggestion several times from beginning to end, and felt that there was really no problem, so he nodded and smiled: "Lao Jiu, I didn't see it!" You have been out of a little Zhuge for a few moments, why didn't you help me in the first place? ”

"At the beginning?" Babutai smiled: "Seventh brother, although we are also surnamed Aixin Jueluo, we are different from the second, fifth, eighth, fourteenth, and fifteenth children, you and I are just concubines, and there are some things that we don't share." rashly participated in it, and could only be used as a gun for others, the benefits were someone else's, but the trouble fell on oneself, and maybe when it was inexplicable, it would be eaten and hung up. It's better to stay out of the matter like Brother Qi, but end up happy. ”

"Then why is it okay now?"

"Because the times are no longer the same, the second brother is old, and the fifth brother and starling brother are dead!" Speaking of this, Babutai smiled: "The protagonists are all gone, so we can also take the stage as supporting characters!" ”

Shengjing.

"Is virtue shallow? Unworthy of the position of Shobele? Please choose another meritocracy? Zilharang flipped through the letterhead twice, frowned, and asked the messenger who was kneeling down, "Does Rao Yu Belle (Abatai's title) say anything else?" ”

"Tell my lord, Rao Yu Belle didn't say anything, just asked the servants to tell you that there was a cold some time ago, and it is not all right, and the stockade on the other side of Ningguta has been seriously damaged by the barbarians, and it must be repaired before the beginning of spring, and he will stay in Ningguta, please forgive me!"

"Well, you go down!" Jierharang handed the letter to Dai Shan on the side, and said with a wry smile: "The seventh brother is still the same, according to his own temperament, the second brother and the fourteenth brother, you see how to deal with it!" ”

Dai Shan flipped through the letter, handed it to Dolgon next to him, and said in an uncertain tone: "Why don't I write another letter to Lao Qi?" Rush him? ”

"No need!" Dolgon quickly read the letter, threw it aside, and said in a very positive tone: "Lao Qi, he has even postponed the matter of governing the same dynasty with us, and he will definitely not return to Shengjing." What kind of wind and cold, the serious damage to the village is an excuse, he has a different heart! ”

"Alien hearts? Not really! Dai Shan picked up the letter paper on the ground: "In my opinion, Lao Qi is a little scared, so many things happened at once, and he was suddenly mentioned to a position comparable to us, so he naturally felt a little weak." I'll write him another letter to persuade him to come back! ”

"Second brother, things are not so simple!" Dolgon sneered, "What is there to be afraid of Abatai? Who complained about being behind the brothers? Now the three of us have written to him jointly and asked him to be Heshubel, isn't that ungenerous? But he didn't come, isn't there a ghost in his heart? ”

"Old Seven!" Zilharang's voice was very cold: "It was the beginning, and now it is now, no one did the following things at the beginning!" ”

"You-!" Dolgon's face suddenly changed: "Zilharang, we have agreed in advance that no one is allowed to mention that matter again!" ”

"Not bad!" Zilharang nodded slowly: "Old Fourteen, but don't forget the premise that I agreed to this matter, that is, all brothers must unite and deal with foreign enemies together, you are going to Lao Qi with this, of course I don't agree!" ”

The tendon on Dorgon's neck jumped twice, but he kept his anger down. The meaning of Zilharang's words is very clear: he had reached a compromise with himself earlier not to approve of his act of killing Huang Taiji, but on the contrary, except that the situation did not allow the Houjin high-level to kill each other. Therefore, if Dorgon wanted to attack Abatai, the premise for this compromise to be true would no longer exist.

"Then what if Abatai still refuses to return to Shengjing after receiving the letter from his second brother?"

"Then continue to think of a way, anyway, I won't allow another sword war between our brothers!" Zilharang's voice was not loud, but his tone was extremely firm. Dolgon's gaze turned to Daizen in disappointment, and he was greeted by a cold face. Disappointmentd, he stood up and shouted, "You are wasting your time, it is already snowing, and it won't be long before knee-deep snow will pile up on the ground, and by that time we will have nothing to do with Abatai." ”

"Why do you want to take Abatai with a way?" Zilharang sneered: "He is our brother, if the Jurchens can't even trust their brothers, then there is no need for others to beat us, and we will be finished ourselves!" ”

"You—" Dolgon finally held back his emotions and cried out loudly, "Zilharang, we, no, Dajin will be destroyed at your hands sooner or later!" With that, he slammed open the door and rushed out.

"Fourteenth brother, what's wrong?" Azig, who had been waiting outside the door, saw Dolgon rushing out and hurriedly greeted him: "Is something wrong?" ”

It took a while for Dolgon, who was trembling with anger, to regain control of his emotions, he grabbed Azig and said in a low voice: "You pick fifty good skills, bold ones, ready guys, secretly spy on Lao Qi's mansion!" ”

"Seventh? Why are you spying on his mansion? "Azig's orders to Dorgon were confusing.

"He has a different heart!" Dolgon lowered his voice and said, "Zilharang and I wrote to him to go back to Shengjing to govern the same dynasty, and by the way, take back the Zhenglan Banner. But he wrote back and said, 'I am shallow in virtue and ability, and I am not worthy of the position of Shobele, please choose another meritorious.' He also said that he was infected with wind and cold and refused to return to Shengjing. This is clearly grasping the power of the army and having the heart of self-reliance! ”

"Then, why don't you send troops to conscript?"

"Zilharang and Daishan refuse to tear their faces with that guy!" Dolgon scolded hatefully: "It is estimated that these two guys are trying to entrap Abatai to deal with us, hum! Don't you love your wife the most? I'll just grab them in my hands and see what else you can do!" ”

The sky was dark, the north wind swept through the pine forest, making a rattling sound, and the characteristic aroma of pine resin mixed with a biting chill wafted through the air. The heavy snow had stopped for days, but the sun did not appear, and only the occasional sunlight falling through the gaps in the clouds could prove that it was a white day. The cold north wind blew stronger and stronger, and the snow on the road was blown away, revealing the gray-black ice below. The knights pulled into their cloaks, crouched on their horses, minimized the area of the wind, and ran through the narrow forest roads towards the distant river valley.

Gui tried to open his eyes, but the oncoming wind mixed with the rolled snow particles forced him to squint again. Except for the sound of the wind, there was a dead silence all around, and he could clearly hear the sound of horses' hooves, weapons, and horses' pedals. Behind him were a hundred elite knights, fifty Mongols, fifty Jurchens—they had been chosen from the captives with yellow flags. And there was only one person in front of him, and that was Suppilon, the man who urged them like a madman to brave the snow and rush to Ningguta overnight. Prior to this, according to the plan, Gui and Kupilon led 2,000 cavalry to the Nenjiang Valley, where the Chechen Khan Shuoli had just completely defeated the Korqin people and set up his tent on the fertile meadows on the banks of the Nenjiang River. This ally of Liu Cheng warmly entertained this uninvited guest, and after reading the letter written by Liu Cheng to him, he immediately generously expressed his full support. Ah Gui handed over his army to the lieutenant general Babu (Shuolei's eldest son), and then he crossed the Khing'an Mountains with Kupilon and headed for Ningguta.

The horse's hooves kicked the gravel, the stones rolled down the slope and fell into the deep stream, and the sound woke Ah Gui from his memories, Rao is his veteran for more than ten years, and he felt a little unbearable to be so hard, but he couldn't help but admire the straight spine of the front of him (the person leading the way in front couldn't lie on horseback, it would only bring the team to the ditch), this Dongyu couldn't beat me or not, he must be able to survive.

"Curb Billon, Curb Billon!" Ah Gui kicked the horse's stomach twice, caught up with Curb Pilon, and said loudly: "Find a sheltered place to rest and eat something hot, if you go on like this, even if people can stand it, the horse can't stand it!" ”

Curb Pilon turned around, and Ah Gui saw an expressionless face, which he had been like this since the two of them came together: "Take advantage of the fact that it is not snowing, and then drive a little longer, otherwise the snow will fall and you will not be able to walk even if you want to!" ”

"Why are you in such a hurry?" Ah Gui asked, "Didn't you say that Huang Taiji had already sent Babutai to Ningguta?" He and Abatai are brothers of the same mother, so there should be no problem, right? ”

"Anything can happen on the road!" Kupilon's voice was almost flat, but Ah Gui still smelled a hint of anxiety: "And people change!" ”

"People change? What do you mean? ”

"No one is going to bet on the losing side, Ningguta only has a positive blue flag, if we don't arrive soon, even Babutai will change!"

"Well, you don't have to work so hard! After all, the success or failure of this matter depends more on luck, maybe Abatai has changed his mind now-" Just as Ah Gui said this, Curb Pilon suddenly turned his head, and the cold light in his eyes made Ah Gui subconsciously shut his mouth.

"I don't know if anyone else will change their minds, but my heart won't change at Suppilon, and Dorgon must die!"

"Yes, Dorgon must die!" Ah Gui lowered his head, avoiding the gaze of Suppilon, and at this time he knew in his heart that the man in front of him was completely controlled by the desire for revenge, and nothing could move him except the blood of the enemy.

Thanks to the almost frantic persistence of the group, the group finally crossed the Xing'an Mountains and entered the Songnen Plain before the next heavy snowfall. Through the large snowflakes falling behind him, Ah Gui couldn't help but secretly rejoice that Xing'anling originally meant "white mountain" in Jurchen language, and was usually extended to mean extremely cold place. The lowest temperature in winter can reach minus 50 degrees Celsius, and if they don't cross the pass before the snow closes the mountain, their only option is to retreat or freeze to death in the mountain. Even so, Ah Gui and his party lost nearly a hundred reserve horses and pack horses, but fortunately, they were fine.

"Four more days along this river will be Ningguta!" Kupilon pointed to the river not far away: "There were still a lot of swamps here, but fortunately it was winter, and many places were already frozen, otherwise it would be even more troublesome!" ”

"Well, now it's up to our luck!" Ah Gui looked at the endless plain in front of him and sighed in a low voice.

Ningguta.

There were four braziers in the corners of the house, and the burning charcoal emitted a faint red light, making the temperature inside the house extremely hot. The two brothers, Abatai and Babutai, wore only a single shirt, and sat cross-legged on the kang opposite each other, drinking wine, under which two maidservants were roasting two pheasants by the brazier, and the house was filled with the smell of smoke and grease.

Abatai shoved a chicken wing into his mouth, chewed it twice with his powerful jaw, and swallowed it whole, spitting out only a few pieces of bone, and while he washed the chicken down with mead, he asked Babutai: "Ninth brother, look at this letter, at the end of the letter, Dolgon said that our wife is well, don't read it, what does this mean?" I don't think you want to use this to get us! ”

"That's right!" Babutai stuck his grease-stained index finger into his mouth and sucked it, and replied in a muffled voice: "That's what he meant!" ”

"This bitch!" Abatai scolded angrily: "This kind of thing has been done? So what should I do? ”