readx; Mao Wenlong asked Wang Chenggong for a letter written by the Manchu Qing Dynasty to the king of Korea, but Wang Chenggong said in embarrassment: "When leaving, the master told him that this letter could only be handed over to the king of Korea by the slave himself, and not by anyone else, otherwise the slave's family would have to die." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Therefore, even if the slave is dead, he must keep this letter, and I hope that the Lord will forgive me..."

"You're right, such an important letter, of course, should be kept properly." Mao Wenlong smiled, "Then let's go out and talk." ”

Wang Chenggong believed it, and just turned around to open the door for Mao Wenlong, but Mao Wenlong took out a sharp dagger from his arms and inserted it fiercely from the back of his heart. Wang Chenggong hissed and fell to the ground, watching Mao Wenlong take the letter from his arms, and sneered in Chinese: "You are all dead, still a fart?" ”

At this time, Wang Chenggong's subordinates outside heard the movement and knew that something was wrong, but they had already been surrounded by more than 400 cavalry regiments, Mao Wenlong strode out of the house and shouted: "Kill all these dogs and traitors!" ”

In an instant, there were many screams, and more than 20 traitors were chopped into meat sauce with knives after a while, and all their heads were cut off. The surrounding Koreans did not understand why the two teams of Manchu cavalry would kill each other, but such a bloody scene still frightened them into crying and begging for mercy.

Mao Wenlong also ordered his subordinates to be closely guarded around the village, and only then did he explain to Shi Chunhu the identities of Wang Chenggong and the others, as well as the purpose of their trip. Shi Chunhu was shocked when he heard this: "Phi Dao guards the mouth of the Yalu River, and can threaten the hinterland of the Tartars when it enters, and it can be used as a barrier in coastal areas such as Dengzhou, and its location is extremely important. If the Tatars really united with Korea to capture Phi Dao, and the imperial court wanted to take it back, I am afraid it would be impossible. General, this place is already very close to Phi Island, should we go to the island immediately and let the defenders prepare early? ”

"Naturally, you have to go to the island." Mao Wenlong twisted his beard and muttered, "It's just that Phi Island is too close to Iron Mountain, only a few miles apart. If the Tartars attack from the North Korean side, even if the sea ice is not frozen and they cannot directly wade on the ice, as long as the North Korean sailors come to the aid of the Tartars, or even as long as some fishing boats are dispatched, Phi Dao will be in trouble. Originally, there were still a lot of warships on Phi Island, but after the victory in Jinzhou, most of them were damaged by a storm, and later Shang Kexi, Geng Zhongming, and Kong Youde took a few rabbit cubs away, how many warships can be used under Huanglong? Moreover, according to Wang Chenggong, there are still some generals on Phi Dao who plan to launch a mutiny. We don't know how many of these people there are, and if we rush to the island, we will force these people to launch immediately, and it will be very dangerous..."

"What then?" Shi Chunhu was young after all, and he had no experience in dealing with such a tricky situation, and a cold sweat broke out.

"My brother has a plan," Mao Wenlong said slowly, "but the risk is very high..."

"Please make it clear, Shogun!"

"Aren't they going to send a letter to the king of Joseon?" Mao Wenlong handed the letter to Shi Chunhu and said, "You can take a look first." ”

Shi Chunhu hurriedly took the letter, but found that the letters were all written in Chinese. It turned out that although the Manchus had a language in the past, they did not have a written language, and although Nurhachi ordered people to create the Manchu language, it had not yet been popularized. On the contrary, the Chinese language is widely used, especially the Manchu nobles, basically everyone understands the Chinese language, otherwise they would not be able to read books such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

The situation in North Korea is similar to that of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, because it was deeply influenced by Chinese civilization, and for a long period of time, it only had a language, no writing, and official Chinese characters. Although Hangul was created during the reign of King Sejong, it was used in a very narrow way, and it was still mainly used in Chinese characters. Therefore, the "national letter" between the Manchu Qing Dynasty and Korea had to be written in Chinese.

This letter was written by the Manchu Qing Dynasty's White Banner Lord, Prince Zheng Zilharang, to the Joseon King Yi Liang. It stands to reason that this letter should have been written by Huang Taiji. But since the surrender of Korea, Huang Taiji has been very contemptuous of Korea on the one hand, believing that the king of Korea is not worthy of letting him write letters himself. He asked the owner of one of the eight banners to write this letter, so that the DPRK knew that he was just a "slave of a slave" and would be more submissive.

On the other hand, it was Amin who sent troops to Korea, but now that Amin has fallen and been imprisoned, Zilharang, who is Amin's younger brother, has always been on the side of Huang Taiji, and Huang Taiji is very satisfied with his loyalty. At the same time, Huang Taiji also needed a powerful figure like Zilharang to balance the rising three brothers Azig, Dolgon, and Duoduo, so he put Zilharang in charge of Korean affairs, and all tributes from North Korea were handled by Zilharang's Zhengbai Banner. The oil and water in it naturally went to Zilharang, even if it was a reward for his loyalty.

The content of this letter is also very simple, Zilharang first taught Li Liang a lesson as the master, saying that since the DPRK submitted the form to surrender, the tribute was not timely enough, and the quantity was not enough, "Banzai" was very dissatisfied with this, and almost wanted to re-levy, but "the sacred heart is forgiving, and does not want to kill too much", so he has not moved troops so far.

Now "Long live" gave Li Liang a chance, asking him to immediately mobilize all the Korean sailors after seeing the letter and cooperate with the Eight Banners Army to attack Phi Dao. If Phi Dao is captured, "Banzai" will not only be not responsible for the past, but will also return Phi Dao and other islands to North Korea. If they still do not cooperate, then "Long live" will first destroy North Korea, and then attack Phi Dao, and let Li Liang watch it.

"With Li Liangzhi's weakness, it is likely that he will be forced to agree to the Tatars' demands." Shi Chunhu read the letter and said worriedly, "I don't know what the general's plan is?" Is it to drop the letter? ”

"No, we'll send him the letter." Mao Wenlong smiled cunningly, "As long as Li Liang agrees to send troops, our people will follow the ship, waiting for the opportunity to suddenly launch a seizure of the ship." In this way, we have completely solved the North Korean sailors, and Phi Dao has no worries! ”

Shi Chunhu was taken aback when he heard this, and the Secret Emperor only let Mao Wenlong sneak attack the Manchu Dynasty, but Mao Wenlong not only washed several Mongolian tribes with a little blood, but now he has the idea of a Korean sailor, which is really bold. But Zhu Youzhen said first, unless Mao Wenlong wanted to rebel, he would completely obey him militarily. And this is indeed a clever plan, anyway, North Korea has already betrayed it, and it should have been crusaded. Therefore, he nodded and said, "Your Excellency, this plan is very good! ”

"Wonderful, wonderful, but who's going to deliver the letter?" Mao Wenlong said with a bitter face, "I have been out of the town of Dongjiang for many years, and many North Koreans know me, and I will be exposed as soon as I go." The rest of the people go, you look at these guys, it's okay to let them kill people and set fires, pretending to be Tartar messengers, you have to mess up. ”

"The last will go!" Shi Chunhu immediately said with emotion.

"Brother Shi, of course you are both wise and brave, but..."Mao Wenlong said with a sly wink, "The Holy Lord has given you a secret decree, if you have some accidents, I can't tell if I go back, what if the Holy Lord wants me to give you your life?" ”

"It turns out that the general is worried about this." Shi Chunhu smiled slightly, "Then the general can leave a letter to prove that the general volunteered to deliver the letter, and it has nothing to do with the general." And the last general can go alone, and several other brocade guards can testify for you. ”

"Good, courageous and wise, the future is limitless!" Mao Wenlong said happily, "The battle of Phi Dao is inevitable, whether it is victory or defeat, the life and death of tens of thousands of people are all on Brother Shi!" ”

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