"Yes, of course!" Babutai said with a smile: "If it is someone else, it is naturally not good, but like you are the femoral humerus of Lord Jinong, it is naturally different, and please don't refrain from resigning." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

"Since the adults said so, the poor monk can only be reluctantly embarrassed!" Chesan laughed, and he instructed the guard, "Go and guard the outside, and no one is allowed to come near this room without my consent!" ”

"Yes!" The leader answered and exited the house. The two sat down again, Babutai sorted out his emotions, took out the scroll and handed it to Chessan, and said in a low voice: "Actually, my brother sent me here just for one thing - to negotiate and form an alliance with Lord Liu!" ”

Listening to Babutai's words, a hint of an intriguing smile appeared on Chesan's face, he gently stroked his bare chin, and said with a smile: "Isn't Brother Ling Mo joking?" Lord Liu is a courtier of the Ming Dynasty, if you want to negotiate peace, you should send someone to the Great Tomorrow of the Beijing Division, instead of coming here, right? “

"Huh!" Babutai laughed in a low voice: "It's all because I don't understand, my brother means that he wants to form an alliance with Lord Liu to jointly send troops to conquer the Ming Kingdom, divide the territory, and make it a brotherly country." ”

Chesan stared at Babutai's face, as if what was in front of him was not a Jurchen barbarian with a full beard, but a stunning beauty, after half a cup of tea, Chesang suddenly laughed, his laughter became louder and louder, and he shook his head while laughing: "Lord Babutai, Brother Ling is either crazy, or he hates you to the core, and wants to borrow my lord's knife to kill you!" My family is a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, how can he turn against him? It's ridiculous! ”

Babutai was not overwhelmed by Chesan's laughter, and his eyes were sharp at the laughing lama in front of him. You must remain calm, whether it is the great cause of the Aixin Jueluo clan and your own life, it depends on whether you can see what is hidden under the smile of this cunning bald donkey. The more people emphasize something, the more they lack something, I am afraid that this Lord Liu's loyalty to the Son of Heaven of the Ming Kingdom is not as much as his subordinate said.

"But his evaluation of starlings is not wrong, so outrageous!" Babutai gave a bitter smile that disappeared from the corner of his mouth. Any emotion at this time is suicide! He said to himself.

"I don't doubt Lord Liu's loyalty!" Babutai spread his hands and said that he didn't want to argue with Chesang on this issue: "I just want to clarify a simple fact to Lord Liu - Dajin is just the forerunner of Lord Liu, during the Wanli period, didn't my father guard the frontier for the Ming Kingdom like you, and quell the Jurchen and Mongolian tribes who rebelled against the Ming Dynasty?" But when the ancestor rebelled against the roads, how did Da Ming treat the father? first connived at the bribery of Ye He and Ula as enemies of my Ai Xinjue Luo clan, and then provoked the relationship between my late father and my third uncle, causing them to kill each other and cause evil consequences; In the end, an army of 400,000 was simply besieged by a four-way army, and there was the battle of Salhu, which showed the meanness and insidiousness of the Ming Kingdom. Not to mention that Lord Liu's dispatch of troops is uncertain, even if he can defeat my Dajin, the elite soldiers will only be afraid that they will be damaged six or seven times out of ten. At that time, Lord Liu will live in a place of suspicion because of his unrewarded achievements, how will he deal with himself? Even if the Son of Heaven of the Ming Kingdom is a generous and virtuous monarch, what kind of reward can he have with Lord Liu? Jue is no more than a marquis, Lu is no more than ten thousand households, and there is no reward for splitting the soil, how can it be compared to forming a brotherly alliance with my Dajin, leading the troops south, sealing the territory, and passing it on for eternity? ”

Bang Bang Bang!

After a few rounds of applause in response to Babutai's speech, Chesan walked to the kettle, filled two cups, handed one of them to Babutai, and said with a smile: "You have said so much, you must be very thirsty, come and take a sip!" ”

Babutai's momentum was interrupted by applause and a glass of water, and he glanced at Chesan with some reluctance and took the glass. Chesan took a sip and said with a smile: "I have to admit that this is a very good speech, you almost convinced me." But this is not enough, first, just almost to convince; Second, it's not me who you want to convince, but my family, and I can warn you in advance—" At this point, the smile on Chesan's face disappeared, and he patted his left chest lightly: "Please believe me, Lord Jinong's place is made of steel!" ”

"I'm afraid yours is also iron!" Looking at the back of Chessan leaving, Babutai muttered to himself, feeling a chill in his heart despite the thick mink robe he was wearing.

Luckily, Babutai waited shorter than he expected. Two days later, when he had just finished his lunch, the door was suddenly pushed open. At first he thought it was a guard who had come to clean up the dishes, but at once he realized that he had made a mistake—a man of about thirty was standing in the doorway, wrapped in green silk, dressed in a robe with a straight collar, with a cowhide belt around his waist, deerskin boots on his feet, a short knife with a gold handle stuck in his belt, and a jasper wrench on the thumb of his right hand, looking at him with blazing eyes. Behind the man, he was followed by Lama Chesang and a burly man with a knife. Babutai immediately realized who was standing in front of him. As soon as he bent his knees, he subconsciously wanted to kneel down and salute, but he didn't realize that it was wrong until he bent halfway, that is, he owed his waist, and he bowed and said: "See your lord in the lower Jinmele Ezhen Babutai!" ”

"Get up!" Liu Cheng entered the room and sat down on the main seat: "I am Liu Cheng, Master Chesang has already conveyed your intentions and also gave me this national letter!" I can give you an answer right now, and that's no! ”

"My lord—" Babutai was just about to speak, when he saw Liu Cheng stretch out his right hand and hurriedly shut up.

"I admit that the conditions put forward by Huang Taiji in the letter are very tempting, and it is indeed very beneficial to have an alliance with you, and I can also tell you very frankly that the reason for the refusal is not the loyalty to the Son of Heaven of the Ming Kingdom, because there is no one in this world who is worthy of my Liu Cheng's loyalty!" Speaking of this, Liu Cheng stood up and stared condescendingly into Babutai's eyes: "Here I can clearly tell you the real reason why I did this - I don't need to ally with you to destroy the Ming Kingdom!" I can also tell you that after the elimination of you, there will be Korea, Japan, and finally Myeong, but first of all! ”

"Arrogance! Hehe, the most arrogant! It took Babutai a while to squeeze these words out of his throat, as a man who had experienced a hundred battles, he was not afraid of death, but when he faced Liu Cheng just now, he felt an invisible force oppressing him, so that he was speechless for a while.

"Whether it's hubris or not, you'll find out soon!" Liu Cheng smiled: "It shouldn't take more than a month, you will always have this patience!" Besides, you won't be bored here, there are two acquaintances who can accompany you! ”

"Two acquaintances? Who? ”

"Yue Tuo, and Hauge!"

"Hauge? He's in your hands too? Babutai was shocked, he knew that Yue Tuo was captured after the battle with Lingle, but he didn't expect that Haoge, who was thought to be missing, was also in Liu Cheng's hands, he subconsciously asked: "Why don't you-"

"Why don't I ask you for a ransom?" A sneering smile appeared on Liu Cheng's face: "I'm not a bandit, he is the son of Huang Taiji, and he has a more important purpose!" Trust me, you have it too! At this, he laughed, and then turned and walked out the door, leaving Babutai full of doubts.

"Your Excellency!" As soon as Chesang went out with Liu Cheng, he asked in a low voice, "Why are you like this-"

"You're asking me why I don't make a fool of myself, right?" Liu Cheng stopped.

"Hmm!" Che Sang pondered his words for a while: "I also know that Huang Taiji must have other intentions in doing this, but he is not wrong in saying a word. The reason why the Ming Kingdom can tolerate adults today is nothing more than the situation in Liaodong. You must know that the birds are good and the bows are hidden, and the cunning rabbits are dead and the lackeys are cooking! ”

"Then the master is asking me to raise my own self-respect!" Liu Cheng said with a smile.

"Not really!" Chesang said with a smile: "My lord, you now have the land of the south of the desert, and you have limited the eastern captives to a corner, and he can only go south, and there are rogues in the Ming Dynasty, and there are strong enemies outside, and they are not allowed to rest." Wouldn't it be better for adults to train in the valley and sit back and watch the success or failure? ”

"Guru!" Liu Cheng smiled: "Because I lack one thing." ”

"Missing something?" Chisan didn't know why Liu Cheng suddenly turned the topic here: "What is it?" ”

"Mouth to the sea!" Liu Cheng said with a smile: "To be exact, it is the passage to the sea, as long as I eliminate the Dongyu and control the outside of the pass, I can open the passage to the sea, there are coal, iron ore, large forests, and fertile black soil." The cargo of a thousand camels can be loaded in a single boat, and in less than ten years, the entire coastline of Asia will be filled with my flag. ”

Chesan looked at the man with a short beard and black eyes full of light in front of him, two years ago he was only a garrison of a province in the Ming Empire, and now he is already dreaming of conquering the whole of Asia, what an ambitious guy, but so what? This is a good thing, both for yourself and for the Gelugpists.

"I admire your ambition!" Chesang smiled reservedly: "But the Jurchens have been founding the country for almost twenty years, and their army has hardly lost a battle for so many years, and your strength is also very limited. And even if you can really defeat Huang Taiji, how can you guarantee that the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom will hand over Liaodong to you and no one else? ”

"I wasn't sure about it yet, but I saw this!" Liu Cheng proudly played with the letter that Huang Taiji gave him.

"After reading this letter, adults are sure?" Chesang looked at the scroll in Liu Cheng's hand suspiciously, Liu Cheng smiled and handed it to the other party. Chesan looked at it for a while, then raised his head in disappointment: "It doesn't seem to have anything special, right?" ”

"People like Huang Taiji, naturally there will be no special content in the letter! But his willingness to send Babutai already says a lot! Liu Cheng sneered: "Look at the content of this letter, I'm afraid that this Huang Taiji has already put a lot of effort into me, why don't you send a letter early or late at this time?" ”

Chesan pondered for a moment and replied, "I'm afraid that the move played by the Lord on the beggar side has taken effect!" ”

"Maybe! But is that because of this? But I also sent a total of 600 people over, even if Acton and Lin Heshui have the ability, it will be just a trouble at most, after all, the beggar has no savings, and the army has no savings, so this alone can make Huang Taiji send his younger brother to ask for an alliance with me? No way? ”

Chesang thought about it, and finally gave up trying to keep up with Liu Cheng's thoughts: "Then what do you think?" ”

"It's very simple, there are other reasons that force Huang Taiji to do this!" Liu Cheng sneered: "Whether it's the fascinating things of begging, or whether I'm in Jingluo Monan, these are all external factors for Huang Taiji, and internal factors are the decisive factors, and external factors must play a role through internal factors." I felt that something was wrong with the Jurchens internally, forcing Huang Taiji to take the risk of opening up the situation quickly by forming an alliance with me. Seeing that Chesang still looked like he didn't know why, Liu Cheng had to explain: "If there is no problem within Dongyu, Huang Taiji will definitely not send an envoy at this time, and a smart gambler will not bet on an unfavorable situation." If so, I will send troops first to pacify the beggars, and then come back to form an alliance under more favorable circumstances. ”

"Then your lord is going to do it!" Qiesang nodded, at this time he had already followed Liu Cheng's train of thought, and the invisible pressure inside forced Huang Taiji to make this somewhat abrupt move, but Liu Cheng was keenly aware of it.

"It's very simple, what the enemy wants to do, then you can't let him get his way!" Liu Cheng squeezed his eyes: "Since there is a problem within Dongyu, then they should be made to intensify their problems." said that he was sick and wanted his life, and this time I sent troops to the east, just to make Huang Taiji not return! ”

Just when the wheels of war in Mobei began to rumble and roll, the war situation in the Central Plains also underwent subtle changes, after getting reinforcements from Liu Cheng, he was appointed as the right deputy capital Yushi not long ago, and Lu Xiangsheng, the prime minister of Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Huguang, and Sichuan, and the governor of Huguang, launched an offensive, and he successively defeated the combined forces of Cao Cao and Zhang Xianzhong in Wuyang, Mengcheng, Ruyin and other places, forcing it to retreat to the southwest, and finally retreated to the vicinity of Xixian. Behind here is the Huai River, crossing the Huai River is the vast Dabie Mountains, once the Huai River is crossed in the south, you can get rid of the pursuit of the official army.

"Cao Shuai, how's the pontoon bridge?" Zhang Xianzhong jumped off his horse and asked Cao Cao, who was standing on the high ground by the river. Compared with when he crossed the Huai River a few months ago, he was much thinner and haggard, his originally full cheeks were sunken, and his cheekbones were even more protruding, but his eyes were still shining, like a wounded wolf, but more dangerous.

"I don't know, there's no way, most of the boats have been pulled to the other side by the government, so they can only set up wooden rafts first, so it will take a long time!" Cao Cao shook his head helplessly, only to see groups of peasant soldiers on the shore cutting down trees and tying them into wooden rafts, and the construction of the pontoon bridge was almost halted due to the lack of tools and materials.