"Don't worry!" Babutai sneered: "You mentioned this matter in the letter to Dai Shanji Erharang, just say that Dolgon does things like this, there is no brotherhood at all, and you are worried that it will be difficult to save your life when you return to Shengjing, and make it difficult for the two of them and Dolgon!" ”

"Yes, Daishan and Zilharang will definitely quarrel with Dorgon if they know about this!" Speaking of this, Babutai hesitated again: "Old Nine, but will this annoy Dolgon, that guy is black-hearted, and anyone dares to do it!" ”

"Seventh brother, let's be safe when we are in charge of the soldiers outside and sister-in-law, if Dolgon dares to poison his sister-in-law, not only will we have to do it with him, but Daishan and Jilharang will not be able to let him go. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoBut if we go back to Shengjing, we don't have military power in our hands, that is the dough in people's hands, and if people want you to be round, you will be round, and if they want you, you will be square. ”

At this moment, a Goshha walked in quickly from outside and whispered, "Two adults, Suppilon has arrived!" ”

"Suppilon?" Abatai's eyes widened in surprise: "Isn't the snow outside more than half a foot deep?" How did he get there! How many people are there? ”

"They waded through the snow, there were about seventy or eighty horsemen, and they were accompanied by one of Liu Cheng's generals, named Ah Gui."

Abatai and Babutai glanced at each other, although the arrival of Curb Pilon was in their plan, but it was beyond their expectations to come so quickly, it was not a joke to cross the Xing'an Mountains and the Songnen Plain in winter, but it was also clear from this that Liu Cheng's eagerness. Abatai stood up, but was stopped by Babutai: "Seventh brother, let me go to find out the wind first, you will have room to maneuver if you stay behind." ”

"It's good!" Abatai thought for a while: "Lao Jiu, the stakes are very high, it's better to be careful, don't tell the words to death!" ”

"I understand!"

When Babutai saw Suppilon, he could barely recognize the other party, his burly figure had become emaciated, his face was full of wrinkles, his forehead seemed to have been washed by a flood, and there were many gray hairs on his originally black hair, and the whole person looked at least ten years older. He opened his mouth and sighed, "Curb Pilon, how did you become like this?" ”

"Ninth Master, if it weren't for the advice of the Great Khan, I would have followed the underground by now!" Kubilong's voice was cold and lifeless, he turned his body sideways and let go of Ah Gui behind him: "This is General A Gui sent by Liu Jinong, if there is anything you two can talk about!" ”

Babutai looked at the man, and saw that he was dressed in a sheepskin bodysuit, wrapped in a woolen coat, a pair of thick and powerful hands in his cowhide belt, a short knife was the only weapon on his body, he stood straight, his thin face was full of beard, and his bare neck was muscular, thick and powerful, and his shoulders were broad, in stark contrast to his thin face, and he was looking at himself with a smile.

This is a battle-hardened and skilled warrior, Babutai can see it at a glance, but he doesn't know how many people like this are under Liu Cheng.

"Why, don't you quench the thirst of a glass of wine for a guest who comes from afar?" Gui spread out his hands and asked with a smile. This made Babutai feel a little embarrassed, and immediately smiled: "Of course, please come with me." ”

When he walked into the warm room, Ah Gui couldn't help but let out a pleasant sigh, and even Curb Pilon couldn't help but rub his hands. Babutai ordered his men to bring wine and food, and both Gui and Suppilon ate quickly. After a while, Babutai saw that the two of them had almost eaten, so he motioned for his subordinates to withdraw from the house, and said with a smile: "How? This wine is okay, right? ”

"Very good, very good!" Ah Gui hiccuped and unfastened his cowhide belt to make himself feel comfortable: "Rushing in this ghost weather can make us miserable!" ”

"If you're satisfied, that's good!" Babutai nodded: "Then now we can talk about business, General Gui, what is your lord asking you to come to Ningguta?" ”

Ah Gui wiped the grease on his mouth and said with a smile: "It's very simple, Lord Jinong will send troops to the east next spring to fight the Guanning army to attack the eastern captives, and the purpose of my coming here is to integrate the charming power of the beggars and contain the power of the Jurchens from the north." At this point, he glanced at Babutai: "If you are willing to submit to Lord Jinon, so much the better!" ”

"Integrate the enchanting power of the beggars?" Babutai smiled: "Don't you think you're too arrogant? This is Ningguta, but our castle of Dajin, do you think I won't throw you off the walls? ”

"If it had been a year ago, it would have been! But it's different anymore! Ah Gui smiled and said: "After the battle of the Baiger River, you Jurchens have been torn apart, and even the Great Khan has been killed, otherwise Huang Taiji would not let people take their heads to beg for help from us?" ”

Babutai was about to make a rebuttal, but Kupilon, who had been silent, suddenly spoke: "Ninth Master, what's the point of the battle of words at this time? Either you cut off the heads of me and Agui and send them to Shengjing, or you will send troops to fight against Dolgon under the leadership of Lord Jinong, please decide! ”

was blocked by such a sentence from Suppilon, and for a while Babutai didn't know what to say, and after a while he smiled bitterly: "Okay, I won't spare the circle, Lord Gui, let me ask you a few questions: First of all, how many soldiers and horses did you bring this time?" Secondly, if we return to Lord Jinong, what will we do with us? Finally, after Lord Jinong pacifies Liaodong, how will he arrange for our Eight Banners? ”

Ah Gui listened to Babutai's question, and couldn't help but hesitate, Babutai's three questions were asked on the joint, the first question was to ask Liu Cheng whether he planned to eliminate Houjin in one fell swoop this time or only planned to provoke Abatai and their brothers to fight, after all, compared to Shengjing's Dolgon Zierharang and them, Abatai's strength is much weaker, if Ah Gui brings few people and horses, it is very likely that Abatai will raise troops to raise an incident, and Liu Cheng is standing aside and watching the tiger fight, which is naturally unacceptable for the Abatai brothers; The second question is whether Liu Cheng will deprive their subordinates of their military rights; The third is to ask the people outside the Blue Banner, after all, it is only the three Dorgon brothers who have conflicts with Abatai, but the rest of the banners are compatriots, if Liu Cheng does too much, it will be difficult for them to accept Abatai.

"Taiji!" Ah Gui pondered for a while: "I am just a general of Lord Jinong, I can't answer you the last two questions, but you have also seen it in Mongolia, they were originally the enemies of the adults, and the adults did not treat them harshly after defeating them, and now they are fat and strong, and they are far better than under the control of Lin Dan Khan." As for the first question, due to the weather, I left the whole team on the Horqin side, and there were only more than 100 riders with me! ”

"If that's the case, it's hard to say!" Babutai smiled: "If we get into trouble, but your master sits idly by, then won't we end up well?" Speaking of this, he stood up and said with a smile: "You have worked hard all the way here, so it is better to use some wine and food first, and rest for two days!" ”

"Thank you Taiji!" Ah Gui got up and owed his body: "There is one more thing I want to bother you!" ”

"What's the matter?"

"There are a few old friends in Shengjing, I want to visit, I wonder if Taiji can arrange arrangements for me!"

"Old friends? In Shengjing? Babutai looked Ah Gui up and down again: "General Ah Gui, how come you have an old friend in Shengjing?" ”

"Before I surrendered to Lord Jinong, I used to be in the Ming Army of Western Liaoning for a few Chinese New Year's Eve!"

"I see!" Babutai nodded, thinking in his heart that no matter what Ah Gui's purpose of going to Shengjing was, it would be harmless to him, so it was better to sell him now, and see each other in the future.

"It just so happens that I have a letter to send back to Shengjing, if General A Gui is willing, he can disguise himself as an accompanying soldier, but he is a little wronged!"

"That's good, Ah Gui thank you Taiji here!" Ah Gui was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly thanked Babutai. Babutai turned sideways, returned the salute, and said with a smile: "It's just a trivial matter, why should General Agui be polite?" There are so many places to trouble you in the future! ”

"Taiji's words are heavy!" Ah Gui smiled: "A shrewd and capable person like you, my family Jinong must be very happy to see it, but I'm afraid that I want to thank you for your blessing!" ”

Shengjing, Zilharang Province.

Dolgon, cloaked in a mink cloak, walked up the steps and pushed open the door. He saw Zierharang and Dai Shan sitting by the fire, the two of them looked at him with cold eyes, he hurriedly stopped, and said with a smile: "Second brother, you are also here, is there anything wrong?" ”

"Old Fourteen, you did a good job!" Zilharang sneered and threw the two pieces of paper on the ground. Dolgon was stunned for a moment, picked up the paper on the ground and looked at it, but it was a letter written by Abatai to Zilharang, the letter was still the same old saying, saying that he had not recovered from the cold, and that he was charming and active, and he could not return to Shengjing for the time being. Seeing this, Dolgon's heart was already clear, and it was obvious that Abatai had found out that he had sent someone to watch over his wife and child to coerce him, and it was precisely for this reason that Zilharang had brought him in.

"Yes, I did it!" Dorgon folded the letter into his bosom: "Is this not the right thing? Abatai shirked in every possible way, clearly wanting to support the army and stand on his own feet, with ill intentions! ”

"You have arrested other people's wives and children, Abatai is not a fool, it's strange if he doesn't support the army to protect himself!" Zilharang scolded: "Hurry up and withdraw all the people in the Old Seven Mansions!" ”

"Zilharang, you have to find out that it was he who first claimed that he was sick and did not return, and tried to support his army to stand on his own, so I sent someone to his house. Whoever comes first and who comes later has to figure it out, I'm already polite enough, when my father Khan and Huang Taiji were in power, there was only one way for Abatai to do this! ”

"Old Fourteen!" Dai Shan finally spoke: "If that's the case, what kind of crime did you commit in killing Lao Ba?" If you do the first year of junior high school, don't blame others for doing fifteen, don't forget that the blue flag is one of the three flags, if you do this, the children of the eight flags will really meet each other! ”

Dolgon immediately calmed down, and there were two ways to interpret Dai Shan's words: the blue flag was raised with several other flags; In order to prevent the outbreak of a large-scale civil war, Daishan and Zilharang joined forces to suppress the two white flags. He weighed the pros and cons and decided to make concessions for the time being: "Well, since the second brother has spoken, I will just withdraw the person when I go back." It's just that Abatai doesn't want to go down like this, so he has to come up with a way, right? ”

"I don't have a way!" Dai Shan's speed of speech was very slow, but every word was very clear: "Old Fourteen, you three brothers killed the eighth brother, originally according to the old rules of our Jurchens, they all had to cut off their limbs and throw them in the mountains and forests to feed the wolves. But now that Dajin is being attacked on all sides, he can't kill each other anymore, so I let this matter go with Zilharang. I can put this sentence here, whoever dares to raise a sword among his own brothers, I will beat him on behalf of Shan, and he will not die! Old Fourteen, did you hear what I said clearly? In the end, Dai Shan stared at Dolgon with a pair of eyes, he was in his fifties at the time, and he had gradually faded out of the Houjin political arena, but at this time, he suddenly became powerful, and a awe-inspiring aura made Dolgon couldn't help but lower his head and said in a low voice: "Hear clearly!" ”

"Just listen clearly, go and do it!"

"Yes, second brother!"

Looking at the back of Dolgon's departure, Zilharang sighed and said in a low voice: "Thank you second brother, without you today, I really can't suppress the old fourteen!" ”

"I'm already old, and Yue Tuo is no longer there!" Dai Shan sighed: "I can't stand the beam of the Dajin Kingdom, the old fourteen has sharpness and strategy, and he is a good candidate." But he was still a little younger, and he didn't have enough equipment. You're not the son of Old Khan, and there are some things you can't do, hey, it's a pity! ”

"So what should I do now?"

"Survive, get through this winter first!" Dai Shan said in a low voice: "Lao Fourteen is also in a hurry, he can't fight in winter, and he can't march, what's the use of him holding Lao Qi's wife and children, if they don't come back to Shengjing, will they really kill them?" That man's heart is really scattered! Wait until spring begins, when the snow melts and the roads open, many things can be done! ”

"But the road is open, and Liu Cheng can also call over!" Zilharang said urgently.

"That's why I said Dolgon, he's confused!" Dai Shan sighed: "From the bottom of my heart, the eighth child is a little ruthless in everything. But he has to be like this in that position, and I have not been wronged, but as long as you take care of the overall situation, the eighth child will understand after a long time. But the fourteenth actually killed the eighth, this precedent can't be opened, and it will be all messed up after it is opened. If we kill him, Dajin will fall apart, and if we don't kill him, we will let go of the rebellious ministers and thieves. Hey, it's not easy to be a king, and it's not easy to be a minister! ”