However, time flies, and since 1630, when Liu Cheng rose from being a nobody, especially when he defeated Lin Dan Khan and reunited the scattered Mongol tribes under his banner, Quang Ninh's position in the overall battle situation has undergone subtle changes. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The Houjin army could no longer set out from this time, following the river valley into the steppe, and then crossing the Yanshan Mountains into the North China Plain. They had to make greater efforts to cross the Khing'an Mountains from farther north to enter the Mongolian plateau. Especially after the Battle of the Baiger River, Liu Cheng rebuilt the city in the old place of Daningwei, and Guangning became the first line of defense for the Later Jin army from the starting point of the offensive - both to guard against the Guanning army coming out of the western Liaoning corridor and to resist the Mongols coming from the west.

Therefore, it is not difficult to imagine the feeling of Durhan, the defender of Jin Guangning, at this time, who was already attacked on both sides, but received information that the Mongol army in the west was coming towards him. At this time, there was a political earthquake in Shengjing in the rear, and the news came to him a little confused, but one thing is certain, the reinforcements in the rear can no longer be counted on, and the only thing he can count on now is himself and his thousands of guards.

"How many men are there in the enemy army? Are there many cannon firearms? Who will the Lord be? Darhan's voice trembled a little, this time is very unfavorable for the defenders, if they can't defeat the enemy in the field, even if they can hold the city, the fields and villages outside the city to Uiju will definitely be ruined by those Mongol Tartars, and now the food reserves of the various departments are not enough, and the winter will be very difficult.

"At least 10,000 people!" The spy replied: "The baggage is seven or eight miles away, and there are many firearms and cannons!" Speaking of this, he paused slightly, and said in a tone of not so sure: "It seems that Liu Cheng personally led the army this time!" ”

"What? Liu Cheng came in person? Darhan stood up suddenly: "Why are you so many?" Probe, probe, be sure to get accurate information! ”

"Yes, sir!" The spy kowtowed and stepped back. Darhan stood up, his face full of solemnity: "Impossible? If Liu Cheng came in person, how could there be 30,000 people, right? And if he wants to take the road of Quang Ninh, why not contact the Guanning army to attack from both sides? At least we can go hand in hand and make our army at a loss? Thinking of this, he said loudly: "Someone, someone!" “

"What do you command?"

"Quickly send spies to Guan Ningjun's side to inquire and see if they have any movement!"

In the next day, Durhan was like an ant on a hot pot, he had ordered as many villagers to move as west and south of Quang Ninh City as possible to avoid being plundered by the upcoming Hu cavalry, and at the same time to strengthen the city defenses, send messengers to Shengjing players, but he knew that this practical significance was not much, judging from the comparison of the strength of the two sides, unless he could defeat the enemy in the field, the enemy army could use a part of his forces to monitor Quang Ninh, and then use cavalry to plunder deeply, from here to Shengjing is flat land without danger to defend, With the mobility of the Mongol cavalry, it was their range of activity until the city of Yiju, and unless Shengjing sent reinforcements, it would be difficult for the people in this range to escape the poison.

Finally, Darhan waited for the return of the spies, and to his surprise, the spies who went to the direction of the Guanning Army reported that everything was normal, whether it was Jinzhou, Xingshan or Songshan, there was nothing abnormal in the Ming army castles at the front, and the spies even ventured deeper into the Ming army front for more than 100 miles, but they did not find any big movements, which made Darhan more and more surprised, could it be that this time it was just Liu Cheng's solo action?

The next day, the spies from Liu Cheng's direction brought even more surprising news that this unlucky guy was captured alive by Liu Cheng's night. Just as he was ready to face his tragic fate bravely. But he was surprised to see that the Mongols had placed a roast leg of lamb and a bag of mare's milk wine in front of him. Could it be that this is his own guillotine? But when did the Mongols become civilized enough to know how to eat the severed heads of the dying? After a moment's thought, the spy decided to eat first, and when he had stuffed the leg of lamb and mare's milk wine into his belly, he was at once led to a golden tent.

"Wait, you mean Liu Chengcheng met you in that tent?" Durhan interrupted his subordinates' narration and asked in surprise.

"Tell my lord, the slave has not seen Liu Cheng, and he is not sure that person is Liu Cheng. However, the enemy generals in the tent were very respectful to that person, and called him the Lord, the Hou Ye, and the Lord Jinong! And the Golden Tent is so gorgeous that it is probably very inhabitable! ”

"What does that man look like? How do you dress up? Darhan asked.

"The man has grown up, and his dress is no different from that of the generals on the left and right, except that there is an extra jade belt around his waist. When he spoke, he was very kind, not like a martial artist, but like a scholar! ”

"Hmm!" Darhan nodded, lost in thought, he originally thought that this Liu Cheng was disguised by the enemy army to deceive him, but when he heard the spy say this, he felt that it was true. After all, if you let someone disguise yourself, you will definitely put a lot of effort into dressing up, and it will not be similar to other people's clothes; Moreover, the person who is disguised is generally weaker in his heart, either in a rough voice, or pretending to be deep and not speaking, and will not speak in a friendly manner as his subordinates say.

"What did he tell you?"

"He asked the servant to bring you a message, saying that the two countries fought against each other, and the lives were ruined, which was a helpless thing. Now that the Shengjing incident has changed, the victory and defeat have been divided, and he is not willing to kill more. As long as you surrender in Kaicheng, you will naturally be unscathed, and you will have no merit. If you don't believe what he said, you can send someone to Shengjing to make sure, and you can find out if it's true or not. If the army does not open the city after it arrives, the swords and soldiers will meet each other, and on the day the city is broken, the children, wives and concubines will not be able to protect each other, and then it will be regretted! ”

Liu Cheng's words were very magnanimous, as if he was holding the chance to win, and Darhan couldn't help but be a little puzzled. He, Meler Zhangjing (the name of the military attache of the Later Jin, probably equal to Ming's lieutenant general), was killed with a knife and a shot in the ranks, so naturally he would not be frightened by Liu Cheng's few words, but the other party let him go to Shengjing to confirm it, and he made it clear that he had no fear, is it really like what he said, what happened to Shengjing? But as far as I know, it is just Fu Lin succeeding to the throne and declaring Dolgon and the Duoduo brothers to be traitors, what does it have to do with him Liu Cheng?

"You go down and rest first!" Darhan stood up, his face solemn. Rather than dealing with the complex problem at hand, he is better at fighting the enemy knife to knife and gun to gun. But since he is still a Mele Changjing from Quang Ninh, he must take on this responsibility. After a while, he finally made a decision, and called his own leader of Goshha: "You pick a few reliable people, take that guy back to Shengjing, go to see Daishan Dabeyler himself, tell me in detail about the situation here, and ask about the battle and peace?" ”

"Yes, sir!" The leader of Goshha owed a debt to Darhan and turned away. Listening to the heavy footsteps coming from the window, Darhan sighed: "Hey, Bodhisattva, let me go to the official position of this Meljangjing as soon as possible, and become an ordinary fighter!" It's beyond my strength! ”

It was as if the gods and Buddhas had heard Darhan's prayers, and a few days later there was an echo from Shengjing, and with the leader of Goshha came back with Kubilong, and with him a thousand Han soldiers, and he read out in front of everyone the holy decree jointly issued by the newly baked Empress Dowager Bumubutai and the regent Daishan, relieving Darhan of his duties as the city guard and allowing him to take his place. And the first order of Kubilong was to open the city gate and welcome Liu Cheng's army into the city!

"Suppilon?" Darhan's face flushed: "Are you crazy?" ”

"Darhan!" Kupilon glanced at Darhan coldly, and didn't bother to answer the other party's question at all: "You have also read the will, either carry out the order, or die!" ”

"Don't scare me with death!" Durhan shouted angrily, he ripped off the collar of his shirt, revealing the long scar on his chest, as he gasped, the scar seemed to have life, and it was convulsing violently: "Since Lao Tzu started with Lao Khan, he never thought that he could die peacefully in bed!" Kubilong, every inch of this land was bought by the old Khan and the Great Khan with the lives of the children of the Eight Banners, do you do this, and after you die, you will go to the ground and see the old Khan, the Great Khan and your father? ”

"Then you will die!" Suppression suddenly pulled out a short knife and stabbed it into the opponent's chest at once, and Darhan, who was caught off guard, suddenly widened his eyes, as if he couldn't believe the facts in front of him, he opened his mouth to shout, but blood gushed out of his throat, blocking the sound in his throat.

"Come on, drag his body down, find a better coffin, and bury it!" He swiped the short knife twice, inserted it into its sheath, and walked to the door to the surprised and speechless people: "Whoever disobeys the order will die!" Darhan is an example! The order went down, and the west gate was immediately opened to welcome Lord Jinong into the city! ”

"You're doing a great job!" Liu Cheng looked at Kupilon who was kneeling on the ground, this strong Jurchen man was almost a different person than the last time they met a few months ago, the muscles of his whole body seemed to melt into his bones, and his face became shriveled, the last time he saw him, his hair braids and beard were still as black as ebony, and at this time there were a lot more white.

"I know that there are many Jurchens who scold you behind your back, saying that you betrayed your people and betrayed your lord for glory. But I know that you are not doing it for your own selfishness, but for the sake of inheriting the legacy of your old master, Emperor Taiji, and for the sake of the future of your people! Liu Cheng's voice was not loud, but it exuded a sincere force: "You don't have to be sad for what those people said, there are some roads in the world that only a manly man can walk down, what you did, they may not understand it now, but a hundred years later, the history will definitely give you an explanation." Under my Liu Cheng, as long as you are brave and loyal, no matter which country or tribe you are, you will never be buried! ”

"Lord Jinong!" Kupilon raised his head and looked directly into Liu Cheng's eyes: "I don't care what everyone says about me behind my back, and I don't care how you Han people write about me in the history books hundreds of years later, I only care about one thing - the messenger that the Great Khan gave me before he died, I must not go out of the business pool!" ”

"Good, good, good!" Liu Cheng's face suddenly became solemn: "Huang Taiji can win people's death power, and he is really a masterpiece." You can rest assured, after I accept Fu Lin as an adopted son, I will not treat him badly, inlaid with yellow, yellow, and blue three flags, I took care of him before he was a minor, and he will be returned to him after he is eighteen years old, do you think this is good? ”

Hearing this, he was overjoyed, and a stone hanging in his heart finally fell to the ground, and two lines of hot tears suddenly flowed, and he raised his head and said to the west: "Great Khan, do you hear me?" The minions have finally done what you told you to do! I have the face to see you after death! ”

Liu Cheng waited until the end of the prayer and said with a smile: "But I also have one condition!" ”

"Do you have what it takes? What conditions? ”

Liu Cheng's expression became serious: "Although Huang Taiji was not killed by me, although I did not kill Boren, Boren died because of me." If I hadn't defeated your Jin army at the Baiger River, Huang Taiji would not have been killed by Dolgon. Fu Lin is young now, naturally he doesn't know these things, in the future, when he is old, if he rejects me as an enemy, then wouldn't it be me Liu Cheng to lift a stone and shoot himself in the foot? ”

"This-" Ji Bilong was stunned for a moment, and said hurriedly: "Lord Jinong, do you want to regret it?" ”

"Don't be in a hurry!" Liu Cheng waved his hand: "Since I have already agreed to you, I will naturally not regret it." ”

"And what do you mean by that?"

"It's easy! After I adopted him as my adopted son, I sent him to the Silver Buddha Temple, where he was ordained a monk and practiced Buddhism until he was 18 years old. He has been nurtured by Buddhism for 18 years, so he naturally knows what is going on, and he has no anger in his body, and he will not do that kind of thing in the future! ”

"This-" Hearing Liu Cheng say this, he couldn't help but hesitate, Liu Cheng saw his thoughts, and said with a smile: "Even if he is a monk, he will not be treated badly, I will ask Lama Chesang to be his master, you have also seen the conditions in the Silver Buddha Temple, although it is not magnificent, but my Liu Cheng's righteous son, the presiding son, will still treat him badly?" ”

"Since you say so, then it's better to be respectful than to obey!"

Liu Cheng discussed a few more things with Kupilon, and then sent him to retreat. Looking at the back of Kupilon's departure, Liu Cheng's expression was very complicated. He naturally knew that adopting Fulin as a righteous son was a double-edged sword, and the advantage was that he could gain the legitimacy to rule the Jurchen tribes as soon as possible, and prepare for the next conquest of the Ming Kingdom. But the disadvantage is to leave hidden dangers for the future, people are not grass and trees, who can be ruthless, take Abnai as an example, Liu Cheng and Min Min's original intention to adopt him was to use it to control the Mongolian tribes, but with the passage of time, both Liu Cheng and Min Min's feelings for this lovely child have deepened, especially Min Min, in her eyes, this cute child who has been around her knees all day long and shouting Ehe, Ehe (Mongolian mother) has been no different from two biological children.