Chapter Seventy-Five: A Pot of Porridge

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"Doctor?" Huang Taiji looked around, and said with a miserable smile: "How can there be a doctor here, it's just today, you go and call Lao Jiu, I have something important to explain to you!" ”

"Yes!" Kubilong called Babutai with tears, and the two knelt down beside Huang Taiji, and several soldiers built a temporary rain shelter with felt blankets and spears. Huang Taiji www.biquge.info the pen and the pavilion shuddered, felt a chill penetrate his chest, knew that his time was running out, and sighed: "It seems that this is my place of death, no matter what, the crockpot will not be broken from the well, and the general will inevitably die in front of the battle. I didn't fall into the hands of Dolgon, and I still have a few of you by my side before I die, and God can be regarded as treating me well! ”

When they saw Huang Taiji's appearance, they couldn't help but cry, and they ripped off their necks: "Great Khan, you have returned to the west, how can there be no one to serve by your side?" Allow me to go one step ahead and clear the way for you! ”

Huang Taiji sighed: "Why are you so troubled? I know that you are loyal to me, but who will take care of the children of the Eight Banners after I die? If you are truly good for me, you can leave home and pray for me after you have done your work! ”

"Those things have their own second, seventh, and ninth masters, I am just a martial artist, what ability do I have to deal with these things? There are lamas and monks to do it, and Kubilong's hands are full of blood, so what ability does he have to pray for you? Huangquan has a long way to go, let me take the first step and open the way for you! With that, he drew his short knife and was about to kill himself. Seeing this, Huang Taiji shouted: "Shut up, curb Bilong, don't you respect the king's order before I die?" Lao Jiu has Lao Jiu's messenger, you have your messenger, don't put the knife down yet, listen carefully! ”

Seeing Huang Taiji's fierce words, Ji Bilong hurriedly put down the knife and bowed his head to obey the order. Huang Taiji breathed a sigh of relief, he gasped twice, and then said in a low voice: "After I die, you will take off my head and go to Liu Cheng-"

"Take your head to Liu Cheng?" Suppilon was taken aback, and thought he had heard the errand.

"Listen carefully, and wait until I'm done before I speak!" Huang Taiji impatiently interrupted Ji Bilong's words, and after a few quick breaths, he said, "If you offer my head, Liu Cheng will definitely be willing to see you." You tell Liu Cheng what happened tonight, and ask him to release the captured two yellow flag men and horses to you, and you are willing to be his vanguard and fight against the traitors of the two white flags. ”

"This, thisβ€”" He sat down on the ground in a daze, the sheer amount of information in Huang Taiji's words had already overwhelmed him, and he didn't know what to say for a while. Babutai on the side was even better, he thought for a while and asked, "Starling, I'm afraid things are not so simple, right?" Even if Liu Cheng sees your head, he may not hand over the two yellow flags to Kubilong. If he really took the two yellow flags as the vanguard and attacked Dolgon, wouldn't it be that our Eight Banners were killing each other, but he was sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight? ”

"That's what I expected!" A smile appeared on Huang Taiji's face: "Lao Jiu, after the battle of the Baiger River, the situation of Dajin being attacked on three sides has been achieved, no matter how Dolgon and them toss, it is also a fish swimming at the bottom of the urn, and defeat is only a matter of time." Liu Cheng is the hero of the world, after he takes Liaodong, he will never be satisfied with this, and will inevitably wave his army south; Ming Guo also knows this, so he will definitely think of pulling Liu Cheng's hind legs, so as not to let this piece of fat fall into his mouth! ”

"Yes, then why don't you ask the Ming State for peace and seek the protection of the Ming court to fight against Liu Cheng?"

"Hey, Lao Jiu, you can still only see a small place!" Huang Taiji sighed: "If we call peace to the Ming court, we will inevitably withdraw from Shengjing Liaoyang, what about the fields and family businesses of hundreds of thousands of banner people?" What's more, judging from Liu Cheng's past actions, even if the peace agreement is reached, he will not give up. If he can get to this point, there will be Austrian aid in the Ming court, what if he turns his face? Rather than this, it is better to join Liu Cheng's command as soon as possible, and serve his dogs and horses, and when he enters the Central Plains, he will not treat my Eight Banners disciples badly. ”

"Entering the Central Plains? Starling, do you really think Liu Cheng would do this? ”

"Lao Jiu, I just have Liaodong, North Korea, and left-wing Mongolia, so I am bent on entering the city of Beijing, sitting in the south and facing the north. After Liu Cheng took Liaodong, he went to the sea in the east, Tianshan in the west, Datong in the south, and Yanran Mountain in the north, all of which obeyed his orders. You say he will be content to be a mere Datong commander-in-chief? Okay, even if he is really loyal to the Son of Heaven of the Ming Kingdom, do you think the Son of Heaven and the ministers of the Ming Kingdom will rest assured that he will be relieved? Since ancient times, the heroes of Saiwai have dominated the grassland, and the next step is to wave the army south, and Liu Cheng will not be an exception, what is uncertain is who will do it first, who wins and who loses! ”

Babutai nodded, he had been completely persuaded by Huang Taiji, he thought for a while and said: "What the Great Khan said is that if you want to choose a side, you must choose a strong side, Liu Cheng is much stronger than Ming Guo, so it is naturally good to choose him." I just don't know if he will let us kill each other with Dolgon and consume Dajin's strength. ”

"Of course Liu Cheng will do this, if he doesn't do this, it won't be Liu Cheng!" Huang Taiji sneered: "If I were him, I would also let our Eight Banners kill each other and consume our strength, otherwise he will have about forty or fifty thousand troops on hand now, although the Great Jin Baiger River was defeated in the first battle, there are at least fifty or sixty thousand troops left, such a big piece of meat, how can he put his mind down and eat it?" But what is the solution, who told us to lose the battle at the Baiger? At least Liu Cheng will not drive us back into the mountains and forests, and he does not lack land, but soldiers with the population. As long as he can enter the Central Plains in the future, these losses will be worth it. Speaking of this, Huang Taiji's breathing suddenly became short, and his eyes became sluggish, Babutai knew that his time was running out, so he hurriedly helped him up and asked, "Great Khan, what should I do then?" ”

"You, you hurry up to Ningguta, go and tell Lao Qi, don't let Dolgon pull the blue flag over." Huang Taiji grabbed Babutai's arm so hard that Babutai almost screamed: "You tell Lao Qi that Dolgon can't enter the Central Plains, Liu Cheng can, if he can't beat him, join him!" Speaking of this, Huang Taiji's body suddenly twitched sharply, and blood flowed out of his nose, quickly staining his chest red. At this time, he was speechless, and a pair of eyes were staring at Suppression, revealing a painful expression.

"Offended, Great Khan!" He pulled out his short knife and stabbed it into Huang Taiji's heart. The pain on Huang Taiji's face disappeared, and there was a look of relief in his eyes.

"So that's what happened!" Liu Cheng looked at Kubilong, only to see that the person's facial muscles twitched, and it was obvious that this memory was also painful torture for him. He nodded: "Come on, take him down, and treat him well!" ”

"Yes, sir!" Hao Shaoqi answered and went out to give the order. After Suppilon was taken down, Liu Cheng asked Chesang, "Master, do you think what this person said is true?" ”

"I don't know if what this person said is true or false, but the head of Huang Taiji has been verified by everyone, this can't be fake, and the fact that Dolgon killed his brother and usurped the throne is also easy to verify, these two things are ironclad."

"Hmm!" Liu Cheng nodded, Che Sang's meaning was obvious, it was not necessary to speculate whether what he said was true or false, as long as Huang Taiji was dead and Dolgon killed his brother and usurped the throne, the Houjin regime would inevitably fall into division and turmoil next, and the rest was nothing more than how to intervene in it to profit from it, the only thing that was unexpected was that Huang Taiji was so decisive that he even used his own head as a bargaining chip. Thinking of this, Liu Cheng's gaze towards the head of Huang Taiji also became complicated.

"What a masterpiece, even if you want to die, you have to intervene!" Liu Cheng suddenly sighed: "Master, you pick a few capable people to move Huang Taiji's corpse, do a ritual for him, and bury it well!" ”

"Yes, sir!" Chesang responded: "What about the imperial court?" I'm afraid that such an important thing is indispensable to the first level, right? ”

"Hmm!" Liu Cheng nodded, an enemy chieftain like Huang Taiji must be sent to the Jingshi for inspection, he thought for a while and said, "Then use gold to cast another head for him, and sew it together with the corpse and bury it!" ”

"Yes, sir!" Chesan answered, turned and went out of the tent. Liu Cheng leaned on the brocade couch, thought about it for a while, and said loudly: "Pass Ah Gui!" ”

Ah Gui entered the tent and saw Liu Cheng reclining on the brocade couch, napping, he didn't dare to disturb, so he had to stand aside. After about half a ring, Liu Cheng woke up leisurely, saw Ah Gui and smiled: "Coming?" Okay, sit down and talk! ”

"Thank you, sir!" Gui bowed and bowed, then sat down cross-legged next to him according to the Mongolian custom.

"You've been following me for years!" Liu Cheng sat up straight and said with a smile.

"Tell you, it's been three years!" Gui replied respectfully.

"It's been so long!" Liu Cheng smiled: "Time flies too fast, I don't even feel it." How's that, are you interested in going out and leading an army on your own, taking charge of the aspect? ”

"Thank you, thank you, the small, the little one is willing!" Surprise and nervousness made Ah Gui stammer, he also knew that with the continuous expansion of Liu Cheng's power, some of the more qualified generals around him were released to lead an army alone, but he didn't expect it to be his turn so soon, after all, Bai Wang and others were much older than him, and he was in Liu Cheng's army as Hao Shaoqi's deputy, and he had no experience in leading troops outside.

"Good!" Liu Cheng smiled, briefly retold what Ji Bilong had just said, and said with a smile: "Since Huang Taiji wants me to intervene before he dies, then I'm not welcome." It is impossible to give him both yellow flags, I plan to let Kupilon pick a thousand people from the captives and give you another thousand people, and go to Liaodong together, Acton and Lin Heshui are also controlled by you, and I will also write a letter to Shuo Lei, so that he can also send troops to support you, what are you going to do? ”

"This-" Ah Gui thought for a while, and said with a wry smile: "Forgive me, adult, the villain really can't figure out anything for a while!" ”

"As soon as Huang Taiji died, Dongyu's side became a mess, don't talk about you, I can't figure out anything for a while, but you can look at it from another angle!" Liu Cheng smiled: "As soon as Huang Taiji dies, there will be a group of heroes competing for hegemony within the Dongyu, and the three Dolgon brothers are a group; Suppilon: They are a bunch; The rest have a hill each. Let's just bet now, don't rush to bet, put water on both sides, and then talk about it when it's almost over, you know what I mean, right? ”

"My lord, do you mean to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight?" Ah Gui asked suspiciously.

"Almost, after you go over there, you don't have to do it yourself, first integrate the Acton side, and I will also send you the son of Shuo Lei, so that Shuo Lei will not fail to bet, and with the Chechen Ministry as your backing, you will have the qualifications to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. The more lively the fight between Suppilon and Dolgon, the better, anyway, they are not our own children, and no matter how many deaths there are, they will not be sad. Didn't you stay in Liaoxi County in the past? Those Liaodong generals who surrendered to the East should know a lot, they must be hesitant at this time, you stretch a hemp rope over, you will definitely be able to pull a lot of people over! Toss until next fall, and it should be almost decided, and then we'll have another one! ”

"The villain got it!" When Gui heard this, he was already convinced.

"Remember, don't rush to place your bets! We still have more hole cards here, let them play themselves, the more fierce they play now, the easier it will be for us to start in the end! ”

Jingshi, Wenfu.

The sky is high, a line of wild geese fly over, gliding across the sky, the courtyard is deep, and the fallen leaves are dotted, adding a little bit of sparseness.

"It's late autumn!" Wen Tiren sat with his fur fur in his arms, looking at the wild goose in the sky and sighed.

"Yes! Time flies! Yang Sichang, who was sitting next to him, also sighed: "It's been almost a year since the new tax was levied, but fortunately, the Liukou war has also had a little eyebrows, I hope that the new tax can be stopped next year and enjoy the peace!" ”

"Hmm!" Wen Tiren smiled: "I hope so, but if Li Zicheng is caressed, those crows will probably make noise again!" ”

"Crows? Gong Wen is talking about the officials, right? Yang Sichang said with a smile: "If Li Zicheng is carnied, then the thieves in Shaanxi will basically subside, what can those crows say?" ”

"Wen is weak, Wen is weak, you still can't figure it out!" Wen Tiren shook his head and smiled: "They are fighting for power, and if you are in charge of the military aircraft for a day, they will attack you for a day." Now it is because the war is too tight, and the Holy God shelters you from the wind and rain, so it has calmed down a little. When the thieves in the gate are pacified, the saint will naturally not be so partial to you, do you think they will still be so honest? ”

Yang Sichang sighed and did not speak. He knew in his heart that Wen Tiren's intention was not to compete, and it was obvious that the other party wanted to take a step back after pacifying the thieves and let go of some of the power in his hands. This is also in line with the unspoken rules of power of Daming taking turns to sit in the village, which is also a good thing for himself, after all, even if it is Chongzhen, he will not want a courtier to monopolize power for too long, but is this really good?