"Yes, Weichen must step up his efforts to find out this person's information!" Fan Wencheng's face suddenly showed a smile: "But when it comes to his background, Weichen has a strategy, I don't know if it can be used?" ”

"Oh, Mr. Fan, please speak!"

"This Liu Cheng's origin is unknown, but he can marry the daughter of Dzungar Khan as his wife, and there are many Mongolian generals under his command, if the Great Khan let people spread rumors in the Ming Kingdom, calling him a noble breed among the captives, and fled into the Ming Kingdom after the defeat, with ill intentions, trying to restore the homeland with the power of the Ming Kingdom! Presumably, the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom will also be suspicious of it, and maybe he will abandon it. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Huang Taiji pondered for a while and said with a smile: "Mr. Fan's plan is not bad, but it is not yet time." Yang Sichang was able to become the first assistant because of Liu Cheng's military exploits, he was bent on using troops against me, how could he bend his arms? Mo said that this Liu Cheng may not be a Mongolian, even if he is really a Mongolian? If you want to use this strategy, it is only when Yang Sichang has already left his post and no one speaks for him in the court! ”

"That's what the Great Khan said! The minister was indeed ill-conceived and almost missed the state affairs! Fan Wencheng replied convincingly, as Huang Taiji said, the Ming State is noble and martial, and the main battlefield of political struggle is above the court, although Liu Cheng has been the general soldier of Xuanda, but there are governors and governors on his head, even if he is really a Mongolian nobleman who fled south, it is unlikely that he will be suspected of betrayal. Only when Yang Sichang falls, can he encounter the disaster of the pond fish.

"Now it seems that this Yang Sichang is a shrewd and capable talent, and Chongzhen also trusts him very much!" Huang Taiji smiled: "I can only wait for the opportunity!" ”

While he was talking, a scholar walked to the door, looking nervous. Huang Taiji nodded slightly, Fan Wencheng got up knowingly and took the document from Shuzuo's hand, looked at it slightly, his face suddenly changed greatly, and whispered to Huang Taiji: "Great Khan, the Ming State sent a secret envoy to negotiate peace with Dajin!" ”

"Peace talks?" Huang Taiji was stunned when he heard this, took the document from Fan Wencheng's hand, looked at it carefully, and asked solemnly after reading it: "Is this serious?" ”

"I think that whether it's true or not, you should deal with it carefully!" Fan Wencheng said in a low voice: "Great Khan, since the old Khan raised his army, although the Ming Kingdom has been defeated repeatedly and lost its teachers and humiliated the land, it has bitten extremely strictly at the threshold of peace. Why did you suddenly take the initiative to negotiate peace this time? There must be deception in it! ”

"It doesn't matter if there is fraud or not!" Huang Taiji shook the paper in his hand and said with a smile: "As long as they are willing to negotiate peace, it is true that the people of the Ming Kingdom have been exhausted over the years, and we are also exhausted, if we can stop fighting until after this autumn." Besides, Yue Tuo is in their hands, if we refuse, I'm afraid that my position as a big sweater will not be able to sit steadily! If you can exchange Yue Tuo back, you can put Zu Dashou and a few of them back! ”

"That's what the Great Khan said!" Fan Wencheng nodded, Huang Taiji only said half of it, the Eight Banners military system of Houjin is the integration of soldiers and people, in other words, except for a few white armor soldiers, most of the Eight Banners soldiers also have the identity of farmers, that is to say, if in the busy agricultural season of spring plowing and autumn harvest, the troops that can be mobilized are very limited, and Houjin has mobilized troops year after year, although there are many victories and defeats, but the consumption of national strength is also amazing, if it can be dragged through the fragile cultivation period through peace talks, it is undoubtedly very beneficial to it. This time, Yue Tuo's capture has been discredited, and even if he is replaced, he will not be able to pose a threat to Huang Taiji, but will sell his favor to his father and son, which is equivalent to pulling the two red flags over. And after Zu Dashou was captured, Xu Shu entered the Cao camp - without saying a word, and Huang Taiji in order to attract people's hearts, but he couldn't hurt even a single hair, just wasted rice and grain in vain, it was better to change Yue Tuo back, at least to earn.

"Let's do it!" Huang Taiji stood up: "This matter will be handed over to you, Mr. Fan, the bottom line on our side is to exchange Zu Dashou for Yue Tuo!" Liu Cheng's intelligence over there must be grasped! ”

"Yes, Great Khan!" Fan Wencheng hurriedly got up to send him off.

Naturalization City.

"Dear National Teacher! I can't put into words how I feel at learning that you have defeated Tsangpa Khan, and this modest gift is not enough to express my joy—" Liu Cheng paced back and forth around the table as he dictated, when he suddenly stopped and asked, "Master, what is the gift to Gushi Khan?" ”

"Three thousand taels of silver, five hundred horses of Su Jin, one hundred sets of iron armor, three hundred quintals of tea, and some daily necessities!" Chesang flipped through the gift list as he quickly translated Liu Cheng's words into Mongolian and Tibetan.

"Five thousand taels of silver! Plus a hundred stone of salt! We have to be generous! “

"Yes, sir! Five thousand taels of silver, plus a hundred stones of salt! After Chesang made the changes according to Liu Cheng's request, he stopped his pen and waited for Liu Cheng's next order, and Liu Cheng walked to the bookcase, frowned and looked at the Mongolian letters that looked like little insects, and thought for a while before continuing: "I heard that you captured many enemies in the battle with Zangba Khan, and I know that these people are stubborn and vicious people-" Speaking of this, Liu Cheng froze, he waved his hand to Chesang with some annoyance and said: "I'll leave the rest to you, you tell Gushi Khan, starting this autumn, I'm going to fight the Jurchens, and there's a lot of flesh and blood here, and as long as the strength and courage are sent to me, I can pay a lot of money! ”

"Yes, sir!" Chesang bowed his head respectfully, and began to write hard, Liu Cheng sat on the leather chair, poured himself a glass of milk, and said to Min Min on the side in annoyance: "Min Min, you also write a letter to Daddy, hoping that he will send me a thousand cavalry, three thousand war horses, and camels by the end of July, the more and more!" ”

"Okay, I'll write it later!" Min Min nodded and asked, "Ah Cheng, do you think the Autumn Queen is really going to do it?" ”

"Almost, Huang Taiji should be able to do something!" Liu Chengcheng drank the milk in one go: "Yang Sichang made such a big move in the center, it is impossible for Huang Taiji not to know that the confrontation between the two countries is like playing chess, and the competition is who takes the lead." Huang Taiji will never fail to understand this truth. ”

"Then Ah Cheng, where do you think Huang Taiji will do it? Shanxi, Liaoxi, or North Zhili? ”

"I don't know!" Liu Cheng shook his head: "There is too little information on the Dongyu side, but if it is me, it will definitely fight Liaoxi." ”

"Why do you say that?"

"It's very simple, Shanxi is too far away from Beijing, and if you are in Beizhili, you have to take a long detour, you can break the border and loot, but it is difficult to occupy a territory. Only Liaoxi, that is the nearest channel to communicate Liaodong and North Zhili, as long as there is a problem in Liaoxi, it is the world that shakes, and it is impossible to recruit Ming. If you want to fight, it will naturally hurt the place! ”

"That's right!" Min Min smiled slightly, and poured Liu Cheng's cup full again: "Then Ah Cheng, how are you going to deal with it?" ”

"He hits him, I hit mine!" Liu Cheng stretched out his hand and dotted on the map: "If Huang Taiji fights Liaoxi, I will go to fight the Mongolian left wing, my current Jinong is still a little unworthy of the name, and when all the left wing departments are taken down, it will be a veritable Jinong!" ”

"Then what if the imperial court strictly orders you to send troops to reinforce Liaoxi?"

"Then let Du Ruhu take a battalion of soldiers to deal with it, I have already sent Ahmat and Actun out, the task of the two of them is to give birth to something on the Jurchen side of the East China Sea, as long as I take down the left wing departments on my side, this game of chess will be all lived, and the eastern captives will not care about each other, isn't it far better than the Liaoxi side? What if they win over there? Occupy a few fortresses at most, behead two or three hundred, push forward thirty or fifty miles, have fought for decades, the width is not more than dozens of miles, just a few roads, a few hills, a few castles, Huang Taiji is afraid that he knows how to deal with it with his eyes closed, I'm not that stupid! ”

"Then what if Huang Taiji sends troops to reinforce the left flank? Wouldn't that be a decisive battle with him? ”

"So what?" Liu Cheng sneered: "That Neiqi is half of my Neiying, and I have already won one point first." Unlike Liaoxi, Dongyu can pull out a maximum of 20,000 people on the left flank, plus another 10,000 people on the left flank. On my side, there are now 30,000 infantry battalions and cavalry alone, and there will only be more after autumn. When fighting on the grassland, the competition is who has more livestock and better foot strength. As long as Gushi Khan and your father are willing to support me, I can match all the infantry with camel horses, plus the baggage of the camel team, so that I can give full play to the advantages of my firearms. ”

Mobei, Chechen Ministry, sweat tent.

The sweat tent was noisy, crowded with half-drunk Chechen chiefs and elders, almost all the leaders were present, and the huge sweat tent was flanked by people, behind whom were their totem flags. The drunken men were staring at the guests who came in through the tent door.

"Dear Shuolei Khan, this is a gift from Lord Jinong, as well as a letterhead!" Ahmat lowered his head, trying not to let people discover the disgust on his face. Although for the vast majority of people in the Central Plains at that time, there was no difference between the Mongols in Monan and Mobei, they were all barbaric Tartars. But in fact, there is a big difference between the Mongols in Monan and Mobei, the land in Mobei is more barren, the climate is colder, and most importantly, there is less water; The Mongols in Mobei were also poorer, more brutal and more resilient, in other words, more "dirty". As a businessman who traveled from south to north, Ahmat naturally knew this and was mentally prepared in advance, but when he walked into the royal tent of Shuolei Khan, he was almost suffocated by the smell inside.

The high-backed chair that marked the noble status of Shuolei Khan was empty, flanked by his weapons and armor, and the partition table beside the chair was left with leftover bones and greasy plates. Ahmat was surprised to find a man lying on the ground on all fours, snoring, could it be that this person is Shuolei Khan of the Chechen Ministry? He hesitated, then repeated, raising his voice slightly.

"Hey, Merchant!" A voice came from the side, Ahmat turned his head sideways, and saw a middle-aged man with a full beard looking at him with a smile, his face full of drunkenness, holding a horn cup in his hand: "Are you here to find Shuolei Khan?" I just, what's the matter? ”

"You're Shuolei Khan?" Ahmat's eyes widened in surprise, and he pointed to the sleeping man on the ground next to the high-backed chair: "So, then he's-?" ”

The middle-aged man's eyes widened, and he looked at the man lying on the ground, and his face showed the laborious look of the drunk man trying to think: "Hala of the Aso Division? Or the Tumar of Bahar? Forget it, it doesn't matter who he is, aren't you looking for Shuo Lei? I am Shuo Lei, the Khan of the Chechen Ministry! ”

Ahmat's gaze swept over everyone, most of them were drinking, and a few were lying on the ground and sleeping, but no one got up to refute the middle-aged man who claimed to be Shuolei Khan, he took out the gift slip from his bosom, and bowed his head respectfully: "I am the messenger of Lord Jinong, and I have brought you gifts and letterheads, and I have requested-"

"Gifts?" Shuo Lei snatched the gift list from Ahmat's hand, and sneered as he opened it: "What kind of prey has Lord Jinong taken a fancy to this time, and he needs our Chechen Department to be his eagle dog?" At this time, his voice suddenly stopped, and a playful smile appeared on his face: "Bird, gunpowder, armor, and lead, it seems that Lord Jinong's capital this time is not small!" ”

"Great Khan, Lord Jinong hopes that Mobei will remain peaceful!" Ahmat took out a scroll from his bosom, and on the wax was the imprint of the blue wolf and the white deer pattern representing the Mongolian Great Khan, which Liu Cheng used as Jinong before the Great Khan came of age. Shuo Lei glanced at Ahmat suspiciously, but the scroll was opened and looked at it carefully, the smile on his face disappeared, and the content of the letter was very simple: "Before solving Huang Taiji, I don't want Mobei to be unified under one banner, even if it belongs to my wife's brother." As long as you don't get in the way of my plans, you'll keep getting weapons and gunpowder from me. Eventually, Shuo Lei noticed that there was no signature at the end of the letter.

"This is a letter from Lord Jinong, why hasn't it been signed?"

"There is a seal as proof, Lord Jinong doesn't want this letter to be seen by people who shouldn't be seeing it!"

Shuo Lei didn't speak, Liu Cheng's purpose in doing this was obvious, he hoped that Shuo Lei was the only one who saw the letter, the wax seal would be broken when the letter was opened, if Shuo Lei wanted to do something with this letter, he could completely deny it.

"It's such a mess here, we can go to my wife's tent and have a good talk!" Shuo Lei stuffed the letter and gift slip into his arms and made a gesture of please.

Compared to the sweat tent, the small tent was much cleaner, and Ahmat tried his best not to let Shuo Lei find out how fortunate he was. Shuo Lei sat on top of a pile of furs: "Sit, merchant, find a place to sit yourself, I don't have as many rules as others here, and there may still be a loyal heart dancing under the broken sheepskin, maybe more than the weight under the mink!" (To be continued.) )