Karahetun, which is 400 miles away from Beijing, the Qing army Su Prince Haoge, Ying Prince Azig, Yu Prince Duoduo, Pingxi King Wu Sangui, and Jingnan Wang Zu Dashou gathered in one tent.

Azig is now the owner of the Yellow Banner and the Minister of the Interior and the secretary of the Ministry of War, in this Western Expedition, Hauge is the general of the Western Expedition, but Azig is a newcomer, but he does not regard Hauge as his boss at all.

He didn't raise his head, and said directly to Wu Sangui, "King Pingxi, you tell me about the situation." ”

Wu Sangui nodded, "Prince Ying, Prince Su, Prince Yu, the situation is not favorable to us now, Liu Jiye is quite cunning, and he is old enough to use soldiers, he took the initiative to give up Guanwai, withdraw his soldiers and horses into the line of Yanbei and Guanning, rely on the Great Wall defense line, fortified city artillery, and strong defense." We originally wanted to bypass the Guanning line, not to fight Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan, but to Yanbei, or even to the Xuanfu area. But now it is found that on the front line of the Great Wall of Yanbei, the defense is not slackened in the slightest than the Guanning defense line, with fortresses all over the place, and there are many forts, especially those who are arranged to defend in this area, all of which are the elite of the Chu army. ”

"How many people does Liu Jiye have, can he still prevent the entire 800-mile line from leaking?"

"The original information was that Liu Jiye had six armies outside Zhili and Guan, excluding the guards and the Praetorian Guards, and the second army guarded the palace in the capital, as well as four towns. But we now find that there are far more than four towns arranged on the 800-mile defense line of Guanning and Yanbei. ”

"In the area of Guanning, there are at least two towns with soldiers and horses, no less than 50,000 people. On the Yanbei front, from Jizhen to Miyun to Changping to Xuanfu, there are at least three towns of troops, in addition they still retain at least two towns in Liaodong and Denglai, and there are two more towns in Gyeonggi, not counting the guards and the Praetorian Guards. ”

According to Wu Sangui's calculations, there are eleven towns and horses in the entire north. It turns out that the soldiers and horses of the six towns of the two military regions, even if Beiyang and Denglai are added, there are only eight towns, and there are three more towns and horses all of a sudden, where did they come from?

Eleven Towns Soldiers and Horses. That's more than 300,000. This is not the Ming army in the early years, shouting two or three hundred thousand troops at every turn. If these are all new troops dominated by the Chu army, the 300,000 army is enough to guard the line from Guanning to the Great Wall of Yanbei.

None of the people present spoke, and the huge pressure made the atmosphere extremely solemn.

After a long time, Azig couldn't help but sigh and said slowly, "Is this news true?" Where did Liu Jiye get the extra soldiers and horses of the Three Towns, transferred from the Central Plains? ”

"Probably not." Zu Dashou replied on the side, "As far as I know, Liu Jiye has transferred tens of thousands of horses from Denglai and Huguang to suppress bandits in Henan. Henan's newly formed soldiers and horses are still training in Kaifeng, and Zuo Liangyu originally expanded his 10,000 troops after he arrived outside the Guan, so Ningyuan Town actually did have two towns. But now there are 80,000 or 90,000 extra horses, and I estimate that they are soldiers and horses trained by Liu Jun privately. ”

"The soldiers and horses that Liu Jun trained privately?" Hauge was surprised.

Actually, there is nothing surprising about it, Liu Jun has a precedent. When he was still stationed in Liaodong, he asked his brother-in-law Zhang Shan to return to Hubei Township on the pretext of recuperation, and then secretly pulled up tens of thousands of horses in the name of township soldiers. Later, after repelling Li Zicheng, Liu Jun immediately turned these tens of thousands of horses into Huguang Town. Then the soldiers and horses of the original Huguang Town were transferred to Sichuan. Now Liu Jun has money and food, and he still holds a huge military workshop, recruiting tens of thousands of horses and horses, and equipping them for training. It's not hard. ”

"Liu Jun is not a good bird, those who abuse power will seek to usurp the throne sooner or later." Zu Dashou said.

Dodor pinched his chin, and a light flashed in his eyes.

"Does Liu Jiye really have that ambition?"

Wu Sangui said. "Looking at Liu Jun's actions, he is full of careerism, and now he is Sima Zhao's heart. Passers-by know it. He plotted to usurp the throne, and it was only a matter of time. ”

Duoduo slammed his fist on the table and smiled, "If that's the case, that's actually a good thing." ”

"A good thing?" Wu Sangui was puzzled.

"It's really a good thing, after listening to what a few people just said about the border defense situation, it has already shown that we were still underestimated by the enemy before. We underestimated the Ming army and underestimated Liu Jiye. This time we made a big move, and we made great efforts to send troops, but we had no chance in front of us. If we attack hard, it will be a short attack on the enemy's strength, and we will suffer a big loss. ”

Azig glared at his brother, "Before the fight started, why do you say such frustrating words, if you don't fight, you won, you won't know until you fight." ”

"When you meet on a narrow road, knowing that you are invincible, you still show your sword, that is courage. And now we know that we are invincible, we obviously have a choice, but we still have to rush hard, it is not bravery, but just recklessness. Liu Jiye now made it clear that he wanted to use his castle to be strong and sharp, and he wanted to fight this battle with us under the Great Wall, which was thousands of miles away from Liaodong, which was clearly to drag us down. No matter how we fight, we don't have a chance. Moreover, the longer we drag on here, the greater the logistical supply pressure, the higher the possibility of Liaodong being attacked by them, and even our supply lines and our retreat may be cut off by them at any time from the sea landing block, and then our army will have no food and grass, no way back, and no room for death. ”

Azig was refuted by his brother, but he couldn't, so he had to sit down panting.

"I don't think we should continue to think about how to break through the customs now, with Liu Jiye's defense, it will be difficult for us to break through. Even if we desperately break through, the Ming army is far superior to us in terms of strength and equipment, and it is difficult for us to take advantage. We are here to win the battle and take advantage, not to send us to death. ”

Hauge looked at Dodor, "And what do you mean?" ”

Duoduo smiled, "Let's negotiate with Liu Jiye." ”

"Negotiations?"

"That's right, Liu Jiye has the strength and is also an ambitious person, I believe that he must be more interested in stealing the throne of the Southern Dynasty as soon as possible than dealing with us. If we take the initiative to negotiate with Liu Jiye, or even show that we are willing to support him in usurping the throne and becoming emperor, I believe he will be very happy. ”

Wu Sangui frowned and coughed a few times.

Very surprised, he said, "We want to support Liu Jiye to become emperor?" ”

"That's right, let Liu Jiye usurp the throne and seek the dynasty, at that time, there will inevitably be chaos within the Southern Dynasty, and there will definitely be many people who oppose the army.

The Kara River, that is, the Luan River. Karahetun, once called Xingzhou Zhongtunwei, later occupied by the Mongolian Monan Kara tribe, before the Chu army went out to sweep the Luanhe line, this line was emptied. The staff officers marked the terrain and mountains of this area into the military map of Yanbei of the Chu army. On this map, the original Xingzhou Zhongtunwei was renamed Chengde, and the left and right neighborhoods were renamed Luanping, Pingquan and other names.

As early as when the Ming army was still in control of Yanbei, several passages were built.

One of them is from Jingshi Fengtai through Shunyi Station, Miyun Station, Gubox Station, Gubeikou, Luanping Qingsong Station to Chengde.

It is a very wide avenue, and in most places it is ten zhang wide.

Four hundred miles of land, there are five large post stations.

One day at the end of March, a Qing army delegation followed this post road all the way to the Gubeikou Great Wall on the Chaohe River, asking to see Liu Jun.

The defenders of the Great Wall at Gubeikou did not dare to call the shots on their own, and quickly sent the news back to the superintendent of Tongzhou.

"Report to the king of the county, the defenders of Gubeikou report urgently. The Qing people sent Wu Sanfeng as an envoy to ask for a secret meeting with the king of the county. ”

Hearing this news, Liu Jun was slightly surprised, "Wu Sanfeng? Wu Sangui's brother, what is he doing here? ”

"Looks like he's here to make peace."

"Summation?"

Liu Jun was really surprised, he had just been cleared, and in order to seek peace, what kind of trouble was this.

"King of the county, this is a letter from Wu Sanfeng."

Liu Jun opened the letter and glanced at it. Even more surprised. Wu Sanfeng was not Wu Sangui's secret envoy, but actually Duoduo's secret envoy, and what surprised him even more was that Wu Sanfeng actually directly stated his intention to come in the letter. He was ordered by several princes of the Qing army to secretly meet with Liu Jun and express to him the support of the Qing army.

He expressed the Qing army's intention to seek peace, and also said that he would support Liu Jun, but he didn't say anything specific in the letter.

"You send a team. Go to Gubeikou to pick up Wu Sanfeng, remember to keep it secret. Liu Jun called Luo Ping'an and asked him to go on this trip secretly.

The Qing army wanted to negotiate peace. Liu Jun is also willing to accept it, and the relationship depends on how to talk about it.

Three days later, Luo Ping'an took Wu Sanfeng, who was wearing the uniform of the Chu army, to Liu Jun's tent in Tongzhou.

Wu Sanfeng entered the big tent of the Chinese army, and there were only Liu Jun and several generals of the Chu army in the tent.

He glanced at it, knew it, and immediately bowed to the ground.

"Qing envoy Wu Sanfeng knocked to see Your Majesty, I wish Your Majesty a healthy dragon body and a long life!"

As soon as Wu Sanfeng's words fell, they were all shocked, and they all looked at Wu Sanfeng in shock.

Liu Jun is just a county king, but Wu Sanfeng bows down and calls him Your Majesty.

Your Majesty can be called indiscriminately, but that is a title that only an emperor can be, just like calling himself I.

Liu Jun sat there looking at Wu Sanfeng, Wu Sangui's brother, not as heroic as Wu Sangui, but he can be regarded as a talent.

"Wu Sanfeng, do you call Your Majesty when you see someone? Could it be that after you became a traitor and a thief, you didn't even understand the basic etiquette? ”

"Your Majesty did not say this, and he did not call it wrong."

Liu Jun snorted coldly, "Your Majesty is the title of the Son of Heaven, how can you call others indiscriminately?" ”

Wu Sanfeng smiled slightly and said, "Your Majesty, Wu is not talking nonsense, nor is he ignorant of etiquette. But now the great tomorrow, you are the real master of the Ming Dynasty. In this great tomorrow, you will lead the Ming soldiers and horses, control the court, and the whole world will obey your orders. The Son of Heaven in the palace is just a puppet in your hands, you are the real king of the world, how can you not be worthy of the word Your Majesty? ”

"Aren't you here just to take advantage of your tongue and play some tricks? If so, then you are also overestimating yourself and underestimating me too much. ”

"Wu is definitely not here to distract from him, what he said is true. The Ming Dynasty has long been decayed, if it weren't for His Majesty's efforts to fight in the south and the north in the past few years, and to fight in the east and west, and fully support it, this Ming would have perished long ago. ”

"Wu also knows that Emperor Chongzhen is kind to His Majesty, and there are big and small benevolences, and righteousness is thick and thin. Shang Tang is not good for great benevolence, and Xia Wei is not removed; Zhou Wu is not good, and Shang Xun is not going. Xia Wei and Shang Wei don't go for a day, and the world is restless for a day. Today, for the great benevolence and righteousness of heaven and earth, and for the happiness of the common people in the world, it is urgent to remove the old and establish the new, so that the name and the truth match, rather than the laborious but barely supporting the decaying Ming Dynasty. Your Majesty, I raised troops in the Qing Dynasty, not against Your Majesty, but against the Ming Dynasty. ”

Wu Sanfeng raised his voice a little and continued, "I, the people of the Qing Dynasty, are all willing to respect Your Majesty as the Son of Heaven of the Southern Dynasty, and assist Your Majesty to be honored in the south with the strength of the whole country, and reign over the world!" ”

As soon as he said this, he shook everyone more than the word "Your Majesty".

Liu Jun sat there, expressionless, as if he was not touched in the slightest.

Beiyang General Zhang Guodong blinked a few times, looked at Liu Jun, opened his mouth to speak, and after seeing Liu Jun's expressionless face, he held back again.

The other generals of the Chu army also had different expressions and looked at each other.

Syllable.

Liu Jun suddenly slapped his palm on the table and shouted, "Here, take down this traitor, push it out and cut it!" ”

Wu Sanfeng was unexpected, and his complexion changed greatly, "The two countries are fighting each other, don't kill them!" ”

"You're a fart, a traitor and a thief, everyone will be punished, and you will be cut down."

"You can't kill me, under the Great Wall is my army of more than 100,000 in the Qing Dynasty."

"So what!" Liu Jun said with a smile.

Wu Sanfeng's face turned pale, "King of the county, I really came here on the orders of the princes to come for the two families to reconcile, and the Qing Dynasty is really willing to help the king of the county to be respected in the south and reign in the world." ”

"You are also worthy?" Liu Jun said disdainfully.

No matter how Wu Sanfeng shouted, he was quickly dragged out of the tent by Liu Jun's personal guards, and a moment later, the human head was placed on the tray and brought in.

Liu Jun glanced at Wu Sanfeng, who was staring at the tray, and snorted coldly, even if he did have usurpation ambitions, he didn't need Wu Sanfeng to come over and pick out this. It was by oneself that seized the throne, not the Manchu Qing.

The better the Manchus spoke, the less reliable they became.

As for the matter of negotiating peace, Liu Jun believes that if Manchu Qingqing has the intention to negotiate peace, even if he kills Wu Sanfeng, it will not affect it.

"Send Wu Sanfeng's head to Gubeikou and let the Qing people bring it back. Tell them that if they want to fight, they will fight, and if they want to surrender, they will surrender, and stop using these tricks and delusional plans to engage in discord. ”

When the guards went down, the tent was quiet for a while.

In the end, Zhang Guodong couldn't help but say, "King Jun, I don't think the Qing people want to make a divisive scheme. ”

"Okay, I know what you're trying to say, you don't have to say anything. I have my own plans, and I have already made arrangements. Liu Jun interrupted Zhang Guodong, although Zhang Guodong was his confidant, he participated in the previous Tianjin assassination case and leading troops into Beijing. But now it's not time for him to talk about it.

"If we kill Wu Sanfeng, will it affect the peace discussion?"

"Don't worry, Qing talent is the most desperate side to negotiate peace, and we are now sitting firmly in Diaoyutai and are invincible." Liu Jun said with a smile.

"Shall we make peace with them, then?"

"If we can get all the benefits back at the negotiating table, why do we have to fight each other? After all, if you fight, there will still be damage. Now that the Manchus are not our first target, there is no need for us to rush into a fight with them. Liu Jun said. (To be continued.) )

PS: Thank you Angqun, Sanmiao Mingxin, spring comes to the flowers bloom early, and the past is with the wind for your support, thank you!