In the line, everyone put aside their personal prejudices and treated each other frankly, Li Chengliang saw that Xia Mu was no longer an outsider, so he said the suggestion of appeasing and recruiting the female truth.

As soon as Xia Mu heard that Nu and Erhachi had the intention to surrender, the hand holding the wine glass suddenly paused, raised his eyes to look at Li Chengliang, who seemed very sincere, and then glanced at Yu Dawei, and saw that both of them were a little shocked.

It's just that he never thought that Nu and Erhachi still had the intention of returning to the Ming Dynasty, and Aixin Jueluo was the biggest enemy of the Ming Dynasty in the future!

Li Chengliang didn't know that Xia Mu was jealous of the Jurchens in his heart, and seeing that Xia Mu seemed a little hesitant, he hurriedly opened his mouth and said his plan: "Uncle doesn't know, Nu and Erhachi have been taught by Gong Zhenglu since childhood, that Gong Zhenglu is Han, Nu and Erhachi are deeply influenced by Confucianism, and the Jurchen tribes are not unified, since Tashike died of illness, some big tribes of the Jurchen tribe began to oppose the young Nu and Erhachi in charge of the Jurchen tribe, Nanu and Erhachi are willing to submit to the Ming Dynasty in order to maintain the stability of the Jurchen tribe, But he has one condition! ”

"What conditions!" Xia Mu frowned and looked at Li Chengliang.

Everyone also turned their eyes to Li Chengliang's vicissitudes of life.

"After the Jurchen tribe surrenders, he must continue to lead it, and the Ming can send envoys, but it is not allowed to meddle in the affairs of the Jurchen tribe!"

"Humph!" Xia Mu snorted coldly when he heard this, "This is a tiger breeding, the current Jurchen is not unified internally, Nu and Erhachi have such a bad idea, if we agree to him this condition, it can stabilize the stability of Liaodong for a while, but after ten years, twenty years, when Nu and Erhachi really unify the Jurchen, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not be hungry wolf and bite his master!" ”

"This ......" Li Chengliang really didn't think about this, he just wanted to stabilize the Jianzhou Jurchens in the rear, and use all his strength to deal with me, and at this moment, listening to Xia Mu talk about this potential danger, his heart became hesitant.

Yu Dawei glanced at Li Chengliang, who had an ugly face at this moment, changed his mind, and said to Xia Mu: "Uncle, General Li is also for the court, but it is better not to consider persuading the Jurchens to surrender, the important ministers of the court have always been suspicious of foreigners, the so-called non-people of our clan, their hearts will be different, if General Li persuades the Jurchens, it is difficult to ensure that they will not be criticized by the ministers of the DPRK and China, which is not conducive to the stability of the situation in Liaodong!" ”

"That's it!" Xia Mu snorted coldly, "This matter is very important, I advise you not to talk to others, so as not to cause trouble." The court's appeasement of the Jurchens was only intended to restrain them for a while, and we will see the situation later. As for whether Nu and Erhachi are sincere in their submission, sooner or later they will see the truth. Now that the situation between the DPRK and China is chaotic and the party strictly controls the government, anyone who suggests appeasing the Jurchens at this juncture will be too ignorant of current affairs. Xia Mu made the final decision and overturned the matter.

Next, they talked about some other issues, and Li Chengliang sighed from time to time, because he had already handed the excerpt into the capital half a month ago, and now he was afraid that the excerpt had arrived.

About the third watch, the night was getting cold, and a strong wind was blowing. Zu Chengxun hurriedly asked the servant to bring out the wine, and everyone drank it to warm their bodies.

I saw Li Chengliang drink the wine glass in his hand, looked at Xia Mu and said, "Uncle, now you should know about the situation of the terrain fortresses inside and outside Liaodong, right?" ”

Xia Mu nodded slightly when he heard this: "Next, we have to plan well, and strive to recover the Hetao in one battle when the training of the new army is successful!" ”

As he spoke, everyone gathered in front of the map and began to discuss.

At this moment, Li Rusong and Zu Dashou walked into the camp with the dead bodies of the Japanese slaves.

"Uncle Qiqi, a large number of spies similar to Japanese slaves have been found outside!"

When Xia Mu heard this, his face was solemn, and he glanced at the family crest flag behind the dead body, which was indeed the family crest of the five-baht tong, and his heart was shocked, and he hurriedly lifted the hem of his clothes, sat back on the tiger skin chair behind the handsome case, looked at the shocked people, and said slowly: "I'm afraid something big is going to happen!" This is a samurai sent by Dongyi! ”

As soon as he said this, the generals immediately held their breath and listened attentively.

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Capital, Cabinet.

Half a month ago, Li Chengliang sent Nu and Erhachi's intention to surrender to the Ming Dynasty to the border gates, and sent them to Gyeonggi at a speed of 300 miles a day and submitted them to the cabinet for ruling.

When Xu Jie received the excerpt, Xia Mu had already left Beijing, and he had no way to inform him, so the next morning, he summoned the senior officials of the six ministries to the cabinet to discuss the matter.

Today's situation in Liaodong is pressing, the Ming Dynasty has few soldiers, and the military equipment has been abandoned for more than ten years, although Li Mo is in the household department, but he also knows a little about the border pass military, at this moment, when he heard that the Jianzhou Jurchens wanted to return to the Ming Dynasty, he was shocked in his heart, and looked at Xu Jie and asked: "The Jurchen foreign captives are strong and strong, why do they want to submit to us, isn't this a conspiracy?" ”

Xu Jie put down the fold in his hand, considered one or two, and said to Li Mo to the officials of the six departments: "Li Chengliang has been on the border for more than 20 years, and with his observation, it seems to be ......."

Before he finished speaking, Li Mo had already stood up and looked at Xu Jie, who looked a little angry: "Although my border guards are now in ruins, it is precisely because of this that we must be more loyal to the country, and don't be discouraged because of the small number of soldiers and the loneliness." If it is not of my race, its heart will be different! Must be killed! ”

As soon as the lecture was finished, Xu Jie saw Yan Song coming, and hurriedly kept silent. He welcomed Yan Song into the hall, and after serving tea, he said the matter straight to the point:

"Liaodong Li Chengliang wrote a book about the surrender of the Jurchens, does the elder of the pavilion know?"

Old Yan Song smiled when he heard this, and squeezed Xu Jie: "I have heard about this matter, but the Jurchens have occupied my Liaodong for many years, and Governor Xia has now led troops to the border and was ordered to train the new army, I think Governor Xia is heroic and extraordinary, it is better to divide the troops to the north, and kill the Jurchen tribe while driving out and recovering the Hetao!" ”

"What?!" When Xu Jie heard this, he couldn't hide his surprise and asked, and at the same time felt a chill suddenly penetrate from his back into his heart. He asked softly: "Yizhou is only 30,000 soldiers and horses, and it is already difficult to deal with me, so do you have to divide the troops?" ”

"The new governor of Yunnan, Deng Zilong, has arrived in Beijing. The emperor meant to ask him to lead the reinforcements from Shanxi. He will probably come to the cabinet this afternoon to pay a visit. Zisheng should think about Yunnan border defense matters! Liaodong won't bother you with any aspect! Yan Song coldly interrupted Xu Jie's questioning.

Xu Jie didn't answer immediately, and he didn't know what to say in his heart. He thinks that this is another ghost made by Yan Song and Yan Shifan, and they try their best to make Xia Mu fight against the Jurchens, lest they secretly negotiate peace with the Jurchens! And fighting on both sides, Xia Mu will definitely die, and when the time comes, the army will be defeated like a mountain, even if he saves his life, the emperor will kill him, Lao Yan Song is borrowing a knife to kill people!

Thinking about it, his heart was very angry. But since this matter has been approved by the emperor, it is not good for him to complain.

For a moment, the emotions of grief, disappointment, depression and frustration were woven into a thick and heavy net that netted his heart. I could only continue to comfort myself in my heart, and after a long time, I tried my best to calm down, smiled faintly at Yan Song, and said:

"Since it is out of the will of God, of course we will divide the troops according to the order. That's good. Guangzhong is young, and he is not suitable to be the commander of the three armed forces. Now with the emperor's holy grace, he only led Xuan and the army to avoid the risk of destruction, and his heart was much more relaxed. ”

They gossiped for a while, and the conversation turned to the news of peace. Li Mo on the side couldn't bear it anymore, completely forgot about his personal interests, looked at Yan Song's face, and said angrily:

"Ridiculous! The alliance under the city, "Spring and Autumn" is shameful. I replied to ravage Gyeonggi, and the public did not think about how to send troops and generals to win the battle, but advocated peace every day. Don't you want to think about it, the events of the Southern Song Dynasty, which have been sad for thousands of years, can be seen again today? I don't want to think about it, how can the disaster of the Yashan naval battle be avoided? ”

Old Yan Song's face was flushed by Li Mo's words, and he said angrily: "If you say so, only you, Li Shiyan, are the heroes of the country, and the old man is a minister?" ”

Li Mo sneered with his nostrils and said, "Who is Ge Lao, Ge Lao is very clear in his heart!" ”

"Presumptuous!" Yan Song stood up angrily, walked back and forth with his hands behind his back for a while, and then stood in front of Xu Jie, and said with a reluctant smile:

"Zisheng must know the old man's intentions, and he will issue an order to Yizhou tomorrow to urge Ning Yuanbo to divide his troops to resist the captives!"

"Divide your forces and resist the captives!" Li Mo sneered again, "It's not a day since the Jurchens invaded the Hetao. I am even more disgusted and immortal, does the elder of the pavilion think that Liaodong has yielded 30,000 soldiers and horses, and can defeat hundreds of thousands of troops in my answer! It's not a pity that Xia Mu died, but tens of thousands of old and weak people in Da Linghe also have to die? ”

"Master Li, this is a matter for the Ministry of War, the old man will inform Yang Bo, and you don't have to be involved!" Lao Yan Song left the next sentence, turned his head and left.

After Xu Jie sent Yan Song away, he returned to the house, glanced at the angry Li Mo, and sighed.

"Now that the foreign enemy is at the head, we should advance and retreat together, abandon personal honor and disgrace, and recover the Hetao, but this old man completely ignores the overall situation, he really hates the old man!" Li Mo saw that Xu Jie didn't speak, so he talked to himself, thinking that it would be more difficult to fight against the enemy in the future, and at the same time, he couldn't help but think of Qin Hui and Yue Fei, and sighed indignantly:

"Since ancient times, there have been no powerful ministers, and generals can make contributions to outsiders!"

Xu Jie's heart was even more shocked when he heard this, and he hesitated when he thought of Xia Mu.

In 1140 A.D., Yue Fei marched into Zhuxian Town, and the commander of the invading army of the Jin Dynasty, Wushu, was preparing to retreat from Kaifeng, and the traitor Li Ru persuaded: "Since ancient times, there have been no powerful ministers, and the generals can make meritorious contributions to the outside. ”

So there was the scene of the stormy pavilion, Yue Fei's tragic death!

And this sentence also shows how many battles between the generals of the court, now Xia Mu is leading the troops as generals outside, and the ministers such as Qin Hui are Yan Song, Yan Song can't wait to use me to answer and Jurchen to get rid of Xia Mu, the enemy in his heart, just like the scene between Yue Fei and Qin Hui back then!

At this time, Li Mo was powerful, and Zhang Siwei and Li Chunfang came over. persuaded him: "My lord, it seems inappropriate for you to have a face-to-face argument with Yan Ge Lao just now, so that he will not be able to step down. The ancients said: 'If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan.' 'Why quarrel with him?' ”

"I can't take it anymore!" Li Mo paused angrily and said, "At present, the enemy soldiers are deep in depth, and the Beijing division is under martial law, and their eyes are only on their own interests, and they do not hesitate to accept the alliance under the city, so how can I not speak!" ”

"But he is currently both a secretary of the military department and an auxiliary minister, and he is deeply favored by the emperor. Arguing with him like this will make it even more difficult for him to do everything in the future. Even though the boss is open-minded, for the sake of Ning Yuanbo and the people of Yizhou, and does not think of slander and jealousy, if the adults want to fight against the Dongyu again in the future, it will be even more difficult. ”

"Now we have only a little more than 10,000 new troops left in Yizhou, and 30,000 veterans, Yizhou has not had the support of the imperial court for many years, and now it is suddenly said that we want to recover the Hetao, of course, it is even more difficult. But regardless of success or failure, I am determined to repay the country with death! ”

After Li Mo said the words "repay the country with one death" in an extremely sad and indignant voice, his heart was sour, and he couldn't help but roll out two lines of tears. The household officials all bowed their heads for a long, long time, not daring to raise their eyes to look at him.

But until now, he is still hoping that Yan Song will change his mind, and he is not completely desperate for the emperor, always thinking that the emperor was just temporarily deceived by Yan Song's father and son. He thought about it, asked the servant to bring a pen and inkstone, and wrote a short letter to Lao Yan Song, in which he wrote:

If the old gentleman can return to his heart and help the country, that is, there are strange things in his chest, and he will never say a word to the emperor. If it is still flickering, it will be deceived to the end, and it will be a bloody pill, and there is no end to it.

After sealing the envelope and sending someone to Yan Song immediately, he immediately got up from his chair and walked around the hall. After a long while, he suddenly stopped next to the pillar, looked at Xu Jie, who was still silent, and asked angrily: "How long do you have to endure it, one of your students Yang Jisheng has been locked up in the Dongchang prison and waiting for death, do you want this student to die in Northern Xinjiang!" ”

Xu Jie couldn't see his joy or anger at all, he just glanced at Li Mo lightly, and said: "When he walked in the light, he said a word, Ning Yu is a slave and not a thief, the old man believes that he will do what he says, even if the blood stains the northern Xinjiang in the end, it is also loyal to the country!" ”

When Li Mo heard this, the injustice in his chest could not be discharged, he glanced at Xu Jie coldly, and commanded loudly outside the door:

"Prepare the car!"

Saying that, Li Mo left angrily and strode out. The household officials looked at each other and walked out of the cabinet after him.

Xu Jie let the officials of the Ministry of Rites and the other six ministries disperse, glanced at Zhang Juzheng who was nested in the corner, shook his head and sighed, and said to him: "Uncle, you send a letter to Guangzhong tonight, tell him about Yan Song's plot to frame him, as for whether to divide the army or make peace with the Jurchens, the old man listened, supported him, and asked him not to stabilize his mind, train the new army, and recover the Hetao!" ”

Zhang Juzheng nodded when he heard this, and left in a hurry, just thinking about the turbulent situation in the capital, and he was even more worried about his future.

After Zhang Juzheng left, Xu Jie sat alone in the cabinet, looking at the fleeting floating clouds in the sky, and sighed deeply: "I am not afraid of floating clouds to cover my eyes, only because I am in this mountain!" In the light, the old man knows you, you know the old man, you must hold on! Our success is not far off! ”

As he spoke, after curling a cigarette, Xu Jie's eyes, which were old and shrewd, revealed a cold light.