Wen Tiren's words made the hall fall into silence, Zu Dashou sat on the ground in Jinzhou and raised the price, swaying between Ming and Jin, but the court did not tolerate him, and even Liao did not dare to be short of a penny of silver, and if he was slightly persecuted, he was afraid that he would fall to the Tartar slaves and become a scourge to the Ming Dynasty, what does Wen Tiren's proposal mean? Everyone was thinking.

At that moment, Zhang Fengyi stammered and said: "The governor of Liaodong reported urgently a few days ago, saying that there was a Tartar outpost near Jinzhou, and Zu Dashou was sharpening his troops and horses, while asking the imperial court to send elite border troops to aid Liao."

Zhang Yandeng took a step forward and said loudly: "How can there be a border army to send?" The rogue spreads, the Xuanda border army is too busy to take care of itself, how long will it take for the border army in Shaanxi and other places to go to Jinzhou? The capital camp is empty, and Jizhen needs to guard against the Beijing division and other places, and it is not easy to mobilize......"

Wen Tiren shook his head and said, "How can there be a reason for the two Tartar slaves to come out together?" The Azig army suffered heavy losses in Jinzhou, Dolgon's troops returned to the state, Yuetuotun's troops Xiuyan, and Haoge besieged Tieshan, how could the Tatar slaves still have the strength to get involved in Jinzhou? Both reported that the Tartars had made a big move, and in the opinion of the old minister, one must be lying about the military situation."

Emperor Chongzhen sneered, but he couldn't help nodding in his heart, he already understood what Wen Tiren meant, Liaonan attracted so many Tatar slave military horses, relying on the guerrilla battalion with a military salary of less than 100,000, Liaonan killed countless people, Guanning military horses shrank forward, and dared to call a great victory when they killed dozens of levels, and from time to time they lied about the military situation and asked for military salaries. Wen Tiren's meaning is very clear, if the tripartite arrangement hopes to use southern Liaoning as the arrow, then the imperial court will not only not be able to investigate the murder of Shen Shikui, but will support Yang Bo and them to connect the Dongjiang River into one. In this way, the chessboard of southern Liaoning has enough strength to compete with the Tatars......

Wen Tiren has the intention of letting the guerrilla battalion balance Liaozhen, but the problem is that if Liaonan sits big. So who will check and balance Yang Bo? Do you have to support Yang Bo and then walk a tightrope between the two warlords?

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen said: "Send the guerrilla battalion report documents to the generals of Liaozhen and above, and when the southern Liaonan is captured and enter Beijing, let them send people to watch the ceremony, and then let them come and tell me what they think in their hearts!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen glanced at Bi Ziyan again. He advised: "The guerrilla battalion has fought bloody battles repeatedly, and there will be many losses, and I pity it very much. Dengzhou's grain, grass and other materials must be sent as soon as possible, and whoever dares to delay will never be forgiven. Zhang Yandeng. You choose a few other imperial historians who are known for being incorruptible, go to Lushun to verify the number of soldiers, and tell Yang Bo how many people he has lost in the guerrilla battalion, and I will make up for him! ”

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Yang Bo didn't know that Emperor Chongzhen had erected him and the guerrilla battalion as targets, he didn't know that Emperor Chongzhen was going to set up another army to balance the guerrilla battalion, and he didn't know that Emperor Chongzhen had become suspicious of the number of guerrilla battalions and was ready to audit Lushun's regular soldiers. Households, fields. The actual number of people brave, regimental training, etc., and then firmly controlling the guerrilla battalion's soldiers and food plans, he was sitting in the conference room frowning.

Haoge has besieged Tieshan for three days, in order to relieve Tan Yinghua and them, Yang Bo personally led the guerrilla battalion to raid Xuanzhou yesterday night, but he never expected that this huge raid would be fruitless, Haoge didn't know what to do, he actually ignored Xuanzhou, and seemed to not give up if he didn't knock Tieshan down, this strange situation made Yang Bo smell a trace of conspiracy.

The sentinels used the night to cross the ice to reconnoitre, but they could only enter a place ten miles away from the Iron Mountain, and the Tarnu infantry was all over the mountains, and it was impossible to cross any farther. The sentry cavalry heard the rumbling of cannons in the direction of Tieshan, day and night, obviously the Tartar slaves were attacking the city in turn, Tan Yinghua, could they hold on? Yang Bo has no bottom in his heart......

At this moment, the guard Xiao Wu rushed in and said, "My lord, Jinzhou is urgent."

Yang Bo took the letter and handed it to Liu Bingwen: "Hurry up and translate it"

Liu Bingwen took the letter, looked at the prompt on the secret letter, and whispered to a confidential officer: "Go and get the book of military training minutes."

Yang Bo asked Xiao Wu again: "What about the Tang Horse?" Let him come to me."

Xiao Wu shook his head: "My lord, Tangma is seriously injured and is already in a coma."

Yang Bo walked a few steps with his hands in his hands, and he was a little apprehensive in his heart, not knowing what big things would happen in Jinzhou, so that Zhao Long and the others actually sent Tangma all the way to break through the Tatar slave blockade to deliver the letter, but fortunately, this kind of secret letter could not be translated at all.

After half a ring, Liu Bingwen reported: "My lord, Jinzhou sent two letters, one is, yes, the letter of surrender from the slave chief Emperor Taiji!" ”

As soon as Liu Bingwen finished speaking, the audience was shocked......

"Huang Taiji's letter of surrender?" Yang Bo was also stunned, he didn't expect Huang Taiji to actually want to come and recruit him.

"Read!"

Yang Bo saw everyone's surprised looks and nodded at Liu Bingwen.

Liu Bingwen read the general idea of the surrender letter, sure enough, it was the Huang Taiji's surrender letter, the tone was a little arrogant, but the conditions were indeed sincere, as long as he served the Huang Taiji, he would be named Yang Bo as the king of Zhennan, and he became an army, leading Lushun alone, Jinzhou people, all the soldiers and civilians under his jurisdiction were rewarded, and the generals and officers were rewarded, and the Ming army departments along the coast of the Dongjiang River, as long as Yang Bo beat down was his fiefdom, and he was willing to meet Yang Bo as a gift, and became a brother of the opposite sex, the head of the Han army flag, and the same column as Zhubeile......

Liu Bingwen looked at everyone, and said: "That's the approximate meaning, this letter was sent by Liu Dahu, the garrison of Jinzhou, saying that a team of envoys from the Tatar slaves is still waiting for the reply of the adults in Jinzhou, my lord?" ”

Yang Bo reprimanded Li Dali with a serious face: "What are you laughing at? ”

"The last general will see the prince"

Before Li Dali finished speaking, he couldn't help laughing out loud, his words infected everyone, and the other officers couldn't stop laughing while holding their waist knives.

"King Zhennan, what a big name!"

Yang Bo snorted and said, "Liu Dahu doesn't know anything, but he lost several Tang horses for a letter of surrender, what does he think?" ”

Liu Bingwen hurriedly said: "There is also an urgent military information, well, adults wait a minute......

Liu Bingwen snatched the secret letter translated by the confidential officer and said: "Liu Dahu of Jinzhou urgently reported to your lord, more than 10,000 soldiers and horses of the Nu Chieftain Yue Tuo Red Banner Department were originally in Xiuyan, but three days ago, the Tatar slave soldiers and horses came out and went in the direction of Phi Dao. According to Zhao Long's outpost, it should be Yue Tuo who led his troops and horses to support the Haoge Department of Tieshan, and please be more careful! ”

"Oh?" Yang Bo nodded. Touching his chin thoughtfully: "Yue Tuo is also here?" No wonder ......"

"No wonder Haoge didn't care about the danger of Xuanzhou at all, and went all out to attack the Iron Mountain, now that the Tartar slaves are strong, it is estimated that Haoge is willing to give Xuanzhou to us to divide the troops to garrison, and after the Iron Mountain is laid, he will besiege Xuanzhou and eat us one by one." Zhang Shixiong nodded and analyzed.

"If the slave chief is not fooled, what should Iron Mountain do?" Hu Mazi asked a little anxiously

"Slave Chief Yuetuo fought with us in Lushun. Knowing the combat strength of the guerrilla battalion, I personally estimate that Hauge and Yuetuo will definitely ambush the men. Waiting for us to rescue Tieshan," Wang Xiaoyu said worriedly.

Yang Bo didn't answer, staring at the map of Phi Dao and Tieshan but thinking about another question, why did Huang Taiji recruit himself at this time? Although the guerrilla battalion had the upper hand in several battles with the Tatars, Huang Taiji was not a person who easily succumbed. And right now he's in a confrontation with Hauge. Huang Taiji is not stupid, now is not the right time to send a letter of surrender? So what does his move mean?

Yang Bo's heart suddenly moved, and asked, "What is the price of grain in Liaodong right now?" ”

Hearing Yang Bo's clueless question, several people whispered for a moment, and Liu Bingwen said: "My lord, the islands of the Dongjiang River are the most expensive, about two taels and one stone, only less than ninety catties." It's hard to buy silver, and it's about the same in North Korea. Liaodong has not done much, but I heard the news from the action team that Liaodong is apologizing again this year, and it will cost about 2251 stone, which is the estimated price. ”

Yang Bo nodded, two two five is not high compared to the terrible period of eighty taels in the old slave era, but the question is that since Liaodong is apothetic again this year, why can the Tatar slaves still maintain the price of grain at the price of two two five?

Jin Shang, Jin Shang on the day of the dog!

Yang Bo immediately thought of these moths, from the historical records, these Jin merchants provided 80% of the grain of the Later Jin regime, 100% of the gunpowder saltpeter cloth, 60% of the iron, although the number of Liaodong coatings has increased significantly, but the grain is still maintained at a very low price, it is these Jin merchants who have made great contributions to the Tar slaves. In fact, this is not terrifying, the lowest grain price in Liaodong was pressed to one or two five five stones, almost on par with Shandong and other grain-producing areas, you must remember that this is Liaodong during the Xiaoice River period! I heard that the eight families of the Jin Merchants are all very rich, and there are tens of millions of silver hidden in the cellar of each family, because of these merits and wealth, the eight families of the Jin Merchants have achieved the legend of the rich world for three hundred years in the original history......

At present, it is not yet hot to deal with the Jin merchants, Yang Bo returned his mind to the issue of grain prices, the price of grain is not expensive, but it is not cheap, especially to maintain so many soldiers and horses!

Yang Bo slapped his forehead and finally figured it out, Huang Taiji's surrender is nothing more than Liaodong is about to be unable to survive, Fuzhou, Xiuyan, Phi Dao, etc. maintain tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and the daily consumption of food is not a small amount, and the most important thing is that even if the Tartar slaves win this battle, they will not get any benefits, Phi Island is barren, Jinzhou Lushun is actually about the same, the difference between getting and paying is too great, even if Huang Taiji insists on going his own way, it is estimated that it will be difficult to calm the grievances of the people of the Eight Banners, obviously, Huang Taiji is preparing with both hands, What if the conditions offered make you tempted......

"What is the price of grain in Liaodong in June?" Yang Bo asked again

Everyone didn't know why Yang Bo couldn't get along with the grain price in Liaodong, Zhang Shixiong stood up and said loudly: "My lord, I know this, the grain price in Liaodong was maintained at about one or two eight in June, and it was before preparing to send troops to Changsheng Island. ”

Yang Bo nodded, but although it was confirmed that Huang Taiji had the intention of retreating, it did not help much to the current situation, and if he wanted to relieve the siege of Iron Mountain, he still had to have a hard encounter with Haoge.

Thinking of this, Yang Bo walked outside, and said as he walked: "You continue to discuss how to break the siege, it's best to come up with a plan."

Liu Bingwen hurriedly said: "My lord, where are you going, what about the Jiannu envoy in Jinzhou?" Liu Dahu is still waiting for a reply? ”

Yang Bo waved his hand: "Slaughtering the envoy seems to be narrow-minded, let Liu Dahu drive them all away, and by the way, let the envoy go back and tell the slave chief, just say that the land wealth of Liaodong does not need to be given by them, we will go and get it back, and now I want to meet the real king of Zhennan......"

"The real King of Zhennan?" Everyone was puzzled.

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"Idle, the Tatar slaves are angry. I'm afraid it's inappropriate to attack rashly, right? Now that the ice has gradually thawed, we only need to hold on for a few more days to get it done, so why bother in a hurry? Shang Kexi shook his head. He also disagreed with Yang Bo's plan, especially at this critical time

"Wrong!" Yang Bo said loudly: "My lord, Yuanji, the Hauge Department may have wanted to conquer Phi Island before, but now this plan is unlikely to be realized, why?" Because my guerrilla battalion has arrived, so have your three thousand soldiers and horses from the two islands. Phi Island reinforcements are so big, Hauge is not a fool, will he crash towards Phi Island? ”

Zong Yuanfang's face darkened. didn't say anything, he had a big fight with Yang Bo just now, and the anger hadn't passed yet......

Shang Kexi was a little stunned and said, "The slave chief is not ready to fight Phi Island?" ”

"That's right, the time has come to attack Phi Dao. As far as I judge. The slave chieftain may have changed his plan, whether the Phi Island is thawed or not, Iron Mountain must be taken, so that they still occupy the outpost of deterring Phi Island, this time they can't take it and there is a chance to make a comeback next year, so our strategy will also change, the Tarnu will not go to the island, let's go out to fight! Yang Bo said loudly.

"Not enough troops?" Shang Ke sighed with joy

Yang Bo was silent. The guerrilla battalion had only two battalions of men and horses, and nearly 200 flintlock muskets were sent out. Coupled with Shang Kexi's three thousand soldiers, it was not enough to fight against the superior Tatars on land, not to mention that it had to be defeated, otherwise there would be no way to retreat, which was almost an impossible task, Shang Kexi and Zong Yuanfang both realized this and strongly opposed Yang Bo's suggestion.

"We just said ......"

Zong Yuanfang shouted at the top of his voice: "Tieshan has nearly 4,000 soldiers and horses from Tan Yinghua's department, and it is not a problem to hold on for more than ten days, but it has only been three days, you can't hold your breath?" Idle, we are grasshoppers on a rope, if we lose a little, it is not easy for the court to explain! ”

Yang Bo retorted indignantly: "My lord, isn't it a big crime to sit back and watch the fall of Iron Mountain?" ”

"This ......" Zong Yuanfang was blocked back, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

"The Tatar slaves are besieging Iron Mountain, day and night, I am worried that Tan Yinghua and their gunpowder and other equipment reserves are not enough, and it will be very dangerous if they delay any longer" Yang Bo knew the cautious minds of these two people, but how could he sit back and watch Tan Yinghua and Zhang Quan fall and ignore them?

"Knowing leisure and high righteousness, Shang has always admired it"

Shang Kexi first sent a high hat to Yang Bo to bring, and then continued: "It's just that please make it clear that even if you and I work together, there is still a huge disparity in strength against the Tartar slaves, how to fight?" Don't fail to break the siege by then, and trap yourself in, the Tartars are accustomed to the method of besieging the city. ”

Yang Bo is also impatient with this, it is still not strong enough, and any of the eight banners can not be singled out, thinking about it, Yang Bo still muttered: "There are also tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians on Phi Dao, as long as they are moved by affection and know what is beneficial, they can also recruit many soldiers, and the Dongjiang soldiers have outstanding combat power......

Seeing the mocking look on the faces of the two, Yang Bo became angry, and put down a cruel sentence and said: "No matter what, the day after tomorrow, I will personally lead the people to relieve the siege of Iron Mountain, what do the two adults plan, please take care of yourself!" ”

After speaking, Yang Bo angrily brushed his sleeves away......

At night, the lights in Tieshan City were bright, Tan Yinghua and Zhang Quan stood at the head of the city with gunpowder smoke and blood stains on their faces, looking at the black and oppressive heads outside the city, the two of them were extremely heavy......

It's been three days, no one thought that the Tarnus would be so desperate, the city is full of corpses left during the last siege, those Tarno auxiliaries haven't had time to clean up, the ice wall has long been demolished by the Tars, and even the shield cart can be pushed directly to the city, and now there is a team of Tarnut infantry armor arrayed outside the city, and the next siege is about to begin!

"Your Excellency will come to our rescue." Zhang Quan has been in high spirits for the past few days, his voice is hoarse, and the two stood for a long time before squeezing out a dry word to communicate.

"Enough!" Tan Yinghua spit out two words very briefly, and the city head returned to calm again.

Both of them knew in their hearts that since the arrival of the red flag, the Tartar slaves had the spare strength to deal with the reinforcements, and Yang Bo led too few soldiers and horses, and they were powerless to rescue.

"There's not good news," Zhang Quan said coldly.

"Let's say, my old Tan can withstand it" Tan Yinghua's tone was very relaxed.

"The lead of the firecrackers is not enough, and they can hold out for half a day at most" Zhang Quan sighed and said, without the support of the firecrackers, the casualties of the defenders in the city would increase significantly.

"Then let's fight hand-to-hand, what are you afraid of?" Tan Yinghua shook his head and smiled bitterly.

At this moment, a long trumpet sounded again outside the city, followed by the rapid sound of drums.

"It's my turn!" Zhang Quan grabbed his helmet, turned his head and ran.

Soon, the Tarnu infantry armor began to climb the ladder with a heavy shield, due to the loss of those looted coats and auxiliaries, the Tarnu can only use the elite to fill this flesh mill, fortunately, the artillery at the head of the Iron Mountain has been dumb since yesterday, so before climbing the city, their casualties are not too large......

"Let go of the three ladders on the left, three teams of firecrackers will go over to ambush, and the rest will shoot freely" Zhang Quan carefully observed the situation and immediately began to arrange.

The Tartars have never been able to attack, the places that can be climbed are deliberately set aside by the defenders, the Tartars who went to the head of the city could not organize a counterattack under the fire of muskets, they could only leave countless corpses at the head of the city again and again, and the Tartars also learned to be obedient after a few fights, and the defenders did not dare to go to the place where the defense was loose, but they were willing to try the place where the defense was tight, and both sides reached the most difficult moment......

Half an hour later, the Tartar camp outside the city suddenly sounded a sharp sound of gold, and the defenders who were struggling to fight were shocked to find that many of the Tartars who had climbed to the middle quickly retreated, and several Tartars who climbed up to the top of the city jumped down tragically in despair...... (To be continued......)