Chapter 410: The Eunuch of the Prison Army
The official writing of the "Anshan Treaty" was not confirmed until Dayong entered Liaoyang City, but in fact it was only a thin piece of paper, except for the conditions put forward by Epilon and Turush's representative Mang Gurtai, there was nothing else, and it might be more appropriate to say that it was a temporary agreement between the two sides. But he couldn't stand Mang Gurtai and was now desperate, and this treaty that Shi Dayong didn't take to heart at all became a lifeline for him, and he couldn't pay more attention to it.
Turushh and Epilon also knew the importance of this treaty to them, so in addition to asking the Ming army for money, food and materials, they also informed Liaoyang of the conditions reached every day, and they were eager to revise the conditions that had been reached, so that Wu Heyin was tired of it, but he still had to revise it according to their requirements. Behind the scenes, every time he thought of Turush's greedy request, Wu Heyin felt ridiculous: Don't you know that the strength of the Dao is the basis for deciding cooperation!
In the three days in Liaoyang, there were as many as seven revised treaties alone, and the worst of these waste papers ended up without exception - all of them became Wu Heyin's butt wiping paper, and if necessary, it was the final written treaty Wu Heyin didn't mind using it to wipe his ass.
With the entry of the Ming army, the banner people of Liaoyang City already knew that Mang Gurtai was going to lead them to surrender to Ming, and many banner people did not want to follow Mang Gurtai, but they were afraid that they would be killed by the Ming army who entered the city, so they could only send representatives to ask Mang Gurtai to let them out of the city.
Shi Dayong wanted to slaughter the banner people who did not want to return to Ming, and Mang Gurtai had been informed by Turush, and he was quite satisfied with the conditions for them to strive to return. After all, he is also a banner man, and he is also a banner man, how can he really kill these banner people who do not want to return to Ming, and he is still looking forward to getting the assistance of the Ming State to confront Hong Tai. At that time, these banner people are all the strength he wants to fight for, so being able to save these people and let them go is definitely a good thing for him to be reckless Gurtai, so why not do it.
In order to publicize his love for the people like a son, Mang Gurtai instructed Bai Jia and others to hype up in the city how he fought with the Ming generals, and would rather die than save the lives of the people of Liaoyang Banner. Not to mention, this move really made Mang Gurtai have a great impression in the minds of the Liaoyang banner people, coupled with the deeds of how Hong Tai persecuted Mang Gurtai, a compatriot and brother, in the city, so that Mang Gurtai won the hearts of many banner people. Originally, he thought that at most more than 1,000 people would follow him to Mingming, but the most recent statistics showed that half of the banner people were willing to follow him, and the total number of banner people who asked to leave the city was less than 2,000.
Peng Sihai, who had already received Shi Dayong's order, did not chase and kill these bannermen who went out of the city, and let them disappear in front of him, which also made Mang Gurtai, who had been watching the city, relax and think that Shi Dayong was really talking. But he didn't know that twenty miles northeast of Liaoyang City, a cavalry team with skeletons on everyone's chest was closely monitoring the team of bannermen fleeing north
Before finalizing the final details of the treaty, Turush-Epilon sent someone to ask Mang Gurtai what else he could command. After discussing with Bai Jia and Cui Da, Mang Gurtai informed Epilun that he should not only strive for the assistance of the Ming army for Mang Gurtai as much as possible in the treaty, but more importantly, the Ming army should recognize the identity of Mang Gurtai Dajin Guo Parliamentary Beile, and also recognize that Mang Gurtai was dedicating the city to the Ming rather than dedicating the city to the Ming.
One "return" and one "surrender" represent the key to whether Mang Gurtai and his cadres can gain a foothold in the Ming State in the future and obtain the support of the Ming State. If you go to the Ming Kingdom as a descendant, the degree of attention of the Ming people will definitely decrease, and if you go to the Ming Kingdom to see the Son of Heaven as a returnee, the treatment you get will definitely be the treatment of a vassal. As long as the Ming Dynasty recognizes the identity of Mang Gurtai's vassal domain, then there will be no problem with the subsequent support and assistance. Mang Gurtai, who was still in the prime of life, didn't want to be raised like a treasure by the Ming people, and what he dreamed of was to be able to wave his army north with the support of the Ming people to compete with Hong Tai.
After receiving the latest instructions, Epilon and Turushh were also shocked, realizing that they had made a big mistake, although they had also called them Guiming in their mouths before, but they had never written it like this on paper, and it would be very bad if the Ming army reported to the court that they had come to surrender after the treaty was drawn up. Regardless of the fact that it was late at night, he broke into Wu Heyin's house in the cold, pulled him up and asked him to make a solemn request in the treaty to emphasize that they were returning to the Ming instead of descending to the Ming, which was so angry that Wu Heyin's mother scolded secretly.
In the end, the "Anshan Treaty" was released with Wu Heyin's extreme dissatisfaction and disdain, and Mang Gurtai's extreme satisfaction. Before the ink was dry, Epilon and Turushh galloped to Liaoyang with this treaty. In order for this treaty to officially enter into force, it must be signed by Mang Gurtai of Liaoyang City and Shi Dayong who was on the road to seal the party
With Dayong first to Liaoyang is the pro-military battalion, the left battalion of the infantry army, and the wolf cavalry, with a total of 5,500 infantry troops, 1,500 cavalry troops (and 1,500 heavy armor auxiliary cavalry), and the entourage will have Jiang Wanli, Cao Bianjiao, Guo Cheng, Li Gu, Geng Zhongming, Li Zhongfu, Xiang Chong, Zheng Tai, Shang Kexi and others.
Then set off from the artillery battalion of 2,000 households, carrying 80 Western light artillery, 60 small copper cannons made by the Ministry of Engineering, 120 guns, 90 two-wheeled vehicles, 200 artillery vehicles, 1,200 gunners, 1,500 auxiliary soldiers, and the commander of the army of Qianhu Yuan Songshan General Dong Zhong and Dengzhou General Shen Yi.
The firepower of the artillery battalion's 2,000 households was equivalent to the standard configuration of the first battalion of the New Army when Sun Yuanhua organized and trained firearms, and considering that there were unstable weather factors in Liaoyang to attack Shenyang, Dayong did not order the artillery battalion to march with the whole army, but only brought 2,000 households, and the remaining 3,000 households were immediately transferred to Jinzhou. As long as it is not the main force of the Eight Banners of Hong Taihui's division, Dayong believes that the artillery power of two thousand households is enough to take the empty city of Shenyang.
In this battle, the civilian service grain and grass were not requisitioned in Anshan, and the problem of grain and grass Dayong was ready to be implemented in Liaoyang.
Turushh and Epilon also caught up in time when Dayong first arrived in Liaoyang. The two of them entered the city first to meet Mang Gurtai, and later Mang Gurtai led a group of his men out of the city to meet Dayong. Peng Sihai, who had been ordered to enter Liaoyang the day before, also led his troops to greet him.
Dayong and Mang Gurtai have actually dealt with each other, speaking of which Mang Gurtai is also regarded as Dayong's "nobleman", last year's Songshan Army's first battle of Dalinghe was about to be wiped out, if it weren't for Mang Gurtai's resentment of depriving him of Niu Lu because of Hong Tai's deprivation of his bull, he would not have ordered the Yellow Banner Tulai to retreat.
This battle really responded to Zu Dashou's words "There is no hero when there is no hero, so that the shaft becomes famous". Since then, Dayong has only emerged and become a rising star of Daming outside the gate. The subsequent Battle of Daling River and the Battle of Jinzhou allowed Dayong to face the king, and the platform edict said "My fat cavalry general" was enough to make Dayong sound Zhenyu, even Hong Tai did not dare to underestimate it. If it weren't for a series of pickled incidents that went south to Dengzhou to quell the rebellion, how could Dayong at this time still be just a small Jinzhou general, I am afraid that the Liaodong general army he planned that day would have already fallen to him.
Mang Gurtai's life-saving grace Dayong doesn't know the way, even if he knows the way, he won't care, I'm afraid he will laugh at the stupidity of Mang Gurtai, and Mang Gurtai doesn't know that he and Shi Dayong still have such a "love of incense". After greeting the host and guest, Dayong walked in front of the city without giving in, and Mang Gurtai was only slightly stunned for a moment, but quickly corrected his mentality and calmly followed behind.
After entering the city, the first thing is to sign the "Anshan Treaty", Mang Gurtai attaches great importance to the signing, and after reading the treaty word by word, he nodded with satisfaction and was ready to sign and seal. He was originally going to print the big seal of his Dajin State Councilor and Great Baylor, but the big seal had been confiscated by Hong Tai, and he couldn't find a suitable seal material for the temporary engraving, so he had to print his big seal with the blue flag. After finishing the cover, he still looked lonely, thinking that he was thinking about his big Baylor seal. Turushh saw it in his eyes and whispered a few words, and suddenly Gurtai swept away his sorrow and became energetic again.
Compared with the solemnity of Mang Gurtai, Dayong is very casual, and he doesn't look at the seal of the Jinzhou general and covers it casually, which makes Mang Gurtai very uncomfortable, and euphemistically asks which governor of the Ming army is in charge of the Ming army, and the implication is that this treaty is very important, whether it is sealed by a governor of the Ming State to show solemnity and more effectiveness. In addition, I am afraid that I feel very depressed that I am the master of the blue flag and a general of the Ming Kingdom on an equal footing.
Of course, the most important thing is that Mang Gurtai wants to know who commanded the Ming army's expedition this time, according to the practice of the Ming army, Shi Dayong, a general, can only come to fight in the front, and the real commander is mostly sitting in the rear at the moment to strategize, estimating that the eight achievements are in Jinzhou or Fuzhou. Itulush and Epilun's exploration of the Ming army in the past few days, combined with the fierce offensive of the Ming army since the crossing of the sea and landing, Mang Gurtai conservatively estimated that the Ming army in southern Liaoning would not be less than 50,000 people, such a huge number of troops, naturally will not be able to be commanded by a general, even Zu Dashou, who has hung the seal of the forward general, has never commanded so many soldiers and horses, so the commander of the Ming army must have someone else, and this person's identity must be extremely prominent. Mang Gurtai will definitely decide that the commander of the Ming army has no one else except Sun Lao'er.
This investment in Ming is very important, and it is also related to whether it can make a comeback in the future, so it can directly have a relationship with the important ministers of the Ming Kingdom, and the future plan of Mang Gurtai can be twice the result with half the effort. Regardless of whether it is a Jin person or a Han person, the reason that someone in the court is easy to talk to is the same, so it is understandable that Mang Gurtai wants to directly establish a relationship with the important ministers of the Ming State for the convenience of the future. It's just that his courage and courage can never satisfy him.
In the past few days, Epilon and Turushh have been knocking on Wu Heyin's side to find out the truth, but they have not gotten the answers they want. In Dayong's eyes, the role of this Mang Gurtai is also limited to Liaoyang City and Shenyang City, once he takes Shenyang City, Mang Gurtai is the Great Khan of the Jin people, and he will not hesitate to kill it with a knife.
The so-called use of Mang Gurtai to divide the Eight Banners and let him act as a levy thug for Daming, Dayong never thought about it. He has always believed that the dead Manchus are good people, just as in his previous life he firmly believed that the dead green are good Muslims, and perhaps there are seventy-two inflatable dolls waiting for them in heaven Tunguska.
Taking Shenyang City, Mang Gurtai will lose the meaning of existence, and if he can't take Shenyang City, Mang Gurtai has become valuable, but this value is also reflected in Mang Gurtai's corpse, not a big living person. From the moment when he knew that Mang Gurtai wanted to set himself as Guiming instead of surrendering in the treaty, the heart of Dayong wanted to kill Mang Gurtai even stronger. For the imperial court, perhaps the living Mang Gurtai is more meaningful, but for him Shi Dayong, the dead Mang Gurtai is more meaningful.
But now Mang Gurtai asked in person, Dayong is not good at pushing the pond, after all, he still has to point to him to lead the way to Shenyang, if the other party is suspicious, or has a different mind, although he is not afraid that he dares to turn his face, but he is also afraid of some accidents, he doesn't want to sharpen his knife Huo Huo everything is ready to attack Shenyang but suddenly face something tricky for him.
The identities of Jiang Yihe and Xie Yiqing are enough to make every military general jealous in Daming, but they can't take action outside this pass, and they can't be bluffed by Mang Gurtai. After thinking about it, Dayong decided to tell the truth, and he told Mang Gurtai that in fact, the landing of his Jinzhou army across the sea this time was directly commanded by the Son of Heaven bypassing the cabinet and the military department, so the leader was he Shi Dayong.
This statement obviously made Mang Gurtai unacceptable, and he couldn't believe it, when was the emperor of the Ming people able to bypass the ministers and directly command the troops and horses to operate?
If you want to say that this thing really exists, Hongwu, Yongle, Zhengde and other emperors have done this, but after beating these people, the military action of the Ming Dynasty cannot bypass the cabinet, not to mention that the current emperor is a young man who has just ascended the throne for a few years.
How can a young genius have such great prestige and power to directly mobilize troops and horses? Combined with the experience of fighting with the Ming Kingdom for twenty years, it is impossible for Mang Gurtai to believe it unless his brain is in water.
Seeing that Mang Gurtai's face sank to the bottom, Dayong unhurriedly moved out Zhao Quan, the imperial eunuch imprisoned in Shuangdao.
Eunuch?
After Mang Gurtai glanced at Turushh and Epilun on the side, he believed Shi Dayong's words without any hesitation, this trip of the Ming army crossing the sea was really a whim of the young emperor of the Ming Kingdom.
Why did Mang Gurtai believe it so quickly, because from the mouths of those Ming officials who surrendered, they knew one thing, that is, the emperor of the Ming State actually did not trust the ministers, and they trusted more of their domestic slaves - the eunuchs in the palace.