"He Kegang, you don't want to toast and don't eat and drink"

Han Daxun saw that He Kegang was arrogant and arrogant, and he didn't know him until he died, and shouted: "Zu Shuai, kill He Kegang, let's open the city gate and reduce the gold."

Hearing this, He Kegang suddenly said to Zu Dashou: "If you really want to reduce the gold, what should you do with your old mother and wife at home?" Can you bear to watch the two of them die? If the two of them die because of you, how can your ancestors' conscience be safe? In addition to being unfaithful, if you are unfilial, what face do you have as a son of man?"

This sentence asked Zu Dashou about the point, Zu's face changed slightly, and he subconsciously lowered his head and hesitated a little.

Zheng Changchun's heart froze, afraid that Zu Dashou would be interrupted, so he was busy reminding on the side: "Zu Shuai, don't hesitate anymore, life and death, fight here." If you don't kill He Kegang, Dajin Tiancong Khan may not believe that we are sincerely surrendering. ”

Zu Dacheng also gritted his teeth and said: "It's like this, the eldest brother Hugh wants to be blinded by his words, we have killed all the people who support him, so why be afraid of him." Big brother, let's do it."

Zu Zerun had an idea and said: "Father, don't be afraid, after the big deal is to reduce the gold, please ask the King Khan to send troops to invite your grandmother and mother to come with you."

Zu Dashou's heart moved, reacted, and glanced at the subordinates who were eagerly looking at him, his eyes slowly fell on the face of the unyielding He Kegang, his lips moved lightly, and he was ready to persuade him again after the most reluctance, if He Kegang insisted on not surrendering, then don't blame him for not thinking about his love for many years.

was about to speak, but he heard a shout outside, as if countless people were rushing towards this side, Zu Dashou was startled, thinking that the matter of killing He Kegang's generals had leaked out, and their subordinates had led troops to kill themselves. Frightened, he asked Liu Tianlu and them to quickly transfer troops.

As far as the eye could see, all the generals were shocked, and there was no nervousness. Zu Dashou was stunned, and then saw his eldest son Zu Zerun and younger brother Zu Dacheng winking at him.

It turned out that Zu Zerun and Zu Dacheng and others had discussed privately, fearing that Zu Dashou would be moved by He Kegang's words, so that the matter of reducing gold would be changed again, so he sent people to tell the craftsmen in the city that He Kegang would kill them all, so that the soldiers could eat enough to break through.

As a result, when the craftsmen heard this, they were furious and passionate, and unanimously demanded that the city be opened and the gold was reduced, and many soldiers followed suit. Now, outside the door are thousands of soldiers and craftsmen clamoring for a drop in gold.

Thousands of soldiers and civilians clamoring for a reduction of gold prompted Zu Dashou to make the most reluctant decision, he led the generals to the door, and said to them: "This commander has decided to reduce the gold, and you will disperse immediately, and later this commander will open the city gate and surrender."

The craftsmen and soldiers were still shouting: "If you surrender, kill He Zhongjun first and not He Zhongjun, I will not be at ease."

"Dashuai, you can't lie to us, we will repair the city for you, but you want to eat us, where is the reason?"

"Kill this dog Zhongjun, see if the marshal will surrender?"

Everyone shouted together, it would be impossible not to kill He Kegang, Zu Dashou should be decided, and immediately ordered Han Daxun to tie up He Kegang and escort him to death outside the city in public.

Guo Yue and several other personal soldiers bravely defended the lord, but they were helplessly outnumbered and were killed. He Kegang was powerless to resist and let them tie himself up without the slightest fear.

After learning that Zu Shuai agreed to surrender, the city immediately cheered, and the cheers slowly converged to the east city from far and near.

"Down, down"

"God opens our eyes, we have a way to live"

"It's down, it's down, we're down"

“……”

Under the city gates, countless unkempt and ragged soldiers poured in from all directions, jumping or shouting or crying. Obviously, they had long been tormented by this hellish city, and surrender was the greatest relief for them.

"Dajin Tiancong Khan swears: never slaughter the city, never slaughter the city..."

"Open the city gate, Zu Shuai surrendered to the Dajin Kingdom Tiancong Khan, open the city gate quickly, we surrendered..."

Liu Tianlu ordered the guards to open the door, and after a short hesitation, the guards did not hesitate to carry out the order, quickly stripped the stones behind the city gate, and in the "creaking" sound, the eastern city of the Daling River was slowly opened.

After the city gate was opened, Zu Zerun and Han Daxun took dozens of soldiers out of the city with He Kegang, who was tied up with five flowers.

Opposite Jin Ying heard the movement, busy to report to Huang Taiji, Huang Taiji listened, knew that most of the ancestors were going to surrender, but in order to prevent Zu Dashou from surrendering, while the Eight Banners were not ready to break through, Huang Taiji asked Jierharang to lead the blue flag on guard, and found that it was wrong, and immediately waved his army to kill.

At the sound of the horn, the Jin army with the three banners of Zhenghuang, Huang, and Zhengbai each sent several cavalry of Niu Lu to slowly press under the city, and stopped at a distance of about 500 steps from the city gate. Then, I saw a golden dragon chariot slowly galloping out of the Jin army camp, and hundreds of eight banners guarded both sides.

The banner is displayed, the swords and guns are lined up, the horses are neighing and the wind is howling, and the majesty is magnificent.

Under the big chariot, Huang Taiji stood on the horse, and the people around him pointed to the city gate and talked very happily, and there was indescribable joy between his eyebrows. He had waited too long for this day.

……………

After being escorted out of the city, He Kegang never said a word, and even had a smile on his face, he did not struggle, let alone roar, but silently knelt down to the south and kowtowed three times, and then knelt there motionlessly, slowly lowering his head to the bottom, revealing his neck.

When the big knife of the knife and axe hand was raised, everyone was breathing, and the huge battlefield was quiet, whether it was the Ming army in the city or the Jin soldiers outside the city, everyone's eyes fell on He Kegang under the big knife.

I don't know what the road is for, and the big knife of the axe hand has not fallen for a long time.

Zu Zerun was afraid that the Dajin Tiancong Khan on the other side would be impatient to wait, and then let something happen to the surrender, so he hurriedly roared: "Chop"

The body of the axe hand trembled, and in an instant, the big knife fell heavily.

Poof

The blood splashed, and the blue sky changed color.

"General He, the end of the Huangquan Road will be your companion"

"Brothers, go first, and then kill the Tartars in the next life"

"Zu Shuai betrayed the country, but we must be loyal to the king"

“……”

On the city wall, there were suddenly dozens of Ming soldiers who suddenly jumped into the city, and under the city gate, dozens of soldiers drew their swords and killed themselves under the leadership of two thousand generals.

Blood splashed the city gates red, but it was the Ming soldiers who swore to die committed suicide.

Not everyone in the city wanted to die, except for those soldiers who followed He Kegang, most of them agreed with the surrender, and were even a little excited.

They can't be blamed for this, let alone blamed on them, because no one wants to live by eating human flesh anymore, and surrendering may not be a relief. At the very least, they don't have to worry about being killed and eaten by someone else one day.

The soldiers are all human beings, living people, they don't know much literacy, they don't know the righteousness of so many saints, they only know how to live. Because only by living can we know that life is so precious.

They are soldiers because they can eat enough and live, and if Zu Shuai does not surrender, they will become food in the belly of others. This kind of death is so terrible that they feel that surrender is an extremely happy thing, more than marrying a daughter-in-law.

They can live

It's better to be a cow and a horse than to die.

The dust settled, and it was all over.

……………

After Zu Dashou surrendered, he sent Zu Zerun, Liu Tianlu, and Zhang Cunren to Jinying, and Huang Taiji personally greeted them, and the three of them knelt down from afar and bowed.

Huang Taiji hurriedly dismounted, personally stepped forward to support them one by one, and said to the three of them with a smile: "How can this be made, please get up quickly." and insisted on meeting the three of them with a hug on their waists.

Zu Zerun, Liu Tianlu, and Zhang Cunren have lived in Liaodong for a long time, and naturally know the dignity of the Jurchen hugging the waist of the Daoist Jurchen, and suddenly feel warm, Zu Zerundao sighed with emotion: "Since we have been submitted, we are the vassals of the Khan, and the ministers are guilty and dare not enjoy this great gift."

Huang Taiji said: "You are now a guest, the queen is a minister, and when the guest arrives, you should be greeted." So they insisted on hugging each other.

Zu Zerun sighed in his heart: "The Great Khan, such a courteous corporal, how can people in the world not want to join him?"

At that moment, the three of them hugged Huang Taiji one by one. After the ceremony, Huang Taiji held Zu Zerun with his left hand, Zhang Cunren with his right hand, and Dai Shan took Liu Tianlu's hand and went to the big tent together.

The tent has been set up a feast, full of Manmeng and Han generals, seeing Huang Taiji come in, all got up to pay respects, Huang Taiji smiled and asked everyone to be exempted, and asked Zu Zerun to sit on the chief with Zu Kefa, who had arrived earlier.

After the four of them sat down, Huang Taiji personally picked up the wine glass, and said with a smile on his face: "Prepare a little thin wine, not a tribute, especially for the four generals to suppress the shock, the four generals please"

Liu Tianlu didn't expect Huang Taiji to be so approachable, and said movingly: "I have heard the benevolence of the Khan King for a long time, and when I see it today, it is not false, and it is very late for us to return to hatred, only because the soldiers in the city are worried about the slaughter, so it has been postponed to this day."

Huang Taiji heard his words, and said with a smile: "It seems that you still have doubts, it is better to be like this, the four generals must know that I Jurchen have always respected the heavens and feared God, in order to show the sincerity of my Dajin, I and Da Baylor and all Baylor are willing to swear an oath with the ancestral general soldiers and the soldiers in the city, and after the soldiers in the city surrender, the original official position will remain unchanged." Soldiers who want to be soldiers continue to be soldiers, and those who do not want to be soldiers can be organized into civilian households, and they will all be supported by kindness, and there will never be any harm. If you break your oath, you will be punished with death. ”

When the four of them heard this, their hearts were completely put down, and they were busy kneeling down at the table: "The Khan King treats my defeated generals like this, which is rare in ancient times, and we also swear on behalf of the ancestral general soldiers and the soldiers in the city that we are all sincerely obedient, and if we have two intentions, we will be punished by heaven."

Huang Taiji hurriedly asked the four of them to get up, and said solemnly: "The oath is extraordinary, after the arrival of the ancestral general soldiers, Ben Khan and Da Beile led the people to the altar to worship the heavens."

After getting the confirmatory news, Zu Dashou immediately led the crowd to Jinying. I saw that the gate of the Jinying camp was wide open, the salute was fired three times, the drums were sounded in unison, and a red carpet was really laid out from the camp gate to the big tent of the Chinese army.

Huang Taiji and Dai Shan were in front, and Ji'er Harang and all the ministers of Baylor were behind, and they solemnly welcomed Zu Dashou and his party together. Huang Taiji, Dai Shan and Zu Dashou met each other with a waist hug ceremony, and then both sides immediately went to the altar to worship the sky to show the sincerity of both sides.

After the oath was completed, Huang Taiji entered the big tent with Zu Dashou's hand and set up a banquet to celebrate Zu Dashou. There were more than 40 tables in the big tent, crowded and crowded, and more than 200 people were seated. There are four large braziers in the four corners, and although it has cooled down and cold outside, the inside of the tent is full of spring. Although there are no delicacies from the mountains and seas on the table, there are large pieces of meat and a large bowl of wine, and crisp white pears. The new descendants will come out of the hell of the Great Ling River, and it will be as if they have entered heaven at once.

During the banquet, Huang Taiji praised Zu Dashou and said: "The three armies are easy to get, and one general is hard to find.

Zu Dashou hurriedly got up and said: "How can the minister be virtuous, the king of Khan is so favored, from now on, the minister is willing to do his best to repay the king of Khan."

Huang Taiji smiled and nodded: "Although the Yongping slaughter of the city was done by Amin, Ben Khan is also to blame, and Ben Khan's fault lies in the improper use of people, so that he loses his trust in the world." Otherwise, there would be no tragic situation of cannibalism in Daling River, and Ben Khan was guilty. After speaking, he really burst into tears, and it seemed that he really blamed himself for the tragedy that happened in Dalinghe City.

Zu Dashou and the others couldn't help but be terrified when they saw that Huang Taiji suddenly blamed themselves, and knelt down together during the banquet: "Why are we deceived by the Chinese army, and we blame the Khan for wrong."

Huang Taiji said disappreciatively: "He Kegang is a mediocre person who doesn't know the times. He blamed Ben Khan for having no ambitions, but only taking plundering as the right, which is also a big fallacy. Although it is a big country in the Ming Dynasty, although it has lost its morality and defeated the government, it still has nearly one million available soldiers. Ben Khan obeyed the teachings of the first Khan, and took Ming as a big tree, when an axe and a saw were made, more than half of the big tree would fall. Now that there is less than half of it, the time is not yet ripe for extinguishing. If you don't take what you don't take, you will suffer it. And the looting of the treasury of the Ming Dynasty is intended to enrich me with a lot of gold.

Only when a country is rich can it strengthen its troops, and those who use troops indiscriminately when the country is not rich are poor soldiers. If the army is reckless, the people will be resentful, and if they complain for a long time, they will cause trouble. My Dajin treasury is full, the soldiers are strong and strong, so as to compete with the Southern Dynasty, Chongzhen idiot is not the opponent of Ben Khan, Ben Khan is expected to be in chaos soon. Ben Khan takes advantage of the chaos to take it, and it will be twice the result with half the effort. ”

Hearing the words, Zu Dashou was amazed, and said secretly: No wonder I can't fight him, Huang Taiji is eloquent and strategic, and it is indeed rare to see the master.

Huang Taiji was particularly happy today, following the pacification of Korea, the Mongol Alliance, the Crisscrossing of Gyeonggi, the removal of Yuan Chonghuan, the capture of Zhang Chun, the surrender of Zu Dashou, and the defeat of Amin, one victory after another, his prestige is truly as high as that of Zhongtian, he continued:

"You all know that my Dajin can fight well, and I don't know that my Dajin also respects Confucianism and respects literature, and the first Khan built the Temple of Literature as early as Hetuala. Regarding Ben Khan's study, the first Khan class is particularly strict. As a result, Ben Khan was able to read through the texts. I remember that Mencius once said, 'The king regards his ministers as his siblings, and the ministers regard the king as his heart; The monarch regards the minister as a dog and a horse, and the minister regards the monarch as a countryman; The king regards the minister as the mustard, and the minister regards the king as the enemy. 'When you return to the gold, they are all the brothers and sisters of Ben Khan.

Chongzhen treats the border generals coldly, regards the soldiers as grass mustard, and does not know how to compensate, only severe punishment. Don't you know that since ancient times and today, there have never been any victorious generals. Ben Khan also had the defeat of Jinning, who of the generals of the Dajin Kingdom has not lost a battle? Just yesterday, he was almost defeated by Zhang Chun. However, defeat is not terrible, it is important to find out the reason for defeat in defeat, and how to not be defeated in the future, which is the best policy. And Chongzhen will kill the defeated generals at every turn, who will dare to lead the troops in the future? If this continues, the Ming Kingdom will have no more to use.

Moreover, the courtiers were really guilty, and they should not be tortured, Yuan Dutang was chopped alive, cruel and vicious, Ben Khan palpitated after hearing this, so tyrannical that people in the world were cold. Ben Khan once said to Zhang Chun, the military of Zhang Jianjun, that Chongzhen is an idiot, he is stubborn, arbitrary, high-minded, and unsympathetic. On the surface, it seems to be wise, but in fact it is extremely brutal, and Ben Khan should take it as a warning. I hope that you can work with Ben Khan to work together for the great cause, and he will be the founder of the Dajin Kingdom. ”

Huang Taiji's words moved everyone, and Zu Dashou was even more excited: "Chen Sansheng is fortunate to be able to meet the Ming Lord, and from now on, he is willing to serve Dajin."

Huang Taiji smiled and said: "The ancestor general soldier is returning to gold today, what should I do?"

On a whim, Zu Dashou immediately said: "Since the King of Khan has the intention of pacifying the world, it is better to seize Jinzhou first, and then go down to Ningyuan, and go straight to Shanhaiguan."

"The city of Jinzhou is unusually strong, and the casualties of the attack will be heavy, and Ben Khan can't bear to do it." Huang Taiji did not intend to attack Jinzhou, when he was in Jinzhou City, he really suffered a big loss from Zhao Shujiao, plus the battle of Xiaolinghe, the loss of troops and generals, the eight banners suffered too many casualties, if you go to attack Jinzhou again, I am afraid that it will not be enough.

Zu Dashou had already decided to dedicate Jinzhou as a meeting gift to Huang Taiji, and immediately said: "The minister can pretend to be defeated, sneak into Jinzhou, and open the city gate with the old department." As King Khan Shicai said, it is easy to get twice the result with half the effort. ”

Hearing this, Huang Taiji was overjoyed: "If you can really capture Jinzhou, the ancestor general soldier will make a great contribution to Dajin, and this matter should not be slowed down, and if it is slow, it will be released." It is better to flee at night, Ben Khan will send troops to chase after him, with artillery, and dress more likely, and he will definitely succeed. ”

Zu Dashou immediately stood up: "The minister is known to the king of Jinmeng Khan, and he should offer it to Jinzhou to show his sincerity, and the minister will leave immediately now" ()