"I wonder what Brother Fang plans to do next?"

After chatting a few more words, Su Hao opened his mouth and asked, "Are you interested in being in Daqi?" ”

For Fang Haichuan, he still wants to make up for it, he can have today, it is inevitable that Fang Haichuan was supported at the beginning, and he is not a person who forgets his roots.

"This officialdom is a brother, and I can see through it."

Hearing Su Hao's words, Fang Haichuan shook his head and smiled: "Now my brother just wants to open a sect in Jinan Mansion and leave a legacy for the people in his family." ”

For Su Hao's invitation, Fang Haichuan shook his head and refused, as a martial arts master, he also has his own pride, Su Hao was his subordinate at the beginning, and now he wants him to work under Su Hao, he can't let go of this face.

If it weren't for the fact that Da Ming was still wanted by him now, and Lu Zhen was still in hot pursuit, with his martial arts master's cultivation, he would be able to mix anywhere, and he wouldn't use Jinan Mansion at all.

"Since Brother Fang wants to start a sect, the younger brother supports it, and this mountain outside the city of Jinan Mansion, Brother Fang chooses it."

Hearing this, Su Hao smiled and said, "Now that the Sun family's mansion in the city is uninhabited, Brother Fang can settle down in the Sun family first." ”

He was not surprised by Fang Haichuan's choice, if he changed his position in Fang Haichuan, he would make the same choice, after all, he couldn't pull this face when he worked for his former subordinates.

"Then thank you Brother Su."

For Su Hao's overture, Fang Haichuan accepted it with a smile, although he was not ready to play under Su Hao, it did not mean that he had to draw a line with Su Hao.

…

Shenyang City.

Houjin Palace, Dazheng Palace.

In the main hall, Dai Shan, Mang Gurtai, Huang Taiji, and Zilharang sat side by side, and below them were Azig, Dolgon, and Duoduo, and their faces were extremely gloomy.

Guangningwei was taken back by the Ming Dynasty, they had prepared before this, but the robbery of Daqi was beyond their expectations, they worked hard to defeat Liaodong, and as a result, the Daqi side took a third of it almost effortlessly.

However, in order to deal with the Ming Dynasty and control the Monan Tribes, they can't draw many troops now, and there are nearly 100,000 troops on the side of Daqi, if the troops sent are small, they may not be the opponents of Daqi, but if there are more, they can't draw them out.

"What now?"

Dai Shan said with a gloomy expression: "Su Hao's dog is aggressive, if he doesn't teach him a lesson, he still thinks we are easy to bully!" ”

When it comes to hatred for Su Hao, these people are not much lower than Huang Taiji, and they also have many subordinates who died in the battle in Guannei, which has caused them to lose a lot of strength and prestige.

"Now that the Ming army is pressing forward step by step, we can't draw troops to deal with Su Hao at all."

Huang Taiji sighed, he wanted revenge more than anyone else, but this was not something he could do if he wanted to, in order to suppress the Monan tribes, not only Mang Gurtai went to Mo Nan with the blue flag, but last month, they also dispatched tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to support Mang Gurtai.

Now there are less than 60,000 people on the Liaodong side, including Menghan Niulu, and it is already very difficult to resist the more than 200,000 Ming troops, and it is impossible to draw troops to deal with Su Hao.

Hearing Huang Taiji's words, everyone was silent, it was difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, the troops were insufficient, and everything she said was nonsense.

After being silent for a long time, Zilharang spoke: "What should Yuan Chonghuan do over there?" ”

Now Yuan Chonghuan is encroaching on the territory of Guangningwei little by little, they have no way to block it, the cavalry does have a mobility advantage, but Yuan Chonghuan has built a large number of chariots, step by step, steadily and steadily, and does not rush forward at all, they can't do it if they want to find an opportunity to defeat Yuan Chonghuan.

If it continues, Yuan Chonghuan will sooner or later fight to the side of Shenyang City, and at that time, they will have no way to retreat, but in a war of attrition with the Ming army, they will not be able to win the Ming army even if they have three heads and six arms, and only by suppressing the Ming army in the city as before, they will have a chance of winning.

"Then let Oba and Abdul Zidarhan send troops to deal with Daming together."

Huang Taiji opened his mouth and said, this is the main content of their deliberation this time, this method was proposed by him half a month ago, but Daishan and they did not agree.

"But if they do that, Oba and they may rebel."

Dai Shan frowned, although this can solve the current problem, but Oba and Abdul Zidarhan are only allies of the Jurchens, not subordinates, and Oba and they are still ready to move, if they are forced too much, Oba and they rebel, then it will be their turn to be in a dilemma.

"Now that the Ming army is pressing step by step, if it can't break the situation, the Ming army will hit Shenyang City sooner or later."

Huang Taiji said calmly: "What should we do then?" Return to Nuer Gandusi or go north to the grassland? ”

After fighting for half a lifetime, he knows very well that according to the current situation, it is extremely difficult for them to hold Liaodong, and they can suppress the Ming Dynasty in the past, mainly because the Ming Dynasty has a strong internal fight, and the number of troops is also small, half of the 100,000 soldiers and horses are guards, and less than 50,000 are recruits, and the border generals also deduct military salaries, causing most of the Ming troops to be afraid of war.

But now Yuan Chonghuan has 150,000 recruits under him, and after Yuan Chonghuan's rectification, the military salaries have been paid in place, plus the Ming army is also fighting with high morale after the first battle in Guannei, and now they are fighting hard with the Ming army, and they have no chance of winning.

This is not to say that they can't win, but they can't afford to spend it, the entire Jurchen clan is only hundreds of thousands of people, and there are less than 100,000 people who can enlist in the army in the prime of life, even if it is only 20,000 or 30,000 killed and 30,000 or 40,000 wounded, it can make their Jurchen clan exterminate.

After a pause, Huang Taiji continued: "The Nuer Gandusi is barren over there, and it can't afford to support our 100,000 Eight Banner disciples, and with Oba and Abdul Zidarhan on the grassland, it is difficult for us to gain a foothold on the grassland. ”

"And what do you mean?"

Hearing this, Dai Shan frowned and said: "Let Oba and Abdul Zidarhan and the Ming army fight hard, and we secretly annex Horqin and other departments?" ”

Although it is common for the tribes on the steppe to annex each other, the five tribes of Nekhalkha were annexed by them and the Monan tribes after they were defeated.

However, their Jurchen clan and the Monan tribes are not the same clan, and even if they are annexed, it will take a long time to completely integrate into the grassland.

"Not necessarily."

Huang Taiji shook his head and said: "If we can hold Liaodong, then it is naturally better, if not, we also have a way out." ”

To be honest, if he could, he would never want to leave Liaodong, their Jurchen clan would also farm, and there were nearly 200,000 Han people cultivating in the plains around Shenyang City, which could provide a large amount of food for their nearly 100,000 Eight Banner disciples, once they fled to the grassland, it would not be so easy to maintain another 100,000 Eight Banners soldiers.

………

The capital, the Imperial Palace.

In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youzhen looked at the information transmitted back from Liaodong, and his face was comfortable, since the defeat of Jiannu in Guannei, the good news has not stopped.

Yuan Chonghuan defeated Jiannu again in Liaodong and recaptured Guangningwei, and the rebellion of An Bangyan in the southwest was also suppressed.

In addition to the puppet Qi in Shandong and the sporadic rebellion in Shaanxi, it can be said that Zhongxing Daming is close at hand.

"Your Majesty, in addition to sending the battle report, Yuan Jingluo also sent a copy of the book asking for food."

Just when Zhu Youzhen was secretly happy, Han Yi opened his mouth and said.

Hearing Han Yi's words, the smile on Zhu Youzhen's face disappeared instantly, and he frowned: "Why do you want to be paid, when I went to Liaodong before, didn't I approve one million taels of military salaries and 700,000 stone military rations?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Liaodong had serious arrears of wages before, and the salary and silver brought by Yuan Jingluo before were only enough to make up for the previous arrears."

Hearing this, Han Yi sighed and said: "This time, Yuan Jing played a little, saying that now the soldiers of Liaodong have a high fighting spirit, and it is really not appropriate to default on the salary again, otherwise it will hurt the morale of the soldiers too much." ”

Hearing this, Zhu Youzhen could only rub his temples and said in a low voice: "How much silver can the household department withdraw now?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, now the household department can't draw out the silver."

Han Yi shook his head, in the past two years, the Cao Yun has been blocked, it is difficult for the Cao grain to enter Beijing, so he can only take the land route, and the huge expenditure has almost wiped out the treasury, and the one million taels given to Yuan Chonghuan last time is still barely scraped up, and now it is impossible to make up the military salary to Yuan Chonghuan again.

After being silent for a long time, Zhu Youzhen sighed: "I will take out 500,000 taels of silver from the inner money as a military salary." ”

Although he is the emperor, the whole world is his, but he can only move the internal money, once he wants to move the silver of the treasury, the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty will oppose it.

After a pause, Zhu Youzhen then said: "How much grain has been transported over there in Nanzhili?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, it has all been transported to the capital, with a total of 1.15 million stones."

Han Yi replied.

"How can it be so little?"

Zhu Youzhen frowned and said, "I remember that Nanzhili should have nearly two million Shicao grains, right?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, there is a total of 1.65 million stones of grain over there in Nanzhili."

Han Yi replied: "When passing through Shandong, 500,000 of them were intercepted by the pseudo-Qi according to the agreement. ”

500,000 stones!

Hearing Han Yi's words, Zhu Youzhen also thought about it, and instantly felt so distressed that he almost wanted to drop blood, 500,000 stone grains, that is nearly 300,000 taels of silver, just after crossing the road, he was intercepted nearly 300,000 taels of silver!

"Traitor!"

Zhu Youzhen gritted his teeth and said, "I will one day put you to death!" ”

Seeing Zhu Youzhen's appearance, Han Yi sighed slightly, Zhu Youzhen only knew that he was distressed about the grain, but he didn't think about how many soldiers and horses Su Hao could raise with 300,000 more grains.

What's more, it is already mid-October, and at the end of the year, taxes from all over the country have begun to be collected, and I am afraid that there will be more than two million Shicao grains to enter Beijing through the canal, and this is another seven or eight hundred thousand Shicao grains will fall into Su Hao's hands.

And as far as he knew, Su Hao also set up a checkpoint in Jining Prefecture to collect high taxes on merchants passing through the canal, and in just two or three months, Su Hao collected at least a hundred thousand taels of silver.

But thinking about it, Han Yi didn't report to Zhu Youzhen immediately, Zhu Youzhen was angry, and if he said it now, who knows how Zhu Youzhen would react.

At this time, Zhu Youzhen also came back to his senses and said, "Send 500,000 stones from the grain to Yuan Chonghuan." ”

Han Yi arched his hand and said, "The minister obeys the order!" ”

"In addition, the taxes of various places have begun to be collected, and we urge all localities to escort them into Beijing as soon as possible."

Zhu Youzhen continued.

"Your Majesty, are the taxes from all over the country still being escorted into Beijing from Henan?"

Hearing Zhu Youzhen's words, Han Yi asked knowingly, he didn't want to talk about this matter, but he didn't expect Zhu Youzhen to take the initiative to mention it.

(End of chapter)