Zhang Wen sat alone on a chair for a while, and then he heard someone outside the door say, "Report to your lordship, Turhaqi has been brought." Zhang asked to bring it in, and then the door was pushed open, and Turhaqi, who was shackled on his hands and feet, was brought in by his own soldiers. Turhazi's armor had been removed, his coat was covered with snowflakes, his gray beard, and his wrinkled face made him look like a miserable old prisoner.

After a while, someone carried a table of wine and food into the hall, set up chopsticks, cups and bowls, and walked out. There were two charcoal fires burning in the hall, which was very warm, and there was a stove next to the dining table. When Zhang Wen saw that Turhaqi was covered in snow, he said, "Shake off the snowflakes on his body." Take care of him, don't let him die. ”

The sergeant replied, "Yes, sir." ”

Tulhaqi dragged the heavy iron chain and walked slowly without saying a word, and first reached out to test the sturdiness of the chair before sitting down. The iron chain on his body weighed 100 pounds, and if the chair was not strong, he was afraid that he would be collapsed. Zhang asked to see that little action of Turhaqi, and he was even more interested in this person.

Turhazi sat down calmly, then ate and drank on his own. Zhang Wen can't ask someone to take his chains, he is good at martial arts, in case he moves roughly, Zhang Wen is not an opponent, and the heart of defense is indispensable.

When only Zhang Wen and Turhaqi were left in the hall, Zhang Wen broke the silence with a more conservative sentence: "You said you wanted to see me, what do you have to say?" ”

Turhaqi's hands were chained and he couldn't use it, so he had to hold it with both hands when he nibbled on a chicken leg, looking very embarrassed, but he gnawed the chicken leg in his hand cleanly, and chewed the bones to lick the marrow inside.

Seeing this, Zhang Wen reminded: "There is still enough on the table for you to eat." ”

Turhaqi finally said in Chinese: "Many people do not hesitate to work hard because of a little food. ”

He had spent a long time in Li Chengliang's army before, and he spoke Chinese very fluently, and if it weren't for the strange head style on his head, just listening to him would be no different from the Han people. Zhang Wen wondered as soon as he saw that kind of braided head style, half of his head was bare, but the other half was braided, not to mention the beauty of this head style, the Northeast is so cold, who made such a head style out to cool his head?

Turhaqi continued: "Dajin attacked Daming, it was forced. ”

Zhang Wen knew that the Jurchens suffered from famine, and there was indeed a reason for being forced to do so, but if he thought about it carefully, if he didn't have ambition, how could he put the strength of the whole country into the army? He thought about it and said coldly: "This official thinks that the more reason is probably ambition. ”

Turhaqi said: "What's wrong with that? Don't you want to gain more authority, more merit? Otherwise, if you don't do the imperial history, what will you do if you are involved in military affairs? ”

Zhang asked silently. Now that Tulhaqi is almost a useless waste, there is no need for Zhang Wen to pretend to be noble and useless in front of him. Zhang Wen thought for a while and said, "What you said is right, and it's not much of a mistake to be ambitious." However, a backward tribe like yours takes advantage of the fire to loot, and constantly conquers cities and territories by force alone, and wants to rule the Han people, which in itself will set history backwards. ”

Turhazi was silent, and only the whistling of wind and snow remained. The sound of "Woo Woo ......" is very clear, like crying, maybe there are really ghosts in the world, so how many ghosts should be wandering and crying in Qinghe Fort tonight. Turhaqi finally said: "The Mongols once established the Yuan Dynasty in the Central Plains......"

"I know, but the Mongols made a mess of the world and perished in a few decades. They are a lesson in the past. Zhang asked.

Zhang Wen guessed what Turhazi was going to say. When Turhaqi first mentioned that the Mongols ruled the Yuan dynasty of the Han Chinese, he must have wanted to compare the policies of the Jurchens with those of the Mongols, and then said that they would learn from the state structure of the Ming Dynasty and so on. But Turhaqi only mentioned the Mongols, then interrupted the conversation, and continued: "My brother has no ambition to enter the Central Plains, we just want to get more cattle, sheep and food. ”

Zhang Wen was stunned when he heard this, and felt that the sentence he said just now was a little out of tune with the preface and afterword, and there were obvious traces of changing his words. Why did he change his tune? Zhang Wen pondered for a moment, then smiled tentatively: "You asked to see me, do you want to persuade me to let you go?" ”

After Zhang Wen finished speaking, he carefully observed the changes in Turhaqi's expression, and sure enough, he found a clue, Zhang Wen immediately judged that his guess was right, he couldn't understand, what reason should an enemy chieftain like Turhaqi use to convince himself? Zhang Wen said curiously: "Tell me, if the reason is sufficient, it can convince me that it is still easy to let you go in this Qinghe Fort." If I go to Shenyang, even if I have that heart, I can't do it. ”

After hearing this, Turhaqi said in a calm tone: "Zhang asked, right? In fact, under the Great Wall of Yahu Pass, you destroyed my 3,000 pursuers, and I found someone to understand you. Master Zhang should be an insightful person, and you should understand that the great trouble of the Ming Dynasty was not my Dajin Kingdom, but in the country. ”

Zhang Wen nodded, "I agree with what you said, but this reason is obviously not enough for me to let you go." Daming has so many Jinshi officials, and I don't rely on me to govern the country alone, I have to think that after escorting you back to Beijing, you can be added to the rank of knight. ”

Turhaqi smiled, although the appearance of smiling without smiling looked fake, but the laughter of the enemy chief was very hearty: "Lord Zhang's openness makes people look at it differently. There is a saying that if there is no long-term concern, there must be near-term worry, and you have to think about it for the future. Lord Zhang set up an ambush at Qinghe Fort and succeeded in annihilating Dajin's main force, and his reputation in the army was shocked. But you are not a member of the Donglin Party, the more famous you are, the more you will be guarded against. I know a lot about the Ming Dynasty, but I know that there are many ways to calculate a person, so aren't you afraid of being calculated? ”

Zhang Wen frowned and said: "What does this have to do with letting you go, letting you go is even more giving people a handle, there will definitely be officials who impeach me on purpose." ”

"Why is it okay?" Turhaqi said with a smile, "Although the Eight Banners Army has been wiped out, as long as you let me go, I can repack my troops and horses with my brother and threaten Liaodong, and then there will be no one available in the Ming Dynasty, no matter what Lord Zhang has done, don't you have to use you?" The so-called grievances should be resolved rather than settled, Lord Zhang's hard work continues to be promoted, and the northeast frontier of the Ming Dynasty is peaceful, everyone is happy, why not? ”

Zhang Wen smiled after hearing this: "That's really the case, hehe...... I'm wondering, did you and Li Chengliang do the same thing at the beginning? ”

Turhaqi said: "Lord Zhang thinks back, how many of the Ming Dynasty's feudal officials and powerful ministers have received a good death? Li Chengliang is not one? ”

"Makes sense." Zhang Wen smiled, "But I'm not interested in this kind of thing, and I still think that the benefits in my hands are the most reliable." Get you back, I'll have to at least move up several levels in a row, and maybe get some hereditary title. As for the future......" Zhang Wen glanced at the ceiling, "Who can know the will of heaven, isn't the battle of Qinghe Fort also the will of heaven?" ”

Turhaqi still remained calm and continued: "Let's put it this way, the current governor of Liaodong is Yuan Yingtai, a person from Donglin. Yuan Yingtai lost more than 100,000 teachers; And Lord Zhang, a person who is not from Donglin, has made great contributions, and the Beijing master must not set off strong winds and waves? I'm going to say it here today, even if Master Zhang escorts me back to Beijing to invite merit, the final credit is someone else's......"

When Zhang Wen heard this, he rudely interrupted Turhaqi's words and said decisively: "Let me say the same, authority is my favorite thing, but I don't like to be a traitor." ”

Turhaqi's face turned red when he heard Zhang Wen's tone, and after he realized that it was unlikely that he could persuade Zhang Wen, his calm expression immediately disappeared, and he shouted angrily: "Stupid! I, Turhaqi Wise I, am a shame to be defeated at your hands. ”

Because he roared so loudly, he alarmed the guards outside the door, and the guards slammed open the door and rushed in, and when they saw Zhang Wen and Turhaqi still sitting well, they immediately put the ordinary sword back into its sheath.

Zhang Wen turned his head and waved his hand to the guard: "It's nothing, let's go down." ”

The guards saluted, "Yes, my lord." Everyone exited the lobby and closed the door, and the wind suddenly became quiet.

After the guards went out, Zhang Wen put his hand on the stove and roasted it, and said, "Turhaqi, I thought, there is no reason for me to let you go, so let's talk about something else?" ”

Turhazi glared angrily: "With stupid people, there is nothing to say, you let me go back to the prison to sleep." ”

Zhang Wen sighed: "When you enter the edict, if you want to find someone to talk to, I'm afraid it will be difficult." He did not force him to stay, but called for someone to take Turhaqi down. After the guards escorted Turhaqi down, Zhang Wen was left to sit alone in front of a table full of wine and food. He was stunned for a while, remembering what Turhaqi had just said about the issue of party struggle, and the more he thought about it, the more reliable it became. Zhang Wen had to admit that although Turhaqi did not know much about the Ming Dynasty, he still had vision.

In contrast, the Ming knew much less about the surrounding barbarians, and most of the officials did not even understand the relationship between the various tribes. When Zhang Wen thought of this, he felt that the almost loss of Liaodong this time was the result of the imperial court's infighting and arrogance. Jianyu was around a big country like the Ming Dynasty, and originally did not even have the opportunity to unify the tribes in the south and the north, but it turned out to be the current situation.

While Zhang Wen was pondering, Xuan Yue stepped forward and said with concern: "My lord, the dishes are cold, why don't you make people hot?" ”

"No, I'm not going to eat it." Zhang Wen raised his head, glanced at Xuan Yue, and asked, "What about Madam?" ”

"In the backyard, the lights are out and resting." Xuan Yue then took out a booklet from his arms and put it in front of Zhang Wen: "This was searched from the prisoners of Jianyu, and Qin Qian always said that the adults were very interested in Jianyu, so he asked me to bring it over." ”

Zhang Wen picked up the booklet and flipped through it, it seemed to be Manchu, he didn't know it, but there were illustrations in it. Zhang Wen looked at the illustrations with great interest, and said as he looked at them: "Tomorrow, I will ask someone to let the captives dictate and translate the booklet into Chinese." ”

"Yes." Seeing that Zhang Wen was only looking at the booklet, Xuan Yue couldn't help but be a little curious, "Why is Lord Zhang so interested in Jianyu?" ”

Zhang Wen thought for a moment and said, "Power...... Well, I'm thinking about authority. Now the distribution of power in the Ming Dynasty is not good, so everything is a mess, and there is a lot of darkness. The tribal composition of the Jianyu, the distribution of power, I would like to know. ”

Xuan Yue asked incomprehensibly, "Is it better to be driven as a slave if you catch someone like Jianyu?" ”

Zhang Wen shook his head: "Before the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the Central Plains did the same, and it has changed for two thousand years. I just want to know how this has changed, what the mystery is, and whether there is a better way than now. ”

Xuanyue still seems to understand.

Zhang Wen's army quickly marched and drove for two days before reaching Shenyang.

Vehicles full of braided heads paraded on the streets, bringing the news of victory, the soldiers and civilians cheered, and the entire city of Shenyang was decorated with lights. The people did not have to worry about being slaughtered and plundered, and the officials and soldiers did not have to worry about being sent to death, and they were all happy.

Although the snow in the sky has not stopped, the wind and snow are very strong, and the weather is cold, but the people still take to the streets, sending food and water along the way, and they are full of enthusiasm. The troops felt a kind of honor, and the team walked straight and straight, and the feet were crackling and rhythmic. The sergeants worked hard to maintain their tall image, and at the same time looked at the girls and daughters-in-law in the crowd to see if they were looking at themselves.

Of course, the most eye-catching is Zhang Wen, who commanded the battle, and his battle process has been circulated among the people as a story. When Zhang Wen lifted the curtain to look at the scene along the road, the people suddenly burst into cheers, pointing at Zhang Wen and chanting his name, and his fans can be said to be thousands.

Of course, there are also cats among them, Zhang Wen heard from his subordinates that Zhang Zhao's guy had arranged a lot of personal soldiers on the street in advance to set off the atmosphere. For example, crying and fainting to reward one or two pieces of silver, shouting loudly for two silver dollars......