Chapter 319

If there is half a room for choice, Huang Taiji is willing to make peace with Ning Haijun, but the problem is that in the face of Ning Haijun, he simply does not play cards according to common sense, and he has no way at all.

Fight, then you have to be able to fight. Now they are blocked in Shenyang City by the Ning Navy, and they have no place to run, and the tall and strong city walls not only cannot protect them, but have become shackles that restrict their movements. There are eight city gates in Shenyang City, and Ning Haijun only needs to arrange one or two thousand people in front of each city gate, and they don't want to rush out.

As early as in the Battle of Baliwan, Huang Taiji had a deep memory of the artillery and thunderbolts of the Ning Navy, of course, what he didn't know was that the current Ning Navy was several times more powerful than the Ning Navy in the original Battle of Baliwan.

Not to mention that no matter more than 100 rear-loading rifled guns, just the more than 200 fire dragons out of the water, a salvo can launch thousands of rocket shells, each rocket shell is loaded with 12 catties of nitrocellulose gunpowder, a salvo is equivalent to launching more than three tons of TNT, this fire density, not to mention the Jiannu of the DPRK, even if it was the German army during the First World War, it must kneel.

Huang Taiji's decision was too timely, just a few breaths before the Ning Navy artillery fired, if it was ten breaths late, Shenyang City would turn into a sea of fire, allowing them to enjoy the pleasure of ice and fire.

Looking at the messenger who came out with a white flag in Shenyang City, Zhang Yu, who was in charge of commanding military operations, also breathed a sigh of relief, he looked at Zhou Ning and said: "Fortunately, Huang Taiji is not stubborn to the end!" ”

"The handsome man is right, those who wear shoes are afraid of being barefoot!"

Zhou Ning actually analyzed Shi Jie's decision, if Huang Taiji was unwilling to cooperate, but instead took the fish to the death, then I am afraid there would be no winner this time.

The strength of the Yining navy can certainly annihilate most of the Jiannu, but in the face of more than 400,000 Mongolian troops going south, they are also powerless, and it will take them at least more than a month to deploy in place.

I don't know how many people will die because of this blizzard, but fortunately, fortunately, Huang Taiji was instigated.

The person in charge of negotiating on behalf of Huang Taiji was Da Beile Daishan, and Ning Haijun let Zhou Ning be in charge of the reception, and the two sides started negotiations under Shenyang City.

Huang Taiji was very angry at this time, and what caught him off guard was that Fan Wencheng arrived in Shenyang with his front foot, and Ning Haijun arrived with his back foot. He picked up the whip and wanted to smoke Fan Wencheng, however, the moment he raised the whip, he figured out one thing, that is, he had arranged a lot of sentry horses on the north bank of the Hunhe River.

Even if Fan Wencheng arrived in Shenyang with Ning Haijun, these sentry horses would report to him, but the problem was that these sentry horses seemed to have disappeared.

"Fan Qing, what do you say is going on?"

"This ...... Slaves don't dare to say! ”

"Forgive your innocence!"

"The minions thought that the weather was very cold, but I was afraid that those sentry horses did not support it!"

"Ben Khan has arranged six or seven thousand sentry horses, more than twenty oxen, impossible!"

"That's it...... Someone betrayed the Khan! ”

In fact, Fan Wencheng's guess was not correct, but two in one, some Jiannu sentinels froze to death, and some surrendered in the face of Ning Haijun's steamed buns and hot milk tea. When the Ning Navy decided to act, these sentry cavalry were reorganized and surrendered to the Ning Navy, with more than 4,000 people before and after, so Huang Taiji didn't have time to arrange it at all, and he didn't even have a chance to run.

In the camp of the Ning Navy outside the city of Shenyang, there was a group of cavalry galloping out, and the knights were holding a strong bow in their hands, carrying a bag of white feather arrows behind their backs, with a slender saber with a slender blade, wearing steel helmets and iron armor, very well-equipped, and extremely athletic, obviously they were all skilled riders with bows and horses. Their iconic pitch-black cloak flew up like a banner of ink, and the terrifying momentum of the desert wind overwhelmingly pressed the mountains and seas, and the Jiannu warriors were shocked in their hearts.

As the envoy who negotiated with Ning Haijun on behalf of Huang Taiji, Yue Tuo and Dolgon followed, and they were followed by more than 300 cavalry, including Dai Shan, all the Jiannu cavalry puffed up their chests and straightened their waists. Everyone has self-esteem, in the face of natural disasters, the Jiannu departments are now embarrassed to the extreme, almost like water dogs, but in front of the Ning Navy cavalry, they still subconsciously want to support the dignity that has long ceased to exist, so as not to be looked down upon.

All the Ning Navy cavalry did not say a word, and quickly lined up in two rows, moving quickly, and the queue was as neat as a straight line. There are no horizontal eyebrows and angry eyes, there is no murderous spirit, and the momentum of the strong army is naturally released, which makes people dare not despise it slightly.

The neat queue was separated on both sides, Zhang Yu, Zhao Wencai and Zhou Ning rode their horses, and the cavalry shouted in unison: "General Zhou, General Zhang, General Zhao are here!" ”

Dai Shan, Yue Tuo, and Dolgon hurriedly rolled the saddle and dismounted, and made a noble etiquette to Zhou Ning, Zhang Yu, and Zhao Wencai: "Dai Shan, Yue Tuo, and Dolgon have seen General Zhou, General Zhang, and General Zhao!" ”

Zhou Ning smiled: "Everyone, don't be polite, it's hard!" ”

Zhou Ning took out three bags of wine and handed them to the three of them. said with a smile: "The border land is poor, the use is lacking, and I can't take out any good things to greet you, so I can only toast a bag of wine and talk about my heart, come, do it first!" ”

Daishan, Yuetuo, and Dolgon were not polite, and took the wine and drank booze.

In fact, Shenyang City is also short of food now, as early as the beginning of winter, Huang Taiji issued a ban on alcohol, no one is allowed to drink wine without permission, they have long been guilty of alcohol addiction.

"Mellow and strong, good wine, good wine!"

"Everyone, please inside!"

Dai Shan, Yue Tuo, and Dolgon took 300 guards into the camp of the Ning Navy and came to a large tent of the Chinese army, and they immediately felt warm like spring.

This large tent is different from the cowhide tent they built slaves, it is actually about one foot eight feet tall from a caravan, which is not tall, but it is three feet above the ground, and the cold air is difficult to get into, and there is a furnace and water stove inside, although the cold wind is howling outside, it is warm as spring inside, but there is no smoke from charcoal fire.

What makes Dai Shan feel incredible the most is that there are actually wine and dishes in the big account, and the wine and food are not very rich, eight hot dishes and eight cold dishes, eight meat and eight vegetables, but the color and flavor are complete, and I will drool just by looking at it.

The wine is mixed with potato wine, mellow and strong, very good for Yue Tuo's appetite, this guy didn't have the time to look at Zhou Ning's complexion, and after sitting down, he picked up the dishes and chopsticks and shook off his cheeks and ate wildly, making the cups and plates a mess.

Zhang Yu looked at this former opponent and was a little speechless: "Haven't you eaten?" ”

"It's been four months!"

Dai Shan explained: "It's been four months, and I haven't had such a hearty meal! ”

Although Dai Shan is not crowned king now, the problem is that he is now second only to Huang Taiji, and even he is living so hard, not to mention how miserable it is for ordinary people.

Just as he was eating, a guard came over in a panic and reported to Yue Tuo: "Master, master, no...... Oh no, Ye Chen is dead! ”

Yue Tuo was taken aback and said, "Dead? How to die! ”

"He ate too much rice and meat, and he died of it!"

Yue Tuo even puffed up the green tendons on his forehead one by one, wanting to scold, but he didn't know how to scold. It's really evil, a samurai who is as strong as an ox actually died at the dinner table, hell! Ye Chen is the sixth Niu Lu of his Niu Lu Ezhen, six feet three inches tall, and his body is as strong as an ox.

However, the strong man who was originally more than 200 pounds, because he had no food to eat, had lost less than 160 pounds left, and even his armor was like a robe.

Zhou Ning said slightly apologetically: "Baylor, I'm really sorry, it's my fault that I didn't tell the following to control the supply of meals!" ”

Yue Tuo smiled bitterly: "General Zhou, this has nothing to do with you, it's that idiot who is too greedy...... In fact, we can't blame him, we have all not eaten a full meal in nearly a year, and suddenly see so many delicious foods, where can he control his mouth? ”

Yue Tuo waved his hand and asked people to find a place to bury Ye Chen, don't bother him with these things.

Zhou Ning found that the predicament encountered by Jiannu was more serious than he imagined, in fact, there was still food in Shenyang City, and it was not small, there were more than 100,000 stones, but there was only so much grain left in the entire Jin country, and there were hundreds of tribes that were severely affected by the snowstorm, and there was nothing left of these grains.

In this way, the negotiation is much simpler.

After Dai Shan was full, he patted his belly and said, "It's so full, thank you General Zhou for your hospitality!" Now let's get down to business? ”

"Well said, well said!"

Zhou Ning looked at Dai Shan and the three of them: "Are you really in such a difficult situation now?" ”

"After our autumn harvest, there is not much grain at all, and we don't have enough stomach to eat those skinny livestock, and many herdsmen have reached the point where they can eat their children, this kind of embarrassment, you can't imagine."

Dai Shan smiled bitterly: "We are willing to talk, we are willing to peace, but how to make peace, this needs to be made clear, we are not lambs to be slaughtered, if we can't be satisfied, we still have more than a million people, more than a million crazy people who are hungry to death, so they are starving to death here, it is better to fight, even if it is death, we must be a full ghost!" ”

When he heard the words "Yi Zi and Eat", whether it was Zhou Ning or Zhang Yu, they couldn't help but be slightly moved. I don't know how many words appear in the history books, "Yi Zi eats, and breaks bones for cooking", just eight words, but its tragedy has exceeded the limit of everyone's psychological endurance, making people can't bear to read and think.

No matter which side of this kind of thing happens, it is worthy of sympathy, because you are a human being first, and then a human being of any country, as long as you are a human being, there is no way to completely extinguish your conscience!

What's more, the current Ming Dynasty, the matter of eating with a child is not an uncommon thing, whether it is Zhou Ning or Zhang Yu, including Zhao Wencai, they are all witnesses.

"I also deeply sympathize with your department and am willing to help you at this point, but ......"

Dai Shan was shocked: "But what? ”

"But after all, southern Liaoning has been ravaged by war and is in tatters, and it has only just recovered a little bit now, so I am afraid that there will not be much food. Besides, this snow disaster, southern Liaoning also suffered from it! ”

Dai Shanxi's heart sank and said anxiously: "We Jurchen men also know what is good, you have helped us, we will do our best to repay you, and we will not let you suffer!" ”

Dai Shan knelt down again: "Please, save us!" ”

Zhou Ning was a little helpless and said to the general: "If you have something to say, don't kneel at every turn...... It's definitely not okay to send food to you for free, after working hard for more than half a year, we just have enough food to eat, how can we give it away for nothing? But we can open a border market, and you can exchange things for them! ”

Dolgon's overjoyed: "Really!?" ”

Then he was frustrated: "Even if you are willing to reopen the border market, I'm afraid we won't be able to exchange anything, and now we have nothing!" ”

Zhou Ning smiled: "Yes, you have what we urgently need!" ”

"Is there really? What is that? ”

"Horses, your horses!"

Dolgon's flesh ached: "We'...... We have less than 100,000 horses left! ”

"You have less than 100,000 horses left, so what about pulling horses? What about camels? ”

"Do you want to pull horses and camels?" In Dai Shan's impression, the only purpose of opening the border city in the Ming Dynasty is to obtain war horses, and as for pulling horses, there are many in the pass, and there is no need for them at all.

"Ploughing a field is inseparable from a plough and a harrow, and a plough and a harrow are inseparable from large livestock. It is too long and expensive to sell cattle from Kannai, and there is also a need for cattle in Kannai, so I hope that you will bring a batch of horses and camels to exchange for food, and we will take what we need, and you will get life-saving food, and we will get enough animal power. ”

After bargaining, the two sides reached a deal at the price of two stones of grain per horse, and at the same time, any horses and cattle that had been frozen to death could be traded at the price of one stone of grain per horse or eight buckets. It also includes frozen sheep.

Finally, back to the topic, Zhou Ning said: "Since this is the case, I will say it directly, our requirements have three points, the first one, the unconditional release of the captured Ming soldiers and civilians, your Fan Wencheng said, you have more than 200,000 people in your hands, this is the first article, you are allowed to leave the property and food of these more than 200,000 people, you can be delivered now, in order to compensate them, everyone, we can give you the same weight of potatoes or sweet potatoes!" ”

Yue Tuo just wanted to speak, but Dai Shan waved his hand.

Yue Tuo had no choice but to shut up, because Huang Taiji was to let Dai Shan take the lead this time, and Dolgon and him were just cooperating.

"The second point is that you Jurchen warriors launched an attack on the Mongols who attacked the defense line of the Great Wall, and exchanged the heads of the Mongols for food with us. The tentative standard is to exchange 100 catties of grain for each Mongolian head, and it is speculated that there are more than 400,000 Mongols in Mobei who went south this time, that is to say, as long as you cut and kill these Mongols, you can get no less than 40 million catties of grain. ”

"The third point, hand over the traitors of the Han Army Banner, this is the list ......"

Human nature is actually like a prostitute, even if she is reluctant the first time, after taking off her clothes, it will be much easier the second time, it is nothing more than how much she asks.

Dai Shan didn't have time to delay, because every moment, there were people who were starving to death in Shenyang City, and what they wanted to bargain for was nothing more than the soldiers and civilians captured by the Ming Dynasty, how much food could be exchanged.

Zhou Ning was not fooled, Jiannu incorporated the sixteen departments and forty-nine leaders of Monan, these Mongols were five or six hundred thousand people, and now because of the snow disaster, more than 100,000 people have died. If they can exchange food, they can even cut off more than 100,000 heads for the Ning Navy right away.

Zhou Ning and Dai Shan and others repeatedly discussed, and finally decided that children under three feet are not counted, women and children are not counted as old and weak, only young and strong, of course, Dai Shan can not be shoddy, if the head of the old and weak women and children is exchanged for food, found once, deduct 10,000 catties of food.

Of course, even if they can't exchange food, the old and weak in Mobei Mongolia can't survive, and Jiannu has no food to feed them.

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Henan, Ruzhou, Tianxiong Army Battalion.

In May of the eighth year of Chongzhen, Lu Xiangsheng succeeded Tang Hui and served as the right deputy capital Yushi and the governor of Huguang, garrisoning Xiangfan and intercepting the peasant army. With the growing strength of the peasant army, the imperial court set up an envoy of the "prime minister of the five provinces" in August, with Lu Xiangsheng concurrently serving as the chief minister, to take charge of the military affairs of the five provinces of Nanzhili, Henan, Shandong, Sichuan, and Huguang, and arranged for Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi, to be responsible for encircling and suppressing the peasant army in the northwest, and Lu Xiangsheng to be responsible for encircling and suppressing the peasant army in the southeast.

In November, Lu Xiangsheng took advantage of Li Zicheng and Gao Yingxiang's peasant army to set off from Nanyang to invade Xianling, and hurried to help, Lu Xiangsheng led 5,000 soldiers to Ruzhou, where the peasant army was located, and ordered the deputy general Li Chongzhen, Lei Shisheng, Zhou Yuanru and other joint camps to suppress, from the morning to the middle of the night, the victory was not divided, Lu Xiangsheng sent Zhu Wenjin, Chen Qimei and others to take dry glutinous to reward the soldiers, the soldiers had strength again, and the next day at noon broke the peasant army, beheaded thousands of levels, and captured the tiger, Yonghu, Gongshan tiger, Zhang Xin'er, etc., Twelve cannons and countless other equipment were captured, and the peasant army fled to the southeast of Lushan.

Just when Lu Xiangsheng was about to pursue the remnants of Li Zicheng, the cabinet minister Wu Zongda suddenly arrived in Ruzhou, and Lu Xiangsheng didn't know what kind of medicine Wu Zongda was selling in the gourd, but he entertained Wu Zongda with good wine and food.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Wu Zongda took out a copy of "Liaodong Times" and put it in front of Lu Xiangsheng, and Lu Xiangsheng looked at it at once. It's just a pity that Lu Xiangsheng's performance is not as Wu Zongda imagined, but he watched it over and over again, and he watched it with relish.

In front of Lu Xiangsheng, he had read it several times, and the reaction was intriguing.

After reading this article, any scholar will be furious, showing his teeth and claws, scolding endlessly, and the worst thing is to shoot the case, and scold with his halberd fingers, but Lu Xiangsheng did not react, after reading it several times, he calmly put down the newspaper, picked up the teacup, and drank tea.

This made Wu Zongda one hundred and twenty unhappy. His mood is like that of some women who came out to date in later generations, and finally met a man with excellent manners and pleasing speech and demeanor, but they talked very happily, but after eating, the other party was lukewarm and cold.

This made the woman very unhappy, the old lady came all the way to Ruzhou, and she lacked your meal? Missing your cup of tea?

Wu Zongda's expression now was somewhat resentful, knowing that whoever spoke first now would definitely be passive, but he still couldn't help it, and asked with a hint of anger: "Jiandou, can you still sit still?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng's expression was indifferent: "Jiandou doesn't understand what Lord Wu means. ”

Wu Zongda snorted angrily: "The snow disaster in the entire north has hit hundreds of people in despair and wailing, and they are full of complaints, this is because Your Majesty favors the ministers, and the gods are angry, and such natural disasters are sent down to alert the Ming Dynasty!" ”

Wu Zongda said more and more loudly: "But all people of insight can't bear to see the lives in misery, and they have written to implore Your Majesty to issue an edict to punish the ministers, in order to seek forgiveness from God, this is a matter of course!" And that courtier ...... to save his life."

Even if Wu Zongda said that Shechen was Cheng Shijie, he was afraid that Lu Xiangsheng would not understand what he meant, so he pointed to Cheng Shijie's name on the newspaper and said, "That Shechen...... Crazy, he threw out such a demon letter, reversed black and white, bewitched the public, and tried to subvert the way of heaven, and now it is the anger of the whole country, and the people of the world are asking His Majesty to take down this madman, and cut it with a thousand knives to calm the anger of the people! ”

Lu Xiangsheng looked at his nose and nose, and his nose looked at his heart, unmoved.

Wu Zongda pointed at Lu Xiangsheng and said: "You, you, Lu Jiandou, as the Marquis of the Ming Dynasty and a feudal official, is deeply favored by the emperor, so he should stand up and ask for his life for the people, why is he indifferent?" Jiandou, you really disappointed the old man! ”

Lu Xiangsheng sighed, put down the teaglass, bowed his hand to Wu Zongda, and said, "Lord Wu is angry." Although there are some inappropriateness in Hai Guogong's article, there are some things that cannot be ignored. ”

"Oh!"

Wu Zongda sneered all over his face: "That minister is justified?" ”

"Lord Wu, you see, for example, from the twenty-eighth year of Wanli to the present, more than 30 years have passed, and the Great Tomorrow disasters have occurred frequently, and the Divine Sect, the Xi Sect and the current saints have issued many edicts for their own crimes, and the ministers have also been destroyed a lot, but the natural disasters are worse year by year, and they are getting worse and worse, why is this? Looking back at history, every time there is a natural disaster, which emperor did not sincerely repent? But the natural disaster still does not ......"

Lu Xiangsheng noticed that Wu Zongda's face was getting darker and darker, so he didn't say any more, and sighed: "I'm afraid there is really a problem with the set that we have been convinced of for thousands of years, and the theory put forward by Hai Guogong is not unreasonable......

Bang!

Before Xiangsheng finished speaking, Wu Zongda was already so angry that he slapped his palm on the table, shaking the teacup and jumping. His eyes erupted with fire, he stood up and pointed at Lu Xiangsheng with his halberd, and roared: "Lu Jiandou, you ...... You even believe his nonsense!? Do you know what you're talking about!? ”

Lu Xiangsheng said calmly: "Jiandou naturally knows. ”

Wu Zongda let out a loud roar: "That thief bewitches the people, subverts the principles of heaven, and commits a heinous crime, and everyone will be punished!" Do you agree with his fallacies and heresies, do you also want to be like him and become a sinner for the ages!? ”

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Lord Wu, Da Ming has never been convicted for his words, everyone has the right to speak, and it is really inappropriate to put a big hat on the other party when they encounter different opinions!" ”

PS: Thank God, the call finally came, Beijing flooded, flooded Zhuozhou, there was water everywhere, a wail, God bless Hebei, the next chapter may be delayed, Lao Cheng doesn't know when the power will go out, and he doesn't know when he needs to evacuate.

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