434. Stealing and selling imperial porcelain

The next day, early in the morning, Du Buyi received a report from the spies that the Tatars were preparing tens of thousands of cavalry to attack Taiyuan.

So Du Bu Bu hurriedly summoned the generals and the heads of the major factions to discuss countermeasures.

I only heard the chief soldier Xin Luan say first:

"Our army now has the help of the masters of the major factions in the rivers and lakes, and its strength is strong, and when the Tatar soldiers arrive, we can go out of the city and fight them to the death. ”

Master Huizhen, the abbot of Shaolin, walked out and waved his hand:

"General Xin, if you go out to fight the Tatar soldiers head-on, they are all cavalry, and we don't have horses at all now, I'm afraid we will suffer losses, and the outcome is unpredictable, this is not appropriate!"

Wu Kundao, the young head of Hengshan, also stood up and said:

"What Master Huizhen said is reasonable, we really shouldn't fight hard with the Tatar cavalry!"

Du didn't forget to look at Duan Xian'er, Zhang Songxi, and Duan Sisi respectively:

"What do you think?"

Duan Xian'er was the first to come out and said:

"I think you have to use stratagem to win against the Tatars!"

Du didn't forget to smile at Duan Xian'er:

"Xian'er, what do you have to do?"

Xian'er glared at Du Yiyi:

"Where do I want to get a plan? I think it's just a plan!"

After Duan Xian'er finished speaking, Zhang Songxi also stood up:

"I heard that the leader of the Tatar soldiers this time is still the five tigers of Monan, although these five tigers are brave in battle, but the soldiers like to covet small profits, we might as well think of a small and broad strategy to lure the enemy to deal with them, what do you think?"

Du did not forget to reply:

"Yes, I've thought about it too, but I've never thought of a place to deal with them!"

Duan Sisi walked in front of the Taiyuan city defense map and pointed to the map:

"Look at this Taiyuan City, the northeast is leaning on Zhoushan, and the west is leaning on Fenshui, the Tatar soldiers have already broken through Shuozhou, and this time the attack must be along Shuozhou to the south!"

After glancing at Du Buxing, he continued:

"And our Ming army Datong Mansion is still heavily guarded, Tatar soldiers this time, in order to avoid being surrounded and annihilated by our Taiyuan and Datong two towns, we will definitely send half of the troops to guard the direction of Datong, and according to the trend of Zhoushan, we can lure the Tatar soldiers to Zhoushan in Yangqu, and then set up an ambush to deal with them. ”

After Du Yi smiled, he said to Duan Sisi:

"Master Duan, do you mean that we can now set up an ambush in Yangqu to lure the Tatar soldiers into the Zhoushan Mountain, and we can use the Zhoushan Mountain to fight them?"

Duan Sisi nodded:

That's exactly what I meant. ”

Du did not forget to say at this time:

"According to a few people's intentions, we can use a small group of soldiers this time to go to Yangqu to have a first battle with the Tatar soldiers, and then feint defeat, lead the Tatar soldiers to the Zhoushan Mountain, and then fight with them in the Zhoushan Mountain?"

Everyone nodded.

Zhang Songxi said:

"But the five tigers are all greedy for small profits, if we lead them to Zhoushan, I'm afraid they won't be fooled!"

Du didn't forget to look at Duan Xian'er:

"Xian'er, you know best how to deal with people who are greedy for small profits, how do you think you should deal with them?"

Xian'er thought for a while and said:

"Then we must be able to lure them with small profits, you can imagine the purpose of the Tatar soldiers coming to Taiyuan City this time, I am afraid that it is mainly to loot property and female dependents, we can spread the news out, saying that the people over there in Zhoushan are rich in money and food, and the girls in the family are also good-looking, so the five tigers will naturally take the Tatar soldiers to the direction of Zhoushan to loot first. ”

Duan Sisi asked Xian'er:

"Sister Xian'er, how can this news be believed by the Tatars?"

Duan Xian'er looked at the next paragraph of Sisi:

"Master Duan, you are so beautiful, you can go with me to the vicinity of Shuozhou, which is occupied by the Tatars, to spread the word that we are girls from Zhoushan, and then we must wear more gold and silver jewelry, so that the Tatars will not be suspicious!"

Duan Sisi smiled:

"Sister Xian'er, I understand!"

Du did not forget to look at the two women:

"You're too dangerous!"

Duan Xian'er replied:

"Since it's a war, how can it not be dangerous? We just want to do something for the Ming Dynasty. ”

Du did not forget to say:

"Why don't I go with you!"

Duan Xian'er said:

"Brother Du, you are now the master of the general system, and you are responsible for the major affairs of the army, how can you leave at will, you can arrange the battle with the generals and the heads!"

After finishing speaking, Duan Xian'er pulled Duan Sisi, and the two girls went out to prepare together.

In the early morning of the next day, two women dressed in silk and satin, gold and silver, with noble faces, entered the city of Daizhou, which was adjacent to Shuozhou, with a few retinues.

Daizhou City has been famous for Yanmen Pass since ancient times, and then after the Ming Dynasty, because the territory expanded to Shuozhou and the Great Wall outside Datong, Daizhou City's status has not been so important since then.

The Tatars did not garrison in Daizhou City at this time, because the status of Daizhou had already developed into the center of trade between the Western Regions and the Central Plains merchants, and there were many merchants coming and going.

These two women are naturally Duan Xian'er and Duan Sisi.

After the two girls entered Daizhou City, they first came to the largest restaurant in the city, ordered the most expensive wine and food, and began to eat.

At this time, I only heard a few businessmen at the table talking loudly.

One of the businessmen with a hat asked another businessman with thick eyebrows and big eyes:

"Brother Zhao, where did you come to Daizhou this time?"

This thick-eyed and big-eyed Brother Zhao replied in a low voice:

"Brother Chen, this time we came from Jingshi to the mountain road, from Wutai Mountain!"

Brother Chen looked at this Brother Zhao very curiously:

"You were originally from Luoyang, why did you make such a detour to Daizhou?"

Brother Zhao sighed:

"We also have no choice, don't you know? It has not rained a drop of rain in the whole of Shanxi from this Daizhou to the south for half a year, if we go to Quwo, Hongdong, Taiyuan and other places, we must not die of thirst on the road, and now the Tatars take advantage of this drought to capture Taiyuan City, and even the whole of Shanxi, and then threaten the Jingshi!"

Brother Chen says:

"Also, it seems that it won't be long before our Jingshi is in danger!"

It turned out that one of these two people was from Luoyang, Henan, and the other was from Beijing.

Brother Zhao asked again:

"Brother Chen, how much silk did you bring to sell this time?"

Brother Chen replied:

"It's just two cars, it's too difficult to walk!"

Brother Zhao also said:

"Indeed, almost half of the porcelain I brought was broken on the mountain road, and this business is too difficult to do now!"

At this time, Brother Zhao took out a bowl from his arms and handed it to Brother Chen:

"Can you help me see how much silver this bowl can sell for?"

Brother Chen looked at the bowl and was surprised:

"Isn't this bowl of yours a blue and white porcelain bowl from an official kiln? It is for princes and nobles, where did you get it?"

Brother Zhao whispered:

"I have a friend over there in the official kiln, and it asked me to sell it!"

Brother Chen immediately asked again:

"How much do you have, I'll help you find a rich buyer, it can be all collected!"

Brother Zhao made an eight-eight gesture.

Brother Chen immediately asked:

"Could it be eight?"

Brother Zhao shook his head.

Brother Cheng guessed again:

"Eighty?"

Brother Zhao whispered:

"Eight hundred and eighty-eight, but there are more than three hundred rotten on the road, and now there should be only more than five hundred left. ”

Brother Chen was shocked:

"Why do you have so many blue and white porcelain? I'm afraid that there are not as many blue and white porcelain as yours in the palace, you must not have obtained it from the official kiln, right?"

Brother Zhao whispered:

"Indeed, in fact, I came to sell these blue and white porcelains for Yan Gongzi!"

Brother Chen was stunned:

"The Yan Gongzi you are talking about, is it Yan Shifan, the eldest son of Yan Song, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites?"

Brother Zhao nodded.

Brother Chen said:

"Okay, then I'll find a buyer for you now!"

Then one of the attendants went downstairs.

At this time, Sisi whispered to Xian'er:

"Sister Xian'er, I have also heard of Yan Song, but I didn't expect that this Yan Song had just become the secretary of the Ministry of Rites for a few years, and his son would actually do this!"

Duan Xian'er also replied in Sisi's ear:

"In this world, people are separated from each other, Yan Song has a good relationship with your brother Du, let's leave these things alone and do what we need to do!"

After a while, several Tatars in mink hats walked in.

When these Tatars passed by the table of Xian'er and Sisi, they looked at the two of them by the way, and then walked straight to the table of Brother Zhao and Brother Chen and sat down.

The Tatars who only listened to this leader, after sitting down, asked Brother Zhao:

"Are you going to sell porcelain?"

When Brother Zhao saw that this person was a Tatar, he seemed to show some frightened expressions, and immediately calmed down again and nodded:

"Yes, that's what I'm going to sell!"

On the side, Brother Chen immediately reminded Brother Zhao:

"Don't be afraid, this is my friend Asahiki-sama, it's okay, you take out that bowl and show it to Asahiki-sama!"

Brother Zhao took out the blue and white bowl from his arms again and handed it to Xu Muchi.

After Xu Muchi took the blue and white bowl, he took a closer look, and then said to Brother Zhao:

"This bowl is indeed a genuine piece of the Ming Palace, can you take me to see other objects?"

Brother Zhao glanced at Brother Chen, and after seeing that Brother Chen had returned his eyes, he got up and began to take a few people out of the restaurant.

Xian'er pulled Rasisi's clothes:

"Anyway, there's nothing to do, let's go with them quietly, shall we?"

Sisi nodded:

"That's what I mean, too. ”

Then the two girls quietly followed behind Brother Zhao and the others.

After a while, Brother Zhao took these people into a courtyard, and then ordered someone to carry more than ten boxes out, and then opened these boxes one by one.

Looking inside, it is full of exquisite blue and white porcelain for the imperial use, and the porcelain has the logo of 'special for the palace' on it.

At this time, Xu Muchi looked at these dazzling porcelains and laughed:

"Haha, I didn't expect that we would be able to use the porcelain of the Daming Palace in the future. ”

Brother Zhao looked at Xu Muchi with incredible eyes at this time, and asked:

"Who are you? What did you just say, Altan Khan?"

At this time, Xu Muchi took out a token, which was engraved with the eight characters of 'General of the Great Expedition to the South'.

Brother Zhao knelt down in fright at this time, kowtowed to Xu Muchi, and said while kowtowing:

"General, can you let go of the little me, I don't dare to do this business, I don't do it for myself, I do it for Yan Gongzi!"

Asahi Kidaka burst into laughter:

"Haha...... It's too late for you to say that!"

Then he waved his hand, and immediately a large group of Tatar soldiers came in, and carried all the porcelain away at once.