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Chapter 771 Simply, shall we surrender too?

Jinzhou, on the Liao Tower, Zu Dashou looked out of the city for a long time, and then said in a deep voice: "I will come. Hong Duchen led the ten generals to help Jin, and he will definitely not give up halfway, but there may be ways to rescue us. different.

That is Zhang Cheng, the chief soldier of the Xuan Mansion. Although I have never met him, I know that this man has always been prudent, he is not a reckless person, and he never speaks rashly.

Some guessed that the officers and soldiers of Songshan Fort either fell from Rufeng Mountain, or attacked Shimen Mountain, or captured Huangtu Ridge, in order to contain the Tatar bandits, so that the Tatar soldiers of all banners dare not attack our Jinzhou City with all their strength. "

"From today's siege, you can also see that many Tazi soldiers from all banners have been transferred outside Jinzhou City, so the defense elsewhere will inevitably be relaxed, and this is the time for officers and soldiers to take advantage.

Governor Hong is also an old man, so naturally he can't fail to see this...

Of course, if the battle line of the Songshan officers and soldiers is too long, it may also give the Tartars an opportunity to take advantage of..."

On the tower, all the generals were somewhat disheartened, they didn't bother to care if the officers and soldiers of Songshan would be taken by the Tartars.

However, reinforcements from Songshan will not come soon, and Jinzhou City will probably have to fight hard for a while. In the bloody battle of Daling River back then, the city was beaten to the point of cannibalism. Is it true that Jinzhou City will be like this this time?
Although Zu Dashou spoke words of encouragement and cheered up the relatives, generals and servants, after they got off the tower, they still had their own thoughts.

Jinzhou, before the Ming and Qing Dynasties, was a prosperous commercial place, with a group of jade workshops on the South Street and a group of fur shops on the North Street.

Fur, jade, and side dishes were the three famous products of Jinzhou at that time, and merchants from the north and the south came to trade paint, paper, sugar, ginseng, bean cakes and other materials that were lacking in the north and the south.

It was only after the Year of Tianqi that the local wars in Liaodong continued one after another, and merchants in the city also moved south one after another. Even Fu's Zijin Mink Fur Shop, a well-known fur merchant at that time, moved to other places.

You must know that the mink fur produced by this shop is extremely outstanding. At that time, Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Liaodong, and Zu Dashou, the general of Liaodong, were presented with a mink fur for each of them, which was a sensation for a while.

Now that the Qing army has been besieging the city for more than a year, the only remaining commercial activities in the city are even more withered. Walking on the street, it is deserted, and occasionally you see, most of them are panicked soldiers and civilians passing by in a hurry.

At this time, most of the people who followed Zu Dabi to the street were a group of generals from the Zu family. In Zu Dashou's arrangement, they guarded the important places of the city gates and served as the supporting force of each place. The soldiers attacked the city again, and everyone will have a bloody battle later.

They were silent, or exchanged secret glances with each other.

Finally, a general who had a deep friendship with Zu Dabi on weekdays tentatively said, "Second Master, do you want to keep this Jinzhou?

Don't be like Dalinghe in the past, beating the big guys to lose soldiers and generals. Without soldiers, my ancestors' home is in Liaodong, so that's nothing. "

As soon as the general's words came out, everyone around Zu Dabi immediately started to talk about it: "That's right, all the soldiers are gone, what can we be?
For example, Zhang Cheng was able to succeed as the chief soldier of the Xuanfu because he had tens of thousands of Xuanbei troops in his hands. Otherwise, why would he be so arrogant and overwhelm our young Lord Wu everywhere.

Let’s just say that our ancestor’s family is able to eat and drink spicy food in Liao Town, isn’t it also because of these thousands of powerful servants? "

"That's right, in this city of Jinzhou, although there are still more than 2 officers and soldiers, but after careful calculation, the only ones who can fight are our thousands of ancestral troops.

If the Tazi soldiers surround the outside and don't go for a long time, second master, when the children of the family are finished fighting, then our ancestors will follow suit. "

"Yes, Second Master. As the saying goes, it is not easy to raise soldiers, but it is not easy for the ancestors to create their current family business in the west of Liaoning. You have to persuade our uncle well, and you must make plans early."

Everyone around Zu Dabi was chattering, and they all held a pessimistic attitude towards the defense of the city. They were especially worried that if the troops under their own command were damaged in the battle of the defense, their military status would be lowered. Save.

Indeed, it is inevitable for everyone to worry about this, just like Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui's father and son, the servants under the ancestral brothers' command are also composed of the children of the ancestral family, the brothers of the children, and their relatives.

The servants of these generals all have farms and manors in the land of western Liaoning. They are like landlords of all sizes. As the saying goes, only those who have permanent property have perseverance. Coupled with the will to defend their homeland, this is why they are better than foreign soldiers. The reason for being more daring to fight.

Moreover, their treatment was also very good. Wu Xiang once said that what he ate was just rough food, but all the three thousand soldiers in his family ate fine wine and fat sheep.

Wu Xiang himself was dressed in coarse brown clothes, while the three thousand soldiers were all dressed in silky clothes. Although the court could not send money, food and military salaries for a long time, they could live well as usual.

The same is true for the Zu family. Thousands of Ding Qin troops under Zu Dashou's command are also brave and brave. It's all about discipline, and then there is a lack of a good system.

This is also the reason why Yang Guozhu, Hu Dawei and others were ordered by the emperor to concentrate on training the new army and divide the land for the new army, but the generals in western Liaoning remained unmoved.

In fact, together with the servants under their command, they already have land and property, and their lives are worry-free. In addition to training, they don't have to worry about farming in the fields, because almost all the military households in western Liaoning have become them. sharecroppers, and work hard to cultivate for them.

Like the Wu family's army, the Zu family also has thousands of people, which is only a lot more than the Wu family.

They are now almost purely the private armed forces of the Zu family, relying on the power of the Zu family's generals in western Liaoning, all of them are rich, and their families have no worries about food and clothing.

However, while everyone in the ancestral family relied on the servants to gain a foothold, they were also very worried that the strength of the servants under their command would be greatly reduced, which would lead to a great decrease in power.

Suddenly, an official even said: "I heard that during the Battle of Daling River, Zhang Cunren and others who voted for the Tartars are all doing well now?"

The atmosphere on the street became quiet in an instant, including Zu Dabi, everyone who was walking on the street looked around nervously, fearing that the walls would have ears, such rebellious words were indeed no small matter.

After a long time, only a few people murmured in a low voice: "It's really good. As early as the ninth year of Chongzhen, that is, the year when the Tartar leader Hong Tai came to the throne, Zhang Cunren was appointed as the governor of the Tartar Kingdom. , Han Daxun was appointed as the Ministry of Household Affairs, Jiang Xin was appointed as the Ministry of Rites, Li Yun was appointed as the Ministry of Punishment, and even Pei Guozhen was appointed as the Ministry of Industry.

It's true that everyone is promoted, and everyone is rewarded! "

"Even the two young masters of our family, Zu Zehong appointed the Ministry of Officials to take charge of the government, and Zu Zerun appointed the Ministry of War to participate in politics. You said, if we go there, the official positions given to us by the Tartars will not be small, right? .”

For a while, everyone was silent.

Speaking of this, the generals of the Zu family also breathed heavily.

An official suddenly said in a low voice: "Since the Tartars besieged the city, there must have been hundreds of letters persuading the city to surrender.

Second master, if you don't take advantage of this opportunity, you might as well persuade our uncle.

Why don't we drop it too? "

Zu Dashou's attitude towards Qing's persuasion to surrender has always been very clear, that is - not to surrender!
Among them, there is his desire to be loyal to Daming, and of course he also considers the interests of the family.

Similarly, Zu Dashou's mother and wife's attitude towards the Tartars' persuasion to capitulate is also a major aspect that has made Zu Dashou hesitate to this day.

Like Hong Chengchou's old mother in history, Zu Dashou's old mother is also extremely loyal, and her attitude is very clear, that is, she is unwilling to betray the Ming court even after she dies.

Especially Zu Dashou's main wife, Mrs. Zuo, although she is 15 years younger than Zu Dashou, she is beautiful and virtuous, and even more talented.

She gave birth to three sons in succession for Zu Dashou, and she often assisted him, advised him, and helped Zu Dashou avoid many difficulties, so Zu Dashou also respected her very much.

However, although Mrs. Zuo was good at bow and horse, she was also born in a scholarly family. She had read through the biography of martyrs since she was a child.

Although Mrs. Zuo and Mrs. Tai were in Ningyuan at this time, if Zu Dashou dared to surrender to the Qing army, then according to their temperament, they would very likely commit suicide.

Zu Dashou had always been extremely filial to his mother and loved his wife, so how could he be willing to see this ending?
Therefore, whenever his subordinates implicitly mentioned the matter of surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, Zu Dashou was furious, and everyone had no choice but to tentatively start the matter from Zu Dabi's side.

Seeing everyone around him trying to persuade him, Zu Dabi just had a sneer on his face, his eyes were deep and bright, it seemed that he was far from the old image of an ordinary man who only knew how to roar and kill the enemy.

Suddenly, he slammed the mace in his hand on the ground, and roared, "Shut up, all of you!"

The crowd couldn't help being startled, and they heard Zu Dabi pointing at the crowd and scolding angrily: "You are stupid and you don't know it, have you ever read the Three Kingdoms? You will know what kind of character Zhuge Kongming is.

But you all know that Zhuge Kongming's brothers work separately for Wei, Shu, and Wu families, and they don't put their eggs in one basket, lest the basket fall and the eggs will not be finished.

It's good for you, you actually thought of making all the children of my ancestral family surrender to the Tartars..."

He shouted loudly again: "What are the damn Tartars? Don't look at them, although they are rampant now, they are just a tiny country."

When Zu Dabi said the last sentence, he stretched out the little finger of his left hand as a gesture.

"Don't look at our Daming, although he is weaker now, but this skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Can you understand this truth?"

As he spoke, he stretched out another hand and clenched it into a big fist, waving gestures in front of everyone.

"Furthermore, although Daming is not doing well right now and often loses battles, who knows what will happen in the future? Maybe it will turn strong again in the future. The 300-year world has its own foundation exist.

Take a look at Yang Guozhu, the former general of the Xuan Mansion, look at Zhang Cheng, the successor general, and Gu Shan Ezhen, who beheaded two Tartars in one battle. Didn’t these powerful troops come out of training one by one? ...

Right now, Zerun and the others surrendered as soon as they surrendered, just like Zhuge and his family in the Three Kingdoms period. The brothers were divided into several families and countries. No matter which country will grow stronger in the future, at least one bloodline will always be left behind.

If our ancestral family is in decline and there is something bad about it, there will be a place to take refuge in the future..."

He glared at the people around him angrily, and said: "However, if it is true what you and others just said, then it will be beyond redemption!

All the descendants of Zu's family went to the Tartars, so they had to work for the Tartars wholeheartedly. There was no place worth using. Who knew whether the captive chief Hong Tai would do the thing of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge? "

He continued in a deep voice: "Also, if we all went to surrender to the Tartars, what should we do if the property accumulated by our ancestors over the years is all in the Ningjin area?
It must have been accepted by the Ming court, or abandoned.

Even if the Tartars win this battle, do you think that the Tartars will occupy Jinzhou, don't worry, let us continue to defend here?
It will definitely be set on fire, and then go back to Shenyang, and without the land and property, what will it be if I surrender to the Tartars, and what will I use to raise soldiers?

At that time, you will already be in the hands of the captive chief Hong Tai, he can pinch you as much as he wants, food, weapons and other things will all depend on other people's faces, how can you be so comfortable now? "

When everyone heard the words, they suddenly realized that they all nodded their heads and said, "Second Lord is still wise. We are stupid, and we are indeed stupid."

For them, the Liaoxi generals and warlords, the power is the fields, and the soldiers are everything. It is obvious that if they surrender to the Qing side, all of these will cease to exist.

And the generals of these ancestral families, they all set up farmlands in the west of Liaoning, and they have privately served in the army. Everyone has accumulated quite a large family business. If they give up on this, they are really unwilling and unwilling!

In addition, they have been stationed in Jinzhou all year round, and news from the Qing Dynasty has been constantly coming in.

Although the people who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty were highly valued and held official positions, they were still restrained everywhere. How could they be free and at ease on Daming's side?

To Liaodong, Zu Dashou is like the emperor of the land, whether it is the emperor of Ming Dynasty, the governor of Jiliao, the minister of the Ministry of war, or the officials of the court, no matter who he is, it depends on their faces!

Especially now that the situation between Ming and Qing is still not very clear, and it is not the time to make a final decision.

Just like Wu Sangui in history, who has been alone in Liaodong, guarding Shanhaiguan's rare land, unwilling to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, he did not make the final decision until the Ming capital fell and Emperor Chongzhen hanged Meishan, when the general situation of the world was determined. choice.

The so-called incident of becoming a beauty because of Chen Yuanyuan is really nonsense, it's just a far-fetched story of a novelist.

For a real warlord like a hero, what is a mere woman?
But the current Ming Dynasty is far from exhausted. For the powerful ancestors, it is obviously not a wise choice to surrender to the Qing Dynasty now.

Therefore, the generals around him also woke up at this moment, and they all blamed themselves for a while.

(End of this chapter)