I am one year older than Chongzhen

That night, Li Jiucheng called his old brothers together again for discussion. This time, Geng Zhongming and other former Dengzhou left-behind generals attended.

After Wang Zideng explained the terms negotiated with Huang Yi clearly, the former Dongjiang Town generals immediately started talking about it!

Geng Zhongming, who had never suffered a loss from the Xinghe Army, was the first to ask, saying:

"As soon as Huang Yi's upper lip touches his lower lip, we have to give him benefits worth 800,000 taels of silver! Is this the condition you negotiated?"

Mao Chenglu also said: "Prince Deng, no matter what, you should let Huang Yi write an official document and have it stamped! Isn't this just empty talk?"

"Correct!"

"Makes sense!"

"It's really empty talk!"

The old generals of Dongjiang Town spoke one after another.

"What's the fuss about? Listen to what brother Wang Zideng has to say." Li Jiucheng saw the mess and stopped.

Wang Zideng felt that his efforts had been ignored, and felt a little unhappy. He said angrily:

"Can you think about it carefully? It's not too late to make noises after you figure it out!"

Mao Chenglu glared and said angrily: "Can you still make sense of these conditions?"

Mao Chenglu had a transcendent status in Dongjiang Town. Wang Zideng certainly didn’t want to offend him, so he had no choice but to explain with a smile:

"If you think about it carefully, you should understand Huang Yi's intention of only making a verbal promise!

If it were you, would you be so stupid as to give the evidence of confiscation of homes and exterminations to others? "

The laws of the Ming Dynasty were relatively cruel, and collaborating with the enemy was indeed a major crime against the Nine Tribes.

Mao Chenglu was stunned, nodded and said: "That's right!"

Wang Zideng continued: "Brothers, tell me, with Huang Yi's shrewdness, how could such a thing happen on paper?"

"You can only promise verbally!"

"But does this kind of promise work?"

"I don't know, there should be!"

"That guy Huang Yi dares to play tricks on us, I will fight with him!"

"How to fight? Can you defeat the Xinghe Army?"

"We can make the amount of bribes Huang Yi accepted public and let the court officials and censors deal with him!"

"Yes, let the emperor kill all nine of his clans!"

"Then our army will leave as much evidence as possible when sending gold and silver to Huang Yi!"

"How to stay?"

"Let more people see it, and there will be a lot of witnesses in the future!"

"That's right! There are too many people who have seen it, and there is no way to silence them. It is indeed possible!"

After another period of commotion, Li Jiucheng waited for the old generals of Dongjiang Town, recognized the verbal promise, and thought about the countermeasures after the Xinghe Army betrayed their trust.

Next, we started to discuss the authenticity and feasibility of Xinghe Army staying put for three years?

Discuss whether it is worth spending 800,000 taels of silver to buy Xinghe's army without attacking for three years?

Geng Zhongming’s speech was somewhat representative. He said: “The battle between Guan Ning’s army and Jian Nu at the Daling River was a disaster, I guess.

I am afraid that only the Xinghe Army among the imperial army can still compete with our Dongjiang Town.

Under the pressure of the imperial court, could Huang Yi really stand still for three years? "

Kong Youde supported Geng Zhongming’s view. He judged others by himself, saying:

"Because our department had to obey the imperial court's order to support Daling River City, a mutiny occurred in Wuqiao!

The imperial court urged the Xinghe Army to advance and suppress our army, so why did Huang Yi disobey? Is there any reason to delay it for three years? "

The prince said: "I have seen that Huang Yi is a soldier who respects himself and is not afraid of the imperial court!"

Mao Chenglu wondered: "Where does he get the confidence? He angered the imperial court and cut off the Xinghe Army's food and salary. Is he, Huang Yi, ready to drink the northwest wind?"

"Eight hundred thousand taels of silver is enough to cover the expenses of the Xinghe Army for several years. Moreover, the Xinghe Army's territory is outside the mouth and they have fallen out with the court. If Huang Yi leads the Xinghe Army back to Xinghe City, what can the court do?" , the imperial court has always bullied the weak and feared the strong."

"In the second year of Chongzhen, 10,000 or 20,000 troops from Liao Town abandoned the besieged capital and fled. What happened to the generals of Liao Town such as Zu Dashou, Wu Xiang, Zu Dale and others?"

"Haha, I'm so happy that everyone has been promoted to a higher position!"

"I have millions of dollars in salary to live on, of course!"

"That's right! The damn court only bullies us, Dongjiang Town, and all the benefits belong to Liao Town!"

"If Huang Yi really takes away the Xinghe Army, I will dare to attack Linqing City!"

"What good thing are you thinking about? There was no Xinghe Army when we attacked Laizhou. Did we defeat it?"

"At that time, we were unlucky enough to meet a capable and responsible Magistrate Zhu!"

"If we had known that Zhu Wannian was so difficult to deal with, we should have taken the lead in sending a few brothers with great martial arts skills to sneak into Laizhou City to carry out the assassination."

"That's right! If you kill Magistrate Zhu, Laizhou will definitely be in chaos, and our army will definitely have easy access!"

"We have long been on guard against spies sneaking into Laizhou City. They are not locals and do not have relatives and friends in Laizhou City as guarantees. We will arrest as many as we can!"

"Then find a few people with relatives and friends in Laizhou to sneak in!"

"How can our brothers have any relatives in Laizhou?"

"Look among those who have newly joined, there must be some!"

"Those people can't do such a thing!"

It's crooked again. The rebels are organized and undisciplined after all.

In the end, it was Li Jiucheng, the man in charge who never acted like a mother-in-law, who made the final decision.

He said: "Our gold and silver treasures are easy to come by. Can we buy food or clothes when we hold them in our hands?

As long as the Xinghe Army really stays put for three years, I will give it! "

Seeing that Li Jiucheng agreed to give the money, Kong Youde came up with an idea: "When brother Wang Zideng sends money, he must finalize the distance between our army and the Xinghe Army!"

"Distance?" Li Jiucheng asked, somewhat puzzled!

Kong Youde explained: "Our army needs to go out to collect food, and it must be clear where it can go and where it cannot go!"

Li Jiucheng nodded and said: "It makes sense!" Then he said to the prince:

"I don't ask for anything else. As long as the Xinghe Army promises not to approach Dengzhou City within 150 miles, we will give you money. Can you negotiate a deal?"

Prince Deng clapped his chest and said, "No problem!" Then he added:

"To show the sincerity of our army, can I bring gold worth 300,000 taels to negotiate this time?"

Li Jiucheng smiled and said: "Damn it, there are too many gold mines in Shandong. Brothers have indeed got a lot of gold in their hands. Everyone has their own affairs to do, so take out some gold!"

So "Marshal Du" took the lead and asked Li Yingyuan to take out five thousand taels of gold.

Seeing that Li Jiuzheng was like this, the other generals could only follow. In less than an hour, Wang Zideng got 30,000 taels of gold.

In order to prevent complications, Li Jiucheng personally led a thousand cavalry to escort Prince Deng and his party, and they did not stop until they were thirty miles away from the Xinghe Army camp.

The initiative on the battlefield is in the hands of the Xinghe Army. There are sentries and horses within a radius of fifty miles outside the camp to detect the enemy. Of course, they have discovered this group of soldiers long ago!

The generals Hu Xiaogu and Exun Zhaqin who were in charge of patrol today immediately led their cavalry to prepare for battle.

Huang Yi has heard the report of the Sentinel Cavalry.

The sentinel cavalry saw Prince Deng and his entourage holding a white flag, and it was not a big deal to just follow a thousand cavalry behind them! (End of chapter)