The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 686 Making things difficult and humiliating

Beijing!

As the end of the new year approaches, the capital city, which became very deserted after the Manchus withdrew from the customs, also became a little angry.

Both inside and outside the palace are starting to buy new year's goods!
Many products of Ming Dynasty appeared in the capital.

Businessmen, that's it, as long as there is interest, they dare to do business.

As for whether they are enemies, they don't care!
The soldiers of the Eight Banners who were left in the pass by the Manchu Qing, and the Green Battalion Army also began to make corresponding preparations for the New Year.

A large number of merchants who purchase wine, meat, food and other materials, and do related business, especially the eight Shanxi merchants, can be said to have made a lot of money.

Emperor Xuantong, who was supported by the Manchu Qing, also brought a large amount of wine, meat and food into the Qing army's barracks to reward the army under the signal of Obai.

Aobai and Xuantong sat side by side at the top, wearing a cotton armor, compared with the emaciated and shrunken Emperor Xuantong, he looked extremely tall.

At the banquet, Oboi took off the helmet and held it in his hand, and then poured a jar of fine wine into it.

Accompanied by Oboi's movements, the wine in the helmet almost overflowed.

Holding the helmet in both hands, Oboi said to Emperor Xuantong who was sitting beside him.

"I respect your Majesty!"

As he spoke, he stuffed the helmet full of wine into Emperor Xuantong's hand.

Xuan Tong was forced to take it, with a look of embarrassment on his face.

But Aobai's eyes were staring straight at Xuan Tong.

It seems to be saying, if you dare to refuse, I will chop off your head and make it into a wine vessel.

Holding the helmet, Emperor Xuantong looked at the wine night that was almost overflowing, and Oboi's hair oil and scalp floating on the wine, feeling a little nauseous.

Gathering up his courage, he politely refused with an ugly face.

"This...there is too much wine, I am too strong to drink, I can't drink it!"

Hearing this, Aobai said with a serious face.

"What? Your Majesty won't give me face?"

"I took Baqi Erlang with me to guard the country for His Majesty. Wouldn't Your Majesty even want to drink a glass of wine I toasted?"

As soon as Aobai said this, Xuantong's face became even paler.

The other Manchu and Qing generals in the big tent also booed one after another.

"Yes, you must drink!
"If your Majesty doesn't drink, you won't save face for Shao Shao! You just look down on us Qiuba!"

"Drink him, drink him!"

"Your Majesty, don't toast or eat fine wine!"

"..."

These generals of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties were no match for Da Ming on the battlefield, they were suppressed and beaten by Da Ming, even Wu Sangui could not beat them now.

The distress in my heart can be imagined!
The open and honest humiliation of the "Emperor of Ming Dynasty" was regarded by them as a way to vent their emotions.

Even if this "Emperor of Ming Dynasty" was a puppet supported by Man Qing himself, humiliating him would give these Man Qing generals great psychological satisfaction.

Under the booing of countless people, Emperor Xuantong didn't dare to refuse at all, so he had to pick up the helmet full of wine and send it to his lips.

The strong wine entered his throat, scraping his throat like a sharp knife, and the wine was like a thread of fire, rushing straight into his stomach.

A large amount of wine gushed out of his mouth, flowing down Xuantong's cheeks, beard, everywhere, completely soaking the robe on his chest.

A helmet of wine will soon bottom out!

A small half went into the throat, and a large half was sprinkled everywhere, but Aobai and others didn't care much about it.

All they want to see is that Emperor Xuantong drinks with a helmet under their persecution.

As for whether he drank all the wine in the helmet, it really didn't matter.

Seeing this scene, Ao Bai let out a hearty laugh, then raised a wine jar at his hand, raised his head and poured it into his mouth.

A large amount of wine was spilled all over his head and face, and the cotton armor on his body was even stained with wine, but he didn't care.

Seeing this scene, a group of Manchu generals praised Oboi's drinking capacity.

"Reduce alcohol consumption!"

"Shaobao's prestige remains the same as before!"

"Shaobao is really a warrior, and he deserves to be the number one Batulu in Manchuria!"

"..."

Aobai drank all the wine in the jar, and dropped the jar in his hand to the ground with a bang.

"Ha ha!"

"Hahaha!"

"Happy, really happy!"

Oboi slumped on the first seat, reeking of alcohol, he took off his cotton armor when he was too drunk, and threw it aside casually.

Squinting his eyes, he enjoyed the feeling of strong liquor surging in his stomach.

While drinking and feasting, a general of the Qing army suggested.

"It's boring for me to just drink, how about calling some dancers to perform?"

When everyone heard the words, they all echoed.

"Yeah yeah!"

"I think so!"

"..."

Emperor Xuantong suppressed his drunkenness, stood up and said.

"I... I will arrange for the generals!"

But at this moment, Ao Bai, who was drunk and staring, spoke.

"No, I don't want to watch the dancers dance!"

"What's the point of a dancing girl dancing?"

"Why don't you dance a song, Your Majesty, come and cheer for the brothers!"

When Aobai spoke, his eyes were fixed on Emperor Xuantong, and his palm was also placed on his saber which was leaning against the table.

When Emperor Xuantong heard the words, his face turned blue and white, but he remained motionless wherever he stood.

If the toast just now was just making things difficult, then asking him to dance now would be a pure humiliation!

Throughout the ages, only a subjugated king would be so humiliated!
The most typical example is Ji Li Khan, who was captured in Chang'an and performed dances for the emperor and ministers of the Tang Dynasty at a banquet.

Today, although Xuantong is a puppet, he is not a king of subjugation.

His Daming is not dead yet!

How could Aobai humiliate him so much?
Puppets also want face, right? !

Obai stared at Xuantong coldly, but Xuantong didn't say a word, as if expressing his protest in silence.

In this atmosphere, he was deadlocked, and with a clang, Oboi drew out his saber, and then slashed the saber at the table in front of him.

The knife flashed, and the leg of a roasted lamb on the table was chopped off.

Holding the leg of lamb in one hand and the knife in the other, Aobai strode towards Xuan Tong.

Seeing this scene, Xuan Tong didn't dare to face Aobai at all, his legs softened and he sat down on the ground.

Holding his head in his hands, he said tremblingly.

"Don't...don't kill me!"

"I jumped, didn't I hit it?!"

Xuantong was so frightened that he even spoke Henan dialect.

Before he was made emperor, he spent most of his life begging in Henan.

Seeing this, Ao Bai threw the saber in his hand on the ground, then handed the leg of lamb to Xuan Tong, and said.

"Eat, jump after eating!"

Xuan Tong mustered up his courage, took a bite of the leg of lamb, then reluctantly walked to the middle of the big tent and danced.

It's just that he, who has never learned to dance, dances very funny.

Appreciating Xuantong's funny dance, the generals of the Qing army in the tent let out bursts of laughter, wanton and arrogant.

"Haha, hahaha!"

"..."

……

After a long time, the Qing army's banquet was over, and Oboi was sent back to his big tent reeking of alcohol.

When he regained consciousness again, he was woken up by someone.

"Less insurance, less insurance!"

"Ao Shaobao, wake up, there is an order from Shengjing!"

Aobai struggled to open his sleepy eyes, got up from the bed, looked at the little yellow door lying in front of him, couldn't help frowning and said.

"You... what did you say?"

Seeing Ao Bai wake up, Xiao Huangmen repeated what he said just now.

"Shao Bao, there is a decree from Shengjing, please accept the decree from Shao Bao!"

As soon as Xiao Huangmen said this, Oboi was startled, quickly turned over and got off the bed, knelt on the side of the bed, touched his forehead to the ground and spoke.

"Slave Oboi accepts the order!"

Xiao Huangmen cleared his throat and spoke.

"Pass down the Queen Mother's oral order!"

"Oboi, why did you attack the Kong family in Qufu and destroy the Kong family? How are you going to explain to the Ai family and the Qing Dynasty?!"

Hearing this, Aobai was stunned.

What is this accountability?

When did I attack Qufu Kong?
Ao Bai blinked his eyes in bewilderment, and opened his mouth to ask.

"what do you mean?"

Xiao Huangmen, who was in charge of delivering the oral instructions, also had a puzzled expression, and asked back.

"Shao Bao, wasn't it you who attacked the Kong family in Qufu and wiped out the family?"

"The queen mother ordered me to hold Shaobao accountable after she got the news!"

Obai was even more confused.

"what?!"

"The Kong family in Qufu was exterminated? When did it happen? Why don't I know!"

Aobai and Xiao Huangmen looked at each other, it was obvious that they were very confused.

The source of Borzigit's news actually came from Da Ming Daily.

After she saw the news that Oboi had killed the Kong family in Qufu in the Ming Daily, she immediately contacted him. Some time ago, the Qing Dynasty received the news that the Kong family in Qufu was going to join the Ming bandits again.

And then draw your own judgment!
There is a high probability that Oboi did this, so he didn't run away!
From her point of view, it is estimated that Oboi also made the decision out of anger because he could not see the Confucian government betraying the Qing Dynasty.

Destroy the Confucian Mansion!
However, the Borzigit family felt that although the Confucian family was hateful, they were descendants of Confucian saints after all, representing the orthodoxy of Confucianism in the world.

Now that Aobai has wiped out the Confucian family, doesn't this cut off the possibility of the Qing Dynasty entering the customs again?

Annoyed, Borzigit didn't do any more investigations, and sent someone into the customs to ask Obai for accountability.

This aspect shows how deeply the credibility of Da Ming Daily is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

After all, even captive chieftains like Borzigit believed in the news reported by the Da Ming Daily.

On the other hand, it can also be seen that Borzigit's incompetence in politics.

If it was the old lady Bumbutai who had the final say in the Qing Dynasty, no matter how much she suspected that Oboi did the thing, she would not order to be held accountable in such a reckless manner.

However, Borzigit didn't care about the impact at all, or maybe she didn't expect the impact of this matter.

That's how they sent someone to question Aobai!

After listening to Xiao Huangmen's explanation of the whole story, while feeling wronged, Oboi also felt as uncomfortable as eating shit.

Good guy, you are the Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty!
Why did you believe Ming thief's nonsense? !

Aobai had no choice but to explain that he really did not do what happened in Qufu, and he was wronged.

Hearing this, Xiao Huangmen was full of doubts, and prepared to return to the Borzigit family outside the pass.

At this moment, a sentry cavalry broke in from outside and reported from a long distance away.

"Urgent report, urgent report, urgent information from Jiangnan!"

Aobai straightened his expression, got up from the ground, took the initiative to meet the sentinel without wearing his outer robe.

"What's wrong? What happened to Jiangnan?"

Now Oboi even has a stress response, and when he hears the words urgent report, he feels his head buzzing.

Panting heavily, the sentry rider knelt down in front of Oboi with a plop, took out a piece of information from his arms, presented it to Aoboi with both hands, and explained.

"Reporting to Shaobao, according to the news from my Qing sentry in the south of the Yangtze River, the Ming thief defeated the main force of the Guanning Army led by Wu Sangui in Huguang!"

"And on the banks of the Huai River, they caught up with the defeated Guan Ning army who wanted to cross the river, and severely damaged them in one fell swoop. Less than one-third of the remnants of the Guan Ning army successfully crossed the river, and the rest were all wiped out by Ming thieves."

"After the Battle of Huguang, the Ming army united with Li Dingguo's troops and launched an attack on the southwestern provinces!"

"In just a few months, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Sichuan, and Hunan all belong to the traitors!"

"The south of the Yangtze River is now owned by Ming thieves!"

Hearing this, Aobai's expression changed constantly from shock to solemn to gloomy as if dripping water.

The sentinel continued to report.

"Also, there are rumors among the people in the south of the Yangtze River that the Emperor Ming Thief has already launched a large-scale Northern Expedition after preparing for the spring of the coming year. The target may be my Qing Dynasty!"

The expression on Ao Bai's face became more serious.

In the spring of next year, if the Ming army mobilizes the main force for the Northern Expedition, it is really unknown whether he can hold Beizhili by then.

The combat effectiveness of today's Ming army has been tested by war!

They used victories with disparity in casualties to tell the world that there is no fortress in this world that they cannot conquer.

As long as they want, no one can stop their attack!

If a place can be temporarily preserved, it's not that the Ming army can't fight it, but that they don't want to fight it.

That's it!

The sentry then spoke.
"There is another piece of news that the Kong family in Qufu has been exterminated!"

"According to what the Ming thieves said, I was the one who did it, but according to the gossip I got from Jiangnan, the black hands behind the Qufu incident may be the Ming thieves court in Nanjing."

"But it may also be local bandits in Shandong!"

Aobai's complexion kept changing, a clear layer of cold sweat emerged from his forehead, and the expression on his face kept changing.

The drunkenness instantly woke up most of it!

After a while, Obai read the information in his hand, took a deep breath and said.

"Pass down the order and summon the generals to discuss the matter!"

"..."

……

It was still the big tent where the banquet was held yesterday!
Aobai was wearing Eight Banners cotton armor, with a high lightning rod on his head, sitting upright at the top.

There is a huge table in front of him!

On the table is a map of Beizhili and the topography of the surrounding provinces.

Including Beizhi, Shanxi, Shandong, Liaodong and other places!
On this map, the strong fortresses that the Manchu Qing side mainly operated are specially marked.

Lines of defense are also drawn with special colors.

While waiting for the generals to arrive, Oboi kept staring at the map, as if he was thinking about the military strategy.

In fact, it is not the case, he is just thinking about the next path of Qing Dynasty.

If Beizhili cannot be defended, he will retreat to western Liaoning.

If you can't defend Liaoxi, then retreat to Liaodong!
What if Liaodong cannot be defended?
Where else can the Qing Dynasty retreat?
Is it between the white mountains and the black waters further north?

The bitter cold in that place is even better than that in Mobei, it is not easy to survive!
If the Qing Dynasty really retreated to where, maybe the Eight Banners would really have to pick up the traditional craft of fishing and hunting again.

(End of this chapter)