Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 364 Anti-Slave Alliance

The key point is that this pastry is made by my own wife.

That's right, Widow Wang has been brought to Xuzhou by Yang Ponu.

Along with them was Widow Wang's Seventh Brother's family.

"Officer, when will you come back?" Widow Wang gently tugged on Yang Ponu's sleeve, reluctant to part.

Yang Ponu pinched Widow Wang's buttocks with his backhand, and said with a low smile, "The rebels in Wuchang Town are nothing more than a bunch of scraps, and I think they'll be back in two months."

"Death." Widow Wang struggled for a while but did not break free, so she simply did not struggle.

"Will it take two months to come back? Then you have to be careful, don't let the servant worry."

"My lady, just relax." Yang Ponu let go of his hand and said again, "Maybe it won't take two months."

Widow Wang was still a little bit reluctant, she pursed her mouth and complained: "The emperor is really, he sent you to fight in the first lunar month, and he doesn't know how to be sympathetic..."

"Shut up!" Yang Ponu immediately scowled and snapped, "You are not allowed to arrange the majesty behind your back!"

Widow Wang was taken aback, and looked at Yang Ponu at a loss, but tears welled up in her beautiful eyes. Yang Ponu had never yelled at her like this before, and this was the first time he had ever yelled at her.

Wang Laoqi also came out of the house when he heard the movement.

Seeing my sister being wronged, I wanted to stand out but didn't dare.

After mumbling his mouth twice, he complained about his sister instead.

"Jiumei." Wang Laoqi said with a bitter face, "Why did you make my brother-in-law angry?"

Even her own brother refused to help her, so Widow Wang became more and more bitter, and the tears that were just swirling in her eyes fell like broken pearls.

Looking at the widow Wang who was crying like pear blossoms and rain, Yang Ponu panicked all at once.

"My lady, why are you crying? Don't cry, I didn't hurt you." Yang Ponu hurriedly put down the saber and a large bow in his hand, and stretched out his hands to wipe the tears on Widow Wang's face.

"I just want to cry." Widow Wang sobbed, "I want to go back to Yangjia Town."

"Don't, what will I do if you go back?" Yang Ponu was so anxious that he almost knelt down.

Widow Wang still just cried and ignored Yang Ponu.

"My lady, I shouldn't have yelled at you, I shouldn't have hurt you, I will apologize to you." Yang Ponu slapped himself hard.

"Officer, what are you doing?" Seeing Yang Ponu like this, Widow Wang immediately felt distressed again, and hurried forward to hold Yang Ponu so that he would not let him slap her, and rubbed her little hands twice in distress.

"My lady, are you not angry anymore?" Yang Ponu asked with a smile.

"Officer, the slave family is not angry with you." Widow Wang said aggrievedly, "The slave family is angry with herself, always saying wrong things and doing wrong things."

"No, no, nothing." Yang Ponu said repeatedly, "You have done nothing wrong."

After it was over, he said with a bitter face: "But, lady, can you stop speaking ill of the Holy One behind your back?"

"I respect the Holy One the most, and if the Holy One hadn't given our family the twenty-five acres of benevolent land, and lent us the seeds and farm tools, how could we have lived such a good life."

"Yes, I made a mistake. You can't afford to pay the officials."

While talking, the widow Wang apologized to Yang Ponu in a bundle.

Seeing his younger sister and brother-in-law reconciled, Mrs. Wang smiled silly.

"Brother-in-law, be careful on the road." Wang Laoqi actually knew what to say.

"I know." Yang Ponu picked up the saber and big bow again, and said to Wang Laoqi, "Brother Seven, if I haven't come back before the spring plowing, you will have to worry about the land at home."

"Don't worry, we won't do anything else, we will just take care of the land."

Wang Laoqi said honestly: "I'm sure the servants will be properly handled."

Only then did Yang Ponu lead the big mule out of the courtyard gate, just in time to see Wang Laoshi at the opposite door also leading the little horse and donkey out, the donkey's back was also fully tied up.

Wang Laoshi's family background is much worse.

"Boss." Wang greeted honestly.

"What's wrong with you?" Yang Ponu waved his hand and said, "That's all in the past."

Since turning into a town soldier, all positions such as the chief and post chief have been dismissed, and they are all soldiers.

After the reorganization of the army, the imperial court will temporarily appoint Qin Wang Shizi as an officer above the post commander.

While speaking, one old brother after another walked out of the house and gathered behind Yang Ponu. By the time they walked out of the stronghold, they had gathered into a group of hundreds of people.

There are still fifteen hundred such forts in Xuzhou.

This time, Du Yinxi only recruited [-] soldiers from the forts in Xuzhou, and [-] soldiers from the forts in Guide, making up [-] troops.

Then there are three thousand scholars.

……

At this time on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

Zhu Cijiong followed Chongzhen and was marching on the official road.

After another year, Zhu Cijiong will already be sixteen years old, and his height is almost as high as that of Chongzhen. It is estimated that by the end of this year, his height will surpass that of Chongzhen.

Zhu Cijiong asked: "Father, do you think Jianu will take this opportunity to attack Xuzhou?"

"Jiannu thinks about it, but he has to have that ability." Chongzhen said with a smile, "Without savings for one to two years, it may be difficult for Jiannu to go south again."

After a pause, Chongzhen said again: "What's more, Jiannu's trouble now is in the north."

Years ago, Zuo Maodi, who was stranded in Xi'an by Li Zicheng, finally sent back news, explaining clearly to the court where the large number of cattle, sheep and war horses of the puppet Shun came from.

Previously, Pseudo-shun proposed to exchange cattle, sheep and horses with Daming for grain, which aroused Chongzhen's suspicion.

So Chongzhen sent someone pretending to be a tea merchant to send a secret letter to Zuo Maodi, telling Zuo Maodi to stay in Xi'an with peace of mind in the future, and then waited for an opportunity to instigate some pseudo-shun officials to form an intelligence network.

Up to this point, two intelligence networks targeting Puppet Shun and Jian Nu have been initially established.

Chongzhen did not expect these two intelligence networks to play a big role, nor did he expect them to carry out assassination operations against the high-level puppet Shun and Jiannu officials. Not to mention the low success rate of assassinations in enemy countries, the risk is still high. It will lead to the hard-won intelligence network being uprooted by the enemy.

So what Chongzhen asked Zuo Maodi and Li Ruolian was to collect some basic information.

For example, this time, it is not difficult for Zuo Maodi to investigate where so many cattle, sheep and horses from the hypocrisy came from. Zuo Maodi also quickly found out.

The pseudo-shun cattle, sheep and horses were actually snatched from Tumed Mongolia.

The rear battalion of the Dashun Army led by Gao Yigong and Li Yan actually took down Guihua City.

After the Dashun army won the naturalization, they could attack Chahar Mongolia to the east, and directly threaten the Xuan Mansion to the south. Once the Xuan Mansion fell, only Juyongguan would be left as a barrier in Beijing.

This is undoubtedly a problem for Jiannu.

Therefore, it is completely foreseeable that there will soon be a big battle between Pseudo-Shun and Jiannu.

Before the threat from the north was lifted, Jiannu would not be able to go south.

Zhu Cijiong quickly thought of this, and asked again: "Father, when do you think the war between Pseudo-shun and Jiannu will start?"

"It's hard to say." Chongzhen waved his hand, and said, "But according to my father's estimate, the fight will start in autumn."

"Because in autumn, the autumn grain has already been stored, and the horses are fat and strong, so it is suitable for war?" Zhu Cijiong nodded and said, "Then who do you think has a better chance of winning?"

Chongzhen said: "If there is no foreign aid, the pseudo-shun will definitely not be able to defeat Jiannu."

"Foreign aid?" Zhu Cijiong asked again, "Is the father referring to our Ming Dynasty?"

"Pseudo-Shun probably never really regarded our Ming Dynasty as its ally." Chongzhen waved his hand, and said, "Father Huang is referring to other directions."

"Other directions?" Zhu Cijiong asked blankly, "Who else?"

"Jiong'er, you need to take a long-term view, don't just focus on Daming, Puppet Shun, and Jiannu." Chongzhen said, "In the north of Tumed Mongolia, there is Khalkha Mongolia, and in the west there is In Junggar, these are all descendants of Mongols, and they are all led by Lin Dan Khan of Chahar Mongols.”

"But that was a very long time ago." Zhu Cijiong shook his head and said, "Now Mongolia has become a mess, not to mention Sanggar, even if Lin Dan Khan is reborn, it is impossible to reintegrate the Mongolian tribes."

"You are right, but you are only half right." Chongzhen smiled and said, "It is impossible for Sanggar or Lin Danhan to integrate the various tribes of Mongolia, but there is one thing that can .”

"Father, are you talking about benefits?" Zhu Cijiong's eyes lit up, but he quickly shook his head and said, "But what can Pseudo-Shun give to the Mongolian tribes? He can't give anything."

"Guanzhong suffers from disadvantages, and pseudo-smoothness really has nothing to gain." Chongzhen changed the subject when he said this, "But Guanzhong's geographical location is excellent, and it happens to be stuck in the middle node of the Silk Road. My Ming Dynasty's tea, If luxury goods such as silk, porcelain, and cotton cloth want to flow into the Mongolian tribes, they must pass through Guanzhong!"

Speaking of this meal, Chongzhen said with a smile: "The Guanzhong businessmen who have come to Nanjing recently are not young or old, and they buy hundreds of thousands of taels or even hundreds of thousands of taels. Porcelain and so on, these are the most urgently needed luxuries in the Western Regions and the Mongolian tribes."

"Father is saying that Pseudo-shun bought these luxury goods to resell them to the Western Regions and Mongolian tribes, and Pseudo-shun will use these luxury goods as bargaining chips to win over the Mongolian tribes, and then form an alliance to crusade against slavery?" Zhu Cijiongruo Thoughtful.

"You're right." Chongzhen nodded with a smile, "Back then, Lin Dan Khan also formed an alliance to crusade against slaves, but it's a pity that Lin Dan Khan had the title of the co-lord of Mongolia, but he couldn't show any real benefits. To the Mongolian tribes, but building slaves can distribute real benefits to the Mongolian tribes through Shanxi merchants."

"So Lin Dan Khan's anti-slavery alliance became a castle on the beach."

"But this time, if Pseudo-Shun forms an alliance in the name of Sanggar and wins over the Mongolian tribes with real benefits, it may not be easy for Jiannu to win."

(End of this chapter)