The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 171
Zhu Yu'ao left Fengtian Palace, but did not return directly to the palace. He was rather annoyed by what happened in the hall just now, so he turned towards Wenyuan Pavilion involuntarily.These days, he always dealt with politics here, and it has become a habit.

A lot has happened recently.First, Liu Ruolin, his direct descendant, accidentally ran into the troops of the Qing army worshiping Yin Dai in the west of Tianxing Mansion.

The latter was probably due to lack of food and was preparing to end the northern invasion of Funing Prefecture and return to Yanping, so his morale was low and his army was in disarray, so Liu Ruolin decided that he could take the opportunity to fight against them.

Unexpectedly, it was these 2000 or [-] demoralized soldiers who still killed nearly [-] of Liu Ruolin's men.After Liu Ruolin fled back to Tianxing Mansion, he immediately ordered the defenders to close the city gates, making everyone in the city think that the Jian captives were coming to attack.

It wasn't until the next day that it was found out that the people who worshiped Yin Dai had already returned to Yanping.

Originally, winning or losing is a common matter in military affairs, if it's just Liu Ruolin's defeat, it's nothing.But unfortunately, a battle report came back soon, saying that Jiang Zhengxi's troops were in the south of Yanping and defeated the main force of the captives, beheading more than [-] people!

The most terrible thing is that after this battle, Bo Luo seemed to be scared out of his wits, and begged Daming to surrender!That Jiang Zhengxi is a member of the Empress Dowager Zeng, let her win the great service of expelling captives and helping the country, and her arrogance will definitely become even more arrogant in the future.

He naturally didn't know that the so-called Jiang Zhengxi's great destruction of the prisons was just lying according to Lin Yuji's plan, and the more than ten thousand heads he captured were just starving to death from southern Fujian.Jiang Zhengxi was even on his way to southern Fujian at this time.But in this era of poor information, everyone can only believe what Di Bao said.

So at the court today, Empress Dowager Zeng ordered Lin Yuji, a scholar and servant of the Ministry of Rites, to go to Huizhou to discuss the surrender with Dorgon, the captive, in the name of the emperor.He also said that the remnants of the Lu army had been imprisoned in the outskirts of Nanping, and the envoy of Boluo asked for grain and rice during the surrender.

Lin Yuji immediately announced that in order to keep the soldiers from falling into chaos, they could be given food and grass for three days every four days.Then let Jiang Zhengxi's troops confiscate the weapons of the captives and monitor them nearby. If there is any change in the captives, they will immediately cut off their food and suppress them with a large army.

Those courtiers who were frightened by Bai Yindai's "siege" a few days ago were all greatly relieved when they heard that Jianlu begged to surrender.For a while, everyone in the court praised Jiang Zhengxi's merits, praised the emperor as a real dragon and God bless, and naturally had no objection to the queen mother's arrangement.

The empress dowager has already given the great merit of breaking the captives. If he doesn't participate in this important matter of accepting surrender, his prestige in the court will definitely drop in the future.

When he saw the plaque of Wenyuan Pavilion from a distance, he saw Lin Mei, the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, quickly approaching him, first saluted him, then looked left and right, saw no one around, and then said solemnly: "Your Highness, just now all the ministers in the court were stunned by a victory. Jianlu invaded our rivers and mountains and killed our people. Even if we tried our best to grind them into powder, it would be difficult to eliminate their great hatred. How can we accept their surrender?" And let him live?"

Zhu Yu'ao was taken aback for a moment. As his confidant, he knew how Lin Mei behaved. How could he be so righteous and awe-inspiring today?

"What does Master Lin mean?"

Lin Mei cupped her hands and said: "The lower officials will definitely contact the spokesperson of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and give six departments to the matter, and report to the court. They are determined not to compromise with Jianlu, and will fight bloody battle to the end!"

He glanced at Zhu Yu'ao's surprised expression, then looked away, and said in a low voice, "But if someone from His Highness can serve as the Deputy Envoy of Surrender, and some of the leader of the bandit army captured by Jiang Zhengxi in Yanping can be shared, or It is not impossible to spare the lives of those remnants of the Jian captives."

After saying that, he just nodded slightly, and walked towards the Meridian Gate as if he had never met the king of Tang.

The corner of Zhu Yu'ao's mouth suddenly raised a smile, these officials, a mouth is more effective than a knife and a gun!

The next day, officials of all sizes from the Metropolitan Procuratorate gathered in the court hall to compete for performances. They actually asked the Queen Mother to retract yesterday's decree and vowed to fight Jianlu until every soldier died.

Another day later, the Empress Dowager Zeng once again issued an edict in the name of the emperor, and Zeng Daowei was appointed as the deputy envoy to accept the surrender. She also announced that the guerrilla general Luo Baoyu had destroyed [-] captives near Yanping a few days ago. Next, it is now corrected.

However, the officials who were still shouting to fight Jianlu desperately yesterday were silent as if they had lost their memory.

The other courtiers all knew that Zeng Daowei and Luo Baoyu were the assistants of the Tang king. These veterans in the officialdom naturally understood the twists and turns, and no one mentioned the bloody battle without knowing it.

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It's nearly June, and even the mountains in Fujian are extremely hot.

Azige looked back at the tens of thousands of troops on the mountain road who were dejected because of hunger and heat, and couldn't help frowning. He raised his whip and pointed at the troops and said to Zhuobutai, "Let these bastards cheer up! We Azig is not dead yet, our army is not yet defeated!"

He was still walking forward with his war horse under his crotch, inadvertently the dead branches in the mountain caught his clothes, and with a thud, they tore the brocade sweater out of the hole.

Azige couldn't help being furious, and cut off the dead branch with his knife, and was about to order the soldiers to dig out the dead tree by the roots, when he saw a horse galloping towards him, and he was still far away, and shouted loudly: "Lord Baylor , There is a secret letter from the general!"

Azig hurriedly asked someone to catch the messenger, and took the secret letter to check.

But I saw in the letter that it said: The Ming court has already fallen into the trap, and has sent an ambassador for peace talks to go out of the pass. When Jing Gule, who accompanied Ming Chen, left the Xianxia pass, the regent will know the battle situation in Fujian immediately, and then he can send Liu Guangbi's army cooperated to seize the pass west of Shanguan.

Azig's complexion suddenly became relaxed.After learning that the Ming army captured Xianxia Pass and besieged Jian'an City, Boluo and his generals made a plan. Boluo led more than 1 of the weakest Green Battalion soldiers to stay in Yanping to confuse the southerners, and pretended to negotiate peace with the Ming court. delay.

On the other side, with Azig as the general, the remaining main force of the [-] Banners and the elite soldiers of the Green Battalion rushed along the small road to Shanguan in northwest Fujian.Now the main force of the Ming army is in Xianxia Pass and Jian'an area, and there are not many troops stationed at Shan Pass.

As long as he can paralyze the Nanman court for about 20 days, when his army suddenly appears at Shanguan, he will be able to break through the pass overnight.

Now it seems that everything is developing according to Boluo's best-case scenario.The Ming court agreed to negotiate a peace, and Jing Gule was able to leave Fujian, which means that now Liu Guangbi in Jiangxi will get news soon.With his [-] troops supporting the west of Shanguan Pass, winning the pass is no problem.

In fact, Azig did not agree with Boluo's plan at first.According to his idea, the army marched all the way to Fuzhou and captured the capital of the southerners, to see how stubborn they are?

But Bo Luo said that it would take half a month for the army to march to Fuzhou, if the Nanman closed the city and defended it, the army would starve to death under the city.

He proposed to send troops to take back Jian'an and Xianxia Pass.Boluo also said that the southerners would definitely set up ambushes along the way, which would be very dangerous, and if the main force of the Ming army defended the pass, it would definitely turn into a protracted battle, and food and grass would still be unsustainable.

In the end, Boluo decided on the strategy of delaying time by negotiating a peace, and attacking the west, pretending to station troops in Yanping, and the main force left Shanguan in the west, leaving Fujian and entering Jiangxi.

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