Han ride

Chapter 37 Playing with Huang Taiji
"My lord, a large group of cavalry is coming towards us." Li Xin was watching Jiang Yi straighten out the soldiers and horses in the stone castle. There were more than 20 young and strong soldiers in the stone castle. Now, they are all elite soldiers, but it saved Li Xin a lot of hands and feet, and organized them into the army in disorder, but they didn't have horses, so they could only serve as infantry.At noon, I was watching the training of nearly 300 people, when suddenly Yang Xiong rushed over with a personal soldier.

"So fast." Li Xin and Shi Yuan glanced straight, and hurried out of the small school yard on the stone castle. Jiang Yi did not dare to neglect, and ordered them to dismount one after another, took weapons to act as infantry, and guarded Li Xin and others on the stone castle. fort.

"It's the Zhengbai flag." Shi Yuanzhi frowned and said, "I didn't expect to dispatch the Zhengbai flag of the upper four banners. General, it seems that Jiannu is determined to win."

"That's right, my lord has killed so many Jiannu, I'm afraid Jiannu is trying to take the lord down this time." Gao Meng said triumphantly, "However, no matter how many people there are, what's the use of the lord? How can these people be compared. If they dare to offend, I, Gao Meng, can kill them all."

"Dorgon is not a simple character!" Li Xin waved his hand and said, "I'm afraid this person is not just trying to wipe us out." Li Xin understands the power of Dorgon better than anyone else. .The reason why the Manchus were able to rule the Central Plains was of course due to the internal reasons of the Ming Dynasty and the foundation laid by Huang Taiji, but it had a lot to do with Dorgon's insidiousness and cunning.Whether it's pull or fight, or for alienation, etc., this Dorgon is better than anyone else.

"If it's just to eliminate the general, I'm afraid we don't need so many people to fight. We don't even need Dorgon to fight." Shi Yuanzhi also nodded and said, "I'm afraid there are other plans."

"My lord, look, there is a man here, playing the white flag." Yang Xiong said loudly.At this time, everyone also saw a scholar riding a war horse, holding a white flag, leaving the battle formation, and slowly approaching the stone castle.

"My lord, will you kill me or not?" Ju Tu raised his bow and set his arrow, looking at Li Xin and said.

"The two countries are at war, so don't behead them." Li Xin hadn't answered yet, Shi Yuan next to him stroked his beard and said without thinking, "What's more, let's see what the person says, and then we'll make a fuss about it."

"My lord." Gou Tu didn't even look at Shi Yuanzhi, but looked at Li Xin. Although he was more than 150 steps away from the comer, Gou Tu believed that he would definitely shoot the comer to death.

"Let him come over." Li Xin thought for a while and said.After hearing this, Gou Tu put down the bow and arrow in his hand. Shi Yuan looked at him with his mouth pouted, and stood obediently behind Li Xin. He knew his position very well now. In the eyes of these barbarians, he was a Captive, one day Li Xin wants to kill himself, these people will kill him without hesitation.

"Lin Dong, bring that person here." Jiang Yi said to Lin Dong beside him.

"It looks like that man is a Han, tsk tsk." Yang Xiong said disdainfully: "I, Han, and Jianu are sworn enemies. Fortunately, he even surrendered to Jianu. I don't know if he shaved his hair off."

"The body, hair and skin are affected by the parents. If you think that person is influenced by Confucianism, you must know this." Jiang Yi said with a frown.

"Heaven and earth kings and teachers, the king is the king, I guess that person must have shaved his hair." Shi Yuan rolled his eyes and glanced at everyone.He thought clearly at this moment, Li Xin was insidious and cunning, and if he fell into his hands, if he was not honest, he might not even be able to save his life.Since it has fallen into Li Xin's hands, then work hard for him honestly.Shi Yuanzhi didn't want to become a dispensable figure in Li Xin's eyes.

"It must have been shaved." Li Xin said without even thinking about it: "During the Han Dynasty, there was a person named Zhongxing Shuo who defected to the Xiongnu and became an enemy of the Han Dynasty. Since ancient times, in the history of China, There are countless traitors, and it is not uncommon for Han people like today to take refuge in Jiannu." Li Xin's voice was flat, as if he was talking about a very simple matter.

Everyone also nodded, only Shi Yuan straightened his face, and his eyes revealed a look of thought. He not only felt a trace of murderous intent from Li Xin's words, but also shocked him. Li Xin never called him I am from the Ming Dynasty, but I only say that I am a Han Chinese.The term Han Chinese is very broad.

"Student Fan Xiandou pays his respects to General Li Xin. He has heard about the general's name for a long time. Seeing him today makes him a lifetime of joy." Not long after, he saw Lin Dong leading a middle-aged man slowly coming.Li Xin saw him in the hall, Jiang Yi and others lined up on the left and right. Everyone had just fought on the battlefield, and the murderous aura still existed on their bodies. What is surprising is that the character of Fan Xiandou has no face at all. Instead of looking scared, his face was extremely calm. He bowed his hands to Li Xin above and said, "The students are here to pay respects to the general in the name of the emperor of the Qing Dynasty. Please treat the general with courtesy."

"Are you a scholar like this? You can't be pretending!" Yang Xiong came out, walked around Fan Xiandou a few times, and asked curiously.Jiang Yi and the others also nodded, but Gao Meng who was standing behind Li Xin opened his leopard eyes wide and looked at Fan Xiandou nervously.

"Hehe! To me, the student's appearance is just a small one, not tall or burly." Fan Xiandou said with a smile.

"Mr. Xiandou, sit down." Shi Yuanzhi rolled his eyes, pointed at Maza on one side with a smile, and said, "I don't know why Huang Taiji, the master of slavery, asked you to come here?"

Fan Xiandou frowned upon hearing this, and soon returned to normal.He ignored everyone, but looked at Li Xin and said, "The student has a question to ask General Li?"

"Mr. Xiandou, tell me." Li Xin and Shi Yuanzhi looked at each other, with a hint of disdain on the corners of their mouths.

Fan Xiandou frowned even more when he heard Li Xin's address, but he regained his composure, and then asked, "General, why did you break out of the siege before our army encircled the Daling River? Joining our army, why doesn't the general stay in Dalinghe City? This will not only reduce losses, but also will not put the general in danger, and the general will not have so many robes died in the chaos ?”

"Stay in Dalinghe City? Are you looking for death? I'm not Zu Dashou." Li Xin said disdainfully: "I can't hide a little bit of Huang Taiji's calculations from me."

"The general is really powerful." Not only did Fan Xiandou not show any displeasure on Li Xin's name for Huang Taiji, but he said with a smile: "It can be seen that the general is proficient in strategy and knows everything about Liaodong. I don't know the general. What do you think now? Can our army occupy Liaodong?"

"Do you know Jiang Ziya? Do you know Zhang Liang? Do you know Zhuge Liang?" Li Xin immediately understood what the other party wanted him to say, and said immediately: "These people are all dead, and Liu Bowen, the founding military adviser of this dynasty, I heard that this person can watch for 400 years, do you know if he guessed more than 200 years ago that there was a nation called Jurchen in the northeast of the Ming Dynasty, which would threaten the Central Plains in the future?"

"This?" Fan Xiandou frowned.

"Mr. Xiandou, you want to persuade my general to surrender, just say it straight, why go around like this?" Shi Yuan said with a straight smile.

"You." Fan Xiandou's expression changed, and he looked at Li Xin. He knew that he was still underestimating the young general. The solemn look in his eyes flashed past, and finally he couldn't help laughing. He nodded and said, "The general is smart." If you want to come, the general understands the current situation. Although the general is brave, the terrain of Xishan is complicated, but don't forget that our Qing Dynasty has countless elite soldiers and strong generals. Even if the general has the courage of King Xiang, he may not be able to resist our army. Virtuous and virtuous, people are thirsty for talents, if a brave man like the general joins our Qing Dynasty, His Majesty the Emperor will treat the general with a high official and generous salary."

"I don't know what the conditions are?" Li Xin pondered for a while, as if after some thought, he asked.The expressions of Yang Xiong and the others changed, and they were about to step forward to persuade them, but they saw Shi Yuan shaking his head at them.

"What about the position of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, Zhenghuang Banner, Gushan Ezhen?" Fan Xiandou said without hesitation: "My lord is going to build the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, and the general will be the leader of the Zhenghuang Banner. , It is not difficult even if you are crowned king and defeated! Such an official position, even students are very envious!"

"Mr. Xiandou, have you shaved your hair?" Li Xin asked again, not knowing if it was true.

"Hehe! That's the custom in my Qing Dynasty." Fan Xiandou blushed, nodded and said, "The so-called loyalty and filial piety cannot be both. Your Majesty is the king. The king has made an order, and the students will naturally obey it. But if the general is unwilling to shave his hair, After the students go back, I will play His Majesty, and His Majesty will naturally make a decision."

"I heard that there are countless fine cavalry in the Qing Dynasty, and there must be a lot of war horses. Just now when our army rushed into the battle, not only the warriors under its command were killed and injured, but the war horses were also damaged. I would like to ask Mr. Xiandou to report to His Majesty the Qing Dynasty after he returns. Send four hundred top-class war horses, and send four hundred Han Eight Banner Zhenghuang Banner armor and weapons, and after the Qing Dynasty unified the world, Emperor Chongzhen and Zhou Yanru will be handed over to me, and I will be crowned king. If this is the case, after three days of rectification, our army will naturally submit to His Majesty Qing, what do you think, sir?" Li Xin thought for a while and said.

"It's best to send some shaved heads, hehe, we don't have shaved heads here, so I don't know how to shave them?" Shi Yuanzhi rolled his eyes and said again.

"This?" Fan Xiandou frowned, with a look of embarrassment on his face. This haircut is easy to say, except for the weapons, armor and war horses. Although the Qing Dynasty is very rich, these things are strategic resources, so give them away like this Without Li Xin, not only was Fan Xiandou unable to make the decision, but he was also unwilling.As for conferring kings and the like, he didn't even have the right to do so, but he also knew that Li Xin was asking the price out of thin air, waiting for Huang Taiji to sit back and pay back the money!

"Hey! My general was originally planning to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, and he will use his best posture to face the Qing Emperor. If Xiandou is unwilling, then forget it." Shi Yuanzhi sighed: "My lord just said The lord of the Qing Dynasty is thirsty for talents, and he is a rare sage. I didn’t expect that he dared not agree to such a small matter. There are countless elite soldiers in the Qing Dynasty. There are only a few hundred old, weak and disabled soldiers in my west mountain. Now the Qing Dynasty is leading the white flag army Just under the stone fortress, it takes only two hours to take it by force. I am just waiting to die. In such a situation, do the emperors and ministers of the Qing Dynasty still have any doubts? Look at our food and grass. Insufficient, after the great battle, they didn't even have anything to eat, how could they see the Lord of the Qing with such a state?"

"Hehe! If it's other things, I can agree to the general, but the armor, weapon and horse don't dare to agree easily. As for the title of king, I can't accept it. Why don't the general wait a while and wait until I go down to see you?" Your Majesty, I'll talk to you later." Fan Xiandou looked at Li Xin, as if he wanted to see the expression on Li Xin's face.It's a pity that Li Xin had no expression on his face, and said indifferently: "In this case, sir, you can go back to the Qing emperor first. By the way, next time you come, you can bring some barbers over."

"Okay, okay." Fan Xiandou was taken aback, and said quickly.

"Hey! Shame on the court!" Li Xin shook his head and sighed.

"General, I want your honor to be wrongly killed by Chongzhen. Chongzhen is the general's father-killer and enemy. If the general is loyal to Chongzhen, wouldn't he be working for the enemy?" Fan Xiandou saw a look of embarrassment on Li Xin's face, and quickly persuaded him.

"Yes, son, don't forget how the master died." Gao Meng said loudly behind him.

"Okay, okay." Li Xin waved his hand and said, "I didn't intend to sacrifice my life for Chongzhen, otherwise, I should be in Dalinghe City at this moment, not here in Xishan. Okay, my lord, you go down the mountain Go! Go and go back."

"Okay, okay." A gleam of joy appeared on Fan Xiandou's face, and then Li Xin stood up himself and sent Fan Xiandou down.Along the way, he was also extremely respectful.

"My lord, do you really want to surrender and become a slave? Is that not possible?" As soon as he returned to the hall, he heard Gao Meng's voice.

"Hehe!" Li Xin and Shi Yuanzhi looked at each other, then Li Xin said with a smile: "When did I agree to surrender and become a slave? .” Li Xin looked gloomy and murderous.

"The general just wants to delay the time." Shi Yuanzhi also nodded, and said: "The opponent has a large army gathered under the Western Mountain. If you don't delay the time, I am afraid that the opponent's army will attack the Western Mountain immediately. We must be hard to stop Yes. General, do you think we should leave here now?"

"No, I suddenly became curious about that Fan Xiandou." Li Xin suddenly thought of something, and said, "Now tens of thousands of Jiannu elite soldiers are gathered at the edge of Dalinghe City. They can crush us to death. Even if they are here to persuade us to surrender, sending a few hundred people is enough to think highly of us, but the opponent is really powerful. It is the Zhengbai Banner that has dispatched thousands of troops. Looking at the flag, Dorgon may have come forward in person. Come on, a simple persuasion to capitulate unexpectedly came with such a huge force, Yuan Zhi, what do you think is the reason for this?"

"That means the person who came to persuade him to surrender has a different identity." Yang Xiong said without thinking.

"My lord, who is Fan Xiandou? What is his identity that makes Jiannu attach so much importance to him?" Jiang Yi asked in surprise.

"Yuanzhi, you have been in Liaodong for a long time, do you know who this person is?" Li Xin shook his head, and finally his eyes fell on Shi Yuanzhi.

"Hehe! General, in fact, when the person claimed to be Fan Xiandou just now, the students knew who he was?" Shi Yuanzhi smiled wryly: "If the students guessed correctly, this person's real name is Fan Wencheng, whose name is Xiandou .”

"It turned out to be him. No wonder Huang Taiji asked Dorgon to personally lead the escort." A murderous intent flashed in Li Xin's eyes. When filming "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", this person's name was mentioned in the script. Taiji was able to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, established the Qing Dynasty, and Dorgon was able to enter the Central Plains. It can be said that Fan Wencheng played a big role. This person is deeply trusted by Huang Taiji. No wonder this person can be escorted by Dorgon .

"It's disgusting. He is also a Han Chinese and a scholar. How could he turn his back on his ancestors and surrender to Jiannu?" Yang Xiong said loudly.

"Brother Li, he should have been killed just now." He Bin clenched his fists and said, with a murderous intent flashing in his eyes.

"Kill him? Wouldn't it be cheaper for him?" Li Xin sneered: "I thought he was just an ordinary person, and it would be fine to cheat a little from Huang Taiji. Since he is such a big person, then You can’t just lie to something so simple. Hehe, Mr. Shi, let’s see what kind of method you can use to express your anger. How can there be such a scholar among the Han people?”

"Hehe! There is no solution." Shi Yuanzhi was unnaturally stared at by Li Xin, and he laughed twice, and said: "The students think that guy will come again next time, and then implement it at that time. It's just the general. I don't think so." Huang Taiji probably won't agree to the armor and weapons that the general wants from Jiannu."

"I didn't expect him to agree." Li Xin said with a sneer: "Most of our brothers here are injured and need to rest, so we can't fight for a short time, not to mention that Dorgon is at the foot of the mountain. If I can't provide conditions, he Fan Wencheng is already treacherous, so how can he not doubt my thoughts, so he simply asks for money out of thin air, half-truths and half-fakes. I guess, Huang Taiji will not agree to transport armor and weapons, as for the king? None of his brothers are crowned kings, how could it be our turn."

"Hehe, it's possible to send some shaved heads and some food." Shi Yuanzhi also nodded, and said, "This Fan Wencheng is quite courageous, isn't he afraid that the general will kill him?"

"He was originally a speculator, didn't you hear that he claimed to be Fan Xiandou?" Li Xin said disdainfully: "He is afraid that others will know that he is Fan Wencheng, but he is very timid."

"So the general calls him by his first name, not his last name!" Shi Yuan said with a straight smile.

"Since he betrayed his ancestors, where did he get his surname?" Li Xin said disdainfully: "It is said that this person is also a descendant of Duke Fan Wenzheng, so he really dirty Fan Wenzheng's reputation. Hmph, next time I come, It’s good to concoct him.”

(End of this chapter)