.Wanquancheng, temporary governor's office.
Finally, he took off the damn armor, changed into his regular clothes silently, lay on the easy chair, rubbed his numb neck, and said to Hu Yong: "Send those women back..."
"Always the local officials' heart." Hu Yong winked and said, "I won't do anything else, I just squeeze it for the adults. It is said that the technique is very good."
"If they were allowed to come in, I would fall into my crotch and I couldn't explain it." I cursed silently and laughed, and said in a low voice: "You can only let the people below understand. This time I have forced myself to stand out and offended the Shanxi Gang. Just looking for an opportunity to take advantage of me. The crime of prostitution on the battlefield can make me sit in wax. At this critical moment, I will not cause trouble for me!"
"Then..." Let them go back." Hu Yong said with pain.
"Get out..." Chen Moxu kicked him and smiled at Nian Yongkang, "I'm laughing."
"Brother Hu is a person who knows the depth." Nian Yongkang smiled and said, "We have sent the fake news, and Altan and the others should believe it."
"It doesn't matter if you don't believe it." Chen Si rubbed his hands and approached the brazier and said, "The Mongols had a natural fear of siege. They took the city off guard and took it down. Then they suddenly felt confident and had the idea of ​​Wanquan." At this time, the guards brought warm milk and took a bowl in silence, signaling Nian Yongkang to take a bowl, and whispered softly: "Have you heard of the story of Cao Gui's debate, have you heard of?"
"We have read the book with Qingxia for a few years." Nian Yongkang chuckled.
"Now you should know" the truth that one drum will turn, and then fade, and then exhaust. "Under the firelight, the silent eyes shined brightly, and he said leisurely: "Today is the first drum, and tomorrow they will be deflated, and they will be completely out of the spirit of attacking."
Nian Yongkang nodded constantly and held the bowl and said, "What are you going to do?"
"Altan asked me to sit in his house," he said with a silent smile: "I also invited him to the city, of course no one can do it." He paused and said: "But I am going to send a representative to talk to him."
"Who are you sent?" Nian Yongkang asked.
"Call General Li in," Chen Si ordered. After a while, Li Chengran, with a gloomy face, walked in. "He came out this time and wanted to kill the enemy and make contributions and perform well, but was firmly tied by Chen Si and always played the role of a bystander. Of course, he was unhappy.
But he quickly adjusted his emotions and said respectfully: "Sir, please look for me."
"I must have regretted it. It would be great if I had gone to Juyongguan at the beginning." I looked at him silently and smiled in a hint.
…”” Seeing that Chen Si did not ignore his feelings, Li Chengliang’s resentment disappeared, he lowered his head and said, “You can’t be without anyone around you.”
"I really know how to talk." Silently cursed and said, "Raising troops for a thousand days will use troops for a while. I will send you to the enemy camp tomorrow!" Through this period of observation, he found that this person is very ambitious, and this is exactly the candidate he needs, but it still needs to be beaten to use it together.
"If you are a military general, how can you do literary affairs?" Li Chengtang said in amazement.
"I am still a civil servant, and I do different martial arts?" said silently, "If you want to go, go. If you do your mission, you will be the first-class merit after the war..." and said with a faint smile: "Do you want to go back with me like this?"
"Of course I don't want to..." Li Chengliang smiled embarrassedly: "I didn't hide it from the master. I watched General Ma and General Qi and others kill the enemy on the front line, and finally scratched my heart like a kitten."
"This is what others deserve." Chen Si said lightly: "You are a short general, even if you follow him, it will be a formality.
Even if people give you a credit for my sake, they will be able to safely take it?"
"Of course it's still the toughness I earned myself." Li Chengliang was a smart man and smiled at the back of his head.
"So you go and earn your credit back!" Silently said to Nian Yongkang on the side, "General Li Shen entered the old camp alone in order to protect the people in the city, cleverly and thoroughly with Altan Khan. If this is spread, it will be a good story!"
"Everyone has to say, "Nian Yongkang gave a thumbs up and said, "Be brave and resourceful!"
Li Chengliang blushed and said embarrassedly: "The two adults are making fun of us, I don't know what to do yet."
"You can hold Altan up under the guise of peace talks," he sat upright in silence and whispered: "But my goal is not to negotiate, but to rescue the captured people. This is the top priority." Today I can see clearly in the city that Altan has at least four or five thousand Daming people in his hands, and most of them are probably from Shizhou City. I silently feel that the court is ashamed of them, and he should save them as much as possible.
After calming down his feelings, he ordered in silence. Li Chengliang's face changed a lot when he heard it, and finally couldn't help saying, "Sir, do you take such a big risk for those ordinary people? What if..."
"This is related to the people's hearts and backs of the Ming Dynasty on the border." He raised his hand and refused to let him continue to speak. He said in a silence and stressed tone: "There is a great chance of our army winning in this battle. Once the news comes, the Mongols will definitely withdraw their troops. If they withdraw troops, they will not bring prisoners. Most of them will be to massacre them. One is to reduce the burden, two is to vent their anger, and three is to retaliate..." If we do not save these thousands of people, the White Lotus Sect will use this to promote it and recruit tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of people to the opposite side. "As he said, his eyes were fixed at him, as if he wanted to imprint his own words in his mind: "The country is not as dangerous as mountains and streams, but in the eyes of the people's hearts, as far as the people's hearts are concerned, the Great Wall is destroyed by the wife's hearts!
Seeing that the Lord was so determined, Li Chengliang responded timidly. Chen Dian didn't expect him to hear it. The reason why he repeatedly emphasized was that he hoped that he would be cautious in the future and not follow the old path of the border generals.
The next morning, Altan was joining the leaders and discussing matters in the Khan tent. After yesterday's incident, they were very conflicted about whether to attack. At a time of delay, they came to report to the outside world, indicating that there was an envoy in the army asking for a visit.
"Oh? Someone from the Ming army is here, will there be something wrong?" Altan frowned and said.
The leaders of his command started to shout, some said they came to discuss peace, some said they were here to challenge, and some speculated that the officials were timid and came to give gifts and seek peace..."
"No matter what he is here to do, give him a warning first!" Altan slapped the table and said.
"Yes!" The leaders all responded happily.
Li Chengliang looked solemn and walked into Altan's sweat tent with his head held high. He saw two rows of knives standing inside, each looking at him, as if he was about to cut him into pieces at any time. He knew that he must not fall into the Ming Dynasty at this moment, so he showed a sneer on the corner of his mouth and stepped forward to salute him in a big way.
Altan thought that the person who came must be a civil servant, but unexpectedly, he was a big general in armor, and he was still a bold man. Without a joke, Altan was indifferent. He sat there and raised his butt without raising his back, and asked contemptuously: "Who is the person who came?"
Li Chengliang said in a humble manner: "I am the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, and Li Chengliang, the general of Juyongguan, is this!"
"Oh?" Altan heard that he was unable to win his official position, but he still didn't take it seriously. He curled his lips disdainfully and said sarcastically: "Since he is the general of Juyongguan, why did he come here?"
"We will follow the commander-in-chief and come to support the front line." Li Chengliang said in a deep voice: "To be honest, the 50,000 troops in the city come from eight military towns. We have all vowed to live and die with Wanquan."
"Since that's the case," Altan sneered, "Why are you here to meet me? Let's just meet with each other!"
"We will accompany you if you want to fight, but we said, "Follow the soldiers first." Li Chengliang rolled his eyelids and said, "We are civil servants and don't like fighting and killing. If you want to know the enemy and retreat, everything is easy to discuss..."
"Haha..." Altan's heart moved. This was his familiar routine. He grinned and said, "It is okay to withdraw troops, but I must allow my Khan to send three envoys to Beijing to ask for tribute and allow border trade. If the court agrees, I will withdraw my troops now; otherwise, I will break through the city and kill a chicken or a dog without leaving any trace!"
"Yes..." "Li Chengliang agreed, "Talk." Altan almost dared to break his waist. Li Chengliang ignored it and continued, "My master said before coming that the ancients fought wars not for the land of the Ming Dynasty, but for the lack of daily necessities; the Ming Dynasty's products are abundant, and they do not lack this share. If both sides can trade peacefully, they will exchange your cattle, sheep and horses for our daily necessities, which will be beneficial to the people of both ethnic groups."
This statement is not rare, because the Ming Dynasty has always had two factions of lord war and lord harmony. It sounds like the Minister of Rites is a lord peace. Altan pondered for a while and said, "There is no basis for nothing, why should I believe you?"
"I have a handwritten letter here." Li Chengliang sighed inwardly and said to himself, "Sir, is this worth it?" But now that things have come to this, I can only take one step at a time: "It was written by my master to Dahan." As he said that, he took out the envelope and said lightly: "Who can understand Chinese?"
Altan looked at Zhao Quan and said, "Give it to Zhao Xuechan.
"Then a guard went to get the letter.
"Let's wait!" Li Chengliang protected him and said, "Let him come and see!"
Seeing that he was so determined, Altan nodded at Zhao Quan, and the latter had to stand up and walk to Li Chengliang.
Only then did Li Chengliang take out the letter paper, grab the two ends of Zuo Gu, and spread it for the other party to show it.
Zhao Quan looked closely and found that it was indeed written to Altan by the Minister of Rites of the Ming Dynasty. In addition to what Li Chengliang said just now, the letter also promised that his teacher, Xu Jie, the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty, also supported the border trading, but Mr. Altan needed to cooperate one or two before they could convince the opposition, agree to the border trading, and always be customized. As for how to match and "Shen Mo has three requirements, one is to ask them to withdraw troops, the other is to ask them to release the captured Ming people, and the third is to ask them to send several representatives to go to the capital to claim tribute.
There is also a bright red seal behind it.
Zhao Quan looked over and over again, and couldn't believe his eyes. After Altan heard this, he was also unbelievable. The two asked Li Chengliang to go out first. This thing was too fierce and they had to digest it well.
"Xue Chan, this time it doesn't seem like a fake..." Jiang Da murmured in a low voice: "Everyone dares to let our people pay tribute. It seems that their new emperor is indeed different from the old emperor."
"Yes..." Zhao Quan also shouted: "If it were just to deceive us, he would never have written it down..." Even if it wasn't written by him, the seal of the Minister of Rites would definitely be fine."
The so-called tribute was just a decent statement of the Ming Dynasty's initiative to seek peace. This means that Altan could send his envoys to the Ming Dynasty to act as a mighty man, take the strong, and put forward various harsh conditions!
This is related to the dignity of the country, and no one dares to joke about such a problem. Just like a pity, if it is just a delaying strategy, silent will never dare to leave evidence... Everyone knows that the court's most important face is the most important thing. Even if these promises are all excusable and random fabrications, once someone catches the evidence, then for the court's decency, he, Shangshu and Shoufu Xu, will be completely unsafe. After repeated thinking, both of them feel that it is unlikely to be a scam. It seems that the court really has to have a intention to negotiate... It's just that happiness comes too suddenly, which always makes people feel that it is not very real.
"I heard that the new emperor is completely opposite to Jiajing's personality." Zhao Quan guessed: "It seems to be true..."
"Hey, don't care. Anyway, as long as I keep the silence in my hands, I don't dare to play tricks." Altan made up his mind and ordered: "Call the messenger in."
Li Chengliang was called in.
"Give me the letter." Altan said with his hands.
“Yes, but the conditions must be fulfilled first.”
Zhuang Chengliang calmly said, "Otherwise, I will swallow it."
"I can't agree to all three spare parts." Altan shook his head and said, "What if I withdraw this way, what should you do if you lose the debt?"
"There is a letter from my elders," Li Chengliang said: "What are you afraid of?"
"Haha..." Altan laughed and said, "What's there to be afraid of? But I mobilized all my troops to come, how could I return without success? I wouldn't be able to do anything without a letter of nationality!" He paused and said, "But"
"But what?"
"Then this prisoner can be released." Altan said in a deep voice: "I can also send an envoy to submit the national letter. Is it sincere enough to agree to two of the three conditions?" Li Chengliang, a fictionalist, had struggled for a long time before he was unwilling to say: "Okay."
"Take it..." Altan stretched out his hand again.
"Let someone go first!" Li Chengliang shook his head firmly.
The two looked at each other and found that they had a lot of eye poop.
Finally, Altan couldn't hold on and waved his hand and said, "Let me go"
As expected by silent, most of Altan's prisoners were from Shizhou City and had a deep hatred with the ancients of Mengyi. It was so difficult to convert them into productivity, so it was better to grab another batch. So Altan was so happy that he let go of these tasteless and pity-free ribs. Looking at the people of Daming who were heading for the vastness of the world, Li Chengliang sighed lightly and said that he had finally fulfilled his mission. Then he listened to Zhao Quan's silence and said, "You can give me that thing now." He said coldly and smiled coldly, "Then the common people didn't go far." Li Chengliang nodded, took out the letter from his arms and handed it to him. Zhao Quan checked it, confirmed it was correct, and handed it to Altan.
Ask the Khan to send someone back with me quickly, so as to discuss the specific tribute matters with the Governor General." After Altan took the letter, Li Chengliang spoke. Altan agreed and asked the nobles under his command, "Who are you willing to go there?" This was an incomparable job, and he was boundless in his power, and he could get rich gifts. The leaders enthusiastically signed up and expressed that he was willing to share the worries of the Khan. In the end, Altan chose his uncle and nephew, and of course his Xue Chanzhao, plus more than 100 guards, forming a team of missions.
The team was about to set off, but Altan asked someone to arrest Li Chengliang and laughed: "They recognize the way, so General Li Shen doesn't have to go there anymore, stay with me to drink." Altan is not a three-year-old child, and has never been in vain for decades. He has both witnesses and physical evidence, and he feels more at ease. Looking at the ancient Mengyizi warrior who is eyeing him, Li Chengliang sighed inwardly: "I know it's not that easy to be a hero..." He simply took it aside and smiled: "It's better to obey your orders than respect!" Standing silently on the top of the city, watching the Jinyiwei review the returned people outside the city. This is very necessary. If the spy sneaks into the city and act a "Trojan horse scheme", the fun will be great. Fortunately, it's not difficult to review, because most of this man is from Shizhou City, and they must be related to each other. At this time, the benefits of a strict household registration system are reflected. As long as they are ordered to stand in the Baojia team, investigate and verify each other, there will be no misunderstandings... Besides, these people have a deep blood hatred with the ancient Mengyizi, and it is impossible to hide it for spies. In the end, there are hundreds of unproven ones left... It is said that they are from the village plant, so they can only feel wronged, cover them up, and find a house to take care of them first. For the experienced Jinyiwei, these are no problem. "You don't have to worry, the children are all keen eyes and will not make a fuss." Nian Shuikang whispered: "But you can't let them use that letter to make a fuss." "Haha..." Silent but calm and gentle smiled: "Qi Jiguang's "Soldier Training Document" was compiled by him and I."
"Ah?" Nian Yongkang was confused by his brainless words.
Chapter completed!