Chapter 212: Two birds with one stone

The wine glass froze on Zhu Quan's lips. He felt that he hadn't heard clearly what Li Wei was saying, so he asked carefully: "Brother Li, do you want me to hit the Jurchen?"

"Yes, completely wipe them out for me."

"Why is this?" Zhu Quan finally heard it clearly. Li Wei wanted him to destroy the Jurchens, which surprised him very much. Countless thoughts circling in his mind. Why is Li Wei trying to destroy the Jurchens? Why doesn't he go by himself? Is there any conspiracy that is not conducive to him?

Li Wei was just seeing the doubt in his heart, and then smiled faintly and said, "Your Highness must be surprised why I didn't go, but if you want to do it, I might as well tell you the truth. I want to expand eastward, but the Jurchens did not allow me to be involved in their land and did not accept the officials I appointed, so I must wipe out them. As for why I look for you, the reason is very simple, because you have Mongolian cavalry under your command."

Zhu Quan suddenly realized that Li Wei wanted his Duoyan three guards to take action for him, and Duoyan three guards must have taken action from the north. Under the fierce attack of Mongolian cavalry, the Jurchens must have fled to Liaodong in large numbers and fell into Li Weizheng's pocket. The plan was really good.

Since he understood Li Weizheng's intention, Zhu Quan quickly calculated it in his mind. Just now, Li Weizheng said that he would help him ascend to the position of Emperor Ming. To put it nicely, it was actually an extremely empty promise, just like a flower in the water and a moon in the mirror, without any practical significance.

Zhu Quan is also an extremely realistic person. He should not make such an empty promise. He wants real benefits, but he can't say this. He put the wine glass on his lips and pondered for a while.

Li Weizheng seemed to understand Zhu Quan’s idea. He smiled and said, “I’ll give you another additional condition. After the matter is done, I will set up a horse market in Jianzhou and let the Koreans in Liaodong buy your horse.”

Zhu Quan laughed loudly, stretched out a palm and said, "Then we will make up for it!"

Li Wei was stretching out his palm and hit him hard, but a trace of imperceptible pride flashed through his eyes.

In June of the 27th year of Hongwu, the Mongolian tribe of the Duoyan Sanwei of Ningguo used the excuse of being killed by the Jurchens and attacked the Jurchen tribe in large numbers. Wherever they passed, they killed people and robbed people and robbed people, and blood flowed into a river. No matter men, women, young and old, more than 50,000 people were killed within ten days. The Jurchens rose up to resist, but the resistance was too scattered and soon swallowed up by bloody killing.

The Jurchens were panicked. They abandoned their homes and fled to the gathering places of the Han people in Liaodong. By the end of June, there were less than a thousand Jurchens left in their ancestral land.

At this time in Liaodong, Li Wei was already well prepared. He ordered that all the Jurchens be broken up and divided into three parts, one was placed in the areas of Shenyang Wei and Fushun Wei, the other was placed in the Liaodong Peninsula, and the third part was placed in the area of ​​Seoul, Goryeo. This was not temporary resettlement, but was distributed to them land, oxen and grain, and houses were built for them, so that they could become farmers in Liaodong forever.

In early July, Li Weizheng led his army to inspect Jianzhou. As soon as he arrived at the Jianzhou Guard, suddenly there was a stern shout from outside the tent: "Let me go in, we want to see the general, let us go in!"

"Who is making a noise outside!"

"Report to the general, they are two thousand households of the Jurchens, Mengge Timur and Aha."

Li Wei was sneering, as he expected, and he immediately ordered: "Let them in!"

After a moment, two burly Jurchen Qianhu came in with grief and anger. The two of them knelt down and saluted, "Please be the general to make the decision for us Jurchens."

Li Wei was comforting them gently and said, "I have heard of the Jurchens' difficulties. The Mongols have always been cruel. I came here this time to negotiate with the Mongols and ordered them to stop killing the Jurchens immediately."

"But it's already July now, our Jurchens have been killed. The adults have come. Why didn't adults come a month ago? What's the point of coming now? It's better not to come!"

Mengge Timur was so angry that he clenched his fists and pounded them on the ground. Ah Ha came and knelt on the side with a gloomy face. He said nothing.

Li Wei's face sank and said, "What do you mean? Do I lie at home every day in June? You don't know how much pressure did your Jurchens pour into Liaodong? Eat, drink, defecation, and take care of your customs and habits. What do you want me to ask about? You are so good, you blame me here, it's really outrageous!"

Mengge Timur was speechless for a moment and couldn't speak. Ah Ha next to him said calmly, "Old man is in time to arrange the Jurchen women and children so that they will not be hungry and not be attacked by the wind and rain. We are really grateful. Here, y's the adults will accept our worship first!"

Aha went out and pulled Mengge Timur. The two knelt down and kowtowed respectfully. Li Wei was glancing at Aha, and he knew that there must be something to say behind this person.

Sure enough, Aha kowtowed and continued, "But I heard that the adults had settled the Jurchens, but they divided their land, plowed oxen, and built houses for them. I don't understand the intention of the adults to do this. Will we Jurchens not be able to return to our homes in the future?"

"Who heard you say this?" Li Weizheng asked him back.

"Everyone says this, we believe it."

"You are hearing-informed." Li Weizheng patiently explained: "I can pat my chest and tell you that there is no such thing. I will give them food for three months. In three months, I will reach a compromise with the Mongols so that they will no longer violate the Jurchen land. In the other three months, it will be a little cold and the epidemic will no longer spread. At that time, I will put all the Jurchens back home. Don't think I am willing to raise more than 100,000 people."

"Is what the lord said true?" Ah Ha was still a little disbelief.

"Okay, seeing that it is true, General Aha can bring ten Jurchens to see it in person, come back to appease the morale of the army for me, and never make trouble again."

Aha Chu didn't believe Li Weizheng's words very much, so he nodded and agreed, "Then I'll set off now."

Li Wei was watching them go down, and a murderous intent suddenly burst out in his eyes. He immediately found a thousand households and secretly told him: "Take five hundred elite soldiers and Aha out and ten people to Liaodong together, go a hundred miles away, and kill them for me!"

Qianhu went to take the order, and Li Weizheng called the commander of Jianzhou Wei again, and said to him: "Tomorrow, Qianhu of Mengge Timur's Jurchen will rebel. I will make some moves and tricks in their meals tonight and kill me for no one left at night."

"What should I do if those Jurchens who have been incorporated into the thousand-household Han people?"

Li Wei was just thinking about it and said, "Just say that Mengge Timur rebelled and was suppressed. If the Jurchens were not convinced, it would be too late to kill them again. If they were frightened, they would comfort them with kind words and spare them once."

That night, Li Weizheng took a ruthless move. Aha, who first went to inspect the Jurchen situation, was killed halfway. Then, there was a problem with the food and drinking water of the Jurchen Thousand Households. More than a thousand Jurchen soldiers were poisoned and all were killed.

Early the next morning, the more than 1,000 Jurchen soldiers who had been incorporated into the Han army were frightened and found their bosses and said that they had no intention of rebellion, so they fled.

Li Weizheng stayed in Jianzhou Wei for two more days and confirmed that there was nothing wrong. Then he continued to lead his troops north to meet the leader of the Duoyan tribe.

The three guards of Duoyan refer to the three guards of Duoyan, Taining and Fuyu, both of which were selected by the Ming Dynasty from the Duoyan tribe. After their iron cavalry were killed by blood, most of them returned to Daning, while some were stationed in the Tashan area, waiting for Li Wei from Liaodong to head north.

The three guards of Duoyan were ordered to act, but the Mongols of Duoyan tribe received news that Liaodong wanted to open a horse market and let the Han people in Liaodong and the Koreans and the Koreans buy horses. The closest bordering Liaodong is the Duoyan tribe. If the horse market is opened, the Duoyan tribe will be the biggest beneficiary. Therefore, they attached great importance to this. The commander of the Tongzhi Tuoluhuchaer of Duoyan tribe is also the chief of the Duoyan tribe and the actual commander of the three guards of Duoyan. He was the one who stopped in Tashan waiting for Li Wei from Liaodong to head north.

On this day, Li Weizheng's army arrived at Tashan, and the two armies set up tents and met in the tent.

Tuoluhuchaer was about fifty years old. He was not tall, but he was very strong. He could speak fluent Chinese and understand the understanding of the Chinese. Seeing that Li Wei was entering the tent, he immediately stood up and bowed and smiled, "I have long admired General Li's name, and I only met him today. Fortunately! Fortunately!"

He pulled up another young man and said, "This is my son Tulutemur, the future heir to the Doyan tribe."

Tuolutemur was about the same age as Li Weizheng, and he was very strong like his father. He quickly saluted Li Weizheng.

Li Weizheng also replied with a smile: "I have been famous for the three guards of Duoyan for a long time. Thank you so much for dealing with the Jurchens this time."

After saying that, Li Wei was waving his hand, and immediately several personal soldiers carried into two large boxes. One of the personal soldiers behind him was holding a small box. The personal soldiers opened the lid of the box, and the box suddenly shone with golden light, all of which were gold ingots.

"This is ten thousand taels of gold, which is my thank-you gift to the Duoyan tribe." Li Weizheng took the three words of Duoyan tribe very seriously. The old fox Tuoluhuchaer certainly understood what Li Weizheng meant. His eyes were so shining with golden gold that he couldn't open it. He had to give a thumbs up in his heart, secretly praised Li Weizheng for being a good person and being generous.

Li Wei was just seeing it. He smiled slightly, took the small box and opened it. There were twenty Japanese night pearls inside. He handed the box to Tuoluhuchaer and smiled: "I heard that the chief has twenty wives, so I will give you twenty night pearls. This is my meeting gift."

Tuoluhuchaer was suddenly moved by Li Weizheng's care. He immediately touched his body, found a string of bone chains, and handed them to Li Weizheng with both hands, saying, "This is my return gift to General Li. Although the gift is light, the bone chain has been with me for twenty years, which is my intention."

The two of them took the gift and laughed loudly, hugged their shoulders and sat down. A few soldiers came in immediately and served them with horse milk wine. Tuoluhuchaer toasted a glass of wine. He was a straightforward person and said straight to the point: "General Li, although I am the commander-in-chief of Duoyan, today I am here to discuss matters about horse market with you as the chief of Duoyan. His Highness Ning has told me that you will establish horse market in Jianzhou. I would like to ask first, is it not the future horse market a transaction between the officials or the private spontaneous transaction?"

"Everyone is, mainly private spontaneous transactions, but our Liaodong military also needs war horses."

"So that's it." Tuoluhuchaer pondered for a moment and said, "Master General, I want to take the liberty to make a request. I wonder if Master General can agree."

"Chief, please say, Li Wei is listening with utmost care."

"That's right, the problems of grain and salt have always been a problem that plagues the Duoyan tribe. I heard that Liaodong produces salt, while Goryeo produces rice in a wealth of rice. I hope to fight horses to exchange for these two items. I wonder if the adults can agree."

Li Weizheng was meditating and said nothing. The problem was not big, but if I agreed too readily, wouldn’t he be underestimated? He pondered for a long time and said, “There is no problem with salt, and you don’t need to spend money to buy it. I can give you 1,000 stones a year. But to be honest, I don’t know much about its annual output, because my army also depends on Goryeo. In this way, when I go back and discuss, maybe I will trade with Duoyan.”

Tuoluhuchaer was overjoyed. He stood up and pulled his son over and said, "I want to climb up today. My son Tuolutemuer is the same age as Lord Li, and he is willing to become Anda with Lord Li."

Tuoluhuchaer is not stupid. He saw that Li Wei was intentionally making friends with him, and Li Wei Zheng also had what he needed. Both sides complement each other, so why not do it?

Li Weizheng smiled, smiling proudly. This was his real intention to find Ning Wang Zhu Quan to beat the Jurchen people.
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