Chapter 13 20 million taels of silver
The bloody night finally passed.
There were more than 30,000 Jiannu's elderly, young, women and children living in Shengjing City, more than 20,000 of whom escaped from the city, and the remaining more than 10,000 died tragically under the butcher knife of the Ming army. There were at least 2,000 Jiannu teenagers. They had never had the chance to grow into brave warriors. When the sun rose again, the entire Shengjing City had become a Shura Blood Prison.
The streets were filled with Jiannu's bodies, including old people, women, and children.
Except for the royal palace in the north and the Prince Beile Mansion on both sides, most of the remaining half of the city has been trapped in a sea of fire, and the thick black smoke soars upwards, which can be clearly seen dozens of miles away.
Wang Pu's servants have completely controlled Shengjing City.
The jade seal has been obtained. Prince Li Daishan of Jiannu, Prince Zheng Jiergalang of Zheng, and two favorite concubines of Taiji of the slave chief, Hai Lanzhu, and Bumubutai have all become Wang Pu's prisoners. It can be imagined that if Wang Pu could return to the Ming Dynasty with the jade seal and these four prisoners, the entire Ming Empire would cheer for him, and Songshan's defeat would be eliminated.
According to the original plan, let the brothers have a full meal and have a good sleep. It is time to turn to North Korea tonight. When Huang Taiji received the news of the fall of Shengjing, he sent a large army back to help, Wang Pu and his servants probably had already crossed the Yalu River.
"Good news, General!"
Wang Pu was about to find someone to bring Xiaoqi. When Scarface and Big Bearded Man came to discuss, Big Bearded Man came by himself and shouted: "General, great news, hahaha..."
Because the action went smoothly, Wang Pu was in a very good mood at this time and asked with a smile: "Big Beard, what made you happy like this?"
The bearded man said excitedly: "General, what did the brothers find in the palace and prince of Jiannu? "
Wang Pu asked: "What did you find?"
"Ginseng! The best old mountain ginseng is piled like a mountain, at least tens of thousands of pounds!" said the bearded man, dancing, "There are also the east beads as big as goose eggs, which are dozens of boxes, and the room full of gold, silver, marten, tiger skin, bear skin, antiques, calligraphy and paintings. The villain has never seen so many gold, silver and jewelry as he grows up. General, this time he has made a fortune."
Liaodong was originally a treasure land with abundant resources. The ginseng, mink, marten, sack grass produced in Changbai Mountain, and the Dongzhu, the specialty of the Heilongjiang River basin, can be regarded as rare treasures. In addition, the large amount of gold and silver treasures captured from the Central Plains by the Qing army four times, it is completely imagined that Huang Taiji's palace, the rich wealth of all the princes and the Beile Mansion.
The bearded man said happily: "General, if you transport all these rare treasures, gold, silver and jewelry back to the Central Plains, the villain would probably be worth at least 20 million taels of silver."
Wang Pu's heart sank when he heard this.
Twenty million, this is not a small amount. At that time, the annual income of the Ming Empire was only five million taels of silver!
Gold and silver are good things, and everyone loves them, and Wang Pu also likes them. But now is not the time to be greedy for money. If you really want to bring these heavy gold and silver, I am afraid that the Eight Banners Cavalry of the Qing Dynasty who were not in the Yalu River should catch up.
"Tell me brothers that each person is only allowed to carry two ginseng, three east beads and ten taels of gold. The rest are burned, and all those that cannot be burned are thrown away!" Wang Pu said coldly, "If anyone dares not follow the military order, he will bring gold, silver and jewelry privately, once it is found out, don't blame me for turning against others."
"Ah? Burn it!?" The bearded man suddenly widened his eyes, unable to believe his ears, "General, that is the old ginseng in Changbai Mountain, and those Eastern Pearls, which are rare treasures. The high-ranking officials and wealthy men in the Central Plains can't buy one even if they have money. If we transport these treasures back to the Central Plains, we will make a fortune."
"Do you just want to get rich and get rich?" Wang Pu frowned, "You don't need to think about how heavy these things are and how much space they occupy? To transport these treasures and gold and silver antiques back to the Central Plains, do you know how many horses and carts you want? How many brothers do you need to escort them? Do you know that our marching speed will be greatly slowed down after bringing these burdens. If the Eight Banners Cavalry of the Qing Dynasty catches up, we will not even think of returning to the Ming Dynasty alive."
"Then give so much treasure to Jiannu for nothing? General, the villain is not willing to give up."
"If you don't even have your life, what's the use of bringing these rare treasures? Think about it carefully!"
The bearded man was speechless by Wang Pu, but from his eyes he could tell that he was still unwilling to give up these wealth.
"General." Zhen Youcai, who was following Wang Pu, suddenly said, "The villain has a way to achieve both worlds. He doesn't have to worry about these treasures becoming burdens, and he will not let these treasures fall into Jiannu's hands again."
"What's the solution?" Before Wang Pu could ask, the bearded man had already asked anxiously, "Tell me quickly."
Zhen Youcai touched the two dog tassels on his lips and said, "Ginseng, Dongzhu, animal skin, calligraphy and paintings are light and easy to carry, and can be taken away. As for gold, silver and rare antiques, the weight is too heavy. At least thousands of large cars are needed to transport them all away. Even if you can find a large cart in Shengjing City, you can't drive so many large cars. Just as the general said just now, if Jiannu's cavalry catches up, these treasures will return to Jiannu's hands again..."
The bearded man said impatiently: "Oh, just say what to do."
Zhen Youcai said: "What a villain means to pack these gold, silver and jewelry into the Hunhe River outside the city! What do the two generals think when they have the opportunity to come here to retrieve the treasures in the future?"
The bearded man nodded and said, "This is a solution."
According to Wang Pu's intention, he was to throw away the gold and silver directly, but he also understood that it was too difficult to get the bearded man and his brothers to do this. Moreover, through the plunder of Shengjing, the beastly nature of these servants had been completely mobilized. If it was overstimulated, it might lead to mutiny, and then something would be a big deal.
"Okay, then do that." In desperation, Wang Pu could only compromise. "Big bearded man, you can take someone to pack the gold, silver and antiques he found. Before dark, all the remaining ginseng, Dongzhu and animal skin are distributed equally. Everyone has a share. Anyone who dares to hide his own personal information or insists on robbing them will be executed on the spot and will never tolerate it!"
"yes."
The bearded man agreed and went there excitedly.
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Besides, Huang Taiji was worried about Concubine Chen, so he only brought Oboi, Tulai, Ebilong, Tazhan and other close friends and two hundred guards to Shengjing without stopping. He rushed to Shengjing for more than 300 miles in one day and night. By the afternoon of the next day, he had already crossed the Liaohe River. However, he had just crossed the Liaohe River and met the eunuch sent by Zhezhe to Songshan to inquire. After asking, Huang Taiji realized that a Ming army had attacked Shengjing, and Shengjing had now fallen.
When Huang Taiji suddenly heard this bad news, he couldn't believe his ears.
"What did you say?" Huang Taiji grabbed the eunuch's clothes tightly and shouted sternly, "Did the Ming army attack Shengjing? Shengjing has fallen?"
The eunuch looked frightened and nodded vigorously.
"This is impossible, this is absolutely impossible!" Huang Taiji shouted, "The Qing Dynasty has a large army of more than 100,000 cavalry and infantry in the western corridor of Liaoning. North Korea is already a vassal state of our Qing Dynasty. The Mongolian tribes have already belonged to our Qing Dynasty, and it is impossible for the Ming army to pass through. So where did this Ming army come from? Can it still be found out from the ground?"
The eunuch looked pale and speechless.
"Even if the Ming army came out from the ground, aren't there still two thousand soldiers in the city?" Huang Taiji became more angry and even blood flowed from his nostrils without any sense. He shouted, "What are Daishan and Jirgalang doing for? Are the sixteen red cannons placed on the top of the city just decorations? I want to kill them and kill these two wastes!"
Huang Taiji was furious, and Obai and others dared not persuade him.
It was not until Huang Taiji passed away to the soft couch due to excessive blood loss that the accompanying imperial doctor dared to come up to stop the bleeding for him. After Huang Taiji lay on the soft couch for a while, he gradually began to calm down and summoned the eunuch to him again and asked, "Is the army that captured Shengjing really the Ming army?"
The eunuch replied affirmatively: "It's the Ming army."
"Didn't it be pretended by Mongolians or Koreans?"
"This group of Ming troops speaks Shanxi dialect to each other, and the Mongolians and Koreans cannot pretend to be."
“How many people are there?”
"This is not clear."
"Where are Prince Li and Prince Zheng now?"
"I don't know very well. I only know that Concubine Chen and Concubine Zhuang are trapped in the city. The Empress has already taken several princes and princes to take refuge in the Korqin Grassland."
Hearing that Concubine Chen was trapped in the hands of Ming army, Huang Taiji suddenly felt a piercing pain, but he held it back and waved to the eunuch and said, "Okay, I understand, you go down."
Huang Taiji summoned the ginseng in the Yellow Banner to Tu Lai, Ta Zhan and the Yellow Banner to the Yellow Banner to Obai, and Ebilong to the front.
Tulai said: "Emperor, since the Southern Ming barbarians have captured Shengjing, the front camp and the cavalry camp that stayed in Shengjing have mostly been destroyed. Now all the troops of the Qing Dynasty are gathered on the Songshan front line. There is no army to be adjusted in Liaodong. It is better to go back to Songshan first, and it is not too late to transfer the army from Songshan camp back to counterattack Shengjing."
"Not busy." Huang Taiji said softly, "We have to figure out where this Ming army came out?"
Obai said: "It's probably from the sea, right?"
"No." Huang Taiji shook his head and said, "I have set up more than 100 spy lines on the coastline. If the Ming army came from the sea, I will definitely know the news in advance."
Tulai said: "That's from North Korea, it's impossible to come from Mongolia or western Liaoning anyway."
"No." Huang Taiji shook his head and said, "On the contrary, this Ming army came from western Liaoning."
"Come from western Liaoning?" Tu Lai said in confusion, "The western Liaoning Corridor has assembled more than 100,000 elite troops of the Qing Dynasty. No Ming army can be concealed from our army's horse exploration. If this Ming army really came from western Liaoning, how could our army's horse exploration not know?"
Huang Taiji said: "If it is a military mobilization of more than 10,000 people, of course we cannot hide the horse exploration of our army. But if it is a small group of Ming troops with less than 1,000 people secretly taking advantage of the darkness, our horse exploration of our army will be difficult to find. Do you still remember that on the way back to Shengjing, several post stations have been destroyed. At that time, we thought it was done by horse thieves outside the pass. Now it seems that this group of Ming troops did it. Yes, that must be it!"
As he spoke, Huang Taiji's tone became firm.
Tulai, Oboi and others were silent, but they were impressed by Huang Taiji's meticulous analysis.
Huang Taiji said: "Since this Ming army has only about a thousand people, it's easy to deal with, so there is no need to recall the Eight Banners Army from Songshan Front at this critical moment."
Tulai, Oboi and others looked at each other and said, "But Master, there is indeed no army in Liaodong to recruit."
"No, there is still an army." Huang Taiji's eyes suddenly turned to the north and whispered, "Man Zhu Xili's sweat tent is on Changshan. Changshan is only more than one hundred miles away from Shengjing, and it will be arrived in two hours."
[Man Zhu Xili was the fourth brother of Zhuang Concubine Bumubutai. Because his aunt Zhezhe and two sisters Bumubutai, Hai Lanzhu married Huang Taiji one after another, so he had a close relationship with the Manchu Qing Dynasty. In order to win over the Borjijin family, Huang Taiji rewarded half of the Hetao in the Liaohe River to Man Zhu Xili, and asked him to graze at the closest place to Shengjing to show his favor.]
Tulai said: "The slave will send someone to Changshan now."
Huang Taiji thought about it and felt that it was not safe enough to rely on the Mongols to recover Shengjing. He said to Tulai: "Send people to hurry back to Songshan, so that Prince Yu Duoduo will lead 5,000 cavalrymen from the White Banner to rush back to Shengjing immediately. Never disclose the news of the loss of Shengjing, so as not to affect the morale of the frontline soldiers."
Tulai said: "The slave understands."
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Chapter completed!