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Huang Taiji lowered his head and thought about it for a while, shook his head repeatedly and said, "No, no! If he was not in the city and just wanted to harass him, so what?" Ning Wan and I smiled and said, "King Khan is judging by himself. Ming generals have always regarded attacking cities as their priority. Seeing that when Yuan Chonghuan took office, he was eager to restore the broad meaning. In the entire Ming Dynasty, where could there be a general who could be better than Yuan Chonghuan?" Dahai also claimed yes and tried his best to persuade Huang Taiji to ignore the news. Huang Taiji thought for a long time and said, "It's still not. Engdel said this in front of many people just now, and it must have spread in the army at this moment. Our soldiers' families were small in Shenyang. When they heard that the rear was attacked, the morale of the army would inevitably be very strong. Even if they forcibly siege the capital, they would probably not last long."
Ning Wan, I was silent. What the Khan said was really at the point, and it was something he had never thought of. In his heart, he just intuitively believed that this must have been deliberately arranged by Yuan Chonghuan, just as Fan Wencheng repeatedly told him that the method used to remove Yuan Chonghuan was a truth. But he was not sure if he had to assert that it was yes or not. This was a major event that concerns the safety of the capital. He was a slave in Sahalian's family not long ago. Now he has finally made a name for himself and has made a list. How dare he talk casually?
For a moment, three people in the tent looked at each other and no one was willing to speak, so they were stunned. Huang Taiji sighed in his heart and secretly congratulated him: "If anyone can solve this confusion now, he should treat him as a national sage in this life!" But he was moved and heard a Geshha shouting outside the tent: "Great Khan, Great Khan, have caught the spy!"
Huang Taiji turned to Dahai, Ning Wan said, "Come on, let's go out and have a look." As he said that, he walked out first, followed Nagoshiha to the gate of the village. He saw a Ming tying five flowers on the ground, raised his head high, and the torch made his face very clear, but he was a 10-year-old young man, and he had not even had a beard. A Jiala kicked him hard and scolded, "You Ming pig, tell me, why are you sneaking in our camp?"
General Ming looked at him, his eyes seemed to be very confused, and he seemed to be unable to understand. Huang Taiji said to Ning Wan: "Come and ask him, who is his surname and who is his official position in the Barbarian Army? What kind of official position is here?" Ning Wan responded, walked over and talked with General Ming for a long time before he came back and replied. It turned out that this person's name was Huang Jie, and he was a personal soldier under the general of Jinzhou, Huan Zhen. Because his brother Huang Xiong died in Zunhua a few days ago, Huan Zhen insisted that he was a deserter and would not be given pensions. Huang Jie went to argue and beat him up. In anger, he came to join Huang Taiji at night.
After hearing Ning Sheng, Huang Taiji nodded and said, "So that's it." He looked at him without a flash, and suddenly shouted, "Drag it down and chop it!" Several people immediately went up to catch him firmly, and Huang Jie shouted as if he was slaughtering a pig, and he kept struggling with his hands and feet. Huang Taiji waved his hand and stopped for the time being, and smiled and said, "Why, are you so unfair to die? This trick of Zhou Yu fighting Huang Gai can deceive others, but he can't deceive me!" He was familiar with the Three Kingdoms, and naturally knew very clearly about this allusion.
Huang Jie kowtowed repeatedly and shouted, "The villain has something important to report to the Khan!" Huang Taiji thought it would be okay to hear him say it, so he nodded and said, "What is the last words? Let's finish it quickly." Huang Jie straightened his waist and said, "The villain is the personal soldier next to Huan Zhen. Yesterday, he heard him discussing with Lord Man Guiman, asking Lord Man to pretend to be a Mongolian envoy..."
Huang Taiji heard the word "Mongol envoy" and his face changed drastically, his eyes were as bright as a torch. Huang Jie looked at him with hair on the back of his neck, and he couldn't help but turn his head and go against his eyes.
Suddenly, Huang Taiji snorted coldly, and his heart was raised up, but he heard him say, "Take this person to my tent, I want to interrogate him carefully." He looked at Goshha and asked the idle people to leave, then he leaned over and untied him, patted his shoulder, and laughed, "You are not Huang Gongfu, but Xun Wenruo!"
Huang Jie was flattered and knelt down quickly, saying that he was afraid. Huang Taiji asked him to tell Huan Zhen a plan after a detailed discussion. One wall listened, and one wall twisted his beard and pondered. After hearing it, he couldn't help but slapped his thighs hard and shouted, "God-given opportunity!" After a glance at him, he saw Huang Jie looking at him helplessly, as if he had something to say. He was in a good mood and smiled and said, "What do you want to say, get up and say it." Huang Jie kowtowed two heads, then got up, bowed his waist and said, "King Khan, the villain thought he could use the trick and kill someone with the surname Huan was caught off guard."
Huang Taiji's eyes flashed and he said carelessly: "How to use the trick?" Huang Jie said: "King King can pretend to be fooled, and a suspected soldier can strike out the big sword of the Khan and withdraw his troops eastward. Huan Zhen knew that the Khan would be prepared to relax. At this time, the Khan attacked him by surprise and could win a complete victory."
This was exactly what Huang Taiji thought. He glanced at the Han man and asked, "What did you do before joining the army?" Huang Jie bowed and said, "The villain is a child. He has been taking the exam for several years, but he has never passed the exam." Huang Taiji laughed and said, "It turns out that he is a scholar. OK, okay. The officials of the Ming Dynasty did not take you, but they were blind, but I want to use you. In this way, you will follow Ning Wan to do my business in the future." Huang Jie hurriedly knelt down and thanked him.
Huang Taiji's face suddenly changed and he said angrily: "I still say it's not Huang Gai! You were born in Ming and raised in Ming. You betray your country and have to be so complacent. How can you be like this in the world?" Huang Jie was shocked and kowtowed repeatedly, bleeding, and said tremblingly: "Little man... The villain studied hard for ten years and promised to be full of knowledge, but every time he came to the exam, he kicked the aristocratic families and took away the fields of the villain's brothers. He had no choice but to join the army. The brother bravely moved forward, and even if he died, he could not get a good reputation. Why did the villain work for him in such a court?" Huang Taiji was very satisfied with this answer. If all the talents of the Ming Dynasty were like this and all came to join Dajin, then he would fulfill his wish. He said, "I asked someone to take him down to rest, and I would do my business tomorrow."
Dahai, Ning Wan, I bowed and smiled together, "Congratulations to King Khan for having another talent." Huang Taiji put aside his words and said, "Let's not talk about this for now. Ning Wan, I still remember what Mr. Fan told you." Ning Wan, I looked at Dahai in a trepid manner, and saw him nodding slightly, then said, "Return to King Khan, I remember clearly." Huang Taiji smiled with satisfaction, looked at the night sky with his hands behind his back, and said to himself, "Look at the stars of the Ming Dynasty, what is the difference between us Dajin?"
At this moment, there was another person under the city of Beijing, staring blankly at Xingxing, and that was Huan Zhen.
At this time, he was really confused and didn't know where to start. Later generations seemed to analyze the history clearly. When he really participated in it, he seemed to have changed all of it. He only felt that every step was trembling as if he was walking on thin ice, trying to reverse the facts of the fait accompli, but also afraid that his strength would be a waste of time. Sometimes he even felt that if he didn't know how history developed, would he be easier?
Just now, Yu Dacheng, the doctor of the Ministry of War, was sent by the new soldier Shen Yongmao to Zhu Jie in the camp. Although Yuan Chonghuan did not think that was a great victory, he still cheered up and talked to him and focused on inquiries about the situation in the capital. Huan Zhen was also on the side. Listening to Yu Dacheng's remarks about the unusual movements in the court over the past few days, he became increasingly unconfidence in himself. Chongzhen sent eunuchs and military supervisors again, which clearly showed his distrust of Yuan Chonghuan, a military general. However, in his impression, it seemed that there was no eunuchs before Yuan Chonghuan was killed. Could it be that things happened in the future? However, according to Chongzhen's personality, he only trusted eunuchs. There was nothing to be surprised to send eunuchs when the troops were at the city.
But he was very concerned about another thing. Reinforcements from Datong, Shaanxi and other places had arrived around the capital one after another. The food and grass of Ma Dengyun's troops were insufficient, and the soldiers almost mutiny yesterday. In the end, General Ma promised them to eat in nearby villages, which was finally easy to suppress. The so-called eating is actually to buy food from the people at a low price and seize food from the people. The Ministry of Households was stretched and could not afford military pay, so they could only use this method to support a large number of people. The reinforcements were trampled on by the capital city, and many officials and even eunuchs outside the city were also suffering from military disasters. The generals could not find food for their subordinates. Some troops with slightly corrupt military disciplines led their troops to loot among the people. In addition to being ravaged by the Tartars, they also had to trample on their own troops, and they were suffering from wealth and poverty. Many officials and eunuchs in the capital were also suffering from war. The supervisors did not dare to say that they were not strict in their control, but only pushed them on the heads of the enemy soldiers.
At present, the Guanning troops have not encountered any problem of food and grass. Moreover, the Liao soldiers have been disciplined since Yuan Chonghuan's rectification. Even if they cannot pay, they may not plunder the four townships like Mangui's subordinates. The reason why he was worried about the problem of military salary was because he knew that many Shaanxi reinforcements would be disbanded because they had no salary to raise soldiers. The defeated soldiers rushed back to their hometowns, and most of them went up the mountain to follow the bandits and entered the peasant army. If the peasant army before was just snatching food, it would not be a big problem. Then with these deserters joining, the peasant army became a army. Later, he left Shaanxi, entered Henan, and invaded the two lakes and Sichuan, which became increasingly difficult to deal with. Thinking of the peasant army, he couldn't help but remember Hui Dengxiang, who had not heard from for a long time, and I wonder where he had gone to the grass now. Xiao Wutai had already left the empty house. As the imperial official, he could not blatantly ask someone to investigate a bandit, so he had to put it aside day after day. As soon as he was busy, he actually forgot him.
He looked at the night sky and sighed, remembering what Yu Dacheng said to him not long ago. Huan Zhen knew that when Yuan Chonghuan was imprisoned, Yu Dacheng was one of the most powerful officials to rescue. Yuan Chonghuan had never copied the nine tribes, and he made great contributions. Therefore, he focused on accepting him as soon as he met him. The two of them could say it. After Yuan Chonghuan finished his official affairs, he asked Yu Dacheng to his tent to discuss. Although Yu Dacheng did not know the military, he could see the factional struggles in the court very thoroughly. He was often angry on weekdays. In addition, Huan Zhen was cleverly speaking, and in a few words, he told the opposition between the Wen and Qian factions in the court one by one.
Huan Zhen became more and more creepy as he heard it. He felt that the situation in the court was several times worse than he expected. Wen Tiren and the current chief minister Qian Longxi had long regretted each other. In the Qian Qianyi incident a year ago, Wen Tiren gained the favor of Emperor Chongzhen and paved the way for him to climb to a high position, but he did not get any real benefits. So this is precisely because the prime minister Qian Longxi, the Minister of War Wang Qia and others defended Qian Qianyi and scolded him for his ulterior motives and bad intentions. Then some court officials submitted memorials to impeach him, which made him unable to realize his ambition to squeeze into the cabinet. Because of these past events, Wen Tiren has always held a grudge against Qian Longxi and others. Although Wang Qia has been imprisoned, the chief minister Qian Longxi is still a thorn in his side.
Chapter completed!