Fan Wencheng cautiously opened the parchment roll to check.

Although Cong Gulenge was on Wei Bao's side, she still did not like to write letters on paper, preferring to use parchment rolls, which would be easier to keep.

The mentality of the youngest daughter's family, Cong Gulen Gege did not feel that there was anything to be afraid of on Wei Bao's side, but felt that it was fun to write a letter to his father Khan in a different place, hoping that his father Khan would treasure his letterhead.

Fan Wencheng read the letter and hurriedly and respectfully returned it to Nurhachi.

Nurhachi wanted to say something, but felt that it seemed inappropriate to say it in front of the generals, so he said to everyone: "Forget it! You don't have an idea! Stand down! Hurry up your training and think more about how to break the enemy! If there is no order from me in the past few days, you will never be allowed to leave the customs without authorization, and those who violate it will be beheaded! ”

Tens of thousands of troops are crowded in the small Lianshan Pass, which is also Nurhachi himself in charge, otherwise, with the prestige of Huang Taiji, it is very troublesome to restrain so many people and horses, and there are many senior generals who are Jiannu!

This is the advantage of the rank system of the treasure army over the traditional army.

The treasure army is one layer at a time, one level at a time, everyone has a goal, there is a head, plus a clear political belief, it is easy to restrain the army.

However, the traditional army is a swarm of bees, relying entirely on the personal charm of the commander-in-chief, and no matter how strict the military discipline is, it is troublesome for one person to manage hundreds of people, or one person to manage thousands of people.

"Yes, Great Khan!" The generals agreed, and retreated out of the big tent.

"Huang Taiji, you stay for a while!" Nurhachi to the Emperor Taijidao, who was also retreating.

"Yes, Father Khan!" Huang Taiji stopped his steps and walked to Nurhachi's side.

After everyone had withdrawn, Nurhachi said to Fan Wencheng: "If you have any ideas, just say it!" ”

"Yes, Great Khan, it seems that Gege and Wei Bao get along well, and Wei Bao wants to reconcile with us, for sure, otherwise he will not agree to negotiate. But this does not necessarily mean that Wei Bao will give up the condition that he wants us to connect the mountains! Fan Wencheng said: "You see, Gege said that Wei Bao can't get married within five years, what kind of fortune teller said." It's all an excuse! Even if there is such a thing, if Wei Bao really intends to marry us in five years, he should also make a statement. At the very least, the camp outside Lianshan Pass should be withdrawn! ”

In his letter to Nurhachi, Cong Gulenge praised Wei Bao a lot, but did not say that he would do small things, only that in five years, Wei Bao would definitely marry him. This is also the mentality of the youngest daughter's family to save face. Moreover, Cong Gulen Gege privately felt that five years was a long time, maybe he could make Wei Bao like herself more than Wu Xuexia, and she might be able to become bigger when the time came.

"We can get out of Lianshan Pass! But let Wei Bao make a commitment now! Even if you don't marry Conggulun right away! I also want him to guarantee in writing! And to come in person, this negotiation must let Huang Taiji and Wei Bao talk face-to-face! And let Gege be there! We need to see for ourselves that Gege is safe now! After Nurhachi finished speaking, he said to Huang Taiji: "If Wei Baoken is my son-in-law, even if the whole of Liaoning is given to him, it will be fine!" ”

When Huang Taiji heard this, he was a little distressed, but he still nodded and said, "What Father Khan said is true!" The land outside the Guanxi is so big, and we still have a large number of Mongolian territories and North Korea that have not been subdued, and it is nothing to hand over Liaonan to Wei Bao first. ”

It's not that Huang Taiji and Nurhachi are atmospheric, in fact, both of them were beaten by Wei Baojun and lost their temper!

Knowing that even if you wait until the beginning of spring, it will still be a scuffle, and now Liaonan seems to have been almost made by Wei Bao and Liaodong all of a sudden!

Nurhachi and Huang Taiji did not dare to guarantee that the Jiannu army would take advantage of the west side of Jinzhou, and every time they went to Liaodong, it was just a plunder.

"It's naturally good for Baylor to go and talk in person, I'll send someone to send a message to Wei Bao now, see what they say, if they can, we will ask them to continue peace talks the day after tomorrow." Fan Wencheng said.

"Yes!" Nurhachi clapped his head.

When the information from Jiannu reached Qingtaiyu, Wei Bao was drinking with Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan.

These two people, after all these days, still haven't left, Wei Bao is also a little speechless.

It's inconvenient to catch people.

Wei Bao knew that Sun Chengzong should really wait for the results of the battle in southern Liaoning before he was willing to leave, and he really wanted to accompany him to Beijing to take the Jinshi examination.

"Xiaobao, Jiannu has stopped wandering in southern Liaoning in a good manner, it seems to be very peaceful these days, you must not relax your vigilance, although it is the middle of winter at the moment, which is not conducive to the cavalry activities of the Jiannu brigade, but there is no guarantee that Jiannu will not sneak attack your camp." Sun Chengzong said to Wei Bao.

Wei Bao nodded, "Yes, Master." ”

"Jiannu never fought like this, huh? It stands to reason that they are killing people and setting fires all over southern Liaoning, and we have nothing to do with them, and they will definitely be happy to do it! Besides, Xiaobao's men and horses had such a big grudge with them before, and they killed tens of thousands of slaves! This grudge is already a mortal enemy! Yuan Chonghuan asked puzzledly: "Xiaobao, did you send someone from Jiannu to find you?" ”

Wei Bao sweated, secretly thinking that this Yuan Chonghuan is indeed worthy of Lao Guang, quite a ghost.

When Sun Chengzong heard this, he was also attracted to attention and asked, "Xiaobao? Jiannu really looked for you privately? ”

"Hmm." Wei Bao said bluntly, "I found it, but I ignored it!" ”

Sun Chengzong was a little relieved, "You must not have private contact with Jiannu!" No matter what you have talked to them, if the Ming court knows that you are in contact with Jiannu in private, you will definitely be regarded as a spy! Especially now that your identity is different, not to mention the identity of my Sun Chengzong's disciple who is so eyed by people, just saying that you are the biggest tycoon in southern Liaoning will also make many people pay attention to you! ”

"I know, don't worry, teacher, what am I doing with Jiannu in private? When they come, we generally ignore what they say, just listen to what they say, and we can't help but give people a chance to speak, right? What if they feel that it is not a good way to deal with us like this, and they want to withdraw their troops? Wei Bao laughed.

"If Jiannu really plans to withdraw his troops, he won't greet you! It is impossible for Jiannu to give up Lianshan Pass! It is impossible for them to give you such a large piece of land in southern Liaoning for nothing. Yuan Chonghuan was straightforward.

"I can't tell." Wei Bao smiled: "Maybe Jiannu is very polite? ”

Yuan Chonghuan and Sun Chengzong didn't think Wei Bao's words were funny at all, but both of them were very suspicious that Wei Bao was already talking to Jiannu about something, and they were really worried that Wei Bao would take refuge in Jiannu!

At this time, Lin Wenbiao came, and Wei Bao knew that there was something, and it was a relatively urgent matter, so he said to Yuan Chonghuan and Sun Chengzong: "Teacher, Brother Yuan, I'll go out for a while." ”

"Go get busy." Sun Chengzong nodded.

Yuan Chonghuan also said: "Get busy, Xiaobao." Serious matters. ”

After Wei Bao left, Yuan Chonghuan immediately said: "Teacher, I dare to conclude that Wei Bao must be plotting something with Jiannu!" Otherwise, it is impossible for Jiannu not to fight well, as long as Jiannu does not disperse his troops, does not need to transport grain and grass, brings all the grain himself, and wanders around, Wei Bao They have no way at all! If Jiannu had been doing that, it would have been completely impossible for Wei Bao's people to build the city wall. Therefore, there is no reason for Jiannu to suddenly withdraw his troops. Jiannu has never been so polite when he fights the eastern border army of Liaodong. ”

"This kind of thing can't be speculated." Although Sun Chengzong also thought so in his heart, he still spoke for Wei Bao: "Maybe it's because Jiannu doesn't have enough food, and it may not be enough to support the sweep for days." Don't go outside and talk nonsense, otherwise you may cause trouble to Wei Bao. ”

"Don't worry, I know. In fact, it's nothing to say or not, as long as Wei Bao can really get Lianshan Pass and the entire southern Liaoning, he is the hero of the Ming Dynasty, who can say anything? I'm afraid that Wei Bao will give up the large area of the city he has already obtained and return to the Golden State area! In that case, if someone knows about it, they will definitely guess what ulterior secrets Wei Bao and Jiannu have! Yuan Chonghuan said.

Sun Chengzong was also more worried about what Yuan Chonghuan said, so he sighed, but said: "It shouldn't be, I believe Xiaobao!" He would never give up the vast area of the city he had already gotten for no reason! In that case, he couldn't speak clearly. ”

"And even if he reached any agreement with Jiannu in private, he didn't have anything, I was most afraid that Wei Bao would surrender to Jiannu! The Overseer must have heard that Wei Bao had captured Nurhachi's daughter, right? Yuan Chonghuan further reminded: "Does Master Inspector still remember Li Yongfang? ”

Li Yongfang was originally the imperial official of the Ming Dynasty's Fushun Thousand Households, and because the Ming Dynasty adopted a military and guard management system in Liaodong, Li Yongfang was also the highest governor of Fushun. In 1613 (the forty-first year of Wanli), Nurhachi conquered the Ula tribe, and the Ula tribe Belebu Zhantai fled to Yeh.

Nurhachi again conquered Yehe, and Yehebu asked the Ming Dynasty for help.

Later, the Ming Dynasty sent an envoy to warn Nurhachi that he was not allowed to violate Yehe. Nurhachi sent a letter to the Ming Dynasty, saying that Yehe had betrayed the alliance and repented of his marriage, hid Buzhantai, and that he had no choice but to use troops, and personally went to Fushun Qianhu.

Li Yongfang went out to welcome Sanli and introduced Nurhachi into the teaching field. Nurhachi handed over the reply letter to Li Yongfang, refused to go to the banquet set up by Li Yongfang, and led the army back.

In 1614 (the forty-second year of Wanli), the Ming Dynasty strengthened the border defense of Fushun and promoted Li Yongfang's military rank from Beiyu to guerrilla.

In April 1618 (the third year of the Later Jin Mandate of Heaven), Nurhachi invaded the Ming Dynasty, besieged Fushun, and wrote to Li Yongfang: "The Ming Dynasty sent troops to help Yehe, and I led the army to attack, you are just a guerrilla, can you defeat me?" You are very intelligent, you know the times, our country is in need of talents, how can I not reuse talents like you? If you want to fight, our bows and arrows don't know you. If you surrender, I will keep the people of the city at peace. Don't think I'm scaring you, if I can't even beat you in a city, what troops will I send out? Drop or not, you think about it. ”

After Li Yongfang read the letter, he climbed to the south gate to ask for surrender, but still ordered the soldiers to prepare defensive equipment. The Houjin army attacked the city with a ladder, and soon ascended to the city and killed the garrison king's seal. Li Yongfang then went out of the city and surrendered, and prostrated on the ground to meet Nurhachi. Nurhachi replied on his horse, and ordered his men not to kill the people of the city.

The next day, Nurhachi destroyed the city of Fushun, organized the people in the city into thousands of households, moved to Hetuala, and set up large and small officials according to the official system of the Ming Dynasty.

Li Yongfang was appointed as a third-class lieutenant general and married the daughter of Nurhachi's seventh son, Bel Abatai, so he was called Fushun Eju, Fuxi Eju, or Li Eju.

Fushun was the first border city of the Ming Dynasty under Nurhachi, and Li Yongfang was the first border general of the Ming Dynasty to surrender.

"What do you mean by that? Even if Xiaobao has any misdeeds, this is Liaonan, and his people are everywhere. Sun Chengzong frowned and said. Originally, I was just a little worried, but I was very worried when Yuan Chonghuan said a few words.

"Let's go, Master! There's danger here! You think, in case Wei Bao really does something wrong, the first thing to hand over is the teacher, and how much credit is it to hand over the teacher, you, the Jiliao Governor, to Nurhachi? If you marry Nurhachi's daughter again, then you will run to Jiannu's side, and you won't be crowned king directly? Yuan Chonghuan said nervously and softly.

Sun Chengzong frowned and fell into deep thought.

Wei Bao went outside, "What's the matter?" ”

"President." Lin Wenbiao leaned into Wei Bao's ear and whispered: "Nurhachi wants to reopen peace talks, not only agreeing to the marriage of Cong Gulungege and the president, but also agreeing to give up Lianshan Pass!" But their requirement is that the president must issue a written commitment! And the president will personally meet with Huang Taiji the day after tomorrow, and they also ask to bring Cong Gulen Gege with him to see if Cong Gulen Gege is safe now. ”

Wei Bao sweated, although he got the result he dreamed of, but if he made a written promise, he would be caught by Jiannu! Then you will really become a traitor!

To be a traitor, Wei Bao is definitely unwilling, he still wants to take the officialdom route and gain power in the Ming Dynasty step by step.

Although he ran to Jiannu's side, with his knowledge of the trajectory of historical development, and he also has a certain ability, he will definitely be able to fuel the fire, follow the trend, and conform to the historical trend, maybe within three or five years, he can help Jiannu win the championship in advance.

But that's definitely not what Wei Bao wants, even if no matter what future generations think, his own heart will definitely not tolerate himself becoming a traitor!

"This won't work! Never! Wei Bao refused at the first time.

Lin Wenbiao didn't say anything, he didn't have the power to help Wei Bao make decisions.

"There's no need for this meeting! You refuse to build slaves! Wei Bao continued.

Lin Wenbiao snorted, "Yes, President." ”

Wei Bao frowned, very entangled! I want to get Lianshan Pass immediately and solve the situation of confronting Jiannu! Otherwise, when the spring comes, Jiannu will definitely march into southern Liaoning in a big way! At that time, even if you can hold it, you will definitely not be able to hold such a large city in southern Liaoning, and when the time comes, you will start a war of attrition with Jiannu around one city after another, I am afraid that this battle will never be fought!

After the fight, he will definitely not be able to support it, he only has Weijiazhuang and Liaonan, if Liaonan is not peaceful, how can he feed millions of people? Relying on one Weijiazhuang alone is definitely not enough.

Even if he can send people to the hinterland of Jiannu to harass them, so that they cannot produce normally, the two sides are still in a situation of attrition, and it is the Heaven and Earth Society that suffers.

Lin Wenbiao saw the president's entanglement, so he didn't leave immediately.

"Otherwise, the president will think about it tomorrow, right? There is no need to reply in a hurry, anyway, the other party said that the day after tomorrow is the day after tomorrow, and it is not too late to decide tomorrow afternoon. Lin Wenbiao said.

Wei Bao pursed his lips and rubbed his eyebrows with his left hand, he didn't drink much wine just now, but he suddenly felt dizzy.

"You say, is there any way to get Jiannu to withdraw from Lianshan Pass, and we don't have to leave a written agreement." Wei Bao Road.

"There is definitely no such possibility, Jiannu will not let us take advantage of it in vain, the reason why we withdraw from Lianshan Pass is that the president is Nurhachi's son-in-law. In this piece of southern Liaoning, it is estimated that they will regard it as a dowry for their daughter. Lin Wenbiao said.

Wei Bao felt that his IQ had dropped so much, otherwise why would he ask such an idiotic question.

"You can help think about it in the evening, too! Let's go first. I'll decide tomorrow! Wei Bao said to Lin Wenbiao.

"Yes, President." Lin Wenbiao bowed and retreated.

Wei Bao returned to the house groggily.

"Xiaobao, what's the matter?" Yuan Chonghuan immediately asked.

"Oh, nothing, a little thing." Wei Bao said casually: "It's a trivial matter in business." ”

Yuan Chonghuan glanced at Sun Chengzong, meaning, look? Do you believe in Him? Do you need to alarm him, the biggest and biggest manager, in a small business matter?

Sun Chengzong said quietly: "Xiaobao, Chonghuan and I have been here for a long time, and there are still some things to deal with in Liaodong, so we plan to go back tomorrow." ”

Wei Bao was stunned at first, but then he understood, knowing that the two of them suspected that they were going to secretly communicate with Jiannu, and they were afraid, they wanted to run.

Wei Bao smiled and said directly: "The teacher doesn't have more time to play?" If the teacher is afraid that I will secretly communicate with Jiannu and dedicate my teacher, then I will really look down on Wei Bao! If I am a person who has betrayed even his own teacher, how can I see the world? Even if he runs to Jiannu's side, he is not only a traitor, but also a traitor who is not as good as a pig and a dog! I can't raise my head on Jiannu's side, what's the point of living? Moreover, if the fame is stinky, what is the use of me wanting a Liaonan? Why did I come to Liaonan so hard? Just to run to Jiannu's side to be a traitor? ”

was so directly broken by Wei Bao, Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan were immediately embarrassed.

In fact, Yuan Chonghuan is just guessing, and Yuan Chonghuan himself thinks that it is extremely unlikely that Wei Bao will be a traitor, because although Wei Bao is still just the identity of a small common man, an identity of a person, but it is actually much bigger than Li Yongfang's original deputy general of Fushun!

It is said that Wei Bao is now bigger than Zu Dashou and Mao Wenlong combined, and it can be said that it is in the past!

Wei Bao does have this kind of strength! When you reach this strength, what do you do with Jiannu?

Although the Ming court has no way to take Jiannu, not anyone will think that Jiannu's strength exceeds that of the Ming court, including Wei Bao.

Therefore, Wei Bao's defection to Jiannu is not a proposition at all.

"Xiaobao, don't get me wrong, why does the teacher think of you like this?" Sun Chengzong hurriedly said: "It is true that the time to come out is not short, I am afraid that Liaodong has squeezed a lot of things for the old man to deal with, and some want to go back." You can rest assured, you will send a letter to the teacher as soon as you arrive in Liaoxi, and no matter how busy the teacher is, he will personally accompany you to Beijing! If you want to be admitted to the Jinshi Examination, you will definitely try your best to help as a teacher! ”

Wei Bao knew that most of what Sun Chengzong said was true, glanced at Yuan Chonghuan, saw Yuan Chonghuan's eyes flickering, his face was red, and he guessed that it must be Yuan Chonghuan who said bad things about himself, which made Sun Chengzong doubt himself!

Yuan Chonghuan was a little hairy by Wei Bao, and smiled awkwardly: "Xiaobao? What's wrong? Teacher, he does have something. ”

Wei Bao smiled: "Since the teacher has made up his mind, I can't force me to stay, and my official business is important." ”

Sun Chengzong was even more embarrassed when he saw Wei Bao's hearty response, and said a little without three hundred taels of silver: "Xiaobao, don't misunderstand, the teacher will never doubt you!" However, you should keep in mind that it is best not to contact Jiannu in private, Jiannu are very cunning! What will they give you without benefits, you think? No, it won't. ”

"Yes, teacher, please rest assured, I will never have private contact with Jiannu." Wei Bao laughed.

The wine suddenly turned into a farewell banquet, but the three of them had their own hearts, and they didn't drink happily, so they left early.

That night, Wei Bao discussed with Wu Xuexia and Wang Qiuya about building slaves for a while, but he didn't have any eyebrows and went to bed early.

The next day, Wei Bao personally sent Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan out of Qingtaiyu.

"Xiaobao, go back. Now that Jiannu has temporarily retreated, this road is all your territory, and nothing will happen. Sun Chengzong said to Wei Bao.

Wei Bao nodded: "Take care of your teacher, take care of Brother Yuan." ”

Sun Chengzong took Wei Bao's hand: "Xiaobao, you also take care, the matter of Jiannu makes your family so expensive, if the people of the Ming Dynasty are like you, why worry about Jiannu not being destroyed?" ”

Yuan Chonghuan also said: "I admire Xiaobao very much! Xiaobao, you don't have to send it, I will take care of my teacher. ’

Wei Bao and the two of them exchanged a few more polite words, and Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan left with a few guards.

Wei Bao looked at the back of Sun Chengzong riding away, and through this incident, his favorability towards Sun Chengzong decreased slightly.

However, Wei Bao is not angry with Sun Chengzong, and the heart of guarding against people is indispensable, not to mention that such a person who can be a high-ranking official, if he is not careful, he will die I don't know how many times, right?

"These two people are so hypocritical." Wu Xuexia complained softly.

Wei Bao smiled: "Don't talk nonsense! Let's go back too. I guess Sun Chengzong left in such a hurry, not just because he was worried that I would hand him over to Jiannu! More should still not be optimistic that we can defeat Jiannu, here, there is indeed danger. ”

"How do you reply to Jiannu, have you figured it out?" Wu Xuexia asked softly.

Wei Bao shook his head as he walked, "I don't know." ”

"How can you not know? Anyway, Jiannu must be if you don't write a written guarantee, they won't give you Lianshanguan! Why don't you go? Why don't you get someone else who looks like you? Pretended to be you, deceived Jiannu into handing over Lianshan Pass first? In this case, even if you make a written guarantee, it has nothing to do with you and the Heaven and Earth Society. Wu Xuexia offered advice.

Wei Bao was amused by Wu Xuexia, "It's okay for us to pretend to be someone else, but others won't think that I, as the head of the Heaven and Earth Society, will pretend to be a young man, so I won't doubt it." It's hard for others to impersonate me, don't forget, there are my portraits everywhere, Jiannu has been fighting with us for so long, and he must have also gotten some banknotes and silver dollars issued by the Central Bank of the Heaven and Earth Society, whether it is paper money, or silver dollars, and my portrait. Even if you find someone who looks exactly like me, don't forget, this time they asked to take Cong Gulen Gege with him, do you think you can get mixed up? ”

"Then don't go, you can't talk about it anyway, so as not to waste time, and even if you are in the middle of the two armies, there is still a certain risk."

"No, I've decided to go!" Wei Bao said firmly: "If you don't talk about it, it will definitely be no good, if you talk about it, there may not be any harm, in case there is a gain!" ”

"What are you talking about when you know there is no result?" Wu Xuexia was very puzzled.

"Most things in the world start with the knowledge that they don't work out! But then you don't have to work hard, right? Too negative, right? Hard work can make a lot of seemingly fruitless things become uncertain! Wei Bao said a little mysteriously.

Wu Xuexia snorted and didn't say anything more. Although I don't know what Wei Bao thinks, it is estimated that Wei Bao must have a certain idea, but he is not sure, otherwise, he should say it to himself.

Wu Xuexia is a smart woman, she asks what she should ask, what she shouldn't ask, and she won't ask a word.

Wei Bao immediately found Lin Wenbiao and said to Lin Wenbiao: "Reply to Jiannu!" Tomorrow I'll take Cong Gulen Gege to meet them! ”

"Yes, President!" Lin Wenbiao agreed to go down.

Wei Bao looked at the sky, and suddenly looked forward to meeting Huang Taiji, last time he was as a young man in the Tiandihui business, this time, he is in the capacity of the president of the Tiandihui!

"Do you want me to go and say something to Cong Gulen Gege first? Do we need her to cooperate with us? Wu Xuexia asked.

"Not necessarily." Wei Bao said: "You just tell her that you want to see her brother tomorrow, and you don't have to say anything else." ”

"Got it." Wu Xuexia smiled, she liked to see Wei Bao have ideas about everything.

Actually, Wei Bao doesn't have any ideas now.

After lunch the next day, Wei Bao took Cong Gulen Gege and Wu Xuexia, accompanied by Lin Wenbiao and more than 100 members of the president's guard and hundreds of agents, to the camp of the Bao army outside Lianshan Pass.

The meeting place with the representatives of Jiannu was between the Baojun camp and Lianshan Pass.

Whether it was during the meal just now, or on the road now, Wei Bao has never said anything to Cong Gulen Gege.

Tsung Gulen Gege didn't say anything to Wei Bao either.

The atmosphere in the carriage was somewhat silent.

In order to break this embarrassment, Wu Xuexia smiled and said, "Gege, I will be able to see your brother later, are you happy?" ”

"Well, I'm happy, I've grown up with my brother since I was a child, and I've never been separated for more than a month like this time." Cong Gulen smiled indifferently. He said he was happy, but he didn't seem particularly happy.

Wei Bao said: "Gege, do you want to go home?" ”

"Home?" Cong Gulen Gege was a little surprised: "Do you mean to go back to my brother and my father Khan?" ”

"Yes." Wei Bao looked at Cong Gulen Gege and smiled.