Zhu Yuao left the Fengtian Palace, but did not return to the palace directly, and the affairs of the court just now made him quite bored, and he involuntarily turned towards Wenyuan Pavilion. These days, he has always been here to deal with politics, and it has become a habit.

A lot of great things have happened lately. First of all, his descendant Liu Ruolan's department accidentally encountered the Qing army's men and horses worshipping Yin Dai in the west of Tianxing Mansion.

The latter was probably prepared to terminate the northern invasion of Funing Prefecture and retreat to Yanping because of a lack of food, so it seemed demoralized and the army was not in order, so Liu Ruolan judged that he could take the opportunity to fight with him.

Unexpectedly, the less than 2,000 demoralized captives still killed more than 2,300 of Liu Ruolan's troops. When Liu Ruolan fled back to Tianxing Mansion, he immediately asked the defenders to close the city gate, making everyone in the city think that Jianyu was coming to attack.

It wasn't until the next day that it was discovered that the people who worshiped Yin Dai had already returned west to Yanping.

Originally, victory and defeat were a common thing in soldiers, and if it was just Liu Ruolan's defeat, it would be nothing. But unfortunately, soon a battle report came back, saying that Jiang Zhengxi's department broke the main force of thieves south of Yanping and beheaded more than 13,000!

The most terrible thing is that after this battle, Bolo seemed to be frightened and surrendered to Daming! That Jiang Zhengxi is the person of the Empress Dowager Zeng, let her win this great achievement of driving the captives and helping the country, and her arrogance will definitely be even more arrogant in the future.

He naturally didn't know that the so-called Jiang Zhengxi's big destruction of Jianjiao was just a lie according to Lin Xuji's strategy, and the more than 10,000 heads he had captured were just starving people from southern Fujian who starved to death. Even Jiang Zhengxi was on his way to southern Fujian at this time. But in this era of poor information, everyone can only believe what Di Bao says.

So today, in the name of the emperor, the Empress Dowager Zeng ordered Lin Xiangji, a scholar and a waiter of the Ministry of Rites, to go to Huizhou to discuss the surrender with the captive head Dolgon. He also said that the remnants of the captive army were now imprisoned on the outskirts of Nanping, and the envoy of Boluo requested that grain and rice be supplied during the surrender.

Lin Xiangji immediately said that in order to keep the soldiers from disorderly, he could be given three days of grain and grass every four days. Then Jiang Zhengxi's troops collected the blades of the captives and monitored them nearby, and if there was any change in the captives, they would immediately cut off the food and suppress them with a large army.

Those courtiers who were frightened by Bai Yin Dai's "siege" a few days ago were greatly relieved when they heard that Jianyu was begging to surrender. For a time, Jiang Zhengxi sang praises for his merits, touting the emperor's true dragon and blessing Yunyun, and naturally had no objection to the queen mother's arrangement.

The great merit of breaking the captivity has been returned to the queen mother, and if he does not participate in this major event, the prestige of the court will inevitably fall sharply in the future.

When he saw the plaque of Wenyuan Pavilion from afar, he saw that Lin Mei, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, hurriedly greeted him, first saluted him, and then looked left and right, and saw that there was no one nearby, so he said solemnly: "Your Highness, all the ministers in the court were carried away by a victory. Jian captives invade my rivers and mountains, kill my people, even if they try their best to crush them into powder, it is difficult to eliminate great hatred, how can they be surrendered and let them live? ”

Zhu Yuao was stunned, Lin Mei is his confidant, he still knows very well how he behaves, how can he be so righteous and awe-inspiring and jealous today?

"What do you mean?"

Lin Mei arched his hand and said: "The lower officials will definitely contact the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and give the six departments to the court, and they will not compromise with Jianyu, and they will fight a bloody battle to the end!" ”

He glanced at Zhu Yu's surprised expression, looked away again, and said in a low voice: "But if His Highness's people can serve as the deputy envoy to be surrendered, and Jiang Zhengxi can share some of the profits of the head of the thief army obtained in Yanping, or spare the lives of those remnants of the army." ”

After saying that, he only bowed his head slightly, as if he had never met the Tang King, and went to the noon gate.

The corners of Zhu Yuao's mouth raised a smile, these officials, a mouth is more effective than a knife and a gun!

The next day, the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate gathered in the court to compete for a performance, and even asked the Queen Mother to retract yesterday's decree and swear to fight with Jianyu until one soldier and one soldier.

Another day later, the Empress Dowager Zeng once again issued a decree in the name of the emperor, changing Zeng Daowei to be the deputy envoy to be surrendered, and the guerrilla general Luo Baoyu broke 4,000 prisoners near Yanping a few days ago.

And the officials who shouted yesterday that they were going to fight hard with Jianyu were like amnesia, and they didn't say a word.

Other courtiers all knew that Zeng Daowei and Luo Baoyu were the people of the Tang King and the auxiliary king, and these old fritters in the officialdom naturally understood the twists and turns, and no one tacitly mentioned the bloody battle to the end.

……

It's almost June, and even the mountains in Fujian are scorching hot.

Azig looked back at the tens of thousands of troops on the mountain road who were depressed because of hunger and heat, and couldn't help frowning, raised his horsewhip and pointed at the brigade of men and horses, and said to the general Zhuo Butai: "Let these cubs cheer up!" I'm not dead yet, my army isn't defeated yet! ”

The war horse under his crotch was still walking forward, and the dead branches in the mountains inadvertently hooked his shirt, and with a stabbing sound, he tore the brocade sweatshirt out of the hole.

Azig couldn't help but be furious, drew his knife and cut off the dead branches, and was about to drink the soldiers to cut out the dead trees by the roots, when he saw a horse galloping towards him, and he was still far away, and shouted loudly: "Lord Belle, there is a secret letter from the general!" ”

Azig hurriedly asked the messenger to catch it, and took the secret message to check it.

However, the letter said: The Ming court has already made a plan, and has now sent an ambassador for peace talks out of the customs, and when Jing Gule, who accompanied the Ming ministers, has left Xianxia Pass, the regent will immediately be able to learn about the war situation in Fujian, and then he can send Liu Guangbi's army to the west of Shanguan to cooperate in taking the pass.

Azig's face suddenly relaxed. When he learned that the Ming army had captured Xianxia Pass and besieged Jian'an City, Bolo and the generals made a plan, and Bolo led more than 10,000 of the weakest green battalion soldiers to stay in Yanping to confuse the southerners, and pretended to negotiate peace with the Ming court to delay time.

On the other side, with Azig as the general, he led the remaining 40,000 main forces of the Eight Banners and the elite soldiers of the Green Battalion to rush to Shanguan in northwest Fujian along the path. Now the main forces of the Ming army are in the area of Xianxia Pass and Jian'an, and there are not many soldiers and horses stationed in Shanguan.

As long as he can paralyze the Nanban court for about 20 days, when his army suddenly appears in Shanguan, he will definitely be able to seize the pass overnight.

Now it seems that everything is going according to the best that Bolo envisioned. The Ming court agreed to negotiate peace, and Jing Gule was able to leave Fujian, which means that Liu Guangbi in Jiangxi will soon get the news. With his 20,000 troops in the west of Shanguan, it is not a problem to seize the pass.

In fact, Azig was too much in favor of Bolo's plan at first. According to his idea, the army marched all the way to Fuzhou and captured the capital of the southerners, to see how tough they were?

However, Bolo said that it would take half a month for the army to march to Fuzhou, and if the southern barbarians held the city to death, the army would starve to death under the city.

He repeatedly proposed to wave his army to recapture Jian'an and Xianxia Pass. Bolo also said that the southerners would set up ambushes along the way, which was very dangerous.

In the end, Bolo decided on this policy of negotiating peace and delaying time, and attacked the west in the east, pretending to garrison Yanping, and the main force went west out of Shanguan and got out of Fujian and entered Jiangxi.

Thanks: Standing on the coffin and firing the cannon and the generous reward from the happy little black brother of Enjie, thank you very much for your support. I wish you all a happy Chinese New Year and a prosperous Year of the Dog!

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