344 Calculate the king of virtue

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During the negotiations between Li Zixiao and Dolgon, from beginning to end, Dolgon only cared about the safety of his own brother Duoduo, and did not even mention their coated servant Kong Youde.

Dolgon also knew in his heart that the kings and ministers of the Ming Dynasty hated Kong Youde more than they hated them as Tartars.

Since Kong Youde fell into the hands of the Ming army this time, it is absolutely impossible to expect the Ming army to release him back, and it is estimated that Kong Youde will be killed by the Ming Dynasty emperor.

However, since Li Zixiao dared to negotiate with them and put Duoduo back, this had already surprised Dolgon.

Just to rescue Duoduo, Dolgon had to face Li Zixiao, who opened his mouth widely, and paid the price of 150,000 silver, 15,000 head of livestock, and the release of 10,000 people.

At any time, it is said that the wealth plundered by the Tartars this time is at least six or seven million taels of silver, but that is to be shared with the Eight Banners of the Tartars.

There are even Mongolians who want a piece of the pie, and they even have to leave a part for Huang Taiji, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

These silver, livestock, and other goods were not something that Dorgon could arrange at will.

He paid Li Zixiao the 150,000 taels of silver and 15,000 head of livestock, and when the time came, he would also take out part of the spoils from his own white flag or Duoduo's inlaid white flag.

Otherwise, Dorgon wanted to take out a part of the spoils of the other Six Banners Tartar Army to rescue Duoduo, and it is estimated that the other Banners Tartars would not be happy.

Dolgon, as the commander of the Tartars' entry into the customs this time, and the owner of the white flag, may be able to divide about six or seven hundred thousand taels of silver and thirty or forty thousand head of livestock after this battle.

And in order to save Duoduo, he took out 150,000 taels of silver at once, 15,000 livestock, and released 10,000 people.

When the 10,000 people returned, they were to be given to Dolgon's slaves.

In general, Dolgon's attempt to save Duoduo this time can be described as old blood.

After the negotiations between Dolgon and Li Zixiao were completed, Li Zixiao asked Zhao Zilong to return to deliver the letter, while he went to Jinan City to meet Lu Xiangsheng.

He didn't believe that Dolgon would keep his promises, and he couldn't be trusted in the face of interests, so he had to prepare a few more tricks.

"My lord, for some reason, the Tartars outside the city suddenly stopped attacking."

In the palatial palace of King De in Jinan City, Hao Jian walked up to Lu Xiangsheng and reported.

Sitting on the main seat of this palace hall is an obese middle-aged man, wearing a python robe to show his noble identity, at this time it is the king of Damingde, Zhu Youshu.

It's just that at this time, the face of the Ming prince is not calm and calm, but full of melancholy, after all, there are 50,000 Tartar troops outside the city at this time, and they are attacking Jinan City.

The battle started yesterday afternoon, and the fierce shouting and killing made the Ming prince panic, Jinan City, which has been peaceful for a long time, and King De, who is accustomed to a comfortable life, has never seen such a fierce fight.

And the fierce name of the Tartar is now well known.

This King De is not a mediocre person, and naturally understands that once Jinan is captured by the Tartars, as the prince of the Ming Dynasty, he will definitely not end well.

King De had no choice but to gather officials of Jinan, organize manpower, and swear to resist the attack of the Tartars.

Fortunately, at this time, Lu Xiangsheng's arrival made King De overjoyed, Lu Xiangsheng's name, King De naturally heard about it, and immediately handed over the command of guarding Jinan City to Lu Xiangsheng.

Lu Xiangsheng organized the officers and soldiers in Jinan Mansion and recruited young people in the city, barely resisting the attack of the Tartars, but the situation was not optimistic.

It was really too many Tartars outside the city, a full 50,000 tiger and wolf divisions, and Lu Xiangsheng and King De spent two days to recruit 30,000 young men in the city.

However, these improvised young men were not trained at all, they were simply a group of rabble, and Lu Xiangsheng did not expect them to resist the attack of the Tartar army.

"Oh? Did the Tartars stop attacking? After Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he was also shocked.

He had just returned from the front wall, hoping that King De would be able to come up with a sum of money and food, and then recruit 10,000 young men from the city as a reserve.

Before Lu Xiangsheng's ass was hot, Hao Jian passed the news that the Tartars had stopped attacking.

"How could the Tartars suddenly stop attacking? Could it be that Li Zixiao made a move? Lu Xiangsheng muttered in a low voice.

"It's great that the Tartars have really withdrawn."

At this time, Zhu Youshu, the king of Germany who was sitting on the first seat, also heard Hao Jian's words, stood up directly excitedly, and said loudly, his face showing joy.

"Lord Wang, the Tartars outside the city just stopped attacking, but they did not retreat, they are still camping outside the city."

"That's right!"

Hearing Hao Jian's emphasis on the words 'stop attacking', the excited King De seemed to have been poured a basin of cold water, a little disappointed, and his voice was much quieter.

"Let's go, let's take a look."

When Lu Xiangsheng and King De came to the west city wall of Jinan, they found that the attack of the Tartars had indeed stopped, but they did not retreat.

"It seems that Li Zixiao should have come into contact with Tartar, maybe Jinan City can still be saved." Lu Xiangsheng thought in his heart.

"Report, my lord, a team of more than 100 people came from the south gate, under the banner of our Ming army."

At this moment, a soldier ran over and reported to Lu Xiangsheng.

"Haha, it seems that my guess is not wrong, it is Brother Li who is here, Lord Wang, we may be saved in Jinan."

Lu Xiangsheng had a smile on his face at this time and said to King De on the side.

"Lord Lu's words are true, if Jinan can really be saved, this king will definitely ask the saint for the merit afterwards."

"Haha, King De looks up to this official too much, the person who can really help Nancheng is not this official, but someone else, I will take the prince to meet this person."

Lu Xiangsheng took King De and his party to the south gate of Jinan City, where he met Li Zixiao.

Because of the result of the negotiation between Li Zixiao and Dolgon, at this time, Li Zixiao came to the south gate of Jinan City directly under the nose of the camp of tens of thousands of Tartars outside Jinan City.

Lu Xiangsheng and King De couldn't come, and the defenders in the city didn't dare to open the door to Li Zixiao, until Lu Xiangsheng arrived with King De, and Lu Xiangsheng recognized Li Zixiao at a glance.

"Open the gates and let them in." Lu Xiangsheng gave the order.

"Lord Lu, the lower officials have come to support you." After entering the city, Li Zixiao said to Lu Xiangsheng.

Soon, Li Zixiao also saw the middle-aged man in a python robe next to him, no need to think that Li Zixiao also knew who this person was, at this time he was more of a general of the Ming Dynasty, and he still had to do what he should do.

"The lowly Li Zixiao pays a visit to King De." Li Zixiao saluted King De and said.

"You are Li Zixiao, I know you." King De looked at Li Zixiao and said in a flat tone

Li Zixiao smiled slightly, and thought in his heart: Nonsense, of course you know Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu helped you so much in Yangzhou some time ago, how can you not know me.

"Brother Li Xian, it's very surprising that you can come, Lord Wang, let's go back and talk again, it's not convenient to talk here."

Lu Xiangsheng grabbed Li Zixiao's hand enthusiastically and said very kindly.

Lu Xiangsheng's attitude towards Li Zixiao is not only because Li Zixiao saved his life before.

is even more because Lu Xiangsheng knows that this time the Tartars outside the city can stop attacking Jinan City, most of which is also Li Zixiao's handiwork.

It's just that Lu Xiangsheng had reached an agreement with Li Zixiao before, and he wouldn't say anything about Li Zixiao's capture of Duoduo.

But Li Zixiao looked uncomfortable, and was grabbed by a big man, which made Li Zixiao unaccustomed for a while.

And King De, who was standing in one piece, saw Lu Xiangsheng's kind attitude towards Li Zixiao, which also made him puzzled for a while.

Regarding Li Zixiao's details, King De actually sent someone to inquire about the situation because of the previous incident in Yangzhou.

To put it bluntly, a bandit who was ordered by the imperial court was not even valued by the imperial court, and he was placed in a county to fend for himself, as long as he didn't come out to make trouble.

King De couldn't understand why Lu Xiangsheng valued Li Zixiao so much, and even King De was skeptical of the person Lu Xiangsheng said could help Nancheng, even Li Zixiao.

It's just that King De still expects that Lu Xiangsheng will defend the city for him next, and it is not appropriate to offend Lu Xiangsheng at this time, these words were not said in his heart.

But Li Zixiao could see that King De's attitude towards him was very flat, and Li Zixiao sneered in his heart.

'Lao Tzu is here for you this time, and Lao Tzu will knock it hard, the bamboo pole of you, the rich prince. ’

Li Zixiao has long heard of the wealth of this German king, and just because he controls the private salt business in Jiangbei, he has to earn him hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every year.

This time, Li Zixiao came to Jinan City, on the one hand, to discuss some things with Lu Xiangsheng, and on the other hand, he was ready to knock on the bamboo pole of this prince.

After all, Li Zixiao forced Dolgon to withdraw his troops, which saved Jinan from a military disaster, not only saving hundreds of thousands of people in Jinan City, but also saving the life of King De, as well as glory and wealth.

Li Zixiao can't do good deeds in vain, he has to squeeze some benefits out of King De's hands, this time is the main purpose of Li Zixiao's trip to Jinan City.

This time, Lu Xiangsheng did not lead Li Zixiao to King De's palace, but came to the official office of Jinan Mansion.

The entire government was empty at this time, and there was no one at all, and officials such as Jinan Mansion Yin, soldiers and horses and other officials were all sitting on a city wall at this time to prevent the Tartars from attacking.

"Brother Li Xian, when you come to Jinan City this time, don't you have a way to help my brother repel the Tartars?"

After everyone sat down, Lu Xiangsheng asked Li Zixiao with a serious face.

After Li Zixiao heard Lu Xiangsheng's inquiry, he smiled slightly in his heart, he knew that Lu Xiangsheng actually knew everything for a long time, and he intended to help Li Zixiao at this time.

Then Li Zixiao also pretended to be serious, and said seriously: "The lower officials have a plan to make the Tartars retreat." ”

"Brother Xian's words are true."

"Of course." Li Zixiao said confidently.

"If Lord Li has any plan, you might as well tell this king how it is." At this time, as Li Zixiao expected, King De also came over with interest and asked.

Because at this time, King De had already received news that the imperial court had no soldiers to send to rescue Jinan in a short period of time.

Facing the siege of the entire 50,000 Tartar tiger and wolf army, in fact, King De already knew in his heart that the fall of Jinan City was a matter of time.

This is also Lu Xiangsheng's private confession to King De before, as for breaking through, it is no different from sending him to death.

They couldn't beat the Tartars by relying on the city walls, and when they got to the field, they didn't all fall prey to the Tartar cavalry!

King De has the wealth of the country, but at this time it is not helpful to him at all, at this time King De is very interested in Li Zixiao's plan to retreat from the enemy.

Li Zixiao looked at King De and said: "The Tartars' attack on Jinan is nothing more than to plunder wealth, if the King of De is willing to pay the Tartars a sum of silver, the lower officials will be sure to persuade the Tartars to withdraw their troops." ”

"Bastard, you Tartar spy, here! Arrest him to this king. ”

As soon as King De heard Li Zixiao's words, he was furious at that time, and with a roar, an army of officers and soldiers rushed in directly outside and surrounded Li Zixiao.

In this regard, Li Zixiao still sat on the chair steadily, with a smile on his face, and said calmly: "Lord Wang, if you think that this plan is not feasible, then the current official has not said it."

If the prince has to think that the lower official is a spy of the Tartars, then let the prince's guards catch me now, and the lower official will not dare to resist.

It's just that I don't know if the prince is really sure, relying on a group of young people who have not been trained at all, he can block 50,000 Tartar elite soldiers, once the city is broken, ......"

Li Zixiao didn't continue to talk about this, who could have thought of the results later.

"Lord Wang, why be angry, the situation is critical at this time, everything is mainly to defend the city, and Lord Li has no choice but to do this."

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng stood up to persuade King De.

King De didn't expect Lu Xiangsheng to say this, this is not quite consistent with what he knows about Lu Xiangsheng, isn't it that Lu Xiangsheng hates to compromise with the Tartars the most!

It seems that the rumors are not credible!

"Alright, stand down!"

King De's face changed again and again, his eyes glared at Li Zixiao, and finally waved his hand to the guards and let them go down.

King De knew that what Li Zixiao said was right, and he also understood the truth of breaking wealth and avoiding disasters.

In fact, he had such thoughts in his heart for a long time, and even when the Tartars had just besieged the city, he had already sent his cronies out of the city to negotiate with the Tartars.

Unfortunately, the Tartar not only directly rejected the conditions of the king, but also humiliated the cronies he sent and asked him to bring back.

When they broke through the city of Jinan, the wealth of the city of Jinan was all theirs, so why should they agree to King De's conditions.

When King De heard this, he was angry and angry, but he knew that what the Tartars said made sense, and the Tartars were not fools.

Of course, no one knows all this, and King De will not admit it, after all, as the prince of the Ming Dynasty, if people know that he is looking for Tartars to sue for peace in private, he will definitely be spurned.

Just now, King De wanted to arrest Li Zixiao, but it was just for show, he couldn't be a Ming prince, and he was very happy when he heard that he was suing for peace with Tartar.

King De is not a mediocre person, and such a low-level mistake will not be made.

And Li Zixiao never panicked during the whole process, he knew that King De was purely a show, and with Lu Xiangsheng here, he would be fine.

However, at this time, Li Zixiao suddenly came out and said such a method, in fact, King De was disappointed in his heart, because he tried and failed.

Li Zixiao saw King De's disappointed expression, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, obviously guessing that most of the King De had sent people to ask for peace with the Tartars, but failed.

'Hehe, in this way, Lao Tzu's plan is most likely to be successful, I have to think about it first, there will be a few more suitable ones later, the opportunity is rare, it is rare to slaughter such a fat fish! ’

Li Zixiao thought excitedly in his heart.