343 and the Tartar trade

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"Uncle Fourteen, why did you order to stop attacking Jinan City? Give us two more days, and we will definitely be able to take Jinan. ”

Yue Tuo rushed into Dolgon's tent in a frenzy and asked loudly.

Not only Yue Tuo, but even Abatai, Haoge, Dudu and other Tartar generals also rushed over, and they were originally on the front line to command the Tartar soldiers to storm Jinan.

However, just before a stick of incense, Dolgon suddenly ordered the Tartars to stop the attack on Jinan City, so these Tartar generals came together.

"Yue Tuo, are you questioning me?" Dorgon shouted with a cold face.

At any time, the most taboo thing for the commander of the First Army is the doubts of his subordinates, and Dorgon must maintain his majesty, otherwise who will obey him in the future.

"Yue Tuo didn't dare, he just didn't understand, I hope the big marshal can solve my doubts for us."

Seeing that Dolgon's face was not good-looking, Yue Tuo also knew that he had been reckless just now, so he quickly apologized and said.

Seeing that Yue Tuo's attitude had become more respectful again, Dolgon's face improved, and he handed Yue Tuo a letter and said, "You will know by looking at it. ”

Yue Tuo took the letter handed to him by Dolgon, and after reading it, he looked at Dolgon and said, "Fourteenth uncle, fifteenth uncle is really in the hands of this person?" ”

"Well, ** is not far from ten, this person is the Ming general who rescued Lu Xiangsheng in Jiazhuang, and most of Duoduo has fallen into his hands." Dolgon said with a cold face.

But in fact, Dorgon was happy at this time, because he finally had the exact news of Dodor.

However, what made Dolgon feel embarrassed was that Li Zixiao stated in the letter that if he wanted to redeem Duoduo, he must first immediately stop the attack on Jinan City.

However, Jinan City was the target chosen by the Tartars early on, and it was also the last stop for the Tartars to enter the customs and plunder.

Although it has been more than three months since the Tatars entered the customs this time, they conquered more than 40 cities in the Ming army's northern Zhili and Shandong.

Up to now, the Tartars have captured more than 100,000 people, more than 300,000 livestock, and the preliminary estimate of gold and silver is worth five or six million taels.

But they never conquered a provincial city, not even a provincial city, because the Tartars had always avoided attacking those large cities to reduce their losses.

However, in the end, the Tartars still decided to take Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province, as a perfect end to their battle of entering the customs and plundering.

The city of Jinan is not only rich, but also of extraordinary significance, and the Tartars finally endured a certain price and were determined to take the city of Jinan.

However, the Tartars would never have expected that there would be such an accident that Duoduo would be captured by Li Zixiao halfway.

And this unexpected thing will now hinder them from taking Jinan City.

Dolgon was definitely not going to let Duoduo have an accident, but at the same time, he was very unwilling to let him give up attacking Jinan City.

After all, in that case, most of the losses that the Tartars will suffer from his positive white flag and Duoduo's inlaid white flag, and after returning to Huang Taiji, he will definitely reduce the spoils they deserve.

This made Dolgon irritable for a while, but in the end, Dolgon decided to meet and negotiate with him according to Li Zixiao's letter.

Although Yue Tuo and other Tartar generals were dissatisfied with Dolgon's order to stop attacking Jinan City, they still chose to obey the order.

Thundered......

In the afternoon of the same day, Dolgon led 3,000 Tartar cavalry to leave the camp of the Tartars outside Jinan and headed for Liaocheng in the west.

At this time, Li Zixiao, who was waiting in the Liaocheng area, led Zhao Zilong and other three hundred guards, waiting for the arrival of Dolgon.

But Li Zixiao asked Liu Chong, Xu Wei and others to continue to go south with their large troops, first to the south of Shandong, adjacent to Dushan Lake and Zhaoyang Lake in Xuzhou Mansion to wait for him.

At the same time, Li Zixiao also asked Liu Chong and them to take Duoduo, Li Zixiao couldn't trust Dorgon, and he couldn't keep this guy from robbing.

Therefore, Li Zixiao must negotiate with Dolgon first, and then find a way to hand over Duoduo to them, the main thing is that Duoduo is still in Li Zixiao's hands one day, and Dolgon will not dare to do anything to him.

In the end, Dolgon and Li Zixiao met more than ten miles southeast of Liaocheng, even in the face of the three thousand Tartar elite horses brought by Dolgon, Li Zixiao did not have the slightest fear.

When Dolgon saw Li Zixiao, he kept looking at him, and Li Zixiao was also looking at Dolgon, who was a sturdy tartar.

even took the initiative to recruit Li Zixiao in the end, and directly promised Li Zixiao the title of a prince, one million taels of silver.

However, after Li Zixiao heard this, he just smiled and went to be a lackey prince for Tartar, he didn't have this plan.

In the end, Dolgon saw that Li Zixiao had no intention of taking refuge in them, so he simply did not talk in vain, but asked about Duoduo's situation.

In order to prove that Duoduo was indeed in his hands, Li Zixiao took a piece of jade pendant that Duoduo wore at any time, and had forced Duoduo to write a letter for help.

After seeing the jade pendant that Duoduo was wearing, as well as the distress letter written by Duoduo himself, Dorgon also believed that Duoduo was indeed in Li Zixiao's hands.

"How can you put Dodor in it?" Dorgon finally asked.

"It's not impossible to let Duoduo go, and I don't have many requests, as long as you agree to my three requests, I will let you see your brother soon."

Li Zixiao said calmly.

"What conditions? You say, but remember, don't be too harsh, otherwise this king will not be able to save Duoduo, and one day, this king will also give you to his burial. ”

"First, immediately return the wounded soldiers we have captured by you."

"Second, immediately give up attacking Jinan City."

"Third, return the hundreds of thousands of people who were captured by you all the way in our Ming Dynasty, and at the same time return the property that you robbed my Ming people......"

Li Zixiao didn't say a word, and Dorgon's face on the other side was ugly, and in the end, he couldn't help but burst into a shout: "Enough!" ”

"Well, it's almost, I'll think of these first, and then I'll think about it later." Li Zixiao said cheekily.

Dolgon almost blew his lungs out of anger when he heard these conditions of Li, if he agreed to Li Zixiao's requests, wouldn't it mean that Tartar entered the customs this time and got nothing!

If Dorgon dared to agree to Li Zixiao's harsh request in order to save Duoduo, even if he took Duoduo back.

After returning to Guanwai, Huang Taiji would never let him go, not only Huang Taiji, but even the other Tartar princes of the Six Banners at this time, Beile, would never spare him.

"You have asked for too much, it is absolutely impossible, to exchange your men for Duoduo, as for the other conditions, we will not agree."

Dorgon said coldly.

"Hehe, you guys have a good idea, let some of the captured generals under my command be like replacing you with the prince of the Qing Dynasty, so that we don't have to talk about it.

We don't want those captured wounded soldiers, as for your Excellency Prince Yu, I will send them to the capital as soon as possible. ”

Li Zixiao said deliberately.

"You dare! I can't help you now, as long as this king gives an order, you will immediately be ridden behind me and trampled into pulp. ”

"If you have the ability, try it, as long as Lao Tzu doesn't go back within a day, your own brother His Excellency Prince Yu will be divided by five horses, and his head will be sent to you when the time comes."

In the face of Dolgon's threat, Li Zixiao didn't care, he didn't believe that Dolgon really dared to attack him at this time, in that case, Duo would be dead.

The atmosphere of the scene suddenly cooled down, Dolgon and Li Zixiao stared at each other, and no one took the initiative to speak for a long time.

In fact, of course, Li Zixiao knew that it was impossible for a single Duoduo to make the Tartars give up grabbing the population and property in their hands, and Li Zixiao deliberately made such a harsh request.

Since it is a sale, and it is not a fixed price, you can also bargain!

Li Zixiao seems to have regarded this private transaction with Tartar as a business, and is ready to make a big profit from Tartar.

Otherwise, wouldn't they have blinded the thousands of casualties that their White Dragon Army has paid in the past three months!

In the end, Dolgon was the first to give in, promising to release their captured soldiers, and at the same time pay Li Zixiao a batch of money, food, and property, but not all.

It's just that Dolgon also said that Li Zixiao's request for them to give up attacking Jinan Mansion was also disagreed.

"Hmph, it seems that you have no sincerity at all, so you can't save your brother.

I don't know how you will fight with Huang Taiji after you go back, without your brother, the banner owner with a white flag, to be your right-hand man. ”

Li Zixiao chuckled and said to Dolgon, who threatened him, that he believed that Dolgon would give in in the end.

At this time, Dolgon was eager to give an order immediately, let the cavalry behind him rush over and chop him into pulp, but he could only endure it.

Moreover, Dolgon had to admit in his heart that Li Zixiao still knew a lot about the internal situation of their Qing Dynasty.

Even Dolgon knew that what Li Zixiao said was right, without Duoduo to help him, after he returned to the Qing Kingdom, he would not be able to compete with Huang Taiji at all.

"Jinan City, I can order not to fight." Eventually, Dolgon, grimacing, gave in.

"Then how much silver are you going to compensate me, don't forget your brother's identity, if you say less, it doesn't match your brother's identity as a prince!"

Li Zixiao continued with a smile on his face.

At this time, Dolgon looked at Li Zixiao, who was sitting opposite him with a smile on his face, and wanted to slap him to death, so he held back his anger and said: "One hundred thousand taels of silver, we will release another ten thousand people." ”

"Hehe, I didn't expect your brother to be so worthless in your mind, 100,000 taels of silver, release 10,000 people, Dorgon, are you really embarrassed to say it?"

Li Zixiao sneered, not satisfied with what Dolgon said.

"And how much do you really want?"

"500,000 taels of silver, plus 100,000 head of livestock, and release 50,000 people." Li Zixiao opened his mouth and said.

"Haha, surnamed Li, you're not afraid of dying, it's impossible. At most, 120,000 taels of silver, 5,000 livestock, and 20,000 people to be released, and no more. ”

"300,000 silver, 50,000 livestock, and 30,000 people released, there can be no less."

Dolgon and Li Zixiao bargained with each other in this way, and in the end, it took more than two hours, and finally the two finally reached a preliminary agreement.

"Dolgon is releasing Qi Wei, Qi Lin and other captured White Dragon Army soldiers, giving up the attack on Jinan City, and will pay Li Zixiao 150,000 taels of silver, 15,000 head of livestock, and release 10,000 people."

In the end, Li Zixiao was quite satisfied with being able to cut such a large piece of meat from the Tartar.

After all, it is simply impossible to use a mere Tartar prince to make the Tartar hand over all the belongings he has robbed.

As the Prince of Tartars, Duoduo is the owner of the white flag, but it is still not worth the price, after all, Dorgon does not count in this regard.

You must know that in addition to Dorgon's white flag and Dordor's inlaid white flag, there are six other flags, and they also have their share in those belongings.

Even if Duoduo was killed, the other princes of the Tartars, Baylor, would never give up the wealth they had just gotten in their hands.

"In three days' time, I will see your army withdraw from Jinan City and evacuate from Shandong in the north, and we will exchange hostages here at that time.

When you are leaving, when you pass through the canal, put there a hundred thousand taels of silver, and all the livestock, and the people, and then leave immediately. ”

Li Zixiao finally said to Dolgon.

"What if you go back on your word?" Dorgon said.

"Do you think you have a choice now?" Li Zixiao squinted his eyes and said.

"Humph! Li Zixiao, you remember to this king, when the next time this king leads the army to come again, if you dare to come, this king will definitely capture you alive. ”

Finally, Dolgon stood up and prepared to leave, stopping halfway through and saying to Li Zixiao behind him.

"Haha, I'm afraid that you won't succeed, so if you have the ability, just come." Li Zixiao was not afraid and responded with a laugh.

Subsequently, Dolgon led his Tartar cavalry and immediately returned to the Tartar camp in Jinan, where he was still worried about how to persuade the Tartar generals who coveted Jinan.

Dolgon knew that they would be very unwilling to let those of his compatriots give up such a big interest in front of him, but for the sake of his own brother Dordor, Dolgon was also ready to fight.

As soon as Dolgon's side left, Li Zixiao asked Zhao Zilong to take his handwritten letter and immediately go south to find Liu Chong and them.

Let them use the ships and carry the Duoduo north along the canals, so that the time will be used to transport money, grain, and livestock, otherwise they will have to be on land, and these things will not be easy for them to carry away.

While Dolgon was guarding against Li Zixiao, Li Zixiao was also guarding against Dolgon, guarding against him when the time came.

If the deal is completed by then, and Dorgon immediately leads someone to kill you, and wants to take back the money and food that was given to you, it will be troublesome.

And by water, Li Zixiao can easily solve this trouble, the Tatar cavalry is powerful on land, but they are not sailors, and they can't deal with canal boats.

As long as the time comes, whether Dolgon will go back on his word, and when the time comes, after Duo Duo is put back, he will take the Tartars back to Jinan City, then Li Zixiao doesn't know.

On the contrary, he has already helped Lu Xiangsheng with all the things he can do, and the rest is to do his best and obey the destiny of heaven.