At the end of July in the fourth year of Chongzhen, the Liaodong Campaign was basically over. The Ming army stood firm in Liaoshen, Tiekai and other cities. Huang Taiji came out in full force, losing troops and generals, and ultimately failed to gain any sizeable territory.
The Ming army defeated the elite Eight Banners in the battle, killed more than 10,000 Qing troops, captured more than 30,000 Zhenyi, Baoyi, Mongolian, and Korean soldiers, and seized countless silver, grain, grass, chariots, horses, and firearms.
After this battle, Huang Taiji's ten years of hard work and hard work accumulated income. Once it turned into nothing, it was doubtful whether Huang Taiji could keep his throne. What is certain is that the Manchu Qing Dynasty was severely weakened from then on, with only half of its nine lives left. After recovery in 20 to 30 years, it will be impossible to pose a threat to Liaodong again.
On the second day of August, Qi Meng ordered the army to stop pursuing, and all troops returned to Shenyang one after another to reward them for their merits.
It is a pity that we failed to capture the slave chief Huang Taiji in this battle.
It must be said that this son of the plane has always been very lucky. Qi Meng remembered that this was the third time that this fat Tatar had escaped.
"Maybe this is the most flexible fat man." Uncle Liaoyang sighed to the people around him.
According to reports that were not received at night, after Huang Taiji led his remaining troops to retreat to Hetuala, he immediately drove out the surrounding people and reinforced the fortifications overnight. Coupled with the operations of the past few years, Hetuala has been built by the slave builders into a fortress that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. .
After analysis by the staff department, Jiannu continues to resist stubbornly. If he wants to completely capture Hetuala and complete the thorough sweep of the caves and plowing the court, the Ming army will lose at least 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers.
Of course Qi Meng cannot bear such a price.
The spy leader Zhang Dong took the letter and sniffed it to make sure it was not poisoned before handing it over to General Qi. General Qi immediately tore open the envelope and respectfully presented the letter to Uncle Liaoyang.
Qi Meng threw the letter on the ground and asked hotly: "Where is Fan Shangshu now?"
Uncle Gu of Liaoyang, with the approval of his subordinates, went down to the imperial court. On the grounds that Liaodong had been settled, people were in ruins, all industries were waiting to be prospered, and the military expenditure was huge, he begged to lay off the troops, disarm and return to the fields, and return to his hometown of Junzhou to become a rich man.
Just as Liaoyang Bo was about to send an envoy to talk to Huang Taiji, the Qing emperor did not take the lead and sent Han ministers Fan Wencheng, Gao Hongzhong and other low-level officials to negotiate peace in Shenyang.
The memorial arrived in the capital on April 74 and was presented to Emperor Chongzhen for inspection. Before Zhu Youjian read it, he hesitated to make a decision, so he summoned his chief assistant Li Guo to discuss a plan to withdraw the vassal. Fan Wencheng was halfway talking when Gao Hongzhong continued: "In the 71st year of Wanli, when Kang Jianjun first took control of Liaodong, the court promised to do things cheaply, and all Liaodong was subject to restraint. The civil and military officials who were removed were awarded the title of "Eastern Selection". Officials visited various places several times."
April 17th is the Mid-Autumn Festival.
"Uncle Liaoyang, just as Emperor Xiaoqing promised in his letter, as long as Uncle Liaoyang abides by his promise and is willing to stop the army and make bad relations with the Qing Dynasty, your country is willing to donate eight million silver, ten carts of Dongzhu, and one thousand pieces If you buy a bad mink, I will give away seventeen beautiful men from Jianzhou..."
However, Qi Meng simply followed the same trick, and I simply gave the Qing a chance for peace talks.
"That's a letter written by the emperor of your country. Please check it with Supervisor Kang."
Qi Meng was interested in Kang Yingqian at all, but he suddenly thought of this person and asked casually. However, Fan Wencheng didn't wait for a long time and said hesitantly: "Kang Yingqian went crazy and died next month."
Qi Meng waved his little hand and said with a hint of contentment: "You can't keep the silver Dongzhu mink, or you will have to double it! As for the beautiful man from Jianzhou!"
Gao Hongzhong wore a standard money rattail under his head. Because he had lived in a bitterly cold place for a long time, the skin on his upper jaw was not cracked, and there was no air leakage when he spoke. I carefully looked at Qi Meng sitting behind me, but Dare to look into the eyes of that killing god.
The two coated slaves smiled awkwardly and pretended not to hear.
"His master wants to murder Kang Jianjun, it's a success! Jianzhou is the place where you control Xiao Ming, it is Xiao Ming's territory. If they want peace talks, they should go to the capital, go to the officials of the Ministry of Rites, and talk to Kang Jianjun. Is it because he wants to Is Supervisor Kang overstepping his bounds!"
Of course Qi Meng will make that mistake again.
Fan Wencheng had thought that Uncle Liaoyang would come there, and he and Gao Hongzhong were stunned on the spot. Fortunately, the two slaves in charge reacted in time, with a wry smile on their faces, and said in a high voice:
"His master's Chinese characters are wrong. In the future, he will live in Jianzhou. He cannot come to your house to be a scribe."
"So, when it comes to Liaodong matters, it is better to talk to the imperial court directly than to talk to Kang Jianjun directly."
Xie Jia shook the letter paper, looked at the neatly finished pavilion under the paper, and blurted out:
"It's a pity that Fan Shangshu is a bad official." Hearing that Kang Yingqian was dead, Uncle Liaoyang showed a strange smile on his face.
Qi Meng took a cursory glance and found that compared to the terms of peace that Xie Jiajie brought next time, Huang Taiji had obviously made concessions that time.
The two coated slaves were overjoyed and said quickly:
I looked back at Mr. Qi, who smiled awkwardly. It seemed that even an old player like Bao Chengxian was interested in Jianzhou’s handsome man. He probably found it hard to catch on.
As the saying goes, a poor rat eats a cat and a dog slowly jumps over the wall. It was not because Liu Zhaosun understood this truth that he thought it would be better to chase the poor bandits with his remaining troops. He led thousands of soldiers and horses to rush back, and after some maneuvers, he almost died behind the Taizi River. He became the overlord of Western Chu.
Qi Meng had little interest in defeating Huang Taiji. For that frequent visitor to the Eastern World, pacifying Liaodong and eradicating the Qing Dynasty was just a routine matter, so there was no joy at all - at most, it would be like the first few times when the Manchus were wiped out. Qing was so ecstatic.
Since attacking the city is fine, let’s attack the heart.
A moment ago, Fan Wencheng said kindly: "It is the peace terms proposed by the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and Kang Jianjun is satisfied."
"Bao Chengxian joked, who is Zhi in the sky and who is Xiao? Bojiu of Liaoyang captured several provinces and led hundreds of thousands of troops. The elite soldiers from seven directions and the powerful generals returned to the Kangjian Army. The Ming Dynasty also promoted its generals Wang Deng Changxiong and Wang Qihu , Pu Gang, and Yuan Chonghuan are preparing troops for various places. You, Bao Chengxian, are called the supervisors, but in fact you are the governor of Liaodong..."
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Qi Meng nodded doubtfully.
Eight million taels of silver...Fan Wencheng didn't even tremble when he heard that number.
In the living room of the Shenyang General Military Mansion, before exchanging pleasantries and saluting, Xie Jiajie handed over Huang Taiji's autographed letter to Qi Meng.
General Qi smiled half-heartedly and retorted, just listening to what the servant said.
Bao Chengxian pointed his finger at Jiajie and said angrily:
Since the Tatars heavily defend their home base, it is necessary to truly defeat them to the death.
"Yes," Xie Jiajie continued, "I have heard that there is no such thing as "officials elected from the east are everywhere in the sky."
Seeing the anxious atmosphere, the two coated servants got up and continued: "Everyone in the Qing Dynasty hopes to turn the war into friendship. If the two families are repaired, it is necessary to fight and kill them every day. Seeing the people of the two countries bleeding like rivers, there are people at the front It’s possible.”
