The Baoding government office is now where Emperor Taishu Duduo's central army is located.
Now the gate of Baoding Fucheng is closed, and less than 30,000 defeated soldiers have entered the city. Except for a small number who have gone up to the city to stand guard, the rest have occupied the empty houses in the city and slept with their heads covered.
Of course Duduo couldn't sleep. He summoned his trusted generals overnight, including Yue Le, He Luohui, Bahana, Tan Tai, Leng Sengji, etc., as well as Tu Hai, oh, and a five-flower tied man Mulima.
Too bad for Mulima, he must be the scapegoat for winning the Battle of Yodo!
If the Desheng Lake he was holding on to had not been broken through by the Ming army so quickly, Duduo would not have been defeated so miserably!
Moreover, of the nearly 30,000 soldiers lost by the Qing army in the Battle of Deshengdian, 5,000 were caused by his mistakes - first they suffered a disastrous defeat in Deshengdian, and then they used the cavalry and the Ming army's black guns outside Deshengdian. The soldiers fought against each other, and another two thousand people were defeated...
So he also knew that something was wrong, and without waiting for Duduo to order him to be taken, he had himself tied up with thorns stuck on his back. This is called asking for forgiveness under the thorns!
But his crime is so serious, it can't be settled by beating him with wattle sticks!
"Mulima, you, you, what do you want me to say?" As Dodo spoke, he took out a handkerchief and began to pretend to wipe away tears.
Mulima is also familiar with "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and she knew something bad was going to happen when she saw this scene... Isn't this the scene where Ma Su was killed with tears?
"Uncle Emperor, this slave deserves death..." Mulima kowtowed quickly, "I am willing to atone for my sins and go and assassinate Zhu Cixiang!"
"Assassination?" Duduo didn't know what to say, "How are you going to assassinate him?"
Mulima said: "Slave, I can learn from Jing Ke, carry a sharp sword, go to Nanjing as an envoy, and bleed five steps..."
Duduo was a little hesitant when he said this - he clearly killed Ma Su with tears, so how could he become Jing Ke and assassinate the King of Qin?
"Why do you go as an envoy?" Duduo asked, "Why does he see you?"
"Minion, minion..." Mulima's heart sank. It seemed that there was nothing he could do! Could it be that he is Ma Su's fate?
"Uncle Emperor," Bahana thought of a way at this time, "I have a way... I once heard the Archbishop Li Yufan from Spain say that Zhu Cixiang has been trying to open up some kind of Pacific waterway all these years. , so I need to get a chart of the Pacific Ocean, but I can’t get it.”
Nautical charts were the core competitiveness of a maritime country in the Age of Discovery! You can't buy this stuff in bookstores in Amsterdam or London, and if you do buy it, it may not be real.
Of course, you can also explore without a chart, but the cost is not low, and the requirements for the captain are higher.
Therefore, although Emperor Zhu had always wanted to "cross the Pacific Ocean", he had no nautical charts, could not grasp the conditions of ocean currents and monsoons, did not know the conditions on the west coast of the Pacific, and was unable to obtain permission from the New Spanish authorities, so it was difficult to do so.
Now New Spain is not open to the outside world. Although the Atlantic side is a little loose, the Pacific side is still iron-clad and iron-clad. It is difficult for the Dutch to get through, let alone the Ming Dynasty. The Japanese had been there once a few decades ago, when the Spanish governor of the Philippines was shipwrecked near Japan. The governor himself ran to Japan and built a Spanish-style sailing ship with the help of the Tokugawa shogunate. He returned to New Spain, so he brought the Japanese with him.
However, the Japanese sailing ship was later forcibly acquired by the New Spanish authorities... So it was only a one-way trip, and I don't know how to get back?
"Is this happening?" Duduo thought for a moment, "What kind of chart do we have?"
"We may be able to get it," Bahana said. "Last time, when Shang Keai came back from Tsushima Island, he said that Obai might take the Pacific Navy to visit New Spain...wait for this year. Come around again in the summer.”
No wonder Ao Bai didn't participate in the Battle of Shengshengdian. It turned out that he was driven to America by Zheng Jiangong... Having been there once, of course you know where the Kuroshio Belt (Japanese Warm Current, Pacific Warm Current) is? Approximately where is the North Equatorial Current on its return journey?
Of course, Obai couldn't figure it out, but Obai also had relatively reliable Europa bannermen around him. Through them, Obai might be able to get the sea map.
With this meeting gift, Mulima can at least meet Zhu Cixiang... As for whether she can do a bloody five-step, that's two people's guess.
Dodo looked at Mulima's tense face pretending to be tragic, sighed, waved his hand and said: "Pull it down..."
Pull it down for what? Isn't it beheading in public? Mulima's heart skipped a beat.
"Let's hold him in custody for now!" Duduo said, "We'll talk about it later when Obai comes back."
If Ao Bai can't come back, or if he can't bring back the sea chart that can be used to deceive Zhu Cixi, then Mulima's head will still have to be moved!
Mulima has been dragged away, and Dodo sighed: "Deshengyian is defeated, the liquidation is over...but we are not finished yet! Let's discuss a way out now!"
"Uncle Emperor," Tu Hai expressed his opinion first, "I heard that Zhu Yuanzhang received advice from an expert and used the strategy of building walls high, hoarding grain widely, and becoming king slowly to conquer the world. This is how he finally won."
Duduo nodded: "That's right, now is not the time to be an emperor... Moreover, when the late emperor was here, he had negotiated peace five times, but unfortunately it was not successful, otherwise there would not have been so many casualties!"
I don’t know if there are 20,000 old Manchu men from the Eight Banners in Duduo’s hands now. Even if you include the old Manchu men from the Eight Banners in the pass, there are definitely less than 30,000... This number is compared to the number of Nurhachi’s battles against Sarhu. It was less than half during the war.
Although Duduo can still recruit the Han people to make up the number, the problem is that if things continue like this, there will be fewer and fewer old Manchus in the Qing Dynasty. Will they eventually become the Western Wei and Northern Zhou Dynasties?
Yue Le took up the topic and said: "Peace talks can only help the emergency. The Southern Dynasty still needs time to pacify the various places within the pass. They should agree to peace, but when they calm down the pass, they will still send troops outside the pass. Uncle Huang Tai, we have to learn from Yu Wentai Already..."
Duduo nodded silently.
Tan Tai said again: "Uncle Emperor... we are still short of people! We need to plunder more people from the pass to get out of the pass! Let's plunder people from Jizhou and Yongping Prefecture!"
Leng Sengji interjected: "With so many people going out, how can we solve the problem of food? This year's spring sowing and summer planting have been completed, so there will be a shortage of food after autumn."
"Let the Koreans provide food!" He Luohui said, "Let the Koreans provide one million shi of rice!"
"Are they going to give it to me?" Leng Sengji asked.
Duduo said in a sinister tone: "Fight! Defeat North Korea! If we lose the customs... we have to use North Korea to make up for it!"
On the same night, Emperor Shunzhi was also discussing countermeasures with his confidants.
"The most important thing now is to protect the emperor and leave Tianjin Guard... I can agree to any conditions, as long as I can leave Tianjin Guard!"
"Can Beijing also allow people to leave?"
"You might as well agree first and decide whether or not you want to give in later..."
"But can Zhu Cixi believe our empty words?"
"This... you have to give it a try, right? Your Majesty, how about I go to Xuzhou personally and see if I can convince Emperor Zhu!"
The one who was going to take action personally was Soniso Zhongtang. In fact, he was not sure, so he had no choice but to die in the Qing Dynasty and become a living doctor in the Qing Dynasty.
He can agree to anything from calling me a vassal, recognizing my father, ceding territory, sending princesses...as long as Shunzhi can be let go!
Because Shunzhi is inseparable from Tianjin Wei, sooner or later he will be captured and taken to Nanjing City to become Prince Gong, and he will probably have to taste Hedinghong!
"What are the conditions?" Shunzhi asked him.
Sony gritted his teeth: "Only one, the Emperor cannot be taken as a prisoner... The Emperor is the Qingshan of my Qing Dynasty. If the Emperor is captured by Zhu Cixiang, then the Qing Dynasty will really be over!"
Shunzhi sighed, he knew this was a comforting lie... Maybe he found a rope to hang himself, and the Qing Dynasty was saved!
Sun Zhixian said: "I think it's okay! The emperor is now trapped in a shoal. As long as he can escape, the dragon will enter the sea and the tiger will return to Nanshan... It doesn't matter if the Qing Dynasty is temporarily gone. There will always be revival. Opportunity!"
Shunzhi sighed again: "Forget it, you two go together... have a good talk with Emperor Zhu!"
