Gao Yingxiang wore a cotton robe and stood beside a stone tablet, with his hands behind his back, looking at the snow-covered land and mountains below him, feeling proud.
It was as if the land of Gansu and Shaanxi was crawling under his feet! The rise and fall of the country is in his hands!
It feels great, but the reality is cruel.
The information obtained from some Guyuan military household bullies who went up to the mountain to join the gang showed the reality that Li Zicheng, the new head of Shaanxi Town, is a ruthless person!
Li Zicheng! Hearing this name, Gao Yingxiang trembled in his heart!
Moreover, Li Zicheng did not come alone. He also brought a group of knight officers in front of the tent, including Liu Fangliang, Liu Xiyao, Liu Guoneng, Liu Zongmin, Yuan Zongdi, Tian Jianxiu, Li You, Wu Ruyi, Gao Jie, Xin Sizhong, etc., all of them Zhu Youjian was born as a knight in front of the tent. He was not only a close minister of the emperor, but also a disciple of the emperor. Although this group of people is more or less related to the military households in Shaanxi, they were all brought up by the emperor from a humble position and relied on military merit and merit. It has nothing to do with the intertwined Shaanxi generals and hereditary military attachés. Therefore, rectification can be carried out in a drastic manner, and everything that should be eliminated can be eliminated. And most of the new recruits are simple warriors who dare to fight, otherwise it would be impossible to undergo such rigorous training!
Once the newly recruited soldiers in Shaanxi Town complete their training, the troops will completely become an army. Then the rebels in the Liupan Mountains may be facing the end.
Liupan Mountain is right near Guyuan. Will the elite soldiers from Shaanxi Town come to suppress it at any time? I'm afraid it's just wishful thinking to wander around in the ravines with others under the nose of Shaanxi Town.
So Gao Yingxiang had already made up his mind... Thirty-six strategies, walking is the best strategy!
We must leave Liupan Mountain and find a way to survive outside the mountain. Moreover, he had been planning this for more than a day or two. As early as the summer of the sixth year of Chongzhen, when he discovered that there was a new atmosphere in Shaanxi Town, he began to find a way out and find a way to survive.
And the way out and the way to survive that Gao Yingxiang found was to surrender!
Murder and arson are punished!
This was originally the second-best option for ancient and modern rebels when they were unable to overthrow the imperial rule - if you can't defeat them, then join them!
So starting from the summer of the sixth year of Chongzhen, Gao Yingxiang sent his nephew Gao Yigong and Luo Rucai, the second master of Liupan Mountain, to go down the mountain to do activities together. He also took part of the gold and silver stolen from Xi'an Mansion to open up the joints.
Gao Yigong and Luo Ru had just been down the mountain for a few months, but no good news had come back. It was not until the eighth day of December this year that the minions who had followed them down the mountain came back to report that they had found a way to survive in Lintao Prefecture, and that they would be there in Lintao Prefecture. Before the New Year, I went back to the mountain to explain everything.
It's New Year's Eve today, why haven't they come back yet? Did something unexpected happen?
Gao Yingxiang, who was a little anxious after waiting, simply found a place with a good view, stretched his neck, and looked at the road up the mountain from a distance, as if he wanted to find Gao Yigong and Luo Rucai.
But all that caught my eye was a vast expanse of white, which made my eyes dazzled, and I couldn't even see a single person.
Just when Gao Yingxiang was getting a little impatient, his niece Gao Guiying was standing behind him without knowing it.
"Uncle, look there... we have hung a red flag on the flagpole next to the inn at the foot of the mountain! It should be Uncle Luo and Brother Er who are back."
By the way, there is a wild shop at the foot of Mihang Mountain that welcomes guests. It is actually a secret stronghold of the rebels. Anyone who goes up the mountain to join a family or comes back from going down the mountain to do business must first enter the wild shop. Only when the head guard of the shop takes a closer look and finds no problems can he go up to Migang Mountain.
Gao Yingxiang forgot this rule because he was impatient to wait for others.
A red flag with the word "wine" embroidered on it is now raised on the flagpole outside the wild store, indicating that a leader has returned to the mountain!
There is no doubt that the ones coming are Gao Yigong and Luo Rucai!
Gao Yingxiang smiled and said to his niece beside him: "Guiying, take a few people down the mountain with Er, Er go to greet them!"
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"Uncle, it's done, the recruitment is done!"
Gao Yigong saw Gao Yingxiang from a distance and shouted excitedly.
Gao Yingxiang quickly rode up to Gao Yigong and Luo Rucai who were returning to the mountain. Before he could ask more, Luo Rucai said with a smile: "Brother Gao, this time we have contacted a great king!"
"Your Majesty?" Gao Yingxiang was stunned, "What kind of king? He's also a great king!"
Gao Yigong smiled and said: "Uncle, you are the king of the mountain, but I am a real king, it is different!"
What kind of mountain king? Gao Yingxiang was a little unhappy when he heard this, and said to himself: Well, he is King Chuang! How can you compare with those who dominate the mountain? Well, he has great ambitions!
Luo Rucai smiled and said: "What we have found is His Highness the Ming Dynasty King Tang!"
"Prince Tang?" Gao Yingxiang was stunned again, "Are we going to Henan?"
"The King of Tang is no longer in Henan a long time ago." Gao Yigong said with a smile, "The Tang vassal has moved to Lanzhou, and the palace is the original Prince Su's palace."
"Oh, that's it..." Gao Yingxiang thought about it but was wrong, "The Ming Dynasty vassal king has no soldiers or generals. He is just a rich man who is just waiting to die. What's the use of recruiting heroes like you?"
"Brother Gao," Luo Rucai said with a smile, "you have been in the mountains for a long time, and your eyes and ears are a bit blocked... Now the vassals of the Ming Dynasty are divided into three categories. The first category is ordinary vassals, who have no soldiers or generals. Being the King of Anle in the local area is almost the same as before.
The second type is called the left-behind kings. They are all wealthy people in Nanjing. They don't even have an imperial city, but they don't have any taboos.
The third category is called King Sai! With soldiers and generals guarding the frontier, life is a blessing.
The Tang king we contacted this time was a Sai king. He was ordered by the emperor to guard the northwest. He could recruit troops and build his own guards... he could have 10 thousand-household residences!
Brother Gao, if we can vote for the King of Tang this time, the King of Tang will be willing to give us two thousand-household residences, and we can arrange it as we please! "
Gao Yingxiang thought for a moment and then asked, "Have you met the King of Tang?"
"No," Luo Rucai said with a smile, "I just entered the Tang Prince's Mansion in Lanzhou and met Song Xiance, the military advisor of His Highness the Tang Prince."
Gao Yigong added: "This Song military advisor is a good person. He is not a nerd who wants to study to death, but a half-immortal who knows astronomy and geography, and can also do calculations!"
"Can you pinch and calculate?" Gao Yingxiang smiled, "Then he didn't calculate and we didn't want to surrender to the imperial court at all, but wanted to use a false surrender method to get out of trouble?"
"No, no..." Luo Rucai smiled, "This half-immortal seems to be fake!"
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Thump thump, thump thump, the heavy footsteps on the Phoenix Tower continued - on New Year's Eve, Tiancong's seventh year, Dajin Tiancong Khan Huang Taiji was still trying to run to lose weight.
Under the steps of the Phoenix Tower, there were several high-ranking officials from Daikin who were wearing turbans, court clothes, and court beads hanging around their necks. There are Hesheli Xifu, Hesheli Sony, Cherge, Tan Tai, Obai, Fan Wencheng, Ning Wanwo, Li Yongfang, Tong Liushi and others, all of whom are Huang Taiji's confidants.
Today, those celebrating the New Year did not go home for the New Year's Eve dinner. They all came to the Phoenix Tower, not to wish Huang Taiji a happy New Year, but to discuss the matter of making peace.
Although this matter has been finalized a long time ago, it is only a general principle, and there are still many problems in the specific implementation.
First, there must be a middleman.
In the past, Yuan Chonghuan was the liaison between Ming and Jin, but now he is unwilling to engage in peace talks - he is still waiting for Huang Taiji to rescue Amin!
Fortunately, there is now a communication channel between Taisong Fujin and his sister, Concubine Wu Liangha, so Huang Taiji can send envoys and letters to Beijing through Taisong Fujin.
The second question is the conditions for fraudulent peace.
Although peace is fake, the conditions must be the same as real ones, otherwise it will be easy to cheat!
Xifu, Sony and others are here to discuss this matter with Huang Taiji today... In fact, they have been discussing it for a while and have come up with a few things. The first is demarcation, striving to use the Liaohe River as the boundary in western Liaoning and eastern Liaoning; the second is Korea, the Later Jin Dynasty hopes to have all of Korea, but if it doesn't work, it will have to get half of it; the third is status, the Later Jin Dynasty hopes to follow the Song Dynasty and Xixia For example, they are nominally a subject but actually remain independent...
