Guard Han Dewang, who was entertaining the distinguished guests, was a little drunk. The reason was that the Manchurian distinguished guests were too good drinkers, and they all acted like drunkards and insisted on his company.
As a result, after a few bowls of wine, Han Dewang's head felt a little dizzy, even though Han Dewang could only drink a pound of wine, and he was unsteady on his feet when he got up to pour wine for the distinguished guests.
On the other hand, those Manchu distinguished guests remained calm.
It's very satisfying to eat meat and drink wine.
This made Han Dewang feel a little ashamed. Sure enough, the Manchurian soldiers were good at fighting, drinking, and playing with women.
"Han, Manshang, I won't stop getting drunk today!"
One of the distinguished guests spoke fluent Chinese and walked up to Han Dewang. He smiled and helped Han Dewang pour wine for the other Manchu distinguished guests.
This man is a Bai Tanga in the Eight Banners Army, named Ta Atai.
However, Atai was not really a Manchu, but was born in Han Dynasty and worked as an interpreter in the Eight Banners Army.
This type of people included craftsmen, doctors who accompanied the army, and those who were in charge of internal and external yamen but had no rank, and were designated by the Qing government as "Baitang'a".
Translated into Chinese, it means "deacon".
Although it has been 20 years since the Qing army entered the customs and has now definitely occupied mainland China, there are still many Manchu soldiers who cannot speak Chinese. This requires someone like Ta'atei to translate for them, otherwise they will not understand the language. Very troublesome.
The Qing government also set up a special translation course for banner people to study. If they can pass the Jinshi examination, they will be of great use. The official career start is often two to three steps higher than that of the Han people.
Some Han officials privately said that the so-called translator Jinshi was actually a back door opened by Manchuria for their own children.
Indeed, it is.
This time, Taatei came with his leader Jia Mardu to "inspect" Han Dewang's tribe.
Not long ago, Jingxi General Mulima wrote an article about Xi'an General Fu Kachan, Shaanxi Governor Bai Rumei, Huguang Governor Zhang Changgeng, and Sichuan Governor Li Guoying. It means that since the siege of Kuidong in the first year of Kangxi, many places have recruited Ming troops to surrender, and the total has been There are thirty thousand people.
Such a large number of surrendered troops will only be a waste of money and food if they are not properly utilized. Therefore, Mulima has petitioned the court and is determined to launch a final decisive battle against the Kuidong Ming Army after the beginning of spring.
The key target is Li Laiheng, the "big thief" entrenched in Maolu Mountain.
For this reason, Mulima ordered the governors of various places to carefully inspect the surrendering troops. Those who can fight will be driven to attack Li Laiheng, and those who cannot fight will be dismissed where they are.
After receiving Mulima's notice, Xi'an General Fu Kachan took it seriously and selected some banner officers to go to various places to implement the matter.
Mardu is one of them.
Lingcui means "Bashiku" in Manchu. He is responsible for registering files and collecting salary and other matters. He is a fifth-rank official of the Eight Banners. Under him, he leads the cavalry school and the cavalry soldiers.
It is equivalent to Mr. Green Camp Qian, but the actual power is not comparable to Mr. Green Camp Qian.
The newly surrendered Handewang tribe was the target of Mardu's "inspection".
Only Han Dewang didn't know about this at all, thinking that the Manchus came to his army to supervise the battle, or to prevent him from surrendering and revolting.
The translator Ta Atai was an exquisite person and secretly informed Han Dewang about this before the banquet.
Upon hearing that the Manchus were here to inspect him, and that if the inspection results were not good, he might be dismissed, Han Dewang naturally entertained Mardu and the others attentively.
In addition, he secretly gave Taatai thirty taels of silver as a reward, and promised that as long as he was not dismissed and stayed in the Green Camp, he would be thanked heavily.
Taatai, who had received the benefit, secretly gave Han Dewang a wink when he was helping Han Dewang pour wine for Manchuria.
Han Li immediately understood and ordered someone to bring a plate of silver ingots that had been prepared to the table in front of the leader Mardu.
The three Manchurian knights and two vests who were with Mardu in the house also had silver ingots, but they were half less than Mardu's.
Several tables of wine and food were also set up next door to this room to entertain the more than thirty Manchu soldiers who came with Mardu.
"Well?"
Seeing that the newly surrendered Han people openly bribed him, Mardu not only did not show the slightest trace of disgust or displeasure on his face, but nodded with satisfaction, stood up and said "Wow" to his subordinate officers, and then picked up the wine bowl and smiled. He looked at Han Dewang and signaled him to do it.
Han Dewang couldn't understand Manchurian, but the smile on the distinguished guest's face told him that the money worked.
"Han, why are you still standing there?"
Taatai tugged on his sleeves and said with a smile: "Your Majesty asked you to do it. From now on, you will serve the Qing Dynasty well and don't have other ideas."
"oh!"
Han Dewang was ecstatic when he got the exact result. He picked up the wine bowl and drank it all in one gulp. Then he nodded and bowed to Mardu and others, belching wine and saying something that he had long wanted to abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side, and that he would only serve the Qing Dynasty in this life.
The Manchurians couldn't understand what he said, but it didn't affect the laughter in the room.
The atmosphere was very harmonious.
Han Dewang, who no longer had the worry of being laid off, really risked his life to accompany the distinguished guest. He finished two more bowls in succession, and as a result, he was swaying when he walked. If Taatai hadn't supported him, he would have been lying on the ground long ago.
"Sir, you are free to do as you like, you have done your humble job!"
Han Dewang, whose eyelids were almost drooping, shook his head hard in order to keep himself at least awake. The more he shook his head, the more dizzy he became. When his intuition told him that he would not be able to drink anymore, the sound of firecrackers suddenly came to his ears, and then there was Someone is shouting and yelling outside.
Oh shit!
Han Dewang was extremely angry. Didn’t the people below know that he was accompanying the distinguished guest?
What nonsense are you talking about!
At that moment, he said with a smile that he should go out and take a look. He staggered out of the house, but within his sight, there were a dozen soldiers running this way.
Seeing the figure of the garrison master, one of the soldiers quickly shouted: "Sir, it's bad, the Ming army is coming to kill us!"
"Nonsense, where did the Ming army come from!"
Han Dewang was furious, and just when he was about to scold the soldiers for daring to make noise and disturb the morale of the army, fire suddenly burst into the sky at the distant village gate.
Then he saw countless Ming troops rushing into the camp and killing everyone, while his soldiers were running around the camp like headless flies.
Everyone was crying and howling.
Han Dewang took a breath of air and instinctively wanted to find his saber, but for some reason he lost strength under his feet and stumbled and fell directly to the ground.
"The Tatars are right there, brothers, kill me!"
Han Dewang, who fell to the ground, his eyelids were extremely heavy, and he tried his best to look in the direction of the shouts of death. He vaguely felt that the person rushing towards him looked very familiar.
"Bang bang!"
The sound of several gunshots ringing in his ears made Han Dewang drunk for most of the time, and he recognized that the man who was leading the men to kill him was his subordinate, General Hou Sanjiang!
Damn it, a damn monkey dares to betray me!
Han Dewang was anxious and angry. Seeing that Hou Sanjiang and all the Ming troops were about to arrive, he gritted his teeth and limped back to the house.
But before he could reach the door, the two doors in front of him were closed with a "bang" sound, and then he heard the sounds of the Manchurian distinguished guests inside screaming and rummaging through boxes and cabinets.
In a daze, Han Dewang heard a "dong" sound coming from behind the door, as if something had blocked the door.
After rubbing his eyes and confirming that the door was really blocked by Manchurian distinguished guests, Han Dewang was completely sober from his drunkenness. When he looked back, he saw that dozens of Ming troops were less than a hundred steps away. He was so frightened that he quickly dragged his injured right hand. My feet ran towards the window as hard as I could.
I just wanted to push the window and climb in.
There was a "bang" sound, and the window was closed. The Manchurian guests inside used two tables to hold the window tightly.
Oh shit?
Han Dewang was confused: Are the distinguished guests so careless?
