Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 275

There were very few guests in Sun Chengzong's residence, and Yang Menglong was just a small guard commander, not a big shot, so none of the big shots like Zu Dale, Zu Dabi, and Wu Xiang came. The big victory has been implemented, and you are very busy. How can you have time to attend a banquet for the commander of the guards?Qiu Hejia didn't come either. The governor of Jinzhou's condition improved for a while, but after Zhang Chun came back, it suddenly worsened.Therefore, the banquet is very deserted. Just two old people set up a table of wine to welcome a frizzy young man. There are no singers and dancers to entertain, and there are no delicacies from mountains and seas. It is really a loss to attend this kind of banquet.

Sun Chengzong and Yang Menglong knew each other, but there was also a very thin old man who he didn't know. Lu Xiangsheng introduced to him: "This is Master Zhang Chunzhang, the military guard."

Yang Menglong froze for a moment, and it took him a long time to vaguely remember who Zhang Chun was.This is a very capable civil servant. He made a lot of contributions in the battle to recover the four cities in the pass, and was later promoted to be a soldier... Wait a minute, this Master Zhang led an army of [-] to support him a few days ago Dalinghe City, was it beaten to annihilation by Hou Jin in Changshan?If he remembered correctly, Zhang Chun should be on hunger strike in Houjin's prison camp at this time!Huang Taiji admired Zhang Chun's loyalty very much, and tried his best to persuade him to surrender. Later, Zhang Chun also loosened up and wanted to work for Huang Taiji, but he firmly refused to shave his hair, while Huang Taiji demanded that his hair be shaved. In the end, the old man went on a hunger strike And died, defending my principles with my life: I can work for you, but I can't give up my principles and damage the body and skin given by my parents!Strange, how did he run out?Thinking about it, he still kowtowed to Zhang Chun carelessly—just treat it as worshiping the dead: "The last general Yang Menglong, please refer to Master Sun and Master Zhang!"

Zhang Chun frowned when he saw Yang Menglong.Don't blame him. Any ancient person would frown when they see Yang Menglong's short hair. This is too outrageous. How can he cut off his hair?But he was very ill now and had no energy to investigate why Yang Menglong had such a weird haircut.Sun Chengzong was not surprised and said with a smile: "Commander Yang, I haven't seen you for a few months, and your hair is short again!"

Yang Menglong grinned: "Of course I have to cut it when it grows, it's a big trouble for a big man with such long hair!"

Zhang Chun couldn't help but said: "Commander Yang's words are wrong! How can you bear to hurt your body and skin after receiving it from your parents? You..."

Yang Menglong asked stupidly: "Are all the things given by parents indestructible?"

Zhang Chun said: "Of course, this is the teaching of a sage!"

Yang Menglong asked naively: "The sage simply told everyone not to cut the umbilical cord, the umbilical cord was also given by the parents."

Zhang Chun was so choked that he couldn't speak.

Yang Menglong secretly laughed.Are you kidding, and you still want to talk about my hair?I don't even look at how many times I have fought with others for cutting hair since I came to this world!

Lu Xiangsheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "Have you ever talked to Mr. Zhang like this? Apologize quickly!"

Yang Menglong's face swelled, and he cupped his hands insincerely, saying: "Master Zhang, the general said the wrong thing. You don't care about the villain's fault, so don't argue with the general!"

Zhang Chun didn't say a word. When he met Yang Menglong, who was such a sweet-talking bastard, the old gentleman really didn't know what to say.

Sun Chengzong said: "Your Excellency Yang has come to help you from thousands of miles away. It has been hard work. Please sit down quickly. The old man has prepared thin wine to clean up the wind and dust for Lord Yang." After clapping three times in a row, healthy servants came out from the inner hall immediately, holding a cup of wine in their hands. All kinds of dishes are placed on the table one by one.A few more maids moved lightly with lotus steps, holding silver pots and gold plates, meandering out to pour wine for everyone.Yang Menglong sat beside Lu Xiangsheng, looking at the maids, oh, they are of first-class appearance, they need a figure with a figure, and a face with a face.He generously gave these beautiful maids ninety percent in his heart.

It is a pity that these beauties retreated after pouring wine for everyone and disappeared. Yang Menglong felt deeply sorry, these beauties were much more eye-catching than the two old men.Sun Chengzong saw his unhappiness in his eyes, and he really couldn't laugh or cry in his heart, this little brat is really special enough!He picked up his wine glass and said, "Commander Yang led his troops on an expedition of thousands of miles to aid western Liaoning at a young age. He is indeed a rare young hero in ancient and modern times. I admire you. Come, I will toast you!"

Yang Menglong quickly raised his glass and said, "Master Sun, I actually followed after seeing the main force of the Tianxiong Army dispatched. If I were the only one to bring two or 3000 people here, I would not do it!"

Sun Chengzong smiled: "Commander Yang is really quick to talk!" He drank the wine in his glass in one gulp, quite bold.

Of course, this so-called good wine is actually very weak.The degree of alcohol drunk by the ancients is actually quite low. People with good alcohol capacity drink it as boiled water. There is no way. Distilled alcohol has not been widely promoted in this era. Most people still drink it from the dregs. The muddy wine that comes out, this kind of wine has not been distilled and purified, and the strength can be high.When Yang Menglong made 43% liquor, he easily overwhelmed a large group of drunkards!Yang Menglong complained in his heart: "I can drink ten catties of such fine wine without any problem!"

Sun Chengzong picked up the chopsticks and said: "Eat vegetables, eat vegetables!"

Then let's eat vegetables.But the dishes were not good, a few fish, a roe deer, and a pheasant, that's all. Fortunately, they were well cooked. Yang Menglong had a big appetite, and he ate so much that his mouth was full of oil.Lu Xiangsheng has long been used to his eating like a hungry ghost reincarnated, and he is no stranger to it, but the two elders shook their heads: This kid looks very clever, why is he behaving so vulgarly?It seems that the future is limited!

It can be seen that Sun Chengzong, Zhang Chun, and Lu Xiangsheng all have something on their minds, they just kept persuading Yang Menglong to eat more, but they didn't eat much, especially Zhang Chun, who put down his chopsticks after a symbolic meal, and took a cup Then he drank a glass of wine, as if he wanted to get himself drunk.He drank seven or eight glasses of wine in a row, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't stand it anymore, and persuaded: "Master Zhang, stop drinking! You must know, drinking too much will hurt your health!"

Zhang Chun smiled miserably: "Besides drinking, what else can I do?"

That laugh was heart-rending.

Yang Menglong raised his head, with several grains of rice hanging on the tip of his nose, his cheeks bulging high, and asked in surprise: "What's wrong?"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Master Zhang feels bad after losing the battle."

Zhang Chun hissed: "It's not just a defeat, it's clearly annihilation of the entire army! The imperial court handed over [-] troops to the old man's hands, but in the battle of Changshan, they were gone, all gone! Fifty thousand troops! He picked up the wine glass and drank another big one, his lips were trembling: "Wang Zhiku, Manku, Zhang Jifu...these generals who are good at fighting are gone, all the damned are dead, and there is no damned one." Dead, still flattering the slave chiefs in the golden camp..."

Yang Menglong swallowed the food in his mouth, gestured with his hands, and shouted: "What's the point? Isn't it just a defeat? How the slaves beat us, we will beat them back! They killed 5 of us People, let's kill 10 of them, won't it be evened?"

Zhang Chun stared blankly at this ignorant stunned young man, for a long time, smiled wryly, and said, "Beat him back? It's not easy!" He continued drinking.It seems that the experience of being defeated and captured has broken the old man's spine. He is already desperate for his own future and the prospect of the Dalinghe Battle.He thought it was his improper command that ruined this army. This was tens of thousands of lives. The weight is so heavy that ordinary people can't imagine it?What's even more frightening is that he was used as a deadly weapon to wipe out more Ming troops!

Lu Xiangsheng toasted Sun Chengzong with a glass of wine and asked, "Mr. Ge, have the spies we sent to Daling River come back?"

Sun Chengzong hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm back..."

Lu Xiangsheng asked: "Is the news true?"

Sun Chengzong said: "It's completely true! According to the spy's report, he saw the gate of Dalinghe City open with his own eyes, and the envoy of the slave chieftain Huang Taiji walked in. It took a long time before he came out. Zu Dashou personally sent him out." .”

The veins on the back of Lu Xiangsheng's hands were exposed, and the golden cup was slightly deformed by him: "Damn it! Zu Dashou is too shameless!"

Yang Menglong was confused: "What are you talking about? Why am I so confused?"

Sun Chengzong took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to him: "You can read it yourself."

Yang Menglong looked at the envelope, and it was written "Dajin Khan personally entrusted" on it, and it was addressed to Huang Taiji.He took out the letter paper, with silver hooks drawn on it, and wrote two full pages in traditional characters. The number of traditional characters he knew was limited, so he could only make guesses and get a rough idea.After reading it several times in a row, he finally understood the content of the letter: it was written by Zu Dashou to Huang Taiji, and he was asking Huang Taiji what treatment he would give them if they surrendered, would he kill them? drop?There are many battles, and there are quite a few Houjin warriors who were killed or injured by the Guanning Army. If they surrender, will the Houjin generals retaliate with resentment?After reading the letter, he was a little confused: "Where did this letter come from? Is it true?"

Zhang Chun said in a low voice: "I brought it back from the Jiannu camp. In the Jiannu camp, I saw with my own eyes Zu Dashou's military envoys entering the king's tent. The slave chieftain Huang Taiji and you Baylor were in front of the Han and Mongolian generals and me. Waiting for the general to swear a blood oath, saying that if Zu Dashou surrendered, they would never hurt anyone. After sending the envoy away, the slave chief released the old man and asked the old man to bring this letter back to Shufu grown ups!"

Sun Chengzong said: "The letter was written by Zu Dashou. The old man can recognize his handwriting. There is absolutely nothing wrong with it."

Yang Menglong's mind was buzzing, and he yelled in his heart: "Is there a mistake? Is there a mistake! Huang Taiji, you fouled!" In his opinion, Huang Taiji did commit a foul. He hasn't recovered yet, Zu Dashou is about to surrender, so what a fart he is!He rubbed his buzzing head, and asked with a headache: "This kind of thing should be extremely confidential, but Huang Taiji is spreading it all over the place. What the hell is he doing?"

Sun Chengzong said in a deep voice: "His target is Tianxiong Army and Wuyang Army!"

Yang Menglong cried out: "What!?"

Sun Chengzong said: "The Tianxiong Army fought fiercely with their Zhenghongqi, beheading more than [-] ranks, and defeated them in a wild wave battle with horses against horses. This fiasco made them realize that Ming Dynasty still has more There is a new army that is more elite than the Guanning Army and dares to fight to the death, he wants to use Zu Dashou's surrender as an opportunity to attract the Tianxiong Army and Wuyang Army, and wipe them out in one fell swoop!"

Lu Xiangsheng smiled wryly: "This trick is very poisonous! The Holy Majesty has high hopes for the battle of Daling River, and he only promises to win but not to lose. If Zu Dashou surrenders, we will be defeated. Daling River City, we have to save it, even if we know it That is a trap, and we can only jump into it!"

Sun Chengzong sighed: "It's like he used the news that the Daling River was out of food to force the closed army to fight, and finally suffered a disastrous defeat in Changshan. It's all a conspiracy, but it can't be resolved!"

Hearing the word "Changshan", Zhang Chun's facial muscles twitched slightly, and he coughed violently.

Yang Menglong was still in a daze: "Did the Daling River run out of food?"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "It has been more than [-] days since food was cut off. Soldiers killed each other. Human flesh for food and human bones for salary. It is extremely tragic."

Yang Menglong's face turned pale, and the hairs all over his body stood on end.He really couldn't imagine what it would be like for a group of people to starve for more than 50 days, only to be able to eat people. Just thinking about it would give him a nightmare!An army can't last long after running out of food. No wonder Zhang Chun rushed out to fight before the Tianxiong army arrived, and was defeated in the end. Huang Taiji hit the vital point of the Ming army!

After thinking through this layer, Yang Menglong only felt that his hands and feet were cold.Huang Taiji is really too poisonous. First, he released the news that the Daling River was out of food for more than a month, and the army's morale was broken, forcing Zhang Chun to fight. After annihilating Zhang Chun's troops, he released the news that Zu Dashou was about to surrender to force the Tianxiong army to fight. He wiped out one of the Ming army in the past, and never returned!The most frightening thing is that the news he released is all true. This time, to increase credibility, even such an important prisoner as Zhang Chun was released!

Now there are two roads ahead for the Ming army, either to go to war and risk the whole army being wiped out again to reinforce Dalinghe City, and break the siege of Dalinghe before Zu Dashou surrendered; or to sit back and watch Zu Dashou surrender. Dalinghe City fell, and then the emperor was furious, and everyone's heads fell to the ground!No matter what choice Ming Jun makes, it will be beneficial and harmless to him!

For this sake, Yang Menglong has to admit that Huang Taiji is indeed one of the most powerful strategists of this era. In terms of strategy, the Ming army has suffered a crushing defeat!

(End of this chapter)