Dashun Yongchang

Zhang Jinyan, who clearly knows where his power comes from, will naturally lower his posture when facing Li Zicheng, because he is in awe of power.

Chapter 448 Zhengzhou II

After sending Zhang Jinyan out, Li Zicheng who was standing at the door smiled and asked Li Guo beside him, "What do you think of this man?"

Glancing at Zhang Jinyan's back, Li Guo shook his head and said, "This man has abilities, but unfortunately his bones are a little weak."

Li Zicheng laughed loudly, then lowered his voice and said in Li Guo's ear: "Those who have backbone and ability are either killed by us or by Chongzhen, and the rest are those who are capable but spineless or Those who have no backbone but no ability, or worse, have neither backbone nor ability. For us, such a person is already a good talent."

Li Guo could only nod his head in agreement and said: "Your Majesty's words are not bad. Compared with those scholars who have a bad temper and no skills, Zhang Jinyan is indeed pretty good. However, Your Majesty really intends to let him take over Henan The position of governor? Then what about Ding Kuichu?"

Li Zicheng looked up at the stars in the sky, and then said mockingly: "Master Ding is a smart man, but he is a bit too smart. While acting as a loyal minister of Ming Dynasty, he flirted with Man Qing at the same time. He was also passive." Boycotting the important task of Henan Qingtian ordered by the Marshal Du's Mansion, he, the governor, did it for his own family, not for my Dashun, nor for Daming.

Before I wanted to fight the Manchus, I could only endure him. Now that Azig has been repelled and the army has gathered near Guide, I should let these well-dressed nobles know who is in charge of this world . "

Hearing what Li Zicheng said, Li Guo came to his senses. Clearing up the ownership of the land in Henan was an important decision made by the Marshal's House in order to clarify the ownership of the land in Henan.After years of wars, almost all the lands of the princes and farms in Henan and the land of ordinary people have been occupied by local tyrants and gentry families.

It's nothing more than the farmland of the royal mansion. If the land of those ordinary people cannot be sorted out and returned, how can the people in exile dare to return to their hometowns?Without the people, there would naturally be no taxation, so how does the Marshal's Mansion support the army and officials?

This is currently the top priority of the Marshal's Mansion.And this matter Li Zicheng has also emphasized many times on both the military and political sides, not to mention Li Guo, even the grassroots officers and soldiers below know the significance of Qingtian.Song Quan contradicted Marshal Du's mansion in this matter, so there is indeed a problem.

But Li Guo is more concerned about another matter, "Your Majesty intends to attack Ding Kuichu now? Can't it be done after repelling the Qing army on the East Road? If we move these German gentry now, I'm afraid it will cause us a lot of trouble." Bar?"

Li Zicheng shook his head and said: "The timing is just right. We have just won a battle, and no one should jump out to resist us now. Later, if we draw a tie with the Qing army, then we want to attack them again." Well, I'm afraid someone really dares to jump out and explain to them that the gentry in a single place has no power, but if the gentry from all over the place unite to make a sound, then it is really difficult for us to start. Unless we can fight again in the next big war defeated the Qing army, but I think Duoduo should be more difficult to deal with than his brother."

Regarding Li Zicheng's evaluation of Duoduo, Li Guo didn't think it was too much. He also nodded and responded: "Duoduo's troops are stable, and his offensive in Shandong has hardly revealed many flaws. Even if Dong Xueli surrendered, it was indeed a The choice he made under the oppression of his troops was not like the Yellow River defense line in Luoyang and Zhengzhou, but a sudden change that occurred when our army still had the upper hand. Ruo Azig was led by Duoduo along the way. I'm afraid this army will not be attracted to the vicinity of Chenzhou. In my opinion, it might be more suitable for Gu Kecheng to guard Zhengzhou, and I will lead the troops back to the East Road with you."

However, Li Zicheng shook his head and said: "Zhengzhou and Luoyang still need a general to guard them. The news brought by the powerful people from the north bank of the Yellow River in the past few days shows that the food in the Manchu Qing Dynasty is indeed close to exhaustion, and they all started to search for it. The food for the gentry was gone, so the three prefectures north of the Yellow River became chaotic again.

We not only need to guard the Yellow River, but also put some pressure on the Qing army when necessary, forcing the Manchus to concentrate part of their resources on the north bank of the Yellow River, which can also weaken the combat capability of the Qing army on the East Road.

The other thing is, you have to continue to maintain communication with Wu Sangui's department.From the current point of view, Azig's failure this time will cause some problems within the Manchurians.Dorgon tried to use the kings of the White Banner to lead the various armies going out to fight, but after Azig failed, he had to give up the position of commander of all the way.

I think Dorgon is unwilling to allow other Manchus to control the army. Even if Hauge was promoted to be the coach of the Western Expedition to Datong, it is just to deal with public opinion. The number of troops on Hauge’s route is the least. Yes, that's why he didn't go south to Shanxi after winning Datong because of lack of strength.

Now if Dorgon gives up the position of commander-in-chief again, I think it will be difficult for him to sleep at night.Therefore, Dorgon might rather let Wu Sangui be stationed in the three provinces of Henan than let another Manchu take control of the army, because he himself cannot lead the army for a long time, unless he gives up the central decision-making power, otherwise it will be very difficult. Do both.

If Wu Sangui can be held back, then at least we can save a lot of money and manpower on the Yellow River defense line.It is no problem for him to want those officers who were captured by us to go back, but we have to talk about a voluntary principle, and the family members of those officers who refuse to go back should ask him to send them back.Even the corpses of Manchus like Subai can be sent back, but they have to exchange those arrested anti-Qing righteous fighters in Hebei. "

Li Guo still agrees with what he heard before. Before Wu Sangui surrendered, even if the officers under him surrendered, they would be half-hearted. Not everyone is Wu Guogui, who can sincerely take refuge in Dashun, and more people are like Liu Zhong. , Seeing that the situation was not good, he hooked up with his former colleague and boss again.

However, he still expressed a different opinion after hearing it: "If Wu Sangui and the Manchus came to exchange with us the gentry who were forced to rebel by themselves, should we also exchange? The Manchus killed many of us, they are not our friends, if the Manchus killed them, they would actually be avenging us."

Li Zicheng hesitated for a moment, and finally shook his head and said: "I still have to change, not because I don't remember what they did, but because I have to give them a way out, otherwise these gentry will follow the Manchus wholeheartedly like the Liaodong Han people." Go, then the enemy we face will be even stronger.

The main enemy we have to deal with now is still the Manchus. As long as other people don't block the way of the Marshal's Mansion, they will give way.Just like Song Quan, a traitor who is determined to work for the Manchus must be killed. Others can talk as long as they are not sincerely loyal to the Manchus.The gentry of Ding Kuichu and Guide defended Song Quan’s family, and this was also to be overthrown. This is the principle of our unified anti-Manchurian front.After defeating the full people, we will re-establish the rules for them. "

Hearing Li Zicheng mention the name Song Quan, Li Guo immediately understood.As the first governor of Zunhua who surrendered to Dashun, this person cooperated with the Shun army to take over the Zunhua Great Wall defense line. Even Li Guo thought that this person should be more reliable than other Ming bureaucrats, but no one expected , He was also very quick to vote for the full people, and he was very vicious. He united with the Shanxi gentry and killed all of Dashun's garrison in Xuanfu.

After the Shun army went south, they originally planned to capture Song Quan's family members for revenge, but this person was very slippery. He had already taken his family members to the north of the Yellow River. You can pick up your own family, but you can't take all the clansmen away.It's just that the Shun Army really can't touch these Song clansmen, because the Eight Great Families of Guide are: Shen

Song Hou Yeyu Liu Gaoyang, Song Xun of the Song family was a famous official in the Jiawan period, so the Song family had many marriages with other prominent families, and it was impossible for the Shun army to uproot the Song family.

Moreover, Song Quan's grandfather, Song Yang, was Song Yu's cousin, and he was only a guest of the country all his life, without any fame, and he was in business.His father was the magistrate of Fushan County in Shandong Province, but he passed away in less than three years, so Song Quan was just a branch in Guide Song Family, and he couldn't cut off the main branch for the sake of the branch. Panic started, because Song Quan himself and the three families of Shen, Ye, and Liu were directly married, a relationship that really affects the whole body.

Originally, the matter of Song Quan could not be pursued at this level. After all, the hometown of Gaodi, the general soldier of Shanhaiguan who surrendered with Wu Sangui, was also in Guide. He would not give up on Song Quan's family, so what would Gaodi's family think?Therefore, the Marshal's Mansion finally chose to appease the local area first, and was not in a hurry to liquidate these traitor families.

Only after Li Zicheng defeated Azig, the fugitives in Hebei had the opportunity to escape the Yellow River one after another, and they also brought a lot of news from Hebei to the Shun Army.The reason why Li Zicheng has been stationed in Zhengzhou these days is not only to put pressure on the Azig army and deter those local tyrants from accepting reorganization, but also to learn from these Hebei escapees what the Manchus did in Hebei.

As a result, the stories of the Manchus enclosing land in the outskirts of Beijing and massacring people who refused to surrender their land were quickly told from these fugitives.After hearing these deeds, those gentry tyrants who really believed that the Manchus came to help the Ming Dynasty to restore the country were also speechless, because since the Manchus are enclosing land in the suburbs of Beijing, it is obvious that they intend to live permanently. After the people wiped out the Shun army, would it be rare to return Beijing to the Zhu family?

At this time, everyone began to think that the entry of the Manchus into the customs was actually the same as the entry of the Mongols into the Central Plains. They both wanted to occupy the land of the Han people and turn the Han people on the land into their own slaves.At this time, many gentry tyrants began to lose their expectations for the Manchus, and no longer hoped that the Manchus would rescue Daming.

So at the same time, Li Zicheng also formally referred to those Han Chinese who sincerely took refuge in the Manchus as traitors, expressing that they would be expelled from their nationality and nationality. Representatives of traitors.Li Guo finally realized that Li Zicheng did not wear the label of traitor to Song Quan for nothing.

Chapter 449 Huai Qingyi

The 50-year-old Guarja U Bai stood on the wall of Huaiqing Prefecture and looked at Qinshui. Among the Manchurians, there were not many people at his age who could fight on horseback.The Manchus have been entangled with the Ming Dynasty for decades with a small clan, and the price they paid is that there are almost no long-lived people in the clan. Even if they did not die in battle when they were young, they would die early due to injuries when they were 50 or [-] years old.

Therefore, Guerjia Wubai has been transferred from Zhengbai Banner Mele Ezhen to the position of Minister of the Interior this year. This is not only because he is physically unsuitable for battle, but also because he needs to be transferred from the army to follow the order of the regent uncle to monitor the palace. Work in the palace.

The Guerjia family’s fortune began with Wu Likan, the father of Wu Bai and Subai. During the campaign with Nurhachi, Wu Likan performed well in defeating the nine-ethnic coalition and the four-way attack of the Ming army. Early death did not enter the core decision-making level of the Eight Banners.

However, the bravery of Wu Bai and his younger brother Subai was not weaker than that of his father, so Wu Bai fought with Nurhachi at the age of 16, and became one of the sixteen ministers after Huang Taiji ascended the throne.

To be honest, the status of the Wu Bai brothers is actually very embarrassing. Although their father was born in the two yellow flags, but because they died early, the two brothers did not receive much care. The white flag, but Wu Bai was promoted to become a senior general inlaid with the white flag.

Therefore, although the Wu Bai brothers should belong to the slaves of the Dorgon brothers, what Wu Bai is really grateful for is Huang Taiji, the first Khan who promoted him.But under the group struggle between the two white flags and the two yellow flags, the Wu Bai brothers can only support Dorgon, otherwise the Guerjia family will lose their place.

Of course, Hauge’s daily deeds did not impress Wu Bai, because unlike his father Khan, Hauge only cared about the cronies around him, and did not care about the feelings of those generals in other banners. To put it bluntly, , Hauge is no problem as the banner owner, but as the Great Khan, he is too biased towards the banner and loses a bit of publicity.

Although Dorgon usually favors the two white flags on weekdays, enclosing the good land to the two white flags and the bad land to the two yellow flags, he will not blindly suppress generals other than the two yellow flags.Anyway, Dorgon and Haoge are both of Aixinjueluo's blood, no matter who ascends to the position of Khan, it makes no difference to Wu Bai.

It's just that no one thought that after Dorgon prevented Hauge from ascending to the position of Khan, he didn't get the position himself, but fell on Fulin instead, and the situation became even more weird.As one of Dorgon's confidantes, Wu Bai knew that Dorgon did not really give up his pursuit of Khan's position, but wanted to conquer China first and then ascend to the throne with his immortal achievements.

The people around Dorgon can only follow each other, because whether they are Han or Manchu, they are never afraid of bloodshed in order to fight for the big position. Even if Wu Bai is grateful for Huang Taiji's kindness to him, he will not take it. The lives of the Guarja clan are at risk.

What Wu Bai didn't expect was that his younger brother Subai, whom he pinned his hopes on, would be lost in the Southern Expedition, which would be a heavy blow to him and the Guarjia family.After he quit the army and became Minister of the Interior, Subai took over his position and became the representative of the Guarja family in the army, waiting for other members of the Guarja family to grow up and take over this responsibility.

Before the battle between the two white flags and the two yellow flags came to fruition, even Dorgon did not dare to hand over the military power to others. Naturally, the Guarjia clan had to firmly control the forces in the army, otherwise if there was a disturbance, the Guarjia clan Er Jiashi didn't even have the power to protect himself.

When Wu Bai was worried about the future of the Guarjia family, his son Lang Tan strode up to the top of the city, walked towards Wu Bai and saluted him with fists cupped and said, "Ama, Yang Shen is back. .”

Wu Bai withdrew his hand from pressing on the parapet, turned around and said to his son, "Bring him up, and then you guard the city road, and don't let anyone who has nothing to do with you come up."

Lang Tan agreed, then turned around and walked down the city quickly. Soon, Yang Shen, dressed as a small businessman, walked up to the top of the city. When he saw Wu Bai, he immediately performed a salute and shouted loudly. Greet U Bai with his own name.

Wu Bai waved his hand and said impatiently: "Come forward to talk, I specially brought you here to talk, I just don't want too many people to know about it, so please stop shouting. What did Li Zicheng say, you carefully Let me listen to the details."

Yang Shen didn't dare to be negligent either, since Wu Bai went south, he has decided all matters in the army, Azig is now like a shopkeeper who throws his hands away, and hardly cares about the affairs of the army anymore.After Wu Bai stabilized the morale of the army, he asked Wu Sangui to find someone to communicate with Li Zicheng. Yang Shen was also very nervous, for fear that Wu Bai would find out that he and Li Zicheng had colluded, and something bad would happen.

He made up his mind, walked two or three steps away from Wu Bai, put his hands on his thighs and said respectfully: "Yong, it was Li Zicheng who said that it is okay to change people, but the two white flags can only be changed for corpses. Those who don’t have blood debts in hand can be exchanged.”

Wu Bai frowned immediately and said, "What do you mean two white flags can only be exchanged for corpses? What did Li Zicheng say?"

Yang Shen swallowed his saliva and said: "Li Zicheng said: There is no enmity between Dashun and Daqing, and the regent wrote to him before, asking him to destroy Daming together, but the regent went back on his word, pretending to avenge Daming Therefore, this war is entirely the responsibility of the kings of the Two White Banners. Therefore, he said that he has no enmity with the other Six Banners, but he has an enmity with the Two White Banners. Therefore, before the end of the war, he will not Free your enemies."

Wu Bai was not surprised by this answer. If the Manchus captured the important figures of the Han people, they would not release them. However, Li Zicheng's attitude was a little subtle, and he refused to put back the live two white flags. However, he was willing to release other captives who were not under the two white flags, which dispelled his idea of ​​interrupting the negotiations, because he also did not want to offend the families of those who were captured. Resentment was vented on him.

After weighing it over and over in his heart for a while, Wu Bai finally asked again: "Then what about Luo Luohun Baylor? He's not a two-white flag, so he doesn't need to die, does he?"

Luo Luohun, the king of Duoluoyanxi County, was the problem that Wu Bai had to start negotiating with the Shun army. It would be fine if he died in battle, but now everyone knows that Luo Luohun was not dead and was captured alive by the Shun army. , we have to rescue him, otherwise Azig will be too responsible for this defeat, and even Dorgon will find it difficult to deal with him.

And Wu Bai is also very clear that the reason why Azig obeyed his brother's order and handed over the military power to himself is because he is unwilling to bear the responsibility of negotiating with the Shun army, let alone the responsibility for the failure of the negotiation.So he happily threw the trouble to himself, and then hid aside and went away.Wu Bai couldn't say he didn't have any grievances towards Azig, because he didn't bring his younger brother back, but he didn't doubt that Azig did it on purpose, because banner owners like Luo Luohun were thrown away by Azig. To Li Zicheng, it is not so incomprehensible that Subai failed to come back.

Hearing Wu Bai's question, Yang Shen's expression seemed to be a little strange, and Wu Bai immediately asked in surprise: "Could it be that Li Zicheng

Rollo Hun Baylor was killed? "

Although he looked panicked on his face, Wu Bai felt relieved in his heart. If Luo Luohun died like this, the next thing would be easier to deal with. Respect the dead, it doesn't matter anyway, at least you can Create another hero to inspire Manchurians.

Yang Shen obviously misunderstood Wu Bai's concern for Luo Luohun, he quickly explained: "Prince Duo Luoyanxi is all well and has not suffered any harm, it's just that he doesn't want to come back."

Wu Bai was really surprised at this moment. He stared at Yang Shen with wide eyes and asked, "What do you mean he doesn't want to come back? What did he tell you? Say it carefully, don't miss a single word."

Yang Shen recalled it for a while and said: "I asked Li Zicheng about the recent situation of King Duoluoyanxi. Li Zicheng called the king over and said in front of us: Although the father of the king, Daishan, killed many Han people However, the king of the county did not find any deeds of harming the people when he went south this time. Of course, his subordinates did a lot of such things. Seeing that the king of the county voluntarily surrendered to the Shun army and cooperated, the Marshal's Mansion decided to pardon the king of the county. war crimes, allowing him to come and go freely.

Then the king of the county said to Li Zicheng and his servant: The Manchus, including his great-grandfather, grandfather, and father, have done many things to the Han people. He feels that he should stay and atone for their mistakes.In addition, the king of the county also gave the slave a newspaper, saying that the slave should bring it back and show it to the regent. "

Wu Bai took a well-stacked small square from Yang Shen, but after he unfolded it, he sent it back quickly and said, "I don't know Chinese characters, so I'll listen to you when you read."

Yang Shen took the newspaper with a look of confusion on his face, Wu Bai couldn't help asking suspiciously when he saw his appearance: "I don't know Chinese characters, don't you?"

Yang Shen thought that it would be fine if I didn't know how to read, so he said to Wu Bai in embarrassment: "There are a lot of taboo words and sentences on it. Is it not good to let the officials read it out? Or I should take it back and ask the master to read it out." Read it to you."

Wu Bai suddenly said angrily: "If you want to read it, just read it. How can there be so much nonsense? We Manchus don't have as many taboos as you Han people."

Hearing what Wu Bai said, Yang Shen had no choice but to pick up the newspaper and read it to Wu Bai. As a result, Wu Bai became more and more frightened, and finally stopped Yang Shen and said, "If you dare to bring such things back, you can Aren't you afraid of losing your head?"

Yang Shen said with a sad face: "I don't want to bring it back, but if the regent gets this newspaper from other places, wouldn't the end of the official and my lord be even worse?"

Wu Bai was silent for a few breaths, then took the newspaper from Yang Shen's hand and carefully folded it, saying, "I sent someone to send it to the Prince Regent in an expedited three hundred miles. This is not something we slaves should know..."

Chapter 450 Huaiqing II

The content of the article that made Wu Bai afraid to listen to it was actually Luo Luohun's scientific explanation of the Manchu uprising against the Ming Dynasty in his capacity as Aixinjueluo.This article first explained that the Manchus were not the Jurchens of the Jin and Liao era, but a tribe that migrated from the ice field further north. They settled down in Jianzhou because they were accepted by the Ming Dynasty, and they were called Jianzhou from then on. Jurchen.

After the Tumubao Incident, the Jurchen Sanwei, who were placed in Jianzhou by the Ming people, began to rebel against the Ming Dynasty under the leadership of Li Manzhu, and invaded Liaodong and other Han residential areas. The army dispatched a large-scale campaign to suppress the Jianzhou Jurchen incident.

Hence the so-called Seven Great Hatreds: It is said that it did not hurt an inch of grass and land on the border of the Ming Dynasty, and Ming provoked the frontier for no reason and harmed my grandfather.This statement cannot be true at all, because the place where the Jianzhou Jurchens live is the land of Daming, and those who attacked the Han civilians first were some scum in the Jianzhou Jurchens.

Luo Luohun's criticism of the Seven Great Hatreds is well-founded. Although it is not very pleasant, he did not criticize Nurhachi too much. He just described the transformation process of the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and Jianzhou Jurchen from good to bad.However, in the second half of the article, Huang Taiji's insistence on the war with Ming Dynasty is quite fiercely criticized, and the second half of the article is no longer about the incident, but directly attacks Huang Taiji.

If the first half of the article Wu Bai still thinks maybe it was not written by Luo Luohun, maybe someone Li Zicheng found to write it for Luo Luohun, because the history of the Manchus is written in too much detail, even the Manchus themselves I don't know, if Luo Luohun had such insights, he would have already stood out in the clan.

However, the attack on Huang Taiji in the second half of the article made Wu Bai feel that perhaps Luo Luohun had indeed written it, because no one else could write the grievance between the lines.Whether Luo Luohun should hate Huang Taiji or not, Wu Bai thinks it is still possible, although there are some things that people don't talk about, but everyone knows in their hearts that if Yue Tuo hadn't died of illness on the way to the expedition, he might not have a good end.

Although Huang Taiji looks benevolent, he will not be merciful to those who threaten his status. This can be seen from Huang Taiji's treatment of his brothers and sisters.

Before Yue Tuo went out for the last time, Huang Taiji actually hated this nephew who supported him the most. For example, once Huang Taiji entertained Mongolian relatives and nobles in an archery game, Yue Tuo said that his arm was injured and unable to shoot, but Huang Taiji forced him to shoot , As a result, Yue Tuo failed to draw the bow, and threw the bow and arrow on the ground in anger, but Huang Taiji grasped this point and asked someone to discuss Yue Tuo's crime, demoting him to the ranks of ordinary Baylor.

In fact, everyone knows very well that after Huang Taiji canceled the situation of co-governance by the four major Baylors, although Huang Taiji, who has stabilized his position, has no opponents to challenge him, Yue Tuo has threatened Haoge's status. Tuo's beating, and Dorgon's flattery, were actually just to lower Yue Tuo's popularity.

The Manchus are not unfamiliar with this kind of thing, because Nurhachi’s eldest son Guanglue Baylor was not wrong at all, but because he blocked the path of other Baylors, he was jointly attacked by Zhu Baylor, and Nurhachi was finally put under house arrest.If Yue Tuo hadn't died of illness during the expedition, he might not have ended up much better than Guanglue Baylor when he returned.

As Yue Tuo's son, Luo Luohun certainly resented Huang Taiji. After all, without his father's firm support for Huang Taiji, it was still unknown whether Huang Taiji would be able to sit on the Khan position, because Huang Taiji's power among the four Baylors was the most powerful. weak.But for Huang Taiji's loyal end, he had to die of illness outside, how could Luo Luohun not feel aggrieved.

It's just that the current Huang Taiji's reputation among the Manchus is still quite high, because Daming was finally dragged down by him, and Luo Luohun of course dared not show it in China.But now under the protection of Li Zicheng, he can say what he wants to say boldly.Moreover, Wu Bai faintly felt that the regent may be annoyed when he read this article, but he may not ban the dissemination of this article, because the regent is also happy to see the success of hitting Huang Taiji's reputation.

But Wu Bai didn't want to get involved in this kind of thing at all, because if he was not careful, the ship would be wrecked and people would die. Sending this newspaper to Beijing and letting the regent handle it was his best choice right now.

But although Luo Luohun's article was sealed, Wu Bai also knew that most of the negotiations between himself and Li Zicheng had failed. Of course, Luo Luohun who wrote such an article would not dare to come back. Anyway, Dorgon couldn't help it. Move his family members, because he is also surnamed Aixinjueluo, and his family members are actually relatives of Dorgon.

Wu Bai couldn't figure out for a while, whether Luo Luohun Baylor was really confused or not, so he surrendered to Dashun without hesitation, how could he think that he would have a good result?However, he is clear about one thing, that is, the surrender of Rollohun Baylor will inevitably set off a big wave among the Manchurians, and it is impossible for Azig to be completely fine. He always has to bear the lost face.

After Wu Bai put the newspaper close to his body, he stared at

Yang Shen said: "You should pay close attention to the replacement. First replace the Manchurians, and then consider those Han officials."

But Yang Shen said to him again: "My lord, I'm afraid this won't work. Li Zicheng said that the exchange of Han people must be completed first, and then the issue of the exchange of Manchus will be discussed. However, the corpses of Manchus can be exchanged first, but we have to Pay for the coffin and transportation."

Wu Bai looked at him with some annoyance and said, "How on earth did you talk to Li Zicheng? He exchanged whatever he said? It's rare that we have no room for bargaining at all?"

Yang Shen was silent for a while, and finally couldn't help but said: "But we have to exchange people back, but Li Zicheng and the others are not so urgent, because most of what we exchanged with him has nothing to do with Shunjun, and they all have nothing to do with him." They are some local thieves. Unless the officers and soldiers of the Shun army captured on the east and west roads are sent over, but I don’t have the right to make a promise.”

Wu Bai was stunned for a moment, and finally he couldn't accuse the other party, because Yang Shen was telling the truth. If it was in the Ming Dynasty, these Manchu captives would have become heads for military exploits. How can they be used to replace people? At least he is not willing. Take Ming army officers to exchange for some Liaodong Han people.

When Wu Bai was silent, Yang Shen suddenly lowered his voice and said: "It has already been said over there that Lord Subai's body will be placed on the first batch of exchange lists, and as soon as the exchange operation starts, it will be transported across the river. Seeing The weather is going to be hot, and the remains may not be well preserved by then."

After Wu Bai's eyes flickered for a moment, he finally said, "Have you found all the people on the list I gave you?"

After thinking about it, Yang Shen said: "About 14 people are still alive, 34 people died, and the remaining seven people are missing."

Although Wu Bai has long been used to seeing life and death, he was also surprised by this number. The list he gave Yang Shen was already a streamlined and streamlined list of the relatives and noble children of the Eight Banners. Wu Bai felt that he could be the backbone of the Manchus in the future, but he didn't expect that this time they would all be lost in Henan.

He silently thought in his heart that this was indeed a loss similar to the battle of Songjin. On that day, Cao Bianjiao led his men to charge into the main formation of the army at night, reaching the central army. Even Huang Taiji drew his sword and prepared to go into battle. Quite a few relatives and precious children died.It's just that the one who died that time was still worth it, after all, the Manchus still won in the end, but this time the one who died didn't know if there was any compensation, because it was a lost battle.

How many times can the Manchu fight such a battle?Wu Bai secretly asked himself a question in his heart.Even Wu Bai, who had never doubted the regent's many decisions before, was a little confused about the decision to enter the customs this time.They managed to defeat a corrupt Da Ming, how could they continue to fight against a new Da Shun?Is the blood of the people really shed?

Uncertainty about the future of the Manchus made Wu Bai feel a little short of breath. After thinking about it again and again, he finally did not order to interrupt the negotiation. Instead, he said to Yang Shen: "First exchange the corpses of the Manchus. Before the completion, our army will not cross the west of Qinshui, but Li Zicheng cannot let the army cross the east of Qinshui, otherwise this exchange can only be terminated. The next thing, you go to continue negotiating with there, I will go back to Weihui first Go get those prisoners here..."

When Yang Shen walked down the city wall, Lang Tan also walked back to his father from the ascent road. He cupped his hands and asked his father, "Are we going to prepare for the city defense next?"

Wu Bai looked at him and shook his head and said, "The Shun army should not be able to cross the river. The war here is over, and the next step is to see the progress of the ten kings."

Lang Tan is only in his 20s, and he is at the age where he wants to make contributions. Before that, he was on duty in the palace. This time he followed his father to the front line. Naturally, he wanted to go to the battlefield, not just do nothing here.So he said with some dissatisfaction: "The regent sent father down, I'm afraid he didn't let him wait and avoid the battle here?"

Lang Tan didn't know that his father had contributed a lot to the reason why he had been trapped in the palace and could not join the army, because Wu Bai didn't want his son to fight on the battlefield. With enough blood and a younger brother maintaining influence in the army, when Lang Tan matures, the external war should be over, and Lang Tan only needs to be a close minister next to the emperor.

Therefore, upon hearing his son's complaints, Wu Bai couldn't help but scolded: "What do you know about fighting? Your grandfather dared to attack the Wanming Army with dozens of cavalry back then. Why? Because four routes attacked Hetu Allah's Ming army lost three routes, and this route was a frightened silly roe deer. As long as they chased after them, they would be in chaos.

This army retreated from Henan, and its morale had already fallen to the bottom. The regent asked me to stabilize the morale of the army, not to let them continue to fight.If the Shun Army goes north, I will not let them defend the city, but give up on the Three Mansions of Henan and retreat to Baoding, luring the main force of the Shun Army to go north, so that the Ten Kings can attack Xuzhou..."

Chapter 451 Yangzhou One

The newspaper that published Luo Luohun's article not only shocked a Manchu veteran like Wu Bai, but also aroused huge discussions in the south.It is pitiful to say that the Ming Dynasty and the Manchus fought wars for more than [-] years, but except for some country gentry who had served as officials in the north and understood the difference between the Manchus and the Mongols, most scholars could hardly figure out the difference between the Manchus and the Mongols. difference between humans and Mongols.

In the minds of many scholars, the Manchus, like the Mongols, are nomadic peoples on the grasslands. Their impression of the Manchus does not come from the actual image of the Manchus, but the image of the Jurchens in Yue Quan’s biography , with two sable tails hanging from their ears, smelling like sheep, and heavy cavalry in iron armor, this is the Jianzhou Jurchen they imagined.

Scholars who have such a concept are rare scholars who care about national affairs, and there is even a group of scholars who just bury their heads in the Four Books and Five Classics and know nothing about the war between the Manchus and Ming Dynasty. They only know that there are rebels like Li Zicheng in the north , is disrupting the world.

This is also the reason why the southern gentry regarded the Shun army as their main enemy, rather than the Manchus who entered the customs.Because although the Manchus have entered the customs many times, as long as they can resist, the Manchus will eventually go back to Liaodong, and the place is still dominated by gentry.But where the rebels passed by, the Shiguan clan lost their family property, and even their lives could not be saved, so they had to flee to the south.