Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 460 Sending envoys to discuss peace
After Chenshi the next morning, after Zu Zepu briefly introduced Sun Chuanting's background to Li Suitai, he took him to the Ming army camp outside the west gate of Songshan City.

Li Shuitai saw the neat and continuous tents in the camp, the patrols with bright armor and strict military appearance, and the wide and flat passages in the camp, and he couldn't help feeling admiration in his heart: It can be seen from the well-organized internal affairs of the barracks that this Ming army and the traditional Ming army such as the Liaoxi Ming army have undergone earth-shaking changes.

Zu Zepu and Li Sutai went all the way after a strict body search at the gate of the camp and received the pass. Whenever they encountered sentry soldiers in the camp, the leading official school would step up to strictly check and interrogate them. The leading team was the general The identities and intentions of the persons to be received must be given a simple and clear statement before they will be released again.

After going through several checkpoints and inspections by patrols, the group finally stopped at dozens of steps in front of a huge tent covering an area of ​​several tens of feet. The leading team was just yelling softly to tell them not to move around, and then turned around Go quickly to the tent gate on the west side.

There are tent doors on the front, back, left, and right sides of this huge tent. In front of each tent door, there are two rows of guards with a total of twenty soldiers holding swords. soldier.

These soldiers were carefully selected from the [-] Qin army. Every soldier is a good fighter in battle. All of them are tall and mighty, with bright armor on their bodies. Looking at Zu Zepu and Li There was indifference and bloodthirsty in Su Tai's eyes, as if as long as the Shangguan gave an order, he would pounce on them and tear the two of them to pieces.

Although it is late spring now, the temperature in the Northeast region is still unstable, and the outdoor temperature is about [-] or [-] degrees in later generations. However, under the watchful eyes of these soldiers like sharp knives, I have seen many scenes, But Zu Zepu and Li Sutai still felt the inexplicable coercion, the surrounding air seemed to freeze, the two of them were unnatural from the very beginning, until they were sweating profusely at the end.

"The commander-in-chief has an order, and the comers will come in with three roll calls!"

A high-pitched and loud voice pulled the two back from the brink of collapse. After wiping the sweat off their foreheads at the same time, Zu Zepu restrained his mind and walked towards the tent door first. Calmly follow behind.

"The humble Jinzhou General Zu Zepu has a meeting with Sun Dushi!"

"I am the envoy of the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and the flag of the Han army, Zhenglan Banner, Meilezhangjing, Li Suitai, please see the scholar Sun of the Ming Dynasty!"

Zu Zepu and Li Sutai walked into the big tent which had been pulled up after calling their names loudly. Two tall soldiers on the inside of the tent door held the handles of their knives and stared at them coldly.

Although it was daytime, several huge tallow candles were still lit in the four corners of the big tent, illuminating the slightly dim inside of the tent.

Behind a huge table, Sun Chuanting, who was wearing a big red crane mending suit, black gauze on his head, and a white face with a slight beard, was sitting on the grand teacher's chair, looking straight at the two people who entered the tent with piercing eyes. The identity of the staff stood by his side.

"The humble Jinzhou General Zu Zepu has a meeting with Sun Dushi!"

Zu Zepu knelt down on one knee, cupped his hands and called out his name and saluted loudly.

"I am the imperial envoy of the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, the flag of the Han army, Zhenglan Banner, Meilezhangjing, and Li Shuitai, have met Ming Dynasty Sun Xueshi!"

After Li Sutai stood still, he bowed his hands with a solemn expression and saluted.

"Let's get up, General Zu Shen, why did you come here today? Where did you get this person? Is there anything I need to meet with the Governor?"

Sun Chuanting, who was sitting still, said in a solemn voice.

"Report to the supervisor, this person was captured by the patrol of the headquarters under the city of Jinzhou. Because he claimed to be the messenger of the slave chieftains in Jianzhou, he was afraid that he would miss the important affairs of the court, so he personally escorted him here!"

Zu Zepu got up and cupped his hands and replied.

The contempt in Sun Chuanting's words aroused Li Sutai's great dissatisfaction. He cupped his hands and protested: "Scholar Sun Mingjian, I am not spying on the military situation of the Ming Dynasty. How can I get it? Because I have a sacred mandate, That's why I just endured the humiliation and came in by name. I never thought that a scholar would humiliate me intentionally. This is the way of hospitality in the great kingdom of heaven? Are you not afraid that the wise people in the world will ridicule you if you spread the word of the scholar's style today?"

"Hehe, what you call the Great Qing Dynasty is nothing more than the Jianzhou Jurchen living in a remote corner. Its land is only a few hundred miles away, and its population is only a million. How can the slave chief Hongtai Hede dare to proclaim himself emperor?

You and others conferred titles on Daming, and Jianzhou is also the inherent land of Daming. You have been nurtured by Daming for many years, and you don’t want to repay your kindness. With countless resources, what qualifications do you have to speak eloquently in front of the Governor? !If the governor hadn't seen you as a man, he would have hung your head high above the gate long ago! "

After Sun Chuanting sneered, he sternly reprimanded Li Sutaidao.

"Bachelor's words are wrong! Although my Qing Dynasty is located in a remote place and the population is not large, I am self-confident, and all of them are forging ahead. The momentum is like the rising sun. After it rises, it will surely shine Boundless land!
I am not here today to argue with the scholars, but my emperor has seen the continuous fighting between the two countries, resulting in the loss of lives and the displacement of the people. Cessation of troops to stop fighting, build a stable situation together, sign an agreement that there will never be swords, and repair the eternal alliance between the two countries.

This is a statement of peace agreement written by my royal relatives, and I hope that the scholar will forward it to the Emperor Ming! "

Li Sutai argued for a few words, but with a guilty conscience, he immediately changed the topic to serious matters, took out a letter from his sleeve, and bowed down with his hands in his hands.

Sun Chuanting changed his mind and smiled slightly, and did not continue to argue with Li Suitai.

In his eyes, whether it was the enslavement messenger in front of him or the slavery army tens of miles away, they were all like dry bones in a tomb. The letter was taken.

"Since you claim to be a messenger, you should know the intention of the slave chief to send you. The governor will ask you, what does the slave chief Hongtai want to do? Negotiate peace? How do you say this? You should tell the governor about it!"

Sun Chuanting didn't read the letter Xie Renxing put in front of him, but looked at Li Sutai and asked in a deep voice.

"Back to Xueshi Sun, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty told me face to face that the primary responsibility of this peace negotiation is to respect Ming as the superior state, and the two sides stopped fighting at this point. The two countries still have their own territories in their current positions. After that, the two countries will resume Shi Yi, the Qing Dynasty is willing to send envoys to the capital of the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute every year, and is willing to send troops to sweep up the Northern Fan for the Ming Dynasty, so as to protect the nine borders of the Ming Dynasty from the disaster of Mongolian captivity.

If the emperor of Ming Dynasty makes an order, our Qing Dynasty can send troops to conquer for the Ming Dynasty those who do not obey Wang Hua.

My emperor finally stated that if the Ming Dynasty insists on being an enemy of our Qing Dynasty, then our Qing Dynasty will all serve as soldiers, and our emperor will personally lead hundreds of thousands of armored men and tens of thousands of Mongolian iron cavalry. The strong soldiers will fight the Ming Kingdom to the end!This is the so-called rather broken jade than complete tiles!

These few items are the main purpose of this peace negotiation, and I hope that the scholars will offer their words to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty after thinking about it, and it will be a matter of great benefit to both countries to accomplish these things! "

Li Sutai first suppressed and then raised. First, he expressed his sincerity to propose peace with a low profile, and finally he impassionedly threatened with force.

"Hahahaha! What a hundred thousand armored men! What a tens of thousands of Mongolian iron cavalry! What a whole people are soldiers! In front of the governor and my strong army of Ming Dynasty, he is nothing more than a native chicken Wagoer! That's all! Since Mrs. Hong has the intention of negotiating peace , then the governor will give you a favor, send this form to the capital, and be judged by the emperor of Ming Dynasty! Come, see off!"

(End of this chapter)