Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 456
Geng Jimao was wearing cotton armor, sitting there with a spear in his arms, his expression was lonely, and his eyes were even wet.Geng Zhongming was very annoyed seeing his son like this.

Speaking of which, he also cultivated this son with all his heart, and he has been with him all the time to teach him personally, but now his son is so ignorant, he asked Geng Jimao to go to Emperor Shaotian as a hostage as a guard, but this boy came to talk to him about loyalty.What do you say that the Qing Dynasty's kindness to the Geng family is as heavy as a mountain.

Isn't this fucking nonsense?
Where did this bullshit loyalty to the monarch and patriotism come from?
If you really want to be loyal to the emperor, then you should be loyal to the son of Ming Dynasty, and you should love the Han family. Why should you be loyal to the Qing emperor and love Manzhou?

"The Qing Dynasty treated us well, we can't betray the imperial court and live up to the grace of the emperor!" Geng Jimao still insisted.

The angry Geng Zhongming slapped him with a slap, "Shit, what is not thin? Why do you think I surrendered and rebelled back then? Because the old slave wanted to kill me, I took all the Liao people to vote for Dongjiang Maoshuai .”

Xiao Geng pouted his neck, "But later, when my father was defeated in Dengzhou and had nowhere to go, Emperor Taizong accepted it without any blame, and even conferred the title of king. Isn't this a great kindness?"

"Don't you fucking think about things? Later, Huang Taiji accepted me regardless of the past, just because we were defeated at the time, but we were still a very strong force, especially with great influence. They accepted me, Dongjiang Town will also be abolished, not to mention that we still had a navy and a new type of firearms force in our hands at that time, these are what Huang Taiji desperately wanted.

If we didn't have these things, would Huang Taiji be so generous?

In the final analysis, it is because we have capital and use value, not some bullshit loyalty! "

In troubled times, what kind of loyalty do we talk about?
How much is loyalty worth? Can it be eaten or saved?

Mao Shuai also made great contributions to harassing Houjin for the imperial court in Dongjiang and restraining Jianlu, but in the end he didn't just kill him. Who would mention loyalty at this time?

After Mao's major incident, he sued the court for grievances. Did Emperor Chongzhen rehabilitate Mao Shuai?

No, on the contrary, he said that Mao Shuai was a prisoner.

Xiao Geng cried, "Father, Daqing treats my Geng family well, and must not be betrayed!"

"Nizi!" Geng Zhongming shook his hands angrily, and wanted to slap him again, Xu Degong, Lian Decheng, and Chen Shaozong's confidant generals hurriedly stopped him.

"My lord calm down, the son just didn't turn the corner for a while."

Lao Geng sat down on the ground angrily, "I really did something wrong."

"Has the lord really made up his mind?" Xu Degong asked.

But Lian Decheng was more concerned about whether Zhu Yihai's words were credible!
I always feel that this thing is too smooth.

"I still have a certain standard in judging people. I think Emperor Shaotian didn't mean to lie to me. The reason is simple. We are now sticking to Laizhou, with thousands of troops, and we can hold on for at least half a month. If you eat people and defend the city on your birthday, then you can still defend it for another three to five months."

"Even if the Ming army attacked without counting casualties, the damage would naturally be great. After all, we are Han Chinese, and we are not real Tartars. The Ming army has no reason to let the real Tartars go, and insists on spending time with us.

I met many old acquaintances in the Ming army today, Huama Liu Liu Liangzuo, one of the former four towns in Hongguang Jiangbei, Tu Guobao, the former governor of Jiangning, Li Yuchun, the governor of Zhejiang, Zhang Tianlu, the governor of Anhui, and many others. Walking in front of the emperor tomorrow,

You said that these people can have such a good result. Now I have a thousand troops in my hands, stick to Laizhou City, and am willing to take the initiative to surrender. Why not tomorrow? "

"But really let us go to Dongjiang?"

"Our going to Dongjiang is good for Mingzi. Firstly, we don't need to forcefully attack here to damage people. Second, if we really go to Pidao to reopen Dongjiang, then he will not suffer any losses, and he can also threaten the back of Manchuria. "

Geng Zhongming opened the altar of wine and poured glasses for the three old subordinates.

"If the prince has made a plan, I will follow to the death."

"Sun Long, 3000 people?" Xu Degong was a little bit reluctant to part with the 2000 people.

"Although the Son of Heaven told us to arrange for Sun Long to leave the city from the other side, I don't think it's that simple." Geng Zhongming clenched his fists, "If you don't do anything, just call Sun Long and tie him up or chop him up. A nomination certificate."

Geng Zhongming and Duren felt that Zhu Yihai's conditions were too generous. For the 2000 members of Sun Long's department, he only asked him to arrange another branch to be taken care of by the Ming army, but he felt that this was obviously hinting, and had at least two meanings. .

One is that the 3000 people are not allowed to be annexed and taken away, and the other is that he must be allowed to deal with the 3000 people to show his loyalty.

The emperor didn't say so clearly, but he believed that the emperor meant it, and as a courtier, he had to be able to understand it himself.

In troubled times, every step is difficult.

Geng Zhongming was able to survive the troubled times, and even achieve his current status, not because of his brains, his ability to survive, and his ability to be flexible.

At that time in his hometown in Liaodong, Houjin was on the rise, and he also knew the current affairs and joined Houjin. Later, the official Zhiqian was executed for committing crimes. A small number of Liao people went to the Dongjiang River.

Along the way, every key choice he made was to ensure his own interests first.

"Actually, Sun Long is not bad." Geng Zhongming sighed.

If possible, he still wanted to take Sun Long and his 3000 troops, but now, he couldn't.

"Arrange, tonight, call all the officers above the commander-in-chief of Sun Long's department."

After Sun Long received Geng Zhongming's order, he didn't doubt it, and rushed to the yamen with military officers at all levels to discuss matters.

Before entering the yamen, Chen Shaozong, Geng Zhongming's deputy general of the Chinese army, personally led his servants to guard the door, and asked all the officers participating in the meeting to hand over their weapons, and asked their attendants to wait in another place.

Sun Long and the others still didn't pay much attention to these, after all, it is normal to have more rules in the current war.

When all the officers arrived, Geng Zhongming still didn't show up.

Just when everyone was waiting a little impatiently, Chen Shaozong came in suddenly, followed by Geng Zhongming's elite servants from the brigade.

Looking at the shining swords and guns regiment cards, and the bows, arrows and firecrackers in the hands of the soldiers.

Sun Long's face changed drastically.

"What does that mean?"

Chen Shaozong was fully clothed, holding a long knife in his hand, "To be honest, we have already returned to the Ming Dynasty with Geng Shuai. Now my family's commander-in-chief is the Duke of Liao Dynasty in Ming Dynasty, the admiral of Liaodong, and the seal of General Liao Frontier. Re-open Dongjiang Town. "

Sun Long was secretly startled.

"So that's the case, and I'm willing to return to the Ming Dynasty with you anyway."

This surprised Chen Shaozong a little.

After all, Kong Youde had just been forced to kill in Dengzhou City by the Ming army.

"Sorry, that's not the order I received."

"Go!"

Following Chen Shaozong's order.

The archers drew their bows and released their arrows one after another, and the swordsmen and shields also surrounded them. In the narrow room, the unarmed Sun Long's department surrounded and killed dozens of officers and officers above the general level on the spot.

Soon, the room was filled with the smell of blood, and there was no longer an officer of Sun's army standing.

Sun Long was also shot into a hedgehog, dying with regret.

Chen Shaozong ordered his servants to cut off the heads of these officers and take them away for return.

Geng Zhongming didn't say a word when he saw the heads brought back by Chen Shaozong who came back.

"Don't do it again and again!"

Xu Degong even understood it.

The 3000 men and horses of the Sun Department received an order from Geng Zhongming to pay them and reward them, and everyone gathered in the north school ground in the middle of the city.

Just like when Wang Bao, the commander-in-chief of Ji Town, lied to Qi's army, Sun Long and other officers had been lured and killed, but the soldiers thought that the officers were still discussing matters at the commander's mansion, and happily accepted the order to gather at the North School Field.

When all Sun Bu's soldiers entered the school grounds, Geng Jun suddenly blocked all sides of the school grounds, and then ambushed soldiers everywhere, shooting Sun Bu condescendingly with artillery, firecrackers, bows and arrows, etc.

Many soldiers of the Sun Department did not even wear armor because they came to receive the reward, and many did not even carry heavy weapons such as spears and shields. No one would have thought that in Laizhou City, they would encounter betrayal and ambushes from their fellow soldiers.

The sound of the blunderbuss was endless, and the arrows poured down like rain.

Under this sudden attack, countless soldiers fell.

Finally, sword and shield soldiers and long spear soldiers entered the field and killed the remaining soldiers.

Sun Long's elite three-thousand-step cavalry of Kong Youde's tribe was slaughtered in this way.

In the end, Geng Jun ruthlessly chopped off all the heads of these soldiers and piled them up into a mountain in the North Campus.

After all this was done, Geng Zhongming sent his servants to send his son Geng Jimao to the Ming camp outside the city, and then brought back a team of Ming envoys to let them check the results of the battle in person.

The envoys who entered the city were also pale with shock after seeing the tragic massacre in the North School Field, and after confirming that Sun Long and other officers and soldiers were all ambushed and killed, they were also shocked and speechless.

The envoy returned to the Ming camp with a pale face, and brought back the heads of Sun Long and other officers, as well as the armor, knives and guns that Geng Zhongming had stripped from Sun Long's three-thousand-step cavalry, as well as their horses and military supplies.

Geng Zhongming sent them all to Ming Ying.

There is also a roster at the end.

After Zhu Yihai listened to the report, he was also shocked and speechless for a long time.

Chen Qianfu, Zheng Zhilong, Yan Wogong, many former imperial ministers, even looked at the emperor with a bit of shock and suspicion. They suspected that the emperor secretly ordered Geng Zhongming to do it. Otherwise, why did Geng Zhongming do this? Fierce and ruthless killing of his comrades and allies not long ago?
Zhu Yihai let out a foul breath, wanting to curse.

But in the end I held back, troubled times, this kind of thing can't be controlled.

Geng Zhongming obviously misunderstood what he meant. He made it clear to Geng Zhongming before that he was not allowed to take away Kong Youde's 3000 people. In fact, his intention was clear, which was to slightly restrict Geng Zhongming and prevent him from annexing the 3000 people.

He let Geng Zhongming go, but he wanted to encircle or capture Kong Youde's [-] old tribes, split them up and attack them, recruit one to surrender, and wipe out one.

Of course, even if he didn't want to let go of the 3000 members of Sun Long's tribe, it didn't mean he wanted to slaughter them.

He arranged for Geng Zhongming to let his grandson go out of the city alone, to surround and capture the 3000 troops, and then to break up, reorganize or even demobilize the 3000 troops to eat up the [-] troops.

But who would have thought that this Geng Zhongming slaughtered 3000 people without saying a word.

This ruthless method really shocked even Zhu Yihai.

But in this way, Geng Zhongming has indeed proved his sincerity anyway, so there is no need to doubt it any more.

"When will Duke Liao leave Laizhou?"

"They plan to leave tonight. Geng Zhongming also asked, can the court admit the annihilation of Sun Long and the 3000 people under his command?"

Zhu Yihai said expressionlessly, "Yes, after the Duke of Liao leaves tonight, he will publicize to the outside world that Laizhou broke through the siege last night and fought overnight. Sun Long led his troops to be in charge of the rear of the palace, and was finally surrounded and stubbornly resisted. In the end, the entire army was wiped out. But Geng Zhongming's troops broke a bloody path and broke out from the sea."

(End of this chapter)