Paper Maker: This is the end of the Ming Dynasty in Liaozhai

Chapter 226 The Chongzhen Emperor Who Spits Blood

After half a month of bargaining, Tang Xiangjin exchanged from Huang Taiji for 25 shi of grain to Shenyang City, Liaoyang City, Tieling, Kaiyuan and other places, taking all the land within the Liaodong side wall into his pocket.

Huang Taiji was very satisfied with this result, because they had already chosen to withdraw to the grassland, and Liaoyang City would naturally be useless. It would be great if Liaoyang City, Tieling, and Kaiyuan, which had lost their value, could be exchanged for urgently needed food But that's the thing.

And Tang Xiangjin is also satisfied. Being able to win Liaoyang City means that Daqi will soon be able to gain a firm foothold in Liaodong. Blocked in Haizhou Acropolis.

As long as the Weicheng of Gaizhou is not captured, the Ming army will never dare to attack Liaoyang City on a large scale. After all, the Weicheng of Gaizhou may cut off their rear and food roads at any time.

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"Old Luo, be careful, don't let the Jurchens trick you."

Looking at Shenyang City with its gates wide open in the distance, Tang Xiangjin warned cautiously that although the Jurchens had promised to trade the city for food, they had to be very careful.

"I will."

Luo Yi nodded. According to the agreement between them and the Jurchen, he would exchange the food with one hand and exchange the city with the other. He would first bring [-] soldiers and horses to escort [-] shi of grain to the outside of the city, and the Jurchens would withdraw some of the tribe and soldiers to escort them to the city. The food leaves first, and Daqi's soldiers and horses will occupy part of the city.

When the Qi army occupies most of the city, the Jurchens will all withdraw from the city, take over the city of Liaoyang with Daqi's soldiers and horses, and then get all the remaining food.

What he has to do now is to prevent the Jurchens from cheating. If the Jurchens leave elite troops in the city, and then go back and seize the city when the food is almost ready, they will not only lose food, but even the soldiers who entered the city will lose money. Both are dangerous.

After Luo Yi led people to escort the food away, Tang Xiangjin looked at Jin Haowen, a thousand households on the Black Ice Terrace, and said, "Jin Qianhu, let people keep an eye on the evacuated Jurchen soldiers and horses, and report any changes to them immediately! "

"Don't worry, Dudu, I will keep an eye on it."

Jin Haowen nodded with a serious expression, and then went down to make arrangements.

After Jin Haowen left, Tang Xiangjin's eyes turned to Shenyang City not far away again.

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On the other side, Luo Yi had brought soldiers and horses to escort [-] shi of grain to the outside of Shenyang City. At this time, there were already tens of thousands of old and weak women, children and cavalrymen of the Jurchen clan waiting outside Shenyang City.

On the tower, Yan Xia stood beside Huang Taiji and the others. Seeing Luo Yi coming, Yan Xia smiled and cupped his hands and said, "Khan, our food has arrived."

Hearing Yan Xia's words, Huang Taiji glanced at him indifferently, he knew that Yan Xia was urging him to fulfill the agreement.

After pondering for a while, Huang Taiji said: "Mang Gurtai, the people with the Zhenglan Banner go to the grassland to discuss with the various tribes in Monan to ensure that the tribes can pass smoothly. Duoduo, you lead some tribes first. Send food away."

In fact, he also wants to ambush some elites in the city, and wait until the Qi army has almost entered the city, and then raid the opponent and take back the city. There is no way to retreat.

It's a pity that the Qi army will definitely not give him this opportunity. After all, the young and strong of the Jurchen clan are all soldiers, and they can't mix with those old and weak women and children. Moreover, the spirit of those elites is not comparable to that of ordinary soldiers. It is as conspicuous as a firefly in the night.

Outside the city, after delivering the grain to Duoduo, Luo Yi led his troops into the city, and at the same time began to patrol the city to prevent the Jurchens from hiding soldiers and horses in the house.

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The Jurchens did not cheat, and the transaction went smoothly. After more than a dozen transactions, only a few thousand Zhengbaiqi soldiers and horses brought by Huang Taiji were left in the entire Shenyang City.

Under the leadership of Huang Taiji, Tang Xiangjin brought [-] Qi troops to the outside of Liaoyang City.

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On the other side, Sun Chengzong also received information from Jin Yiwei at this time.

"What did you say?"

Sun Chengzong's face was pale, with an expression of disbelief.

"Jianlue, Jiannu sold Shenyang City and Liaoyang City to Daqi."

Hou Zuomin, a thousand households of Jinyiwei, said bitterly, Jinyiwei had indeed deployed some spies outside Shenyang City and Liaoyang City, but they could only detect some Jurchen soldiers and horses mobilization, and it was impossible to detect any too confidential information.

It wasn't until Huang Taiji came outside Liaoyang City with Daqi's soldiers and horses that their spies knew that the Jurchens had sold Shenyang City and Liaoyang City to Daqi.

"Beat the drums, gather the generals!"

At this time, Sun Chengzong also reacted, and couldn't help gnashing his teeth and said, this matter is too big, much bigger than the Jurchen's occupation of Liaodong, once the news is sent back to the capital, I am afraid that all of them will have to be imprisoned.

Not long after, Zu Dashou, He Kegang, Zhao Liaojiao, Guo Qin and others who heard the sound of the drum rushed to Sun Chengzong's camp, but after seeing Sun Chengzong's gloomy face, everyone's hearts couldn't help but thump. .

This is not a good thing. Recently, the situation on the battlefield has been quite favorable to them. Because of Daqi, Mangurtai and the others were transferred back to Shenyang City. Without cavalry raids, they were able to attack the city with all their strength. With the current trend, it won't be long before they can take Liaoyang City.

And now Sun Chengzong's expression is obviously that the situation has changed, and it is bad news, otherwise Sun Chengzong would never look like this
"Jing Lue, but what happened?"

He Kegang cupped his hands and asked.

"Jianu sold both Liaoyang City and Shenyang City to Daqi, and now the people of Daqi have taken over Liaoyang City."

Sun Chengzong said in a low voice.

"what!"

"how is this possible!"

Hearing this, Zu Dashou and the others couldn't help but exclaimed.

After Zu Dashou and the others calmed down, Sun Chengzong continued: "Everyone, Liaoyang City has fallen into the hands of Daqi, what should we do? Fight? Or not?"

Sun Chengzong's words caused Zu Dashou and the others to fall into silence.

beat?
still do not fight,

Now that Da Ming and Da Qi have peace talks ahead, if they fight, it will be Da Ming's breach of trust and breach of contract, and then Da Ming's reputation will be stigmatized.

But if you don't fight, everyone present counts as one, and no one will end well. You must know that in order to quell the chaos in Liaodong, the imperial court has emptied all the family assets, and even transferred part of the soldiers and horses from Beizhili.

After all, the casualties of the soldiers who attacked the city must not be small. Many soldiers were killed and injured in the attack on Haizhou Weicheng before, and now they are attacking Liaoyang City.

Now that they have spent so much, they have only won one Haizhou Acropolis. If it is passed on to the imperial court, their fate will definitely not be much better.

But if they fight, they will end up in a place where the emperor is untrustworthy, and their fate will not be too good, because the reputation of the emperor cannot be lost, even the reputation of a foolish emperor is better than untrustworthy words, after all, the emperor has no jokes.

"Jinglue, let the court decide whether to play it to the court first."

After a long silence, Guo Qin shook his head and said, "The canal is still under Daqi's control. Once Daqi blocks the canal again, we won't even have food, let alone attack Liaoyang City."

"I will play the imperial court."

Hearing this, Sun Chengzong secretly sighed in his heart, yes, even the lifeblood is in Daqi's hands, so why attack Liaoyang City?

After a pause, Sun Chengzong narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "How about all the generals follow me to meet the number one general of Qi?"

Although he couldn't attack Liaoyang City, he was also quite curious about Tang Xiangjin, the number one general of Daqi. Daqi's current situation must be due to Tang Xiangjin.

If Su Hao is Liu Bang, then Tang Xiangjin is Han Xin. Winning Dongchang City gave Da Qi the capital to negotiate peace with Ming Dynasty, and winning Shenyang City and Liaoyang City gave Da Qi the foundation to establish a foothold in Liaodong.

"Yes!"

Zu Dashou and the others all bowed their hands in agreement.

"Jinglue, I don't know if I can let the lower officials accompany me."

At this time, Hou Zuomin, a thousand households of Jin Yiwei, asked with his arms folded. To be honest, he was also quite curious about this former colleague.

"Since Hou Qianhu is interested, let's come together."

Sun Chengzong nodded.

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On the other side, after getting the food they wanted, Huang Taiji and Dai Shan withdrew their soldiers and horses from Liaoyang City.

On the tower, Tang Xiangjin watched the Eight Banners soldiers drive tens of thousands of Liaodong people away, and he couldn't help sighing in his heart. Before, he also wanted Huang Taiji to keep the nearly [-] Liaodong people in Liaoyang City and Shenyang City. The price of Wanshi's food, unfortunately, Huang Taiji was not moved at all,
And he can't get any more grain. In order to attack Shenyang City, he hoarded more than 60 shi of grain in Weining Camp. He had already consumed 20 shi of grain in the previous four months, and bought another 25 shi of grain. Shenyang City and Liaoyang City.

Now he has less than 20 shi of grain, which is only enough for the army for more than three months. The rest of the grain has to be shipped from Shandong. There is no more grain to save the people in Liaodong.

"Captain, the Ming army is calling for battle at the south gate!"

At this time, a soldier hurriedly came to Tang Xiangjin and said anxiously.

"Go and meet that Sun Jinglue."

Tang Xiangjin narrowed his eyes slightly. He was not very surprised by the arrival of the Ming army. The Ming army fought the Jurchens for more than two years and cost a lot of money. In the end, half of the work was done, but he was asked to pick peaches. If Sun Chengzong did not get popular, Then there are ghosts.

Soon, Tang Xiangjin brought many first-class warriors to the south gate. At this time, outside the south gate, battle flags were flying, and 10,000+ Ming troops were waiting in line.

"It turned out to be Sun Jinglue, who has admired his name for a long time!"

Seeing Sun Chengzong and others riding horses in front of the formation, Tang Xiangjin smiled lightly and said, "I don't know why Sun Jinglue led the army to Liaoyang City."

Hearing Tang Xiangjin's words, Sun Chengzong's face suddenly became gloomy, and he said coldly, "You should ask me this question. Do you want to fight my Ming Dynasty by occupying my Liaoyang City and Shenyang City?"

"Sun Jinglue's words are wrong."

Hearing this, Tang Xiangjin shook his head and chuckled lightly, "The Shenyang City and Liaoyang City were bought from the Jurchens at a great price by Da Qi, why are you Daming's?"

"Humph!"

Sun Chengzong snorted coldly and said, "This Liaodong was captured by the Jurchens in a surprise attack on our Ming Dynasty, so it is naturally our territory."

"Hahaha!!"

At this time, Tang Xiangjin suddenly laughed loudly and said, "Sun Chengzong, are you joking with this general?"

"According to what you said, Daming's country was snatched from the Mongols, and your Daming's country is still owned by the Mongols, so why don't you ask your Ming emperor to step aside, and then invite Lin Dan Khan to come to Beijing to ascend the throne?"

"Hahaha!!"

Hearing Tang Xiangjin, Pan Ping and the others beside him burst into laughter.

But Sun Chengzong's face turned ashen when he was run off by Tang Xiangjin, but he couldn't think of anything to refute for a while. After all, what Tang Xiangjin said was right. It is estimated that it can be traced back to the heads of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors.

Now Shenyang City was acquired by Daqi from the Jurchen, so it is naturally Daqi's. It is a complete joke to try to force Tang Xiangjin and the others to give up Liaoyang City with righteousness.

If they want to take back Liaoyang City, they can only rely on the sword in their hands, but now only after Zhu Youjian agrees, they can attack Daqi, otherwise they will only make Zhu Youjian fall into the embarrassing situation of not trusting his words.

"let's go!"

Knowing that continuing to stay would only bring shame on himself, Sun Chengzong turned and left with a cold face.

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On the other side, riding a fast horse at this time broke the bustling bustle of the capital, and at the same time made the entire cabinet dead silent.

Shenyang City and Liaoyang City have fallen into the hands of Puppet Qi!

In the cabinet, Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren, Wu Zongda, Zheng Yiwei, and Xu Guangqi held the memorabilia sent by Sun Chengzong like a hot potato.

Everyone present didn't know that Zhu Youjian was full of confidence in taking back Liaodong since he took down Haizhou Acropolis, and now showing Zhu Youjian this memorial, the consequences may be unpredictable.

After a long time, Zhou Yanru said bitterly: "Go see Your Majesty."

Sun Chengzong's memorial has already been sent, and they have no choice at all. If they hold back and don't send it to Zhu Youjian, then when things get serious, they will all have to move their heads.

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Qianqing Palace.

Looking at the memorabilia handed over by Zhou Yanru, Zhu Youjian's face turned blue and purple, and his whole face was like a revolving lantern.

After a while, Zhu Youjian suddenly spurted out a mouthful of blood, and then collapsed on the desk.

"My lord!"

Seeing this, Wang Chengen quickly helped Zhu Youjian up, and screamed, "Send the imperial doctor quickly! Send the imperial doctor quickly!"

"His Majesty!"

"His Majesty!"

Zhou Yanru and others quickly surrounded him.

Not long after, the imperial doctor hurried to Qianqing Palace to give Zhu Youjian an injection, but Zhu Youjian didn't wake up for a long time.

"Doctor Zhang, why hasn't Your Majesty woke up yet?"

Seeing that Zhu Youjian hadn't woken up for a long time, Zhou Yanru quickly looked at Zhang Yi. Although Zhu Youjian was a bit mean and ungrateful, he finally figured out Zhu Youjian's mind and gained Zhu Youjian's trust. By checking out things.

"Ugh……"

Hearing Zhou Yanru's words, Zhang Yi sighed and said: "Your Majesty often stays up late, and works hard for the government affairs. He was exhausted before, but now that he is hit, his mind can't bear it all at once. I'm afraid it will take some time to wake up."

(End of this chapter)