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Chapter 263 Wang Yangji: Am I actually a genius in persuading surrender?

Jiangxia, Xinghua Generalissimo (Chu Prince's Mansion).

Carrier Hall.

Liu Sheng looked at the battle report sent by Yang Heqing. He was so happy that he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"The Ming army was well defended in Qizhou, but they insisted on attacking us. As a result, they suffered a huge defeat and lost tens of thousands of troops. The defeated army also looted the city of Qizhou and then abandoned the defense. They did this, It would be unreasonable for our troops not to occupy Qizhou and other places."

Ma Shimin laughed at the side and said: "The commander-in-chief is right, God will not take the blame, but he will bear the blame."

"Then let the First Division occupy Qizhou, Guangji, Huangmei, and Xingguo Prefecture on the south bank of the Yangtze River."

Du Yinxi came to report on the administrative work of Hanyang Mansion today, just in time to catch up with the good news.

Du Yinxi didn't know what to say when he learned that Xu Wenqi and Fang Guoan took the initiative to advance westward and were defeated.

He thought about it carefully and felt that Xu Wenqi was not the kind of person who could not see the situation clearly, so he said: "Commander, Xu Wenqi led the Ming army to march westward for most of the last resort reasons."

"It seems that Mr. Du knows Xu Wenqi quite well." Liu Sheng said with a smile, "According to the news from the Xunfengwei spies in his army, Xu Wenqi originally intended to stick to Qizhou, but Chongzhen issued imperial edicts one after another. Strictly order him to attack our troops - Mr. Du, how do you feel about this matter?"

Du Yinxi sighed, "The court is really in a hurry."

In fact, he wanted to say that Chongzhen should not force Xu Wenqi to march westward, but as a former famous minister, he did not have the nerve to speak out against Chongzhen in front of Liu Sheng.

Liu Sheng put down the battle report and said: "This Xu Wenqi is also a talented person. Since Mr. Du knows him, can you persuade him to surrender?"

Du Yinxi said, "The commander-in-chief has misunderstood. My subordinates have only met Xu Wenqi a few times, so I'm afraid it will be difficult to persuade him to surrender."

"Mr. Du, haven't you changed your mind yet? Sir, help our troops to overthrow the Ming Dynasty and change the dynasty as soon as possible. Then the people of the world will die less. Why do we have to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty?"

Du Yinxi was silent for a while.

Liu Sheng sighed again: "It's a pity that Xu Wenqi has great talent, but he was forced to defeat by the foolish king. If he can't surrender to our tribe, I can only punish him with hard labor."

Hearing this, Du Yinxi also sighed and said: "My subordinates can try to persuade Xu Wenqi to surrender, but there is no guarantee. Wang Yangji, the prefect of Jingmen, should be more familiar with him and better at persuading him to surrender. The commander-in-chief may ask Wang Yangji to give it a try."

Liu Sheng smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, you two can try to persuade me to surrender - this can be considered a credit."

Wang Yangji does have some talent for persuading surrender.

Previously, Wang Weiping, the magistrate of Wuchang, and Zhu Shiding, the governor of Jiangzhou, had asked him to persuade him to surrender - of course, the main reason was that these two people had a certain understanding of the Wei tribe and did not resist.

Liu Sheng was short of people, so he directly appointed Wang Weiping as the prefect of De'an.

As for the martial arts scholar Zhu Shiding, he was sent to the advanced training class for general officers - all the martial arts scholars in the Chongzhen Dynasty were fierce generals, and this one was no exception.

Nowadays, the Ministry of Finance is really short of administrative officials.

At the county magistrate level, Weibu could barely transfer a group of talented military and political officials from the army.Because the work of a county magistrate is relatively small and simple, there are indeed many military and political officials in the Weibu who have temporarily handled the government affairs of a county.

However, there is a serious shortage of chief officials and assistant officials at the government and provincial levels.

Because officials at the government and provincial levels need to have certain experience, knowledge, and vision, which not only requires a certain accumulation of knowledge, but also requires sufficient life experience.In comparison, the military and political officials of the Kuaibu Department are too young.

Therefore, Liu Sheng is now relatively active in persuading Ming officials to surrender - provided that the official meets the recruitment standards of the Wei Ministry.

Xu Wenqi obviously meets this standard.

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A remote courtyard in the Chu Prince's Mansion.

"Du Zhongyan, I never thought that you would surrender a thief too!"

In the house, Xu Wenqi looked at Du Yinxi who came to persuade him to surrender. He was not angry, but his face was full of disappointment after being surprised.

Du Yinxi said, "I didn't expect that the Wei army was so powerful that instead of sticking to Qizhou, you actually led the army to march westward."

After hearing this, Xu Wenqi fell silent for a moment and sighed: "The emperor has issued several strict orders. The situation in Hunan is indeed critical, and I have to send troops."

Then he came to his senses and asked, "Were you forced to surrender to the bandits?"

Du Yinxi smiled bitterly, "After I was captured, Liu Sheng actually seemed to know me and said that if I didn't surrender, he would concentrate his troops to go eastward along the river and capture Nanjing. What do you think I should choose?" "Liu Thief actually valued me so much. To you?" Xu Wenqi was very surprised, and then frowned and said: "But if he is willing to change the direction of the army for the sake of a surrender, I'm afraid it's not a big deal, right?"

"It was only later that I realized that he probably didn't want to attack Nanjing this year, but he was just using it to force me.

However, at that time, the Yi army had heavily hoarded troops in Hanyang and Wuchang and could send troops eastward at any time. How could I dare to bet? "

Xu Wenqi was silent for a while, and then said: "You have a reason for surrendering the thief, but I can't surrender. You can leave."

Du Yinxi felt embarrassed at first, so he didn't try to persuade him. He immediately held his hands in silence and left.

One day later, Wang Yangji came again to persuade him to surrender.

Seeing Wang Yangji, Xu Wenqi lost his composure, "Wang Yangji, I knew you would subjugate thieves!"

Wang Yangji was very thick-skinned and was not angry after hearing this. Instead, he smiled and said: "I, Xi (characterized by Xu Wenqi), don't say it in such a bad way. What do you mean by surrendering to thieves? What I call it is conforming to the general trend."

Xu Wenqi snorted coldly: "The general trend? The thieves can only occupy Huguang, so how can they achieve the general trend?"

Wang Yangji had accumulated a lot of experience in the previous work of persuading surrender, and he also understood the process of Du Yinxi's persuasion to surrender. In addition, he had worked with Xu Wenqi for one or two years and had some understanding of this person, so he was somewhat confident about persuading him to surrender.

"We are in the west. I won't go into details about the power of the Wei army. You should know it in your heart. It is many times stronger than Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others. Even the Red Scarf Army of Taizu of the Ming Dynasty was probably not as good as that.

As for the current situation in Ming Dynasty, do you know something about it?The Liaodong frontier army was defeated, and tens of thousands of elites were trapped in Ningjin. They might be wiped out by Jiannu at any time.

The intruders occupied Henan Prefecture and Kaifeng Prefecture, and then marched into Shandong Province. They defeated the official army and had great intentions of marching northward.

Even if the intruders do not send troops northward, but only block water transportation, the capital side may not be able to hold on, and the Liaodong Army will also have problems due to lack of military rations.

As for other parts of the Ming Dynasty, not only the official administration was corrupt, but there were also constant natural disasters and military disasters.But that person was impatient and irresponsible.Under such circumstances, how many more years do I think Ming Dynasty can sustain? "

After hearing Wang Yangji's words, Xu Wenqi was silent for a moment.

Wang Yangji added, "As far as I know, after the Yi army captures Huguang, next spring, they will either march west to Sichuan or east to capture Nanjing.

The fall of the Ming Dynasty is already a certainty. In this case, why don't we surrender to Marshal Liu and make the change of dynasty faster?In this way, the people of the world can suffer less disasters. "

In fact, Xu Wenqi was already deeply disappointed with Chongzhen and the Ming court when he was forced by Chongzhen to march westward.

Now I have been persuaded by Du Yinxi and Wang Yangji one after another, especially after hearing Wang Yangji's words, I was very touched.

However, he came from a family of officials. His grandfather served as governor of Guizhou, and his father served as governor of Guangxi and participated in politics. It can be said that he has been favored by the country throughout his life.

Even if he felt in his heart that the Ming Dynasty should die and the Wei tribe should be prosperous, it was really difficult for him to rebel against the Ming Dynasty and return to the Wei Dynasty.

So he was silent for a while.

Just when Wang Yangji showed disappointment and thought that persuading him to surrender had failed, Xu Wenqi said: "I heard that officials who do not want to surrender to the Wei tribe will be punished with hard labor - can you ask Marshal Liu to give me some time and let me do this for three months?" Do you have to do hard labor before making a decision?"

Wang Yangji was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't help but said: "I, Xi, since you are already heartbroken, why do you still have to suffer for three months?"

He is really incomprehensible.

Xu Wenqi looked at him with firm eyes.

"Okay, okay, okay," Wang Yangji said defeated, "I'm telling you this, but you have to be prepared. Three months of hard labor is not that easy to endure."

After leaving the small courtyard where Xu Wenqi was under house arrest, Wang Yangji couldn't help but smile and whisper to himself, "Is this considered a success in persuading me to surrender? Is it possible that I am a genius in persuading people to surrender?"

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When Wang Yangji came to Chengyun Hall, Liu Sheng was reading the Shandong intelligence forwarded by Ruyang via telegram.

After Li Zicheng defeated three Ming armies under Zhang Guowei's command in Caoxian County, Yanzhou, he advanced with great success and soon occupied nearly half of Yanzhou Prefecture.

Originally, peasant uprisings broke out all over Shandong this year, but they were suppressed by the Ming army.

The arrival of Li Zicheng and tens of thousands of elite rebels was just like when they entered Henan Prefecture. Rebels from all over Shandong instantly rose up, turning into a prairie fire in this cold winter!
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　　Good night~
　　
　
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