The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 557
Niu Mu hurriedly lowered his head and raised his hands, "Your subordinate dare not!"

"Then prepare well." Qin Zuoming said and patted him on the shoulder, "This matter was ordered by His Royal Highness the Assistant King himself, and you will know the meaning of it by then. By the way, my eldest brother will lead the East Route Army The Suiding Mansion will launch together, you kid will gather energy to kill the enemy, don't be compared to them!"

"Yes!" Niu Mu immediately stood at attention and saluted.After the training of the officers sent by the Dragon Guard Army, the formation and etiquette of the Baigan Army have somewhat resembled the Dragon Guard Army.

"General," Niu Mu seemed a little worried, and continued, "Xian Kou and Hauge have fought back and forth for more than half a year, and there is still no winner. This Xian Zhong still has a slight advantage. The subordinates did not find that Kou Bandit had any He Yixiang, how can you be sure that they will be defeated in the near future?"

"Why are you asking so much?" Qin Zuoming put on a stern face again, pretending to be angry, "How many plans have you made for advancing troops, withdrawing troops, and deploying defenses? Are the officers below memorized by heart? How many times have you touched the terrain along the way?"

Niu Mu shrank his neck, "Subordinate, I have to go back to prepare for the battle..."

"Go." Qin Zuoming smiled, "I think you are too comfortable, boy!"

After Niu Mu left, he turned to wave his horsewhip at the guards, "Let's go, let's go to the Paoying Camp again. This time it's a 'big deal', don't let anyone hold you back."

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Zhang Xianzhong looked up at Zengjia Mountain in the distance, and then turned to look at Ai Nengqi beside him.

The latter immediately urged the horse to take two steps forward, cupped his hands and said: "Father, the ministers on the top of the mountain who discussed the matter have visited several times, the mountain is very steep, the vegetation is sparse, there is absolutely no possibility of ambush.

"Your servant carefully selects a thousand elite soldiers from the royal forest to guard at the foot of the mountain, ready to respond at any time. Even if there is a change, there will be ten thousand elite soldiers from the third brother within ten miles behind, and they will be able to return to Guangyuan City on the same day.

"Besides, I have just reported back from the horse scouting. The captives came with only 800 people, and they were all at the foot of the mountain on the north side. Qi Chongge, Wei Yijie and others have already arrived at the wooden pavilion on the mountain, accompanied by only ten guards."

Zhang Xianzhong nodded, and thought, Dorgon was really in a hurry this time, not only sent a number of senior officials, including the University Scholars and Du Yushi, to negotiate a peace, he even sent a clan member as a hostage.Just as Nie Qi said, it seems that the thief has no other thoughts, and he will be able to negotiate a good deal today.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help sighing, "I didn't expect that I would negotiate peace with the Tartars..." He shook his head, "I don't know how the history books of Daxi will write today's events."

Ai Nengqi cupped his hands and said: "Father, this is an expedient measure. When the court recovers in the future, the sons and ministers will engage in marriage and raise an army to kill all the captives. It's a shame today!"

Hearing the words, Zhang Xianzhong sighed, whipped his horse, and ran straight towards Zengjia Mountain, feeling melancholy in his heart, shame?I don't know what year and month it will be... Now Daxi is sandwiched between Nanming and Jianlu, and the land is decreasing day by day.Although relying on Dingguo to fight a few victories, winter will soon come, and the millions of Daxi people he brought from Chengdu have not even had food rations, and most of the soldiers are exhausted.If this battle continues for a long time, I am afraid that the country will not be safe...

After another journey, he abandoned his horse and climbed the mountain, but a horse galloped over and reported to Ai Nengqi, who immediately said: "Father, the news reports indicate that the army is gathering troops in the west and south. unknown."

Zhang Xianzhong waved his hand, "Most of them got the news that I was secretly meeting the Tartars here, so some of their reactions were normal. Just let Dingguo pay attention, because the Ming army is weak, and they would never dare to trouble us."

"My son obeys the order."

There are only two winding trails to go up the mountain. When Zhang Xianzhong reached the top of the mountain, he saw Qi Chongge and other four Qing officials standing outside the wooden pavilion and cupping their hands, "I have seen the Emperor Daxi."

Their opening set the tone of today's negotiations—the Qing court recognized the Great Western Kingdom, and the two sides will communicate in a country-to-country manner in the future.

Zhang Xianzhong nodded casually, sat down in the wooden pavilion, looked at Qi Chongge and said, "Why didn't Haoge come?"

"Well, General Jingyuan has been fighting with your country for a long time, so it is inconvenient to appear on this occasion." Qi Chongge first glanced at Ai Nengqi who was standing behind Zhang Xianzhong with a knife, took a step forward, and said in a low voice, "Prince Su and our regent Emperor Daxi must have heard of some discord. The regent sincerely wants to stop the troops, fearing that he will come here to disrupt the situation."

Zhang Xianzhong hummed, stopped talking nonsense, and went straight to the point, "Tell me, how do you want to rest?"

Qi Chongge sat down opposite him, and then said: "His Royal Highness the Prince Regent means that both of us will retreat with our respective lands as the boundary. From now on, we will be neighbors for eternity and live in harmony."

Zhang Xianzhong snorted coldly, "Although Ningqiang is in your hands, it is no different from my city. Either we discuss it tomorrow, and I will take down Ningqiang first tonight."

He said that Ningqiang is Ningqiang at the junction of Shaanxi and Sichuan, and it is the gateway to the Hanzhong fortress.

"This..." Qi Chongge frowned, the bottom line Dorgon gave him was to give up on Ning Qiang - this place is not easy to defend, but he also knew that he couldn't let go too easily.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Xianzhong immediately said again: "Another 20 shi of grain should be allocated to me, otherwise I will have to go to Hanzhong to get grain."

Sweat dripped from the forehead of Qi Chongge, could it be that Xian Kou already knew that the regent wanted me to negotiate a peace agreement on this trip, so he opened his mouth like a lion!
After some haggling, Qi Chongge finally agreed to almost all of Zhang Xianzhong's demands, including drawing the south side of Hanzhong as a boundary, returning Sichuan to Daxi, transporting 18 shi of grain to Shu, marrying the princess to Ai Nengqi as his concubine, and so on.

Dorgon is very clear about the current situation. If the battle in the south of the Yangtze River cannot be won completely, the Qing Dynasty is likely to lose all the victories since it took over the Central Plains.Therefore, he had no choice but to put all his eggs in one basket and gave up a lot of interests in Mobei and Sichuan, just to concentrate all his forces on the Yangtze River and ensure that Nanming would be wiped out in one fell swoop.

After the end of the day, the two parties finally reached an agreement, and each signed the agreement.

Qi Chongge put away the peace book, heaved a sigh of relief in his heart, and was about to say a few words on the occasion before leaving, but suddenly heard a loud noise like thunder on the opposite hillside.

The wooden pavilion he was in immediately shook, as if it was about to be shaken apart.

Both Zhang Xianzhong and Ai Nengqi were battle-tested people, and they immediately said in unison: "Cannon!"

Ai Nengqi drew out his single saber in a flash, and shouted to the imperial guards, "Protect your father, go down the mountain!" He looked at Qi Chongge and the others with blood-red eyes, "What a thief, how dare you plan a plot!" He called to the four guards around him , He raised his knife and rushed forward.

Qi Chongge and others only heard the word "big gun", but the words behind them were covered by the sound of the gun, and they looked at each other in shock.Wei Yijie said in a trembling voice, "The intruders must have set up an ambush against us! Let's go!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a cold light flashed in front of him, Ainengqi's single knife had penetrated four inches into his neck.

(End of this chapter)