Blood from Daming

Chapter 134 Dialogue
Li Qianhu hurriedly pulled Xue Yun to introduce three visitors to him: "General Xue, this is my cousin who is currently the Commander of the Jingwei Commander, this is Mr. Zhu, and Mr. Wang is a student from the capital. I have long wanted to see you."

Xue Yun seemed very enthusiastic and asked the three of them to sit down in front of the banquet, and the commander of the Jingwei Commander, Commander Li, said, "General Xue, you have been promoted so quickly, do you still know me as an old friend? "

Xue Yun looked carefully at Master Li for a while before he recognized him and laughed loudly: "I said, why is his face so familiar? It turned out to be the officer who let me go in the selection of the young pro-army last year."

Master Li: "It turns out that General Xue still remembers someone Li. If I let you go, I dare not say that I am no match for General Xue. I just want to save some face."

Li Qianhu then introduced to Xue Yun that Mr. Zhu and Mr. Wang are relatives of his family. Xue Yun glanced at Mr. Zhu and Mr. Wang and remembered that Mr. Zhu looked like a nobleman. too much.

The small courtyard where Xue Yun and the others have dinner is ingeniously arranged, simple and elegant, unique in shape, and full of fun. It is unique in restaurants in the Ming Dynasty. The waiters began to serve dishes to the round tables. Famous for its delicacy, Xue Yun and Li Qianhu, Mr. Li, Mr. Zhu, and Mr. Wang exchanged glasses to toast each other when the banquet was served.

Li Qianhu looked at Mr. Zhu's eyes and said, "Brother Xue heard that you made great contributions to the imperial court by Qingqi riding south to Shandong to eliminate thieves, but there are officials who have accused you of committing the crime of plundering land by private soldiers and colluding with rebellion. You sent troops without first reporting to the imperial court." Fighting is scary and troublesome."

Xue Yun: "Brother Li, the Shandong thieves besieged the Ming army in Cangzhou. The officials in Zhili and Shandong received letters for help and ignored them. Seeing death and refusing to save them is already a desperate imperial court. Criminals deceive the emperor. Although Cangzhou is besieged, there are children of my Xue family. Soldiers of the imperial court, not to mention that I have received information from my good friend Dongchang Xu Zhifu that there are a large number of White Lotus cultists among the thieves, as a general of the Ming Dynasty, I will naturally rescue my comrades for the sake of the Xue family."

Lord Li: "Brother Xue, there are rumors that you killed people, wiped out households, burned villages and slaughtered villages in Cangzhou and Shandong. The current situation in the court is not good for you."

Xue Yun: "I just led my own troops to help in the war. The White Lotus Sect and thieves in Zhili and Shandong have troubled the court and harmed the people for many years. Even women, children, the elderly, children and girls in the villages desperately refused to surrender. The people of Ming Dynasty are a group of alienated demons and heretics."

Prince Wang whispered softly: "General Xue, those who were exterminated by you are members of the White Lotus Cult. Is there any evidence for that?"

Xue Yun looked at Mr. Wang with some displeasure, and felt that these people seemed to be criminals today: "Mr. Wang's first criminal has been escorted to Dongchang for trial, and the rest of the criminals and evidence were escorted to the capital by Xu Zhifu of Dongchang Prefecture, Shandong Province."

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit dull, Li Qianhu greeted everyone and went for a drink, and then Prince Wang said: "The students admire General Xue very much, and I also heard my cousin Li Qianhu talk about the general's anti-golden deeds in Datong. It's just that after my cousin returned to Beijing, the general's military achievements have become more and more powerful. The students want to know that there are many Ming armies in the world, and the Jurchen battles have more losses than losses. It is a great achievement to be able to kill dozens of Tartar heads. The enemies killed in battle are thousands or even tens of thousands of Tartars."

After hearing this, Xue Yun's face turned blue: "Prince Wang, is it possible that you are referring to someone Xue killing a good man and pretending to be a good news?"

Prince Wang did not reply after hearing Xue Yun's rhetorical question, but just looked at Mr. Zhu. Mr. Zhu smiled and said to Xue Yun, "General Xue is a little restless, Mr. Wang is kind enough to ask you this way. There are many literati in the capital who are suspicious. I just want to know the truth and clear up General Xue's grievances."

Xue Yun: "Since you said that, Mr. Zhu, I will talk about the military affairs of Datong. Our army's successive victories in Datong depend on the sacrifice spirit of the soldiers and civilians of Datong. It has not formed a strong decisive force, and Huang Taiji's troops are divided into several expeditions by Lao Shi."

Mr. Zhu: "General Xue, please tell us about the specific defeat of Jianlu."

Xue Yun: "Everyone knows that the Jurchen iron cavalry has far surpassed the Mongolian cavalry who are proud of their horses, so every time the Datong army goes to battle, they are determined to die, forcing the Jurchen to give up their cavalry advantage and fight face-to-face with our Datong army. They are good at formations and firearms, and fight the Jurchen Tartars with their lives, and the Jurchen Tartars are mostly guerrilla warfare and refuse to use human lives to fill them up, so most of the Datong Army can end in a tragic victory."

Mr. Zhu: "As the general said, the Tartars in Jianzhou can still be defeated. If you ask the general to praise the court for a few years, the Jurchen rebellion in Liaodong can be quelled."

Xue Yun was a little surprised when he heard that Mr. Zhu did not speak in the tone of a general supervisor or scholar, but doubted his true identity while thinking and replied: "Recently the Jurchen Tartars have repeatedly failed in Datong. It is because Jianlu gave up the advantages of cavalry and Short attack long, if Jianlu changed his tactics to use the mobile power of cavalry, the Ming army would be completely at a disadvantage."

Mr. Zhu: "Since Jianlu knows that he can't gain advantage by going head-to-head with the Datong army, he has been fighting with the Datong army repeatedly."

Xue Yun: "The Jian captives were brutal, vicious and inhumane, and treated the people of Ming Dynasty like livestock. The Han people in the north were either looted or massacred. Our Datong army basically did not leave any Tartar prisoners, and even shot and killed many people. Jianzhou Baylor, Beizi, Jianzhou Jurchen hated our Datong army to the bone and wanted to wipe out our army in one fell swoop, so they gave up their strength and fell into my urn."

Mr. Zhu: "General Xue, the student asked you how many years you praised the painting for the court to quell the Jurchen chaos in Liaodong. The general hasn't answered me yet."

Xue Yun had guessed [-]% of his identity after listening to Mr. Zhu's eager inquiry: "Mr. Zhu's true climate has become an ordinary grassland tribe. I really can't answer this question now, but if Da Ming's strength is used properly, sooner or later he can defeat Jianlu. .”

Young Master Zhu didn't speak, but Young Master Wang probably said out of fear of being left alone, "General Xue, the Datong army beheaded over ten thousand Jian captives a few years ago. If you fight a few more battles like this, all the Jurchens will probably die."

Xue Yun: "My lord, I am afraid that the army and civilians of Datong were the first to die. Last year, the soldiers and civilians of Datong Mansion fought and built captives many times. There was no support from the Xuan Mansion or the imperial court. Now Datong Mansion is exhausted in manpower and material resources. Death only happens overnight. Although the Datong army beheaded [-] Jian captives last year, most of them were Han, Mongol, Jurchen and other tribes. There are not many real Tartars, not to mention some of them are Chahar Lindan Khan, Horqin Wu Keshan thanks to

Li Qianhu: "Brother Xue, if the Kung Fu invades Datong in spring, how can you resist the enemy's attack with a small area?"

Xue Yun: "Just try your best."

Everyone was stupefied with their first dishes, and Master Li, the commander, praised: "The food in Xue's "Xinghua Restaurant" is really delicious in the capital. I almost ate my tongue. Brother Xue, you must have some unique skills in these dishes. "

At this time, the waiter in the restaurant brings today's big dish. A three-layer fire boiler is placed in the middle of the table. There are three layers of hot food, which is very suitable for eating in cold winter.

Xue Yun helped the waiter to add vegetables to the hot pot and said: "This business also needs to be conscientious and responsible. The Xue family just implemented the business philosophy of what others have and what others have."

Mr. Zhu: "If people have nothing, I have it. If others have it, I have it. It is good. If General Xue builds a captive and invades Datong, I would like to ask the general what strategy he can offer to the court."

Xue Yun actually guessed that Mr. Zhu might be the Queen of Xin, and he also wanted to show off his military talents in front of him: "The imperial court should deal with the Jiancapitals in both military and economical ways. Partially attack the Jurchen forces, implement the policy of killing, burning, and robbing the Jurchens, so that the Jurchens can't rest and work hard all day long, and resolutely disagree with the Jurchen peace talks. Economically, a complete blockade is imposed on the Jurchens, and there cannot be a single grain, A knife, a piece of iron, and a tael of gunpowder flowed into Liaodong to completely liquidate the traitors of the Ming Dynasty, especially the traitors of the Xuanfu and Yingtianfu who had colluded with Jianlu."

Seeing that Mr. Zhu ordered Mr. Wang to take notes carefully, Xue Yun slowed down his speech: "The imperial court forms an alliance with the outside world and Mongolia resists Jianlu. In Mongolia, the best strategy is for the Ming army to plunder all parts of Liaodong, not focusing on attacking cities, but focusing on destroying, killing, and burning all the Jurchen population, livestock, villages, towns, grasslands, rivers, etc. The middle strategy is that the Liaodong Ming army go north to decisively fight Jianzhou and stay behind in the Eight Banners, the Xuanfu sends troops to cut off the Jurchen Jianlu’s retreat, and contacts the Mongolian anti-Jianlu forces to attack the Jurchen Tartars’ Eight Banners.”

Seeing that Xue Yun had stopped talking, Mr. Zhu asked, "General Xue, why didn't you speak out about your bad plan?"

Xue Yun looked at Young Master Zhu and smiled wryly: "The worst thing to do is to watch the Ming army in Datong Prefecture fight the bloody Jianlu to the end. This is what will happen soon."

Mr. Zhu: "General Xue is a little exaggerated. He actually thinks that the officials of the Ming court, the military and the people, are united in the same hatred. Once there is trouble in Datong, I believe that the emperor and the court will never sit idly by."

Xue Yun: "If the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty are like Mr. Zhu said, they will work together for the country and the people, even ten Nurhachis will not be afraid."

(End of this chapter)