"It is better to get a hundred catties of gold than to get a promise from Ji Bu." - "Historical Records: Biography of Ji Bu Luan Bu".
Throughout the ages, Ji Bu is not the only one who has made promises worth a thousand taels. Gao's pragmatic promises are also well-known. This has been spread all over the world after his heroic feats in Wei Hui during his childhood. He borrowed three hundred thousand taels in vain and returned them without a penny.
, this is far more than "a hundred catties of gold", according to normal conversion, it is thirty thousand taels of gold.
What makes it even more difficult to say a word of doubt is that the 300,000 taels he borrowed at that time was to help the victims, rather than for personal gain. Even though it was later discovered that Gao Pragmatic had spent the 300,000 taels.
There was no loss at all, but it can only be said that he managed it well.
Even the rebel generals who had long believed that they had committed the crime of treason could not help but be moved by the statement of such a high-ranking official with a good reputation and a powerful manager of the Seven Towns.
Maybe this is really a glimmer of hope?
Everyone is aware of the current situation in Ningxia. Although Kuaibai has always boasted that Ningxia's city defense is impregnable, everyone is a military officer. No one knows about siege. As long as the other party has the ability to besiege for a long time, it will be a matter of time for them to stay in the city.
A dead end.
Do the officers and soldiers have the ability to besiege the city for a long time? The answer seems to be self-evident. The huge Ming Dynasty certainly has such ability.
Even if everyone knows that the court is short of money, everyone also knows that the court's lack of money is caused by the establishment of vassal bans. Who is more important, the establishment of vassal bans and the suppression of rebellions? Obviously everyone thinks that it is definitely more important to suppress rebellions, so if the court
We were really forced to have no choice but to actually suspend the vassal ban or significantly extend the scheduled completion time from three years. We could definitely squeeze out money for a long-term siege.
Since the imperial court has the ability to besiege the city for a long time, it means that Ningxia will be finished sooner or later, and Kuaibai and his son will become losers sooner or later. As for their so-called "waiting for the world to change", most of the generals are not optimistic about it now.
This truth is actually obvious. The reason why the original reasons used by Kuaibai to convince them seemed very sufficient. The key lies in the great prospects specially outlined by Burihatu: Chahar takes care of Tumed; Ordos helps Ningxia stabilize the situation. Both sides
Waiting for an opportunity to carve up Shaanxi; the Huo Luochi brothers annexed Gansu and connected Qinghai, Gansu and Songshan into one.
According to Burihatu's grand blueprint, the four families can work together to surround the west and north sides of the Ming Dynasty in the future, basically forming a situation similar to the rise of the Mongol Empire. As long as everyone works together, the destruction of the Ming Dynasty will be just around the corner. Once completed,
With such great achievements, not only did Tumen Khan's achievements directly match those of Genghis Khan, but even Boshu Ketu, Kuaibai, Huo Luochi and others were all great Khans. It would not be impossible to rebuild the new "Four Khanates".
sure……
It has to be said that Burihatu's agitation ability is indeed very strong. Kuaibai believes that this prospect is completely promising and has always firmly believed in it.
But what about the facts? The Ningxia generals really had some hope at the beginning, but unfortunately the reality was too cruel, and the original plan was shattered with a short battle of Hurihuliang. In Buriha
The main force of the Ordos Khan tent, which was at a pivotal position in the blueprint, was defeated by the Ming army - of course, the Ming-Mongolian coalition forces to be precise - and even Boshu Ketu Jinong himself was captured on the spot.
Immediately afterwards, the Ordos tribe suddenly changed and became an accomplice of the Ming army. It turned its guns and began to attack Tu Wenxiu. Another main force, the Yilduqi tribe, also went on an expedition to Huoluochi with Tuotuo.
Is there any hope for this? No matter how optimistic the estimate is, there seems to be only one possibility to reverse the decline, and that is for the Tumen Khan to quickly launch a large-scale Western Expedition while Tuo Tuo is away on the expedition.
If they can't defeat Thumut and completely reverse the situation of the entire right-wing Mongolia, otherwise, all the grand plans for hegemony will be just a mirror image and there is no possibility of realization.
Of course, perhaps we can also count on Huo Luochi and focus on the Tu brothers, hoping that they can defeat Tuotuo and Yilduqi with the advantage of waiting for work. If this can be done, the situation in Ningxia will probably be slightly stable for a while.
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Perhaps because they had not completely given up on brothers Tumen and Huo Luochi, although the Ningxia generals all received the memorandum - in fact, it might as well be called a letter of persuasion to surrender - no one took action immediately, but quietly contacted each other.
, and outsiders have no idea what exactly was said.
However, the actions of the generals alarmed Kuai Bai and his son, who began to worry about their own safety.
The meaning of Gao Pragmatic's statement is actually very simple. It is a typical "only punish the first culprit and ignore the rest." Unfortunately, for Kuai Bai and his son, this attitude is equivalent to a reminder, because they are the "chief culprits" defined by Gao Pragmatic.
"All the generals have a way to retreat, but they, the father and his son, have no way to retreat. Behind them is an abyss, and they can only go to the dark side in one way.
However, when the father and son put it together, they discovered that their views were exactly the opposite.
Kuai Bai believed that although the generals had a way out, he had done a good job in wooing them, as long as there was no bad news from Tumen Khan and Huo Luochi brothers - like the capture of Boshu Ketu
That kind of - then for a while, they will not listen to Gao Pragmatic's deception and turn to the army.
Therefore, even if the position of the generals is shaken, it is not yet time to "clean up the door." After all, tens of thousands of highly pragmatic troops are outside at this time, and it will be very dangerous if such turmoil occurs internally. This kind of
It is entirely possible for civil unrest to be exploited by high pragmatists.
Kuai Chengen's attitude is just the opposite. He believes that since Gao Pragmatic sent troops, the government and army have gone too smoothly. Especially the main force of Boshu Ketu Khan's account, which is the closest and strongest reinforcement to Ningxia, was defeated by the government and became a
After defeating the Ming court's lackeys, the generals' confidence in their father and son will definitely be greatly shaken. At this moment, it is impossible to determine whether the generals will be tempted by the highly pragmatic surrender letter and take risks to commit "big things".
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Therefore, Yi Chengen strongly advocates preemptive strike. Even if considering the current enemy, there should not be too much internal turmoil, at least he must kill the chicken to scare the monkeys.
, use the head of a certain general to warn the other generals, letting them know how serious the consequences of betraying the Kuai family are.
After listening to his son's opinion, Kuai Bai was in a dilemma. Kuai Chengen's statement was not unreasonable, especially for a military group. If there were signs of rebellion that were not contained in time, the consequences would sometimes become
Unimaginable.
But Kuaibai thought he understood Gao Pragmatic's intention very well. He must have wanted to cause civil strife in the city of Ningxia, and then take the opportunity to violently attack the city and seize Ningxia in one fell swoop.
If he kills the chicken to scare the monkey as his son hopes, it will be fine if everything goes well. If there is any accident, Gao Pragmatic outside the city will definitely fan the flames and let the civil strife break out and no longer be under control. By then, he will
You don't even need to attack the city to directly reap the benefits.
Although it is good to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, at this moment, it is really difficult to control the heat, and if you don't do it right, it may turn into a firecracker.
After thinking about it, Kuaibai still rejected his son's proposal, but he still gave a sign and said that he would wait and see the outcome of the battle between the Huo Luochi brothers and Tuotuo and Yilduzi, and also look at Tumen.
Will the Great Khan send troops?
Kuai Chengen was not satisfied and kept asking for a while. Kuai Bai had no choice but to tell him more clearly, saying that Tumen Khan was far away and it might be delayed until we get the news. Then it would depend on the performance of brother Huo Luochi. If
Brother Huo Luochi is defeated, we will immediately kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, lest Gao Pragmatic use this victory to continue to intimidate and lure the generals.
Yi Chengen reluctantly accepted this statement and returned to his residence with a sullen face.
Once he returned to his house, Kai Chengen knew that a guest had arrived. This guest, whom Kai Chengen had never seen before, had heard of his name - none other than Zhou who had once defended the Ningxia Central Guard against the rebels.
Zhe.
Kuai Chengen was furious when he heard this and wanted to kill Zhou Zhe on the spot. Unexpectedly, Zhou Zhe laughed loudly and said, "I came to save you, but you want to kill me. It's really a strange thing in the world."
When he heard this, his heart moved. He asked the servants of the Cangtou Army to take action slowly, and said coldly: "My family has an army of more than 100,000 people. Even Tieling Li Yincheng is far behind. Why do you need Ercao to save us?"
Zhou Zhe laughed and said: "Li Yincheng was knighted for his military exploits. He is the first of the frontier commanders in this dynasty. How noble his status is. How can it be compared with your rebellion? You say you have many troops, not to mention the so-called more than ten.
How many percent of the army of ten thousand is real? Let me ask you: How much of this army does your family take, and how much does the generals take?"
Kuai Cheng'en's heart trembled, but his face became more and more stern, and he snorted softly: "My Kuai family extends kindness to all the generals, and the soldiers of the generals are the soldiers of my Kuai family."
Zhou Zhe sighed: "In this case, your heads will be hanging on top of the Ningxia city tomorrow... What a pity, what a pity! It's a pity that Gao Shutai thought that your father and son were also deducted from their military pay, and their military morale was unstable.
I had no choice but to do such a thing, to be killed like this, wasting all my abilities..."
Chi Chengen felt chilled in his heart. Images of the generals flashed through his mind, and he asked: "Gao Shutai... what do you mean by this?"
"I'm not afraid to tell you the truth." Zhou Zhe spread his hands: "Gao Shutai sent many lobbyists to Ningxia City to lobby, but the student was only one of them, and because he was old and weak, he was the slowest... By the way
, I wonder if anyone among the other generals can tell you about this?"
Yi Chengen's expression changed drastically, and he quickly asked: "You said there were lobbyists from other people there already?"
Zhou Zhe didn't answer, but laughed: "It seems that no one told you... Sigh, it seems that you can't save your good head."
Wei Chengen was a cold-blooded person to begin with. Hearing these words, he became extremely angry and said bitterly: "I should have known that these bastards were unreliable! After receiving the memorandum, not one of them was handed over. It can be said that they were calmed down, but
The government sent lobbyists, but no one reported it. You really think I don’t dare to kill anyone anymore!”
Zhou Zhe curled his lips and said: "What's the use of killing people at will? Even if you kill Liu Dongyang or Xu Chao, will the rest of the people be frightened? Don't even think about it. Now Tuotuo, Yiledu
Qi, Taihuhan and three groups of elite cavalry went to surround Huoluochi with 70,000 to 80,000 people, and focused on the rabbits and harpies. Can they still come? As for Tumen, how could he dare to send troops to the west if he didn't capture Daning? Chahan
Don’t you want Hot?
What is the situation of our officers and troops? In addition to the 60,000 to 70,000 troops on three sides of Shaanxi, there are also tens of thousands of Shanxi reinforcements, and there are 20,000 Sichuan reinforcements. The total is at least twice that of Ningxia, and they are all elites from each town, not Ningxia.
These temporary rabble-rousers in the city.
Under such circumstances, who can come to save the lonely city of Ningxia? Since no one can save it, none of the generals in the city will have their own plans. Wouldn't it be good to unite and sell your father and son, so that the court can forget the past and even be rich for the rest of his life?
"
Yi Chengen's face changed drastically, and he breathed heavily. After a moment, he asked: "Gao Wu... How does Gao Shutai plan to treat me?"
Zhou Zhe was stunned when he heard this, and suddenly discovered a key point: Kuai Chengen didn't mention Baibai, but only asked himself.
"Gao Shutai said..." Zhou Zhe said slowly: "Whoever opens the city first to ask for surrender will be regarded as the first meritorious service. If he kills the enemy and fights for division in the city, his merit will be increased. On the emperor's side,
Gao Shutai can guarantee that his merits will be exonerated, and not only will no harm be done to him, but he will also be rewarded based on his merits."
Yi Chengen rolled his eyes and asked: "How to reward me?" He reminded: "Although my father and son do not have an army of more than 100,000, they still have 60,000."
Zhou Zhe said calmly: "The hereditary commander-in-chief of Ningxia."
Kuai Chengen was overjoyed at first, but then he didn't believe it. He doubted, "I never heard that the chief soldier can be hereditary."
Zhou Zhe shook his head and said: "Why not? Isn't the Duke of Guizhou the hereditary general of Yunnan?"
Yi Chengen opened his eyes wide and said in disbelief: "Gao Shutai can make my father and son become the same as the Duke of Guizhou? I don't ask if he can..."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "You want to know why he did this, right?" Zhou Zhe smiled, shook his head and said: "There is no doubt in this, Daming has only one enemy at the moment, then
It's Tumen. As long as Tumen can be eliminated, Ming Dynasty will have no worries. Compared with this, Ningxia, a mere town of one generation, is nothing. Do you think the emperor will care? Besides, Ningxia's general soldier will be hereditary for you and his son, but it's just
According to the old system in Yunnan, it has nothing to do with civil servants, so why should Gao Shutai be stingy?"
Kuai Chengen was overjoyed and hurriedly patted his chest and agreed. At the same time, he also expressed his loyalty and said: "If this happens, if Gao Shutai goes to conquer Chahar in the future, my family will definitely invite him to be the vanguard to repay Gao Shutai's kindness."
!”
Zhou Zhe smiled, responded generously, and reminded: "This matter is already imminent. If 'those people' are allowed to take the lead, I never said these words just now..."
A murderous intent flashed through Yi Chengen's eagle-like eyes, and he nodded slowly: "Since they are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust. Mr. Zhou can sit in my house for a while, and I will go and get the matter done quickly.
Already."
Zhou Zhe shook his head and said, "I'm not going to sit down anymore. I have to tell the lord the news here quickly, otherwise the lord doesn't know who the loyal ministers and good generals are."
When Yi Chengen heard this, he hurriedly said: "That's right, that's right. This matter really can't be delayed, so I'll do it to Mr. Zhou."
Zhou Zhe stood up with a smile and said goodbye: "General Yi is busy with the army, so I won't bother sending you far away. From now on, the students will still have time to come to the general's residence to ask for help in Ningxia... Say goodbye."
Kuai Chengen said politely, and when Zhou Zhe left, he took a deep breath and said to the servant beside him: "Go, mobilize the Cangtou Army and the Ningxia headquarters, and say that I have a secret order from my father, and there is something important that needs to be done immediately.
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PS: To control the length, the story of how Yi Chengen killed non-direct Ningxia generals is basically left blank. Tomorrow’s chapter will only briefly explain it, and we will immediately enter the subsequent aftermath.