Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 423 Shaanxi War Chaotic Clouds (Part )
The memorial from Tuoli, the governor of Gansu and Qing Dynasties, that Zhao Guangrui only surrendered to King Su of the Ming Dynasty but not Mongolia, and the memorial from King Zhu Shizhong of the Ming Dynasty that he was willing to marry his sister to him were sent to Sultan's court almost at the same time. Before the case.

He lightly commented on Tuoli's memorial with the three words "got it", and his reply to Zhu Shizhong was even simpler, with only one word: "accurate", and then he closed his eyes and thought.

"Great Khan, what are you thinking about?" Queen Uljibayar asked gently, and kneaded his shoulders obediently. Since he regarded himself as the Great Lotus Khan of Mongolia, the Mongolian concubines have been "Your Majesty" was renamed "Great Khan".

"I'm thinking about the king of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Shizhong. I originally saw him as cowardly and timid, and thought he was easy to control. But now it seems that I have underestimated him. Haha, interesting."

"I feel that the Ming Dynasty is like the sunset that is about to set, but you are the rising sun. There is no need for those who are the sunrise to see the sunset like the setting sun." Queen Uli Jibayar smiled.

"You know how to tell me nice things to make me happy." Sultan smiled and ordered his attendants, "If there are any memorials related to Shaanxi in the past few days, they should be submitted to the emperor immediately without delay."

"Yes!"

Soon memorials from Shaanxi were sent one after another. When I saw that Zhu Shizhong and Wang Yongqiang jointly announced that they wanted to send troops to the south to seize the prefectures of Pingliang, Qingyang, Fengxiang, and Xi'an, and asked David to send a real Mongol army to help, and also begged for some money and food to support the troops, I couldn't help laughing.

As David's kingdom grew stronger, some demoted generals boasted that the Mongolian cavalry were invincible in order to cover up the embarrassment of their surrender. Over time, even he believed it, as if the real Mongol army would arrive and a powerful enemy would be able to kill him. This kind of scene was also common in the Qing Dynasty. When there was an uprising by the rebels, the Han governors who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty would "beg for help from the real Manchu army." Haha, why do I want to establish a vassal state in Shaanxi? Don't you just want to use you to contain the Qing army so that David can recuperate? If every battle requires the blood of my brave David, what is the use of having a vassal state? As for allocating money and food to you, that's ridiculous. If I don't ask you to be filial, it's fine. If you want to defeat me, there's no way!

After all, he was a mature politician who had been in power for 20 years. Sultan refused tactfully, "After years of fighting, the soldiers are tired, so it is not appropriate to send out a large army. The treasury is also empty, so the ministers are left to fend for themselves."

The so-called "you and others are responsible for it" means that you have to find a solution on your own. If you want to fight the Qing army, you can, but you have to send your own troops and raise your own food. I can only support it verbally.

Another memorial aroused his applause. Lanzhou City, which had resisted for several months, was captured by David's warriors.

After Xi Rimo was ordered to lead his army south from Ningxia Town, he made great progress and successfully captured Jinglu Guards, and joined forces with Alatancang in Lanzhou.

Originally, Nan Yikui, the commander-in-chief of Ningxia in the Qing Dynasty, was in danger after retreating to the north city of Lanzhou. When he saw another large enemy force coming from the enemy, he was heartbroken, but he still managed to stay calm and patrol the city defense. What he relies on is the city wall of Lanzhou. Lanzhou was known as Jincheng in ancient times. It was an important place on the Silk Road that "controls the strategic points and leads to the Western Regions." All dynasties have attached great importance to the city defense here. The Ming Dynasty even built a 231-mile-long city with two inner and outer city corridors. , a majestic city with nine outer city gates and towers built on the gate walls. The rolling water of the Yellow River is a natural barrier, and the towering, spectacular and solid city walls make this "Yellow River Capital" easy to defend and difficult to attack.

However, no matter how strong the city wall is, it cannot last long without food. The guard's undeclared war went beyond the expectations of the Lanzhou defenders. There was not much food in the city, and after several months of fierce fighting, the food was exhausted. Except for the soldiers guarding the city who could barely drink a bowl of gruel every day, the people had no food to eat. Once people are extremely hungry, they will eat anything from grass roots to tree bark. Tragedies of people changing their bodies and eating them occur every day. Even before someone is dead, there are already people waiting to cut their flesh and eat their corpses. The croaking vultures circle the city walls every day, making this city a hell on earth.

"Headquarters, Lanzhou City is in dire straits. Please find a way for our brothers to survive." Deputy General Yang Zhenbang broke into the commander-in-chief of Nan Yikui and asked.

"How to make a living?" Nan Yikui smiled bitterly.

"Surrender to the guards. The only way to survive is to surrender to the guards. Headquarters, I beg you on behalf of the brothers." Yang Zhenbang threw himself on the ground and knelt down. "What are you doing? Please get up quickly." After Nan Yikui helped him up, he shook his head, "Brother Yang knows that most of the guards outside the city are Li Chuang's old troops, such as Xin Sizhong, Fan Dingge, etc., now We all became high-ranking officials like the General Soldier. When we defected to the Qing Dynasty and served under Prince Ying, we beat Li Chuang's remnants so hard that we had a deep hatred for each other. If we were surrendered, would we be as good as our brothers? "

"The main town reminds me that it seems that the only way to fight the guards is to fight to the end." Yang Zhenbang sighed, saluted Nan Yikui and returned.

That night, the heavy Lanzhou East City Gate was opened from the inside to the outside, and groups of guards swarmed into the city.

Nan Yikui was still dreaming. The months of hard work were really hard and he was sleeping hard. Suddenly, there was a loud noise, and the general military mansion was filled with the sound of handover of troops.

"what happened?"

He exclaimed and got out of the bed, looking for only one shoe in his hurry. A sword came towards him, so fast, it pierced his chest with lightning speed.

He recognized the owner of the sword and was shocked, "Brother Yang, why is it Ruo (you)? We have a grudge against the guard general outside the city. If Ruo kills me, Ruo will not survive."

"Don't blame me in the town. I just wanted to find a way for my brothers to survive. As for the grudges back then. I was just the deputy general back then, and you were the commander-in-chief."

"Okay! Okay! As soon as Lanzhou is reached, Ningxia, Jingluwei, and Lintao will be connected. I no longer have to contact Zhu Shidong and Wang Yongqiang through the Alxa Desert. The military defense of the David Kingdom in Shaanxi will be more consolidated. !”

Sultan applauded repeatedly and ordered Tuoli, the governor of Gansu and Qinghai, Xi Rimo, the head of ten thousand households in Qinghai, and Alatancang, the governor of Gansu, to lead their troops back to their respective jurisdictions. Only Fu Shan, the governor of Shaanxi, and Sandan, the admiral of Shaanxi, were left to guard Lintao Mansion, Jinglu Guards, and Taozhou Guards with 5,000 cavalry and 15,000 infantry.

The reason for this attitude was that a mission sent by the Qing court with the great scholar Qi Chongge as its envoy came to Lhasa.

Qi Chongge was aggressive and loudly accused David of being unfaithful. He had just married the Qing Dynasty and sent troops to invade Shaanxi, demanding an explanation. On the surface, Qi Chongge came to investigate and prosecute, but Sultan knew that he came to negotiate. Although the Qing government had already exterminated the rebels of Jin Shengheng and Li Chengdong in the south, the rebels in the north were getting stronger and stronger, and were likely to spread from Shanxi to the surrounding areas. In June, the Shanxi rebel Wei Shijun entered Henan and took over Wu'an, Lin In counties and Shexian counties, civil and military officials such as county magistrates and garrison officials were appointed. Therefore, Dorgon wants to negotiate with me so that he can do his best to exterminate the rebels in the north.

In fact, Sultan didn't want to fight. He had just finished the big battle to pacify the Junggar tribe last year. This year, he just wanted to rest and recuperate. Most of the troops he sent to Shaanxi were surrendered soldiers and generals, just to take advantage of the rising war in the Qing court. . Since the other party wants to negotiate, it's time to take advantage of the situation.

On the one hand, he said that this was just the work of local officials and Yu Zhi of the Ming Dynasty, and it was not his intention, and made a gesture of withdrawing his troops; on the other hand, he lied and asked the Qing government to transfer Lintao Prefecture, Jinglu Guards, and Taozhou Guards to the Wei State. As the dowry of His Royal Highness Aixinjueluo Makata, the eldest princess of Gulunwenzhuang.

(End of this chapter)