Guangzong Yaoming

Chapter 336

"Since you are asking for surrender but are unwilling to hand over your weapons, I can assume that you are pretending to surrender!"

This is the core issue. At this moment, Yuan Keli, Li Chengliang, Zhang Weixian and Dayun were negotiating with Daiqing from a distance of dozens of steps.

Behind Daiqing was Lindan Batur, who was guarding him.

"Our four tribes have almost been occupied by the Ming Dynasty. We are homeless people. If the Ming Dynasty refuses to leave us a way out, then we will naturally fight to the death. Should the Ming Dynasty continue to kill countless people and completely destroy us, or should His Majesty the Emperor come in person to accept our surrender and sign a peace treaty so that we can believe that the Ming Dynasty can give us a way out? Doesn't Governor Yuan have even this little patience?"

Li Chengliang looked at the calm little Daiqing and said nothing.

Although they were doomed to lose, if the remaining nearly 15,000 Khanate troops were to fight a desperate battle, the Ming soldiers would still suffer huge casualties.

This move was extremely cruel. Their Khan had asked for surrender in order to save their lives, but if the Ming Dynasty still refused, then they would naturally not be given any chance to survive.

This is just in case, to maximize the fighting power of the defeated soldiers.

At the same time, try to take three to five days to rest.

"Do you want us to give you some food?" Yuan Keli looked at Dai Qing.

"As the defeated general said, what we want is a way to survive. If Governor Yuan is willing to give us some food, we can be more confident that the Ming Dynasty will give us a way to survive. Now we are surrounded here, and there is the sea to the south. Do the Ming soldiers still worry that we can fight better after having a full stomach?"

"It doesn't matter if we move west or north. As long as we have a place to live, we will be satisfied. However, His Majesty the Emperor must sign a peace treaty with our Khan, write it down as a letter of credence and seal it, so that we can believe the words of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty and will not trick us into laying down our weapons and then slaughter us all. Tumed helped you fight, and the Khan's court was defeated. Doesn't Governor Yuan want the two tribes to no longer be enemies?"

"As long as the peace treaty is signed, our Khan will send a message to Khalkha and Khorchin. The Khanate has surrendered, can they resist the Ming Dynasty on their own? In this way, the Ming Dynasty can only focus on suppressing the rebellious Jianzhou Jurchens."

After hearing what he said, Yuan Keli could only ask again: "Why don't you surrender now? If we let you go back, how can the Ming Dynasty believe that you won't break the agreement again in the future?"

"If they take away our weapons, how long will it take us to become a large army again?" Dai Qing replied, "As long as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty comes in person to sign a peace treaty with our Khan. How can we make the Ming Dynasty believe that we still have room for negotiation?"

The four of them looked at each other.

The attitude is really very humble. Is this a decision made in a life-or-death situation?

It’s not that I don’t want to be disarmed, I just want to talk about it after the negotiation is over.

It is reasonable to say that they were afraid that the Ming soldiers would cheat them for merit. How great would it be if they could easily get so many heads?

But Yuan Keli still didn't want to be restrained by them like this, and he couldn't let down his guard. "The army is surrounding but not attacking. You naturally know that after receiving the letter of surrender, I have sent a fast horse to present it to the emperor. Before the order arrives, we will not touch you. If you want to live, there is only one way. Put down your weapons now, and food will be given to you. If you don't put down your weapons, then the Ming Dynasty also has a labor-saving method to surround you here and starve you to death."

Dai Qing looked at him from afar: "Why is Commander Yuan forcing us like this? Does he have no pity for the lives of his soldiers and is determined to fight us to the death? He can't wait even a little bit. Commander Yuan wants them to go to the east and north as soon as possible, right?"

At this time, Liu Jing couldn't wait any longer and ran over.

He didn't want to come because it was annoying.

"General Yuan, why are you nagging them? The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are not afraid of death!"

Yuan Keli looked at him quietly.

Liu Dadao only had to chop and kill with all his might, but he had a lot of things to consider.

In this desperate situation, the Ming Dynasty could have proposed very favorable conditions for the peace treaty to ensure that it would not let the tiger go back to the mountains in the future.

And once the deal is concluded, the lands outside the border wall that have just been captured will gain extremely valuable time to consolidate.

It would be easy to kill them all here, but the Ming Dynasty will have a new border in the future, so it still needs to be fully prepared.

What's more, at this moment we have to suppress the rebellious Jianzhou Jurchens.

These are merely strategic benefits, not to mention that the officials in the court may also consider this: if victory is achieved in this way, it means that the emperor and the Privy Council have made good plans, and the merits of the generals and soldiers on the front line can be less mentioned.

Isn't this the reason why Liu Jing is so upset?
"I am bringing the surrendered Jurchen soldiers to your camp with my armor removed and my hands free. You should take us as hostages and lay down your weapons." Li Chengliang suddenly said, "With us here, we can give you some rations to keep you and us alive. That's possible. What do you think? If you are unwilling to do that and insist on dragging our army here to waste time with you, then I will order an attack right now, even if my generals are still outside."

Yuan Keli was shocked and looked at Li Chengliang.

If the Tartars could accept it, it would mean that Li Chengliang was willing to join the game himself, so that the Ming Dynasty could have the opportunity to use fewer troops to watch them first, and the remaining troops could be sent to the east as soon as possible.

Even if the emperor decides to come, it will take a long time.

It may take quite some time to negotiate the terms.

There are also corresponding rituals afterwards...

As long as they really want to surrender rather than delay, Li Chengliang's proposal is indeed a solution.

If you don't agree to this, then the sincerity of surrender...

"Have the Jurchen generals and soldiers surrendered?" Dai Qing asked.

"What?" Li Chengliang stared at him. "If you are pretending to surrender, I will give you 1,800 Jurchen soldiers who can be used by you. Isn't it good? Go and ask. I will only wait for two quarters of an hour. If you are willing, I will go to your camp first, and then Governor Yuan will arrange to receive your weapons. If you are not willing, we will start the war in an hour."

Li Chengliang looked at Yuan Keli and asked, "What do you think, Governor Yuan?"

He is now the Left General of the Front Army and the Governor-General of the Beijing Camp in name only, while Yuan Keli is actually the Right General of the Left Army and the commander-in-chief of all the troops in Liaodong.

Yuan Keli looked at him and knew that this was Li Chengliang's final concession.

Who wouldn't want to earn credit? He risked his life to promote the overall situation, and he had a great contribution; originally he should have gone to the east to support and intimidate the Jianzhou Jurchens with his past reputation, but now that Liu Jing had arrived, he could give this opportunity to Liu Jing and Dayun; Zhang Weixian was not as good as a general, so it would be good for him to do something here to safely guard the surrendered soldiers. After all, he was already a duke, and he had successfully lured the enemy with his body before.

If this doesn't work, Yuan Keli can say something to test the Tatars and find out that they are just pretending to surrender. Although the imperial decree has not arrived, we can still fight.

Thinking of this, he nodded to Dai Qing: "Two quarters of an hour."

Dai Qing glanced at them and nodded with a heavy heart.

Faced with such a desperate situation, of course the decision was to surrender in order to save these young and strong men, rather than feigning a surrender.

It was he who persuaded Lindan Batur to endure this great humiliation.

But it does need to be dragged on.

Drag the issue until the Ming army, Inner Khalkha and Khorchin suffer heavy losses on each other, and tie down as many Ming troops as possible here.

Only in this way can we, after signing the "surrender treaty" and retreating to Mobei, gather and integrate the broken tribes with an attitude of sleeping on straw and tasting gall.

The Khanate had experienced such a great defeat and such humiliation. If Lindan Batur still had ambition, he must be prepared to endure the humiliation and recover step by step.

He was only a teenager after all.

Each tribe has been independent in the past, so perhaps this is an opportunity to establish a truly unified Khanate.

At least it is a unified Khanate except for the right wing.

On the way to Lindan Batur, Dai Qing thought about the risks after laying down his weapons.

Is Li Chengliang’s weight enough alone?

Is that enough? Unless he can be so righteous and tell his colleagues that they will attack only after the Khan's army lays down their weapons and hands them over to them.

They always wanted to mobilize more reinforcements to defend against Khorchin, Khalkha and Jianzhou Jurchen.

I told Lindan Batur what I meant just now, and of course Lindan Batur said, "How can that be possible? Wouldn't that mean we will be at the mercy of others right away?"

"We are at the mercy of others." Dai Qing looked to the west, north and east.

The army surrounding them at this moment is more than 50,000.

Once the encirclement is completed, there is no need to defend other places anymore. Instead, this place is the shining example of a great achievement that is almost halfway into the pocket.

Maybe there are more Ming troops on the way.

With their own strength, could they break through the thick Ming army? If they broke through the army, could they break through the surrounding border walls with many forts? If they broke through the border walls, could the remaining people still break through the Ming and Yehe coalition forces that were resisting the Khalkha and Khorchin in the Liaohe area?

"Khan, it's good that they want to send more troops for reinforcement. This time it's not just the Khan. I also thought that the current Ming army is only slightly stronger than a few years ago. Unexpectedly, the current Ming Dynasty..." Dai Qing sighed, "If there is no major chaos in the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that the Ming Dynasty will become stronger and stronger in the next few decades. Your ambitions, leave it to time. Maybe you have to wait until the current emperor gets old, or maybe you have to wait until your descendants. But the more troops the Ming Dynasty has, the easier it will be to subdue Khalkha and Khorchin... maybe it will be easier to subdue them after you go back and take advantage of their fear of the Ming Dynasty..."

What I mean is, don't worry about whether you can take the opportunity to inflict more damage on the Ming Dynasty.

The most important thing is to survive.

The teenage Lindan Batur closed his eyes in pain and unwillingness.

Maybe I shouldn't have gone south in the first place, but I should have thought more about Daiqing Duling's question, "You won't even help with stir-frying flowers."

Later, more wrong decisions were made.

This lesson is too profound and too painful!

"Promise them."

He spoke in a desolate voice, as if all his energy had been drained away.

In the southwest, the imperial edict was actually on its way to the capital and the south.

The whole journey was smooth and fast.

The decision wasn't difficult at all.

In fact, Zhu Changluo just lacked time.

If the grassland tribes have any more ideas next time, they will face flintlock rifles or even machine guns.

And during his lifetime, there were at least nine ways to prevent the Tatars, who had been badly defeated this time, from taking any rash action!

Shanhaiguan was opened again, ready to welcome the emperor to come out and accept the surrender.

"Great victory in Jinzhou! Khan begs for surrender! Soldiers conquer thousands of miles of territory! Great Ming wins!"

Outside the east gate of the capital, this news immediately caused cheers from the people of the capital who had been worried for years.

"Expand the territory by thousands of miles?"

"What's so strange about that? How can the chieftain of the barbarians surrender without ceding land and paying compensation? Wanli, how much land can you divide?"

Discussions in completely different directions began to spread from the north to the south.

The Tartars who begged for surrender... With the courage and means of the emperor who is determined to launch an all-out war, there should be no room for them to cause trouble again, right?
At least two or three generations will not be a problem!
Next up are only the Jianzhou rebels and the ungrateful North Korea!

(End of this chapter)