Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 302 Final Conditions

Tangning gave the Qing court an hour to make a decision. After an hour, he welcomed those who were willing to surrender.

If they were still stubborn and unwilling to surrender, he would use a hundred machine guns to kill them all.

Of course, this is an exaggerated rendering, he can take out a hundred machine guns, or even more, but there is no way to be so extravagant.

After all, the bullet consumption rate of a hundred machine guns is terrifying.

Now that the elite forces of the Qing court have been surrounded, why waste it so extravagantly?

Many people in the Qing court already knew what a machine gun was, it was a powerful firearm that could be fired at a distance of at least three hundred feet, and could fire very quickly and continuously.

It is so powerful that it can directly penetrate the human body and dismember people and war horses alive.

In the face of this kind of firearm, any brave charge is futile.

This kind of firearm, let alone a hundred, even one, can seal off an area.

Anyone can imagine that once Tang Ning put out a hundred machine guns, in this open area, the Qing elite who basically had no protection would be slaughtered without the slightest ability to resist.

Time passed by every minute and every second, the high-level officials of the Qing court were still discussing, and the soldiers and common people below were also discussing, with nervous expressions.

More than half an hour passed, and the Qing court had not yet made a decision.

With a wave of Tangning's hand, hundreds of soldiers got off their horses, untied their machine guns and ammunition boxes from their horses, and moved to the front of the formation.

A series of machine guns were erected, separated from each other by a certain distance.

Although they haven't counted them in detail, there should be a hundred machine guns. Tangning didn't seem to be lying. The Qing court immediately panicked when they discovered this scene. They immediately sent people to raise white flags, as if they wanted to contact Tangning directly.

In fact, how did they know that most of the ammunition boxes next to the machine guns were empty.

Because the ammunition box hadn't been opened, and the ammunition belt hadn't been loaded into the machine gun, it couldn't be seen directly. None of them would have thought that Tangning was bluffing.

Even if they can think of it, they don't dare to bet, it's too terrible.

The Qing court sent Dai Shan, who was relatively senior, to directly contact Tangning. A group of people approached slowly with white flags.

Under Tangning's order, the new army dismounted Daishan and the others and handed over their weapons. Then they led a group of ten people to Tangning.

At this time, Dai Shan was over [-] years old, and his figure was a little thin. It may be because of overwork, even if he tried his best to cheer up, he looked a little sluggish.

If Tangning remembered correctly, in the official history, Dai Shan died of illness two years later.

For an elderly man over [-] years old, Tangning still gave him basic respect. Instead of sitting on a high horse, he took the initiative to get off the horse.

Hauge, who was accompanying him, hurried forward and respectfully called Prince Li, Daishan just nodded and didn't say much.

Because it was on the battlefield, conditions were limited. Tangning asked someone to use the wooden box as a stool to sit opposite Daishan, while Hauge sat on Tangning's right hand side and Daishan's left hand side.

This was the first time that Dai Shan saw the rumored King of Light Tangning with his own eyes. Before that, he had only heard that the King of Light was young and promising, with the looks of Pan An and the talents of Zhuge.

When I saw him today, although his appearance was slightly exaggerated, he had to admit that there is nothing worthless under his reputation.

"Prince Li must be here to give me a satisfactory answer." Tangning took the initiative to speak out and went straight to the point, with a neither humble nor overbearing attitude.

Dai Shan pondered for a while, and then said: "Dare to ask the Guangming King, how will he arrange for my Manzhou clan to go up and down."

From this sentence, Tang Ning knew that the Qing court had already considered surrendering. The purpose of sending Daishan here was nothing more than to change the unconditional surrender into a conditional surrender, and strive for more favorable terms for the Qing court.

In fact, Tangning could have said, "You are not qualified to negotiate with me. There is only one way, and that is to surrender immediately. If you don't surrender, you will all die."

But now, Tangning wanted to recruit these people for his own use, so naturally he couldn't do anything wrong. After all, this generation is also the elite of Manchuria, if they don't show face at all, it's hard to guarantee that they won't have other ideas in the future.

After all, even some soft bones of Ming Dynasty chose to rebel because of some injustice after they voted, not to mention those Manchurian elites who were more stubborn.

Therefore, Tangning pondered for a while, and said, "Since Prince Li asked directly, I won't beat around the bush."

"First of all, the title of the Great Qing Dynasty has been abolished. Shunzhi must abdicate and be reduced to a prince, and all civil and military officials will be dismissed. Other members of the royal family can enjoy the same level of treatment as a prince."

"Other princes, county kings, etc. can retain their titles, but only those who serve Daming wholeheartedly can enjoy the same treatment."

"All the armies of the Eight Banners must accept the reorganization of the new army. The new army plans to reorganize [-] cavalry divisions, and each division has [-] people. If there is no accident, all the eight banners can be incorporated into the cavalry division. It will open up the territory of the Ming Dynasty and establish meritorious service. .”

"I, Tangning, have always cherished talents, cherished talents, and didn't pay much attention to family background. As long as you serve Daming with all your heart, the Han, Manchu, Mongolian and other ethnic groups are all one family. Let's work together to build a great Ming Dynasty."

Having said that, Tangning stopped, looked at Dai Shan and said, "Your Highness, are you satisfied with these conditions?"

Dai Shan was about to speak when Tang Ning said, "Your Highness, this is my final condition, and it is impossible to increase it."

Hauge on the side interjected: "Prince Li, His Royal Highness King Guangming, is already very sincere. If it is a crime, we are rebelling. If we are held accountable, many people will be exterminated."

Hauge's words are indeed correct. Nurhachi was originally a courtier of Ming Dynasty, but he supported the army to rebel. This is a serious crime to destroy the nine clans.

Dai Shan glanced at Hauge slightly, but in the end he didn't say much, because he saw Tangning's determination, and given the current situation, he really couldn't make any other demands.

Otherwise, once Tangning was angered, she might not even have these conditions.

He also saw from the short conversation just now that although Tang Ning was young, she was decisive in her actions, she really paid attention to talents, and she had a very long-term vision.

Although Tangning only said that the Han, Manchu, and Mongolian tribes would be one family, he could hear his ambition from this. The next step was to conquer the Mongolian tribes.

If they wanted to conquer the various tribes of Mongolia, the elite of the Manchu Eight Banners could indeed play an important role. Because of this, Tang Ning publicly stated that he would form a cavalry division, which also showed how much he valued the Manchu Eight Banners.

However, it is only important. If the Qing court wants to use this as a bargaining chip, it would be wrong, so it did not hesitate to say that this is the final condition.

As the Bright King of Ming Dynasty, he was a more powerful existence than the former emperor's uncle, the Regent, so what he said was naturally a promise.

Thus, Daishan took Tangning's final answer and returned to the Qing court's camp.

(End of this chapter)