Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 248 Procrastination Tactics
"Exchanging prisoners? What the hell!"

Yang Chao held a letter in his hand and threw it on the table with a snap.

During the day, the captive soldiers did not attack the city well, so they shot arrows sparsely for a long time, and finally a letter came up.

The letter threatened to exchange hostages with the Ming army. Well, what they named was Beizi Boluo Beizi who was captured by the Ming army, and they would return the captured Haizhou Zhizhou and a group of officials to the Ming army.

Yang Chao didn't expect that the soldiers really captured Gao Liangming. He just said it casually at the time, and he was angry at Gao Liangming for abandoning the city.

However, it is better to be caught by captive soldiers and taken to Liaodong to farm land than to be chopped down by Emperor Chongzhen afterwards.

But using this kind of person to exchange hostages, Yang Chao can't do it. Yang Chao really doesn't care about civil servants like Gao Liangming. When we arrive in Huai'an, I'm afraid it may be a few days after calculating the time.

If you want to exchange, you have to exchange with Shi Kefa. With Shi Kefa's temper, it is not sure whether you can agree.

So Yang Chao can't handle this kind of thing.

On the second day, the captive soldiers still did not attack the city, but sent a man on horseback to the city slowly alone.

Yang Chao didn't let his subordinates attack, and let this person come to the front of the city.

When the man got to the bottom of the city, he opened his mouth and shouted to the city: "We Xiangbai Banner Gushan Erzhen Turg Lord wants to exchange hostages with you, do you agree or not?"

Yang Chao said to Li Wuliu: "Tell him, we have to think about it, we don't trust them!"

Li Wuliu immediately shouted down: "We adults don't believe you. We have to think about it."

The captive soldier shouted: "We really told you that we will give you one hour. If you don't agree, we will attack the city."

After speaking, Pat Ma left immediately.

But an hour later, the captive soldier came again.

"How are you thinking?"

Yang Chao asked Li Wuliu to shout: "Our lord said, he doesn't believe you, you retreat ten miles first, and then we exchange."

Obviously, Yang Chao was just delaying time. The longer the time, the better for him. Soldiers need time to train, and it takes time to build weapons.

Although most of the peasants are organized now, they don't even have decent weapons in their hands. They can practice with sticks, and they go out of the city with sticks to attack captive soldiers, which is just a joke.

The captive soldier said bitterly: "You are courting death!"

Li Wuliu cursed secretly, and was about to hit the captive soldier with a bird gun, but was stopped by Yang Chao.

After the captive soldiers returned, they came again soon.

"We really said that if you don't agree, we will kill a person in half an hour!"

After speaking, he left immediately.

Soon, the captive soldiers pushed out a row of captives from the camp, escorted them all to the river, and made them kneel on the ground facing Haizhou.

Yang Chao saw that although these people were in a mess, they were not dressed like ordinary people, so he was convinced that these people were all officials and scholars who had escaped with Gao Liangming.

At this time, the captive soldiers were in the rear, and Turg and several senior leaders were watching.

Turge's face was relaxed, but he was sneering in his heart. The Mongols still like to play with this kind of tricks, and they want to exchange hostages with the Ming army. It's really naive!

Don't they know that when the Oirats fought against the city of Beijing and held the emperor of Ming Dynasty in their hands, the Ming people did not give in and refused to negotiate.

They didn't know that the little prince was plundering back and forth along the border, and the Ming people didn't give in and refused to negotiate.

The Nurhachi cavalry killed 10,000+ Ming troops, but the Ming people still did not give in and refused to negotiate.

Counting this time, their Eight Banners have entered the customs five times, but the Ming people still did not give in.

It is sometimes difficult for Turg to understand Mingren's temperament.

The Ming people obviously can't beat them, but why don't they make peace with them and give them a sum of money every year, so they can save it.

But the Ming people just don't want to talk about peace.

It's like an opponent who was knocked down on the ground with a bruised nose and face. When you ask him if he accepts it, he straightens his thin body, then swallows the blood in his mouth, and tells you loudly that he refuses to accept it.

Of course, Turge did not understand this spirit that could be eliminated but could not be defeated, because all the opponents he encountered succumbed. The Eight Banners soldiers defeated Ye He and other troops, and they surrendered. Surrendered, the Eight Banners soldiers attacked Mongolia, and the Mongols also surrendered, but they had already entered and exited the Ming city wall five times, and the Ming people just refused to surrender.

Not only did they not surrender, but they also refused to negotiate peace with you. They insisted that the Eight Banners should belong to them even to the death. The stubborn attitude of the Ming court made the Eight Banners feel crazy, but they had no choice but to plunder again and again. Fei, but also suffered heavy losses. Daming is too big, even if he does not fight, thousands of people will die of illness every time he sends troops.

Therefore, Huang Taiji has always hoped to negotiate peace with the Ming Dynasty. He does not need to occupy the land of the Ming Dynasty for the time being. The vast Liaodong is enough for the sparse population to live. Like the Kingdom of Jin, it is a country that can sit on an equal footing with the Central Plains Dynasty, not a barbaric and uncivilized tribe.

At the same time, let the Ming Dynasty open the frontier fortress to trade with Manchuria. It is best to follow the example of the Mongolian tribes and give a lot of old coins every year.

However, the Ming court would rather raise taxes to train troops, fail again and again, and fight again and again, rather than choose a cheaper way of peace talks.

Just last year, their emperor killed Chen Xinjia, Minister of the Ministry of War who was negotiating peace with Manchuria.

So Turge did not believe that Haizhou City would exchange hostages.

Their emperor refused to exchange after being captured, let alone a mere governor of Haizhou.

Therefore, the reason why Turg agreed to exchange hostages was actually to hope that the Mongols would give up and be willing to fight side by side with the warriors of the Eight Banners.

Therefore, Turg completely followed the advice of the Mongols, and if they wanted to exchange, they would exchange, and the Ming people really refused.

But Turg still gave the Mongols a chance to threaten Haizhou with murder. Isn't it just time, and it can be delayed for a day or two.

Half an hour passed, Haizhou still did not agree, and Turge really ordered to kill a person.

Turg didn't believe that after everyone, including the governor of Haizhou, was killed, the Mongols would not give up.

Yang Chao looked coldly at the heads falling to the ground one by one. The headless corpses fell by the river, and the river was stained red with blood.

To be honest, I still sigh in my heart, these are all scholars, why bother, if they didn't run away at that time, it would be fine to stay in the city now, and if they didn't run away, Song Lian should be much more relaxed now.

But is it really impossible to exchange hostages with these people?

But when he killed the third person, Yang Chao really asked Li Wuliu to shout.

The cavalry of the captive soldiers came over again, riding proudly on the horse, looking at the top of the city, but did not speak, quietly waiting for the Ming army to surrender.

Yang Chao asked Li Wuliu to say: "Tell your master, we are willing to exchange, but you have to promise to give up the siege."

The captive soldiers went back and came back after a while and replied: "Our master has said that we can agree to your request. You should release them now, otherwise we will kill all your high officials."

Yang Chao asked Li Wuliu to continue shouting: "It's okay to let him go. But you have to withdraw your troops. You won't be allowed to retreat five miles, but three miles will do."

The captive soldier snorted, "This is impossible, you must release him immediately."

Yang Chao asked Li Wuliu to continue shouting: "We are sincere, this is good, your southern camp can not move, and the other three sides withdraw five miles away, and then we can exchange."

The captive soldiers went back again, and the reply they brought back was still no answer.

Back and forth, another hour passed.

There were also differences of opinion on the soldiers' side.

The Mongols and Turg, and even the Manchu Eight Banners are not unified in their internal thinking.

The Mongols said that it is not impossible to remove the siege on the other three sides. Anyway, they are cavalry and can rush over at any time.

Some people in Manbaqi really wanted to leave immediately after rescuing Beizi, but they insisted that the Ming army give them a large sum of money.

This put Turg in a dilemma for a while. He didn't expect that so many problems would arise after the hostage exchange.

He also knew that neither the Mongols nor the Manchurians wanted to fight anymore, because there was no hope of taking Haizhou easily, and he couldn't see the day when the city would be captured, so some people were not firm.

This was somewhat beyond Turge's expectations. In Turge's imagination, it was impossible for the Ming army to negotiate peace. They would not even talk to them. He was beaten to death under the city, so Turg only sent a Chinese-speaking Baoyi, wearing armor and riding a horse to shout out, but he didn't expect that the Ming people would actually talk to him back and forth.

As we talked, everyone on my side took it seriously, and suggested to me one by one to meet Ming's requirements.

"Impossible, Mingren is playing tricks, they are delaying time!"

Turg said loudly.

But from the looks of his subordinates, it can be seen that no matter whether it is the Manchu Eight Banners or the Mongols, they do not believe him.

Turge sighed, gritted his teeth and said: "Then if we withdraw the troops, and the Ming people still refuse to exchange prisoners, then we should not make excuses, we must attack the city with all our strength, no matter how many casualties there are, don't care until the city is captured .”

As he said that, he stared fiercely at Ombu Chuhuer and Shanba, which meant that if the Ming people did not exchange prisoners after withdrawing their troops, then the Mongols would have to fight to the end, and they would be cannon fodder.

Shanba and Chuhuer hesitated, they just didn't want to attack the city, they were all small tribes, they really couldn't afford to die.

But they couldn't bear Turg's anger after being teased by the Ming people. At that time, the more than 3000 Mongolian warriors of the two of them were afraid that they would all be lost under this city.

If so many subordinates are lost, they will be finished when they go back. On the Mongolian grassland, you have no warriors in your hands, and the only consequence is to be annexed by other tribes.

Neither can bear the loss of the siege nor the consequences of the failure of the negotiation, which makes the two of them squeezed on both sides like meat in a splint.

Finally Shanba gritted his teeth and said, "Maybe we can show a little sincerity first."

(End of this chapter)