Chapter 9 Chapter Nine Huang Taiji

In December in Liaodong, the weather was very bad, with heavy wind and snow, so cold that people were freezing to death; the ground was covered with snow and mud, and marching was very difficult. However, despite the difficulties, Li Rusong's itinerary has not been greatly affected—his ostentation has always been no less than Naifu's. Cannons, bright flags, and uniform soldiers—they all have to show the aura of "military grandeur"; the soldiers are suffering, and he doesn't feel it at all. Because the imperial court attached great importance to him, when the army set off, it first sent 100,000 taels of silver to reward the army. In addition, he sent his younger brothers Li Rubai and Li Rumei to lead 30,000 troops to help the army. Therefore, the morale of the army supporting North Korea became more and more high. , determined to win.

Li Rusong himself is of course even more complacent, and his heart is full of feelings that are very different from other people - his ancestors were originally Korean, although they have been attached to China for several generations, and have been Sinicized in all aspects; however, When the word "North Korea" is mentioned, it still touches the strings deep in his heart and makes a special voice; he also said to his brothers more than once: "This time, we have to work hard and do our best. Help North Korea drive Japanese Japanese back - North Korea is always our homeland anyway!"

Of course, Li Rubai and other younger brothers also felt the same, and said in unison: "Yes, this time, we are not only serving the mission of rescue, but also serving the motherland. Of course, we must do our best—" And because the brothers all have such "homeland thoughts", when the army arrived in Liaodong, they were very excited; especially when they were on the Phoenix Mountain, overlooking the Yalu River, in the vast white snow, the river and the sky were the same color, On the mainland of North Korea, Wan Feng haunted the sea of ​​clouds, and the blood of the few people was even more surging, and their fighting spirit was even higher.

However, Shen Weijing didn't know what to do, and thought he had completed the task of negotiating peace. As soon as Li Rusong arrived, he went to see Li Rusong, and then reported to Li Rusong triumphantly: "The next job has been negotiated with Japan— - Chief Xiaonishi, the chief, has signed a document and handed it over to his subordinates. The Japanese side is willing to accept the title and withdraw its troops, and with the Datong River as the boundary, the west of Pyongyang belongs to North Korea!" Of course, what he meant was that there was no need to use troops. He had already made great contributions and concluded an agreement with the Japanese army.

How could he know that Li Rusong's reaction was beyond his expectation—not only did Li Rusong not praise or praise him for completing the task of negotiating peace, but he snorted coldly and gave a brief order: "Push it out, cut it off—" When this happened suddenly, Shen Weijing was so frightened that he knelt down on the ground with a limp leg, and struggled stammeringly, "I'm off duty—not guilty——" However, the lieutenant under Li Rusong's tent didn't allow him to say anything. As soon as a few people came up, they picked him up like a chicken, and they were about to push him out of the tent to kill him; Shen Weijing was so frightened that his whole body went limp , However, with the dead word at the head, in desperation, he still forced out his voice and shouted: "The subordinate is ordered to negotiate peace with the Japanese, and he has no merits - how can the admiral kill the subordinate without authorization?"

Li Rusong did hear the cry, so he made a gesture to make the captains stop temporarily; then, he snorted again, staring straight at Shen Weijing and said: "You The thief, obviously, was bribed by President Xiaoxi to sell North Korea under the pretense of peace talks—according to the result of your peace talks, with the Daedong River as the boundary, and the west of Pyongyang belongs to North Korea, how much land is left in North Korea?" Of course, his knowledge of North Korea's geography is much higher than that of Shen Weijing. After a few words, Shen Weijing's face turned pale, and he knelt down to admit his mistake and begged for mercy: "The next job is definitely not bribed by President Xiaoxi. The post is ignorant, superficial, and doesn't know enough about North Korea's territory--I beg the admiral to forgive my unintentional mistake!"

Seeing his pitiful appearance, and thinking that he is also the official of the imperial court, it is inevitable that someone will come forward to intercede for him - Li Yingshi, who joined the army, made a suggestion, which not only saved Shen Weijing's life, but also gave full play to his The use value: "Since Shen Guerrilla has had a face-to-face with the Japanese, it is better to use him to deceive the Japanese - order him to tell President Xiaoxi that the admiral is here by the order of the imperial court to confer a title on the Japanese army ;Let the Japanese side neglect precautions, and our army will take advantage of the opportunity to attack!"

Li Rusong accepted this suggestion, so he followed suit. President Xiaoxi was really fooled. When Li Rusong's army arrived at the Suning Hall, he really thought it was the tribute envoys from the Ming Dynasty who had arrived, and sent twenty generals to meet him; Twenty people were arrested in order to torture the Japanese military situation; who knows, these twenty people are all skilled in martial arts, and if the situation is wrong, they will stand up and fight back, but in the end only three people were caught, and no military information was asked. At this moment, Li Rusong immediately felt that he had lost face, and jumped up and down in the tent to swear at others; and after hearing the report of the seventeen people who fled back to live, President Xiaoxi also became suspicious; Shen Weijing's "deception" became difficult. , he tried his best to deal with President Xiaonishi, believing that it was only because of the misunderstanding between the two parties due to the language barrier.

However, President Xiaoxi is a seasoned general after all. Although he believed Shen Weijing's words on the surface, he was dubious in his heart, and he acted more cautiously. While sending his cronies to meet Li Rusong again, he secretly Made all the preparations... The two sides "deceived each other" for a while, each with their own ulterior motives, but on the surface they agreed that on the sixth day of the first lunar month after the new year, Li Rusong would personally go to Pyongyang to hold a grand ceremony for the peace negotiation and awarding of feudal titles. Therefore, a New Year that was originally full of festive atmosphere, because both sides are in such an ambiguous situation and no one has any intention of celebrating the New Year-both sides are secretly deploying and preparing for war.

Of course, all North Koreans who are the "country concerned" have no intention of celebrating the New Year, and they are more active in secretly deploying. However, the Korean rebel army under the leadership of scholars and monks organized by the awakened people of the whole country has gradually formed a concrete force; although these rebel troops cannot win the battle with the Japanese army, they can play a great role in restraining them; and when the Ming Dynasty When the news of sending a large army to help reached the ears of the rebels through a secret channel, the rebels scattered all over the country certainly would not let go of this opportunity to restore the country in vain, secretly gearing up to attack the Japanese army at any time—— Come, of course no one will be in the mood to enjoy the New Year's festival.

And Nurhachi is also not in the mood to enjoy the New Year's festival - although there are many happy events in the family, the Mongolian sister gave birth less than a month later, and his other concubine Jiamuhujueluo Zhenge gave him another son, It made him jump for joy once again; after all, there was a war going on in the not-too-distant neighbor, no matter how happy he was, he did not dare to relax his attention and take the movement of the Japanese army lightly. What's more, having more sons means more responsibilities - he asks himself to lead every descendant to the broad road; the birth of a son makes his spiritual strength more firm, his courage and belief in struggle are stronger, and he empowers himself responsibility is also greater. Therefore, he was not in the mood to celebrate the New Year. Apart from naming the two newborn sons, he almost devoted all his thoughts to paying attention to the Korean War and thinking about the safety and development of Jianzhou, with only one exception—that was Mongolia. The shock and touch in his heart brought by his sister. On that day, he excitedly went to the room of the Mongolian sister. The Mongolian sister who has just become a mother has recovered well after giving birth, and her body recovers quickly, and she looks more plump, brighter, and radiant; the baby is fat and cute, and is very happy; both mother and child are watching him happily. , involuntarily filled his face with a smile. While picking up the child, he said to the Mongolian sister in an obviously joyful tone: "I have already figured it out, the child born by Brother Zhen is called Babutai; this sweetheart is called Huang Taiji—— " "Huangtaiji" is a "Mongolian name", which was originally transliterated from the Chinese crown prince; derived from it, the eldest sons of many ministers were named Huangtaiji, which is also like the meaning of the Chinese character crown prince, implicitly representing the heir the meaning of. The reason he chose this name is of course because the Mongolian sister was originally from Mongolia, and it also included the importance he attached to this child, so high that he named it with the meaning of an heir—he thought that the Mongolian sister would understand his love for her. , so happy... Unexpectedly, Sister Mongolia gave him a very unexpected reaction... After listening to Nurhachi's words, she neither appeared very happy nor thanked him for the child, but asked Nurhachi lightly with her usual slightly smiling expression: "He is obviously a Jurchen, why do you Did you give him a Mongolian name?" This question made Nurhachi stunned immediately. He never thought that Mongolian sister would say such a thing. He couldn't answer her question, and he didn't know what to say, but he was so moved in his heart. The ripples spread out. The child was babbling in his arms, and waves of warmth flowed in his heart. It took a while for him to come back to his senses, looked at the Mongolian sister, and said with a smile, "Then change it to the Jurchen pronunciation—let's call it Huang Taiji!" In fact, because the Jurchens have no characters, many names are named after Mongolian characters, but he still changed it according to the meaning of the Mongolian sister. After such a change, the Mongolian sister agreed, she snuggled up to him, stretched out her hand, and was teased so much that she giggled, her tender little face was filled with happiness and satisfaction... After a while, the Mongolian sister turned her eyes from the child to Nurhachi, and said softly to him: "Master Baylor, I understand your love for children—" Nurhachi didn't speak, and only held her hand with one hand. The atmosphere around her was as good as honey.