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Chapter 11 The Lost Qingcheng (2)

In the Palace of Yangxin, Nan Study, Zhu Yinglong, who was lying on the dragon chaise, opened his hazy sleepy eyes, reached out to take off the blanket, yawned, and stretched. Since Guanning Iron Cavalry walked out of the country, he had been sleeping directly in Nan Study for several days.

Every day, the battle reports were sent to the capital through fast horses, and then to his imperial case, including Fujian, Liaodong, and more from Qingcheng.

The battle reports were reported one by one, and there were some big things. The big things were like Huang Taiji of the Later Jin Dynasty vowed to Chahar Mongolia for the third time, while the small things were like discovering a spy lurking in Liaodong, the Later Jin Dynasty, etc.

However, what surprised Zhu Yinglong was the news that Wu Sangui sent to Man Gui. Dorgon was defeated by the Ming Dynasty. The Mongolian coalition forces almost wiped out all five thousand soldiers and horses. He escaped alone, and was chased and killed like a dog with a broken family.

Zhu Yinglong's secret order to Wu Sangui was, first, to ask Wu Sangui to find a way to delay the competition with the Mongolian Iron Cavalry, and second, to choose the location of the competition, deliberately chose the nearest route that the Later Jin might rush to assist Bai Yan. Third, to take advantage of the situation, Rachahar Mongolia went into the water and prevent him from sitting in the mountains to watch the tiger fight. Fourth, to do all his strength to delay the reinforcements of the Later Jin, because Zhu Yinglong was not sure whether the battle in Qingcheng could end in a short time.

Wu Sangui not only completed the task smoothly, but also severely injured Dorgon, especially captured the Later Jin general Aobai alive. This was a huge joy. When Zhu Yinglong saw this battle report, he swept away all his worries and slept comfortably.

Without the rescue of the Later Jin Dynasty, Bai Yan became the meat on the chopping board and was slaughtered. Chahar Mongolia was dragged down from the water. Lin Dan would definitely fight with Huang Taiji with all his might, which was equivalent to freeing up time and space for the Ming Dynasty to clean up Bai Yan and fully achieving the previous strategic goal. As for the 100,000 taels of gold that lost to Lin Dan, after winning Qingcheng, what is the 100,000 taels of gold? The wealth left by Bai Yan's plunder in recent years is far more than 100,000 taels of gold!

After a tentative siege, Man Gui adjusted his firepower based on the information obtained on the battlefield and launched another attack the next morning. This attack was not tentative. After a burst of fierce artillery fire, the infantry began to quickly siege the city.

Although the border army in Datong is not as good as the Liaodong army that has fought for a long time, the harsh life on the border and the continuous struggle against bandits. In addition, the court has successively allocated funds to purify and eliminate, and update weapons and equipment in the past two years. The strength of the border army in Datong has reached a higher level. Usually, Mongolian cavalry comes and goes like the wind and often harasses the border. The soldiers of the border army only regret that they have two legs and cannot run four legs. There is no way to deal with them. Now, their army has been killed by their city, and they will not fight to survive for many years!

Under the fierce artillery fire of the Ming army, there was no place for Mongolian soldiers to stand on the city wall. Many Mongolian warriors fell one after another on the way up the city wall.

The power of the cannon is so powerful. How can the flesh and blood body resist the penetration power of the gunpowder explosion?

Although the Mongolian soldiers under Bai Yan fought desperately on the city wall, such as huge rocks, rolling wood, hot hot oil, cold arrows, and all weapons that could be used were used, under the power of artillery, these were just like children playing house and did not pose much threat to the Ming army.

Just when the Ming army broke through the city defense and the first Ming army soldier climbed the city wall of Qingcheng, the Ming siege soldiers became more motivated, one to two, two to three, and three to thousands. Thousands of Ming army climbed the city wall of Qingcheng one after another, and waved the sword in their hands and rushed in.

"kill--"

There is no kindness in the war. Bai Yantaiji was defeated at this moment. He never thought that he would lose so quickly, lose so miserably, and he didn't even have a chance to break through!

"Not, haha, nothing is gone..."

Just as Wu Sangui and his people rushed into the Shunyi Palace, they saw Bai Yantaiji who was already crazy. He waved his bloody scimitar and sat on the floor of the palace lobby, laughing wildly, and burst into tears!

There was no living person in the royal palace. Bai Yan personally killed his women and children and all the female slaves in the mansion. They all left with unwilling eyes.

Just when Wu Sangui was about to rush forward to capture Bai Yan, Bai Yan suddenly scimitar crossed his neck, and the scimitar fell down. A blood mist spurted out from Bai Yan's neck, and his straight body fell down with a bang!

"Please take away!" Wu Sangui didn't think about stopping Bai Yan's suicide. Death was a relief for him.

"Major General, E Linchen's troops are about to enter the city. General Man asked me to notify you sooner!"

"I understand. When you go back and reply to Marshal Man, Sangui will definitely not leave a single cent for Elinchen!" Wu Sangui smiled evilly.

This Qingcheng was reclaimed by the Ming Dynasty for you, Elinchen. The city belongs to you, but the wealth of these generations of Shunyi Kings does not belong to you. This is our spoil, and it is also a reward for helping you regain your ancestors’ foundation!

"Major General, found..."

"I found it, okay, let me move it to the general, all of them will be moved to the camp outside the city, and transported it back to the Ming Dynasty overnight!" Wu Sangui said with a smile, and this time he was getting big.

If E Linchen asked, he would have just pointed it to Bai Yan. Anyway, everyone was dead. Who knew that he had moved the wealth he had accumulated for several generations there. In the end, it would be a headless case without evidence!

Just after Wu Sangui and his men plundered the Shunyi Palace, E Linchen hurriedly and felt that when he saw the chaos in the Shunyi Palace, Bai Yan's family was dead, and Bai Yan's life and death were unknown, he suddenly felt that he might have come to play. The huge Shunyi Palace might have been taken the lead and ransacked!

When he saw that almost all the valuable things in the mansion were emptied and there was no copper plate left in the treasure house, E Linchen's face turned green on the spot.

Elin minister found Mangui in a furious manner and asked Mangui to block the entire city and search and rob the thieves who robbed Shunyi's palace from house to house. Mangui naturally knew who the thief was, and he was the mastermind himself. Of course, he was very pleased and agreed to all his requests.

At the same time, he gave Wu Sangui a military order, ordering him to quickly transport the things he had plundered from the Shunyi Palace back to the Ming Dynasty, which would be a waste of time. If E Linchen could not catch the evidence, he would naturally have no choice but to deal with him.

E Linchen is not a fool either. He naturally knew what was wrong with Mangui hiding it from him. Who knew that Mangui beat Qingcheng so quickly and came one step later?

The Shunyi Prince's Mansion naturally belonged to Elinchen. Man Gui, an empty mansion, was not interested in fighting with Elinchen. Anyway, he would not stay in Qingcheng forever.

According to the secret agreement signed earlier, the Ming Dynasty owns an independent territory in Qingcheng, which was nominally leased by the Ming Dynasty from the current owner of Qingcheng, E Linchen. The lease period is not limited. The rent amount is Linchen symbolically collecting 100 silver dragon yuan of the Ming Dynasty every year. The Ming Dynasty will station an army of 2,000 people in the constituent and establish a consular general in the constituent to be in charge of all military and political affairs in the constituent. The laws in the constituent implement the laws of the Ming Dynasty. Mongolians can live in the constituent, but must be recognized by the consulate.

Although this is an extremely unequal treaty, Elinchen knew that he was just the spokesperson of the Ming Dynasty in Mongolia. Bai Yan was dissatisfied with the Later Jin Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty was dissatisfied with him. Besides, he accepted the title of King Shunyi of the Ming Dynasty, and was nominally considered a minister of the Ming Dynasty. If he did not agree to these treaties, someone would agree to these treaties, and he would be another Bai Yan at that time.

After this incident, E Linchen finally figured it out that it is easy to enjoy the cool under the big tree. All the king's fortunes are empty, and that is more than glory, wealth, and mellow wine and beauty!

In order to completely tie E Linchen to the chariot of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty carried out comprehensive cooperation with E Linchen in many fields, and signed some treaties from education, culture, agriculture to military.

This is what is known as the "Qingcheng Treaty".

Although the Qingcheng Treaty is an unequal treaty to a certain extent because it was signed under the strong leadership of the Ming Dynasty, the treaty only has benefits but no harm to ordinary Mongolian people.

Zhu Yinglong didn't want to learn from the way Japan invaded China and educated the Mongols to slavery, which would cause instinctive resistance and would be harmful but not beneficial to the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty will help Elinchen establish schools, cultivate Mongolian children, and set up two bilingual courses: Mongolian and Chinese. Of course, in a short period of time, the opposition between Han and Mongolian is impossible to eliminate, so guidance is needed. As long as Elinchen takes the lead in sending his children to school, many Mongolian nobles will naturally lead to follow suit and cultivate the first generation who are close to Han and respectful to Han. If this continues from generation to generation, even if the Mongolians do not disappear, they will gradually integrate into the lives of the Han people.

Mongolia has developed animal husbandry, but it is easy to deal with the influence of seasons and climate, and its economy is relatively single. In this regard, the Ming Dynasty can completely complement each other's advantages and trade with Mongolia. This can also promote the improvement of the living standards of Mongolian people, making Mongolia rely more on and rely on the Ming Dynasty, and focus on the Ming Dynasty.

There is also military affairs. Although Elinchen accepted the title of the Ming Dynasty and became a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, he was essentially a country that was not controlled by the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty put forward almost harsh requirements on Elinchen, with the permanent military strength not exceeding 30,000. He accepted the training of the Ming military instructors. All officers in the army must go to the Ming Dynasty to study and adopt a rotation system. After passing the further study, they must serve in the Ming army for two years before applying to return to Mongolia. If they are willing to continue to serve in the Ming army, they must be a member of the Ming nationality.

What nationality has become and further study are new terms that are not available in this era, but due to the arrival of Zhu Yinglong, they all appeared in advance.

After signing this series of agreements, E Linchen sold himself to Daming. Of course, he didn't have to worry about it after that. The sky fell from Daming to him, so he could live his luxurious and destitute life in his Shunyi Palace with peace of mind.

Compared with Elinchen, Su Budi was much lucky. Although he also signed some agreements with the Ming Dynasty. In addition to the immigration policy, which may be unfavorable to the development of his territory in the future, other agreements were also based on equality and mutual benefit. When he heard that Qingcheng was captured by the Ming army within less than three days, he was shocked and sweated. Fortunately, he and Huang Taiji did not get too close to each other, otherwise it would be his turn to be the next one after Bai Yantaiji collapsed.
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