Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 244

Just when Liu Fangliang left Kong Youde's camp and returned to Li Zicheng's side, the envoy sent by Kong Youde also saw Zhu Cihong.

Unlike Li Zicheng, Zhu Cihong, as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty and the emperor of the Han family, held a very important position among Kong Youde, a group of Han and Mongol warlords. Zhu Cihong's surname alone represented righteousness and orthodoxy in their hearts.

If Zhu Cihong gave them the same conditions as Li Zicheng, Kong Youde and the others would change their banners and become the Ming army without even batting an eyelid.

After all, they had been in the Ming army a long time ago, and most of those Mongols had fought for the Ming army before, and now they surrendered to the Ming army's banner without any psychological burden.

I saw a middle-aged man wearing the armor of the Qing army walking slowly in front of Zhu Cihong with steady and powerful steps.

"My ancestor's birthday, on behalf of Duduo's 5 Han and Mongolian officers and soldiers, came to see your majesty. May your majesty's dragon body be healthy and my Ming Dynasty will last forever."

When he saw Zhu Cihong, Zu Dashou's words were extremely submissive, he couldn't tell that he was a man who had surrendered twice, and those who didn't know thought it was the Ming army general who had just experienced the war.

Among the generals of the frontier army at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Zu Dashou's ability and loyalty were actually not bad. Just because he returned to Daming after the first surrender to the Qing Dynasty, it can be seen that he was still loyal to Daming.

The reason why he returned to Jiangchenqing was just because of the situation and the current situation.

This point, Zhu Cihong naturally knew, after all, it was only two years since he surrendered to Chi Qing for the second time.

"Zu Dashou, what are you doing?" Zhu Cihong said coldly, although it gave people a feeling of repelling others thousands of miles away, it was full of the majesty of a superior.

Although he expressed his understanding of Zu Dashou's downfall, it was obviously not the time to talk about it today, that's why Zhu Cihong's tone was so cold.

Zhu Cihong knew that Zu Dashou took the initiative to come to see him today, only for one thing, and that was the future of him, Kong Youde and other [-] to [-] Han and Mongolian officers and soldiers.

However, in order to take the initiative in the negotiation, Zhu Cihong did not take the lead in asking the price, but asked Zu Dashou what he wanted to do.

"Your Majesty, for the wealth and life of my fifty thousand brothers." Zu Dashou replied.

Today, the 5 to [-] of them have only one choice, either to seek refuge in Dashun or Daming, otherwise there is only one dead end.

Although they still had 5 people and their combat effectiveness was not bad, they had no food and grass. All the food, grass and livestock were in the camp of the Qing army. They were either burned by Zhu Cihong or transported to the camp of the Ming army by Zhu Cihong.

If they were stubborn and continued to fight under the banner of Mite Qing, they would all starve to death on the ancient battlefield of Tongguan in less than two days.

There is never a shortage of soldiers shrouded in horse leather. They are not the first and will not be the last.

If there were no interference from Zhu Cihong in history, the Han people would have launched a large-scale ethnic vendetta involving tens of millions of people in Shaanxi and surrounding areas and Huihui in a few hundred years.

"You are the Qing army. How are your wealth and life? You should ask the Qing Emperor what you want from me." Zhu Cixiang still pretended to be confused, which made Zu Dashou very frustrated.

Hearing Zhu Cihong's words, Zu Dashou was very speechless, not to mention that Qing Emperor Fu Linyuan was in the capital thousands of miles away, even if it was close at hand, what's the use of being close at hand, but a three-year-old child, who couldn't even utter a complete sentence , Asking him is better than asking yourself.

But today they are asking for help from others, and they have to bear it no matter how aggrieved they are. Even if Zhu Cihong lets them be cows and horses, Zu Dashou doesn't want to surrender to Li Zicheng and follow him to be a precarious refugee.

"Your Majesty, the ministers and others know that they are guilty, but the soldiers under their command are all innocent people. They followed the ministers and others into the war, and they deserved to die on the battlefield, but they shouldn't die like this."

"You shouldn't starve to death because you don't have military rations, and you shouldn't be in such a desperate situation." Zu Dashou said unwillingly.

Now, he doesn't care about leaking the military information, anyway, anyone can guess their situation.

They were originally an army that went out to fight, and they only brought two tons of dry food with them, not even water. In addition, Zhu Cihong burned the Qing army's camp. Or Zhu Cihong.

Because even if the Qing army in the rear is allowed to open up the supply line and deliver military rations to them, it will be a few days later.

Not to mention that with Admiral Cao Jiang's sincere uncle Xu Hongji's navy lying across the river, it would be impossible for the Qing army to cross even a single sampan.

As for supplying them with military rations, that would be even more idiotic.

"So you want to submit to me?" Zhu Cihong finally made it clear, because he felt that if he continued to embarrass Zu's birthday, he might cry.

Zu Dashou considered himself to be a Han Chinese with good roots, but now the emperor of the Han family did not accept him, how could he make people cry without hiding their faces.

It's as uncomfortable as if you come home and find that your family doesn't recognize you and wants to kick you out of the house.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zu Dashou replied.

"Then how do you want to submit to me? Do you still want me to admit the title that Chi Qing bestowed on you?" Zhu Cihong said with a smile.

It's just that the smile seemed to Zu Dashou not happy at all, but a bit permeating.

Because Zhu Cihong didn't want to acknowledge the official titles Miqing gave to Zu Dashou and others at all, and he didn't even want these people to continue to lead the army to fight.

But Zhu Cihong also knew that it was impossible. They fought so hard, and they did it for the sake of fame and fortune, and to enshrine their wives and sons. If they didn't give anything, Zu Dashou, Kong Youde and others would dare to fight against him in the next second. They face each other with swords and swords.

After all, the father of the emperor, the emperor of the Han family, etc., are not as prosperous and wealthy as their own family and family, and they will live with the country.

Besides, loyalty to the emperor and patriotism cannot be eaten as food. Even if they want to do this, their family members will not agree. When they die, their descendants will scold them for not being up to date. Why not seek some benefits for future generations.

"I don't know what His Majesty means?" Although Zu Dashou was not knighted, it doesn't mean he won't think about his teammate Kong Youde and others.

"All of you must be demoted to the first rank, and you must be demoted to the next rank. Unless your descendants have made military achievements, you will not be allowed to inherit the original title of that rank."

"Furthermore, after submitting to Ming Dynasty, all your soldiers and horses must obey my restraint. If anyone disobeys the emperor's order, he will be killed without mercy."

Zhu Cihong's conditions were very harsh, but this was not unacceptable to Zu Dashou and others.

For example, Kong Youde, even if his title is lowered by one level now, he is still respectful to the Duke. Although Daming's title is only the third rank of Duke and Marquis, it is enough to ensure that his two generations of descendants will have endless glory and wealth.

(End of this chapter)