Dayong guessed well. The Jin army that appeared at Changshan and Jingping Fort was indeed the returning reinforcements led by Hong Taiqin. The reason why he did not immediately lead his troops to kill Shenyang was precisely the blizzard that put the Ming army into big trouble. .
The deepest part of the snow was half a man deep, making it difficult for horses to move. Coupled with the cold weather and the need to return thousands of miles for reinforcements, thousands of cavalry were already exhausted and miserable. They had no energy left to brave the snow and rush to the gates of Shenyang. Even if they did I'm afraid it won't help if I rush back now. I don't need the Ming army to fight, and I will collapse first.
Hong Tai was anxious to return to Shenyang to save Shenyang, but he couldn't go back with such a group of soldiers and horses that could fall off their horses at any time, so he could only give orders to rest, firstly, wait for the wind and snow to stop, and secondly, he had to send people quickly Bring some food and grass.
After marching for thousands of miles, the food and grass carried by the army had long been used up. There was no food left in the army. If it weren't for the bannermen at Changshan and Jingping Fort who still had some food left, the bannermen would have been hungry. A person can survive a day or two when hungry, but this horse cannot survive hunger, so it must wait until the supply of food and grass comes in, otherwise it will be unable to move again.
The three brothers who followed Hong Taiqianli back to rescue this time were the three brothers Azig, Dorgon and Duoyi. In addition, Abatai and Hauge, Jierhalang and Yuetuo, Sahalian and others were ordered to lead the army back to the division. The returning troops were 5,000 elite cavalry drawn from the two yellow flags and the two white flags.
The news of the Ming army's landing in southern Liaoning has spread to some extent among the army, but the news of the Ming army's attack on Shenyang was strictly blocked. Except for the banner owners of each banner, Gu Shan and Beile knew about it, and the rest were Those who were kept in the dark, especially those Mongols who surrendered with Ezhe, were kept in the dark. Even the 5,000 Eight Banners soldiers who followed Hong Tai thousands of miles back to support did not know that the Ming army was attacking Shenyang, otherwise I am afraid that the morale of the army will be unstable. After all, most of the families of the Eight Banners soldiers are in Shenyang City. If they know that Shenyang has been besieged by the Ming army, there is no telling what trouble will happen.
Hong Tai's statement to the outside world was that he would personally rush back to take charge of annihilating the Ming army in southern Liaoning. This statement did not arouse anyone's suspicion.
Hong Tai has not received news from Shenyang for seven days, and he does not know that Dai Shanshou has not guarded Shenyang. But no matter how anxious he is, as a profuse sweater, he cannot show a trace of anxiety on his face, otherwise the people below will see it. Sorry. Since setting off, he has killed several guards who talked nonsense in order to prevent the morale of the army from fluctuating.
In the past two days, Mrs. Hong did not make any payments and came back for help from thousands of miles away. He did not take any of the women he loved with him, but took Hai Lanzhu with him. As a result, due to the long journey, Hai Lanzhu fell ill when he was crossing Montenegro.
Hong Tai wanted Hai Lanzhu to stay and take good care of her health, but Hai Lanzhu wanted to stay with Hong Tai. Hong Tai couldn't resist her, so he had to take her with him again. When they arrived at Jingping Castle, Hai Lanzhu's condition The condition worsened and she even fell into coma twice. This made Mrs. Hong regretful and blamed herself for not letting Hai Lanzhu suffer so much. If she had been left in the rear group, how could she have become so ill?
Regretful, Mrs. Hong always stayed by Hai Lanzhu's side, fearing that Hai Lanzhu would do something bad, and only went out when Abatai and Azige came to ask for instructions.
Just after eating some food that day, Abatai came to Hong Tai and said that he wanted to mobilize all the Hauge soldiers and horses from Changshan to Jingping Fort. Hong Tai was discussing with him, but Hai Lanzhu's maid who was personally serving him was... He came in a hurry to report that Hai Lanzhu had fainted again.
When Hong Tai heard this, he was so shocked that he didn't care to talk to Abatai. He immediately rushed to the tent, picked up Hai Lanzhu and kept calling.
The maid ran to the door again and shouted loudly: "Mr. Zhong, doctor, come quickly, the master has fainted, the master has fainted again!..."
Because Hai Lanzhu's condition had worsened in the past two days, the doctor was on standby. When he heard the shouts, he ran over quickly.
Mrs. Hong had already held Hai Lanzhu in her arms. The extremely weak Hai Lanzhu opened her eyes weakly, smiled miserably, and said with anger: "King Khan, my concubine is fine, it doesn't matter."
Mrs. Hong couldn't care less about the Great Khan, and even cried. She choked and said: "Hai Lanzhu, you can't fall down. If you have something wrong with you, I don't want to live anymore." He was really too much.
I love Hailanzhu so much.
Hailanzhu raised his right hand with difficulty, wiped Tai Hong's tears and said: "King Khan, please don't say that. If this spreads out, the people of the country will say that the concubine is charming and deceives the Lord. King Khan cannot let the minister
I’m so ashamed of myself.”
Mrs. Hong nodded and replied: "I won't say, I won't say." But her eyes were red from crying.
The doctor took Hai Lanzhu's pulse, and touched Hai Lanzhu's wrist again and again, but couldn't find a pulse. The doctor's heart suddenly sank, knowing that Hai Lanzhu's hard work had been exhausted, and he was afraid that he would not last much longer, but
He did not dare to speak directly to Mrs. Hong, so he quickly prepared a prescription for emergency treatment, ground it into powder, and asked the maid to serve Hai Lanzhu to drink it.
After taking medicine for a long time, Hailanzhu had become allergic to the taste of the medicine. In addition, the body was extremely weak at the moment, and the gastrointestinal absorption capacity was extremely poor. He could not absorb these bitter things, and he vomited them all in less than a moment.
The doctor had no choice but to use silver needles to protect Hailanzhu's acupuncture points such as Shangwan, Zusanli, Neiguan and so on. After two moments of acupuncture, Hailanzhu took the medicine.
Abata saw Hong Tai holding Hai Lanzhu and crying bitterly outside. Knowing that Hong Tai would be helpless, he sighed and shook his head to go find Azig and Dorgon, but saw the patrol cavalry outside arresting two of them.
The banner men are coming.
The two banner men didn't know what they had suffered. Not a single part of their bodies was intact. They were shivering in the cold wind. When they saw Abatai, they ran over quickly, knelt down and cried: "Master Beile."
, Shenyang is lost, Shenyang is lost, Shenyang is lost!”
Hearing this, Abata's face suddenly turned pale. He dragged the two banner men to his tent and interrogated them in detail. He ordered the guards to keep an eye on the two men, and then immediately went to find the three Azige brothers.
When the three Azige brothers heard that Shenyang had been lost, they were all shocked. The four of them did not dare to delay for a moment and immediately went to report to Mrs. Hong.
Arriving outside Hongtai's tent, Abatai first shouted: "King Khan."
Hong Tai heard Abate's voice inside and asked, "What's the matter?"
Abatai did not answer directly, but entered the tent. He did not even ask about Hai Lanzhu's illness. He only whispered to Hong Tai: "King Khan, please come outside and talk."
Hong Tai frowned, knowing that something must have happened. She nodded silently and asked the maid to take good care of Alanzhu. Then she followed Abatai to the outer room and saw Azig, Dorgon and Duoyi all there.
His face was heavy, his heart skipped a beat, his eyelids twitched, and before Abata could speak, he asked, "But Shenyang is lost?"
Abata was stunned for a moment, nodded and said: "Shenyang is lost."
After receiving the exact answer, Hong Tai's face suddenly became painful, and his fat body couldn't help shaking. After a long time, Fang Jing calmed down, glanced at the three Azige brothers, and said slowly: "Since Shenyang is lost, then
The second brother must have fallen into the hands of the Ming army. The tens of thousands of Eight Banners women and children in Shenyang City must also be in danger. The situation is grim. We cannot let the Ming army occupy Shenyang, and we cannot let them kill all our people. Otherwise, I, Dajin,
It’s very dangerous. Let’s rush back to Shenyang immediately!”
Abatai nodded in agreement, and just as the three Azig brothers were about to accept the order, a guard next to Hong Tai suddenly shouted: "King Khan, blood, blood!"
When everyone looked at the guards' hands, they saw a stream of blood flowing out of Hong Tai's nostrils. People panicked again, and the guards helped King Khan back to the tent.
This time, the condition was even more severe than when he was in Mongolia, and the blood was bleeding more than last time. The doctor tried his best, but he still couldn't stop the bleeding. Hong Tai lay on the bed, his whole body was weak, and he couldn't even stop the bleeding.
I don't even have the strength to stand up.
The four of Abatai were all anxious, and Abatai was so anxious that he rubbed his hands and asked anxiously: "What should we do? What should we do?"
Azig hesitated and then suggested: "Should we invite the shaman to come and take a look?"
His brother Dorgon hurriedly shook his head and said: "King Khan has always been opposed to pretending to be gods and ghosts, so it is better not to invite him."
Duo Yi also said: "You can't invite me. If King Khan finds out about it, he will get angry and it will be even worse."
After hearing what his three brothers said, Abata gave up the idea and turned around to ask the doctor: "How is it? Can you stop it?"
The doctor said: "The flow is much less now, and it will stop in another hour. But it will still leak. King Khan needs to rest now."
Hearing what he said, Hong Tai didn't know where the strength came from, struggled to get up, and her mind seemed to be much clearer. Under the surprised eyes of Abatai and others, she ordered: "I'm fine, I'll mobilize my troops and fight back to Shenyang immediately."
Abatai and Azig were shocked, and they all knelt down on the ground and tried to dissuade them: "King Khan, you must not do this. You have just recovered a little bit, so you must rest. If you leave now, you will be bumpy and tired along the way, and if you do it again, you will not be able to do it again."
It would be difficult to handle.”
Mrs. Hong didn't want to rest, but he couldn't stay any longer, and said anxiously: "Shenyang is lost, do you think I can lie down!"
Duoyi cried anxiously: "King Khan, please take care of me for a few more days, I beg you."
"King Khan's dragon body is related to the fate of the country. You must not take the body of ten thousand gold as a joke." Azig urged.
Hong Tai had already gotten up and went to the ground: "In normal times, I would have been able to support him for a year and a half, let alone a few days, but I could have withstood it, but after losing it in Shenyang, I was lying on the kang like a hot pot.
The ants on the bed will die of anxiety if they lie down again."
Abate was still worried, so he asked Dorgon beside him: "What do you think?"
Dorgon said: "If we can't get Shenyang back, our Eight Banners' tens of thousands of troops will have no place to stand. Without those women and children, our Dajin will be severely weakened. If we go too late, I'm afraid my second brother will suffer too."
The poisonous hand of the Ming army. If King Khan is allowed to raise the general in this situation, it will not only be harmful to the body, but will also make the condition worse. As long as you pay more attention along the way, there will be no serious problems."
Hearing what Dorgon said, Abatai had no choice but to say: "Okay, let's bring a few more doctors with us."
Hong Tai asked Duo Yi to stay and join Hauge in Changshan, while he led Abatai and Dorgon's 3,000 elite troops to Shenyang first.
Not far away, Hong Tai's nosebleed started again. He blocked his nostrils with a towel and drove forward desperately, with tens of thousands of bannermen women and children in Shenyang in his heart.