Dayong has great authority in the army, and he can be said to be true to his word. After he said this, no one had any objections. After all, there are only a few people who can bear to see their children freeze to death. Although most of the generals in the army ate He can kill people without blinking an eye, but he is also a good person by nature. It is only when the current situation forces him to become bloodthirsty. After all, no one wants to be an inhumane devil. .
After all, there were only a few furs and furs, and most of them had been shipped to Liaoyang. The remaining ones could barely guarantee that two or three children would live together. Even so, the kindness of the Ming army also made the Han people burst into tears. The parents of those children spontaneously He kowtowed to the surrounding Ming troops to thank them, which made the entire Ming army feel warmer.
Dayong once told his generals that this is what is called the "common relationship between the army and the people". The soldiers have the people in their hearts, and the people will naturally support the soldiers. But if they really have a choice, I am afraid that the Han people would rather die than live together. The Ming army has some kind of love. It's not their fault. They live well in Shenyang. Although they are treated as slaves by the Donglu, they can survive after all. Now they are forced by the Ming army to leave Shenyang and embark on this unknown life and death journey. Lu, it would be strange to be able to thank the Ming army.
Dayong never denied that he did great evil and performed small kindness to the Han people. However, he had no choice. If there was a better choice, he would not let these Han people suffer such hardships.
After the dead people were buried in the snow, Dayong turned the horse's head and continued to set off. Not long after leaving, there were a dozen young and strong Han people in the team behind who rushed to the snow graves impatiently. He dug out the dead people who had just been buried, then took off their clothes and couldn't wait to put them on himself.
This phenomenon did not happen once or twice. At first, the Ming army would still be disgusted by this behavior of stripping the clothes of the dead, but as more and more people froze to death, they no longer paid attention to this kind of thing. The only requirement was that the Han people had to bury them again after taking off their clothes, otherwise they would be stripped naked and thrown into the ice and snow.
In this weather, being stripped naked and thrown into the snow would undoubtedly lead to death. The young and strong Han people did not dare to disobey the order, but they consciously buried the person again after stripping off his clothes.
Dayong also heard about this kind of thing. He told the people below that the living are more important than the dead after all. If a piece of clothing can make a person survive, then absolutely do not stop those people from doing what they do, but instead support them. Do. But the young and strong Han people must be strictly prohibited from robbing the elderly, children, and women of their cold-weather clothes. Once discovered, they will be killed immediately.
Dayong himself also suffered from frostbite on his face due to the severe cold. The half of his face where the skin had been peeled away by the cannon was very itchy. Sometimes it was unbearable, but Dayong always gritted his teeth and refused to scratch. He knew that if he scratched In order to prevent his frostbite from getting worse, Dayong asked Guo Yi to take some bearskin and make a cotton hat similar to that of later generations. Whether he was marching or resting, this bearskin cotton The hat must always be worn on the head. Although it looks very strange, it has many effects. At least the frostbite is stabilized and does not expand further.
Due to the lack of vegetables, snow blindness began to appear among the soldiers. Dayong had no choice but to order the soldiers suffering from snow blindness to be placed on the carriage together and try not to let them out. He would wait until Liaoyang to replenish the vegetables. The longer you rest, the disease will naturally get better.
On the 29th, Dayong and Cao Bianjiao met at the confluence of the Hun River and the Taizi River. At the same time, a Jin Army cavalry appeared in the rear with the flag of Zhengbai Banner.