I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 565 Nurhachi’s retreat

Zhang Anning followed the cavalry and entered through the north gate of Hetuala.

Although the depressed scenery along the road made him have no expectations for the prosperity of Hetuala, the closer he got to Hetuala, the more surprised he became, because the situation here was completely different from that of Sarhu.

Hetuala and Sarhu seemed to be two different worlds. Although fortifications were being built here and the army was being prepared for war, the sound of warnings from the blacksmith shop outside the city was loud.However, the nobles and nobles who fled here did not show any signs of nervousness. Instead, there were many young people riding horses and having fun in the city, which was very lively.

This contrast made Zhang Anning think of something.

The soldiers were half alive, singing and dancing under the beautiful tent.

The ancients never lied to me.

Entering from the north gate, you will find armor and arrow manufacturing facilities. There are even craftsmen building warehouses here. It seems that they are ready for the long term.Then there were shopping streets, temples, military fields and other places, which gave Zhang Anning a good look.But at this moment, a roar of horses suddenly came from the front of the horse team, followed by a burst of curses and the sound of kneeling down to beg for mercy.

"Grandpa, please forgive me. The little one accidentally hit the horse. Please don't forget the villain's fault and let the little one go."

Seeing how loud the noise was in front of him, Zhang Anjing immediately shook the reins and walked to the front of the cavalry.I saw that Zhang Shun, the leader of the team at the front, had already led everyone to watch. When he saw Zhang Anning coming, he nodded slowly.

As they rode forward, they saw two teenagers whipping a pedestrian with riding whips.After Zhang Shun explained at the side, he realized that the two men were riding horses on the street just now. A Liao man was walking in a hurry on the road and accidentally bumped into them, disturbing the horses of the two teenagers.This made the two men furious. They picked up the riding whip and whipped the Liao man.

Seeing the Liao man's wailing on the ground, Zhang Anning suddenly couldn't bear it and wanted to step forward to persuade him.But Zhang Shun had quick eyes and quick hands. When he saw that he was about to step forward, he grabbed him and motioned for him to look behind the two teenagers.

Zhang Anning suppressed his temper, and then he noticed that there were seven or eight guards watching the two men behind him, and the two young men's rat tails were actually tied with yellow silk.

Seeing this, he suddenly took a deep breath. He had only seen this style on Yue Tuo. These people must be the descendants of Nurhaci.

"Laimubu, Duduo, stop it quickly!"

At this moment, a young man led a group of people on horseback. Seeing such a scene, he quickly got off his horse and started admonishing.

His words still held great weight. When they heard what this man said, Lai Mubu and Duoduo immediately stopped their hands, and then looked fiercely at the beaten and bloody Liao people.

"You were obviously dishonest in Sarhu, and now you still want to harm me. It's all because of your rebellion, otherwise how could my brother be captured. Yue Tuan is also confused. He actually didn't massacre the Liao people in Hetuala. Let you If you can survive till now, I really don’t know how many traitors you still have.”

Seeing that Duduo was getting more and more exaggerated, the young man quickly stepped forward and scolded:

"Duduo, what are you talking about? In these extraordinary times, the Liao people are also our Dajin subjects. How can we kill them at will?"

Seeing what the young man said, Dodo suddenly became dissatisfied with his brother and said disdainfully:

"Dorgon, you don't need to be pretentious. It's not like you don't know what the Han army did in Fushun. If they hadn't surrendered to the enemy, how could Mang Gurtai be captured, how could Fushun be lost, and how could we return to Hetuala .”

Seeing Duduo say this in the street, Dorgon shook his head helplessly.Among the children of his father Khan, Duduo was one of his most favored sons. Therefore, he was domineering and domineering since he was a child, and no one took him seriously.

Seeing that it was useless to talk more, Dorgon immediately waved his hand and asked the guards behind him to take Duduo and others away, and we would talk about everything after returning.

Zhang Anning and others on the side saw Duduo and others being taken away by Dorgon with great reluctance. Dorgon even gave the injured Liao man five taels of silver so that he could get medical treatment.

He suddenly had a much better impression of Dorgon. He had long heard that among Nurhachi's descendants, Dorgon was very smart and kind to others. Now it turns out that he is well-deserved.

"Laimubu, Dorgon, Duduo and others are all here. It seems that Khan is not optimistic about the situation either."

Different from Zhang Anning's perspective on the problem, after Zhang Shun saw these three people, he understood that the situation of Jianlu was getting more and more serious.

Zhang Anning nodded when he heard the words, and then couldn't help but look at the carriage behind him, thinking secretly that the situation was not serious. Even the North Korean minister Li Erzhan, the crown prince Li Qi and other Guanghai Jun's old troops were arranged to come to Hetuala.

After Zhang Anning arrived at the Eight Banners Yamen with his convoy, and after giving instructions to everyone, he walked in with his cronies. After a while, he saw Yue Tuo in the main hall.

Long hours of work made Yue Tuan look tired, but after seeing Zhang Anning coming, he still cheered up and asked:
"What's the situation in Sarhu?" "Reporting to my master, since the fall of Fushun in March, the Ming army stationed troops at Fushun Pass to confront the Khan. The Khan has also sent all the elite Eight Banners to garrison Sarhu City, preparing to capture it. Fushun Pass. However, the Ming army had many red cannons. They even mounted the red cannons on the Fushun Great Wall. It was difficult for our army to deal with it and could not even get close. Now we can only be forced to defend according to Sarhu. , but the Ming army does not seem to be in a hurry and does not attack. It doesn't matter if my army moves or doesn't move."

Hearing Zhang Anning's words, Yue Tuo looked even more tired.

"The advantage now lies with the Ming Dynasty. They have made up their mind not to attack and are just waiting for us to run out of food."

"Master, I guess the Ming army can't wait that long. Although we don't have enough food to eat, the Ming army has 5 to [-] people in Fushun, and there are also [-] to [-] people stationed under Tieling City. There are many people and the distance is long, they estimate It’s quite annoying.”

Seeing how tired Yue Tuo was, Zhang Anning quickly stepped forward to comfort him while beating his back.

"Now they are all clear cards. Both sides are spending money. It just depends on who can't use it first."

Yue Tuo coughed a few times, with a look of helplessness on his face. Everyone could see the current situation, otherwise he would not have been sent to Hetuala.

"Tieling, what's going on over there in Kaiyuan?"

"When I left, I heard that He Shixian, the commander-in-chief of the Shenyang Army of the Ming Army, was stationed at Tieling City. Amin Beile resisted to the death, and it has been more than a month now. And Si Beile went to Horqin to move reinforcements."

"It's been almost a month since Sibeile left for Horqin. Why haven't we brought in reinforcements yet?"

Yue Tuan had known this news for a long time. Now that he heard Zhang Anning say this, he suddenly felt suspicious, fearing that something would go wrong with Huang Taiji and he would be in trouble.

"No, Sibeile has always been prudent in his work. Besides, Horqin and I, Dajin, are both related by marriage, so how can we not save him even if he wants to die?"

"Haha, we all flew away when the disaster came. I can't believe what this Mongolian said. Now let's not talk about it. Have you arranged for Li Erzhan, Li Qi and others to stay?"

When Yue Tuo heard Zhang Anning's words, he laughed at him for thinking too simply.Dajin was powerful, so Horqin was naturally submissive, but now that the Ming army was approaching, there was no guarantee that Horqin would send troops. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but secretly sweat Huang Taiji.

"Master, don't worry. You brought these two people here from Sarhu specially. I watched them carefully all the way. In case anything happened, I also brought other North Korean officials who had escaped. As soon as they entered the city We settled them in the middle. It’s just that these people are not used to eating coarse grains, they have to eat fine grains, and there are many rules. I really don’t know what the use is of being called over by them.”

After hearing this, Yue Tuo closed his eyes and pondered, but did not answer Zhang Anning's question.

How could he not know that these people were a burden now? In the past, he would not have even looked at them.But now the situation has reversed, and the road from Dajin to the Ming Dynasty to the west and to Mongolia from the northwest is blocked.Now we can only try to head east or northeast to see if we can break through or find an escape route.

But the situation in the east is also extremely bad.Northeast of Hetuala is the Savage Jurchen.

They live in the deep mountains and forests in the north and south located north of Heilongjiang and east of Wusuli River, and make a living by fishing and hunting.But the living environment is really harsh. It can be said that they use fish skins in summer and dog skins in cold weather. They don't eat grains and only dogs are the most common animals.

For Daijin, although it is a suitable source of troops, it is definitely not a suitable retreat.

Therefore, Yue Tuan thought about it and could only see if there were any opportunities in the east, so he asked Zhang Anning to bring Li Erzhan and others with him when he came to Hetuala.The purpose is to use their influence to see if they can secretly contact their old subordinates, so that they can coordinate with Daikin at that time.

Although the Ming Dynasty tried its best to deal with Dajin, it destroyed North Korea last year and stationed troops in North Korea, blocking this retreat.But compared with the [-] Ming troops in Liaodong, Yue Tuo was still willing to compete with the garrison in North Korea. After all, those people did not have Hongyi cannons.

So the next day Yue Tuo immediately summoned Li Erzhan, Crown Prince Li Qi and other Guanghaijun's old men and told them his thoughts.

Li Erzhan has always wanted to use the power of Hou Jin to return to North Korea since he came to Hou Jin.It's just that Nurhachi originally promised well, but since his life has been difficult this year, he ignored Li Erzhan and others.It made Li Erzhan and others even anxious. It didn't matter whether they really left or not.

Especially since this year, Li Erzhan and others have become increasingly uneasy after seeing Houjin's consecutive defeats.So today, after hearing that Yue Tuan hoped that he could write a letter to contact his old ministry, he immediately agreed.

Not only did he write the letter himself, but he also analyzed the situation in North Korea for Yue Tuo. The North and South factions had been fighting fiercely before, and they were incompatible with each other.As the leader of the northern faction, once he lost power, the southern faction continued to suppress northern officials. Therefore, as long as he wrote a letter and contacted officials from the northern faction in North Korea, many people would definitely agree.

These words made Yue Tuo stunned for a while, and his attitude towards Li Erzhan immediately improved a lot, and he quickly asked him to write a letter to contact him.

But at this moment, bad news came from Sarhu. Amin surrendered and Kaitie fell!

(End of this chapter)