Zhou Qingfeng sent an urgent report to Shenyang the day after he set fire to Gula Mountain. "We are threatened by Nurhachi, come and help us quickly."
The next day, when he found that the Jurchen barbarians might go crazy, Zhou Qingfeng sent three urgent reports to Shenyang — Nurhachi is really coming, come and save me quickly!
On the third day of burning Guleshan, Mangurtai really came with a large number of troops. Every two hours, Zhou Qingfeng would send urgent reports to Shenyang and other surrounding cities where Daming's troops were stationed — Fushun was under attack and the war had begun. In this case, I will lose my life, and the money you have invested in the money-making treasure will be wasted!
The urgent reports sent two days ago were basically like clay oxen entering the sea, never to be returned. Liaodong's commander-in-chief Zhang Chengyin nodded and sent a thousand miscellaneous soldiers to deal with the situation. The thousand miscellaneous soldiers were supposed to arrive in five days, but three days had passed and there was still no movement. In addition, the other officials did not take Zhou Qingfeng's urgent war reports seriously.
But when Zhou Qingfeng shouted that the money in the money-making treasure was going to be wasted, the whole of Liaodong was shocked. At first, everyone was scolding Zhou Qingfeng for his wild ambition. A small Baihu dared to covet the money of all the officials and merchants in Liaodong. But then they found that Fushun might really be at a critical juncture in the war and could not hold on. If everyone died, who could they ask for money from?
For a moment, all kinds of urgent reports were sent to Fushun — hold on, don't die. We are all coming to save you.
The nearest reinforcement to Fushun was in Shenyang. Zhang Chengyin was like an ant on a hot pan when he received the urgent report. On the same day, he sent urgent reports to all the Qianhu in Shenyang, asking his subordinates to come immediately and go to Fushun to save Zhou Qingfeng.
Liaodong's commander-in-chief Zhang Chengyin, Deputy General Po Tingxiang, General Pu Shifang, and a large number of Ming Army generals anxiously gathered the troops. But no matter how they gathered, the army of Daming's dynasty was not an iron army that could fight at will. On the contrary, they were very slow.
The result was that while Lord Zhang sat in his own yamen in Shenyang, every two hours he would receive a military report from Fushun. One moment Zhou Qingfeng said he had no provisions, the next moment he said he had no pay, the next moment he said the soldiers were so noisy that they almost mutinied. The next moment he said the enemy was led by the fifth son of the slave chief, Mangurtai. A thousand vanguard soldiers had already arrived at the city gate and the city's defenses were on the verge of collapse.
Every word and sentence in the urgent military report frightened Zhang Daren so much that his heart was beating fast. By the time the elderly Mu Sinian Laoyezi arrived at Shenyang with a letter written in blood, as soon as he saw Zhang Chengyin, he knelt down and did not get up. With a long sigh he said, "Daren, Fushun is in danger, Liaodong is in danger.
Now, the Kennu are invading our borders and torturing the people of Daming. Their vanguard general, Mangurtai, was cruel and tyrannical, almost like a demon. In the past, he had frequently massacred cities. Now, the enemy's momentum was surging and they were attacking from all sides. Sir, please send troops to save the 60,000 people in our city. "
Old Mu Sinian Laoyezi was old and his hair was white. He was crying so hard that no one could bear to see him. Zhang Daren personally helped him up and repeatedly promised to send troops as soon as possible to save the people. In the end, without waiting for him to coax Mu Sinian away, Zhou Qingfeng used Li Yongfa's name to send more urgent reports one after another.
Zhang Daren, help your brother out!
Zhang Daren, the slave chief's subordinate, Dai Shan, has arrived with his troops.
Zhang Daren, the slave chief has sent a luxurious lineup of superstars, Ah Min and Hwang Tae-gil have also been sent.
Zhang Daren, this lowly official has the heart to kill the enemy but is powerless to reverse the situation. It looks like you can't return the money.
In the military report sent in Li Yongfa's name, Fushun's defenses are already broken, the soldiers are half dead and the slave chief's army has repeatedly attacked the city walls. It was all because of the people of Fushun risking their lives to repel them. But now we are at the end of our rope and there is no hope of reinforcements. It looks like we can only repudiate the debt from before.
It's fine not to mention the debt, but the mention of the debt is infuriating. Zhang Daren thought about how he had invested a lot of money into the 'money-making treasure', but in the end, he only saw a few financial reports that depicted beautiful and profitable results. Other than feeling elated a few times, he didn't see a single copper coin. Now that an irresistible accident had occurred, he was actually going to lose everything.
But the more the military report from Fushun complained, the more Zhang Daren didn't dare to rashly bring troops to help. If the situation was really critical and irreversible, wouldn't he be throwing his life away? And what made Zhang Daren feel the most lucky was that Li Yongfang's battle report on the first day was filled with crying and yelling. The battle report on the second day was also filled with crying and yelling. On the third day, it was the same crying and yelling.
According to the battle report, Fushun was in a precarious situation and would be finished in the next second. But every single battle report was the same. Fu Shun just wouldn't be finished. When Zhang Daren received Fushun's urgent request for reinforcements, he was suspicious and sent a trusted aide to Fushun to investigate.
The trusted aide went the same day and returned the next day. The report said that Fushun's defenses were still strong and the people in the city were calm. There were indeed Jurchens outside the city, but there weren't many of them, only about a thousand. These one thousand light cavalry troops advanced rashly and lacked supplies, so they suffered a great loss on the day they arrived at Fushun. Now that Mangurtai had retreated to Fushun Pass with his troops, they didn't have anything to eat or drink, and they might just run away on their own.
"This damned Zhou Qingfeng, how dare he lie to me!" Hearing his trusted aide's report, Zhang Daren was furious, but he finally calmed down. "Since Fushun is fine, why is this kid shouting? He can't beat a mere thousand barbarians? Let him guard Fushun in peace. I'll send him reinforcements in a few days. "
With this assurance, Zhang Daren was no longer anxious. He felt that this Zhou Qingfeng probably wanted to get promoted and get rich. He felt that the position of baihu was too low, so he wanted to use this incident at the border to gain some recognition. "This kid is full of cunning tricks. He actually dared to threaten this official that he wouldn't return the money. I must give him a good beating and let him know his place. "
As for reinforcements, they could take their time. Zhang Daren ordered Zhou Qingfeng to guard the city in peace and not to fight. He thought that it wouldn't be too late to go in ten days to half a month. Just as the Ming Army reverted to its old ways and became lazy, Da Jin also sent a series of urgent reports to Hetuala.
Mangurtai had retreated in fear at noon at Fushun. When he sent a messenger to inform Nurhachi, he was still secretive and didn't dare to say that he didn't conquer Fushun. Instead, he said that the Ming Army had burned the granaries and asked his father to quickly send some food. He also asked when his father would send the army to support them, saying that the pressure on Fushun was a little big.
Nurhachi had fought in wars all his life, so he could tell at a glance that there was something wrong with this battle report. He asked the servant who came back to report and found out that the actual situation was very different from what he had expected. The Fushun side seemed to have set up an ambush, waiting for the four Beilei to go and die. As soon as Mangurtai arrived, he was blown up by a series of high-level spells.
"Humph." In the Khan's palace, Nurhachi was very unhappy after hearing the truth about the frontline. But when he calmed down, he also felt that it was too whimsical of him to think that he could take down a city with tens of thousands of people with only a thousand troops yesterday. But now that things had come to this, what could he do?
It was impossible to retreat, not in this life. Anyway, they had to fight, so it was the same to fight earlier or later. The key was to mobilize enough troops, and he had to go there himself.
"The frontline is short of food, isn't it?" Nurhachi asked the servant who came to report.
The servant knelt on the ground and answered honestly, "The three Beilei caught many Han people outside the city of Fushun. They all said that after Gulei Mountain was burned, they began to demolish the villages outside the city and move away the people, horses, and food. The four Beilei said that this must have been planned in advance. Zhou Qingfeng is a crafty person, so we can't underestimate him. Great Khan, please take the army and take Fushun by force. "
"In other words, not only are they short of food, but they also don't have a place to live. Old Five and the others are all cavalry, and they don't have servants to serve them, so they will naturally complain. "Nurhachi pondered for a while and then made a decision.
"Go and tell Old Five to retreat to Deck City and Erhun City outside the Fushun Pass. At least those are proper places to stay. I'll send people to transport food to Su Zihe, but it will take at least half a month for the army to gather.
I, the Great Jin, urgently need to appease the people, money, and food. This is very important. Tell him not to act rashly again and just keep an eye on him. Don't scare away the fat sheep. If he messes up the important matter, I will punish him. "
Nurhachi didn't mention that it was because of his agreement that Mangurtai had been rashly attacked. This time, he also wanted to play it safe and hoped to take down Fushun smoothly. Because the Great Jin Kingdom might seem strong now, but it had no way to develop itself other than robbing. A large number of arrogant soldiers and valiant generals were like wild beasts that couldn't be fed. If they weren't appeased, they would probably turn around and bite back.
After receiving the order, the servant who delivered the message rode back to Fushun overnight. Meanwhile, Nurhachi was sitting in the main hall of the Khan's palace, staring blankly at the sun moving to the west and the moon rising. The servants who served him were very clever and knew that they couldn't disturb him at this time, so they all stayed far away. But when it was dinnertime, there was still no movement from the Great Khan. As the old princess, Abahai had no choice but to come and greet him.
But as soon as Abahai entered the main hall, Nurhachi was immediately alarmed and asked first, "There was a painting of that boy Zhou Qingfeng. Find it. I want to see it."
Abahai was very puzzled, so he quickly bowed and answered, "The Great Khan didn't like that painting, so I burned it."
"Burned it?" Nurhachi was a little surprised, but when he thought about it carefully, he realized that he had indeed been very unhappy when he first saw the painting of riding a horse up the mountain. The people around him were afraid that he would anger him again and really burn it.
Nurhachi said with a straight face, "That boy caused trouble again this time. First, he burned my Gule Mountain's grain reserves, and then he calculated that I would be angry. Then, he pretended to be weak and set up an ambush, trying to disrupt my plan to march. I almost fell into his trap. "
After saying that, Nurhachi chuckled again. "The Han people have a saying, 'a mantis trying to stop a chariot'. That boy must know that. Although what he did made me very angry, it was of no benefit to the overall situation. If I were him, I would have fled far away from Fushun, found a place to hide and grow stronger, and then come back in twenty years. "
"The Great Khan is wise. That boy Zhou is naturally not as good as one in ten thousand." Abahai bowed again and was about to praise his man.
"Not as good as one in ten thousand? I was just thinking that boy is really smart. He has done amazing things time and time again, so he's definitely not a fool. " Nurhachi's face suddenly turned cold, and he asked, "Did that boy have an affair with you in Ekulun?"
Abahai was about to stand up after bowing, but when she heard this, she felt like she was electrocuted. Her legs went soft, and she fell to the ground, her body trembling uncontrollably. When she came back from Ekulun, what she was most afraid of was that the affair between her and Zhou Qingfeng would be exposed. Now that Nurhachi had personally asked her about it, she didn't need to say anything. Just her expression of fear was enough to explain everything.
Abahai wanted to open her mouth to explain, but she knew that the man in front of her was very meticulous and difficult to deceive. Moreover, although Nurhachi seemed gentle, he was actually cruel. She couldn't predict what kind of punishment he would give her. For a moment, the fear made her speechless. Only big drops of tears fell, and she choked with sobs, unable to explain herself.
Nurhachi coldly looked at Abahai kneeling in front of him. This beautiful woman had been with him since she was eleven or twelve years old. When they got married, he was already in his forties, but this woman had always firmly grasped his heart.
Jurchens had always had a tradition of accepting stepmarriages. After Chu Ying's death, Nurhachi appointed Dai Shan as the Grand Beilei and entrusted him to take care of Abahai. Because in his opinion, after his death, Abahai would marry Dai Shan. But Dai Shan hemmed and hawed, telling a rumor that everyone else knew except Nurhachi.
Today, he asked, and sure enough, it was true.
Silence … Silence … After a long time passed.
"The wife of the Mongolian Genghis Khan, Temujin, was once stolen by an enemy. Although he later snatched his wife back, she was pregnant with the enemy's child. " Inexplicably, Nurhachi suddenly brought up the topic of Genghis Khan from hundreds of years ago. His tone was rather melodious and full of vicissitudes.
Abahai, on the other hand, was quick-witted. She grabbed onto Nurhachi's thigh and shouted, "Great Khan, I'm not pregnant, I'm not pregnant. I was forced, it was that boy who forced me. Please spare me, Great Khan. "
Expressionless, Nurhachi reached out and stroked Abahai's hair. "Maybe I'm the same as Temujin," he said faintly. "When I heard about this, I wanted to get angry, but I could only endure it. When I heard the battle report just now, I remembered this hateful matter. "
Hearing Nurhachi say that he could only endure it, Abahai knew that she had escaped death and at least kept her life. This time, she was really emotional and choked with sobs that she couldn't speak. She could only hold onto Nurhachi's thigh, crying and rubbing against it to express her submission.
Nurhachi continued, "Does the maid who came back with you know about this? Knowing about this but hiding it from me is disloyal to her master. Cut them all in half. "
Abahai's maid had kept the secret to protect her position, but now Abahai didn't dare to speak up for her. She only kept nodding and sobbing, without the slightest objection.
But Nurhachi couldn't calm down. He suddenly grabbed Abahai's hair and pulled up her beautiful face, asking in a strange and indifferent tone, "Me or that boy, who's more powerful?"
Abahai's whole body trembled, and the corners of her mouth quivered. …
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