"Hiss..."

The mount under the crotch snorted in a low voice, and Amin was also irritated when he heard it.

He looked at the empty Shinshu City, held the reins of the horse in one hand, and let the horse's hooves step on the market, making a burst of noise, pressing the fire, and sneering:

"This Dolgon is nothing more than a ten-year-old hairy child, and he still wants to bring a white flag to make meritorious contributions, but he was cut off by several horse bandits."

"Heshuo Belle, the servant has long said that the old Khan values Dolgon, it is nothing more than that he is old, watching the joy of children."

After Hu Erhan finished speaking, he smiled flatteringly.

"Huerhan, the Great Khan thinks highly of you." When Amin said this, he stopped his mouth meaningfully and looked at the Jurchen man with a slightly darkened face in front of him.

Hu Erhan, Tong Jiashi, one of the five founding ministers of the later Tartar Qing Dynasty, was subordinate to the Manchurian Zhengbai Banner, lived in Yaer Ancient Village, and returned to Shun Jianzhou from his father.

At the beginning, because of his courage and courage to fight, he was adopted as an adopted son by Nurhachi, and was given the name Jue Luo, with a white flag in his palm.

In the forty-seventh year of Wanli, he participated in the Battle of Salhu, and quickly defeated the Ming army Fushun and Kaiyuan with superior forces. Xuan set up an ambush again, and surrounded Liu Wei's 50,000 troops with Houjin Zhubeile, and all of them were annihilated.

In the forty-eighth year of Wanli, when the Emperor of the Apocalypse succeeded to the throne for less than half a year, he led the white flag from Amin to Shenyang, and set up an ambush outside the city to lure the Shenyang general soldier He Shixian to attack.

Subsequently, He Shixian really swore to attack in Shenyang and fell into a heavy siege, although he retreated in time, he was still caught up by Hu Erhan himself with a white flag.

In this battle, He Shixian died in battle, and Shenyang fell for the first time.

It was precisely because of the fall of Shenyang that the Manchu Dynasty was shocked by the ambition of the barbarians in Liaodong, and since then, every time there is a Liao incident, the Emperor of the Apocalypse will be arbitrary and firmly support Xiong Tingbi.

Huerhan hurriedly laughed:

"What is important is nothing more than looking at your face at Heshuo Baylor."

Amin turned his head and smiled:

"The old guy values you, how can it be my face?"

"Do you think, the expedition to the Ula Department, as well as the defeat of He Shixian in Shenyang, when did the minions not follow Heshuo Belle to join the expedition."

As he spoke, Hu Erhan found that the mount was a little closer to Amin, secretly tightened the reins, slowed down, and said: "According to the minion, the old Khan does not value the minion me, but values you and Shuo Belle!" ”

Amin made this series of sycophants a little fluttering, laughed, and said casually:

"Sooner or later, Dorgon will have to arrive with the white flag, and when the time comes, you will have to take the boys with the two white flags and give this fledgling calf a taste of sweetness."

"Heshuo Belle will look at it, if Dorgon dares to come, the minions will be well entertained."

Hu Erhan smiled, but that smile, no matter how you look at it, makes people a little panicked.

......

Almost at the same time that Dolgon arrived in Shinshu, Mao Wenlong received a messenger sent by Liu Xingzuo, and learned that more than 100,000 people in Shinshu had gone into the deep mountains and forests and thrown themselves to Phi Dao.

Today's Dongjiang, although it has not yet reached the level of moderate prosperity, is no longer the time when people starve to death every day, at least, food and clothing can be maintained.

This all depends on Yuan Keli, the governor of Denglai, and the imperial court sailors in Tianjin to do their best to help.

Although the Jianzhou cavalry was invincible in the wilderness, they could not see any of their banners on the vast sea.

From the Dongjiang River to Penglai, all the way to Penghu, everywhere are the merchant ships and warships of the Ming Dynasty.

After a brief discussion, Mao Wenlong put aside his worries and quickly summoned all units of the Dongjiang Army, divided into several squads, and went to support the people who had withdrawn from Xinzhou and the Han army anyway.

Worried about the safety of the people, the Dongjiang army marched all the way, and in less than two days, they passed through layers of mountains and forests and came to the area of the Taizi River.

At this time, news suddenly came, saying that it was the battle of Xinzhou, Liu Xingzuo and Li Yangeng were in battle anyway, and repelled the 3,000 white flags of Dolgon's department, and Mao Wenlong was relieved.

For the first time, Dorgon personally led his troops, and unlike in history, this time it was a mountain of defeat.

The 3,000 elite cavalry of the white flag were intercepted by more than 10,000 Han troops, although the results were remarkable, but after all, the number of people was small, and it was impossible to expand the results at all.

After Li Yangeng and Liu Xingzuo rendezvous, Dolgon knew that he could no longer advance, so he had to retreat temporarily and wait for Amin's reinforcements.

In this way, Li Yangeng, Liu Xingzuo and the people of Xinzhou were given time to evacuate.

The Dongjiang Army was tired due to the overnight march, and the people of Xinzhou had escaped from the tiger's mouth, so they repaired in the area of the Taizi River.

After careful consideration, Mao Wenlong set up the tent on the site of Gushan Fort in the lower reaches of the Taizi River.

At this moment, he was dressed in waist-high armor with fish scales, tiger skin covered outside the armor, and his expression was grim, standing at the head of the city, looking around.

As far as the eye can see, there are ruins.

"Father, I have been to Gushan Fort before, it was five years ago, and there are still more than 30 Liao families living here for generations, but now..."

Mao Chenglu said, his eyes showing sadness.

Mao Wenlong nodded quietly and asked:

"Have all the soldiers and horses drunk?"

"I am drinking water in batches, and after drinking water, I will fill some and take it away so that I can drink the horse at any time on the road." Mao Chenglu said, was silent for a moment, and then said:

"That's nearly 200,000 people, father, the island has just started to improve, and this group of people has received the island, and the brothers are afraid that they will have to tighten their belts again."

"If you don't take it, will you just watch them being slaughtered by the Tartars?" Mao Wenlong couldn't do anything, he sighed and said:

"I had to send someone to Denglai again and ask Futai to send some more military rations to Phi Dao."

Mao Chenglu had some difficulties:

"Didn't the Futai letter say that the tens of thousands of stones last time were already used to buy grain from merchants with the military salaries paid by the imperial court, and then raise grain, I'm afraid it's not easy!"

Since the first year of the Apocalypse, the imperial court has established the Metropolitan Prison Office, and Wang Tiqian, the left military supervisor, went to Phi Island to understand the real situation, and then returned to Beijing to report to the heavens.

Since then, Zhu Youxiao has a legitimate reason to support the Dongjiang River, and has sent two military supervisors to stay on Phi Island all year round and report on the situation on the island at any time.

At the beginning of the second year of the Apocalypse, Zhu Youxiao appointed Yuan Keli as the governor of Denglai, and ordered the second government of Denglai and the Tianjin Navy to receive all the needs of the Dongjiang army.

The "Ningjin Defense Line" repeatedly mentioned by Yuan Chonghuan and Sun Chengzong, Zhu Youxiao turned a blind eye, but instead continuously transported more and more materials to the Dongjiang River.

Obviously, the emperor's intention was to take advantage of the Ming Dynasty's superiority on the sea to connect Tianjin, Denglai, Phi Dao and the surrounding islands, and besiege Houjin from land and water.

In the past, knives, guns, armor, firearms, and cannons were all unattainable luxuries for the Dongjiang army, but now, they all have them.

At this time, the Dongjiang Army that accompanied Mao Wenlong out of the island to meet Liu Xingzuo and Li Yangeng had more than 20,000 people, equipped with more than 1,000 of the latest Suifa bird guns, and 22 Hudun guns.

As for the knives and guns, they were all shipped from Denglai and Tianjin, and these standard equipment, unlike the previous "made by the guards", were all made by the newly established factories of the Imperial Ordnance Department in the local area.

At present, the factory is only built in Tianjin and Penglai, and is coordinated by the Beijing Division Ordnance Division.

The Ordnance Department was headed by Bi Maokang and Bi Maoliang, and the Holy Roman Empire missionary John Tang of Qin Tianjian was assisted by a group of missionaries who specialized in the study of firearms.

Every three months, the Ordnance Department will receive a grant from the emperor's internal funds, plus the factories in Penglai and Tianjin will also help the local Ming army to replace weapons and armor, which can be said to be quite expensive.