Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 1 Liaodong Shock

Chapter 5 Collecting Troops and Asking for the Future

Section 1 The defeat of the army is like a mountain

Shenyang, Liaodong Jinglufu.

Since the four-way army that crusaded against Jiannu set out, Yang Hao has been restless, tossing and turning every night and unable to sleep, looking forward to the good news from the front line all the time, so that his extremely tense nerves can be relieved.

On this day, Yang Ho was handling official business in the house, and he only felt extremely irritable in his heart, looking at the official document in his hand, he only felt that he couldn't even read a word, and the upright font was as disgusting as ants on the paper. In desperation, Yang Hao took a few family members out of Jingluo Mansion, preparing to take a walk in the market and relax.

Because the dynasty had already sent a large army to crusade against Jiannu, Liaodong at this time was actually in a state of war, so the city of Shenyang was on alert. Although it was morning, there were not many pedestrians on the street, and some shops were closed with their doors and windows closed or even open for business. The cold wind blew, and the whole street was empty and looked very depressed.

Yang Ho walked slowly on the street, and his eyes were full of depression, and his mood was not improved, but he was even more depressed and gloomy.

"It's only been how long the war has begun, and the city has become so withered?"

Yang Ho shook his head and quickened his pace, turned the corner, and saw that there was a porridge shop in front of him that was still open to accept customers, so he beckoned his family to come over, wanting to drink some hot porridge to warm up his body.

As soon as he entered the door, Yang Hao saw only three or two customers drinking porridge in the store, and the guys in the store were leaning on the side and boredly roasting the stove.

Seeing Yang Hao and his entourage walking in, the guy came over lazily to greet him and asked, "How many guest officers are drinking porridge?" ”

A family member said, "Five people, five bowls of hot porridge, and some side dishes." ”

"Okay." The guy turned and went into the back kitchen.

Yang Hao sat on a seat in the middle, and saw two diners not far away chatting quietly while drinking porridge, and was taken aback when he listened carefully, the two were actually talking about the war in Liaodong.

A Humpty Dumpty whispered mysteriously, "You know what? I've heard that the army of the imperial court made the Tartars lose their armor, and several of the general soldiers were martyred. ”

"Really? Who do you listen to? A bearded man sitting across from him asked in surprise.

Seeing that the other party was shocked by his words, Humpty Dumpty said a little proudly: "Hehe, you don't care about this, I have my own way." Don't believe it, I heard that the Tartars raised hundreds of thousands of troops and slaughtered the imperial army to the point of blood, and now it is estimated that they are killing Shenyang! ”

The bearded man screamed, then quickly looked left and right, and saw that there were no people in the store, and said a little relieved, "How did I hear that Jiannu, together with the old people and children, I am afraid that there are not hundreds of thousands, right?" You are also killing Shenyang, who are you bluffing? ”

Seeing that the bearded man didn't believe it, Humpty Dumpty said: "I have a relative who resells leather goods, and just yesterday he came back from the north, and he left all the goods behind, and when he entered the city, he hid in my house and no longer went out. I really couldn't see him like this, so I asked him what had happened, and guess what my relative said? ”

"What did he say?" The bearded man asked eagerly.

Humpty Dumpty also stopped selling Guanzi and said: "My relative said that several armies of the imperial court were defeated by Jiannu, and there were countless casualties, and General Du and General Liu were all killed in battle. ”

The bearded man said with a look of horror: "Ah! How so, how is this possible? ”

When Yang Hao heard that the two of them actually said that the imperial court had been defeated, he couldn't help but be angry, and he directly slapped the case, shouting: "Bastard! Who are you? On the occasion of this national war, you dare to bewitch the people and deceive people's hearts! ”

The Humpty Dumpty and the bearded man were taken aback, and when they looked at the old man with a white face, they breathed a sigh of relief.

Humpty Dumpty said angrily, "Who are you?" Why do you care when I wait to speak? ”

Yang Hao's family on the side shouted: "Something with eyes and no beads, dare to be presumptuous here!" This is Lord Yang Ho Yang of Liaodong Jingluo! ”

As soon as the words fell, another family member took out Yang Hao's official seal, and the short and fat man took a closer look, and suddenly his legs fell to the ground and his face turned pale.

Seeing this, the bearded man immediately knelt on the ground, pointed at Humpty Dumpty and said loudly: "My lord, this guy is talking nonsense here, the villain has never said anything bad about the court, please enlighten your lord!" ”

Yang Hao snorted coldly, pointed to the beard and shouted: "Don't embarrass you today, you must remember that trouble comes from the mouth, and from the mouth to the mouth, be cautious in your words and deeds in the future!" ”

When the bearded man heard this, he hurriedly kowtowed to Yang Hao and said, "Lord Xie, Lord Xie, the adult's teachings and villains must be remembered!" With that, the bearded man ran out with his hands and feet, and disappeared into the cold wind.

Humpty Dumpty was already weeping bitterly at the moment, kneeling there and unable to speak.

Yang Ho wanted to reprimand Humpty Dumpty fiercely, and then detain him for a few days on the charge of confusing the public with a false word to teach him a lesson. But his heart suddenly moved, and he said secretly: "Look at what this person said is clear-eyed, will it be true?" But no news was sent back at night, how could this Humpty Dumpty know about the battle? ”

Yang Ho thought for a while, then instructed his family to close the doors and windows, and planned to interrogate Humpty Dumpty, whether it was true or not, it was always right to ask.

Yang Hao glanced at the family members around him, and two family members flashed out, closed the doors and windows from the outside, and guarded the door. Another family member walked into the back kitchen and blocked the guy and the store in the back kitchen.

Yang Hao saw that it was almost over, so he sat down and said, "If this governor asks you, you have to recruit from the truth, otherwise you will bear the consequences!" ”

The Humpty Dumpty man hurriedly said, "Don't worry, my lord, the villain must know everything and say everything." ”

"You said that the imperial army was defeated, did you really hear it from your relatives?"

Speaking of this, Humpty Dumpty suddenly burst into tears and said, "My lord, the villain didn't hear it from any relative at all, the villain is the relative he said!" ”

"What!" Yang Hao was really scared now, afraid that Humpty Dumpty's words were true, and hurriedly asked: "You saw with your own eyes that the imperial army was defeated!" ”

Humpty Dumpty nodded, and said, "The villain went to the north to sell leather goods, and when he passed through Salhu, he saw the corpses of officials and soldiers all over the mountains and valleys, and it was a hell." ”

Yang Hao sat there as if he had been struck by lightning after hearing this, his already white face became more and more pale, and beads of sweat the size of beans continued to flow down. After a long while, Yang Hao squeezed out the words from between his teeth: "Then how do you know that the rest of the armies have been defeated?" ”

Humpty Dumpty said: "When the villain saw such a terrible scene in Salhu, he was so frightened that he almost turned his back on it, and he wanted to hurry back to Shenyang." But the villain still has a lot of leather goods in the north, and the villain is afraid that he will be discovered by the Tartar soldiers, so he stubbornly goes north, wanting to bring the leather goods back to Shenyang, but who wants to ...... Woooooo ”

Speaking of this, Humpty Dumpty couldn't stop crying again, so anxious that Yang Hao almost went up and kicked him.

"Say! Say it! What's going on in the north! Yang Ho yelled.

Humpty Dumpty sobbed and said, "My lord, the villain passed by the Shangjian Cliff north of Salhu, and saw the corpses of the officers and soldiers again, and his eyes were full of them! ”

Yang Hao only felt that it was dark in front of him, and his body was tilted to the side, and the family members next to him hurriedly stepped forward to help. Yang Hao took a sip of the tea handed over by his family, slowed down for a while, and said: "Immediately send Ye Buhui to the direction of Salhu and Shangjian Cliff to inquire about the situation, and in addition, send someone to Liu Lingbu and Li Chengbai to send an order to withdraw to Shenyang immediately, and withdraw immediately!" ”

The family immediately went out to ask a family member outside the door to rush back to give the order, and then returned to the house and whispered to Yang Hao: "My lord, aren't there still some mobile soldiers and horses in the city?" Why don't you send someone to pick it up? ”

Yang Hao glared at the family and shouted in a low voice: "The soldiers have been sent out, will you guard Shenyang!" ”

The family promised to say no more.

Yang Hao glanced at Humpty Dumpty again, and said fiercely: "Since you saw the defeat of the official army, why don't you report to the official as soon as possible!" It's just abominable! ”

Humpty Dumpty was already frightened at this point, and he only knew that he kept knocking and crying, without any verbal response.

Yang Hao glanced at the family next to him, and got up to return to Jingluo Mansion by himself. Screams rang out one after another from inside the house, and after a while, thick black smoke rose from the porridge shop, and it was engulfed in flames in a moment.

Back in Fuzhong, Yang Hao ordered the whole city of Shenyang to be on strict alert, and at the same time informed Liaoyang and other key cities to be strictly defended.

Seeing that the official documents had been sent, Yang Hao sat in a chair and was in a very bad mood, only feeling that his future was bleak, and at the same time regretting it very much, why did he come to Liaodong, why did he rob this military achievement, this is clearly a quagmire and hell!

In this way, Yang Ho spent two days in a state of confusion under tremendous mental pressure.

On this day, the night that was sent out was not recovered, and it brought the news that Yang Hao was most unwilling to hear: the Ming army's West Road and North Road armies were all annihilated, the main general of the West Route Army, Du Songli, was martyred, and Ma Lin, the commander of the North Route Army, fled back to Kaiyuan alone; The Southern Route Army was also defeated, the main general Liu Lingli was martyred, and the guerrilla general Liu Yunwei repelled the pursuit of Jiannu and was leading the remnants to Shenyang; And the Southern Route Army has not yet fought with Jiannu. At present, the whereabouts of the Jiannu army are unknown.

After listening, Yang Hao hurriedly ordered Li Rubai's Southern Route Army to return to Shenyang immediately to assist in the defense, and after learning that Ma Lin had fled back to Kaiyuan, Yang Hao said angrily: "How can I tolerate you if you escape from the battle!" So he immediately sent people to Kaiyuan to arrest Marin. A few days later, Marin was ordered to be beheaded by Yang Hao, and accused that it was precisely because Marin was afraid of the battle that the Western Route Army was isolated and defeated, and the blame for the defeat of the Western Route Army was all put on Marin.

After Yang Ho gave the order, he began to think about how to deal with the aftermath. After a while, Yang Hao issued two orders in a row: one was to require the cities in various places to be strictly defended to prevent harassment by small groups of Jiannu, and the other was to strictly seal any news about the war.

"Let's wait until I take care of the retreat, let's drag it out for a while, it seems that the official has nothing to do, let's save my life first." Yang Hao said silently in his heart, with a look of despair.

At this moment, a family member ran in in a panic and said, "Oh no, my lord, I found Jiannu outside the city!" ”

"What! How many people? ”

"Hundreds of horsemen are plundering villages outside the city, and now outside the city gate are people fleeing from all over the city, and the city guards will ask the lord if he wants to open the city gate and let the people in."

"Don't open the gates!" Yang Hao hurriedly said loudly: "Tell the soldiers who defend the city that no one is allowed to open the city gate without the order of the governor. From today onwards, the whole city will be under martial law, and no one will be allowed to enter or leave the city. ”

"Yes!"