Chapter 111: Journey to the East (2)

In August of the 14th year of Chongzhen, the autumn harvest has begun one after another in all parts of the land of northern Shaanxi, one by one huge sweet potatoes and potatoes are dug out of the ground, and one by one corn cobs are broken off from the corn stalks, and the faces of the farmers and uncles are full of joy and excitement, and they are also full of hope for a new life.

This is also the first year of the implementation of Zhao Kang's "paving into the mu" policy, the officials of the newly established tax bureaus in the counties were arranged to carry out tax tasks in the townships, villages and towns, Zhao Kang was worried that the landlords and gentry on the land would make some demon moths, and the spirit remained tense at all times, but he was pleased that everything was normal, because he had done a lot of propaganda work before, and the "paving into the mu" could be regarded as deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

By the time Zhao Kang set off, it was already the end of September. Seven wives cried so much that they sent Zhao Kang out on the expedition, how could the voice be a "sad" word, Zhang Youxiang sisters even performed a song "Mu Guiying Expedition" for Zhao Kang in Kunqu dialect, the kind of softness and sadness unique to Kunqu opera made Zhao Kang feel as if he had reached his first seven.

Set out from Yulin with a belly of fire, march with a large army, while inspecting the development of Dongsheng coalfield, the construction of Baotouji and Naturalization City along the way, and even went to the Baiyun Obo area in the north to go crazy, and it took a month to reach Ulanqab.

It is said that Ezhe's life is really big, he has been lying in bed for more than a month, and when Zhao Kang arrived, he hadn't burped back to the west. Zhao Kang and his younger brother Abunai were anxious: if you want to die, you will die quickly, what is the point of being half-dead like this? Because he robbed someone else's wife, Zhao Kang, who has always been thin-skinned, always felt a little awkward when he looked at him. Pretending to be condoled and appeased, Zhao Kang led everyone out of Ezhe's special yurt.

In Abnai's yurt, when Zhao Kang and his generals had dinner with the high-level officials of the Chahar Ministry, Zhao Kang vaguely and euphemistically expressed his meaning, saying that Ezhe was tortured by illness like this, it was better to live than to die, and it was better to be relieved earlier. After saying that, he let out a long sigh.

Early the next morning, Abnai came to tell Zhao Kang that Ezhe had a "sudden illness" last night and went west. Zhao Kang is very strange, it seems that Erzhe can still walk on the ground yesterday, why did he die today? Could it be that yesterday was a return to the light? As for the scratches on Ezhe's neck and the dirty blood flowing from the seven orifices, they were selectively ignored by Zhao Kang.

After burying Ezhe, Zhao Kang and Wang Jixiang jointly sent a letter to the court requesting Abnai to inherit the title of Chahar County and the position of Chahar Jinong, and then set out from Ulanqab with a large army to the headquarters of Daniel Zhang, Chen Erdian, and Wang Fuchen, the front banner of Chahar's left wing.

Because the three major commanders, Temur, Abneh, and Daniel Zhang, gathered troops on the Chahar border, the leader of the Zhaowuda League, Sebuteng, and the banner owners of each banner were highly nervous. The tragedy of the Chahar tribe last winter is still vividly remembered, and many herdsmen who fled to the territory of the Zhaowuda League last winter spread the terror and evil deeds of Zhao Kang's army everywhere, causing panic among the entire Zhaowuda League.

While leading the coalition army composed of various banners to the border of the Keshiketeng Banner in the west, Sebuteng urgently sent people to Shenyang and Horqin to ask for help.

Seeing the scouts of the Zhaowu Alliance wandering around, Zhao Kang summoned the generals to discuss the convening of a combat meeting.

Temur, Abnay, and the six thugs under their command all came, and Zhao Kang said: "The main purpose of our expedition this time is to attack the Horqin Department located in the hinterland of the Pseudo-Qing Dynasty, force Huang Taiji to divide his troops to rescue, and reduce the pressure on Inspector Hong's division in Songshan. However, in order to attack Horqin, it is necessary to completely defeat the banners of the Zhaowuda League in order to ensure the safety of our logistics line and retreat route. And as long as the banners of the Zhaowuda League are defeated, as long as they go down the Xiliao River, they can go straight to Horqin's lair. ”

For the moody Zhao Kang, Wang Jixiang always had a sense of fear, but seeing that Zhao Kang seemed to be determined not to save Jinzhou, he still stubbornly said: "Uncle Zhao, since they have defeated the Mongolian banners of the Zhaowuda League, why don't you take advantage of the victory to go south, go straight to Jinzhou, and fight a decisive battle with the main force of the puppet Qing Dynasty at the Daling River?" Even if Uncle Zhao didn't want to fight a decisive battle with the puppet Qing, as long as Uncle Zhao led the army to attack directly in the direction of Shenyang, then Huang Taiji, Jierharang, and Dolgon would inevitably withdraw their troops and return to defense, and they would be able to save Inspector Hong from danger, anyway, the distance from Zhaowu to Shenyang and Horqin was about the same. ”

Zhao Kang said: "Okay! Abunai listened to the order, you led your 5,000 cavalry under the command of the prince, and set out tomorrow to attack the banners of the Zhaowuda League, and immediately after defeating them, go south to the Daling River to fight a decisive battle with Huangtaiji. ”

After speaking, he said to Wang Jixiang: "That's all right, right?" ”

Wang Jixiang was so angry that he vomited blood and didn't dare to attack: "How can five thousand cavalry defeat the ten thousand allied troops on the banners of the Zhaowuda League?" Not to mention the hundreds of thousands of puppet Qing troops in Jinzhou. ”

Zhao Kang pretended to be angry and said, "You also know that you can't beat it?" We are now less than 70,000 people, and Huang Taiji has more than 100,000 troops in Jinzhou, how can we fight it? You can figure out this tactic of going straight to Shenyang, how can we attack Shenyang with high walls, and we can't attack Shenyang when the time comes, and the back road is cut off, and we can't cry. ”

Wang Jixiang said weakly: "I think the tartar will have to be crushed into mash if it hits the loader...... Although Uncle Zhao's army is small, it is well-equipped, and if he really wants to face the Tartar army, he may not lose. ”

Of course, Zhao Kang is not afraid of any tartars, but he just doesn't want to save Hong Da traitor. But he couldn't lose face, and said: "You know loaders and loaders in one day, but other people have Hongyi cannons and Fulong cannons, in case a platoon of artillery bombards down and a few loaders and transporters are destroyed, won't it be a big loss?" Do you know that a loader is worth 300,000 taels of silver, and a transport truck is also worth 50,000 taels, and you will compensate me at that time? ”

Wang Jixiang thought to himself: A loader is really worth 300,000 taels, so if you equip your army so much, why not spend hundreds of millions of taels?

Of course, these things can only be thought about, but they never dare to say it.

At this time, I only heard Zhao Kang say in a very obscene voice: "I heard that the Horqin Department specializes in beautiful women, and the puppet Qing harem is all the world of Horqin women, such as Bumu Butai, Zhezhe, Hailanzhu ......"

After speaking, he wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth with his sleeve. Everyone in the audience almost vomited blood and died.

At this time, Mr. Li's very discordant voice sounded: "Uncle...... It's not good, then Zhezhe is your concubine Makata ......"