Huang Taiji jumped up from his seat at once, rushed to Ao Bai in a few steps, grabbed Ao Bai's clothes, and asked sharply, "What did you say?" The Ming army attacked Shengjing? ”

This is something that Huang Taiji never dreamed of, he thought that the urgent news from Sheng Jing was that Hai Lanzhu was in critical condition or had died. Unexpectedly, it was the news that the Ming army attacked the capital of the Qing Dynasty, and Shengjing may have fallen.

Ao Bai had never seen Huang Taiji like this, and he was startled, but he still nodded vigorously.

The sergeant who delivered the emergency report was immediately brought in and told the people in the tent the details.

It's just that these sergeants are just post guards at the post station, and they don't know much about the specific situation of Shengjing, what they repeatedly tell is that the Ming army is attacking Shengjing, and Shengjing has sent a signal that emergency rescue is needed.

This news blew up everyone in the tent, and no one could have imagined that there would be a Ming army that would make a detour of hundreds of miles to attack Shengjing. The people in the tent were all important officials of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and they knew that the garrison of Shengjing was weak.

The Qing Dynasty poured its national strength into attacking Songshan and Jinzhou, and only a few thousand old and weak people were left behind in Shengjing, and it would not be difficult to understand if they were attacked by the Ming army. It's just that everyone wonders, who led the men and horses, and actually had such the ability to lead the army to gallop for hundreds of miles without being discovered, and it was possible to attack successfully?

Everyone in the tent knew that the eight general soldiers under Hong Chengchou, except for Cao Bianjiao, who had good ability, were all rabble, and they fought in addition to running away or escaping, but Cao Bianjiao was still in Songshan City, and he led the army out of the city to attack just last night.

Soon, another group of men and horses rushed to the outside of the tent, delivering similar news and indicating that the army had broken through the south gate and entered the Shengjing City.

This news completely shattered everyone's luck, and they thought of the disaster that would happen after the city was destroyed.

"This can't be, this is absolutely impossible!" Huang Taiji, who had never been hit like this, waved his arms and shouted as if he had lost his mind, "There are more than 100,000 cavalry of my Qing Dynasty in the Liaoxi Corridor, North Korea is already a subject country of my Qing Dynasty, Mongolia has long been surrendered, and it is impossible for the Ming army to sneak attack Shengjing." It must be the Mongols, yes, it must be the Mongols pretending to be the Ming army to attack Shengjing. ”

However, without waiting for anyone else to say anything, Huang Taiji soon found that his idea was wrong, most of the Mongol troops followed him to Songshan, and the remaining Manzhu Lixi was loyal to the Qing Dynasty, so it was impossible to do so.

"Your Majesty, you can't be a Mongol, it must be the Ming army," at this time, Dolgon walked out of the column and said with great certainty: "The Ming army's Eastern Association Army has good combat effectiveness, this time the people and horses of Prince Su were defeated, and the Zhenglan Banner suffered heavy losses. ”

"What Prince Rui said is good," Duoduo, the king of Yujun, immediately stood up and echoed Dolgon's words, "It is likely that the Ming army took advantage of the chaos to break out of the siege and go directly to Shengjing." If it weren't for Prince Su's defeat, this would never have happened. ”

As soon as he heard that Dorgon and the Duoduo brothers took the opportunity to attack him, Hauge, who had not recovered from his wounds, suddenly jumped out and said angrily: "Prince Rui, King Yujun, when the men and horses you led met the Ming army and the Eastern Alliance Army, they would also lose the battle. Huang Ama's royal soldiers encountered a sneak attack by the Eastern Alliance Army, and they also suffered huge losses. Huang Ama, now is not the time to discuss right and wrong, we must rescue Sheng Jing as soon as possible. ”

"Even if the Ming army takes advantage of the chaos to break through, isn't there still 3,000 men and horses in Shengjing City?" Huang Taiji still looked extremely angry, waving his arms and shouting at everyone, "Dai Shan, this waste, can't even defend a city, I want to kill him." ”

In a hurry, a mouthful of blood spurted out of Huang Taiji's mouth, and he collapsed.

When everyone saw it, they were even more frightened, and everyone rushed forward to support Huang Taiji, and the imperial doctor was also quickly summoned in.

"Brother Fourteen, could it be that someone released water and secretly let the Ming army cross the border?" Taking advantage of the chaos, Duoduo quietly asked Dolgon: "Otherwise, no matter how powerful the Ming army is, it will not be able to break out of the encirclement of my Qing army." ”

As he spoke, Duoduo's eyes were aimed at Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi, Li Yongfang, Tong Yangxing, Zhang Cunren and other Ming Dynasty ministers. Duoduo's eyes were very good, and Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi were all taken aback.

"Don't speculate," Dolgon whispered to Dordor, "The most important thing now is to rescue Shengjing quickly, encircle and annihilate this Ming army, and discuss the rest." ”

"But," Duoduo, who had never had a good impression of his subordinates, continued to argue, "If they are really traitors, then when the Ming army flees, they can use their defense area to escape, how is it good?" ”

Dorgon seemed to be moved by Dord's words, thought about it, patted Dordor on the shoulder, and said softly, "Brother Fifteen, don't worry. ”

Dodor knew what Dorgon meant by this, and said nothing more.

Huang Taiji lay on the soft couch for a while and then hemoptysis stopped, and the person gradually calmed down, and summoned the sergeant who gave the order to the front again and asked: "Is it really the Ming army that attacked Shengjing?" ”

Huang Taiji received a positive answer, of course.

"Huang Ama, the top priority is to rescue the fire rate army, not to give the Ming army a chance to escape, maybe the Ming army has not captured Shengjing," others have won, and he has lost the battle, Haoge is very angry during this time, and he is trying his best to fight for the opportunity in front of Huang Taiji, "Erchen is willing to lead the army to rescue Shengjing, Huang Ama, you continue to lead the army on the Songshan front, Erchen believes that the Ming army that attacked Shengjing is only a few thousand people, and Erchen will be able to defeat them." ”

After thinking about it, Huang Taiji shook his head and vetoed Haoge's suggestion, "No, I will personally lead the army back to rescue Shengjing." ”

After signaling the people on the side to help him up, Huang Taiji also decisively issued an order, "I personally led the two yellow flags back to rescue Shengjing, and the military affairs of Songshan were handed over to Prince Rui to be in charge." Until I have no new orders, I will only besiege Matsuyama. Prince Su will reinstate the prince from now on, Prince Su, King Yujun, and King Wuyingjun You must obey Prince Rui's orders, otherwise military law will be engaged. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Dordor and Azig immediately commanded. But Hauge was reluctant to be placed under Dolgon's command, and he asked again: "Emperor Ama, let your son return to Shengjing with you with the blue banner." ”

"No need," Huang Taiji shook his head, "The situation in Songshan is not optimistic, if our army withdraws on a large scale, it will inevitably shake the morale of the army, and it will also make the Ming army aware that Hong Chengchou will not let go of such an opportunity for a counteroffensive." I believe that the Ming army that attacked Shengjing was only a few thousand people, and I led two yellow flags to help, which should be able to eliminate the Ming army and solve the crisis in Shengjing. ”

Huang Taiji said, struggled to get up, and ordered the cronies of the two yellow flags, such as Aobai, Tulai, Kubilong, and Tazhan, to immediately make preparations and immediately set off to rush back to Shengjing.

Huang Taiji's health is very poor, during this time in Songshan, he often drips blood from his nose, and after receiving the news of the attack on Shengjing, he was so angry that he coughed up blood. Huang Taiji knew that his physical condition did not allow long-distance galloping, and what he needed was to recuperate, but the situation was urgent, and he was worried about the safety of Shengjing City, and he couldn't let go of his beloved woman Hai Lanzhu's death, so he still rushed back to Shengjing desperately, and even handed over all the military affairs of Songshan and the command of hundreds of thousands of troops to Dolgon.

In fact, before that, Huang Taiji had already wanted to return to Shengjing, and Hai Lanzhu's poor health had always reassured him, but the battle situation between Songshan and Jinzhou was delicate, and when one of the Ming army fled, the other Ming army took the opportunity to counterattack and almost ended his imperial tent. Unable to figure out the intentions of the Ming army, he did not dare to return to Shengjing, for fear of falling for the Ming army's tricks. But now that he received an urgent report of the attack on Shengjing, he instantly decided to personally lead the army to rescue him.

Huang Taiji received the urgent report that Shengjing had been attacked at night, and he did not wait for the next day to leave, but left Songshan overnight. Regardless of his own health, he ordered his men and horses to rush back to Shengjing without stopping.

Songshan is about 500 miles away from Shengjing, and Huang Taiji is ready to arrive in two days at most. When he left Songshan, he had already sent an edict from the Qing Emperor, ordering the nearby tribes to hurry up and rescue Shengjing.

"Hai Lanzhu, you must not have anything to do," Huang Taiji, who was galloping on a horse, thought most about his beloved concubine Hai Lanzhu being well. Compared with the safety of Hailanzhu, the safety of Sheng Jing is still a little less important in Huang Taiji's mind.

The love of children is better than the general trend of the world, which is a bit difficult to understand for a generation of heroes.

After leaving Songshan and crossing the Xiaoling River, it was just dawn, and Huang Taiji insisted on marching continuously, despite the dissuasion of his cronies, and even more so his own hemoptysis again. His cronies such as Aobai, Tulai, Kubilong, and Tazhan were ineffective in dissuasion, so they had to follow Huang Taiji to the north.

When he arrived at the Daling River, Huang Taiji received an urgent report from Shengjing, indicating that the first army disguised himself as a post guard to deliver the emergency military report, and deceived the city gate in the second half of the night and broke through Shengjing. When the news came out, the Ming army that had rushed into Shengjing City had already broken through the Great Qing Gate and was attacking the palace.

Hearing this, Huang Taiji fell off his horse in anger and coughed up blood again. However, after waking up, he did not agree with his cronies to let him rest well, and they led his troops to take the first step to rescue Shengjing's dissuasion, and insisted on personally leading the army back to rescue Shengjing.

Aobai, Tulai, Kubilong, Tazhan and others couldn't resist Huang Taiji's persistence, so they had to follow him.

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Cao Yue's trophies, hundreds of thousands of taels of gold, more than 5 million taels of silver, and countless rare antiques were buried in a Zhuangzi about ten miles away from Shengjing City.

Ginseng and some treasures that can be carried with you and will not be annoyed will be taken away.

On the evening of the second day after the capture of Shengjing, after turning Shengjing into ruins, Cao Yue quietly left with more than 1,000 men and horses.

In this sneak attack on Shengjing, Cao Yue's men and horses only paid less than 300 casualties, of which less than 80 were killed, and the brilliant result of destroying Shengjing City was achieved. This was something that no one had expected before the war, and the same was true of Cao Yue.

When he led his troops to leave the ruined Shengjing City, he looked at the ruined city that was still smoking, and said with great emotion: "Shengjing, Shenyang in the future, I Cao Yue will definitely come back, and then I will build a more magnificent city than Shengjing now, I believe that at that time, the Manchu Dynasty no longer exists." ”