readx; The calm waters of the Datong River were suddenly broken by countless boats chopping waves. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Of course, Zhu Youzhen knew that once the Jurchens failed to escape the Fu Boat before crossing the river, there would be only a dead end, so they also burst out with amazing strength, ran a distance of more than 1,000 steps at a speed of 100 meters, and finally successfully boarded the Fu Boat moored on the south bank.

The sailors who stayed behind hurriedly lifted anchor and hoisted their sails, and the 600-material Daifuku ship sailed downstream along the river. At this time, there was a bit of easterly wind, and although the boats were desperately paddling to catch up, it was impossible for them to catch up with the lucky ships with huge sails by manpower, so they were all pulled far behind.

When Amin saw Zhu Youzhen and the others escape, he didn't pay much attention to it. And he has never seen Li Zhenyan, so he has nothing to do with his relatives.

In fact, he led the Four Banners Army to the expedition this time, and he had the heart of supporting the army and annexing Korea. Because the Great Khan Nurhachi was injured by artillery fire in Ningyuan, his health has deteriorated, and the struggle for the crown of Zhubeile has become more and more fierce and open. As Nurhachi's nephew, Amin is of course not as advantageous as Nurhachi's own sons such as Daishan, Huang Taiji, and Dolgon in terms of blood proximity.

But he also has a big advantage, which is that he is older and has a lot of strength. He is the owner of the White Flag, and his own brother Zilharang is the owner of the White Flag, and the two of them can control a quarter of the strength of the Eight Banners when they join forces.

In addition to this, Amin is also good friends with the Great Bel Deshan. Dai Shan is the owner of the Red Flag Banner, and his eldest son Yue Tuo is the owner of the Red Flag Banner. Amin and Daishan joined forces, that is, they occupied half of the Eight Banners.

The inheritance customs of the Jurchens are completely different from the Han people's "primogeniture inheritance system", basically whoever has the biggest fist has the final say. Nurhachi's earliest preferred heir was his eldest son Chu Ying, but because Chu Ying was too impatient and threatened Nurhachi's position, he was executed by the order of his cruel father.

After that, the crown prince's laurel was worn on the head of the second son, Daishan. But Daishan also made the same mistake as Chu Ying, he didn't know how to be sharp and introverted, and he was deeply suspicious of Nurhachi. And Huang Taiji, Mang Gurtai and other Baylors also deliberately wanted to pull Dai Shan off the throne so that he could replace him, so he had to design Dai Shan whenever he had the opportunity.

As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves, and Dai Shan was finally abolished because of the two ridiculous charges of "having an affair with the Dafu Jin Fucha clan" and "abusing the son of his ex-wife by his favored stepwife". Finally, he was full-fledged and there were many people who interceded for him, so Nurhachi retained his position as the leader of the Red Banner and did not ask for his life. But if Dai Shan wants to inherit the throne again, there is no possibility at all.

Therefore, Dai Shan hated Huang Taiji, Mang Gurtai, Azig and other brothers, but he had a good impression of his cousin Amin. The two hit it off, advanced and retreated together, and this expedition to North Korea was accompanied by Amin to unify the four banners of soldiers and horses, and Daishan accompanied Nurhachi, watching the development of the situation coldly. Dai Shan's wishful thinking is that once Nurhachi blows the lamp and pulls out the wax, with the support of the Four Banners Army, he can wipe out those intriguing brothers and regain the position of the Great Khan himself.

However, what Dai Shan didn't expect was that Amin was humble to him on the surface, but in fact he had other plans. He knew very well that among the eight banners, the positive yellow flag and the inlaid yellow flag were the strongest, and even if the other six flags were combined, they were not the opponents of these two flags. And after all, he is only Nurhachi's nephew, and he has little chance of winning the throne, so it is better to take the opportunity of this conquest of North Korea to take the Four Banners of soldiers and horses for himself and establish himself as king in Korea.

Therefore, from the very beginning, Amin did not think of making peace with North Korea. The reason why he pretended to agree to Li Liang a few days ago was nothing more than a measure to delay the army. After the army had finished resting in Liujing, he must continue south.

Coincidentally, after Ning Wan escaped from the Chengfo Temple, I met the Jurchen cavalry who came to Datong Jiangnan to "fight the grass valley", and rushed back to Jiangbei overnight to deliver a letter. It was on this ground that Amin made a big attack to the south. Seeing that Zhu Youzhen escaped with Li Zhenyan, Amin sneered and said, "Don't worry about them, continue to march towards Seoul!" Ran a Korean princess, Ben Baylor is going to replace it with ten, no, a hundred princesses! ”

However, what Amin didn't expect was that his Four Banners were not monolithic, and the biggest threat came from his own brother Zilharang.

Zilharang is cautious by nature. Ever since he and Amin's father, Nurhachi's own brother, Shulhaqi, were imprisoned to death because they wanted to fight against Nurhachi, Zilharang was frightened by Nurhachi's brutal method of "recognizing his six relatives", and then obediently obeyed Nurhachi's orders. Nurhachi was also very satisfied with this good nephew, and made him the owner of the white flag.

Nurhachi was a man of great power, and he knew that of the two nephews, Amin had a grudge against him. Therefore, he secretly promised Zilharang that if Amin made a mistake and was punished, Zilharang would take over the white flag. Therefore, Zilharang and Amin have long been in a state of flux, expecting Amin to make a mistake all the time, and Amin is still unaware.

Before this dispatch, Nurhachi had a clear will: only to subdue Korea, abolish the canonization relationship with the Ming Dynasty, and transfer to his own camp; Do not destroy it, and make the Mongol tribes chill. Now that Zilharang saw that Amin openly resisted the decree, he did not object to it, but he was overjoyed in his heart, and immediately sent his henchmen back to Shenyang to report to Nurhachi, without detailing himself.

Of course, Zhu Youzhen on the Fu boat didn't know all this. Seeing that the Jurchens were not in pursuit, he let out a long breath and urged repeatedly: "The boat should go faster, only when it reaches the sea will it be truly safe!" ”

Of course, Zheng Sen and other sailors also wanted to escape from the encirclement as soon as possible, but the Datong River was not the Yellow Sea after all. Fu boat is a typical sea ship, mainly powered by the sea breeze for sailing, but in the inland rivers there is not so strong wind at all, and the speed of the ship naturally cannot get up. Fortunately, it is going downstream, and if you sail against the current, you really have to use a slender man to pull the fiber.

Zhu Youzhen was so anxious that he sat in the cab and kept looking around. It was early autumn weather, but he was still sweating profusely.

Li Zhenyan carefully wiped the sweat from his forehead for him, and said with a slight smile: "Your Highness, your heart is calm and naturally cool." Didn't the Jurchens chase after them? We're about to leave North Korea, so let's enjoy the scenery along the coast. ”

At this time, Zhu Youzhen felt a little out of shape, smiled busily, and stood shoulder to shoulder with Li Zhenyan, looking at the mountains that were slowly passing backwards.

Suddenly, he felt Li Zhenyan's shoulders trembling slightly, and he hurriedly turned his head to look. I saw that Li Zhenyan was already full of tears, and muttered: "Once I go this time, I'm afraid Zhenyan will never be able to return to North Korea!" Father, Your Majesty, I hope you don't blame me! ”