Chapter Ninety-One: Smoke and Dust
In the first year of the Great Ming Apocalypse, on February 21 of the sixth year of the Later Jin Mandate, Nuerhachi led the ministers of Baylor and the Eight Banners to set off from the Salhu New City to conquer the Ming Dynasty, and the army began to gather everywhere in February, so far Jin gathered more than 60,000 troops, and at the same time at least tens of thousands of people of Bao Yi Aha pushed the cart and drove the boat on the Hunhe River to provide military logistics, a large number of siege equipment began to be built years ago, and countless trees were cut down in a few months, and a large number of ladders and shield cars were made and other equipment, at the time of the oath, Along the Hunhe River, these instruments were put into the river water, and down the river, because there were so many instruments, the surface of the Hunhe River was almost obscured by these things.
After the Jin army first attacked the periphery of Shenyang Fengji Fort, the Ming army commander Li Bingcheng led three thousand cavalry to fight, Li Bingcheng first sent two hundred cavalry to fight, was defeated by the Houjin soldiers, the Ming army formed a phalanx to meet the enemy, the Houjin soldiers galloped and attacked, the Ming army was difficult to resist the enemy, under the rain of arrows, the Ming army pulled out the camp and returned to the city, the Ming soldiers chased to the city, the Ming army rushed into the city, suffered heavy casualties, the city opened artillery, hit the Jin staff general Jibakda, Nuerhachi commanded on the high post three miles away, sent the Agodeg class to attack, the main force of the Ming army 20,000 people fled, Zhu Wanliang's troops were also defeated, and within a few days, Fengji Fort and Hupiyi were lost.
After clearing the periphery of Shenyang, Nurhachi was determined to conquer Shenyang.
On the 11th, the military garrison of the Ming army in Shenyang discovered the main force of the Houjin soldiers, burning wolf smoke to alarm, and the general soldier He Shixian ordered the whole army of the Shenyang garrison to be on guard.
On the twelfth, the main force of the Houjin soldiers arrived in Shenyang, camped along the city gates, and at the same time sent elite cavalry to the east of Shenyang to investigate. The general soldier You Shigong personally went to battle, and You Shigong, who was born in martial arts, was not under He Shixian, and the elites of the two sides were in a scuffle. You Shigong beheaded four people and returned, Nuerha Chi Ming shield car in front, Ma army in the rear to make a tentative attack, after the Ming army fired artillery, the Jin soldiers retreated with a slight loss, and the two sides made the first day of testing.
Han Xu received the news on the evening of the 12th, and before that, he had already started to prepare. All the supplies and the silver and gold have been collected, after seeing the messenger. Han Xu ordered the transfer of the craftsmen and all the materials, crossed the Three Forks River to the west, and turned to Liaoxi.
"Li Chun and his family hurried out, and the master ordered the craftsman to move first with the military quartermaster." It was Gao Xiaosan who was ordered to lead people to transfer first. Han Xu specially sent a team of soldiers to him, tens of thousands of taels of gold and silver and a considerable amount of military supplies needed to be removed, and it was very rare to send more than a dozen elite cavalry to escort him.
"Master Gao, can we not leave?" Li Chun looked at Gao Xiaosan, then looked at his wife, and said: "We have been from Liaoyang for generations, and fighting is a war. I can't bear it. ”
Gao Xiaosan is actually a little reluctant in his heart, his family and Yang Guoyong's family are the same, and they are a little reluctant to move to Liaoxi. After all, all the dangers came back then, and now there are nearly 80,000 troops in Shenyang alone, and there are also 70,000 or 80,000 people in Liaoyang. It's not impossible to hold on.
"Stop talking nonsense." Gao Xiaosan said: "The adults said, if you don't leave, you will be dealt with according to disobedience." ”
"Ugh." Li Chun squatted on the ground and sighed. His wife was crying and crying, and the two looked at the house behind them, reluctant to leave.
"Pull them into the car."
Gao Xiaosan prepared more than a dozen big cars in advance, some of which were used to accommodate people who couldn't walk on the road, but he didn't expect that they would be used in advance before they were on the road.
Several soldiers jumped off their horses and dragged Li Chun and his family into the car.
"A pair of bastards." Gao Xiaosan looked at the luggage of these two people and scolded with a smile: "Aren't they all ready?" ”
He also saw the two of them offering Han Xu's god card, and scolded: "It's a shame that you still worship adults, today's life is given to you by adults, you are here as Dongyu, and you still have such a good life?" ”
Li Chun thought about this, one is that he doesn't believe that Dongyu can really take down Shenyang and Liaoyang, and the other is that he thinks that with his own skills, he can mix rice and eat anywhere, and the important thing is that this big house is occupied by himself, so that the ancestors and descendants are right, but now that he is pulled into the car, he doesn't say anything, just looks at the house and tears silently.
"In the future, the adults will build you a big house." Gao Xiaosan irresponsibly made promises, and continued to drive out the rest of the craftsmen.
With Li Chun's example in front, the rest of the families were very cooperative, only in the end there was chaos, Lu Jiude and his family were gone, and the house was empty, obviously he hid when he saw Gao Xiaosan and others coming.
"This dog's day, he has to suffer."
Gao Xiaosan took so many people and materials, and he had to go to Liaoyang to pick up the families of each family, so he didn't have time to delay any longer, scolded him, and ordered the convoy to set off.
More than a dozen carts and a dozen horses walked on the path of the village, pressing the weeds on the side of the road, and no one noticed that the grass came from the depths of Lu Jiude and his family, and when the convoy was far away, the last bit of smoke and dust news was in the distant sky.
"It's dangerous." Lu Jiude poked his head out, he and the Hun family were both carrying packages, this was also just in case, they could only take their belongings with them if they were discovered.
"You're still smart." His wife smiled and said: "Li Chun and his family are really stupid, how can the hard top be able to withstand the past, and the soldiers of adults are not vegetarians." ”
"These are troubled times." Lu Jiude sighed: "The more troubled the times, the more useful we craftsmen are. No matter if the Ming Dynasty wins or loses, we won't leave here, whoever comes will help build weapons, I don't believe that there is no bowl of rice to eat. Such a nice house and place, I definitely won't go. ”
He stood up with the Hun family, looked at the place where the convoy was far away for a while, and then saw that the barracks and shantytowns were empty, the big animals were slaughtered, and the meat was all smoked into dry meat in the winter, becoming part of the military food reserves, the military camp area was the most lively at this time of the day, the morning training was over, the equipment and fighting training began, the horseback hedged, shouting and fighting each other, there would always be many people falling off their horses after the violent impact, and then there was laughter, Li Chun and Lu Jiude and other craftsmen were also laughing while doing the work in their hands, Everyone lives without worry, there are things to do every day, I feel that the whole body is full of energy, at noon, the craftsmen receive food, and the military camp also has a meal, at this time the soldiers sang the military song under the order of Han Xu, the singing voice is majestic and powerful, the tone is happy, everyone seems to be able to add an extra bowl to eat, the afternoon routine will rest for a while, and then it is to kick the ball, divided into several teams to kick, this winter the adults invented a kind of ball game, each person wears protective gear, grabs with his hands, to rush and run, in terms of the intensity is much more powerful than that football, Lu Jiude is still young, Seeing that they were all eager to try, they also took the time to fight a few times, and were hit very badly by those stout and brave soldiers, and his nose was blue and his face was swollen, despite this, he still liked this game very much, and now he thought that he could no longer play with those guys, thinking of the upright Ren Shangwu, the brave and straightforward He family brothers, the honest Yang Guoyong, and the faces of those all kinds of soldiers, Lu Jiude's originally happy mood suddenly fell.
"Let's go home." He walked in front with his head bowed, his wife following on the side, and the lonely backs of the two walked farther and farther, contrary to the smoke and dust in the distance behind them, and finally became tiny dust.
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