The autumn rain one after another, dripping and dripping, does not stop.

The temperature slowly dropped, it was already cold in the morning and evening, and the afternoon sun was no longer so hot, so Yingordai hurried to North Korea with a team of men.

Ying Erdai is the Manchu Qing Dynasty White Flag Gushan Ezhen, and concurrently serves as the Minister of Parliament, now forty-six years old, he was also a Jurchen warrior in his early years, countless charges, promoted to Niu Lu Ezhen. But then he became more in charge of farming, managing finances, and taking charge of North Korean affairs.

At the Qing court, Ying Erdai was known for his financial management and diplomacy, and he won the trust of Huang Taiji in Korean affairs.

Relying on this trust, he rose all the way, and last year, Gushan Ezhen, who was newly promoted to the white flag, is still in charge of the ministry. Gushan Ezhen is equivalent to the military and political chief of each of the eight banners of the Qing court, and is the highest military and political official appointed by the emperor in each banner to lead the banner soldiers. Although the flags still belonged to the eight banners, the prince of the Eight Banners, Baylor and other banner owners, but the status of Gushan Ezhen was far above the officials of the six Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Since he led his army with Hwang Tae-gil all the way to Seoul three years ago, and after the king of Joseon surrendered, he has been to Korea once or twice a year. In the past, he liked this trip very much, and during his trip to North Korea, the whole North Korean people treated him with great respect. He is like the emperor of the North Koreans, with all kinds of salutes and filial piety.

But this trip, Huang Ordai was not much relaxed. He had a gloomy face and silence all the way, just kept hurrying.

The weather is getting colder, and the situation in the Qing Dynasty is getting colder like this day.

Now the situation is unprecedentedly severe, and the two or three hundred thousand Ming troops of Jinzhou and Jinzhou are there. Although the Qing Dynasty was not afraid of the large number of Ming troops, they defeated the Ming army again and again in the past. But this time it was different, the Ming army in Jinzhou made Huang Taiji like a stalk in his throat, and the generals such as Ying Erdai also felt the exact threat.

In a short period of time, southern Liaoning was swept away. The sea is also completely out of control.

If the Ming army sends troops to Korea again, so that Korea falls to the Ming Dynasty again, the situation of the Qing Dynasty will be even more difficult.

The Ming Dynasty can lose again and again, they have a vast land and hundreds of millions of people, tens of thousands of soldiers or even hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and they will soon be able to recruit more soldiers and horses. Craft more armor.

But the Qing Dynasty is different, the Qing Dynasty only has tens of thousands of banner troops, and the Han and Mongolian are also together, and the total is not 100,000.

In the current situation, if a major war is lost, the Qing Dynasty will fall into a catastrophe from which it will never recover.

The situation is already very bad, and in any case the DPRK can no longer be allowed to fall into the Ming army. Huang Taiji clearly explained to him the important mission of this trip, no matter what method he used, he had to accomplish this.

This time. Yingordai not only brought the team of missions, but also brought the Aleha Chaoha battalion with a white flag. Zhengbai Banner belongs to the five banners, as Gushan Ezhen, he has a cavalry battalion directly under him, from the Zhengbai banner Manmeng every cow recorded 20 horse armor, Han army 40.

Huang Taijit asked Ying Erdai to lead his subordinate Aliha Chaoha battalion to the Han and Mongolian cavalry to Korea, with a junior officer for every fifty vests led by Bashiku, and each vest with three Ahabs. That is, pawns. Baoyi Ahha, "Baoyi" is "home"; "Aha" means slaves.

The Qing army seized the land of Liaodong for many years. He invaded western Liaoning many times, invaded Guanzhong, and plundered countless Han people. In the end, those Han people basically became the banner army of the Han army or the coat.

Without personal freedom, they were slaves of the Manchurians, who were forced to perform all kinds of labor.

Since Huang Taiji became the emperor, he originally recorded 300 strong men every year. It was changed to 200 strong men. In order to make up for the lack of troops, the flag army that often goes out to fight will carry the coat Aha to assist in the battle. Even help with the custody of prisoners and the delivery of booty.

Ying Ordai brought a thousand horsemen from his Aliha Chaoha battalion, but those vests brought three thousand ahabs.

Although those Aha are clothed minions, they may bring out stronger people, and they all have weapons and horses. Ingordai rode on his horse and looked back, the long line of horsemen, and he felt a little more relieved.

With more than 4,000 horsemen, this is already a powerful army of soldiers and horses, and the Koreans will inevitably be deterred and dare not have half-heartedness.

"Speed up!" Huang Erdai shouted. In the tense situation of Jinzhou and Jinzhou, the emperor also asked him to bring these more than 4,000 horses, which was full of expectations. He hoped to arrive in North Korea as soon as possible, complete the matter as soon as possible, and then return to Liao as soon as possible.

Lao Tan rode a horse and followed behind his master with the other two Ahha.

Lao Tan is a clothed Aha, but he used to be a Hanmin from Liaodong. The imperial court lost Liaodong and abandoned their subjects in Liaodong. Lao Tan has a family and a mouth, with elderly parents, a wife, two sons and three daughters, he has nowhere to go, and the whole family has become the slave of the banner people.

Although he became a slave and was forced to bow to his knees, after all, the family survived, and more than ten years later, his children have grown up.

However, with a bow and a knife on his back, he rode a horse to fight with his master, but this was the first time for Lao Tan.

Old Tan used to be a good hunter, but he wasn't strong enough. The banner people also selected the Han army among the Han people, and selected one person out of every twenty strong men for the Han army, and together they paid for the equipment and food of the Han army, but Lao Tan was never selected, and he always gave his master horses and ploughed the land.

Next to Lao Tan was his eldest son, Xiao Tan, and another Han Baoyi, a young man who was brought back from Guannai by his master last year to see the Han people, a young man who was about the same age as his son.

The guy's surname is Yang, and he has a good relationship with Xiao Tan, and Lao Tan also takes good care of this good young man. He even plans to marry his eldest daughter to Xiao Yang.

After running on horseback for a long time, I finally got a chance to rest.

Xiao Tan went to drink horses, and Lao Tan and Xiao Yang were making a fire.

Finding an opportunity, Lao Tan asked Xiao Yang in a low voice, "Why are you always absent-minded along the way, what are you thinking?" ”

Xiao Yang broke a dry branch and threw it into the fire pit, and said in a low voice, "Uncle, I don't want to go to North Korea, I want to escape." ”

Lao Tan was taken aback, and cautiously turned his head to look around, "Are you crazy, escape?" Where to escape? Before you, I have seen many people who tried to escape, but in the end, none of them escaped, and they were all captured. But they were all corpses and brought back to see. ”

"I don't want to be a coated Aha for the rest of my life, uncle, how can you bear it, and be a slave for the dog Tartar for more than ten years?"

"Ah Qing, Uncle is just an ordinary person and has no skills. In this life, I just want to be safe and secure and live well as a family. ”

"What kind of peace is it to be a slave to the Tartars?"

"Bear with me, you'll get used to it in a few years." Lao Tan persuaded, "Ah Qing, you have learned archery with me for a while, you are still very talented in archery, otherwise the master would not have taken you." This time, if we go to North Korea, you should be clever, and maybe you will have a chance to make meritorious contributions. If you have made meritorious service. There will be an opportunity to carry the flag. ”

"Hmph, raise the flag? That's just a slave of the Tartars. I, Yang Qing, will never be willing to be a slave to the Tartars for a lifetime, and I will let my children be slaves in the future. Uncle, I thought about it for a long time, and when we arrived at the Yalu River, we would run when we saw the opportunity, anyway, we had horses. I've heard it. The imperial court is on a counterattack, and the emperor's righteous son, Chu Guogong, has led his troops to capture southern Liaoning. Even the Zhenjiang River at the mouth of the Yalu River was breached. Now the Han people along the coast have been evacuated by the Duke of Chu. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Qing was a little excited, "Now there are no Tartars in the coastal area, as long as we run to the sea, we have a great chance to escape." ”

Lao Tan's face turned cold, "Don't think nonsense. You look around, thousands of horsemen, how far do you think you can escape? Moreover, I have a family. ”

Yang Qing also fell silent.

"Ah Qing, it is a bad fate to fall into the hands of the Tartars. Don't even think about running. Your original home is in Shandong, thousands of miles away from Liaodong, but haven't you been arrested by your master? I see, this Ming Dynasty may become the Qing Dynasty one day, and when the time comes, where can you escape? Accept your fate, the master is not bad, you stay honestly, I will promise Xiaoqing to you. ”

Yang Qing was just silent and broke the branches to add to the fire.

Several horses rushed back, Yang Qing looked up, but saw that the people on the horses were covered with blood, and the horses behind were carrying wounded soldiers and corpses.

"Isn't this the group that went out to find their way? One got Bashku with ten vests, why did he come back in such a mess? Lao Tan said in surprise.

Yang Qing couldn't hide his joy on his face, "Uncle, it must be my Ming Dynasty's official army, maybe it is the soldiers of Chu Guogong." ”

"Whisper, don't talk nonsense."

Under a big tree, Ying Ordai looked at the returning scouts, when they went, eleven people, and when they came back, only five remained, three seriously wounded, plus two corpses.

"My lord, we are ambushed about five miles to the south."

"How many? Who? Inordai asked.

"Dressed in blue cotton armor and red vests, all men had two horses, with two short guns and a long one, and there were about thirty horses, and they all had a mark of nine heads on their uniforms."

"Nine-headed bird!" Ying Ordai's face was gloomy, and he turned his head to ask the officer behind him, "How far are we from Zhenjiang Fort?" ”

"About fifty miles."

Ying Erdai looked back at the three seriously wounded, "You eleven people, but you can't beat the thirty or so Ming troops?" ”

The man who had to get out of it lowered his head in shame, "My lord, it's not that I'm quibbling, but those Ming troops are ambushed in front, and they have sharp firearms, they first ambushed with long guns, and then rushed out with two guns, and as soon as we fought, we fell down several times." If we hadn't run fast, none of us would have come back. ”

"Let's go down." Inordai waved back the three.

"My lord, the appearance of a small group of cavalry of the Ming army near here is not good news."

Ying Erdai also had a worried face, "Pick some more people, call fifty, no, send a hundred vests, let them be careful, go to Zhenjiang Fort, I am worried that Zhenjiang Fort has been occupied by the Ming army." ”

"If Zhenjiang is really occupied by the Ming army, then what should we do?" Zhenjiang Fort is the road to North Korea.

"It depends on the situation, if there are not many Ming troops in Zhenjiang, then we will fight them. If there are many people, then we will first make a detour to the north and cross the river from Changdian Fort into North Korea. Ingordai replied. (To be continued......)

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