The sound of the conch horn outside the village sounded, Zhang Zhongqi silently packed his bags, and his son, who was less than two years old, stood timidly on the side, and the clothes on his body were changed from the old clothes of adults, which looked miscellaneous and flowery. Zhang Zhongqi went over and took out a small black cake, his son grinned, and took it and ate it.

"Eat more, your mother left it for you." Zhang Zhongqi's voice choked slightly, and he pointed to an altar placed on the table in the main room, but there was a smile on his face.

Zhang Zhongqi took out a strap like something, the child obediently came over, asked Zhang Zhongqi to put the thing on his buttocks, Zhang Zhongqi turned around, his son came over and climbed on his back, Zhang Zhongqi pulled the strap from his shoulder, and tied the other two waists together, and tied his son on his back.

After the mute died, Zhang Zhongqi was not buried, but cremated according to Zhenyi's custom (see "Jianzhou Wenjianlu"), because he was afraid of being dug up and eaten. There were only two of them left in the family, Zhang Zhongqi did not dare to leave his young son at home, and even carried the farming to the field, the two depended on each other, but it was not many days, he received the order to go out, and he still prepared his own food, and his subordinate was Wuzhen Chaoha of Zhenglanqi.

Zhang Zhongqi stood up, walked to the table and touched the jar containing the ashes of the dumb, and after a while, he picked it up and prepared to put it into his baggage, but the wooden box was a little too big to fit in, Zhang Zhongqi held it in his hand and walked towards the door, walked a few steps and stopped, turned around and put the box on the table.

The child on his back screamed twice, Zhang Zhongqi touched the box with his hand, went to the door and picked up the knife thrown on the ground, and carefully closed the door of the main house......

There were many people standing in the gathering place, and Zhang Zhongqi saw his horse there, which belonged to a fifteen-year-old Zhenyi who had just been promoted to Dingkou. Zhang Zhongqi's earliest horse has been lost when he fled for his life in Zhubokou, this horse was robbed to him by Taktan on the way back to Datong, and it was also snatched by Niu Lu Ezhen last time, saying that Zhenyi's war horse is insufficient, and Zhang Zhongqi is useless to ride a horse anyway.

"If the horse had been killed, perhaps the dumb man would not have died." Zhang Zhongqi thought in his heart, but he just thought about it, there are not many horses in Houjin, and the armor and horses are all recorded in the cattle record, not to mention killing and eating, in the past, even if the fat was not thick, he would be severely punished when he went out on the expedition.

The horse was a little stronger than when it was snatched away, it looked a little fat, and it was eating a handful of hay, and the sixteen-year-old Zhenyi stood beside a few armor soldiers, Zhang Zhongqi saw that Zhenyi had a bow and a spear on his body, and his body was relatively strong, and he was still a little overwhelmed in excitement. Houjin has the heaviest military merits, and he has to practice hunting with a soft bow when he is young, and there are also those who joined the army at the age of fifteen or sixteen, and there were only a few in the past, and he was injured by Dengzhou in the past two years, and this kind of fifteen or sixteen Dingkou is not uncommon.

More than 30 Han people who are also in Wuzhen Chaoha are standing in their own circles, and it is better for those Baoyi to go on the expedition, because at this time Wuzhen Chaoha has its own organization, which is full of Han people, and the oppression is relatively light.

Zhang Zhongqi saw Taktan on the other side to greet Zhenyi's armor soldiers, he is now the Fengde Pashiku in Niu Lu, called Lingqi in Chinese, who is in charge of food collection and labor in peacetime, and also leads troops in wartime.

"Stand upright! Align! ”

The captain of their squad roared loudly, a group of clothed soldiers lined up quickly, their training last year was very strict, almost in accordance with the Dengzhou infantry canon, under the supervision of Huang Taiji, the instructors composed of those Dengzhou soldiers were quite strict, these clothed soldiers were disheveled and skinny, and the individual was far worse than the armor soldiers next to them, but after a queue, the momentum was slightly stronger than the armor soldiers.

"Wow wow!" Suddenly, a child's voice came from the queue.

"Whose child is not leaving!" The captain came angrily, carrying a sheathed waist knife, which he often used as a tool of corporal punishment.

"My lord, my lord, it's mine." Zhang Zhongqi hurriedly came out of the queue.

The captain is also a coat that carries the flag, and Zhang Zhongqi is a group of flag bearers, he saw that it was Zhang Zhongqi, the old man in the Niu Lu, and held back his anger and said: "Brother Zhang, let's go to war, what are you fighting with a baby on your back, let him go back quickly." ”

"I ...... There was no one at home. Zhang Zhongqi lowered his head, and the captain shook his head after being stunned for a moment, there were many people who died in Niu Lu this year, and there were several fewer people in their team.

The child on Zhang Zhongqi's back pointed his fingers and looked at the adults around him curiously.

"Why don't you leave! Just your team. Cherge strode over, he is also the Fengde Pashku of this Niu Lu, who was in charge of bringing this Niu Lu before, and has the responsibility of supervising the formation. However, this time, he followed the action of the Zhenyi armor soldiers, and the overseer became the new official of Taktan.

"Master Cherg, you know, the slave has no one in the house, if the slave doesn't take him......"

"Fart, we haven't heard of a war with a baby since the founding of Dajin." Cherge shouted angrily: "Even if Lao Tzu lets you take it, and you go to Jialazhong to be seen by Lord Zhang Jing, even Lao Tzu will have to lose his head." ”

After Cheerge finished yelling, he reached out to grab the child behind him, Zhang Zhongqi stretched out his hands to block it, and begged while retreating, and the surrounding Wuzhen Chaoha got out of the way, looking at the two arguing with a numb expression.

"What's the matter?" A voice that made Zhang Zhongqi tremble, and when the two turned their heads, Niu Lu Erzhen Lai Daku walked over with a gloomy face, followed by Taktan and other white-armored soldiers.

Zhang Zhongqi's whole body was numb, and his voice trembled, "Slave, slave ......"

Cherge whispered to Lai Daku in the past, and Lai Daku didn't listen to Zhang Zhongqi's words, and said to Taktan next to him: "Taktan, you can do it." ”

Tak Tan looked at Zhang Zhongqi with a complicated expression, and slowly walked over, Zhang Zhongqi stretched out his hand and waved it again and again while retreating, but he couldn't say a word, the child on his back poked out a small head from Zhang Zhongqi's shoulder, and stared at Tak Tan walking in front of him with big eyes.

Taktan walked two or three steps in front of Zhang Zhongqi, stopped and said to Zhang Zhongqi: "Put him down." ”

Zhang Zhongqi knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly, "Young master, if the slave doesn't take him, he will definitely not be able to live in the village, the slave begs the master to give him a way to live, the slave doesn't let him be a bannerman, this son is still a slave to the master's family, beg the master to give him a way to live......"

Taktan bowed his head and said, "There is no food for him to eat, and no one is willing to keep him." All the food in Niu Lu is finished, you all know this, if you don't defeat Dengzhou Town, everyone will die, our Dajin army is strictly disciplined, and there is no reason to take a baby to go on the expedition, if I am approved, Lord Zhang Jing of Wuzhen Chaoha will not let you go. ”

Zhang Zhongqi knelt on the ground with snot, still refused to take the initiative to untie the strap on his body, Taktan was silent for a moment, waved his hand and beckoned a few Zhenyi armor soldiers, several people pounced on Zhang Zhongqi and pressed Zhang Zhongqi to the ground, the child on his back was frightened, and he cried.

Several armor soldiers pressed Zhang Zhongqi to death, one of them took out a short knife to cut the strap, and lifted the crying child into the hands of Taktan, and the surrounding Wuzhen Chaoha shrunk his body, and some even turned his face to the side.

Taktan took the child with a complicated expression, the child danced with his hands and feet and cried, Zhang Zhongqi raised his head from the ground with difficulty, his face was bruised, and his mouth said intermittently: "Young master...... Spare your life, let him be your minion......"

Lai Daku, who was behind, said coldly: "Hurry up, Lord Jiala has already come to urge you." ”

"Zhang Zhongqi, after defeating Dengzhou Town, let's go into the customs to catch the coat, how many women have it, and ...... in the future Let them have more children. Taktan lowered his head and grabbed the ladder knife from his waist, Zhang Zhongqi trembled all over his body when he saw it, and with a roar, he struggled to break free from the hands of the soldiers, and stretched out towards Taktan, his five fingers were spreading, and tears flowed down his face.

"Zhang Zhongqi, he can't live left and right, I'll help you send him away, and let people burn him before leaving, so as not to be eaten by others." Taktan slowly raised his knife.

"Master!!" ……

"Great Khan, the armor soldiers have all been transferred, a total of 291 Manchurian Niulu, Han Niulu, Mongolian Niulu, 20,000 Zhushen armor people, 22,000 Yuding people, 3,500 Mongolian left and right wings, 2,300 Tianyou Army, 10,000 newly formed Wuzhen Chaoha Infantry Army, 500 artillery people, Khalkha and Horqin sent a total of 31 Taiji, 3,900 troops, Karaqin, Tumut only...... Only nine Taiji came, and 600 soldiers were led. Another 78,000 Aha people were mobilized in Liaozhong, of which 60,000 were in Liaoyang. ”

Outside the south gate of Shenyang, the soldiers are like a forest, all kinds of flags are fluttering, Huang Taiji is reading the army at the high gate, Yue Tuo is talking softly behind him, Huang Taiji is listening and looking at the book in his hand, most of the army has been transferred to Gaizhou, and the expedition ceremony here is just to cheer up the morale of the army, and by the way, to cheer up the Shenyang that is about to be empty.

The numbers still seem to be a lot, but he knows that the core armor soldiers are actually not as good as the Battle of Lushun, which lost thousands of Zhenyi armor soldiers in the Battle of Lushun, and Niu Lu had to add armor people from Yu Ding.

Later, Jin Xuanding is generally more than five feet tall and has a retirement age of 60, but in case of emergency, regardless of height, it is counted as Ding Kou from the age of 15 to 60. In order to cope with this war, this mobilization exceeded three Ding and one of them, and some Niu Lu reached two Ding and one of them, and Yu Ding included many old people in their fifties, who may be able to deal with other Ming troops, but for Shangdengzhou Town, the combat power of these people is worrying.

After the concubine killing incident, Huang Taiji originally wanted to deal with Yue Tuo, but the continuous defeats on the battlefield made him lack the political advantage, and he was also worried about causing internal instability, so he did not take the opportunity to let Yue Tuo step down after the last spring offensive.

"Ten Niu Lu of Du Du Department of Lianshan Pass has been dispatched, and after receiving Du Du's emergency yesterday, he sent Yu Ding 1,000 people and 2,000 people to Lianshan Pass, Hetuara has fallen into the siege of Dongjiang Town, and Jiefan and Salhu have also found Dongjiang Island Kou Sentinel Horse, and the slaves have not sent reinforcements."

Huang Taiji nodded slightly, the other directions of southern Liaoning are full of mountains, the roads are mostly in the mountains and valleys, Dengzhou Town is most likely to take the direction of Gaizhou, Houjin's troops must be concentrated in the Liaozhong region, and the line from Hetuala to Salhu will not cost troops to rescue, which is too far away from the main battlefield. Yue Tuo is still very responsible, did not be attracted by the feints everywhere too many people, he did not deploy troops everywhere, but let Salhu and Jiefan and other places hold on their own, and retained a cavalry in Shenyang, once the Ming army entered the plain area, and then this cavalry gave full play to the advantage of mobility, fought in the plain area, attacked or dragged those infantry-based Ming troops. In terms of ability, Yue Tuo is indeed the most capable of his sons and nephews, if it weren't for the killing of the concubine, he would have become a powerful assistant to Huang Taiji.

Huang Taiji said lightly: "What's going on in Dengzhou Town?" ”

"There is a force of Dengzhou soldiers in Lianshanguan, Du Du has not yet found out the number, and Hetuala also has a force of about 1,000 Dengzhou soldiers, and after the siege of the city, the news was cut off, and the Dongjiang army was cut off from the road to attack everywhere, and the details were not clear. The Dengzhou army gathered in the south of Gaizhou, and according to the Baya sentry sent to investigate, the company camp was dozens of miles south of Yulinbao, and there were endless cars and horses on the official road. ”

"It's still Gaizhou." Huang Taiji said softly, "Let's go." ”

Yue Tuo hurriedly said: "There is another thing, the sentry horse of the former Unag found a group of Liaozhen soldiers and horses in the old city of Xipingbao, led by Zu Dale, more than 1,000 cavalry, 2,000 infantry troops, and a number of people. ”

"Liaozhen?" Huang Taiji turned his head to look over, "They thought that my Dajin couldn't draw people, so they also came to rob by fire?" Zu Dashou is still a little stingy, and this bit of robbery is not enough. ”

Yue Tuo said in a low voice: "Great Khan, the minions think that this unit should be fought first, and a small victory should be won before the big battle, which will not only boost the hearts of our army, but also cut off the hidden dangers in Liaoxi." ”

Huang Taiji agreed: "Let Azig lead the first soldiers of the headquarters, and Sakhalian lead the Zhenghuang and Huanghuang banners stationed in Niuzhuang Wuzhen Chaoha to attack Xiping Fort, and let them not chase across the Daling River." ”

"Wow!"

Huang Taiji said to Jierharang and the others behind him: "The army is out, let's go to Liaoyang." ”