It was already time to arrive, and Huang Taiji was still in the palace.

The banquet had already been cold, no one dared to withdraw the banquet at this time, and no one had the heart to continue eating and drinking, and the news brought by Tan Tai shocked everyone.

Huang Taiji had been looking at the map carefully, his face gloomy.

Huang Taiji didn't speak, and the others didn't speak, even Dai Shan, Dolgon and the others were also interested at the moment, and they knew that Huang Taiji needed to make a decision immediately.

Huang Taiji finally spoke.

"Yanguli, Sony, you take Tan Tai down to rest, don't publicize this matter for the time being."

There are still Dai Shan, Dolgon, Hauge, Du Du and Fan Wencheng and others in the palace.

Huang Taiji's expression was a little gloomy.

"I have made a decision to withdraw my troops immediately, and the army will quickly return to Shenyang."

As soon as Huang Taiji's words fell, Haoge couldn't help it.

"Father, the emperor can't, North Korea will be taken immediately, can't give up halfway, the son is willing to lead the army, recover Fuzhou and Lushun and other places, and ask for the father's permission."

Huang Taiji glared at Hauge fiercely.

His son, Hauge, is indeed brave in battle, but he is a little simple-minded and impatient, and he cannot see far-reaching, and cannot be compared with Daishan and Dolgon.

Fan Wencheng stepped forward and spoke.

"Prince Su is also surrounding the future of the Great Qing Kingdom, and I ask the emperor to think deeply."

Fan Wencheng obviously spoke for Hauge, so as not to be reprimanded by Hauge, after all, Daishan and Dolgon and others were here.

Huang Taiji let out a long sigh.

"There are three reasons why I made such a decision, one is that the Ming army occupied the city from Lushun to Fuzhou, which is equivalent to controlling the coast of Liaodong, and the battle of our conquest of Korea has basically lost its meaning, even if it makes Korea surrender, but the Ming army sticks to Lushun, Fuzhou and Phi Dao and other places, and the rear of my Great Qing Kingdom is still unstable."

"The second reason. Shenyang's defenses were empty. ”

When he said this, Huang Taiji glanced at Fan Wencheng, and after a little hesitation, he still spoke.

"Zilharang is stationed in Shenyang. There are not many troops, the twelfth brother is stationed in Gaizhou, and the soldiers of the Eight Banners under his command are less than 3,000, and they do not have any ability to resist, if the Ming army takes advantage of the situation to attack. Take Gaizhou, then Shenyang will be dangerous, the Ming army can attack from both Gaizhou and Jinzhou, once Shenyang is lost, the foundation of our Qing Dynasty will be shaken. ”

"As for the Han army that assists in the defense of various places, I heard that the Ming army has an advantage, what will it do, I am really not sure, I can't lose a big one because of a small one."

"The third reason is that the fierce rival of my Great Qing Kingdom has appeared."

"Last year, my Eight Banners lost 18,000 people. Seventh Brother was captured, that battle, you should all remember, I didn't particularly care at the time, thinking that Abatai was negligent and caused the attack of more than 100,000 Ming troops, it seems that what Seventh Brother said is true, the strength of the Zheng family army is no less than that of the children of the Eight Banners. ”

"In the first battle of Yongning, the white flag lost 7,000 soldiers. Zheng Jiajun took Lushun, Jinzhou, Fuzhou and Yongning, and there were 3,000 Red Banner Sergeants stationed here, but there was no news, and it seems that they were also beheaded by Zheng Jiajun. ”

"Count the number of my Eight Banners disciples who were killed by the Zheng Family's army. It's close to 20,000 people, and you should know what it means, and I can't underestimate it. ”

"The Zheng army occupies Fuzhou and Yongning, and can directly threaten and attack Gaizhou, if the Zheng army takes Gaizhou. Then Liaoyang will be in danger, and the 120,000 army led by me will also be blocked, and it will be difficult to return to Shenyang in a short time. ”

"The battle of Yongning ended on the ninth day of the first month, calculate the time, six days have passed, presumably that Emperor Chongzhen is very timid, and he does not dare to launch an attack in Liaodong for the time being, but if Zheng Xunrui, the commander of the Zheng family's army, instigates it, maybe Emperor Chongzhen will take action and order the Ming army to attack from Liaodong, and the Zheng army will attack from the direction of Gaizhou, and things are really developing in that direction, then it will be dangerous."

"I can conclude that Zheng Xunrui must have personally commanded the battle, I just thought for a long time, when did the Zheng family army start attacking, why Lushun, Jinzhou and Fuzhou and other places were lost, I didn't get a trace of news, it can be seen that this Zheng Xunrui is extremely tricky, grasped my weakness, I led the army to fight in Korea, the defense must be empty, Zheng Xunrui seized this opportunity, let me be in a dilemma." ……

After Huang Taiji finished speaking, Dai Shan hesitated a little and was ready to speak.

As one of the four former Baylors, Dai Shan's life is not so good, if he didn't perform Taoguang Yang's art in time, his ending must be tragic, the former four Baylors, Huang Taiji became the emperor, Amin and Mang Gurtai, because of arrogance, was suppressed by Huang Taiji, although Dai Shan was low-key, but still suffered from Huang Taiji's suspicion, he had to be more low-key, he didn't care about anything on weekdays, he didn't ask anything, and when it came to things in the court, the farther he retreated, the better.

It is precisely because of this that he barely kept his position and became the number one prince.

In the face of such a major matter, if Dai Shan does not speak and does not express his opinions, it will definitely arouse Huang Taiji's suspicion and dissatisfaction, and he must open his mouth at this time.

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to say."

"The second brother thought of something, just say it."

"The minister thinks that this expedition to North Korea is about to win the final victory, and he is really unwilling to withdraw his troops at this moment, if he can hold on for one or two days, take North Korea, capture Li Liang alive, and then withdraw his troops, it should be too late."

Huang Taiji raised his head and sighed.

"What the second brother said, I couldn't have imagined it, and I was not reconciled, but I have already said just now, after six days, if the Chongzhen Emperor of the Ming Dynasty really decides to attack Shenyang, what will be the consequences, who of you dares to guarantee that the Ming army will not attack, I really don't want to lose a big one."

When Huang Taiji said these words, everyone lowered their heads.

Huang Taiji's eyes looked at Fan Wencheng.

Fan Wencheng took a step forward slightly, bent down and spoke.

"The slave thinks that the emperor's consideration is proper, the situation has developed to this point, changing rapidly, if the Ming army launches a large-scale attack from both sides of Liaodong and Gaizhou, Shenyang will be really dangerous, the number of Eight Banners stationed in Shenyang is not very large, Liaoyang, Haizhou, Yaozhou, Anshan and even Fushun and other places, there are Han troops, if the Han army learns of these news, there is any change, then the overall situation will be difficult to stabilize, even if it takes North Korea, but the final loss is huge, it is worth the loss, the minister thought that the troops were withdrawn immediatelyIt's a wise move to go back to Shenyang......"

Huang Taiji nodded slightly, Fan Wencheng's consideration was comprehensive, and at the same time, he also showed his determination and distrust of the Han army.

Huang Taiji made up his mind.

"I have decided, tomorrow will fully withdraw the troops, the army is divided into the front army, the middle army and the rear army, the front army is under the command of the second brother, along the direction of Phoenix City, towards Haizhou evacuation, I sit in the middle army, the fourteenth brother led the rear army to break off, within ten days, the front army, the middle army and the rear army must be withdrawn to Shenyang, and time must not be delayed."

Speaking of this, Huang Taiji showed a cold look on his face.

"I led a large army to attack Korea, and it is definitely not possible to find nothing, in the cities of Seoul and Uiju, all the property that can be looted will be taken away, and all the people and livestock that can be looted should not be left behind, since Li Liang wants to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty, then let him know that it is powerful, and when the army leaves Seoul tomorrow, a fire will burn down this place......"

On the sixteenth day of the first month, at the end of the month.

Huang Taiji began to evacuate, and for a while, Seoul and other places became hell on earth, miserable cries and screams filled the surroundings, and people scattered and fled everywhere, and thick smoke began to appear in the city.

The soldiers of the Eight Banners began to carry out crazy looting in the city, since it was ordered by the emperor, they would not be polite, and they could get most of the money, population, livestock and women they robbed, and at this time it depended on who was strong and could grab more treasures and women.

The people living in Seoul would never have imagined that such a huge change would occur, they became lambs to the slaughter, and they had no chance to fight back but to die.

The looting and massacre continued for an hour.

At that time, the army began to withdraw from Seoul, and Seoul at this time had become a sea of fire.

A day later, Li Liang, who was hiding in the mountain city of Hannan, finally got the information that all the Houjin Tatars had been evacuated, and the evacuation speed was very fast, but the place where the Houjin Tatars passed through adopted the policy of three lights, burned and killed and robbed the light, and everywhere they passed became barren land.

Li Liang, who was frightened, did not dare to return to Seoul immediately, and he got the news that Seoul had become a ruin, and it was basically burned down.

It was not until the eighteenth day of the first lunar month that Li returned to Seoul under the escort of the sergeant.

The bleak scene of Seoul stunned Li Liang, he didn't know why the Houjin Tartars suddenly withdrew, let alone why the Houjin Tartars suddenly became so brutal, it was simply inferior to beasts.

It was not until the twentieth day of the first month that Li Liang got the information, it turned out that the Ming army occupied Lushun and Fuzhou and other places, defeated the Houjin Tartars stationed in Gaizhou, and captured the Houjin Wuying County King Azige, directly threatening Shenyang, so in this case, Huang Taiji was forced to evacuate immediately to avoid danger in Shenyang.

Li Liang, who was in tears, bowed in the direction of the capital of Daming, no matter what, the royal family was saved, and there was no surrender to Houjin, although the loss was huge.

At the end of the first month, Li Liang did not hesitate to promote the ministers close to the Ming Dynasty, Yin Ji, the school manager of Hongwenguan, was promoted to a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, Wu Jida, a Hanlin writer, was promoted to the servant of the Ministry of Officials, and Hong Yihan, a Taiwanese counselor, was promoted to the imperial history.

At the same time, Li Liang sent three people to the capital of Daming to express his gratitude to the Ming Emperor, and at the same time went to pay respects, which is the etiquette that North Korea must fulfill. (To be continued.) )