The snow came without warning, and suddenly the sky was full of gusts, and with the wind fell snowflakes the size of goose feathers. The stronger the wind, the heavier the snow fell, and in less than an hour, the red blood on the head of the city was covered with white snowflakes, and the entire city of Shenyang became a city of ice and snow.

The most worried and feared thing finally came, the heavy snow disrupted the plan of the Ming army's retreat, and it didn't take this snow to fall for two days, just like this overnight, it would be a disaster for the Ming army.

Dayong originally wanted to wait for the banner people in the inner city to be eliminated before starting to coerce the Han people in the outer city to evacuate to Liaoyang, but now it seems that it is impossible to complete the migration of nearly 100,000 people in the ice and snow.

The wind and snow caused the generals of each battalion to gather at Fengtianmen, and the light cavalry in charge of the northeast direction also rushed back to Shenyang in the snow under the leadership of Peng Sihai.

The generals were all frowning, and they knew what this heavy snow meant to the Ming army.

The generals said that as soon as the snow fell, the whole army would be evacuated tomorrow, otherwise it would be difficult for the army to move once the snow froze. This view is held by Li Zhongfu and Geng Zhongming, who were injured during the siege of the city and still had cable ties on their bodies. Xiang Chong and Zheng Tai, who were former rebel generals, also agreed with Li and Geng's view that the army could no longer be delayed in Shenyang and had to withdraw quickly.

Zhang Cunren and Liu Tianlu were also injured, but they did not speak, because they knew that they had just surrendered to the Ming army, and they did not have the right to speak. But a few faces clearly told others that they also wanted to evacuate quickly.

Lin Junyi, Guo Cheng and others insisted on the original established plan, and in any case, they would move the Han people from the outer city to Liaoyang, leaving no bricks and tiles for the Tartars.

Their idea is good, but it is difficult to really implement it, and it is simple to burn down the city of Shenyang, but the key is how to safely move the 100,000 Han people from the outer city to southern Liaoning.

After a heavy snowfall, the outdoor temperature has dropped to the point of making people spine, and it can freeze when you pee, so many people, old and young, how to go with your family? If they are forcibly relocated, they are afraid that more people will freeze to death on the road than in the places.

Continuing to carry out the original relocation plan is undoubtedly the murder of these 100,000 Han people. The Jinzhou Army was the army of the Ming Dynasty, the army of the Han Chinese, and although these Han people had lived under the rule of the Tatars for many years, this did not erase the fact that they were Han Chinese.

Since Dayong led the army in Songshan, he has always emphasized to his subordinates that he must not do evil to his compatriots, let alone do evil, otherwise what are we people calling to kill for, is it just for our own selfish interests?

The answer is definitely no, the existence of the Jinzhou army is to protect the Ming Dynasty, to protect the Ming people in the pass from the persecution of the Tartar butcher's knife, if the Jinzhou army has betrayed this principle, then what is the difference between them and those warlords who only fight for their own selfish interests. These 100,000 Han people in Shenyang City are different from the rebellious Denglai rebels, they do not have the blood of their compatriots in their hands, and some of them are only a small part of them. No one cares about the lives of those small group of traitors, but if they are forcibly ordered to move in the ice and snow, it is a murder.

It is hard to imagine that the Han people who survived the cold and starvation would still have a sense of goodwill for the Jinzhou Army and the Ming Dynasty.

"Where did the horses and chariots come from?"

"Where does the food come from?"

"Who's going to protect them?"

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A series of questions made Lin Junyi and Guo Cheng dumbfounded, yes, they wanted to move people away, but how could they ensure that these people would not starve or freeze, and who could guarantee that they would not be attacked by the Jin army halfway.

"Commander Jiang, what do you say?" Lin Junyi looked at Jiang Wanli, who had been silent, for help, hoping that this No. 2 person in the Jinzhou army could support them.

"I don't know what to do, what to do, we listen to the handsome."

Jiang Wanli answered very simply, and directly pushed this problem onto Dayong.

The generals hurriedly looked at Dayong, Dayong smiled bitterly, touched his mutilated face, glanced at the generals, and asked them: "What is the purpose of my army crossing the sea to the north this time?" ”

Xiang Pet said without thinking: "Naturally, it is to kill all the Tartars' subordinates, rob them of their property, burn down their houses, and let them have nowhere to live, this is the strategy of scorched earth." The so-called national strength is manpower, manpower is vitality, one less person for the Tartars, the Tartars will have less vitality, and the less vitality of the Tartars will naturally be one less point. One eliminates the other, and my Ming Dynasty will be able to completely destroy the Tartars. ”

After Dayong nodded approvingly, he asked the generals: "In this case, what are you fighting for, can this heavy snow change our plans?" ”

Hearing this, Lin Junyi and Guo Cheng were overjoyed, thinking that Dayong supported them in relocating the Han people to the outer city.

Geng Zhongming was still unwilling, he persuaded: "The people of the inner city banner are easy to solve, but what about the 100,000 people in the outer city?" Does the marshal really want to take them away? Since ancient times, there has never been a successful escape with more than 100,000 people. ”

"Hong Tai's army may come back at any time, even if the wind and snow can buy us a few more days, but we can't evacuate with so many people?"

Zhang Cunren felt that he had to say what he was most worried about, if the Jinzhou army decided to take the 100,000 Han people away, then he Zhang Cunren would be in vain. He didn't believe that the Jinzhou army could stop Hong Tai's Eight Banners army with 10,000 people, and once Hong Tai's army arrived, whether it was the Jinzhou army or these people, none of them would be able to escape. How can a person who does great things have the kindness of a woman?

After Jiang Wanli frowned, he also said: "You have to be cautious about this matter." Considering the consequences of evacuating with the people, he still leaned towards Li Zhongfu's opinion.

Lin Junyi said confidently: "As long as the commander makes up his mind, the last general will find a way, and he can't throw these 100,000 people to the Tartars again." ”

Dayong affirmed: "Of course you can't throw people to Hong Tai, don't underestimate these 100,000 people, hmph, the Eight Banners of the Tartars are only 100,000 people, if you throw these 100,000 people to them, it won't take a few years for them to recover." ”

"But we can't take these people away?" Jiang Wanli was a little helpless, if the coach made a decision, he would only try his best to do it, but how could he successfully move 100,000 people to hundreds of miles away, he was really at a loss.

"We can't take it away, if it doesn't snow, Ben Shuai estimates that at least sixty or seventy thousand people can be moved, but now, alas," Dayong rubbed his temples with a little headache, and said something that made the generals stunned, "Since you can't take it away, you can't leave it to Hong Tai." ”

"What do you mean?" Jiang Wanli's heart was pounding, he had followed Shi Dayong for so long, how could he not know what he meant by this.

"One less person is to reduce the amount of Dongyu's strength, and for the sake of the overall situation, we can't help but sacrifice these 100,000 people." After making up his mind, Dayong's face was still as cold as before, as if the decision that came out of his mouth was not the lives of 100,000 people, but the life and death of one or two people.