Daishan Mansion, the lights are bright, and a group of Eight Banner princes sit around the school, and from time to time there are officials holding official documents in and out with solemn expressions.

As the Shenyang City left behind in Dabeile, in the case of Hong Tai leading the army, the big and small government affairs of the Dajin Kingdom must be decided by Dai Shan, and the house is crowded with people during the day, most of them are officials of the six ministries, and they are also not quiet at night, but most of the people who come are Manchurian and Mongolian officials.

The princes and generals in the hall include the old governor Tang Adun, Eju Yanguli, Bel Dudu, the minister Qiuerji, Misai, Daishan's Mongolian in-law Manggol, Zhenghongqi Jialama Ezhen Yilin Qin, Zhenghuangqi minister Sony, Zhenghongqi Ezhen Tarai, and Daishan's two sons - the fourth son Wakda and the fifth son Balama.

Compared with the eldest son Yue Tuo and the second son Shuo Tuo, Dai Shan is undoubtedly very fond of Wakda and Barama, because like Sakhalian, they were born to the Fujin Yehen Nara clan, while Yue Tuo and Shuo Tuo were born to Dai Shan's ex-wife Li Jia.

As soon as Li Jiashi died, Dai Shan remarried Ye Henala, and as Ye He gave birth to Sakhalian sons for him, Dai Shan's heart changed, and under Ye He's pillow wind, he was dissatisfied with Yue Tuo and Shuo Tuo born to his ex-wife.

In March and April of the fifth year of the Mandate of Heaven, when Houjin was preparing to move from the Boundary Domain City to Salhu City, Nurhachi inspected and appointed the residences of each Belle to build mansions. Dai Shan saw that his eldest son Yue Tuo's well-repaired homestead was better than his own, so he asked Mang Gurtai and Amin to ask for his life, saying that the place where he lived was small and he intended to occupy Yue Tuo's homestead.

In addition to wanting to occupy the eldest son's homestead, Dai Shan also abused Yue Tuo and Shuo Tuo, beating and scolding at every turn, because he couldn't bear Dai Shan's abuse Shuo Tuo suddenly disappeared, and some people said that he defected to the Ming Dynasty. Before it was determined whether Shuotuo had defected, Dai Shan insisted that Shuotuo had the intention of defecting. After finding Shuto and making it clear that he had not defected, Daishan knelt down five or six times to ask Nurhachi to kill him. Daishan's request was denied, and Nurhachi released Shuto.

Because Daishan wanted to kill his own son, his grandfather Nurhachi began to investigate the treatment of Daishan's two ex-wives' sons, and found that the assets of Daishan's sons Yue Tuo and Shuo Tuo were worse than those of other half-brothers. Therefore, Nurhachi angrily rebuked Dai Shan and said, You are also the son of your ex-wife, why don't you want to think that I am not closer to you? Why have you been deceived by your stepwife and abused your grown son? What's more, I have always treated you as a specially selected and good tribesman for you to take charge of, why can't you give the good people to Yue Tuo and Shuo Tuo like me?

After scolding, Nurhachi asked Yue Tuo, Shuo Tuo and Dai Shan to split up, and publicly announced the abolition of Dai Shan's crown prince. After Dai Shan was deposed as the heir, on September 28, the fifth year of the Mandate of Heaven, he killed his stepwife with his own hands to apologize to his father. Nurhachi asked him to swear to his brothers that in the future, if he resented the Beylers and the ministers, he would be willing to be punished by heaven and earth. Nurhachi tolerated Daishan. Although Dai Shan was abolished as the crown prince, he still had to be the head of the four Baylors and participate in the governance of the country.

At this time, it has been more than ten years since Yehnara was killed, and for more than ten years, Daishan has also learned a lesson, and changed his attitude towards his eldest son Yuetuo and second son Shuotuo, making up for the father-son relationship, but his heart Daishan still prefers the sons born to Yehe, and usually always takes Wakda and them with him, deliberately cultivating them, whether it is government affairs or military affairs, Daishan will always let them participate, so that they can gradually grow up and become their right-hand man. Yue Tuo and Shuoda have separated from him, and now they are also on their own, although the relationship between father and son has eased, but there is no father and son, and there is still a layer of separation between father and son.

Although Wakda and Barama are still only teenagers, there are too many young heroes in Dajin, and Duoyi, who leads the banner alone, is only a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy, and compared with this uncle, Wakda and they are far from comparable, so everyone still treats these two teenagers with a tolerant and happy attitude when they participate in military affairs. Wakda and Barama also lived up to Dai Shan's high expectations, and occasionally said two words of opinion that surprised Dai Shan, making Dai Shan wonder if they should be left alone in the flag.

At this time, the Ming cavalry appeared outside Liaoyang City, Ezhen Talai was not worried that the Ming army had the ability to break through Liaoyang, he said: "The number of Ming troops who appeared outside Liaoyang City is not large, and the minions think that it may be the sentinel cavalry that the Ming army came to investigate, but they can ignore it, and strengthen the garrison of Liaoyang City, as long as there is no chaos in the city, the Ming army is cavalry can not be captured." Now the question is which Ming army is this Ming army, and why did it suddenly appear in southern Liaoning. ”

"The Ming army landed from Jinzhou with sea ships, and there will definitely not be many cavalry, the so-called thousands of cavalry are afraid that it is exaggerated, and the slaves think that two thousand horsemen in the sky are good. In the past, we fought with the Ming army, the other party's cavalry was not much, when the ancestor Dashou was there, the Ming army had thousands of elite cavalry, but the battle of the Daling River, the ancestors were basically destroyed, and now Ning Jin can still make up some cavalry, but the Ming army that appeared in Anshan cannot be Ning Jin's Ming army. "The one who took over the conversation was Zhenghongqi Jia La'e Zhen Yilin Qin, this is a veteran, even a few years older than Dai Shan, and he has followed him since Nurhachi raised his army, which also makes Dai Shan respect and attach great importance to him.

Dai Shan turned to look at his nephew Du Du: "What's the news from Quang Ninh and Yiju?" ”

Du Du shook his head and said, "There is no sign of the Jinzhou Ming army. ”

"It's not the Ming army in Jinzhou, so what part of the Ming army do you say this Ming army in southern Liaoning, from the Dongjiang River?" Dai Shan had a headache, and for a few days, he sent a lot of people to investigate, but he never knew where the Ming army that appeared in Anshan came from, which made him very worried.

Yi Lintai shook his head categorically and said: "Dongjiang has fallen into a leaderless state of dragons since Mao Wenlong's death, and the Ming generals are constantly fighting and taking care of themselves, how dare they dare to land?" Besides, there are not so many cavalry in Dongjiang. ”

Tarai thought for a while and hesitated: "Master, the slave heard that the King of Khan had sent me to contact Kong Youde in Dengzhou, could it be that this Ming army is Kong Youde's Dengzhou army?" ”

Sonny on the side said disapprerovingly: "Kong Youde was beaten like a lost dog by the Ming army, our Dajin can take him in, he has to thank God, how can he beat our Dajin in turn, does he think that he can gain a foothold in southern Liaoning with his defeated army?" ”

Eju Yangguli also said: "Wu Qitai reported that there were tens of thousands of Ming troops who came to attack, and there were hundreds of cannons brought, if Kong Youde had this strength, he would not have to abandon Dengzhou and go to sea." ”

Hearing this, everyone nodded, they didn't know too much about Kong Youde's arrival, but they thought that Kong Youde was just a rebel general in the Ming Kingdom, and now he was taken to the sea with his old nest, how much strength can he have, if he really wants to have strength, he is afraid that it is the Ming Kingdom that should have a headache.

Wakda suddenly said: "This Ming army can't be Kong Youde's Dengzhou army, according to me, there is a chance that eight times out of ten. Jiukong Youde has been defeated, from the perspective of time, Xu is Ming army found out that Kong Youde was going to vote for our Dajin, and took advantage of the situation to land from Jinzhou and kill us by surprise? He wasn't too sure about his judgment, and looked at Amma inquiringly.

Dai Shan pondered for a moment and hesitated: "Which general in the Ming Kingdom has such courage?" Sun Chengzong? I heard that this old man has already returned to his hometown, but it's not Sun Chengzong, who could it be? Tens of thousands of people landed on sea ships, swept my Jin, Gai, Fu, and Saddle states, and the forward approached Liaoyang, looking at Shenyang, this stroke is really big, Ben Beile and Ming have been dealing with it for so many years, and I have never seen such a big stroke. It was when the first Khan was there, the Yang Ho sent by the Ming State led more than 100,000 troops to send Salhu is also anticlimactic, the first Khan let you come a few ways, I only went all the way, and this Yang Hao fled in embarrassment, but this Ming general has some heads, and his vision is very accurate.

As soon as the words fell, he heard Talai say: "The master doesn't need to say that, according to the slave, this Ming general is lucky, if the king of Khan does not lead a large army on an expedition, he will come another 100,000 people, and we will only drink a pot." ”

Barama echoed: "Yes, Talai is right, the Ming army is a group of pigs and sheep, and the Ming general is also a villain, specializing in picking up our leaks, which is not a real knife or a real gun. We didn't expect them to come from the sea, so they attacked us. ”

Adun was the oldest person here, and his energy couldn't keep up, so when he heard it now, he interjected, "There's something very strange." ”

Dai Shan asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Adun said: "How does General Ming know that our garrison in southern Liaoning is empty, and how does he know that my Eight Banners army is on an expedition to Mongolia?" ”

Wakda pursed his lips, "Eighty percent of the news has leaked, among those Han people, who knows if there are any Ming spies in Ludao." ”

"Perhaps, King Khan has paid more and more attention to those Han people in recent years, and it is simple for the Ming people to install a few spies from them." Speaking of this, Adun sighed, wondering if he was dissatisfied with Hong's policy of attaching too much importance to the Han Chinese.

Dai Shan didn't want to say anything about the Han people, so he said: "The matter has come to this point, it is not a matter of tracking down the spies or not, the top priority is to ensure that Liaoyang is not lost." Once Liaoyang is lost, Shenyang will lose the barrier, and if the Ming army is in the city, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

Yilintai said: "Liaoyang has 800 bannermen from Egu, and then recruit some bannermen, draw some Aha formation, how can you get together two or three thousand people, and then ask Sony to bring people to reinforcements, now the sky is already cold, this snowflake is drifting, and the Ming army can only stare at Liaoyang City even if there are 100,000 troops." As long as there is half a month, we can send troops and horses from Guangning and Yizhou to reinforce Liaoyang, if the Ming army retreats, if not, we will drag them to the death, as soon as the Khan's army arrives, they will be unable to escape. ”

Yanguli was not so optimistic, he was worried: "Wu Qitai said that the army brought hundreds of cannons, if this is to attack the city, I am afraid that Liaoyang will not be able to hold it." ”

Yilintai said with a smile: "Then the Ming army has the ability to pull the cannon to Liaochengyang." ”

It's freezing cold, and pulling hundreds of cannons two hundred miles away, no one can do it except for fools. Yanguli smiled and said no more.

Du Du asked: "Sony took people to Liaoyang, what about Shenyang?" ”

Dai Shan instructed Talai: "Send me an order to send people from each Baylor Mansion to bring me five thousand men within three days!" ”

There are a lot of people left in each Baylor Mansion, and they can always get together if they get together, and if there are 5,000 people, they are not afraid of the Ming army attacking.

Talai responded loudly, Dai Shan was also a little tired, and his energy couldn't keep up with the discussion for days, "It's discussed today, tomorrow Sony will lead troops to Liaoyang, and the Ministry of War will send a document to Guangning and Yizhou to transfer troops." It's all gone. ”

"Wow!"

The people stood up and saluted, and they withdrew one after another. Dai Shan was about to say a few words to Wakda and Bamala, but he saw the housekeeper come in and report: "Qi Qi master, Leng Seng Ji asks to see." ”

"Cold Monk Machine? Which cold monk machine? Dai Shan was stunned for a moment, and he couldn't think of who this person was.

The housekeeper said: "The slave in Princess Hada's mansion." ”

"What is a minion doing when he comes to see Benbele?" Dai Shan couldn't help but be angry, "I don't see it! ”

The butler said, "Master, that Leng monk said that there is an important matter about Sanbeile to meet. ”

Sanbeile is Mang Gurtai, Dai Shan's heart sank, a slave came to see him late at night, afraid that it would not be a good thing, hesitated, and ordered: "Call him in." ”