Huanglong Lushun was defeated and committed suicide, and the imperial court sent Shen Shikui, the deputy general of Shandong, to take over as the commander-in-chief of Phi Dao, these things are brave and do not know the way, even if he knows the way, there is nothing to do, things have happened, he just wants to change it and can't change it, the top priority is how to evacuate the remaining personnel to Liaoyang quickly and safely, and the rest, even if the sky falls, it is none of his business.

On the pontoon bridge over the Hunhe River, a convoy of 300 horse-drawn wagons and snow-warped wagons was crossing the river, carrying grain in addition to the gold, silver, and jewels snatched from Fuling.

The ice of the Hunhe River was so thick that some carriages didn't even have to walk on the pontoon bridge, and ran directly over the ice. A few young Jinzhou soldiers were still happily sliding on the ice, and from time to time they fell on the dog's head, which made the veterans in the carriage laugh non-stop.

Most of the wagons were loaded with grain, which was more important than gold and silver jewelry, and without food, no matter how much jewelry was of any use.

The harvest outside the customs in recent years is actually not good, even more serious than the disaster in the pass, starting from the second year of Chongzhen, the drought for several consecutive years has made the crops outside the customs almost out of harvest, which is also the reason why Hong Tai wants to risk leading the eight banners into the customs to loot, because they need food too much. If there is no food, there is no need for the Ming to attack them, they themselves will starve to death.

In addition to looting grain from the Guannai, the Jin army also looted grain from the Mongols and Koreans. In the first year of Tiancong, Hong Tai ordered Amin, Jierharang, Yue Tuo and others to lead an army to the east, forcing Korea to submit, and the whole country looted food supply Houjin.

In the following years, hundreds of thousands of stones of grain were transported from the Yalu River to Houjin every year, and the Jin army invaded the Mongolian tribes from time to time to collect grain and rob the Mongols' cattle and sheep.

Fortunately, the population of the entire Houjin is less than one million, otherwise if there are 200 million people like the Ming Dynasty, under such a natural disaster, I am afraid that the Eight Banners will also be uncovered.

Most of the stolen grain was stored in Shenyang, not only because Shenyang was the center of power in the Later Jin, but also because Shenyang was the largest city in eastern Liaodong. Xu was a robber himself, and the people of the Eight Banners were also afraid that someone would come to rob them of their grain, so it was very safe for them to store the grain in the city of Shenyang, which was surrounded by the high city walls.

Last year's battles between the Great and Small Linghe and Jinzhou, because the whole country was pouring troops to attack the Ming, mobilized a large number of soldiers, horses, grain and grass, which was beyond the scope that the Houjin could bear, and because of the strong resistance of the Ming army, and the defeat under the city of Jinzhou, there was little harvest, and the Houjin was seriously short of grain. If it weren't for Khuntay's order to gather another batch of grain and slaughter a large number of cattle and sheep, I don't know how many people would have died of freezing and starvation in a winter.

In order to grab the jade seal of the country, Hong Tai organized an expeditionary army again, this time he exhausted the grain and grass accumulated since the beginning of spring, and the grain left in Shenyang was barely enough to eat for more than three months. On the same day, the Jinzhou army attacked the city, and Dai Shan moved all the banner people in the outer city into the inner city, resulting in a shortage of food, and Dai Shan even prepared for the worst, once the main force of Hong Tai could not rush back, the Ming army besieged the city for a long time, and was ready to kill a group of old and weak as rations.

After the Jinzhou army entered the city, the remaining grain was only more than 20,000 stones, and tens of thousands of stones of grain were burned by fire, the more than 20,000 stones of grain had been divided into two batches and transported away in advance, and the thousands of stones of grain that were scavenged out of the outer city this time were most of the Han people who voluntarily retreated with the Ming army, and a small part was directly requisitioned by the Ming army.

The food supply of the Han people in the outer cities was rationed, except for a small number of merchants who traded for the magnates of the Eight Banners, most of the Han people's rations were given regularly, no more, no less, only to ensure that no one starved to death. If you want to live a better life, you can find other ways out, as long as you complete the errand of the banner man, the old man will not care how the Hermes-Epitek will earn food for his family.

When the carriage crossed the river, the Ming army in the city was still persuading the Han people to evacuate with them, but the effect was minimal, and the persuasion lasted for more than an hour, but only more than 4,000 Han people were willing to take the risk of walking in this ice and snow, and the others were basically determined to stay in this Shenyang city.

As soon as the hour passed, all the Ming troops left the city.

More than 8,000 Han people and more than 10,000 women and children who voluntarily left the city also left the city in turn, and outside the city, nearly 1,000 large and small carriages and snow chariots were already ready.

The Ming army transported these Han people according to the formation of a team of 100 people, and five of the 100 people were selected to be responsible for the friendship along the way, and these five people were not only responsible for managing the personnel in the team, but also responsible for liaising with the Jinzhou army in order to obtain as much help as possible, and they were also responsible for the food, housing, clothing and food of the team members. The Ming army left enough food for every 100 people to eat in Liaoyang, and this grain was kept by themselves, and the Ming army would not ask for it. The warm clothes brought by Hermes-Epitek themselves, and the Ming army would not forcibly take them at home.

Ice and snow, and hundreds of miles away, it is impossible to imagine what will happen on this road without unified management. Although the Ming army could not provide much help, it was better to let the Han people evacuate in an organized manner than to be unorganized and scattered. If they can help, the Ming army has helped as much as possible, and whether they can reach Liaoyang alive depends on their creation.

The carriages and snow-warped carriages were all arranged for women and children to ride, and after such a wave of departures, there were still more than 6,000 young and strong men left behind without a car.

Dayong ordered the more than 6,000 young men to be organized into three battalions, each with more than 2,000 people, and transferred 150 veterans from the army to manage them, and issued spears and knives and other weapons, and ordered them to set off with the women and children.

Once they meet the Eight Banners on the road, these young men will fight side by side with the Jinzhou Army at any time. Many of the wives and children of the young men are on the carriage, in order to protect the family, it can still come in handy at a critical time, at least it can contain a part of the Jin army.

After the end of the arrangement, it was already noon, and the Jinzhou army left at this time had 1,500 light cavalry, 2,000 infantry left battalions, 1,500 new Han troops, 800 brave soldiers, a total strength of more than 5,300 people, and more than 600 war horses.

The generals who were left behind knew what they were going to do next, so they were all in a heavy mood, and after arranging for their subordinates to make a fire outside the city and cook some mutton soup to satisfy their stomachs, they came to ask Dayong for his life.

Dayong didn't say much, when he went out of the city, he saw a lot of Han people hiding on both sides of the street, behind the house peeking at the Jinzhou army out of the city, when he saw Dayong looking at them, his eyes flickered, and many of them slipped away quietly like thieves. Such a move naturally made Dayong even more unfavorable.

There was no longer time to delay, Dayong gave an order, and suddenly the 4,000 Jinzhou army returned to the city again, drove the Han people along the streets and roads, and then demolished the houses and set them on fire.

In the sparks in the sky of Shenyang, Dayong galloped across the Hunhe River and never looked back.