Chapter 1039 The Last Batch of Food

"This is a reward from the emperor!" Azig said coldly, looking at his two half-brothers with a cold face, "Everything is worth a penny, but eighteen people died of illness on the road, and they were killed trying to escape." Seventy-eight, the rest are in the military camp, you can go check it out!"

Hearing that he spoke so rudely, Duduo also said with a cold face and a bit of ridicule: "I don't dare to violate the emperor's strict order even if I'm afraid of you!"

When Azig heard this, his anger suddenly surged up. Just when he was about to speak, Dorgon opened his mouth and smoothed things over: "We can trust him. There will be no problem."

He was now the crown prince. After Azig heard this, although his relationship with the two younger brothers was not good, he did not have another attack. He just said with a cold face: "The emperor has strictly ordered that I will return the day after tomorrow. It’s best to ask for more food!”

After he finished speaking, he turned around and walked out regardless of the reactions of his two younger brothers, as if he didn't want to stay with his two younger brothers for a moment.

Looking at his back walking out of the hall, Duduo suddenly said "poof" and said viciously: "Why did Huang's mother give birth to such a beast? Huang Taiji forced Huang's mother to death, but he was good, but he went to hug Huang Taiji's Thighs, you’re having fun being a bitch!”

After hearing this, Dorgon said with a cold face: "That's because Huang Taiji is so clever!"

After he finished speaking, he threw the imperial edict in his hand on the table in front of him and sat there looking at the boxes of property in front of him and meditating.

"Brother, you don't really want to send so much food to Huang Taiji, do you?" Duduo couldn't help but asked in surprise when he saw him like this, "I can't do this to send food to the enemy. I think it's just If we want to take advantage of this opportunity to lose Huang Taiji's prestige, it's best to step down from the throne as soon as possible! Besides, we don't have much food! The food was obtained by the children of our two banners fighting in the Japanese country!"

Dorgon did not answer immediately. After being silent for a while, he stood up, walked out of the desk, came to the boxes of belongings, and looked at them one by one.

When Duduo saw it, he couldn't help but feel a little puzzled. He followed Dorgon, wondering what he was going to do? After waiting for a while, he finally couldn't help but asked: "Brother, you are talking!"

"Don't you think this treasure is a bit expensive?" Dorgon stood at the last treasure box, picked up a string of jewelry, and turned around to ask Dodo while playing with it.

When Duduo heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then he felt a surge of anger. He couldn't help but said in a louder voice: "Brother, could it be that you took action just because of these belongings?"

After hearing this, Dorgon curled up his lips and smiled disdainfully. He looked down at the string of jewelry in his hand and threw it back into the property box. Then he turned to look at Duoduo and said, "Even if you put the old and the weak, We’ve arrived in Liaodong, but Liaodong can’t survive before this year’s autumn harvest. So many possessions, doesn’t it just mean that Huang Taiji is in a hurry.”

After hearing this, Duduo couldn't help but feel a little gloating, but before he said anything, Dorgon turned around and walked to his seat. At the same time, he said in a low voice: "Although Huang Taiji is our enemy, Liaodong is our Qing Dynasty." The root. If Liaodong is lost, even if we occupy North Korea and encroach on the Japanese country, we will still have no roots. The Ming Dynasty is now powerful, and if Liaodong is lost, we will definitely continue to attack North Korea, and our situation will not be good! Therefore, , saving Liaodong is also saving ourselves, do you understand this?"

At the end of the sentence, he stopped in front of his seat, turned to look at Dodo who was following him, and asked Dodo sincerely.

After hearing this, Duduo froze when he heard the footsteps. However, there was obviously a look of unwillingness on his face.

When Dorgon saw it, he sat back, picked up the imperial edict, looked at it, and then frowned and said: "The Ming Dynasty has always been obsessed with the fact that our Qing Dynasty is short of food and grass supplies, so I estimate that before this year's autumn harvest, The Ming army will definitely launch a major offensive. We soldiers of the Qing Dynasty are all good fighters, but because of the lack of food, we have been suppressed by the Ming Dynasty. This time, no matter what, we still have to support Liaodong."

At this point, he felt that Duduo still couldn't figure it out, so he continued to explain to him without waiting for Duduo to speak: "Liaodong has indeed reached the point of exhaustion! Huang Taiji is completely fishing for the virgins in the north. They have robbed them. All the supplies were plundered, and all the supplies that could be plundered were plundered. It can be said that they should have swept across the entire northern Qing Dynasty. Otherwise, there would not have been so many unborn girls sent to North Korea. In other words, the means that Huang Taiji could use It’s all gone, but without our support, he won’t be able to survive!”

Duduo was silent after hearing this. But it can still be seen from his brows that he still seems to be unwilling, but it is not as strong as before.

Dorgon saw this, his face became serious, and he asked cautiously: "Do you want to watch the Ming army capture Liaoyang, capture Shenyang, and dig up the graves of Huang Ama and Huang E Niang? These things , do you really bear to see it?"

At this point, he stared into Duduo's eyes and asked: "Or, do you think we can defeat the Ming army now that we are leading troops back to Liaodong?"

As soon as these questions were asked, Duduo finally gave up and kicked a property box on his side hard, and then said bitterly: "Whatever you say, then do it!"

Seeing that Duduo finally figured it out, Dorgon showed a look of relief on his face. His younger brother could still take care of the overall situation. However, his face soon became serious again, and he murmured to himself: "But although Azig brought three thousand men and horses, two thousand of them were from the Eight Banners of the Han Army. I was still a little bit worried about escorting the food back. Don’t worry. These grains are what we have saved. Once there is a loss, there is no place to replace it. The situation in Liaodong will inevitably become critical!"

After hearing this, Duduo frowned and said, "What should we do? Let Huang Taiji send more people over?"

After hearing this, Dorgon still had a sad look on his face: "As the number of escorting troops increases, the food consumption on the road will also be large, and the food that can be sent to Liaodong will be less."

After hearing this, Duduo said helplessly: "What should we do?"

For a while, Dorgon didn't know how to deal with it. The reason was that there was too little food!

On the second day, Azig broke in to urge food. He had to do this. Before leaving, Huang Taiji came to him and explained the current situation in detail. The meaning was similar to Dorgon's analysis. The north was also robbed. There was really no other way to produce food. If Azige cannot transport food back, Liaodong will be in danger.

So Dorgon asked Azig what he was thinking about and said, "I have already prepared the food. It's just a matter of safety on the road. What should I do?"

When Azig heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little worried. The Ming army at Anshan Posthouse put great pressure on Liaoyang. Huang Taiji mobilized a thousand elite clan members, which was already the maximum limit. If it were before, Azig wouldn't be worried. But now, the offensive and defensive positions of the Qing and Ming countries have changed, and food has been stolen by the Ming army many times. No matter how reckless Azige is, he has to be cautious.

But no matter what, this grain must be transported to Liaodong. After the three people discussed it, they finally decided on a plan.

Two days later, Li Deming, who was lurking outside Seoul, used a telescope to see the Manchus setting off with a large amount of food from a distance. So, he immediately reported the news through the chat group: "Your Majesty, the Qing Dynasty has set off with a lot of food and supplies. It is still under the banner of Azig, and the number of people is still about three thousand."

Emperor Chongzhen heard this and immediately spread the news to Haizhou. Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Denglai who was in charge here, immediately mobilized two thousand cavalry troops and led the army in person. No matter what, these grains cannot be transported into Liaodong by the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

However, what he didn't expect was that four days later, Qian Fugui sent a private message. It was the information provided by Hauge: "Your Majesty, North Korea has come to report quickly, saying that the grain and grass have been shipped out. In order to prevent the Ming army from robbing the grain, The three thousand troops originally escorted by Azig to escort the grain were killed, and the two thousand Han troops under the Eight Banners have been replaced by one thousand North Korean Jurchen elites, led by Duduo. Shenyang will also send another one thousand Jurchen elites to respond. .After the encounter, Duduo will lead the army back to Seoul."

The second private message was quickly sent, explaining further: "The army escorting the grain and grass will consist of two thousand Jurchen elites and one thousand Han Eight Banners along the way. Among them, the two thousand Jurchen elites are mainly to prevent the Ming army from robbing the grain. And the thousand Han troops and eight banners will transport food and grass so that the Jurchen elite can recharge their batteries, and at the same time, they can also come in handy if there is a war."

Emperor Chongzhen was shocked when he saw these two pieces of information. Unexpectedly, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was so cunning this time, using Jurchen elites to pretend to be the Eight Banners of the Han Army. Lu Xiangsheng only brought two thousand cavalry troops out to rob the grain. If a fight really broke out, even if they could win, the Ming army would suffer heavy losses. This was something he didn't want to see.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen immediately passed the news to Lu Xiangsheng through Wei Mulan, telling him not to expose his whereabouts or engage in battle for the time being. Then, he immediately clicked on Gao Yingyuan's icon and ordered Cao Bianjiao, the new army division general who stayed in Haizhou, to lead two thousand New Army infantry to reinforce him.

Before this was over, he immediately contacted Denglai Navy Commander Li Zhiqi through Zheng Zhiyuan. Let him take more transport ships and wait near the mouth of the Yalu River. Once the grain robbery is successful, it is inconvenient for the infantry and grain to travel by land, so it is best to transport them by ship. Anyway, Li Zhiqi has been resting at the Port of Lushun since he returned from transporting grain to the southeast of Ming Dynasty before the end of last year. It's time for him to move around.

According to the latest military information, the Ming army in Liaodong immediately took action following the imperial edicts. In order to cooperate with this war, Cao Wenzhao, who was stationed in Anshan Yibao, also increased the pressure on Liaoyang. He dispatched more and more night guards day by day, and sometimes the scope of activities even appeared in the suburbs of Liaoyang.

This situation put a lot of pressure on Amin, who was stationed in Liaoyang, so he sent a quick horse to report the situation to Shenyang. This time, I didn't dare to say anything like last time, I just responded truthfully. In fact, he was overthinking it. If he didn't see the Ming army actually appearing at the gate of Liaoyang City, it would be impossible for Huang Taiji to send troops to rescue them. The reason is very simple. There is really no food. The little food we have is being used sparingly.

However, when Huang Taiji received this situation, he was also very worried, but he had no choice but to look eastward every day. It can be said that he was looking forward to it day and night, almost becoming a "Wangfu Stone", hoping that North Korea's grain would be transported to Liaodong as soon as possible.

He very much agreed with Dorgon's idea of ​​escorting grain. There are two thousand Jurchen elites dedicated to protecting them. Even if the Ming army does appear, he believes that the Qing army is capable of fighting. If possible, he really wants to send more troops out, but if there are too many troops, he is afraid that the food will not be enough for the troops to escort the food!

As worried about these grains as Huang Taiji was Dorgon in Seoul, North Korea. Although he gave away the food, he still didn't want anything to happen to it. Therefore, before setting off, he repeatedly told Dodo and Azig to be careful and protect the food. Although there are basically no traces of Ming army activities on Pi Island today, or in North Korea, he is still a little worried, so he almost turned into a nagging old woman until Azig and Dodo became impatient. , and didn’t say anything more.

If the Ming army wants to rob food, the best countermeasure is the cavalry. In this case, if they react after receiving the news, they may still be able to catch up. Otherwise, it will either be too late to react, or you will wait and wait. If you wait and wait, this time there will not be Pidao Mingjun as before. After weighing it like this, Dorgon always felt that after such deployment, there should be no problems.

There is a saying that if you are bitten by a snake one day, you will be afraid of well ropes for ten years.

The two Manchu and Qing leaders escorting the grain and grass were very careful under Dorgon's repeated instructions. Regardless of the front or rear, they all sent out scouting horses to check the safety. Even Duduo, who has always been known for his boldness, insisted on letting Tan Ma go for thirty miles.

When passing through the area where he was ambushed before, that is, near Jinpu Town, Duduo even insisted on sending out detective horses to carefully search the surrounding area. After confirming that everything was correct, he agreed to the grain truck to continue moving forward.

Azig walked with the grain truck and looked at the ruins of Jinpu Town. Seeing Duduo being so cautious, he couldn't help but sarcastically said: "If I could be so cautious before, I would be so cautious in the Qing Dynasty." You won’t be so embarrassed anymore!”

The amount of food that was robbed that time was very huge. The Qing Dynasty suffered losses and the Ming army increased. This increase and decrease really had a great impact on the changes in the strength of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

After hearing this, Duduo's face turned red immediately, but what was rare was that this time he did not get angry and argue with Azig. Instead, he remained cautious and asked his guards about the horse exploration from time to time, ignoring Azig. It was obvious that he was frightened during the battle with Jin Puzhen.

However, no matter how hard he thought about it, there was a "human radio" on the top of a mountain far away, monitoring the food protection team through telescope observation.