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The courier who came in panic and hurriedly was stunned for a moment. What urgent news did Zhenjiang Fort have?

However, he immediately put this idea behind him and ignored Obai, the commander of the bodyguards. In his anxiety, he knelt down on one knee before he came near, made a horse and hurriedly reported: "Liaoyang is in danger, please your majesty." Send reinforcements quickly..."

When Ao Bai saw that the messenger ignored him, he was a little angry at first, but as soon as he heard the messenger's words, his anger was immediately gone. He suddenly panicked and immediately turned to look at his master.

Huang Taiji swayed when he heard this, almost losing his balance. His face suddenly turned pale, and he shouted loudly: "What's going on in Liaoyang? What's the situation?"

At this time, he never thought that interrupting the messenger so impatiently would cause him to know the details later.

"The Ming Army... The Ming Army came in a steady stream from Anshan Posthouse. Master Beile immediately sent his minions to ask for help!" This was the first messenger sent by Amin. I really don't know the details. .

After figuring out the whole story, Huang Taiji had no time to complain. Immediately pass the order and convene an emergency military meeting. Then, he hurriedly wandered back and forth at the entrance of Chongzheng Hall, like a fox whose tail was burned by fire, so anxious that he didn't know what to do!

"What's going on? What does Sony do for food?" Huang Taiji looked very worried and very angry at the same time, "You can't even say Cao Wenzhao, but you can say that the Ming army is attacking? Why didn't I? It seems that this Sony can be so useless..."

"Is Amin so stupid that he didn't find out until the Ming army was approaching the city?" Huang Taiji's expression became a little ferocious, "Could it be that at this time, this guy still wants to embarrass me and make me look good? Do you deliberately create problems for me?"

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After he thought wildly for a while, Daishan, Jierhalang and others hurried over one after another. At this time, the relaxed atmosphere in Chongzheng Hall was completely gone. It was heavy and depressing, and anxiety and panic filled the Chongzheng Hall.

At this time, all the Manchu slave chiefs had forgotten about Zhenjiang Fort. In fact, Liaoyang is much more important than Zhenjiang Fort. Zhenjiang Fort can be thrown away, but Liaoyang must not be thrown away.

The questions that Huang Taiji had also appeared in the minds of Daishan and others. They all couldn't figure out why the situation in Liaoyang, which they thought was somewhat stable, suddenly took a turn for the worse.

If North Korea and Seoul wanted to discuss reinforcements, they did not discuss whether to reinforce Liaoyang at all, because there was only one answer. Liaoyang must not be lost, otherwise the Ming army would surely come to Shenyang!

While they were hurriedly discussing and speculating on the military situation in Liaoyang, the second batch of messengers sent by Amin arrived.

"What? The Ming army has hundreds of Hongyi cannons?" Daishan confirmed in shock.

"What? The leader of the Ming army is Lu Xiangsheng?" Huang Taiji was also shocked, but his focus was different from Daishan's. He said loudly, "How is this possible? Didn't he lead troops to attack Seoul, North Korea?"

Jierhalang also asked at the same time: "There are about 20,000 Ming troops? Are there Dongjiang Army, New Army, and Guan Ning Army?"

The messenger felt that his parents had given him a few mouths, and he could not answer at all. In desperation, he had no choice but to reply and confirm according to his official position.

After understanding the specific battle situation in Liaoyang, Huang Taiji suddenly came to his senses and couldn't help but said bitterly: "This must be Lu Xiangsheng's trick. With a false shot, I, the Qing Dynasty, thought he was going to attack Seoul, North Korea, to divert the tiger away from the mountain, so that Liaodong could Send reinforcements to North Korea, and he himself will immediately gather heavy troops to plot against Liaoyang!"

"Your Majesty, maybe Fan Wencheng's people are evil and deliberately reported false news to us, so that they can mobilize our Liaodong army!" After Dai Shan said that, he felt that this possibility was very high, so he said sharply, "Absolutely That’s true, otherwise Lu Xiangsheng wouldn’t dare to attack Shenyang with only 20,000 troops, because he is sure that this false news will reach Shenyang!”

At this time, even Jierharang, who had always been relatively steady, ignored the imperial etiquette and rushed to express his judgment: "It is also possible that Lu Xiangsheng learned that Sony went to negotiate peace, and in order to achieve his goal, Liaoyang withdrew. Tan Ma. Lu Xiangsheng was a man of both civil and military skills and a frontier official of the Ming Dynasty. With such a good opportunity, he rejected the peace talks and instead sent troops to attack Liaoyang. As long as Liaoyang City was captured by him, he would become the capital of the Ming Dynasty. After knowing the details afterwards, I won’t blame him for taking action on his own!”

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These Manchu and Qing leaders in the Chongzheng Hall all had a fighting background. They expressed their own opinions based on the reports from the messengers. With just a few words from you and me, it didn’t take long for them to analyze the entire incident clearly. .

To sum up, after Lu Xiangsheng heard the news of the Qing peace talks, he did not think about the peace talks. Instead, he took advantage of the peace talks and first released false news to let the Qing Dynasty send troops to rescue North Korea to reduce the difficulty of attacking Liaoyang. Then he used the "sincerity" of the Qing Dynasty to negotiate peace and deceived Liaoyang into withdrawing all the scouts and horses into the city, which facilitated his army's march and gave Liaoyang a surprise attack, which gave him the greatest possibility of conquering Liaoyang, the gateway to Shenyang.

After clearing his mind, Huang Taiji almost gritted his teeth and said with hatred: "I expected Lu Xiangsheng to be a cunning person, but I didn't expect him to be so cunning! This person is too scary, really too scary!"

At this point, his face looked a little ferocious. He glanced at the ministers below and said sternly: "Lu Xiangsheng certainly didn't expect that our Qing Dynasty would suddenly send peace talks. In order to seize this opportunity in time, he went out to fight temporarily. He must have been hasty. However, he made a desperate move. The three Ming armies, Dongjiang Army, Guanning Army, and New Army, all gathered together. I dared to expect that this was all the troops Lu Xiangsheng could muster on the front line. In order to capture Liaoyang in one fell swoop, He even carried hundreds of Hongyi cannons. This is because he didn’t want to give me time for the Qing Dynasty to rescue him! He can risk it once and take Liaoyang. Why can’t I risk it once and annihilate Lu Xiangsheng’s invading Ming army? Under Liaoyang City?"

After hearing what he said, many Manchu and Qing leaders saw the favorable factors hidden in it, and all of them immediately agreed. After all, Liaoyang had to be saved. If the Ming army had been able to fight steadily and gather heavy troops, the Qing Dynasty might not be able to do anything about it. But now, they all feel that at least the Qing Dynasty still has the power to fight!

Seeing that the ministers all agreed, Huang Taiji no longer hesitated, and immediately shouted in a decisive tone: "I have decided to take out all the stored grains and gather all the troops of the Qing Dynasty to go out. This battle is not about fighting. If the Ming army is destroyed, our Qing Dynasty will be destroyed. In this battle, our Qing Dynasty will have no way out!"

"Cha!" The Manchu Qing ministers in the Chongzheng Hall, all with solemn and tragic expressions, shouted loudly and responded to Huang Taiji.

Without taking out all the stored grain, the reinforcements would not be able to leave at all. And taking out all the stored grain means that the grain is consumed. There will still be some time before the autumn harvest, and there will be no food to eat at all. Unless this battle can be won and the Ming army's supplies are captured.

In the past, there was an unprovoked incident, which caused the Qing Dynasty to go to war, but in the end it was just a waste of money and food. But this time it is different. Lu Xiangsheng has personally led the army to besiege Liaoyang, and when combined with other details, there is no doubt that they are not false.

"Gather immediately, we must go out early tomorrow morning!" Huang Taiji slapped the imperial case and stood up, shouting loudly, "In the life-and-death battle of the Qing Dynasty, all your ministers should fight bravely to kill the enemy and fight to the death!"

"Fight to the death!" Many Manchu and Qing leaders responded almost in unison, loudly and impassionedly like an oath.

Just when everyone was getting ready to go back, Jierhalang, who had arrived at the door, suddenly stopped, stretched out his hand to stop the others and said, "Wait!"

When everyone heard this, they were a little surprised, wondering what he meant?

Huang Taiji was also puzzled and looked up at him.

I saw a little suspicion on Ji'erharang's face, and he bowed to Huang Taiji and said: "Your Majesty, I suddenly feel a little strange. Logically speaking, if Lu Xiangsheng wants to conquer Liaoyang with confidence, he will definitely think about reinforcements." Question. The simplest and easiest way is to send troops to cut off the connection from Liaoyang to Shenyang, so that messengers asking for help cannot reach Shenyang. Wouldn't this be more appropriate?"

Upon hearing this, everyone else was stunned for a moment. Looking back and thinking about it, it seemed to make sense.

Huang Taiji frowned and fell into thinking.

When Jierhalang saw it, he explained: "In the past few years, I have seen Lu Xiangsheng's methods. This man has many tricks and tricks. I really must be on guard against him. I am afraid that he has some tricks waiting for me." clear!"

These Manchu and Qing leaders naturally did not know that Lu Xiangsheng was actually just the executor. It was Emperor Chongzhen who provided military information, organized military meetings, coordinated the army, ensured logistics, etc. behind the scenes. Otherwise, they would not have said this if they knew.

Hearing Jierhalang's words, other Manchu and Qing leaders couldn't help but agree. Even Huang Taiji was no longer silent and immediately issued an order to send another messenger from Liaoyang to ask for details.

The first messenger's reply was that there were indeed Ming Dynasty soldiers who intercepted people at night, but the number was not large and they could easily get rid of them.

The second messenger's reply was more tragic. On his way to Shenyang to report the news, he escorted his companions and tried his best to stop the Ming army who tried to stop them all night. Speaking later, the messenger shed tears with excitement and said: "Your Majesty, without their sacrifice to intercept, the slaves would not have been able to deliver the message safely. Everyone is looking forward to reinforcements, otherwise Liaoyang will not be protected... ugh Woo woo"

At this moment, no one blamed the messenger for being impolite in front of the emperor. They all understood that this time the Ming army invaded in large numbers, and all the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty understood that this was a battle for the survival of the Qing Dynasty. There was no way out for anyone, and they could only surrender. I worked so hard that I forgot about my life and death!

Amid the man's whining, the tragic atmosphere of the end filled the Chongzheng Hall.

After a while, Daishan sighed and reported to Huang Taiji: "Your Majesty, I thought that Lu Xiangsheng sent troops to attack Liaoyang at short notice. Although he also sent troops to intercept the messenger at night, it was an urgent matter and it was impossible to cover everything. Moreover, Amin also reacted quickly and sent a courier immediately. Once these two aspects were put together, this situation is not surprising. This is also explained by the difficulty of sending letters from Liaoyang couriers. If the old minister's prediction is good, , Liaoyang side, I’m afraid they won’t be able to send the third batch of messengers.”

After hearing this, Huang Taiji and others nodded unconsciously, indicating that they recognized this statement. Jirharang even walked up to the messenger, reached out to help the messenger who was kneeling in tears, patted his shoulder, and wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it, and just sighed slightly.

Huang Taiji looked at it and was silent for a while, and then decided: "Please go back and prepare as you agreed before. I will also send out scouting horses. If no messenger arrives before tomorrow morning, there will be no delay and rescue Liaoyang immediately!"

"Cha!" The Manchu and Qing leaders in the hall responded in unison again, and then finally left the Chongzheng Hall and dispersed.

Soon, the city of Liaoyang became more noisy, but it was no longer the sound of cheers and celebrations, but the sound of people shouting and horses neighing. Many Jianlu couldn't understand why there was a great victory one moment and Liaoyang was in danger the next moment, requiring the Qing Emperor to lead an overwhelming army to rescue.

Regarding this situation, Huang Taiji no longer had the time to care. He wanted to lead the expedition himself. Although it was much simpler than Emperor Chongzhen, there were still many things to deal with. He was so busy that when night fell and he didn't get a messenger, he knew that there was no need to send a scout to report back, and it was estimated that Liaoyang was completely out of contact.

After receiving the news reported from various roads, Huang Taiji couldn't help but sigh. Lu Xiangsheng's strategy of diverting the tiger away from the mountain is ultimately useful. The elites of the two yellow flags were all taken away by Hauge. Moreover, in order to rush on the road, most of the war horses were moved away. Now that Shenyang City can gather reinforcements, there are not many cavalry available!

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but hate Fan Wencheng again. He usually behaved like Zhuge Liang, but once he really started doing things, problems always occurred. Fortunately, he valued him so much that he did not hesitate to use the name of a king with a different surname to motivate him. Fortunately, there was no news after he took a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry to the pass. The so-called help of himself in the Ming army in Liaodong brought a serious shortage of troops to the Qing Dynasty.

Fan Wencheng, damn it!

If Fan Wencheng in the Eighteenth Level of Hell knew that Huang Taiji was so concerned about him, would he regret it?

By the early morning of the next day, almost all the Manchu soldiers had gathered outside Shenyang City. At this time, Shenyang City was almost an empty city. There were originally old, weak, women and children, but in order to save food, they were all sent to North Korea.

Huang Taiji was also wearing a military uniform. He looked at the more than 20,000 soldiers gathered together and glanced slowly past. He saw that these soldiers of the Qing Dynasty were all sallow and thin, and some were as thin as bamboo poles. In his eyes, according to the In the past, if we were to measure elites, they would probably only be able to count the soldiers directly under the command of Prince Baylor.

But no matter what, this is a national war, so we have to gather the maximum strength to increase the weight of victory and fight for the survival of the Qing Dynasty.