Ashes

Huang Taiji opened the brocade box, unfolded and browsed the letters inside, and couldn't help but sigh that it was done very carefully.Some oaths are neatly written, which should be imitated by illiterate generals to find someone to write for them;

Looking at the signatures, we can also see some secrets, some are people that Father Khan allocated to Daishan, some are people that Daishan doesn't like very much, and some people are really Huang Taiji.

This also reminded Huang Taiji that the people who are arranged outside need to sort out and rectify.

After reading all the oaths, Huang Taiji carefully stacked them neatly, closed the lid of the box, stroked the patterns on the brocade box with his fingers, and rubbed them repeatedly.

There was a knock on the door, and it was Zhe Zhe who came.

"Master Baylor, the fourteenth brother is here."

The corner of Huang Taiji's mouth twitched: "He came quite quickly."

Dorgon was sitting in the hall waiting, Zhe Zhe had already gone to report, he was very confused, he didn't know if Huang Taiji would like to see him, how to speak when he saw him, and what kind of problems would he have if he did.

Now he can only wait, sitting on pins and needles, just waiting for a moment, but it feels like waiting for a thousand years.

When Zhe Zhe came back, she didn't know anything, so she still gently led him the way.

Dorgon followed step by step until he reached the outside of the house.

Just as Zhezhe was about to knock on the door, Dorgon stopped her and said, "Da Fujin, I'll come by myself, you go to work first."

"Alright, then I'll go first. I seldom see you coming to see Lord Baylor recently. Are you too busy? I will also find time to come here often in the future."

Dorgon hummed in a low voice.

Because Dorgon was too familiar, Zhezhe was not too polite, so he left first.

Dorgon stood at the door, he looked up.It was just a door but it weighed heavily like a mountain, making him unable to breathe.

His feet seemed to be glued to the ground, and he couldn't walk or retreat.I tried to knock on the door several times, but my arms were so heavy that I couldn't lift them.Behind this barrier is Huang Taiji, a person he doesn't want to beg, but has to beg for.

You can't be at the door all the time.Finally, he worked up his courage and knocked on the door.

"Come in." His voice was calm like a pool of calm water.

Dorgon bit the bullet and pushed open the door.

"Brother." He stepped across the threshold and called out.

Huang Taiji raised his eyes and said, "You are here."

Dorgon lowered his head and said nothing, it seemed that he was waiting for him to be delivered to his door.

"Come on, I'm tired of talking when I stand so far away."

Dorgon walked forward a few steps slowly. He used to enter the house to find a place to sit, but today is different.

He spotted the brocade box out of the corner of his eye, and really wanted to rush up and grab it.But this is just delusional.

"Why don't you talk, you come to me, there is always something to do, right?" Huang Taiji said unhurriedly.

Dorgon hated in his heart, he knew why he came to him, but he wanted to force him to speak.He gritted his teeth and said, "I'm sorry, myna, please forgive my mother this time, give me the brocade box, and I will destroy it right away, and I will never cause myna any trouble."

"This is your mother's business, you don't need to apologize."

"It's only right for me to apologize for my mother."

"You are filial."

"I... I can't do anything."

Huang Taiji changed his sitting position to make himself more comfortable: "Come here again, why are you standing so far away, are you afraid that I will eat you?"

Dorgon took a few more steps, still keeping a distance.

Huang Taiji was helpless: "If I give you something, what can I get?"

Dorgon was silent for a moment: "I have nothing to give myna."

"Then why should I do this kind of loss-making business?"

Dorgon also knew that he was in the wrong, so he could only beg: "I beg mynah... I beg mynah to be a brother..."

"Your mother didn't regard me as your brother, let alone..." Huang Taiji paused, "You didn't regard me as your brother either, have you been hiding something from me?"

"I have...I've always...always treated Starling as...as..."

"Okay, I don't care if I don't say anything against my will, I don't like to hear it either." Huang Taiji waved his hand.

Dorgon became anxious: "It's not against my will! I'm just...just..."

"Just what?"

Dorgon couldn't tell, he was out of control, it wasn't that he couldn't say compliments, but it was useless to say them.

But I have to say that Er Niang's life is in the hands of this person.He is not his opponent, even though he is still young, but he is so experienced in dealing with people as if he has practiced for thousands of years, so he is not his opponent at all.

"I have always admired starlings, and Father Khan often taught us to learn from starlings. As a younger brother, I am young and ignorant. If there is something wrong, please correct me."

Huang Taiji looked at Dorgon who was begging for mercy, and said expressionlessly: "You are still young, but it's not that you are ignorant, you are very sensible, so sensible that it makes me feel scared, not at all like seven years old."

Dorgon suddenly felt bad.

"Go back." Huang Taiji said coldly.

Dorgon was helpless and terrified, he stepped forward and knelt down in front of him with a plop: "I beg you, starling, just this once."

Huang Taiji's expression froze, but he still said: "You don't have to kneel to me, go kneel to Father Khan."

"Brother! Doduo is still so young, how can you bear to let him have no mother?"

For a while, it fell silent, neither of them spoke, only heard Dorgon's rapid breathing.This silence was like an extremely thin thread wrapped around their necks, getting tighter and tighter.

"Where's the finger pull I gave you before?" Huang Taiji broke the silence.

Dorgon was surprised, he didn't expect him to change the subject suddenly, but when it came to finger pulling, he couldn't answer.If you say throw it away, he must be annoyed, say at home?It's better not to, don't tell such a lie in front of him.

"I... accidentally dropped it."

"Really careless?"

"I fell into the mountain stream that day, and my whole body was in a daze. I didn't realize it until I woke up."

Dorgon was still lowering his head when he heard a crisp sound, looked up and saw that it was Huang Taiji who took out the wrench and put it on the table.

Why did the wrench come back to his hand?Dorgon was surprised.Why did you throw it away on impulse, didn't you just cause trouble for yourself?

"Then do you still want it now?"

What is the meaning of this move?What do you want to test?Dorgon pondered his intentions, but didn't react immediately. He thought in his mind that he should reach out to pick it up, but his body didn't move.

Seeing that he was thinking about it, Huang Taiji twitched his eyebrows: "Forget it, I don't want to give it to you now either."

Dorgon exclaimed in shock: "Mynah!"

Huang Taiji stopped looking at him, took out a piece of paper from the box, and tore it in half in front of him: "Forget it this time, don't do this again in the future, you can go."

Dorgon watched the torn paper floating in front of him, unable to recover for a long time.

It's not that Huang Taiji gave up at will, but that if he can't completely defeat his opponent, he won't make a move easily, and this opponent is not Abahai, but Daishan.If you want to do it, you must do it absolutely, and you must make people never stand up again.

He didn't remember how he got out of this room, and when the door closed behind his back, he found himself already drenched in sweat.He took a step, his feet were so soft that he couldn't move at all, and he collapsed on the steps all of a sudden.

I don't know if the sound of his fall was too loud, the closed door was opened again, it was Huang Taiji.Dorgon sat on the ground and looked up.

Huang Taiji frowned: "Really, tell me what I should do with you." After speaking, he stepped forward to help him up.

Since the conquest of Fushun, the Jin army has successively raided the [-]th Fort of Tieling and Qinghe City, capturing numerous people, animals and property, alleviating their predicament.

Especially the battle in Qinghe City was extremely tragic.The Ming army in Qinghe City resisted desperately, and the Jin army also suffered heavy losses. In the end, Nurhachi used tricks to break through the city gate.More than ten thousand soldiers in Qinghe City died in the city, writing a tragic and heroic page in the history of Ming Dynasty.

The fall of Qinghe City shocked the entire Liaodong. Since then, the barriers of Liaodong have been cut off, and even Emperor Wanli, who has been indifferent to government affairs for many years, can't sit still.

So Yang Gao was appointed as the Liaodong economic strategy. After nine months of preparation, he mobilized 11 soldiers and horses, claiming 47, to attack Hetuala.At this time, the Jin army had only 6 people.

What is more miraculous is that Yang Gao asked someone to send a letter to Nurhachi, telling him that my Daming was about to attack.

When the news reached Hetuala, Destiny Khan immediately summoned the ministers of Zhubaile to discuss.

Erdeni gave a general account of the Ming army's offensive strategy: "The Ming army marched towards Hetuala in four routes. Commander Liu Ting, and South Road Qinghe Road commander Li Rubai."

Erbeile Amin said first: "Who is this Marin, I have never heard of it."

The crowd also joined in.

Dai Shan said: "I haven't heard of it, and his level is not good. It seems that there is really no one in the Ming Dynasty. Li Rubai is Li Chengliang's son, but it is said that he is far inferior to his brother Li Rusong." He glanced at Nurhachi.

Nurhachi had served as a soldier under Li Chengliang when he was young, and he was very familiar with these people.

"This time the Yehe tribe also sent troops. Have they forgotten how they were beaten by the Ming army before?" Mang Gurtai said, "It is basically a patchwork team. I heard that the imperial court even paid the military salary. If you don’t come out, can this kind of team still fight?”

"It's Liu Ting and Juniper that we need to pay more attention to, especially the Juniper Department of the West Route Army is the main force of the Ming army. The Ming army is trying to encircle Dajin, we can't just wait for the enemy to come, and take the initiative to attack." Huang Taiji also said.

In addition to these people in the house, there were two other people listening, namely Dorgon and Duoduo. Of course, it was Duduo who worked hard and Dorgon accompanied him.

Doduo stood on a wooden box with his ears pressed against the window. He tried to listen, but he still couldn't hear clearly, and he turned around anxiously.

"Brother, help me up a little bit more." Duoduo said softly.

"It's useless, you can hear all of this, wouldn't the thieves hear all my Dajin's military secrets?" Dorgon really couldn't do anything about him.

"But I want to hear it!" Duoduo insisted.

"Then pry open the window."

"No, it will be seen by the people inside, and Father Khan will scold me."

"You also know that Father Khan will scold you, come down quickly, the patrol is coming soon." In fact, Dorgon knew that the patrolling soldiers had seen them a long time ago, because they were the two beloved young sons of the Khan, I didn't react immediately, I didn't know whether to rush over to arrest people, or pretend that I didn't see it.But if he didn't leave again, when the soldiers came back to their senses, they would really be caught in front of Father Khan.

Dodo reluctantly jumped off the box, dejected.

"Brother, can we win?" Dodo asked.

Dorgon looked at the distant mountains outside Hetuala City: "Of course, there is no battle that our Dajin cannot win."

Doduo laughed from ear to ear when he heard this, as if he fought the battle himself.

In the house, everyone had already expressed their opinions. They looked at Nurhachi, waiting for his order.

Nurhachi sat on the throne of King Khan, like a lion resting for a while, his eyes were majestic, and his expression was firm: "I will only go all the way. Prepare all the flags, set off immediately, and defeat each one!"