Ashes

The impromptu team of the Ming Dynasty had almost no overall planning, coupled with snowfall in Liaodong, rugged roads, unfavorable marching, and different speeds of the four teams, giving the Jin army a chance to attack in sequence.

On March [-], juniper was eager to win the battle, and marched alone, and divided his troops to garrison at Sarhu and Jilin Cliff.Nurhachi concentrated the Six Banners forces to attack the Sarhu camp and defeated the Ming army.Then he attacked Jilin Cliff, Juniper died in battle, and the West Route Army was wiped out.

In the early morning of March 1000 the next day, the Jin army rushed to Shangjianya, where the Ma Lin army was stationed, and saw that the Ming army was divided into three and set up camps separately, so they defeated each one again.Huang Taiji was brave and fearless, and led 500 people to attack Gong Niansui camp, 500 people fought on horseback, [-] people fought on foot, and captured the camp.The rest of the Jin army broke through other camps one after another, and the Marin army on the North Road was wiped out.

When Huang Taiji returned to his tent to rest for a while, Dundari brought two people who surprised him.

Huang Taiji glared at the disgraced Dorgon and Duoduo, and scolded, "Why did you two come here!"

Dorgon lamented unceasingly, but Duoduo was reasonable: "We also come to fight the Ming army!"

Huang Taiji almost wanted to slap him, but he held back: "This is a battlefield, not a place for you to play."

"We're not here to play!"

"There are many corpses outside, blood is flowing like a river, and if you are not careful, you will die unexpectedly. Aren't you afraid? How dare you follow here without authorization?"

Of course Dorgon is not afraid, but he also knows that their actions are extremely absurd. The two of them coming here will not only be of no help, but also a drag on others.But he still couldn't screw Dodo, he was noisy for a few days, and finally threatened to follow him secretly if Dorgon didn't accompany him, so he had to risk his life to accompany him, who made him a younger brother.

Duoduo is not afraid, a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, he is fearless.

"I'll send you to Father Khan's side." Huang Taiji couldn't be more angry.

This time Duoduo was afraid: "Brother, you can't do this..."

"I'm busy here, and I can't take care of you. If you have any troubles, I can't bear it."

"Father Khan will scold us."

Huang Taiji sighed: "Father Khan has already arranged the next battle plan. He will lead the troops back to Hetuala to prepare for Li Rubai's attack. After resting for a while, the other big Baylors and I will rush to the east to attack Liu Ting's army. .I really can’t care about you guys. It happens that Father Khan is going back to the capital, so you should go back with him.”

"Don't..." Dodo muttered with his head down, but he didn't dare to say it out loud.

Dorgon knew what Duduo was thinking, and he had already come and went back without doing anything, so he should be so useless. "Let's follow, we won't cause trouble." Dorgon said.

"It's not a question of whether to cause trouble or not. My flag is about to break camp, and it will be very hard for you to follow."

Dorgon glanced at Duo Duo: "We can keep up."

Huang Taiji was silent for a while, staring at them.These two people sneaked all the way, and they didn't know where they were hiding. Their faces were dark and there was something dirty stuck on them, and they looked extremely embarrassed.

"Dundari, bring them some water." Huang Taiji ordered.

Duoduo said happily: "Can we stay?"

Huang Taiji was helpless, he looked at the sky, and said to Dundari: "Send down the order, rest for an hour, and go to Abdaligang at night." He said to Dorgon and Duoduo, "You want to go with Just follow by yourself, getting lost in the mountains is none of my business."

Seeing that Huang Taiji didn't drive them away, Duoduo finally smiled.

Dorgon knew that this hour was reserved for the two of them to rest.Long before Huang Taiji came back, he had ordered the soldiers to take turns to rest, so that they could meet the Eastern Route Army at the first time and seize the favorable terrain, so there was no need to stay here for so long.

"Hurry up and sleep for a while!" Huang Taiji shouted, and left immediately.

Duoduo jumped on Dorgon happily: "Brother, look, I said we can steal it, and it will be fine."

"Stop yelling, be careful to let people hear you, do you still want to touch the position to peek? Let me tell you, swords and guns don't have eyes, but when the time comes, they will lose arms and legs. Don't cry."

"Hey, how do you know what I'm thinking." Duoduo said in surprise.

Dorgon glared at him: "Go to bed and wash up! Didn't you just shout tired in front of you!"

Duoduo hugged a quilt and fell asleep, but this time the Jin army relied on seizing the opportunity to fight, so the living utensils carried with the army were extremely simple, and the quilt was so hard that it couldn't keep warm at all in this cold night. Dodo trembled.

Seeing him tossing and turning and unable to fall asleep, Dorgon knew that he was cold, so he covered him with his quilt.

"I'm not cold!" Dodo was still stubborn.

"Don't talk nonsense." Dorgon roared, "Marching in a hurry is not as easy as you think, go to sleep now."

Dodo hummed: "It's as if you've experienced it before." But he closed his eyes obediently and added an extra quilt, and it was much warmer. After a while, Dodo fell into a deep sleep.

Dorgon couldn't sleep, not just because of the cold, he opened his eyes wide and looked around in the camp.

Since returning to the past, this is the first time he has returned to the battlefield. The feeling of conquering and killing the enemy is coming again. The lingering smell of blood is in the air, strange and familiar .It was as if he could still feel the blunt sensation of a sharp weapon piercing his body, and the warm blood splashed on his face, sticky and sweet.

He sat beside Doduo with his knees hugged. He was obviously very tired, but he didn't feel sleepy at all. All kinds of messy memories flooded his mind into a mess.

Huang Taiji's voice faintly came from outside the tent, and Dorgon went to the door to listen. He was talking to his banner, Gu Shan Ezhen, and arranged some details that needed attention.

He is always meticulous in his work and cannot tolerate any mistakes.

Suddenly the door curtain was lifted, and Dorgon had no time to hide and pretend to be asleep, and was bumped straight.

"Why aren't you sleeping?" Huang Taiji scolded in a low voice, still holding a quilt in his hands.

"Can't sleep..."

Huang Taiji glanced at Duoduo who was covered with two quilts, and threw the quilt on him: "Go to sleep!"

This quilt is different from others, it is fluffy and soft, very thick to the touch, and has a faint, Huang Taiji breath.This is the quilt he made himself.

Just holding the quilt, Dorgon felt his body began to warm up, and his consciousness gradually recovered.

Seeing that Huang Taiji was about to leave, he couldn't help shouting: "Mynah."

"what's up?"

The short silence is like a drop of water on a stalactite, after the precipitation of time, it drips quietly.

Dorgon pointed to his left arm: "Brother, you are injured."

Huang Taiji lowered his head and took a look. It was an injury he suffered during the attack on the camp, maybe it was not bandaged well, blood seeped out, and his arm was red.

"Someone will repack it later, it's okay."

"I'll help you bandage."

"You'd better rest."

"I can not sleep."

Huang Taiji took a deep look at him, then at the sleeping Dodo, and said in a low voice, "Then follow me."

I don't know if it was because of the lights in Huang Taiji's tent, but Dorgon felt that his side was warmer.

Under the dim light, Huang Taiji took off the sleeve of his left arm, revealing his strong arm. In the cold air, his skin was burning hot.He bent his arms slightly, showing tight muscles, full of strength without appearing too thick.

A trace of directionless wind swept past, and the flames swayed violently, blurring the vision.

The gauze had already been soaked with blood, and the wound was black and red. Dorgon found that the tear of the wound was much more serious than imagined.Carefully cut off the gauze and washed it again with warm water. The cut was not long, but it was deep, and the blood had not stopped completely.

Dorgon put medicine on him and rewrapped him with clean gauze.

"You are said to be young, but you always seem old-fashioned, and you are said to be capable, but you can't even control your younger brother." Huang Taiji said suddenly.

Dorgon paused for a moment, but did not answer.

"It must be Duo Duo clamoring to come, I don't believe you will be so troublesome."

"He's just having fun."

"Duo Duo can be regarded as listening to you. If you can't even control him, how will you control others in the future?"

In a word, Dorgon's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and he would say such words to himself, he really didn't treat himself as a child.

The human heart is the most difficult thing to grasp. To understand one is to control the other, but to understand is extremely difficult, let alone control?If you can control the hearts of one person, you can make them submit; if you can control the hearts of thousands of people, you can dominate one side; if you can control the hearts of thousands of people, you can rule the world.

Having lived all his life, he has become familiar with playing with people's hearts consciously, but now in front of Huang Taiji, he feels that these tricks are superficial.His heart is like the sea, unfathomable, the more he knows, the less he knows, the greater the gap.

For Duo Duo, it is true that he favors him more, but he can't beat him.

"Please myna teach me." Dorgon bowed his head.

"Oh, teach you what?"

"Teach me how to bully people and make people miss you."

Huang Taiji was taken aback for a moment, then laughed loudly: "Is this what I am in your heart?"

"Myna has plans in mind, but everyone says you are kind and respectful, don't they?"

Dorgon is outspoken, and he is not afraid of being overwhelmed.He had resentment in his heart, worked hard all his life, was exhausted from illness, conquered the Qing Dynasty, but in the end ended up destroying tombs and exhuming corpses, while Huang Taiji did no less insidious and cunning things than him, but he was full of holiness good name.

"Who doesn't have calculations in mind, you do too, although I can't figure out what you are planning and have been wondering for several years." Huang Taiji smiled, "You have so many minds at such a young age, it's so unlovable."

Dorgon frowned at the fact that he actually used the word "cute".

Huang Taiji said again: "I can't teach you anything, how to deal with things, how to treat people, you have to see it with your own eyes, and see it with your heart."

While the two were talking, Dorgon had already bandaged the wound.

Huang Taiji looked at it, and said with satisfaction: "Not bad, there is progress."

"Does no one know about your injury?"

"It's just a minor injury. I have to fight the Ming army again tomorrow. It's not good to disturb too many people."

Dorgon suddenly became vicious and stabbed at his wound.