In the morning of Liri, Huang Taiji just opened his eyes when he was startled by something strange under the blanket.

Reaching out his hand subconsciously to touch the treasured sword beside the bed, but the next moment he completely froze.

Hugging his body from behind, Xiao Yu'er said softly: "Go to sleep again, it's not yet dawn."

"How is it possible?" Looking at the hands on his waist, Huang Taiji slowly relaxed his body.In the next second, he immediately sat up straight, turned around and said in a hurry: "Nonsense, how can you run around when you are pregnant. It's --- it's De Chang'an, right? I ---"

Not paying attention to how he knew she was pregnant, Xiao Yuer, who was dressed in plain clothes, just looked at the hand that he pulled down just now.Then gently leaned up again, leaned on his shoulder, and slowly pulled down his right hand.

Putting my right hand on that bump, I rarely have such experience.With his head down, Huang Taiji was a little overwhelmed and surprised.

After a long time, Huang Taiji, who was at a loss, hugged Xiao Yuer completely in his arms, and used the other hand to pull up the brocade quilt on the bed, covering Xiao Yuer completely.

Looking at Xiao Yu'er in his arms, Huang Taiji said softly: "Should we go back at dawn?"

Pressing his hand completely on her abdomen, she felt her body was burning hot.Xiao Yu'er's eyes dimmed and she complained: "I just came here, and it's not been an hour yet?"

Huang Taiji did not make a sound behind him, Xiao Yu'er grabbed his hand and exerted a little force: "Da Khan set out in November last year, and it has been seven months in a blink of an eye. Seven months, Da Khan Yu'er is already eight months pregnant , our third child is due in two months."

"Yeah! So fast!"

There was a hint of guilt in Huang Taiji's voice, Xiao Yu'er got up slightly and turned to look at him and continued: "Luo Xiang was born, and Da Khan stayed with other women in Shengjing. But I was alone in Horqin thousands of miles away. The second child I was born in Chahar and news of his death came out, but I was still alone in Shengjing. At that time, I was worried all day long, fearing that I would not see you for the last time, fearing that I would lose my two sons.”

"Yu'er next time, wait until next time---" Huang Taiji looked at the expressionless little Yu'er and promised: "I will definitely be with you next time."

Holding his hand and putting it on her heart, Xiao Yu'er raised her head and said with a smile: "I don't want next time, I only want to sweat for a day, today you can stay with me well, okay?"

Just now, he vaguely guessed what Xiao Yuer was going to say, but Huang Taiji didn't find out until now.He just guessed the beginning correctly, not the result.

"One day?" Huang Taiji looked at Xiao Yu'er with doubts and reassurance, and brought out a trace of loneliness that only he knew.

Smiling softly, Xiao Yu'er hugged him and nodded, "Yes, it only takes one day. Knowing that you are worried about the border, how could I make things difficult for you?"

An Dehai Feige sent a letter to her, wanting her to persuade Huang Taiji not to go to Yizhou this time.But knowing this person deeply, how could Xiao Yuer persuade him, how could she be willing to embarrass him.All she can do now is to make him less worried and fully support him, and bringing down the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible is the top priority.Otherwise, according to his character of worrying about everything, everything will be in vain.

"Okay, I agree." The outside of the house was already slightly bright, and Xiao Yu'er's request was not too much.Huang Taiji immediately agreed, and he only needed to speed up his journey on the road.

With a sigh of relief, Xiao Yu'er got up directly from him.Immediately pushed Huang Taiji up: "What will happen if Da Khan sleeps with me again, Yu'er didn't sleep well in the carriage last night."

Knowing that she was in a special situation at the moment, Huang Taiji did not struggle.Then he lay down again.

The two of them muttered about their children and about the war for a while on the bed.After a while, Huang Taiji discovered that Xiao Yu'er had lost her voice.

He stretched out his hand to hug Xiao Yu'er tightly, thinking that he was completely unaware of Xiao Yu'er coming to his room to sleep on his bed just now.For a moment, Huang Taiji could only attribute everything to him being too tired.

Gently closing his eyes, Huang Taiji also felt that he really needed to rest more.

When Huang Taiji woke up again, he found that the whole room was still dark. He slowly turned around and looked at the big bed where he was alone. Huang Taiji thought that he had just had a dream.

With a self-deprecating wry smile, Huang Taiji murmured softly: "As expected---"

"Surely what?"

Pushing open the door and walking in, seeing him froze.Xiao Yu'er covered her mouth with a smile and said, "Wake up sweating, Yu'er has prepared breakfast for you."

"you---"

It was rare to see him bewildered and at a loss, Xiao Yu'er's heart that had been hanging high since last night finally came down.

In fact, Huang Taiji's physical condition at this moment is much better than she expected.At least he didn't cough when she just slept next to him.

Because she was in a good mood, Xiao Yu'er personally picked up the clothes that had been prepared on a chair and went to serve Huang Taiji's clothes.

When Huang Taiji was pulled by Xiao Yuer, who was full of enthusiasm, and fed cakes and ginseng soup, he was outside Jinzhou City on the border of Ming Dynasty.Dorgon, who has been loved by the Eight Banners, especially Zhengbai Banner, finally panicked.

"How—how is it possible?"

Looking at his battered appearance coldly, Yue Tuo sarcastically said: "The Khan has repeatedly ordered to surround Jinzhou and not give an inch. Not only that, but also to gradually reduce the encirclement. But you ordered it for no reason. What do you think about retreating thirty miles to camp?"

Because he was angry, Yue Tuo had long forgotten that the people above him were his elders, and he didn't show any sympathy when he spoke.

Leaning weakly on the sandalwood chair in the center of the lobby, Dorgon turned a deaf ear to Yue Tuo's words.He just hissed to the messenger who reported the message: "The wheat field is on fire, why don't you let everyone go to fight the fire?"

The messenger was frightened and ran out scrambling.

Yue Tuo looked at him and sighed, "Uncle Fourteen's top priority now is the soldiers stationed at the gate, let them get out of the camp and return to the original checkpoint, just in case."

Trying to stabilize his emotions, Dorgon sat straight on the treasure chair: "I know, I will take back the order to make the garrison retreat [-] miles. But all of this is still waiting for the army to destroy the surrounding area of ​​Yizhou City. Let’s talk about it after the fire.”

"But---"

Yue Tuo still wanted to say something, but Dorgon had already picked up the helmet on the table beside him and put it on, obviously looking like he didn't want to talk more.

Yue Tuoqi's eyes were red, and he ran out angrily.

Seeing him like this, Azige, who was walking towards him, immediately guessed the reason and stopped him from explaining: "Don't be angry, Yue Tuo, your Fourteenth Uncle just saw that the soldiers around Jinzhou were working too hard. I want them to retreat Guarding in various cities, I want them to rest and relax a little bit. Who would have thought that in just two days--"

"Ridiculous!" Kicking off his hand, Yue Tuo said excitedly: "Isn't it hard to march and fight, and the most important thing is Uncle Twelve, do you think they are hard? We didn't stay here for six or three years. It’s seven months. What’s more, they are short of food or clothes, and it’s not even July yet, the weather is just right for them to have no shortage of food or clothing every day, so there’s nothing hard to do.”

"no---"

"What about homesickness? If I encounter someone like this, I will definitely slap him. It's been more than half a year since I've been here, why don't I feel so homesick?"

"Yue Tuo, listen to my explanation."

Azig still wanted to explain, but Yue Tuo couldn't bear it long ago: "Thanks to Fourth Uncle praising him so much, valuing him--he--he---"

Unable to say anything harsh, Yue Tuo could only say in a hurry: "Uncle Twelfth, do you think that Uncle Fourteenth is a demon? Why did he become like that after being flattered by the soldiers below? He wants to think about the soldiers, why not for those Follow the soldiers of Jierhalangbeile and Uncle Fifteen. They are bleeding and sweating on the front line, why can't he see them, and only think about the bastards under him who are facing the white flag."

In the end, Yue Tuo's voice was surprisingly loud because of his excitement.

The officers and soldiers from the surrounding area who heard the news had already surrounded them tightly. Dorgon, who had just left the hall and was silent for a long time, saw that his words became more and more outrageous.Finally, he looked at the soldiers below with a dark face and said angrily: "Why are you all stunned? Why don't you take people to put out the fire soon. You want the fire to burn to Yizhou, right?"

There was already thick smoke billowing tens of miles away, and knowing that there happened to be dozens of miles of land that Da Khan personally ordered to reclaim, everyone could only rush out with their troops in disgrace.

The venue outside the government office in Yizhou suddenly became empty, seeing Yue Tuo still showed disapproval.Dorgon said angrily: "You want to guard the checkpoint, don't you? You have to do it yourself. Will my tens of thousands of people be used to fight the fire and save Yizhou?"

Dorgon rode away on a horse, and Azig cursed twice in a low voice.He patted Yue Tuo's shoulders twice, and rode his horse to follow Dorgon uneasy.

"Master, what should we do now?" Yue Tuo's entourage cautiously stepped forward.

Looking fiercely at the front, Yue Tuo gritted his teeth and said, "Send someone to call back Gu Shan'erzhen, who is inlaid with red and yellow flags, and say that I ordered them to send me some troops. The Lord wants to guard Songshan himself. "

Yue Tuo is the son of Daishan, the banner owner of the inlaid red flag, although Daishan doesn't like this son very much.But even an er really didn't dare to defy him.

And Yue Tuo's special life experience since he was a child, it is also destined that Zheng Huang Qi will not be able to ignore him.So when his entourage heard the order, they immediately went down to make arrangements without hesitation.

With 7000 troops gathered in a hurry, Yue Tuo detoured through dozens of miles of continuous fire and arrived at Songshan, the gate of Jinzhou City, when it was already dark.

Standing on the high observatory, I looked at Yizhou Chen who was already surrounded by the fire.Then he looked at Jinzhou City, which was tightly closed a few miles away.

Yue Tuo went his own way and let everyone continue to guard the official road and trail to Jinzhou.And also ordered the deployment of additional manpower.

It was night when the army finally extinguished the fire three hundred feet outside Yizhou City under the leadership of Dorgon.Everyone has all collapsed to the ground.

Drowsily looking at the scorched blackness in front of him, Dorgon panted and said softly, "I want this loss."

The general next to me went down to make arrangements, although everyone was already exhausted.But they still dragged their bodies to line up.

8 troops went to the front line back and forth, plus the [-] troops sent to Yongping.Standing outside the charred and black city of Yizhou, all the Eight Banners, whether they are generals or soldiers, are full of frustration.

shame!Yes shame.Obviously just guarding Yizhou City, guarding the food and grass outside Yizhou, and besieging Jinzhou City, which has no food.But such a small thing made them do this.

"To Lord Belle, a total of 55 people were lost in this firefighting. Loss---all the wheat fields around Uiju were burned, and several granaries in the surrounding area were also burned down."

The voice to report was actually not very loud, but everyone seemed to understand what was going on right away.

The Eight Banners camp, which had been relatively quiet, suddenly became restless.

The lack of food, the indebtedness of the emperor, and the contempt for the punishment that they will face all of a sudden made the soldiers of the Eight Banners, who were already extremely tired and frustrated, all the remaining rationality and calmness in their hearts disappeared all of a sudden.

Immediately, some soldiers whispered to each other and cursed directly.

Some people began to shirk their responsibilities, and some people began to speculate about the coming emperor's wrath.Someone said that the Great Khan had ordered the massacre of the camp.Some people thought of the previous orders of the Great Khan, and then thought of Lian Zuo, implicating the nine clans.More people thought of the war in Jinzhou after the loss of food.

Some people say that joy can infect many people at once, but no one can deny it.Sometimes panic, fear and anxiety, as well as some unknown negative emotions are not too bad.What's more, its speed of transmission is sometimes faster than pure joy and excitement.

In just a short time, the soldiers were in a mess, shouting and crying.The one who draws the knife, the one who is ashamed.In a short period of time, Baqi suddenly lost its former fighting spirit, and in the blink of an eye amidst Dorgon's angry screams, Baqi turned into a group of completely irrational and bereaved dogs.

It may be that the fire burned everyone's reason, or it may be the fear of the unknown. The exhaustion of the night made everyone lose their former reason.

Or maybe they were simply infected by the people around them, and calls for escape gradually broke out among the [-] soldiers.

"Stop all of them. Anyone who dares to defect will be shot and killed on the spot!" Standing tall, Dorgon had never seen such a reaction from the brave and skilled Eight Banners, and immediately ordered loudly.

Some soldiers who were still rational immediately drew their swords and directly faced those who wanted to say defection.And many people also pulled out their knives with red eyes not to be outdone.

It was neither Dorgon's roar nor the self-awareness of the Eight Banners that calmed everyone down.It was the thick gunpowder smoke at the Songshan checkpoint not far away.

"It's Fenghuo! It's not a good situation."

"It's an enemy attack!"

A general stepped forward immediately, but Dorgon didn't care about anything else.Immediately ordered all but [-] soldiers to guard the city to rush to Songshan.

With a distance of tens of miles, Baqi, who was full of hostility and resentment, rushed over in less than half an hour.

After learning from the original soldiers that it was Daming who took advantage of the chaos to smuggle food and grass in, everyone was all red-eyed.

Half of the grain team of the Ming army had already entered Jinzhou City.After Dorgon stopped the hundreds of carriages and rations in front of him, he immediately had the illusion of surviving a catastrophe.

But not long after, Dorgon thought of Huang Taiji's order not to let a grain enter the city.Knowing that he might really be punished this time, Dorgon immediately said harshly: "Where is that kid Yue Tuo, come and see me soon."

Knowing Yue Tuo's identity, knowing that he came here alone because of his temper.Dorgon suddenly had a glimmer of hope.

Yue Tuo's subordinates fell silent, and everyone seemed to realize that their leader was gone at this time.

"Master Baylor said that he wanted to directly block Daming's army horse, so he moved forward."

"Lord Baylor—"

Everyone whispered and looked at each other, all with blank expressions, and each person said something.

Panicked in his heart, Dorgon immediately panicked and said: "Don't hurry up—quickly find Lord Baylor for me."

The people around suddenly became chaotic, and everyone hurriedly looked for Yue Tuo.

He looked sideways at the dark sky and at the grain and grass in front of him.Dorgon suddenly had the illusion that he was dreaming.

But the illusion can only be an illusion after all, and there is no chance for anyone to be lucky.At dawn, he looked at the boy in red armor who had been carried up by the guards.

Touching the body that had already been hacked by countless people, touching the boy's dagger hidden in his waist, Dorgon immediately knelt down on the ground.

He tightly grasped this blood-stained dagger, there are only two in the world today.That thing was built by his father Khan's third concubine, Concubine Meng Gu Zhezhe herself.

One was in the hands of Da Khan's fourth brother, while the other was in the hands of her little grandson, Yue Tuo, who was raised by her at the time.

Yue Tuo often offended people when he spoke frankly, so Huang Taiji often blamed him in public.But he was reprimanded and demoted, and was quickly reinstated several times.Even though he didn't grow up in Shengjing, and even though he didn't always go to the court, no one in the court dared to offend him easily.

Even Dai Shan who didn't like him before and threatened to kill him as an unfilial son repeatedly.Be polite to him all these years.

This is why Dorgon has repeatedly endured his gossip and did not embarrass him in public.The main reason for not using his status as an elder to teach him a lesson.

The favorite grandson of his father Khan Nurhachi, he saw that he had no mother since he was a child.The grandson who was abused by his stepmother and ignored by his father, who specially brought him to the concubine himself.

Because of his Yuetuo, Father Khan no longer looked down on the prince Daishan.That's why Daishan's crown prince was abolished without hesitation after the rumors spread between Daishan and the concubine.

But now he is under his nose, so that such a person is completely unrecognizable, and there is no good end in his body.

"Fourteenth Baylor Lord, the sky has already brightened up. Please give me condolences, Jinzhou Great Khan's order is important."

He paused and looked up to see everyone kneeling.It was only then that Dorgon gave the order to withdraw his troops back to Yizhou out of his wits.

"Lord Baylor, these four levels---"

Another general reminded him, and Dorgon reacted.Quickly asked everyone to restore the previous arrangement when Huang Taiji was there, guarding each checkpoint, 2000 people per checkpoint.

This time, it doesn't matter whether it's Dorgon's Zhengbai Banner or the other seven banners.We no longer dare to say that someone dares to say that they are tired, that they are homesick, and that guarding the checkpoints like this is just a waste of military power.

Leading less than 1000 people, carrying hundreds of grain and grass, and Yue Tuo's body.As soon as Dorgon stepped into Yizhou, he keenly sensed the abnormalities everywhere.

First of all, the spirit of the guards in the city has improved, and secondly, there are more soldiers stationed in the entire Yizhou City.

"Participating in the fourteenth master, Heshuo Belle Zierharang and the fifteenth elder brother have been waiting for a long time."

As soon as Dorgon approached the government office of Yizhou, he was stunned by the words of the guards at the gate.

After a pause, there was no sound for a long time.After a while, Dorgon tidied himself up, and strode in with the armor of Zhengbai Banner, who was no longer white.

"Fourteen Belle to--"

"Fourteen Belle to----"

The announcement at the door was still the same as usual.But when he saw Heshuo Baylor sitting on the main seat in the hall, Dorgon knew that everything was different.

"elder brother---"

Duo Duo came over with a weeping anxious voice, and Duo ErGun looked at him and twitched the corners of his mouth, intending to give him a calm smile.

But in the end he still fell short, and turned his head to look at Jierhalang in frustration.Dorgon said in a low voice: "Brother, Dahan he--he--"

"For the crime of not being able to defend against the fortress, I will resign from all positions and be escorted back to the capital immediately." Standing up slowly, Jierhalang said softly, "Fourteenth brother, go back and confess your mistake to the Great Khan. You have indeed passed this time."

Seeing that Jierhalang winked and the guards stepped forward tremblingly, Dorgon smiled miserably.With interest, he took off the flag master's helmet on his head.

"Brother, don't think about anything. We are all grown up by the fourth brother, and he will spare you. When I go back---no, I will immediately write a memorial to intercede, brother, don't worry."

Seeing that Dorgon took off his helmet and touching sword, Duoduo quickly comforted him.

Slowly raising his head, Dorgon said with difficulty: "Yue Tuo is gone----"

"what---"

Ji Erhalang hurriedly stepped forward, his face changed drastically, and Duoduo took a step back and fell hard on the chair.

"How can it be---"

Kneeling down and slightly looking down at the dark blood stains on his body, Dorgon wept slowly and said: "Yesterday, there was a sudden fire, and I clearly ordered him to fight the fire and help. But he---but he insisted on going his own way and directly I took my troops to Songshan. However, last night, the Ming army chose to send rations to Jinzhou. After I intercepted the rations, I found out that he was gone."

Dorgon spoke intermittently, looking very sad and regretful.Azige, who had just entered and stood behind him for a long time, was also in a mess, staring fixedly at Dorgon's back and couldn't say a word.

"Azig is like this?"

"Brother Twelfth, what should we do? What should we do? Why don't you stop brother and let him do so many wrong things."

"Azig!"

Azig was awakened by Jierharang's rare loud noise, and looked at his younger brother who grabbed him expressionlessly.Azige said harshly: "Everyone knows what Yue Tuo's character is like. You know Dorgon's character better than I do. How can I persuade you? How can I persuade you?"

Jierhalang and Duoduo didn't know what to do, and Dorgon touched the cold sweat on his palm without saying a word.

"Is there anything else for brother? I'm tired all day and want to go back."

As if he didn't care about Dorgon's life or death at all, Azige waved his hand to break away from Duduo on his arm, and said to Jierhalang with a normal expression.

"Go!" Knowing that he has always been at odds with these two brothers, Ji Erhalang didn't force it.

An hour after Azig left, Yue Tuo's few remaining personal guards all committed suicide by swallowing charcoal.They left a suicide note and only begged the Great Khan to spare their relatives.

And Dorgon, who learned all this, was quickly tied to the carriage, and was immediately sent to Shengjing thousands of miles away.

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