On the first day of April in the first year of Taichu in the Qi Dynasty, at the beginning of the You hour, Guangji Gate in Shenyang.
A dark red sunset sank into the sky of Liaodong, and the afterglow illuminated the blood-stained city wall in front of Guangji Gate, and the earth was about to escape into the netherworld.
In the evening, a strong wind blew in the wilderness. The dry and cracked wind swept the earth, flying dust and beating on the city wall, making bursts of rustling sounds. I stopped at the top of the city and listened, as if thousands of dead souls were mourning in the sunset.
On the ninth month and eighteenth day of the Battle of Shenyang, the Qing army had completely demolished all the outlying strongholds and fortresses in Shenyang.
At the most desperate moment for the Shenyang defenders, the much-awaited reinforcements had not yet arrived. What they were waiting for was the edict sent by the Supreme Emperor of Daqi from Dengzhou, Shandong a month ago.
Ma Shiying, who was as thin as a monkey, struggled to lift up the wide sleeves of his robe. Because his waist had lost two circles, the original official robe with second-grade crane patchwork looked like a costume. However, on such an important occasion, he still wore it. Wearing this official uniform.
Ma Shiying tremblingly unfolded the blood-stained imperial edict, raised his voice and said:
"I have been ordered by Heaven to live a long and prosperous life. How can I be harmed by a mere bandit? In the battle of the capital, I wiped out one hundred thousand enemies and moved to Shandong. In the fierce battle in Linqing, I wiped out four towns in the north of the Ming Dynasty. We can know where the destiny is and what people's thoughts are. Qi... You don't know the destiny, and you hastily support the crown prince to succeed you without waiting for the truth to be found out. As a minister, you ignore the safety of the emperor and support the achievements. What are your intentions? I run the army strictly, and I want to surrender. Sin, the Shenyang soldiers were fierce and dangerous in the war, so let's forget the blame. The new emperor's reign was named Taichu, which means to invigorate the war and clear up the world. After that, important military and state affairs will still be reported, instructions and judgments will be issued, and major events will be issued. The constitution of the palace Use force to determine the year name. Because your lone army has been holding firm in the enemy group for more than half a year without any defeat, I am very relieved. In Dengzhou, I shed tears before saying a word and raised a cup to celebrate. Now that the rebels in Shandong have not been suppressed, the army will temporarily stay. Not moving, all the ministers and workers in Shenyang, with their hard work and merit, were all promoted to the next level. They were granted the title Kang Yingqianyong Ningbo, Qiao Yiqi the Ningyuan Bo, Ma Shiying the Jiangxia Marquis, Qi Jin the Shaoxing Marquis, and Qin Jianxun the Suining Marquis... ····”
Ma Shiying was out of breath after reading this half-written imperial edict.
Ever since Ma Shiying returned from Shandong and brought back the news that the emperor had survived, everyone had been waiting for four months, hoping that the Qi army in the pass could come out to assist. The soldiers' eyes were bleeding, but they didn't expect what they would see in the end. But this is the result.
According to the meaning of this imperial edict, although Prince Liu Kan became the emperor, he was still "the Supreme Emperor's tutor". Emperor Wu Ding still made the final decision on all major matters. Liu Kan is, at best, a puppet emperor.
The edict of the Zen throne is very clear, and important military and state affairs are still reported and heard, and the instructions and judgments are made, and important matters are issued with edicts. In the palace, the imperial constitution used force to determine the year name.
"Before I say anything, I shed tears and raise a toast, haha."
Kang Yingqian was leaning on a crutch that was longer than himself, and his body was swaying. Lin Yu was supporting him beside him. After listening to Ma Shiying's reading, Kang Yingqian immediately realized that Shenyang had become the abandoned son of the emperor. He grinned at everyone:
"This kid is becoming more and more like an emperor. He is cruel and cruel, and he has really been transformed."
Hearing Lao Kang address the Supreme Emperor like this, the people around him didn't show any dissatisfaction. They all knew in their hearts that the current Emperor Wuding was no longer the original Liu Zhaosun.
"Upgraded to one level? Kang Jianjun is the Prime Minister, how can he be promoted to one level?" Wang Huazhen said from the side in a non-yinful way.
"That means the Supreme Emperor is perfunctory with us?" Qiao Yiqi blurted out.
Pei Dahu glared at Qiao Dazui and said with a dark face: "You must not talk about the emperor like this."
Dongguan Zai Senti has been reduced to skin and bones from hunger, and has returned to the state he was in during the years when he lost contact in Dongguan. He said feebly: "Several handsome boys, the emperor will come to save Liaodong. Who still has noodles now? I'm going to die soon..." ···”
Ge Yewen met Pei Dahu's eyes, pushed away Senti who came forward to beg for food, and said angrily: "The siege has been going on for almost eight months. I have been fighting hard in Liaodong. Now we are running out of ammunition and food. People are starving to death every day, but Liu Zhaosun is here Shandong enjoys pleasure, indulges in women's sex every day, does not want to make progress, resists all attempts and refuses to rescue, so what if you say a few words to him?!"
"You dare to address the emperor by his first name?"
Pei Dahu pulled out his sword with a clang and forced himself forward. Qi Jin, Zhao and other generals quickly blocked him.
Qin Jianxun said coldly: "If you have the strength to fight, it's better to go to the city and throw stones. Three hundred people escaped the day before yesterday. The Tatars will attack the city tomorrow, and we don't even have the manpower to throw logs."
"Just run away. If you stay in the city, you will only starve to death. Shenyang can't afford to feed them. If you run away, you can save some food. I just ask the Tatars not to kill these people."
After Xie Yang finished speaking, he habitually scratched Sao's bald head. Due to malnutrition caused by long-term hunger, the few unruly hairs on Guangkun's head lost their last stubbornness and finally fell off. Now he is completely bald.
It is hard to imagine that this civil affairs official who was in charge of the logistics of tens of thousands of troops and had tens of thousands of stones of food and grass would starve to death in the end.
Jin Yinghe comforted him and said: "Don't worry, Du Du will not kill the people, he will only use them as cannon fodder to drive the siege."
"Since we are going to kill them when we attack the city tomorrow, it is better to kill them today. If people come out of the city at night in the future, we will kill them directly." Kang Yingqian ordered everyone.
As soon as Prime Minister Kang finished speaking, Qin Jianxun sneered:
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"It's better not to kill. The gunpowder is almost used up, and the bows and arrows will be used up in the next two days. The people in the workshop are dismantling the mine cannons planted in the city. The gunpowder is distributed to the gunmen, which is enough for them to last for another three days."
The white-armed general also spoke in a low voice, and his voice was completely hoarse. He looked tired, his originally plump sky was sunken due to hunger, and the beard between his lips was as thick as weeds. This man with a haggard face, a look of vicissitudes of life, and bloodshot eyes did not look like a man in his twenties at all.
Qin Jianxun was responsible for guarding the southern city of Shenyang. He commanded more than a thousand white-armed soldiers to fight against Korean soldiers ten times his own. The two sides fought back and forth. Qin Jianxun had not set foot on the city wall for more than two months. Today he heard about the emperor's edict. Finally sent to Shenyang, Qin Jianxun and other generals struggled to get here from various gates.
"Ma Shangshu, does the emperor really not care about Liaodong, doesn't want us, and leaves us to fend for ourselves?"
Zhao Shujiao's face was full of grief and anger, and until now he was unwilling to accept this reality.
Zhao Lejiao's words resonated, and the generals looked at Ma Shiying together, as if Ma Shiying could answer this question.
After the fall of the capital, only Ma Shiying had seen Emperor Wu Ding, although that was four months ago.
"Didn't it say last year that the Linqing Qi army would soon cross the sea to aid Shenyang? God, we were trapped in this damn city for eight months. It was more difficult than the city of Troy! Without reinforcements, food was on fire When we run out of medicine, are we going to let our soldiers throw stones and fight the Tatars?”
Even the taciturn missionary Jin Nige stood up and complained.
Ma Shiying turned pale when he saw everyone anxious. The Tang Bao in his hand was sent from Shandong a month ago. In order to deliver the Tang Bao to Shenyang, several Qi soldiers died. At first, everyone heard that Emperor Wu Ding was still alive. When the news came, everyone was delighted. Liu Zhaosun is the soul of the Qi army. As long as the emperor dies, Da Qi cannot be destroyed.
"That's what the emperor said at the beginning. According to his temper, even if there are only a few hundred soldiers around him, he will fight outside the customs early."
Ma Shiying looked confused. He obviously could not answer everyone's questions. Four months ago, when he passed by Linqing and saw the emperor, he found that Liu Zhaosun's temperament had changed drastically and he was completely different from the person he knew before.
Seeing everyone looking at him, Ma Shiying had no choice but to explain again:
"The emperor said that he would turn Du Du into a terracotta warrior, which shows that he will not abandon Shenyang."
Everyone has heard this so many times that they are too lazy to listen to it again. It is estimated that even Du Du will listen to it as a joke now.
Everyone held on to the crenel and looked at the Qing army camp.
Several Qing army white-armored soldiers came to the moat, stopped slowly, raised their bows, and shot loud arrows into the air.
The soldiers guarding behind the crenels did not respond to the provocation at hand. They squatted or squatted, holding firecrackers without ammunition, and looked into the distance with empty eyes. Because of long-term hunger, many of them had entered a state of dissociation.
I don't know whether it was because of hunger or exhaustion, but when Lao Kang walked to the entrance of the crenel, his legs staggered and he fell to the ground with a plop.
Lin Yu and Wei Zhao standing next to him also looked disheveled and quickly stepped forward to help the Prime Minister up. Kang Yinggan patted the dust on the python suit and said with a look of shame:
"Old, old."
Lin Yu carried the long card with all his strength and blocked it in front of the crenel. Although this thing could not block Wu Zhenhachao's fire blunderbuss, it was a psychological comfort at least. The giant had not eaten for two days, and his chest was hungry at the moment. Stick to the back, like a bear that has just woken up from hibernation.
Wei Zhao standing on the other side looked even worse. The guard who claimed to be the best swordsman in Jinmen now looked like an eggplant beaten by frost, without any of the energy of the past.
Shenyang was besieged for eight months, and there were enough grain and grasslands in the city, but two granaries were burned down by the Qing army on the way.
It was one day in February. The Wuzhenhachao artillery stationed outside the city used a rocket that the Qi army had never seen before. It was as powerful as the divine fire flying crow. The rocket slowly rose into the sky and landed like raindrops on Shenyang City, killing all the bombs. More than 300 reserve troops were injured, and more than a dozen granaries were set on fire.
Afterwards, the Qi army found out that it was a giant rocket used by the Hongmao Yi to support the Jiannu. It had a range of up to three miles. For some reason, it was launched once and then disappeared. Of course, they did not know that it was because of the Hongmao Yi ship transporting firearms. When passing through the Bohai Sea, he was intercepted by the Daqi Navy.
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"Xianlan Banner hasn't sent any news for a while. I wonder how Airli is doing in southern Liaoning?"
Not only Airli, but also his Baturu Obai never returned after going to Sakhalin Island, and there was no news.
At the Qing army camp two miles away, Emperor Kangxi and Qianlong stared at the north, thoughtfully.
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