"The master is back! It's great."
Following the shout from the old gatekeeper, the ladies and concubines in Tumen Mansion came out to greet him one after another.
Tumen had one wife, one wife, and four Han concubines. He also has sons, three daughters and several sons. The sons are 15-year-old Tumendi, born to the main wife, 12-year-old Tumenren, born to his common wife, and 2-year-old Tumenren, born to a concubine. Left and right Tumenjie.
"Master, you are back." Tumenshi's principal wife, Hengtai, asked after coming to Tumenshi and saluting.
At this time, the front hall was quiet.
The wife of the principal wife was talking, and no matter how many questions the other people had, they had to wait until the principal wife had finished asking them before they could talk to Tumenshi.
"Yeah." Tumenshi responded simply without looking at Hengtai. After scanning the people in the front hall for a few times, he asked Hengtai:
"Madam, where is Dier?"
"Go back to the master. Just now, General Shang sent someone over and issued an order saying that the war is urgent and all bannermen aged fifteen must go to the battlefield to defend the city. So Di'er should be choosing weapons in the weapons room." Hengtai replied. .
"Master, this war is so dangerous. The sound of cannons that echoed through the sky just now scared us to death even here. We only have one son, is there any way we can avoid going to the battlefield without him?" Hengtai said. Weeping worriedly.
Looking at Hengtai's tearful face, Tumenshi could naturally understand her worries.
If Tumenshi had not surrendered yet, then no matter how much Hengtai said, he could only let Tumendi rush to the battlefield because military orders could not be violated. Now he no longer needs to pay attention to Shang Jiabao's military orders.
Tumenshi walked up, gently patted Hengtai's back and comforted him: "Don't worry! Our son doesn't have to go to the battlefield now."
"Really?" Hengtai couldn't believe it. She raised her head and looked at her husband in front of her and asked.
This was an order given by General Shang himself. Her husband should not dare to disobey the General's order. Thinking of this, Hengtai asked again with joy in his heart:
"Is the war situation getting better?"
Tumenshi looked at his expectant wife, suppressed what he was about to say, and answered simply: "Yes."
Immediately, Tumenshi said to Tumenren who was standing in the front hall: "Ren'er, go to the weapons room and tell your elder brother that there is no need to pick weapons. Come over here quickly."
"Yes, Ama." Tumenren replied with a bow to Tumenshi, just as he was about to leave. At this moment, Tumendi had already appeared outside the door of the front hall.
"Amma, brother is right outside." Tumenren pointed at Tumendi who was passing by and said loudly to Tumen.
Tumendi heard Tumenren's voice, looked at the front hall and came in. When he faced Tumen who was standing there in surprise, he asked: "Amma, you are back. But has the war improved?"
When he was trying to figure out the door, he looked outside the hall door. Tumendi, who was quite strong, was standing in front of the front hall door wearing leather armor, carrying a bow and arrow on his back, and carrying a military-style sword at his waist. Behind him were two Aha disciples from his family who were wearing patches of linen. It looked like he was ready to take people to the gathering point in front of the city gate.
"Well, I'm back, so you don't have to report." Tumenshi said absently, looking at Tumendi.
"Yes, Ama. But as for the general..." Tumendi asked worriedly.
"Don't worry about the general. No matter what happens, you must listen to me and never act rashly, so as not to bring disaster to the family." Tumen looked at Tumen who came to bow to him. Di Zhenzhen instructed.
"Yes, Ama." Tumendi replied respectfully.
"Ama. What happened to that terrifying loud noise just now? But the rebels used the words of the red-dressed ********* Mendi to remind Tumenshi that when he was a vanguard attacking the city, he was crawling into the city. Michigo saw the sight of the defenders being killed by heartless cannons and shocked to death.
At this moment, he could still feel the chill in his heart. He couldn't help but take a deep breath and sighed and replied: "It's not a red cannon, but its power is more terrifying than the red cannon."
If it was a fight with real swords and guns, with wounds and blood, no matter how brutal it was, Tumenshi would still think it was a natural thing.
However, this kind of one-sided massacre where the enemy could not even be touched and there was no way to defend himself, made Tumen feel deeply frightened and desperate.
Especially not long after Tu Menshi jumped into the city road, he saw Shang Jiabao, who was crawling down on the city road and bleeding to death after being blasted by an unscrupulous cannon. Only then did Tu Menshi realize that he had been lucky to have chosen to surrender early. matter.
"The rebels have such a powerful weapon, how can we defend this city!" Tumenshi's answer made Tumendi, who was only fifteen years old, also worried.
However, Tumendi felt a little relieved when he saw his father in front of him, and then he asked curiously: "Amma, how did you stop the rebels from attacking the city?"
"this…"
Regarding Tumendi's words, Tumenshi was at a loss for words. Just when he was thinking about how to answer to better save his face. At this time, a young gatekeeper was kneeling outside the hall and asked:
"Master, a large group of people came outside the door, including their families. They said they were the master's soldiers and asked me to open the door to let them in. Do you want to open the door to them?"
"Hurry up and open the door." Tu Menshi hurriedly ordered the doorman.
"Hey, sir." The gatekeeper bowed hurriedly and turned to leave.
Looking at the servants leaving, Tu Menshi suddenly thought of the appropriate way to go down the steps and said to everyone in the front hall: "Yabo, Fuxi, Di'er, and Ren'er will follow me to the front yard to receive people. The rest will go back." Go to the inner courtyard, and you are not allowed to come out without any instructions."
"Yes, sir."
Everyone answered Tumenshi in unison.
Later, Tu Menshi took his wife and two sons out to the front yard. At this time, the front yard was actually overcrowded.
"Master Shi is here."
A voice sounded from among the people in the front yard.
"Dattado, what's going on? You are not a member of the red flag, why are you here?" Tu Menshi saw a soldier who was not one of his own coming over.
"Master Shi, please help us! I want to follow you, I don't want to die!" Datado immediately knelt down and said after hearing this. Followed by a large group of other bannermen of other banners.
"Well...we are all Manchus, so naturally we can help. However, I don't know what the bandit-suppressing forces outside will do to you. If you want to stay, just stay!" Tumenshi just said helplessly.
"Yes, thank you, Master Shi." Everyone who knelt down to pray thanked him one after another.
Tumendi and others seemed to understand something when they looked at the scene in front of them. Tumendi wanted to ask Tumen what exactly happened.
At this time, the Tumen Mansion was already flooded with fleeing bannermen. Earlier, most of them were old and weak, women and children, but later there were many young and strong people. There were so many refugees that they even poured into the inner courtyard. middle.
The entire Tumen Mansion was overcrowded, but no one thought it was too crowded and wanted to go out.
When Tumenshi and Tumendi squeezed out of the gate, they were stunned by the long line of people that kept pouring in front of them.
"Amma, this is..."
