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A sudden downpour of rain took away Napoleon's already easy victory, although even after his victory at Waterloo, the bankers of England would reorganize themselves against the French for the next time. However, the rain did the bankers a great favor, saving them a lot of money in building exile ships to St. Helena.

This kind of accidental factor on the battlefield has changed the course of history, both ancient and modern, both in China and abroad.

Schistosoma in the Yangtze River basin caused heavy losses to the army of Prime Minister Cao Cheng, who swept through the north. The warship had to be burned as a last resort for a temporary strategic contraction. But unexpectedly, it created a huge space for the development of the big-eared thief and the blue-eyed er, and plunged the Chinese nation into the situation of the division of the Three Kingdoms.

Similarly, the arrogance of Wu Sangui and Shi Lang angered the goddess Fokulun, and the heavy snow she created also changed the course of the entire Songjin War.

Looking at the heavy snow that showed no sign of stopping, and then looking at the soldiers in the barracks who were shivering from the cold, Wu Sangui and Shi Lang were both worried.

Thanks to Chen Banda for the material foundation left for them in Liaoyang, there is no shortage of heating fuel and food carried with the army. It's really not good, and every Qiē building inside and outside the entire Liaoyang City will be turned into chopping wood. However, the traffic blockage, the internal and external cut-off, made the two generals extremely anxious and frightened.

If Jiannu took advantage of the help of this heavy snow to make a sneak attack, then the soldiers of the Nanyue Army, who were almost too cold to hold swords and guns, would not be able to act as combat effectiveness. What awaits them is the frenzied killing of Liaodong thieves.

(Huang Taiji: Bastard Author!) Lao Tzu was also trapped by the wind and snow! Your Ming army is not short of supplies. My army has to count the grains of rice to get by! Frozen even worse by the wind and snow! ）

Last night, when I was drinking, I was still there, arrogant and majestic, and I was violent, and I said that I would fight all the way to Shenyang, copy Jiannu's old nest, and let go of the Nanyue army that had drained Jiannu's blood. In this sudden blizzard, he was basically frozen into a dead dog. Although those Tuntian soldiers and Wu Sangui's crow soldiers were slightly better, they were also bruised from the cold on their faces, hands and feet. People wrapped all the clothes that could keep out the cold, even the horses and mules, which were also covered by the grooms with simple straw curtains, so that these mules and horses would not be frozen, and braziers were also built in the stables to prevent the horses' hooves from being frozen.

Even if these measures are taken at any cost. The situation is also getting worse and worse: horses, freezing and crippling a dozen horses a day, are drastically reduced. A third of the less important buildings in the city were demolished to keep them fuel. Soldiers stationed outside the city. The squad that transported the fuel hoarded in the workshops outside the city into the city was constantly attacked by the Liao thieves and the scattered soldiers and civilians. These people are not staunch guerrilla fighters, but they have succeeded in taking out a straggler in a convoy or finding a sentry. They can get clothing and some food from the deceased. It can make them struggle to survive the day.

Faced with such a situation, King Pingxi and Marquis Jinghai had to make a difficult decision. "Withdraw! Withdraw to Gaizhou! Relying on Haikou, you can re-enter Shenyang, and retreat to Ningyuan! ”

After Shi Lang and Wu Sangui divided labor slightly, they calmly issued an order in front of all the officers of the naval division and land battalion: prepare to attack southward.

At the same time that Shi Lang gave the order to the land battalion of the water division, the prisoners of war in Liaodong started the operation first under the command of Wu Sangui's crow soldiers, yes, you read that right. It was the prisoners of war in Liaodong who acted first. Under the threat of the crows' swords, guns and firearms, they began to shovel snow and clear the passage without sleep. In order to open up the road as much as possible. Others with skilled skills rushed to make climbing plows in order to transport heavy baggage and wounded soldiers.

The military situation is urgent, and those red-eyed crow soldiers don't care about humanitarianism or the Geneva Prisoners of War Convention or anything like that. Any prisoner of war who slackens off will be hit with a bayonet in the blink of an eye. (This is also a heinous crime against humanity that has been accused by many conscientious young historians!) The other Han people in Liaodong were also driven to shovel snow and clear the roads, half forced, half appeased, but the snow was so big that it was no less massive than the snow disaster caused by a crow's beak in '07. In order to cope with the snow disaster, the imperial court dispatched a large forklift to mobilize all the people to participate in the snow shoveling, and the transportation department worked tirelessly to open the road, and in this way, it took almost a week for the traffic to basically return to normal. And Wu Sangui and Shi Lang, even if you kill them, you won't be able to get a large forklift anyway, so you can only use leather whips and swords to coerce the captives of Liaodong thieves to speed up their progress day and night.

From the construction site where houses were demolished to find timber, to the workshop where simple climbing plows were built, to the more than 200 miles from Liaoyang to Gaizhou, you can see Liaodong captives and Liaodong Han civilians executed by the Nanyue army and the Ming army everywhere. The reason for the execution was also very simple, the miller. Slack off. The task was not completed. The corpses after the execution also played an unexpected role, and these corpses, which were hardened by the bitter cold, served as construction materials to fill the roads.

Fortunately, because of the high pressure brought by the unhesitating and merciless killing, no matter how the Liao thieves wanted to be passive and sabotage, the Ming army still preliminarily cleared the road in the shortest possible time, and also made enough climbing plows, and the rest of the work was to send the prisoners of war and the necessary materials to Gaizhou safely.

"Sailor Lu Battalion, attack south!"

After a fire completely turned Liaoyang into a sea of fire, the brigade began to set off slowly. According to the route when they came, the naval division and land battalion were in front, along the road from Liaoyang to Qianshan, from Qianshan to today's Haicheng, and from Haicheng to Dashiqiao, driving Liaodong prisoners of war to clean the road while escorting supplies and wounded soldiers. Everywhere he went to a village or town, Shi Lang's first task was to supervise the captives to clear the road ahead, and at the same time put back the climbing plough and other means of transportation to meet Wu Sangui's royal palace.

As a result, this became the most arduous task, although southern Liaoning was almost swept into a no-man's land by the Ming army, although the Ming army had burned almost all the houses along the way and captured all the people, but no matter how tight the fishing nets were, there were always fish that escaped from the net. These thieves, soldiers and civilians who fled in the wilderness and mountains and forests, looked at the baggage vehicles and people and horses winding for dozens of miles in front of them. In their eyes, it is food, and clothes that can keep out the cold. Warm fuel is available! If you don't start now, when?

Along the way, people kept jumping out to attack the forward team of the Marine Division's land battalion, causing Shi Lang countless troubles. However, because of the small number of people, the lack of organization, and the lack of weapons, more often than not. Their harassment is more like a futile and tragic send-off.

Even so, Shi Lang has suffered enough, and often struggles to win a mountain. only found that there were only a dozen people who resisted, and there were all kinds of people from the old and the young, the military and the civilian. In order to deter the remnants of the Liaodong anti-thieves, Shi Lang put their heads on the tip of the gun and walked at the forefront of the team. Outcome. Not only did it deter the Liaodong anti-thieves. Instead, it makes their offense even more frantic. There were more and more heads on the tip of the gun, and the attacks and harassment along the way became more and more fierce, and in the end, Shi Lang could only give up this senseless behavior, because at least it would allow the brothers to save a little body.

Another time, Shi Lang saw that there was only one Liao thief soldier rushing down on the mountain, and after easily killing this Liao thief, Shi Lang was not at ease and ordered to search the mountain. It turned out that dozens of thieves were frozen to death on the hill waiting to attack. Shi Lang was extremely emotional and ordered the burial of these soldiers. It's freezing. How is it buried? The sailors of the land camp only hastily covered these frozen people with snow, and then beat the snow to prevent them from being picked up by wild beasts.

After passing Haicheng, the feelings of the Ming soldiers became more and more manic, and almost all the musketeers filled the muskets with projectiles, and as long as there were any moving objects along the way to pounce on the team, what awaited them was a dense rain of bullets.

For this kind of behavior of not having the slightest shooting discipline and wasting ammunition, Shi Lang and Wu Sangui had no choice but to let it go. However, the ammunition on the musketeers had to be kept full. "Just let the kids fight! As long as people can go back, this bit of gunpowder is not a big deal! Wu Sangui was in the Chinese army, with a wry smile on his face, and Shi Lang explained the behavior of his subordinates to wantonly consume baggage.

Finally, when the banners of the defenders of Gaizhou appeared in the distance of the road, almost everyone let out a beastly roar, including the captives of the Liao thieves. The people cheered at the end of this hellish march.

Although Gaizhou is not an ice-free port like the nearby Lion's Mouth, people's minds are much calmer when they arrive at the seaside. Even if the weather helps the thieves, the Sea Dragon King is our uncle's brother! As long as I get to the beach, no one can help me!

With a little effort, the large group of men and horses and the captured materials pressed the large and small ships that came to meet the waterline extremely deep, and sailed in the direction of Ningyuan in the cleared channel.

Looking at Gaizhou City, which was also burned by the flames, the two culprits who turned the Liaodong Peninsula into a white land this time couldn't help but look at each other and smile bitterly, "I didn't know what to do with us." ”

"General Changbo, even if the uncle wants to deal with you and me, we will have enough. The results of this trip are better than those of previous decades. Even if it was a partnership between the world-famous South Qi and North Li for ten years, it may not be as brilliant as you and me. ”

"Exactly! My lord, we attacked the country of a thousand times with 6,000 partial divisions, went down to two cities in one day, and took Liaoyang lightly, and the fortresses and villages along the way were all turned to ashes, and tens of thousands of people were plundered. The Liao thieves could not get a grain of rice and a soldier from all over southern Liaoning within a few years, even the Duke of Liang at the beginning of the dynasty was nothing more than that! ”

Facing Shi Lang, although Wu Sangui was older than him in age and official rank, he didn't dare to say anything, he could only be respectful and respectful, the one in front of him was his godfather in the future!

Outside Ningyuan City, the civil and military officials who came to the Yamen of the great president to greet the two of them on the dock.

Six thousand when you go, and tens of thousands when you come back. Dozens of villages and towns in Liaoyang, Gaizhou, Jinzhou and other cities were burned, and countless seizures were made. This military feat has already been reported to the Beijing Division, adding another shot in the arm to the imperial court.

That night, after a feast, Shouhan summoned Shi Lang and Wu Sangui to one place. Held a meeting with Li Peiting, Mo Yu and other high-level leaders of the Southern Guangdong Army.

"The court has a decree to come. The weather is cold, and it is difficult for soldiers and horses to walk. In addition, the price of grain in Gyeonggi and other places has soared, and it is difficult to meet the baggage. The cabinet and the celebrant adhered to the emperor's wishes, and ordered us to return to the teacher for the time being and go south to eat. The war in Liaodong will wait until the weather warms up. ”

Shouhan's tone was full of loneliness and helplessness.

Shi Lang and Wu Sangui looked at each other, obviously stunned by such a decision.

"My lord! It is true that our army is currently experiencing severe cold weather. But this cold weather is not just for my Ming army! Liao thieves also have to face the ice and snow! When his subordinates were in Liaoyang, the captured Liao thieves, whether soldiers or civilians, were all underfed. How can such an army hold up in the face of our offensive? Lord! You give my men a few days off. I am willing to lead the army as a striker and open the channel to take Jinzhou directly! ”

Listening to Shi Lang's words, Li Peiting had a wry smile on his face.

"Shi family boy, do you think the lord is willing to withdraw the military horse? It's clear that the cooked duck is about to fly again! But it can't be helped! The will of the imperial court, first, the weather is cold, the sea transport is difficult, and the price of grain is soaring. The imperial court planned to allow the army to move south for the time being and shorten the grain route in order to alleviate the food shortage in Gyeonggi. Secondly. In the imperial court, a large number of Henan officials jointly signed a concert, saying that the eldest prince was suppressing thieves in Shandong, and planned to ask the people of the eldest prince's department to rescue Kaifeng and fight against the thieves. ”

One by one. forced Shouhan to go south and return to the division.

"Uncle. In the next few days, you will let your army and horses rest for a while. But you can't rest. After this official leads people south, the grain, grass, and heavy military salaries hoarded in Ningyuan, Shanhaiguan and other places will be taken care of by you. In the next few days, you will hand over the accounts and physical goods to the grain table. When the weather warms up, the army will make a comeback, and at that time, these grains, grasses, and weapons will be the lifeblood! ”

"Yes! The last general commands! ”

"When the weather warms up a little, this officer will lead more military horses to fight back! You just have to guard the defense area for your own officer. Don't let the thieves take advantage of it! ”

Wu Sangui replied respectfully to Shouhan's instructions, but a thought surged in his heart: "If Lao Tzu, the godfather, will not come back after going south." Should those mountains of grain, grass and ordnance be surnamed Wu? ”

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Wu Sangui respectfully sent the great president, Ning Yuanbo Li Shouhan to the sea boat, until the sea ship became a black spot on the sea, and our king of Pingxi was still kneeling on the dock.

"Big handsome, big handsome?!"

Wu Jingsi called out to him softly.

"Prepare the horses, children! Follow us to see those warehouses! ”

In a smug and wild whistle, Wu Sangui's crow soldiers once again rolled up a black storm in Ningyuan City.

The weather was bitterly cold, and the various banners of the Gebush Xian camp stationed around the Qingyan Temple in Yiwu Lushan Mountain were also frozen as hard as iron. Because it is the place where Huang Taiji stays, the entire Qingyan Temple seems to be very quiet. Although there were many soldiers of the Eight Banners coming and going, no one dared to make any noise, lest they alarm the emperor in the temple.

The wind and snow that blew from the far north also did not let go of these Liao thief soldiers who grew up in Liaodong. In order to resist the cold, they also wore clothes that could resist the cold, leather robes and cotton robes, which were put on their armor and looked bloated and abnormal when they walked. When there is no war, he does not wear a helmet on his head, and wears a warm hat of various colors, which is the kind of bowl hat of the Qing Dynasty in later generations, and the texture is mostly made of fur, and occasionally some are made of felt, most of which are worn by the soldiers of the Mongolian Eight Banners.

In the main hall where the statue of the crooked neck old mother is enshrined, Huang Taiji's face is gloomy, and he is standing on it. Dolgon, who rushed from Songshan, Jierharang, who rushed back from Jinzhou, and the lords of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, such as Haoge and Shuotuo, were seated on both sides. Those princes and beylors who belonged to the Eight Banners of Manchuria, and the banner lords of the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Eight Banners of the Han Army, each stood solemnly behind their masters according to the system.

In addition to these people, there are also a large number of foreign feudal Mongolian Zasak, Taiji, Tabu Nang and other princely ministers, these foreign Mongolian feudal domains, the left flank is headed by Prince Horqin Tushetu Horqin Ten Banners, and the right flank is headed by Chahar Gulun Eju and Shuo Prince Ezhe other Mongolian banners.

In addition, several Mongolian khans such as Tushetu Khan, Zasaktu Khan, Chechen Khan, etc., escorted 50,000 stones, grains, rice and 10,000 soldiers and horses from Korea to help in the war.

Now they looked at the middle of the hall, all of them ugly, and there, on their knees, a stout man with a bare back, was being whipped with a watery five-foot leather whip by two Kabush soldiers.

"Your Majesty! Slaves are guilty! ”

"Your Majesty, the slave is sorry for the Emperor! The emperor gave the slaves with a large army, and thousands of troops and horses entered the customs and went to the Ming Kingdom, but the slaves were incompetent and all of them were lost in the customs. Only a few dozen horsemen followed the minions and fled back! ”

Dolgon, who was sitting on the side of Huang Taiji's throne, looked coldly at Abatai, who was being punished by the Gebush soldiers, and sneered in his heart. "'I am ashamed to go in armor when I fight, and I am ashamed to go to a banquet and sit among my sons.'" Abatai, after all these years, you stupid minion, you don't know how much trouble you've been caused by this broken mouth?! In front of so many people, you said that you fought a big defeat, and only dozens of horsemen returned, which broke the military prestige of my Qing Dynasty, Huang Taiji, a narrow-minded black fat man, can spare you? ”

At first, Abatai could grit his teeth and stiffen himself, trying not to let himself scream, but kept pleading with Huang Taiji. However, the two Kabush sages who were executed did not have the slightest mercy, and the leather whips were whipped harder than the other, and each whip was heavier than the other. As soon as the whip came down, there was a long trail of blood. The great pain made him unable to control himself anymore and began to howl miserably. (To be continued......)