On the fifth day of October in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, when the morning sun first rose, the Ming army began to pull out the camp, a team of Ming troops in bright armor sang military songs and left Shengjing, many people left when they left again to the Shengjing City bathed in the same way, with firmness and confidence in their eyes, they firmly believed that it would not be long before they would visit here again, and then this Xiongcheng would definitely return to the arms of the Ming Dynasty.

On the wall of the West City Gate, Huang Taiji, who was also dressed in military uniform, stood on the city gate tower, watching the groups of Ming troops leaving him, his eyes were very calm, and people couldn't see his inner activities. This time, there were no other idlers waiting next to him, except for the four Goshha standing quietly not far away, only Ning Wan and I were accompanied.

Ning Wan and I reported in a low voice on the side: "Your Majesty, you don't have to be sad, the slave has already found out, the reason why Yang Feng is so anxious to return to the court this time is because he still has a lot of trouble waiting for him in Fujian." In the past half a year, he has offended the Dutch, Francois and Portuguese in a row, and fought fiercely with the Dutch at sea, so he has no extra energy to start a war with us, and only after taking advantage of it did he quickly retreat. ”

Huang Taiji snorted lightly, and asked with some puzzlement: "Since Yang Feng is also in trouble now, why does he still want to mobilize the people to commit my Qing Dynasty, it can't really be for the two little girls Makata and Chenghuan, right?" ”

Ning Wan smiled awkwardly, and stopped talking a little, and finally said: "Actually, according to the news that the slave got, the reason why Yang Feng used troops against me in the Qing Dynasty was really for the two Geges of Makata and Chenghuan. According to the news from our spies in the capital of Daming, that Yang Feng has been very fond of the two of them since he kidnapped Da Fu Jin and Bu Mu Butai, and it is said that Da Fu Jin once privately begged Yang Feng and asked him to take the two Gege to the capital to relieve the pain of missing, then Yang Feng wrote you that letter, but later ......"

Speaking of which, I didn't say anything after Ning Wan, but Huang Taiji understood. The letter that Yang Feng wrote to him was torn up by him, and even he humiliated the messenger, which caused Yang Feng to be furious and raise troops to attack the Qing, speaking of which, the root is still here in Huang Taiji, if Huang Taiji could be a little smoother at that time, and hand over Makata and Cheng Huan happily, there would be no matter of Yang Feng leading troops to attack Shengjing later, maybe now Huang Taiji has taken Jinzhou.

Thinking of this, Rao was stubborn with Huang Taiji, and his face couldn't help but twitch, if he wasn't so stubborn, would this loss be avoided? Thinking that there were tens of thousands of children of the Eight Banners and more than 20,000 Mengbaqi and Han Army Banners who died in Huangquan because of their own reasons, Huang Taiji wanted to give himself a slap in the face, the entire Qing Dynasty was only more than 400,000 Manchu people, even if the whole people were soldiers, there were only less than 100,000 Manchu Eight Banner elite soldiers, plus the Mengba Banner and the Han Army Banner, all the troops were only worthy of 150,000 or 60,000 people, and now they have lost so many people because of themselves, which is simply unforgivable.

Looking at Huang Taiji's face with a burst of blue and red, Ning Wan I can understand Huang Taiji's psychological activities at this time, because of his own reasons, he lost the lives of so many Eight Banner disciples, and even was extorted by the other party for a large amount of gold and silver treasures and cattle, sheep and war horses, which is undoubtedly a very big blow to Huang Taiji, who is ambitious and wants to revive the Qing Dynasty.

I wanted to comfort a few words, but I didn't know where to start, Ning Wan and I secretly glanced at Huang Taiji who was deep in thought, and he didn't dare to disturb him, so he had to stand aside silently.

After a long time, Huang Taiji raised his head again and looked at the rising sun that had just risen in the distance, with a resolute look in his eyes, looking at the Ming army who was leaving with a neat team, and said in a positive tone: "This time we have suffered a big loss in the Qing Dynasty, but I will not just admit defeat, what I lost today will definitely come back ten times and a hundred times in the future!" ”

Just when Huang Taiji swore to him, Yang Feng, who was riding on a war horse, also looked at Sheng Jing and was silent for a long time.

At some point, Lu Xiangsheng came to his side, followed his gaze and looked at the majestic city not far away, and sighed lightly: "Hou Ye, it would be good if he could take Shengjing this time, and Hou Ye's prestige in the court will definitely be able to reach a higher level." ”

"No...... Now is not the time. Yang Feng turned his head and said to him: "Jiandou, let me ask you, if we capture Shengjing at this time, what will be the next consequences?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng said without thinking: "What can be the consequences, if Shengjing is taken, the so-called Great Qing State established by the Tartars will inevitably collapse, and our Ming Dynasty can take advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack, and it will not take a year or two for the situation in Liaodong to return to the state before the Battle of Salhu, which is a great thing for the Ming Dynasty!" ”

Yang Feng asked noncommittally: "Then tell me, how much price do we have to pay to take Shengjing?" How many brothers do we have to die or wound to take Shengjing, exactly? ”

"Well...... this" Lu Xiangsheng hesitated for a moment before saying: "Xiaguan estimates that if Shengjing is forcibly captured, even with the help of poisonous smoke, at least 20,000 to 30,000 casualties will be killed...... Or forty or fifty thousand soldiers. Lu Xiangsheng's voice became softer and softer, and finally stopped.

"Two to thirty thousand, or even forty or fifty thousand?" Yang Feng repeated in his mouth before sighing lightly: "Jiandou, we have a total of less than 60,000 people, and if we really want to die 40,000 or 50,000 people, have you thought about what will happen next?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng hesitated for a moment, and then he remembered Zhu Youxiao's advice to him before leaving Beijing this time.

Zhu Youxiao instructed him before he left Beijing that this time he came to Liaodong to focus on military training, and tempered the 30,000 Beijing battalions well, so that they could become veterans who had experienced the war, and when they returned to the capital, they would use these 30,000 veterans as seeds to expand the Beijing camp again, and finally restore it to the scale of the Beijing camp during the Hongwu and Yongle periods. If he loses the 30,000 Beijing camp that Zhu Youxiao regarded as a seed here, how will he return to the capital to see the emperor? At that time, I am afraid that he will have no other way to apologize than self-judgment.

As soon as he thought of this, Lu Xiangsheng felt a chill in his back, and even felt a cold sweat begin to seep out of his forehead, and after a while, he raised his hands and made a long gesture at Yang Feng, and said solemnly: "Thank you Hou Ye for reminding me, originally the lower officials were still a little puzzled, why did the Hou Ye not take the opportunity to occupy Shengjing after gaining the upper hand, but instead took the initiative to return to the court, but now it seems that the lower officials are a little taken for granted, and there are so many doors in the relationship The lower officials didn't expect it!" ”

Looking at Lu Xiangsheng, who suddenly came to his senses, Yang Feng said with some meaning: "Jiandou, you are a scholar from Jinshi, and you will be a person who will enter the picture in the future." You must know that war is the continuation of politics, if you are not careful, we are very likely to win the war but end up in the court, this kind of example is still rare throughout the ages? Even if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about Benhou, if the Jiangning army loses too much, I'm afraid there will be trouble in Fujian again. ”

"Master Hou is right, it is true that the last general is thinking too simply."

Lu Xiangsheng looked ashamed, and only then did he remember that it was not only him, but even Yang Feng. Now everyone knows that the 30,000 Beijing camp and Yang Feng's Jiangning army is the strongest reliance of the Emperor of the Apocalypse Zhu Youxiao, why Zhu Youxiao has been majestic in the court in recent years, and now he can forcibly abolish the sea ban in Fujian, and began to implement the policy of the gentry as one errand and one food, isn't it because he has the two most elite armies of the Ming Dynasty in his hands, once there is no Jiangning army and the Beijing camp, Zhu Youxiao, the emperor, may not be good.

After figuring this out, Lu Xiangsheng finally let go of the burden in his heart, and Yang Feng said goodbye to Yang Feng and embarked on the road back to Beijing with 30,000 Beijing soldiers, and he was accompanied by Zhao Shujiao's 6,000 Liaodong cavalry and the gold and silver treasures and cattle and sheep war horses, as for Yang Feng, he passed through Liaoyang, Anshan, Gaizhou, and then returned to Fujian by sea, and he passed with more than 20,000 captured Manchurian people, these people will work in various shipyards and workshops in Fujian in the next 20 years, Presumably, the shipyard foremen would be happy to take in these unpaid workers.