The darkness of night shrouded Shengjing, and the wide streets were deserted, except for the patrolling soldiers who walked by from time to time carrying lanterns and draped all over their bodies.

Today's Shengjing has already implemented a curfew, and after the time comes, anyone who does not have a token will be arrested and thrown into prison as a spy.

"Wang ...... Woo ......"

A low barking sounded in the distance, but it quickly turned into a muffled whine.

In a secret room in the palace, Huang Taiji, dressed in a mink coat, sat on a chair, and stood in front of him full of people.

At the front, his several Fujin were Yijing's eldest concubine Aba Gao Borzigit, Kang Hui Shufei Aba Gao Borzigit, and the side concubine Yeh Nara and other daughters.

Among them, Concubine Yan Zha was holding a three-year-old child in her hands, another side concubine, Yehenara, was holding a baby who was not yet a year old, and the remaining side concubines were also holding several baby girls and children in their arms.

At this moment, these people were all standing respectfully in front of Huang Taiji, and there was a trace of anxiety and uneasiness in everyone's eyes.

At present, the soldiers outside the city are pressing, and the entire Sheng Kyoto is in a panic mood, even if they are in the deep palace, they understand what the consequences will be if the Ming army breaks through the city, and Huang Taiji may not have anything good to recruit them.

Huang Taiji, who was sitting on the chair, saw all this in his eyes, and a sense of sadness swelled in his heart, did things really have to come to this point? Maybe it's not that bad, right?

It was only that reason soon took over his mind, and after taking a deep breath, he said to everyone: "I will wait for you tonight, do you know what is going on?" ”

Everyone glanced at each other, and the highest-ranking Yijing Grand Concubine Aba Bao Zigit Namu Zhong said boldly: "The concubines don't know, I still hope that Your Majesty will make it clear." ”

Huang Taiji snorted lightly: "Do you really don't know?" ”

Namu Zhong was a little frightened and was about to kneel, but was stopped by Huang Taiji.

Huang Taiji sighed and waved his hand, "That's it, I won't embarrass you." Now you also know the form of Shengjing, the Ming army is about to attack the city, Shengjing is no longer a safe place, as the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, I naturally want to live and die with Shengjing.

But I can die in battle, but I can't cut off the incense, so I decided to send you out of Shengjing tonight, even if I die, my heirs can continue. ”

"What!"

As soon as Huang Taiji's words fell, everyone exclaimed, and many concubines were so frightened that their faces turned pale, and tears even flowed from their eyes.

Namu Zhong asked in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, this is the concubine's home, where do you let the concubine and the others go?" ”

Huang Taiji pondered for a while before saying, "Hetu Ala is the land of Taizu Longxing, you go there and wait first." If the Qing Dynasty wins this battle, I will send someone to bring you back, and if the Qing Dynasty loses, you will flee for your life. ”

Namu Zhong said with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty, why is this so? ”

"Your Majesty, why is this so!"

All the concubines fell to the ground in unison, bursting into tears one by one.

Hetuara is located in the northeast of Shengjing, and to put it nicely, it is the land of Longxing in Nurhachi, but in fact, compared to the prosperous Shengjing, Hetuara can only be said to be a poor and remote country, how can these concubines and brothers who are accustomed to fine clothes and food endure this hardship.

Seeing Qi Qi's painful concubine, the muscles on Huang Taiji's face twitched a few times, and he said coldly: "This is my will, do you want to disobey it?" ”

Seeing Huang Taiji pull down his face, the concubines realized that the person sitting in front of them was a ruthless lord who turned his face, and since Huang Taiji succeeded to the throne for a few years, thousands of people have died at his hands.

Although Huang Taiji had already said it very clearly, Namu Zhong was still a little unwilling to leave like this, and she cried again: "Your Majesty, my Qing Dynasty is now strong and strong, and there are still hundreds of thousands of male soldiers in the city, so why not be afraid of the tens of thousands of Ming troops outside the city." Shengjing is hundreds of miles away from Hetuala, and now it is dark and blind, in case something happens along the way, how can it be good. ”

Huang Taiji stared at Namu Zhong for a long time, and then said coldly: "It is precisely because of the black light that I let you leave, otherwise if you wait until dawn, do you think you can still leave?"

Ai Concubine doesn't need to say much, I have asked Du Du to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to wait at the north city gate, give you half an hour to wait, and you will leave the palace immediately after half an hour, do you understand? ”

Hearing this, Namu Zhong realized that the king in front of him, who was always fearless, no longer had the confidence and certainty of victory in his heart, and he was afraid, otherwise with his usual temperament, how could he do such a thing that was almost lonely.

She slowly knelt down and whispered, "The concubine obeys the order!" ”

Half an hour later, Huang Taiji stood at the gate of the palace, looking at the team that left like a long snake in the dark night, and finally left a tear in his eyes, this time may be their farewell.

But Huang Taiji is Huang Taiji after all, he wiped away his tears, and there was a trace of cruelty in his eyes.

"Yang Feng, let the horse come, I would rather die in battle than bow to you!"

When the sky was just beginning to shine, accompanied by the sound of low horns, the 80,000 Ming army, who had rested all night, began to assemble after another meal. When the formations began to form formations, one cannon after another was pushed out of the barracks, and the high muzzles of the guns glowed coldly in the morning sun, the Qing troops on the city walls also began to tense.

Others don't know, there are many people in these Qing troops who have experienced the big battle the year before last, when Yang Feng tossed Sheng Jing enough, forcing Huang Taiji to send someone to send his two daughters out of the city, which was exchanged for Yang Feng's withdrawal.

Huang Taiji, who had not slept all night, stood on the city wall in the costume of an ordinary soldier, looking at the Ming army that was being assembled, and his pale face was flushed with a trace of abnormal flushing.

Behind him stood a group of princes and nobles of the Qing Dynasty, such as Dolgon, Daishan, and Abatai, and at this time, like Huang Taiji, they all changed into the armor of ordinary soldiers.

Such a situation is absolutely impossible if it is changed to before, but since the Ming army began to equip the firearms provided by the Jiangning army on a large scale, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was afraid of this kind of weapon, after all, even Nurhachi died under this kind of firearms, who knows if he will follow in Nurhachi's footsteps one day.

"Your Majesty, the Ming army has sent someone!"

At this moment, the sharp-eyed Dorgon pointed ahead and whispered.

Following the direction that Dolgon was pointing, everyone saw a knight galloping towards them on horseback, and this knight came to a place less than fifty paces away from the city gate and stopped and said loudly: "Huang Taiji, Lord Sun Chengzong, the Governor of Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty, and Lord Yang of Jiangning Houyang ordered me to give you an ultimatum.

The Great Tomorrow Army has arrived, and if you surrender out of the city, you can still save your life, but if you continue to resist stubbornly, it can only be a dead end. In the spirit of compassion, the two adults ordered me to tell you to give you half an hour to consider, if you do not descend when the time is over, you will bear the consequences, and you will do it yourself! ”

With that, the knight rode away.

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