From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 654

The war was far from over. On December 19, just after dawn, a large number of civilians were dragged by the cavalry of the Eastern Tartars and attacked the tower again.

The sound of war drums shook the world. This time, Huang Taiji not only attacked the eastern gate, but also poured a lot of troops into the northern gate, still dragging refugees, which doubled the pressure on the defenders on the tower.

The consumption of arrows and rolling stones exceeded expectations. After a whole day of fighting, the soldiers were exhausted physically and mentally. Song Shanao understood that the use of the 70,000 troops had reached the limit.

If it was dragged on for another three or five days, I am afraid there would be almost no combat effectiveness.

At that time, Huang Taiji would launch a real siege. Their siege vehicles had not officially appeared yet. Now they were just catapults and ladders.

The direction of the war was the same as Song Shanao expected. Huang Taiji did not launch a comprehensive siege, but used the people to continuously consume the resources and strength of the defenders, hoping to take Shenjing at one time when the defenders were most tired.

On December 20, the siege was carried out as usual.

On December 21, the siege continued as usual, and at the same time, the civilians they could use were exhausted.

That evening, Empress Zhaojing and the court officials climbed up the tower together to personally encourage the soldiers defending the city.

At the same time, Zhou Yuan had walked from the north of the desert to the south of the desert, and had reached the south of Saynshand.

They marched at full speed and did not stop for a day.

On the carriage, Zhou Yuan looked at the map and kept sketching something with a pen, sometimes frowning, and sometimes sneering.

Li Yu'an looked at him with interest, then looked at the map and said with a smile: "You have surrounded Jinxi. Are you going to penetrate Jinxi directly and cut off Huang Taiji's retreat?"

Zhou Yuan said: "It's not that simple. Ninety thousand cavalrymen, fighting to support fighting, have always been in their prime. To hunt down this huge force, it requires all-round planning and cooperation from multiple forces."

Li Yu'an said: "Tell me about the situation. I want to know what your plan is. Can you swallow Huang Taiji this time?"

Zhou Yuan thought for a while, then said: "I'm not sure, because Huang Taiji is very sensitive to the current situation. At a critical moment, he will give up Shenjing and retreat directly to Shengjing."

Li Yu'an He laughed and said, "What I mean is that the best outcome for Huang Taiji this time is to flee back to Shengjing in a panic, and he announced the capital?"

Zhou Yuan said, "As long as the blood of the people of Dajin is still there, they can't attack it."

"Look, if you were Huang Taiji, what would you do?"

"The first step is to send troops to feint to Shanhaiguan, and at the same time secretly attack Xuanfu, and kill Shanhaiguan in the southeast direction, and eat up the Jinmen army from inside and outside. This is their way of fighting with the lowest casualties."

"The second step is to attack Shenjing. It is impossible to eat it by force, after all, there are no horses for siege. They can only drag the people of Dajin with them, constantly consume the resources and physical strength of the defenders, and then win with one blow."

Hearing Here, Li Yu'an couldn't help but ask: "Then... then he finally attacked?"

Zhou Yuan said: "Do you think that my letters these days are in vain?"

"When Huang Taiji thought he had won, Min Tianrui should have already supported Shenjing."

"At the same time, Wu Dingzhong has led the Leiden Navy and drove our Dajin warships to Jinxi."

Zhou Yuan pointed to the circle he drew on the map and said in a deep voice: "The Jurchens are empty inside, just like Xuanfu before. The Leiden Navy will land in Jinxi and attack the city and kill all the way to Shengjing."

"The Yehe generals will cooperate with them and attack Shengjing with all their strength. Huang Taiji can't sit still at all."

At this point, he pointed to Xuanfu again, "The 30,000 cavalrymen in Xuanfu are very fast. They can arrive in Xuanfu at least half a month in advance. Calculating the time, they will arrive in six or seven days at most."

"They guard the gate of Xuanfu. Huang Taiji can't attack Shenjing City. Shengjing is in danger. Huang Taiji has no choice but to retreat from Shanhaiguan."

"Once he hesitates, when we reach Shanhaiguan, that will be his death."

Li Yu'an said: "But can Shenjing City hold out until Min Tianrui rushes to help?"

"Yes!"

Zhou Yuan's face was serious, and he said in a deep voice: "When the blood of a nation is truly burning, it will burst out with unimaginable power!"

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Shenjing, Weiguogong Mansion.

There is a flower garden beside the pond in the backyard, but the flowers have withered long ago in the cold winter.

Zhao Jianjia holds little Wenxin and walks with Xue Ningyue, Qu Ling and Cai Ni.

Zhao Jianjia seemed to be in a particularly good mood today. She smiled and said, "When you all have children and the Duke's Mansion has expanded, we will go to various places to play. My husband promised to take us to the sea, so we have to urge him."

Xue Ningyue's eyes sparkled, and she tilted her head and said, "I also want to go to the grassland to seeThat vast world, when I was a child, my father often told me that the grassland was endless and there were no mountains blocking it. "

She looked at Cai Ni and said, "Where do you want to go, sister Cai Ni?"

Cai Ni thought about it, but didn't know where she wanted to go. She had been everywhere for so many years.

Her answer was very clear: "Wherever the young master is, I want to go there. I want to follow my sisters."

Among the four sisters, Qu Ling is the oldest, and she will be twenty-six after the new year. Ning Yue is the youngest, not even twenty.

But Cai Ni insisted on being the youngest and calling everyone sister.

Others didn't care about her and called each other sister.

Zhao Jianjia said, "Where do you want to go for a stroll, Ling'er? "

Qu Ling's face was very calm. She looked around and shook her head.

She sighed softly and said, "Jianjia, Ningyue... and Cai Ni, you don't have to accompany me. My uncle died for his country. I am really sad, but this is his choice."

When these words came out, everyone bowed their heads.

They all knew Qu Ling's family affairs. In the Qu family, only Qu Shaogeng treated Qu Ling the best. He let her do everything, spoiled her, and spoke for her.

When the bad news came, Qu Ling almost collapsed. She locked herself in the room and refused to go out.

"I'm not that fragile."

Qu Ling gritted her teeth and said in a low voice: "It's normal for military generals to die for their country and die on the battlefield. My uncle is an optimistic person. He doesn't want me to be sad for him all the time."

She seemed to be competing with herself, suppressing her voice and said, "I'm not sad anymore. I just hope my husband will come back soon and kill all those Donglu beasts! "

Xue Ningyue clenched her fist and said, "I'll go too! Sister Qu Ling! Let's go to the battlefield with our husbands and get revenge!"

This sentence made Qu Ling laugh. She held Ningyue's hand and said softly, "Let's not make trouble. Living our own lives well is the greatest help."

At this moment, Mo Xiang hurried over and said loudly, "Miss, sisters, there is a woman outside, saying that she is from the inner court, and she brought a letter from our husband to us."

As soon as this sentence came out, the eyes of the four people lit up.

They hurried to the main hall, Zhao Jianjia couldn't wait to open the letter, and then handed it to Qu Ling, saying, "It was written by your husband specifically for you!"

"Me? "

Qu Ling opened the letter and saw that it was written on it: "The three armies of the Northwest Army, Xuanfu Army and the Five Army Camps entered Mongolia together, invincible, and killed all the Mongolian troops, destroyed more than ten large cities in Mongolia, and burned the Mongolian holy city of Da Kulun. The people of the Mongolian holy city burned the royal flag and knelt down to surrender. "

"The army is more than 160,000, Fenglangjuxu, greatly strengthened the country's prestige, and is on the way back to Shenjing. "

"Ling'er, Shenjing City is in danger, but as long as the blood of the people of Shenjing is completely awakened, Huang Taiji will not be able to take it down. "

"I want you to spread the matter of Fenglangjuxu all over the world, and I want you to open the prelude to the awakening of the blood of the people of Dajin. "

Qu Ling stood up, but tears were flashing, and she gritted her teeth and said: "Okay, okay! My husband gave me a chance to take revenge!"

"I want to go to Moyunfang! I want to open this prelude! ”

“Eastern barbarians, wait for me!”