Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 224
Misfortunes never come singly, but blessings never come in pairs. Luck Dehun's recent experience is a good illustration of this point.

After waking up from a coma, he was furious at the Ming army's shelling, but before he could claim revenge, another blow followed.

On February 23, bursts of shelling sounded indistinctly from the west of Yuezhou into the Qing camp, making many Qing generals feel at a loss for a while.

Luck Dehun and others judged that the sound of artillery came from Huarong County, which is only separated from Yuezhou by the mouth of Dongting Lake, but there were no troops stationed there by both the Ming and Qing Dynasties, so how could there be shelling?

Luck Dehun couldn't help feeling an ominous premonition.

Sure enough, that night, a small boat escaped the Ming army's capture and came to the Qing army's Dazhai. Luck Dehun hurriedly asked his personal guards to bring people to see him.

The boat was the envoy sent by Shen Zhixiang who was trapped in Huarong County. He did not go by Dongting Lake, but came by boat from the Yangtze River in the north.

After Shen Zhixiang was surrounded by [-] Ming troops, he was already in despair, so the envoy he sent was none other than his son Shen Yongzhong.

If Luc Dehun could save him, everyone would be happy, but if he couldn't, the son of the Shen family would also be preserved.

At this time Shen Yongzhong came to the Qing camp, and there was a trace of restlessness in the camp. Under the flickering torches, some Qing soldiers sitting on the night watch sat together in twos and threes, rarely talking, and seemed a little lifeless.

The Qing army commander's tent is in the middle of the camp. It is a huge cowhide tent. Shen Yongzhong followed the guards, passed through groups of patrolling soldiers, and came to the tent.

In the cowhide tent, more than a dozen pieces of butter wax were lit, and a brazier was set in the center. The temperature made people feel scorching hot. On a big tiger skin bed, the scalp was bald, only a small piece of hair the size of a copper coin and a rat-tail braid remained on the back of his head. On the desk in front of him was a large pot of boiled pork, and a sharp dagger was Put it on the pig's head.

At this time, Shen Yongzhong was brought into the tent by the guards, and when Leket saw him, his somewhat pale face flushed suddenly. Needless to say, he already understood what happened.

The sound of cannons in the west of Yuezhou was the sound of the Ming army attacking the Han army's Zhengbai Banner. Shen Zhixiang chose the most wrong path he didn't want to see.

"Cough~cough~" The successive blows caused huge fluctuations in Luket's heart, and he couldn't help coughing violently.

At this time, he was extremely angry, wishing to draw his sword and kill Shen Yongzhong in front of him, but he vomited blood and fainted twice in succession, coupled with the dissatisfaction with the water and soil, made him, a man outside the pass, extremely uncomfortable in his body.

At this moment, Luck Dehun urgently needed to vent his anger, but he didn't have anything at hand. Suddenly he grabbed the dagger stuck in the pig's head, and shot directly at Shen Yongzhong, cursing repeatedly: "Say~ dog slave, who made you Those who abandoned Changde?"

Shen Yongzhong had long been frightened by Luc Dehun's appearance, and when the dagger came, he was even more frightened immediately, but fortunately, Luc Dehun was a little weak recently, his hands and feet were weak, and he lost his aim. fly over.

Although he dodged the dagger, Shen Yongzhong was so frightened that his legs gave way and he knelt on the ground. He was afraid that Luck Dehun would hurt him again with a sharp weapon, so he had to keep buckling his head, saying incessantly: "Baile Lord calm down, Lord Baylor calm down!"

Seeing this, Le Kede calmed down a little, but still picked up a piece of fat and threw it on Shen Yongzhong, "You dog slave, why don't you abide by Changde, why did you come to Huarong County?"

Shen Yongzhong couldn't help but panic for a while, he could see now that the Qing army was not progressing smoothly under the city of Yuezhou, and Luck Dehun was trying to vent his anger on him, but even though he knew this, the bannermen were divided into different ranks , and he came to ask for help, so he didn't dare to show any dissatisfaction.

"Lord Belle, the Ming army is powerful, King Huaishun is dead, my father has 1 people, and his army is trapped in the south of the river, and he can't get news from Lord Belle, so he abandoned the city and returned to the north to preserve the strength of the Qing Dynasty! Baylor Lord, now Wang Yan is leading [-] soldiers and horses to surround my father in Huarong County, attacking day and night, and ask Lord Baylor to rescue him!"

"Preserve strength for the Qing Dynasty?" Seeing him bowing his head one after another, Luc Dehun became even more angry, "Idiot, your father and son are going to kill [-] Eight Banners athletes, and your father and son should die in Huarong."

Shen Yongzhong heard the words, but his face turned pale with shock. Could it be that Luck Dehun was going to die, he couldn't help feeling anxious, and hurriedly kowtowed again: "Master Baylor, my father is going to protect the elite of the Baijia Han Eight Banners for the Qing Dynasty. Before Wang Yan surrounded Changde, he risked his life to break out of the siege and return to the north. How could he harm the disciples of the Eight Banners? Lord Belle, I beg you to send troops quickly to save my father and the disciples of the Seven Thousand Eight Banners!"

Luck Dehun could no longer bear this stupid man, the anger he had just suppressed was ignited again, at this moment he couldn't help standing up, dragging his weak body, walked to Shen Yongzhong's side, and kicked Kicking him down, he himself staggered for a while, but fortunately he was supported by the guards, so he didn't fall down.

After Shen Yongzhong was kicked down, he was terrified, but when he thought that his father was still surrounded by the Ming army in Huarong County, he immediately got up and continued to bow his head, "Master Baylor, save my father, save my father, my father is right The Qing Dynasty has made great achievements!"

"The Eight Banners of Baijia Han have the advantages of cavalry. You don't go to the east of Dongting to meet with the commander, but you have to go to the west and run to Huarong's death place. How can I save the commander! My father is stupid, but he still knows that Paier is coming. Rescue, in order to save your life, this shows that he also knows that he has made a big mistake and has no way out, but you are completely stupid."

Huarong County is surrounded by the Yangtze River in the north, and Dongting Lake in the east and south. It can be said that it is surrounded by water on three sides. Luck Dehun can't even deal with the big man on Dongting Lake. How can he rescue Shen Zhixiang across Dongting Lake?

Luck Dehun originally wanted to conquer Yuezhou, so that he could cross the Xinqiang River and become one with Shen Zhixiang of Changde. Although Jingzhou was lost, he could threaten Changsha if he entered, and save the Qing soldiers in Changde if he retreated. The defeat was terrible, but he never imagined that Shen Zhixiang would go to the west bank of Dongting, escape to the Huarong area, and drive himself to death.

It doesn't matter whether Shen Zhixiang and his son die or not, but the Baijiahan Eight Banners of the Manchu Qing Dynasty will also be finished, which makes Lu Kede feel pained.

Once Jingzhou was lost, Geng Zhongming and the Zhenghuang Banner of the Han Army were broken. Now Shen Zhixiang and the Zhengbai Banner of the Han Army will also be finished. Since Nalk Dehun entered Huguang, he has lost two banners.

Since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, it has never suffered such a loss. Luc Dehun's political life has been completely over, which made him suddenly feel disheartened.

(End of this chapter)