Ashes

Dorgon felt as if his body was being run over, there was pain everywhere, every nerve was screaming, wishing that this body was not his own.

Even with his eyes closed, he could still feel a scorching gaze sticking to his face from beginning to end.

The pain on his back became more and more intense, Dorgon trembled slightly, opened his eyes, and a word flowed out from the corner of his mouth: "Pain!"

What caught my eye was a worried face, and I was ecstatic when I saw myself awake, but this joy was quickly overshadowed by greater worries.

"Brother..." Dorgon found himself lying on a bed, and it seemed that he had retreated temporarily.

"Don't move." Huang Taiji held him down, and shouted loudly, "You've woken up, go and inform Father Khan! Get another basin of water!"

Dorgon struggled a bit, the wound on his back moved, as if a layer of skin had been peeled off. In this cold weather, he was sweating from the pain.

"I told you not to move, why are you disobedient?" Huang Taiji said angrily, he was really angry, and stared at Dorgon fiercely.

Dorgon shrank his head, and continued to lie down obediently: "How is Father Khan?" This is what he really cares about.

"Father Khan is fine. But you, who were injured like this, frightened Father Khan, and immediately ordered the withdrawal of troops."

Hearing that his father Khan was well, Dorgon burst into a smile.

"What are you laughing at, you scared me too, you know, I will never bring you to the battlefield again."

"How can I do that, I still have to be famous for thousands of miles."

"It's still famous for thousands of miles, you should save your life first."

At this time, Nurhachi hurried over, followed by several other big Baylors.

Nurhachi sat down beside his bed, worried: "Dorgon, how do you feel? Does it hurt?"

"Father, I'm fine, it's just a flesh injury."

Nurhachi's anger still persisted, and he punched the edge of the bed, which was originally a temporary bed, and he shook it a few times: "Damn it, I have to wring that Yuan Chonghuan's head off!"

"Father Khan, don't get angry." Several big Baylor advised.

"Daishan, I asked you to investigate the situation of the cannon, how did the investigation go?" Nurhachi asked.

Dai Shan stepped forward and said, "I have already asked. The Ming Dynasty called those cannons 'Hongyi cannons', and said they were bought from Hongmaofan."

Nurhachi snorted: "The order will go on, all the banners will take a rest and attack tomorrow! I still don't believe that I can't attack this little Ningyuan!"

Dorgon was shocked in his heart, and just about to speak, the commander-in-chief Unag entered the room and said, "Khan, we got the news that there is a large amount of grain hoarded by the Ming army on Juehua Island."

Nurhachi pondered and seemed to have another idea.

Huang Taiji said: "Father Khan, Juehua Island is only sixteen miles away, and now the water is frozen. Our cavalry can pass directly. This is a great opportunity. We will win Juehua Island, and Yuan Chonghuan will definitely not dare to leave the city. Fight with us!"

Nurhachi hesitated, failed to capture Ningyuan, and almost lost his son, how could he swallow this tone, what is his reputation when it spreads?

At this time, Xifu came in again, with a nervous expression: "Khan, Shengjing is here to report that Mao Wenlong attacked Yongning."

Taking advantage of the Jin army's large-scale expedition, Mao Wenlong attacked the rear of the Jin country again, which was really disturbing. Nurhachi clenched his fists, his eyebrows twitched slightly, and his anger reached the extreme.

Before Nurhachi could speak, Amin shouted, "It's Mao Wenlong again, that guy is as annoying as a hemorrhoid on his butt!"

"Father Khan, we can't wait any longer. There is an empty space behind us. We can't let Mao Wenlong take advantage of it," Daishan said.

Nurhachi gritted his teeth, and his anger almost burned all his reason.

Huang Taiji persuaded again: "Father Khan, there is no delay in withdrawing our troops and returning to the rescue. We will come back after a few months of rest, we are not afraid that we will not be able to take this city, and the fourteenth brother's injury should not be delayed any longer."

Mentioning Dorgon, Nurhachi was slightly moved, and finally made up his mind, describing it ferociously: "Wunag, you lead a team to attack Juehua Island, and kill them all! No one will be left alive! Take away all that can be taken away, and burn the ones that cannot be taken away! The rest of the people quickly come back and save them!"

After Nurhachi finished speaking, he suddenly got up, but his body was tilted and he almost fell down.

"Father Khan?" Dorgon said in surprise, and hurriedly wanted to help him, completely forgetting that he was still seriously injured, and the pain made him almost fall off the bed.

Huang Taiji had sharp eyes and quick hands, and he supported him, and the rest stepped forward to support Nurhachi.

Dorgon didn't care about himself: "Father Khan, are you injured?"

"A little injury, it's okay, I got up too hard just now." Nurhachi said indifferently.

Huang Taiji obviously felt that the force he was holding on to him had increased sharply, and he couldn't help but wonder why he was so nervous.

Nurhachi pushed away the crowd and walked out. A soldier came in and reported, "Great Khan, Ningyuan sent an envoy to see the Great Khan."

"What trick is Yuan Chonghuan playing?" Nurhachi waved his hand, "Let him in."

"Father Khan, what can Yuan Chonghuan do? He just thinks he has won, and the people he sent don't matter!" Dorgon tried to stop him.

"It's okay, am I still afraid of him?"

After the envoy entered the tent and kowtowed, he sent a gift and a letter.

After reading Xifu's exhibition letter, his complexion turned pale immediately.

Dorgon had a bad heart, and opened his mouth slightly, trying to stop it.

Knowing what he was thinking, Huang Taiji took the letter from Xifu, browsed it hastily, pointed to the gift from Yuan Chonghuan and said: "Father Khan, Yuan Chonghuan admires you, so I asked someone to give you a gift."

Nurhachi glanced disdainfully: "Xifu, prepare a generous gift for General Yuan, and send it back to Ningyuan."

Huang Taiji took advantage of this gap to hide behind the crowd, hoping that Nurhachi didn't notice him.

But I didn't expect that as soon as the waiter left, Nurhachi said: "Huang Taiji, read it."

Huang Taiji was very embarrassed, but he also knew that this trick could not fool Nurhachi. He wondered: "Father Khan, the Nanmanzi has nothing good to say, we don't need to pay attention to it at all."

"Read!" Nurhachi shouted loudly.

Huang Taiji had no choice but to read: "You have been running rampant in the world for so long, and today you are defeated by me, this is the number of days!"

As soon as the words were spoken, no one dared to pant loudly, and all of them looked at Nurhachi in fear.

Nurhachi's face turned from red to white, and then to livid. The muscles on his face kept trembling, and he was extremely angry: "Since I started my army at the age of 25, I have been invincible. No more!"

All the Baylors were terrified and wanted to comfort them, but they couldn't speak.

Nurhachi didn't say anything more, and strode away. The rest of the people looked at each other in blank dismay, and dispersed one after another.

When Huang Taiji returned to Dorgon's side, his face was also dark and gloomy.

Dorgon bowed his head in silence as if his heart was blocked by cotton.

"I'll find a way to get you a car, and you can sit in it for a while." Huang Taiji said, "Brother, don't bother, I'm fine."

Dorgon's face was pale and weak due to excessive blood loss. Huang Taiji felt heartbroken when he saw it. Thinking of Yuan Chonghuan's arrogant attitude, he held his hand lightly with hatred: "Dorgon, Take good care of your wounds, I will definitely avenge you for this revenge."

A strange feeling gripped his heart, and Dorgon tried to withdraw his hand, but he squeezed it even tighter. Seeing his concentration and contemplation, he felt embarrassed to interrupt him, so he had to let him hold it.

Nurhachi led the army back to Shengjing, Mao Wenlong was defeated, Juehua Island was fought, countless looted, and all soldiers and civilians on the island were slaughtered.The Ming Dynasty's morale was greatly boosted because of the victory in Ningyuan.

After returning, Dorgon recovered from his injuries. Although he was seriously injured, after several months of intensive care, he gradually improved and moved freely.

At the beginning, Huang Taiji came to see Dorgon every day, seeing that he was getting more and more energetic, he was relieved.But he couldn't rest, because the Mongolian Kalkhaba forest robbed and killed the envoy of the Jin Kingdom to Horqin, so Huang Taiji followed Nurhachi to go to Khalkha again.

When he came back, Dorgon was alive and kicking again.

"You don't raise much, are you just so impatient?" Dorgon came to see him as soon as he returned home from the expedition, and Huang Taiji was very pleased with this.

"I lie down so that my bones are falling apart, and I'm already almost recovered, and I won't let me go to conquer Khalkha together."

"Haven't you suffered enough?"

"I heard that you are very majestic this time. You shot Nang Nuke under the horse with one arrow, and made a great achievement."

Huang Taiji smiled and said: "It just happened to hit me head-on, it's also his bad luck."

"After a big victory, is Father Khan in a better mood?"

Talking about Father Khan, Huang Taiji's mood became heavy again: "Father Khan has fought on the battlefield all his life, there is no enemy he can't kill, there is no city he can't conquer, but he was blocked by the little-known Yuan Chonghuan, he still can't let it go , I often see him sitting sullenly alone at night, and I don’t know if he is still brooding over Ningyuan’s battle.”

Dorgon was even more worried: "Has Father Khan recovered from his injury?"

Huang Taiji frowned: "It's strange to say that Father Khan was only slightly injured at the time, and your injury has healed up to a good extent, but his wound has never healed. I just asked the person who served him a few days ago, It was said that it had ruptured and festered again, and after returning to Beijing, I asked the doctor to treat him again."

The more Dorgon listened, the more serious he was, and he had blocked the shot for him, but it was still useless. Could it be that Father Khan was doomed after all?

"Father, this is a heart disease." Dorgon said in a low voice.

"You don't have to worry too much. We will take turns to accompany Father Khan and try to make him feel at ease."

Dorgon, who already knew the result, how could he not be worried?Father Khan had been proud all his life, but he still couldn't let it go.

Just as Huang Taiji was about to speak again to comfort him, someone knocked on the door.

When he opened the door, it was Sahalian. His face was flustered, as if he had encountered some trouble, and he was eager to speak as soon as he entered the room, but when he saw Dorgon, he didn't say it immediately: "Si Bei Le, I have something to tell you."

Huang Taiji knew that he wanted to avoid others, but he didn't want Dorgon to go, so he dragged Sahalian to the yard.

What are they going to say that I can't hear?Dorgon was displeased, and looked out through the crack of the window, and saw Sahalian gesticulating and talking excitedly, vaguely, he heard a name: "Jierhalang."