Under Mingzhu's leadership, tens of thousands of Qing troops were ambushed and hid in the forest outside Chenyang City.

It is not easy to hide tens of thousands of people in the forest at the same time, and Mingzhu has also put a lot of brains into it.

For this reason, they cut down many trees to build barracks.

Only the locals know about this forest, and the Ming army will definitely not pay attention to it when they first arrived.

However, it is not ruled out that the Ming army cut down trees from the forest to make city hammers.

But generally speaking, it is unlikely that the Ming army will walk deep into the forest.

The Qing army had nothing to do except for daily patrols.

All they had to do was wait and endure, because the Ming army would not arrive at the first time, and they had to endure the mosquito bites in the forest for a considerable period of time.

Mingzhu is a very calm person. He knows very well that his mission is to stab the back, so he must not act rashly. He must wait for the Ming army to attack the city first before they can fight back.

If they start a team first, they will fall into a passive situation.

"Tell me that the order is directed by anyone who dares to leave the forest without authorization will be executed!"

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The mountain road to Hetuala and Sarhu is difficult to walk, but with the savage Jurchen leading the way, the difficulty has indeed decreased a lot.

He Shouyi and Qian Youren remained highly vigilant along the way.

After all, the Savage Jurchen is not his own person. Although he promised to cooperate, there is still a possibility of a counterattack.

If you are not of my race, your heart will be different.

This sentence from our ancestors must have his own truth.

Of course, it was still very pleasant along the way. The two sides maintained a distance and restraint, and no conflict broke out.

As for wild beasts such as jackals, tigers, and leopards, they have never encountered each other again.

With so many people and such a large formation, no beast dares to approach.

But they met many refugees on the way.

It is normal to have refugees in the year of disaster, but it is really beyond He Shouyi's expectation that so many refugees will appear in Liaodong.

After all, Liaodong is vast and sparsely populated, and there are not many people.

Nowadays, the refugees gathered nearby are almost as likely to catch up with the number of refugees in the Jiangnan area.

There is only one possibility that so many refugees gathered at once, and there was an extremely major emergencies nearby.

This incident may be a natural disaster or a man-made disaster.

If it is a natural disaster, it may be drought, flood, locust plague or major epidemics.

If it is a man-made disaster, it is usually the tyranny of the ruler, which will cause anger from heaven and resentment from others.

He Shouyi felt that the latter would be more likely.

After all, the brutality of the Qing army is well known. Nurhaci made nine out of ten Han people in Liaodong, and it took him a long time to recover his vitality.

It is not impossible to happen again now.

Of course, if you want to really figure things out, you must ask the refugees in person.

Although he knows that there are great risks in doing this, He Shouyi will never feel at ease if he doesn't do it.

So He Shouyi sent his personal soldiers to inquire.

These refugees were walking numbly, and suddenly saw a group of soldiers appearing in front of them, and were stunned.

They didn't know whether to run or not, so they just stood there blankly.

"My general asked why you gathered here, but what difficulties did you encounter."

"You don't have to be afraid. My general is kind-hearted and will not do anything that disturbs the people."

"We all escaped from Sarhu and Hetuala. The Qing army there wanted to capture the strong men, and as long as the men are young and old, they will be taken away."

"We are already having a hard time living, but at least we still have a chance. But if we are caught, there is only one result left, that is, we will die."

"It is said that the strong men captured by the Qing army died first in the war, and most of them could not survive a battle."

"We are unwilling to become lonely ghosts like this, so we discussed escaping together."

"You all escaped?"

"Of course not. Most of them were captured by the Qing army. Those who could escape were lucky."

"Some others have escaped, but were later captured by pursuers. Anyone who was caught ended up in a very miserable fate, and they were tortured and eventually died."

"We dare not stay and flee all the way, we just hope to escape from the clutches of the Qing army."

He Shouyi's personal soldiers found out the truth of the matter, and were filled with sighs and emotion.

Promote the suffering of the people, and destroy the suffering of the people.

They thought that the people in the Central Plains were already suffering, but they did not expect that the people in Liaodong would be even more suffering.

If the court had not attacked the Northern Expedition to attack Liaodong, I wonder how long the people would have to live in dire straits.

He Shouyi was shocked when he heard the personal soldiers report.

He thought of the brutality of the Qing army but did not expect that the brutality of the Qing army was so strong.

It is said that those who win the hearts of the people will win the world. It is unreasonable that the Qing army would lose the hearts of the people to this point if they could still rule Liaodong.

"Report to the general, these people are so pitiful, why don't you give them some food?"

The personal soldiers couldn't stand it anymore, so they suggested in a deep voice.

"No, there are so many victims in these disasters. They will definitely rob them when we distribute food. People will fight for food regardless of their extreme hunger. Once a stampede occurs, the consequences will be unimaginable."

"What the general said is reasonable, but are we just watching them starve to death?"

People's hearts are full of flesh, and the soldiers of the Ming army are no exception.

He Shouyi sighed, shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Forget it, let's set up a porridge shed in front of you for a day."

This is the only thing He Shouyi can do.

Although he knew that the meaning of doing this was to last the victims, he could only do this.

After all, the soldiers of the Ming army also needed food, so it was impossible to give them all to the victims.

The way these victims can go, and whether they can survive depends entirely on their own luck.

When the victims learned that the Ming army was going to build a porridge shed to put porridge, they were very excited. They instinctively swallowed and spitted, and their eyes were about to pop out.

"I've put the porridge in there, I've put the porridge in there. Ming Jun is going to put the porridge."

"Everyone doesn't have to be hungry anymore, everyone can be saved."

"Go and queue up quickly. If you queue too late, you will probably not be able to get the porridge."

"Don't worry, everyone has a share, everyone has a share."

"Don't push each other when going, don't trample on each other. We promise that everyone can eat porridge."

"Be careful, be careful. Let the elderly be given priority."

"Young and strong rank behind, and you feel a little ashamed. Don't rob it."

"I remember that this is the credit of General He Shouyi and General He. It is all General He's charity for you to have today. Everyone should live well, wait for the arrival of the king's army, and wait for the moment when Liaodong is liberated. By that time, everyone's good days will come. Everyone must hold on until that day."

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