Fortunately, Huang Taiji seems to have gotten used to dizziness in the past few months, the imperial doctor has been waiting on the side for a long time, and the people around him also know how to deal with it, so it didn't take long for Huang Taiji to wake up.

After that, he asked most of the people to retreat, leaving only the few of the eight great Baylors who had not yet been eliminated by him.

Huang Taiji leaned on the back of the dragon chair, his complexion was obviously much worse, he glanced at Dolgon and the others, and said a little weakly: "The Eight Great Jin Merchants were killed by the Ming Imperial Court, and even if we find another businessman, it is estimated that it will be impossible at least in the short term." In this way, if nothing else, I am afraid that the current food will not be enough, what do you think? ”

In fact, the destruction of the Eight Great Jin Merchants was far more than the lack of food in Liaodong. However, this food problem is continuing to be solved for the time being.

Azig hugged Huang Taiji's thigh, and when he heard this, he said without hesitation: "The younger brother is willing to lead the troops into the customs and rob his mother." ”

Huang Taiji listened, and did not reply, but glanced at the others.

Seeing this, Zilharang frowned and said, "It's not yet the end of the year, if we enter the customs, where will the army eat and drink from?" In the past, when I entered the customs, I knew that the grain of the Ming Kingdom was transported north to Tongzhou, and even if I couldn't grab the grain, there was still the last measure of the Jin merchants, so I didn't have to worry about whether the army had anything to eat. ”

"Yes, according to the past practice, even if we want to enter the customs, it will be at least in October!" When Dorgon heard this, he agreed with a grim face.

Hearing that they disagreed, Azig said to Huang Taiji again: "Your Majesty, those weak chickens in the Guan, as long as they capture the city, are they afraid that there will be no food?" The younger brother is willing to make a military order, and if he does not grab enough money, food, and population, he will never return to Liaodong! ”

Zilharan and Dorgon had made their attitude clear and didn't talk nonsense.

Duoduo, who spoke actively before and humiliated Fan Wencheng, had not yet spoken, but when he saw Huang Taiji turn his attention to him, he had no choice but to reply: "We haven't entered the customs for several years, and I don't know what happened to the customs?" ”

Huang Taiji listened, frowned and muttered for a moment, then said: "You can ask Hong Chengchou about this matter, he should know best." ”

As soon as he heard this, Duoduo immediately said in a tone of disbelief: "Maybe he was the one who reported the news, and asked him, can he tell the truth?" ”

"......" Hearing his words, Huang Taiji couldn't help but be silent.

However, after thinking carefully for a while, he shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be him." ”

Speaking of this, he saw that the others were looking at him, so he explained: "Now he has no soldiers and no power, and there is no one around him who can be trusted, right?" In this way, how did he go to report to the Ming court in Guannai? ”

At that time, Liu Aita was Dajin's general soldier, and he had brothers, and his subordinates were also useful people, so he was able to hook up with Yuan Keli, the governor of Denglai at that time.

However, Dodor was apparently not convinced, and immediately retorted: "What if he colluded with someone who had the power to fight?" ”

As soon as ......he heard this, Huang Taiji fell silent again.

In his opinion, it is indeed possible. If some of the original Han generals tried to rebel against the Qing Dynasty and colluded with Hong Chengchou, maybe it was really possible.

In the Chongzheng Palace, there was silence for a while, and finally, Huang Taiji decided to say: "The problem of shortage of grain and grass must be solved. But now that we have no sources in the customs, it is really inappropriate to rush into the customs. Didn't that white pole army arrive in Zhangjiakou? The Ming court withdrew the Guanning army again, where are these people placed, and what is the current situation? We don't know anything about this! ”

In other words, he still does not approve of entering the customs and looting.

However, if there is no extra food and grass supply, many people will definitely starve to death this winter! Who asked them to use all the materials they have accumulated in the past few years to fight the Battle of Songjin!

There was silence for a while, and finally Dolgon spoke: "Perhaps we can send an order to the Mongol tribes to let them enter the pass and fight Qiugu, so as to test the situation at the border of the Ming Kingdom." And we, for the time being, let the DPRK pay more tribute and come over to help the emergency? ”

Huang Taiji listened and nodded, this is indeed a method. Anyway, in previous years, the Mongolian tribes also wanted to fight Qiugu, and now, let them go a little ahead of the world and try the Ming border defense after the Battle of Songjin.

Among the subject countries of the Qing Dynasty, only North Korea was an agrarian country, and they could only have grain on their side, and now they could only go to North Korea to ask for it.

Therefore, although there is no discussion on what to do in the long term, how to fill the gap of the destruction of the eight Jin merchants, at least it can deal with the current situation.

Huang Taiji was a little tired, and when he was about to announce the end of the meeting, Jilharang asked again: "What about the Ming army on Juehua Island?" Since the Ming army withdrew in such a hurry before, maybe there is a lot of grain and grass on Juehua Island! ”

In the past, the Ming army stored grain and grass on Juehua Island, which was captured by the first Khan and burned down. Now that I think about it, it's all painful.

Hearing his words, Huang Taiji looked at him and asked, "What do you mean, do you want to use Kong Youde and others?" ”

When Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi and others returned to the Qing Dynasty, they brought warships to take refuge. However, now those warships are thrown at the junction of the Sancha River and the Taizi River, and they are usually used to cross the river at most, and they are not maintained and repaired, and they don't mind if they are damaged.

The reason why this is the case is because of Liu Aita's harm, so that these Jianjiao do not dare to let the Han generals get out of control. Otherwise, if they really have the heart of betrayal, they will directly drive the boat and run back, and they will have nothing to do.

Now, hearing Huang Taiji's straightforward question, if it had been before, Zilharang would still nod his head and cautiously agree. But at this time, he already knew that someone in Liaodong had reported to the Ming Kingdom, he weighed it, and finally replied: "Everything is decided by Your Majesty!" ”

Huang Taiji thought about it for a while, and finally said: "Wait for winter, if there is still a shortage of food at that time, and the sea is not frozen, let's talk about this matter again." ”

In the end, these slave chiefs actually have no good way, they can only take one step at a time. So, he sent envoys to Mongolia and Korea.

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At the same time, on the Kaifeng side, the night does not collect and has not yet heard clearly about the grain and grass of Li Zicheng's department and where his family is placed, but he found that there are more and more thieves everywhere, more and more!

Under the confrontation between the two sides, the fast horse galloped back to Kaifeng, almost in all directions to the south.

The shouts of "driving, driving", and the sound of horses' hooves in a hurry, were endless. Anyone who sees this scene knows that something big has happened. For Kaifeng, there is basically only one major event.

Zhang Mingwei's side also immediately became nervous, his staff team was obviously busy, and generals from all walks of life also came in and out, and the frequency of coming to see him was several times higher. Once the news is aggregated, the situation is clearer.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai's bandit alliance has marched towards Kaifeng, known as a million army, so they are here to fight a decisive battle with us." At the urgently convened military meeting, Zhang Mingwei announced straight to the point.

As he spoke, he glanced at the generals below him, and found that none of them were afraid, on the contrary, all of them were still excited, which made him feel very satisfied.

In fact, he could understand the thoughts of these generals: the usual practice of bluffing thieves with millions of dollars can only scare those new recruits or civilian officials who have never been on the battlefield. For these generals below, who is not battle-hardened, and has won a big battle, how can they be afraid of them!

On the other hand, the thieves took the initiative to come, which is equivalent to setting the battlefield in Kaifeng, which is the most familiar to the generals and soldiers below, and can wait for work at ease, which is another advantage.

Sure enough, after Zhang Mingwei finished his announcement, the generals below all rushed to ask for battle.

However, Zhang Mingwei did not agree, but announced in a deep voice: "Daying and Kaifeng have become corners, covering the smooth grain road behind them. Go back and prepare for battle. ”

"The last general obeys!" The voice echoed him, very loudly.

Subsequently, the officials and soldiers of the imperial court officially began to prepare for war, regardless of people, etc., to speed up the evacuation, grain, grass, baggage, ordnance and armor, should also be checked.

It only took one day for Kaifeng to be ready. Everyone, serious or excited, was waiting for the arrival of the army of thieves.

A day later, the imperial court began to retreat at night, and returned to camp from all over the country. Many of them came back with wounds, and some even brought the remains of their comrades who died in battle. Obviously, the battle of the scouts is more intense, which also indicates that the army of thieves is about to arrive.

Sure enough, in the afternoon of the next day, from the south of Kaifeng Mansion, there were countless thieves, overwhelming, all over the mountains.

It's just that it didn't take long for the surroundings of Kaifeng Mansion to be full of thieves' cavalry, roaring and galloping, extremely arrogant.

On the side of the imperial court, Zhang Mingwei has returned to the military tent outside the city, forming a corner with Kaifeng Mansion, and is waiting for it.

The main force of the thieves' infantry also arrived one by one, so that there were almost only thieves as far as the eye could see.

It's one thing to hear that there are a lot of thieves, but it's another thing to see that everywhere you look is full of thieves. Especially the thief cavalry, although I didn't see all of them, but from what I saw in front of me, I knew that there were much more than the imperial court.

Look at them arrogantly in front of their eyes, look at the countless thieves and heads. The soldiers who were excited to make military merits before couldn't help but become grim.

At this time, they obviously knew that the next big war would definitely be a very difficult battle.

For a while, on the battlefield of Kaifeng, there were almost only the movements of thieves, and on the side of the imperial court, whether it was the military camp or the head of Kaifeng, it was quiet, forming a very sharp contrast.