The Qingshui Mingyue Pass under the jurisdiction of Jizhen, which was called the cold mouth place in later generations, has been broken by the Manchu army several times in the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, although it has been repaired, but it is finally not satisfied with the Xiongguan at the beginning.

Outside the Qingshui Mingyue Pass, there is also a beacon tower used as a warning. Generally speaking, if there is an enemy invasion, the beacon tower outside will be lit with wolf smoke, informing the Qingshui Mingyue Pass side of the emergency combat preparations.

Therefore, if there is no wolf smoke to see, it means that the beacon tower on the periphery is fine. It is precisely based on this that the city defense on the side of Qingshui Mingyue Pass is not very strict. Most of the soldiers rested in the barracks, and only a few soldiers on duty braved the cold wind to guard the city.

Hiding at the base of the wall, the two soldiers were talking a little bored.

"It's been two years, it's still three years, Jianyu has never entered the customs again, it's not good, and it will be impossible to enter the customs again in the future!"

"Why? I'm worried, if you calculate the time, maybe during this time, Jianyu will come again! ”

"How is that possible! If Jianyu really wants to come again, he should first come a few months in advance, usually in October. But now it's February, and if those Liaodong barbarians dare to enter the customs, believe it or not, they don't have to pay for their dogs' lives! ”

"Moreover, I also heard news that my comrades on the Liaodong Peninsula and Shandong have called back again! With them over there to cause chaos for Jianyu, how could Jianyu make a detour to the Mongolian steppe again! ”

"I've heard about this too, didn't you say that the North Korean side still won the war? Hehe, Jianyu probably has a headache. ”

"I'll just say, we're going to be fine here. Rest assured! By the way, I'm going to pee, and if the general flag comes over, I'll say it for me. After the Ming soldier finished speaking, he put his hands in his sleeves, and did not take his spear, but leaned against the battlements, turned around and wanted to leave.

However, when he turned around, he was immediately stunned, and in an incredible tone, he exclaimed, "Wolf smoke! ”

When his companion heard this, he was startled, and he quickly turned his head to look, and sure enough, he saw that outside the Great Wall, there was just a wolf smoke rising, gathering but not dispersing, which was very obvious.

"Bell bell bell ......" Immediately, the alarm gong sounded, and the rapid sound suddenly woke up Qing Shui Mingyueguan.

The Ming soldiers and soldiers all jumped out of the barracks, the officers at all levels shouted loudly, the sound of armor colliding, the sound of chaotic footsteps, etc., all kinds of voices gathered and echoed in the sky above Qingshui Mingyueguan.

After a while, it became more and more obvious. The beacon towers outside the Great Wall were burned with wolf smoke. It can be seen from this that the enemy is coming a lot. The Ming army was like a frightened bird, and immediately sent a messenger to urgently transmit the military information to the Guannai. And Qing Shui Mingyue Pass, on the other hand, began to wait for it.

However, this thing is very strange.

Generally speaking, it will not be long after the beacon fire is ignited, and the enemy's troops will definitely go straight to the front of the pass. However, the Ming army of Qingshui Mingyue Pass, left and so on, there was no sign of the enemy, right and so on, and there was no trace of the enemy, and in the end, it turned out to be the Ming army soldiers stationed on the side of the beacon tower who ran back alone, and told the Ming general in the pass: "The Jianyu army did not attack Qingshui Mingyue Pass, and went west, and the number was about tens of thousands." ”

This time made Qing Shui Mingyueguan breathe a sigh of relief. As long as they don't come to attack Qingshui Mingyue Pass, they will be fine, but the relevant military situation must continue to report to the pass.

However, when it was the next day, the beacon fire was lit again on the side of Qingshui Mingyue Pass, which made the Ming soldiers here nervous again. However, in the end, there was no enemy attack, and the beacon told that this time, it was the Mongol tribes who came to attack, and after seeing the beacon fire, they retreated.

After receiving the news, he also couldn't understand what was going on, but this did not prevent him from immediately taking a defensive position to strengthen the defense line from Jizhen to Shanhaiguan.

And Emperor Chongzhen, who was on the side of Jingshi, also received many alarms from the border passes. On his side, not only on the side of Qingshui Mingyue Pass, almost along the line of the Great Wall, there are alarms. On the Shanxi side, Jianyu even invaded Guannai. However, the Ming army was strictly defended, but the city was not defeated, so they withdrew from the pass.

On the Shaanxi side, there were also Mongolian tribes who tried to knock the pass, but after the beacon fire was ignited, they retreated.

These news made Emperor Chongzhen very nervous. He was a little unclear about Jianyu's movements, and it stands to reason that Jianyu would not send troops to the grassland, right?

It made him a little regretful that now on the Liaodong side, there is only one Turg with a Class A eavesdropping seed. But the crux of the matter is that Turg was a dead dog on the ship before, which had a great impact on his body. Although I put it back, I became seriously ill when I went back. After returning to Shengjing, he has been recuperating at home. From him, almost nothing special was received. Including the Jianyu troops on the grassland, no movement was heard.

Despite this, Emperor Chongzhen could also feel that Huang Taiji didn't want to be beaten passively, so he made a counterattack.

He guessed correctly, since the last few days of the year, Huang Taiji has made a decision and started to fight back.

From Shengjing's side, first of all, one by one, the holy decree galloped out of Beijing and went to all parts of the grassland.

At this time, the entire tribes of the steppe had all submitted to the Manchu Qing. Therefore, the Manchu envoys, from the eastern part of the steppe to the nomadic Oirat tribes near the foot of the distant Tianshan Mountains, all received the will of Huang Taiji in different chronological order.

The decree given to these tribes was all the same, that is, all the Mongol tribes that submitted to the Manchu Qing Dynasty were required to send troops to attack the Ming State after receiving the order. No matter how many troops are sent, it doesn't matter if the Manchus are here, as long as they send troops to attack the Ming State.

The reason why Huang Taiji did this was because he found that Liaodong could not be left alone to bear the pressure of the Ming Kingdom.

According to the information he received, on the side of the Ming State, the troops sent to Liaodong, and the Ming troops who occupied Lushun and the surrounding islands, were all Qin soldiers who came with a Qin accent.

Then, he finally eradicated the ancestral army, which greatly weakened the strength of Guan Ningming's army, and originally thought that the pressure would be reduced. As a result, there was another general soldier of the Ming Kingdom named He Renlong, who also had a Qin accent, and it was still a Qin soldier. Tossing on Guan Ning's side is even worse than the ancestral army.

If there was no pressure from other parts of the Ming Kingdom, they would be able to continuously transfer troops from all over the country to Liaodong. This made Huang Taiji very annoyed, if it is consumed like this, the Ming Kingdom is so big, and the Qing Dynasty will definitely not be able to consume the Ming Kingdom.

If the grassland tribe has attacked the Ming Kingdom, such a long border line, the pressure on the Ming Kingdom must be very great. At least in the future, it is impossible for the Ming Kingdom to transfer troops from Qindi, right? Huang Taiji thought so and felt that it was not enough, so he sent two more tribes, Zilharang and Azig, to the Hetao Plain, and sat there to unify the Mongolian tribes in the west and threaten the Qin land.

And this is the reason why Qingshui Mingyue Pass to the area of Jindi was discovered. Without the support of Jin Shang intelligence, this Jianyu army did not dare to go deep into the Ming Land, but the harassment at the border pass was no problem. In this regard, the Ming Dynasty also had to guard against it, who knows if these Jianyu troops will suddenly go crazy and rush towards the pass.

These measures of Huang Taiji basically do not consume the money and grain of the Qing Dynasty. Even if the two tribes of Zilharang and Azig were stationed in Hetao, they also collected cattle and sheep from the surrounding Mongolian tribes to survive.

Since the fifth day of February in the 14th year of Chongzhen, the defense line of the Great Wall of Daming has been lit one after another, and the border troops from all over the country have urgently reported to the Beijing Division, saying that there is a change in the grassland Tatars. Some even crossed the side wall and entered the gate. These military conditions finally allowed Emperor Chongzhen to transfer Chen Qiyu, the governor of the five provinces, to the post of governor of Xuanda. It can be said that the pressure on the border troops in various localities has increased again, and it has also affected the disaster relief in the Guannai to some extent.

In this situation, it was not until around February 15 that ten Jianguo captives including Yingordai were released back to Liaodong, and Emperor Chongzhen finally figured out this intention of Jianlu.

When Huang Taiji heard that Ying Erdai and the others had returned, of course he summoned them as soon as possible and asked about the situation at that time.

In the end, Ying Erdai said: "The emperor of the Ming Kingdom seems to be very confident, and the release of the minions and others is just to let the minions and others convey to His Majesty, saying that I want the Qing Dynasty to surrender unconditionally, otherwise I will exterminate the Manchurian people!" ”

"Hahaha, just that bullshit emperor?" When Hauge heard this, he immediately laughed disdainfully and said, "Will he fight, thinking that he will get carried away after winning once?" Bah, I've won so many times, what did we say? ”

Speaking of this, he turned his head to look at Huang Taiji and said loudly: "Father, between the sons and ministers, or we will throw one of King Nade's people back, tell the Emperor of Ming, hurry up and surrender unconditionally, otherwise, the sons are willing to lead the troops to bring the harem of the dog emperor!" ”

To tell the truth, after Huang Taiji himself listened to Ying Erdai's advice, he also had this feeling of Haoge, and felt that the emperor of the Ming Kingdom did not know how to fight at all. It's just that he won a battle, and he was so arrogant that he wanted the Qing Dynasty to surrender unconditionally, I really don't know how inflated he is?

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard Fan Wencheng speak: "Your Majesty, the slave thinks that it is better to take this opportunity to release King De and others to go back, and give Ming Guo an impression that my Qing Dynasty has softened." In this way, they will be paralyzed. Then, the sudden start of the Korean war should have a miraculous effect! ”

Huang Taiji listened, nodded and said: "North Korea, this white-eyed wolf, I have lost confidence, since they are unjust, let me blame me for being unkind." The preliminary preparations, it is estimated that it is about the same. Then, according to what Fan Qing said, while paralyzing the Ming army, prepare to launch a war against North Korea! ”

In this way, Huang Taiji made a decision, and then immediately began to deploy troops.

And Ying Erdai and others, who were not guilty of war, were involved by North Korea's pig teammates, so they had that defeat, so Huang Taiji was not held accountable.

The holy decree of Huang Taiji has been issued, mobilization has begun in various places, and the construction captives scattered in various places have begun to assemble.

Dolgon led the army to garrison Tashan to guard against the Ming army on the front line of Ningjin, and at the same time sent an envoy, saying that he wanted to release King De and negotiate terms with the Ming State.

Jin Guofeng, the general of Jinzhou, naturally has no right to call the shots in this matter, and immediately reported to the Jiliao Governor's Mansion on the side of Shanhaiguan.

On Lushun's side, after Dai Shan got the will, he immediately sent a messenger to Lushun, saying that he wanted to release King De and negotiate conditions with Mingguo.

Li Guo, who was stationed in Lushun, also had no right to call the shots, so he immediately sent a clipper to report to Phi Dao and asked Lu Xiangsheng to decide the matter.

At the same time, the Jianyu army, which invaded the territory of Korea from time to time, also began to shrink and return to Liaodong. At the same time, rumors spread that the Qing Emperor was warned by the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom, and he was afraid in his heart, so he made concessions to a certain extent, hoping that the Ming Kingdom would let the Qing Dynasty go.

This rumor made the North Koreans who heard it overjoyed, and they immediately flew to Seoul. When the Korean monarchs and ministers heard the news, they were all overjoyed. However, out of an abundance of caution, they also sent a messenger to the Phi Island to find out what was going on.

According to the news received, Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Baoding of the Ming Dynasty, had left Phi Dao and went to Lushun to negotiate the release of the Ming vassal king back to the Ming State at the request of Jianyu.

It can be seen from this that Jianyu seems to be really sincere in surrendering to Daming. For this reason, the Korean monarchs and ministers were very happy.

However, they didn't know that Jianyu had secretly gathered the largest number of troops and was making final preparations.

Fortunately, the entire intention of the Manchu Qing was clearly known by Emperor Chongzhen. Therefore, he immediately responded to the situation in Liaodong.

Lu Xiangsheng's side is inconvenient to contact, even if a messenger is sent to deliver the news to Lu Xiangsheng, it is estimated that it will be too late.

On the Shanhaiguan side, there is no problem. But Jianyu's countermeasures are just to stabilize the Shanhaiguan side, and he will not use swords, even if he is not notified, it will not be much of a problem.

The real purpose of Jianyu this time is to destroy North Korea, and the other is to eat Lu Xiangsheng's department. This matter must not be allowed to succeed.

Originally, Emperor Chongzhen thought that there would be another year and a half, and he would continue to train the three battalions under the command of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and then talk about the crusade against Liaodong. But now that the situation in Liaodong has taken a turn for the worse, I didn't expect that Huang Taiji to be so bold, if he doesn't move, he will do big things.

After thinking about it for a long time, Emperor Chongzhen made a decision and suddenly announced that he would lead the three major battalions to the expedition again.

The news came very suddenly. However, if you really think about it, there are signs to follow.

Suddenly, there were police reports along the Great Wall. And the emperor had led his troops out before and annihilated the Hetao Tartars in one fell swoop. Now that he is going out again, he is familiar with the way.

Although there were some people in the court who objected, Emperor Chongzhen's prestige was already high at this time, and no one could stop the arbitrary decision.

Just when Huang Taiji personally came to the army to march to the Korean border, Emperor Chongzhen also led the three battalions out of the Beijing Division.

The first direct contest between Emperor Taiji and Emperor Chongzhen was staged in the fourteenth year of Chongzhen.

Chongzhen eavesdropping system

Chongzhen eavesdropping system