Dolgon really didn't guess wrong, it was the striker's main general Turg who sent someone back: "Report, the striker is close to victory, and the horse detective knows that there are many Ming army banners in the nearby big city, and it seems that there are surrounding Ming troops to help." Which way to go next? ”

Jianyu's understanding of the terrain on this side of the Ming Dynasty mainly comes from the maps provided by the Jin merchants. Originally, they just took a look around, and according to the situation on the ground, they chose to go to Tianjin or go around to the west of the triangle.

But now that Turg has come to report that the Ming city on the west side of the triangle is heavily guarded, Dolgon doesn't have the time and interest to be interested in which Ming army is in the big city, and what is the combat effectiveness?

In this case, just go directly from Tianjin. Farther away from the Ming Jingshi, even if there were soldiers in Tianjin, with the strength of the Qing army, they could still be intimidated and did not dare to leave the city.

For Dolgon at this time, he had no interest in fighting the Ming army again. Now, what he is most concerned about is to bring the looted population and materials back to Liaodong safely, which is a great achievement, and this entry into the customs can be regarded as a complete merit.

Therefore, he directly ordered Turg to go along the east bank of the triangle, that is, to continue along the canal north.

Dolgon didn't know that there were not so many Ming troops in the city of Dacheng. Instead, Lu Xiangsheng's side quickly ordered this side to bluff, just to ensure that the Manchu army could continue to follow the canal and take the road from Tianjin.

In the rear of Jianyu's army, as soon as Haoge led the army and Yue Tuo, he immediately asked, "How is your side, do you still need me to reinforce you?" ”

"No need!" When Yue Tuo heard this, he immediately shook his head and said, "The Ming army has no chance to do anything to us at all, and they are watched by Tanma!" ”

They had a large number of cavalry, and they scattered far away, which directly shielded the Ming army from not collecting the specific situation of the Qing Dynasty team at night. On the contrary, it was the Ming army's own side, which was clearly seen by the Qing Dynasty.

"Ah, that's a mess!" When Hauge heard this, he said a little unhappily, "I was driven over, but there is nothing to do, how boring!" Why don't we ambush them once? ”

When Yue Tuo heard this, he shook his head and said: "The commander of the Ming army is Lu Xiangsheng, although he is brave in fighting, he is still cautious in doing things, and he will not rush to pursue without confirmation at night." ”

"Haha, that's true, after all, our Qing army is not vegetarian!" When Hauge heard this, he laughed and said, "I have been taught a lot of lessons, and Minggou will be obedient!" ”

After finishing speaking, he suddenly thought of something, and said to Yue Tuo again: "Why don't we go and kill for a while?" Break this tail, so that it will be easier, there is no need to worry about this, worry about that, and even let me strengthen the back, really! ”

Hearing this, you don't have to guess to know that Haug is complaining about Dorgon. He is the only one who would complain about Dolgon so much, and he would not dare to change Yuetuo.

Regarding Haoge's suggestion, he still shook his head and said: "Don't, now it's better to have more than one thing, Uncle Wang has repeatedly emphasized that as long as we bring these livestock and materials back to Liaodong, it will be a great achievement!" ”

Speaking of this, he saw that Haoge still wanted to speak, so he hurriedly added first: "Moreover, the Ming army behind is not a weak army, and it can be defeated by us casually!" If this were the case, I would have gone to kill you a long time ago! ”

Hearing this, the corners of Hauge's mouth twitched, and he seemed to be a little disdainful. So, he immediately heard Yue Tuo's rambling again: "The combat power of the Yongwei Battalion, have you seen it?" Now that they are guarding the Chinese army in the back, as well as the Qin soldiers, I can assure you that this is definitely a strong army. was deployed in the rear by Lu Xiangsheng. Their vanguard is the fragile army. Any idea why it's not so deployed? It's just to use these weak soldiers as a warning, you know? Lu Xiangsheng defended us with this move! ”

When Haoge heard this, he remembered that he had fought with the Yongwei Battalion, and he had to admit in his heart that Huang Degong, Sun Yingyuan and others were indeed brave. At the same time, he also knew that Yue Tuo had about 5,000 infantry troops, which were folded in the hands of Qin Bing, even if he thought that if he came, he would not fold, but it did not prevent him from feeling that Qin Bing was indeed powerful.

So, the matter mentioned in passing, that's it.

None of them knew that now in their rear, Lu Xiangsheng had no strong troops at all, and all the elite people had been transferred. The Yongwei Battalion and the Qin soldiers they saw from a distance were actually fake. If at this time, Yue Tuo listened to Haoge and led his troops to rush and kill for a while, Lu Xiangsheng might die in their hands. And this is also the reason why Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting sincerely asked Lu Xiangsheng to take care. Because his side is actually more dangerous than the two of them.

There is a saying that the master is beaten to death by punching indiscriminately. It is also a loss of Yue Tuo's sanity, otherwise if Haoge leads the army alone, his reckless character may be hit by mistake.

So, in Jianyu's opinion, the Ming army had nothing to do with them, so they could only follow them. Hauge had heard Azig talk about his entry into the customs before, so he was instructing his subordinates to make signs, and was ready to write words like "All armies are exempt, see you next time" and laugh at the Han dog behind him.

Yue Tuo didn't care about this, just smiled and watched Hauge tossing there. It's actually good to be able to humiliate the Han dog! He thought to himself.

Dolgon, the commander of the Manchu army, naturally kept track of the movements of the rear army at all times. In fact, most of his mind was placed on the rear army, because Lu Xiangsheng was there! He was relieved that there was no movement all the time.

As for the western direction of the army, the horses were also scattered far away, hundreds of miles away, and no abnormalities were found.

Just walking, on this day, the striker Turg finally came with the news, saying that he would arrive in Tianjin soon, and Weihe was in front.

This is an important place to return to the north, Dolgon was not sloppy, let Turg first send an army, besiege the city of Tianjin, and then let the people and supplies of the Ming Kingdom cross the river.

At this time, the Wei River, of course, was also frozen. But it is a bit troublesome to pass through countless people, as well as vehicles and supplies, and it is necessary to lay a sufficient number of planks to prevent the ice from breaking. In short, several passages need to be erected to cross the river.

When Turg received Dolgon's orders, he immediately got busy. On the one hand, he sent an infantry army to besiege the city of Tianjin. After that, there was no hurry to start laying the river crossing. During this waiting time, he also deliberately crossed the river to see the situation of the Ming army in Tianjin.

At this time, Tianjin City was actually not big. The heads and banners of the Ming army on the head of the city were not particularly numerous. Based on Turg's understanding of the Ming Kingdom, the Ming army in it was probably only about five or six thousand people. This kind of local army is enough to defend the city, and it will never dare to go out of the city to attack the Qing army.

However, he didn't know that in the arrow tower at the head of Tianjin, there was a pair of eyes watching him at the same time, watching the Manchu army in the distance busily erecting a passage across the river.

After looking at it for a while, I saw this person turn his head and order the generals around him: "Pass the order, it's all hidden for the official, and it is strictly forbidden to have extra fireworks, as long as these two days have passed, a great achievement is in front of you, understand?" ”

"Understood, Lord Zhongcheng!" Several generals immediately responded, and then immediately went down to give the order.

This Lord Zhongcheng, needless to say, is Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi. He took the elite infantry army, under the transportation of animal power, one step ahead of the Manchu Qing Tartars, rushed to Tianjin City, hid in it and waited for the opportunity.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen, who was far away in Beijing, lost the opportunity to understand the war for the first time, because Wang Chengen followed Lu Xiangsheng's side, and Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou were separated.

However, he didn't have much to worry about, after all, he had done his best, and from the information he had so far, everything was going according to Lu Xiangsheng's plan, and after following him for so many days, the Manchu Tartars didn't notice anything abnormal at all.

Originally, Emperor Chongzhen was still a little worried that if he supported the frontline with such a large force, would there be a traitor to inform. But then I think about it, it doesn't seem possible. The people who contacted the Manchus in the Guannai were actually Jin merchants who were engaged in smuggling business. And the Jin merchants in Jingshi have been arrested by themselves taking advantage of the Xungui case.

Also, the Manchu army returned to the north and took what route, these things, it was impossible for the Jin merchants to know. Every day is marching, in addition to the fact that the army can find out the news of each other, even if there is a traitor, it may not be possible to find the Tartar and report it in time.

Thinking of these things, Emperor Chongzhen thought of Fan Yongzheng and Fan Fu who were arrested in Dongchang Prison. Hehe, when the war is over, it's time to clean up after you.

So, he recruited Cao Huachun, the governor of Dongchang, to ask about the situation.

"Your Majesty, that Fan Yongzheng has been shouting grievances." Cao Huachun played, "It was said that he didn't collude with the palace, but he just had a good relationship with those two people, and he knew each other before he entered the palace. I usually have a small talk with them, but I didn't expect them to do something in the palace, he really didn't let them do it, he didn't know! ”

"Oh? Hehe! When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help but laugh angrily, "Now I don't admit to colluding with the palace, think about it, this crime, just a businessman can't bear it!" ”

"Your Majesty, if you let Dongchang use the means, you won't believe him and won't recruit him." Cao Huachun said with confidence, "It's useless for him to be stubborn alone, others and so on, there will always be someone who will recruit him." ”

When he was arrested before, Emperor Chongzhen had explained that these people were still useful when they turned around, so Dongchang didn't use any means, just inquired as usual.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen had already taken his mind back from the front line and began to think about the aftermath of the war. I heard him say to Cao Huachun in a cold voice: "These Jin merchants also have a very serious crime, that is, being captive. Although you have used means to conclude the trial of the captivity, I will give you another piece of news about the relevant matters. In addition, I went to Jinyiwei and asked someone to testify, her name is Gao Qingxue, it was Jinyiwei's secret agent who rescued her from Jianyu, and asked her to convey the matter of the Jin merchants' captives, and the Jin merchants who went to the Jianyu army were Fan Yongdou, the brother of Fan Yongzheng. ”

Cao Huachun has never heard of this. When I heard it at this time, I suddenly realized it in my heart. No wonder the emperor is so well-informed, he even arranged the Jinyi Wei secret agent into the Jianyu army! From this point of view, the East Factory is too far behind, but it must not be compared to Jinyiwei.

So, he hurriedly agreed, and secretly decided in his heart that the matter of the Jin merchants' capture must be perfectly explained to the emperor.

Cao Huachun saw that the emperor had nothing else to explain, so he took the initiative to play to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the slave maid has checked the sincerity of the uncle, and has not found that he has committed adultery, compared to other nobles, it is very clean. ”

"Oh, I didn't expect that there was really a special case among the nobles!" When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was happy in his heart, so he praised it with a smile.

Cao Huachun knew that this news would make the emperor happy, so he also said with a smile: "It is said that sincerity has been passed down by the ancestors, and it is strictly forbidden for future generations to violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty, let alone use the ancestors' yin virtue to show off their might, keep a low profile in everything, and focus on learning." ”

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen remembered that the first generation of sincere Boke was the famous Liu Bowen, it seems that he is a scholar, and he is really the smartest, compared to those military generals, although he has the merit of founding the country, he also maintains a clear mind.

In later generations, it is said that Zhu Yuanzhang slaughtered heroes, but few people mention that those heroes who followed Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the world, especially those military generals, jumped from mud legs to the rank of princes, and many people relied on their own merits to begin to fly high, and the things of bullying men and women were not less, which has affected Zhu Yuanzhang's rule.

I have to say that the consciousness of the ancient peasants was not as high as that of later generations. From the bottom of nothing, jumping to a high position at once, there are not too many things to get carried away. Zhu Yuanzhang was okay at that time, he had already won the world, and there were no strong enemies around. And Zhu Yuanzhang himself has a clear understanding, and he used an iron-blooded hand to suppress those people, but the titles of many heroes were inherited by their children and grandchildren.

In the original history, Li Zicheng could have followed Zhu Yuanzhang's example, from the bottom to the emperor, but it is a pity that in the case of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the great enemy, they did not know clearly, did not have a clear mind, and once they gained power, they were unscrupulous, and the result was that the Manchu Qing Dynasty was cheaper and picked the fruits of victory, which is really regrettable for future generations.

These thoughts flashed through Emperor Chongzhen's mind, and at this time, he decided that if Jinyiwei's reply said that this sincere uncle was like what Cao Huachun said, he was ready to give him a seed of eavesdropping, and then let him lead the Beijing camp.

Of course, Emperor Chongzhen still wants to come by himself to rectify the affairs of the Jingying, but it will take a long time until the rectification of the Imperial Horse Prison is completed.

He was thinking about this, and on the front line, the war was already on the verge of breaking out. It's just that the Manchu army itself doesn't know.

At this time, the Manchu army, 5,000 men and horses, surrounded Tianjin City, of course, it was only a semi-encirclement, mainly to prevent Tianjin City from having ideas about them crossing the river. In addition, the horses have also spread out for more than ten or twenty miles, and if there is a situation in the surrounding area, they can also react in time and take corresponding actions.

There were about 10,000 Jianyu troops who crossed the Wei River first, and then stopped a big circle, and then let the people of the Ming Dynasty cross the river, and settled in the big circle first, and after everyone had passed, they continued to go north.

Truckloads of materials, truckloads of gold, silver, jewelry, and other property were also placed in a large circle after crossing the river, surrounding the people of the Ming Kingdom to prevent them from escaping.

On the north bank of the Wei River, there are more and more people. Even the Chinese military banner of the Manchu army has already appeared on the south bank.

Sun Chuanting, who was hidden in Tianjin City, estimated the situation in his heart, and knew that it was almost there.