Taking any of Jinzhou and Yizhou is considered to have completed the task, this is indeed said by the apocalypse, no matter how bold Ni Yuanlu is, he will not dare to falsely preach the holy decree, so Chen Qiyu is convinced of Ni Yuanlu's words, and while believing it, he also envies Ni Yuanlu's interpersonal relationships. There is a teacher who the emperor trusts very much, and he himself is also valued by the emperor and entrusted with important tasks, his wife is also a female official in Princess Ningde's mansion, and she also hugged a smooth little wife home in the fire, which is too lucky.

Tianqi is most afraid that the Ming army will attack Jinzhou when it is forced to do so, Jinzhou City has thick walls and sufficient food, Li Yongfang and other stubborn enemies are stuck in a desperate situation but do not surrender, the defensive weapons are many and sharp, cannons, hard crossbows, oil fire chains, fire cages, etc. are very well prepared, and in this case, a strong attack is tantamount to death. There are 20,000 people in Jinzhou City, even if the Ming army, which has always been timid, suddenly becomes not afraid of death, then even if the Ming army finally captures Jinzhou City, it is estimated that the number of deaths will not be less than 20,000. People are all equal, no one is more lowly and naturally deserves to die, knowing that at least 20,000 people will die and command people to die, so who is damned?

If it is said that there will be a big change in taking Jinzhou, then it is forgivable to sacrifice one's life, but now even if Jinzhou is taken, it will not change much for the Ming army, the battle line has lengthened the defensive ground and advanced, and that's it. For the Jurchens, although Jinzhou is more critical, but for the Ming army, Jinzhou is not so valuable, even if it is captured, it is not easy to defend, Huang Taiji can surround Jinzhou at any time, and if he is happy, he may come to a siege point to help. There is no need to hold a city that can be surrounded by enemies at any time, and of course there is no need to take your life to storm it, this is the consideration of the apocalypse.

Before Ni Yuanlu left, Tianqi specifically asked him how to take Jinzhou, and Ni Yuanlu said that his new cannon had a long range and could be used to suppress the enemy on the head of Jinzhou City, and then attack with fire or water depending on the situation. When the apocalypse heard it, he felt that it was unreliable, the effect of fire attack and water attack in winter was limited, and the premise was to suppress the enemy on the city so that he could not fire cannons, which seemed a bit wishful thinking. If the water attack and fire attack are useless at that time, it is difficult to say whether the red-eyed soldiers will desperately go to erect ladders and hit the city gates, and the loss of troops will be inevitable.

In order to avoid the situation he was worried about, Tianqi set a rule for Ni Yuanlu, that is, it is not allowed to use the lives of soldiers to attack the city, if the death of the two sides is one for one, it can be tolerated, but if the lives of two or three people are exchanged for one of the enemy, then it is absolutely not possible, let alone have such a plan. When Ni Yuanlu complained bitterly, Tianqi allowed him to occupy one of the two cities of Jinzhou and Yizhou, but this rule must be observed, and all the generals must be informed. It was precisely after listening to this rule of the Apocalypse that Man Gui, Zu Dashou and others would agree to Ni Yuanlu's experiment with the water dragon cannon, and they would use the ordinary method of defending the city as a backup means.

As soon as Ni Yuanlu came, he found that Jinzhou City was not easy to take, but fortunately, Li Yongfang took the initiative to give up Yizhou, which was equivalent to having completed the task, which made Ni Yuanlu very happy, but he didn't say anything. Ni Yuanlu also has an idea to expand the results of the battle, he knows that one person is short and the other is long, pretending to say that he still wants to take Jinzhou and let Zhang Xiangan and Chen Qiyu find a way, who knows that neither of them has a good way to win in a short time and not many dead people, Ni Yuanlu only said that he planned to stick to Yizhou and repair Guancheng.

Tianqi and Sun Chengzong did not only focus on capturing Jinzhou, or even only on capturing Gaizhou to unite the Ming armies in western and southern Liaoning, but after repeated discussions, they came up with a way to use their strength, that is, to let the Mongols and Jurchens fight. It turned out that the Ming army and the Jurchens negotiated a truce, and the Mongols also sent things to each other to make friendship, when the Jurchens and the Mongols fought each other, the Ming army was very idle and comfortable, Lin Dan Khan or intentionally or unintentionally ran away, so that the Ming army, which was already itching, fought with the Jurchens, Lin Dan Khan ran to the side to look at the scenery, and the apocalypse decided to drag Lin Dan Khan in.

In early December, not long after Jinzhou and Jinzhou started fighting at the same time, Tianqi got information that Huang Taiji, who had gone north to resist Mongolia, was coming back, and at this time, Tianqi knew that Lin Dan Khan had not really fought with Huang Taiji, which was equivalent to passing the baton of fighting with the Jurchens. After careful discussion with Sun Chengzong, Tianqi sent people to escort several carts of gifts to Zhaocheng, where Lin Dan Khan was stationed, according to the intelligence, Lin Dan Khan drove all the captive people and livestock across the Yellow River, and scattered them on the Ordos grassland with the Ordos and Tumuts who were originally there, and he himself and the army were stationed in the vicinity of Zhaocheng, ready to meet the surprise attack of the Jurchens at any time.

If you have attacked others, you have to guard against others to retaliate, but Lin Dan Khan did not mean to guard against the sneak attack of the Ming army, he put the herdsmen's livestock on the Ordos grassland, that is, the Great Wall looked at his rear edge, which was similar to the idea of the apocalypse. Since Altan Khan accepted the title of King Shunyi of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army and the Mongols basically did not fight a major battle, and the Ming Dynasty and the Mongols would have a small alliance under the attack of the Jurchens. This is also the reason why the apocalypse asked the messenger to send gifts to prompt Lin Dan Khan to send troops, and he also had an option to unite with the Jurchens to eliminate the Mongols, but because they were too familiar and had friendships, they were embarrassed to start.

The messenger sent by the Apocalypse is Lin Dan Khan's old friend, the current governor of Jizhou, Wang Huazhen, Wang Huazhen first went to Shanxi from Datong, and then walked more than 200 miles to the northwest, and when he came to Zhaocheng, it was already mid-December, and when he arrived in Zhaocheng, he happened to hear that Lin Dan Khan had just returned. Hearing that the Ming Dynasty had given him gifts again, Lin Dan Khan personally met Wang Huazhen with a slightly tired body, despite the fact that he had just traveled thousands of miles on the Mongolian steppe.

The Mongolians have the freshness of the Mongolians, and after the guests and hosts sat on the soft wool blankets and drank hot milk tea, Lin Dan Khan asked directly: "It's really gratifying to hear that Lord Wang has been used again, but I'm afraid Lord Wang came to visit in person not only to send us things, right?" We're all old friends, so if we have something to say, just say it. ”

Wang Huazhen said: "The Great Khan is really fast-talking, I heard that the Great Khan has made some benefits by running thousands of miles, so let's congratulate the Great Khan first." After saying that, he arched his hand.

Lin Dan Khan said in his heart that the officials of the Ming Dynasty were not happy, and they didn't say anything directly, and their hard-earned income on this trip was limited, and the Ming Dynasty would not be able to look at it, so he said tentatively: "Those are what I should, but I just took them back from the Jurchens, and Lord Wang will give you some lambskins when it is not easy to leave, and wear them on your body to be extra warm, please don't refuse." ”

Wang Huazhen said: "Thank you for the good intentions of the Great Khan, because I have to rush back for the New Year because there is not much time, so to tell the truth, please don't blame the Great Khan." The emperor knew that the Great Khan had just gone east, so he specially asked me to ask the Great Khan, that is, is the Great Khan ready to go east again? ”

Seeing Wang Huazhen's strange question, Lin Dan Khan's brother Tubahai, who was sitting next to him, asked, "What if you want to go?" What if you don't go? ”

Wang Huazhen said: "In the first half of the year, we restored Huining City, and now it has been repaired and garrisoned with troops to defend, I wanted to continue to occupy Daning City to the north and then restore Quanning City, and extend the strength of the Ming army to the foot of the Great Xing'an Mountains, but I have some scruples, so I want to ask the Great Khan to avoid inconvenience." ”

Lin Dan Khan asked, "What are you afraid of?" Besides, stretching out for so long, aren't you afraid that the Jurchens will eat your troops one bite at a time? ”

Wang Huazhen shook her head and said: "In the past, we often lost because of natural disasters, the rebellion in the south dragged hundreds of thousands of troops, increased the burden on the imperial court, and there were also loose military equipment, lack of training and weapons and armor of soldiers. Now that the emperor has eliminated the tired and weak brigades, increased weapons and equipment, and strengthened the training of soldiers, the Jurchen has not been able to give full play to his advantages, and he is not afraid of him at all. Don't hide it from the Great Khan that we have now done it with the Jurchens in Jinzhou and Jinzhou, and Huang Taiji is tired of running for his life without caring about the left and right, and it is a matter of time before they are dragged down and dragged to death. ”

As soon as Lin Dan Khan heard Wang Huazhen say that he was interfering with the Han people, he immediately turned his head to look at Tubahai, thinking that his brother had done something restless some time ago. Tubahai hurriedly said: "We haven't moved at all for a while, Lord Wang, are you mistaken?" ”

Wang Huazhen smiled and said: "I didn't make it clear, I started to say that the people who inserted the Han Department meant that those people were originally inserted into the Han Department, and later fought with the Jurchens, because Huang Taiji could not divide the army, so now Daning City is occupied by these people." The intelligence said that these people who occupied Daning City for Huang Taiji were all people who originally intervened in the Han Department, the Ao Han Department and the Naiman Department, and I don't know if they had any plans for these Great Khans? ”

Lin Dan Khan thought for a moment and smiled, he said, "Does the emperor of the Ming Dynasty want us to help you?" The Jurchens are bound hand and foot, and your army is not like this? Am I right, Lord Wang? ”

Wang Huazhen shook his head and said: "I have a lot of Ming troops, and a while ago I let many soldiers retire and go home to work and farm, and some of them have been enriched to the northwest, southeast and other places, which shows how many soldiers I have in the Ming Dynasty." The emperor said that Daning turned out to be the Great Khan, and you lived, and the Ao Han and Naiman tribes were your subordinates, although they were confused for a while and took refuge in the Jurchens, but do you know that the Han did not have a little incense for them? If the Great Khan felt that he had nothing to do with these people anymore, and did not want to go east to fight the Jurchens, then we would resolutely eliminate the Jurchens and their accomplices, and then build forts all the way from Huining, Daning, and Quanning. ”

Lin Dan Khan thought for a while and said, "I know what you mean, you want to fight a decisive battle with the Jurchens, but you're worried that after the fight, we Mongols will come to occupy the territory, right?" ”

Wang Huazhen said: "We have an ancient saying that the villain comes first and then the gentleman, and I really don't want to fight to the death with you Mongols after a bloody battle with the Jurchens. ”

Lin Dan Khan said: "I won't go back to Daning, but I still want to fight for those people there, just as Lord Wang said at the beginning, there are always some incense, they are all the descendants of Genghis Khan, I can't see them go slanted and don't care." ”

Wang Huazhen asked: "The so-called soldiers are fast, I don't know when the Great Khan will start to use soldiers?" If the Great Khan is willing, we can outflank him along the Great Ling River and cut off his return route back to the Liaohe Plain, and then the Great Khan can press it up with the momentum of Mount Tai, and most of them will return to the command of the Great Khan when there is no way back. ”

Lin Dan Khan was overjoyed and said: "If the Ming army is willing to cooperate with me, I will send troops in three days." ”

Wang Huazhen said: "Back then, I made an appointment with the Great Khan to stay in Guangning, but I lost the appointment and lost Guangning, in order to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, I still made an appointment first, and when the Great Khan did not come, we will do it ourselves." ”

Lin Dan Khan said: "Don't take the old things in mind, Lord Wang, just set your Chinese New Year's Eve to attack what do you think?" Lord Wang is afraid that he will miss the deadline again, so he will send someone to go with me, and the person you sent will deliver the message when the time comes. ”

Wang Huazhen said: "Then it is a word, but it is better to write that it is approved by the Great Khan himself, and it will be reported to the emperor when he goes back." ”