The development of the domestic situation in the Ming Dynasty also attracted the attention of Huang Taiji, he did not expect that the Ming court would be defeated so quickly, according to this, the Ming Dynasty will die under Li Zicheng in less than two years, if once Li Zicheng sits firmly in the country, it will be difficult to clean up. Wang Qiang founded the Taiping Sect and developed his own power, all of which did not escape the eyes of Huang Taiji, which made him feel even more uneasy, and through a long follow-up investigation of Wang Qiang, he believed that Wang Qiang was likely to become the main obstacle to the unification of the Central Plains by the Qing Dynasty, and could not let him have enough time to develop his own power. He decided to immediately launch an attack on the Ming army outside the Guanwai to clear the way to the Central Plains.

On this day, Emperor Taiji convened a meeting of the emperor to discuss the battle against the Ming army.

He sat on the throne and said to everyone: "Everyone, now that the Ming Dynasty has seen great chaos in the country, Li Zicheng's forces are developing rapidly, and the time has come for us to march into the Central Plains. There are so many main forces in the Ming court, one is the remnant military force of the Ming court, mainly Hong Chengchou in Jinzhou, Wu Sangui in Shanhaiguan, Sun Chuanting in Shaanxi, and Zuo Liangyu in the Jiangnan garrison, etc., the army of the Ming court is scattered, morale is low, the generals are incompetent, and it is not difficult to defeat them; The other force is the peasant army of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, whose power has swelled rapidly, and the ideas they put forward have won the hearts of the people, and the morale of the army is high, and the combat effectiveness is strong, which is the most important enemy of our unification of the Central Plains; There is also a force is the Taiping Sect founded by Wang Qiang, although they have just started and have not yet formed any climate, but their development momentum is very strong, and Wang Qiang is a scheming person, outstanding talent, after a long time, once he sits big, it is difficult to deal with. With regard to these forces, we must adopt different methods to defeat each of them, and at the same time we must make use of and create contradictions between them, so as to sweep away the Central Plains and reduce resistance. Let me tell you what you think. ”

Duoduo took the lead and said: "I think we can sweep away the Hong Chengchou Department in Jinzhou, Liaoxi, the Ming army here is scattered and the troops are weak, as long as we suddenly launch an attack and destroy this Ming army, Weichen asks for an order to lead troops to recover Liaoxi." "Duoduo was deliberately defeated and withdrew from Liaoxi on the order of Emperor Taiji, bent on regaining face, so he took the initiative to ask for an order to go on the expedition.

Huang Taiji nodded and smiled, but did not speak.

Dolgon said: "Although the official army of Liaoxi is at a disadvantage, Hong Chengchou is old and treacherous, and he has been on the battlefield for a long time, so he should not underestimate the enemy. In addition, tens of thousands of elites of the Ming Army's Wu Sangui Department were stationed in Shanhaiguan, and they could rush to Jinzhou at any time, and they had to be guarded against. Therefore, our army must send a powerful detour to force Shanhaiguan to threaten the Beijing Division, so that Wu Sangui will not dare to aid Jin, and our army can win the battle of Liaoxi. ”

Huang Taiji nodded and smiled: "This is to the point, Hong Chengchou is old and unwilling to fight, he will definitely give up Liaoxi and stick to Jinzhou, and then he will inevitably ask the imperial court to rescue or ask to retreat to Shanhaiguan." And Wu Sangui, who is the head of the rat at both ends, has the heart of supporting the army and self-respect, and is inevitably unwilling to rescue Hong Chengchou. So we entered Shanhaiguan to threaten the Jingshi, and gave Wu Sangui a reason to stay still. In addition, the last time we gave up Liaoxi, the army was defeated, Chongzhen must think that the Qing army is vulnerable, we have to send people to Beijing to spread rumors, just say that Hong Chengchou has the intention of surrendering to the Qing, is deliberately to give Liaoxi to us, so that Chongzhen is suspicious of Hong Chengchou, cut off his way back. Although Hong Chengchou is old, he has a good way of dealing with Li Zicheng's peasant army, and it would be great if we could force him to surrender. In addition, we must also use force to coerce Wu Sangui and lure high-ranking officials to try to prevent him from becoming our enemy. ”

Fan Wencheng said: "The xenophobia of the Han people is very heavy, and once they surrender to foreigners, they are scolded as traitors and have a bad reputation. Therefore, I suggest that we choose a good time to enter the Central Plains, and that we should find a reason for the Han people to accept, so that we can win more Han people to cooperate with us. ”

Huang Taiji said: "What Mr. Fan said is very true, I think it will not take long for Li Zicheng to completely subvert the Ming Dynasty, and then we will march into the Central Plains in the name of helping the Ming Dynasty to eliminate the rebels, so that we can get the support of the remnants of the Ming court, and also give these people an excuse to surrender to us, and it will be easier for the Han people to accept it." ”

His proposal was unanimously agreed.

Huang Taiji continued: "How should this Taiping Sect deal with it? According to our insider report, the teachings of the Taiping Sect are centered on fighting our Manchu Qing Dynasty, and they regard us as mortal enemies. Moreover, this Wang Qiang also pretended to trust God to grant him divine power in order to incite the congregation, and Wang Qiang also told everyone that he was a fake eunuch to appease people's hearts. Isn't that worrying? ”

Dolgon said, "Yes, this king is secretive, cautious, and extremely strict in controlling the people around him. His personal protection is also very good, he doesn't go out of the mansion all day, and there is a very powerful guard to protect him, and there is an old monk with high martial arts in the mansion to guard, if you want to assassinate him secretly, it is very difficult to do. ”

Lian Bai said: "It's not easy, this little eunuch is doing another set behind Chongzhen's back, and he also says that he is a fake eunuch, as long as we publicize this, Chongzhen will naturally kill him, and save us from doing it." ”

Dolgon said: "I'm afraid this is inappropriate, his creation of the religion and the fact that he is a fake eunuch was only secretly announced in a small area, and it was not publicly announced, if we say it, it will be equivalent to telling Wang Qiang that there are our people among his cronies, and we have easily inserted an inside line into it, so it is better not to lose it easily." In addition, he said that he was a fake eunuch, and it was probably an invitation to buy people's hearts, otherwise he would have been in the palace for so long, it would be impossible not to be discovered, I guess he was a eunuch. ”

Fan Wencheng said: "In the Ming Dynasty, due to the eunuchs' chaotic government, the people's grievances are great, and as a eunuch, he can't be passed down to the world, he can't be the master, and everyone doesn't want to follow, so I also think that Wang Qiang said that he was a fake eunuch is a deception, if we preach it to him, it will help him." In addition, since Wang Qiang has broken away from the Ming court and established himself, I am afraid that Chongzhen will no longer be able to control him, and the militia in the Tongzhou Special Administrative Region is the armed force he controls, and now that the Ming court is weak, Chongzhen can't wait to reactivate Wang Qiang, so Chongzhen will not kill him. ”

Huang Taiji said: "Yes, Wang Qiang's move is very clever, while Tao is obscure, while wantonly expanding his power, once the world is in chaos, he will openly set up a banner against us." But everyone in the world knows that he is a eunuch, just because he says that not many people will believe it, not to mention that he doesn't have a man's thing, even if he really has, he can't take it out and show it in front of the world! ”

"Hahahaha," everyone laughed smugly.

Huang Taiji continued: "So when we go around, as long as we go around proclaiming that he is a real eunuch and exposing his lies to deceive the world, naturally no one will be willing to follow him." In addition, now that he is vigorously expanding his power, we just take this opportunity to send more people into the Taiping Sect to try to control some of these forces, so that once we fight with Wang Qiang in the future, these people can be used as internal responses, and even directly used by us to pacify the world. In addition, whether Wang Qiang is a eunuch is very important, we still have to find a way to understand clearly, I think we can send Xian'er to Wang Qiang's side, as long as Xian'er comes out, I am afraid that Wang Qiang will soon be able to find out! Mr. Fan, you can arrange this matter. ”

"Yes!" Fan Wencheng hugged his fists and took his life.

After the meeting, everyone dispersed, Huang Taiji looked at the back of a few people leaving, suddenly felt a palpitation, cold sweat broke out on his head, these days, this situation happens frequently, the palace doctor said that he was tired, I hope he can rest and recuperate, Huang Taiji sighed in his heart: "The great plan of the Qing Dynasty to set the Central Plains has reached a critical moment, how can I rest and recuperate?" Bear with me. ”

Five days later, the 200,000-strong Manchu army suddenly launched an attack on the Ming army in western Liaoning, and the Battle of Liaojin began.