After the cold winter, the snow-capped north ushered in a warm spring, the ice and snow melted, the spring flowers bloomed, and everything began to recover. The people were busy farming, the merchants were busy making money, and the Dongjiang army began to gather in Liaodong after a short training.

The 200,000-strong army, under the leadership of Cheng Zuo, passed through Datong from Jingshi and then was stationed at Jiayuguan. The plan to attack Jinguo, which had been waiting for half a winter, was finally implemented at this moment. Chen Jisheng, who was unwilling to be lonely, couldn't sit still in Liaodong, and after asking Mao Wenlong for instructions, he also led 10,000 cavalry to Jiayuguan to join Chengzuo's army.

The large-scale assembly of the Dongjiang army at Jiayuguan immediately alarmed the cautious Huang Taiji, and after learning the news, he wanted to die. It turns out that retribution has come, and Mao Wenlong is still not ready to let himself go in the end.

Fortunately, Huang Taiji did not sit still for most of the winter, and he was also preparing for the arrival of the Dongjiang Army as much as possible every day. In order to resist the invasion of foreign enemies, he also overcame all difficulties, won the consent of those tribal elders who were quite distrustful of him, and used the tactics of all the soldiers, preparing to fight the Dongjiang army.

Wu Sangui's plan to divide himself ultimately did not work, and they eventually united in the face of the impending invasion of the Jin Kingdom. Because, they are not stupid enough to engage in civil strife at such a critical moment.

This is the nature of human beings and a portrayal of whether a nation is strong, the Jin country, which has always been strong in the people's style, is not a bad race, and when the country is threatened, they choose to give up their prejudices and unite to resist foreign enemies.

The day before the Dongjiang Army set out, Mao Wenlong came to Jiayuguan to personally sit in the town, and this time the commander of the army was Chengzuo, and Chen Jisheng was only the deputy marshal. Chen Jisheng has no opinion on this. He himself was not interested in being a coach, as a deputy commander, he could move flexibly on the battlefield, and fighting and killing the enemy was his real purpose.

Jin Guo's reaction was quickly sent to Mao Wenlong through Wu Sangui, who was in Jin Guo, and after reading the urgent item in his hand, Mao Wenlong sneered: "Huang Taiji is indeed a hero, and he can actually convince those tribal elders who have prejudices against him. Now the whole country is a soldier, ready to fight with us. ”

Chen Jisheng was disdainful: "Chief soldier, even if Huang Taiji jumps into the sky now, it will be useless." In this battle, the last general promises to take his head and never break his promise! ”

Cheng Zuo rolled his eyes directly, Chen Jisheng actually opened his mouth to say such nonsense. I don't want to think about it, if Huang Taiji is so easy to deal with, he won't be able to live today, and there is no way to make the Ming Dynasty get into the current situation.

Originally, Cheng Zuo also wanted to stop Chen Jisheng, lest if he failed to kill Huang Taiji in the future, his military order would not be easy to explain to Mao Wenlong and many Dongjiang troops. But he saw that Mao Wenlong didn't seem to take Chen Jisheng's rhetoric seriously, so he breathed a sigh of relief and didn't mention it again.

In fact, Mao Wenlong didn't have much hope of killing Huang Taiji on this expedition. The Dongjiang Army, which was only in its early 2000s, was not enough to destroy the Jin State. Mao Wenlong's purpose is very simple, he just wants to take this opportunity to completely disrupt the Jin Kingdom, and it is best to let the Jin Kingdom divide after this battle, and no longer have an iron bucket like now.

With the current strength of the Dongjiang Army alone, Mao Wenlong clearly realized that there was no way to destroy others. So he just hoped that he could temporarily minimize the threat to Huang Taiji's side, at least in his grasp, and not let it grow at will.

After Chen Jisheng made bold words, he also began to regret it in his heart, especially when he saw Mao Wenlong's warning eyes, he had to shrink his neck and sit down, and then he didn't say those words just now.

Seeing that Chen Jisheng realized his mistake, Mao Wenlong did not embarrass him, withdrew his eyes from staring at him, and then instructed Cheng Zuo: "On this expedition, you must remember one thing, do not kill innocents indiscriminately, try to promote those who can be incorporated or persuaded to surrender, and do not start a war in person until it is absolutely necessary." The lives of our soldiers are precious, and it is not worth the large number of casualties for the sake of such a war. ”

Cheng Zuo nodded and said, "The last general obeys the order, please rest assured!" ”

Mao Wenlong obviously trusted Cheng Zuo more than Chen Jisheng, and after receiving the assurance, he chuckled: "Of course, if Huang Taiji is too ignorant, he doesn't mind suppressing him fiercely." In short, the battlefield is unpredictable and changeable, and you can do it yourself. Don't let our soldiers suffer, we still need to show when we should be ruthless. ”

Cheng Zuo understood and nodded in understanding. Fighting on the vast grassland is not like fighting in the mountains in the Ming Dynasty, once the two armies meet in the vast grassland, it will be a direct head-to-head confrontation, and there is no attack or roundabout way of fighting.

This kind of head-to-head style of play is the most test of the psychological quality of the soldiers, once the defeat is likely to be a devastating blow, and it is not impossible to slump from then on. Fortunately, the war horses on the grassland were harvested fiercely before, and now Huang Taiji has almost no war horses available, which makes Chengzuo have more confidence to win this battle.

Early the next morning, the gate of Jiayuguan was opened, and the 200,000 Dongjiang troops slowly left. Mao Wenlong stood on the city wall and watched the mighty army leave, but he was never happy in his heart.

Fighting a war has always been a lose-lose situation, and a war will inevitably mean that a large number of people will die, and 200,000 Dongjiang troops will go on the march. Mao Wenlong didn't know how many would be able to come back by then, and how many families would have to bear the grief of losing their loved ones!

It wasn't until the mighty army disappeared from sight that Mao Wenlong was persuaded by the mighty to get down the tower and return to the city.

Compared with Mao Wenlong's heaviness, Huang Taiji at this moment is a different scene, and the 150,000 Jin Kingdom army has already been prepared. Although the main horse was missing, Huang Taiji still used bows and arrows to compensate.

And what worries Huang Taiji the most is the hot air balloon of the Dongjiang Army, if that thing can't hit, it must doom him to failure again. So for most of the winter, Huang Taiji has been working on the research of weapons that can hit hot air balloons in the air.

To this end, he spent a lot of effort, and sent people to the interior of the Ming Dynasty secretly at all costs, found some craftsmen who had crafting weapons, and forcibly brought them over to make weapons against hot air balloons.

Not to mention, under the threat of Huang Taiji, those craftsmen who wanted to save their lives really made a lot of things for Huang Taiji. And the most satisfying thing for Huang Taiji is the strong crossbow, a strong crossbow that is ten meters long, and can hit a distance of 600 meters after testing.