The cold winter is coming as scheduled, yesterday it was autumn and cool, but today it is winter but the cold wind is everywhere, and even the goose feather snow has begun to drift outside.

There are no more herds of cattle and sheep on the vast grassland, and the empty grassland is particularly peaceful at this time.

Huang Taiji, accompanied by two subordinates, went out and hurried back, his face was gloomy like water, and he couldn't see any smile.

The exchange of materials for the winter with the Dongjiang Army has been completed before the winter, and Huang Taiji, who has just returned from his inspection, does not have the slightest joy. During his rounds, all he saw were empty cattle and sheep pens.

Originally, he didn't care about any of this, the only thing that made him angry was that all the majestic war horses in the tribe were gone. After some statistics, there are less than 10,000 adult war horses left in the entire grassland.

There are still a lot of ponies and old horses, but these obviously cannot be used after the cold winter. The absence of war horses means that in the spring of next year, Huang Taiji will no longer be able to lead a large army and go to the border of the Ming Dynasty to loot anything.

"Damn Mao Wenlong, sooner or later, this Qiu Ben Khan will ask you to pay it back tenfold." As soon as the angry Huang Taiji entered his big tent, he began to go berserk.

The two lieutenants didn't dare to say anything, and the two of them were cautious along the way, and they didn't dare to speak indiscriminately, for fear that one would not cause trouble.

After Huang Taiji vented, he gradually calmed down, and asked in a vicious voice with the two lieutenant generals: "Have you found any traces of those wild horses on the grassland?" ”

In the vast grassland, there are many wild horse herds, and these wild horse herds are now the last glimmer of hope of Huang Taiji. As long as he finds these wild horses, he can go to hunt them after the beginning of spring next year, so that he can quickly restore the combat strength of his subordinates and launch another round of more ferocious revenge against Mao Wenlong.

Two lieutenants, you look at me, I look at you, and there is a panicked look in both of their eyes. Moreover, both of them seemed to be deliberately waiting for the other party to stand up and reply first, and after the ink was inked for a while, they saw that Huang Taiji became impatient.

He shouted again, "Have you found any traces of those wild horses?" ”

Seeing that he couldn't ink any longer, Wanyan Gul, who was the eldest brother, had to stand up and reply first: "Great Khan, it's the beginning of winter, and the wild horses can't find it at all. At present, 3,000 soldiers have been dispatched, but there is still no discovery. ”

Another lieutenant general, Wanyan Gusu, also hurriedly said: "Great Khan, it's really not the right time to go looking for wild horses now, and this will consume the little grain and grass that is already left." I also ask the Great Khan to retract his order, let the soldiers come back to avoid this cold winter, and wait until the spring of the next year, and then we will send troops to look for the wild horse herd, I believe it will be much easier at that time. ”

"Bastard!"

Huang Taiji directly snorted coldly, and then taught a lesson: "When the spring of next year begins, do you think the Dongjiang Army will give us any respite." If Ben Khan is not wrong in his calculations, as long as the spring begins, the Dongjiang army will inevitably come to attack in a big way. Without war horses, what do we use to fight the Dongjiang army? ”

Wanyan Gusu and Wanyan Gul were scolded by Huang Taiji and were speechless, such worries are not groundless, but well-founded. After all, the current Dongjiang Army has completely occupied the entire north, and its combat power is at the right time. There is no reason to still keep the threat of Jin Guo in such a situation.

And once the Dongjiang Army attacks the Jin State on a large scale at this time, it will inevitably bring an immeasurable blow to the Jin State, and it is not even possible to rule out that the Jin State will die out from now on.

New hatred and old hatred, coupled with a serious threat, it is no wonder that Huang Taiji is so angry.

"Great Khan, what shall we do now?" After some hesitation, Yan Gusu finally asked.

Huang Taiji fell into deep thought, and after a long time, he suddenly sighed and said: "In any case, the matter of finding the wild horse herd cannot be given up lightly, even if it costs a heavy price, it must be carried on, and it must not be stopped if it is not successful." ”

This time, Wanyan Gusu and Wanyan Gul had no objections, and the two of them said at the same time: "Please rest assured, the Great Khan, we will do whatever it takes to find the wild horse herd before the beginning of spring." ”

Huang Taiji nodded with satisfaction, and then waved his hand to let the two of them retreat.

The cold wind outside was still there, and although a fire had burned inside the big tent, it still couldn't warm Huang Taiji's cold heart at the moment. Thinking back, he should not have led the army north at that time, and it was really not a wise choice to directly attack the Beijing division without complete preparations, and still delusionally think about defending the city and occupying the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

One wrong step and one wrong step, resulting in today's despondent appearance, and being suppressed by Mao Wenlong, facing threats from other neighboring countries at any time. The Jin country did not have enough war horses, and the emperor Taiji issued a gag order to prevent the news from spreading, for fear that other countries would take the opportunity to attack.

After a period of reflection alone in the big tent, Huang Taiji left in a hurry, and soon came to the place where Wu Sangui's family was under house arrest.

Seeing Wu Sangui again, Huang Taiji found that he was much older again. The two sat opposite each other by the fire in the house, and Wu Sangui still ignored Huang Taiji.

"Ben Khan gives you a chance to return to Liaodong and start anew, and the only condition is that you fully obey Ben Khan's orders. Lord Wu, there is no such shop after this village, you have to think about it carefully. Huang Taiji's cruel eyes stared at Wu Sangui, and his tone was full of threats.

"The cat is crying and the mouse is fake compassion, don't think that Wu doesn't know what you are thinking in your heart. Although I, Wu Sangui, am ashamed of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I have a clear conscience for the people of Liaodong. If the Great Khan forces me Wu Sangui to a dead end, it will be a big deal and I will die with you. I want to use your little caution to deceive this king, after the beginning of spring, the Dongjiang army will definitely level your Jin country, and then it will be the death day of your emperor Taiji. Wu Sangui looked hideous.

After more than half a year of confinement, he was about to collapse, if it weren't for the fact that he was still unwilling to die like this in his heart, it is estimated that he would have committed suicide long ago.

Huang Taiji sneered unhurriedly: "Prince Wu is not afraid of death, Ben Khan naturally knows, but doesn't the prince take care of the young son and wife in your family?" ”

A trace of panic flashed in Wu Sangui's eyes: "You despicable villain, what kind of ability is it to threaten this king with my family." ”

Huang Taiji immediately snorted coldly: "As long as we can protect my Jin Kingdom and its people, it is not too much for Ben Khan to use any means and tricks. Now, Ben Khan asks you again, would you like to go back to Liaodong and deal with Mao Wenlong for my Jin Kingdom? ”