Tao Min's letter to Huang Taiji was quickly sent to Shengjing.

"Fan Aiqing." Huang Taiji pointed to Tao Min's letter and said, "Tao Min's letter Aiqing has also read it, now that Yulin Jun and Zheng Zhilong have gone to North Korea, Lushun is empty, Aiqing thinks we can recover Lushun now." ”

Fan Wencheng replied: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is not time to recover Lushun now. ”

"Why did Aiqing say that?"

"Your Majesty, although the Yulin Army and Zheng Zhilong went to North Korea, according to the news that our people have inquired about, the Ming army has built a long wall in the Jinzhou area, and there are many artillery. The Ming army now has more than 30,000 horses in Lushun, among which the Shenji Battalion and the Quick Gun Team are not low, and I am afraid that we will suffer a lot of casualties when we attack Lushun. Moreover, the minister also heard that Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou have also taken action recently, and the minister is worried that they will also capture Daling City. ”

"Aiqing, don't forget, Zu Dashou's adopted son Zu Kefa is still with us, and I have always treated him with courtesy. I have already sent a letter to Zu Dashou, and Zu Dashou will not unite with Wu Sangui. Huang Taiji glanced at Fan Wencheng when he said this, but he didn't say anything in the letter to Zu Dashou, but continued, "Now that Shengjing has gathered 70,000 Qing warriors, I have ordered Haoge to lead 20,000 elite soldiers to reinforce Daling City. Lushun's Shenji battalion and fast gun team only have more than 10,000 people, and the remaining 20,000 Ming troops are vulnerable. Aiqing, if Lushun is in the hands of the Ming army, it will always be a big trouble for my Qing Dynasty. ”

When Fan Wencheng heard Huang Taiji say this, he knew that Huang Taiji had already made up his mind to fight Lushun, and he didn't want to say anything more, so he knelt down and played: "The emperor is strategizing, and the ministers obey the holy will." ”

Zhang Hai has been in Ningyuan for a few months, Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui have not moved, and the father and son are busy preparing to attack Daling City every day to discuss trade with Zhang Hai over and over again. The problem is that after two months of preparation, not even a single soldier was sent out.

Zhang Hai asked for a few people from Ge Tao before coming to Ningyuan, and sent them to Shengjing and Shengjing's original secret service, so now the news from Shengjing is still relatively fast.

Zhang Hai received information from Sheng Jing again, and hurriedly went to find Wu Sangui: "General Wu, Haoge has brought 20,000 people to reinforce Daling City, and Huang Taiji's 50,000 horses are moving south, and they may go to fight Lushun, we can't wait any longer." ”

"General Zhang, the general already knows about Haoge's reinforcement of Daling City." Wu Sangui said with a smile, "There has been no news from Jinzhou, and Ben Jiang and his father don't know how my uncle is preparing, if it's just us Ningyuan attacking Daling City, Ben will be worried about losing." ”

"That's right." Wu Sangui didn't wait for Zhang Hai to speak, and then said, "General Zhang said last time that the price of our trade could be lowered by two percent, and my father and this general thank you General." It's just that the general also knows that Liaodong is a bitter cold place, and the general is speeding up the formation and training of the army in order to consolidate the territory of the Ming Dynasty these days, and there are many places to spend money. Is the general allowed us to pay on credit. ”

Zhang Hai looked at Wu Sangui stupidly, are you still the Wu Sangui who had made great achievements in the past, you are a profiteer.

"General Wu." Zhang Hai came to his senses, "It is the will of God to recover Lushun. Just by defeating Jinzhou, Lord Yang, the governor of Denglai, and Deputy General Zhang of the Shenji Battalion have already received the praise of the saints. Now that Lushun has been recovered, I thought that they would be further promoted, didn't General Wu think about making contributions to the imperial court? ”

Wu Sangui smiled again: "To make contributions to the court and share worries for the saints, how can Sangui not want to." It's just General Zhang, whether our trade goods can be credited, and the general must also understand the difficulties of the general. ”

Zhang Hai couldn't wait to go up and smoke Wu Sangui's two big mouths, Jiang Beiming and Han Wantao had already taken Yulin Jun away, but Wang Zhaoxing and Leng Tianbing were still in Lushun, and Zhang Shuxing blocked the 50,000 Eight Banners Zhang Hai didn't believe it. For the safety of Wang Zhaoxing and Leng Tianbing, Wu Sangui must also move.

"General Wu." Zhang Hai no longer detours with Wu Sangui, "I can reply to the general now, and I can take credit." As long as the general enters Dalingcheng, he guarantees that not only can he take credit, but the price will be reduced by half. ”

Wu Sangui looked at Zhang Hai and laughed, and stretched out a finger: "One percent, then one percent." ”

Zhang Hai gritted his teeth: "Deal." However, General Wu wanted to send troops to Daling City as soon as possible. ”

Ten thousand guns fired at the Golden State Line, including all the artillery of the heavy artillery regiment, which was placed on the long wall. Zhang Shujie and Wang Zhaoxing kept shuttling back and forth: "Open the cannon, open the cannon, you must not let the Tartars come over." ”

Outside the long wall, it was densely packed with Eight Banner soldiers. Huang Taiji used all his strength, and transferred all the artillery in Shengjing, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi all came to Lushun, and now they are commanding their subordinates to fight against the long wall.

Outside Tsushima City, more than a dozen warships lined up and bombarded Tsushima City indiscriminately, and the two castles on Tsushima Island closed their gates, except for the occasional counterattack by the artillery at the head of the city.

After receiving his brother's letter, Tao Gong transferred the fleet away from Tsushima Island, traveled several hundred nautical miles north, and found an uninhabited island to anchor. At the same time, Tao Gong sent 20,000 new Korean troops to Busan, 40,000 on Tsushima Island, and 30,000 on Busan, which could completely block the attack on Yulin Bay, because Jiang Beiming did not lead an army.

The warships sent by Jiang Beiming circled around Tsushima Island, Busan, and Nagasaki several times but did not find Tao Min's fleet, and Jiang Beiming and Zheng Zhilong could not guess where Tao Min had hidden this fleet. Jiang Beiming could only order that the second and third fleets should bombard Busan, and the first and fourth fleets would bombard Tsushima City, and then talk about fighting first, hoping to attract Tao Min's fleet back.

Han Wantao has been attacking the Suwon defense line for some time, but because there is no artillery, he has not been able to break through the defense line. Dolgon rushed to Suwon with 10,000 banners, and the two sides were once again at a stalemate.

The New Year of the twelfth year of Chongzhen has passed, and the city of Beijing has not been affected by the war between Korea and Lushun in the slightest. It's just that Wang Chengen's head is a little big these days, and the military information from all over the country was sent to Beijing during the Chinese New Year. The combined fleet of Yulin Bay and Zheng Zhilong attacked Pusan and Tsushima; The Yulin Army was fighting fiercely in Suwon, Korea, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty; 50,000 Tartars attacked the Jinzhou defense line, and Zhang Shujie's emergency document was also sent to Beijing; Wu Sangui attacked Daling City, fought hard with Haoge several times, and suffered casualties on each other. How come this has just passed the New Year, and the entire north is completely disrupted.