Halfway through, there was information from the front, and it was rumored that the Jurchen Bel Azig led the annihilation of Yu Wei of Zhao and led 3,000 cavalry, and was rushing to Jizhou.

Jizhou is the gateway of the Beijing Division, in case it is broken by the Jurchens, then until the foot of the Beijing City Wall, there will be no soldiers to defend, not an insignificant small city that can be defended or not defended.

So after Yuan Chonghuan repeatedly inquired and determined that there were indeed only 3,000 cavalry under Azig's command, he selected 9,000 elite cavalry from his own soldiers and horses, and commanded them by himself to stop the Jurchen vanguard.

When Ji Qingwen heard the news, he also took the initiative to ask Ying and wanted to act with Yuan Chonghuan.

But in the end, all he got was Yuan Chonghuan: "The soldiers are noble and fast, our army is all cavalry, coming and going like the wind." I'm afraid that the group training under Lord Ji can't catch up, and please refuse.

Although Yuan Chonghuan was arrogant, the iron cavalry brought from outside the gate was really quite combative.

After only two hours of fighting with 9,000 cavalry under his command, he found out the whereabouts of the Jurchen Azig, and immediately overnumbered the crowd, set up a position, and the whole army rushed to the Azig headquarters.

Azig had just defeated the famous general Zhao Shujiao, and his spirit was in full swing, seeing that although the Ming army was numerous, he did not take it seriously, and believed that his 3,000 cavalry were the elite of the Eight Banners, so he did not back down at all, but led the army to hedge head-on with the Ming army, which was three times the number of his own.

Unexpectedly, the first time he charged, Yuan Chonghuan taught the arrogant Azig a vivid lesson.

I saw that the cavalry under the command of Yuan Chonghuan was divided into three teams of 3,001 people, and the soldiers attacked the front, left and right flank of Azig's department in three directions, and the elite Eight Banners cavalry was defeated in only one round, and almost surrounded it.

Fortunately, Azig was also smart-minded, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he did not continue to fight stupidly, but immediately ordered the horse's head to be turned and fled to Zunhua City in the northwest by the same route.

Seeing this, Yuan Chonghuan knew that the Jurchens were clever and cunning in battle, and he was afraid that they would set up an ambush on the way back, so he did not dare to pursue, but gathered his men and horses and waited for the follow-up soldiers to follow.

In this way, Azig, who was originally full of confidence, finally ended his slightly reckless temptation after paying the price of killing 300 elites of the Eight Banners, and returned to Zunhua City, which had been temporarily set up as the base camp by Huang Taiji.

Huang Taiji attacked the Ming Dynasty several times before, and took the eastern line - that is, the first line of Jinzhou, Ningyuan, and Shanhaiguan, but because the "Guanning Jin Defense Line" was built by the old superintendent Sun Chengzong, and there were famous generals such as Zhao Shujiao, Zu Dashou, and Yuan Chonghuan guarded, several attacks were heavy losses, but they failed to step into the Central Plains half a step.

Therefore, Huang Taiji learned a lesson, and this time he went south, and obtained the support and acquiescence of the Mongols, entered the Mongolian territory from Liaodong to the north, and then attacked Xifengkou in the northwest of Jingshi, intending to enter the Central Plains from here.

He really took this hand by surprise, taking advantage of the moment when all the attention of the Ming army was in Liaodong, he won successive battles, and almost without paying any losses, he broke through the Xifeng Pass of the Great Wall and captured Zunhua City, which can be described as a spring breeze.

Unexpectedly, his younger brother Azig, who has always been able to fight, will suffer a big defeat when he wins a new victory, although the loss is not very large, but it is the first defeat since entering the Guannai.

Therefore, although Huang Taiji is not narrow-minded, he is also a little angry, which makes Azig think about reorganizing the army behind closed doors.

Huang Taiji has always been lenient to others, and the brothers, courtiers, and generals around him have never seen him so angry, and they all bowed their heads and did not dare to speak.

Only Fan Wencheng, the strategist he relied on the most, had another opinion, and said: "Although Azig was defeated in this battle, he heard the news that Yuan Chonghuan had entered the King of Guanqin, and such information was much more important than the loss of just 300 people. ”

Huang Taiji was in a good mood when he heard this, but he quickly put away his heart of despising the enemy, and said: "Yuan Chonghuan is very difficult to deal with, but you must deal with it carefully, don't make it like Cao Cao attacked Chibi back then. ”

The Jurchens have not been civilized for a long time, and they still can't understand the exquisite art of war such as "The Art of War", "The Art of War of Wu Zi", and "Li Weigong Asks the Right Question" in the Central Plains, so they often read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" to learn the art of war and strategy.

Fan Wencheng said: "The Great Khan doesn't have to worry, Manchuria is dominated by cavalry, which comes and goes quickly, even if the battle is unfavorable, it can quickly withdraw from the border and will not hurt the vitality." The only thing that needs to be paid attention to is that several strongholds such as Zunhua and Xifengkou that have been captured now cannot be captured by the Ming army, otherwise they will be blocked by the Ming army, and then they will be unable to return to the sky! ”

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What Huang Taiji was afraid of was what Yuan Chonghuan wanted to promote.

After entering Jizhou, Yuan Chonghuan's generals all asked Yuan Inspector to take advantage of the new victory of the army and the morale was high, and immediately launched an attack to recover the lost territory.

Yuan Chonghuan tried his best to disagree, no matter how his generals urged, he only said: "The army is tired, it is advisable to defend first and then attack, temporarily garrison Jizhou, wait and see the movement of Huang Taiji, and then make plans." ”

Saying this, Yuan Chonghuan got up and brushed his sleeves and went back to rest.

Because the generals were all pulled up by Yuan Chonghuan, they have always been in awe of this superintendent, and they didn't dare to come forward to ask even if they had doubts.

But they knew that Ji Qingwen was Sun Chengzong's apprentice, and he had the same friendship with Yuan Dadu, and he was a guest general, so Yuan Chonghuan might give back some face, so they asked Ji Qingwen to go to Yuan Chonghuan to ask about the situation and his next step.

When Ji Qingwen first arrived, he also wanted to have a good relationship with these generals, and he didn't want to refuse them like this, so he had to go to Yuan Chonghuan's line to discuss the battle situation.

Yuan Chonghuan has always said the same thing in the army, and it was quite strange to see Ji Qingwen asking to see him, although he didn't want to see him, but in the way of the face of his teacher Sun Chengzong, he reluctantly invited him in, and asked: "Lord Ji, I have passed the military order to go down, and I want all departments to rest and recuperate, you don't want to restrain your subordinates, what are you doing here with me?" ”

Ji Qingwen hesitated for a while, and felt that asking directly might anger Yuan Chonghuan, so he changed his angle and said: "When Xiaguan entered Beijing yesterday, he met General Zhao Shujiao, and at that time he also persuaded him to be like Inspector Yuan, advance to the city and wait for an opportunity to fight a decisive battle with the Jurchens. General Zhao was afraid that if he hesitated for a moment, he would be attacked by the Imperial Historian, so he had to take the risk......"

"Humph! That's how stupid he is! Ji Qingwen didn't expect that he would be interrupted by Yuan Chonghuan so rudely halfway through his words.

I only heard Yuan Chonghuan continue: "This Zhao Shujiao has always been as timid as a mouse. Not only did he do something about escaping, but now he is even afraid of the bald pens in the hands of the speaker...... Hum! I don't know what Mr. Sun liked about him at the beginning, so he was willing to take him into his door. ”

Only then did Ji Qingwen know that Zhao Shujiao, like himself and Yuan Chonghuan, was also a disciple of Sun Chengzong, and the relationship between the three of them was also a classmate.

Since he is a classmate and a classmate who has died on the battlefield, Yuan Chonghuan is too chilling to speak like this.

However, Yuan Chonghuan, who spoke, did not have this benevolence that made his heart bigger than his heart, and seeing that Ji Qingwen seemed to have nothing to say, he said coldly: "Lord Ji, if you have nothing to say, then go back and rest first." The Jurchens have come and gone without a trace, and there will be a fierce battle tomorrow. ”

This is equivalent to issuing an eviction order - as soon as we met, before we could say a word, an eviction order was issued!

Ji Qingwen said: "No, I still have something to say......"

"Then let's talk about it, and you can step back when you're done." Yuan Chonghuan said impatiently.

Ji Qingwen thought to himself: I didn't expect Yuan Chonghuan to be so arrogant and willful, if I retreat like this, then I will be a head shorter in front of him in the future, which will be uncomfortable...... Therefore, I have to say a few words today that can subdue Yuan Chonghuan.

So he frowned and said, "Xia Guan saw the emperor once last night, and he also discussed the affairs of the imperial historian......"

Speaking of this, Ji Qingwen paused intentionally or unintentionally, and peeked at Yuan Chonghuan's reaction.

But when Yuan Chonghuan heard the word "emperor", he couldn't help but get nervous, and asked, "What did the emperor say?" ”

Ji Qingwen listened to his train of thought and was attracted by his own words, so he continued: "The emperor said that most of the imperial historians are sword and pen officials who have not achieved enough things and have more than enough failures, and he also reprimanded Lord Han Kuang, the first assistant, saying that he did not restrain these imperial histories under him and forced General Zhao Shujiao to death. ”