The messenger sent by Ao Bai met Hauge with the follow-up infantry on the way, and after reporting the general situation to Hauge, he changed horses in Hauge's army and rushed towards the Shanhaiguan Pass.

It was not until the next morning that Huang Taiji received information from Aobai's messenger. Huang Taiji read the information, gathered his advisers, called the messenger in, and asked:

"You have encountered their cavalry on the way, and you have suffered losses. What's going on in this battle, you tell me in detail. ”

The messenger told Huang Taiji in detail about the battle.

After hearing this, Huang Taiji said, "It's hard for you to work hard all the way." You go down first to drink some water, eat something, and get some rest. ”

The messenger thanked him, knelt down a few more times, and then withdrew.

Wait for the messenger to go out. Huang Taiji frowned slightly, and said to Sonny who was standing aside: "These pirates' cavalry are very elite. They are a group of pirates, but they don't know where these good horses came from. But the trouble now is not where they got their horses, but that these pirates have such cavalry, and they are not a small threat to us. If you don't take Bijia Mountain, you will have to take the road from Jinzhou to Shanhaiguan in the future, which will be very troublesome. ”

"Your Majesty." Sonny bowed down and replied, "This kind of thing, Emperor Ma also has it, and he also knows its problems." This kind of horse is not very hardy, and it is not very useful in winter. ”

Huang Taiji nodded, shook his head again, and said, "These horses are not needed in winter, but there are still many months in winter." The biggest problem with this horse is that it costs too much money to raise. This horse wants to eat beans, wheat and eggs! Raising such a horse costs more money than raising many people. These gang of Haikou can actually raise hundreds of horses in one go. I heard that the Zheng family made a fortune from sea trade, but I really didn't expect that sea trade could make so much money. That Fu Wang has now won over the Zheng family and has money, and now it seems that they also have talents on their side - this big deal that came across the sea and directly attacked our rear, although it is our opponent, to be honest, I also want to cheer for him. Then look at it, after this person took Jinzhou, he did not hesitate to burn Jinzhou and retreat to Beacon Mountain. His meaning is very obvious, that is, he does not want to invest too much strength in Liaodong, because their main force will be used to compete for the world. But they want to rely on such a small force to restrict us and drag us down. Let's be hard to move at this time. Hehe...... Mr. Hong, do you know who else in the Ming Kingdom will have such talent? ”

Hong Chengchou hurriedly stepped forward, bowed down and saluted: "Your Majesty, if there is anyone in the Ming Kingdom who has such talent, it must be Zheng Sen, the son of Zheng Zhilong, the chief soldier of Fujian. ”

"What is the condition of this person, you can tell everyone." Huang Tai Ji Road.

Hong Chengchou told Huang Taiji what he knew about Zheng Sen.

Huang Taiji didn't speak, just listened quietly to Hong Chengchou. After Hong Chengchou finished speaking, he said: "This person can be called a martial arts all-rounder." Naval battles or something, I'm afraid there is no one in the world who can compare to him. It is not easy to make money, govern places, write books and speak, and still be so young. It's a pity that such a great talent can't be used by my Qing Dynasty. Is there any of his books, Mr. Hong? If so, you might lend it to me? ”

Hong Chengchou hurriedly bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen has some of his books here, and later during the first battle of Songshan, some of them were lost, but they were not too complete. ”

"No matter how many there are, show them to me first. Well, Sony you also take a look. In addition, the missing part is for people to go to the Ming Kingdom to collect. By the way, Mr. Hong, what is the core of Zheng Sen's book? ”

Hong Chengchou replied: "Zheng Sen thinks that today's knowledge is unrealistic to talk more about the mind. Therefore, his book is based on 'learning from things', and pays attention to 'heavenly endowment', that is, to study all things in the world, discover their laws, and thus obtain real and reliable true knowledge. Just like the Suiren clan and the Shennong clan. If you talk about the core, it is nothing more than two ends. One of them said: 'Natural selection, survival of the fittest.' The second said: "Revive the Zhou system and feudal colonization." ’”

When Huang Taiji heard this, he asked again, "What do these two mean?" ”

Hong Chengchou answered. Huang Taiji listened to Hong Chengchou's explanation, nodded and said: "This person is really powerful, in addition to what I said earlier, now he has insight and ambition. I used to think that King Fu was the leader over there, but now that I hear you say this, I'm afraid that there is a Duke of Qi Huan behind this King Fu. ”

The so-called "there is a Qi Huan Gong behind", of course, is that Zheng Sen has ill intentions. Gong Qi Huan is under the guise of respecting the king, but in fact, how can he really put Zhou Tianzi in his eyes? It's just using the name of Zhou Tianzi.

Huang Taiji asked a few more words, but Hong Chengchou's knowledge of the Zheng family's situation was actually very limited. In fact, what he knew more about Zheng Sen was his previous correspondence with his younger brother, and his younger brother was not a person who cared about what the Zheng family had developed into now. He was more concerned with Zheng Sen's scholarship.

After a general understanding of the situation of the Zheng family and Zheng Sen, Huang Taiji turned the discussion back to the current situation.

"Now, that little doll named Zheng Sen must have had the idea of using Beacon Hill as a fulcrum, stationing a small army there, and then constantly harassing us with their cavalry and threatening our grain routes. Beacon Hill is very dangerous. It's not easy to take it, at least not now. Is there anything you can do about it? Huang Taiji asked.

"Your Majesty, in fact, we don't need to rush to lay down Beacon Mountain." "Even if we lay down Beacon Mountain, it will not be something that can be completed in a moment to relaunch the attack on Shanhaiguan. So...... Therefore, the slave thinks that it is better for us to rebuild Jinzhou first, and wait until winter when the sea water is frozen, and then come to capture Beacon Mountain. ”

"It's just that the next few months are going to be critical." Huang Taiji said, "This was originally a good opportunity to seize the world in one fell swoop, but it's a pity." But Sony, you're right, even if we take Beacon Hill now, it is impossible to resume the attack on Shanhaiguan immediately. So, this guy named Zheng Sen is really ...... But...... It's only been a few months. I don't believe that within a few months, they will be able to solve Li Zicheng. ”

Huang Taiji's idea is actually very simple, that is, to continue to use the same set that he used to deal with the Ming Dynasty. Whenever the Liukou or something was in a situation where it was about to end, he sent troops to kill the pass, plundered, and carried out a key attack on the Ming army with the most will to fight, and then attacked from both sides, so that the Ming Dynasty continued to lose blood, and finally ended completely.

"Since the opportunity to achieve it overnight has been lost, let's continue to prepare in a solid manner." Huang Taiji thought so, and then said, "In the herald army, prepare to retreat." ”

Of course, Huang Taiji had such an idea, and someone's plan to make a great contribution was naturally in vain. Therefore, a person's destiny must of course depend on self-struggle, but it must also take into account the course of history......

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On the other side of Shanhaiguan, Duoduo and Azigo also received news that they needed to abandon the siege of Shanhaiguan because of the fall of Jinzhou. Azigo was not very enthusiastic about attacking the fortified city, but now that he received such an order, he naturally immediately stopped the attack. Dordor, however, was a little reluctant, but when he saw that Azigo had stopped his siege, he followed suit.

On the question of how to retreat, both brothers had similar ideas. That is, if you finally break through the barrier, you can't go back empty-handed, at least you should catch a little bit of the population and go back, right? Therefore, the two brothers agreed to go to the area of Jingshi to plunder first, and then find a place to break through the customs and go back.

So the army of the two white flags began to move in the direction of Beijing.

Li Zicheng had always maintained a high degree of vigilance against the movements of the Jianshen and Ming troops, and the sudden movement of the Jianshen army in the direction of Beijing took Li Zicheng by surprise. There are about 200,000 chaotic troops around Li Zicheng now, but Li Zicheng knows that there are only a little more than 10,000 troops who are really loyal to him and can fight. With such a few people, if they are dragged out to fight with Jianxuan, it is estimated that it will definitely not work. What about defending the city? The city of Beijing is too big, and it is far from enough to put the army on the wall. Therefore, Li Zicheng immediately made a decision: immediately retreat as planned.

Li Zicheng's arrangement was known to Zheng Sen at the first time. Because the situation was not good, the former Ming army generals who immediately surrendered to Li Zicheng immediately took the initiative to contact Zheng Sen after Li Zicheng's last defeat, saying that they surrendered at that time, and they were really forced to helpless, in fact, it was to save the country. And Zheng Sen also said in the name of King Fu that His Royal Highness the Prison State understands everyone's hardships and knows that everyone is actually in Cao Ying's heart in Han. If you can show real sincerity to prove your loyalty, His Highness will not only not hold everyone accountable for defecting to the enemy, but will also reward them accordingly. And after Li Zicheng continued to send more and more troops that he trusted to the key points that could ensure the retreat of the army, his monitoring of those Ming generals was further reduced, which made it more and more convenient for these people to communicate with Zheng Sen.

As a result, the information that Li Zicheng was going to abandon the city and leave was immediately sent to Zheng Sen by Jiang Xuan.

"Zheng Zongbing, Li Chuang now puts the head of the family near Andingmen to cooperate in defending the city. If the chief soldier can quickly lead the troops to come, the head of the family can kill the thief and take the stable gate for the adult. The head of the family also said that he could also contact other adults to do it together. ”