Li Huai's analysis made everyone feel creepy, and after a period of silence, Batu said: "If as Brother Yushan said, we are relaxed, and we can't manage the affairs of the Ming Kingdom, then we can just guard Fengzhou." ”

"No, if Jiannu invades the south, we must send troops, this is a good opportunity to profit from the chaos, Fengzhou is too weak, we must not rest on our laurels, we must take advantage of every opportunity to develop outward, and a few victories in Gyeonggi can just show our existence to the Ming court and the people," Li Huai sneered and continued, "Chahar is just a dying man, and it won't take a few years to be left behind by us, the Ming Dynasty is dying and powerless to forge ahead, only the emerging Houjin is vigorous and ambitious, They will surely become our most dangerous enemies in the future, and we must use every opportunity to attack and weaken him, so we must be ready to send troops! ”

Li Fugui nodded contemplatively and said: "If what Yushan said really happens, we can send troops, but there must be two prerequisites, we can't be twisted with the Ming army, the combat command can only be controlled in our hands, and we must not let the Ming court interfere, in addition, we must pull the Chahar people to send troops together, we have to prevent them from taking the opportunity to take advantage of our nest, I think Chahar Khan will agree, he will not let go of this opportunity to rob and blackmail the Ming country." ”

"This is just a situation, it is more likely that the Jin State will attack Chahar and us, we must make preparations with both hands, Yuzi, it is still up to you to march and fight, you make a decision." Ortai looked at Li Yu who had been silent, and said seriously, "Han Min, you are now the great commander of more than 40,000 Fengzhou people, you must think about them, and some things should be let go." ”

Li Yu raised his head painfully, stood up and walked a few laps, and then said to everyone with a cold face: "Issued a mobilization order to all thousands of households and hundreds of households in Fengzhou, Fengzhou immediately entered a state of preparedness, and Ding Zhuang of Fengzhou began to train the whole army from now on, and at the same time requisitioned 1,500 elite cavalry into three battalions, transferred Qiu Xian, Wuhai and Terig to the division, and stationed in Weining Haizi with the commander of the army, and sent scouts to search and explore in the direction of Karaqin in the east and Chahar in the north, and prepare for long-distance battles. The remaining young and strong units were assembled in units of 1,000 households, and the remaining military households seized the time to repair the camps and reserve ordnance, grain and grass. ”

"I, the officers and soldiers stationed in Datong Town, are willing to advance and retreat with Fengzhou, and ask the commander to send a military order." Bai Xianzhi and Zhang Chuanjie glanced at each other, and at the same time got up to ask Li Yu for his life.

"Please join me in jointly reporting the military situation to Datong and ask for assistance," Li Yu glanced at Bai Xianzhi and Zhang Chuanjie, hesitated for a moment and said firmly, "I am very happy to be able to fight side by side with the two brothers, let's go together in the future." ”

Karaqin Qingcheng, this is a small Tu city outside the Saiwai, the city only lives Karaqin nobles and a small number of residents, outside the city is the grassland where the Karaqin people live and graze, now it is a dry yellow, the distant mountain peaks are faintly visible, in previous years into winter, it is deserted here, it is rare to see shepherds and cattle and sheep, but now it is suddenly lively here, a large number of troops are driven here, all kinds of camp tents on the grassland are dotted, the eight banners of the Jin State and Mongolia Horqin, Inner Khalkha, Ao Han, Naiman, The banners of the Karaqin tribes fluttered in the wind on the steppe - after the Jin State and the annexed Mongol tribes were assembled, the Great Khan of the Jin State led them to the Narit River to collect thousands of Chahars, and then came to this inconspicuous place and stopped, and no one knew where to go next.

At this time, outside the big tent of Jin Tiancong Khan, a group of young people from the Jin State, such as Zilharang, Yuetuo, Sakhalian, Dege, Haoge, Azig, Dolgon, Dudu, etc., paced back and forth anxiously, and looked at the door of the big tent from time to time, but they would not see anything, and Turai and dozens of white-armored guards stood outside the tent with cold eyes, separating them from the big tent. The Great Khan had been conspiring with the Great Belle and the Three Beylers for an afternoon, and it was dark and the people had not yet come out, and almost everyone was eagerly waiting, only Abatai and Duoduo, the old and the young, squatted on the ground leisurely and whispered and chatted, and Abatai continued to smoke his crude tobacco, and Dordor, who was also addicted to smoking, and smoked two puffs of snuff from time to time.

The atmosphere in the big tent was very tense, Tiancong Khan was tired and reclining on the back of the tiger skin, his face was red with anger, and he talked with Dai Shan and Mang Gurtai for most of the day, but did not talk about any results, but the more he talked about the smell of gunpowder, these two guys were against him as soft and hard as possible, fortunately Amin stayed in Shenyang, if these three people got together, it would be more troublesome.

"So, both of you plan to withdraw from the army, and the strategy we negotiated in June this year to conquer the Ming Kingdom doesn't count?" Tiancong Khan looked at the two people in front of him coldly.

"Of course it doesn't count, the two of us didn't agree when we discussed the Ming Dynasty in June, it's all your people who are coaxing, the Ming country has a large land, a large population, a million troops, a border wall guarded outside, and countless fortified cities inside, is it so easy to fight? We have a larger population, even if we kill ten of them alone, we are the unlucky ones in the end, and we are thousands of miles away from Liaodong to fight, how to withdraw after entering the customs, and how to rescue Liaodong if the Ming army of Liaoxi suddenly attacks Liaodong at this time, have you thought about these? Mang Gurtai replied confidently, he pointed at Tiancong Khan and said disdainfully, "Let's talk about our own words behind closed doors, eighth, you are gambling with our Zhushen, if you win the bet, you can monopolize the power and squeeze our brother aside, and if you lose the bet, we have to accompany you to finish, look at what you have done in the past few years, fighting with a group of poor Mongolian ghosts, and more and more people are eating together, how many people will we Zhushen pay you in!" Now it's not easy for a cow to make up two hundred men, you want to ruin our family! ”

"Old Five, how can you speak to the Great Khan like this, is it easy for the Eighth Great Khan? He worked so hard not for our big gold, he was just confused for a while, if you make the reason clear, he will naturally consider it, and there is no need to scare the mouse, "Seeing that Tiancong was sweating so much that he was about to jump up, Dai Shan immediately became a good person, taught Mang Gurtai a few words with a straight face, and then comforted Tiancong Khan with a smile and said: "Old eight! The second brother knows that you are eloquent and ambitious, and Fa Ming also wants to force the Ming Kingdom to negotiate peace with us in order to solve the difficulties inside and outside my Dajin, but now is really not the time, we have already sent troops for half a month, people are sleepy, horses are lacking, food and grass are insufficient, how can you fight with the Ming Kingdom? It's better to withdraw the army, this time we didn't run in vain, 5,000 Chahar people were attached, Zierharang and Abatai also took the opportunity to grab some grain in the field in the area of Ningjin, and captured 3,000 Ming people, which can be regarded as a victory, and the Ming country will let him go first. ”

"Second brother, fifth brother, now is a good opportunity to cut Ming, Chahar Khan was driven away by us, Mao Wenlong was also killed by the Ming State's Ji Liao Governor, the threat of our two wings is gone, the Ming Kingdom is now rotten, internal and external difficulties, and the Ming army in Liaoxi is timid and cowardly, seeking self-preservation, and the Ming army in other towns is just a group of farmers with no food and no pay, we hit them like the Mongols under the capital city, as long as they are soft, it will be easy to do," Tiancong Khan forced himself to calm down and continued to persuade patiently, but Dai Shan, Mang Gurtai seemed indifferent, and he finally decided not to talk to these two guys, and waved his hand and said, "Ben Khan's plan has been decided, you go down first." ”

Dai Shan and Mang Gurtai retreated, and Dai Shan couldn't forget to shout before leaving, "Old eight, don't be in a hurry to get angry!" We are good for you", Tiancong Khan waved his hand and told them to leave quickly, and then summoned the beylors of all flags to meet them, and the little beylors who had been waiting outside the door for a long time immediately swarmed in.

"Great Khan, did the two of them agree to send troops to the Ming Kingdom?" Yue Tuo asked as soon as he entered the door, Tiancong Khan shook his head helplessly, Yue Tuo clenched his fists angrily and said, "I'm old Ama is confused, the Great Khan doesn't need to pay attention to him, I will listen to the Great Khan with a red flag, and resolutely send troops to attack Ming." ”

"My brother is a rough man who doesn't know anything, don't care about him, my subordinate Zhenglan Qiniulu also listens to the Great Khan." Mang Gurtai's younger brother Derge also hurriedly expressed his position.

"My subordinate Zhenghongqi Niu Lu obeys the instructions of the Great Khan," Sakhalian squeezed forward, his face flushed with excitement, and shouted loudly, "The Great Khan ordered to send troops, the emperor of the Ming Kingdom is mediocre, greedy and martial, this broken car is about to move away, I Dajin obeys the mandate of heaven to save the people of the world, and if I don't fight at this time, wait for when!" ”

The young Baylors were ambitious and arrogant, and they asked for battle around Tiancong Khan, Tiancong Khan smiled with satisfaction, the vigorous Dajin is like the rising sun, there is nothing to fear in the face of the dull and corrupt Ming Kingdom, make up your mind to fight! Tiancong Khan waved his hand and said loudly: "I, Dajin, crusade against the evil Ming in accordance with the will of heaven and the people, and order the armies of the Eight Banners and the Mongolian tribes to raise troops to the south. ”

After the third year of Jin Tiancong (the second year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty) October 26, the Jin army soldiers pounced on the Longjing Pass and Da'ankou of the Jizhen Central Association in two ways, the Jin army did not encounter any strong resistance, the left wing of Abatai and Azig successfully conquered Longjing Pass, Hanerzhuang and Panjiakou garrisoned the Ming army surrendered, and then the right wing of Jierharang and Yuetuo conquered Da'ankou, and the Ming army surrendered to the Malan Battalion, Malankou, Da'an Camp and Luo Wenyu garrison, so far the Zunhua City garrisoned by the Shuntian Governor and the Santun Battalion garrisoned by the Jizhen General Army were completely exposed to the iron hooves of the Jin army. At this time, the Jin army, which had always been noble and fast, suddenly stopped moving forward and entered a rest in the area of Hanerzhuang. On the fourth day of the first month of November, Abatai and Azige led the Jin army on the left flank and the subordinate Mongol troops to advance to Zunhua, and very coincidentally met the elite cavalry of the 4,000 Ming army led by Zhao Shuo, the general soldier of Pingliao of the Ming State.

Zhao led the religion to the order of the governor of Jiliao galloped three days and nights to Zunhua City, people were sleepy and tired of horses and suddenly met with the Jin army who was waiting for work, under the siege of Abatai and Azig, the Ming army was annihilated, Zhao led the Jiao to die, and then the main force of the Jin army turned to attack Zunhua, Zunhua was immediately lost, Shuntian Governor Wang Yuanya hanged himself, and then the Santun camp was lost, and Zhu Guoyan, the general soldier of Jizhen Town, hanged himself.

Since the 29th year of Jiajing, after the Tatar broke through the barrier, the Ming Dynasty was attacked and plundered by foreign enemies again, at the beginning of this year, the emperor presided over the eunuch party with the cabinet ministers Han Yi, Qian Longxi, and Li Biao, and listed more than 260 people in the "King James Case", and the crime was divided into six classes, promulgated the world, and cleared the court of traitors and villains, "Zhongzheng Ying Dynasty", but this court was helpless at this time, and the first assistant Qian Longxi still talked eloquently as before, and said everything, but it seemed that he didn't say anything, only one sentence made the emperor understand- Yuan Chonghuan, the Liao governor of Ji, led the elite Ming army of Western Liao to enter the king of Guanqin, and the other ministers were even more frustrating, and the emperor's trusted old minister Han Yi actually proposed to move the capital to avoid the war in frustration, while Li Biao became mute.

In a panic, the imperial court declared martial law in Jingshi on the first day of November, and at the same time issued an edict ordering the Ming troops in the towns near Gyeonggi to rush into the king of Weiqin. The emperor was like ants on a hot pot and was in a hurry, but the courtiers couldn't come up with a decent idea, so they shrunk their necks and hid back one by one - who dared to come out at this time, the Beijing battalion stationed in the Beijing division claimed to be more than 100,000 people, but most of them only existed on the paper of the roster, and the shadow of the people could not be found, and it was difficult to get together 10,000 soldiers from the Beijing camp, how could such a large Beijing division be able to defend it! When the emperor was in a hurry, he ordered that the officials, relatives of the emperor, and meritorious generals in Beijing should each bring their own families and servants to patrol and guard the city wall, so as to make the city wall a little popular.

What pleased the emperor was that there were still loyal and brave people in the court, Liu Zhilun and Jin Sheng, the Jishi of the Hanlin Academy, took the initiative to ask for war, and Shang Song proposed to recruit volunteers to fill the officers and soldiers, and recommended the monk Shenfu of Youfang, saying that this person is familiar with the art of war and is good at making firearms, The people of Beijing are used to being idle, and they like to follow to see the excitement and shout a few times, but if they want to be serious people to go to war, they will never be accompanied, so Liu Zhilun had to go around pulling people around to make up the numbers, the idlers in Beijing, the beggars on the streets, and the gangsters in the market turned into his righteousness, people can make nonsense but it is impossible to make firearms temporarily, Jin Sheng and Shen Fu had to make a lot of bamboo and wood cannons, I don't know if they are used or not, anyway, it sounds very lively, a bit of a feeling of firecrackers during the New Year.

The courtiers sneered at Liu Zhilun and Jin Sheng, the two nouveau riche, and they soon got a life-saving straw, the respected and idle former university scholar, Jiliao Governor Sun Chengzong ran from Gaoyang's hometown, and he was the first bird, as soon as the courtiers recommended the emperor, they immediately decided to use it, and appointed Sun Laotou as the secretary of the military department, the scholar of the Zhongji Palace, and supervised the military affairs of Jingshi and Gyeonggi, Sun Laotou finally had a job to do, and walked around in Beijing overnight, but the competitiveness of his old man was still not enough, and the emperor changed his mind after a night, Yuan Chonghuan, the Jiliao governor who had just arrived in Jizhou from Shanhaiguan, raised the reinforcements of the Qinwang of each town, and acted on the camera, and the old man Sun was rushed to Tongzhou to supervise the soldiers, horses, money and food before he was hot in Beijing.

Datong, Zhang Zongheng received the edict of the imperial court, and was immediately stunned and regretful, he should have expected that Jiannu might break through, why did he patronize and compete with that kid, but he didn't expect to inform the imperial court? If he could copy a copy of Li Yu and Bai Xianzhi's report and replace it with his own name, he would send it to the court as soon as possible, this time he would have to show a big face.

Li Yu and Bai Xianzhi wrote to him and Man Gui more than ten days ago to inform him of the news that the Jin army had been assembled in Hara from the Chahar people, and analyzed that the Jin army must have a plan for this move, and their attack direction was nothing more than westward or southward, and it was more likely that they would attack Jizhen in the south, Li Yu and Bai Xianzhi asked for some food and ordnance to be allocated to them in order to prepare for war - since the last time they were given two months' military salaries, Datong has not given them a tael of silver or a bucket of rice, and the Ming army in Guannai still has some rations and scattered silver two rounds, He and Bai Xianzhi are not poor enough to be poor, and the food of the soldiers is a problem, whether it is to resist the westward advance of the Jin army or to defend Gyeonggi, they are all powerless. Zhang Zongheng gave a resolute criticism to Li Yu and Bai Xianzhi's erroneous thinking of not working if they don't give money - Li Yu and Bai Xianzhi's behavior of reaching out to ask for money has a bad impact, Man Gui took the opportunity to make trouble with him a few times to ask for military salaries, and he asked the scribe to write back to teach these two people, don't always think about reaching out to the court, there is land everywhere outside the gate, and there are cattle and sheep everywhere, you can find your own way to farm and graze, don't you live if the official doesn't give you money and food? Datong has no money and food for you, but as long as you are alive, you must be loyal to the emperor and serve the court, Zhang Zongheng also warned them that the Han has always been weird, what they say must not be taken seriously, you don't believe rumors, let alone think nonsense, the emperor and courtiers worry about military affairs, you just need to be obedient.

Zhang Zongheng repelled Li Yu's unreasonable demands, but he didn't expect that the Jin army really broke through and entered, and was about to hit Jizhou, the Datong army must be ordered to be the king of Qin, and now he must find Mangui. Although Man Gui has a bad relationship with Zhang Zongheng, he has nothing to say about the King of Qin, he originally ate this bowl of rice, Man Gui told the truth, he must pay some military salaries to the soldiers, otherwise the soldiers will definitely not be able to bring out Datong, Zhang Zongheng is reasonable this time, and agreed to give the officers and soldiers of the King of Qin a month's military salary first, and asked Man Gui to return the salary to the soldiers - the Ming army has a custom, not to pay the soldiers the full salary, but to press a part of the salary in Shangguan, before the war to send down, if the soldier fled, This part of the salary will be confiscated, and over time the pressure of the salary will become a legitimate reason for the officer to deduct the military salary, almost every level of officers do this, the soldier usually can only get about half of the salary, the conscientious officer can finally pay back the soldier a few dollars, the black-hearted guy simply fills his own pocket, a big son does not pay back, the soldier is forced to flee, it is better, the official is asking for it, although Man Gui is greedy for money, but also belongs to the list of officers with a conscience, he understands this truth, if you want others to shed blood for you, you can't be too black-hearted, So I said yes right away.