Jin right, Tashan Fort official road.

Zhenglan Banner Lord Mang Gurtai is leading his men and horses to the area of Lishan Mountain, the purpose is to block the Mangui Department that is pursuing from behind, and the soldiers and horses are marching, but they see the smoke and dust rolling in the rear, and a horse is chasing after him.

Mang Gurtai was a little surprised, could it be that Huang Taiji had changed his mind and didn't plan to let him go to stop the enemy?

At the moment when he was wondering, there was a soldier who spread the word that it was Erbel Amin who was chasing. Mangul Tay stopped his horse and turned his head to meet him, and this Amin came on a lonely horse, presumably with whom he had something important to discuss.

"Four Baylors, I can be regarded as catching up with you!" Five feet away, Amin shouted at Mang Gultai on his horse.

As the two horsemen approached, Mang Gurtai shouted at Amin, "Erbel, what are you coming from?" Did Huang Taiji change his mind again? ”

Amin said, "It's not convenient to talk here, so please come with Erbeile." Then he beat his horse and ran up the hillside beside him.

Mang Gurtai muttered in his heart, what kind of fame is this Amin, but he still involuntarily followed the ride.

The second rode up the high slope, and Mang Gurtai finally couldn't help but shout: "If there is anything, tell me quickly, I still have to hurry up." ”

Amin smiled and sighed, "Sibeile is still so anxious." Random words changed and said, "Let me ask you, how do you plan to fight against Man Gui this time?" ”

Mang Gurtai said impatiently: "You are here to ask this? Without waiting for Amin to answer, he hurriedly continued, "Of course, I will intercept it with all my might, urge my subordinates to fight bravely, and it is best to capture Man Guisheng alive, that is a big deal, haha......"

Amin shook his head when he heard this, and sighed heavily: "Brother, you are so confused, you can't do this!" ”

Mang Gurtai looked incomprehensible, tilted his head to look at Amin and said, "What do you mean by this, why can't I do this?" ”

Amin stared at Mang Gultai tightly and said, "Do you know the current situation of our Dajin? That's a big bad, lack of food and fatigue, suffering from the enemy before and after, and in danger! ”

Mang Gurtai snorted and said, "This is still up to you, the fourth brother has long realized the seriousness of the matter, so he sent me to stop Man Gui, so that we can turn defeat into victory." ”

Amin shook his head with a wry smile, and sighed again: "Mang Gurtai, Mang Gurtai, so you are a fool!" ”

Mang Gurtai was furious, and said to Amin: "If you have something to say, you can say it directly, I don't understand it." ”

Ah Min sighed and said slowly: "Brother, brother, since you understand the importance of the situation, then you should know that this time Ningyuan Guan Ning's army made a big move, and sent a fierce general like Man Gui to fight the forward, it must be to fight with our army with all its might." You know Man Gui's bravery, although he has never won against us, but we have never asked for anything good from him, this is a hard stubble! ”

"So what?" Mang Gurtai raised his head and said: "Although Man Gui is powerful, I am not easy to provoke, how can I be afraid of him!" ”

Amin said to Mang Gultai: "I naturally know your bravery, but there are 20,000 Guanning troops under Man Gui, and how many men and horses do you have, but 20 Niu Lu 6,000 people, how long can you resist Man Gui?" Even if you can block Man Gui, but there is still Yuan Chonghuan behind Man Gui, if he presses all the troops up, wouldn't it be a catastrophe for you to be in the blue flag? ”

Mang Gurtai was unconvinced: "How can Yuan Chonghuan have the courage to go out of the city to fight us, I don't believe that he will go out of the city to support Man Gui." Besides, even if Yuan Chonghuan was willing to come out, at that time, Huang Taiji had already solved Sun Yueling in Songshan Fort and opened up the passage to the Daling River, and I had already completed the blocking task and could catch up with the large army and retreat together. ”

Amin suddenly burst out laughing, and reprimanded mercilessly: "Mang Gurtai, that's why I said you were confused. Without waiting for Man Gui's reaction, he continued, "The main force of Huang Taiji's attack on Songshan Fort has a total of nearly 40,000 people in five banners, and all the enemy's forces in Jinzhou City add up to only 30,000, and a part of the defense Haoge must be left, so the troops that can be sent to Songshan should be less than 20,000. Huang Taiji used 40,000 Houjin warriors against 20,000 Ming troops, of course, he was able to break the enemy's resistance. ”

After a pause, he said: "But don't forget, we are now short of food and soldiers, even if Huang Taiji can break through Sun Yueling's blockade, he will definitely not have the strength to take care of anything else." At that time, he can't control your positive blue flag, everything has to rely on you. Just imagine, at that time, tens of thousands of Guan Ning troops were chasing after you, plus your food and grass were exhausted, your horses were weak, and your soldiers were tired, wouldn't you be crushed by Man Gui and Yuan Chonghuan all the way and had no power to fight back? Even if Man Gui and Yuan Chonghuan can't chase you to death, if Sun Yueling of Jinzhou blocks you again, you will die! ”

Mang Gurtai frowned and muttered, "It won't come to this, will it?" ”

"How not?" Amin took his words and continued, "From the analysis of the current situation, stopping Ning Yuanming's army is the most difficult and dangerous thing, no matter which flag takes over this task, it may face the danger of the entire flag being destroyed. Why didn't he send the yellow flag or the red flag or the white flag to block it, have you ever thought about this? ”

Mang Gurtai was stunned for a while, and then said, "That...... That's because...... I'm blue flag strength...... Strong, right? ”

"Four Belles, four Belles!" Amin looked very distressed and complained, "Are you really confused or don't understand? Those flags are all Huang Taiji's forces, Dai Shan, Duoduo, and Azig are all his henchmen, how could he send his henchmen to die? This has nothing to do with whether your strength is strong or not! ”

"Huh?" Mang Gurtai was taken aback, and was speechless for a long time.

Mang Gurtai said hatefully: "Whether it is attacking Jinzhou or Ningyuan, which time did Huang Taiji not order us to rush to the forefront of the two banners of Zhenglan and Blue, this time to send troops to Jinyou, it is the banner Ding led by you and me who has suffered the greatest loss, haven't you found it?" ”

Mang Gurtai thought about it, it seemed that this was indeed the case, and he couldn't help but nod and said, "Yes, Erbeile, you are right. ”

"Huang Taiji has been preserving his strength, and he has let us charge forward in everything, just to consume our strength." The more Amin spoke, the more angry he became, and said, "Also, he originally wanted to let the red and yellow flags stay in Jinzhou to be foolproof, but who would have expected that the Liaodong Jingluo Sun Yueling surprise army raided Rufeng Mountain, so that his plan fell through, haha......"

Mang Gurtai was stunned and said, "Brother, are you telling the truth?" ”

Amin looked at Mang Gurtai, nodded heavily, and said, "Huang Taiji has long looked at you and I don't like it, and wants to get rid of us and seize our Niulu, haven't you always felt it?" ”

Mang Gurtai shook his horsewhip and snorted: "Huang Taiji has always trusted Dai Shan and Azig the most, how could I not know, Dai Shan and Azig are always against me, and have repeatedly said bad things about me in front of Huang Taiji. ”

Amin took advantage of the situation and said: "Sibeiler's analysis is right, even if Huang Taiji can tolerate you, I'm afraid they won't be able to tolerate you." ”

Mang Gurtai was silent, Amin was right, even if Huang Taiji could tolerate his domineering, Dai Shan would definitely not let him go easily. He and Daishan had a dislike for a long time, and they will never be reconciled - his biological mother and Daishan have an affair, which is an indelible shame for him.

Amin sighed again and said, "They want to get rid of you with the hands of the Ming army, so that they can take over your Zhenglan Banner......"

Mang Gurtai was dazed, looked at Amin and said, "That'...... So what should I do? ”

Mang Gurtai looked at the blood-colored remnant sun in the distance, gritted his teeth and said, "Since Huang Taiji preserves his strength, then we naturally have to preserve his strength as well." Therefore......" turned his head and looked at Mang Gultai Dao, "This time you and Man Gui are fighting, you must not attack and fight, but focus on defense, fight and retreat, and meet me as soon as possible." The most important thing is that we must not consume our troops for the sake of a momentary spirit, and we must preserve our own strength, so that Amin and Huang Taiji will not dare to do anything to us. ”

Mang Gurtai pondered for a moment, nodded heavily, and said, "Second brother is right, I remember your words!" ”

……

Ningyuan City, the Yamen of the Army.

With a "bang", Yuan Chonghuan smashed the tea cup in his hand, which stunned the generals in the hall, and he was still angry, and said coldly: "Man Gui is so bold, he dares to disrespect the orders of the governor and send troops to chase the enemy privately." This time, Man Gui not only did not listen to his orders, but also killed the junior lieutenant he had sent over, which had already deeply angered him.

It has always been him who has dared to kill generals who do not listen to the tune, and no general has ever dared to kill the people he sent. Now what Man Gui has done has crossed his bottom line, making him intolerable.

Ning Yuan's chief soldier Zu Dashou said in a timely manner: "Lord Governor, Man Gui dared to rebel and kill the lieutenant sent by the lord. Such non-stop orders and reckless acts can be described as a heinous crime. For the sake of Liao affairs, the last general asked the lord to write to the military department, asking for the removal of the post of chief soldier of Manguishan Customs. ”

Yuan Chonghuan snorted angrily and said, "Xingwen to the Ministry of War to ask for the removal of Man Gui? Do you know who the secretary of the military department is? ”

Zu Dashou was stunned for a moment and replied, "Yes...... It's the king's minister. "Wang Zhichen was originally a Liaodong economic strategy, but he was transferred out of Liaodong because of disagreement with Yuan Chonghuan, and now he is the secretary of the military department, how can he agree with Yuan Chonghuan's opinion. Zu Dashou secretly scolded himself in his heart, how could he forget this stubble in a hurry, didn't this embarrass Yuan Chonghuan? But the words have been spoken, and it is too late to regret it, so I can only be stunned there, not knowing what to do.

"If it weren't for Wang Zhichen's constant protection of him, how could Man Gui be able to sit in the position of the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan until today." Fortunately, Yuan Chonghuan didn't blame him, but said to himself, "However, this time, Man Gui dared to disobey the governor and kill the palace officials without authorization, which is already an unforgivable crime, and the Ministry will not let him go easily." ”

Turning his head to Liu Yingkun, the eunuch of the prison army beside Mo Li, he said, "Father-in-law Liu, I'm going to trouble you this time." ”

"What do you command, Lord Yuan?" Liu Yingkun's expression did not change, and he said lightly.

Yuan Chonghuan said: "The ministry should repair a book and put the book of all kinds of sins of Mangui in it. I ask my father-in-law to submit this fold to the master of ceremonies, Father-in-law Wei, and ask his old man to judge right and wrong. ”

Liu Yingkun leaned over and said, "Yes, our family will definitely complete the mission for the adults." ”

Zu Dashou heard this and understood, Yuan Chonghuan was afraid that he would not be able to move Man Gui through the Ministry of War and the Cabinet, so he took the path of Wei Zhongxian, the master of ceremonies, hoping that Wei Zhongxian would come forward to suppress the Ministry of War, so as to achieve the intention of removing Man Gui.

It seems that Lord Yuan has completely abandoned Donglin, and has bet all his political chips on the eunuch party, and he is really a person who knows the general trend and knows the Yuantong, and he used to be the governor of Liaodong is a nerd, and he can't compare with Yuan Chonghuan when it comes to grasping the current situation and seeing the ability of venture capital.

So he said again, "Your Excellency is wise. It's just that Man Gui's department has already gone to Ningyuan, should we pursue him and order him to return? ”

Yuan Chonghuan said coldly: "No need, you and I know who Man Gui is, if he is willing to listen to persuasion, he will not kill the herald." Since he is bent on death, let him go, and when he returns to the city after defeat, it will be the time when he will be imprisoned and die. ”