After cleaning up Lin Dan Khan, Huang Taiji and Daming had no worries.

For several years, Houjin has been pressing Da Ming, and Da Ming's pass is like a layer of ***, when will his emperor Tai Chi rise, he will break it with a light stab.

For example, at the moment.

Huang Taiji remembered what Jin Shang had repeatedly asked for before.

So he set his sights on the south, Daming, and Pingyang Mansion.

"Yue Tuo, send someone to find Jin Shang."

Huang Taiji decided to take a walk to the three towns to see the defense of the three sides of the Ming Dynasty.

Then the Jin merchants came, Zhang Zongheng had already arranged everything, and a road leading directly to the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty had been paved.

So on the first day of June.

Huang Taiji sent Azig Dolgon as the left wing, attacked Wanquan left guard, went to Zhangjiakou, and then entered the boundary of the Beijing Division.

At the same time, he sent Jierharang, Dege, and Yue Tuo to lead 10,000 people directly into the three towns, went south to Shanxi to plunder the population and property, and picked up the head of a small Pingyang patrol.

On the second day of the first month of June, tens of thousands of troops rushed to the mouth of Yangheweihu Gorge.

Then he attacked and broke through in half a day.

Straight pounding yang and.

Yanghe was the residence of the governor of the three towns, and although Zhang Zongheng mobilized 30,000 elite border troops, there were still a large number of Ming troops entrenched in the city.

Houjin broke through the pass, but the Ming army, which was supposed to resist the enemy, did not come out of the city, and let Houjin drive straight in, all the way south.

After passing through Yanghe, the Houjin soldiers divided into two routes, the left wing went straight to Zhangjiakou, and the right wing went directly south.

After the Golden Horse is fast.

Two days later, the left wing had reached the left guard, and the right wing went south to Ningwu Pass, the junction of Datong and Taiyuan Mansion.

At this time, because the Ming army in Shanxi was mostly mobilized to the south to suppress the thieves, the pass was empty, and it lasted for half a day, and the garrison Changliang died in battle, and the Houjin broke through the pass and attacked Taiyuan Mansion.

The fourth day of the first month of June.

The spy report was passed on to the imperial court and Hong Chengchou.

Emperor Chongzhen heard that Jin entered the customs again, his face turned pale, the scene of the Jin soldiers besieging the capital two years ago has not yet gone away, and now it is coming again, how can he not be frightened.

For Emperor Chongzhen, the Shaanxi rebels and the Pingyang Tang thieves are not as big as the threat of the Houjin Tartars.

Hurriedly issued an order, quickly whipped the horse, and spread it to Liaodong and Zunyi, ordering the general troops, garrisons, and guerrillas in various places to block Houjin.

At the same time, Emperor Chongzhen asked Jinyi Wei Kuaima to send an order to the Ming soldiers and horses in Shaanxi and Shanxi, temporarily stop the siege of the rebels and Tang thieves, and concentrate their forces to block the Houjin army in Shanxi.

But Houjin came too quickly, and when Emperor Chongzhen's holy decree arrived, it was already too late.

After the fourth day of the first month, the Houjin army led by Derge, Jierharang, and Yue Tuo had begun to wreak havoc in Taiyuan Prefecture, and the Houjin army did not attack the city, but only plundered the strong men, property, and grain in the countryside.

At this time, Hong Chengchou was in a dilemma, whether to fight Pingyang or block Houjin.

As Liu Lianqing said, many problems are actually not problems, such as facing Houjin and Pingyang at the moment.

One is internal trouble, the other is external trouble, external trouble is close at hand, internal worry is just a fantasy of the Ming court, but Hong Chengchou hesitated.

As the governor of Shaanxi Province, he lurked in Shangping Pass with an army of 70,000, and at the same time knew that there were 30,000 elites on the three sides in Qinyuan, and there were 30,000 elites in the hands of Cao Wenzhao, who surrounded and suppressed the rebels.

When Hong Chengchou was thinking about it, the news that Houjin had entered the customs again had spread all over the world.

On the fourth day of the first lunar month, when Houjin Chi was hired in Taiyuan Prefecture, Tang Xidong had already received information that Houjin had entered the customs and plundered the northeast of Shaanxi.

This is the closest time Tang Xidong came to Daming and posted with the Houjin Tartar.

It's hard to describe Tang Xidong's mood at the moment.

But the impatience of the sword to unsheath has been wandering back and forth in the heart.

On the fourth day of the first lunar month, Tang Xidong ordered Li Shangquan to lead the whole army to return to Pingyang without stopping.

No matter how important Zezhou is, no matter how tempting Qinzhou is, it can't stop the idea of killing captives in his heart.

Single-mindedly killing the Tartars, now that the Tartars are here, how can the Tartars easily plunder a large number of Han people and property get out of the customs.

Every minute and every moment, Tang Xidong's heart was tormented, because every minute and every moment, the Houjin army was killing their comrades and trampling on the dignity of the Han people.

Every Han person who comes to this era will have such thoughts and actions in their hearts.

What Tang Xidong didn't know was that in fact, Pingyang, where he was stationed, was surrounded by the Ming army at the moment.

He didn't know, he just wanted to follow his own ideas to do what was useful for the country, for the people.

Killing one more Tartar would make the country less bullied.

Just when Tang Xidong was in full swing, letting the whole Pingyang take action, and sat and prepared for the expedition.

The Houjin army has been wreaking havoc in the entire Taiyuan Mansion for a back and forth.

Then the eyes began to turn to his Pingyang.

On the sixth day of the first month, when the imperial decree had not yet arrived.

Cao Wenzhao had stopped pursuing the rebels and turned north directly, preparing to block the Houjin army.

Cao Wenzhao, who has been in Liaodi for many years, has all kinds of deep hatred and blood hatred with the Houjin, and countless of his subordinates have died in the hands of the Houjin army.

Cao Wenzhao knew best the strength of the Houjin cavalry, and also the brutality of the Houjin army.

He was the general of the Ming Dynasty, and he had the arduous task of resisting foreign enemies.

Compared with Houjin, the anti-army is actually just a group of people who can't get enough to eat, but Houjin is the feud of the country.

Cao Wenzhao led 30,000 Shanxi Ming troops to the north and began to embark on the road to block Houjin.

Tang Xidong worked day and night, waiting for Li Shangquan to lead the army as soon as he arrived.

In Qinyuan, the 30,000 border troops, under the instructions of Zhang Zongheng, held their troops steady and did not move, allowing Houjin to trample on the people under his rule.

In Shangping Pass, Hong Chengchou was still hesitating, and from time to time his eyes wandered between Pingyang and Houjin.

Hong Chengchou is a calm person.

This person's calmness tends to be cold-blooded, Hong Chengchou is a utilitarian person, and he is also a very smart person.

In Hong Chengchou's eyes, the 70,000 Ming army couldn't stop the rush of Houjin Wanqi, even if he caught up at this moment, he would only lose everything, but he couldn't build an inch.

Hong Chengchou also understood that at this time, Houjin did not have the strength to attack the city and occupy the city in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, as long as the other party got what he wanted - population, food, and money, he would turn around and go out of the customs, and the panic of Houjin entering the customs would also go away.

Hong Chengchou deeply understands the current situation he encountered.

This is this person's cold-bloodedness, because he can't get fame, he won't do it easily, and let the Houjin army gallop back and forth on the land of Daming.

Hong Chengchou also understands one thing, that is, compared with the unstoppable Houjin, it is easier to capture Pingyang, as long as Pingyang is captured and the Tang thieves are exterminated, it will be a great achievement for him Hong Chengchou, enough for him to go to the next level.

This is Hong Chengchou's calculation.

When he clarified everything, Hong Chengchou fixed his eyes on Pingyang.

On the 8th day of the first month of June, Li Shangquan led 20,000 new troops to finally return to Pingyang City.

After Tang Xidong handed over the defense of Pingyang City to Li Shangquan, he mobilized his army and prepared to go north to kill the captives.