Nikan has been in battle for a long time, this year is only thirty-nine years old, but is a veteran of more than 20 years of war, from the beginning of the Mandate of Heaven, the underage Nikan followed his grandfather Nurhachi in the old forest of Liaodong and the savage Jurchen, the Ming army, the Mongols sword and sword, since he was a child, he has heard and witnessed the bloody things that are not suitable for children such as disemboweling and disemboweling, and personally practiced the violent crime of cutting people and killing people, and experienced countless bloody battles in his life, when he received a report from the scout, there was a Baijia Ming army blocking the road in front of the fifty-mile Shiling Pass, Instinctively realize that something is wrong.

He encamped on the spot, and did not advance any further, and the scouts who were released ran out for nearly a hundred miles, taking in the slightest movement in the surroundings.

After camping for less than a day, the news of returning one after another said that it spread out in all directions, and there was no sign of other Ming army activities within a hundred miles, and it seemed that only Shiling Pass was guarded by Ming troops.

Nikan sat cross-legged in a golden tent, the huge embroidered gold banner at the door waved in the wind, showing the distinctive noble identity of the owner of the big tent, rows of elite Bai Baya Laa guards stood proudly around, and groups of Ahnu servants entered and exited respectfully, sending mare's milk wine and fine fragrant tea to the nobles in the tent.

Below Nikan, along the expensive blankets spread on both sides of the big tent, there are more than a dozen Jurchen and Mongolian princes and fierce generals, who can enter the big tent of Nikan, the lowest level is also the Qigu Mountain Ezhen, no matter how low, you can only wait outside.

The nobles lazily fell on the blankets, drinking wine and tea, watching the heavy curtain of the big tent be lifted by the guards from time to time, and the scouts who reported the news came in one by one, listened to the instant information they reported, and then hurriedly withdrew.

When the last scout withdrew, and no latecomers came in, Nikan ordered a huge map of Shanxi to be hung on the side of the big tent, the map was made of cloth, mountains, rivers and cities, all in the map, and it was very finely drawn, although it was not as good as the map of the Kuizhou army, but it was also very rare.

Nikan touched his chin and looked at it intently, and the generals in the seat also put away their lazy appearance, straightened up and began to look at the map, and even Bolo, who was sitting next to Nikan, also leaned over the body like a giant bear, and squeezed around Nikan to look at the map with him.

After looking at it for a moment, Nikan stretched out his hand, patted hard in three places on the map, turned his head to look at Bolo, who squinted his eyes and stared at the three places he had taken, and nodded slowly.

The two are both Nurhachi's grandsons, their fathers Chu Ying and Abatai also have a deep relationship, Chu Ying died early, and his son Nikan has nothing to rely on is close to Bolo, the two are suspicious and excluded by Dolgon, sympathize with each other, huddle together for warmth and deepen their feelings, and they have been fighting side by side for many years, and they can understand each other's thoughts with a look.

Seeing Bolo nodding, Nikan turned around, sat on the carpet, clapped his hands at the nobles staring at the map, and said loudly: "Nanban is blocking the way, what do you think?" ”

As soon as the words fell, a reckless man stood up recklessly, and shouted in a rough voice: "Lord Wang, what is there to say, the Han dog is fat, and no one is in his eyes after hitting a few county towns, despising my Qing boys, and directly urging the sons and daughters to kill them, cut off their dogs' heads, and everything is too peaceful!" ”

Nikan looked at it, but it was Zhenguo Gong Karchuhun who was talking, this person was a guy with developed limbs and a simple mind, he didn't charge into battle, but he used his brain but lacked a string, and he liked to solve problems simply and violently, in his mouth, the most used words were "kill, kill, kill".

Without waiting for Nikan to speak, another person slowly stood up, first flicked the dust of the clothes on his body, attracted everyone's attention to himself, and recognized him as Nikan Congzi and the third-class Adaha Fan Mala, so he said slowly and unhurriedly: "Lord Wang, the slave thinks that the Ming dog is weak, and since entering the customs, he has almost never dared to go out of the city to fight with my Qing army in the field, and there is no general who dares to take the initiative to attack. This person is in Shaanxi to seize Prince Su and cut down Meng Qiaofang, he is not a person who does nothing, and the slave thinks that he may have to cheer up and deal with it seriously. ”

Nikan and Bolo glanced at each other, nodded, and said indifferently, "Oh? You continue. ”

Mala was overjoyed, knowing that this was Nikan's encouragement to him, but Karchuhun snorted in his nostrils and sat down sullenly.

"The slave thinks, from the map, there are three roads in front of us, can cross the mountains to Taiyuan, but these three roads are about the pass barrier, these three passes are commonly known as Taiyuan three passes, is the only way to enter Taiyuan from Xinzhou, among which Tianmen Pass and Chitang Pass are geographically precipitous, rugged and difficult, our army is more than horses, I am afraid it is not easy to pass, and the front of the Shiling Pass, but it is a road, although its Guancheng occupies the pass at the intersection of the two mountains, but it is not unattainable, there is a flat vast plain outside the Guancheng, you can open the formation, It is convenient to attack the city and take the pass, so the minions feel that they should use the partial division to feint to attack the two passes of Tianmen and Chitang, and set up camp near both sides to bluff, and the main force of our army will take the Shiling Pass directly. Ma La's eyebrows fluttered as he spoke.

Karchu muttered in a muffled voice: "What's the spirit, it's not the same as what I said, it's just a direct take of Shiling Pass, a verbose real inkblot!" ”

His voice was not loud, but it was extremely harsh in the tent, Nikan was immediately displeased, frowned and scolded: "Karchuhun, what are you talking to yourself? Listen up! Although Mala also advocates taking Shiling Pass directly, it is fundamentally different from what you said, you study seriously, and it will be beneficial in the future! ”

Khalchuhun was a Mongolian nobleman, extremely subservient to Nikan, and listened to his lessons, so he had to nod his head and say yes, not daring to say more.

Ma La looked even more colorful, but he didn't look at Kar Chuhun, and continued to say loudly: "The people who feint on both sides don't need much, hundreds are enough, one is to deter, and the other is to prevent the Ming army from attacking my back road from both sides of the pass, once the two princes lead the main force to overcome Shiling Pass and appear in Taiyuan Mansion, the Ming army in the two passes does not need to use troops, and will collapse by itself, this is the soldier who surrenders without a fight in Sun Tzu's Art of War!" ”

Everyone in the tent suddenly nodded again and again, and the first class of Adhaha Domain, Yellow Flag Gushan Ezhen Dasu stood up, and laughed loudly: "Sure enough, it is a good strategy, Ma La has been following the prince for a long time, and he has improved a lot!" ”

Gushan Ezhen Fei Ya Ha also praised: "Yes, the prince and the slave also think that what Ma La said is very reasonable, even if the Ming dog is vulnerable, it will take a detour to kill them, but it will take a long time, and it will delay our trip to rescue Taiyuan, this plan is feasible!" ”

The rest of the people also shook their heads and echoed one after another, Nikan and Bolo saw that everyone agreed, and smiled at each other, the thoughts of the two were actually no different from what Ma La said, Tianmen Pass and Chitang Pass were far away from the official road, not to mention the delay in time, Tianmen Pass was extremely dangerous, almost a pass on a cliff, and it would consume precious Eight Banner soldiers to capture; As for Chitang Pass, it is relatively easy to capture, but it is too remote and the road is difficult to travel, so it is better to attack Shiling Pass directly.

In the hearts of the two, although the Shaanxi Ming army occupying Shiling Pass has some reputation, it has not attracted enough attention from the two as Nikan said, and from the bottom of their hearts, the Houjin princes who drove the Ming army all over China really can't lower their morale and treat the Ming army as an opponent.

"Bump!" Nikan's big hand slammed into the table in front of him, his broad skin was full of anger, his thick eyebrows were upside down, and he shouted, "Good! Since everyone agrees, then we will act according to the plan, rest for a day today, and at sunrise tomorrow, pull out the camp and move forward with Minggou outside the Shiling Pass! ”

"Huh!" There was a sound in the tent, and everyone stood up and clenched their fists, full of murderous energy.

(End of chapter)