Yue Tuo only learned the news of the fall of Jinzhou in the afternoon of the next day.

"Lord Belle, it's not good." The herald knelt on the ground, not daring to lift his head.

"What happened? Is there no food and grass, or is the Han girl running away? Yue Tuo chuckled, he learned a lot from the Han people, especially Zhou Yu's elegant style, even if Mount Tai collapsed in front of him, he would not change color.

"Lord Belle......" The herald stopped talking and buried his head lower.

"What the hell is going on? Mother-in-law, mother-in-law, are you still like a gentleman? With Ben Belle here, what are you afraid of? Yue Tuo's mocking gaze shot straight above the herald's head.

"Lord Belle, Jinzhou is lost." The herald had already fallen to the ground, gnawing dirt not only on his forehead, but also on the corners of his mouth.

"Jinzhou...... What the? Like a cat whose tail was trampled on by a heavy step, Yue Tuo suddenly jumped up from the recliner: "What did you say? ”

"Lord Belle, it's true." The herald was crying, and he was about to cry with fright.

Yue Tuo shouted: "How do you know that Jinzhou has been lost? He slammed the mare's milk flask in his hand to the ground, and stomped on it a few more times, and the anger in his heart subsided a little.

"Lord Belle, I have observed that the head of the city has been replaced with the Sun and Moon Army Flag of the Ming Dynasty."

"Does the Ming army really dare to sneak attack Jinzhou?" Yue Tuo, who has always flaunted himself with elegance, gradually calmed down, "What about the soldiers in the city?" Did they come back? ”

"No, Lord Belle, not a single soldier has returned to Quang Ninh." The herald lay on the ground, not daring to move.

"And where did they go? Did you go to Ningyuan? Yue Tuo muttered to himself.

Ning Yuan? Yue Tuo was taken aback: "What about Ning Yuan?" What message did Ning Yuan have coming? “

"We have sent our brothers to Ningyuan to investigate, and it is estimated that they will be back in two days."

"Two days?" Yue Tuo muttered to himself, and shook his head again, the Ming army dared to sneak attack Jinzhou, then Ningyuan must be more than auspicious, Jinzhou is sandwiched between Ningyuan and Guangning, if the Ming army directly captures Jinzhou, it will inevitably be under the attack of Dajin on both sides.

Even if the Dajin Kingdom can't recover Jinzhou, with Ningyuan blocking the southern passage, the supplies, grain and grass of the Ming army can't be transported at all, and the isolated city of Jinzhou will definitely not last long, and no Ming army general is so stupid.

Yue Tuo remembered the letter for help sent by Ning Yuan's Wu Lie, and if there was no message for so long, Ning Yuan must have been occupied by the Ming army.

What about the soldiers stationed in Ningyuan and Jinzhou? They won't surrender to the Han Chinese, will they? Yue Tuo quickly denied his idea that the soldiers of the Dajin Kingdom would not surrender.

"Whose troops are the ones who captured Jinzhou? Could it be that Sun Chengzong arrived in Jinzhou? ”

"I don't know yet, our brothers are still investigating."

"Get out! I don't know anything, what's the use of asking you? What a waste of lamb and mare's milk wine. Yue Tuo kicked the herald who was kneeling on the ground.

The soldier literally rolled on the ground twice, then put his hands on his shoulders and quickly ran away.

Yue Tuo couldn't wait to send troops immediately to snatch Jinzhou and Ning Yuan back, but after calming down, he felt that things would not be as easy as he thought.

There were originally twenty-five Niu Lu in the red flag, and later the Mongolian Horqin Department cooperated with the Dajin State, in order to express sincerity, the Horqin head Zhai Sang sent ten Niu Lu Mongolian soldiers to the Dajin State, Yue Tuo's inlaid red flag was stationed in Guangning, and was in the forefront of the confrontation with the Ming Dynasty, and these ten Mongolian Niu Lu were temporarily assigned to the red flag.

After Nurhachi's death, Huang Taiji inherited the throne of the Great Khan, he not only reused the Han Chen, but also attached importance to the Han people, therefore, a part of the Han army cattle records were compiled in the eight banners, and there were five Han army cattle records under the red flag.

In this way, in addition to the twenty-five Jurchen cattle records, there are also ten Mongolian cattle records and five Han army cattle records, and the number of cattle records reaches forty.

Yue Tuo deployed eight Niu Lu in Ningyuan, ten Niu Lu in Jinzhou, and the remaining twenty-two Niu Lu were stationed in Guangning with him.

According to the establishment of the Dajin Kingdom, each Niu Lu had 300 soldiers, but at that time, the wartime system, now the Dajin Kingdom and the Ming Dynasty are in the confrontation stage, except for the occasional skirmish, the two sides are mainly to monitor each other, therefore, each Niu Lu is not satisfied, only 100 soldiers, the rest of the 200 soldiers, are back to their hometowns, engaged in animal husbandry or agricultural production.

The forty Niu Lu in Yue Tuo's hands are actually only 4,000 soldiers, but the eighteen Niu Lu in Ningyuan and Jinzhou are now missing, and he estimates that these eighteen Niu Lu without any information are probably the same as Ning Yuan, and they are also more auspicious.

Da Ming can conquer Ningyuan and Jinzhou in one go, and swallow his eighteen Niulu, so can the twenty-two Niulu in his hand recapture Jinzhou and Ningyuan? Yue Tuo didn't have any confidence.

Yue Tuo and his fifth uncle Mang Gurtai have different personalities, plan and then act, he is more like a Han strategist, sometimes, Yue Tuo feels that in addition to being a little bit domineering, he is more like the eighth uncle, the Great Han Emperor Taiji.

Yue Tuo was pacing around the room alone, and he now had two problems that needed to be solved urgently.

The first problem is that the message does not work. Jinzhou has fallen, but Ning Yuan's situation is unknown, it is his defense area, and he can't not know what happened in his defense area; The eighteen Niu Lu he deployed in Ningyuan and Jinzhou are still missing, whether they surrendered, or were scattered by the Ming army, or surrounded by the Ming army, and were waiting for him to come to the rescue; Also, who is the commander of the Ming army? In the end, Sun Chengzong came to Jinzhou in person.

The second problem was how to report to Huang Taiji what happened in Ningyuan and Jinzhou. Ningyuan and Jinzhou were lost, Liaodong lost 600 miles, such a big matter, it is impossible not to report to Huang Taiji, even if the eight kings of the government want to punish him, or even take away his position as the banner master, he must first report the results.

Yue Tuo took out another pot of mare's milk wine and drank it twice, now in his mouth, mare's milk wine no longer has any taste, just like the boiled water of the Han people, when thinking about the problem, he just subconsciously drank a few sips.

Yue Tuo finally made a decision, and he immediately scattered a large number of rangers to find out the situation in Ningyuan and Jinzhou, including the eighteen Niu Lu whose whereabouts were unknown, the more detailed the better.

In letters, not military newspapers, he reported to Huang Taiji what had happened in Ningyuan and Jinzhou, and at the same time made a copy to his father, the Great Belle Daishan. In the letter, he attributed the loss of Ningyuan and Jinzhou to Sun Chengzong's treachery and launched a sneak attack. To recapture Ningyuan and Jinzhou, his forces were already insufficient, and he asked Huang Taiji to immediately complete all his Niu Lu.

If Huang Taiji agrees to his plan, he will have twenty-two full Niu Lu, a total of 6,600 soldiers, plus eighteen Niu Lu who are not in order, and 3,600 soldiers, for a total strength of more than 10,000 soldiers.

"The Jurchens are not more than 10,000, and more than 10,000 are invincible." Yue Tuo believed that with these more than 10,000 soldiers, Ning Yuan and Jinzhou would definitely return to the embrace of the Dajin Kingdom, and maybe he would take advantage of the aftermath of Ning Jin's victory to defeat Shanhaiguan in one go.

While waiting for the message and Huang Taiji's reply, Yue Tuo felt too tormented, and he planned to personally inspect the vicinity of Jinzhou.

His subordinates stubbornly dissuaded him: "Now the situation in Jinzhou is unknown, and the commander must not be in danger." ”

"Dangerous ground?" Yue Tuo was not happy, "In the eyes of the generals of the Dajin Kingdom, there is no danger. Which general of the Dajin Kingdom did not come from a dangerous place? ”

"Lord Belle ......"

"Needless to say," Yue Tuo stopped his dissuaded subordinates: "Jinzhou has been robbed by the Ming army, if I don't even have the courage to take a look, isn't it a joke for the Ming Dynasty army?" Tomorrow, I will take ten Niu Lu and go to Jinzhou in person, and I want to see who took my Jinzhou. ”

In the early morning, before the sun showed her face, and as soon as ten thousand rays of light appeared on the horizon, Yue Tuo left Guangning, and ten Jurchen Niulu followed him south to Jinzhou.

Yue Tuo knew that these ten Niu Lu were only a thousand people, and he couldn't take Jinzhou back at all, he just wanted to go to the periphery of Jinzhou to see, and he must not let the Ming army look down on him.

Yue Tuo traveled lightly, and the cavalry horses were like flying.

In the evening, less than fifty miles from the city of Jinzhou, Yue Tuo met the Jurchen rangers who were about to return to Quang Ninh.

"Lord Belle." The ranger found out from the banner that this was Yue Tuo, the owner of the Red Flag and one of the four small Baylors of the Dajin Kingdom, "Ning Yuan's latest information. ”

"What's wrong with Ning Yuan? Say it. Yue Tuo urged the rangers.

"Lord Belle ......"

"What are you talking about? What happened to Ning Yuan? What about the soldiers in the city? Anger suddenly rose in Yue Tuo's heart, he had never seen a ranger so slumped.

"Lord Belle," the ranger grabbed the reins, brought the war horse closer to Yue Tuo, and whispered, "Ning Yuan is lost, and all the eight Niu Lu stationed in Ning Yuan have died. ”

"What?" Although he had the worst guess, hearing such information, Yue Tuo shook his horse twice, and a salty taste surged up in his mouth, and he swallowed and spitted at the mouth, swallowing the salty water.

"Is the message reliable?"

"Lord Belle, the information is absolutely reliable, the villain disguised himself as a Han man, and he also took two turns outside Ningyuan City."

Yue Tuo swallowed and foamed again, his chest was a little calmer, he accumulated a little strength, gritted his teeth, and said word by word: "Yes...... Grandchild...... Receive...... Sect? ”

"No, Lord Belle. According to the reports of the hidden agents, Sun Chengzong was still in Shanhaiguan, and it was Yuan Chonghuan who captured Ningyuan and Jinzhou. ”

"Yuan Chonghuan?" Yue Tuo searched in his mind, but couldn't find Yuan Chonghuan's shadow, "Who is he?" ”

"Lord Belle, Yuan Chonghuan once fought against the Mandate of Heaven Khan in Ningyuan and Jinzhou, and was later demoted and left Liaodong, about a month ago, he came to Shanhaiguan again."

"Yuan Chonghuan." Yue Tuo muttered, "I will definitely let you die without a place to be buried, your corpse will be pecked by eagles, bitten by dogs, and swallowed by wolves." ”

"Lord Belle, Yuan Chonghuan is on his way from Ningyuan to Jinzhou."

"Huh? Where is he now? Yue Tuo's spirits lifted, and his chest was no longer rolling.

"Lord Belle, Yuan Chonghuan is holding a large amount of grain and grass, and now he is less than two hundred miles away from Jinzhou."

"Two hundred miles?" Yue Tuo estimated that with the speed of the Jurchen cavalry, he would definitely be able to intercept him before he reached Jinzhou, "All dismount, rest for a while, replenish food and water, and then take advantage of the night to quietly cross Jinzhou and ambush Yuan Chonghuan." ”