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Haoge did not stay long in the Horqin tribe, this time he came to the grassland, led a lot of sergeants, in addition to the soldiers of the Blue Banner, there are also a part of the Han Eight Banners and the Han Army sergeants, the total strength has reached 35,000 people, this is already a very large team, the Qing Dynasty is negotiating in the Ming Dynasty, during the Spring Festival, Zierharang did not return to Shenyang, the Manchurians also attach great importance to the Spring Festival, the Spring Festival did not come back, it can be seen that Huang Taiji attaches great importance to this negotiation, Haoge understands, The key is not to achieve anything in this negotiation, but to stall for time.

It's a pity that this kind of arrangement to delay time was destroyed by Su Tiancheng, and he didn't expect Su Tiancheng to take advantage of this opportunity to attack the Mongolian steppe, and a large part of Huang Taiji's efforts were consumed by Su Tiancheng's attack this time.

The situation of the Great Qing Dynasty is different from that of previous years, Lu Xiangsheng was stationed in Liaodong, Dalinghe City, Montenegro and Yizhou were lost one after another, Su Tiancheng and Jiangning Battalion occupied Fuzhou, Xuanzhou and other places, the Great Qing State can be said to be threatened on both sides, if Su Tiancheng continued to attack, occupied Haizhou and other places, and made peace with the Ming army in Liaodong, the situation became dangerous, and all places west of the Liaohe River could not be held, even Shenyang, which was also precarious.

This cannot be the case.

Although it was said that the Jiangning battalion in Fuzhou and Lu Xiangsheng in Liaodong were all eyeing each other, Huang Taiji still gritted his teeth, dispatched Haoge stationed in Liaoyang, led a large team of men and horses, entered the grassland, and commanded and coordinated the grassland tribes to meet the Jiangning battalion.

Haoge attaches great importance to Su Tiancheng and Jiangningying, and does not dare to despise it at all, but he does not attach so much importance to the Xibe tribe and the Daourian tribe. In his opinion, these two tribes were vulnerable, and they had no power to fight back in front of the brave warriors of the Great Qing Kingdom, so when the combat deployment was determined, Haoge was determined to fight the Xibe tribe and the Dauria tribe. Don't collide with the Jiangning camp just yet.

The plan to attack the Xibe tribe and the Dauria tribe was strongly supported by Fan Wencheng, and Hauge was full of confidence, and since the decision had been made, he should not hesitate.

On the twentieth day of the lunar month, Haoge led the army to set off, the Horqin tribe, and the distance from the Hetao grassland was very far, more than a thousand miles. The difficulty of marching on the grassland is not small, and the relevant intelligence is not very clear, Haoge is still very careful to avoid encountering the army of the Jiangning battalion on the grassland.

According to the intelligence analyzed by Fan Wencheng, Su Tiancheng led the sergeants of the Jiangning Battalion to enter the grassland from the direction of Yizhou, which is as far away as the Hetao grassland. The Jiangning battalion attacked the Han and Khalkha tribes first, and it was impossible for Hauge to help these two tribes. The premature collision with the Jiangning camp does not meet the requirements of Huang Taiji, and the focus of Huang Taiji is still the requirements, first of all, to protect the Horqin tribe and the Chahar tribe, followed by the Khalkha tribe, the Han tribe, the Tumut tribe, etc.

Attacking the Xibe and Daurian tribal garrisons can deal the greatest blow to the armies of the two tribes. It is also equivalent to cutting off Su Tiancheng's arm, and the Jiangning battalion cannot get any support, and it is difficult to achieve a final victory in the grassland.

The climate of the grassland has always been bad, but there are many soldiers. has long adapted to such a climate, especially the soldiers of the blue flag, who originally grew up in this place, when the people were hunting, they encountered the severe cold and bad weather, countless, such a wind and snow weather, it is nothing.

The army led by Hauge marched at a very fast speed, and the soldiers of the Eight Banners, including the soldiers of the Han Eight Banners and the Han Army, all adapted to such an environment, marching in the snow, for them, it was not a very difficult thing, but this time the march was beyond Hauge's expectations, and the sudden heavy snowstorm made Hauge not expect, on the way to the march, it was not a great thing to meet the wind and snow, but to meet the wind and snow, even if it was very bad luck.

The Manchurian march and fight, attaches great importance to the will of heaven, whether it is Nurhachi, or Huang Taiji, although it is invincible in the Eight Banners, can win more with less, but for the heavens, the Manchurians are still very awe-inspiring, implemented in the specific deployment, for the march encountered too many twists and turns, their hearts are very uncomfortable, thinking that this is God's punishment, is to prevent their action, maybe such an action, can not succeed.

When he saw a heavy snowstorm, for a while, Hauge had doubts, and even wavered a little.

At the critical moment, it was Fan Wencheng who made Haoge firm in his thoughts, Fan Wencheng believes that the good or bad climate is one aspect, but not the decisive factor, the important thing is the combat effectiveness and confidence and courage of the soldiers, the Han people believe in a belief, knowing that there are tigers in the mountains and are biased towards the tigers, and the same is true for combat, and it is necessary to have such courage and determination, since the decision has been made, no matter how difficult it is, and whether God punishes or not, it is necessary to insist, to be able to persevere, and the sincerity shown by the soldiers, It must be able to move the heavens.

Fan Wencheng's words encouraged Haoge and strengthened his confidence.

The army did not stop its movement because of the bad weather, and continued to move towards the Xibe and Daurian tribes' stations.

Following Haoge to the grassland, it is difficult for Fan Wencheng to continue to obtain information, let alone analyze intelligence, when he comes to the grassland, he comes to the battlefield, and Fan Wencheng's main task is to assist Haoge to make accurate judgments and help Haoge win the battle.

In this regard, Fan Wencheng has a good ability, and his ability was fully reflected in the Battle of Xuanzhou, helping Jierharang to make the right decision, avoiding the army led by Jierharang from falling into the encirclement of the Jiangning battalion, and made an accurate analysis, so that the army led by Duoduo withdrew to Yongning, avoiding greater losses of the Qing army. Fan Wencheng's ability in this regard was affirmed by Huang Taiji, which is also the reason why Huang Taiji agreed to Fan Wencheng's follow-up and Acura expedition.

Fan Wencheng's analysis this time is very accurate.

Su Tiancheng is not an immortal, when considering the grassland battle, he did not expect that the Houjin Tartars would raid the stations of the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe, in Su Tiancheng's opinion, after the Houjin Tartars knew that the Jiangning battalion launched a battle against the grassland tribes, it is very likely that the grassland tribes should make all preparations for the battle, and the battle of the Jiangning battalion attacking the middle banner of the right wing of the Chahar also confirmed Su Tiancheng's idea that the Chahar tribe was prepared. It's just that because of the light enemy, it caused the destruction of the right-wing central flag.

Shenyang is far away from the Hetao grassland, under the severe cold climate conditions, the army of the Eight Banners, thinking of reaching the Hetao grassland, there is no small difficulty, this kind of long-distance march, requires great courage, but also needs extraordinary courage.

It can be said that Su Tiancheng did not have such preparations, nor did he have such an idea, but the sergeants of the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe did not fully participate in the expedition, leaving a part of the sergeants to guard the tribal station, and the reason why the reason why the remaining part of the sergeants was considered was because of the needs of the border pass, after all, the army of the Xibe and Daurian tribes attacked other tribes in the grassland, or to prevent Ningxia, Yulin and Datong from being attacked by the Mongolian tribal army, although the possibility of this is very small, However, we must not fail to take precautions, especially the mutual market between Anningbao and Jingbian, which cannot be damaged.

Fan Wencheng's accurate analysis could have helped Haoge accomplish great feats, but unfortunately, Haoge was still too confident, thinking that it was not difficult to attack the Xibe tribe station and the Dauria tribe station, even if the armies of the two tribes were all in the tribe's station, they were not his opponents.

Hauge's self-confidence is mainly manifested in the fact that he did not send many scouts to investigate the news along the way, nor did he ask the army to keep the itinerary secret, and there were no secrecy measures during the march of the army.

Haoge's low-level mistakes made Fan Wencheng's clever plan not be able to play its greatest role.

Because the Xibe tribe and the Dauria tribe army followed the expedition to the grassland, and because of the harsh climate, Song Sijun asked the merchants in the mutual market to do a lot of transactions, such as transporting grain and other materials, to reach the Xibe tribe and the Dauria tribe station, not to be terminated because of the cold climate, let alone the herdsmen of the two tribes because of the lack of food, there is an unstable situation, to be able to make money is the greatest wish of the merchants, the closer the Spring Festival is approaching, the more they can earn more silver, plus the path of the Hetao grassland, they are very familiar.

This kind of trade was not only limited to the Xibe and Daurian tribes, but also other neighboring tribes, and it was also because of this situation that the transportation teams of the merchants were stretched for a long time.

On the 24th day of the lunar month, a team transporting grain discovered the whereabouts of Hauge's army.

The army of the Eight Banners is different from the attire of the Ming army and the Mongolian tribal army, and the merchants who lead the team can be seen at a glance. This group of merchants was ready to transport grain out of the Hetao steppe and into the deeper part of the steppe, so that they could earn more silver.

The caravan was discovered by Hauge's army, and the outcome was certain, the people who transported the grain were slaughtered, and all the grain belonged to Hauge's army.

The leading merchant and the guide escaped with their lives.

With the familiarity of the path, the two desperately fled in the direction of Fort Anning, they found the Houjin Tartar, and it was in the place where they were about to enter the grassland of the Hetao, if this information was reported to Song Sijun, Shang Jia's loss would be completely recoverable, with his dedication to wealth, Shang Jia overcame many difficulties and finally returned to Fort Anning.

This merchant will not know, because of his dedication to wealth, he has made great contributions, saving the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe, as well as Anning Fort and Jingbian. (To be continued......)