Outside the Grass River Fort, a river flows through here, this river is the Grass River after which the Grass River Fort is named, and there is an old road along the Grass River River that leads directly to Phoenix. The road from Liaozhong to North Korea is Lianshan Pass, Tongyuan Fort, Phoenix City, Zhenjiang, Caohe is not the main passage here, since the Later Jin occupied Liaodong, this place is sparsely populated, all the fertile land is abandoned, and the road is flooded by barren grass.

Two companies of Dengzhou soldiers stood in formation along the river, the valley of the Caohe River was relatively open here, and the Houjin cavalry opened the line, with a total of about 1,200 or so, but the Khan banner of Huang Taiji was gone.

Zhong Laosi held a telescope to observe, and the Houjin soldiers used the short-range mobility of the cavalry to open up the distance and complete the formation opposite the ferry to cover the Houjin soldiers who fled on foot.

Zhong Laosi brought three companies and two mandarin duck formations, the first total in addition to one company of the forward, one company stayed in Tongyuan Fort, two companies were deployed, Shang Kexi and Mao Chenglu's soldiers could not keep up with the speed of Dengzhou Town, most of them stayed in Tongyuan Fort, and the other stayed at Caohekou.

Liu Yue stood next to Zhong Laosi, and after observation, he said to Zhong Laosi: "It is the main flag of the blue flag, the Baylor Banner, which is Ji'er Harang, Zhu Feng said that Huang Taiji is also here, but it should have been withdrawn." ”

"Jierharang blocked the crossing of the river, just to let Huang Taiji evacuate, and Jiannu was also frightened."

Liu Yue hesitated: "After this way, the Jin army suffered heavy losses, and now it can only evacuate, even if it returns to Liaozhong, it will not be able to support Gaizhou, we should drag the soldiers and horses of Lianshan Pass, so that Jiannu will not have enough troops in the direction of Gaizhou." ”

Zhong Laosi stared at the Houjin army on the other side and did not speak, Liu Yue continued: "This Houjin army has not broken up, they are all on horseback, we can't catch up with Huang Taiji, if we chase all the way, the supplies may be insufficient." ”

At this time, a pond horse came from the direction of Caohekou and reported to Zhong Laosi: "Lord Zhong, Lianshanguan Jiannu is attacking Caohekou, and Shang Kexi asks your lord to send reinforcements. ”

"Who is the one leading the troops?"

"There are yellow, red, and white flags, and it is not clear who led the troops."

Zhong Laosi thought for a moment and said, "Leave one company to cut off the ferry, and the other two companies will follow me back to the mouth of the Caohe River." ”……

Five days later, on the outskirts of Shenyang, a team of soldiers and horses with yellow flags marched slowly, which was the defeated Houjin soldiers. The second battalion of the guards in Dengzhou town chased the tail of the Houjin army to the mouth of the Caohe River, most of the Houjin troops who did not grab the horses were killed, or entered the old forest, if they could not take the avenue, those places would not be able to get out for a while and a half, they had no supplies, and many people might not be able to insist on walking through Samaji Fort.

Huang Taiji this way, the Han army brought 2,000 people, six phalanxes were hit hard, when they fled for their lives, they were in the rear, but many people escaped the pursuit of Dengzhou. After Huang Taiji retreated to Caohe Fort, he took advantage of the widened terrain of the Caohe River Valley to contain the advance of the Dengzhou infantry with cavalry, and at the same time Yue Tuo of Lianshan Pass launched an attack to drag the Ming army.

After this battle, the morale of the Houjin army was extremely low, it seems that even the sweat banner of Huang Taiji was a little sluggish, there was no welcome crowd outside Shenyang, most of the armor soldiers of Houjin had been mobilized, and they were sent to various places to deal with the spring offensive of the Ming army, there were only some old and weak and family members left in Shenyang City, Shenyang had not encountered the threat of war for many years, but this time under the offensive of the Ming army, the Houjin army of all roads did not gain an advantage, Gaizhou was cut off by the Ming army, the infantry of Dengzhou has attacked the city many times, and the Ming army sentry cavalry appeared outside Haizhou City, The cavalry of the Ming army appeared for the first time on the Liaozhong Plain, which was a shaky shake for the rule of the Later Jin.

Huang Taiji entered the city from the south gate, very low-key into the city, Zierharang still stayed in the mountains to defend, at this time he was only accompanied by Sony, a close minister, Ao Bai, the personal guard in the last round of the offensive to lead the rear of the armor, has never appeared since, Huang Taiji does not know his life and death, but he feels that Ao Bai is more auspicious.

When they returned to the palace, Bao Chengxian, Gao Hongzhong, Fan Wencheng and others were already kneeling outside the palace gate, and Huang Taiji didn't say anything to them, and went straight into the palace.

After listening, the three of them also applied for solemnity, the combat power of the Dengzhou army has exceeded their expectations, in the past, Dengzhou Town was only able to fight against the Houjin army under favorable conditions, but now there is a trend of getting stronger and stronger, and they dare to fight against thousands of Houjin elites with hundreds of people, and the force that Huang Taiji can rely on the most has become more and more insignificant.

Sonny led the three of them into the palace, and after finding Huang Taiji's personal Goshha, he learned that Huang Taiji had gone to the Dazheng Palace, and the four of them immediately went to the Dazheng Palace, and stood outside the hall waiting for Huang Taiji to summon him.

After waiting for half an hour, the door inside was wide open, and a Goshha came out to recruit four people to enter, Gao Hongzhong walked behind Sony, he peeked at it, the emperor Taiji on the sweat seat looked haggard, and his round face seemed to shrink a circle, Fan Wencheng knelt on the ground with a puff, and cried to Huang Taiji: "The slave asks the Great Khan to take care of the dragon body, a little setback will not hurt my Dajin at all, maybe that force is Chen Xin's family, maybe it is Chen Xin's family, such a combat power, it is impossible to have thousands, it should be a strong soldier raised by Chen Xin who has exhausted his military salary, This time, they also suffered heavy losses, and they could not recover in a year and a half. ”

Huang Taiji waved his hand to let a few people get up, he slowly rubbed his nose, and said weakly: "Fan Aiqing doesn't need to say more, Bayala also captured a Dengzhou sentry, and they all tortured to understand, they are the second battalion of Dengzhou guards, and the battalion officer is Zhong Caisheng who killed Mang Gurtai, not hundreds, there are more than 2,000 people in the second battalion alone, and most of them are young people who have not been recruited for a long time." ”

Fan Wencheng was speechless, and Huang Taiji sighed and said: "I heard that Qi Jiguang is from Dengzhou, but the Zhejiang soldiers did not block my Dajin full attack, I just want to know, whether the Dengzhou mountain people are more brave than my Dajin Zhushen, why do they have so many strong soldiers." ”

None of the people present could answer his question, Dengzhou is mountainous, and it used to be a place where birds didn't, and the governor changed several times during the Apocalypse, and he had never heard of being able to produce strong troops, but now the shape of the city has taken a sharp turn because of Dengzhou Town.

Huang Taiji sat up straight and asked Gao Hongzhong, "What is the situation in the direction of Lianshan Pass?" ”

Gao Hongzhong knelt down and said: "After Yue Tuo attacked the mouth of the grass river several times, he had already retreated to Lianshan Pass, Dengzhou and Dongjiang attacked once, and was repelled by Yue Tuo, and Erbeile transferred the five hundred Red Banner armor soldiers from Shenyang to reinforce Lianshan Pass, and this road should be safe." When the Yellow Dragon reached the old city of Hetuala, Dudubel had repelled them, but it was only on the side of Gaizhou...... The Dengzhou soldiers have besieged Gaizhou twice, the city wall collapsed several feet, and the Dengzhou sentry rode straight into Haizhou, and was driven away by Haizhou's Duoduo Beyler, who still asked the Great Khan to send troops to reinforce Gaizhou. ”

Huang Taiji shook his head and said: "I still shouldn't throw the soldiers and horses into the mountains, my big golden horse soldier advantage can't be used in the mountains, but was killed by the Dengzhou infantry with muskets and artillery." ”

Sony knew that Huang Taiji's confidence had actually been hit, and this Dengzhou offensive was nearing the end, because their grain route in the middle direction was not smooth, except for the accident at Caohe Fort, they did not achieve heavy results in all directions, and the two sides were still mainly attrition-oriented, because the grain route was difficult, Dengzhou Town was weak in the direction of Lianshan Pass, lacked lasting ability, and could not go straight into Liaozhong, but Dengzhou had a strategic advantage.

First of all, the Battle of Caohekou crushed the confidence of the Houjin army, at least in Sony's heart, the fluttering flying tiger skull flag lingered like a nightmare, and secondly, the Ming army occupied the two important nodes of Xiuyan and Phoenix, with Tongyuan Fort, Caohe Fort and other forward strongholds, the Dengzhou army could safely hoard supplies and gather troops in Xiuyan and Phoenix, and next autumn, they would be able to launch a more protracted offensive, and Houjin and them could not afford to consume.

Bao Chengxian said cautiously: "Great Khan, the former Niuzhuang reported that there was a Liaozhen cavalry west of the Sancha River, and they made a feint in Huangniwa and turned back to Jinzhou. ”

With a bang, Huang Taiji slapped heavily on the armrest, and he stood up angrily and said angrily: "Does Zu Dashou not want his son anymore, I really think that my Dajin is a person who can be bullied." ”

Bao Chengxian immediately knelt down and said, "Zu Dashou has not crossed the yellow mud puddle, nor has he built a city in Daling River and other places, this time he came or the Ming Emperor persecuted, and now Dengzhou is the primary enemy of my Dajin, and the slave asks the Great Khan not to worry about villains like Zu Dashou." ”

Gao Hongzhong also knelt on the ground, listening to Bao Chengxian's words, he actually quickly understood Zu Dashou's thoughts, at this time, sending troops to the Sancha River is an explanation to Dengzhou and the imperial court, and it is more of a formality, otherwise if the Liaozhen cavalry really attacks the area of Niuzhuang Haizhou, the shape of Houjin will be even worse.

Gao Hongzhong established a relationship with Chen Xin when he was in Lushun, and after returning to Liaozhong, he took the risk of passing on the news several times, and their message channel was through the direction of Guò Mongolia, which was very time-consuming, but it was also a way back for Gao Hongzhong to leave for himself. Most of Chen Xin's intelligence on the high-level officials of Houjin came from Gao Hongzhong.

At this time, Dengzhou Zhenbiao Xiàn showed a strong combat power, and the advantages established by Houjin since the first year of Chongzhen were lost, and the balance in the Gaohong Center had been tilted more and more towards Dengzhou.

He lay on the ground and listened quietly, but countless thoughts had already turned in his head, and when he was distracted, he suddenly heard Fan Wencheng next to him say: "Slave, slave has a word, I am afraid that the Great Khan will punish me if I say it, but I dare not say it." ”

Huang Taiji's voice sounded above, "Fan Aiqing said it." ”

"Minister, minister, minister, please ask the Great Khan to reopen peace talks with the Ming Kingdom!"

Everyone in the hall turned their heads together, Gao Hongzhong looked at Fan Wencheng, only to see him tearful and said: "Great Khan Mingjian, Dengzhou Chen Xinxiong is strategic, partial and ill-intentioned, it is not only the enemy of my Dajin, but also the enemy of the Ming Emperor, in previous years, the Ming State and the Ming State discussed peace and asked me Dajin to withdraw from the side wall during the Wanli period, otherwise it can not be negotiated, now the situation has changed, Chen Xinlian private soldiers raise private money, Dengzhou is only greater than Shandong, and the Beijing division between a horse and a flat river, the Ming Emperor has been more precautionary against it this year, and my Dajin is also trapped in Dengzhou's strong military strength, Those who become big things are not informal, this is the time when my Dajin and the Ming Kingdom reopen peace talks, I Dajin may wish to make some concessions, and I think the emperor of the Ming Kingdom will understand the meaning of this. The Guanning armies where Zu Dashou is located, do not want Dengzhou Town to continue to expand, Dengzhou Town has countless strong troops, and will never tolerate the Guanning Army like the imperial court, the slave thinks, Zu Shuai also understands, the slave is willing to go to Jinzhou to lobby Zu Shuai, Liaozhen is intertwined with the Beijing officials, with their help, this matter is more feasible. My Dajin can give up his name, and even promise to help Ming Guo exterminate those thieves, so as to get a chance to recuperate, and when the Emperor of Ming and Chen Xin turn their faces, it will be the time for my Dajin to rise again. ”

Gao Hongzhong peeked upward, and Huang Taiji rubbed his nose as if he was in deep thought. (To be continued.) )