In late January of the seventh year of Chongzhen, the Houjin soldiers entered Kou Xuanda in three ways, and entered the side wall from the dining room fort and the dragon gate guard on both wings of Zhangjiakou. Among them, the Longmen guards failed to conquer it, and the Jin army bypassed the city and looted in the direction of Baoan and Huailai.

Hou Jin's battle was rushed, but the attack was still very smooth. For Huang Taiji, this is a battle of last resort, the time he can choose is very limited, and the preparation is very urgent, but the current battle situation makes him very satisfied. Although the Houjin soldiers were in a hurry, Xuanda was even more hurried, Zhang Zongheng's station had just been changed back to Yanghe, and the battle to pursue and suppress the Liukou was not over, there were still many remaining bandits in the south of Shanxi, and part of the Xuanda border army chased to Henan, and some of them were cleared in the southeast of Shanxi.

Because of the change in the time of the Later Jin Dynasty, Xuanda at this time was even weaker than the Later Jin Dynasty in history, because the elite of the border army went to chase the Liukou and had not yet returned, so although the strength of the Later Jin Dynasty was weakened, the battle situation was still one-sided.

The garrisons in various places do not have the slightest will to fight, and the remaining forces in these border passes are mainly military households, and it is good to be able to go to the wall, and there is no need to count on them to go out of the city and fight. In the original history, there was Cao Zhao in Datong, who had a battle with Houjin, and now there is not even a single one who dares to fight.

The Later Jin were still here to plunder, and their marching routes were planned to sweep as wide a region as possible. Their battle plan, which was not aimed at any military target, was aimed at the silver and the population. The Houjin army once again embodied the color of horse thieves, and even after eight years of Huang Taiji's rise to power, he failed to transform this plundering force into a real army, still maintaining its primitive and barbaric characteristics.

The west road from Datong Mansion to the customs blocked the official road to flee south, and the middle route army one south and one north, the middle road through the food room fort to Xuanfu, after frightening the Ming army in the city, then open the front to the Datong road to plunder. The north and south sides are like two brushes, and the vicinity of Datong must be swept away. Try to get as much population and wealth as possible.

The original plan of the East Route Army was to join the Emperor Taiji and Xuanfu after entering the Kou, and the Huang Taiji army was weaker than in history, and he originally planned to give up the Huailai, Baoan and other places that had been looted last year, so he reduced the division of troops from the Dushikou to enter the Kou. However, as soon as Huang Taiji entered the customs, he received detailed information from multiple channels, Xuanda's troops were empty, and he felt that the resistance of the Ming army was indeed very weak, so he immediately changed his plan.

After the Eastern Route Army attacked the Longmen Acropolis, Huang Taiji asked the Eastern Route Army to loot Huailai first. Then take Guangling, Hunyuan Prefecture to Yingzhou, and meet with the other two roads in Yingzhou, so that the three roads down, the base will rob Datong Mansion.

By the beginning of February, the Jin soldiers had already swept away the vicinity of Huailai. According to the negotiation between Huang Taiji and the eight families, the population robbed this time mainly supplemented the losses of each banner, and only gave 20% to the public middle school, and those caught close to the border pass were sent back to the border first, and the eight families picked up people at the border mouth and escorted back to Liaodong first.

The various armies of Xuanda in Shanxi Town returned scattered back. Hesitating in various parts of the Inner Great Wall, these forces were very scattered, and even Zhang Zongheng couldn't find them there, and these horses were quite afraid of the Houjin soldiers in their hearts. Just as the Jin soldiers cut off the road to Datong and Yanghe, they stayed in the inner Great Wall as a matter of course, waiting for the impossible order.

At this time, Liang Tingdong had already determined that the main force of Houjin was in Xuanda, and he had been the secretary of the military department for many years. I was forced to learn a lot in practice, and my vision was much stronger than that of ordinary ministers. Li Quan immediately mobilized troops and horses from all parts of Beizhili to defend the Inner Great Wall Pass, focusing on the Juyong Pass and the Reverse Horse Pass, after solving the defense, it was rescue, Liang Tingdong transferred the elite of Liao Town to Xuanda, and led the troops was Wu Xiang, the general soldier of Liao Town, and You Shiwei, the general soldier of Shanhaiguan, and urgently transferred 6,000 soldiers and horses from Dengzhou Town to Jinggi, as the reserve force of the Beijing Division, and at the same time ordered Liao Town and Dengzhou Town to launch a diversion offensive in western Liaoning and southern Liaoning, Dongjiang Town was unable to land a large-scale attack because of the influence of ice, and Liang Tingdong did not mobilize, The entire northern Ming Dynasty troops were mobilized around Xuanda.

Although Liang Tingdong's strength on paper is very strong, it is either thousands of miles away, or the soldiers have no heart to fight, and many soldiers have made up their minds not to fight with Jiannu when they are on the road, and their mobilization is more like dealing with the imperial court.

The resistance of the official army is not effective, the wolf smoke is everywhere in the territory of Xuanda, the Houjin army is like entering a no-man's land, Xuanda, which was once known as the elite of the nine sides, is vulnerable, the three-way army opens a big net, the cavalry roars and gallops, thousands of people are captured by the Houjin soldiers, and are driven to the outside of the pass in the cold wind, and the corpses cry all the way.

After sending most of the population to the Houjin Eastern Route Army, they began to rush south to Datong Province, preparing to join Huang Taiji in Yingzhou......

On the sixth day of the first month of February, on the northern boundary of Wu'an, a simple camp was almost covered by howling wind and snow, this camp had thousands of people, but there were very few horses, and there were no flags in the middle of the camp, so it was impossible to see where the camp came from.

One of the tent curtains opened, Zhong Laosi came out of it with white air, and his head was soon covered with snowflakes, and then Zhou Shao'er also came out.

The two of them stood in the snow, looking south for a while and were a little disappointed, Zhou Shao'er shrank his head and clasped his hands, and looked at Zhong Laosi in a blink of an eye: "As soon as the fifth battalion chases the Yellow River, then there is no fixed place to live every day, and our trading company is not much in Henan, maybe Tang Magen didn't find Zhu Daichun, if you can't get the warrant, do you say that we all seem to be stupid, this cold day, I don't know how to bake the fire in Lin County, but here to drink snow and blow the wind." ”

"Damn, one foot is Zhending Mansion, just because of Zhu Daichun's broken paper, we can only wait here......" Zhong Laosi held his head high in the wind and snow, looked north for a while and said: "Shanxi is Lao Tzu's hometown, although Lao Tzu is not from Datong Mansion, but the Tartar can't tell where to hit, if those people are caught by the Tartar, they will enter the eighteenth layer of hell, and I don't know if the court has sent enough reinforcements." ”

More than 1,100 dragoons have arrived here for two days in the name of training, and they are only one step away from Zhending Mansion, and the headquarters of the reserve has even crossed the border and transported grain and grass all the way to the north.

At the beginning, the officers and soldiers of Zhending Mansion panicked and sent many people to check, they thought that the exiles in Zhao'an in Lin County had rebelled again, but fortunately, the intelligence bureau found the local trading company, and explained to the government through Guò private channels, only saying that the soldiers and horses of Dengzhou who were ordered to return were ready to reinforce Xuanda through Guò Zhendingfu. At this time, the news of the Tatars' entry into the Kou had spread, and Zhending Mansion heard that it was Dengzhou Town. I wish Dengzhou Town could stay. There was no resistance from even the local area, but Zhong Laosi was still limited by the authority to transfer troops, and the soldiers were framed in the northern boundary of Wu'an and could not move.

Zhou Shao'er laughed after hearing this: "Aren't the soldiers and horses of the imperial court just Tongzhou and Changping, at most plus Liaozhen, what is the use of these, we have to go to Dengzhou Town, but we are here, why don't the military department directly transfer us?" ”

"Forgot about us." Zhong Laosi said dissatisfiedly: "Zhu Daichun left us in Linxian, maybe Dengzhou thought we went to Henan." We're even more pitiful in the military department, we may not even have a military register. ”

Zhou Shao'er laughed for a while, "There is a lot of commotion everywhere right now, and it's possible to forget, or we won't go to Shanxi." Isn't it good to hide in Linxian County for the winter, you have to walk thousands of miles to fight with the Tartars. ”

"Of course you have to go, Lord Chen said, you can sometimes talk to the Liukou, and if you don't have to talk to the Tartars, you will fight until they surrender, and first settle the millions of blood debts in Liaodong before talking about anything else." Zhong Laosi pinched his nose. Squirted out a handful of snot and shook it on the ground with his hand, "Lao Tzu loves to listen to Lord Chen, and Lord Chen likes to play tartars the most." It's the same with Lao Tzu, the Liukou is too weak, and he doesn't have the strength to fight, and he didn't succeed in Lushun last time. Damn it. ”

Zhou Shao'er looked around again, and finally couldn't help but say to Zhong Laosi: "Forget it." Don't wait outside, you go back to your tent, I'll go back to the company. ”

"You go your ......" Zhong Laosi suddenly raised his hand, stared at Zhou Shao'er and said, "There is the sound of horses' hooves." ”

Zhou Shao'er listened carefully for a moment, and sure enough, there was the sound of horses' hooves galloping, and the two hurriedly ran to the camp gate, only to see that several Tang horses had already dismounted at the camp gate, and were handing over military cards to the platoon commander guarding the door.

Zhong Lao Sisi strode out and said to a few people: "Where did the brothers come from?" I am Zhong Caisheng, the deputy commander of the 5th Battalion, and I will give me the order immediately. ”

At first, a Tang Ma pulled away the scarf on his face, took out a military order sealed with fire paint, and said with a white breath: "The military order is urgent, hand it over to the officers above the deputy battalion officer of the fifth battalion to personally open it, we are chasing it from Lin County." ”

Zhong Laosi hurriedly took it, opened it and took a look, it read, "Dengzhou Town Military Order Division Seven Year Operation No. 1 Order, ordered the fifth battalion to stay in Linxian County to immediately rescue Xuanda, and use dragoons to maneuver to attack the Jiannu division of troops, forming a deterrent to the small division of troops in Houjin, hoping that the dragoons will give full play to their mobile advantages, seize the opportunity to severely damage their troops, and force them to gather troops, so as to reduce the scope of looting and save the people of Shanxi from fire and water." This order, Chen Xin, the chief military officer of Dengzhou Town. ”

Zhong Laosi screamed, slapped his thigh and laughed: "It was actually signed by Lord Chen himself, Lao Tzu said that Lord Chen would definitely go to fight the Tartars, Lord Chen is far away in Dengzhou, and the orders have arrived, and he Zhu Daichun is in Henan but is dragging behind, this level is different, your mother's military judge, trainer, Lao Tzu see what you dare to say this time." ”

Zhou Shao'er hurriedly reminded on the side: "Ask a few Tangma brothers to go in to rest, or find someone to arrange for them to go to Linxian." ”

"They went to Linn County on their own." Zhong Laosi waved his hand, turned around and ran to his military tent, "Zhou Shao'er returned to the company, we are about to pull out the camp." ”

Zhou Shao'er shook his head helplessly, and the leading Tang Ma looked at Zhong Laosi's back and was stunned for a moment before saying to Zhou Shao'er: "Please tell the deputy battalion officer, he wants to sign the receipt of the second half to us, and I will send someone back to hand over the order." ”

Zhou Shao'er hurriedly greeted the flag captain guarding the door, saved the registration, and hurriedly followed to Zhong Laosi's barracks.

"Blow the rallying trumpet!" Zhong Laosi looked at Zhou Shao'er and grinned, "The company commander who gathered late hit twenty military sticks." ”

Zhou Shao'er scolded in a low voice, and hurriedly ran away, only a few steps later, the assembly call behind him sounded, the entire camp immediately boiled, and the officer's shouting order rang out.

Zhong Laosi mounted his horse, and as far as the eye could see, the camp was full of infantry, their mounts were already in front of them to transport supplies, and the dragoons had become infantry.

This camp was a simple camp, and the tents were not for marching, but only for the reservists, so they packed very little, and the food and grass were also in front, and the army of thousands of people was quickly prepared.

Zhong Laosi looked at the neat queue standing in the wind and snow, and a sense of pride arose in his heart, and he waved his hand violently, "Dragoon, let's go!" ”