On the same day, the Wendeng camp was deployed to the Desheng Gate, and after the Houjin Sentinel Cavalry outside found the Wendeng camp flag, they quickly notified Huang Taiji, who prepared a shield car and a long ladder in the north, and continuously submitted a letter saying that peace could be negotiated.

I heard that after the Ming army arrived at Desheng Gate, Huang Taiji personally led the troops to the outside of Desheng Gate, Chen Xin also saw the main force of Houjin for the first time, and the Houjin Great Array outside the city was flying, and the dense layers of cavalry were like dark clouds, full of beating horse heads. The scattered sentry had already run a hundred paces under the wall, and some strange screams came out of their mouths.

Wen Tiren and Liang Tingdong, the newly appointed squire of the military department, also arrived at the north gate, and the two frowned deeply as they looked at the prestige of the Houjin army.

Wen Tiren whispered to Chen Xin: "Jiannu has jumped off the beam for more than ten years, and now he can coerce Shenjing, and there is only a wall between him and my Holy Son of Heaven, which really worries our courtiers. ”

Chen Xin bowed down to be taught, and he tried not to talk as much as possible in front of Wen Tiren, and this time he gave Wen Tiren a military merit, and he didn't need other words to express it.

Wen Tiren continued: "The position of guerrilla given to you, this official has thought deeply, the governor of Denglai must be restored, the royal court is trying to share your military exploits at the moment, and the voice is the highest, and he should not treat you lightly, but last time Daoshi said that you are still willing to stay in Wendeng, this official has built a battalion of guerrillas or reinforcements in Denglai, which is still called Wendeng Battalion, stationed in Wendeng and Weihai, thinking that the Dongjiang River has stamina. Wen Tiren knew that Chen Xin had his own way of making money, and he didn't want him to go to the town to put it under the eyes of the royal court.

Chen Xin knew this, Song Wenxian had already inquired about Qian Yuanke, according to the nine-sided system, in addition to the governor and the pacesetter barracks, there were also four types of Zhengqi aid tours, and a town with a single guerrilla camp was built a guerrilla barracks, and the staff general was called the reinforcement camp, and the deputy general was the Qi barracks, even if his merit was high, it was impossible to be promoted to the general army of the Guan Zheng barracks at one time.

There is also a distinction between the use of guerrillas and reinforcements, the guerrillas can be used for cross-town support without the dispatch of the military department, the reinforcement battalion is in principle to guard the locality, this time Chen Xin's agency level is commanded by Tongzhi to Wei, only one level has been promoted, but the military rank has been skipped from the sentinel to the guerrilla, it has been skipped, because of the rush of time, this time it is only a temporary promotion, let him take the Wendeng battalion to fight justifiably, with his military merits, the official promotion should still be, and the rank and shadow are still behind, but he is not interested in that thing, the most important thing is the actual interests, The ranger battalion is generally more than a thousand, and it is still far from enough for him.

Wen Tiren specially introduced him to Liang Tingdong, the right attendant of the Ministry of War, this person is said to be quite talented, in the early years, he was an official to Yongping Bingbeidao, and Yuan Chonghuan had a little friction, and later Wei Zhongxian was in power, everyone went to the Seminary Temple, he didn't go, but resigned and left, until Chongzhen came to power before he re-activated him.

Since the establishment of slaves this time, although Liang Tingdong did not fight a battle, but he played against the emperor quite a strategy, has been promoted three levels in a row, earlier was the patrol of the North Road, Jizhen Governor Wang Yuanya hanged, he was the right to the imperial history of the governor of Jizhen, and then Wang Qia went to prison, vacating a position, he became the right attendant of the military department, and then Yuan Chonghuan went to prison again, Liang added another level, the governor of Jiliao Baoding military affairs, and the general command of all the soldiers and horses of the king of Qin.

Jiannu entrance for two months, this Lord Liang has been promoted to three levels in a row, and now I heard that the emperor is not satisfied with Shen Yongmao's ability, Liang Tingdong is moving forward bravely to the fourth level of the military department Shangshu, every time someone is unlucky, this brother has to be cheap, and Chen Xin has just been promoted to a level with his head, he can't help but envy and admire Lord Liang, he can see that Liang Tingdong and Wen Tiren have a close relationship, Lord Liang is a popular candidate for the military department Shangshu, it must be more effective than Qian Yuan's shell, since Wen Tiren has pulled the line, Chen Xin must be dotted, Fortunately, some gold and silver were seized at the time of Gu'an, and it was also very convenient to give gifts.

At present, Jiannu is still under the Jingshi City, if he can still have military exploits, the emperor will take care of it, and it will not be a problem to be promoted to a general, and then he will have to fight for a piece of his own territory from Denglai, and he will not have to be controlled by others everywhere. But looking at the military might of Jiannu under the city, Chen Xin was secretly afraid, not because of the number of them, but because of the natural advantage of the cavalry over the infantry, they could run if they couldn't beat it, and once they were entangled in the field, they didn't even have to fight, they could be surrounded to death.

The banner of Houjin Khan outside the city is far away, Chen Xin can only see some vague figures, there are a few Luzon bronze guns on the Desheng Gate, which belong to the early imitation of Hongyi cannons, and it is estimated that Houjin's sentinels have also detected it, so their army is not close.

After a while, a soldier came running from the other side, and he came to a stop fifty paces below the city, and looked at the city wall with a scroll of documents in his hand, and there was a buzz of discussion among the soldiers of the Beijing camp on the city wall.

Chen Xin exaggerated the call of the two guards, covering Wen Tiren and Liang Tingdong behind the long card, Wen Tiren was quite bold, let the long card player step back, stood next to the battlements and snorted: "The barbarians also want to learn the alliance under the city." ”

Chen Xin said tentatively: "My lord, do you want to kill him with the lower officials?" ”

Wen Tiren's eyes flickered a few times, and finally slowly shook his head, "It's just a soldier who delivers a letter, killing him will lose my heavenly temperament." Chen Xin flattered and agreed, but if he defended the city alone, he would kill it first, and he wouldn't want to leave any room with Jiannu anyway.

After that, Jin Bingding saw that there was no one in the city to respond, put the paperwork on the ground, rode his horse back, and put down a Beijing battalion soldier with a hanging basket at the head of the city, and ran to get it back.

After seeing this, the deputy general of the Shenshu battalion of Deshengmen reported to Wen Tiren that it was a joint battle with the Jowenden battalion, and two thousand people were sent out on one side. The surrounding Wendeng camp and Jingying generals all looked at several civilian officials to see how they decided.

Wen Tiren suddenly laughed and said to Liang Tingdong: "Lord Liang, Jiannu has seen too much of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms?" ”

Liang Tingdong also said disdainfully: "Jiannu also played such tricks during the Ningjin War, just ignore him." ”

Wen Tiren agreed: "This kind of barbarian should not be what he does, and it depends on whether he dares to attack the city." ”

The Houjin army outside the city waited for a while and did not move, and left by themselves, they really did not dare to attack the city, Huang Taiji built siege equipment in the north, but it was just to exert pressure and want to blackmail something, who knew that the Ming court was quite backbone, although he was defeated in successive battles, he did not accept the alliance under the city.

For several days, Chen Xin led his troops to guard between Desheng Gate and Anding Gate, watching the sentry cavalry of the Houjin soldiers practice turning back and running under the city every day.

Huang Taiji blackmailed not succeeded, changed to Ming robbery, considering that the last time he passed through Tongzhou was busy on the road, many scenic spots did not go to see, he sent Abatai, Azig, Zierharang and others to Tongzhou self-guided tour, unexpectedly found that the Ming army of Zhangjiawan fled on its own, Houjin picked up a big bargain, the prosperous place on the canal was full of goods, after the Jin soldiers plundered and returned, the eight banners were even more desperate, after the Jin soldiers threw down a bunch of shield car long ladders, left the north of the city, and returned east through Tongzhou.

Hearing that the Houjin soldiers withdrew from Gyeonggi, the officials and people in the capital breathed a sigh of relief, and the sword hanging over their heads was finally removed, and then there were rumors in the Beijing Division, saying that it was because the Wendeng camp arrived in the Jingshi, and the Tartars were afraid, so they were busy withdrawing the troops, and the reputation of the Wendeng camp was even louder. In fact, Chen Xin just asked Huang Side and Zhang Dahui to take people to spread it, so he made a good advertisement.

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Although the Houjin soldiers left the Beijing Division, but still in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, they were not in a hurry as a leisurely stroll, and defeated the infantry of the Guanning Army a battalion outside the city of Jizhou, and then Huang Taiji received a report from the Houjin soldiers who stayed in Zunhua, saying that the more than ten Jizhen passes that were surrendered at the time of the breach have rebelled back, reflecting that the Huang Taiji did not have any intentions for the construction of local power at that time, and the Miyun general soldiers also went to fight Zunhua once after hearing about it, and were defeated by a small number of Houjin troops stationed there.

Although there are more and more Ming troops who come to the rescue, but the field ability is getting weaker and weaker, after the death of Man Gui, who dared to fight the most in the early days, basically no Ming army dared to take the initiative to attack the Houjin army.

Huang Taiji has disdained those small passes, in his opinion, he can go out of the pass from any pass in Jizhen, although the Houjin soldiers have a slight setback in Gu'an, but later the Wendeng camp can not shrink, they are still very confident. After Jizhou, he divided his troops to attack the surrounding prefectures and counties, he chose the first day of the first month of the first month, the day of the universal celebration and set off to Yongping, after some deployment, the fourth day of the first battle of Yongping, under the deterrence of Qian'an and Luanzhou surrendered, Huang Taiji shaved the hair of the surrendered officials, gave a higher position, and let them continue to be in charge.

In this way, there are four big cities under the post-financial control, there is a relatively stable rear, Huang Taiji is not satisfied, and through Yongping to Funing County, but also went to Shanhaiguan to try it, Sun Chengzong to Shanhaiguan after packing up the soldiers and horses, to Zu Dashou with a letter, and sent Yuan Chonghuan's handwriting, Zu Dashou re-led the troops into the customs, Shanhaiguan heavy troops gathered, there are more than 50 Hongyi cannons alone, more than 2,000 extermination cannons, Liao soldiers involve their own vital interests, the will to fight is much stronger than in Beijing, Huang Taiji turned around and didn't even beat down Funing County, and gave up his plan to attack Shanhaiguan.

Not only Shanhaiguan, the Houjin army did not even have any soldiers and horses of Changli, the newly appointed Changli Zhixian Zuo Yingxuan is full of courage, organizational ability is also very good, there are no soldiers and horses in the city, he organized the young and strong in the city, and received some Luanzhou and Yongping's rout, and at the same time desperately prepared gunpowder and wood and stones, he set an example, has been commanding at the head of the city, the whole city is united, after the Jin soldiers rushed to the city on the eighth day, first seven or eight thousand people attacked, most of them were Mongolian tribal soldiers, were repelled by the defenders, Houjin increased the army to tens of thousands of people, from the ninth to the fourteenth day of the first month, even the emperor Taiji personally rushed to the city to command, after checking it was found that there was not even a firecracker artillery, and the result was two days in a row, although there was no artillery, but there was a lot of gunpowder, he directly ground the gunpowder into powder, and sprinkled it like a flower scattered by the goddess, and then threw the torch to burn the face of Jiannu.

The shortcomings of Houjin's ability to attack fortifications were shown again, they were close to the city and did not even have a shovel and pickaxe to dig the wall, which was really not very professional in terms of demolition, and Changli held on to victory day after day, and the people of the city were high-spirited, and it became more and more insurmountable, Huang Taiji and Daishan finally had no choice but to give up this nail household. The Houjin army, which is known as the battle must be won and the attack must be won, finally hit the head and bleed under the small Changli City, and the Changli County without deep ditches and high walls is even more tenacious than such an important town as Zunhua.

After Huang Taiji hit the wall continuously, he warned his subordinates not to attack the city in vain, if the fighting spirit in the city is strong, there is no need to tempt, immediately withdraw the army, but the impact of the battle of Changli is far more than this, some other small cities and villages near Yongping heard about the matter of Changli, they all refused to surrender, and the good days of surrendering to the wind are no longer for the time being.

When Huang Taiji had a headache, Chongzhen had a headache, and Houjin occupied Yongping Qian'an, and the road from Jingshi to Shanhaiguan was basically broken, so that he had no news of the Guanning army for several days, and the soldiers and horses in Zhejiang, Henan, Shandong and other places arrived one after another, but the combat power of these inland Qinwang troops was even lower, and it was still only Guan Ning who had the most people and the strongest combat power.

The household department has not been able to take out the extra silver, even Chen Xin, a person who is personally taken care of by the emperor, the household department still has no money, Wen Tiren said that they let them take out 10,000 taels, and they have not even given the head reward.

In addition to silver, there are more troublesome things, Shanxi governor Geng Ruqi and Shanxi town chief soldier Zhang Honggong, respectively, with Fubiao battalion, Shanxi town camp Qinwang, to the vicinity of the Beijing division, no food, then apply for supplies, according to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, to arrive at the local day before receiving military food, so they were transferred to Tongzhou on the first day, the second day was transferred to Changping, the third day was transferred to Liangxiang, three places were transferred in three days, outside the fifth ring walked around, no place can stay until the next day, and they have not been able to get food once, In the winter, Qiu Ba, who walked useless roads every day, and couldn't eat enough, was furious, although the civil officials were smart, but Qiu Ba was not stupid, and finally scattered in a hurry, looting all the way to Shanxi and escaping back, Shanxi Town was also the elite of the nine sides, the two battalions totaled more than 5,000 cavalry, and the King of Qin, who had gone through all the hardships to reach the king of Jingshi, was treated like this, just because of the cleverness of the civil officials, and lost a precious force.

Chongzhen was angry and sent Geng Ruqi and Zhang Honggong to prison, and those military officials who were randomly dispatched did not have any punishment, Chen Xin is now well-informed in Beijing, and after hearing about it, he sent Zhu Guobin and the training team to chase the rebels in Shanxi Town, and asked them to recruit some night soldiers and cavalry to come back.

As soon as these things came out, Chen Xin became more and more afraid to go out of Beijing, the governor was still a civil official, and now he was treated like this, he was a guest guerrilla, and he could be owed a reward under the emperor's nose, God knows what he would be tossed into after leaving Beijing, and those friendly troops were also very unreliable, and he was really worried about fighting with them, so he had been relying on the Beijing division and did not dare to go out of the city.

But after all, Wendeng Camp has a reputation for being a strong army, and Liu Zhilun, the squire of the Ministry of War, took a fancy to him, fortunately, Wen Tiren also knew that he couldn't fight Jiannu with this little soldier alone, so he found Liang Tingdong, who had been promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of War, and easily blocked back, Liu Zhilun changed his words to Sichuan soldiers, and the Ministry of War did not agree, and finally he recruited more than 10,000 people himself, most of which were beggar soldiers who fled from the martyred Deputy General Shen, and then he was going to go out of Beijing to kill the Tartars.

Although Chen Xin admired his courage, he did not dare to take risks with him, and when he met Liu Zhilun in the military department, he also advised him not to attack rashly, and then attack after the army gathered, but was sneered at by Liu Zhilun.

Liu Zhilun was determined to lead his "army" to set off, and Liang Tingdong got Chen Xin's dots, coupled with Wen Tiren's intentions, so he left Wendeng camp on the grounds of preventing the return of Jiannu, and still guarded the northern city.

On the day of Liu Zhilun's departure, many officials in Beijing saw him off, and many people admired the courage of this Yibin man, but they were not optimistic about his fate, and almost came in the mood of sending him to the funeral. Chen Xin followed behind Wen Tiren and looked at Liu Zhilun's army, most of them were extremely thin, barely equipped with knives and guns, and a small amount of cotton armor, more like the rogue in Chen Xin's mind.

The only thing that caught his eye was a few cannons, but it always made Chen Xin feel that something was wrong, he went up and touched it with his hand, and was so surprised that he almost fell to the ground.

He opened his mouth wide and asked Liu Zhilun, "Liu Shilang, this is ......"

Liu Zhilun said as a matter of course: "Wood cannon!" ”