On the dock of Lushun, Chen Xin and Huang Side were preparing to board the ship and go offshore, and the generals of the navy and army of Lushun came to see them off, accompanied by the 1,000th headquarters of the guards, who would return to Dengzhou to replenish the troops, and change the first commander of the second battalion to come to southern Liaoning for a round battle.

On the Golden Mountain and Xiguan Mountain on both sides, countless auxiliaries are busy, trying to dig out more fortifications before the arrival of winter, several medium-sized dungeons on the mountain are connected to the top of the mountain, and the ditches at the foot of the mountain are vertical and horizontal, and the excavated soil is piled up one after another.

In the distance, a few clouds of dirt burst out from the North Mountain, and a rumbling roar was heard.

Liu Pojun said to Chen Xin: "My lord, there is a real field of armament, and a section of defensive earth wall has been built, and the effectiveness of defensive weapons is being tested, mainly mines and earth-shaking mines. "Liu Pojun is good this time, Chen Xin has removed the deputy word of the deputy director of the Military Orders Department and has become the official director of the Military Orders Department.

Chen Xin said to him and Wang Changfu: "This kind of experiment should be carried out more, the two of you will stay here this winter, Liu Pojun, you will be responsible for building the defense around Lushun, training the garrison army's defense technology, the second thousand headquarters of the guard battalion will stay, and the first general of the second battalion will be transferred next month, and you will lead them to practice field battles relying on the city, just like Gu'an." Wang Changfu himself took your battalion headquarters to Jinzhou to learn more cavalry tactics, and then the establishment was expanded, so it was necessary to command multiple arms at the same time, and it was better to be familiar with it earlier than to cramm. ”

Wang Changfu arched his hand and said, "My subordinates remember." Do adults think Jiannu will really come in winter? ”

Chen Xin looked at the north and shook his head, "Whether they come or not, we have to prepare for the worst-case scenario, fight against a strong enemy, and we can't afford the slightest luck." ”

Liu Pojun also said: "My subordinates also feel that they need to be prepared, and if Huang Taiji returns in October, there will be time to prepare." According to the Liaodong people in Lushun, there are ice beds in the Tartar in winter (Note 1), which can be pulled by climbing plows and dogs and horses, and the goods are not smaller than the carriages to be dragged at a time. However, from the perspective of Jiannu's situation, the two battles of Dalinghe and Chahar were lost strictly, and I am afraid that those banner owners and ministers are reluctant to go on an expedition to southern Liaoning this year. ”

Chen Xin smiled and said: "If Jiannu can't come, let's go over and keep in touch with them, don't let them survive the winter." Let the sentry cavalry go from time to time, and come back in two days, forcing Jiannu to maintain troops in Fuzhou, even if they have ice beds, there must always be cavalry guards, transported from Haizhou, five out of ten, we will consume with them. ”

Chen Xin pointed to the southern city of Lushun, "There are many barriers to form around the Lushun Castle, but the most important thing is the Lushun Fortress, even if all other positions are lost, as long as the fortress is there, the port will be safe, and Jiannu can only retreat in the end." ”

After Liu Pojun agreed, his eyes looked at a large platform on the east side of Lushun, where there was a group of coats, and they were piling up stones, "My lord, these pick up the remaining coatings...... The subordinates still thought that it was not appropriate to stay in Lushun, in case they ran away a few, they would leak Lushun's secrets. ”

Chen Xin pondered for a while, the coats have been screened, after separate interrogations and mutual exposure, the singles who have not done evil in these coats have been selected, and they will be sent back to Dengzhou for transformation first, there are about three hundred people, if the transformation is good, they can be integrated into the Dengzhou system, some of these people speak neatly, Chen Xin plans to let them appear after each drama to strengthen the impression of the tunhu.

Although the mobilization of the previous few days made them excited for a while, the intelligence bureau thought that they might start to miss their families after a while, and there were some dangerous factors.

Wang Changfu listened to the nonchalant and said: "If your subordinates say it, you will shave their hair, cut them off and send them to Beijing." ”

Huang Side looked at Chen Xin silently, and said in a low voice: "My lord, otherwise, it will be transported to Dengzhou before the freeze and handed over to Lord Wang and Lu Jianjun to be sent down." ”

Chen Xin looked at Huang Side, in fact, Huang Side's idea is the same as Wang Changfu's, these people's faces are different from those of Jiannu, but they have always shaved their heads, and those who have taken off military merits may have a relatively large surname, and if they are sent to Wang Ting, they will cut off their heads with a knife, but they don't need Chen Xin to do it.

"Send it back to Dengzhou, let the previous group of Dengzhou prisoners take care of it, and build roads everywhere." Chen Xin finally planned to give them a way to live. The previous group of Dengzhou captives had already been partially reformed, and they received monthly salaries to keep other prisoners. After the division, there was no need for military surveillance, and 20 wounded veterans were arranged to become a team under the Construction Department, and thousands of people were divided into more than a dozen teams to build roads in various places. This construction team has strict discipline requirements, and it is the appropriate establishment for the rehabilitation of prisoners......

A quarter of an hour later, the ship left the dock, sailed out of the water gate to join the other ships in the port, and slowly went out to sea along the Laohuwei waterway, Chen Xin looked at the layers of fortifications on the Golden Mountain on the left, and a little smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Si Baylor, do you dare to come." ”……

In the Naturalization City of the Mongolian Tumut Department, Huang Taiji sat in the palace left by Lin Dan Khan, looking at the urgent report just now with a gloomy face, and handed it to Dai Shan next to him for a while.

Dai Shan was illiterate, although Huang Taiji's expression was calm, but he noticed that Huang Taiji's hand was shaking slightly, and he knew that it was not a good thing. Hurriedly asked Bakshoni to read it to him in a low voice, and he was a little surprised after listening to it. At this time, it was already twenty days after the Battle of Fuzhou, and the sentinel horse who delivered the message had only found this place at this time. He was indeed shocked by the white flag and the losses suffered by the Han army, and the shape of the attack on Chahar in front of him was not very good.

Huang Taiji's expedition was a disaster, both for him and for Lin Dan Khan. Originally, after Lin Dan Khan fled westward, he disconnected from Houjin, but as a result, he took the Daling River to fight last year and sent troops back to the Xilamulun River. Due to the prolongation of the battle of the Daling River, the Chahar Department looted in Tumut and Karaqin, which frightened the Mongol soldiers of the Daling River.

Huang Taiji as early as the fifth year of Tiancong in July set the second year to attack Chahar, now Lin Dan Khan returned to the east, causing panic among the Mongolian tribes, he just took advantage of this opportunity to continue to win the hearts of the Mongols, and ordered the Mongolian younger brothers to gather troops together, and everyone to teach Lin Dan Khan a lesson this robber.

As a result, as soon as they arrived at Hanayan, several Mongols under the Yellow Banner Gushan Ezhen Household escaped by stealing horses, and ran all the way to Lin Dan Khan, reporting the news of the attack of the Houjin soldiers, Lin Dan Khan was afraid of the Houjin like a tiger, discarding the baggage and fleeing westward, and fled to the city of Guihua (Hohhot).

Huang Taiji didn't know it, thinking about giving Lin Dan Khan a slap in the face, and a few days later when he arrived at the Dule River, he learned that Lin Dan Khan had run away, so he chased all the way, Lin Dan Khan lost his armor and abandoned his armor, and Huang Taiji was not much better. The drought of the Xiaoice River also raged in the Mongolian steppe, and the Houjin soldiers were not well prepared, not to mention the lack of food, and the water became a problem.

Huang Taiji had to take them all the way to hunt and slaughter yellow sheep, but fortunately there were many yellow sheep there. At this time of crisis, Houjin Khan showed his might, claiming to shoot fifty-eight heads in one day, and killed two yellow sheep with one arrow, only a little worse than Guo Jing, very wise and powerful, but unfortunately this record was not decades later, it was broken by his grandson Kangxi the Great, because his grandson claimed to shoot three hundred and eighteen rabbits in one day, which can be described as an emperor through the ages. (Note 2) In this way, he pursued and occupied the city of Guihua, Lin Dan Khan continued to flee westward, Huang Taiji still continued to chase, the two sides did not fight, and died of exhaustion and illness on the way, and finally Huang Taiji could not afford to spend it, and chased Bulongtu and finally turned around and withdrew, looting those lost Chahar tribes along the way.

Although the Houjin soldiers defeated the last Genghis Khan, but they only had half a life left, and after returning to Guihua City to relieve their breath, Huang Taiji was unwilling to accept this income, and sent Azig and Zilharang to divide their troops to capture and plunder the Chahar population, and wipe out the Mongols who were not able to retreat.

Before receiving the urgent letter, he was convening the banner owners and ministers to discuss, the Houjin army was short of food and drinking water, and now with those many looted population, it was not easy to return to Liaodong. The result of their discussion was that they had to do another vote, otherwise there would be no money to go back, so everyone decided to go to Xuanfu to blackmail, get some food with the Ming Dynasty officials, and return to Liaodong with dignity.

Just said a good plan, this defeat report arrived, Huang Taiji felt that this Chen Xin was simply a disaster star, his prestige was at the peak, Chen Xin gave him two defeats in Gu'an and the four cities in a row, last year he wanted to restructure and change the sixth, he made a body Mi Island, and finally cleaned up the ancestral army in the Daling River, the prestige has just risen, Chen Xin can't wait to go to Jinzhou to beat the blue flag, and now Lin Dan Khan is holding his head and running around, although the Houjin soldiers are also a little discouraged, but the strategic advantage has been exhausted. Seeing that his prestige in Mongolia was rising, Chen Xin actually jumped out again and inflicted heavy losses on the white flag and two Han armies in Fuzhou.

Dolgon was beaten or not, and Huang Taiji didn't care, because the sixty strong Niu Lu in the hands of these three brothers was always a threat to the authority of his Great Khan, but he couldn't tolerate such a big loss, which was the foundation of Hou Jin after all, and the two Han armies lost more than 800 people, and the battlefield table was extremely low, which would definitely have a huge impact on his plan to be Han and Man.

The most odious thing is that there is no loss in the Zhenglan Banner, but Mang Gurtai uses his years of battlefield experience to contain it many times, not only rescued Dolgon, but also repelled the Dengzhou army, at least what he told Yue Tuo was that he chased and killed the Ming army for nearly a hundred miles.

Huang Taiji motioned to Sony to talk to the Houjin nobles present about the battle situation, and the group of Xiao Beile and Gushan Ezhen looked at each other, Chen Xin's name They didn't want to hear it anymore, but they had to listen to it every time.

Huang Taiji said lightly: "This Chen Xin's Dengzhou soldiers, this is not the first time to damage my Dajin face, this department is the strongest army in the Ming Kingdom, and now its strength has surpassed the two armies of Hunhe, Sichuan and Zhejiang, no matter how you look at it, it is entrenched in southern Liaoning, and there is a tendency to become my Dajin's henchmen." If you have any opinions, please feel free to say them directly. Don't hesitate. ”

The banner owners below and Baylor were actually frightened by the casualties of the white flags, which were still changed by the original two yellow flags, and if they were put into the almost inferior flags, the losses of thousands of Dingkou would basically be disabled, not to mention that most of them were armor soldiers.

They listened to the meaning of Huang Taiji, is to fight Liaonan, but at this time no one is willing to go, this attack on Chahar, they have collected tens of thousands of people, and they have also set the tone of the eight families to divide equally, bring back Liaodong, which Mongolian Dingkou can make up for the losses of each banner last year.

In the two major expeditions this year, Dingkou increased a lot, but the material income was very small, and they were unwilling to go to the barren southern Liaoning to lose money.

Seeing that no one spoke, the youngest Duoduo stood up and said loudly: "I am willing to fight Liaonan and avenge the fourteenth brother." This Chen Xinte is hateful, we didn't mess with him, he was very energetic. ”

Zilharang hesitated for a moment, and finally stood up as well, "The minions all listen to the Great Khan." It's just that this Dengzhou town is not an ordinary Ming army, and it needs to be properly prepared to fight southern Liaoning. ”

Huang Taiji nodded slightly, he knew the important surname of Nan Siwei, the Jinzhou Isthmus was more of a threat than any Dongjiang island, and a large number of troops could be stationed there, and once it had a large number of cavalry, it was far more of a threat than Mao Wenlong.

But this is the political conference, the two flag owners are obviously not enough, no one else below got up to speak, including the white flag Azig did not get up to say to avenge the white flag, in fact, they have already expressed their attitude, each flag has its own interests, in the same flag, the interests of Niu Lu under different masters are not the same, everyone can grab things together, really encounter a hard battle that is not beneficial, or a little back. At least this year, there is no play in southern Liaoning, and I can only slowly do work for each flag after returning to Shenyang.

Dai Shan coughed and said: "Liaonan is still far away, now let's look at the present, how to bring Dingkou back to Liaodong." Since Shen Qi, the governor of Xuanfu, is a little relieved, then let's go to Yang and Datong to take a walk, and by the way, we will plunder some Han people and Liaonan affairs, and we will return to Liaodong to find out the origin, and it will not be too late. ”

Huang Taiji sighed in his heart, and said calmly: "What Da Belle said is reasonable, the battle of Fuzhou must not be leaked to anyone outside here, and violators will be punished heavily." After Huang Taiji finished speaking, he said to Ji'er Harang: "Ji'er Harang, you take the blue flag soldiers into the Ming Realm first, and I will lead the army to come later." You take advantage of those Nikan's unpreparedness, catch the life first, and then think of negotiating with that Shen Qi, it is best to let him take the initiative to hand over the grain and livestock. ”

Zilharan knelt down and said, "But for what reason is it better for the slave to talk to him?" ”

Huang Taiji said lightly: "I Dajin on behalf of the Ming Kingdom to drive out the Chahar Department outside the mouth, and it gives Chahar a reward of silver every year, so it is a matter of course, I should be given Dajin, if there is no silver, I will pay grain, grass and horse fodder." ”

"Wow!"

(To be continued)