As a result, for the whole day of the next day, Dolgon did not order the Eight Banners to attack. Dolgon held his breath, and Dolgon thought, I'm not short of a day, waiting for the spirit to fight you!

Because Houjin's camp was far away from Xikou Pass, Li Guo did not order anyone to harass him again, he set up a guard at the head of the city, and ordered all the people to go to sleep, rest well, and prepare for the upcoming battle.

Early in the morning of the third day, Dolgon led his troops to the west pass. Because he couldn't figure out the movement in the pass, Dolgon ordered a Jia Lae Zhen to lead 2,000 men to attack Xikou Pass with a few Niu Lu Zhangjing.

Dolgon was actually just testing the West Pass, and he didn't want to be like Azig to charge blindly and lead to a big defeat.

Because there were few attackers, Houjin's soldiers and horses did not forcibly attack the city, so there was no violent counterattack at the West Gate, and the city and the city fired at each other for a while. Dorgon ordered the troops to be withdrawn.

When Dolgon sent people to attack the city, Li Guo only ordered some of the elite soldiers who shot arrows to shoot arrows, and he didn't want to fully show his strength, because Li Guo also knew that the two thousand men sent by Dolgon were just here to test the truth.

Li Guo's approach was recognized by Qi Laohan. It is correct to let the enemy not understand their own military situation, and not let them know the strength of the pass.

So, now Dorgon is even more confused.

Before leading his troops to attack Xikou Pass, Dolgon specially interrogated the soldiers who had been captured with Balhu. But those soldiers just said that the Ming army guarding here was very strong, and the specific strength was not the same.

Azig's statement is that because he underestimated the enemy, he was ambushed in the dark night, and before he could fight, he had already shot a lot of people dead. Obviously, it means to excuse yourself.

But no matter what, Dolgon did not dare to underestimate the Ming army in the Xikou Pass.

Today, I saw that the Ming army in the Guannai faced the attack of the Eight Banners, and the reaction was very flat, and the counterattack was not fierce, but it was even more suspicious. If the Ming army consciously did this, it means that the Ming army has made preparations, and the Ming army is not panicking. And the general of the Ming army guarding the pass must be a person who can calm down and be terrible.

Dorgon sat in the tent, pondering carefully, trying to find the weakness of the Ming army. However, this section of the Great Wall that could be attacked was not very long, and the troops would suffer great losses if they attacked in a large way, and Dolgon could not make up his mind for a while when the situation against the enemy was unknown.

Azig and Dorgon were in Dolgon's tent, looking at him, hoping that Dorgon would come up with a good solution.

Especially Azig, now he is only in charge of the army in Dolgon, and his title and Baylor status have been completely removed by Huang Taiji, so Azig wants to make more merits, that is, to make up for his mistakes, and he can be forgiven by Huang Taiji.

Seeing that Dorgon was helpless, Azig was very disappointed, what should he do.

When the three of them were at a loss, someone came to announce that Huang Taiji's army had arrived.

The three of Dolgon hurried to the outside of the camp to greet them, but they thought to themselves, how could the Destiny Khan come so quickly?

It turned out that Emperor Taiji of the Mandate of Heaven Khan would have to wait a few days to come here, and although Lin Dan Khan's troops had all surrendered and had been properly settled, they still needed to be appeased.

Huang Taiji divided them into their respective boundaries and set rules for them. That is, to abide by the system of Houjin, Huang Taiji will give them protection, but when it is time to fight, their various departments will also send troops to participate in the war.

Therefore, this time to attack the Xikou Pass of the Ming Dynasty, Huang Taiji ordered Lin Dan Khan's eldest son Ezhi to send 10,000 people to fight with him, 10,000 people are just symbolic meaning, just to prove Huang Taiji's rule. Huang Taiji didn't want them to charge in front of them and be cannon fodder, he wanted them to see how the powerful Houjin Eight Banners defeated the enemy!

However, Huang Taiji suddenly thought that if Dolgon was eager to help Azig make meritorious contributions, if Dolgon couldn't hold his breath and advanced as lightly as Azig, it would be annoying.

Therefore, Huang Taiji hurriedly arranged the matter, and rushed over with the Houjin soldiers day and night.

Seeing that Dorgon did not attack rashly, Huang Taiji was very satisfied. However, Dorgon's camp was too far away from the city to be attacked or deterred. Therefore, Huang Taiji ordered Dolgon to pull out the camp and garrison it outside the Xikou Pass with the army.

For the Ming army, Huang Taiji has always looked down on him, and Huang Taiji now has a total of more than 100,000 horses, the camps are connected, the momentum is huge, and no one dares to harass it.

Huang Taiji convened a meeting of the ministers Baylor to discuss the conquest of Xikou Pass. This is unprecedented, and it is very unusual to deal with such a not very well-known pass! This seems to have raised the defenders of Xikou Pass!

Huang Taiji looked at the ministers and Baylors gathered in the tent and asked, "What do you have to build to attack Xikou Pass?" ”

Haoge fought bravely, disagreed with the three Dolgon brothers, and was even more puzzled by Huang Taiji's attack on such a Dan Pill land with 100,000 heavy troops, so Haoge said, "Heavenly Destiny Khan, my Eight Banners Army has always been invincible. But here, the defeat of Azig first, and Dolgon's cowardice and non-fighting, is a great shame for my Houjin! Please send me to attack tomorrow, I will definitely defeat the Ming army and take the pass! ”

When Azig heard Haugti speak of his defeat, and connected to Dorgon, he was furious and flushed with anger. Although Azig is now losing his position and title, he can't bear it anymore and is ready to come forward and reason with Hauge.

Dolgon, who was on the side, quickly pulled him.

When Huang Taiji saw Dorgon's movements, he asked, "Dolgon, Hauge just said that you are cowardly and dare not fight, but is that so?" ”

Dolgon bent down and said, "Destiny Khan, my brother has followed you to fight in the east and west since he was a teenager, and he has never been afraid, but he is just a commander of the army, and he controls the fate of thousands of soldiers. Therefore, the subordinate brother did not attack, he was observing! ”

Huang Taiji nodded, among all the brothers and nephews, he loved Dolgon the most, that is, Dolgon was able to be impatient or impatient!

"Have you ever observed a flaw in the enemy?" Huang Taiji asked.

"Yes." Dolgon replied, "First, I have observed the walls of the west entrance, and it seems that they have not been built very long, so the general guarding the pass should be a person who can do his duty in the Ming army. Second, this morning, I sent people to shoot at the Ming army in Guanshang for a while, and after I withdrew, I found that the Ming army actually sent people out of the customs to pick up arrows, so I thought that the Ming army's supplies must not be much. Thirdly, I caught some people in Bansheng in Liujiabao, one of whom had an enmity with the Ming army in Guannai, and the information he provided was also the most useful! ”

"I've already figured out a plan, but I don't know if it's feasible or not." Dorgon spoke to the Emperor.

"Oh? Bring that person in, I'm going to ask him carefully! "Huang Taiji ordered.