Outside Datong City, the Houjin Army was in strict order, and there were no large groups of people and chariots and horses in the camp, only elite armor soldiers. Huang Taiji gathered the two divisions of Shuozhou and Daizhou early, and prepared to attack Wu Xiang and You Shiwei, who came to help from Liaozhen.

I don't know where to go on this road in Lingqiu, and the last news is that Mang Gurtai went to Guangchang, Huang Taiji left Yingzhou with the main force, went to Datong, and gave an urgent order to the East Route Army, so that they could rush back, and today, wait for a distress letter from Azig and Dege.

Huang Taiji sat in the big tent and was speechless for a long time, only Haoge was by his side. This time Mang Gurtai did not know what to do, only a few people of the Zhenglan Banner he took fled back to Lingqiu, it is said that they met the Dengzhou soldiers, and the men and horses were scattered, but no one knew where Mang Gurtai went.

The letters from Azig and Derge were a bit confusing, and they didn't know whether to stay to answer Mang Gurtai or go back to Datong directly, so they had to ask Huang Taiji for instructions.

However, the urgent letter sent by Abatai today made it very clear, it was a new Dengzhou army, all of which were flintlock muskets with white blades, according to Abatai's account, the total number of men and horses he saw was about 3,000 people, the whole army was strictly disciplined, and it was still neatly arranged under the shooting of bows and arrows, and each volley of guns could be thrilling, Abatai only had a few hundred people, unable to resist its attack, and lost all the looting gains in Guangchang, and the Darha with the yellow flag was also missing, and he did not know whether there was a follow-up Dengzhou people.

Huang Taiji is about to face a defeat of Yan zhòng, he lost far fewer men and horses than Lushun, but Lushun did not lose a single solid mountain Ezhen, this time may be lost in that big mountain There may be two solid mountains and a big Baylor. The influence of the government is far greater than the loss of strength, and the psychological blow to the Houjin nobles will not be inferior to the battle of Lushun, because they will only feel the most about their kind. Now in front of us, in the battle with Dengzhou, not only the small soldiers will die, but Gushan and Dabeile may also die at any time, and the momentum of the battle array facing Dengzhou in the future will be greatly affected.

Huang Taiji didn't know much about the process of the battle, but he was sure that when the Later Jin faced Shangdengzhou, his heart was weak, and it would only be the collapse of the whole army that would lead to the fall of Gushan and Mang Gurtai.

"Khan Amma." Hauge whispered, "If the three bellors are really dead. There are only two Baylors left, and it is difficult for Dai Shan to support alone, and what you said can be effective. ”

"You want to be simple." Huang Taiji shook his head, "If only one Mang Gurtai died, I wouldn't have frowned." Now there are two solid mountains and one Baylor dead, and most of the positive blue flags, and we have lost three or four Niu Lu with yellow flags, this matter cannot be covered, and the flags will know sooner or later, and there will be a few people who dare to fight with the Dengzhou army alone. ”

Hauge was a little speechless, but he was also a little scared. The Houjin army was also very fierce in the case of poverty and madness. But the feeling of those Dengzhou troops is not fierce, but emotionless wit. What makes him even more empty is that there are always new things coming out in Dengzhou Town, and the combination of various firearms is very practical. The Houjin army has not yet found a suitable way to deal with it, and Hauge is not afraid of fierce enemies, but he is afraid of enemies who do not know how to deal with them.

"Khan Amma, what should we do?"

Huang Taiji stood up. Silently walked around the tent twice, his face so cold that he couldn't see any emotion. He finally stopped and looked at Haoge, "You lead all the yellow flags, the left and right wings of Mongolia, and the five bulls of the blue flags, and go to Lingqiu to meet the various departments of the East Road." ”

Hao Ge was surprised: "Wu Xiang and You Shiwei of the Guan Ning Army have already passed the Juyong Pass, if Erchen takes away these many horses, in case they suddenly come ......"

"You said Wu Xiang?" Huang Taiji shook his head, "Do you believe that he dares to take the initiative to attack my army?" ”

Haoge shook his head, "But You Shiwei came out of Yulinwei, Shaanxi, and I heard that there are many people who can fight there. ”

Huang Taiji sighed, "What's the use of him alone, but it's just that some people from Qin can fight, at most a thousand, as long as Wu Xiang doesn't move, You Shiwei doesn't dare to move, you will lead the troops to set off tomorrow." ”

"Yes, how should the sons fight?"

"I'll wait for a month to enter the border, there are still people and horses in Dengzhou Town in southern Liaoning, they can't go back to Shandong in winter, and there will definitely not be too many people and horses coming to help, it should be their cavalry, or their kind of dragoons. You hide your tracks on the way, let Azig find an opportunity to fight with the town of Nadenzhou in the plains, Daizhou, Lingqiu or Fanzhi, and then you highlight the ambush, kill one of them, and restore the power of our army. ”

Hauge lowered his head and thought about it and asked, "Why don't you let the East Road just retreat?" Reinforcements from all over the Ming Kingdom are on the way, especially Dengzhou Town, which has appeared, so we should not stay for a long time. ”

Huang Taiji turned his head sharply to stare at Haoge, and saw Haoge take a step back in panic, "I have been asking you to use your brains more, but now Mang Gurtai doesn't know what to do, and I still can't figure out whether he is killed or lost, if I let the East Road withdraw the army, which banner lord will still listen to me, the Great Golden Khan, in the future?" My Dajin has greatly damaged the military prestige in Lushun, and it can still be regarded as an attack on Jiancheng, and now he has lost the field battle in Lingqiu, and he fled without even knowing the number of opponents, which soldier is willing to fight against Dengzhou in the future? Thou shalt rather lose a thousand vests than give me this might. Besides......" Huang Taiji looked away and stared at the gorgeous tent roof, "Mang Gurtai is probably dead, I let you go to Lingqiu to rescue, is to correct the heart of the remaining soldiers of the Blue Banner." ”

Haoge's eyes rolled, Houjin's consistent habit is inherited within the family, even if Mang Gurtai dies, the Zhenglan Banner should be inherited by the Dege class as the banner master, Huang Taiji arranged it like this, which means that Huang Taiji may want to break the original rules, and to break the rules, he must have enough prestige, which is why Huang Taiji has to fight the Dengzhou army.

"Amma, what if that Dengzhou army doesn't come out?"

"The armor soldiers will also think that you saved them, you gathered the men and horses of the Blue Banner, and led the East Route Army to return with the whole division, this is a great opportunity for you to establish your prestige, remember not to attack the strong city, and try to lure the people and horses of Dengzhou out of Taihang Mountain." ……

"Drink!" Zhong Laosi whispered, and proudly poured a bowl of wine into his stomach. Zhou Shao'er put down the wine bowl, grabbed a piece of lamb sprinkled with pepper and munched on it.

Liu Yue ran to the door and said to the guards: "Whoever comes says that Lao Tzu is not there." ”

After the dragoons eliminated the main force of the Zhenglan Banner, they collected the baggage of the Jin army behind the bamboo silk pass, and the whole army was stationed inside and outside the bamboo silk mouth, and on the second day, two companies were sent out of the bamboo silk mouth, and carried out a three-day feint and reconnaissance in the direction of Daizhou and Lingqiu. There were several small-scale battles with the Houjin army in Lingqiu, and the will of the Houjin army was really greatly affected, and they often fled without absolute superiority.

However, Zhong Laosi did not move blindly, Lingqiu's Houjin army had multiple banners, and the garrison was not the same, he could not determine the opponent's strength, and soon retracted the main force, and now only one company was scattered outside Taihang Mountain, and the other three companies and reserves were gathered between Zhubokou and Wuwangkou. Those rescued people came out of the mountains one after another, and Zhong Laosi used them as laborers to transfer materials and displaced people along the canyon through Wuwangkou to Fuping County.

Brother Guan only grabbed the meat with one hand, and he was wounded by an arrow on his left hand and could not move for the time being. Today, it was Zhong Laosi who called him out of the station. Several people gathered in the courtyard where Liu Yue temporarily lived and drank quietly.

After eating a piece of mutton, Brother Guan whispered to Zhong Laosi: "Brother Zhong, let's drink like this, if the military judge finds out in a while, we will all have to be punished." ”

Zhong Laosi glanced at him, "How much punishment can you take, don't fucking be like Emperor Guanmiao, nagging while eating." ”

Brother Guan shrank his head. Continuing to deal with the wine and meat in front of him, Zhou Shao'er wrapped a mouthful of meat and said to Brother Guan: "You are worried about a fart, the military judge asked." You just said that Zhong Laosi called you over, and the military order must not be disobeyed, and if you want to be punished, Zhong Laosi will be punished alone. ”

Brother Guan replied stupidly: "Okay! ”

"What a fart." Zhong Laosi kicked on Zhou Shao'er's stool and scolded: "Lao Tzu's kindness is still wrong, you are pushing Lao Tzu alone." Is it like being a brother? ”

Zhou Shao'er continued to scold: "Every time you want Lao Tzu to charge, have you ever thought that Lao Tzu is your brother? Every time it is not moved, it will be dealt with by military law. ”

"That's a war. Not military but also a ball. Zhong Laosi poured a sip of wine himself, "If you don't force you to fight, there will be more people dead in the back, and you don't know the severity." ”

Zhou Shao'er tilted his head, "Lao Tzu knows, Lao Tzu just can't listen to you." ”

Zhong Laosi was about to scold, when he suddenly remembered something and ran to the door, opened the door and glanced to the north, where there were several corpses hanging, it was the Zhenglan Banner Lord Mang Gurtai, Gushan Ezhen Tobohui and Baya Layu Ezhen, he laughed with satisfaction, and then closed the door and came back.

Liu Yue looked at Zhong Laosi and said a little bored: "How many times do you have to watch it every day, just a few Tartar corpses, and you can take your time when you kill Huang Taiji in the future." ”

Zhong Laosi smiled, "Lao Tzu just loves to watch, this time I killed Mang Gurtai, how much silver do you think Lord Chen wants to reward us?" ”

Zhou Shao'er snorted: "Kong Wenshi came to ask for a head, you gave it to him, so you don't have to go to see it all the time." ”

"Lao Tzu can give it to him, let's fight in Dengzhou Town, of course, when Wang Changfu comes, how can he give the official credit."

Zhou Shao'er took a sip, "Lao Tzu told you that Mang Gurtai should not be killed, he is in opposition to Huang Taiji, and he said at the analysis meeting that you don't listen carefully, and you don't listen to Lao Tzu when you fight, this time you should chase Abatai and kill all the people with the yellow flag." ”

Zhong Laosi said dissatisfiedly: "Mang Gurtai is a big Baylor, Lao Tzu doesn't believe that Lord Chen can be unhappy." ”……

"Zhong Laosi...... This dog is talented! Wang Changfu slapped his palm on the table, rubbed the urgent report sent by Zhong Laosi and threw it on the ground.

Song Wenxian walked over from the side, picked up the paper ball on the ground, unfolded it and looked at it carefully, shook his head and said: "If Zhu Daichun is in the Reverse Horse Pass, this kind of thing will not happen, and he will definitely chase Abatai, and then go to Guangchang to fight Ah Shan who is in the white flag." ”

"Who's to say it's not." Wang Changfu was so angry that his face was flushed, "And the emergency war report is not even signed by the military judge and the instructor, Zhong Laosi will dare to send it to Dengzhou, if he doesn't run into us halfway, the Military Order Department will punish him if he doesn't receive it." The matter of beating Mang Gurtai has been talked about many times at the analysis meeting, and under the same conditions, he has given priority to Huang Taiji's henchmen, and he Zhong Laosi has not listened carefully once, and now he must be proud of killing a big Baylor. ”

Song Wenxian also sighed, he came out with Wang Changfu's Qinwang soldiers and horses, helping Wang Changfu to take care of the relationship with the local government, grinding all the way, and now he has received such a good news from Zhong Laosi before he gets Texas.

He has come into contact with a lot of information about the Later Jin, and his understanding of the political situation in Liaodong is far greater than that of ordinary military officers; judging from the recent news, Mang Gurtai's constraints on Huang Taiji are very significant, and he has always done the most arrogant work on the smuggling problem in Liaodong, and the share of smuggling accounts for a very large amount, which can be said to be the help of Dengzhou. According to the analysis of Dai Shan's personality collected by the Intelligence Bureau, this person is quite sleek, he used to pry Amin and Mang Gurtai out, and now Amin and Mang Gurtai are finished, Dai Shan's possibility of retreating is very large, once Huang Taiji lets go of his hands and feet to integrate the Eight Banners, it will play a far greater role than the point that Zhong Laosi eliminated the Houjin soldiers.

Wang Changfu's face turned red with anger, "Forget it, you can't live if you kill it anyway, intercept the battle report, Lao Tzu writes an informal urgent letter to Lord Chen, and then sends it to the Military Orders Department in the name of Qin Wangjun, I'm afraid I have to send a military order to Zhong Laosi, I'm afraid that Zhong Laosi will be reckless." ”

Song Wenxian looked at the crumpled urgent letter, and suddenly smiled: "I heard that he also caught two guides, and there is the shadow of Zhangjiakou Jin Shang behind him, since Zhong Laosi is reckless, let him be reckless again, it just so happens that he has a miraculous skill since the Eastern Affairs, even if he is reckless, what can the court do to him." ”