Tang Hongchang quickly took out a map, which indicated the location of each pass of Xuanda, Zhang Dong went up to take a look, and said to Tang Hongchang that no one would beat Zhangjiakou.

The Longmen guards are in the east of Zhangjiakou, the dining room fort is on the west side of Zhangjiakou, and the Houjin comes from the east, and they have the kung fu to sneak to the dining room fort, but they do not enter the customs from the most prosperous Zhangjiakou, which is to leave this blood transfusion channel.

Master Jiang was a little flustered, he trembled and asked Zhang Dong: "This, this, Deputy Director Zhang, how did this Jiannu come silently, and your information ...... about this matter?"

Zhang Dong heard him tell him about his official position, and the intelligence bureau and its positions were secret, so he just called him Brother Zhang along the way, and now Director Jiang was in a panic, and it leaked out, he immediately stared at Director Jiang and interrupted loudly: "Director Jiang, what are you panicking about, the Liaohai Sea is frozen in winter, and the roads in Liaodong are also difficult to travel, even if there is information, the transmission is slow, if Jiannu is a light soldier and fast, it is possible to come quietly." ”

Zhang Dong glared at Director Jiang fiercely, he didn't want to argue with Director Jiang here, now the Dengzhou Intelligence Bureau has developed a lot of informants in Karaqin and Khalkha, all of whom are through the trade of the guò trading company, and the guò provides slightly cheaper southern goods, and has entanglements with many small tribes in Mongolia, for these small tribes, there is no collective and national concept, whoever gives benefits will follow whom, and it is easy to find some wavering elements in it.

Therefore, as long as Houjin passes from Karaqin to Guò, there will definitely be an informant to report to Ningyuan in exchange for a high bounty, but according to the rules of transmitting intelligence in Liaoxi, it is not allowed to have a parallel relationship, so the intelligence of Liaoxi will not be transmitted to Beijing, they will be transmitted directly to Tianjin, and for emergency military information, it will be transmitted by sea and land in peacetime, and it is still in the freezing period. You have to go by land.

Zhang Dong will not get the news when he comes from Beijing, but he believes that Dengzhou will receive the news in the near future, and the transmission speed of Dengzhou Town is much faster than the speed of the imperial court.

But he wasn't sure if Chen Xin would come to the rescue, because Dengzhou Town had to walk more than 2,000 miles to Xuanfu, and it was good that he could usually ship by sea, but now he could only take the land route, and Dengzhou firearms had to produce their own gunpowder. There are also heavy weapons such as artillery and furlong machines, which require a large number of horses and vehicles, and if there are fewer people, it will not work, and the logistical burden will be very large. Even if he caught up with the Houjin soldiers, the other party could rely on the mobility of the cavalry to retreat, which would definitely be a bad business for Chen Xintie.

Tang Hongchang didn't notice the dispute between the two, and after looking at the map for a while, he said: "Two adults, the Jiannu Sentinel Cavalry often comes and goes like the wind, but it should not have arrived at the Xuanfu yet, if the two of you are worried." You can take advantage of the fact that Jiannu has not yet returned, and return to Jingshi first, or go all the way south into the inner Great Wall. ”

"Good, good. Then let's ......" Director Jiang looked up at Zhang Dong, only to see that Zhang Dong's expression was not good, and he immediately stopped talking.

Zhang Dong turned his head to Tang Hongchang and said: "We don't have the rules of retreating in Dengzhou Town, and I was not afraid of Jiannu more than ten years ago. Now we are not afraid of him, so we will stay here. On the occasion of Jiannu's entry into the Kou, there must be a lot of interesting things in Zhangjiakou, and it is a pity not to see it. ”

Tang Hongchang was a little contemptuous, and was stunned for a moment when he heard it, and then laughed and said: "Brother Zhang is a good man, Dengzhou Town is really extraordinary, but the Jiannu army is pressing, and the matter of captives cannot be discussed with Tumut Taijiti for the time being, since the two of them want to stay, let's wait until Jiannu retires to discuss it." As for the interesting things that Brother Zhang said, it will start soon. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard someone outside the fence shouting, "The grain has been collected, it is two percent higher than usual, and the business that wants to sell it will come to Dadetong to sell it by itself, and it will be collected as much as it wants......

Tang Hongchang said lightly to Zhang Dong: "Lord Zhang, you can listen, this is to help the eight families receive the goods, and the grain and grass are prepared for whom, the adults will be clear." ”

Zhang Dong nodded with a sneer, and said to Tang Hongchang: "I want to ask the shopkeeper Tang for a favor." ”

"Master Zhang just said."

"Find a guy who is familiar with the roads of Shanxi, lead my two companions to the south, and ride horses to the nearest road...... Lin County, Zhangde Prefecture, Henan. ”……

Xuanfu Dining Fort, groups of Mongolian herdsmen poured in from the gate in a mess, these people were in tatters, wrapped in sheepskin jackets, the appearance was not far from the homeless people of the Ming Dynasty, a small number of them were wearing colorful variegated clothes, and they didn't know when they were robbed, they shouted and screamed in a disorderly manner, and began to run around after entering the customs, even the leading Taiji couldn't stop calling.

Because of the influence of Dengzhou Town, history has been changed beyond recognition. Later Jin failed to conquer Lushun in the sixth year of Chongzhen, but lost his troops and generals, Shang Kexi did not surrender to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and Dongjiang Town was slowly recovering with the support of Denglai, which was much stronger than the original history. Houjin is at a critical juncture where strategic superiority could be reversed. To make up for the heavy losses in the Battle of Arthur, robbing Xuanda was their best option at the moment. The storage of Dengzhou Town in southern Liaoning greatly increased the difficulty of the Houjin expedition, and the freezing of Liaohai in winter was a very suitable window.

Under the change of various factors, the time of Houjin's entry into the Kou was advanced by half a year, and the battle of the original history of the Xuanda Invasion began on July 8, and now it has become the 21st of the first month, and the attack route has changed from four roads to three roads. Later Jin still adopted the method of dividing and attacking together, maximizing the front and range of the march in order to rob more people and wealth. As always, a large number of Mongols followed the Houjin army, and they went in droves to fight the autumn wind.

"Great Khan, do you want the minions to find those taiji in Tumut, this is really similar to a rabble." Sakhalian looked at the chaotic Mongols and couldn't help but say beside Huang Taiji, who were surrounded by well-ordered white-armored soldiers, in sharp contrast to those chaotic Mongols.

"It's not like that, they're a rabble." Huang Taiji said lightly, "But now is not the time to restrict, last year in Lushun, the Mongolian departments lost five or six thousand people, the various departments were boiling, and even Horqin complained everywhere, when my Dajin envoy went to Khalkha and Karaqin in November, not only did not listen to the tune, but was also conflicted by their words. This time, the strategy is to let them get some benefits and eliminate the resentment in their hearts, so that their Taiji can control themselves, if we take care of them, I am afraid it will backfire. Sakhalian, you remember that different forms require different strategies, and there is no need to be rigid. ”

"The Great Khan is wise and wise." Sakhalian whispered flattery, he was the third son of Daishan. Although he is not the owner of the flag, he also has his own self-managed cattle record, and he also has a useless household secretary, each flag is in charge of its own money and grain, and he is in charge of the part of the public middle school, but how to use it is not up to him to have the final say. After the Battle of Lushun, the money and grain base of the public were consumed, and he became the commander of the light pole, and he went to sit in the yamen room every day.

And Abatai, who was standing in the back, was more relaxed. He is the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, he doesn't even want to sit every day, and he has been criticized by Huang Taiji many times, and he suffered the heaviest loss in the battle of Lushun, which can be regarded as suffering on behalf of the two yellow flags. Huang Taiji didn't scold him anymore recently, but he didn't give him enough supplements either.

Abatai said in a low voice: "The slave feels that it doesn't hurt if he is not restrained, the barbarian army here in Xuanfu has no fighting spirit, the last time I waited for the pass, our army did not fire a single arrow, and the general of the Ming State of Shahe Fort took the initiative to send three hundred and twenty Mongols who fled into the fort, thousands of cattle and sheep. With the "provocation strategy" and Xuanfu Datong all over the city to negotiate peace, the harvest is quite rich, it can be seen that the local soldiers will be afraid of our gold like a tiger, and the Mongols will enter. It is also my big golden soldier, and I don't dare to do anything if I forgive those barbarians. ”

Several other generals also loudly agreed, and in the face of these traditional Ming troops, the confidence of the generals of the Later Jin Dynasty was restored in a blink of an eye. The attack on the Dining House Fort was also unusually smooth, and the Ming army, as always, was about to collapse at the touch of a button. There were almost no losses in the capture of the canteen fort.

Gao Hongzhong said in the back row: "The Great Khan chose to march into Xuanda when everyone in the Ming Kingdom was defenseless, which is really a stroke of genius. ”

Yue Tuo also said loudly: "The Great Khan did not inform the Mongolian tribes in advance, and only summoned troops when he arrived in the Khalkha region, although there were fewer foreign vassals, but the Ming Kingdom was difficult to detect for a while, and it had already reaped the effect of the surprise attack, and it also made the town of Nadengzhou have no time to rescue." ”

Huang Taiji smiled slightly, for the Xuanda strategy, he actually planned it the year before last, from the effect of the last entry, Xuanda's combat power is worse than that of Liaozhen, since the death of Man Gui, there are very few Xuanda soldiers who dare to fight with the Houjin soldiers.

The news that the Jin merchants of Zhangjiakou sent to Liaodong seems that the elite of Xuanda's border army was also transferred to pursue Liukou, which was still in the south of Shanxi at this time, and some of them had already chased the Yellow River, so Xuanda's troops were very empty.

For Huang Taiji, this time into the Kou is a desperate gamble, he left 5,000 armored people and 3,000 horses at home, the rest of the strong men almost poured out of the nest, Lushun will be frozen in mid to late February, Phi Island will be frozen in March.

Therefore, the earliest time he set was to set off in the middle of the month, and return to Liaodong in about mid-March after two months, taking advantage of the time difference between the freezing of Liaohai, so that Dengzhou Town could not increase the troops in southern Liaoning, relying on the strength of the 10,000 people in southern Liaoning, the cavalry was only about 2,000, and Huang Taiji was sure to rely on 8,000 full and eight banners to defend.

However, when all the plans did not go smoothly, there were some disputes between the banners, Mang Gurtai and Dai Shan hoped to attack Liaoxi, because it was closer and could be returned at any time, this plan was very safe, but Liaoxi really had nothing to grab, especially in winter.

Then there was the matter of military rations, and the remnants of the household department were divided up among the banners, and the army finally set off at the end of the month, detouring through Horqin and Khalkha into Tumut, and only then did it collect the outer feudal Mongolia along the way, and did not slow down. Although there were fewer soldiers and horses gathered, the suddenness was achieved.

Different from the consideration of Dai Shan and others, Huang Taiji is more to consider the political interests of Mongolia, the battle of Lushun caused great damage to the prestige of the Houjin army, and if they are not given an intuitive deterrent, the Mongolian wall grass is likely to be shaken.

As far as Huang Taiji knows, there are tribes in Tumut and Karaqin who are in contact with the border generals of the Ming Kingdom, and as soon as the Houjin army arrives this time, all the tribes are silent, and the Tumut tribes honestly obey the call and strengthen the suzerainty of the Houjin, of course, this is temporary, and it will weaken with the departure of the Houjin army, so the most important thing is the benefit. By entering the Kou this time, he was able to keep these wavering Mongols on the side of the Later Jin and increase the hatred between them and the Ming Kingdom.

What made Huang Taiji excited was that his policy of attacking Lin Dan Khan was successful, and many small tribes abandoned by Chahar in the vicinity came to join the Houjin army, and these Mongols would be included in the Eight Banners of Manchuria and become the Mongolian Niulu among them, and the left and right wings of the Mongols would make up for the losses of Shanglushun. Huang Taiji vaguely saw an opportunity to strengthen Houjin's strength.

Of course, the movement of Dengzhou still worried him, Huang Taiji was worried that it would be late to go back, Dengzhou might increase troops in southern Liaoning to attack Liaozhong, and he was worried that Dengzhou Town was waiting for him somewhere in Shanxi.

The battle of Jisi and the battle of Shenmi Island, Dengying all appeared suddenly, corrupting the great good form of Houjin, and facing the successive defeats of Dengzhou Town, it also made Huang Taiji have a little psychological shadow.

He turned his head to look at Bao Chengxian behind him, "This time, you are responsible for contacting those Ming merchants in Zhangjiakou, and there are people on horseback every day, and those merchants have shops in the Ming Kingdom, Jingshi, Shanxi, and the canal, and they can know which soldiers and horses are coming early, so that they must pay attention to that Dengzhou Town, and report it immediately as soon as there is news, and there must be no slack." The silver taels seized from the public should be exchanged for commercial goods in time, and you will do it at this time. ”

Bao Chengxian knelt down and said, "Huh! ”

Huang Taiji whipped his horse, rode past the chaotic herdsmen, and galloped south.