Subsequently, Houjin Tie rode on the winter ice and attacked Yuncong Island, which was only three miles away from the Iron Mountain. Mao Wenlong led his troops to counterattack bravely, and sent generals Mao Youjian, You Jinghe and others to counterattack the Houjin army. The two sides engaged in fierce battles on the ice. In the face of the Houjin army, which had an advantage in weapons, equipment and numbers, the Dongjiang athletes were fearless and fought bloodily, killing and wounding each other, and the Houjin army attacked for many days and was never able to move forward. Seeing that the casualties of the troops were too great and could not take advantage of the slightest advantage, the commander of Houjin Amin became angry with the Koreans, and turned to attack Uiju and Anju in North Korea, breaking through the cities and killing them on a large scale. After succeeding, he led a large army to move to Wangjing, the capital of North Korea, preparing to destroy the king of Korea, and the king of Korea, Li Liang, fled in a hurry, and sent an envoy to the Ming Dynasty and Mao Wenlong to ask for help, saying that it was not his own idea to lead the enemy, but the courtiers, and asked for help.

Emperor Tianqi believed that although Korea assisted Houjin, it should not care about the fault of the subject country, and it was the strength of the Heavenly Dynasty. So he issued an edict to Mao Wenlong, asking Mao Wenlong to send troops to aid the DPRK regardless of his previous suspicions. He said: "The slave soldiers attacked Mao Shuai in the east, and their spirit was not injured, and they were deeply comforted. The beauty guides the slave into the country, and she does her own evil, but the subject country does not support it, and she becomes a slave, and the slave is more powerful, and it is not my benefit. also quickly told Mao Shuai's camera to support, without suspicion, causing a big mistake. ”

After Mao Wenlong received the edict, regardless of his own food shortage, he resolutely led his troops into North Korea to counterattack the Houjin army. In the cold and freezing environment, the Dongjiang army did not cover their bodies, did not have enough to eat, and "pulled the dead corpses for food" every day, but they were still fighting tenaciously under the encouragement of Mao Wenlong. The two sides repeatedly fought in Xuanzhou, Yanting, Cheran, Yizhou and other places, and as the weather gradually warmed, the battle gradually changed to favor the Dongjiang army. With the thawing of rivers and seawater, the Donggang Army gradually relied on the large and small rivers in Korea. Trap Houjin, who is dominated by cavalry. Heavy damage to enemy troops many times. "Three battles and three victories, trapped in the Ginkgo River", with the decisive battle with the main force of Houjin in Qianjiazhuang and Bottle Mountain, "Wenlong led his troops out and fought a big battle, killing three people in Gushan, eight people in Niulu, and more than 6,000 levels. Amin had to give up his plan to become king in North Korea and "fight his way back to his homeland." The Dongjiang Army won the final victory of the campaign.

At the beginning of the "Battle of Ding Mao", Hou Jin judged that Mao Wenlong, the commander of the Ming army, was very likely to be in Tieshan, so he colluded with the North Korean side to pretend to be a North Korean raid on Tieshan. However, due to very fortuitous reasons, Mao Wenlong was not in Tieshan, and the Houjin raid failed, making the war a protracted war. dragged on and on, and finally turned the Ming army into victory. This unexpected situation. It embodies the contingency of war.

Houjin coach Amin failed in the raid on Tieshan and attacked Yun never down, so he became angry with North Korea, and wanted to "lose the east and make up for the west", get a vote in North Korea, and even planned to claim the throne in North Korea, not only did not succeed, but pushed North Korea to the Ming Dynasty. This reflects Amin's reckless, impatient, and unstrategic character. Later in the battle, as the weather warmed up, the cavalry-dominated Houjin army was very passive, and it was even possible to be trapped south of the Yalu River, but Amin repeatedly refused to withdraw his troops, and finally caused the Houjin army to suffer heavy losses in the decisive battle of Bottle Mountain.

The "Battle of Ding Mao" made Huang Taiji's strategy of using military means to solve the Ming army in Dongjiang Town fail, and he had to turn to seek a way to solve the problem by diplomatic and political means, "to pay Chonghuan and seek to kill Wenlong". However, he used at least the Ming army to weaken the strength of two banners that Niu Lu had more than himself: Amin's blue flag and Azig's white flag, and removed the threat to his throne. It can be said that no matter whether the "Battle of Ding Mao" of the Later Jin Dynasty was successful militarily or not, it was a victory for Huang Taiji personally.

Now the crux of the matter is that Mao Wenlong is dead, and he was indeed killed by Yuan Chonghuan, as for whether Yuan Chonghuan was coerced by Liaodong Jiangmen, for Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen, it is no longer important, the problem is that Mao Wenlong is dead, and the current situation of the Dongjiang Army is unknown! Moreover, there were no more powerful military figures to deter the Later Jin and the Koreans, which was also one of the reasons why the Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen was anxious to form the Second Army of the Ming Dynasty and let the Second Army go to Korea as much as possible!

"What do you think of Li Kun's question?" Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen looked at Liu Hongxun and wanted to see if this old man could say something?

With such a heavy political issue, where does Liu Hongxun dare to say anything? In fact, he didn't have any opinions, and said cowardly, "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that although Li Liang came to power through a coup d'état and has not been recognized by my Daming, he actually helped Daming a little, which is all a fact, so it's not easy to say." ”

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen sighed, which is equivalent to not saying that there is no one around him who can come up with ideas, for these experienced foreign ministers, it is still the case, and asking Wang Chengen or Cao Huachun about these things is even more nonsense.

Yan Jizu actually had a good personal relationship with Liu Hongxun, and seeing that the emperor seemed to be very dissatisfied with Liu Hongxun's words, he boldly interjected, "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that he should use troops against North Korea!" On the one hand, the North Koreans are too useless, if the Houjin completely lifts the hidden danger from North Korea, it is very unfavorable to my Ming Dynasty, on the other hand, I can become the king of North Korea without my Ming recognition, which itself is not in line with the law of the Ming Dynasty, this kind of atmosphere can not be promoted, no matter whether Li Liang has helped the Ming Dynasty, or whether it is towards the Ming Dynasty, it is necessary to take the actual control of North Korea in his hands, in this way, my Ming Dynasty has a stable logistics base in North Korea, and the Later Jin will use troops against the Ming Dynasty. There will be a lot of scruples. ”

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen admired Yan Jizu very much, even more than Fu Yongchun and Sun Chuanting, which is why he has not arranged to see those two people after they returned to Beijing.

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen's character is like this, they must be together often, otherwise there will be no contact after a period of time, and he will forget that except for women, the longer women are not seen, the more they miss each other, and men can't be separated for too long.

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen did not give Yan Jizu a reply, he did not intend to give any answer, in fact, until this moment, he did not have a very clear plan in his heart, but one thing he was sure of! Daming can't give up North Korea! Even without Mao Wenlong, it is necessary to retain the ability to control North Korea, which is the same as the support for Lin Dan Khan of the Chahar Department in a strategic sense! (To be continued......)