When Shi Dayong led more than 10,000 officers and soldiers of the fourth battalion of the Jinzhou Army to cross the sea to prepare to open up the second battlefield against Jin, Huang Taiji was leading the main force of his western expedition army to be stationed in Guihua City.

Naturalization is Hohhot, the Ming Dynasty Longqing six years by the Mongolian leader Altan Khan stationed in Tumochuan to build, and later by the Ming Dynasty to give the name "naturalization city". Naturalization was not only the largest city that entered Mongolia from the Central Plains, but also a place where merchants from Mongolia, the Ming Dynasty and the Western Regions gathered, and the trade was very developed. After Lin Dan Khan succeeded to the throne of Chahar Great Khan, he regarded it as another center of Mongolia in addition to the city of Chahar, and an army of 30,000 troops was stationed in the city.

After Hong Tai led the army to the west, Lin Dan Khan knew that he was invincible, and after abandoning Chahar City, he went straight to Naturalization, and then forcibly drove away all the merchants in Naturalized City, preparing to take away the materials in the city, not leaving a little wealth for the Jin army, so as to clear the wilderness and force the Jin army to withdraw from the army. It's a pity that after Lin Dan Khan made the order to retreat, the Chahar army lost its fighting spirit, and everyone only thought about escaping, where could they take care of any orders. They only cared about looting the gold, silver, and jewelry that were easy to carry, and ignored all the large quantities of baggage that were difficult to carry, including food, and even set fire to them when they left, and finally all of them fell into the hands of the Jin army. After the Jin army entered the city, under the guidance of the Chahar people who returned to the city, they dug up more than 30 artillery pieces and nearly one million stone of grain in the city.

I heard that Lin Dan Khan crossed the Yellow River with the jade seal and ran to Qinghai, Hong Tai had no intention of continuing the pursuit, the harvest of this trip has been huge, enough to make up for the loss of the banners in Jinzhou last year, and when the squad returned to Shenyang, the seized food and materials will be distributed, plus the savings of the banners, there is no problem to survive the winter safely.

If you cross the Yellow River and continue the pursuit in the direction of Qinghai, the risk is too great, and no one dares to guarantee that Lin Dan Khan will be found; Second, the weather is about to turn cold, in case heavy snow falls before the army returns to the division, then the tens of thousands of elites of the Eight Banners of the Dajin Kingdom will have to be buried on the grassland. The third reason is that it has been several months since the expedition to the west, and Mrs. Hong is a little worried about whether something will happen to the old nest in Shenyang. Although Dai Shan, who stayed behind to take care of the house, was respectful to himself on the surface, who knew if he supported himself to be the emperor in his heart, and it would be troublesome if he secretly did something to cause trouble for himself. Moreover, Dai Shan is old, and he always cares about brotherhood, and he does things a little bit of a wall-to-wall grass, if Mang Gurtai, who has been "recuperating", takes advantage of his absence and says that he will regain the four Baylor parliamentary systems, it will really be a life-threatening event.

It is a good thing to be able to get the jade seal, but there is nothing to regret if you don't get it, weighing the trade-offs, Mrs. Hong naturally knows who is heavy and who is light. After a three-day break from naturalization, he was ready to announce his class. No, God seems to really favor him, the wise Tiancong Khan, and even came the news that Lin Dan Khan died of illness on the way to the west, and it was difficult for his son Ezhe to settle the hearts of the tribes who fled west after succeeding to the throne, and the team had dispersed five or six percent, and only two or three thousand households were still following.

After confirming that the news was true, Hong Tai immediately changed the mind of the class teacher, if he didn't take advantage of Lin Dan Khan's death to solve the Chahar people in one fell swoop, then he would not be the wise Tiancong Khan! Dolgon was immediately ordered to lead Yuetuo, Sakhalian, and Hauge to lead two white flags and 10,000 Mongol soldiers to the west to search for the whereabouts of Ezhe and Yuxi, while he himself stayed in naturalization with the main force of the Eight Banners.

However, Hong Tai still set a deadline for Dolgon, this deadline is one month, after one month, regardless of whether the whereabouts of Ezhe and Yuxi are found, the two white flags must also be retreated and reinstated, and then return to Shenyang with the main force.

After Dolgon led his troops to set out, Huang Taiji convened a council in the palace of Lin Dan Khan. Although the south has been exclusive, the Great Belle Daishan and the Three Beyler Mang Gurtai can no longer be on an equal footing, and the four Baylor parliamentary systems exist in name only, but Huang Taiji still retains the parliamentary system for the time being. The Hanchens proposed to claim the title of emperor were already being prepared, and the enthronement ceremony could be held only after the jade seal returned to Shenyang, and then there would no longer be any political councils, but imperial councils.

Present at the meeting were Beile Lingzierharang, Azig, Abatai, Tabai, Duoduo, Dudu, Derge, and the generals Ashan, Edudarhan, Tong Yangxing, etc., while Hanchen had Fan Wencheng and Bao Chengxian, who accompanied the army, and there were also the princes of Ordos, Asut, and Karaqin in southern Mongolia.

Hong Tai first shook his fat body, and then said to the ministers of Baylor: "Since entering this naturalization city, Ben Khan has felt that this naturalization and naturalization have neither returned nor changed. ”

Zierharang said with a smile: "No matter how well it is managed, it will eventually fall into the hands of our Dajin, the Han people call this making a wedding dress for others, right?" This was asked by Fan Wencheng and Bao Chengxian, and the two hurriedly smiled and nodded.

Mrs. Hong also laughed, and then said: "It's good to have a big harvest, but such a large amount of baggage, if you bring it all back to Shenyang, it will definitely not work, we don't have so many cattle to pull horses, so Ben Khan thinks that he can't take away a fire, it is better to open a border trade with the Ming Dynasty in the Zhangjiakou Grand Bazaar, and exchange some cloth and miscellaneous goods to supplement military supplies." ”

"King Khan!"

All Baylor almost agreed in unison, and this was already the norm in the so-called council meeting after Hong Tainan's independence.

Zilharang didn't think so, since Dajin's 100,000 army had been overwhelmed, he should break into Zhang's entrance, and then turn his Ming Dynasty upside down, and wash away the shame of hitting a wall under Jinzhou City last year. But he knew his identity, and the lesson of Amin who was circled and Mang Gurtai, who was "recuperating" in the house, was not too far away, so he didn't want to go against Hong Tai, but instead looked at Abatai, who was leading the Great Metalworking Department.

Abatai didn't want to raise any objections to the same idea as Zilharang, so he just said tentatively: "King Khan, since we have come here, why don't we ask for clarification again?" How many soldiers can be stationed in Zhangjiakou on the left and right, we will definitely be able to fight with more strength. ”

Tabai, who didn't even get involved with Baylor, only fished a first-class Lazhangjing, the sixth son of Nurhachi, agreed with Abatai's opinion, but he didn't dare to speak. Derge did lead the blue flag for his brother Mang Gurtai in this expedition, but after Mang Gurtai's "Imperial Blade", he was so cautious that he would not say anything that contradicted Hong Tai's opinion.

Du Du was bold, but it was not his nephew's turn to speak on this occasion, so he honestly stood behind Duoyi and only listened without speaking. Duoyi has not been in good spirits for the past two days, after all, he is still young, only fifteen or sixteen years old, and he contracted a cold when the temperature was lower two days ago, and he had to recuperate for a few days. Darhan and Tong Yangxing are both foreheads, in the words of the Han people, there are several uncles present, and it is better for their two uncles not to talk nonsense.

Listening to Abatai's words, Huang Taiji laughed, as if he had known that Abatai would ask such a question, and he said: "This time is different from last time, last time we were a sneak attack for thousands of miles, and the Ming Kingdom was caught off guard without knowing it. Now we are Ben Lin Dan Khan, Lin Dan Khan has fled far away, and the Ming Dynasty must have taken strict precautions. If you want to conquer Ming, it will be a fierce battle, and Ben Khan will not fight for the lives of his soldiers until it is absolutely necessary. Ben Khan fought every battle to win by surprise, to exchange the smallest sacrifice for the greatest victory last year's Jinzhou War was really Ben Khan anxious, in vain let the flags lose so much, in the future we try not to fight such a tough battle, after all, the life of our Eight Banners is much more noble than those Han people. ”

"The King of Khan loves soldiers like a son, and this is the blessing of the soldiers of the Eight Banners!"

The ministers of Baylor sang in unison again, and the Mongol princes and Baylors also patted their ass. Zierharang said in his heart: There is only one Jinzhou in the Ming Kingdom, and there is only one Shi Dayong, and the fourth child is afraid that the battle last year has damaged some of his spirit.

"If you don't fight, I don't know how you can trade with the Ming people on the border? After Yuan Chonghuan's death, the Ming Kingdom has long since broken off the border market with us," Abatai asked.

Zilharang also wondered, "Yes, how can we achieve trade with the Ming Dynasty on the border?" They are inseparable from us, how can they be willing to open the side, and how can they be willing to sell the cloth to us? ”

Jierharang is very concerned about cloth, because the climate in eastern Liaodong is cold, only Haicheng and Fuzhou can grow cotton, and Kuandian and Xiuyan can raise silkworms, but the yield is low and small, and it cannot meet the needs at all. At first, as long as the Jin army won the battle and cleaned the battlefield, they stripped all the clothes of the dead, and even left underwear, which shows the shortage of cloth in Jianzhou. In this regard, the Ming people were very resentful, and some Han officials who surrendered repeatedly demanded that this ugly behavior be stopped. When Tiancong was in the third year of the Ming Dynasty, Huang Taiji issued an order: no more clothes of the deceased. In this way, cloth is even more precious in the Golden Kingdom. If you can exchange Lin Dan Khan's things with Ming Guo for cloth, it is naturally what the Jin Kingdom is happy to see.

"If you want the Ming army in Zhangjiakou to trade with us, you must first show your authority, make a big noise, make him a big soldier to press the border, and force it to open the market. However, you should also pay attention to the fact that since Amin slaughtered the city, the Ming people regarded me as a jackal, and in this border trade, we must pay special attention to military discipline, and we must not commit any crimes in the autumn, and let the Ming people know that the last massacre of the city was an individual act, and we must do everything possible to recover the impact. With that, he looked at the Mongols with stern eyes.

Karaqin Zhuoerketubel immediately said: "Please rest assured that the Great Khan will strictly control the troops this time, and will never dare to cause chaos." ”

Several other Mongolian beylers also stated that the capital would never be taken into custody.

Hong Tai nodded, but he didn't give instructions to Zierharang, thinking that he was very confident in his authority in the hearts of these Baylor banner owners, and said to Fan Wencheng: "Mr. Wencheng, you and Xifu, Kurtang and others took the first step, passed the Ming army castle along the way, affirmed the intention of our army's peace talks, and went to Zhangjiakou to discuss peace talks with Shen Qi, the governor of the Ming Kingdom. ”