Unlike Wu Shigong's Henan wind and rain, in the second year of Chongzhen, there was still a disaster in the Houjin area of Huang Taiji, which led to a great food shortage in Houjin. And in order to solve the problem of food shortage, the Houjin army must rob. And there were three directions of robbery: Korea, Mongolian Chahar and Ming Dynasty interior.

Because North Korea also has a disaster, and North Korea is not a grain-producing area, even if it is robbed, it will not be able to completely solve the problem of grain shortage in Houjin. Therefore, in addition to sending envoys to North Korea to ask for more food, Huang Taiji, the rulers of Houjin, crossed North Korea as a robbery target off the list.

But for the remaining two targets, there was a big disagreement between Huang Taiji and those Baylors of Hou Jin. Huang Taiji wanted to target the interior of the Ming Dynasty, but those Baylors had different opinions.

Because, after all, Hachi started in the Liaodong Iron Cavalry of Li Chengliang in the Ming Dynasty, and he has a deep understanding and understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry at that time. Even if the Liaodong Iron Cavalry has declined now, the Ming Dynasty has a wide range of people and many troops. If the Houjin army crossed the Great Wall, in case it was entangled by the Ming army, the Houjin army would be in danger of being wiped out.

In the final analysis, although there were almost no defeats in the battles between the Jin army and the Ming Dynasty army after all these years, in the eyes of these Baylors, the Ming Dynasty was still like a huge tiger, which made those Baylors still feel a little scared. What these Baylors didn't know was that the Ming Dynasty at this time was just a paper tiger.

Although Huang Taiji had already grasped the power of Houjin at this time, the system of the four major Baylor deliberations at the time of the establishment of Houjin was still not abolished. Therefore, for these Baylors who held opposing opinions, Huang Taiji was also a little helpless. The opinions of both sides were thus deadlocked.

But at the end of June, the news of Yuan Chonghuan's killing of Mao Wenlong reached Shengjing. This news tilted the scales in favor of Huang Taiji. As a result, Huang Taiji issued a general mobilization order, gathered the Houjin army, manufactured equipment and chariots, and prepared to launch an attack on the interior of the Ming Dynasty after the autumn.

As for Yuan Chonghuan's move to kill Mao Wenlong, Zu Dashou and these Liaodong generals were very conflicted in their hearts. On the one hand, they were a little gloating because of the lack of Mao Wenlong, an internal opponent. On the other hand, because they were not restrained by Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang army, they themselves had to face the attack of the reinforced Houjin army, and they felt a little worried.

As for the movements of the Later Jin army, although Yuan Chonghuan and these generals in Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty could not send spies to reconnoiter through the no-man's land, they were not ignorant. The Mongols who came from Mongolia and tended to the Ming Dynasty told Yuan Chonghuan and these Liaodong generals about the movements of the Later Jin army.

Although the time to get this news was a little late, Yuan Chonghuan still connected two concerts, timely warnings, and reminded Emperor Chongzhen and his ministers to strengthen the defense of various passes of the Great Wall, to prevent the Manchu and Mongolian coalition forces of the Later Jin Dynasty from attacking the interior of the Ming Dynasty from the Great Wall pass.

After receiving the warning in Yuan Chonghuan's recital, Emperor Chongzhen and his ministers felt unbelievable. Didn't Yuan Chonghuan already boast of Haikou in "five years of Pingliao"?

Besides, in order to strengthen the unity of Yuan Chonghuan's affairs, Emperor Chongzhen acquiesced in and supported Yuan Chonghuan's act of killing Mao Wenlong, and in addition to the materials and military salaries promised to Yuan Chonghuan by summoning the platform, Emperor Chongzhen also allocated a large amount of additional silver in order to appease the Dongjiang army.

With this support from Emperor Chongzhen and the imperial court, I don't want you Yuan Chonghuan to wipe out the Houjin army, but Yuan Chonghuan, you can contain the main force of the Houjin army in Liaodong, so that the Houjin army is unable to attack the Great Wall pass to the interior of the Ming Dynasty, then there should be no problem.

As a result, Emperor Chongzhen and his ministers made a wrong judgment. They thought that Yuan Chonghuan's two warnings were because he wanted to achieve the goal of increasing Liaodong's materials and military salaries by making alarmist statements to the imperial court. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen and his ministers ignored Yuan Chonghuan's warnings. And the opportunity for the imperial court to react in a timely manner passed.

On the second day of the first month of September, the Emperor Taiji personally unified the army to conquer the Ming, and the Jin army arrived at the Liao River on the eleventh day, and the Mongolian tribes along the way came to the meeting. On the 20th, they arrived at Qingcheng in Karaqin.

But at this time, Huang Taiji suddenly encountered pressure from the two major Belle Daishan and Mang Gurtai, and the two went to Huang Taiji's residence, citing "labor and long-distance attack", "lack of food and horses", "outnumbered", "fear of no return" and so on. At this time, these two Baylors were still afraid of the military strength of the Ming Dynasty. However, Yue Tuo, Zierharang and others resolutely supported Huang Taiji's actions.

When he arrived at Zuihou, Huang Taiji ruled and continued to march. This was a great victory for Huang Taiji in the centralization of military and political power. At this time, the number of Manchu and Mongolian troops under the command of Huang Taiji had reached 100,000.

After the unification of opinions, Zierharang and Yue Tuotong led the four banners of the right wing, and Abatai and Azig led the four banners of the left wing, and quickly broke through Daankou and Longjing Pass. Huang Taiji then conquered Hongshankou City and entered the garrison.

This year is the year of self-righteousness. The first attack of Huang Taiji's Houjin army on the interior of the Ming Dynasty is known as the change of Jisi.

Due to the emptiness of the Ming army's defenses, the Later Jin army soon approached the military town of Zunhua, an important military town south of the Great Wall, which was only more than 200 miles away from Beijing. On the first day of October, martial law was imposed in Beijing, and Chongzhen ordered all soldiers and horses to rush to King Qin.

After receiving the news that the Houjin army had invaded the interior of the Ming Dynasty from the Great Wall Pass, Yuan Chonghuan was shocked, and he immediately led the main force of the Liaodong army and quickly drove to the capital to come to King Qin.

However, it can be seen from the previous examples of battles commanded by Yuan Chonghuan that Yuan Chonghuan can only be barely called a defensive military commander, and in offensive field battles, Yuan Chonghuan's command ability is completely novice.

Yuan Chonghuan did not gather all the forces of the Liaodong army to fight a decisive battle with the Houjin army at all, but in the process of King Qin, he used the most taboo tactics of adding fuel to the army. And the first victim was Zhao Shujiao, the general soldier of Pingliao stationed in Shanhaiguan.

In order to intercept the Houjin army in Zunhua, Yuan Chonghuan ordered Zhao Commander-in-Chief of Pingliao to lead 4,000 soldiers and horses to rescue Zunhua. Zhao led his troops to gallop for three days and nights, traveled 350 miles, and arrived at the Santun camp east of Zunhua.

However, because of the shortage of soldiers and horses, Zhu Guoyan, the chief soldier of the Santun Battalion, was not allowed to enter the city, so Zhao had no choice but to continue to ride west and gallop to Zunhua. On the fourth day of October, Zhao led the army to the outside of Zunhua City.

Under the city of Zunhua, Zhao Shujiao looked at the four banners of the left wing of Manchuria and the Mongolian soldiers of the Houjin Bel Azig and other departments on the opposite side, his face was calm, but his eyes were filled with deep despair.

At this time, the captain of the pro-soldiers beside Zhao Shujiao said to Zhao Shujiao: "Handsome! The brothers had been in a hurry for three days, and many of the horses had died, and even the remaining horses were basically without horsepower. Marshal, let's retreat first, and let's talk about it after we join up with Yuan Inspector's army. ”

"Run? Where else can we run? Zhao Shujiao smiled wryly, "With this horsepower, where can we go?" Let's fight! The trouble caused by our Liaodong, let us Liaodong use our lives to fight it. After saying this, Zhao Shujiao glanced at the captain of the pro-soldiers.

The captain of the pro-soldier seemed to be unconscious, and he smiled "hehe" and said: "Since the marshal said so, the brothers will fight!" Anyway, Dashuai usually lets us eat and drink spicy food, and our life is worth it. ”

Zhao led the first soldier and led 4,000 cavalry to launch a charge, Zuihou he was hit by an arrow and fell from his horse, and died in battle, and the 4,000 cavalry was also wiped out.

After eliminating the 4,000 cavalry of Zhao Shuojiao, on the same day, the Houjin army attacked Zunhua City. The Houjin army first persuaded them to surrender, and when they were refused, they attacked the city from all sides. Governor Wang Yuanya held on to the city and resisted stubbornly.

The next day, in Zunhua City, the Houjin ambush in the city should set fire, causing chaos in Zunhua City, and the Houjin army took advantage of the chaos to attack, and Zunhua City fell. Governor Wang Yuanya walked into the government office and hanged herself. The officers and soldiers of the city, the people, and the rebels were all slaughtered.

Then, the Houjin army attacked the Santun camp east of Zunhua, and the deputy commander-in-chief Zhu Laitong absconded, and the commander-in-chief Zhu Guoyan announced the names of the fleeing generals on the street, and then hanged himself with his wife Zhang. On the seventh day of the first month, the Houjin army broke through the Santun camp. The Ming Dynasty lost the opportunity to block the Houjin army in Zunhua.

The fall of Zunhua City was reported to the Ming Court, causing a great shock to the hearts of the people and a panic in the government and the opposition. When "Jidongzhou County, the wind and cranes are frightened, and people have no fixed ambitions". Huang Taiji ordered 800 troops to guard Zunhua, and after the pro-unification, the Jin army then went south, marched to Beijing, and approached Jizhou.

At this time, Yuan Chonghuan personally led 9,000 soldiers and horses to turn south and implement his second step idea: that is, to intercept the Houjin army in Jizhou.

But at this time, Yuan Chonghuan once again made a mistake in dividing his troops. He deployed: former commander-in-chief Zhu Mei and deputy commander-in-chief Xu Fuzuo to guard Shanhaiguan; Staff General Yang Chun guarded Yongping, guerrilla Manku guarded Qian'an, Dusi Liu Zhenhua guarded Jianchang, staff general Zou Zongwu guarded Fengrun, guerrilla Cai Yu guarded Yutian, Changping General You Shiwei returned to the original place to garrison, Xuanfu Hou Shilu guarded Sanhe.

And Yuan Chonghuan himself, led Cao Leiming, the chief soldier of Baoding, Zu Dashou, the chief soldier of Liaodong, and He Kegang, the deputy general, to be stationed in Jizhou and intercept them in the center. On the tenth day of October, Yuan Chonghuan's army galloped into Jizhou. Jizhou is a barrier between Zunhua and Tongzhou, about 140 miles away from Tongzhou, an eastern suburb of Beijing.

Yuan Chonghuan wanted to rely on the strong city of Jizhou in Jizhou and give full play to his advantages of being good at defense to intercept the Houjin army. And he assured Emperor Chongzhen: "I will not let the enemy cross Jixi!" But I don't know why, Yuan Chonghuan didn't arrange any troops to defend at the Heavenly Danger Jimen Pass. It can be seen from this that even if it is defense, Yuan Chonghuan is not a qualified commander.

However, for a person like Yuan Chonghuan, who is the best in the world, he must have thought that Huang Taiji's IQ must be lower than him, so he will definitely come to attack the well-defended Jizhou City.

But it turned out that Huang Taiji's IQ was much higher than Yuan Chonghuan's, and his Houjin army simply ignored the well-defended Jizhou City. The Houjin army bypassed Jizhou City, directly passed through the Tianwei Jimen Pass, drove to Jingdong, and captured Yutian, Sanhe, Xianghe, Shunyi and other counties.

After hearing that the Houjin army had bypassed Jizhou City, Yuan Chonghuan hurriedly drove the army to Tongzhou, wanting to intercept the Houjin army in Tongzhou City. And Tongzhou is only 40 miles away from the capital.

On the first day of November, Yuan Chonghuan's army arrived in Hexi. Hexi is between Tianjin and Beijing, about 120 miles from Beijing. At this time, Huang Taiji's army had approached Tongzhou, and he guessed Yuan Chonghuan's military intentions, and did not plan to fight Yuan Chonghuan in Tongzhou, but bypassed Tongzhou by Shunyi and Sanhe and went straight to Beijing. In this way, Yuan Chonghuan's military intention to intercept Tongzhou City fell through again.