Huang Taiji stepped into the palace gate, went up the steps along the high platform, entered the inner courtyard, and in the center was three spacious halls, and there were three side halls in the east and west. The throne in the main hall was actually a large wooden chair with pure white antlers as the armrest, and a huge crystal clear jasper plate was placed on the left side of the case, which was filled with large pieces of ice, and the faint mist of water melted silently. Shengjing in August is in the summer heat, but the empty hall is cool and very comfortable. He half-lay his tall and strong body half-lying on the antler chair, Rao is hall was cool, and he was sweating all over, and he was just about to loosen his robe, when the close-fitting eunuch came in and reported: "Fan Zhangjing is here, wait outside the door, teach the slave to see if the Great Khan is awake?" ”

"Pass him in. You slave, I've said many times, Fan Zhangjing doesn't need to report back, why don't you have a longer memory? ”

"Great Khan, don't blame him, it's because the ministers are afraid of disturbing the Great Khan's rest." Outside the door came a young scholar-like man, in his early thirties, with a magnificent appearance and a calm demeanor, who stepped forward to respectfully salute Qian'er.

Huang Taiji raised his hand and said, "Fan Zhangjing, there is no one else, what kind of courtesy do you do?" It's time to sit down. ”

The man smiled and said, "The Khan's favor is received by his subordinates, but the ceremony of humility cannot be abolished." He insisted on giving thanks and sat down. This Fan Zhangjing is a Han person, the name Fan Wencheng, the word Xiandou, the number Huiyue, is the seventeenth grandson of Fan Zhongyan, a famous minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, his sixth ancestor Fan Yue was once a Cheng of Yunmeng County, Hubei, and was convicted during the Hongwu period, and the whole family migrated from Leping County, Jiangxi Province to the border town of Liaodong Shenyang Wei, and Fan's family has since been derived from Shenyang Fan. Fan Wencheng has been reading poetry and books since he was a child, and at the age of eighteen, he was admitted to Xiucai with his brother copywriter, and he is a small name in the local area. Unexpectedly, in this year, the left guard of Jianzhou commanded the dragon and tiger general Nurhachi to sue the sky with seven hatreds, thirteen pairs of armor rose up against the Ming, called the Khan to build the country, and the Ming Dynasty divided the court to resist the court, and the soldiers together, Liaodong is difficult to be peaceful, the beacon fire reflects the window, it is inconvenient to study hard, and it is hopeless to win fame. In the forty-sixth year of Wanli, Nurhachi captured Fushun, an important town in eastern Liaodong, Fan Wencheng even broke off the idea of studying and gaining office, and went to Houjin Camp with his brother to serve Nurhachi. Nurhachi because he was a famous minister, and he was strategic, blue-eyed, and soon promoted him to be Zhangjing, participating in the curtain, only calling Fan Zhangjing and not his name, in order to show respect. After Nurhachi's death, the eighth son, Emperor Taiji, succeeded to the throne and regarded him as a confidant and think tank who was also a teacher and friend, and said nothing. Fan Wencheng received a secret order to come to the palace in the north of the city, knowing that Huang Taiji was bound to encounter an extremely troublesome matter, he quietly waited for the Great Khan to ask questions.

Huang Taiji was burly, he liked the cold and was afraid of heat, and it seemed that he could hardly endure the pain of sweat rolling down, so he took off his upper robe, revealing his hairy chest, and his iron-like muscles bulged, and he got up and walked to the screen, and took off a piece of yellow silk satin on it, and there was a sword with dragon and tiger stripes hanging on the screen. He took the sword in his hand, pulled it gently, and with a bang, it was like a dragon's groan, and a cold light flashed like a wave of flowing water. Huang Taiji stroked the sword in his hand, bowed his head and pondered, and said in a low voice for a long time: "This is the dragon and tiger sword of my father Khan, when his old man was defeated from Ningyuan, he became angry and sick, and before he died, he still pointed to the south, and he never forgot to ask Nanming to avenge his ancestors and fathers. His old man's ambition was not rewarded, and soon I added a new hatred of Ning Jin's defeat. Now that Yuan Chonghuan has returned to Liaodong, although it is close at hand, he can't help him, when will the new hatred and old hatred be avenged? How to promote my Dajin Guowei? Every time I think about it, I always feel ashamed of my father. ”

"Great Khan, Yuan Chonghuan has a strong city to rely on, and Hongyi cannons to use, blindly holding on, it is indeed not easy to compete with it. Ning Yuan and Ning Jin were defeated, and the soldiers were injured a lot, and they were already afraid of attacking the city, so they must not insist on it again. The way of using troops is to attack the enemy with our strengths, and we must not be temporary. ”

"Fan Zhangjing, have you been holding this sentence in your heart for a long time?"

Fan Wencheng nodded and said: "The book of soldiers says: Don't attack the fortified city." If you attack the fortification, you will be defeated. If the enemy has a geographical advantage, he should not compete with him for his own territory. At that time, the ministers had the intention to dissuade them, but when they saw that the soldiers were using their lives and moved forward bravely, they were afraid that they would speak ominously and destroy the morale of our army. ”

"You Han people have a saying that if you eat a trench, you will grow wise, but I have injured so many soldiers in vain because of a moment of anger!" Huang Taiji's tone turned abruptly and painfully, he still hung up the sword, took the robe and put it half-on, and asked, "What do you mean by hitting short with a long one?" ”

"It's not difficult to attack Ningyuan and Jinzhou, but you must not attack hard, you need to think of a clever way. The minister has a series of plans, and he doesn't worry about not being able to take the second city of Ningjin. ”

"What serial scheme?"

"Avoid the real and attack the false, and turn the tiger away from the mountain." A mysterious smile flashed across Fan Wencheng's face.

"......" Huang Taiji stared at him wordlessly, his eyes full of eagerness.

"Does the Great Khan still remember Zhuge Liang's Longzhong, right?"

"I was taught by my father Khan, and I liked "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" since I was a child, and I have never left it for many years, I don't know how many times I have read it. Zhuge Liang is hidden in Nanyang, cultivated in Longzhong, the land is remote, but the general trend of the world is clear in his heart, and he is really a peerless master. ”

"How could he not encourage Liu Bei to attack Cao Cao and attack Eastern Wu, but persuade him to take Jingzhou and Yizhou?"

Huang Taiji smiled: "You can't bother me." Zhuge Liang has made it very clear that Cao Cao has millions of soldiers, and he coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and there are many generals and generals, and it is difficult to compete with him. Sun Quan relied on the dangerous terrain to occupy Jiangdong for many years, and the hearts of the people were attached, and it was difficult to obtain them. Jingzhou is based on Han and Chu in the north, and the South China Sea is exhausted, connecting Wuhui in the east, and Tongba and Shu in the west. Yizhou is dangerous, fertile for thousands of miles, the country of abundance, the people are rich and the country is rich, but Liu Biao and Liu Zhang are mediocre and incompetent, so it is naturally much easier to attack. ”

"Great Khan is such a good memory! In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, in order to prevent the Mongols from attacking, the Great Wall was built, and nine border towns were set up in Liaodong, Jizhou, Xuanfu, Datong, Taiyuan, Shaanxi, Yansui, Ningxia and Gansu. From the Yalu River in the east, to Jiuquan in the west, stretching for thousands of miles, a fort and a village are garrisoned. Since the Mandate of Heaven Khan took revenge with thirteen pairs of armor, the Ming Dynasty gathered its forces in Liaodong, and the defense of the other eight towns was slack, but in vain. In terms of the situation between me and the Ming army, Yuan Chonghuan's soldiers are full of food, just like Cao Cao and Sun Quan, if they compete with him, they will not be able to bargain much, and if they don't get it right, they will lose both, and the soldiers and horses in the Jimen area are thin, the money and food are in arrears, the border fort is empty, and the Gejia is decaying, and Liu Ce, the prime minister of Jiliao, is cowardly and incompetent, and has never known soldiers, and belongs to Liu Biao and Liu Zhang. The water flows according to the land, and the soldiers are used by the enemy. ''Make good use of the soldiers, avoid their sharpness, and strike them lazy.'' Now that Yuan Chonghuan has killed Mao Wenlong, it will take time for the Dongjiang army to stabilize their hearts, and there is no need to worry about them attacking by water. When Yuan Chonghuan heard the news, he would rush thousands of miles to help, wave his army to King Qin, and leave Ningyuan City, what other fortified city cannons could he rely on? At that time, the Great Khan returned to the division to ambush, and the wild waves fought, and the Eight Banners had a place to play, so why worry about not taking Ningyuan and Jinzhou? If Yuan Chonghuan is captured, the old Khan's great revenge will naturally be avenged. ”

"I understand, you're trying to force him to leave Ningyuan." Huang Taiji heard it with laughter on his face, and with a blow of his palms, Huo Di stood up, his eyes were shining, and he said loudly: "It's just that Fan Zhangjing is also bold!" Since my Dajin Iron Cavalry has gone deep into the dangerous terrain and entered Beijing, why don't you go around? so that we can raise the might of our army and extinguish their arrogance! ”

"The Great Khan is majestic and strategic, and his ministers can't match it. The minister is in Ningyuan, and he can't see Mount Tai when he covers the wood, which is really a mouse's eye. Fan Wencheng was shocked when he heard this, and his heart was full of admiration.

Huang Taiji laughed and ordered: "First send someone to contact the Mongolian departments, the weather will turn cold, and we will march together." ”

The west wind is getting tighter, the yellow leaves are flying, and the endless sorghum in western Liaoning has become ear and weeping leaves, undulating and surging like the waves of the sea in the mighty long wind. The autumn is high and cool, the sky is frosty, and the water of the Liao River flows slowly, day and night. The remnant sun shone on the rugged ancient road, and a group of wild geese returning from the south on the horizon flew in a neat line, their wings melted in the glow, dyed golden for a while and red for a while.

Che Gong Gong, Ma Xiao Xiao. A large amount of dust was raised in the distance, and the samurai in armor of the brigade kept shouting and rolling up like a whirlwind of mounts, and in the middle was a middle-aged man with a clear face, who was the supervisor Yuan Chonghuan. He stood upright on the horse, wearing a cloth robe outside, with a long sword inserted in his waist, his god was majestic, and the three locks of thin beards under his chin fluttered in the wind, adding a bit of elegance, but he lost the usual leisure, his face was full of anxiety, and he kept urging the men and horses to hurry. Originally, Huang Taiji led an army of 100,000 to invade the south, led by the Mongolian Korqin Department of Burgatu Taiji, through the Horqin grassland, divided into three roads to Jizhen Xifengkou line raid: Jierharang, Yue Tuo led the four banner army horses and Horqin Mongolian army to break through the Da'ankou and enter the pass, Abatai, Azig led the Four Banners Army and the Horqin Mongol Army to break the Longjing Pass to the south, and the Huang Taiji pro-unified army broke the red mountain pass into the fortress, all the way into the long drive, the mighty and mighty, the soldiers were in the heavy town of Zunhua. Zunhua is only 300 miles away from Beijing, it is the last gateway to Beijing, if Zunhua is lost, after Jin Tie can ride west to invade the Beijing Division, it is not trivial! Beijing has already closed the nine gates and the whole city is on alert, and the military department issued an emergency fire card to summon the Quartet army and the king of Qin. Zhao Zuojiao, the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan, rushed to the aid of Zunhua under the order, and joined forces with Zhu Guoyan, the chief soldier of Jizhen, and Wang Yuanya, the governor of Zunhua, to block the Houjin soldiers from advancing westward to force the Beijing division. Yuan Chonghuan got the news, hurriedly wrote the marching strategy by himself, repeatedly told Zhao Shujiao not to take the enemy lightly, ordered the guerrilla Wang Liangchen to fly a letter to Zhao Shujiao, and ordered the deputy commander-in-chief Zhang Hongmo and the commander-in-chief Zhu Mei to each lead a group of men and horses to rescue later. How do you know that Zhao Shujiao has already led 4,000 elite horsemen to gallop for three days and nights, and arrived at the Santun camp sixty miles east of Zunhua City, and the Houjin army followed. Zhu Guoyan was afraid of the Hou Jin soldiers, afraid that the Jin army would follow up after the city gate was opened, so he let Zhao Shujiao how to shout and refused to let him enter the city. Zhao Shujiao had no choice but to run west to Zunhua, and on the way he encountered the ambush of the Houjin general Azige, rushing left and right, and the Houjin soldiers were still surrounded by bees and ants, and the arrows were shot like raindrops. Zhao led the sect to several arrows in his body, his battle robe was dyed blood red, looking at the more and more enemy soldiers gathered, knowing that there was no way to escape, he dismounted and knelt down, and shouted to the west: "Your Majesty, the minister has done his best!" He turned to the northeast again and cried: "Inspector, the humble position cannot assist the lord to recover Liao for five years, and the humble duty is discredited!" "Drawing his sword and crossing his neck, he killed himself, and the whole army of 4,000 men and horses was wiped out in an instant.

The first battle was a general, Yuan Chonghuan was in pain into the bone marrow, his face was blue and white, he secretly gritted his teeth, after killing Mao Wenlong, he had reported the war situation in Liaodong, and Chen Jimen was thin, and it was advisable to garrison heavy troops. Suppressing the anger in his chest, he couldn't stop complaining about Master Han? , the cabinet minister Qian Longxi did not know about the border affairs, and the dispatch was lost, so that the Houjin soldiers entered the customs and went south. Resentment is useless, and how to respond is the big thing. Although the Houjin soldiers attacked from elsewhere, but they failed to keep an eye on Huang Taiji, and he was outside the gate, Yuan Chonghuan was deeply afraid that the emperor would blame, and ordered He Kegang to stay in Ningyuan, and personally led the deputy commander-in-chief Zhou Wenyu and Zhang Hongmo, and the general Zhang Cunren, guerrilla Yu Yongshou, Zhang Waijia, Cao Wenzhao and other 5,000 horse troops day and night, and entered the pass to help. I vaguely looked at the city wall of Shanhaiguan, and suddenly saw the people and horses in front of me crowded, and asked urgently: "Why are people and horses walking so slowly?" ”

Not long after, a lieutenant hit his horse and reported to him: "Supervisor, there is an old man shepherding sheep in front, and hundreds of goats are blocking the official road. ”

"Who is it? Teach him to get out of the way quickly, and not to block the march of the army. Yuan Chonghuan frowned, and he was already a little unhappy in his heart.

"The villain said it a few times, but he just wouldn't let it."

"Do you want to enter the Guanqin King?"

"The villain said it, but he said that the division of King Qin should not disturb the people."

Yuan Chonghuan was silent, and Xie Shangzheng scolded: "Can you say that this is Inspector Yuan's Guanning Iron Horse?" ”

Seeing that Xie Shangzheng was angry, the lieutenant was terrified, accompanied by caution, and replied in a low voice: "I said it too." ”

"Idiot! A mountain and grass farmer can't help it, how to deal with the Jin soldiers after encountering it? Let the horses rush over! Xie Shangzheng's voice was full of emotion, and the captain only made a promise, turning around and wanting to retreat. Yuan Chonghuan's heart moved, and he shouted: "Don't break military discipline!" Take the headquarters to see what kind of character is the bottom? ”

Yuan Chonghuan beat his horse forward, and saw an old man wearing a big hat from a distance, holding a long leather whip to drive a large group of goats, and his mouth couldn't stop shouting loudly, the sheep walked along the road, almost crowding the entire avenue, and the Guanning iron horse was close to the side of the road, waiting for the sheep to pass. When he got closer, Yuan Chonghuan got off the horse and said, "Uncle, can you borrow light to make way and teach the army to pass?" ”

The old man didn't raise his head, and replied: "You have military affairs, and the little old man's sheep have to rush to graze, why do you want to?" ”

Yuan Chonghuan's face turned cold, and he said in a sullen voice: "Since you said that the king should not disturb the people, the ministry also knows that you are a reasonable person, how can you not distinguish between the important and the important?" Although I, Yuan Chonghuan, said that the military discipline is strict, but the matter is urgent, it may not be flexible, if you blindly be strong, Hugh said that the headquarters is ruthless! ”

The old man sneered: "What a great majesty! What Guanning iron horse, may not be as good as the little old man's group of goats! When the sergeants heard this, they were furious, and each drew his sword and glared at the old man.

Yuan Chonghuan laughed instead of being angry: "What kind of goat is so powerful? If the Pope is really frightened, even if he exchanges it for jewelry, the ministry will buy it all. ”

"Where are these goats worth buying with any jewelry?" The old man took off his hat and said with a smile: "Little Lao'er didn't dare to offend the superintendent Huwei, nor did he dare to insult Guan Ning Tieqi, but I just wanted you to gallop thousands of miles to help, I'm afraid it may not be like the little old man who drove the goat to Shengjing." ”

Yuan Chonghuan heard the mystery hidden in the old man's words, and looked at the old man with frosty hair There was a deep scar on his face, from the tip of his eyebrows to his jaw, it was very hideous and terrifying, but between the opening and closing of his eyes, there was a shining light, it was like déjà vu, he was contemplative, and suddenly remembered the old shepherd when he rode out of the customs alone eight years ago, and asked in surprise: "Uncle, are you still alive?" ”