If you use the power of the Eight Banners, it is not impossible to gnaw on the tiger skin post arranged by Zhou Qingfeng next week. At most, they are dead people, and maybe they are worthless slaves. But if you want Huang Taiji's white flag to gnaw - the white flag has been kicked until the iron plate has broken several teeth, and he is unwilling to die if he is asked to gnaw it.

When Huang Taiji returned to Shenyang, the first thing he did was to make up for the loss this time. He ordered Niu Lu, who had lost a few elite soldiers, to immediately promote Yu Ding to the regular soldiers, and at the same time open the treasury to replenish weapons and armor. After pondering it again, it was still too much of a loss, and he ordered some captured Han slaves to be selected as young and strong as auxiliaries.

After stabilizing the interior, Huang Taiji still sent a small number of scouts to continue to investigate the movements in the direction of Hupiyi and Liaoyang. Although it is not easy to maintain a large army outside, the Jurchen barbarians, who are accustomed to the environment of white mountains and black waters, are still very capable of acting when they go out alone.

The Jurchen scouts managed to bypass the battlefield shelter of the Hupiyi Guards cavalry, and when they approached the direction of Liaoyang, they found that the people of the entire city were carrying out large-scale relocation. A large number of militiamen of the 'revolutionary army' who arrived from Gaizhou in horse-drawn sleighs were stationed at the city defense, and the crowds and supplies at the city gate were flowing day and night.

In Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty, Liaoyang was a more important city than Shenyang, and it was the center of the entire Liaodong. Various families are entrenched here. In addition to the Ye family, there are a large number of other rich and noble families living there. Xu Bing initially estimated that more than 100,000 people in and around Liaoyang could be relocated. In addition to tens of thousands of tons of grain, there are also tens of thousands of large animals such as cattle and horses.

Li Weihan can't do anything about the local gentry, and the 'revolutionary army' will not be polite. In order to transport away these human and material resources, Zhao Ze of the engineering department was alarmed. He brought a large number of engineers from Jinzhou, and after a brief study, he simply took advantage of the conditions of snow skiing to arrange an ice slide connecting Liaoyang, Haizhou and Gaizhou.

When Huang Taiji's scouts sneaked up, they saw tens of thousands of people building this ice track specially prepared for sleds—using snow on the spot to build a smooth surface. As soon as the sled is run a few times and the slope compacts into ice, the resistance becomes particularly small. Snow walls are built on both sides of the slopes for protection, and the sled horses are pulled by heavy horseshoes with thick iron nails.

Liaoyang has food and labor, and when organized, it is a large number of people. The slope was built during the migration and could be repaired in a few days. The speed of running a sled on the slope can be increased by two or three times, and it is also very labor-saving. There are special personnel responsible for command and maintenance on the road to ensure the smooth and safe flow of the road.

The non-stop transportation day and night gave the Jurchen scouts a great shock, and they would never have imagined that someone could play such a trick, such a scale, and such a momentum with the sled. They finally caught a few villagers outside Liaoyang City and forced them to ask the truth, only to confirm that the Ming army in the city had fled many days ago, and now it was the 'revolutionary army' from the south that took over this place, and it was the team of the young marshal who took over this place.

"Is it Zhou Qingfeng's kid?"

When the detective returned to Shenyang, Huang Taiji, who learned the news, took the case.

Bang, all the tea, pen and ink on the table were spilled on the ground.

When Huang Taiji heard the name 'Zhou Qingfeng', he knew that things had reached the worst, and he had been thinking about how to shovel the nail under his nose since he led his troops to the Tiger Skin Post in vain the last time. But the guards in Hupiyi were not stubbornly defending, and Zhou Qingfeng sent his own guards cavalry out every day to hang around, constantly intercepting and killing the Jurchen spies who came out of Shenyang City.

Ye Na will ride the 'dog meat' every day to lead the team, and this tough girl has killed more people in the past few days than she has killed in the past. Her strength has reached the point where she has to be able to defeat the top Jurchen generals, and ordinary soldiers can't stop her or stop her, so that the Jurchen barbarians in Shenyang City have been afraid of this tall blonde girl recently.

The two sides won and lost each other's reconnaissance and cavalry duel, and the Jurchen side won with rich experience and an advantage in numbers; The victory on the side of the Guards was well equipped, morale was high, and logistics were strong. The casualties on both sides were basically maintained at one to one, which was quite uncomfortable for the young cavalry of the Guards, but the cavalry they had only trained for a few months had a rare success in this battle.

The Guards were uncomfortable, and Huang Taiji was even more uncomfortable. He had already asked for help from Nurhachi, who had emigrated to Jiefan, saying that Zhou Qingfeng's 'revolutionary army' was attacking in a big way. He even asked for help from Dai Shan, who was stationed in Fushun, who was in charge of the red flag and his son Yue Tuo, who was only worse than Nurhachi himself.

But neither Nurhachi nor Daishan are stupid - who is full to do this when they come out to fight in this winter?

Huang Taiji really wants to cry - Father Khan, I really have such a group of people here who are full of food and come out to fight in the winter, and they are very full. Father Khan, your son-in-law has been cut down, you have to come and help!

Nurhachi is actually sending troops to fight, and he is attacking Yehebu further north. In the first month, the Xing army captured more than 20 cantonments in Yehebu, burned houses, and plundered cattle and sheep populations. It's just that the winter battle is really difficult, and he has to withdraw without doing all his work, and he has not been able to capture the city of Yehe.

When Huang Taiji came to ask for help, Nurhachi was really unable to fight on both sides. Mang Gurtai, who was sent to Yehe, happened to come back and pleaded guilty in the Khan's palace in Jiefan: "Although Yehe has broken through many stockades with troops this time, he has been blocked under the city of Yehe. Due to the slippery snow in winter, the roads are difficult to travel, and it is not easy to transport supplies along the way. As a result, the front line is under-manned.

And because of the great changes in Ye Hebu last year, the daughter of Buzhai and Zhuo seized power, and his subordinates built another new city, with thousands of men and horses, and the help of the ice phoenix. That phoenix is invincible in winter, and it is her world under the heavy snow. The son couldn't beat it alone, and asked his father Khan to forgive his sins. ”

Manggultai recounted the war, and Nurhachi sat at the head of the Khan's palace and handed him an urgent document. The lord of the Dajin Kingdom said in a deep voice: "Look at it, the north is uncertain, and the south is also uncertain." The kid who messed with us last year is here again. ”

Mang Gurtai took the document and read it carefully, first shouted out the name of 'Zhou Qingfeng' in surprise, and then frowned and asked, "Erchen is not surprised that this kid came to make trouble. But according to the eighth brother's investigation, Qingfeng seems to be emptying Liaoyang this week? Why is that? ”

In the eyes of the Jurchens, if Zhou Qingfeng really wanted to attack the city and seize the land, there was no reason to take the initiative to move away. The prosperity of Fushun has blinded their eyes, and when they arrive in Shenyang, they feel that the prosperity of Shenyang has gone further. And the most prosperous in Liaodong is Liaoyang, and there is no reason to retreat if you occupy it.

Nurhachi also shook his head, "This Han kid has always been incomprehensible, I have asked his master Gu Yuanwei, but I haven't been able to ask a reason." But this son is very good, your eighth brother has suffered a big loss at his hands, and he has sent letters to me for help in the past few days. ”

Mang Gurtai had just suffered a setback in the north, and when he heard that the south was not going well, he immediately scolded and asked for war: "Father Khan, why don't you let me take some men and horses to Shenyang, and join the eighth brother to drive that kid away." ”

Nurhachi shook his head, "It's too cold, my Eight Banners soldiers can stand it, but the Baoyi Aha underneath can't stand it." If there is no Bao Yi Aha to transport grain and grass with the army and repair the ordnance, no matter how brave my soldiers are, they will be hungry.

If you want to fight, it is useless to use fewer soldiers, and it will consume too much if you use more soldiers. I already let your eighth brother guard Shenyang, don't care about Zhou Qingfeng's kid. Wait until the weather improves in March, and it's not too late to start. Furthermore....... ”

Wild Boar Pie paused and said, "Such a cold winter expedition consumes a huge amount of material resources. This Han kid must be trying his best to fight us. But I learned not long ago that Yang Hao, the Liaodong Jinglu of the Ming Dynasty, intended to fight this gang of thieves first. It's about February and March, and we don't have to do it at that time, so someone will naturally clean him up. ”

Mang Gurtai could only nod his head.

The ancients lived at a slow pace, and the pace of warfare was also slow.

Nurhachi could prepare for the attack on Fushun for three months, and he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with cleaning up Zhou Qingfeng in a month or two. But for Zhou Qingfeng, a battle that he doesn't want to fight is happy to drag on for three months, let alone drag on for three days.

After Huang Taiji received Nurhachi's reply, he knew that he didn't expect his father Khan to send troops to help. He simply reused the Han Han people he had captured, and privately organized an army without announcing it to the public.

The Han Chinese were far outnumbered by the Jurchens, and this move caused Huang Taiji's forces to increase dramatically, which made him extremely satisfied for a while. Many Ming scholars who studied in Shenyang County were able to emerge, and Fan Wencheng, who was registered in Fushun, became one of the best. The Han Chinese joined Huang Taiji's management circle, which immediately greatly improved his ability to manage the local area.

Just when Huang Taiji was determined to carry out a private system reform, a guest also came to the Hupi Station where Zhou Qingfeng was located. This man suddenly appeared outside the position, wearing a gray hood to cover his face, and said directly to the guards stationed here, 'My old friend Jia Gang asks to see the young marshal'.

For this guy who suddenly appeared, the guards were on high alert. After the briefing, Ye Na personally came out to greet her. It's just that when the two sides met, she frowned and said coldly: "Show your true colors." ”

The person who came slowly raised his head, looked at Ye Na a few times, and sighed: "Jia Mou thought that it was rare in the world that he could soar to the seventh layer of qi and blood within a year, but he didn't expect that there would be another master by the young marshal's side, which is really embarrassing." His hands stretched out from his sleeves, and they were a pair of bones. And when he lifted the cloak on his head, what everyone saw in front of them was a strange skeleton that could speak.

Ye Na obviously expected it, and she was not afraid of this ghost cultivator at all, but instead took off her two-handed big sword and sneered: "You ghost cultivator also wants to see the young marshal of my family, pass me first." ”

The strange skeleton's tone was softened, and two soul fires jumped in its eyes. His mandibles kept opening and closing and laughing: "Girl, my cultivation is not high, but I may not be able to beat you." But today is not the time to compete, I really came to see the young marshal. I set out from Yehe City and went around Liaoyang to come here, and I specially brought a message from the Ice Phoenix. ”

Ice Phoenix?

Ye Na had heard this word in Zhou Qingfeng's mouth, she frowned, and said in a low voice: "What message?" ”

The weird skeleton smiled bitterly again, "Who are you?" I haven't seen you before. ”

"I'm the young marshal's personal maid, Ye Na."

Feeling that he couldn't get around this tall exotic woman, the weird skeleton could only sigh in a low voice: "You tell the young marshal that you can't hold it anymore." Ask him if he'd like to be contained? ”