Li Sizhong's cavalry was annihilated by the Ming army, so that Ying Erdai did not dare to stay near Ningyuan at all, and quickly returned to Jinzhou with Li Sizhong, who was half-burned.

Yingordai's troops were all cavalry, and the speed was extremely fast, and it only took one day to return to the outside of Jinzhou City.

Outside Jinzhou City, the flags were unfurled, the camp tents were continuous, and in a wide camp tent, Houjin Khan Huang Taiji looked at Li Sizhong who had passed out in a coma, and his brows were furrowed.

Inordai told what he had seen, and stepped aside respectfully. However, he only saw the raging fires in the wilderness, and did not see Li Sizhong being forced into the sorghum field.

"Take him down to heal, and when he wakes up, figure out what the battle is going on!" Huang Taiji held back his anger and commanded.

A thousand banners, although most of them are the bannermen of the Han army, they are also absolute elites, and they were buried outside Ningyuan City like this, which makes Huang Taiji not angry!

At the same time, Huang Taiji was also shocked, if he could wipe out all the cavalry of the 1,000 Eight Banners, how strong should the Ming army in Ningyuan City be?

You must know that cavalry is different from infantry, but you can escape! Or does it mean that the army has laid some traps? Why did Li Sizhong take his subordinates into the sorghum field?

Huang Taiji was puzzled, so he could only wait for Li Sizhong to wake up.

"Great Khan, send troops to Ning Yuan, and slaughter that Sun Chuanting!" Mang Gurtai hurriedly came and hugged Huang Taiji's fist.

Huang Taiji said coldly: "Jinzhou has not been down, what can I do if I go to Ningyuan?" ”

"Jinzhou can't be captured, and the nearby crops have been burned by the damned Ming army again, is this trip in vain? How do you explain to the flag man after you go back? "Mang Gurtai airway.

Huang Taiji was silent.

The Ming Dynasty had many internal and external troubles, and in fact, the current situation in Houjin was not much better than that of the Ming Dynasty.

In the sixth year of the Apocalypse, Nurhachi led 60,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners to attack Liaoxi, and sank into the sand outside the city of Ningyuan, with many casualties among the Eight Banners, and Nurhachi was also injured by artillery, and died a few months later.

Nurhachi died, Huang Taiji took the throne in a fierce competition, and then the situation for Kim was not optimistic. When Nurhachi was alive, due to the resistance of the Liao, a cruel policy was implemented against the Liao, and hundreds of millions of Liaos were slaughtered, and the remaining Liaos fled to Liaoxi or Phi Dao.

Without the Liao people, the Jurchens themselves were not good at farming, and the economic situation of the Houjin took a sharp turn for the worse, so they could only go around fighting and plundering, relying on the mode of fighting to support the war. During this period, the Eight Banners conquered Mongolia, attacked Korea, and attacked the Ming Dynasty, relying on strong military force to win consecutive battles, plundering a large amount of food and materials to feed the people.

However, Nurhachi's failed attack on Liaoxi wasted a large amount of grain without any benefits, which made Houjin's economy even worse.

After Huang Taiji ascended the throne, he improved the treatment of Han slaves internally, actively absorbed the Liao people, and eased the economy. Externally, he chose to attack the Ming Dynasty again, and attacked Liao again in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, which is the so-called Battle of Ningjin. However, this battle did not take much advantage. After besieging Jinzhou in Ningyuan for nearly a month, he was unable to break through the city, and finally retreated due to the lack of food.

The two attacks on western Liaoning failed, and the economy of Houjin was simply worse, the country was hungry, the price of goods soared, the price of grain reached as much as eight taels of rice, and a sheep was sold for a hundred taels of silver. Although the Later Jin Dynasty robbed and seized countless gold and silver, because of the cut off trade with the Ming Dynasty, even if there was money, it could not buy food. If it continues like this, it will only take a few years, and there will be no need for the Ming army to attack, and Houjin itself will collapse.

At this time, Huang Taiji had to report that the Ming Dynasty had changed the governor of Liaodong, and Huang Taiji immediately sent someone to contact Sun Chuanting to negotiate peace with the Ming Dynasty to ease the situation. Unexpectedly, when the envoy arrived in Ningyuan, he was killed even when Sun Chuanting's face was seen. Sun Chuanting made it clear that there would be no compromise.

In another time and space, Yuan Chonghuan didn't know what to do with Houjin for some reason, and sold some grain to Houjin, in a sense, he was indeed suspected of being an enemy.

Sun Chuanting had a hard-line attitude and refused to take any steps to negotiate peace, and trade was naturally impossible. If this continues, this winter will be difficult. Huang Taiji had no choice but to continue to attack. This time, instead of choosing summer as last time, or winter as last time, we chose to send troops in autumn.

In autumn, it is the time when the grain is ripe, and it doesn't matter if you can't capture the city, at least you can cut the crops planted by the Ming army outside the city.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the troops were dispatched, the Ming army noticed in advance, Sun Chuanting took measures to clear the wilderness, and when Huang Taiji came to Jinzhou City with the army, he only saw the ashes all over the ground and the Jinzhou City standing proudly.

Huang Taiji sent people to the city to shoot archery books to persuade him to surrender, and on the other hand, he ordered to dig a trench to surround Jinzhou, and then sent troops to attack the castle in all directions to find the weakness of the Ming army. Unexpectedly, Li Sizhong's thousands of cavalry who went to Ningyuan were completely annihilated by the Ming army.

"Great Khan, our army does not carry much food, either attack Jinzhou or Ningyuan, we can't hesitate any longer." Mang Gultai continued.

Huang Taiji raised his head, stared at Mang Gurtai and said, "Fifth brother, don't panic. After a while, there will be a shipment of grain from North Korea, enough for the army to eat for some time. Jinzhou and Ningyuan are both high and wide, and it is not easy to lay. This time, let's not fight Jinzhou, we won't fight Ningyuan, just hit this place! ”

As he spoke, Huang Taiji slammed his fist heavily on the sheepskin map.

"Matsuyama?" Mang Gurtai was stunned for a moment.

Songshan is located in the southwest of Jinzhou, it is a small fortress, there are thousands of soldiers and civilians in it, the hoarding of materials is limited, and it is not much good to lay down.

"Didn't the Ming Dynasty abandon the Da Ling River and the Xiao Ling River and other fortresses outside Jinzhou? This time, we will lay down and burn down their other fortresses, and leave them with the lonely Ningyuan and Jinzhou! After defeating Songshan, then Xingshan, and then Tashan, I want to see if the Ming army will rescue! Huang Taiji sneered.

If the Ming army does not rescue, it can only watch the fortresses such as Songshan, Xingshan, and Tashan be captured, and the Ming army inside is slaughtered, there are more than ten fortresses between Ningjin and Jin, and there are nearly 100,000 soldiers and civilians in them, so many soldiers and civilians, how can the Ming court be indifferent? If the Ming army comes out from Jinzhou Ningyuan to rescue, then the Ming army that came to the aid will be annihilated in the wild! This so-called encirclement point reinforcement!

Mang Gurtai looked at the Songshan and other castles on the map, and his eyes showed madness: "Okay, I am the vanguard in this battle, and I will definitely slaughter Songshan and other castles!" ”

"Great Khan, the Ming caravan is coming from Uiju." At this moment, a guard came into the tent to make a report.

Huang Taiji's face showed joy: "The leader of the Xuan caravan comes in." ”

Soon, a middle-aged man in a leather jacket walked into the tent, took off his hat and bowed to Huang Taiji, dressed as a Mongolian decoration, but the bun on his head confirmed the identity of the Ming people.

"Fan Aliu has seen the Great Khan!"

A smile appeared on Huang Taiji's face: "No courtesy." I wonder what Shopkeeper Fan brought to Ben Khan this time? ”

Fan Aliu said respectfully: "I brought 50,000 catties of refined iron, 1,000 catties of tea, and some groceries." ”

Huang Taiji showed a satisfied smile on his face: "Very good, although the price is assured, my Dajin country has silver!" ”

50,000 catties of refined iron is enough to build hundreds of thousands of arrow clusters!

Fan Ah Liuxi: "Thank you Great Khan!" ”

"It would be nice if I could get some food next time, Ben Khan will buy it at a high price." Huang Taiji said suddenly.

Fan Aliu's face showed a look of embarrassment: "Great Khan, from Jizhou to here more than a thousand miles, you have to climb over heavy mountains, it is useless to transport less grain, and I am afraid that it will not be easy to transport more." ”

Huang Taiji said meaningfully: "Food doesn't necessarily have to go around Mongolia, you can take the sea route." ”

Fan Aliu was thoughtful.

"Such a profiteer, the price sold to us is several times the market price, why should the Great Khan give him a good face!" After Fan Aliu went, Mang Gurtai said dissatisfied.

Huang Taiji smiled and said, "If there are no such profiteers, where will we get supplies?" Fifth brother, don't feel sorry for the gold and silver, just grab it if it's gone. ”

Mang Gurtai shook his head: "Forget it, you are the Great Khan, you can just watch it." I'll lead the army to attack Songshan Fort! ”