"Second brother, what do you mean?" Hearing Dai Shan say that he was not suitable to be a Great Khan, Mang Gurtai's face turned pale.

"You yourself refuse to be the Great Khan, and you refuse to let me be, do you still let this bastard continue to plague my Dajin Kingdom?" Mang Gurtai said angrily.

Dai Shan sighed: "Old Five, what time is it now, my Dajin Kingdom is already on the verge of life and death." At this time, even if you are dissatisfied with the eighth child, you should work together to get through the difficulties in front of you first. If there is infighting now, we will be in a mess, how can we return to Shengjing to repel the Ming army? ”

"As long as we move quickly, there won't be much loss, after getting rid of the eighth child, and then returning to Shishengjing, we will naturally be able to expel the Ming people." Mang Gurtai is a matter of course.

Dai Shan shook his head: "How can it be so easy? Old Five, even if I support you, will Zilharang and Abatai support you? Duoduo, Azig and others are even more loyal to the eighth child, plus the eighth man holds the three flags in his hand, he refuses to abdicate, who can take him? ”

"Old Five, listen to my advice, now is not the time for infighting, even if you are dissatisfied with Lao Ba, you have to wait until you repel the Ming army and recapture the nest." Dai Shan patiently persuaded.

Mang Gurtai pondered for a long time, "Second brother, will you still support me then?" ”

Dai Shan nodded and said with a smile: "Of course." ”

After sending Mang Gurtai away, Dai Shan changed his clothes and headed for the Beacon Castle where Huang Taiji was.

"Second brother, you're here." Huang Taiji smiled and raised his hand to order someone to serve wine.

The two brothers exchanged a few words, and Huang Taiji suddenly said: "I heard that the fifth brother just met the second brother, but I don't know what you said?" ”

After speaking, Huang Taiji looked at Dai Shan with blazing eyes.

Dai Shan was shocked in his heart, and he really couldn't hide it from Huang Taiji's ears and eyes, and said with a wry smile at the moment: "This is exactly why I want to come to see you." After successive defeats, his hometown was attacked by the Ming army, and the morale of the army was declining. ”

"Oh? But I don't know what Lao Wu said? Huang Taiji said lightly.

Dai Shan sighed: "I didn't say much, I just complained that I shouldn't make a detour to Mongolia." But don't worry, I told Lao Wu that now is the most difficult time for my Dajin country, and I should not spend my time complaining, but I should twist the whole army into a rope and drive out the Ming army as soon as possible. ”

Huang Taiji's eyes flashed: "Is that all?" ”

Dai Shan spread his hands: "That's all, what else can there be?" ”

"It's fine, hahaha......" Huang Taiji laughed.

......

"Amma, this old thing isn't telling the truth!" Hauge sneered.

Huang Taiji shook his head: "He said everything." ”

Haoge's eyes widened: "How can there be, Mang Gurtai must be looking for him to rebel, in order to overthrow Ama you, but Dai Shan didn't say anything, it was clearly to protect Mang Gurtai!" ”

Huang Taiji said: "There are some things that don't need to be said directly, and it is enough to show his attitude that he can come this time." Hauge, pass the order, let Azig and the others cancel the operation, Daishan is right, at this time, we must work together, we must twist into a rope, and drive the Ming army away first. ”

"Yes, Amma!" Hauge turned away.

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The Eight Banners Army rested in the side wall for half a day, because they had to collect enough grain and grass. It was a thousand-mile journey back to Shengjing after leaving the border wall, and the road was full of snow-covered mountains and barren grasslands, and there was no supply at all.

In the Ming Kingdom of Gyeonggi around the plundering of money and grain wealth in the last battle lost all, fortunately, Daishan occupied Qian'an City, controlled the Lengkou side wall, south of the border wall there are many Ming border army fortress Fengdun, close to the side wall Although the place near the side wall is barren, it is no problem to grab enough more than 20,000 people and horses to eat grain and grass for ten days.

After counting, the nearly 40,000 troops at the time of the expedition now have only more than 23,000 people left, and they have lost almost 40%. However, most of the troops lost were clothed soldiers and soldiers of the Han Army, but the Eight Banners did not lose too much.

The remaining 23,000 people are all Manchurian Eight Banners, the most elite troops of the Dajin Kingdom, and it can be said that the strength is still there!

After raising enough food and grass for the army for several days, Huang Taiji ordered the army to immediately march out of the border wall and return to Shengjing.

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The border of Yongping Province, the camp of the Ming army.

Sun Chuanting had already received the battle report sent by Zhang Shize and Huang Degong.

Seeing that Huang Degong did not leave the main force of Jiannu, Sun Chuanting sighed deeply. He originally thought that Huang Degong could block Jiannu for two days, and then Zhang Shize arrived with his troops, even if he couldn't win Jiannu, he could make his troops lose and delay his return.

Unexpectedly, Huang Degong couldn't stop him for even a day, so he let the main force of Jiannu escape.

Although Huang Degong won more than 4,000 ranks, the prison guard of the Praetorian Guard Battalion sent a secret report that these more than 4,000 people were all Eight Banners Han Army, not the real Manchurian Eight Banners, and more than 4,000 ranks, more than half of them were prisoners who had surrendered.

Sun Chuanting did not intend to investigate Huang Degong's behavior of letting go of the main force of Jiannu and killing prisoners.

Compared with the defeated Henan, Shandong, and Shanxi Qinwang armies, Huang Degong has done well enough. An army of less than 10,000 people really couldn't block the attack of Jiannu head-on. As for killing prisoners, it's nothing, Li Yongfang's father and son are both big traitors, and their subordinates are also traitor troops, they should all be killed!

Sun Chuanting is now worried that the main force of Jiannu has gone out of the border wall and will soon return to Liaodong, which will bring great pressure to Lu Xiangsheng in the Liaoshen Plain.

Although Lu Xiangsheng had almost 60,000 troops in his hands, there were also a large number of Guiyi troops. But among the 60,000 troops, only the Praetorian Guard and the Liaoxi Cavalry were considered elite, and the other Dongjiang Army also had the Guiyi Army, which was either weak in combat or simply a rabble.

The main force of Jiannu returned, plus there were still a lot of bannermen in the two cities of Liaoyang and Shenyang, plus Jiannu was a mourning soldier and fought head-on, Lu Xiangsheng may not be Jiannu's opponent.

As soon as he received Huang Degong's war report, Lu Xiangsheng ordered someone to send a letter to Lu Xiangsheng in Liaodong, telling Lu Xiangsheng the news of Jiannu's return.

Now that Huang Degong and Zhang Shize have led the army to Shanhaiguan, Sun Chuanting himself has to go to join the army as soon as possible, and then lead the army out of Shanhaiguan and rush to Liaoyang through Liaoxi to reinforce Sun Chuanting.

However, before leaving, things need to be arranged on the side of the camp.

After a big battle, nearly 60,000 troops were defeated or killed, and there were only more than 10,000 people left, but in the past two days, there were nearly 10,000 defeated soldiers who returned to the camp one after another.

Sun Chuanting did not pursue these ordinary defeated soldiers, but the generals were different.

On the third day of the war, just as Sun Chuanting was about to leave here for Shanhaiguan, He Renlong, the chief soldier of Shanxi, led two hundred families back to the camp and pleaded guilty in front of Sun Chuanting's horse.

Sun Chuanting didn't say much, and directly ordered He Renlong to be taken down and beheaded.

"Master Inspector, it's not that the last general is going to escape, there is really no way to beat it, Lord Inspector spares his life, and the last general is willing to make meritorious contributions!" He Renlong begged repeatedly. He couldn't believe that Sun Chuanting would execute himself, he knew that this would be the case, and he would not be able to escape.

"Can't beat it?" Sun Chuanting sneered, "You have nearly 10,000 troops under your command, and there are hundreds of henchmen, facing the unarmed people who are being carried around, so you can't beat them, you can be crushed, what's the use of leaving you?" ”

After speaking, Sun Chuanting waved his hand, and the two soldiers pushed He Renlong to the ground, took off his helmet, and one soldier raised the ghost head knife and slashed it off, and the big head rolled to the ground.

He Renlong is a native of Shaanxi, born in a military household, and made great contributions when chasing and killing Wang Jiayin, Gao Yingxiang, and the leaders of the Liumin Army, killing Shen Yikui and other leaders of the Liumin Army, and was promoted to the general of Shanxi because of his merits. He Renlong fought bravely, and was nicknamed He Maniac, and he was extremely domineering on weekdays, but today, in the face of Sun Chuanting's execution, he could only plead, and did not dare to resist at all.

And the family members raised by He Renlong did not dare to move, and they did not have the courage to rescue He Renlong. First, because of Sun Chuanting's identity as a civil official and supervisor, coupled with Sun Chuanting's recent victory, he defeated the Jiannu army, although Sun Chuanting does not have many troops around him now, but its majesty also makes these fierce family members dare not move.

He Renlong was executed, his subordinates were reorganized, and Sun Chuanting ordered that each soldier be paid three months' salary, which made the morale rise all of a sudden.

With silver, who will remember the generals of the past?

As for the silver that was distributed, it came from the capture of the battle. Jiannu fled, not only throwing down the captured more than 100,000 Ming people, but also throwing down countless looted food and materials, and now these materials are in the hands of Sun Chuanting.

The reason why Sun Chuanting personally sat in the camp was to count these materials as soon as possible.

Jiannu ransacked several cities in Jibei, ransacked several prefectures and counties in the south of Jingnan, and the area around Gyeonggi was full of manors of powerful people, which was itself a rich place, and Jiannu raided all the way and captured countless wealth.

Grain, donkeys, mules, cloth, gold and silver, iron pots, all kinds of supplies, this is the wealth of several states and counties!

After the raid and plunder of Jiannu, the area around Gyeonggi was almost in ruins, seven or eight cities were breached, a large number of people were killed and plundered, and countless displaced people were also formed.

And in this war, more than 100,000 people, tens of thousands of people died under the sabers and guns of Jiannu and Ming, and the rest of the people lost their homes and needed to be resettled with money and grain. The treasury is empty, and these seized money and grain can come in handy, so Sun Chuanting can't afford not to pay attention to it.

Of course, no matter what, these riches are captured on the battlefield, and some of them must be sacrificed to the soldiers. Sun Chuanting made his own decisions, leaving all the gold and silver as a reward for the soldiers, and the remaining soldiers were each allocated three months' salary, even for the defeated soldiers who returned to the camp. In addition, the soldiers who did not flee and persevered were rewarded with an additional silver reward, at least ten taels of silver for each soldier, and the soldiers who captured more could get a reward of dozens of taels of silver. After a big battle, these soldiers who persevered were rewarded with at least one year's salary, and their morale was naturally extremely high.

And these rewards also made those who came back very envious, regretting that they should not have collapsed without a fight.

Collecting the defeated troops, counting the captures, and counting the exploits of the war, all things are very complicated.

However, with Sun Chuanting's ability, dealing with these things is really a trivial matter.

After getting the news that Jiannu had left the border wall, Sun Chuanting explained the affairs of the camp to his staff Li Shen, and then went to Shanhaiguan.

According to the information sent back by Jinyiwei, Lu Xiangsheng's main force was stationed outside Shenyang and was dividing his troops to attack all parts of Tieling. And Zhou Yuji and Cao Bianjiao led another army to garrison outside Liaoyang City, threatening the Jiannu of Liaoyang.

Liaoyang and Shenyang have not been defeated, and once Huang Taiji leads the main force of Jiannu to return, there will be a tough battle with Jiannu on the plain. Lu Xiangsheng's troops are scattered now, and there is no city to defend, so he may not be able to win Jiannu. If you are careless, it is likely to lead to a big defeat. This must be avoided!

The current situation is very favorable to the Ming Dynasty, after this war, the strength of Jiannu has been sharply reduced, and the absolute loss of more than half of its population has been a heavy blow to Jiannu, whose total population is only hundreds of thousands.

If you can hit the main force of Jiannu back between Liao and Shen, maybe you will be able to completely eliminate Jiannu, a henchman who has threatened the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years, in a few years!

Even if he can't recreate slaves, he must ensure that Lu Xiangsheng and his subordinates withdraw safely.

After this battle, the troops in the north of the Ming Dynasty also suffered heavy losses, and the Praetorian Guard in the hands of Lu Xiangsheng was already the most elite army of the Ming Dynasty. If it is wiped out between Liao and Shen by Jiannu, it will also be a great loss for the Ming Dynasty!

Although it is said that the land of Daming is vast, the population is large, and the army is one million, but there are not many combat effectiveness among the millions of troops.

As long as there are tens of thousands of elites, Jiannu will not be able to live in peace from now on. In the future, I will plan slowly, and it will not take much time to destroy Jiannu.

Therefore, as soon as Jiannu retreated after the war, Sun Chuanting sent someone to Liaodong to deliver a letter to tell Lu Xiangsheng that Jiannu was going to return.

After Sun Chuanting arranged the follow-up affairs in the camp by himself, he also flew to Shanhaiguan and joined the army of Huang Degong and Zhang Shize.

Such a battle that decided the fortunes of the Ming Dynasty and Jiannu, as the governor of Jiliao, how could Sun Chuanting miss it?

Zhang Shize and Huang Degong have 20,000 people in their hands, and there are more than 20,000 defenders in Shanhaiguan, plus the Liaoxi soldiers in Ningyuan and Jinzhou, in addition to the troops left behind, Sun Chuanting can also use 30,000 or 40,000 people, which is enough to affect the victory or defeat, even if Liaoyang cannot be captured, it is still no problem to take back Lu Xiangsheng.

With these 30,000 or 40,000 troops joining, not counting the Guiyi Army formed by the rescued Han Nu, the army in Liaodong has nearly 100,000 people, and it is already an overwhelming force advantage in the face of Jiannu.

However, to send troops to conquer, you must report to the imperial court for approval, so Sun Chuanting reported to the imperial court at the same time, but also reported his next plan, and asked the imperial court to issue an order, and he led the army out of Liaoxi and went to Liaodong to reinforce Lu Xiangsheng.

At this time, Sun Chuanting believed that even if some ministers of the imperial court were very dissatisfied with him, they would definitely not stop him.

After arriving at Shanhaiguan, he joined the army of Zhang Shize and Huang Degong, and Sun Chuanting sent people to collect grain and gather the people who transported the grain baggage, while waiting for the holy decree of the imperial court to order the expedition.

Shanhaiguan is only a few hundred miles away from Beijing, and it doesn't take much time for the Holy Decree to arrive.