After arresting these merchants, they not only received a large amount of grain, but also millions of taels of gold and silver.

These money and grain, Lao Zhu did not mean to requisition, but directly left it to Jizhou, a few days after those merchants were confiscated, Lao Zhu directly led the army to the border town.

And Jizhou, which was originally not very financially abundant, instantly became a large dog household, and began to recruit soldiers and build armor.

Jizhou as the northernmost important town of the Ming Dynasty, its geographical location is extremely important, if there are Jiannu dare to bypass the army of Lao Zhu and Zhou Yuji, forcibly enter the territory of the Ming Dynasty, then Jizhou will become the first line of defense.

If Jiannu can be kept out of Jizhou, and when Lao Zhu's army turns around, under the attack from both sides, Jiannu will definitely be defeated.

Therefore, Zhao Guangluan began to actively prepare for war, not seeking how strong the troops could be, at least to ensure that Jizhou was not lost.

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After the army started, Lao Zhu sent Jinyi guards to completely block the border and prevent the news of the army's itinerary from leaking.

It's just that the border of the Ming Dynasty is too wide, just a little spy, and it is not too difficult to bypass the blockade of Jinyiwei.

Therefore, although he got the news a little late, Abatai, who led the troops south, finally got the news that Lao Zhu was directly guarding the border town.

"Isn't this Chongzhen dizzy?"

Abatai, who was wearing a pigtail of money, looked at the map in front of him, and his heart was full of puzzlement.

Previously, after receiving the news of the Ming Emperor's personal expedition, he was quite unimpressed, thinking that Lao Zhu was just making a show, and he would go back after a turn in Jizhou.

As a result, I didn't expect him to come to the real place, and directly led troops to guard the border town.

The elite of the Ming Dynasty has just fallen in their hands, and Abatai really can't figure it out, where did Lao Zhu get the courage to dare to lead the army to directly stop their army.

"Amma, that's not a good thing."

Abatai's third son, Bolo, was brave and good at fighting, and he followed Abatai in every battle over the years.

At this time, he didn't think as much as Abatai, and said with a happy face: "In the past, this Ming Emperor only knew that he would shrink in Beijing City and not come out, so we couldn't do anything about him." ”

"Now that he's out on his own, that's not a great thing."

"As long as we kill him, then Da Ming will be finished, and when the time comes, we will come to Da Ming to loot again, who can stop us?"

Now in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they don't think they can replace the Ming Dynasty, so Bolo just said that no one can stop the Ming Dynasty from plundering later, and he has no idea of directly annexing the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that Abatai is not as simple as Bolo thinks, he shook his head and said: "Emperor Ming must not die, at least he cannot die in our hands." ”

Abatai, like Huang Taiji, knows the strength of the Ming Dynasty, although the Ming Dynasty has been extremely declining now, but the background is still there, if you really want to die at any cost, the Manchu Qing Dynasty is definitely not the opponent of the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, although it looks like Da Ming is crumbling, but that is because Da Ming also has a lot of internal problems, and those thieves who are making trouble in Da Ming have restrained Da Ming's energy a lot, resulting in Da Ming having no ability at all, and he can't spare his hands to deal with them Da Qing.

But for the Ming Dynasty, they are alien races after all, if they really dare to kill the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that the Ming Dynasty will immediately give up everything and fight to the death with them in the Qing Dynasty, and even Li Zicheng and those thieves will cooperate with the officers and soldiers to fight them in the Qing Dynasty.

In terms of heritage, ten Great Qing Dynasty may not be comparable to one Great Qing Dynasty, so you must not completely anger the Ming Dynasty at this time.

This is also the reason why Huang Taiji proposed the strategy of cutting but not cutting.

In Huang Taiji's view, Daming is a towering tree, although this tree has decayed, but if you cut it down directly, the feller is likely to be killed directly by the fallen tree.

Therefore, Huang Taiji thinks that the best way is to cut down the big tree of Daming little by little, and when the time comes, the big tree will fall down by itself.

This is also the reason why they have been entering the customs and plundering the Ming Dynasty all these years, and Huang Taiji just wants to drag the Ming to death and then replace him.

After Bolo heard what Abatai said, he couldn't help but be a little stunned, and subconsciously asked: "Amma, what if this can't be killed, do we still want to avoid him?" ”

"Then of course you don't."

Abatai laughed, and then said, "Do you know that there is a Zhu Qizhen in Daming? ”

As Nurhachi's grandson, Bolo is naturally different from ordinary Jiannu people, and he must have read the history books of the Ming Dynasty.

"Yes."

Bo Luo nodded without hesitation, and then spoke: "Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, when he was later on a personal expedition, he was captured by Wara. ”

"In the end, he took the initiative to open the gate of the Daming border pass, so that the Wara army could take many important towns in the Ming Dynasty without much effort."

When Bo Luo said this, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and he suddenly understood, "Ama, you mean, we also caught Emperor Chongzhen, and then used him to blackmail Da Ming?" ”

"That's right."

Abatai bowed slightly, and there was a gleam in his eyes.

He didn't expect that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty would dare to send it directly to the door.

For the combat power of the Eight Banners under his command, Abatai has absolute confidence, even the elite of the Ming Dynasty may not be able to stop him, and now most of the Ming Emperor's subordinates are just some new pawns, and he can defeat them casually.

"The First Evolution"

If he can catch the emperor of the Ming Dynasty by the way, then he will be able to occupy the absolute initiative in the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, whether they want to continue to loot, or to exchange the emperor of the Ming Dynasty for supplies, the Ming Dynasty will definitely have no way to take them.

Thinking of this, Abatai's heart couldn't help but be hot, capturing the Ming Emperor alive is a rare achievement, since he has encountered it, then he has no intention of missing it.

However, as Huang Taiji's brother, Abatai can live under Huang Taiji for so long and hold so much power, so he is naturally not a brainless person.

So after this mood subsided, Abatai quickly began to think about what was wrong.

First of all, the place where the Ming army was stationed, he has now got accurate information, Lao Zhu divided the army into two roads, one went to Jielingkou, and the other was to guard at Huangyakou.

And these two places are the direction of their march this time, and it is no coincidence that the purpose of the Ming army is so clear.

Abatai had no doubt that their marching route had been leaked, but what made him wonder was that there were not many people who knew their marching route, and they were all people he trusted, how could it be leaked out.

Also, since the Ming already knew their marching route, would they set up an ambush in advance?