Although the Ming Dynasty has declined in recent years, to a large extent, the two sides still maintain a sense of vigilance to jointly guard against Jiannu.

But all this has completely changed with the coolness of Gegemu.

Hazier, who is in the upper position, is a pure Jiannu lackey.

A vassal of Huang Taiji.

It won't be long before Hazir will be a vassal to Huang Taiji after integrating the Mongols.

When the time comes, Jiannu's iron cavalry can enter Hazir's territory unimpeded.

The Xuanfu border town in the north of the Ming Dynasty and Shaanxi and other northwest regions in the Ming Dynasty will be directly exposed in front of Huang Taiji's soldiers.

The sixth entry of the Emperor Taiji!

It's about to become a reality.

On the contrary, the Ming Dynasty lost the strategic initiative.

Even the depth of the defense has been severely reduced.

The most important thing is that the buffer state is gone.

Daming and Jiannu are not only bordering Liaodong.

In the northwest, too, it is necessary to hoard large armaments for war.

Of course, Zhou Xian did not want to fall into such a passive situation.

So, there is only one way to go at the moment.

That is to fight for control of the Gegemu tribe in the north of Xuanfu.

Fight with whom?

Of course, it is to fight with Hazier, and in essence, it is also to fight with Dolgon under the command of Huang Taiji.

What can be completely determined now is that the 150,000 troops deployed by Huang Taiji outside Liaoyang City are actually only 100,000.

After being beheaded by Jin Wuwei for 30,000, only 50,000 or 60,000 remained.

The army of Jiannu outside Liaoyang City was destined to be killed and feared.

So does he have extra troops to support Dorgon?

That's right, Zhou Xian decided to send Liu Yuzhou's Praetorian Guards to take over Hazier's territory.

But before that, he faced a lot of pre-war troubles.

Now the Mongolian tribe of Hazir came to power, leading to the Emperor Taiji.

According to Huang Taiji's calculations, next Hazir successfully controls Mongolia, and his next step is to send troops to attack the Xuanfu of the Ming Dynasty.

But by what?

Just rely on Dolgon's 50,000 elites to capture the Xuanfu border town, which is known as the first pass in the world?

It's simply not possible.

Dolgon would not have allowed 50,000 men to set up a siege outside the Xuanfu military town.

Because Xuanfu is connected with Yanmen Pass.

Those two places are horns of each other, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Judging from the 40,000 defenders of Xuanfu Military Town.

If you want to capture Xuanfu, you have to invest at least 100,000 troops.

Therefore, Dolgon had to rely on Huang Taiji to send him follow-up reinforcements.

But the troops that can be mobilized in the hands of Huang Taiji now are the 20,000 people led by Ge Yan who were killed.

Let those 20,000 people follow Ge Yan across the prairie to attack the northwest of the Ming Dynasty.

Is this possible?

No way!

And Huang Taiji didn't dare to do that.

Now the Shenyang he occupies needs to be heavily guarded.

Originally, 50,000 of his 150,000 troops were the soldiers and horses of the headquarters of Shenyang City.

If you put Ge Yan on the shelves at this time, let him lead the army to join Dolgon.

That Hong Chengchou and Lu Delin will inevitably cross the river and attack Shenyang City.

The geographical location of Shenyang City can be regarded as a tiger in Liaodong.

Once Shenyang is lost, the Ming Dynasty will take advantage of the situation to recover the vast Liaodong that has been lost.

At that time, he Huang Taiji will have to take Jiannu back to Xiaoxinganling and continue to live the life of a savage.

Huang Taiji did not dare to take such a risk.

In addition, in just a few days, the defeat outside Liaoyang City made the suspicion of Jiannu Eight Banners magnified again.

The aristocrats of the Eight Banners now often use the suppression of Han Chinese as a mantra.

The emperor was annoyed.

Governing the Han people in Liaodong is Huang Taiji's superb strategy.

It is also the core policy of the northern region.

If there were no Han Chinese, Huang Taiji knew very well that Jiannu would not really rule the vast Central Plains.

He wants to turn the land he occupies into his world.

Then we must reuse the Han people and practice Han culture.

In this way, the concept of Jiannu from a Jurchen tribe can be transformed into a state.

Therefore, of course, Huang Taiji would not agree with the clamor of those banner owners.

But he also had to allocate forces to stabilize the situation within the Eight Banners, and at the same time to stabilize the hearts of the Han people in the territory.

Under such double troubles, he did not dare to rashly start a war with foreign countries.

Therefore, even if Hazir and Dolgon had effectively controlled the Mongolian region, Huang Taiji, who was far away in Shenyang, could not use his belongings to support them in the northwest region of the Ming Dynasty.

This is destined that Dolgon's 50,000 men went deep into Mongolia and deployed troops in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty, essentially belonging to a lone army.

So, how to eat Dolgon's army like eating Ge Yan's army has become the core of Zhou Xian's consideration.

"Hou Lianhui."

"The minions are here."

"Prepare pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and pass me the night guards of the Forbidden City."

"Yes."

Hou Lianhui almost understood what the horse master was going to do.

He wanted to deliver a letter and deliver orders to Qi Zhaohu and Liu Yuzhou, the chief soldiers of the Xuanfu side overnight.

Zhou Xian's explanation to Liu Yuzhou was concise and to the point.

The first was to immediately block trade with Mongolia to prevent Hazir's sentinels from infiltrating the Xuanfu.

Second, cut off official roads and prohibit the export of grain and salt and iron resources.

The last point is to let Liu Yuzhou and Qi Zhaohu cheer up, rectify the fortifications, and take the opportunity to attack Xuanfu.

This is a secret order for the Xuanfu side.

Hou Lianhui received the secret order and immediately presented it to the night guards who came to perform the mission.

They deliver letters, and they can travel a thousand miles a day.

Basically, every 100 miles there will be a post station.

Drink saliva and eat a mouthful of food, change to a fast horse and continue to gallop.

Therefore, if nothing else, tomorrow morning, the Xuanfu will be able to receive Zhou Xian's secret order.

In addition, in the name of the Ming Emperor, Zhou Xian issued decrees to the leaders of other Mongolian tribes through the channels of diplomacy between the two countries.

Simply and clearly pointed out the evil of Hazir seeking power and usurping the throne, and called on the major tribes to crusade against Hazir and avenge Gegemu.

Of course!

Those tribal leaders in Mongolia will not listen to the words of a Ming Dynasty concubine.

Even if Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen gave an order, they couldn't listen to it.

Zhou Xian also knew, but he still had to do it.

Because the purpose of this is to directly expose Hazir's sins to the public.

The three great powers in the East knew that Hazir had usurped the throne and killed Gegemu.

Hang the head of the previous khan on the flagpole.

Such a bad behavior will be dissatisfied and spurned by many people.

Zhou Xian successively issued two secret orders and government decrees.

It has made Daming regain the confidence of a great country.

From the point of view of public opinion, Hazir and Dolgon, who built slaves, have become real villains who are unjust and helpless.

This also caused Hazir to lose the support and trust of other Mongolian tribes in an instant.

After all, most of the Mongols were close to Jiannu.

But their closeness is not sincere, but they are afraid of the strength of Jiannu.

At the critical moment, the Mongol tribes still regarded themselves as Manchus.