At this time, everyone's eyes were focused on Huang Taiji, including Dai Shan, who had been fighting for power with Huang Taiji, and the three brothers Azig, Dolgon, and Duoduo, who were not dealing with Huang Taiji.

"Huang Taiji, as the Great Khan, what should you do next, you can say a way."

After being silent for a long time, Dai Shan broke the heavy atmosphere with his voice, although he has been fighting for power with Huang Taiji recently, but he also knows that the true ability, the two Dai Shan are not as good as Huang Taiji.

Now that the Jurchen clan has reached the critical point of life and death, he himself has no ability to turn the tide, if he continues to fight with Huang Taiji, let alone power, he will have to lose his life.

Hearing Dai Shan's soft words, Huang Taiji couldn't help but be stunned, and after taking a deep look at him, Huang Taiji slowly spoke: "The grassland must not be lost!"

Although the threat from the Ming side is very great, but in any case, the grassland side must not be missed, that is the last retreat of their Jurchen clan, because the place they expected to move was the original station of the Chahar Department, before Lin Dan Khan was beaten by them and moved west, the station was occupied by them, and this is also the only territory they occupy on the grassland.

According to his original plan, if he really can't keep Liaodong, then he will first control Horqin and other tribes, and then the entire clan will move to the grassland and become the new lord of the grassland.

Once Lin Dan Khan is allowed to fight back, then it is basically impossible for them to relocate the entire clan into the grassland, because other places are the territory of various tribes, and even if they rob it, it will be difficult to support nearly 100,000 Eight Banner soldiers and hundreds of thousands of Jurchen people with only three or five tribes.

After a pause, Huang Taiji continued, "We only have two choices next, either to defeat the Ming army and send troops to deal with Lin Dan Khan, or to abandon Liaodong and move all the clansmen to the grassland."

"How do you defeat the Ming army?"

Dai Shan frowned and said, he didn't know, the key was how to do it, Yuan Chonghuan's attack on the Acropolis of Haizhou was indeed a bit aggressive, but he also had a foolproof strategy for logistics and grass, and if they wanted to defeat the Ming army, they could only attack head-on.

"Let Yuan Chonghuan leave Liaodong."

Huang Taiji's eyes narrowed slightly, in fact, Yuan Chonghuan was not a general, and there was nothing surprising about Yuan Chonghuan's ability to fight in the marching formation, but Yuan Chonghuan had an advantage.

In fact, the Ming army has never been weak, Xiong Tingbi blocked them outside Shenyang at the beginning, but the Ming army has a fatal weakness, that is, the internal fight is fierce, and Yuan Chonghuan's advantage is that he knows the situation in Liaodong very well, and he has enough prestige to twist together the large and small forces in Liaodong.

If Yuan Chonghuan can be driven away from Liaodong, then it is almost impossible for the Ming Dynasty to send someone who knows the situation in Liaodong well and has enough prestige, and as long as the Ming army is in chaos, they can find an opportunity to completely defeat the Ming army.

"How do you get him to leave?"

Dai Shan wondered, now that Yuan Chonghuan is gaining power, how can he leave.

"Before, I asked those Shanxi merchants to inquire about the news of the Daming capital for me."

Huang Taiji's eyes narrowed slightly: "Now there are many people in the Ming Dynasty who are impeaching Yuan Chonghuan, as long as Yuan Chonghuan is forced to withdraw the army, Yuan Chonghuan will be finished."

"Daishan, you take the Zhenghong and Red flags to rendezvous with Mang Gurtai, plus Oba and Abdul Zidarhan and them, and drive Lin Dan Khan and them back."

After being silent for a while, Huang Taiji said with a serious expression: "Zilharang, Azig, Dolgon, and Duoduo, the four of you will lead your men and horses to defend the Acropolis of Haizhou and Liaoyang City, and I will lead people to attack the logistics of the Ming army."

"The life and death of my Jurchen clan is here, and it depends on you whether you can survive this catastrophe."

…

On the other side, Luo Yi also joined up with the sailor, and 60,000 soldiers and horses blocked Zhenjiang Fort tightly.

"Lao Luo, this Zhenjiang Fort, how are you going to fight?"

Looking at the city wall with a height of three zhang and four zhang, Liang Ping frowned slightly, since the Ming Dynasty began to build the city on a large scale, almost every important city wall has a height of more than three zhang, and the cost of attacking the city is much higher than that of previous dynasties.

"Trap them!"

Luo Yi said calmly: "There are nearly 5,000 Jurchen soldiers in the city, if it is a strong attack, the loss is definitely not small, according to the news of the spies, there is not much food in Zhenjiang Fort, at most it will support half a year, as long as the food in Zhenjiang Fort is exhausted, the other party will collapse without a fight."

Now that Phoenix City has been taken by them, even if Shenyang City wants to come to support, Zhenjiang Fort is now a lonely city, as long as Zhenjiang Fort is sealed, they can easily take Zhenjiang Fort without paying too much price.

"If the city is besieged, I'm afraid the sailor won't be able to stay here forever."

Hearing this, Liang Ping frowned and said, since he negotiated peace with Da Ming, he was transferred by Su Hao to the water division as the commander, this time he only came to support Luo Yi, the main task of the water division is to transport logistics grain and grass for Tang Xiangjin's side, and it is impossible to accompany Luo Yi here all the time.

"I understand this."

Luo Yi smiled and said, "As long as there is a lot of grain and grass on my side."

…

At this time, on the wall of Zhenjiang Fort, Gu Santai and Zhanggu looked at the tens of thousands of Qi troops under the city with gloomy expressions, they thought that there were more than 10,000 Qi troops, but they didn't expect that tens of thousands of Qi troops came from Phoenix City.

"Gu Santai, I said that the first strike is stronger, you have to wait, now it's okay, wait for so many Qi troops!"

There was a look of dissatisfaction on Zhanggu's face, if he had defeated the more than 10,000 Qi troops before and prevented the other party from camping outside the city, then the Qi army from Phoenix City did not bring heavy equipment, and it was also not the opponent of their cavalry.

But now those Qi troops have entered the big camp, there are camp guards, they are not afraid of their cavalry at all, and more importantly, the other side has so many soldiers and horses, they can't even go out of the city to intrude, once the Qi army blocks the city gate, they can't even find food supplies, after all, even Phoenix City has been lost, and if you want to get food and grass supplies, you can only run hundreds of thousands of miles back to Shenyang City.

"Do you think now is the time for infighting?"

Hearing the ancient words, Gu Santai just glanced at him coldly, to be honest, he didn't expect that the Qi army would not hesitate to risk hundreds of miles around and cross the heavy mountains to attack Phoenix City, after all, Phoenix City is really not a particularly important place, one is not good, these tens of thousands of Qi troops are likely to be completely buried in Phoenix City.

"And what do you say?"

Hearing this, Zhang Gu pursed his lips, now is indeed not the time for infighting, if they can't find a way to solve these Qi troops, thousands of them will have to starve to death here.

"Pick some warriors to cross Phoenix City and go to Shenyang City for help."

Gu Santai sighed, the strength of the Qi army was more than ten times that of theirs, and there were still camps to hold, with only these troops under their command, even if they were all filled, it was unlikely that they would defeat so many Qi troops.

………

In the ravine dozens of miles outside the Three Pagoda Valley, Huang Taiji hid in the ravine with nearly 20,000 cavalry under the two flags of Zhengbai and inlaid white.

"How's the situation going over there?"

Huang Taiji looked at the side of the Zhengbai Flag Gushan Ezhen Kakeduli, since in the attack on Liaodong, several times after the fine work played a big role, he was attentive to the fine work, and arranged a large number of fine work in Liaodong and the grassland.

"There is news from Jinzhou City, Zu Dashou is escorting a batch of grain and grass into Jinzhou City, and will be escorted to Dongchang Fort in the near future."

Kakduli arched his hand.

"Tell me to go down, rest for two hours, and then cross the border wall and enter Quang Ninh Wei."

After thinking for a while, Huang Taiji said in a deep voice.

"Yes, Great Khan."

Kakedu replied, but after hesitating for a moment, he continued: "Great Khan, there are so many grains and grasses in the Ming army, even if this batch is burned, there will still be a steady stream of grain and grass from the Ming court."

Before, Mang Gurtai, Oba and Abdul Zidarhan had burned the grain and grass of the Ming army several times, but it still had no effect, and Yuan Chonghuan was not short of food at all.

"This time it's not about food and grass."

Hearing this, a trace of murderous aura flashed in Huang Taiji's eyes, and he said ruthlessly: "The target this time is the five thousand Liaodong cavalry under Zu Dashou, regardless of the loss

Great, we must kill all the tens of thousands of cavalry of Zu Dashou and Zhao Shujiao!"

"Great Khan, in this way, I am afraid our losses will not be small."

Hearing this, Kakeduli couldn't help but look worried, those Liaodong cavalry are no better than those guards, the cavalry in the entire Liaodong is only more than 10,000 people, all of them are the elite of the Ming army, not much inferior to their Eight Banners.

Zu Dashou and Zhao Shujiao are also fierce generals, and if they want to kill all the cavalry under their command, the losses on their side will definitely not be small.

"I've made up my mind."

Huang Taiji's expression was calm, how could he not know this, but if he did not destroy the tens of thousands of cavalry of Zu Dashou and Zhao Shujiao, Yuan Chonghuan would not be able to withdraw his troops at all, and if it was consumed for a long time, their Jurchen clan would be completely finished.

"Yes, Great Khan!"

Seeing this, Kaktuli could only give up.

…

Soon, after the two flags of Zhengbai and inlaid white were rested, they crossed the Santa Valley, and under the guidance of a large number of meticulous works, they killed the 5,000 cavalry led by Zu Dashou.

A day later, the two flags of Zhengbai and inlaid white led by Huang Taiji and the grain and grass convoy escorted by Zu Dashou collided head-on at Panshan Station.

A bloody battle is about to break out!

………

Dongchang Fort.

The afterglow of the setting sun stretched the shadow of the castle for a long time, on the city wall, Guo Qin's eyes patrolled the movement in the distance, Dongchang Fort stored the grain and grass of Yuan Chonghuan's hundreds of thousands of troops for several months, and it was absolutely impossible to lose, otherwise it would be a catastrophe.

At this time, dense black dots appeared in the sky in the distance, the number was extremely large, at least thousands, and soon the black dots were getting closer and closer, and then Guo Qin saw clearly that they were Liaodong cavalry, and the leader was Zu Dashou, and the cavalry behind him was everyone frightened, and from time to time they turned their heads to look back, as if there were demons chasing them behind.

"Brother, why are you so embarrassed?"

Looking at Zu Dashou who jumped onto the city wall, Guo Qin couldn't help but wonder, didn't Zu Dashou go to escort grain and grass? It's like you've been through a big war.

Zu Dashou said with a gloomy expression, "We have met the Jurchens."

"It's not like this when you meet the Jurchens, right?"

Hearing this, Guo Qin was even more puzzled, according to Yuan Chonghuan's strategy of sending more batches and less sends, Zu Dashou and Zhao Shujiao only escorted 350,000 stone grain and grass every time, once they met the Jurchens, once they couldn't beat them, they would directly abandon the grain and grass and flee first.

"This time, Huang Taiji personally led the army, carrying two flags, white and white."

Hearing this, Zu Dashou couldn't help but say bitterly: "I have already left the grain and grass, I thought that Huang Taiji would burn the grain and grass and leave, who knew that Huang Taiji didn't pay attention to the grain and grass at all, and fought with the cavalry under my command like a mad dog."

"Although my cavalry is brave and good at fighting, it .........."

Speaking of this, Zu Dashou couldn't help sighing, the Jurchens were the elite of a hundred battles, and they had a numerical advantage, and after a few confrontations, their side couldn't bear it and collapsed, so he could only flee all the way back to Dongchang Fort with the rout.

"Are the Jurchens crazy?"

Hearing Zu Dashou's words, Guo Qin couldn't help frowning, although the Jurchens were brave and good at fighting, they had an Achilles' heel, that is, the number was small, so if the Jurchens were unnecessary, there would rarely be a death battle regardless of casualties, after all, there were many people in the Ming Dynasty, even if the soldiers died in battle, they would be recruited again.

The Jurchens are different, once they die in battle, it is very difficult to replenish them, because the Jurchen clan is a soldier of the whole clan, except for the old and weak, women and children, the others are all warriors, and one less is killed in battle, unless those children grow up, or they can't find anyone to replenish.

"Who knows?"

Zu Dashou's face was gloomy, this time he was defeated, and the soldiers and horses under his command only fled back with him to thousands of people, and the others either fled to the wilderness or were killed by the Jurchens, and it would take at least half a year to recover to the level of five thousand people.

After all, cavalry is no better than infantry, and even if it can be recruited from infantry, it is not a matter of a day or two to learn to ride a horse and shoot a horse.

"Brother

You can arrange for your subordinates to rest at Niuzhuang Station first, and I'll send someone to inform Jingluo first."

After a moment of silence, Guo Qin spoke.

…

On the other side, Panshan Station.

"Great Khan, we killed more than 2,000 Liaodong cavalry and escaped more than 2,000."

Kakduli rode his horse to Huang Taiji's side.

Hearing Kakduli's words, Huang Taiji didn't say anything, being able to kill more than two thousand cavalry was already the reason for his death order, under normal circumstances, even if he defeated the other party, it would be good to be able to kill a few hundred people.

"How much have we lost?"

After a moment of silence, Huang Taiji continued to ask.

"Eight hundred and sixty-two people were killed and more than a thousand wounded."

Kakduli's expression was gloomy, although the casualties were much less than those of the Liaodong cavalry of the Ming Dynasty, but these were all his clansmen, and the number of the Jurchen clan was not comparable to that of the Han people at all, even if it was ten to one casualties, the Ming Dynasty could also hold on, and they had to exterminate the clan.

"Is there any news from Zhao Shujiao?"

Seeing Kakduli's face, Huang Taiji sighed secretly in his heart, but he had no choice, if Yuan Chonghuan could not be allowed to retreat, the casualties on the side of the Haizhou Acropolis would be greater.

(End of chapter)