I have never talked about my heart to outsiders, but I was unexpectedly broken by my old friends or eunuchs, and I am embarrassed.

It turned out that after Gao Di arrived, he felt that the Liaoxi Corridor had become the chicken ribs of the Ming Dynasty, and it cost countless money and food. I also felt the military threat from Houjin - every day I received news of the discovery of Houjin sentinels.

Coupled with the drought in eastern Liaoning, the crops were not harvested.

This made Gao Di miscalculate, and felt that instead of spending money and food to defend Liaoxi, it was better to spend it on strengthening the city defense of Shanhaiguan.

Therefore, he went to the imperial court and was approved to dismantle everything in the Liaoxi Corridor, take away all the valuable things, and withdraw them to Shanhaiguan.

This order to retreat was very sudden, and there was no careful organization work in advance, so during the retreat, the men and horses scrambled to be the first and became a mess, and even the military rations that had been piled up in various places on a daily basis were discarded.

The common people suffered the pain of fleeing for no reason, many died on the road, and miserable cries were heard everywhere.

The retreat order was sent to Yuan Chonghuan, and Yuan Chonghuan immediately said: "My official position is Ning Qiandao, even if I die, I will die here, and I will never leave Ning Yuan City." ”

Gao Di did not allow it, and ordered Yuan Chonghuan to retreat immediately.

After Yuan Chonghuan saw Xiong Tingbi's head, he had a firm thought in his heart: Gao Jingluo, I! The surname Yuan is going to disobey the order.

Yan Mingtai, who came to Ningyuan with his father-in-law who sent the first rank, knew the thoughts of his old friend when he saw the layout of the city defense.

"You just have to do it, and I'll support you behind it. But in order for me to be able to say good things for you in front of Grandpa Wei, you have to build a shrine for him. Yan Mingtai said.

"Okay." Yuan Chonghuan nodded a little gloomily.

Up to now, in order to keep Ningyuan City, Yuan Chonghuan can only go against his heart once.

After Yan Mingtai got the location of Yuan Chonghuan's ancestral hall, he took his leave and returned to Beijing.

Wei Zhongxian learned that Yuan Chonghuan knew each other like this, and for the sake of Yan Mingtai's face, he didn't delve into the matter.

Gao Di had no choice but to acquiesce to Yuan Chonghuan's disobedience.

However, retreats elsewhere are still ongoing.

This incident directly attracted the attention of Nurhachi, who was far away in Shenyang.

Shenyang, Khan's Palace.

"The Ming court really lived up to Ben Khan's expectations and destroyed the Great Wall."

After getting the relevant information, Nurhachi smiled so much that he couldn't close his mouth: "Ming Ting is really rich, built and demolished, demolished and built, magnanimous!" ”

You must know that Houjin suffered from a drought at this time, and even eating a cow can be regarded as a feast.

Throughout the ninth year of the Mandate of Heaven, there were almost no major military operations in Houjin.

Later, Jin Zhubeile and the generals were also overjoyed to learn that the Ming court took the initiative to abandon the Liaoxi Corridor. These lands will be automatically sent to the door without their beating, don't want them in vain.

Sibeile Huang Taiji came out and said: "Father Khan, the Ming court has no time to take care of Liaodong due to partisan strife, and it is a good time for us to use troops. Erchen thought that he should quickly capture the entire western Liaoxi as a springboard for advancing into the Central Plains. ”

"Eighth brother, what you say is too big."

Mang Gurtai stood up, "We suffered a loss last time, and we want to eat again?" Occupy the western part of Liaoning, face the attack of the Ming army in the west of Guannei, face the invasion of Mongolia in the north, and Yang Chengying in the south. ”

"At this time and at that time, the last time we suffered a loss was because of lack of experience."

Huang Taiji stated his opinion unhurriedly: "Now, we only need to seize Jinzhou, Ningyuan and other places, and then attack Liaoxi depending on the situation. Especially in Ningyuan, the Ming army left a small force and did not know what the purpose was.

But Ningyuan is the throat of Liaoxi, and it must be taken. ”

"If you want me to say, it is better to fight those poor places than to fight Jinzhou Town. Let's take down the town of Jinzhou and loot to survive this crisis. ”

Mang Gurtai proposed: "The eighth brother also said just now, the Ming court has no time to take care of Liaodong due to party strife, and if we attack Jinzhou Town with all our strength, they will not come to the rescue." ”

Targeting Huang Taiji everywhere, it seems to be a battle of will, but it is actually mixed with Mang Gurtai's own careful thoughts.

In the eighth year of the Mandate of Heaven, Houjin had a major adjustment of the defense area, with the Great Belle Daishan stationed in Quang Ninh, the Second Belle Amin stationed in Gaizhou, and Li Yongfang stationed in Phoenix.

Such an arrangement, in Mang Gultai's view, is the throne of the Great Khan beckoning to him.

The most powerful in the entire Houjin Kingdom is none other than the four major Baylors. As for the little Baylors, they are fledgling and not worth mentioning.

After thinking about it, only Huang Taiji was left as his opponent, and Mang Gurtai naturally targeted him everywhere.

"Fifth brother, you only see the benefits of beating Jinzhou Town, but you don't see the disadvantages."

Regarding Mang Gurtai's thoughts, Huang Taiji can be described as insightful, but he didn't find out.

Other things can be turned a blind eye, but in the direction of the march, Huang Taiji must show his strategic vision:

"The power of Jinzhou Town has been established, and the people have joined it. Even if we break a few teeth and take the town of Jinzhou, we will be in an endless war with the local people.

Besides, we may not be able to actually take it.

Even if we win, we will definitely lose a lot. The consequence of this is to make wedding clothes for the Ming court.

First, in the eyes of the Ming court, Jinzhou Town may not be different from us, otherwise why break the tradition of the horse's unreal power and let the princess marry.

Second, taking Jinzhou Town only gets a corner of southern Liaoning, but it attracts the attention of the Ming Court, and if we hold Ningyuan, we will lose the opportunity to fight the Central Plains forever. ”

Mang Gurtai wanted to say more, but Nurhachi raised his hand to stop him.

After passing through the Central Plains, Nurhachi hadn't thought about it yet. He was born in Shunyi, who was almost "eaten out", and it is not easy to have today's glory.

Moreover, he is also old, and in recent years, he often feels physically exhausted. I feel that my days are numbered, and I don't want to go through the Central Plains, but I also want to leave a chance for future generations to go through the Central Plains.

Thinking about it this way, he had an idea.

Nurhachi stood up and looked at the crowd with a majestic face: "There is a saying on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, if you don't take it today, you will eventually be taken by others." Even if I don't have the ability to march into the Central Plains, don't you?

Since it is meat delivered to the door, if I don't eat it, I'm too sorry for God's care for me. Generals! ”

"Great Khan." The crowd clenched their fists.

"From today onwards, all Niu Lu will determine the candidates to be selected and raise grain and grass. Du Du stayed behind, and the date of the expedition was set on the 14th day of the first month of the tenth year of the Mandate of Heaven. ”

"Obey the orders of the Great Khan!"

There is no way, because of the great drought, the time for raising grain must be relaxed, and you can't go out on the expedition when there is not enough food and grass, which will lead to self-collapse without a fight.

It is necessary to give enough time to raise food and grass, and at the same time send outposts to find out the situation in Jinzhou Town. Make arrangements to make sure that Gaizhou doesn't have the last loss.

Just when the haze of the Great War enveloped the entire western Liaoning, Yang Chengying returned to Jinzhou City from Dachangshan Island.

He already smelled a hint of the impending big war.