Hauge, knowing that Dorgon had sent reinforcements, did not retreat far, but stopped at Daning and waited for reinforcements. The commander of the reinforcements is the new Prince Lilie, Daishan, the uncle of Hauge.

Hauge personally went out of the camp to greet Daishan.

"What's going on, what's going on with the Ming army?" As soon as he entered the door, he asked.

"Tanma has not found any movement of the Ming army so far, and they are currently stationed in the passes along the line of the Great Wall."

"This is not like the previous Ming Dynasty emperor's style, as soon as there is a small victory, he will take advantage of the victory to attack, and now that he has won a big victory, how can he be quiet, and the Ming army is several times larger than us, this is not normal."

"It's really not normal, the generals of the Ming army don't know anyone except Wu Sangui and we have dealt with before, and they are very young, why Chongzhen's kid suddenly changed so much, I don't know. However, since the imperial uncle has doubts, let the nephew go to find out the truth of the Ming army for you. ”

"Oh? How do you want to find out? ”

"Didn't Wu Sangui write us a letter asking for help before? We gave him a big gift, and my nephew led his men and horses to Gubeikou, where he was stationed. If this kid is interested, he should give us a truth, if he is not interested, then we will give the letter he wrote to us to Chongzhen, with Chongzhen's suspicious urine, Wu Sangui, this kid will not die well. ”

"This method is good, before Li Zicheng made trouble, we thought there was an opportunity, but as a result, the Ming army took the lead after hesitation."

"Now it seems that the combat strength of the Ming army is still there, and the army still has millions of people, the time for us to go south has not yet come, since we can't go south, then continue to disintegrate the Ming Dynasty from the inside, let him continue to have civil strife, and create opportunities for us to go south."

"Okay, then ask Uncle Huang to sit in Daning and wait for news from my nephew." Hauge finished speaking, turned and walked out of the big tent.

Dai Shan chased him out and instructed: "Remember not to go deep alone, now the Ming Dynasty has more than 800,000 horses on the border, not your more than 100,000 horses can defeat, and we haven't figured out the situation of the Ming army, and it is about to enter winter, which is not suitable for us to conduct large-scale operations, so we must not start the war lightly." ”

"Uncle Huang can rest assured."

Gubeikou is located in the northeast of the capital, from the Warring States period to the Qin and Han dynasties, all dynasties have built fortifications in and around Gubeikou, and the Great Wall began to be built in the Northern and Southern Dynasties. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, in order to defend against the forces of the Yuan Dynasty that retreated to Mobei, Zhu Taizu ordered the Great Wall to be rebuilt at Gubeikou and other places to strengthen border defense. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, Qi Jiguang, a famous anti-Japanese general, was ordered to rebuild the Great Wall of Jizhen, and Gubeikou was one of the important passes.

And because Gubeikou is between Shanhaiguan and Juyongguan, it is the "throat" of the Liaodong Plain and Inner Mongolia leading to the Central Plains, so it has been a battleground for soldiers throughout the ages.

Now Wu Sangui is stationed here with 340,000 horses under his command, and the Gubeikou defense line is impassable.

Haoge led the army to Gubeikou and said in a loud voice: "Who is the general of Guanshang, tell you Wu Sangui and Wu General to speak in front of the formation." ”

The guards shouted and asked, "Who is coming?!" Get your name in! ”

"It's your General Wu's old acquaintance, haha! That's what you do to him. ”

The guard came to the front of the tent and reported: "General, the Qing army is under the pass, and the general is named to speak in front of the battle, saying that it is your old acquaintance." ”

"Humph! How could General Ben have old acquaintances in the Qing military camp. Wu Sangui said unpleasantly.

The guards sued one after another.

"Defend the pass, as long as the Qing army does not come to attack the city, ignore him, our task is to hold on."

"Yes!" The guard hurried back to the gate, no longer bothering Hauge.

Haoge waited under the gate for most of the day, his whole body was almost frozen, and he didn't see Wu Sangui come out, so he yelled at the gate again: "Let Wu Sangui come out and speak!" ”

After yelling for a long time, there was no one to talk to. Haoge was angry, and he drew his waist knife to order the Qing army to attack the city. Fortunately, he was stopped by Ao Bai, who had been following him: "Lord, you forgot Prince Lilie's explanation before leaving." ”

Hauge's cheeks twitched for a while, and finally he shook off the hand that Ao Bai was holding him, closed his waist knife heavily, and ordered the troops to retreat and camp twenty miles away.

That night, there were only him, Aobai, and a man dressed in night clothes in Hauge's tent.

Under the faint candlelight, Haoge handed him the three letters, and said strangely: "You immediately rush to Nanjing, and be sure to hand over these letters to Lord Xie, and let him pass them on to the little emperor Chongzhen, and see what this changeable and suspicious emperor will do with him, a beloved general." ”

The man in black simply replied yes and hurriedly disappeared into the night.

Ao Bai said: "Lord Wang, we can't do anything here, when are you going to return north?" ”

"Let's wait and see, the weather this year is really weird, there is no snow at all this year, and the snow outside the gate at this time in previous years is bent deep at the legs."

Dai Shan knew Hauge's temperament, so he kept sending people to ask him when he would withdraw, for fear that he would do something drastic and offend Dolgon, as the emperor's uncle, it was not easy to say anything when he saw Huang Taiji's son being suppressed by Dolgon, after all, he and Dolgon were also brothers, and they were the most sympathetic in the royal family, and Dai Shan could only occasionally dial it, so as not to let them meet each other.

Haoge's mouth of the Lord Xie is called Xie Sheng, in the early years of the late Ming Dynasty traitor Wen Tiren under the door, because of Wen Tiren's recommendation, and was valued by Chongzhen, appointed as the Nanjing Ministry of Shangshu, until not long ago was replaced by Gao Yiming, became an idle official.

When he was in the capital before, he had a secret relationship with the Houjin envoy and knew Haoge, who would send people to visit the house every year, and gave countless gold and silver.

Haoge's envoy to Nanjing, came to Xie Mansion, was given a warm reception by Xie Sheng who was idle at home, the messenger handed a little heart brought by Haoge, 200,000 taels of silver, Xie Sheng smiled, and said to the messenger: "The prince is really polite, every year is not polite, this time you brought so much, deserved, but you can rest assured, I will not let the prince's money be spent in vain, you and wait in the house for two days, with the letter you go back, so that you can pay to Prince Su." ”

"That's what my lord said."

On the morning of the second day, Xie Sheng, who didn't have to go to the court, actually went to the court, and a group of old friends thought that the old friend had come back, and they came forward to greet him. Shi Kefa, who was the secretary of the ministry, squinted his eyes, looked at it, and continued to close his eyes and pretend to sleep.

Soon, the imperial historian on duty in front of the palace announced that the emperor had arrived and began to go to the court, and hundreds of officials entered in turn, and Gao Yiming listened to the information on the border pass and the situation of disaster relief in some places and was ready to retreat from the court.

At this time, Xie Sheng came out and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has a plan to play." ”

Gao Yiming looked at Shi Kefa and asked him what was going on, Shi Kefa shook his head and said he didn't know.