Although the appearance of Yuan Chonghuan did ease the tense situation in eastern Liaodong to a certain extent, it did not play a role in changing the overall situation.

Because soon after, Yuan Chonghuan was sentenced to Ling Chi by Zhu Youzhen for treason.

At that time, Nurha died naked, Huang Taiji was on the throne, and the situation in Houjin was unstable.

On the Ming side, Yuan Chonghuan took the opportunity to regain the lost territory, and the Ming army's army changed from the decadence of the past and its morale was high.

No matter how you look at it, this is the best time for the Ming Dynasty to recover Liaodong and Liaobei.

Even if the operation is good, it can directly defeat Houjin.

So as to completely eliminate the enemy in the north.

But time is also fate, such a good opportunity was missed by the Ming court.

At this critical juncture, Yuan Chonghuan killed Mao Wenlong, and Zhu Youzhen killed Yuan Chonghuan.

The situation in Liaodong, which had already improved greatly, completely fell into the mud.

I don't know if the Ming Dynasty is doomed, or if Zhu Youzhen is really not the material to be the emperor.

Anyway, the great opportunity that could have given the Ming Dynasty to continue its life for twenty years was buried like this.

When Yuan Chonghuan made contributions in Liaodong and recovered the lost territory, Zhu Youzhen, the Chongzhen Emperor who originally trusted Yuan Chonghuan very much, began to be a little suspicious.

Because Yuan Chonghuan on the front line is growing in prestige and holds military power in his hands.

With Yuan Chonghuan recovering the lost territory one after another, whether it is in the Ming army, or in the hearts of the people in Liaodong, or even in the Ming court.

There are many people who respect Yuan Chonghuan.

This is a taboo for Zhu Youzhen, the emperor.

At this time, Yuan Chonghuan directly killed Mao Wenlong, who was then the deputy chief soldier, the chief military officer of Pingliao, and the governor of Zuo.

Mao Wenlong is not ordinary.

When Yuan Chonghuan killed him, his rank was not lower than Yuan Chonghuan at all, and even half a level higher than Yuan Chonghuan.

Anyway, at least that's on an equal footing with Yuan Chonghuan.

And Yuan Chonghuan directly killed Mao Wenlong without the consultation of the imperial court and without the approval of Emperor Zhu Youzhen of Chongzhen.

Although he used the Shang Fang sword given to him by Zhu Youzhen.

But Shang Fang's sword is a thing that everyone understands.

At best, it's just a mascot, a symbol.

The saying 'cut first and then play' is just a matter of listening, and no one will take it seriously at all.

But Yuan Chonghuan took it seriously.

He used the Shang Fang sword given to him by Zhu Youzhen to kill Bi Mao Wenlong, and then asked the Ming court for instructions.

A real slash before a prelude.

In fact, if you have to cut it first, it's not impossible, just kill an inconspicuous little person.

No matter how bad it is, you can kill someone lower than your own rank, which can be said to be in the past.

At least above the court, in front of Zhu Youzhen, there is reason to say.

But Yuan Chonghuan killed Mao Wenlong, who was half a level higher than him, which was a little difficult to do.

Not only those officials of the Ming Dynasty, but even Zhu Youzhen was frightened by Yuan Chonghuan's move.

Give you a Shang Fang sword today, and you will really cut first and then play.

In the future, if you are given a golden mace, let you beat the unconscious king and behead the traitorous ministers, do you really want to beat the emperor?

At this time, Yuan Chonghuan completely lost Zhu Youzhen's trust.

Zhu Youzhen not only distrusted Yuan Chonghuan, but also began to be suspicious of Yuan Chonghuan.

Yuan Chonghuan had already accumulated a high prestige in Liaodong before, and now he directly killed Mao Wenlong, a military general half a level higher than him.

In addition, Yuan Chonghuan has heavy troops in his hands.

If Yuan Chonghuan was a little bolder, wouldn't he want to rebel?

Zhu Youzhen began to be crazy suspicious of Yuan Chonghuan.

But at this time, although Zhu Youzhen was suspicious, he had not taken substantive action, and he still did not take back the power in Yuan Chonghuan's hands.

It's just that for Yuan Chonghuan, he is not so responsive, but begins to observe.

And Yuan Chonghuan didn't know that Zhu Youzhen's attitude towards him had changed.

After killing Mao Wenlong, he completely controlled the military power of Liaodong and prepared to start an attack on Houjin.

Yuan Chonghuan is unwilling to miss this good opportunity, and he wants you to strike a fatal blow to Houjin while Houjin is still in civil strife.

Before this, Yuan Chonghuan began to ask the imperial court for money and food, and made preparations before the war.

But because of Zhu Youzhen's suspicion of Yuan Chonghuan.

This time, Zhu Youzhen did not meet Yuan Chonghuan's request.

Yuan Chonghuan asked for money or food, but the Ming court did not provide it.

There were even people in the imperial court who impeached Yuan Chonghuan.

Because there are also people behind Mao Wenlong.

Yuan Chonghuan is good at killing Mao Wenlong, which must have moved the interests of some people or certain groups.

For a while, fierce arguments and arguments began in the court.

So much so that the war on the Liaodong side was put on hold.

Although Yuan Chonghuan was anxious, he had no way to do anything if the Ming court didn't move.

First, Zhu Youzhen's suspicion and distrust, then the partisanship in the court and the impeachment of Yuan Chonghuan.

Zhu Youzhen did not recall Yuan Chonghuan back to the capital at the first time, which is the greatest tolerance for Yuan Chonghuan.

Not to mention allocating silver and grain to Yuan Chonghuan.

And Yuan Chonghuan on the Liaodong side missed the best opportunity to attack Houjin between the arguing of the officials of the Ming Dynasty and Zhu Youzhen's disregard.

That is, during the period of delay of the Ming Dynasty, Huang Taiji used the fastest speed to deal with the internal problems of Houjin.

And after dealing with the internal problems of Houjin, it is necessary to turn the contradictions to the outside.

And Yuan Chonghuan, the person who indirectly caused Nurhachi's death, was the first object that Huang Taiji wanted to solve.

Whether it was out of covetousness for the Daming Dynasty or personal feelings, he had to attack Yuan Chongwan.

Yu Gong, Huang Taiji, as the second emperor of the Later Jin Dynasty after Nurhachi, he must expand his territory.

It is certain to fulfill Nurhachi's last wish, and he must want to annex the Ming Dynasty.

And the annexation of the Ming Dynasty is the time to prove his Emperor Taiji, and it is also the first step for his Emperor Taiji to establish immortal merits.

Privately, Yuan Chonghuan's shelling indirectly led to Nurhachi's death.

As the son of Nurhachi, he will definitely take revenge for killing his father.

Moreover, because of Yuan Chonghuan's existence, Huang Taiji can well transfer all the internal contradictions of their Houjin to Yuan Chonghuan.

Because, Yuan Chonghuan killed Nurhachi, the founding emperor of their Later Jin.

Dealing with Yuan Chonghuan is the best excuse and reason to order all the Houjin forces.

Faced with the reason of avenging Nurhachi, all the Houjin people would not and did not dare to refuse.

And this is precisely the best excuse for Huang Taiji to order everyone.

And Huang Taiji can use this excuse to let those who disobey him fight in the front and use it to consume their strength.

When the time comes, Yuan Chonghuan will also be eliminated, the great revenge will be avenged, and the Ming dynasty will also be obtained.

And those opposing voices within Kim have disappeared.

With such an opportunity to win multiple birds with one stone, how could Huang Taiji miss it.

However, during the most uncomfortable period of Huang Taiji and the fiercest internal fighting in Houjin, there was no action on the side of the Ming court.

Give Huang Taiji time to breathe, give him time to subdue the various departments.

In Huang Taiji's view, this is simply heaven to help him.

After dealing with the internal problems of the Later Jin, Huang Taiji gathered most of the troops of the Later Jin and began to invade the Liaodong region of the Ming Dynasty.

Facing the surging Houjin cavalry, Yuan Chonghuan was a little unable to cope with it.

Although Yuan Chonghuan did have a few victories in the battle with Houjin before, and he also recovered a lot of lost ground.

But he knew very well that the Ming army was completely unable to resist the cavalry of Houjin head-on.

The previous advantage was completely because Houjin had internal problems, which allowed them to take advantage.

Now the cavalry of Houjin, under the leadership of Huang Taiji, has made a comeback.

And this time it was even more menacing, and Yuan Chonghuan was a little bottomless in his heart.

All he could do was to hold on to it and not confront the Houjin army at all.

Wait for your time by holding on.

I don't know if Yuan Chonghuan did it on purpose.

Although he couldn't defend it, he also gave up the route from Liaodong to Beijing City.

And Huang Taiji led his troops directly bypassing the cities that Yuan Chonghuan was defending, and came directly towards Beijing City.

When the Houjin cavalry led by Huang Taiji appeared under the city of Beijing, you can imagine the expressions of Zhu Youzhen and the ministers of the Ming court.

At this time, Yuan Chonghuan is no longer a matter of trust or distrust, but a sinner.

Huang Taiji and Hou Jin's army ransacked the city of Beijing.

At this time, Yuan Chonghuan, who got the news, came to the rescue with soldiers and horses.

Faced with Yuan Chonghuan, who was not rescued in time, Zhu Youzhen began to suspect Yuan Chonghuan's motives.

was able to directly let go of Huang Taiji and let him directly wave his troops to Beijing City, but Yuan Chonghuan himself did not come to the rescue for a long time.

In Zhu Youzhen's view, Yuan Chonghuan did it on purpose.

Deliberately let Huang Taiji in, and then come to show his own importance.

Or he wanted to bring these troops to Zhu Youzhen, so that Zhu Youzhen knew that he Yuan Chonghuan was capable of encircling Beijing City.

This is simply threatening him Zhu Youzhen, which is equivalent to rebellion.

Once he had this idea, Zhu Youzhen couldn't hold it back.

In Zhu Youzhen's view, Yuan Chonghuan is supporting the army and respecting himself, waiting for the opportunity to rebel.

Although Zhu Youzhen is not a qualified emperor, and he has not done anything in governing the country, he has a lot of doubts and ambitions that an emperor should have.

After Yuan Chonghuan slightly improved the situation in Liaodong, Zhu Youzhen began to be suspicious of Yuan Chonghuan.

This point is still a bit similar to Zhu Yuanzhang, the ancestor of the hero.

Huang Taiji led his troops directly into the suburbs of Beijing, which made Zhu Youzhen's heart extremely unhappy.

But at that time, the military power was still in the hands of Yuan Chonghuan, and Yuan Chonghuan also led the troops back to help.

Therefore, no matter how unhappy Zhu Youzhen is in his heart, he will not show it at this time.

After Yuan Chonghuan rushed to the aid of Beijing, a relatively fierce war broke out with Huang Taiji outside Beijing.

Although Huang Taiji eventually retreated, this war was definitely not a victory for the Ming Dynasty.

Just kidding, the dignified capital of the Ming Dynasty, Beijing.

was actually directly reached by aliens under the city wall.

This is still something that happened under the defense of those guards in Liaodong.

If there were no border soldiers in Liaodong, it is estimated that the city of Beijing would have changed hands long ago.

In short, this time, it was a great shame for Zhu Youzhen.

Originally, Zhu Youzhen had already seen the hope of recovering Liaodong, and he was also ambitious and ambitious.

But I didn't expect that this good day had not been over for a few days, and he was directly beaten to the city of Beijing.

The appearance of Huang Taiji not only shattered Zhu Youzhen's dream, but also slapped Zhu Youzhen in the face.

Let him, the ambitious Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, lose a lot of face.

And Yuan Chonghuan, the main person in charge of this matter, has also been blacklisted by Zhu Youzhen since then, and he has not been included in the key observation objects.

At this time, Yuan Chonghuan had not yet realized the change in Zhu Youzhen's attitude towards him.

In Yuan Chonghuan's view, he is meritorious.

In fact, with Yuan Chonghuan's deployment in Liaodong, even if Huang Taiji's combat effectiveness is very fierce, it can't make much progress.

has not been able to go further, and Da Ming has been stuck there.

This has to say that Yuan Chonghuan does have his credit for the defense of Liaodong.

The battlefield that has been stalemate and the situation that cannot be further are what the newly appointed Huang Taiji does not want to see, and it is also what he does not want to see.

Like Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen, as an emperor who has just ascended the throne, who has no ambition, who has no ambition.

However, the difference is that Zhu Youzhen wants to drive Huang Taiji out and recover the eastern Liaodong region.

And Huang Taiji wants to go further, and even fight through the Shanhaiguan Pass, completely live in the Central Plains, replace the Ming Dynasty, and rule the country.

Compared with Huang Taiji's ambitions and dreams, Zhu Youzhen's ambition is indeed a bit insufficient.

One is to regain lost territory, and the other is to unify the world.

The height of the Emperor Taiji is much higher.

Although the Ming Dynasty at this time was indeed in decline, and even was already in danger, the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse.

No matter what the Ming Dynasty says, it is the existence that has ruled the Central Plains for nearly three hundred years.

Even at the end of the period, there is a strength to fight in the face of the newly rising Houjin.

Even to a certain extent, the Later Jin Dynasty did not necessarily take advantage of the Ming Dynasty.

And Yuan Chonghuan at this moment is undoubtedly a stumbling block in Huang Taiji's dream of unifying the world.

Because of Yuan Chonghuan's existence, it greatly delayed the speed of Huang Taiji's march into the Central Plains.

It can even be said that the idea of Huang Taiji has been completely interrupted.

As long as Yuan Chonghuan stubbornly defended the Liaodong region for one day, it would be impossible for Huang Taiji to fight through, so he could only dry up like this.

This is a situation that Huang Taiji does not want to see.

Because, if the Ming Dynasty can afford it, he can't afford it.

In view of Yuan Chonghuan's stumbling block, Houjin gave birth to a vicious plan.

(End of chapter)