Han ride

Chapter 354 Mutual calculation
"Li Xin finally left his lair, so why don't we just give up such a good opportunity?" Dorgon said lightly.As he grew older, Dorgon also experienced several wars, conquered North Korea, and invaded the Ming Dynasty. This time, he completely took the Horqin tribe into the hands of Dajin. His reputation increased day by day, and he even became calmer. Quite a few, won the trust of Huang Taiji.

"No, if such a good opportunity is given up like this, even the heavens will not see it." Fan Wencheng said loudly: "We want to attack, and we want to attack boldly, but the target of our attack is not Li Xin, nor North Korea. It was the Ming Dynasty. The army took the opportunity to enter the Central Plains and plundered people, money and food from the Central Plains. Come and strengthen our Great Jin Kingdom."

After Huang Taiji and others heard about it, their eyes lit up, and they had to say that the essence of building slaves was like this. Although Huang Taiji established the Great Jin Kingdom and changed from slavery to feudalism, the plundering nature in his bones has not changed. Whether it is Huang Taiji or other ministers.Because looting is the fastest way to success.The Central Plains is picturesque, prosperous and rich, and has a large population. If you plunder casually, it is more powerful than Houjin. Huang Taiji is also very smart, so he naturally knows how to consume the strength of the Ming Dynasty.

"The so-called thousand-mile long embankment collapsed in an ant's nest. As long as we keep invading and harassing the Central Plains, one day I will be able to drag the Central Plains down and completely invade the Central Plains." Huang Taiji clenched his fists.

"Although the strategy is very good, the opportunity is rare, but where do we get in?" Hauge frowned and said.He is not opposed to Fan Wencheng's point of view, because everyone knows that such an opportunity is rare.What is your greatest opportunity if your worst enemy is not at home?Just want to attack the Ming Dynasty, it is not so easy to attack, Jinzhou is a huge fist, attacking Jinzhou, I am afraid it will be very difficult to attack, if not done well, I will spend myself there, the gain is not worth the loss, but attacking other places, it will be very difficult Difficult, the Great Wall is extremely strong, as a well-known defensive city wall, it is very difficult to attack, unless you can find the loopholes in the defense.

"Does your majesty remember what happened in the second year of Chongzhen?" Fan Wencheng said proudly.

"Of course I remember this." Huang Taiji nodded. In the second year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji personally led an army of [-], entered the pass through Xifeng Pass, and invaded the Central Plains in one fell swoop. Taiji took advantage of Yuan Chonghuan's unfavorable rescue, alienated the relationship between Yuan Chonghuan and Emperor Chongzhen, and eradicated Yuan Chonghuan, a powerful enemy.

"Master Fan, do you want us to attack the Central Plains from Xifengkou?" Ning Wan and I stroked our beard and said, "I'm afraid there is something wrong here! The emperor of the Ming Dynasty was not a fool. It was the first time we attacked from that side." Entering the Central Plains, won’t we strengthen our defenses there this time?”

"The defense is naturally possible to be strengthened, but the armaments of the Ming Dynasty have been relaxed. Even if the emperor issued an imperial decree, the officials in these places would not seriously implement it. Therefore, I dare to conclude that there are still loopholes in the Xifengkou area. " Fan Wencheng said with certainty.

"If this is the case, then God has blessed me with great gold." Huang Taiji nodded, and said: "Quick, send someone to check it out. If it is true, we will personally lead the army to attack the Central Plains."

After Dorgon heard this, he frowned, and suddenly said: "It is true that the emperor leading the army can boost morale, but my younger brother thinks that such a small matter can be done by the people below. Besides, Li Xin is treacherous, although Withdrew part of the defense of the grassland, but there is no guarantee, this is a trick of the other side. The emperor should be careful."

After hearing this, Huang Taiji's complexion changed, and his heart was covered. He has suffered a lot under Li Xin's hands these years, just as Dorgon said, if Li Xin stays on purpose What about the loopholes that lure myself and others to be fooled?

"If your majesty is suspicious, you can go to the Central Plains to investigate. On the one hand, you can see the layout of the Central Plains in the Ming Dynasty. On the other hand, you can also send people to venture into Li Xin's territory to check Li Xin's whereabouts. If Li Xin is still there Guihua City, it means that there must be a conspiracy here, our army can't move lightly, if Li Xin has already led the army to leave, such an opportunity cannot be missed." Fan Wencheng thought for a while and said hastily.Who can say accurately about the war, there are many reasons in it, especially for people like Li Xin.Who knows if Li Xin has set up any tricks in it.

"It can only be like this now." Huang Taiji showed a wry smile on his face. Once upon a time, the army he led captured countless cities. The world was so big that no one was his opponent. In the second year of Chongzhen, he attacked for the first time. The Central Plains fought all the way to the city of Beijing, and all the generals of the Eight Banners were going to attack Beijing. Taizong said with a smile: "The idiots in the city can be taken from you, but the territory is still strong, and it is not easy to be defeated overnight. The difficulty of defending is not as simple as training troops and waiting for the destiny." Although in words, he admitted that his strength is not enough to win the world, but in the same way, he referred to Chongzhen as "the idiot in the city", which shows that he He is very ambitious and regards nothing as a hero in the world, but now, luckily, Li Xin was born out of nowhere and conquered the grasslands, and he himself was defeated by him several times. calculating.It is probably hard to find the majestic emperor of the Great Jin Kingdom down to this level.But in everyone's mind, this situation is very normal.

Hou Jin's intelligence department quickly started to look for Li Xin's whereabouts and some movements in the Central Plains. There was some joy, and I was worried about Houjin's attack, so people made some preparations. The cabinet issued an imperial decree to defend the Zunhua area, but the news from the spies made Houjin happy, and he became more and more relaxed. The Ming army's defense obviously did not take Li Xin's advice and the cabinet's words seriously, and the defense was not strengthened much. It was just a few more sentry towers at the entrance of Xifeng, which could not play any defensive role at all.

When the spies sent to Yunzhong City received the news that Li Xin had already set off with his own army, Huang Taiji finally ordered himself to conquer the Central Plains. This time, a total of [-] troops were dispatched. Troops were dispatched one after another, obviously Huang Taiji wanted to give Zhongyuan a ruthless this time.The mighty army of [-] did not pass through Jinzhou, but followed the road that Li Xin gave up, and went all the way to Xifengkou.

For the arrival of Jiannu, the entire imperial court was not prepared. For several years, Jiannu did not invade the south. On the one hand, it was because of Jinzhou City, and on the other hand, it was because of Li Xin. The impression is not good, but it is because of the existence of Li Xin that Jiannu did not dare to go south for several years, but now it is all right, Li Xin has just shrunk the line of defense, and the army marched west, and Jiannu immediately led the army to go south. Wan Dajun invaded Xifengkou, how could Xifengkou be stopped? Just like last time, Huang Taiji personally led the army to even border towns such as Kemalanyu, Hanerzhuang, Panjiakou, and Hongshankou. Beijing had three police officers a day. Emperor Chongzhen even issued an imperial decree to serve the king.He also ordered Tang Bi, the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan, to lead the army to reinforce Zunhua.

Fortunately, after Wu Aheng, governor of Miyun, arrived in Zunhua, he stepped up his guard against Zunhua for the sake of face. Huang Taiji couldn't attack Zunhua. By detouring straight into the hinterland of the Central Plains, passing through the city without attacking, and plundering towns and villages, the army quickly entered the vicinity of the capital.

"Damn it, hate it." Inside the Xinuang Pavilion, Emperor Chongzhen's face was full of anger, and the people below Wen Tiren, Wang Yingxiong, He Wuzou and others fell to their knees, not daring to speak. They were very concerned about Houjin's invasion again. They were not well prepared. Although there were arrangements by Zhang Fengyi, Minister of the Ministry of War, the Houjin army was powerful and invincible all the way. Of course, this had a lot to do with the slackness of the Ming Dynasty's internal guards.It even has a lot to do with some officials hearing that Jiannu is coming, or abandoning the city, or closing the city gates tightly, not daring to fight.Seeing that Jiannu was going to kill Beijing again, how could Chongzhen not be in a hurry.

"Your Majesty, the most important thing at this time is to order the kings and masters of the world to gather in Beijing City. I think that as long as I have a million soldiers gathered in Beijing City, Jian Nu will not dare to act rashly." There is a little panic, which is completely different from Zhou Yanru, such a chief assistant is rare.

"Master Wang?" Emperor Chongzhen was stunned when he heard the words, and quickly shook his head, saying: "How many Master Wang can there be? The speed of coming is too slow. Beijing City is the foundation of the imperial court, and there is no room for loss. My lords, can there be any more?" Another way?"

"How about letting Jinzhou ancestor Dashou send troops?" Wang Yingxiong thought for a while and said, "Let Jinzhou soldiers and horses detour through the grasslands and attack Xifengkou. As long as Xifengkou is recaptured, Jiannu will become a turtle in the urn. If the army's morale is slackened, I am sure. It can completely annihilate Jiannu."

"I'm afraid not." Wang Chengen said hastily: "On the one hand, Jinzhou has a large number of soldiers and horses. Once all of them are dispatched, I am afraid that Jiannu will attack Jinzhou. You must know that Jiannu is powerful, and there must be a soldier to guard Jinzhou." Wang Chengen is in charge of Jinyiwei and Dongchang still knows some information about this.

"Then let Hong Chengchou or Chen Xinjia, Cao Wenzhao send troops to the grassland?" Emperor Chongzhen said loudly.It's a pity that everyone shook their heads. Not to mention that these people are far away, even if they are very close, whether the soldiers and horses under their command can defeat Jiannu is still a question.

"Your Majesty, if this minister recommends one person, he will surely wipe out Jiannu." Wen Tiren suddenly gritted his teeth and said loudly.

"Oh, sir, who is it?" Chongzhen was overjoyed and said hastily.

"Li Xin, Marquis of Zhengbei." Wen Tiren said without thinking, "Li Xin, Marquis of Zhengbei, defeated Jiannu many times. It is because he sent troops to the west that Jiannu had the courage to harass the Central Plains this time. Defeat Jiannu."

"Yes, yes, Marquis Zhengbei happens to be on the grassland. If he makes a move, he will definitely be able to regain Xifengkou and block the way for Jiannu to withdraw." Wang Yingxiong's eyes lit up, and he said loudly.At this time, everyone didn't care about the fact that Li Xin was separatist. First of all, Li Xin was required to capture Xifengkou and block Jiannu's retreat.

"Li Xin?" After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen's face was cloudy and uncertain, and suddenly he thought of something, turned around and searched for something in the pile of half-person-high memorials, and soon he found a memorial, opened one Look, the above is the memorial sent by Li Xin, and the above record is exactly Li Xin's suggestion.

"Hmph! Tell me, did he withdraw the herdsmen and shrink the line of defense to let Jian slaves in on purpose?" Emperor Chongzhen's voice was low and cold, and everyone couldn't help shivering.

"Marquis of Zhengbei probably won't!" Wen Tiren opened his mouth wide, and said eagerly: "Marquis Zhengbei has always boasted of Wei Qinghuo Qubing, but at this time he said that he was letting Jian slaves into the customs, so the people in the customs must be devastated. This kind of thing should It can't be done."

"I also think it was just an accident. General Li Xin is not a god. How did he know that Jiannu would attack suddenly, and he would attack from Xifengkou. He also reminded me that the defenses around Xifengkou are weak. If he really has evil intentions, How could you remind me to wait?" Wang Yingxiong said in confusion.

"Hmph, where is Li Xin now? He's marching westward, is it too late for him to return?" Emperor Chongzhen couldn't say anything, although he was a little suspicious, but he didn't have any real evidence, so he could just snort coldly.

"The veteran thought that this was not a big deal. Although Li Xin led the army to go out, Shi Yuanzhi stayed behind in Yunzhong. He is Li Xin's confidant and the only person under Li Xin who can mobilize the army. The emperor only needs to give Shi Yuanzhi Zhi, Shi Yuanzhi will definitely be able to mobilize the army." Wen Tiren hurriedly said: "This time Li Xin only led an army of 8 troops to march west, and there are [-] left in the army. Moreover, Li Xin is following the route of elite troops. , the herdsmen under his command are the elite recruits, and it is still very easy to form tens of thousands of elites."

Emperor Chongzhen thanked him, stood up, took a few steps, and finally sighed: "Then pass the decree to Shi Yuanzhi, asking him to send no less than 10 troops to attack Xifengkou, and order him to attack Xifengkou within ten days." Inside, Xifengkou must be recaptured, and Zhang Fengyi must stick to Zunhua for half a month, and if he can’t do it, let him come to see him!” Facing Huang Taiji’s attack, Emperor Chongzhen finally bowed his head to Li Xin up.On the other hand, Wen Tiren and others also breathed a sigh of relief. They were really afraid of Emperor Chongzhen's self-willedness. If they didn't bow to Li Xin for the sake of face, the capital would be in danger.At the moment, everyone dared not be negligent, and hurriedly ordered people to issue an imperial decree. Before Jiannu besieged the capital, they immediately followed the official road to Xuanfu, flew from Xuanfu to Yunzhong Mansion, and sent the order directly to Shi Yuan do not mention.

Mashen Bridge is a hundred miles southwest of Zunhua, and Huang Taiji's army has already killed here, but the city of Ji County in front is as strong as Zunhua, which has just been repaired, and Huang Taiji's army is blocked here.After the two sides fought for a day, Huang Taiji had no choice but to withdraw his troops. He had found out that the defender of the city was Zhang Fengyi, Minister of the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty, who was ordered by Chongzhen to guard Jixian to the death.Huang Taiji's army cannot be allowed to pass.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this is news from the spies inside the capital." At this time, Fan Wencheng broke in sweating profusely, with a flustered expression on his face.

"Sir, why are you so flustered?" Huang Taiji asked quickly.

"Chongzhen bowed his head to Li Xin. He asked Li Xin to send troops to attack our rear and occupy Xifengkou." Fan Wencheng said nervously: "Now such news has spread all over the streets and alleys of Beijing." Here, Emperor Chongzhen must be scolded angrily. It is simply stupid that such news spreads.

"If that's the case, I'm afraid we won't be able to return to Liaodong." Huang Taiji couldn't help shaking, and the whip in his hand fell to the ground.

"Your Majesty, let's retreat! Li Xin is not a good stubble." Yue Tuo said loudly from the side.If it really occupied Xifengkou, Jiannu didn't know how much it would cost to return to his homeland in Liaodong.

What surprised Yue Tuo and others was that as soon as his own words fell, Huang Taiji laughed and said: "Chongzhen children are stupid, they actually ask Li Xin for help, if they ask for help like anyone else, let them occupy Xifengkou , I’ll leave immediately, it’s such a stupid move to ask Li Xin to support the capital at this time.”

"Why did your majesty say that?" Fan Wencheng looked at Huang Taiji in surprise, trying to figure out whether Huang Taiji really thought of something or was just pretending to be calm.

"Sir, what kind of person is Li Xin?" Huang Taiji asked with a smile.

"Treacherous, but I have to admit that this person is a generational hero." Fan Wencheng looked serious.

"Yes, this man is a hero of a generation." Huang Taiji nodded and said, "He, like me, also wants to win the world! It's just that he has no righteousness. The Ming Dynasty has ruled the country for more than 200 years. Even if the world is in turmoil now, But this world is still the world of the Ming Dynasty, but if we capture Beijing and destroy the Ming Dynasty, do you think this world is still the world of the Ming Dynasty? Is there anything on top of Li Xin's head that can cover his ambitions? "

"The emperor said that Li Xin would not send reinforcements?" Fan Wencheng suddenly realized, couldn't help but clapped his hands and said, "I'm afraid Li Xin wishes we could destroy the Ming Dynasty and kill Chongzhen immediately, so that he can have an excuse to march into the Central Plains and compete for the world. You don’t have to worry about the people in the world talking. It’s really amazing! Now Weichen wonders if he deliberately gave up the road of Xifengkou, let us find the loopholes in it, and wants to use our hands to destroy Chongzhen. That’s why he I will lead the army to march west, so as to avoid suspicion."

"That's right, that's exactly the case." Huang Taiji said coldly: "This person is treacherous and wants to use my hand. Hehe, I'm not as good as he wants. I just don't want to attack the city of Beijing. You want to take over the world. I, Huang Taiji, also want to seize the world. It’s just that I, Da Jin, haven’t prepared the opportunity to seize the world yet.”

(End of this chapter)