The moment he saw the stainless steel crossbow arrows, Huang Taiji knew that this unidentified Ming army was something special.
Perhaps Zunhua was also captured by him.
He made a decisive decision and immediately issued the order.
"Ye Chen, Han Dai, and Hu Xibu, the three of you lead 300 cavalry and rush to Sandaohezi immediately to detect the enemy. Once discovered, do not entangle them and send someone to report back as soon as possible."
The three of them took the order and went immediately.
On the other side, Zuo Mengeng also received a report from the reconnaissance brigade, saying that he had a confrontation with Houjin Scout.
From this alone, Zuo Mengeng judged that the whereabouts of the rear camp had been exposed.
We can't go any further west.
Because Hou Jin's cavalry was faster than their infantry, and they had to cross mountains and ridges, they would definitely be blocked when they reached Sandaohezi.
Sandaohezi is where the Changshen Expressway passed through in later generations, and a little further west is the G11 National Highway around Beijing.
The terrain here is flat and there are official roads, which is very suitable for cavalry operations.
Zuo Menggeng immediately ordered the entire army to turn around and go east this time. Crossing the Luanhe River overnight, we entered the Huangtai Mountains.
Huang Taiji waited until night in Zunhua. When he saw no return from Ye Chen and others, he knew that this Ming army did not go west.
It happened that the left wing was planning to attack Qian'an, and he also planned to attack Yongping. By the way, he wanted to see if he could celebrate his ancestor's birthday, so he gathered all his troops and meandered eastward.
When the Hou Jin Army returned to the Jizhen area, Zunhua lost its role, and Huang Taiji simply gave up.
The Jisi Revolution has reached this point, and it is completely different from the original history.
In the original history, Huang Taiji was stationed in Zunhua until the end of February. Then he went eastward and then returned to Shenyang.
This time, the operation was carried out many days in advance, which immediately put a lot of pressure on the Ming army in Ji Town.
Zuo Mengeng, who was hiding in the mountains, also received a completely different piece of information from his previous life.
The new Minister of War, Shen Yongmao, did not become an official like his previous life, but was arrested and imprisoned by Chongzhen.
Little did he know that this was the butterfly effect he had brought about.
That day, he met Geng Zhangguang outside Tongzhou City and brought him to Sun Chengzong and Hou Xun. The two big bosses also learned about Geng Ruqi's experience.
Sun Chengzong just scolded him, but he was busy with everything and couldn't care less.
Hou Xun was different. He was keenly aware that this was a good opportunity to fight back.
Since Hou Jin invaded, the Donglin Party has suffered repeated heavy losses in the court.
First, Wang Qia was imprisoned, and then Qian Longxi was attacked. By December, with the arrest of Yuan Chonghuan, the Donglin Party was completely defeated.
Hou Xun knew very well that if he didn't fight back, countless people would die in vain this time.
He remembered what Shen Yongmao had done, so he wrote a secret letter to Xiong Mingyu, the Minister of War.
When Xiong Mingyu received the secret letter, he immediately took it to heart and began to pay attention to various official documents in the Ministry of War.
Shen Yongmao's strategy was not clever at all.
The reason why the past life has not been revealed is that, with the emperor's endorsement, the Donglin Party was suppressed and unable to raise its head under the general trend; and secondly, the Donglin Party had underestimated the situation that it would encounter next. Unexpectedly, after this time, it turned out that They were all cleared out of the court, and they were unable to recover until the death of Ming Dynasty.
Another thing is that the generals of the Donglin Party are on the front line of the battle at this time. Only two old and ignorant people, Han Xu and Cheng Jiming, are left in the court. They only want to preserve their own power and are not concerned about the experiences of others. Turn a blind eye.
Now, Hou Xun found an opportunity and decided to give it a try.
Xiong Mingyu remained calm and checked the official documents quietly.
He quickly found Shen Yongmao's official transfer document, and asked Geng Ruqi to move to three places in three consecutive days. This was solid evidence of his crime.
Just when Tian Shizhen, the censor of Shanxi Province, wrote a letter again mentioning Liu Hongxun's case in an attempt to provide eye drops to the Donglin Party, Xiong Mingyu suddenly attacked and produced ironclad evidence of Shen Yong's fate in the court hall.
In full view of the public, the evidence was so solid that not even Chongzhen could keep his promise.
Moreover, Chongzhen was afraid that Shen Yongmao would confess himself by talking nonsense, so he immediately ordered him to be arrested and sent to the Jinyi Guard Prison.
That night, Shen Yongmao "committed suicide out of fear of crime" in prison.
But no matter what, as soon as this incident was exposed, the situation of the Donglin Party immediately changed.
Wang Yongguang, Wang Zaijin and others were very frightened. They didn't know how much evidence Xiong Mingyu had grasped, and they all couldn't tell.
The crazy rumors about Yuan Chonghuan that should have been circulating in the capital at this time have actually subsided a lot.
Chongzhen vomited blood secretly, but he had no choice but to appoint Liang Tingdong as Minister of War to take charge of the war situation.
Ironically, both Liang Tingdong and Yang Sichang, who was later relied on by Chongzhen as Qiancheng, were discovered and promoted by Wang Qia.
Chongzhen first sent Yang Sichang's father, Yang He, into the army, causing Yang He to die at the station; then he killed Yang Sichang's benefactor, Wang Qia, who died in prison and was still to be executed.
Zuo Mengeng even wondered whether what Yang Sichang did later was revenge?
After tossing hard, the Ming Dynasty finally fell apart, and there was no hope of coming back to life.
However, he did not have much time to watch the government affairs, and the rear camp encountered a crisis.
To be precise, their whereabouts were betrayed.
Huang Taiji sent his troops eastward, but was stopped by a thin scholar at Santun Camp.
The scholar was brought to Huang Taiji and immediately knelt down and shouted.
"Student Fan Ji, with tears in his eyes, begged the Great Khan to avenge Mr. Fan and the elders of Fan Jiayu!"
Huangtai Ji Daqi.
"Who are you?"
The scholar wiped away his tears, feeling extremely sad.
"The student was originally a scholar in Fanjiayu, and later made a living in Zunhua City. After Tianbing entered the city, the student had the honor to meet Mr. Fan and listen to his teachings. Mr. Fan also redressed the student's grievances. He also gave the student fifty taels of silver to let him The students were brought back to help their elders. Unexpectedly, a group of officers and soldiers came and not only killed Mr. Fan, but also killed all the elders in Fanjiayu after learning that the students had served in front of Mr. Fan. The students escaped by hiding in the snow. I vowed to avenge Mr. Fan and my father."
When he heard that it was the footman beside Fan Wencheng, Huang Taiji brightened a little and looked at Bao Chengxian who was standing aside.
Bao Cheng understood the idea and immediately said: "Thank you, Great Khan, there is indeed Fanjiayu nearby."
Fanjiayu is a small mountain village, east of the later Prajna Reservoir.
Several cavalrymen immediately ran away and returned after an hour.
"Great Khan, Fanjiayu has been razed to the ground. Hundreds of people were massacred and burned at the entrance of the village."
Huang Taiji was finally convinced of this scholar named Fan Ji.
"Then just follow suit."
Fan Ji refused to give up and said through gritted teeth: "Khan, I know where the Ming army went."
Everyone was shocked and showed expressions of ecstasy.
Being stolen from Zunhua City and invaded by Han troops was almost the biggest loss suffered by the invaders. If we don't regain our position, it will really damage Huang Taiji's reputation.
Huang Taiji asked: "How did you know?"
Fan Ji is articulate and easy to speak.
"The student luckily survived and has been wandering around in the mountains. When I was foraging for food the day before yesterday, I saw the Ming army heading east in Changsheng Valley."
Huang Taiji knew what was going on immediately without even looking at the map.
But others also know.
Duduo snorted: "Cai Tong deserves to be damned, so many people passed by without even noticing."
Cai Tong turned out to be General Manager Qian of Hongshankou in the Ming Dynasty. When Hou Jin broke through the barrier, he surrendered on the spot.
Because there was no general at Hongshan Pass, this guy was promoted to garrison and remained stationed at the same place.
The place names mentioned by Fan Ji are all near Hongshan Pass. However, Huang Taiji did not receive a report here, so Duduo said that Cai Tong's crime was unpardonable.
But his purpose was obviously not to target a mere defender, but to mock Huang Taiji in a roundabout way for his lack of knowledge.
How could Huang Taiji not hear it? He just remained calm on the surface.
After inheriting the throne, the biggest headache for him was this group of brothers.
Before gaining great fame, Huang Taiji had no other choice.
But it's still easy to cause trouble for the Dorgon brothers.
"In that case, Dorgon and Duduo, you two will lead your troops and join Hauge's troops to find out and get rid of this group of Ming troops."
The armies of this era, whether they were the Ming army or the post-Jin army, were reluctant to drill into ravines.
Huang Taiji did this, obviously to punish Duduo for his disrespect.
As for sending Hauge, he had another purpose.
He then said to Fan Ji: "Follow Hauge and show the way carefully. You are a loyal person, and I, Dajin, will not treat my loyal ministers badly."
Fan Ji immediately prostrated himself, kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times.
"It is indeed a great gift from God that ordinary people can earn a lot of money to serve the people. I can only repay it to my death and live up to the divine grace."
Huang Taiji was very good at inviting people to win people's hearts, so he said: "In this case, I will promote you to the library as a student member, and you and other Han scholars will plan for me."
Fan Ji was overjoyed, thanked him again, and followed Hauge with a smile on his face.
On that day, brothers Hauge and Dorgon each led their own troops, deviated from the road and entered the mountains to search for traces of the rear camp.
Dorgon and Duduo took the north road and crossed the Luanhe River from Sahe Bridge; Hauge took the south road and entered the mountains from the north of Qianxi County.
The two armies totaled 21,000 people, which was nearly ten times that of the rear camp.
