The news that Ying-Ordei died in North Korea reached Liaodong, and Huang Taiji was furious. On the one hand, he personally wrote a letter to King Lee Seung-kun accountable and asked him to explain. On the other hand, he took his eldest son Haoge as a general and led 10,000 elite Qing troops to Yizhou to attack North Korea at any time to shock the ministers of North Korea.

King Lee Seung of Korea used Choi Mingji as an envoy to Liaodong to apologize to Huang Taiji, returned hundreds of Qing soldiers, and described the general story of the matter. He said that North Korea did not betray the Qing Dynasty and compromised with the Ming Dynasty was purely because the latter made a helpless choice after capturing the Korean royal family.

Huang Taiji obviously did not believe the Koreans' statement. He personally asked the returned Qing soldiers and found that the situation was basically consistent with what Cui Mingji said. Later, he obtained evidence of an affair between Meng Qiaofang and Zhou Xian submitted by Cui Mingji, and speculated that the attack on Ying'erdai was likely related to Meng Qiaofang's leak of information about his travel. In a furious manner, Huang Taiji immediately imprisoned Meng Qiaofang's whole family and confiscated all the property.

Meng Qiaofang's youngest son Meng Xiongbi led his troops outside and received information before being arrested. He was unwilling to surrender because of his youth and spirit. After leaving a letter, he led his three hundred servants and soldiers to flee to Mingjing. On the way, he was chased by a thousand elite Qing dynasties, and 300 people were killed. Meng Xiongbi also died in the chaos.

At the same time, Lin Qingye sneaked into Pi Island, and 600 Qing soldiers on the island were killed and nearly a thousand local people were abducted. Then, the whereabouts of the Ming army were discovered in Tieshan, Changshan Island, Jinzhou and other places, and more than 30 residences were attacked. Although the losses were not very large, they were enough to cause the entire Liaodong to panic. Huang Taiji ordered Kong Youde to lead the fleet to pursue, but the Ming Dynasty fleet came and went like the wind. Kong Youde followed the traces for more than half a month and found nothing, so he had to lead his troops back to Liaodong to apologize to Huang Taiji.

In Guihua City, as a descendant of the Mashang ethnic Mongolian Genghis Khan, Turhai fought a city defense battle with the Qing army and the coalition forces of the Mongolian Korqin tribe. He sent elite soldiers who were most loyal to him to garrison the city, and he led a large number of cavalry outside. Whenever the Qing army launched an attack, he kept raiding outside. When the Qing army gathered its soldiers to prepare to fight against him, he avoided it far away. The Qing army came from afar, lacking siege equipment, so he could only adopt the most secure method of siege. According to the news from the front line chief Boluo, the problem of Guihua City could not be solved in a short time.

Huang Taiji's problem was not the end. The Ming Dynasty court sent troops to escort Abnay and his son back to the outer world. Turhai welcomed Abnay with the most solemn ceremony and respected him as Khan. After Ezhe's death, Abnay became the only surviving descendant of Lindan Khan. In the eyes of many Mongolians, Abnay will surely become a new generation of war gods who resisted the Qing Dynasty. The Chahar tribe in Mongolia, who was temporarily in peace, fell into chaos again.

In order to control the Chahar tribe, Huang Taiji married Makata, the second daughter of Gulun Wenzhuang, who had already married Ezhe and respected as the Great Concubine, to Bahrain, the actual power figure of the Chahar tribe. He also named Bahrain the new generation of Prince Chahar, in an attempt to resist the influence of Abnay on the Chahar tribe. However, this move caused an uproar in the Chahar tribe and seriously weakened the Great Concubine Makata's position in the hearts of the Mongols of the Chahar tribe. Although Bahra has real power, he is not a descendant of the Golden Family. Many Chahar people only think that he is a dog from the Qing Dynasty, and anger accumulates unknowingly.

For Huang Taiji, the only good news comes from the Songjin front line. When winter is approaching, Hong Chengchou gathers troops to conduct a tentative breakthrough. Prince Heshuo Rui Dorgon commands properly and kills nearly 3,000 Ming army members. After no hope of returning to the city, the Ming army's deputy general Lu Pinqi led his troops into Xingshan.

Prince Zheng Jier Harangshe opened Lu Pingqi and led his troops to bypass Xingshan, raided the three guards in the left front, middle and back, and slaughtered all the soldiers of the three guards. Then he stationed heavy troops to the Gaoqiao, the must-pass place of Songjin, dug trenches to build a fortification, completely cutting off the connection between the Ming army in Ningyuan and Jinzhou, Songshan and Xingshan. Since then, Songshan, Jinzhou and Xingshan have been completely isolated from the Ming realm, isolated from each other, and have cut off each other's assistance.

The victory from Songjin front line did not relax Huang Taiji's depressed mood, but instead felt a little uneasy in his heart. Zhu Ming was too great. They were defeated in Sarhu, defeated in Liaoyang, defeated in Chenyang, and defeated in Songjin. But after only a few years of rest, they would gather strength that was enough to make the Qing Dynasty afraid. They entered the frontier several times and captured countless people and livestock. They could only slightly supplement the barrenness of Liaodong, and the fertile land was always controlled by Zhu Ming.

Fortunately, there have always been peasant army uprisings within Zhu Ming, otherwise they would have taken time to deal with the Qing Dynasty with all their heart. With their wealth, they could even drag the Qing Dynasty to death. The Ming Dynasty could fail countless times, but the Qing Dynasty could only keep winning. Because of a big defeat, it could lead to the collapse of various forces that had been accumulated. There were too few bannermen, and although a large number of Han and Mongolia were available, their loyalty to the Qing Dynasty was only based on providing them with many benefits. When they saw anything that could not be obtained by supporting the Qing Dynasty, they could fight each other at any time.

Now, Zhou Xian happened to see the contradictions within the Qing Dynasty. He used an edict from Emperor Chongzhen to easily distinguish the Han people from Manchus, and even the different tribes of Manchus. It seems that there will be no practical effect in the short term, but once it breaks out in the future, the role it can play will be fatal.

In recent years, especially since Huang Taiji became emperor, he has always wanted to gather all the people of different races under his rule to build a powerful empire. However, the long-term victory made most of the bannermen extremely arrogant. They despise the Han people, even the Mongols, and regard them as their own slaves. They never considered how could the few tribes of the bannermen conquered Beijing? His continuous efforts could only slightly improve the status of the Han people, but not completely change their status. In this case, how could they serve the Qing Dynasty wholeheartedly?

Huang Taiji sighed deeply, unconsciously thinking about Concubine Zhuang's condition, and his head began to hurt again.

At this time, an eunuch walked in quickly, fell to his knees, and said to Huang Taiji: "Report to Your Majesty, is Lord Fan coming?"
Chapter completed!