Finally, under the dissuasion of Daishan and a group of old people, the old slave calmed down a little.
But the death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped. The old slave still punished the white flag with five niulu, and added it to his own yellow flag.
But his status as Baylor and flag owner has not changed.
"We have too little arable land, and it's very cold and freezing, making it difficult to grow crops."
"My servant has already made a rough count of the grain harvested in the autumn. It is really a drop in the bucket, even if you add in the cattle, sheep and livestock brought back by Si Baile and the only grain savings."
"But if we want to survive this winter, it's still not enough."
"Great Khan, I, Da Jin, can't just sit back and wait to die. If this continues, I'm afraid I, Da Jin, will starve to death and freeze to death before the Ming army comes over."
In the Khan's palace, Fei Yingdong, who was the minister of Lao Nu Erhachi, came to see Nuer Hachi again with melancholy.
As one of the first people to join the army following Lao Nu, and with great military exploits, he is Lao Nu's best friend and one of the people he relies on most.
During the founding of the People's Republic of China, Lao Nu not only consecrated four Heshuobeles, but also appointed five auxiliary ministers.
Fei Yingdong is one of them, and he is also in charge of finance and food.
Looking at the money and food account book that Fei Yingdong handed him, the old slave had no choice. He was more anxious than everyone else, but what's the use of being anxious?
Liao Shen didn't have to think about it himself. With that Xiong Manzi here and the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty trusting him so much, it was like an iron wall that could not be defeated at all.
The young emperor of the Ming Dynasty was even more sinister. He tried to strengthen the walls and clear the country, and dragged all the people to western Liaoning.
The robbery he is best at is useless.
As for the Mongolian grassland, he had little chance to find another way there and achieve anything.
I don't know where Lin Dan Khan went. Most of the remnants of the Chahar tribe surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.
He won over the rest who he could, but the effect was not very great.
In the huge Monan Grassland, only one Horqin is still intact and powerful.
It's impossible for him to mobilize an army to attack Horqin and steal Horqin's winter supplies.
There is no hope for Mongolia and Liaodong, and Mao Wenlong's line was inexplicably cut off some time ago.
In desperation, Lao Nu could only turn his attention to North Korea in the east again.
North Korea's national strength is not strong, and its military is a ragtag bunch.
Dajin's Eight Banners warriors can defeat them with overwhelming force, and strategic materials such as population, grain, salt, clothing and cloth can be easily captured.
Although Mao Wenlong was protecting North Korea on Pidao, the old slave didn't take his small amount of troops into consideration at all.
And if there is a fight, Mao Wenlong may not try his best.
But what worries him is Xiong Tingbi, who has been preparing for success in Shenyang.
Sending one or two flags of troops to attack North Korea will not be of much use at all.
If he brings too many people, or even all of them, and that Xiong Barbarian finds out, he will lead his troops out of Shenyang to attack him.
Xiong Manzi is not a good-for-nothing like Yang Gao. He will swear an oath for you in battle, making it known to everyone that once he sees the opportunity, he will definitely take action.
This also led him to station a whole banner of soldiers and horses at Sarhu Pass this year, just to prevent him from suddenly attacking one day.
After much thought, Nuerhachi finally decided to give it a try.
Daishan took the Zhenghong Banner and his Zhenghuang Banner to stay in the old village. Saerhu Pass was not moved, and the Xianghong Banner was still stationed there.
And he led the rest of the Five Banners troops to attack North Korea as quickly as possible.
For this military operation, Lao Nu did not ask anyone for their opinion, but directly issued military orders.
Even the four Baylors looked confused, but since the order had been given, they could only carry it out.
The main residence of the Jiannu was basically centered on Hetuala, so they gathered very quickly.
In just two days, nearly 30,000 people from the five banners were assembled. The old slave did not hesitate and set off immediately after everything was in place.
At this time, Mao Wenlong, who was on Pi Island, was unaware of all this. At this time, he was still fighting secretly with Qi Jinming.
Today, there are only 8,000 sergeants and some craftsmen on Phi Island.
The families of the sergeants, as well as civilians, were all transferred to Shandong in the past few months and were resettled by Governor Yuan Keli.
Originally, he lived a magical life on this island, with elite soldiers and brave men, and with North Korea and the Ming Dynasty at his back, he didn't have to worry about rear security at all.
From time to time, he would go out to fight guerrillas, earn some military honors, and then do some small business with the Jiannu secretly to make huge profits.
But all this changed with the arrival of Qi Jin.
Appointed by the emperor to oversee the army, he openly took over the most important munitions management of the army.
Moreover, whenever troops are sent out of Pi Island, they need to be discussed with him, otherwise not a single soldier can be moved.
Now his neck has been completely strangled, and he can't move at all.
Fortunately, most of the generals in the army were his cronies, and some were even his adopted sons and grandsons, so the situation was not that bad.
Just when he was thinking about how to get Qi Jin away, or take back his power, the detective came back.
When he learned that the old slave was leading the army to North Korea, Mao Wenlong was so excited that he almost screamed.
Let's take advantage of this war to kill this old man with dignity, so that he can know who has the final say on Pidao.
So he immediately called a group of his trusted generals and told them his plan in advance.
Then they began to beat drums and gather together to discuss how to deal with it.
"The supervising army will not accept any reward at night. The slave army is densely covered with flags and flags. There are five kinds of armor and flags of various colors. It is roughly estimated that there are 20,000 to 30,000 people."
"And among them is Zhenghuang Banner. It is very likely that Ye Boarpi personally led the troops."
"According to the supervisor's wishes, how should our army respond?"
Qi Jin is a veteran on the battlefield, so he cannot be intimidated.
The attack of 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers and horses in the wild boar skin might frighten others, but for him, it was nothing.
"When His Majesty first decreed the establishment of the Zhenjiang Army, he already made it clear that he must cooperate with North Korea and Xiong Jinglue to contain and resist the old slaves."
"Our army only has 8,000 people, and it certainly can't be strong. In my opinion, it is better to use the strategy of dividing the troops to attack and harass, and contain the main force of the slaves during their march."
"And the old slave invaded North Korea in such a formation, presumably because he couldn't survive, so he wanted to rob money, food and supplies."
"I conclude that they will not send the main force to fight us, and will definitely march quickly, so the initiative lies with our army."
"After arriving in North Korea, the Jiannu slaves will inevitably divide their troops. We are concentrating our troops and acting accordingly. Once we have the opportunity, we will attack quickly and kill them individually."