The moment he saw the stainless steel crossbows, 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's traces. 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 continue going 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 Mengeng immediately ordered the entire army to turn around and go eastward this time. They crossed the Luanhe River overnight and entered the Huangtai Mountains.
Huang Taiji waited until night in Zunhua and saw no report from Ye Chen and others, so 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 Jin army returned to the Jizhen area, Zunhua lost its role, and Huang Taiji simply gave up.
The Jisi Revolution has progressed to 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 moved 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.
He didn't know that this was the butterfly effect he 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 the 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. And in December, with the arrest of Yuan Chonghuan, the Donglin Party was completely defeated.
Hou Xun knew very well that if he did not 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 is 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 situation; and secondly, the Donglin Party did not anticipate 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 the Ming Dynasty.
Another thing is that the generals of the Donglin Party are all 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 the crime.
Just when Tian Shizhen, the censor of Shanxi Province, wrote a letter to reiterate 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 Yongmao Luan'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 truth.
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 in the camp; then he killed Yang Sichang's benefactor, Wang Qia, who died in prison and was still to be executed as a result of the Great Pilgrimage.
Zuo Mengeng even wondered whether what Yang Sichang did later was revenge?
After struggling so 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, weeping blood, begged the Great Khan to avenge Mr. Fan, the father of Fanjiayu!"
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, so that he could
The students were brought back to rescue their elders. Unexpectedly, a group of officers and soldiers came. Not only did they kill Mr. Fan, but after learning that the students had served Mr. Fan, they actually killed all the elders in Fanjiayu. The students escaped by hiding in the snow.
I vowed to avenge Mr. Fan and my father."
When he heard that it was the person who was the footman next to Fan Wencheng, Huang Taiji's color brightened slightly and he looked at Bao Chengxian who was standing aside.
Bao Chengxian understood the idea and immediately said: "Dear Khan, there is indeed Fanjiayu nearby."
Fanjiayu is a small mountain village, east of the later Prajna Reservoir.
Immediately, several cavalrymen galloped away and returned an hour later.
"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 along."
Fan Ji refused to give up and said through gritted teeth: "Great Khan, I know where the Ming army went."
Everyone was shocked and showed expressions of ecstasy.
Being stolen from Zunhua City and invaded by the Han tribe was almost the biggest loss suffered by the invaders. If this was not done, it would really damage Huang Taiji's reputation.
Huang Taiji asked: "How did you know?"
Fan Ji is 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 didn't even need to look at the map, he immediately knew what was going on.
But others also know it.
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 were no generals at Hongshan Pass, this guy was promoted to garrison and remained stationed at the same place.
The place names mentioned by Fan Ji were 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 guard, 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.
When he succeeded to the throne, the biggest headache for him was this group of brothers.
Before gaining great fame, Huang Taiji had no other choice.
However, it is still very 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 go into ravines.
Huang Taiji did this, obviously to punish Duduo for his disrespect.
As for sending Hauge, it had another purpose.
He then said to Fan Jida: "Follow Hauge and show him the way. 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. We can only repay it to the 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 and become 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.