Chapter 9 Battle of Qingcheng (III)

In Shengjing, spring is in full bloom, and in Qingning Palace, the great concubine Jin Zhezhe was playing Go with Huang Taiji with great enthusiasm.

"My beloved concubine, you lost!" Huang Taiji suddenly lost a son and said with a smile.

Zhezhe smiled sweetly. One of his big dragons was surrounded by her husband. He could not break out of the siege even when he rushed left and right, and became a dead dragon. He said, "The khan's chess power is getting stronger and stronger, and I am willing to give in to the disadvantage."

"When the beloved concubine laughed, why did she have another game?" Huang Taiji seemed to be in a very good mood.

"I still can't do it anymore. I'm a little tired. Go and have a rest first." Zhezhe glanced at Haoge who was walking anxiously outside the curtain and refused.

"Okay, my beloved concubine will do it." Huang Taiji didn't know that Haoge was outside, but he was not very at ease these days, so he was unwilling to take care of him, a father, and I don't know what happened today?

Zhezhe lifted the pearl curtain, gave Haoge a wink, and then left.

"Come in!" Before Haoge could understand the meaning of Zhezhe's eyes just now, he heard a shout and quickly raised his foot and walked inside.

"My son bowed to my father's Khan." Haoge knelt down nervously.

"What's the matter?" Huang Taiji asked calmly without even raising his eyelids.

"My son received a report from a spy from Jinzhou City, saying that Mangui suddenly fell seriously ill and asked Emperor Ming to recuperate at home for three months." Haoge wiped his forehead and said.

"Mangui, are you sick?" Huang Taiji's eyes thrust, he suddenly opened his eyes, put his feet off the soft couch, and thought like lightning in his mind.

"Yes, and I have already left the door to thank the guests. The spy said that he was very sick. I heard that his old injury recurred." Haoge said hurriedly.

"What are the trends in the Ming court? Who can be selected to replace Mangui?" Huang Taiji asked.

"Not yet, but the Ming court has agreed to Man Gui's request, and no one has chosen to replace Man Gui's position yet." Haoge replied.

"What do you think?" Huang Taiji asked in a deep voice. Haoge ran over to report the news to him. It would be purposeless. He knew this son too well.

"Reporting to my father Khan, my son felt this was an opportunity." Haoge said cautiously.

"What opportunity?" Huang Taiji's heart sank. Can he not know the little bit of his son's intestines in his stomach?

"Mangui is seriously ill, and the Ming court has carried out military reforms. Now is the time when the army of Liaodong is unstable. This is the best opportunity for our Dajin to win Liaodong." Haoge said confidently.

"Mangui is just a tiger general, and his influence is not great. Although the Ming court carried out any military reforms this time, the Jin Dynasty still couldn't find a way to conquer the strong city, and the artillery power was even worse than that of the Ming army. At this time, it was an unwise move to attack Liaodong." Huang Taiji rejected Haoge's proposal.

"Father Khan, son minister sent the spies back to the Ming court's military reform and conducted some research. He found that once the Ming court completes the military reform, the combat effectiveness of the Ming army will be increased by at least half. At that time, I, Dajin, will be difficult for me, to compete with the Ming court again." Haoge said.

Faced with the vigorous military reforms in the Ming Dynasty, Huang Taiji also made some analysis and admitted that Haoge said it was right. The Ming Dynasty's military reform did threaten his future ambitions, but it did not make him feel afraid. As the saying goes, when it comes to strong, Huang Taiji does not believe that his army is not as good as the Ming Dynasty.

"Father Khan..."

"Okay, don't say it anymore. I already know this. You go down." Huang Taiji waved his hand impatiently.

Haoge wanted to say something else. When he saw Huang Taiji's eyes seemed to have stopped paying attention to him, he gritted his teeth and said, "My son is leaving!"

As soon as Haoge was about to step out of Qingning Palace, he saw the sedan chair Fan Wencheng was riding in hurriedly coming to Qingning Palace.

"It's this man again!" Haoge spat unwillingly and passed by Fan Wencheng's soft sedan chair.

Fan Wencheng, who was sitting in the sedan chair, lifted the curtain on the side of the sedan chair, looked deeply at Haoge's back as he was away, then put it down, and sighed.

Haoge is too narrow-minded. Although he is the eldest son, unless Huang Taiji suddenly dies, he will definitely not be the heir to the Great Jin Kingdom.

"Fan Aiqing is here, please don't give me a favor!" Huang Taiji immediately smiled on his face when he saw Fan Wencheng.

"Thank you!"

"Haoge just now ran over and said that Jinzhou Mangui was seriously ill?"

"There is indeed this matter, and the old minister came to see Dahan for this matter." Fan Wencheng was not surprised at all. When he saw Haoge coming out of Qingning Palace just now, he naturally knew that Huang Taiji might have known about this from Haoge's mouth first.

"Is this really the case?" Huang Taiji said in surprise. He did not doubt anything about Haoge's report, but he always felt that there was a hint of strangeness here. He would not be sick early or late, but he was sick at this time. Is there a conspiracy?

"I have heard of it, but it is not certain whether it is true or not yet true, so the old minister came to see the Khan specially." Fan Wencheng said.

"The Ming court has made great efforts in the past two years to reform and eliminate bad things. It is always beyond people's expectations. The Ming Emperor is even more unpredictable. I heard that these reforms were launched by him, implementing military and political separation, firmly controlling military power with the other hand, and holding on to the regime with the other hand, and gathering power with great power. Even if there are voices of opposition, it is only intentional that he stayed there. The hearts of the people and the morale of the military in China are concentrated with one person. I really don't know how the weak Ming court would have such a heroic lord. It is really unexpected to me." Huang Taiji sighed.

"Don't worry about the Great Khan. Although the Ming Emperor is so sharp now, his sharpness is too obvious, and his opposition is forcibly suppressed by him. Over time, it will become a hidden danger. The Ming Dynasty is now like a gorgeous palace, which looks majestic and gorgeous from the outside, but the wood inside has been decayed. Even if it takes a lot of effort to repair it, it will not take a day or a night. So as long as he is not given the opportunity to repair it, this decaying palace will collapse sooner or later." Fan Wencheng said.

"Old Old Aiqing Fan is right. Can the current power of my Jin Dynasty stop it from repairing? The Ming Dynasty is too big. Although I hold hundreds of thousands of soldiers, compared with the millions of troops and a steady stream of soldiers, as long as the Ming Emperor is not so stupid, even if I have the ability to dominate the sky, I will have no chance of winning!" Huang Taiji sighed. It has been a day or two for the struggle with Da Mingming. The Later Jin Dynasty always loses more than wins. Although the national strength has been further enhanced, its confidence is decreasing day by day.

"Old Old Fan, what chances will I have if I suddenly send troops to attack Jinzhou and Dalinghe?" Huang Taiji suddenly looked up and asked.

Fan Wencheng shook his head and said, "Not even a hundred!"

"Why?" In addition to the solid city walls and sharp firearms, the overall quality of the Ming army was not as good as the elite Eight Banners of the Jurchens.

"Breaking and losing won and losing will not be of any benefit to the Khan." Fan Wencheng said.

"Then what do you think you should do now?" Huang Taiji said dejectedly.

"If the Khan is not afraid of the Ming Dynasty's revenge now, he will now conquer Mongolia in southern Germany and obtain hundreds of thousands of Mongolian cavalry, and then he will be able to compete with the Ming Dynasty and take a step back. After annexing the Mongolian in southern Germany, the Khan will have the strength to be on par with the Ming Dynasty. As long as he strives to develop national strength and train the army, he will have no problem protecting himself." Fan Wencheng said.

"Protect yourself?" Huang Taiji was obviously unwilling to do so.

"In the opinion of the old minister, the Ming Dynasty will not attack my Dajin in the short term, so we still have time for a big knight." Fan Wencheng analyzed.

"Okay, when will the troops be sent?" Huang Taiji decided.

"As old minister expected, in this competition between the Guanning Iron Cavalry of the Ming Dynasty and Lin Danhan's Mongolian Iron Cavalry, the winner would not be the Mongolian Iron Cavalry, and the loser would not be the Guanning Iron Cavalry." Fan Wencheng smiled slightly, as if he had seen through the whole situation.

"Who is the winner or loser?" Huang Taiji said strangely.

"The person who won was Lin Danhan, but he wouldn't win too easily. As for the loser, there were no losers." Fan Wencheng smiled mysteriously.

Huang Taiji's mind flashed with an enlightenment and said with an instant smile: "So that's it. I understand. What a Lin Dan and Zhu Youjian. I was almost deceived by these two people."

"But Khan, I have to remind you." Fan Wencheng said solemnly.

"This time, Lin Dan used the two armies to secretly plot against Emperor Ming and his actions. Emperor Ming and his actions would definitely not let him go easily. I, Dajin, would rather wait for the change before the two of them. Maybe Emperor Ming and his actions were plotting against Emperor Lin Dan and his actions!" Fan Wencheng thought he had seen the situation clearly.

"That's what Mangui is?"

"Don't worry about it, the old minister guessed that Man Gui would definitely be fine. The reason why the news of the serious illness was that he wanted to tell us that there was no worries and send troops boldly." Fan Wencheng said with a smile.

"I understand. Zhu Youjian's scheming is too deep. If Old Fan hadn't woken up me, I would have really been worried about this matter!" Huang Taiji laughed happily.

In fact, Huang Taiji and his ministers only guessed half of the time, and half of them were impossible for them to know. The 18,000 Guanning Iron Cavalry went to the spies of the Later Jin Dynasty were simply impossible to find out, because under the seemingly chaotic situation of the military reorganization of the troops, the 18,000 Iron Cavalry had already left Liaodong in the name of abolishing the old and weak, and quickly set off towards Datong. Then, secretly rested in Datong for three days, waiting for General Man Gui's arrival. This time, the first actual combat since the Guanning Iron Cavalry was trained, the target of Qingcheng!
Chapter completed!