Huang Taiji looked worried.

Zhang Jingyi was not in a hurry and greeted him: "How are you doing in Liaodong these days? Can you see Dorgon?"

Huang Taiji said: "I have been in Ningyuan forever and have been in contact with Jiannu's envoys for dozens of times, among which... there is one person who was originally my slave."

The word "官网" has different meanings in Jiannu.

Different masters have different family slaves, and the family slaves Huang Taiji mentioned are his own coat.

No matter whether these coats are willing or not, or what happens to the master, they must show respect and look respectful. Otherwise, they will be looked down upon and even considered unfaithful.

Zhang Jingyi said: "It seems that you have had an old relationship with him. I wonder if your family is okay?"

Huang Taiji looked depressed, as if he was reluctant to mention these things.

So Zhang Jing said, "Dorgon is really brave and killed them?"

"No, they are living a good life." Huang Taiji said with a wry smile.

In Zhang Jingyi's impression, Huang Taiji is a good person who is good at calculating and will not look so frustrated even in the most difficult times.

Zhang Jingyi said: "It would be great if they can live a good life. You should be relieved. If you are a Nian family, at worst, I will let you go back."

I ambush him first. If he really dares to say yes, okay, thank you, and I will kill him immediately.

Huang Taiji smiled and said, "No need, since I am willing to cooperate with the Duke of Liao and take the responsibility of serving the people. I have been a surrender once, how can I do it for the second time? Wouldn't this become a slave of the three surnames in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms?"

When Zhang Jing heard this, she laughed and said, "I didn't expect you also like to watch the Romance of the Three Kingdoms."

"In our Jiannu, many people have a book of this book, and they read it day and night, and sometimes they can be regarded as a wonderful book for military use."

Zhang Jingyi was very surprised and couldn't help but say, "Is this kind of legend? Can this kind of legend be used as military tactics?"

Seeing that Zhang Jingyi was interested, Huang Taiji explained: "Of course, this thing cannot be regarded as a military strategy. How can there be a marching formation? The two generals fight one by one? What's more, what's more, what's more about using the east wind or the empty city strategy, but if we really use this to advance, wouldn't it be pedantic? We Jiannu people have been fighting with our fathers and brothers since childhood, and we know that the changes on the battlefield are unpredictable. We cannot win by relying on a few strange plans or a few ambushers who have predicted their future."

"Since that's the case, why do you read it as a military book?" Zhang Jingyi became even more and more strange.

Huang Taiji said: "Because this is how our opponents used troops at the beginning."

Huang Taiji continued to explain: "When the Ming army attacked, civil servants often controlled all the military and horses, and most of these civil officials knew nothing about military affairs. Their military affairs probably originated from the Romance and opera. What they loved the most was to shake the feather fan and put on a strategic look, such as the Bagua formation, the ambush on ten sides, and the empty city plan. Their military insights were probably like this."

"So, as long as we read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, we know what tricks the imperial military horses would play. One can see one accurately, and eight out of ten, many of the Ming army's tactics can be traced in the Romance. If we read these Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it is equivalent to knowing oneself and an enemy in Sun Tzu's art of war. Therefore, one strike is accurate, so that we can win with confidence."

"Ah..." Zhang Jing was so surprised that she couldn't speak.

That's still true!

He originally thought that there were many wisdom in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and these Jiannu people were superficial. Seeing so many tactics in the book, they regarded them as the standard.

Who would have expected...

This is somewhat like the so-called tomb robbers in later generations. Tomb robbers know Feng Shui well. Of course, this is not because tomb robbers really believe in this Feng Shui.

Instead, they knew that the ancients value Feng Shui the most, so those great officials and nobles chose cemeteries, which must be the blessed land in Feng Shui. As long as they understand the ancient Feng Shui techniques, they searched for the so-called good cemetery according to the method inside, and digged down, they would almost be accurate. In the past ten, they could dig out large tombs.

Unexpectedly, there are similarities in this.

But soon, Zhang Jingyi couldn't laugh.

Military affairs are under the control of a group of scholars who are full of X in their minds. This is the wealth and life of hundreds of thousands of people.

But no one questioned the court and the country, and even in the heyday of the eunuch party, no one raised any objections.

Zhang Jingyi said: "What are you going to report secretly?"

Huang Taiji said: "In Ningyuan, although I have no evidence, there are obvious signs of a large number of Jiannu people's activities. This phenomenon is not only Ningyuan, but also the entire Liaodong. In addition, the eight major merchants were taken, and the court seemed to have taken action against some Liao generals. In addition... Dorgon discussed peace with me this time... it seemed very interested."

“Very interested?”

"Yes." Huang Taiji said: "He sent a large number of envoys to talk to me very happily. Regarding the conditions proposed by our Ming Dynasty, such as the generals and horses retreating to Liaobei, their own retreat, etc.... They seemed to have signs of letting go."

Zhang Jingyi was cautious: "So what do you think?"

Huang Taiji thought for a while and said, "Although Dorgon is young, his ambition is lofty, not to mention... In the Eight Banners, he has always despised the Ming court, so how could he be said to discuss peace? With Dorgon's current prestige, he still has several brothers above him, and his own strength cannot convince the Eight Banners' lords. If he agrees to negotiate peace with the Ming Dynasty, he will definitely be opposed by the banner owners of each banner."

Zhang Jing nodded in agreement and said, "Yes, if I were Dorgon, I would never meet for peace, otherwise I would be afraid that Xiao Yun would cause trouble. His little prestige would soon disappear. What do you mean is that Dorgon should have shown his toughness, and should not be interested in peace talks?"

"That's true." Huang Taiji said: "If he wants to negotiate peace at this time, then the only possibility is that he is secretly mobilizing troops and horses to paralyze the court in the name of peace, and at the same time..."

Speaking of this, Huang Taiji's palm was going down everything, and the meaning was very obvious. A big battle was about to break out.

Zhang Jingyi's expression became solemn, and he said, "What you said makes sense. It seems that you need to be more prepared."

He didn't hesitate anymore and looked at Huang Taiji and said, "I'll go see you, you can go too."

Huang Taiji nodded.

Immediately, Zhang Jingyi asked someone to take the horse, and took Huang Taiji together, and rushed towards the direction of the palace.

In fact, Zhang Jingyi clearly felt that Huang Taiji's attitude was different this time.

If Huang Taiji had been more passive in his cooperation with him in the past, then this time Huang Taiji was quite proactive after returning from Liaodong.

I don’t know what happened to this guy in Liaodong.

But if he had any conspiracy and reminding the Ming army to pay attention to the movements of the Jiannu people, it seemed... it would be beneficial to the Ming Dynasty without any harm.

But Zhang Jingyi was not inconvenient to ask more questions about this.

When the two of them rushed into the palace and met Emperor Tianqi, Huang Taiji immediately reported the matter again.

Emperor Tianqi really took it very seriously and immediately said to Wei Zhongxian beside him: "Mark..."

Wei Zhongxian quickly spread the map in front of Emperor Tianqi.

Emperor Tianqi lowered his head and looked at the map seriously, then said coldly: "Is it possible that they are going to cooperate with people inside and outside to attack Ningyuan or Jinzhou?"

Immediately, Emperor Tianqi looked at Wei Zhongxian again and said, "Summon Tian Ergeng."

Soon, Tian Ergeng met and saluted.

Emperor Tianqi looked up and said, "What are the trends in Liaodong recently?"

Tian Ergeng hurriedly said, "There is no movement, it has always been calm, but I have heard that Dorgon seems to have had a conflict with his brother, and both sides are at a strife."

"Is that true?" Emperor Aoki raised his eyebrows and said, "Can the news be confirmed?"

"I'm not sure." Tian Ergeng smiled bitterly, "Maybe this is the other party's usual suspicion array?"

Emperor Aoki frowned and said, "While discussing peace, there was another rumor that there was a dispute within it. In this way, it is really worrying."

As he said that, he slapped the desk with his hands and his eyes half closed.

After a long time, he opened his eyes and looked at Huang Taiji and said, "What else do they do?"

Huang Taiji said: "There is no other move, but... I found some traces of their meticulous activities in Ningyuan. Although I dare not be very sure, there are many merchants in Ningyuan and other places. Although these merchants are far inferior to those eight merchants, I saw them when I was still in Jiannu."

Emperor Tianqi said: "The Jiannu people are best at attacking, and they are very good at cooperating inside and outside, so they almost defeat everything. The only battle in Ningyuan, which saved Ningyuan City, was when Yuan Chonghuan ordered people to lock the city gates directly, and directly sealed the city gates with big stones, which made the inner responders in their city unable to secretly open the city gates."

"So you're right. They're doing so much, and they're so frequent, so they should have big moves."

Speaking of this, Emperor Aoki smiled bitterly.

Can you imagine that the Jiannu people are best at field battles, but they have almost no defeat in attacking the strong cities, because there are always people in the city who are rushing to open the city gate secretly and then seek credit from the Jiannu people.

Emperor Tianqi thought about it carefully and said, "So... Wei's partner issued an order to Yuan Chonghuan and Man Gui, telling them that Jinzhou and Ningyuan were the top priority. If there is any mistake, they would not have to come to see me again. He also issued an order to Mao Wenlong, the general of Dongjiang Town, and also told him to pay attention to the situation in the hinterland of Liaodong at any time. Once the Jiannu people were in full bloom, they would immediately attack the Jiannu's nest. As for the vanguard general Zu Dashou, he needed to beware of the movements of Korqin and other departments, and the defense of Shanhaiguan and other departments should be strengthened...especially Shanhaiguan!"
Chapter completed!