Yue Tuo and Dorgon suffered a loss in attacking Yanmen Pass. It was Cao Wenzhao who was stationed in Yanmen Pass. In addition to the three thousand Guanning iron cavalry, there were more than 10,000 infantry and 20,000 auxiliary soldiers and strong civilians to assist in the defense. The terrain of Yanmen Pass was complex, easy to defend but difficult to attack. With a strong general like Cao Wenzhao, the Jin army could not conquer it for a while.

Cao Wenzhao also led his troops out many times, almost killing Dorgon, which scared Dorgon.

After the Later Jin army suffered a loss, Yue Tuo advised Dorgon: "Fourth uncle, our army is good at cavalry and is not good at attacking difficulties. You don't have to waste it on Yanmen Pass. It's better to take another route to enter the capital!"

"At this time, our army's strength is far less than last time. The Khan also told us not to enter the capital area of ​​the Ming Dynasty without any effort."

"Uncle Fourteen, we don't go deep into the capital, we just move on the edge, loot their villages, rob them of one, and leave immediately, so that the Ming court can alarm them. In that way, they will not care about Datong and will even dispatch troops to surround the bandits to deal with us. We can take the opportunity to rob another one of them in Datong and leave the customs, and the purpose of this trip will be achieved."

Since we have given up attacking Yanmen Pass and have to harass the capital from another road, we are left to go to Xuanfu. If we go to Xuanfu, we must go through the valley where Li Guodong is stationed.

The Jurchen army of the Later Jin Dynasty had 25,000 troops and horses, and the Korqin Mongolian soldiers were 15,000 troops, totaling 40,000 troops, and rushed towards Xuanfu.

Over the past three days, Sakhalin has been hoping that Dorgon and Yuetuo can send troops to rescue him every day. Even if Yuetuo doesn't know the situation, the Later Jin army will come sooner or later. Unless Yuetuo breaks through Yanmen Pass and does not know the news that Sakhalin is trapped, then his thousands of troops will really explain it here. But there are very few situations in both possibilities, so Sakhalin believes that Dorgon and Yuetuo will definitely come.

But the days I have been waiting these days are really tormenting. Every day, the Ming army fired stone bullets to harass me, and at night, it was hard to rest. The food and grass were insufficient. The harassed Hou Jin soldiers were extremely exhausted, and everyone was so hungry that they were pressed on their backs.

"The sound of cannons! There is a sound of cannons!" Someone suddenly woke up the dozing Sahalian, "Master Beile, the sound of cannons comes from the entrance of the valley! It must be my great Jintian soldier!"

Sahalian stood up at once: "My boys, prepare! When the fourteenth uncle and brother's army are almost in battle, we will attack the valley entrance ahead!"

Then Sahalian turned to a personal guard and said, "Release Hai Dongqing and tell the fourteenth uncle and elder brother that we are trapped in the valley by Minggou!"

The guard turned around and left the tent, opened a cage, and a white brown spotted Haidongqing jumped out of the cage happily, spreading his wings and rushing into the sky. The Haidongqing, whose wings reached seven feet, screamed and flew into the sky, flying over Dorgon and Yuetuo's camp.

Outside the valley, Dorgon and Yuetuo's army had just arrived here not long ago. This location was on the Ming map provided by the Jin Dynasty by the Shanxi merchants. There was no military household garrison and no city fortress. It was a road. However, after Dorgon and his friends arrived, they discovered that there was an extra city fortress inexplicably.

This village is extremely large, with deer forts, trenches and sheep and horse walls on the outside. There is a total of three trenches, and there is also a Tucheng inside, which blocks the road from Datong to Xuanfu, and only a village gate is left in the middle of the Tucheng.

In fact, it was the four days after Sahalian was tied up that the Later Jin army did not attack the village again, so Han Dashan personally led Minzhuang and after four days and four nights of overtime, he built a magnificent city, blocking the only way for Dorgon and Yuetuo.

The Yanmen Pass could not pass, and the road to Xuanfu was blocked again. The Later Jin army plundered in the Datong area, and the harvest was very little. The young and strong men and women did not catch a few people, and they did not get much silver or food. This time, when they came to the Ming Dynasty, Dorgon and Yue Tuo implemented Huang Taiji's grand plan, attracted the Ming army to wipe out the bandits' army and rescue the bandits from the Ming army's encirclement. This was to prepare for the Jin Kingdom to enter the Central Plains in the future, so no matter how little they gained, the warriors of the Jin Kingdom would not have any complaints.

But the Korqin Mongols who followed them were different. They originally came back to make a fortune in order to invade and plunder. Who knew that they were excited to come in, which disappointed them.

There were very few ordinary people who were still outside the cities in Datong. Almost all the rich people ran away. Several cities, even small counties, were built to a solid extent. Every time they attacked the city, the Jurchens let the Mongols rush in front to be cannon fodder. As a result, they did not get much silver and grain, and many Korchin warriors were lost.

The people of Korqin were full of resentment, and Dorgon had no choice but to decide to go to the capital and rob the vicinity there, and perhaps there would be some great gains.

So Dorgon ordered the Later Jin army to launch a tentative attack on the front city. If there was a tough strait in front and it was difficult to conquer, then give up the attack and leave the pass from Datong to return to the grassland outside the border; if it could be conquered, then enter the capital through Xuanfu, grab a hand near Jingji, and then exit from Xuanfu.

The Later Jin army launched the first round of attacks, which were killed and injured by Han Dashan's artillery fire. The Later Jin army rushed to Luzhai and was wielding axe to chop obstacles. The Ming army on the top of the city shot with artillery and Jiutou heavy muskets, killing and injuring more than a hundred people. The Later Jin army did not even touch the wall of the Tucheng City, and more than 300 people were damaged.

"Haidongqing! Our Haidongqing! How could it appear here?" Yue Tuo raised his head and looked at the Haidongqing hovering in the sky.

Yue Tuo suddenly understood: "Not good! The third brother must have been trapped in the valley by Minggou!"

"Uncle Fourteenth, that's our Haidongqing! Third brother is trapped in the valley!" Yue Tuo hurried to find Dorgon, and anxiously pointed at Haidongqing who was hovering at the sky and said to him.

Dorgon frowned and thought for a moment and asked, "It's not that Sahalian's nephew has been killed. Minggou snatched Hai Dongqing and released him to deceive us into fighting Jianzhai?"

At this moment, another firework signal was released in the valley, which was Sahalian's distress signal.

When Dorgon saw the signal of help, he could only order firmly: "At any cost, this village must be broken!"

Because the firework signals of any army have special code words, which are equivalent to the passwords of later generations. Even if Sahalian was really destroyed, the Ming army could snatch Hai Dongqing and release it to lure the Later Jin army to attack the tough camp. However, the Ming army could not understand the meaning of the firework signals of the Later Jin army, and this could not be faked. This proves one thing: Sahalian was indeed trapped. Hearing the sound of cannons outside, he first released Hai Dongqing and then firework signals for help.

"Brothers, it seems that Jiannu is ready to fight hard! I'm going to beat me hard!" Han Dashan saw Hai Dongqing flying out of the valley and saw the fireworks signal released, and he understood that they were about to face the fierce offensive of the Later Jin army.
Chapter completed!