In the seventh year of Chongzhen, September of the eighth year of Tiancong, Liaodong, Shengjing.

"Pa" Huang Taiji's fat hands slapped the dragon table heavily. He stood up and looked at Dorgon and Yue Tuo who were kneeling in front of him: "It is not good to go out, and the soldiers are defeated! Yue Tuo Beile, even your third brother is lost! You said that you are familiar with Han people's books! You will actually be so fooled!"

"Slaves are guilty! Slaves deserve to die!" Yue Tuo kowtowed repeatedly.

"Get up! You are the deputy general, and the crime is Dorgon!" Huang Taiji turned his head to look at Dorgon, "Fourth brother, you are also familiar with military books. Why don't you understand the reason why I only go all the way? If you hadn't divided the troops, how could Sakhalin be defeated by the Ming army and die in the valley? Do you still remember the Battle of Sarhu back then? The Ming Dynasty divided the troops and gave our army an opportunity to take advantage of it! Now you divide the troops yourself, which led to the defeat of the Ming general."

"Khan, the servant deserves to die!" Dorgon kowtowed repeatedly.

"Seeing that you have made great contributions to my great Jin Kingdom, I will spare you for the death penalty for the time being! But you must remove Beile and make meritorious in your sentence! You and Yuetuo, two criminal ministers, will go to Tumote again to cut off the connection between Tumote and Mongolia in the northern part of the desert!" Huang Taiji said.

"Thank you, Khan!" Dorgon and Yue Tuo kowtowed a few times.

Huang Taiji continued: "Remember, if you two want to conquer Mongolia, the key is to Tumot and Chahar. Mongolia in northern Mobei is not worth worrying. Siege the city as the subordinate, attack the heart as the Shang, and both tribes need to be soft as the main and hard as the auxiliary, so that they are willing to submit to my Dajin! Tumot is close to Han people and cannot be recognized by other Mongolian tribes. Omubu Khan has always been at the top of the rat, and can be designed and divided into my Dajin. Only by subduing the Tumot people and making Lin Danhan lose hope can Chahar surrender. Lin Danhan was born soon, and his son Ezhe was the direct descendant of the Golden Family. Mongolian hereditary Khan, and the imperial seal of the Mongolian Yuan, must make him willing to submit to my Dajin."

"Zhe!" Dorgon and Yue Tou fought back.

Datong, Xuanda Governor's Office, and Ming Dynasty Minister Zhang Fengyi rushed to Datong because of the invasion of Jiannu.

Zhang Zongheng, Governor of Xuanda, reported to the Minister of War Zhang Fengyi in a low voice: "Zhang Getai, this time he has won more than 6,000 heads of the real slaves, more than 4,000 heads of the Mongolian Tartars, and more than 3,000 heads of the Han people."

Zhang Fengyi snorted coldly: "Director Zhang, this credit is not yours! Your Majesty has already learned that Jiannu has invaded and has issued an edict to repair the pass garrisons. Why do you let Jiannu break into Datong? After General Cao and General Li expelled Jiannu, you were robbed by Jiannu again! In order to drive Jiannu, Xuanda suppressed the bandits and soldiers had to return to Xuanda, causing the bandits to escape, head straight to the two Huaihuai, threatening Jiangnan! Now Your Majesty is furious! Fortunately, the two generals came to help, and then drove away Jiannu! With such credit, you can only keep your head. Your Majesty has a suitable candidate for this Governor Xuanda."

"Thank you the emperor!" Zhang Zongheng, who knew that he was guilty, knelt on the ground and kowtowed towards the capital.

The bandits had already threatened Fengyang. What was Fengyang? Zhang Zongheng, as a senior official of the court, naturally understood that once Fengyang was lost, this responsibility must have something to do with him. He failed to stop the Jiannu from invading, so Chongzhen had to draw the Xuanda officers and soldiers who were suppressing the bandits in the Central Plains and returned to Xuanda. As a result, the bandits rushed out of the Central Plains, attacked the two Huaihe Rivers, and threatened Jiangnan.

Chongzhen was furious. It was already good that Zhang Zongheng could still keep his head. At this time, he could only pray in his heart that the bandits would not break through Fengyang.

"Duchen Zhang, please clean up, the new Governor Xuanda will come to take office soon." Zhang Fengyi said with a straight face, but he was delighted. So many Jiannu heads were a great contribution to his Minister of War. But Zhang Zongheng was a bad guy. Emperor Chongzhen had long wanted to replace him and replace him with someone who could trust to come to Xuanda to take office.

A month later, in October of the seventh year of Chongzhen, the new governor of Xuanda Yang Sichang came to Datong.

Zhang Zongheng, who was dismissed by Chongzhen, handed over the official seal and left Datong in shame.

Although there were 6,000 true slave heads, 4,000 Mongolian Tartar heads and more than 3,000 Han heads, this incident still made Chongzhen Longyan furious. Because the Datong border did not block the invasion of the Later Jin Dynasty, some of the officers and soldiers who were originally sent to the Central Plains to wipe out the bandits were forced to return to Xuanda, and the bandits were able to survive.

As the situation continued in this way, the bandits had become a prairie fire. The officers and soldiers from all walks of life were unable to block the bandits. The places where the bandits passed by were not growing, and the rich land of the two Huai Rivers turned into scorched earth, which made Chongzhen's dragon-faced furious and the ministers were silent.

Compared to Zhang Zongheng, Datong Governor Hu Zhanen was even more miserable and was directly exiled. According to the original historical trajectory, the generals of Datong towns were implicated, and even Cao Wenzhao was demoted. This time, Chongzhen, for the sake of more than 6,000 real slave heads, Yang Guozhu, Hu Dawei and others sent monks to assist in the battle. It was fine for several generals who were divided into the head. Not only was Cao Wenzhao not guilty, but made great contributions, but also some generals with poor vision. The people who did not send servants to assist Li Guodong in the battle this time were implicated, some were demoted, and some were dismissed.

"This time, Li Guodong, who was stationed in Shabeigou, made the greatest contribution. Now the emperor decided to win over Mongolia in the northern part of the desert, unite with the Tumotes, and jointly attack Jiannu. Li Guodong has been outside the pass for a long time and is familiar with the Mongolian tribes, so he will leave this matter to him." Yang Sichang, the newly appointed Governor of Xuanda, asked to invite Li Guodong.

During this period, Li Guodong was happy. His soldiers fought bravely and beheaded more than 10,000 yuan. In addition to the credits he distributed, his own credits were still 7,000 yuan. The court rewarded 10,000 taels of silver and sent people to him a large amount of gunpowder and a swarm of rockets. The second highlight was that his wife He Xiuying gave birth to a daughter.

Although he is a daughter, Li Guodong loves his daughter very much. He is not a man who prefers boys over girls, and his daughter is the same as his son. He named his daughter Li Bingting.

At this time, Li Guodong was sitting in the study and talking to Wang Quan who had returned from the south.

"The bandits broke out of the encirclement of the official army and invaded the two Huaihe Rivers. Now the emperor is furious. Many officials in the court are in trouble. Our city was also attacked by a small group of bandits. Fortunately, we led our troops to fight fiercely for three days and nights to defeat the bandits." Wang Quan told Li Guodong about what happened in the south two months ago.

"When you seize this opportunity, recruit more refugees to the village. Perhaps one day in the future, we will all go to the south to develop together. Toutu City is crucial." Li Guodong paused slightly and said.

Wang Quan asked again: "Brother, Miss Liu Rushi and those two little maids miss you very much. When will you go back to the south to see them?"
Chapter completed!