Huang Taiji led his army north to plunder this time, and most of the tribes he faced were not highly civilized, or even half-civilized savage tribes.

These tribes, known as the Beishan Jurchens or Savage Jurchens, have lived on nomadic herding or fishing and hunting for generations, have strong physiques, fierce personalities, and are not afraid of death when fighting, but they lack iron weapons, inferior weapons, and lack training, and have neither standing armies nor effective organization and command.

Even the most important bows and arrows of these tribes, the arrows and arrows do not have much iron, and many of them are made of fish bones or stone chips, such a level of equipment, where is the opponent of the Eight Banners under Huang Taiji.

Therefore, since Huang Taiji led the army to the north, he has been devastating and invincible along the way.

Previously, due to the defeat in Jinzhou and Ningyuan City in the summer of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, and the defeat of Chongzhen's Jianyu in Dongjiang Town in September of the first year of Chongzhen, his confidence was shaken, and he was completely swept away, and now when it comes to the conquest of the Southern Dynasty, he has become confident and firm again.

After this alliance, Chechen Khan Shuolei, one of the leaders of the Khalkha Mongol tribes who had moved to Mobei but bordered Horqin in the east, led his Mobei cavalry and returned to his own grazing place in the Krulun River valley with the cattle, sheep and livestock rewarded by Huangtaiji.

However, Tushetu Khan Oba, Korqin's left wing Bel Zaisan, Korqin's right wing Bel Kongor, and Ula Beyleb Zhantai, did not dare to leave.

Because their territory is very close to the Houjin Kingdom, the current Houjin Kingdom has returned from plundering in the north, and has taken the lower reaches of the Naowen River, the Asu River and the area, and even many tribes on both sides of the Heilongjiang River as savage Jurchen tribes.

Either they are subdued, or they are slaughtered.

This thunderous method brought a powerful deterrent to these Mongolian tribes who lived and nomadized around the Houjin Kingdom.

Including the already Jurchenized Uliangha Mongol leader of the Ula tribe, Beleb Zhantai, had to be more cautious than before to serve Huang Taiji, who is now known as the Tiancong Emperor of the Dajin Kingdom.

Before, these people had been cautiously accompanying Huang Taiji to talk in the big tent for a long time, and the initial topic was how to treat the Guangning City in front of them.

After all, Huang Taiji, led by these people and tens of thousands of troops, has been stationed near Quang Ninh for more than ten days, and this city of Quang Ninh is now ruined, and the defenders are few, so it is not impossible to defeat it.

However, after discussing for a long time, Huang Taiji still insisted on his original proposition, that is, to give the Ming army's reinforcements a little more time.

Because he saw with his own eyes that the garrison in the city sent messengers south to ask for help, according to the characteristics of the previous Ming Dynasty that every inch of land must be contested, he would definitely not give up Guangning easily, and as long as Jinzhou or Ningyuan sent reinforcements in the direction of Guangning, then it was equivalent to entering his pocket.

For this reason, Huang Taiji, who had re-established his position, also reprimanded Mang Gurtai, the owner of the Zhenglan Banner, who held different opinions, and drove him out of the big tent.

Now, Huang Taiji's authority is getting heavier, whether it is the so-called old system of the Eight Kings or the rule of the four Baylors sitting together, of course, Huang Taiji has once again been thrown aside.

At this time, these tribal Khans and Baylors, who were kneeling in front of Huang Taiji in the big tent, listened to Huang Taiji's words about attacking the Southern Dynasty, even if they muttered a little in their hearts, thinking that Huang Taiji really underestimated the Southern Dynasty, but on the surface, where did they dare to have any different opinions, they were all busy nodding their heads in praise and agreement.

This time, from Huang Taiji, who received a large number of rewards and supplements, the left-wing Mongolian Belle Zhaisang of Horqin, bowed his head and said:

"Great Khan, ah no, Your Majesty, Your Majesty is right! Now the Dajin Kingdom has gone north to the lower reaches of the Naowen River and the Asu River, and subdued the savage Jurchen and Beishan Jurchen tribes one by one, and now the white mountains and black waters are all in the hands of Your Majesty, and the vastness of Your Majesty's territory is comparable to that of the Great Jin Dynasty six hundred years ago, and Your Majesty's achievements will also surpass the Emperor of the Great Jin Kingdom of that year! It must not be difficult to destroy the Southern Dynasty! ”

Oba, Kongor, and Buzhantai watched Jaisan say these words, and they all nodded in agreement: "What Jaisan Belle said is extremely true! ”

Kong Guoer also continued: "Recently, the proprietor of the Fan family's business who came from a long distance from the mouth of the Killing Tiger to the north of Monan Naturalization City, talking about the internal situation of the Southern Dynasty, it is really a mess! It is said that now in the border of the Southern Dynasties, the whole of Shaanxi and Shanxi have rebelled, and dozens of thieves, large and small, occupy the mountains as kings, killing officials and rebelling. For the Dajin Kingdom, this is a heaven-sent opportunity to go south and cut Ming! His Majesty returned from the Northern Expedition, just taking advantage of the great victory of the Northern Expedition to the south, and the Southern Dynasty will definitely not be able to stop it! ”

Huang Taiji listened to what Kong Guoer said, and immediately laughed, obviously this sentence was in his arms.

At this time, Fan Wencheng, who was kneeling on the side, waited for Huang Taiji's laughter to stop, and immediately followed Kong Guoer's words and said: "Your Majesty, now the courtiers Wen Yu and Sun Degong are accompanying Yangguli Eyu, and they have entered the killing of Hukou in Datong Town, an important town in the north of the Southern Dynasty, and have connected with the Fan family and the Wang family in Shanxi who had come and gone to Liaodong before. In the future, whether it is to attack the Southern Dynasty, or to recuperate, the ministers and the merchants in Shanxi who kill Hukou can all be pre-made internal responses and guides for our Dajin Army! ”

In fact, whether it is what Fang Cai Kong Guoer said, or what Fan Wencheng said now, Huang Taiji already knows that the caravan that came to Horqin with the caravan that killed Hu Kou arrived in Horqin, as well as the secret letter written by Yanguli to Huang Taiji.

If it weren't for this caravan and this secret letter, just with Huang Taiji's men and horses who returned from plundering in the north this time, he would not dare to have the idea of attacking the Southern Dynasty again when Dongjiang Town was not destroyed now.

After Fan Wencheng finished saying Fang Cai's words, he saw Huang Taiji nodding thoughtfully, so he continued: "This Fan family business is very important to my Dajin Dynasty, not only can it provide the inside information of the Ming Kingdom of the Southern Dynasty, but also can deliver the vital salt, iron, tea and grain for my Dajin. Now the proprietor of the Fan family's business is in the army of Kongolbele, and the minister asks His Majesty to take the time to see him, give him a lot of benefits, and strengthen his heart! ”

Huang Taiji nodded and said, "That's how it should be!" ”

Fan Wencheng and the right-wing Mongolian Bel Konggol of Horqin said that the proprietor of the Fan family's business is actually not the real proprietor of the Shanxi wealthy merchant Jiexiu Fan.

Because Fan Yongdou, the real proprietor of the Jiexiu Fan clan, is now very cautious about the smuggling trade.

Although Fan Yongdou does not read much, but the mind is very active, the sense of smell is also very keen, since the current emperor ascended the throne, Zhangjiakou soon appeared a Jinyi Wei thousand households, began to strictly investigate the private export trade of Zhangjiakou merchants, and set up an official field along the border, the private business can only trade with the Mongolian tribes outside the mouth in the field, and the guards of the border forts along the border of Xuanfu Town, which have been fed for several years, have also been arrested and beheaded by Jinyi Guard.

And then it didn't take long for the news that the Karaqin Mongols had been annexed to the Ming Dynasty, and the Taiji Burhatu of Karaqin had been canonized as the king of Guiyi by the Ming Dynasty.

Not long after, Hadan Batel, the leader of the Duolun tribe who was guarding the place where Zhangjiakou had to pass for outbound trade, also became the Muyi Marquis attached to the Ming Dynasty.

All of this made Fan Yongdou, who had a ghost in his heart, vigilant, and his actions were much more restrained, and he did not dare to carry out smuggling trade in Zhangjiakou anymore.

Later, Wang Dengku, one of the eight major families of the Shanxi Chamber of Commerce in Zhangjiakou, finally secretly sent a caravan out of the pass, but it was also dirty by the officers and soldiers of Rehebao, and there was no news.

Since then, the Shanxi Chamber of Commerce, which originally gathered in Zhangjiakou and made a fortune from border trade, and other private businesses have been in a hurry, and they dare not easily send people out of the customs, so they can only trade with the Mongolian tribes in the field in a regular manner.

The smuggling trade, which was once flourishing by the Shanxi Chamber of Commerce in Zhangjiakou, is now difficult to carry out in Zhangjiakou.

But the nature of a businessman is originally to chase profits, as long as there is a high enough profit, even if he risks killing his head and stealing his family, he will not be able to help but try it after all.

Therefore, when the road for Zhangjiakou to export to the north was cut off, he instructed the Fan family firm in Zhangjiakou to lie dormant and honestly participate in the government-run trade outside Zhangjiakou, and on the other hand, he thought day and night with the other seven proprietors of the Shanxi Chamber of Commerce in Zhangjiakou, who were not willing to be lonely, looking for countermeasures.

As the saying goes, as long as the mind does not slip, there are always more ways than difficulties.

Since there is no way to carry out smuggling trade in Zhangjiakou, can we do it in another place?

Next, Fan Yongdou led several major proprietors of the Shanxi Chamber of Commerce in Zhangjiakou and began to send his shopkeepers to look for opportunities from Zhangjiakou to the west.

Why only to the west?

If Zhangjiakou is not good in this place, then the Great Wall Pass to the east of Zhangjiakou must be even worse, because in addition to Zhangjiakou, the Dushikou and Longmen gates under the jurisdiction of Xuanfu Town are facing the territory of Duolun and Rehebao, and the forts along Jizhen and Shanhaiguan are even more difficult to the east.

In the first year of Chongzhen, Sun Chengzong, the minister of military aircraft, was ordered to patrol the border along Jizhen and Shanhaiguan, and the intensity of the border preparations along these two border passes was more in-depth and thorough than that of Xuanfu.

In this way, after looking around from Zhangjiakou to the west and along the passes of the Great Wall, Fan Yongkui, the boss of the Fan family, soon found that there was an opportunity to kill Hukou.