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He did not expect that the cavalry, whose destination was unknown, would rush all the way to Phoenix City in broad daylight, destroying all the grain fields they saw along the way.

When we arrived at Fenghuang City, night fell again, just like Tangzhan Fort. Even though Fenghuang City was a big city, the details of the Ming army outside were unknown. Jianlu did not dare to leave the city at night even after trying it. But when they waited until dawn, there was no trace of the Ming army. By this time, the messenger from Tangzhanbao rushed to Phoenix City to report the situation, but it was too late.

At first, Jianlu thought that the Ming army was grabbing food as in previous years, but soon they discovered something was wrong. The Ming army did not come to seize grain, but to destroy the grain harvest, and they did so with all their heart. They won't fight if they can, and they will destroy one more place if they can. These Ming soldiers are almost like iron men who don't need to rest. They can transfer damage much faster than the messengers.

Realizing this purpose, all the Jianlu who understood it panicked and hurriedly sent an urgent message directly to Shenyang.

When Huang Taiji first received the report, he thought it was an isolated case, but later when the generals in various places who had been harmed by the Ming army sent messengers to rush to deliver the news, he was a little panicked.

In the end, he didn't even care whether it was late at night or not, so he summoned his Beilebeizi and others all night long to hold a royal meeting.

Huang Taiji's fat face was covered with dark clouds. He looked at the ministers below and said sternly: "The Ming Dynasty is despicable and shameless. They actually sent cavalry troops to destroy the Qing Dynasty's grain harvest regardless of the goodness of heaven!"

While saying this, a guard pushed over a screen with a map of Liaodong drawn on it. I saw two dazzling arrows on it, one east and one west, almost converging.

Huang Taiji strode over, pointed at the map with his fat finger and continued: "This is Guan Ning Cao Wenzhao's headquarters. There are about a thousand cavalry troops destroying grain fields along the way; and here, there are Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Denglai, personally led his cavalry and suddenly emerged from Tangzhan Fort and marched westward, destroying all the grain fields along the way."

At this point, he slapped his palm between the two arrows and shouted sternly: "I infer that they will join forces and then escape from the grassland back to the Ming Dynasty. This time, we must not let them escape again! We must not Let them continue to destroy, otherwise many people in our country will die this winter!"

Judging from the reports, the Ming army has destroyed a lot, and the consequences of food shortages are very serious, especially now that the population has returned to its previous level. Regarding this, the Jianlu leaders here have a clear understanding of this. .

Therefore, after hearing these "despicable" behaviors of the Ming army, they were all very angry and asked for a battle one after another, saying that they must keep these Ming soldiers who had killed thousands of people.

Huang Taiji's desire to cut these Ming troops into pieces was stronger than theirs. Because even if all these Ming troops were killed, the losses caused by these Ming troops could no longer be recovered. Huang Taiji knew better than anyone how much the most critical food would affect the Qing Dynasty's national power.

Therefore, although it was already night, Huang Taiji still issued an order: "Now the Ming army has lost its trace here. It is possible that they fled outside the fortress or rested somewhere. In any case, all banners removed their cavalry and set off overnight. , surround us from all sides, we must not let them destroy the grain fields anymore or let them escape back into the pass!"

"According to the order!" The Jianlu leaders present here all responded with anger and loudly, wishing to peel off the skin and cramps of those Ming soldiers!

After the imperial meeting ended, Huang Taiji seemed to be unable to support the weight of his body anymore. He fell down and sat on the throne, holding his head with both hands, as if he had a headache.

In the past, it was always easy to deal with Mingguo, and everything about Mingguo was under his control. At that time, what I wanted was to master the Qing Dynasty and be able to make arbitrary decisions about the world. I believe that as long as no one else drags me back, I will be able to make the Qing Dynasty go further.

When Huang Taiji thought of this, he leaned back, tilted his head back, and continued to think with his eyes closed: But now, although he can make decisions alone and no one is dragging him back, why is everything so bad? Woolen cloth!

Suddenly, he opened his little eyes, his eyes were piercing, and he secretly hated himself. What happened to the young Emperor of the Ming Dynasty that he suddenly became enlightened? There was still some powerful person assisting him, and he actually made a series of moves, making all his plans go to waste.

Originally, I thought that the Qing Dynasty's national power would reach a higher level with my own efforts. But the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty actually used such a trick to drain the firepower. Without food, all the previous efforts were in vain!

With a "pop", Huang Taiji slapped his hand on the armrest of the throne, and said in a hateful voice: "How could I lose to a young boy like you! I will never admit defeat!"

The guards in yellow jackets beside them looked at their noses and hearts, as if they didn't hear any sound. However, they were surprised in their hearts. His Majesty was so powerful, how could he be so out of control?

At this time, just as Huang Taiji thought, Lu Xiangsheng had successfully joined forces with Cao Wenzhao. However, they did not cause damage in this area, so Huang Taiji had the illusion that they had not joined forces yet.

It was also at this time that Lu Xiangsheng regained contact with the emperor through Gao Yingyuan and learned about the situation on the New Army side.

The other soldiers were seizing the time to rest, but Lu Xiangsheng still kept his spirits up and said with a smile to Cao Wenzhao, who was also extremely tired: "Finally, we have lived up to the emperor's expectations. Everything went as planned. The new army has arrived at its destination to rest. The vacated warships have also set off, so let’s proceed as planned tomorrow morning!”

"Everything is subject to Master Zhongcheng's orders." Although Cao Wenzhao was very tired, he was in a good mood, "Jianlu must have thought that we were going to the grassland again, haha, let them intercept us!"

The previous route of the two of them in the attack was actually carefully selected, and it was vaguely pointed out that they would eventually escape to the grassland. This is why Cao Wenzhao said this.

Lu Xiangsheng smiled and said: "The emperor spent a lot of effort to come up with this battle plan. It would be weird if Jianlu could guess it casually! Okay, go to sleep, we will be tired for the next few days. Woolen cloth!"

"No matter how tired I am, I am willing to fight such a happy battle!" Cao Wenzhao responded with a smile, and then looked at each other and smiled with Lu Xiangsheng.

Emperor Chongzhen, who was far away in the capital, learned about the situation here through Gao Yingyuan, and he was also happy. At this time, the chamberlain reported that Liu Xingzuo, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, wanted to see him.