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In the blink of an eye, it was the first year of Tiancong in the next year. Dorgon was always cautious and urged his two brothers not to make mistakes, especially Azig. He participated in almost every military operation of the Kingdom of Jin and gradually accumulated military exploits. If you don't make mistakes, you can slowly build up prestige in the army.And Duo Duo seems to be much more peaceful, and no longer argues with Huang Taiji at every turn. Although Duo Ergun knows that his heart is still full of hatred, as long as he doesn't cause trouble, the world will be peaceful.

In April, the ice on the surface of the Hunhe River gradually melted, and some unafraid birds chased and played on the lake, sometimes dived into the water to fish, and sometimes flapped their wings to fly at low altitude. .

There is still thin ice in the shallow water near the shore, and the white and crystal-clear ice reflects the sun's rays, dazzling the eyes.

Dorgon stood on the shore and stepped on the ice with his feet, as if trying to test the hardness of the ice.

"It's dangerous over there, come here, it's not good to fall." Huang Taiji reminded on horseback.

Dorgon took a few steps back, found another place that had melted away, washed his hands in the river water, and then returned to his horse.

The sun was about to set, and the two of them seemed to be walking along the bank of the Hun River facing the setting sun, with two long shadows drawn behind them.

"The envoy from Chahar came today and said that Yuan Chonghuan was working day and night to build Dalinghe, Xiaolinghe, Jinzhou and other cities. It is the same as what was reported by the people who escaped from the Ming Dynasty not long ago. It seems to be true. "Huang Taiji said suddenly.

Dorgon expected that he brought himself out just to talk about it, and after waiting for a long time, he finally spoke.

"You and Yuan Chonghuan have been exchanging letters for almost half a year. If you want to procrastinate, he also wants to procrastinate." Dorgon replied.

"What do you think, how should we deal with it next?"

Before he discussed with the other big Baylors, he first came to tell himself that Dorgon was still a little surprised, at least it could prove that his opinion was weighty to him. "You want to fight?" Dorgon asked back.

Huang Taiji nodded: "The Ming army is good at defending cities. Siege is the weakness of our Eight Banners army. Once these cities are repaired, it will be even more difficult for us to attack."

"In your opinion, what is the status of Ningjin Second City?"

Huang Taiji turned to look at him: "What do you think?"

Dorgon jumped off his horse, picked up a stone, and sat on the ground.

Huang Taiji couldn't help smiling, and got off his horse, sitting cross-legged facing him.

Dorgon drew a circle on the ground, drew a dot on the upper right corner of the circle, and drew another dot on the upper right corner of this dot, pointed to these three circles in turn and said: "These are Shanhaiguan, Ningyuan , Jinzhou, Yuan Chonghuan is very smart. He first built Ningyuan City, pushed the defense line forward by [-] miles, and then built Jinzhou on the basis of Ningyuan. For Yuan Chonghuan, the two cities of Ning and Jin are of great significance." He said, and drew a sharp triangle on the two points of Ning and Jin.

Huang Taiji folded his arms, looked at the map he had drawn, without saying a word, noncommittal.

Dorgon glanced at him, and changed the topic: "But to me, Da Jin, it's like a chicken rib. It's tasteless to eat, and it's a pity to discard it."

This sentence obviously hit Huang Taiji's mind, and he smiled without hesitation.

Dorgon continued: "Even if we occupy the second city of Ningjin, if we want to send troops to garrison the fields, it will not be worth the loss for us. There are Mongolian tribes that have not yet been conquered behind us, and the annoying Mao Wenlong. We are not like the Ming Dynasty. There are so many people, once too many troops are deployed in Ning Jin, it will affect my rear arrangement. At that time, it will ruin the big thing. And, even if we really defend well, the benefits will not be great, but It’s going to take less time to go to Shanhaiguan in the future.”

"Then what do you mean, there is no need to fight?" Huang Taiji said.

"That doesn't work either. You just said that we have to use Guan Ningjin's line. If we let them build the city, we will be the ones to do the hard work."

Regarding Dorgon's opinion, Huang Taiji was secretly surprised. Although he knew that he was very talented since he was a child, he was still very admirable when he heard about it.But after secretly sighing, there are mixed feelings again, I don't know whether to be happy or sad.Dorgon's superficial obedience cannot conceal the hatred in his heart, and Huang Taiji knows this very well. If he uses all his ingenuity to deal with himself, how should he deal with it?

Huang Taiji didn't want to think about it for the time being, and said with a smile: "It's not even if you fight, and it's not even if you don't fight."

"If we capture it, we will tear down the city and burn it down. When we withdraw our troops, they will come back to build the city again. What a pity."

"It's not a pity." Huang Taiji corrected, "On the surface, we just demolished it, but they built it. It is easy to dismantle, but difficult to build. How much will it cost them to rebuild a city? Add in the spoils we took away, and they will have to How much loss did you suffer? Do you know how much the Ming court has to increase Liao's salary every year to deal with us? If so, it is still not enough to make ends meet, and most soldiers have no salary. This is an increasingly heavy burden for the Ming court. Their confidants are not only troubled by us, but also the rogues of the people. The more we consume their financial resources, the more they increase the tax burden, more and more good people cannot survive, and they become bandits. The country becomes more turbulent, and they increase again burden, it’s a vicious circle.”

Dorgon lowered his head and thought for a moment. During the continuous dialogue with Huang Taiji, he saw the situation in front of him more clearly, and his emotions became more excited: "Yes, we can't swallow the Ming Dynasty in one go, we just want to drag them down."

"That's right, while dragging them down, we are consolidating our regime. We eat bit by bit and grow bit by bit."

Dorgon raised his head, his eyes sparkled with excitement, which was more dazzling than the stars: "We have temporarily settled North Korea, and we can turn our focus to Mongolia. As long as we unify the north of the Great Wall and gather all the people in Manchuria The military strength, the Ming Dynasty will be almost defeated by then, are you afraid that we will not be able to take them?"

The minds of the two collided fiercely, sparks flew everywhere, every nerve was jumping and screaming, it was a strong desire to conquer the world, it was a purely male desire, for a man with wild blood in his blood From a human point of view, nothing in this world is more attractive than the downfall of the world. One day, one day you will stand on the top of a high mountain, look up to all living beings, and accept the worship of all people.

In the previous life, due to his limited age and experience, when he was able to be alone, the big picture had already been drawn up.When Huang Taiji passed away, he led the Eight Banners Army to enter the pass, and it was a matter of course. Although his military achievements were unparalleled, he followed the steps of his predecessors in the end.

In this life, at the beginning of Huang Taiji's planning, he was able to participate in it and integrate his thoughts into the plan.

His heart was ecstatic, his blood was racing, not for anything else, just to be able to draw a beautiful blueprint with his own hands.

Huang Taiji was equally excited. It is better to discuss with two than to explore alone. How many people could sit with him to discuss and think.Originally, he just took him out of the city with a casual attitude, and listened to the thoughts in his head, but he didn't expect that the two sat on the spot and had a long talk, and the harvest was far beyond his expectations.

Huang Taiji stared at Dorgon, his joy was beyond words.

It would be great if they could have such a tacit understanding forever, and there would be no problems in this world that could stump the two brothers.

They can go hand in hand and step on all obstacles that stand in front of them.

It would be nice if some things didn't happen in the past.

After the excitement, Dorgon calmed down and thought of another important thing.

He did not participate in the battle of Ning Jin in his previous life, but he knew that the Jin army did not take advantage of this battle, but suffered heavy losses. The Ming Dynasty almost lost the direction of the Eight Banners army by taking advantage of artillery fire.This is also related to Huang Taiji's stubbornness and aggressiveness in this battle, influenced by Nurhachi's failure to attack Ningyuan and his anti-self-injury.This time, we must not allow the Eight Banners Army to be hit hard again.

Dorgon said jokingly: "But Yuan Chonghuan is not a soft persimmon. Who knows if he got some secret weapon when we weren't paying attention. The last time it was the Hongyi Cannon, it's hard to say this time. Once the attack is unfavorable, don't jump in a hurry."

Huang Taiji gave him a fixed look: "This time, you should go with me."

Dorgon couldn't wait for it, and immediately nodded: "Okay."

Huang Taiji smiled comfortably, and stood up: "It's getting late, let's go back."

The two mounted their horses again, thinking about walking slowly in the direction of Shenyang City.

After returning to the Khan Palace, it was time for dinner, but Dorgon had no time to eat because he had one more important thing to do.

He immediately sent someone to call one of the two Ming people who defected earlier.

"Are you the one who abandoned the dark and turned to the bright, and came to submit to my Dajin?"

The man fell on the ground, not daring to look at Dorgon: "The villain is right."

"I want to ask you something, and you have to answer it truthfully. If you answer well, there are plenty of opportunities for you to get promoted and make a fortune."

"Please ask Lord Belle, the villain will know everything."

"I heard that Yuan Chonghuan trained a Guanning iron cavalry. Is there such a thing?"

The man looked up blankly: "Guan Ning cavalry? What is that?"

Um?Could it be that this time has not been crowned with this title?Dorgon touched his nose in embarrassment: "It's just a cavalry anyway, isn't there?"

"Master Yuan...Oh, no, Yuan Chonghuan seems to be training cavalry, but the villain doesn't know the specific situation."

After all, he is just an insignificant pawn, and he cannot be expected to know too many military secrets, but this information is enough.

"Now go and ask Da Khan again immediately, and tell him about Yuan Chonghuan's military training."

Although at this time, the Zhubeiles may not take a Han cavalry army seriously, but with Huang Taiji's cautious attitude, it should still attract some attention, right?

Dorgon thought to himself, full of anticipation for the upcoming battle of Ning Jin.