Huang Taiji would never have thought of this, nor would anyone like Dorgon!
There would be a Ming army of 300 riders, under the leadership of the Crown Prince of Ming Dynasty, going straight for their old nest in Shengjing!
However!
Thinking about it, this was also caused by the environment!
This was because ever since Nurhachi, the leader of the Jiannu tribe, rebelled, there were hundreds of battles between the two sides. The Houjin rarely lost, and the Ming army rarely won!
Especially in the Battle of Sa Er Hu 20 years ago, after the Ming army took the lead in launching a major offensive and suffered a crushing defeat, after Huang Taiji took over the throne, they launched attacks repeatedly. The Ming army had long since switched from offense to defense.
Therefore, in such an environment, the Ming army could only defend passively.
Slave Jian had never thought that the Ming army would be so bold as to sneak attack their base!？
But in reality!
Zhu Qing had led his 300 iron cavalry across the Daling River and Liao River, and they had already entered Slave Jian's territory.
The Central Plains had been suffering from drought for years, and the land was barren for thousands of miles. Slave Jian's Liaodong region was not any better. The Daling River and Liao River had dried up long ago. This allowed Zhu Qing to effortlessly pass through several natural barriers.
In addition, after the cruel massacre of Nurhachi and Huang Taiji, Liaodong was no longer in its heyday when Li Chengliang, the veteran general of Liaodong, guarded Liaodong!
Zhu Qing had rushed all the way from Songshan, Haizhou, Guangning, and Fuzhou, but all he saw was a thousand miles of white land. He did not encounter any smoke at all.
Only when Zhu Qing led his troops a hundred miles deep into the Liao River did people slowly start to appear.
"There's smoke!"
Looking at the smoke in front of him, a trace of ruthlessness flashed across Lu Jianxing's eyes. His expression was even more ferocious as he said,"Sir, it seems to be Slave Jian's village. We don't have to sleep in the wild tonight!”
"There's no need to eat dry and cold rations. I want to drink something warm tonight!”Yu Zhen also said in a sinister tone.
"Milord, this general requests to bring people over and slaughter this village first!”Lu Jianxing immediately requested.
"There's no hurry!" Zhu Qing looked at the sky and said," We'll talk about it when night falls. This place is only a few dozen miles away from Slave Jian's lair, Shengjing!”
"So, when the sky turns dark and all the slaves outside return to the village, we can slaughter the village in one fell swoop to avoid being exposed and alerting the enemy!”
Along the way, Zhu Qing had led his troops to hide during the day and come out at night, rushing through the night in order to launch a surprise attack on Shengjing!
The closer they got to Shengjing, the denser the population of Slave Jian's villages became, so they had to be more careful.
Otherwise, if they let one of them live, Shengjing Sect would be alerted!
If that was the case, they would not be able to achieve the strategic goal of surprise attack on Shengjing. If they wanted to attack forcefully, they would definitely suffer great losses. Moreover, they would attract the main force of the Songjin Line's Slave Jian to come back to help!
At that time, he might be surrounded by the Jian Nu Iron Cavalry in Liaodong and become their prey.
Therefore!
300 spears was a little too few!
They had to seize Shengjing and seal off the entire city in a manner that was too fast for the ears to catch up with the thunder, and then carry out a full-scale massacre!
Only then would Zhu Qing have the time to slowly plunder Slave Jian's old nest, Shengjing City's wealth, and enjoy Slave Jian's women.
"Daren is right, this general was too anxious!”
Lu Jianxing was also ashamed and said repeatedly.
"Yu Zhen, let the brothers rest and not run around! Sword Star, bring two smarter ones to the village and scout around. It would be best if you can catch a tongue!”
Zhu Qing nodded and instructed the two of them to quickly go their own ways.
When night fell, Lu Jianxing did not disappoint and caught a tongue!
"My lord! If he caught Slave Jian, would he skin him or light a lantern?？”
Lu Jianxing threw Slave Jian under Zhu Qing's feet and shouted.
"Ah? General, please spare me, please spare me! I'm not Slave Jian, I'm a Han, a Han!”
When the fellow kneeling on the ground heard that it was either skinning or lighting the sky lamp, he was so frightened that he hurriedly kowtowed and screamed.
"Not Slave Jian? If you say you're a Han, then you're a Han!？”Lu Jianxing shouted.
"General, General, I'm really Han! My fluency in Chinese is enough to prove that my ancestors were all Han Chinese. I'm innocent, I'm definitely not Slave Jian!”
"That's hard to say! Being able to speak Chinese did not prove that you were Han. Some of the Jian Nu spies had learned fluent Chinese!”Zhu Qing narrowed his eyes and shouted.
"Ah! Sir, I'm really not a spy! I'm so mean…"
"Alright then! Let's just believe that you're Han!" " I'll ask you a few questions first!" Zhu Qing shouted after a few words.”
"If you dare to lie, I'll definitely cut open your stomach, empty your internal organs, stuff them into straw, and light the sky lamp!”
"Lord, Lord, please ask. I won't dare to lie. I won't dare!”
" What's your name?!"
"I am Hao Zhongxin!"
"So loyal? You really are Slave Jian's good servant!" Zhu Qing frowned, his killing intent rising.
"Sir, it's not that you're loyal to Slave Jian, it's Red Ears Hao. This lowly one is loyal to Great Ming!”
"This lowly one's heart is in Han!”Hao Zhongxin quickly explained.
"Where?" Zhu Qing shouted again.
"My lord! I was originally a citizen of Datong. Three years ago, Slave Jian took a detour around Datong and besieged the capital. I was captured by Slave Jian and was originally going to be eaten as food. However, because I was skinny and could read a few words, I managed to keep my life and was left in Batulu Manor as a clerk.”Hao Zhongxin kowtowed again and again.
"The village in front is Barutu Manor!？Who is Barutu?"
"Yes, I am! Balutu was said to be the title of Nuqiu's elder brother, but he wasn't sure who it was!”Hao Zhongxin immediately kowtowed and said.
Huang Taiji's brother?
Zhu Qing was a little surprised to meet one of the First Prince of Nu Jian!
He didn't know which of the three middle clan brothers above Huang Taiji!
"Good! How far is it from here to Shengjing?" Zhu Qing nodded and asked.
"Your Excellency, Shengjing is forty miles to the east!”
Very good!
It was only forty li, and they could reach it in half a night's march!
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