On the 14th day of the first lunar month of the sixth year of the Ming Dynasty, Nuerhachi personally led an army of 60,000 to cross the Liaohe River in the 17th day of the first lunar month.—]. Of course, it is now a snowy winter. The Liaohe River has been frozen for many days, and the ice layer is very thick enough to carry the Jiannu army. Jiannu crossed the river easily while walking on the ice and snow.

Just like Nuer Hachi predicted, the Ming army did not dare to intercept it, and crossing the river was extremely smooth. When they stepped onto the land on the other side of the Liao River, the soldiers of Jiannu cheered in unison. This was the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and they could do whatever they wanted and loot at will.

Huang Taiji stood on the shore and looked into the distance, and found that it was dead silent and there was no one inhabited. The snow was covered on the ground, and it could be vaguely seen that the fibers and streets were intertwined. It turned out to be fields. He ordered people to dig a snowy area and saw that there were weeds and no wheat below.

Nuerhachi asked, "Lao Ba, what are you looking at?"

"Return to Father Khan, I'm looking at if there are any fields planted by barbarian farmers here."

"What did you see?"

"It seems that this place has been deserted for a long time."

Nuer Hachi laughed and said, "That's of course. Our Qing Dynasty often came here to hunt. When we saw barbarians, we could just have an arrow. Who else dared to come here to farm?"

Huang Taiji sighed in his heart, "I am really uneducated and there are no farmers farming, so where can I grab food?" I heard that barbarian fishermen use big nets to fish, just to put small nets to catch large fries so that small fries can grow up. Otherwise, they will catch all the big fish and fish together, and there will be no fish to catch in the future. Barbarian fishermen still have this kind of insight, but father Khan's vision is not long-term enough. It's so satisfying to kill all the Liaodong barbarians. Who will rob them in the future?"

He smiled bitterly and agreed a few times.

On the march, he quietly observed the situation on the road. The situation was more serious than he thought. The farmers of the Ming Dynasty seemed to have completely given up on this land, and he didn't even see any crops. Of course, because it was not published in the "(Dibao) Supplement", he did not know that this was the effect of Zhu Youcheng's policy of "giving soldiers but not people". Of course, if Nuerhachi did not drive all the Han people who had no time to escape to the west of the Liaohe River to massacre, the farmers who were reluctant to leave the land would still plant crops here.

The army moved forward, almost to the evening. The soldiers in front suddenly cheered in unison, as if they had seen something good.

Huang Taiji walked forward and looked at it carefully. It turned out that there was a small city in front of him. He knew a few big words on the city gate, which he wrote "Xiping Fort". The city gate was not locked and was wide open. A small group of soldiers walked into the city with swords and guns in their hands, as if they were facing a great enemy. After a long time, they cheered. Then there was a roar like a loneliness.

Huang Taiji's heart tightened. Could it be that he was ambushed?

Soon, the team of soldiers rushed out and reported to him: "Eighth Prince, there is nothing inside."

Huang Taiji was not sure, so he walked into the city. The soldiers' reports were not accurate. There were not anything in the city. There were houses in the city. There were many houses, but there were no soldiers, no people, no money, no food. The Ming Dynasty barbarians evacuated very cleanly. All the things that could be demolished on the house were demolished, and the things that could not be demolished were not smashed. They were just left there as it was, and time seemed to be still here. When the Jiannu soldiers found that there was nothing to rob, they were angry. The Ming Dynasty could not be shameless. As the saying goes, if the thief does not leave, there is nothing here, so let us take what to do. We can't let me move a brick away.

Several Jiannu rushed into the kitchen of the people, holding notes with the words "I want to cook an iron pot" in their arms. When they saw the stove, they were happy, but when they reached out to take away the pot on the stove, they only felt the ash in one hand. It turned out that the iron pot on the stove had been carried away by the people of the Ming Dynasty.

They couldn't help but whistle at the sky: "Shameless, stingy. How much does an iron pot cost? If you have to take it away, you won't be afraid of being unable to hold it firmly and breaking it on the road."

In anger, they wanted to set fire to the city.

Huang Taiji hurriedly stopped him and said, "Let the water raise fish. If we burn here, the barbarians will not come again, and there will be no more things to grab. Moreover, next time we attack the Ming Dynasty, this place can be used as a good barracks, so that we can avoid temporary construction."

While speaking, Nuerhachi arrived on a horse and asked, "What's going on?"

A soldier said, "We are going to burn this ghost place, but the eighth prince won't let it go."

"Old Eighth, don't learn from the kindness of a woman who is a barbarian. Burn it. Anyway, it was built by the barbarian, and burn it all."

As he said that, Nuerhachi took the lead in throwing a torch into the house.

The houses in the Ming Dynasty were all civil and flammable. Jiannu set fires everywhere, and soon Xiping Fort turned into a large bonfire. While leaning against the bonfire, Jiannu soldiers shouted that the people of the Ming Dynasty had moved all their things away, so that they had no choice but to take advantage of it. The robbers criticized the master's preparations for their full preparations, which was really a big deal. The historian of Jiannu probably had been idle for too long and even recorded them. Unfortunately, the Manchu text was written by his own writing and was soon lost. Later experts who studied this history did not know what was recorded on it at all. It was a pity that the bravery of the Jiannu soldiers had not been circulated.

Nuerhachi soon regretted it because he walked forward for a while and never encountered a fortress again, so he could only camp in the wild. But it was winter, and it was the coldest time. The tent could block the wind and rain, but it could not block the cold. If he was stationed in Xiping Fort, although there was nothing in the house, it was a house, which was a little warmer.

Of course, Nuer Hachi would not apologize to Huang Taiji. Instead, he complained about the arrival of the Ming people. Just building a Xiping Fort is enough? Why not build a Dongping Fort? I wonder if Mr. Jiannu likes to set fires. Build a few more forts to make them feel comfortable to set fires.

After a night of force, Nuerhachi ordered that he would not set fire to the uninhabited city of the Ming Dynasty again.

Huang Taiji sneered in his heart. His father Khan was really stubborn and had to suffer only to repent.

Jiannu encountered many cities next, but without exception, they were all evacuated cleanly. There were several cities with a huge pile of ashes, probably the food burned during the evacuation. He sent people to dig, but unfortunately the Ming army burned too thoroughly and did not even leave any residue for them.

Nuer Hachi's family, including the calmest Huang Taichi, began to shout loudly and greet Gaodi's female relatives and ancestors in unison. Why is it not good to do things so utterly? Leave the people of the Ming Dynasty to slaughter Jiannu and leave money and grain to rob Jiannu. Anyway, they don't fight to Beijing, and they don't even dare to do this dream of being the emperor of the Central Plains. They are not allowed to do this next time. If you do this again... they really have no choice.

In this way, the Jiannu soldiers were hungry and came to Ningyuan City. This was a long march. They set out on the 14th day of the first lunar month and arrived in Ningyuan City on the 23rd day of the first lunar month. The Jiannu soldiers were almost angry. No Ming people slaughtered them on the way, and no Ming women slaughtered them. There was no money or robbed them. They were all left to walk, walk, or walk.

Nuerhachi set up a camp five miles north of the city, and divided another army to block the retreat of Ningyuan City. The Ming Dynasty evacuated too cleanly, and he was full of anger. This time he had to kill Ningyuan City and keep it alive.

Of course, if the defenders of Ningyuan City were willing to surrender, he would not mind leaving the lives of the defenders. The lives of Jiannu soldiers were precious and he was reluctant to sacrifice when attacking. If there were some cannon fodder troops, he could attack the difficulties at will. Anyway, he would not feel sorry for his death. The defenders of Ningyuan City were the best choice for the cannon fodder troops.

He called a Baoyi slave - the so-called Baoyi slave is a slave who belonged to the Jiannu nobles in human form. This Baoyi slave was named Yang Yannei. He was originally a businessman from the Ming Dynasty. During the battle of Sarhu, he defected to Jiannu. Because he was good at playing horses, he finally became the overlord of Baoyi slaves. He had several Baoyi slaves under his command, but in the eyes of Jiannu, he was still a Baoyi slave.

Nuerhachi told Yang Yannei that he would bring a letter to Ningyuan's city guarding lord and ordered the lord to open the door and offer the city. If successful, he would become the overlord of the overlords of the Baoyi slaves-his subordinates could take care of several more Baoyi slaves.

How dare Yang Yannei go? He hugged Jiannu's thick legs because he was afraid of death. Now he ran to the Ming army to persuade him to surrender. Isn't he seeking death?

Nuerhachi first told him the truth, saying that the Barbarian army was falsely benevolent and righteous, and would not kill the envoys. Besides, the Barbarian army was also afraid of the power of the Mi Qing army. The envoy who killed Mi Qing would suffer ten times or a hundred times revenge, and his safety was absolutely guaranteed. Seeing that Yang Yannei still cried and refused to go, Nuerhachi pulled out the knife and put it on his neck. What kind of overlord among the Baoyi slaves is just a Baoyi slave?

Yang Yannei took Nuerhachi's handwritten letter and left the military camp three times. He hoped that Nuerhachi suddenly found his conscience and asked him to go back. However, Nuerhachi's conscience was obviously eaten by a dog, so he had to take the white flag to the city and call the door.

The general guarding the city was Zu Dabi. When he saw the Jiannu envoy coming, he did not dare to neglect it. He hurriedly sent his personal soldiers to inform Yuan Chonghuan who was chatting with the guests in the city.

Jin Qien looked aside and said, "No need to inform Lord Yuan. The purpose of Jiannu's envoy was to persuade the surrender. The envoy who came to persuade the surrender was either a traitor or a Jiannu, so he would be killed with one arrow."

Zu Dabi shook his head and said, "Sir Jin, please wait. All urban defense affairs in Ningyuan City, no matter big or small, are under the jurisdiction of Lord Yuan. If Lord Yuan says to shoot arrows, I will be the first to shoot arrows. But before I get the instructions from Lord Yuan, I will not be able to move any soldier or soldier."

Jin Qien had no choice but to glar at the traitor Yang Yannei on the city wall, hoping to kill him with an angry look. Unfortunately, Jin Qien did not practice special abilities and glared at the traitor for a long time. Yang Yannei was just scared to fight under the city, but he was not dead. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better and faster!

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