To the east of Hulao Pass, Nurhaci established the Great Jin Kingdom. Nurhaci ordered Huang Taiji to use four flags, fifty-five Niulu, and a total of 18,000 troops to attack a second-level town on the plain.

Dorgon drove away 12,000 servants as cannon fodder and consumed the defenders' forces.

Huang Taiji, Ajige, Dorgon, Dodo, Oboi and other Eight Banner generals lined up in a row, looking up at the guard general contemptuously below the town, as if looking down on this guard general.

Under the influence of Dorgon's talent, the 12,000 servants attached themselves to the city wall like ants, and were overwhelmed by the Jurchen cavalry. Climbing the city wall under the whip of the Jurchen cavalry brought unprecedented pressure to the defenders.

The fierce battle was no less than Liangjiabao's offensive and defense, but the defenders couldn't hold on for long. Soon, they raised the white flag and surrendered to Huang Taiji and Dorgon's army.

The military general defending the city was taken to Huang Taiji and others by the Eight Banners Cavalry.

Dorgon coldly glanced at the captured guards. Both sides were old acquaintances: "Wu Sangui, the Khan and I wrote letters to surrender many times. Why didn't they take the initiative to surrender and ask me to attack? Do you think you dare to betray me when you come to this world?"

"The criminal... dare not... please spare your life!"

The captured general Wu Sangui was sweating profusely and kowtowed to beg for mercy.

Wu Sangui surrendered to Dorgon's Qing army in the battle of Shanhaiguan, causing the Qing army to enter the pass.

Wu Sangui thought that after traveling through time, he had the opportunity to get rid of the fate of being controlled by the Qing army, establish forces on the plains, attack the small forces around him one by one, and eventually became a force with a population of 90,000.

However, Wu Sangui still met Huang Taiji, Dorgon and other masters, and had to surrender to Huang Taiji and Dorgon.

Wu Sangui's fear of these people was engraved in his bones.

In Wu Sangui's eyes, Huang Taiji and Dorgon were invincible.

Unexpectedly, Huang Taiji asked someone to loosen Wu Sangui's tie, dismounted himself, and helped Wu Sangui up, who had been knelt on his head.

"Wu Sangui, you serve our Aixin Jueluo family. This is the will of God and cannot be escaped. As long as you are loyal and serve us, you will become kings, princes, generals and ministers in the future and enjoy all your glory and wealth?"

Huang Taiji's talent "winds people's hearts" took effect, which shook Wu Sangui's determination.

Wu Sangui will have the second time when he first surrendered to the Qing army.

Wu Sangui fell into the hands of Huang Taiji and Dorgon, but he didn't want to die yet.

If you die, you will be gone.

Wu Sangui tried hard to squeeze out tears, and was grateful. He looked like a touching scene of a thousand-mile horse meeting Bole. He knelt down again and kowtowed to Huang Taiji: "Wu Sangui will serve the death to the death and will never rebel!"

"Okay, it's easy to get a thousand troops, but it's hard to get a general. If I get your help, it's like getting thousands of troops!"

Huang Taiji also pretended to show an excited expression, giving Wu Sangui enough face and allowing him to surrender more decently.

Life is like a play, all depends on acting skills.

Wu Sangui's surrendered soldiers were divided up by Huang Taiji, Dorgon and others, and Wu Sangui was taken back to Nurhaci's sphere of influence by Huang Taiji.

On the way, Dorgon was dissatisfied with Huang Taiji: "Wu Sangui is ambitious. I heard that after Wu Sangui becomes King Pingxi in the future, he will rebel. Why should he save his life? It is better to kill him and eliminate future troubles forever."

"Dorgon, whether a person will be betray depends on whether he has the conditions for rebellion. With Wu Sangui's fear of death, as long as he does not give him a title to a king or force him into a desperate situation, he will not dare to betray him. The same is true for Oboi. Now it is the trace of using people. As long as he has a place to use his skills, he can still use it, it depends on his ability to control them."

Dorgon snorted coldly: "I hope you are right."

Wu Sangui surrendered to Nurhaci's forces and became the front pawn of the Qing army again, and the Qing army became stronger.

Zhang Hua sent a detailed work from Nurhaci's forces to convey the news back. Zhang Hua learned that Wu Sangui surrendered to Nurhaci's forces and looked heavy.

"Wu Sangui, this guy, was unexpectedly surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in the end. In this way, Nurhaci's power will be stronger and he may be planning to Xia Zhen in the future."

Zhang Hua didn't care which force Wu Sangui surrendered, but Wu Sangui's surrender to the Great Jin Kingdom led to an increase in the population and military force of Nurhaci's power, posing a threat to the Luoyang Basin, which was related to Zhang Hua's strategy.

Not only that, Nurhaci arranged Li Mi and Wang Bodang in Chenggao Town to confront Hulao Pass built by Zhang Hua ordered Geng Gong to threaten Zhang Hua from the east.

As long as the time is right, Nurhaci is likely to send troops to attack Hulao Pass suddenly.

Nurhaci annexed Wu Sangui and obtained a population of 90,000.

This incident prompted Zhang Hua to speed up the plunder of the population.

After annexing Wagangzhai, the grain harvest in the second year was collected by the granaries of each village and town, which was enough to support the cost of 50,000 troops and surplus grain.

Zhang Hua asked someone to build five million arrows for battle.

Zhang Hua also ordered the Archery Academy to produce 3,000 divine arm bows and 100 bed crossbows.

Pu Yuan received an order to build 30,000 steel knives, so he and a group of blacksmiths took turns to forge steel knives day and night.

Generals such as Feng Yi, Deng Ai, Liang Hongyu, Zhao Ponu were busy training and improving the level of their troops.

Zhang Hua also asked the construction of the Feixie Camp, and at the same time ordered the capture of the giant bears and formed the bear army for Cheng Yaojin and Niu Jinda.

Zhang Hua selected elite troops from the mountain barbarians to supplement Wang Ping's Wudang Flying Army.

He also selected elite troops from the Huns to supplement the Changshui Huqi for Deng Ai and Geng Gong.

Zhang Hua re-adjusted his troops and set up the fourth battalion of the imperial guards.

The First Women's Battalion was led by Mulan, with deputy generals Sun Shangxiang and Liang Hongyu, under the jurisdiction of 500 sword maids, 1,000 Iron Eagle Scouts, 2,000 Divine Arm Bowmen, and 3,000 Archers.

The Second Guard Battalion was led by Xu Chu, with deputy generals Ma Wu and Zhou Tai, under its jurisdiction, 500 tiger soldiers, 1,500 heavy armored infantry, and 1,000 heavy armored cavalry.

The Third Martial Guard Battalion was led by Cheng Yaojin, and the deputy general Niu Jinda, with 500 Xiongqu Army and 1,000 heavy armored cavalry under his command.

The Fourth Changshui Camp is led by Deng Ai, and is under the jurisdiction of 1,000 Changshui Hu Cavalry and 3,000 light cavalry.

The fourth battalion of the imperial guards, totaling 15,000 troops.

Among them, Suwei and the Second Battalions of Wuwei are the heavy armored legion, responsible for breaking the formation on the front.

The Women's Camp is a long-range legion, responsible for camp defense.

Changshui Camp is the Light Cavalry Legion, responsible for a thousand-mile raid.

Most of the Fourth Battalions of the Imperial Guards were elite troops, and accounted for nearly one-third of Xia County's troops, and were firmly controlled by Zhang Hua.

There are still 20,000 troops in Xia Town, led by Li Ji, Feng Yi, Zhao Ponu and Fan Zhongyan, each with 5,000 troops, which are basically low-level troops, and the quality is compensated by quantity.

The four camps of the imperial guards and the four camps of the internal army, a total of 30,000 people, constitute the main force.

There are 17,000 troops stationed in various places:

Zhong Shidao, Zhong Shizhong and Wang Ping led 4,000 troops to guard Hangu Pass, and the main forces were Zhong Family Army and Wudang Fei Army.

Chen Wu and Huan Dan led 3,000 troops to garrison the Qihuo Army Fort, the main force was the Qihuo Army.

Liao Hua and Zhao Guang led 3,000 troops to garrison Mengjin County.

Geng Gong led 4,000 troops to guard Hulao Pass.

Wang Feng led 3,000 troops to guard Shizhen, but because Wang Feng was sent by Zhang Hua to Chen Sheng's peasant uprising army as a detailed work, Jiang Qin replaced Wang Feng to guard Shizhen.

The fourth camp of the imperial guards, the fourth camp of the internal army, and the fifth camp of the external army, totaled 52,000 people, and they were trained day and night to prepare for the war.

In terms of internal affairs, Zhang Hua established the Water Conservancy Department, and Guo Shoujing presided over the construction of water conservancy projects in the Luoyang Basin, building canals and river embankments, which are both irrigation and flood control.

Han Fei was in charge of justice and ensured that the law was not Agui, and Fan Zhongyan was in charge of the administration of officials and ensured that the administration was clear and clear.

Wei Zheng governed the two counties of Wagang and Hulao, Gu Yong governed the two counties of Xin'an and Mengjin, Chen Qiao governed the two counties of Luoshui, and Du Mu governed the two counties of Yishui.

Xu Xiake discovered mineral resources such as third-level silver mines and second-level gold mines nearby one after another.

There are five mines above level 3 discovered by Xu Xiake.

There are twenty mines in Zhanghua territory and thousands of miners.

So far, Zhang Hua is not short of gold, silver, copper and iron.

Using the excavated copper ore, silver ore and gold ore, Zhang Hua not only minted Huaxia Tongyuan, but also minted silver ingots and gold ingots to form his own monetary system.

Zhang Hua even considered issuing treasure money, that is, paper money.

But in chaotic times, paper money is too unstable and cannot be circulated in various forces, and the risk is too great.

In order to avoid the collapse of his territory's economy, Zhang Hua gave up issuing treasure money and continued to use natural currencies such as gold, silver, and copper.

In diplomacy, Zhang Hua implemented the strategy of getting along with far and near attacks, sent envoys to get along with Sun Ce's forces north of the Yellow River, and Zhu Youjian, the Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty in Kanto.

If someone is more afraid of Nurhaci than Zhang Hua, it must be Zhu Youjian who was attacked by Nurhaci.

Zhu Youjian's goal was to re-establish the Ming Dynasty, and with the help of several Ming generals, he blocked Nurhaci's military attack.

Zhang Hua, who has a bad relationship with Nurhaci, chose to make good friends with Zhu Youjian, so that Zhu Youjian could restrain Nurhaci, and then he could free up his hands to march into Guanzhong.

This is the role of distance and near attack, minimizing the number of enemies as much as possible, concentrating forces to attack one enemy or two enemies.

Zhang Hua's next target is Yuan Shu's power, so he is actively preparing for sending troops.

If there is any change in other directions, Zhang Hua can also send troops to other directions.

In addition to making friends with Sun Ce and Zhu Youjian, Zhang Hua also took other measures to attract refugees from all over the world into the Luoyang Basin.

The merchants and Xiaozuo sent by Zhang Hua spread news from other forces - there is a paradise Xia Town in Luoyang Basin, with sufficient food and grass, and away from the war, so refugees can get a lot of land.

Such rumors began to spread in Guandong, Guanzhong, Taihang Mountains, Rushui and other places, and refugees fled into the Luoyang Basin in groups.

Zhang Hua placed these populations in various counties.

Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's uprising broke out in the Rushui River Basin, but Chen Sheng and Wu Guang were afraid of the lords of the Rushui River Basin. These lords formed an alliance to form a coalition, and fought fiercely with Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, which was difficult to distinguish. Therefore, Zhang Hua determined whether Chen Sheng and Wu Guang would threaten their territory for a while.

After Wang Feng intervened in Chen Sheng's army, the movements of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's forces were all in control by Zhang Hua. Zhang Hua was not so worried about Chen Sheng and Wu Guang.

Chen Sheng's peasant uprising also indirectly brought benefits to Zhang Hua's territory.
To be continued...