Chapter 103 Pidao Yangfan
"Can Brother Wenlong guess what His Majesty is doing?" Jiang Yueguang frowned and said, "Or maybe it's the factory guards' methods that we don't know."

But when talking about the factory guards, Jiang Yueguang's brows furrowed even deeper.

Mao Wenlong was also moved, but after a moment he remained unmoved and said: "Even if Lord Jiang said it to the sky, please forgive me that I can't send all my troops to attack Shenyang. This is all the assets of my Dongjiang Town."

Jiang Yueguang said angrily: "People say that I, Jiang Yueguang, am a stone in a toilet pit, smelly and hard. But after meeting Brother Wenlong today, I think this saying is more suitable for you!"

"Besides, this is the imperial edict. If Brother Wenlong is unwilling to send troops, you know that this is tantamount to disobeying the imperial edict?"

Mao Wenlong's face finally showed some expression. He knocked on the table irritably and said, "Even if your Majesty's intelligence is true and Huang Taiji really led his elite troops to the west to attack Chahar, he would not send out all his troops!"

"The slave chief's lair must be heavily guarded. I have two or three thousand men, let alone attacking the city. I'm afraid we'll be wiped out before we even reach Shenyang!"

Jiang Yueguang also knew that what Mao Wenlong said was the truth, so he slowed down his tone and said, "If Brother Wenlong is willing to lead the entire army to attack the city, that would be the best, but His Majesty also said that if things cannot be done, then it is better to harass and contain the enemy."

Mao Wenlong licked his lips and said with some hesitation, "Master Jiang, do you mean that we can just harass them as usual?"

Jiang Yueguang nodded, paused and said, "It's just that this harassment is different from the usual ones. I think the bigger the better, so that it can play a role of containment."

"If our momentum is weak and they are unmoved and don't care about us at all, what's the point?"

Mao Wenlong stood up irritably and paced around several times.

After a long time, he stopped and said, "Since it is the will of His Majesty, there is nothing I can do about it even if it means going through a mountain of swords and a pot of oil!"

Jiang Yueguang stood up with a smile, patted Mao Wenlong on the shoulder and praised him, "With Brother Wenlong's words, why worry about not being able to achieve success?"

"Although I am old, I am willing to go with the army!"

Mao Wenlong rolled his eyes helplessly, knowing that Jiang Yueguang seemed to want to kill the enemy and gain merit, but in fact he was monitoring him to prevent him from being lazy and going ashore for a few turns and coming back.

Soon after, a military order was issued from the General's Office, and the entire Pi Island was put into action.

The ships docked and the army boarded.

Hundreds of warships set sail and headed towards Shenyang.

………………

Three days later, on the banks of the Daling River, the small black dot in the distance was getting closer and closer. Gradually, Zu Dashou, Gulu and others could vaguely see the iconic rat tail of the Jiannu on the opposite bank.

Dorjihatan glanced at Gulu beside him with some resentment, wondering why he had to take the initiative to volunteer the Dorote people to serve as the vanguard.

Now that’s great, if a fight breaks out, I’ll have to rush out first.

However, Dorjihatan subconsciously ignored the fact that the Ming army was only lending a helping hand and in fact they could have avoided getting involved in this mess.

However, Gulu and Seleng did not notice Dorjihatan's eyes. They just clenched their weapons in their hands and their bodies began to tense up.

At this time, on the other side of the Daling River, the Jiannu army was advancing steadily.

In the middle of the army, Huang Taiji, who weighed more than 300 kilograms and looked like a ball from a distance and a mountain from a close distance, was sitting in a huge specially made carriage, looking at his two brothers who were born to the same parents. His fat face was completely expressionless, except for the two slits that looked like eyes, which were full of suspicion.

"You said that the Ming army suddenly appeared, and that it was a large number of Ming troops, at least more than 20,000?"

Dorgon said solemnly: "This is absolutely true. My fifteenth brother and I saw it with our own eyes!"

Duoduo immediately echoed, "There are three to four thousand cavalry alone, otherwise my fourteenth brother and I would not have retreated!"

Dorgon clasped his fists and apologized: "I have humiliated the military power of the Great Jin. Please punish me, Fourth Brother!"

Huang Taiji raised his hand with difficulty and waved it, saying: "It's not your fault. On the contrary, you did the right thing."

"The Ming army dispatched 3,000 to 4,000 cavalrymen in the vanguard, and more than 15,000 to 16,000 infantrymen in the rear. In addition, there are 5,000 soldiers from the Dorote tribe. If it weren't for my fourteenth brother's timely withdrawal, the consequences would be disastrous."

At this point, Huang Taiji could not help showing his puzzlement: "How come these Ming troops suddenly appeared and rescued the Duoluote tribe?"

"Although Lin Danhan and the Southern Dynasty Emperor had an alliance, everyone knew that it was completely ineffective. Moreover, both sides had their own ulterior motives and would never do what they did today, where one side was in trouble and the other side came to their aid..."

Dorgon gnashed his teeth and said, "Fourth brother, I suspect that the Kharchin tribe betrayed us!"

“What do you mean?” Huang Taiji’s face was covered with layers of fat folds, and no expression could be seen through his facial muscles. One could only judge from Huang Taiji’s tone that he did not seem surprised by Dorgon’s opinion and even agreed with it.

Dorgon's triangular eyes widened in anger, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Brother, if the Kharachin tribe had not sent a letter asking for help to join forces with our Great Jin to attack Ligdan Khan, why would you have sent troops to Chahar?"

"When we send troops to Chahar, we will have to pass through the territory of the Duoluotu tribe. And what a coincidence that the small Duoluotu tribe dared to kill our Great Jin envoys twice. Now I think it seems like they did it on purpose!"

Huang Taiji stroked his fat face and said, "You mean that Khorchin deliberately lied about defeating Ligdan Khan in order to lure us to attack Chahar, and then let Gu Yi of the Dorlot tribe rob and kill our envoy, which also gave us an excuse to attack Dorlot."

"And if we want to march into Chahar, we must also eliminate the Duolot tribe, so that the Ming army can set up an ambush in the Duolot tribe?"

Dorgon nodded quickly and said, "That's right. Otherwise, how could the Ming army, which usually dared not go beyond the border, have saved the Dorlot tribe by such a coincidence? And it was a large army!"

Huang Taiji let out a long breath and said hesitantly, "But if this is really a conspiracy between the Ming army and Kharchin, how could the ambush be fought like this?"

"I heard that you only lost more than a hundred people?"

Dorgon nodded immediately.

After getting confirmation from Dorgon, Huang Taiji became even more hesitant.

"If this was really a premeditated ambush, no matter how incompetent the Ming army is, there is no reason for them to only cause this much damage to you. Even if they can't completely eat you up, they should at least seriously injure your vitality..."

"Why is it like now? The Chen army on the other side looks like they want to fight us head-on. What's the point of them setting up such an ambush?"

Dorgon and Dodo were not stupid either. After hearing Huang Taiji's analysis like he was talking to himself, they were also confused.

(End of this chapter)