Huang Taiji and his Eight Banners Tartars were now running around in Jizhou like headless flies.

Huang Degong from Jizhou, Zhou Yuji from Taiyuan, Zhao Rujiao from Yanyuan, Mangui from Shanhaiguan, Hou Shilu from the south and other troops who were serving the king began to slowly surround him.

If Huang Taiji wants to break through the siege, he must defeat all the way. Doing so will inevitably reduce his Eight Banners again, which Huang Taiji is unwilling to see.

Fortunately, these Ming troops who came to help were afraid of the Tartars. Although His Majesty had strict orders, they were all going around and stopping, fearing that they would be eaten by the Tartars.

At this time, the Imperial Guards had also arrived at Cuiping Mountain in Jizhou. A temple on Cuiping Mountain was temporarily requisitioned by Zhu Youxiao for the location of his own palace.

The Imperial Guards are also taking a break here, and the next thing to deal with the Eight Banners is naturally the reinforcements of the kings and reinforcements from all over the country.

Zhu Youxiao was very pleased that this time, the Tartars did not experience the bad situation of being surrounded by the capital like the Jisi change, and the Tartars were swaying as if they were in a no-man state.

The current situation at least caused the Tartars to suffer considerable casualties, and they did not even successfully plunder a large number of strategic resources from the border. Moreover, they are now surrounded by a large number of Ming troops in Jizhou.

However, in this battle, the Imperial Guards had undergone a tempering of blood and fire. More than half of the cavalry battalion was injured, more than five hundred infantry battalion, and four or five hundred baggage battalion lost. The engineering battalion was still intact, but zero deaths were found in the artillery battalion, and five were injured by sharp arrows.

However, it can withstand the attacks of the main forces of the Eight Banners for several days, and after the battlefield ended, there were thousands of heads of armored soldiers alone. It can be said that the Imperial Guard's first battle record has far exceeded that of any Ming army today, and this blocking battle is also the largest victory since the war with the Tartars.

This victory was personally directed by Zhu Youxiao.

No one expected that Zhu Youxiao and his Imperial Guards could block the Eight Banners Tartars. Those civil servants who were looking forward to Zhu Youxiao becoming the second Zhu Qizhen were in a very complicated mood when they knew that Zhu Youxiao had defeated the Tartars and surrounded the Tartars.

At this time, the old monk in the temple brought tea. Zhu Youxiao took it first and then asked Tang Fusheng to come closer and asked, "How is the progress of each army now?"

Tang Fusheng hurriedly bowed and said, "The General Zhao Rujiao of Yansui has controlled the west of Jizhou, Mangui is about to arrive in Jizhou, preparing to control the east of Jizhou, Huang Degong has also controlled the north of Jizhou. In addition, Hou Shilu's tribe also blocked Li Yongfang's tribe under the leadership of Minister Lu."

Zhu Youxiao nodded and asked, "Where is the whereabouts of the Amin tribe of the Tatars now?"

"I have joined Li Yongfang's troops and are about to come north." After Tang Fusheng said that, Zhu Youxiao nodded and ordered: "Urge the troops who serve the kings in all regions to speed up their progress. Be sure to arrive in Jizhou within three days and not disturb the people. If you find out, you will be severely punished and not lend money!"

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In Yongping, Wu Xiang, the general of Jinzhou who entered the pass with Man Gui to serve the king, was in a bad mood because he had just learned that his brother-in-law Zu Dashou was killed by the court.

Wu Xiang looked outside the tent in panic. He didn't know whether he should go to serve the king anymore. The command of the Wang army urging him and Man Gui to serve the king was still in his hands. The vanguard of Man Gui's army had already begun, so he didn't know what to do now.

"Will the court treat me like this?" Wu Xiang said to himself.

Outside the tent are the eighteen-layered soldiers who are strictly guarding, all of whom have followed Wu Xiang to fight for many years. Their bravery is no less than that of the white-armed soldiers in Manchuria. Wu Xiang now lets these eighteen-layered soldiers stay away from his central army tent for a moment. The reason is to guard against Mangui.

Wu Xiang had a intuition that His Majesty should have issued a secret order to guard against him now. Otherwise, the two thousand Mongolian cavalry under Mangui would not have stayed in Yongping City forever, and the only purpose was to monitor himself.

At this time, a young man with a strong figure and a similar appearance to Wu Xiang came in. This person was Wu Sangui. Although he was only sixteen years old, he had already served as a thousand households. Of course, his current task was only to do odd jobs for his father, and he was not the traitor who would sacrifice his future to be a lackey of Tartars and ruin China's national destiny for hundreds of years.

"Father, Uncle Fan asks for a meeting."

Wu Sangui took a step back after saying that. Suddenly, Fan Wencheng lifted the curtain and came in, bowed to Wu Xiang and smiled, "Brother Wu, don't be fine. Fan has been waiting for you to see you for several days, and he has not stopped until today."

Seeing that it was Fan Wencheng, Wu Xiang pulled Fan Wencheng in and looked out for a long time. When he saw that Man Gui's patrolling cavalry was not here, he breathed a sigh of relief: "Now is the time when you and me are fighting. Brother Fan, are you here at Wu's place at this time? Are you looking for death?"

Fan Wencheng smiled: "If Brother Wu wants to give Fan's head to Zhu Youxiao, just take it away. But Brother Wu, you have to touch your own head to grow on your neck?"

"Why did you say this?" Wu Xiang's heart moved slightly. He also guessed why Fan Wencheng came from. Although he was neither close nor close to him, he really wanted to hear what Hou Jin thought about Zhu Youxiao's actions now.

"I think my brother-in-law General Zu has worked diligently for the Ming court for more than ten years and made countless contributions, but in the end he was able to end up with a bird and a good bow. Then Zhu Youxiao's desire to get rid of you Guanning Iron Cavalry is obvious. You General Wu has tens of thousands of Guanning elite soldiers. Do you think that Zhu Youxiao can only move Zu Dashou and not you?"

Fan Wencheng showed a harmless smile. After looking at Wu Xiang for a while, he smugly pulled up the yellow beard under his jaw.

"Sangui, serve tea!"

Wu Xiang's attitude suddenly turned coldly and enthusiastic again. He gave Wu Sangui an order and came over to Fan Wencheng in person and bowed to him, "Sir, please save me."

Letting a Ming Dynasty general who was almost a local prince beg him for him was something that Fan Wencheng dared not think about when he was a scholar. It was precisely because of this that Fan Wencheng felt that it was a wise choice to surrender to Nurhaci back then. What is the Ming Dynasty and the Han people were just something that could be discarded in the face of personal ambitions.

"Then I have something to say. In fact, Brother Wu should have already understood that the Ming Dynasty has long lost the place for your Guanning soldiers. Even if you flee back to Liaodong now, you will be controlled by the governor Wang Zaijin. It would be better to directly surrender to my Dajin. My Khan is very talented and has ambition to plan for the Central Plains. You can be the current Tang Zong Song Zu. If your brother comes to surrender, he will be the title of king."

"It's no basis for saying it, this is my letter written by my great knight. Brother Wu can share it with it myself."

As Fan Wencheng said that, he took out a letter and handed it to Wu Xiang. After reading it, Wu Xiang pondered and said nothing. He had to admit that the price offered by Huang Taiji was large enough and he directly won the title of king. This was something that the Ming Dynasty dared not think about, but to be honest, the Later Jin Dynasty was just a backward barren country at this time, and it was also a bit reluctant to let Wu Xiang give up the position of general of the Ming Dynasty to be a copycat prince.
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