Yang Zhen and his subordinates, who were resting in Zhenjiang Fort, guessed right. Huang Taiji, the puppet emperor of the Qing Dynasty, had set up a big trap outside Dingzhou City, waiting for the soldiers and horses of Zhenjiang Fort or other nearby cities.

Reinforcements are getting in.

As early as when Huang Taiji led his army to march towards Yizhou City, he set up a station to the south of Yizhou City.

What he didn't expect was that Yang Zhen completely ignored the life and death of the "friendly troops" in Zhenjiang Fort. He did not send anyone to pursue the Qing soldiers and horses, nor did he send anyone to help their "friendly troops" in Yizhou Fucheng.

Instead, they completely stayed out of the matter and let it go, allowing the Qing soldiers to capture the city of Yizhou and massacre it.

Yang Zhen's attitude towards his Korean and friendly forces not only made Huang Taiji "very disappointed", but also gave him many thoughts.

This time, setting up a bureau outside Dingzhou City was another test of Yang Zhen by Huang Taiji.

If Yang Zhen sent troops from Zhenjiang Fort, then Huang Taiji would be sure to annihilate them all.

Although Huang Taiji now has some fear about storming a fortified city, he is still confident about fighting in the wild.

Correspondingly, if Yang Zhen once again turns a deaf ear to his Korean and friendly troops and refuses to save them, then Huang Taiji can make up his mind to continue advancing eastward.

This is also a question that Huang Taiji has been thinking about after he captured the city of Yiju and obtained grain and military supplies.

Without Fan Wencheng's various reminders and advice, Huang Taiji, under the advice of Gang Lin, a scholar of the National Academy of History who accompanied the army, and Jierhalang and Nikan who followed Huang Taiji eastward after the First World War in Yiju Fucheng, Huang Taiji,

Finally decided to completely conquer the court people.

On the one hand, all the North Koreans who dare to resist will be killed, and thunderous means must be used to subdue others who are disobedient or even those who are ready to make a move.

On the other hand, he wanted to force the leader of the Li Dynasty, Li Zhu, and the small court in Hanyang City to completely clarify and correct their attitude of loyalty to the Qing Dynasty, and execute all pro-Ming factions in the government and the public.

A few years ago, when Huang Taiji personally conquered the Li Dynasty for the second time in his life, he was merciful to the leader of the Li Dynasty, Li Jian, and his courtiers in order to win over the people as soon as possible.

Although a group of warring factions against the Qing Dynasty were executed at that time, no effort was spared to eliminate a large number of pro-Ming factions hidden in the small court of the Li Dynasty.

Now, Huang Taiji realizes that this was probably a mistake he made in his eagerness to pacify the court.

In his opinion, officials of the Li Dynasty such as Lin Qingye, commander of the navy of the three southern provinces of Li Chao, and Liu Lin, military commander of Ping'an Road, were all liaisons with the Ming Dynasty, and they all rebelled against the Qing Dynasty and returned to the Ming Dynasty during the process of Yang Zhen's capture of Zhenjiang Fort.

Then it can be seen that the Li family's small court has reached a point where it is necessary to deal with the situation, and it is impossible not to take care of it.

However, Huang Taiji had not yet made up his mind on how to rectify the Li family's small court and how to eliminate the pro-Ming ministers.

As for those on the surface, it is natural to kill one by one without fear of killing them all.

But what about secretly?

What if they were loyal to the Qing Dynasty on the surface, but secretly continued to cherish the Ming Dynasty, and secretly continued to help Yang Zhen?

We can't kill all the civil and military officers of the Li Dynasty. If we kill them all, who will govern the Li Dynasty for him?

Faced with this problem, Gang Lin, a scholar from the Chinese Academy of History who accompanied him on the expedition, gave Huang Taiji an idea, which was to ask Huang Taiji to refer to the precedent of the Eight Banners Han Army and order the people of the court to shave their heads and change their clothes.

Civil servants and military generals began.

In this regard, Huang Taiji, who had been somewhat hesitant about the movement of the army before, remained noncommittal.

In fact, Huang Taiji has been a little uncomfortable since the death of Fan Wencheng, a bachelor of his internal affairs department.

Without this Han advisor who knew the Ming Dynasty and was quite strategic, Huang Taiji was a little undecided on many issues.

At present, he has sent people back to Shengjing to summon several other useful Han officials and ministers to serve in the army. Among them are Ning Wanwo and Bao Chengxian, who are second to Fan Wencheng among Han officials. But for now,

Did not arrive at the front of the army.

However, when Huang Taiji learned that the soldiers and civilians in the city abandoned the city and fled as if they were in a panic on the day the messenger returning from the direction of Zhenjiang Fort entered Dingzhou City, he finally made up his mind.

Because Huang Taiji concluded from this incident that Yang Zhen and the Ming army troops under Yang Zhen would not send troops to interfere with his continued eastward march.

Therefore, on the ninth day of November in the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, that is, the ninth day of November in the fifth year of Chongde reign in the Puppet Qing Dynasty, at 6 o'clock in the morning, Huang Taiji, who had successfully settled in Dingzhou City, once again met in the lobby of the former Dingzhou Pastoral Envoy's office.

A royal meeting was convened to prepare for a decision on the next direction of the army's advance.

"Jilharang, Tu Lai, please tell us the outcome of the Battle of Dingzhou first. What happened to the Korean soldiers and horses on the way to Anzhou? Is there any news coming back from Suohai? Flee to the south.

What about those people heading towards the coast?”

After the princes and belles summoned by Huang Taiji's decree arrived, he did not rush to express his determination. Instead, he first asked various people about the latest battle situation.

Just yesterday evening, when the four gates of Dingzhou City suddenly opened and soldiers and civilians surged out of the city, Huang Taiji lost no time in ordering an attack.

The soldiers of Alihachao Hama with the yellow banner led by Guarjia Suohai were ordered to pursue and intercept the troops of Dingzhou general Che Liliang who were fleeing eastward.

Jierhalang, the king of Doluozheng County, and the Bajala and Alihachaohama soldiers of the Xilan Banner led by Gushan Beizi Nikan were ordered to pursue and intercept the troops led by the Dingzhou pastoral envoy who fled south.

Refugee team.

As for Gual Jia Tu Lai, he commanded the horsemen of Bagala Camp and Alihachaoha Camp of Zhenghuang Banner. Under the leadership of the Koreans who came out of the city to ask for surrender, they took advantage of the situation and attacked the city and occupied Dingzhou City.

Only Huang Taiji, under the protection of the Baya La camp with the yellow flag, and his surrounding ministers and attendants, stayed at the camp with the two princes Kong and Geng.

Now that one night has passed, the killing spree in Dingzhou City belonging to various Niulu under Zhenghuang Banner has ended.

There were corpses everywhere in the streets and alleys, and black and red blood flowed into rivers and turned into ice.

Yesterday's lively scene was gone, replaced by a deathly silence throughout the city.

Those Koreans who stayed in the city and resisted were all killed.

The others who did not want to submit also fled outside the city and fled for their lives.

At this time, the only remaining court people in the city were those who had shaved off their tails early, and then chose to be surrendered to the Qing Dynasty again, and became the Aha belonging to each Niulu of the Zhenghuang Banner.

This is Huang Taiji's will.

The previous two attempts to storm Zhenjiang Fort City failed. The three banners of Zhenghuang, Xianghuang and Xianglan lost their troops and generals, and their morale was low.

In order to boost morale, when the imperial capital of Yizhou was captured, Huang Taiji ordered the soldiers and horses of the three banners to enter the city together and burn, kill and loot all night. All the wealth gained was owned by each banner and distributed among themselves.

As a result, morale really increased.

Subsequently, every time the Qing soldiers and horses marching eastward across the Yangtze River conquered a city, Huang Taiji ordered the banner with the bravest and most meritorious battles to enter the city first and plunder it, and give the surviving lives in the city to the banner's Bagala and

Aliha Chaoha is a slave, that is, Aha.

On the way east and south from Uiju Fortress, there were first the Zhenghuang flag, then the Xianghuang flag, and then the Xianglan flag. It had been turned twice, and now it was the turn of the Zhenghuang flag again.

Of course, for Huang Taiji, no matter what he does, he will not lose, because according to his will, no matter what the turn is, in the end, the two yellow flags will take the majority.

Furthermore, as for the situation in the city, Huang Taiji saw it on the way into the city in the morning, so he did not ask any more questions. What he asked at this time was the two groups of troops who were not in the city last night.

"Replying to the master, Suohai sent people to deliver two messages. Last night they chased to the Daning River and caught up with the fleeing Korean soldiers and horses from Dingzhou City. There were about five Korean soldiers and horses.

Thousands of people!"

Faced with Huang Taiji's inquiry, Guarjaturai, who was currently in charge of the flag affairs with the yellow flag, quickly responded. He first told the good news that Suohai had caught up with the imperial soldiers, and then continued:

"It's just that it was already dark at that time, and there was a heavy wind and snow. Suohai led Alihachaoha with a yellow flag. Although he defeated them in one battle, he failed to annihilate them all!

"According to the new news we received in the morning, Suo Hai and the others pursued them all the way last night and beheaded a total of more than 3,500 Korean soldiers. About a thousand people escaped across the Qingchuan River Estuary and fled into Anzhou City!"

"Huh? How can we get them to escape into Anzhou City?"

After listening to Gualjaturai's report, Huang Taiji just hummed slightly, then frowned and raised some questions of his own.

But despite this, Gualjaturai's heart sank. He who was standing with a bow immediately shook off his sleeves and knelt on the ground.

"Returning to the master, according to the messenger sent back by Suo Hai, Suo Hai and his group of troops encountered artillery fire from the sea near the mouth of the Qingchuan River.

"In addition, the night was dark and the wind and snow were blowing. The informant said that Suohai and his troops did not know the depth of the road ahead and did not dare to pursue it in a large scale.

"However, they sent an additional vanguard last night to detour upstream and cross the river on the ice to explore the road. At the same time, their entire army has arrived outside Anzhou City this morning!"

"Oh? There was a shelling from the sea? Has he found out clearly whose warship it is?"

Gualjaturai said a lot of things in one breath, but this alone immediately aroused Huang Taiji's great attention.

"Replying to the master, Suo Hai has sent people to investigate, but the ice at the mouth of the Qingchuan River is thinner, and the farther to the sea, the more dangerous it is, so the forward troops sent cannot go deep.

"But according to the source, the ice on the sea is serious, and it is difficult for the opponent's warships to reach the river mouth. Therefore, although the opponent's bombardment sounds terrifying, the real threat is not too great."

When Gualjiaturai said this, Huang Taiji's heart suddenly lifted in secret, and then he relaxed again.

"That's good. It seems that my destiny in the Qing Dynasty is still there, and my love from heaven has not diminished. At this time, the rivers are frozen and the sea is frozen. No matter how many naval forces there are in Jinhai Town, they will not be able to threaten my country before it thaws next year.

Clear the troops!"

I don't know when, maybe it was after the recent attack and defense of Zhenjiang Fort, Huang Taiji suddenly felt a sense of fear towards Yang Zhen and the Ming army in Jinhai Town.
Chapter completed!