One day later, the same thing happened in another small tribe forty miles upstream of the Luan River, a place that later became Chengde County and was now called Laohe.

In two days, two of Duoyan's thirty-six books disappeared.

In fact, this is normal. The original five Inner Khalkha tribes were attacked by Hu Duntu and the Jin Kingdom. Now only two are left. In comparison, Duoyan's thirty-six tribes are entrenched in Liaohe River.

In addition to the considerable strength of the Subudi headquarters in the upper reaches, the remaining small tribes numbered mostly hundreds or thousands of tents. It is not surprising that they suddenly disappeared in these troubled times.

In mid-February, all Nikan's army arrived on the north bank of the Luanhe River from Qingcheng to Laohe, and built fortifications on the nearby hillside to hide.

The fortifications they built were only about ten feet away from the road on the north side of the Luanhe River. That is, they dug some trenches on the mountain and filled the gaps with soil bags.

Although the Luanhe River was frozen at this time, it was not as frozen as north of Mobei. The thickest point was only about a foot, and it would definitely break if a large group of people stepped on it.

Everything is clearly revealed.

In Nikan's vague memory, Huang Taiji went north from Dongjiakou on the Great Wall on February 16th. It was less than a hundred miles from Laohe to Dongjiakou. Huang Taiji and his party brought a large number of prisoners and captured

It certainly won't go very fast, but even so, it will only take three days.

But the problem is that after leaving Dongjiakou, there are two roads to return to Liaodong. One is along the Great Wall and close to Shanhaiguan, which is still under the control of the Ming army. The northern border of Guangning goes directly back to Liaodong. This road is not

It's easy to walk, but it's closer. As for the Ming army that may come from the south, the power of Huang Taiji's army is almost negligible.

Then continue north along the Luanhe River, all the way to Chifeng, and then return to Liaodong through the pastures of Wengniute, Aohan, Naiman, and Horqin. This trip is easier, but the distance is much longer.

There is no record of how Huang Taiji returned to Liaodong in the history books, but according to Nikan's judgment, he first made an alliance with various tribes near Chifeng, and returned with a large number of captures. He must have returned along the original route. In that case, along the way

Distributing some of the captured goods to various ministries can not only show favor but also establish authority.

If they return from the southern route in a hurry, given the fragile relationship that the Jianzhou Jurchens have just established with the various tribes, it is still unclear whether they can win the sincere support of the tribes in the future.

For an excellent politician like Huang Taiji, he must have returned the same way!

However, everything is not absolute. Once Huang Taiji comes out of seclusion, it is not impossible that he will distribute the captured people and materials to various ministries and let them go their own ways. If he misses his trip, his work will be in vain.

So I can only gamble!

He only brought five days' worth of food and grass. If something went wrong, he would fight back to Chahar and take the Han people there back to Hulun City.

And this time, his ultimate goal is the same.
Chapter completed!