Chapter 542: Houjin retreats

After Huang Taiji heard that the three important towns were lost, he immediately lost an inch, and immediately led the army to return to help and recapture the three important towns, Meng Tian heard that Huang Taiji was going to lead the troops to retreat, and hurriedly came to Huang Taiji and asked:

"Your Majesty, the last general heard that you are going to lead a large army to evacuate this place, I don't know what happened to make Your Majesty make such a decision?"

Huang Taiji listened to Meng Tian's inquiry, and said anxiously:

"Brother Yi, that Zhu Youzhen Xiao'er, he actually divided his troops to attack the rear, and now Guangning, Shenyang, Liaoyang, the three important towns have all fallen into the hands of the enemy!"

"I don't have time to talk to my righteous brother now, so go and prepare!"

"I want to set off immediately and retake the three cities!"

Meng Tian listened to Huang Taiji's words, quickly analyzed himself, and then said:

"Your Majesty is slow, there will be a word at the end, please make a decision after Your Majesty listens to it!"

Huang Taiji was anxious, but the person who came was Meng Tian, and Meng Tian was always strategic, so he had to say patiently:

"Brother Brother, please speak!"

After Meng Tian got Huang Taiji's consent, he spoke:

"Your Majesty, since this Ming army has captured three towns, I don't know how sure Your Majesty will be able to recapture the city if you bring troops back to help?"

"Besides, this land in Liaodong, the Ming army has occupied it for more than three years, and our army has only occupied it for a few months, and at this moment, the people's hearts are turned against their backs, I am afraid that it will be bad for our army to act rashly!"

"And right now, Jinzhou has been besieged for several months, and the city must have run out of food and grass!"

"The last general thinks that it is the best policy for us to continue to besiege Jinzhou now!"

Huang Taiji listened to Meng Tian's words, and immediately said with some displeasure on his face:

"Brother-in-law, what are you talking about?"

"Are you letting me go to the rear and capture Jinzhou?"

"This Jinzhou is just a lonely city, if it is really like what you said, there is no food and grass in the city, then what is the point of me taking it, is it to let Zhu Youzhen face me and catch turtles in the urn?"

Meng Tian listened to Huang Taiji's words and knew that Huang Taiji had lost his mind because of the panic in his heart, but for the sake of the army, he had to continue to explain:

"Your Majesty, you have misunderstood the meaning of the last general!"

"Right now, if Your Majesty retreats, then the Ming army is bound to pursue, drag our army, and gain the advantage of continuing to attack the city for its front!"

"And if we continue to besiege Jinzhou, then the defenders of Jinzhou will not be able to hold on, and it will inevitably make these Ming troops outside the city anxious, they are in a hurry, and they will inevitably start a war with us, hoping to repel our army and rescue Jinzhou!"

"At this time, our army occupies the initiative, whether it retreats or advances, there is no worries!"

"If we advance, we can take the opportunity to eliminate the Ming army outside the city, since the Ming army has divided its troops to capture the city in our rear, then the soldiers and horses in his current camp outside the city must not be as many as our army, so we are likely to defeat the Ming army in one fell swoop!"

"If the Ming army outside the city is defeated, then Jinzhou will be in His Majesty's bag!"

"After dealing with the affairs of Jinzhou, Your Majesty will wave your division to seize the lost territory in the rear, but it is just a matter of course, because the soldiers and horses in the rear are Zhu Youzhen's army, and they are allocated out, and they must not be as many as Your Majesty's army, if this is the land of Liaodong, a battle can be pacified!"

"If we retreat, when Zhu Hao attacks our army, we can fight and retreat, the other party is worried about Jinzhou City, and will not dare to chase after it, so that our army can also get out safely!"

"This is the last general, let His Majesty stay here first, now is that we will be more patient with the Ming army, whoever can't survive first will lose the initiative and be led by the other party!"

Meng Tian's words can be regarded as a clear analysis of the situation, this is not a conspiracy, but a conspiracy, an analysis and control of the battle situation.

Huang Taiji listened to Meng Tian's words, and only after a while did he speak:

"Brother Yi, what you said has some truth, but I don't want to bet patience with Zhu Youzhen, and I don't have the patience to gamble with him!"

"This barren mountain and wild mountain, more than three years, I have had enough, if I go to bet patience with Zhu You now, it is very likely that we will lose our foothold again and hide in the barren mountain!"

"I am the emperor of the Dajin Kingdom, not the king of the mountain, I will not die this time, and I will return to the barren mountain!"

Meng Tian listened to Huang Taiji's words, sighed slightly, and said secretly in his heart:

"Your Majesty has lost every inch now, and I'm afraid that my Dajin Kingdom will not be long in the future!"

Meng Tian sighed in his heart, and then retreated silently, saying nothing.

With the failure of Meng Tian's dissuasion, under the military order of Huang Taiji to retreat and retreat to help, the army of Houjin began to act, and the army of Houjin was more than 200,000.

At this moment, there are so many people and horses in Houjin, and such a large-scale action naturally attracted Zhu Hao's attention, and Zhu Hao immediately gave the order to pursue after hearing about the movements of the Houjin people.

Zhou Yu, who was beside Zhu Hao, after listening to Zhu Hao's order, hurriedly stepped forward and persuaded:

"Your Highness, this Hou Jin Renma, although he has suffered defeats in the hands of our army several times, has not hurt the roots, retreating at this time, I am afraid that it will be deceitful!"

"The subordinates guess that the other party may be a trick to lure the enemy!"

Zhu Hao listened to Zhou Yu's words, shook his head slightly, and said:

"Governor Zhou, you're too worried!"

"Don't forget, this king has divided his troops and attacked the cities of Liaodong for some days, and now this king, although he has not received their battle report, but presumably they have made some achievements!"

"At this moment, these Jianyu are retreating, probably because of this matter!"

"This king wants to hold them back, and give the soldiers in front of him some time to stabilize the city!"

Zhou Yu listened to Zhu Hao's words, nodded slightly, and then said:

"What His Highness said is reasonable, at the moment, it is clear that the opponent's forces are superior, and retreating at this moment, if it is not a plan to lure the enemy, it is estimated that His Highness has analyzed it!"

"However, my subordinates believe that His Highness should also be cautious, first send a small force to harass and attack, and test the other party, whether it is really retreating, or deliberately designing our army!"

Zhu Hao listened to Zhou Yu's words, nodded slightly, and then said:

"Zhou Dudu's worries are also justified!"

"Then let's do it according to Governor Zhou's method!"

Zhu Hao said, and then opened his mouth and ordered:

"Cheng Biting Jin listens to orders!"

When Cheng Yanjin heard this, he hurriedly stepped forward and said:

"The last general!"

Zhu Hao bowed slightly at Cheng Biting Jin, and then said:

"Order you to lead 30,000 soldiers and horses from the headquarters, pursue the retreating Jianyu soldiers and horses, you must give this king, investigate the truth, if the other party is really retreating, you must give this king, bite them to the death, this prince will lead the army, and then arrive!"