This is something that makes Nurhachi feel very anxious, if the Mongols have grenades and revolvers, then the Dajin Iron Cavalry will have no advantage over the Mongols, because the Mongols are not only good at cavalry tactics, but also have a huge number of men and horses, if the Mongols are united, not to mention the military strength of the Genghis Khan period, as long as the Chahar Lindan Khan can control the Chahar Department well, with the strength of Lindan Khan, it will not be a problem to make more than 50,000 cavalry, if the old and the young are on it, 100,000 cavalry will not be a problem.

If these 100,000 cavalrymen are equipped with grenades and revolvers, who else can the cavalry of the Dajin Kingdom fight in the future?

Not to mention Lin Dan Khan's Chahar Division, let's just say that the Inner Khalkha and Horqin Divisions that are now under control, once there are grenades and revolvers, whether they can be controlled or not is a question.

"Now that Wei Bao has released his words, he can deal with the takeaway grenade and this new style of pistol, what should we do?" Nurhachi asked.

Everyone was talking again, although they heard the news, but now they heard the Great Khan personally confirm it, and they were sure that the news was true.

Huang Taiji said: "Father Khan, Wei Bao is doing this to control us, we must not buy it!" Nor can anyone else buy it. Even if Wei Bao's army has powerful firearms, we are not afraid, and we can still force them to take the initiative to negotiate peace with us. But if we buy their firearms, we will become more and more dependent on them, and we will not be able to make them ourselves, and then we will have to rely on others. With these firearms, the Mongols will increase their force, and we will not be able to control it even more when the time comes. ”

Nurhachi nodded and looked at Huang Taiji approvingly: "Then you say, is there any way to stop Wei Bao's conspiracy?" ”

When Cong Gulen Gege heard the word conspiracy, his eyelids jumped, and he didn't like his father Khan to say this about Wei Bao.

"Father Khan, only to win, this time against Liaodong, we must win, not only to let Wei Bao see our strength, but also to let the Ming Jiliao border army see our strength. The Jiliao border army of the Ming Dynasty, although Wei Bao is now a supervising army, has a lot of power, and I heard that Wei Bao seems to have controlled the soldiers and horses of Shanhaiguan, with more than 60,000 people. The rest of the Jiliao soldiers and horses together were only 40,000 people. This has to be counted as deducting the vacancy, and the other Ming troops together may be less than 30,000, and most of the military power of Jiliao is in the hands of Wei Bao. Therefore, winning Weibao is equivalent to winning everyone. This is also for those Mongolian tribes, as long as Wei Bao wins, I will see who dares to face Qin Duchu. "Huang Taiji Dao.

Nurhachi nodded: "Not bad." Wei Bao really controls so many soldiers and horses now? Is the message true? ”

"Definitely. Wei Bao controlled at least 160,000 troops in the Ming army! There are at least more than 100,000 people in southern Liaoning. Huang Taiji said coldly: "This is the latest accurate information. It has been confirmed by many parties. The news of the Ming army was provided by the generals of the Ming army, and the information of the Wei Bao army in southern Liaoning was provided by Mongolian merchants, and according to the several battles with the Wei Bao army, there may be more than 100,000. ”

Jiannu's Beizi, advisers and generals were shocked when they heard this, and there was a lot of discussion.

So what's the other fight?

If Wei Bao sends all the people, he will almost catch up with half of the men in the Dajin Kingdom, and the rest of the Dajin Kingdom will not be able to participate in the war.

It is equivalent to saying that the soldiers and horses on Wei Bao's side have surpassed the Dajin Kingdom, what else is there to fight in this battle?

Seeing that everyone was afraid of war, Nurhachi said coldly: "Are you frightened? Back then, the Ming army was also hundreds of thousands of troops, so what? ”

Jiannu's bezi, advisers, and generals thought to themselves, can that be the same?

At that time, the command of the Ming army was not effective, and the various departments were not subordinate to each other, which was difficult to control, and lacked food, grass and military salaries.

This time it is all concentrated in the hands of Wei Bao alone, and southern Liaoning is rich in grain, and Wei Bao is recognized as having silver, neither lack of food nor silver, who can win.

What's more, Wei Bao also has powerful firearms, and the number of firearms seems to be a lot, otherwise people will take them out and sell them for money?

Many people want to say that they should simply withdraw the army as soon as possible, and discuss peace with Wei Bao as soon as possible.

But knowing that if he said this, he would definitely commit Nurhachi's taboo, so no one dared to say it.

"Huang Taiji is right, the stronger Wei Bao is, we can't easily succumb to it. Otherwise, it will not be peaceful after the peace talks. What's more, the vision of my Dajin Kingdom can't be so short-sighted, Wei Bao is already our main opponent, and it is a very terrible opponent, our Jurchens have suffered the disaster of extinction several times, haven't they all survived? As long as we continue to unite as one and unite as one, there will be no hurdles that cannot be passed, you are all my Jurchen warriors, are you afraid? Nurhachi stood up and said proudly. It seems that in an instant, the ambition was directly restored.

The enthusiasm of the crowd was boiled by Nurhachi's encouragement, and they shouted loudly together: "Don't be afraid, not afraid!" ”

"Negotiate peace with Wei Bao, but we must first play with momentum. This time, we came fully prepared, that is, to fight a protracted war with the Ming army, the Mongols will provide silver and grain, we will deal with them for several months, so that they will be powerless, even if we can't grab food, gold and silver, we will stay in Liaodong to show force! Immortality, showing off force, is the essence of our battle, do you understand? The more Wei Bao wants to fight, the more we don't give him a chance, keep killing his people, don't let him kill our people, and after a long time, we will know how powerful our Dajin Kingdom is. Nurhachi took a step closer.

Before going to war, Nurhachi discussed it with Huang Taiji, Fan Wencheng and others, and he was very sure, so he emphasized it again at this time.

Jiannu's Beizi, advisors and generals nodded one after another, they still have full confidence in their iron cavalry, and may not be able to compete with Wei Bao's army head-on, but with the superior number of cavalry, it is more than enough to protect themselves, as long as they stay in Liaodong and let the Ming army have nothing to do, this is a success in itself.

It's just that thinking that there is nothing to be gained from this battle, everyone can't help but feel a little unmotivated.

You know, when did you fight against the Ming army in the past, didn't you make a lot of money?

In addition, if the Mongol tribes under their control were to be supplied with gold, silver, and grain for a long time, the Beizi, advisors, and generals of the Jiannu were also worried that the Mongols would not be willing to do so, and what variables might arise.

It's just that no one dares to raise this concern with Nurhachi.

Everyone also knows that it doesn't matter whether you mention it or not, because Nurhachi must know better than anyone else in his heart.

Nurhachi really knew very well that the oppression of the Mongol tribes under his control in this way was very likely to cause a revolt, and even make these Mongol tribes betray him again and throw themselves into the arms of Lin Dan Khan, and more likely into the arms of Wei Bao, which was a very terrible thing.

But at this juncture, Nurhachi felt that it was time to fight!

As long as the Ming army can't raise its head in this winter, all forces can know who is the real master outside the gate.

During this period, Nurhachi must not have thought of such a big thing as acquiring the entire Ming Dynasty.

Until the Huang Taiji period, and even until Huang Taiji died, Huang Taiji did not necessarily think about embezzling the Ming Dynasty.

Because in Jiannu's view, this is something that he never dreamed of.

And in the original history, Dolgon was able to lead the army into the customs and enter the Central Plains, which was a treasure, all of which were the credit of Li Zicheng's breakthrough of the capital, which made Jiannu see a golden opportunity.

Only then did the Manchu Qing Dynasty enter the customs.

"You don't have to be anxious, hold on, the battle is indispensable to you, the key is to think about how to fight, it is the most beneficial to our army, and also inform the leading generals of the four roads, be cautious, do not show flaws, and pay attention to the protection between the various departments. Isn't Wei Bao's army good at maneuvering? Than circumference, than guerrillas, no one is the opponent of our Dajin National Iron Cavalry! "Nurha equator.

Everyone nodded their heads, and their thoughts were much clearer.

"Great Khan, if you want me to say, I will bring my people over, and we will first lay down the Ming army's Qiantun Fort or Gaotai Fort, and cut off the connection between Shanhaiguan and Ningyuan City, so that the entire Ming army outside the pass will become a turtle in an urn, and this battle will be easy to fight." Mang Gurtai, who was injured and still came to the meeting, took the initiative to ask Yingdao.

Nurhachi glanced at Mang Gurtai's injured arm, and was angry, but he suppressed his anger and said gently: "It is commendable that you can take the initiative to ask for battle." But you have to make an inventory, our war is not to conquer the city, and what I just said is not enough to count? We are mainly showing off force! ”

Mang Gurtai didn't dare to say any more, he didn't understand at all just now.

The generals on Jiannu's side are all brave and good at fighting, but when it comes to strategy and cultural level, they must be incomparable with the generals of the Ming army.

In the past few days a medium-sized battle of cavalry against cavalry that did not cause much repercussions, and not even many people knew about.

The whole of Liaodong seems to have fallen into a strange atmosphere, which is calm on the surface, but in fact it is secretly turbulent.

"Jiannu has not attacked or retreated in the past few days, and has built a large camp next to Shanhaiguan, Qiantunbao, Gaotaibao and Ningyuan City, this is to hold on for a long time? Jiannu are all iron horses, what are you doing to build a camp? They're not good at defensive warfare, either. Wei Bao looked at the map and checked the latest information sent by the Military Intelligence Service.

"It's supposed to be an offense based on defense, and on the surface it's on the defensive, but it's actually preparing for an offense. This is to fight for a long time, mainly to sweep away the prestige of our treasure army. The chief of military intelligence judged.

Wei Bao nodded, which made sense.

"Jiannu is fighting for consumption like this, then we have to support the border army in terms of food and military salaries, otherwise they will definitely not be able to hold it." Wu Xuexia was dissatisfied: "What does Nurhachi want to do? How did he suddenly become so patient? In this case, not to mention that the cavalry regiments have nowhere to attack, and several of our brigades will not find a place to fight. ”

"Looking at the map, Jiannu really wants to fight a protracted war, and wants to hold us back, so as to show their military might." Zhang Meiyuan also made the same judgment.

Last time, President Wei praised Zhang Meiyuan and asked Zhang Meiyuan to talk as much as possible in the future, and Zhang Meiyuan now has a little more sense of participation.

"President, we can't let Jiannu do this, we have to fight, I think we will start with Jiannu on the road closest to Shanhaiguan, right? If we let Jiannu block us at the door of our house for a long time and can't move, it will give all the Jiliao border army and the Mongols the impression that our treasure army can't defeat Jiannu. "Chang Wuye, who usually doesn't speak, opened a rare buckle.

Wei Bao nodded: "What Fifth Master Chang said is right, Jiannu is this idea, but he didn't find a good time, and he definitely can't fight hard." We are not afraid of losing face, fighting a war is a big thing, and face is a small thing. Besides, it's not like we won't meet after this fight, whoever can take advantage is the one who is capable. ”

"Can't we use our regular army to fight? If you don't shoot the regular army, you can give the Shanhaiguan garrison some more rifles and ammunition. Chang Wuye suggested.

"No, this time, don't use a little thermal weapon, use a grenade, it's already the limit. If we use guns and cannons, we will completely lose our trust in Jiannu, which is equivalent to closing the door to peace talks with Jiannu. If we can negotiate peace, it is better to negotiate peace, as long as Liaoning and Korea are allowed to develop steadily for a few years, our advantage over Jiannu will become greater and greater, and this will be beneficial to us. Jiannu will definitely not be able to develop us. Wei Bao said.

After saying this, Wei Bao suddenly felt like a person in the future, but he was already standing in the perspective of the ruling class thinking about the problem.

I remember that when I used to be a keyboard warrior, in the face of provocations around Huaguo, I was jumping and shouting and shouting to kill.

But now that I think about it, with China's huge and healthy economy, as long as it develops steadily, it can win without a fight by relying on the economy alone, so why risk economic regression to go to war?

Peace is still the main theme in the end.

Unless it's a steady win, it's almost the same as being able to eat the opponent in one bite.

Obviously, the Bao army does not have this kind of strength against Jiannu.

Chang Wuye was unhappy in his heart and didn't agree with President Wei's thoughts, but he didn't dare to object, and stopped talking sullenly.

Wei Bao smiled slightly, knowing what Chang Wuye thought, in fact, most of the people in the Bao Army had Chang Wuye's thoughts.

But Wei Bao didn't take it too seriously, this is the power of absolute power, in the Heaven and Earth Society, no one can oppose his decision-making.

"Tell Liu Dahe, Tan Madman, and Lin Wenbiao that they should pay attention to military intelligence collection, patiently look for opportunities, and take the fight against the living forces of Jiannu as the top priority, and don't think about anything else." Wei Bao said to the chief of the military intelligence section.

The chief of the military intelligence section agreed, and went down to do business.

"I didn't expect the war to hurt my brain so much, more than anything, I was defeated by Jiannu before, I thought things would be easier in the future." Wu Xuexia couldn't help but complain.

Wei Bao smiled slightly, the smarter people are, the more patient they sometimes lack a little patience, everything has pros and cons, and there are two sides.

If only it were so easy to go to war, wouldn't everything be solved by fighting a war?

War is only a continuation of politics and economics, and there are many more important things than war.