The Ming Dynasty set up a total of four general military officers in Liaodong, the largest of which was naturally Zu Dashou, the chief soldier of the forward, followed by Song Wei, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, Wu Xiang, the chief soldier of Liaodong, and the general soldier of regimental training. 八一Chinese })〕. >> 1]Z>].>C]OM, but the regimental training officer is now vacant.

Now Wu Xiang, the chief soldier of Liaodong, was killed by himself, Zu Dashou, the chief soldier of the forward, was also killed by himself, and Song Wei, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, was defeated again.

In this way, not counting the empty regimental training general soldier, the three major general soldiers have gone to the second, and the third general military officer Song Wei is also facing the danger of being dismissed by the imperial court.

This is also one of the reasons why Mo Li decided to kill Zu Dashou, if he didn't kill him, with Zu Dashou's entrenched position and relationship in the Liaodong army, the imperial court would most likely not dare to hold him accountable, even if he once wanted to surrender to the Houjin Tartars.

An ancestor Dashou has been listening to the tune since Yuan Chonghuan's accident, and he doesn't listen to the announcement, it's okay to want me to fight, but if you want me to go into Beijing alone, I'm sorry, I can't trust you. Second, if Zu Dashou is eliminated, the imperial court will not be able to find a more suitable leader to command the Liaodong army, organize the defense line, and resist the Houjin.

Moreover, Zu Dashou has always been deeply rooted in Liaodong, even in the court, there are many powerful and high-ranking officials who speak for him, and the previous auxiliary Zhou Yanru has a good relationship with the ancestral family. Although Zhou Yanru is no longer an auxiliary, he is still an important minister in the cabinet, and his influence in the court is also very large.

With a backer like Zhou Yanru, most of the imperial court will not hold Zu Dashou accountable, if Mo Li does not kill Zu Dashou, his Zu Dashou will most likely continue to be his vanguard commander, and he will continue to be his largest military leader in Liaodong.

In addition to the generals such as Zu Dashou, Zu Dale, Zu Zerun, and Zu Zeqing, who were besieged in Dalinghe City this time, the ancestral family also has Zu Dacheng, Zu Dabi, Zu Zechuan and other generals who are now stationed in Ningyuan and other places.

And these are not at all something that Mo Li, a new general who is not treated by Chongzhen, can shake it. If he can't get rid of Zu Dashou, it means that he Moli can only live under others forever, let others handle it, and he can't build his own power at all.

If you can't dominate the military power of Liaodong, then why should you exterminate the Tartars and pacify the world?

After a series of bloody battles, Mo Li sincerely and can't wait to gain more power, so as to have stronger strength. Without a strong army at hand, it is impossible to fight against the powerful Houjin.

However, it is said that after Dolgon, Huang Taiji and others led the troops to withdraw from Dalinghe City in a hurry, they fled for dozens of miles to the northeast, and saw that the Ming army was no longer chasing, and it was dark, so they immediately camped on the spot.

On this expedition to the Daling River, Houjin lost a total of more than 21,000 soldiers, including Bel Azig, Gushan Ezhen Aobai, Darha, Ye Chen and others, and also lost dozens of red-coated cannons, most of the grain and grass, and more than 10,000 war horses, which can be described as a heavy loss. And these are basically born in the early morning of last night to the evening of this day.

That is to say, in the first two months of this campaign, the Houjin army has always been in an absolute advantage of the side, basically there is not much battle damage, seeing that last night, Zu Dashou finally couldn't hold on, and sent his son to express his intention to surrender, and it seemed that the perfect war goal was about to be achieved, but who knew that at this juncture, Mo Li's dark horse appeared in the sky and caught them off guard.

In the sweat tent of Huang Taiji, Huang Taiji, Dai Shan, Mang Gurtai, Dolgon, Yue Tuo, Duoduo, Zilharang, Dudu, Sakhalian, Abatai and other large and small beylers gathered in the tent, one by one drooping their faces, and the atmosphere was quite dull.

"Tell me, what are we going to do now?" Huang Taiji broke the silence, and his slightly chubby face was full of gloom.

The success of the thousand-mile raid on the Ming Kingdom Jingshi the year before last greatly increased the prestige of Huang Taiji in the country, and when Amin slaughtered the city and fled, Huang Taiji immediately ordered his arrest, and no one dared to say a word to the ministers of Baylor.

Since the Great Bel Dai Shan and the Third Bel Mang Gurtai had been opposed to the question of the Thousand Miles Rush, and their opposition proved to be completely wrong, their attitude towards Huang Taiji was much more disciplined than before.

Before the expedition, Huang Taiji canceled the practice of the four major beylers taking turns to govern on a monthly basis in the name of caring for his brother's health.

In order to further strengthen the power of the Khan, before the battle of the Daling River, Huang Taiji imitated the lighting system and formed six departments, namely officials, rites, households, soldiers, criminals, workers, etc., the Baylor of the six departments were all young people, and they were directly under the leadership of Huang Taiji, which was a highly centralized political system of feudal nature, and Huang Taiji was steadily advancing on the road of consolidating power, and the power of Daishan and Mang Gurtai was further weakened and weakened.

On this expedition to the Daling River, the Mongolian Korqin, Alu, Zalut, Balin, Aohan, Naiman, Karaqin, Tumut and other departments led more than 20,000 people to join the teacher, which made Huang Taiji's confidence and pride burst, and he seemed to see that the moment of his own prestige was coming.

If there is no Mo Li this outlier, Houjin is about to achieve a brilliant victory, after the perfect curtain call of this battle, his prestige of Huang Taiji will also reach the point of the sky, not only no one in the country dares to challenge, shake their khan and power, Dajin's national strength will also be greatly strengthened, as long as there are a few more such battles of the Ming Dynasty, the seemingly huge Ming Empire will be subjugated under the iron cavalry of the Eight Banners, and it is not even impossible to replace it.

And now, all this has failed, not only did not destroy the Ming country's Dalinghe City, nor did it recruit the Ming army such as Zu Dashou, but also lost more than 20,000 Eight Banner warriors, which is really a great shame, and the population has not plundered the grain, even their own grain and grass have been lost to the Ming army, how to explain to the clansmen this time?

"yes, the big guys are all talking, what next? Shall we just go back like this? The flags lost so many warriors, but they didn't get anything, so they went back in such a gray way, what do the clansmen think of us? Where will the losses of the flags be compensated for? How will you spend this winter? Dorgon threw out a barrage of questions.

His compatriot brother Azig was beheaded by the Ming army, and the two White Banners lost a lot of troops, and the strength of their three brothers was greatly weakened, teaching him how not to be angry.

"However, that bastard named Mo Li of the Ming Kingdom has a large number of generals, and this time we have all attacked Dalinghe City, but who would have thought that he would still have reinforcements! It's hateful! We have a big loss of troops now, and there is nothing we can do about him! Abatai also said with a frustrated face.

Dai Shan, Du Du, Yue Tuo and others were also silent, and there was nothing to be done.

"If you want me to say, we should have attacked Dalinghe City a long time ago and forced Ancestor Dashou to surrender, so there would be no such thing as now!" Mang Gurtai said angrily. Mang Gurtai was also one of the four major council Baylors, and he was also a powerful candidate for the Khan throne back then, but later the other Baylors were moved by Huang Taiji to support him, and Mang Gurtai was unable to support him alone, so he had to turn to support Huang Taiji.

After Huang Taiji ascended to the throne of Khan, he became more and more arbitrary, as evidenced by the abolition of the four major councils before the expedition, Baylor's rotation in power, which also led to Mang Gurtai's secret dissatisfaction. This time he failed miserably, and Mang Gurtai vaguely felt that the opportunity had come.

"Third child, what do you mean by that? Questioning the Great Khan? Dai Shan glared at Mang Gultai dissatisfiedly, when has it been, and he is still thinking about it.

"Big Belle, isn't it? If it weren't for the fact that the Khan had to use some gentle means to subdue Zu Dashou, and say that he could set a precedent of convincing people with virtue and surrendering with sincerity, and lead the Ming army to surrender 6 times, we would have been afraid that the grain population of Dalinghe City, including Zu Dashou's subordinates, would have been collected by Dajin a long time ago! In my opinion, to deal with these Ming dogs, as long as our Eight Banner warriors raise the swords and guns in their hands, they will be scared and obedient! Manggultai said angrily.

"Enough! The third child, there is nothing wrong with subduing people with virtue, blindly slaughtering will only lead to the resistance of the Ming people, and in the long run, it will only consume the national strength and strength of our Dajin in vain! Huang Taiji shouted dissatisfiedly: "And if we impress the Ming army with sincerity and let them surrender sincerely, they will be desperate to contribute to our Dajin in the future, and it will not be long before our Dajin can expand its territory and prosper!" Hate only hates this Mo Li, who has repeatedly ruined my big things! ”

Mang Gurtai was not convinced, and wanted to say something, Dolgon suddenly said: "Third brother, don't say any more, let's solve the current problem first!" ”

Mang Gurtai said angrily: "What, old fourteen, what are your clever plans?" ”

Dolgon said: "Third brother, King Khan, and his courtiers think that we must not return empty-handed, otherwise this winter will be difficult and the people will be disappointed in us. In my opinion, we might as well take a detour and go straight to Ningyuan now and take down Ningyuan City! ”

As soon as Dorgon finished speaking, Duoduo also shouted: "Brother Fourteen is right, fight Ning Yuan, let's fight Ning Yuan!" Those Ming Dogs in Dalinghe City definitely didn't think that we could still kill a horse gun to take Ningyuan City, and besides, if we besieged Dalinghe City these days, Minggou must have transferred all the troops to Jinzhou's side, Ningyuan City's troops are empty, and they are designated to attack it! ”

Hit Ning Yuan?

Huang Taiji was a little hesitant, Ning Yuan was built by Yuan Chonghuan back then, and he went to fight Ning Yuan without taking Dalinghe City, if the news leaked accidentally, he would be copied by the Ming army in Jinzhou and Dalinghe City.

But thinking that if you don't take some of the supplies of the Ming army, it will be difficult to explain to the people after you go back, and it will not be easy to cross this winter, and what Duoduo said is also very reasonable, the Ming army must not have many troops in Ningyuan City, so he was a little embarrassed for a while, and turned around and asked Dai Shan: "What does the second brother think?" ”

Dai Shan thought for a while, nodded and said: "Ning Yuan has been fat in the past few years, I heard that the population and food in the city are not less than that of Jinzhou City, and the army is empty. ”

Sakhalian suddenly shook his head and said, "King Khan, Amma, the minister thinks that it is very inappropriate to beat Ning Yuan!" ”