happily sent Adou away from them, Mao Wenlong was looking forward to their return, if the twenty masters could subdue them for their own use, it would definitely be a good thing to be strengthened.

But after being happy, Mao Wenlong also felt that Huang Taiji was still a hidden danger. He really thought differently, he would never attack the Jin Kingdom for at least three years, but Huang Taiji still took the initiative to send troops to attack Liaodong?

With a stomach full of doubts and depression, Mao Wenlong returned to Mao's mansion, found Hong Chengchou, and told him the confusion in his heart.

Hong Chengchou is worthy of being an old fritter in the officialdom, and he obviously has enough experience to explain such things.

"Chief soldier, in this era of the world, the law of the jungle is the strong, but the strong are only strong for a while, and the weak are also only weak for a while, and there is no reason to be permanently strong, and there is no reason to be permanently weak. Now our Dongjiang Army is indeed strong, but this is the time when Huang Taiji, who is in a weak position, feels great pressure. We don't take the initiative to attack the Jin Kingdom, but it doesn't mean that Huang Taiji will be willing to go on like this for a long time. ”

After a pause, Hong Chengchou sighed: "We are stronger, Huang Taiji has become weaker, and when we feel the arrival of the crisis, Huang Taiji will naturally fight back for self-protection." Therefore, when we are strong, we should directly eradicate this hidden danger in one go, instead of checks and balances like now. ”

Mao Wenlong's Huairou policy is a chicken rib in Hong Chengchou's eyes, especially before he really beat Huang Taiji down, it is definitely a big mistake to use such a Huairou policy. The Jin Kingdom has no war horses, and it can no longer come to attack the Ming Dynasty in a big way as before, but it can completely come and harass with a small army.

In short, as long as Huang Taiji is still profitable, he will not easily give up everything or purpose that he needs to plunder from the Ming Dynasty.

Mao Wenlong fell into deep thought, and Hong Chengchou's explanation gave him a slap in the face, which directly made him wake up. Indeed, before Huang Taiji suffered a real blow, it was obvious that he would not break the idea of seeking the Ming Dynasty.

"Then according to the will of the military division, after the spring of the next year, we must still wave our troops to attack the Jin Kingdom?" After thinking about it, Mao Wenlong opened his mouth to ask Hong Chengchou.

"Not only to fight, but also to fight hard, at least to beat Huang Taiji to the point that he no longer has the strength to fight the Ming Dynasty." Hong Chengchou did not hide this time, but advocated attacking the Jin State.

Mao Wenlong frowned after hearing this: "Fight, of course there is no problem." The problem is that it is not at all suitable for another war now, and the development of our Dongjiang Army has now reached a bottleneck, and it is difficult to make another breakthrough without three or two years of rest and recuperation. And this has to be in the absence of war, and now the whole north, there is not one in ten people, and if there is not enough population, we will not have more soldiers. Under such circumstances, for every one person killed or wounded, we will lose one of our enthusiastic soldiers. ”

Hong Chengchou was stunned for a moment, he had never thought about these questions, and now that Mao Wenlong mentioned it, he broke out in a cold sweat for a while. If it weren't for Mao Wenlong's thoughtfulness, if he attacked the Jin Kingdom as he just said, there would inevitably be serious consequences afterwards.

You must know that Mao Wenlong is only occupying a north now, which is after nearly ten years of wars and natural disasters. Now it is not an exaggeration to say that the entire north is like a ruin, if it were not for Mao Wenlong to create a Xuzhou early in the morning, providing a steady stream of grain and grass, the Dongjiang Army would not have such a scale today.

Thinking of this, Hong Chengchou did not dare to advocate the threat of Huang Taiji by force. After some deep thought, he hesitated and said: "The general soldier's concerns just now are completely correct, but the subordinate officer is reckless. However, Xia Guan still insisted on the opinion that Huang Taiji should not be negligent, although we cannot use force against him now, it is still necessary to destroy the Jin Kingdom. ”

Mao Wenlong chuckled and said, "Isn't it also destroying the Jin Kingdom now?" Huang Taiji's subordinates had reached the point where there were almost no war horses available. It's a pity that in such a situation, Huang Taiji still doesn't give up. delusionally wanted to use Wu Sangui to disturb Liaodong, which had just calmed down. ”

Hong Chengchou said firmly: "The general soldier, just asking for cattle, sheep and war horses from him is far from enough. Now on the surface, Huang Taiji seems to have suffered a big loss in this exchange with us. In fact, it is not, after all, he also got the grain and grass he wanted, and the people of the Jin Kingdom can get this grain and grass without worrying about this winter. In this way, Huang Taiji's sweat position was not affected at all. ”

Mao Wenlong was a little puzzled, he couldn't understand what Hong Chengchou wanted to express at the moment: "Can the military advisor say it clearly?" ”

Hong Chengchou nodded and said: "It's very simple, we have to let Huang Taiji's throne be threatened, so that the herdsmen of the Jin Kingdom no longer support Huang Taiji, so that Huang Taiji will not be able to use his mind here in Daming." ”

Mao Wenlong sensed a hint of reason, but he was not sure: "The meaning of the military advisor's words is to stir up chaos from within the Jin Kingdom, so as not to let Huang Taiji live too freely?" ”

Hong Chengchou responded in a dark voice: "The Jin Kingdom is composed of more than a dozen tribes, large and small, and each tribe represents an independent force after all. As long as we have a way to rebel or buy one or two of these tribes, and then let them put pressure on Huang Taiji, in this way, Huang Taiji will be busy and will not be able to be distracted to attack Da Ming at all. ”

Mao Wenlong said with a sneer: "The military advisor's plan is very good, although the chance of success is not great, but it is worth a try." ”

Hong Chengchou reminded him like this, and Mao Wenlong had already remembered how Huang Taiji had bought many Ming generals for his use. Because of his arrival, the fate of Huang Taiji changed a lot. Mao Wenlong now also feels that it should be for Huang Taiji to try it and feel betrayed by his subordinates.

"What is the plan of the commander-in-chief?" Hong Chengchou saw Mao Wenlong's thoughtful look, and guessed that Mao Wenlong must have a clever plan in his heart.

"There is no plan, but there are many ways. And before we can do these things, we have to have some goals, and then from among those goals, we can choose the people who are most likely to be bought by us. And to understand Huang Taiji's subordinates, I think there may be someone who should be able to provide us with a lot of information. ”

"Who is this person?" Hong Chengchou is quite curious?

"Wu Sangui is being escorted to Xi'an." Mao Wenlong raised his eyebrows at Hong Chengchou and let out a sinister laugh again.

Hong Chengchou was stunned for a moment, and after reacting, he gave Mao Wenlong a thumbs up, admiring Mao Wenlong so much!