Huang Taiji listened to it and found that these Baylor generals were turning over and over again, one is that the east and west sides of the camp are not conducive to the deployment of troops; The second is that the light artillery of the Ming army may not be able to move the place more quickly, and once the judgment is wrong, I am afraid that the children of the Eight Banners will suffer greater losses, and so on.

He was about to refute these people's claims, but he saw Dolgon frowning and thinking about not joining these Baylor generals, so he changed his words stiffly: "Dolgon, do you have any opinion of Tuna's suggestion? ”

Dolgon, who was named by Huang Taiji, immediately looked up at him, but quickly bowed his head and replied respectfully: "Brother Tuna thinks that what Tuna said still has some truth, but the crux of the matter is not here. ”

Huang Taiji continued to ask Dolgon in some surprise, "Oh, so what do you think is the crux of the matter?" ”

Although Dorgon had the intention of delaying the war before the war began, so as to frustrate Huang Taiji's authority, he did not want to let the children of the Eight Banners suffer such a big setback. In the final analysis, he and Huang Taiji are competing for the leadership of the Qing Dynasty, and if the Qing Dynasty itself is already in danger, he naturally has to give priority to ensuring the existence of the Qing Dynasty.

As long as the battle with Huang Taiji doesn't tear his face, he is still a high-powered Prince of Daqing and Shuorui after all, but if Daqing doesn't exist, I'm afraid he is not even as good as an ordinary person on the side of the road. After all, his surname is Aixin Jueluo, he will not gamble, when Emperor Ming destroyed the Qing Dynasty, will he treat them preferentially to the children of the Aixin Jueluo family.

Therefore, when he saw the power of the Ming army's artillery, he kept thinking about how to break the advantage of the Yingkou defenders in artillery. Hearing Huang Taiji's question at this time, Dolgon also frankly said what he had thought: "Brother Chen thinks that the key to the problem now is that the Ming army in Yingkou City is backed by the sea, since they were able to sneak attack Yingkou City from the sea before, if the situation is unfavorable now, they can naturally evacuate from the sea."

This group of Ming troops was able to allow our army to bombard the city wall without moving, and it was not until our army relaxed its vigilance and dispatched infantry to attack the city that they used artillery to counterattack our army, resulting in heavy losses for our army. With such an army, the younger brother thought that it was rare even among the Ming army, otherwise the Ming people would not have to cross the sea to attack and attack Shenyang directly.

The population of the Ming Kingdom is more than 100 times the population of our Qing Dynasty, and the reason why our Qing Dynasty was able to divide Liaodong and the Ming people were helpless was that they relied on the force of the world. Today, this Ming army crossed the sea to seize our city, and repelled our army, if it is allowed to retreat again, the minister is worried that the Ming army will lose its fear of our Eight Banners army in the future.

With the population of the Ming Kingdom, there is no fear of our country, even if ten people fight me and eight banners, the Ming people have not broken their muscles and bones, and I am afraid that the people of Manchu have already perished the country and the people.

Therefore, the crux of today's issue is not to recapture Yingkou, but to how to keep this Ming army behind, not to allow it to return safely, and greatly boost the morale of the Ming people. However, the younger brother doesn't know how to start, so he is worried..."

Huang Taiji nodded at Dolgon, glanced at the surrounding Baylor clan, and then put down his hand blocking his bleeding nostrils and said to everyone: "Your knowledge is really not as much as Prince Rui.

You only think that continuing to attack will cause the Eight Banners to lose too much, but why don't you think about it, if the Ming army successfully holds or evacuates Yingkou City, we will lose more men and horses in the future than we do today.

In the subsequent battle, the Ming army heard the name of our army and scattered and fled, only to close the city and defend itself, not knowing to help each other, so that the Mandate of Heaven Khan broke each other, and finally unified the land west of the river.

If every part of the Ming army in Liaodong is so daring to engage our army in the city in the future, my country will not say that it wants to occupy the land outside the Ming Pass, and I am afraid that even the current land in Hexi may not be able to hold it. Do you hope that the Ming people will be driven back to the deep mountains and forests from Shenyang again, take off your brocade clothes and robes, give up your beautiful concubines and slaves, and go back to live the life of a savage who drinks blood and hair? ”

Of course, they were unwilling, and the Baylor generals, who were originally a little afraid of war, were finally persuaded by Huang Taiji. Without these pleasures, what is the point of living? That's what these Baylor generals thought in their hearts.

In the face of a gloomy future, these Baylor generals finally put aside their prejudices about Huang Taiji for the time being, and began to re-discuss Tuna's proposal.

But after a long day of discussion, the crowd finally came to such a conclusion. In order to complete Tuna's vision, the important thing is not the redeployment of the Qing army and the boost of morale, but the will of God.

If you want to arrange troops to attack from the east and west sides of Yingkou City, and prevent the Ming army from withdrawing from the sea when the situation is unfavorable, it depends on when this year's freezing period will come. It was only when the freezing period of Liaodong arrived, that the Liaohe River and the swamps became thoroughfares for the march of the army, and the Ming army lost its way to evacuate from the sea.

However, according to the weather forecast in previous years, it will take at least 15-20 days for the snow to cool down, and the days when the rivers and coasts can really be sealed will be postponed by 15-20 days. In other words, the best time to attack Yingkou City is at least 30 days away, not at this time.

After reaching this conclusion, everyone fell silent again, after all, no one was sure that the Ming army would be dragged until 30 days later. If the siege was insufficient, the Ming army could easily evacuate; The intensity of the siege has increased, which means that it will have to fight with the Ming army for more than 30 days, and the intensity of the daily battle will not be less than today. But in that case, how many men will be left in this army after 30 days?

At this moment, everyone's attention shifted to Huang Taiji, and at this critical moment, the only person who can make such a determination is Huang Taiji himself. As the backbone in the eyes of everyone, it is not the first time that Huang Taiji has faced such a scene.

Compared with the news that he heard in Shenyang that his father Khan died on the way back, and the eldest concubine Abahai was ready to support the coffin and return to Shenyang to summon the Eight Banners and then announce the will of his father Khan, he had no chance to be with the Khan, and he immediately went to persuade Dai Shan, Amin, and Mang Gurtai to intercept Abahai outside the city and hanged her overnight, so that the Eight Banners relatives and nobles in Shenyang City lost their backbone and had to submit to the four of them, and then he weakened the Khan's power with the help of the contradiction between Dai Shan and Mang Gurtai, and put forward the proposal of the four major Baylors to govern the government together. In the end, he succeeded in seizing the throne of Khan.

In such a treacherous situation at the beginning, Huang Taiji was still able to become the final victor, and now such a scene is naturally difficult to make him hesitate. After only a moment of silence, Huang Taiji had already made up his mind and said: "If we can't keep this Ming army, even if our army recaptures Yingkou this time, it will not be considered a victory."

What's more, this Ming army is so brave and strong, if it can be used by it, it will be more terrifying for the Ming people than defeating them. At this moment, the Ming people have a retreat at sea, so they can not be afraid of life and death when fighting, once they lose this retreat at sea, and then encounter a large-scale attack by our army, I think they may not be as brave as today.

Therefore, whether we leave this Ming army behind or destroy this Ming army, we must delay this Ming army until the beginning of the winter freeze season.

Of course, if we rely on force alone, even if this Ming army is left, the casualties of our army will be too heavy. And the greater the casualties of our army, the more the Ming troops in the city will not dare to surrender easily, after all, they will also be afraid of our retaliation.

In this way, if we want to keep the Ming army, we have to use stratagem. The Han people have a good saying: people die for money, and birds die for food. If we want the Ming army to stay at Yingkou and not flee, we must let this Ming army see enough benefits.

What is the greatest interest of the Ming army at the moment? Obviously, they didn't abandon Yingkou and flee back to Guannei, otherwise they wouldn't have had to send troops to Yaozhou City and Xiongyue Town before. It can be seen that the Ming army's previous idea was to occupy Yingkou if there was an opportunity, and open up Gaizhou and Fuzhou, and connect with the Ming army in Jinzhou.

With the support of the Ming army in Jinzhou, coupled with the mountainous terrain in the east, the Ming army was enough to hold the city of Yingkou without retreating, and planted a nail at the mouth of the Liaohe River, thus threatening Beizhen, Haizhou, and even Shenyang.

If there is a discord, then take advantage of the fact that the sea has not yet frozen and withdraw to the pass, although the Ming people have won the camp and lost, but at least it can be regarded as an exciting victory.

We have fought against the Ming State for so many years, have you ever seen that the Ming people did not defend the city when they could defend it, and what happened to the officials who abandoned the city and fled after they returned? ”

The Baylor generals, including Dolgon, shook their heads and said "no", and Huang Taiji finally sorted out the thoughts in his mind at this time and said: "If our army's continuous siege of the city is unfavorable, even I, the Great Khan, will be extremely ill because of this, and the morale of the army will be low, and then send someone to negotiate with the Ming army in the city, can the Ming army generals in the city easily make up their minds to retreat?" ”

Dolgon was the first to comprehend the consciousness of Huang Taiji's clan Baylor, before Hauge could figure it out, Dolgon had already clapped his hands and praised: "Khan's strategy is really wonderful, if the Ming army thinks that they can hold Yingkou City, I am afraid that they will not easily give up the evacuation, and when it is difficult to freeze the ships at sea, our army will regroup and attack it, then it will be too late for the other party to wake up." ”

With Dolgon's reminder, everyone also woke up one after another, and couldn't help but loudly praise the Khan's clever strategy. Only Hauge was not used to seeing Dolgon's appearance of patting his father's ass, so he subconsciously raised the bar and said: "If the generals of the Ming army in the city are not in the plan and have to evacuate, then we will just watch from the side?" ”

It's not that no one thought of this problem, but everyone hoped that Huang Taiji would not dwell on the failure just now, so he automatically ignored this uncertain factor. Now that Hauge has just pierced it, everyone can't help but be silent, not knowing how to take it.

Huang Taiji was also a little angry at Haoge's ignorant performance, and he finally let everyone mention some morale, but he was broken by this flute head. He didn't know what this son was thinking in his head, after the defeat just now, he was able to use this strategy to unite people's hearts, and by the way, wash away the mistake he had just commanded the siege, isn't this a happy thing, what is the difference between running out and pouring cold water on him at this time and slapping him in the face?