Chapter 696: Key Intelligence

"General Li, do you think Li Hongyu is in Jinzhou City?"

Seeing that Mang Gurtai fell into silence, Nurhachi looked at Li Hongyu with a serious expression, he now didn't know whether Li Hongyu was in Jinzhou City, and he didn't even know whether Li Hongyu was out of the customs.

Among the people present at the scene, Li Yongfang was the only Han general, and he was more familiar with the affairs of the Ming officialdom than anyone else, so Nurhachi naturally wanted to hear his opinion.

"Back to the Great Khan, only Li Hongyu can mobilize the forbidden army of the Ming Dynasty except for the emperor, since the forbidden army has been dispatched, then Li Hongyu must be involved in this matter, but I don't know where he is now." Li Yongfang groaned for a moment when he heard this, and then replied cautiously.

To be honest, he didn't know whether Li Hongyu was in Jinzhou City, let alone whether Li Hongyu had left the Shanhaiguan, it stands to reason that Jinzhou City is so dangerous, and important officials like Li Hongyu should not risk their lives.

But Li Hongyu behaved differently from ordinary people, otherwise he would not have distressed Nurhachi, so it would not be surprising if he appeared in Jinzhou City, and it was also possible to command remotely at Shanhaiguan.

"Great Khan, the minister thinks that Li Hongyu is now in a high position, he should not go out of the customs, just hide in Shanhaiguan to command, and the rumors in the market that he is just bluffing in Jinzhou." At this time, a Houjin general spoke, expressing a different point of view.

Unlike the forty-seventh year of Wanli, Li Hongyu is now an auxiliary minister of the Ming Dynasty, so how can he risk his life? Moreover, the Ming army had just been defeated in western Liaoning and was demoralized, and he did not believe that Li Hongyu dared to go north.

"Great Khan, the minister thinks that Li Hongyu must be in Jinzhou, and now the morale of the Ming army is low, if he doesn't come to the town, those Ming troops will definitely not have the courage to fight with my Dajin." Soon, however, another general expressed a different view.

"Even so, there is no need for Li Hongyu to come to Jinzhou in person, as long as he bluffs, no one knows if the real Li Hongyu in Jinzhou City is not." As soon as the general's words fell, another general made his position clear.

Boom, there was an uproar in the conference hall, and people were talking about whether Li Hongyu was out of the customs and whether Li Hongyu in Jinzhou City used a stand-in.

After all, the opposing party's commander will try his best to hide his whereabouts during the war, but Li Hongyu did the opposite and vigorously promoted him in Jinzhou City, which has to make people feel suspicious.

Looking at the whispering officials and generals at the scene, Nurhachi's brows couldn't help frowning, let alone sending troops now, he didn't even know whether Li Hongyu was out of the customs and where he was, which made him quite uneasy.

"Report, General Liu Aita is back!" Just when Nurhachi was feeling a little distraught, a guard hurried in to report it.

"Oh?" Nurhachi's eyes lit up when he heard this, and then he said in a deep voice, "Pass him in." ”|

Liu Aita was sent by Nurhachi to Shanhaiguan to find out the movements of the Ming army, and he was the farthest person who went deep into the Ming army, and in Nurhachi's opinion, he must be able to find out some useful news, after all, Shanhaiguan is now the command center of the Ming army in Liaodong, and there must be a lot of important information about the Ming army.

Subsequently, under the concerned gaze of everyone at the scene, Liu Aita, who was gray-headed and dirty, and his clothes were covered with dust and mud, was supported by two soldiers and walked in, his eyes were bloodshot, his eyes were black, his expression was tired, and he looked very embarrassed.

"Big ...... Great Khan, the minister thought he would never see you again this time! ”

After entering the door, Liu Aita pushed away the two soldiers who were supporting him, staggered to Nurhachi, bent his legs and knelt down, and then cried loudly, "The minister is not afraid of death, but the minister is worried that he will not be able to send important information to the Great Khan, and then he will miss the great Khan's major event." ”

"Aetta, what happened?" Seeing that Liu Aita was crying sadly, Nurhachi asked, with a look of love in his eyes.

Speaking of which, Liu Aita was raised by Nurhachi, equivalent to half of his son, otherwise he would not have married his daughter to Liu Aita, among those Han officials in Houjin, he trusted not Li Yongfang the most, but Liu Aita who had been with him since childhood.

"Great Khan, the Ming Dynasty sent two scholars to Shanhaiguan to supervise the war, one of them is Li Hongyu, he has been to the camp where the refugees are resettled, and it is Li Hongyu himself who has heard those refugees who know Li Hongyu."

Liu Aita wiped her tears when she heard this, and then looked at Nurhachi and reported:

"Li Hongyu stayed in Shanhaiguan for two days, after the arrival of the Ming Dynasty's forbidden army and sailors, he led tens of thousands of Ming troops out of the customs and went to Ningyuan to station, and the minister left halfway to rush back to report to the Great Khan, but was chased by the Ming army, and the minister had to go around from the grassland."

"Great Khan, when the minister was on the grassland, he got a piece of news, Li Hongyu seems to have sent someone to see Lin Dan Khan, I don't know what he wants." As he spoke, Liu Aita remembered another thing and couldn't help but speak.

"It turns out that he also mobilized the people of the water division, no wonder those Ming troops will behave so fiercely!"

Nurhachi's brows suddenly furrowed when he heard this, this time the matter will be difficult to do, he knows that the number of the Ming Forbidden Army is less than 10,000, but the sailor has three fleets, God knows how many sailors Li Hongyu has trained in recent years.

Because the soldiers of the Navy Division have changed into the costumes of the 6 places suitable for the 6 places of war after following Li Hongyu into North Korea, and the 6 places of the Navy Division have the same style and color as the clothing of the forbidden army, but the armbands and epaulettes are different, so the outside world also regards the soldiers of the Navy Division as the forbidden army.

"Aita, are you sure that Li Hongyu sent someone to see Lin Dan Khan?" Then, Nurhachi asked Liu Aita with a serious expression, compared with the Ming army, he was now more concerned about Lin Dan Khan's Mongol army, once the Mongol soldiers attacked, then he would face the disadvantage of being attacked from both sides.

"Back to the Great Khan, when the ministers were in the grassland, they sneaked into a Mongolian tribe with more than 100 people to look for food, and they met the envoy sent by Li Hongyu to see Lin Dan Khan, and they happened to pass by there, and the ministers and others overheard their conversation and knew that they were people sent by Li Hongyu."

Liu Aita bowed down and replied in an orderly manner, Li Hongyu had planned everything before, and now he only needs to act according to the script, once Li Hongyu completes the task in Liaoxi, then what he does is to dedicate his name to Daming.

"Do you know what Li Hongyu wants Lin Danhan to do?"

Nurhachi's face suddenly became gloomy, and he asked expressionlessly, this is what he is most worried about, Lin Dan Khan is not willing to see Houjin capture Liaoxi, if Li Hongyu promises to give him any benefits, then Lin Dan Khan will definitely send troops.

"I don't know, I heard them say that it seems to be related to sending troops, but they don't know what Li Hongyu wrote in his letter to Lin Danhan, so they don't know the specific content."

Liu Aita had been prepared for this for a long time, and replied in an orderly manner when he heard this, "Great Khan, although they don't know the content of the letter, the ministers and others have learned something, the strength of the three major naval divisions formed by Li Hongyu in recent years has reached nearly 100,000 people, and they are now confronting the Westerners in the south. ”

"One hundred thousand?" Hearing this, there was a burst of exclamations at the scene, never expected that Li Hongyu would set up so many sailors, which was almost twice the number of Jurchen soldiers brought by Nurhachi this time.

"Great Khan, with the strength of the Ming Dynasty and Li Hongyu's talent, it is not impossible to form a 100,000-strong sailor in recent years."

Seeing that the situation in the council hall was a little chaotic, He Heli pondered for a while and then said loudly to Nurhachi, after all, the Ming Dynasty is vast and has a vast territory, if Li Hongyu wants to do it, it is very normal to form an army of 100,000 in a few years, which is incomparable to Houjin.

The scene immediately fell silent, and everyone looked at Nurhachi in unison, if Li Hongyu put the 100,000 sailors, no, just mobilizing 50,000 to come is enough to make the situation in western Liaoning change dramatically, in the previous battle of Jinzhou, those forbidden troops and sailors trained by Li Hongyu have shown combat effectiveness that is not inferior to the Jurchen soldiers.

Nurha's eyebrows were tightly locked, he thought that the Ming court's transfer of Li Hongyu from Liaodong was an opportunity for the rise of Houjin, but from now on, Li Hongyu was a threat to Houjin no matter where he was.

At this moment, no one noticed that a subtle smile flashed at the corner of Liu Aita's mouth, and it was obvious that Nurhachi and the others believed what he said, so that those trapped soldiers and civilians in western Liaoning would have the possibility of escaping and not being enslaved by Houjin.

The so-called 100,000 people were naturally deliberately fabricated by Li Hongyu to scare Nurhachi and others, and the current strength of the three major naval divisions is at most 60,000, many of whom are sailors on the ship, specially trained for naval warfare, and will not be sent by Li Hongyu to fight in Liaodong at all.

The 2,000 sailor soldiers brought by Li Hongyu were specially responsible for fighting on the road, and the sailor fought a naval battle, and he would not be like the imperial court, in order to deal with the Houjin Dynasty, the troops from all over the Ming Dynasty were transferred in one go, and as a result, the combat effectiveness was greatly discounted, and he died in Liaodong in vain.

Of course, it is impossible for Nurhachi and the others to know these things, and for them, they are more concerned about how many troops the sailor has, and they will not know the hidden situation at all.

"Father Khan, does Li Hongyu want to use the strength of the Mongols to fight us again this time? Will Lin Dan Khan send troops? ”

In silence, Dai Shan took the lead in breaking the calm on the field, and asked Nurhachi, who was deep in thought, with a serious expression, he and Huang Taiji suffered a big loss in the battle of Tieling that year.

"Lin Danhan has had a lot of festivals with our Dajin in the past two years, if Li Hongyu doesn't come, he may still be watching from the sidelines, and now that Li Hongyu is here, then he will definitely come with Li Hongyu to fight our Dajin."

Nurhachi came back to his senses when he heard this, and saw that everyone was looking at him with blank eyes, so he muttered for a while and said with a serious expression, "Compared with the Ming Kingdom, Lin Dan Khan doesn't want us to take Liaoxi. ”

"Great Khan, if Lin Dan Khan dares to come, we will take the opportunity to clean him up, he has not been in trouble with us all these years."

Hearing this, a sturdy Houjin general couldn't help but say viciously, compared with the Ming Dynasty, Lin Dan Khan and Houjin have had more conflicts in recent years, and the two sides have to fight from time to time in order to compete for territory.

(End of chapter)

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