Liaodong, Shenyang City, Houjin Khan Palace.?? Eighty-one? Chinese Network (8) ??.? ８?１?

The Houjin Eight Banners and the generals gathered in the conference hall, chatting and laughing with each other, they already knew that the Ming army had begun to retreat from Jinzhou and other places, as if they wanted to abandon the Guanjin defense line that they had been working hard to build in recent years.

This is a great thing for Hou Jin, eliminating Hou Jin's henchmen.

"Sibeile, did you say that the Great Khan brought us here this time to attack the Ming Dynasty?" While talking and laughing, a general asked Huang Taiji with great interest who was slowly sipping tea there.

Hearing this, the people who were laughing in the room looked at Huang Taiji, who had a very sensitive sense of war, so everyone wanted to hear his opinion on this time when Nurhachi summoned everyone from all over Liaodong to discuss the matter.

"The power of heaven is unpredictable, and Ben Baylor doesn't know whether to fight Da Ming."

Huang Taiji smiled slightly when he heard this, and replied in an orderly manner, he is a scheming person, and naturally knows the importance of being cautious in words and deeds, so how can he show off in front of everyone, this is a taboo thing for Nurhachi.

Everyone immediately laughed when they heard this, since Huang Taiji didn't want to say it, everyone didn't ask anymore, and continued to talk about the previous topic, anyway, when Nurhachi came, everyone would know his decision.

Huang Taiji quietly put down the teacup in his hand, his brows furrowed slightly, unlike the elated others, he didn't think it was a good thing for the Ming army to withdraw into Shanhaiguan, so it was equivalent to isolating Houjin outside Shanhaiguan, so that Houjin could no longer get supplies and personnel from Daming.

Obviously, the barrenness of Liaodong is not conducive to the development and growth of the Later Jin at all, and the personnel and materials of the Ming Dynasty are needed, and once the Ming army defends the defense line of the Great Wall, it will be very difficult to attack the Great Wall.

"The Great Khan has arrived!" Just as Huang Taiji was deep in thought, a loud voice came from outside the door.

The conversation in the room abruptly stopped, and everyone stood up and looked at the door, which was accompanied by a cough and Nurhachi entered the door, surrounded by the guards.

"See the Great Khan." Huang Taiji and the others bowed one after another.

"Sit down." Nurhachi sat down in his seat directly in front of the chamber, coughing as he pressed his hand down to the crowd.

"Ladies and gentlemen, everyone must know that the Ming army is preparing to withdraw to the pass, what do you think we should do next?" When everyone was seated, Nurhachi glanced around the scene and asked quietly.

"Father Khan, naturally, he took advantage of the retreat of the Ming army to attack, and hit the Shanhai Pass in one fell swoop." Hearing this, Sanbeile Manggultai opened his mouth without thinking about it, and said in a high-spirited manner, "From now on, the outside of the gate will be our world." ”

"Sanbeile is right, we just took the opportunity to seize the land outside the gate!" Erbel Amin and many of the generals present spoke up one after another, and they thought of it together with Mang Gurtai.

Nurhachi frowned slightly, but his eyebrows frowned slightly, and this scene was keenly noticed by Dai Shan and Huang Taiji, who were sitting near the front.

Dai Shan felt a little strange in his heart, didn't Nurhachi want to seize the land of Liaoxi?

Subsequently, Dai Shan couldn't help but glance at Huang Taiji, and Huang Taiji seemed to understand something thoughtfully, and his heart suddenly became more confused, it seems that Huang Taiji seemed to have guessed something he didn't know.

"Big Belle, what about you?" Seeing that Dai Shan and Huang Taiji did not express their position, Nurhachi coughed twice and asked Dai Shan, wondering what the two of them thought.

"Back to Father Khan, Erchen thinks that since the Ming army is leaving, there must be some reason why they can no longer defend the Guanjin defense line, so we should drag them down, only dragging them outside the pass will definitely be unfavorable to the Ming army."

Dai Shan hadn't figured out the subtlety yet, but he didn't have time to think too much about it, so he pondered for a while and then returned to Nurhachi.

Nurhachi's eyes lit up when he heard this, although Dai Shan's answer was relatively general and did not get to the point, but this was already very rare, at least he knew that the Ming army should not be allowed to withdraw to Shanhaiguan easily.

Dai Shan, who was secretly paying attention to the change in Nurhachi's expression, suddenly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, it seemed that he guessed correctly, Nurhachi really didn't want to occupy the place outside the pass after the Ming army withdrew, but he couldn't figure out why.

Maybe......

Dai Shan looked at Huang Taiji, who was sitting diagonally opposite him, and saw that Huang Taiji's face was not shocked, as if he had guessed Nurhachi's mind.

"What do you think, Four-Baylor?"

Nurhachi's gaze then also fell on Huang Taiji's body, and asked in a deep voice, he still has a lot of confidence in Huang Taiji, and among the sons born to him, Huang Taiji has the highest military talent, so he must be able to know his thoughts.

"Back to my father Khan, my sons agree with Da Beile's words, the more the Ming army wants to leave, the more we should hold them back, so that the original plan of the Ming army will be destroyed, and it will be the most beneficial to my Dajin."

Huang Taiji bowed to Nurhachi when he heard this, and replied calmly, although he knew more things, it was obviously not appropriate to say it in public at this time, he didn't want to show off in public, that would only attract envy and disgust, thinking that he was deliberately showing off his talents.

"The two Baylors are right, since the Ming army can't wait to leave, then we can't let them go easily." A smile appeared on Nurhachi's face, and he was already satisfied that Dai Shan and Huang Taiji could have this kind of thought, so he looked at the people in the room with a slight bow and said in a deep voice.

The faces of Amin and Mang Gultai and the others suddenly showed puzzled looks, and they glanced at each other in bewilderment, not knowing what Nurhachi meant.

"Father Khan, since the Ming army is about to withdraw, how can we hold them back?"

Therefore, Mang Gurtai pondered for a while and then opened his mouth to raise the question in his heart, don't care what Nurhachi is calculating, how to drag the Ming army is a tricky problem.

"I heard that the generals of the army did not want to give up the Guanjin defense line that had been built, so when they carried out the order of Gao Di, the new governor of Jiliao in the Ming Dynasty, they disobeyed and procrastinated."

Hearing this, a smug smile flashed at the corner of Nurhachi's mouth, and he said to Mang Gurtai in an orderly manner, "Yuan Chonghuan, the right political officer of Liaodong who guarded Ningyuan City in the Ming army, is a descendant of Sun Chengzong, the former governor of Jiliao, and he despised Gao Di and preached to the outside world that he would defend Ningyuan City, so we can make a fuss from him. ”

"Father Khan, do you already have a plan?" Mang Gurtai couldn't guess the meaning of Nurhachi's words, and when he saw Nurhachi's confident look, he asked suspiciously.

"Ben Khan is going to give them a little sweetness to taste, so that they can't get out of the gate!" The corners of Nurhachi's mouth couldn't help but reveal a smug look, and he looked at everyone present and said.

"Sweetness?" When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but look suspicious, and they didn't know what Nurhachi meant.

"Yuan Chonghuan doesn't want to defend Ningyuan City, then let's fight with them in Ningyuan City, and then retreat, the Ming army likes to falsely report its military exploits, so that those Ming generals who want to stay outside the pass will definitely boast of this 'big victory' with less victory, and then the Ming court will no longer be able to hide in the pass."

After Nurhachi coughed, he looked at the Houjin generals who were looking at him and said proudly that he knew the situation inside the Ming army very well, so he decided to attack Ningyuan without breaking it, and then gave the Ming generals who advocated sticking to the Guanjin defense line to give them a reason.

The generals of the Ming army in the room nodded their heads when they heard this, thinking that Nurhachi's plan was feasible, and they had been fighting with the Ming army for many years, so they naturally knew that some stubborn diseases within the Ming army could be used by Houjin.

"Father Khan, aren't we going to go home empty-handed this time?" Mang Gurtai thought about it, and couldn't help but say to Nurhachi with some disappointment that this battle was tantamount to a trip in vain.

"As far as Ben Khan knows, because the generals defending the city in various parts of the Ming army were unwilling to evacuate the Guanjin defense line, they did not withdraw all the materials to Shanhaiguan according to the order of the new governor of Jiliao of the Ming army, but only moved the local people in a perfunctory manner, as long as we can capture Jinzhou and other places, we can get a lot of baggage."

Nurhachi smiled slightly, and said in an orderly manner, he has not been idle in the past two years, and he has sent spies to the territory of the Ming army, and he has a better understanding of the movements of the Ming army.

"That's great, it solves our food and grass problem." When a general heard this, he immediately said excitedly, and the rest of the generals also showed joy on their faces.

With the increase in troops, especially the increase in professional soldiers, it is difficult for the existing financial resources to support more and more military needs, so it is necessary to raise materials through the war of the Ming Dynasty.

"In addition, we have a goal in sending troops this time, that is, to defeat Juehua Island, which is controlled by the Ming army."

Nurhachi smiled when he saw this, and then said in a deep voice with a whole face, "Juehua Island is not only a baggage camp for the Ming army outside the pass, but also a rivalry with Jinzhou and Ningyuan and other cities, so we must capture this island when we go south." ”

"Great Khan, Juehua Island is quite a distance from the shore, our warriors are not good at water warfare, I am afraid it will be difficult to capture Juehua Island."

Hearing this, there was a commotion at the scene, and a general couldn't help but complain, everyone naturally knew the importance of Juehua Island, but it was located on the sea and the Jin army had no navy, so there was nothing they could do about it.

"If it is left in normal times, Juehua Island will naturally not be able to be captured by us, but this year is God to help, the winter weather is particularly cold, and there is thick ice on the sea for us to walk on the ice!"

Nurhachi was naturally prepared for this, pressed his hands down, and said loudly after the scene calmed down, "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, once you miss it, there will be no more!" ”

"Don't worry, Da Khan, we will go all out to take Juehua Island and dedicate it to Da Khan!" Hearing this, one of the generals slapped his chest hard and said loudly to Nurhachi, and the rest of the people also echoed.

If the thickness of the ice on the sea surface could really support the soldiers and horses to move forward on it, then the Houjin army would have overcome the greatest difficulty in conquering Juehua Island, and there would be a great chance to capture Juehua Island at that time.

"Four Baylor, come on."

After the discussion, the generals of Houjin left in twos and threes, and Dai Shan walked a few steps quickly to catch up with Huang Taiji, who was talking to someone, and said in a deep voice.

Huang Taiji said hello to the person who spoke, and then followed Dai Shan to leave, and came to the pavilion of a secluded courtyard, where the entourage of the two stood guard from a distance to prevent outsiders from approaching.

"Sibeile, why did Father Khan leave the Ming army behind?"

Entering the pavilion, Dai Shan pondered for a while and then turned to ask Huang Taiji who was following behind, because Nurhachi did not explain, he still does not know the specific reason, but he knows that dragging the Ming army outside the pass is beneficial to Houjin.

"Da Baylor, our Dajin resources are not enough to maintain so many troops, we must get supplies from Daming, once the Ming army shrinks into Shanhaiguan, then our connection with Daming will be completely cut off."

Huang Taiji didn't hide his secrets anymore now, and said after hearing the words, Xiang Daishan smiled slightly, "On the surface, it seems that we can directly point at Shanhaiguan but we can't beat it down, if we want to enter Daming, we can only take a detour from elsewhere, as long as Daming guards those few passes, we can't do anything." ”

"I see!"

When Dai Shan heard this, he suddenly realized that he had patronized the defeat of the Ming army on the battlefield, and did not realize that the Ming Dynasty was not only a threat to Houjin, but also an indispensable source of materials, and once lost, it would be extremely unfavorable to Houjin.

Therefore, compared with the empty Liaoxi, Nurhachi naturally chose to drag the Ming army out of the pass to prevent the severance of contact with the Ming Dynasty.

(End of chapter)