When Sonny returned to his camp with a bloody back, the Manmeng soldiers he met along the way were deeply sympathetic to Azhuhu, who was lying on horseback with a pale face but could not say a word.

However, after hearing the reason for Azhuhu's whipping, although these Manchu soldiers were still complaining verbally, their voices were much quieter. The soldiers who were originally around them and wanted to run to the three big Baylors to hug Azhuhu also quietly slipped away a lot.

Even if the Ming Dynasty is now the enemy of the Houjin, the Ming Emperor is not the object of their discussion. Whether it is the Jurchens or the Mongols, the Ming Emperor and the Mongol Great Khan are no longer mortals to them, but the incarnation of the heavenly gods in the world.

For the Jurchens, the Mongol Great Khan was not enough of a deterrent for them, but the Ming Emperor was different, and that was the object that the Heavenly Mandate Khan Nurhachi could challenge. For the Mongols, the status of the Ming Emperor and the Mongol Khan is the same, and even the status of the Ming Emperor is higher.

The reason for this situation is that it is determined by the concept of divine authority of kings. Whether it was the Mongols or the Jurchens, the reason why they had to fight incessantly, in the final analysis, was also for the throne of the Great Khan or the emperor.

Nurhachi and Huang Taiji can attack Lin Dan Khan, the Ming Emperor is incompetent and rotten, does not know how to soothe his people, and lacks the talent and morality to become a monarch. But they would never attack the throne or the throne itself, nor would they allow their subordinates to flout the imperial power, for their own goal was to become the Great Khan or Emperor.

For example, Nurhachi sued the heavens with seven hatreds, and he only dared to say: "The king of the great country built by heaven is the co-lord of the world, so why should he only complain about our country?" I dare not deny that the power of the Ming Emperor cannot restrain the Jianzhou Jurchens. Nurhachi is still like this, let alone these ordinary Manchu and Mongolian generals.

Not to mention, the Houjin State established by the Jianzhou Jurchens is still a country with extremely strong remnants of slavery, and the division between master and slave is extremely severe. If it was someone else in the Ming army camp who ordered Ah Zhuhu to be whipped, these soldiers were really a little indignant and felt humiliated.

However, if it was an order issued by the Ming Emperor himself, these Jurchens would have no temper. The Jurchens are all slaves of the Aixin Jueluo family, but the Aixin Jueluo family was once a slave of the Ming Emperor and was taught a lesson by the master's former master, which is not a shameful thing, it can only be said that Azhuhu himself is unlucky.

Although the former master of the Aixin Jueluo family was actually not able to reach the emperor, after the successful rebellion of Nurhachi, he automatically changed the former master to the head of the Ming Emperor, and never mentioned anything about Li Chengliang. The result of this is that the status of the Jianzhou Jurchen has been raised by several levels, and it has directly become the status of the domestic slave of the emperor's family.

Of course, the consequence is that the authority of the Ming Emperor still plays a role among the Jurchens. With the performance of the Ming army led by the emperor in Jizhou and Yizhou, and after the emperor reappeared and stopped in front of them this time, the middle and lower class generals of the Eight Banners also began to faintly fear the mandate of heaven represented by the emperor.

Huang Taiji, Dai Shan, and Mang Gurtai, the three big beylors, naturally did not believe that Chongzhen had any destiny, or that they would never admit in front of outsiders that Chongzhen was the lord of the world.

But they were also not interested in making a big fuss about the emperor punishing a small guard, and although Chongzhen's act of whipping Ah Zhuhu was intended to humiliate the three of them, the reason for his punishment was really not faulty.

Huang Taiji could only comfort Ah Zhuhu a few words, and let him serve him to go down to recuperate. But soon, the three big Baylors were enraged by the message that Sony had brought back.

Mang Gurtai was the first to jump up, and he shouted angrily: "This emperor of the Southern Dynasty doesn't know anything about it, why did he intervene in the matter between us and Lin Dan Khan."

He is still so hypocritically coaxing those Mongols, if we hadn't tried our best to kill Lin Dan Khan, he would have been able to pick up this bargain? Now that he has taken over the leaderless Chahar tribe, he has given us the notoriety of a robber, which is simply unreasonable. ”

Dai Shan also echoed extremely unhappily: "The emperor wants to swallow the entire Monan tribe alone, and he is not afraid of being choked." We agreed not to ask him for the 30,000 households on the right wing, but I didn't expect him to have to make an inch, and even the Chahar department of the 30,000 households on the left wing wanted to swallow it, did he want to force us to fight him here? ”

As soon as he heard that there was going to be a decisive battle, Mang Gurtai was a lot more sober, and after he glanced at Huang Taiji, who pursed his lips and said silently, he said a little slowly: "The Ming people are ten miles away, and there are hills and mountains in the west to think of obstacles, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to achieve anything in the eagerness."

And our army has come thousands of miles, there are no reinforcements in the rear, and there is not enough food and grass in the army. If the Ming army is dragged here for a long time, the future of our army is worrying. ”

When Dai Shan heard this, he turned his head to look at Huang Taiji, wanting to see what his idea was now, whether it was war or peace, there must always be a charter, and everyone couldn't sit here in a daze and bask in the sun.

Huang Taiji calmed down a lot at this time, he began to think about the meaning of Chongzhen's words to bring back to Sony, and thought for a long time before he spoke: "Since the emperor of the Southern Dynasty ascended the throne, the surprises he has given us are really one after another.

The two brothers might as well think about it carefully, from Jizhou and Yizhou to today, whether the Ming army opposite us is stronger than one day. They now dare to leave the protection of the city and fight such a battle with us in the wilderness.

If we retreat now without fighting, let's not talk about what the Mongols who have been attached to us for a long time will think. I just want to know how many soldiers and horses this emperor of the Southern Dynasty will bring to us next time. ”

When Dai Shan and Mang Gurtai fell into deep thought, Huang Taiji continued: "The Manmeng family is the national policy left by my father Khan. But now the emperor of the Southern Dynasty used the argument that Han and Mongolia were all Chinese to win over those Mongols.

Not only that, but he also tried to expel the Jurchens from China, and regarded us as barbarians. If we listen to these remarks today and are indifferent, wouldn't it be a confirmation of our remarks that the Jurchen of Jianzhou is not Chinese?

For the Mongolian tribes, our country should bend them with strength, tie them with relatives, and subdue them with virtue. But if we lose the name of China, how can we make these Mongol tribes submit to us?

In my opinion, this battle must be fought, and even if it cannot be completely won, it is necessary to let the Mongolian tribes and the Ming army on the opposite side shed enough blood to make these Mongolian tribes abandon the idea of defecting to the Ming Kingdom..."

After Sonny left with Ah Zhu Hu, Chongzhen's rebuke of the Hou Jin envoy in the big tent and the whipping of Ah Zhu Hu soon spread throughout the camp.

Chongzhen has always been amiable to the Mongols, and although this has given him a good reputation among the Mongols, the image of the emperor seems to be a little weaker for the Mongol people, who are struggling for survival every day.

For many Mongol tribal leaders, in order to become their masters, mercy and compassion were not enough, but also a whip and a saber, as well as ruthlessness and strength in dealing with enemies.

Chongzhen inspected the army before the war and openly reprimanded the envoys sent by the tyrannical Houjin, so that these leaders realized another side of the emperor. Unlike the seemingly strong Lin Dan Khan, Chongzhen showed mercy in front of the weak, and did not lie in front of the strong, and claimed to protect the Mongolian people to enjoy the same life as the Ming people, which undoubtedly impressed a large number of Mongolians.

Whether it is the soldiers of the Mongolian right wing or the Mongolian left wing, at this moment finally has the idea of fighting for the Mongolian people. Morale, which had already picked up, is now starting to rise further.

The tribal leaders of the left and right wings of Mongolia did not raise any objection to Chongzhen's public declaration that Mongolia was under their protection, but some people felt complacent about it.

It is clear that in the past few years, a number of Mongolian tribes have come to accept the semi-sedentary life of herding in the designated areas and have begun to realize the benefits of such a settled life. They obviously do not want to continue the nomadic life of the past, which is rootless and deprived of the necessities of life.

However, for Chongzhen, he did not continue to care about the morale of the officers and men in the battalion, but focused on adjusting the battle plan.

As of July 29, the strength of the Ming army camp was 5,000 guards and 13,000 tribal soldiers of the Chahar Department; 11 self-defense armies on the right wing of Mongolia with 13,000 men; 7 immigrant self-defense forces with 2,500 people; 6,000 men from the 1st, 7th, 8th, and 9th Cavalry Divisions of the Ming Army; the 16th and 17th Divisions of the Sixth Field Army, one each of the Artillery Regiment and the Engineer Corps, totaling 17,000 men; The 1st Guards Division 2 thousand people.

If the old plan was followed, the preset positions in the east-west direction would be defended by about five or six thousand men per kilometer. According to the calculation of one person on the one-meter defense line, it can also be lined up in five or six rows. Such a dense defense naturally cannot lead the Houjin army to attack head-on.

Therefore, after looking at the terrain, Zhu Youzhen asked for the defense line to be further lengthened, and he said to the staff headquarters of the base camp: "The west of the camp is mountains and hills, and only the middle and east are flat grasslands.

I don't think it's possible to distribute forces evenly in this terrain. The west side is easy to defend, and we can arrange a little less troops.

The large battalion in the middle area has a well-fortified facility, so we should not have too many troops on the front line, but try to put our troops in the rear as a reserve, so as to attract the enemy's attack and counterattack at a critical moment.

The east side is unobstructed, and it is the easiest place for the enemy to break through, so we should place our heavy troops here, fist to fist, and see who has the harder fist. In addition, we will send troops to infiltrate and outflank the enemy's rear from both flanks, so that the enemy cannot concentrate on attacking us.

Don't forget, you don't forget, behind us there is Jining Fort, Fengzhen, Datong, and the entire north of the Ming Dynasty as a backing, and behind the enemy there is nothing but weeds and deserts.

For every one person they were injured, one less, and for every one of our injuries, we could get one replacement. In this war, we will fight with Huang Taiji as long as he wants. The longer we fight, the more brilliant our results will be..."