If it was other officials of the Ming Dynasty who led the Ming army to garrison Shimen Mountain, then Mang Gurtai would definitely not be speechless, according to the experience of previous battles, the Ming army in Liaodong and Liaoxi was mostly at the touch of a button, and the fighting spirit and morale were completely lost.

But Li Hongyu is different, the Ming army under his command fought very fiercely, and during the battle of Jinzhou, even the Houjin soldiers under Mang Gurtai retreated one after another, and the Houjin soldiers were difficult to adapt to the brave Ming army for a while.

Although the Houjin army now has the advantage in terms of troops, it will definitely have to pay a huge price to take down Shimen Mountain, which Li Hongyu personally guarded, and this is not something that Nurhachi wants to see.

After all, the situation facing Houjin now is not the Salhu period, and the Houjin can be said to have been cornered by the Ming army during the Salhu War, and had to fight hard with the Ming army's four-way army.

But now it is different, Houjin controls the initiative on the battlefield, and it would be unwise to merge with the Ming army led by Li Hongyu at this time.

There is an old saying that the barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes, and now that Houjin has Liaodong and millions of people, compared with before, it is equivalent to putting on a pair of straw sandals from the barefoot state, so how can they easily throw away the shoes in the face of danger.

Nurhachi saw that Mang Gurtai fell into silence, and suddenly shook his head secretly in his heart, if Mang Gurtai had half of the city of Huang Taiji, then he would not worry about Mang Gurtai.

"Let's talk about what we should do next?" Then, Nurhachi glanced around at the crowd and asked quietly.

The Houjin generals present couldn't help but glance at each other, and now there were two roads in front of them, one was to attack Shimen Mountain, and the other was to retreat.

These two are not easy to go, if you attack Shimen Mountain, then there will definitely be heavy casualties, and then give Lin Dan Khan an opportunity, but if you withdraw like this, it will have a great impact on Houjin's morale and reputation, so who dares to mention the retreat.

Moreover, retreating without a fight is a coward's act in the eyes of the brave and ruthless Jurchens, and no one wants to be a coward.

"Father Khan, Erchen thinks that we must fight the Ming army this time, and we can't let Li Hongyu be too proud."

After a while, seeing that no one at the scene spoke, Huang Taiji pondered for a while and then said to Nurhachi, "Since Li Hongyu has taken away a large number of troops in Jinzhou City, then presumably Jinzhou City is now empty, I heard that there are many people in the city who have fled there, we can attack Jinzhou City and teach Li Hongyu a lesson!" ”

"Great Khan, this move is very good, in this way, see if Li Hongyu dares to go down the mountain to fight, as long as he goes down the mountain, then it will be easy for us to deal with them."

Hearing this, He Heli, who was located under Nurhachi, suddenly lit up when he heard this, and said to Nurhachi with a smile.

The Houjin generals at the scene also nodded when they heard this, which gave Li Hongyu a difficult problem, whether to save the people of Jinzhou City, if not, they could only let those people be slaughtered by the Houjin army.

Nurhachi's brows furrowed slightly, he didn't think about Huang Taiji's proposal, but in this way, he offended Li Hongyu to death, you must know that the officials of the Ming Dynasty cherish their reputation very much, once the people of Jinzhou City are killed, then Li Hongyu will stay in Liaoxi to deal with Houjin in the future.

Obviously, Nurhachi doesn't want to stimulate Li Hongyu too much, and he doesn't want to face a difficult opponent like Li Hongyu in Liaodong in the future, otherwise Jin's life will be difficult.

"Father Khan, the son has a worry, I am afraid that this move will anger Li Hongyu, and I am afraid that there will be a bloody battle at that time."

Seeing Nurhachi's eyebrows frowning slightly, Huang Taiji immediately understood that Nurhachi did not agree with his proposal, so he pondered for a moment and then added, "Therefore, Erchen thinks that the purpose of this battle is not to attack the city, but to attack the heart. ”

"Heart-attacking?" Nurhachi's brows furrowed when he heard this, he didn't understand what Huang Taiji meant.

"Father Khan, we can use the people of Jinzhou City as a bargaining chip to force Li Hongyu to go down the mountain to fight, as long as they leave Shimen Mountain, then we will advance and retreat!" Huang Taiji bowed to Nurhachi and explained with a serious expression.

"Dahan, what Sibeiler said is very true, I heard that Li Hongyu loves the people like a son, and he will definitely not sit idly by and watch Jinzhou City be attacked by us."

Hu Erhan, who had not spoken all this time, nodded when he heard this, and was very supportive of Huang Taiji's strategy, so that Li Hongyu could lose the advantage of Shimen Mountain's topography.

"But will Li Hongyu go down the mountain, but some people, he doesn't need to let those soldiers under him come to die in vain." However, He Heli felt a little worried, thinking that it was impossible for Li Hongyu to risk with the elite Ming army in his hand because of a small loss.

What is especially important is that as long as the Ming army goes to Shimen Mountain, then Li Hongyu will be in danger, and the cavalry of the Houjin will break the formation of the Ming army to pieces, and then there will be a massacre.

The cavalry of the Ming army was originally small, and after the Battle of Sarhu, the Battle of Liaoshen and the Battle of Guangning, there was little left, and there was no time to replenish it, and the elite Liaodong Iron Cavalry in the past was almost lost.

This is also the reason why Li Hongyu chose to be stationed in Shimen Mountain, he was not arrogant enough to fight head-on with the Later Jin, but in order to avoid the cavalry of the Later Jin and wave the advantage of defense, the cavalry of the Later Jin not only had Jurchens, but also more Mongols, which can be described as a killer weapon of the Later Jin.

"Father Khan, son-in-law thinks that Li Hongyu will definitely face the battle, Yu Gong is an important minister of the Ming Dynasty, and he has the heavy responsibility of guarding the frontier and defending the people, Yu privately he takes great care of the people, and will never watch those people of Jinzhou die."

Huang Taiji had been prepared for a long time, and when he heard this, he solemnly said to Nurhachi that since the defeat in the last battle of Tieling, Huang Taiji had tried his best to collect information about Li Hongyu.

He knew that the war between Houjin and Daming would last for a long time, and Li Hongyu would be an enemy that Houjin could not avoid, so he must have an understanding of Li Hongyu, only in this way can he survive a hundred battles on the battlefield in the future, and he will not be led by Li Hongyu.

Therefore, Huang Taiji used the people of Jinzhou to threaten Li Hongyu, and from the information he obtained, he thought that Li Hongyu would definitely save the people of Jinzhou.

"What if he doesn't come down?" At this time, a Houjin general couldn't help but ask, he thought that Li Hongyu would never do such a stupid thing.

"If Li Hongyu doesn't go down the mountain, then we will send troops to conquer Jinzhou City, and his reputation and prestige will definitely be damaged."

Huang Taiji was very confident in his plan, and said to Nurhachi in a deep voice, "Father Khan, sons believe that Li Hongyu will definitely fight!" ”

"Dahan, Sibeile is reasonable, instead of us going to attack Jinzhou City, it is better to lure Li Hongyu down the mountain, so that we can annihilate the 30,000 Ming army in one fell swoop, and maybe we can capture and kill Li Hongyu."

He Heli pondered for a moment when he heard this, and also opened his mouth to express his support for Huang Taiji, which can be said to be the best way at present, not only to save Houjin's face and avoid major casualties, but also to take advantage of the situation to take Li Hongyu's army, now it depends on how Li Hongyu responds.

"Okay, just do as Four Baylor says."

Nurhachi bowed slightly, glanced at Huang Taiji and gave an order in a deep voice, "Pass on the order of Ben Khan, camp three miles away from Shimen Mountain, and then send someone to deliver the war letter." ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, who is willing to send this war book to Li Hongyu?" As he spoke, Nurhachi glanced at the generals present and asked in a deep voice.

The generals of Houjin couldn't help but be taken aback when they heard this, and couldn't help but look at each other, they didn't expect that Nurhachi would choose someone from among them to send Li Hongyu a war letter, which was really unexpected by everyone, and this kind of thing didn't seem to be the turn of a senior general like them to do.

"Father Khan, son is willing to go." The next moment, Huang Taiji got up from his seat and bowed to Nurhachi and said in a deep voice.

Hearing this, everyone at the scene immediately looked at Huang Taiji, who took the initiative to ask for help, but they didn't expect him to take an adventure as one of the four great Baylors.

After all, now that Daming and Houjin are at war, and Huang Taiji is an important official of Houjin and the son of Nurhachi, if Daming detains him, it will be unimaginable.

Although according to the rules of the two countries, many of those who went to the enemy camp to deliver the letter in the actual battle could not come back and were killed by the enemy's commander.

Anyway, this is a game of words, and whether those who deliver the letter can survive or not depends on the situation of the battle at that time and the mood of the enemy's main general.

Now that Daming and Houjin are incompatible, it is not a wise move for Huang Taiji to send a letter at this time.

"Okay, it's up to you to deliver the war book!" To everyone's surprise, Nurhachi did not stop Huang Taiji's move, but nodded and agreed.

"Great Khan, it's too dangerous to let Sibeile go, we should go for someone else." When He Heli heard this, he hurriedly opened his mouth to dissuade him, feeling that Huang Taiji should not go to the risk.

"Sibeile is the son of Ben Khan, but he is also a member of our Dajin, is Ben Khan going to replace him with someone else's son?"

Nurhachi waved his hand to stop the rest of the people who wanted to dissuade him, and then said to Huang Taiji in a deep voice, "Sibeile, this time you have to go to find out the reality of Shimen Mountain, and find a way to figure out whether the reinforcements who have recently reinforced Jinzhou are the Liaoxi Ming Army or the Sailor Division!" ”

"Father Khan rest assured, the son should find a way to investigate." Huang Taiji bowed to Nurhachi when he heard this, and opened his mouth in response, a subtle smile flashed at the corner of his mouth, it seemed that his automatic invitation was exactly what Nurhachi thought.

Nurhachi looked at Huang Taiji with an approving look in his eyes, and he had to say that Huang Taiji was the most talented among the four Baylors, and he acted most like Nurhachi, followed by Daishan, then Amin, and finally Mang Gurtai.

Pity......

Nurhachi sighed secretly in his heart, but unfortunately Huang Taiji's mother was the princess of Yehebu, and the Jin Taishi who was opposite Houjin was Huang Taiji's uncle, plus Huang Taiji was not a son-in-law, so he could not pass on the throne of Houjin to Huang Taiji after a hundred years, so as not to lead to internal disputes in Houjin.

Thinking of this, Nurhachi couldn't help but glance at Dai Shan, and his expression was quite regretful.

Originally, Dai Shan, who was born as a son-in-law, was the best candidate for the succession to the throne, who wanted Dai Shan not only to have an ambiguous relationship with Nurhachi's concubine, but also to kill his wife, which was greatly criticized by the outside world.

This made Dai Shan, who had the strongest strength among the four major beylers, lose the qualification to inherit the Khan, and the battle for the heir to the Houjin Khan became confusing, and became a heart problem for the aging Nurhachi.

(End of chapter)

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