It wasn't until he entered Tieling City with his men and horses that Huang Taiji finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Whether it is in the territory west of the Krulun River in the Chechen Khan Department in Mobei, or in the territory of the Korqin people in the area of Gelzhurgen, it is not in the territory controlled by the Dajin State itself, so Huang Taiji has never been able to truly rest assured.

Although in the more than 20 years since the rapid rise of the Jurchens, the wild boar skin family and the powerful among the Horqin Mongols have been married frequently, and they have long been related to each other, but Huang Taiji, who grew up in the wild boar skin family, knows very well in his heart that this kind of kinship is not worth mentioning at all when it comes to the critical time of life and death.

When Nuer Hachi killed his brother and son, did he think about any family affection?

Even a younger brother and son can be killed, what kind of in-laws do you mention?!

Huang Taiji, who grew up in such a cruel environment, although he has always carried out the strategy of marrying with the upper elites of the Mongol tribes, he has no real trust in the Horqin tribes or other Mongolian tribes, except for taking advantage of them.

If it is left in the past when the power is strong in their own hands, it is easy to say, after all, the Mongolian tribes have pursued the rule of the law of the weak and the strong since ancient times, and as long as their own strength is always strong, then these Mongolian tribes who are still attached to the country will not easily change their courts.

However, these are unprecedented times.

On the long retreat road, although Huang Taiji's heart was like a knife again and again, and he was at a loss again and again, but before arriving in Horqin, he regained his usual calm and composure, and at the same time had a clear understanding of his own strength and the situation he was in.

It's no wonder that Huang Taiji is so cautious now.

The 240 Jurchen Niulu who followed him on the expedition at the beginning, not counting the Baoyi Aha who accompanied the army, only counting the Jurchen Qiding and the wild Jurchen armor-clad people, there were a total of 72,000 people.

Among them, a total of 24,000 people were recruited from 80 Jurchen and Han army Niulu under the Zhenghuang Banner, 21,000 people from 70 Jurchen and Mongolian Niulu with the Yellow Banner, 15,000 people from 50 Jurchen and Mongolian Niulu with the Red Flag, and 12,000 people from 40 Jurchen Niulu under the Zhenglan Banner.

However, now those who followed him back to Liaodong and entered Tieling City did not count the Mongols of the Four Banners of Mongolia such as Zalut who followed him, and only counted the Jurchen Eight Banners brought out from the Dajin Kingdom, and there were only eighty Niulu left.

Moreover, few of the eighty cattle records who came back all the way were really full.

Two hundred and forty Niu Lu went on the expedition, and only less than 80 Niu Lu returned to Liaodong in the end, and the loss of them was so great that one can imagine how big it was.

After recognizing this cruel fact, it was impossible for him Huang Taiji to be heartbroken and grief-stricken several times, and even more so for him Huang Taiji not to be afraid and act carefully.

And the Mongolian tribes that accompanied the westward expedition and the south at the beginning, not to mention.

Oba Khan of Horqin Headquarters led 8,000 cavalry to the south, and less than 2,000 cavalry returned alive in the end, and Oba Khan himself died tragically under the Bauhinia Pass.

Korqin's right flank, Belekongol, took 5,000 horsemen to the south, and only about 2,000 horsemen returned alive in the end.

Korqin's left flank Bel Zaisan led 7,000 horsemen from the expedition to the south, because he had not fought a few hard battles, and finally came back alive a little more, but there were only less than 4,000 horsemen.

As for the Chechen Khan's Babudaiji, who took more than 5,000 horsemen to the south, and finally crossed the Hanhai Sea and returned to Mobei, there were only more than 1,000 horsemen.

As for the other Zarut and other Eastern Mongolian tribes, the number of people who went was not much, a total of more than 5,000 horses, and now of course there are not many who have returned, and the least of the Zarat troops only has more than 500 horsemen left.

A considerable number of them died in the battles of Juyong Pass, Bauhinia Pass, Deshengkou and Dushikou, but a considerable number of them died on the way back, especially on the long way back from crossing the Hanhai Sea to the north of the Chechen Khan in the wind and snow.

At the beginning, Li Banghua gave up the pursuit in the north, but turned around and went to recover the Hetao, and handed over Huang Taiji and the Jurchen Mongol cavalry under his command to the cold and hunger in Saibei to deal with, this decision was undoubtedly very correct.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, even though the northern part of the country entered a harsh winter in November, the coldest period was still the winter moon and the first month of the year.

Even the Jurchens who grew up in the northeast and the Mongols who grew up outside the Saiwai were more accustomed to the harsh winters outside the Saiwai, and in such a month, riding horses and running on the Hanhai Gobi leading to Mobei Mongolia was still an extremely cruel test.

Huang Taiji calculated the fact that the Ming army did not dare to pursue north at all in such a season, so he resolutely led the army to break through and go north.

But in the severe cold of Mobei during the Xiaoice River period, even the Jurchen Mongols under his command were not something that anyone could bear.

If they had come home victorious, with a large number of cattle, sheep, cloth and tents, or a large number of clothed Aha to serve, then all this might not be a problem.

However, this time, the banners and tribes that fled in disarray from the planning map not only did not have any captives of the Ahahans who accompanied the army, but also did not have enough cattle, sheep and livestock, enough food and fodder, and enough tents and clothing.

As a result, a large number of casualties are inevitable.

All this was like a nightmare, which was deeply imprinted in the minds of Huang Taiji and the Jurchen nobles under his command, as well as in the minds of the Jurchen and Mongol cavalry who were on the march, making him shudder every time he thought of this defeat and retreat.

On the morning of March 24, in the city of Tieling, in a house of Li Chengliang, the former chief military officer of Liaodong in Ningyuanbo, Huang Taiji convened the ministers of the accompanying banners.

Just before convening everyone to discuss the matter this time, Huang Taiji had a gloomy face, and one after another, listened to the detailed reports of Yue Tuo, Baishan, Yang Shu, Leng Seng Ji and others after counting the number of people and horses who had withdrawn from each banner, and then was silent for a long time.

Of the 240 Jurchen Eight Banners that followed Huang Taiji on the expedition, there are now only 80 left, and none of them are yet compiled, and the 72,000 Jurchen Eight Banners soldiers and horses who were majestic at that time are now only more than 18,000 people left.

The remaining number of cattle records in the two yellow flags is still the largest, and there are still 44 in total, of which 20 are yellow flags and 22 are inlaid with yellow flags.

However, there is a serious shortage of each cow record, more than 200 people, and less than 100 people.

The bannermen and armor-clad men of the four yellow flags and forty-eight cattle records together are less than 10,000 people.

The most serious loss of its cattle record is Yue Tuo's inlaid red flag, only fifteen dissatisfied with the compilation of the cattle record, when the first return to Tieling was only more than 3,000 people, now counting the original ten full compilation of the cattle record left in Tieling, the entire inlaid red flag is still less than a solid mountain.

Zhenglan Banner, which was in a slightly better situation, actually suffered heavy losses, and Mang Gurtai took forty cattle records to the south, and when he returned, there were only twenty-one cattle records left with the same serious shortage, and the number was less than five thousand.

For the Jurchens, who did not have many people, this defeat could definitely be regarded as a complete defeat, a failure that greatly damaged its vitality.

At the thought of these losses, Huang Taiji's heart ached faintly.

Thinking of the Zhenglan Banner that now belongs to Mang Gurtai, in Guangning City and Dalinghe City, there are still a total of forty elite bannermen and armor-clad people of Niu Lu, Huang Taiji's heart is even more uncomfortable.

The three banner masters, Mang Gurtai, Yue Tuo, and Haoge, Bel Abatai, the sect Baiyintu, and ministers such as Yang Shu, Gang Lin, Li Yongfang, and Fan Wencheng, quietly listened to the flag report of the last person, Leng Seng Ji, the minister of the Zhenglan Banner, in the hall where Huang Taiji convened the meeting, and no one spoke, just waiting for Huang Taiji, who had a gloomy face, to speak.

After being silent for a long time, Huang Taiji, who looked tired and had lost a lot of weight, slowly opened his mouth and said: "It has been 100 days since the Kuku and Tun broke through to the north.

"Speaking of which, this time I went south to attack the Ming Kingdom, I misjudged the situation first! I clearly admit this today, and I will not shirk it! But—"

As soon as Huang Taiji said this, he saw Fan Wencheng suddenly walk up to him, plop down, kneel on the ground, and say:

"Your Majesty! Slaves are guilty! It was the minions who misjudged the Ming Dynasty and misjudged the situation, so that His Majesty was ashamed of this defeat, and that my Dajin Kingdom lost its troops and generals, resulting in this defeat! Slaves are guilty! Slaves deserve death! The slave deserves death! ”