Quang Ninh City, General Military Office Chamber.

Nurhachi convened the senior officials of Houjin to discuss the meeting, and the four major Baylors were all present, and the atmosphere was a little solemn, and the expressions on everyone's faces were very serious.

"Let's talk about it, what do you think about the recent births in Yiju and Jinzhou?" In the dreak, Nurhachi put down the wine glass in his hand, glanced around at the crowd, and asked quietly.

"Great Khan, the Ming army's actions this time are abnormal, and they dare to take the initiative to attack our Dajin army, is Li Hongyu really in Jinzhou?" Hearing this, He Heli, who was sitting on the lower left side of Nurhachi, coughed a few times and spoke.

"Great Khan, the minister also feels that this time the Ming army suddenly became extremely fierce, and it must have nothing to do with Li Hongyu, how can anyone in the Ming forbidden army be transferred at will?" Hu Erhan, who was under He Heli, followed closely to make his point clear.

He Heli and Hu Erhan were the only two remaining of the "Five Ministers" of the Later Jin Dynasty on which Nurhachi depended, and the other three, Fei Yingdong, Eyidu, and An Feiyangu, had already passed away at the beginning of the Apocalypse.

The five ministers were not only the mainstay of the early post-Jin period, but also the brother of Nurhachi, who followed Nurhachi to fight in the south and the north, and made great achievements, and won the trust of Nurhachi.

This attack on Liaoxi, He Heli and Hu Erhan both went out with the army, and their health deteriorated, I am afraid that this is the last time to follow Nurhachi for military operations, and they have a high prestige and a very high status in Houjin.

Therefore, in the face of Nurhachi's questioning, it was natural that the two of them would take the lead in responding.

Since Mang Gurtai and Li Yongfang fled from Jinzhou City to Quang Ninh in disarray, Nurhachi has received a series of bad news:

The Ming army that captured Jinzhou then moved frequently in the Jinzhou and Yizhou areas, and they did not attack the city of Yizhou, which was heavily occupied by the Houjin army, but went to rescue the soldiers and civilians who were besieged in various places, and covered the southward movement of those soldiers and civilians of the Later Jin, and the small forces of the besieging soldiers and civilians of Houjin were not their opponents at all.

There were five or six thousand Houjin troops stationed in Yizhou, and the first thing Mang Gurtai did after escaping was to send someone to inform the nearest Yizhou, so that the Houjin generals in Yizhou could send troops to Jinzhou, recapture Jinzhou and capture Li Hongyu.

However, the Houjin general of Yizhou is a person from Erbeile Amin, so naturally he will not listen to Mang Gurtai's orders, and even Mang Gurtai and Li Yongfang were defeated and fled, only taking more than ten horsemen, how dare he take people to Jinzhou to fight Li Hongyu, wouldn't that be looking for death.

Not to mention him, even his master Amin didn't dare to lead troops to Jinzhou, after all, three of the four major Baylors were defeated, how could Amin have to keep the reputation of the four Baylors and avoid defeat after fighting Li Hongyu.

Therefore, the Houjin generals of Yizhou politely refused to send troops on the grounds that they did not have Nurhachi's order, and mobilized troops from the Yizhou area to Yizhou City to strengthen the defense of Yizhou City, where could they still take care of those trapped soldiers and civilians.

After learning that Li Hongyu came in person, Nurhachi was a little surprised but not surprised, after all, no one in the Ming court could control the situation in Liaoxi except Li Hongyu, and who could the Emperor of the Apocalypse send if he didn't send him?

What Nurhachi didn't expect was that Li Hongyu was so bold and dared to come to Jinzhou City to sit in the town, you must know that Jinzhou City is only a stone's throw away from Guangning City, which was heavily guarded by Houjin troops, isn't Li Hongyu afraid of the Houjin Army's heavy troops attacking Jinzhou City? You must know that the city defense of Jinzhou City is far inferior to that of Guangning.

It stands to reason that after Jinzhou was captured by the Ming army, Nurhachi should immediately send troops to recapture it, but since this matter involves Li Hongyu, this makes Nurhachi dare not act rashly, he doesn't think that Li Hongyu, as an auxiliary minister of the Ming Dynasty, will come to Jinzhou City to die in vain, there must be some conspiracy here.

Although the Ming army in western Liaoning was defeated, Nurhachi knew that Li Hongyu had not been idle all these years, and had been training a new army, and now the Ming army that appeared in the Jinzhou and Yizhou areas with fierce battles and strange costumes must be the new army trained by Li Hongyu.

Nurhachi didn't know how many new troops Li Hongyu had trained, he only heard that Li Hongyu had been busy with the overseas trade of the Ming Dynasty all these years, and formed the Ming Dynasty's naval division, it seems that a lot of troops have been selected and trained, if this time it is transferred to Liaoxi, then the strength of the Ming army will not be underestimated.

For this reason, Nurhachi did not act rashly, but sent a lot of spies to investigate, wanting to find out the truth of the Ming army, and even more to find out whether Li Hongyu had come to Jinzhou.

Judging from the intelligence and the movements of the Ming army in the past few days, Li Hongyu seems to be indeed in Jinzhou, and now the news of Li Hongyu's counterattack has spread throughout Yizhou and Jinzhou, which has made the trapped soldiers and civilians excited, and their morale is high, and at the same time, it also makes the local Houjin army extremely nervous, and they all hide back in the city.

But it is not a matter of consuming it like this, so Nurhachi summoned the senior officials of Houjin today to discuss the next countermeasures, wanting to listen to the opinions of the audience.

He Heli and Hu Erhan fell silent again after expressing their views, it was obvious that the two did not agree to send troops forward, this is also the idea of the rest of the people, God knows what trap Li Hongyu set this time, the battle of Tieling back then can make everyone feel uneasy.

"Father Khan, the son is willing to lead 30,000 elite soldiers to attack Jinzhou, and he will definitely take Jinzhou and tie Li Hongyu to you."

Seeing that everyone stopped talking, Mang Gurtai couldn't sit still, got up and bowed his hand to Nurhachi, and pleaded for his life in a deep voice, he lost Jinzhou and fled back to Guangning City almost alone, and was nesting a fire in his belly, ready to wash away his shame with a victory.

Huang Taiji, who was sitting beside Mang Gurtai, frowned slightly, a sneer of disdain flashed at the corner of his mouth, and then sat expressionlessly.

30,000 soldiers and horses are half of the military strength of the Houjin army, and the troops in Guangning City are almost exhausted, what is the difference between this and Nurha's personal conquest.

Besides, it is not unreasonable for Nurhachi to garrison Guangning City with heavy troops, and its purpose is to guard against Lin Dan Khan in the western steppe, Lin Dan Khan will not sit idly by and watch the Later Jin occupy the city of Guangning, and now the real threat to the Later Jin is the Mongol soldiers rather than the Ming army.

This is also the reason why Nurhachi has been slow to move, since Li Hongyu is here, then he will definitely contact Lin Dan Khan, although Lin Dan Khan has a bad relationship with Daming, but he has a good friendship with Li Hongyu, and it was Lin Dan Khan who helped Li Hongyu to win the Tieling victory.

Nurhachi is now not only worried that Li Hongyu will lead a new army to come, but also to beware of the Mongols in the west, and Guangning City is the best military fortress to guard against the Mongols, and it is impossible to leave easily, otherwise the Mongol cavalry will cause a lot of damage to Houjin.

It's a pity that Mang Gurtai didn't see the current situation clearly, if Nurhachi really wanted to fight Jinzhou, he would have done it too early, why not delay it until now.

After all, the task of the Later Jin Army in the Battle of Guangning has been completed, and the top priority is to consolidate the results of the battle, not to fight with the Ming army and the Mongol army, this is what Lin Dan Khan and Li Hongyu want to see, Nurhachi naturally wants to avoid doing this kind of stupid thing of killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred.

Seeing Mang Gurtai asking for battle, everyone at the scene looked at Nurhachi, and no one followed behind to echo Mang Gurtai, and the meeting hall immediately fell silent.

After all, this kind of important matter must be expressed by the four major Baylors first, and Dai Shan, Amin and Huang Taiji have no intention of opening their mouths, which makes it difficult for the generals who are close to Mang Gultai to speak.

Dai Shan and Huang Taiji have both fought against Li Hongyu, although the two of them want to be ashamed, but the two know very well that now is not the time to fight Li Hongyu.

Once Jinzhou is attacked, the Houjin army will be attacked by Lin Dan Khan nine times out of ten, which is bound to make the Houjin army fight on two fronts, even if it wins, there will be heavy casualties, then how to control the conquered Han people in Liaodong, Liaodong is the foundation of Houjin.

And Amin, he is only Nurhachi's nephew, so he has always been low-key, and if Dai Shan and Huang Taiji don't speak, he will naturally fall silent.

"Sanbeile, Ben Khan asks you, have you calculated how many casualties you will have to pay to take Jinzhou City?" Nurhachi frowned and asked Mang Gultai.

"Father Khan, as long as you take Jinzhou City and capture Li Hongyu, then the Ming army will undoubtedly collapse, and it will no longer be my Dajin's opponent in the future, so Erchen thinks that no matter how big the sacrifice is, it is worth it."

Mang Gurtai was stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect Nurhachi to ask such a question, and thought that Nurhachi would ask him if he was sure to capture Jinzhou, and then bowed back.

"Now the situation is unclear, if Li Hongyu is not in Jinzhou City, what should you do after you capture it?" Nurhachi's brow furrowed again, as if he was not satisfied with Mang Gultai's answer, and then asked.

"Wave the army to the south and fight under the Shanhai Pass, so that the land outside the customs will be our Dajin!" Mang Gurtai clenched his fists and said arrogantly, he had long wanted to drive the Ming army back to Shanhaiguan.

"Stupid!" Dai Shan, Amin and Huang Taiji and the others couldn't help but shake their heads privately when they heard this, if Nurhachi wanted to drive the Ming army back to Shanhaiguan, he would have done so a long time ago, why let Mang Gurtai bring it up?

"Sanbeile, drive the Ming army back to Shanhaiguan, how many troops are you going to use to defend the Ming army out of the pass? How much food and grass do you need to spend on this matter each year? If the Mongols attack at this time, will the forces of Shanhaiguan return to defend or continue to guard against the Ming army? ”

Nurhachi's face became a little gloomy, and he stared coldly at Mang Gurtai and asked, although Mang Gurtai fought bravely on the battlefield and was a fierce general of Houjin, it was a pity that Tao's strategic planning was very bad, and he was destined to be just a reckless man.

"This ......" Mang Gurtai was speechless when he heard this, and he didn't know how to answer for a while, he just wanted to drive the Ming army back to the pass, where did he think about other things.

As Nurhachi said, in the future, Jin's current forces will not be able to occupy Liaodong and Liaoxi at all, let alone drive the Ming army back to Shanhaiguan, so that Houjin will have to put a force outside Shanhaiguan to prevent the Ming army from leaving the customs, which can be said to be more than worth the loss.

(End of chapter)

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