As the Great Khan of the Later Jin Kingdom, what Huang Taiji needs to take into account is not the war that has just begun in front of him, but the future of the entire Later Jin Kingdom.

It can be said that although Huang Taiji's people are here, in Huang Taiji's heart, he has the entire Houjin Kingdom.

Just a day ago, Fan Wencheng, who assisted him in managing Daikin's internal affairs, had already brought very bad news to himself.

As a nation on horseback, the Houjin Tartars' consistent way of fighting is to feed the war with war.

However, the battle to attack Liaodong this time did not achieve the goal of nourishing the war with war.

Because of the long-term robbery by the Houjin, and the time for the Tiger and Par Army to take over Liaodong was too short. In the Liaodong Peninsula of Nuoda, except for a large number of cattle and sheep looted by the Tiger and Leopard Army from the Houjin Kingdom, there was nothing else to rob.

Coupled with this attack on Liaodong, Huang Taiji transferred almost 50,000 soldiers from the Houjin Kingdom. The limited amount of food that Huang Taiji had painstakingly looted from Liaodong could not meet the long-term consumption of so many soldiers and the same number of war horses.

According to Fan Wencheng's report, during his entire trip to Liaodong, most of the limited food he looted from Liaodong had been consumed in the month-long battle.

If it weren't for the slaughter of tens of thousands of cattle and sheep in the middle, the limited food might have been exhausted.

More importantly, the surplus grain brought back from Liaodong, even with a certain amount of beef and mutton, can only last for a month. And this means that the Houjin Kingdom must end the fighting within a month. Otherwise, the tens of thousands of troops around them will fall into a dangerous situation of having no food to eat and the morale of the army is unstable.

Someone might say. Even if the grain snatched back from Liaodong is exhausted. Huang Taiji can also draw grain and grass from the Houjin Kingdom. Even cattle and sheep were sent directly to the battlefield for use by the soldiers.

However, there is a good saying, that is, if you don't know the price of firewood, rice, oil and salt.

For a long time, the first few months after winter were the weakest time for the Houjin Kingdom.

Because, the cold winter. In the entire Houjin Kingdom, a large number of cattle and sheep that can survive in the Tartars will be frozen to death, and this time is also the time when the crops are green and yellow. In the Houjin Kingdom of Nuoda, at this time of year, many people will freeze to death and starve to death.

Of course, most of these who froze to death and starved to death were Han Chinese slaves in the hands of the Tartars.

And this leads to a phenomenon of all nomadic peoples, including the post-golden tartars, when the winter has just passed every year. will launch an attack on the Central Plains. Tong guò plundered the wealth of the Han people in the Central Plains to replenish his losses throughout the winter.

The emperor in front of him also ignored it. Otherwise, he would not have made a two-handed preparation when attacking Liaodong. Directly sent a partial division to enter the northern Zhili of the Ming Dynasty, loot the finances from the Han people, and increase the strength of the Houjin State.

Therefore, the Houjin State, which has almost reached the level of all soldiers, has a strong military strength. However, its real national strength is exactly the opposite of its military strength.

In this time of scarcity, even Huang Taiji gathered the strength of the whole country to raise grain, grass, cattle and sheep to support the battlefield. It can also maintain tens of thousands of soldiers and war horses under his command at most, less than a year.

However, once this kind of thing happens, Houjin, who already has no national strength, will definitely become even weaker. Without four or five years, it is impossible to recover. Therefore, except for the fact that the Houjin Kingdom has really reached the critical juncture of life and death, Huang Taiji, as the Great Khan, will definitely not bleed the Houjin, which is already very weak in national strength, and further increase the pressure on the Houjin State.

Facing the report of his subordinates, I thought of Fan Wencheng yesterday to remind him. Huang Taiji, who had a gloomy face, couldn't help but scold: "The Tiger and Leopard Army is too cunning, they must have seen that our logistics pressure was too great, so they put on a posture of confronting us for a long time and fighting a war of attrition with us......

Fan Wencheng replied with a look of approval: "The Great Khan is right, the slave thinks that we must fight quickly. Even if you can't do it quickly, you must end the battle within a month. ”

Huang Taiji is very aware of the hidden meaning behind this reminder. Therefore, as soon as Fan Wencheng's words fell, Huang Taiji's voice sounded again: "Chuan Ben Khan's military order, from now on, we will launch a non-stop harassment and attack on the Tiger and Leopard Army. Be sure to force the Haw Par Army to end the fighting within a month. ”

In the blink of an eye, ten days have passed.

During this time, the Houjin Tartars, who had the advantage of cavalry, launched no less than a hundred exploratory attacks directly on the Haw Par army camp, and even included several large-scale attacks mixed with Han Chinese slaves.

However, to Huang Taiji's disappointment, these attacks not only did not achieve much success, but allowed him to lose thousands of soldiers again.

More importantly, in several large-scale attacks using Han slaves, the Haw Par Army directly told Emperor Taiji with the sound of gunfire and shell explosions that if the Haw Par Army was forced to be in a hurry, the Haw Par Army in order to defend itself would also shoot and fire at the Han slaves in their hands, making the human shields in their hands useless.

Of course, among all the news, the defeat on the battlefield is not the most worrying for Huang Taiji.

Just when Huang Taiji looked at the map again, deep in thought. Military Fan Wencheng, with a rare smile, hurriedly walked into the military tent.

After seeing Huang Taiji, he directly opened his mouth and reported: "Great Khan, the slave thought of a way to help the Great Khan solve the food ...... for almost a month"

Huang Taiji's eyes lit up, and he subconsciously asked: "Although a month is not a long time, it is better than nothing." Tell me quickly, what is the way to keep tens of thousands of soldiers from going hungry for a month? ”

"Ma ......" Fan Wencheng replied without thinking about it.

"The minions have been unified, and the entire military camp has more than two thousand wounded war horses. Coupled with the crossbow horses that consigned supplies and the war horses that were killed, five thousand horses are definitely a gain. If we kill all these horses and make them jerky, we can definitely keep the warriors going for another month. And the longer we hold out here, the more chances we have to end the fight quickly. ”

At the critical juncture, Huang Taiji did not hesitate to issue a military order to kill the horse.

However, no matter how much food is raised, a quick end to the fighting is the best way to solve this problem.

Therefore, after Fan Wencheng's report was finished, Huang Taiji shifted the topic to how to quickly resolve the battle.

Facing Huang Taiji's expectant gaze at him, Fan Wencheng had to bite the bullet and say: "Great Khan, judging from the more than ten days of attack, our opponent seems to have the idea of a long-term confrontation with our military division. Otherwise, they wouldn't have stayed in the camp, and no matter how we attacked, they would only defend and not counterattack......"

Hearing this, Huang Taiji directly said with a face full of dissatisfaction: "You know all this. Ben Khan now wants a solution, not your analysis of the current situation......"

If Fan Wencheng really had a way, with Fan Wencheng's heartfelt Cheng to Huang Taiji, he would not have waited until now.

Therefore, Fan Wencheng, who was watched by Huang Taiji, could only answer helplessly with a face full of helplessness: "Great Khan, there is no good way for the minions?" ”

After saying a sentence, Fan Wencheng could clearly see that Huang Taiji's face directly changed from full of hope to despair.

In this case, in order not to let Huang Taiji lose confidence, Fan Wencheng continued to bite the bullet and said: "But, Great Khan, the minion has an idea here, I don't know if I should say it or not?" ”

Huang Taiji replied without thinking about it: "Houjin has reached the critical juncture of life and death, what else can't be said ......?"

With the approval of Huang Taiji, Fan Wencheng made an astonishing answer: "Great Khan, what the slave wants to say is that as our opponent, Wei Zheng, the commander of the Tiger and Leopard Army, is a very powerful commander. Not only does he have a lot of vision and strategies that we don't expect, but he is also a thoughtful person. Otherwise, in our exhaustive and ten-day offensive, he would have been able to repel us again and again with negligible losses. ”

Hearing this, the despair on Huang Taiji's face not only did not ease in the slightest, but a trace of anger resurfaced again.

Facing Fan Wencheng, he asked with a murderous face. It seems that Fan Wencheng couldn't answer a word well, so he cut off his head.

"Strategist, you are raising the morale of others and destroying your own prestige...... Head MilitaryYou think that the Houjin Kingdom has really reached the point of desperation. ”

Fan Wencheng hurriedly denied: "Great Khan, you misunderstood, the minion didn't mean this?" What the minions want to say is that for ten consecutive days of attacking, we can't help the Haw Par Army. In addition, the Haw Par Army is determined to hold out and engage in a protracted confrontation with our military divisions. The minions are worried that even if we are here, it will not come of it for another ten days, a month, or even two months. ”

At this time, Huang Taiji looked at Fan Wencheng's gaze, and there was no murderous aura just now at noon.

After thinking about it, he thoughtfully affirmed: "You are not unreasonable...... After ten consecutive days of attacking, the Haw Par Army has run their barracks like an iron pass...... Coupled with the fact that the Haw Par Army has plenty of food and grass, there is really no way for us to force them to retreat. ”

Speaking of this, Huang Taiji seemed to think of something, and subconsciously asked Fan Wencheng.

"Strategist, since you have this kind of thought, do you already have a specific solution?"

Facing Emperor Chongzhen's gaze at him, Fan Wencheng wanted to nod and give Huang Taiji an affirmative answer.

However, in the face of the facts, Fan Wencheng had to shake his head and answer: "Great Khan, there is no specific solution for the minions." However, the minions thought that since we could not find a breakthrough in solving the problem from here, then we had to find a way to find a breakthrough from other places. ”

"Looking for a breakthrough from somewhere else?" Faced with this answer, Huang Taiji fell directly into deep contemplation.

As for Fan Wencheng, he stared at Huang Taiji with a pair of eyes to see if Huang Taiji could come up with a specific solution.

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