As the commander of the First Army of the Tiger and Leopard Army and the governor of Liaodong, Wang Feng did not want to see Liaodong become a burden to the Tiger and Leopard Army, and saw that the Tiger and Leopard Army lost Liaodong because of this.

Therefore, as soon as Wei Zheng's words were finished, Wang Feng, whose glasses lit up, subconsciously asked, "Dashuai, what do you mean?" ”

Wei Zheng waved his hand and said, "Don't care about these things for now, this is a matter for the future, and we will discuss it later......"

"In Ben Shuai's opinion, the most important thing we should do now is to take revenge...... We have suffered such a big loss, I feel that we can't just stop it, and we will cheapen him for nothing. ”

Therefore, Ben Shuai decided to gather heavy troops in the next few days, and Ben Shuai personally commanded to launch a retaliatory attack on Houjin. Let Huang Taiji know that we are the Tiger and Leopard Army, not the imperial court, and it is not that he can fight if he wants to. Now that he's here, and he's fighting, it's a huge price to pay for making them unforgettable. ”

Speaking of this, Wei Zheng directly shifted his gaze to Wang Feng, and with a murderous face, he continued to ask: "Commander Wang, Ben Shuai wants to know that after Huang Taiji withdrew his troops from Liaodong, the current distribution of Houjin's troops. Especially the tens of thousands of troops he brought into Liaodong, where are they now, do you have any traces of these troops. Since we want to take revenge, let's be the first to attack these people.

After hearing the word revenge, Wang Feng's face also became hot.

Under Wei Zheng's gaze, he replied without thinking: "Dashuai, these troops brought into Liaodong by Huang Taiji are all under our surveillance. Even if you don't retaliate, when the First Army regains its strength, I will personally lead people to kill Houjin. ”

"After investigation. 30,000 Jin Tie Cavalry and more than 10,000 Jin Han Eight Cavalry. That is, their firearms units. All laid out on the border line. Not surprisingly, these troops were all used by Huang Taiji to guard against our retaliatory attacks. ”

Faced with this answer, Wei Zheng's face not only did not show the slightest worry, but a trace of joy flashed.

Facing a group of subordinates, he said with a smile on his face: "That's just right...... What Ben Shuai is most worried about is that these Houjin Tartars use their mobility to take us to hide and hide in Houjin. Instead of going head-to-head with us. Now, it seems that none of these worries are a problem. ”

"Since Emperor Taiji has deployed his troops on the border line, then we will fight a decisive battle with them on the border line."

The Second Cavalry Division plus the remaining cavalry units of the First Army was 10,000 cavalry.

The third and fourth infantry divisions, plus the remaining infantry of the First Army, were 20,000 musketeers.

Coupled with the four independent heavy artillery regiments totaling 35,000 elite of the Tiger and Leopard Army, it only took one day to be under the personal command of Wei Zheng. It drove out of Liaoyang and advanced towards the Houjin Kingdom.

Such a large military operation. Of course, it was impossible to hide the ubiquitous cavalry scouts of the Tartars. Wei Zheng had just sent troops for half a day, and the strength and strength of the Tiger and Leopard Army were known to Huang Taiji.

After listening to the scout's report, there were two diametrically opposed reactions directly to the big tent of the Chinese army.

The generals who have personally experienced and seen the strong combat effectiveness of the Haw Par Army, including Huang Taiji, are full of worries about this decisive battle that is about to break out.

However, the calm faces of the few Tartar generals who had never really fought with the Tiger and Leopard Army and had always held the idea that the Houjin Iron Cavalry was invincible in the world showed an unprecedented fanaticism on their calm faces.

In the eyes of these generals, whether it is the Tiger and Leopard Army or the official army of the Ming Dynasty, they are all Han Chinese. Since they are Han Chinese, they are not good at field warfare. In the siege battle, the heroic Houjin Iron Cavalry may not be able to help them. However, when it comes to the field battlefield, these Han Chinese will become the targets of the massacre of the Later Jin Iron Cavalry.

Therefore, Huang Taiji just told the news that the Tiger and Leopard Army was about to attack Houjin on a large scale, and one can be called Huang Taiji's henchman, who directly commanded Houjin Manchu Eight Banners, has the strongest combat effectiveness, the most troops, the best equipment, and the deputy flag master of the Yellow Banner. He shouted with a face full of pride.

"Great Khan, the minions thought that if the Tiger and Leopard Army abandoned the fortified city and launched an attack on our Houjin State, it would be to send them to death...... As soon as they came, the minions let them walk in and lie down and go out. ”

"Well said, this time, we must let these Han people have no return......," another Tartar general, with a hot face, shouted loudly.

In response to these clamors, Huang Taiji did not react too much. Because he knows that the Haw Par Army also has very strong combat effectiveness in field battles.

In front of him, this decisive battle that is about to break out, even if Houjin wins in the end, he will pay a very huge price.

As the Great Khan of the Later Jin Kingdom, Huang Taiji knew very well what the heavy losses meant for the Later Jin Kingdom?

If the limited national strength and population of Houjin are too great to lose in this decisive battle, it will take at least ten years for Houjin to regain its national strength. And this means that Huang Taiji has no way to personally command the army in his lifetime, enter the Central Plains, and compete with the Ming court for the world.

So this kind of result is definitely something that Huang Taiji doesn't want to see.

Just when Huang Taiji was in deep thought, the military Fan Wencheng also did not speak, and his brows were tightly knit to think about the solution.

At this moment, the shouts of the deputy flag owner of the Yellow Flag sounded in the big tent again.

"Great Khan, isn't it just a bunch of Han people? What is there to think of...... Although the firearms of the Han people are very powerful, as long as the warriors rush into their musket array, the firearms in the hands of the Han people will not even be as good as burning sticks. “

At this time, Huang Taiji finally spoke. Facing his henchmen and generals standing in front of him, he asked with a dissatisfied face: "You are right, as long as we can fight with the Tiger and Leopard Army, the final victory will definitely belong to us." But how can we rush into the Haw Par Arsenal and fight the Haw Par Musketeers? ”

"The muskets and artillery equipped by the Haw Par Army are not decorations, and Ben Han is worried that we have not yet rushed in front of the Haw Par Army, and our attacking troops have already suffered heavy losses and lost their combat effectiveness under the blows of the opponent's muskets and artillery."

Under Huang Taiji's repeated rhetorical questions, several Tartar generals finally put away the arrogant expressions on their faces.

At this time, Fan Wencheng's tightly closed eyes suddenly opened, and he said thoughtfully: "Great Khan, the minions have an idea here, which can allow the warriors to rush into the Tiger and Leopard Army with minimal casualties, and fight with the Tiger and Leopard Army at close range, but I don't know if it is feasible......"

Huang Taiji's glasses lit up, and he subconsciously asked: "What is the way, as long as you can block the offensive of the Tiger and Leopard Army, prevent the Tiger and Leopard Army from penetrating deep into the Houjin Kingdom to burn and loot, and can also reduce the casualties of the warriors, you can try any way." ”

At the instigation of Huang Taiji, Fan Wencheng hurriedly replied: "Great Khan, the idea of the minions is very simple, that is, to use war horses instead of warriors to attack the tiger and leopard army formation. The warriors with strong combat effectiveness followed closely behind the horses used to charge the battle and launched an attack on the tiger and leopard army. ”

"As long as we can rush to a position fifty paces away from the Tiger and Par Army formation with the help of our horses. The remaining fifty paces of charging distance, with the combat strength and charging speed of the warriors, can definitely easily rush in front of the tiger and leopard army and enter their military formation. ”

"It's just that, in this way, we will have to pay a huge price for a large number of war horses to be killed by the Tiger and Par Army."

For the Tartars who grew up on horseback, in addition to their relatives, the war horse is their closest person.

Therefore, as soon as Fan Wencheng's words were finished, he was opposed by almost all the Tartar generals in the big tent.

What's more, some Tartar generals rushed directly in front of Fan Wencheng and shouted with murderous faces: "Fan Wencheng, what do you want to do, don't you know the importance of war horses to our Houjin Kingdom." Without their horses, how can the warriors fight. ”

After finishing, he directly mentioned to Huang Taiji: "Great Khan, Fan Wencheng's mention also made the slave think of an idea." Instead of letting the war horses rush into battle, it is better to let the Han people come to charge us into battle. The minions don't believe it, the Tiger and Leopard Army even dare to kill the Han people......"

"Yes, the Nahan are charged. It just so happened that we captured hundreds of thousands of Han Chinese from Liaodong. Use these Han people to block bullets for us, just ......" As soon as this mention was spoken, it was approved by almost all the Tartar generals of the Great Horde.

Obviously, in their eyes, the name of the Han people is far less important than the war horse under their crotch.

As a hero who has a dream and holds the idea of entering the Central Plains. Huang Taiji knew very well that this practice would have a very bad impact on the reputation of the Houjin Army and himself.

It even affected his future stay in the Central Plains and competed with the Ming court for the world.

However, at the critical juncture of the life and death of the Houjin Kingdom, Huang Taiji could no longer manage so much.

Therefore, without any objection, Huang Taiji directly agreed with this idea of using human shields to block the attack of the Tiger and Leopard Army.

As a result, the hundreds of thousands of Liao people who had just been sent to the Houjin State were summoned again under the order of Huang Taiji and sent to the border line. As for Wei Zheng, who was still on the march, he did not expect that an unprecedented tragic battle since the formation of the Tiger and Leopard Army had been placed in front of him little by little.

With the arrival of reinforcements from the border passes, the defenders of Beijing finally exceeded 50,000 and reached an astonishing 55,000.

With so many troops, if they are used to defend ordinary cities, they can definitely be called more than rubbing.

However, Beijing is not your average city.

As the capital of the Ming Dynasty, the Cheng dù of Beijing City University is definitely beyond many people's imagination.

The 55,000-strong army, after arranging sufficient troops for all the defensive places in Beijing City, has only 15,000 mobile troops left in the end.

Therefore, such a defensive force is still very insufficient for Emperor Chongzhen, who is getting less and less courageous.

Emperor Chongzhen saw this, and the commander of the Later Jin army, who burned and looted outside the city of Beijing, and occupied almost all the towns in Beizhili except for the city of Beijing, also saw this.

With fifty red-clothed cannons in his hands, the commander of the Houjin army decided to try it to see how strong the defense of the Ming capital was, and whether this tentative attack would bring him any surprises. (To be continued......)