Today's Houjin is not the more than 100,000 people who were just drilled out of the mountain.

In the mountains, you can survive by hunting.

And now, not counting the Han slaves, the population of Houjin has exceeded one million. If you count the Han people of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, it is possible to have 1.5 million, or even 2 million.

With so many people burrowing into the mountains at the same time, even if they eat up all the prey in the mountains, they can't sustain Houjin for a month.

Therefore, for Huang Taiji, if he wants to avoid the edge for the time being, he is waiting for an opportunity for Houjin to rise again. Before the Haw Par Army completes its expansion, he must raise all the food and supplies that are sufficient for at least a year.

If you don't have these, even if you make the decision to avoid the front for the time being, when the Haw Par Army is attacking. Take the major tribes back to the mountains and wait for the opportunity. Hunger and cold alone can make Houjin lose and take care, and even directly lose the strength to rise......

Therefore, Huang Taiji, whose eyes were gloomy again, did not hesitate to express his worries.

Fan Wencheng seemed to have seen this problem a long time ago, and as soon as Huang Taiji finished speaking, a pair of eyes became smart.

Then, he asked Huang Taiji with a stern face: "Great Khan, the minions don't know if the firearms troops trained by the Great Khan have formed combat effectiveness...... However, the slave knew that in the battle between the Tiger and Leopard Army to capture the two provinces of Gansu and Ning, the new army of Gansu and Ning, which had just been formed by the imperial court, wiped out thousands of the Tiger and Leopard Army with thousands of musketeers......"

"If the Great Khan wants to raise enough food and supplies before the Haw Par Army attacks in a big way, he can only start with the Haw Par Army......

"After a year of development. The Haw Par Army has emigrated millions of people to Liaodong. Today's Liaodong. It has once again been restored to its former prosperity...... As long as we find a way to break through a few county seats. In particular, the logistics base of the Liaodong Tiger and Leopard Army. Just by virtue of the seizure, it will be enough for all the needs of the post-Jin country for more than a year......"

Compared with Guannai, which has border fortresses for defense, Liaodong, which only relies on some county strongholds as border lines, is obviously more in line with the raiding goals of the Houjin Iron Cavalry.

Therefore, Huang Taiji obviously knows a lot more about Liaodong than Fan Wencheng......

According to the news obtained by Huang Taiji, more than one million Han Chinese who had emigrated to Liaodong by the Haw Par Army had already acquired the land that could be cultivated in Liaodong. All of them were planted with food. In two months at most, these grains can be harvested in an unprecedented bumper harvest...... There are more than one million Han people, even if one person harvests one load of grain, it is more than 10 million loads of grain.

When the time comes, not to mention too much, in the future, the strong raid and plunder capabilities of the Golden Iron Cavalry will bring back millions of loads of grain in a short period of time, and there will be absolutely no problem...... Millions of loads of grain, even if you let it go, it is enough for Houjin to eat for a year.

Of course. If you are lucky, you can lay down a logistics base for the Liaodong Tiger and Leopard Army. That capture can not only meet the needs of tens of thousands of Houjin troops for one year, or even two years. It may also be able to capture a lot of firearms and equipment urgently needed by the Houjin, further expand the firearms units in the Houjin army, and prepare for the future counteroffensive and rise......

This temptation is obviously very big for Huang Taiji. As soon as Fan Wencheng's words fell, Huang Taiji's gloomy eyes shot out two rays of light again.

Then, he replied to Fan Wencheng: "The capture of the battlefield in Tongguò, the self-imitation of the armory, plus the smuggling and purchase...... The firearms unit of the Jin Army has expanded to 15,000 people...... Among them, 3,000 musketeers equipped the battlefield and captured the latest firearms of the Haw Par Army......"

"In addition to muskets, this fifteen-thousand-armed firearms unit is also equipped with five imitation grenades ...... each"

"In terms of artillery, the whole army is equipped with a total of 80 red-coat cannons and more than 250 small-caliber artillery pieces such as the Franc machine......

"Ben Khan can say with certainty that in this year's time, Ben Khan has invested all the limited financial and material resources of the Houjin State into this firearms unit......

For this firearms unit that only obeys Huang Taiji's orders, Fan Wencheng doesn't know a lot.

Therefore, when he listened to Huang Taiji's introduction, he was directly suppressed.

He did not expect that Huang Taiji, who had always been a kind of mounted archery and light firearms, would attach so much importance to the firearms unit and equip the firearms unit with so many advanced firearms......

It can be said that this 15,000-strong firearms unit is not enough compared with the Haw Par Army in terms of firearms power. The number of firearms, especially the number of heavy artillery, in the Houjin Firearms Army, has even surpassed that of the Haw Par Army......

In this way, as long as this firearms unit has a certain combat effectiveness, it is fully capable of fighting a war with the Tiger and Par Army.

If it is not worth it, this firearms unit may be able to directly eliminate the Haw Par Armies and Musket Regiments on the battlefield, just like the Ganning New Army of the imperial court......

Just before Fan Wencheng could react from the surprise that Huang Taiji brought him, Huang Taiji's voice had already reached its ears again......

"In addition to this firearms force, which was composed entirely of Han Chinese, after replenishing a large number of Mongols, the main force of the Eight Banners in our Later Jin Army was restored to a total strength of 50,000 people......"

"In addition to the yellow, the two flags inlaid with yellow are 10,000 iron horses. The rest of the Liuda Banner all have 5,000 elite cavalry. These cavalrymen, in addition to their original equipment, each cavalry is equipped with two powerful grenades, which are used for battlefield breakthroughs and fighting......"

......Hearing this, even Fan Wencheng, who was prepared in his heart, couldn't help but gasp......

He did not expect that in the case of Houjin being blocked, such a difficult situation. Huang Taiji, the sweat in front of him, still hasn't forgotten the soldiers. In just one year...... No, in less than a year, the Houjin Army was discovered to be so powerful.

Although these 50,000 iron cavalry basically pose no threat in front of the powerful firearms force of the Tiger and Leopard Army.

However, with these 50,000 iron horsemen in hand, at least one thing can be done, that is, to force the Tiger and Leopard Army, which has been dispersed in Liaodong, not to dare to leave the county seat and gather together.

And this also gave the 15,000 musketeers of the Houjin Army a chance to break through.

Thinking of this, a very bold idea appeared directly in Fan Wencheng's mind.

After analyzing the feasibility of this bold idea, Fan Wencheng was very pleasantly surprised. As long as the whole layout is properly arranged, there are no surprises. In the case that the Later Jin Army mobilized all the main forces to dispatch, the entire Liaodong may even be sacked by the Later Jin Army.

In this way, the results that the Houjin army may obtain in this looting will become very amazing. (To be continued......)