Huang Taiji's body has always been a little weak, and after returning to Shenyang, he recuperated for a full month.

The Eight Banners Army had obviously occupied Shanhaiguan, but was forced to evacuate, seeing that the Central Plains that was about to be obtained was lost, such a situation was difficult for Huang Taiji to accept, but the facts were in front of him, in order to avoid greater casualties, in order to avoid the sharp artillery of the Zheng family, Huang Taiji could only make the decision to evacuate Shanhaiguan, although such a decision made him want to break his heart.

The Zheng army was stationed at Shanhaiguan, eyeing the tiger, Jinzhou and Ningyuan were in great danger, and Abatai, who was stationed here, had to spend a lot of energy on defense, which seemed to be reversed from the situation in previous years, and the Great Qing State began to garrison Jinzhou and Ningyuan and other places, for fear that the Zheng army would suddenly attack.

In the dark, Huang Taiji had a premonition that the possibility of the Great Qing Kingdom wanting to unify the Central Plains no longer existed, and the brave Zheng Jiajun could not be defeated in a short period of time, or even never defeated.

According to Zheng Xunrui's ability and ambition, it is impossible for the Great Qing Kingdom to exist in Liaodong forever.

However, after the Eight Banners Army withdrew from Shanhaiguan, Liaodong was also calm.

During this period, Fan Wencheng and Hong Chengchou and others made a lot of predictions and evaluations, especially after Zheng Xunrui ascended the throne in late May, and their judgments became clearer.

Fan Wencheng believes that after Zheng Xunrui ascended the throne and became emperor, it will take a lot of time to stabilize all places, and it is impossible to launch a large-scale attack in Liaodong and southern Liaoning in a short period of time. are likely to fall sharply.

Hong Chengchou's views are basically the same as Fan Wencheng, he believes that Zheng Xunrui's life after ascending the throne must be difficult, on the one hand, the north has suffered from many years of famine, and it takes a lot of money to stabilize the situation in the north, and the Dashun army has not been completely wiped out, and the remaining forces will also have a great impact on the north and south of the Ming Dynasty. Zheng Xunrui's main thing at this moment is to stabilize the situation and his own rule.

Huang Taiji is also a hero, although Fan Wencheng and Hong Chengchou's analysis has a certain amount of truth, but he doesn't fully believe it, you must know that according to Zheng Xunrui's ability, it is easy to control power, and people have been operating in Nanzhili for so long, and they don't know how strong their strength is, so they didn't enter the north very early. is nothing more than unwilling to bear some bad discussions and reputations, otherwise Zheng Xunrui would have pointed to the north a long time ago.

The Ming Dynasty has long been decayed, and the Dashun Army has become the last straw that completely crushed the Ming Dynasty, and Zheng Xunrui is just rebuilding on the basis of the complete collapse of the Ming Dynasty.

Huang Taiji attaches great importance to the role of intelligence, but he attaches more importance to strength, only strength is the basis for everything, from the current situation, the strength of the Great Qing Kingdom is still slightly insufficient. In particular, the artillery owned by Zheng Jiajun is too sharp. Sharp artillery has become the biggest dream of the Eighth Banner Army.

After several months in a row, there was no war in Liaodong and Liaonan, which made Huang Taiji also begin to wonder, could it be that Zheng Xunrui really encountered some problems after he ascended the throne, so that there was no way to launch a large-scale attack in Liaodong and Liaonan, or that Zheng Xunrui was satisfied after he ascended the throne. It's hard to be an emperor, you have to enjoy it, and other things are put aside for the time being.

After careful consideration, Huang Taiji decided to convene relevant personnel and discuss it seriously. What kind of choice should the Qing Kingdom make now, or where is the direction of development next?

Huang Taiji himself also has thoughts, there are only two directions for the development of the Qing Dynasty, one is to develop in the direction of the grassland, relying on the allegiance of the grassland tribes, constantly growing strength, and finally seeking the opportunity to fight a decisive battle with the Zheng army, the other is to launch an attack from the direction of Liaodong or southern Liaoning, to test the will of the Zheng army, if the Zheng army can be defeated in these places, it can further clarify the direction of development, or more directly to occupy the Central Plains.

Huang Taiji knows very well that under the current situation, it is very difficult to think of directly attacking Shanhaiguan or Jinzhou and Fuzhou, the courage of the Zheng family's army, the Manchurian nobles are all known, and no one is willing to take the initiative to lead the army to launch an attack on the Zheng family's army, if such an attack fails again, then for the Qing Dynasty, the consequences are unbearable.

The brave Huang Taiji felt confused for the first time.

Manchu nobles such as Daishan, Zilharang, Dolgon, Hauge, Duoduo, Azig and Yuetuo, as well as Fan Wencheng and Hong Chengchou and others, all came to the Great Hall.

This discussion is very critical, everyone understands in their hearts, after entering the Great Palace, everyone's faces are very serious, and they have always looked down on Fan Wencheng and Hong Chengchou's Duoduo, Azig and others, and even forgot to stare at Fan Wencheng and others, and after entering the Great Palace, they lowered their heads and pondered.

This kind of situation is too rare, you must know that the Manchu nobles are brave and ruthless, and there is basically no idea of admitting defeat, but when they were in front of Zheng Jiajun, these Manchu nobles restrained their arrogance, because the arrogance on their lips had no effect.

The Eight Banners Army was forced to evacuate Shanhaiguan and handed over Shanhaiguan to the Zheng Family, which was a shame for the Eight Banners Army, and it was also an obvious portrayal that the Eight Banners Army could not defeat the Zheng Family.

Fan Wencheng and Hong Chengchou thought more, they were Han people, they took refuge in the Qing Dynasty, in the eyes of the Han people, they were traitors, and they would suffer the most severe punishment, once the Zheng family army completely defeated the Eight Banners Army, they had no way to live.

Huang Taiji entered the Dazheng Hall and felt the oppressive atmosphere.

"What's the matter, is the brave Batunu like this, I invited you to come here to discuss with you how to achieve the greatest victory for the Eight Banners Army, do you all think that the Eight Banners Army will be defeated......

Huang Taiji's reprimand made everyone raise their heads.

Although the atmosphere was still a little depressing, the faces of Dai Shan and the others showed a strong aura.

Huang Taiji is happy in his heart, the Manchurian nobles are not afraid of any powerful force, and the Manchu people are strong and unyielding in their bones, no matter how much difficulty and pressure they suffer, they dare to face it.

"Wen Cheng, let's talk about the situation."

Fan Wencheng cheered up and began to talk about Huang Taiji's thoughts, which are actually two choices.

After Fan Wencheng finished speaking, the first person to speak was Dolgon.

Dai Shan is old, and he rarely directly participates in the battle, and it is not good to say directly in this regard, Zilharang is more often in maintaining the stability of Shenyang, and he does not participate in many battles, among the five princes, the most vocal is Dolgon, so it is normal for Dolgon to speak at this time.

"Your Majesty, the younger brother thinks that the top priority is to think of a way to deal with the Zheng family's firearms, although the strength of the Zheng family army is strong, but if it is alone, the Eight Banners Army will never fall behind, the Zheng family army relies on firearms and artillery the most, the courtiers also understand the situation a little during this time, the firearms used by the Zheng family army are called Mauser guns, this kind of Mauser guns are very different from arquebuses, and they can also be shot in wind and rain weather, as for artillery, Hongyi cannons and Furlong machines are the main ......"

Dolgon's opening attracted everyone's attention, after all, it was the prince who had commanded battles many times, and he quickly grasped the point.

“…… Your Majesty, the courtiers think that there are two most important things today, the first thing is that our Great Qing Kingdom should strengthen its ties with the grassland tribes and promote the development of its own strength, and the second thing is to vigorously develop firearms and artillery, at least have the ability to resist the Zheng family's firearms......"

Dolgon's opinion was to move in the direction of the steppe and unite the steppe tribes.

When Dorgon had finished speaking, Daishan, Zilharan, Haug, and Dordor all agreed.

Fan Wencheng also spoke, but he said it very carefully.

"The slave thinks that what His Royal Highness Prince Rui said is correct, the grassland has been unstable, especially some grassland tribes led by the Ordos tribe, just look at the small profits, have been submissive and even openly surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, if you can't completely stop this situation, then the grassland is dangerous, the slave's suggestion is that while Zheng Xunrui stabilizes the internal situation, the Eight Banners Army will enter the grassland to attack or even exterminate those tribes who have returned to the Ming court......"

When Fan Wencheng spoke, the surroundings were also very quiet.

After Fan Wencheng finished speaking, Hong Chengchou did not speak, perhaps because he felt that there was nothing to say.

In such a short period of time, everyone's understanding reached a consensus, and they unanimously chose to develop in the direction of the grassland, which is rare, and the Manchurian nobles are not only strong in their bones, but also extremely conceited.

The development of the Great Qing Dynasty in the direction of the grassland is not a simple matter, the grassland tribes such as the Ordos tribe, the Tumut tribe and the Turpan tribe in Shaanxi, are basically subordinated to the Ming court, that is, to Zheng Xunrui, if the Qing Dynasty wants to completely stabilize the situation in the grassland, it is necessary to defeat the grassland tribes led by the Ordos tribe and the Ming court.

Huang Taiji slowly stood up.

"I think what the fourteenth brother said is very correct, the first thing for my Great Qing Kingdom is to find a way to deal with the Zheng family's artillery and firearms, and the second is to stabilize the situation in the grassland, which is about to enter autumn, it is the season of grassland nomadism, this matter of stabilizing the situation in the grassland is directly responsible for the fourteenth brother, and the Eight Banners Army that needs to be mobilized will be directly responsible for the next step of discussion, and the matter of dealing with the Zheng family's firearms will be directly responsible for Wencheng, either we will also obtain a large number of Hongyi cannons and Furlong machines, or we will think of a way to really deal with firearms……”

Huang Taiji began to arrange, this time the discussion was able to achieve unification in a very short time, he had mixed feelings in his heart, this is not to say that many Manchu nobles are unusually united, but everyone has recognized the strength and courage of the Zheng family army in disguise. (To be continued.) )