Originally, Emperor Chongzhen didn't have much feeling about this number, but after hearing it, Sun Chengzong, the first assistant, changed color, and he explained very clearly, when Nurhachi was in Salhu, he only used 15,000 Jurchen soldiers and horses, and then swept Liaozhen and broke through the city, and each time it did not exceed the number of 10,000, and this time it was almost more than one-third of the capital of the Jurchens in Jianzhou.

There is a lot of news about the generals of Liaoxi this time, some of which even Sun Chengzong and Wang Zaijin don't understand, but it makes people know how much they have hidden in the past, but now who doesn't care, Emperor Chongzhen and many people in the court regard this as a lifesaver.

For example, this time the commander of the army will be Erbel Amin and the deputy general will be Zilharang, and neither of them is the son of Nurhachi, but a nephew, the son of Nurhachi's younger brother Shulhaqi.

Nurhachi put Shulhaqi to death very early, but Amin and Zilharang, who had the support of the big tribe behind them, could not move, and the old foundation with the blue flag could not move, so they could only give them a high status and continue to preserve their strength.

This Yue Tuo is the son of Da Bel Daishan, who has his own Niu Lu and strength in his hands, and Nurhachi has taken care of this grandson, but Yue Tuo was very abused when he was a child because he was the son of Dai Shan's ex-wife, and even disappeared.

With so many generals serving as commanders, the soldiers and horses under their command cannot be said to be not strong, but it shows that the Jianzhou Jurchens still have spare strength, and there are still backers, and there are even other arrangements.

Although I don't want to admit it, I have to say that many people in the Ming court want to hear this, Jianzhou Jurchen still has the strength to spare, then the Ming Dynasty still has a hope, the best result is to lose both, let the Ming sit on the fisherman's profits, at least both sides must have losses, which will also give the Ming a chance to breathe.

Thinking about the fact that the Jurchens of Jianzhou were like tigers and wolves at that time, they felt that they were endangering the society of the country, but at this time they were regarded as saviors, and many people were reluctant to say this idea, which was indeed a shame.

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen even wanted to ponder one thing, whether the two sides could work together to attack the Zhao family's army, but this idea was directly stifled by the ministers, if this was leaked, the legitimacy of the Ming Dynasty would be gone, and the hearts of the people in the world would belong to Zhao Jin.

"I'm afraid there won't be an ending then." This is the original words of the personal eunuch Wang Chengen, this sentence made Emperor Chongzhen depressed for a long time, Wang Chengen is his confidant, even this henchman said such straightforward words, and not to talk about the future, what is the ending, I am afraid that this throne will not be done for a long time, and he is already thinking about the future for himself.

However, at this time, it is completely optimistic, there are some details that we have not noticed, but many people have noticed two numbers, Jianzhou Jurchen cavalry 5,000, Mongolian cavalry 5,000, this is more than 10,000 cavalry, 10,000 cavalry This number has been mentioned in many battles, but there are very few people who can really come up with this capital.

Don't say that the Jianzhou Jurchen, the largest battles of the Ming Dynasty against Mongolia, the ten thousand cavalry into the Kou no more than ten times, the tile spur also, the little prince Dayan Khan and Ida, that's all, as for the Ming side, that is, the Li family of Liaozhen at its peak can barely organize such a scale.

In the eyes of those who understand or don't understand, Wan Cai, or the always strong Mongolian and Jurchen cavalry, that is really invincible, sweeping the world's might, that Xuzhou Zhao Jin since the beginning of the army, has never been hard to touch such a big enemy as Wan Cai, let alone far stronger than the Ming cavalry Tartar cavalry.

Not to mention, now the Zhao family army is a lone army on the side of Liaodong, if there is a mistake, it is the first defeat of the Zhao family army since the beginning of the army, now this Xuzhou Zhao is unscrupulous, after suffering a setback, maybe the general trend can be reversed.

What is the color, you have to weigh it in front of this strong enemy

Xuzhou to the east has Haizhou, which is the origin of Huai salt, and now it is also an important port of Zhao Jiajun, and there is also a Haizhou in Liaozhen, which is more than 100 miles northwest of Gaizhouwei, and the throat of Liaozhen is choked together with Gaizhouwei, which is an important place in the important land.

At the end of October, Liaozhen has entered the agricultural slack season, the sea is windy and rough, and it is no longer suitable for sailing.

The Haizhou Wei of Liaozhen has become a large military camp, and the soldiers and horses from Liaoyang and Shenyang first converge here, and then pull out to the Gaizhou side, which has also become a military station for the army, which will garrison grain and grass materials, and is also the gateway for the retreat of the Jianzhou Jurchens, while the other road of soldiers and horses from Guangning is directly rushed to Gaizhou.

The deployment of the Jianzhou Jurchen soldiers and horses was not hurried, because the Zhao army on the opposite side was not in a hurry to go forward, but only accumulated grain and grass in Fuzhou and Jinzhou, built camp fortifications, and there was no momentum to attack Gaizhouwei.

The cavalry inquired about the news, blocked and covered the battlefield, and the cavalry of the Jianzhou Jurchen Jin Army naturally had to be targeted, and skirmishes broke out at this time, pursuing, ambushing, and hunting each other.

To the surprise of the Jurchens and the Mongol generals, in terms of bow and horse riding skills, in the various tactical use of cavalry, the performance of the Zhao family army was not bad at all, according to the Horqin Mongol elite cavalry, the other party did not know that there were also cavalry from the grassland, and the equipment and training were better.

At this time, the only thing that can comfort him is that the cavalry of the Zhao family army has two thousand at best, which is really nothing compared to the more than 10,000 cavalry on his side.

The Han people in Liaozhen have been discouraged and desperate for the Ming Dynasty, and many people have been willing to make cattle and horses for the Jianzhou Jurchens, but they did not expect that there was news of the Zhao family army at this time, although this is not the official army of the Ming Dynasty, but it is always the army of the Han people, which is always stronger than the Jurchens, and some people think that this is the change of dynasty in Guannei.

The Han people of Liaozhen began to flee to Fuzhou and Jinzhou, the southern Liaonan Peninsula takes Jinzhou Lushun as the endpoint, and it is the east coast that can go to Goryeo along the coastline to the east, and the number of soldiers and civilians in Liaozhen here is relatively small, but they have been following Dongjiang Town to fight against the Jurchens, and they have a deep identity with the Dingliao Independent Regiment on Phi Island, because many Liao people in this regiment were born here, and then went to Phi Island, after determining the relationship between the Zhao Jiajun of Jinzhou and the Dingliao Independent Regiment, they were contributing.

In addition to the Liao people from the east bank, there are also those from the west bank, from Gaizhou Wei to Fuzhou, densely covered with large and small villages and fortresses, the number of Han people is far more than the west bank, but since the start of the war, a large number of people began to scatter and flee, but not many fled to Fuzhou and Jinzhou.

Fighting again and again, life and death, these Han people have long lost confidence, just begging not to be affected by the war, and they are afraid that joining the Zhao family army will be destroyed together.

What the Jianzhou Jurchens thought was also very simple, that is, the walls were clear, and this strange army could not be allowed to have materials and manpower, but until now, there are fewer Han people who defected to the Zhao family army from the west bank than on the east bank.

"It is estimated that the Tartars will not be able to take care of it, if they drive the people of the brigade to our side, it will be a great disaster for us to collect it or not."

"We have to know one thing, our Zhao Jiajun came to Liaodong to take this territory, not to save such a few people, they may be miserable, if we can't take this Liao Town, then there are millions of miserable, so compared, everyone should know how to choose"

For the Han people in Liaodong who defected, no matter how miserable and sincere, Zhao Jiajun did not accept it, but just asked them to go to the east bank and the coast to go to Goryeo, there were already several large-scale Han camps on the banks of the Yalu River, and there were special people responsible for purchasing food and equipment from Goryeo.

From Fuzhou to the Yalu River, not to mention hundreds of miles, in this early winter, it is really difficult, even if there are not too many Jianzhou Jurchen soldiers and horses on the west bank, but this is a dangerous journey, and bad weather is enough to kill people.

The Zhao family army was so cold and hard-hearted, not only the Liao people who accompanied the army were indignant, but even the soldiers in the Zhao family army were quite complaining, and the way to calm the grievances was also very simple.

Lu Da's Fengpei regiment sheltered more than 100 Han people who defected, but on the third day, they were caught out of the Jurchen spies, this spy was not a Jurchen in disguise, but a genuine Liaodi Han people, several accomplices went to the stable to poison, but they were discovered by the people who were staring at them, and as soon as this incident came out, the noisy opposition suddenly subsided.

The Jianzhou Jurchens did not seem to have any hope for the spies among the mixed refugees, and the Han people who came to defect were intermittent and did not cause too much trouble.

In fact, most of the Han people in the vicinity of Haizhouwei and Gaizhouwei were arrested as people's husbands, let them carry grain and grass materials, repair roads, and even levy servants and horses inside, and the temporary shortage of grain and grass in the army was directly plundered from the Hanmin villages, which was really miserable.

Compared with the busyness of the periphery, the Acropolis of Haizhou is very calm, and there are rumors that a certain nobleman's troupe has also arrived in Haizhouwei, and another businessman has brought good wine, and in the mansion of the original Ming army general, he drank and had fun all day long, but when this rumor began, no one found this sign.

Originally, Jianzhou Nuzhen didn't have these things, Nurhachi stared at this very closely, and he was very tired of his children indulging in all kinds of pleasures in the Guannai.

However, in recent years, he has won a lot of battles and occupied more territory, and the wealth of Liaozhen has fallen into the hands of the nobles of the Eight Banners.

Shanxi and Shandong merchants brought silk and satin, transported all kinds of fine wine, and even bought all female singers, which were owned by the rich families of the Ming Dynasty and the nobles of the Jianzhou Jurchens.

A large amount of furs, ginseng, and various specialties outside the customs were exchanged for a large amount of goods, some of which were used as military funds, and some of which became the luxury of the nobles.