On the sixth day of the seventh month, Xiong Tingbi captured Fushun, and the army approached Salhu City.

On the seventh day of the seventh month, Sun Chuanting commanded his troops to break through Puhe.

On the eighth day of the seventh month, Qin Bangping captured Hetuala, more than 22,000 old and weak prisoners were beheaded, and the Ming army captured the city called "Xingjing" by Jianjiao.

On the eighth day of the seventh month, Salhu was broken by the Ming army, and the Maerdun village and Gule village in the south were broken one after another, and Hong Chengchou and Xiong Tingbi met with two soldiers and horses to besiege Jiefan City.

On the tenth day of the seventh month, Sun Chuanting and Mangui joined forces to conquer Pinglu (captive) fort and Jingyuan fort, which was less than 100 miles away from Tieling......

"Hetuala, Pingyu Fort has been taken, if Tieling, Kaiyuan, Jiefan City and other places are taken again, the entire territory of Liaodong will be restored."

On July 12, in the Governor's Mansion of Liaoyang City, Zhu Youzhen was holding a cup of tribute tea, tasting it carefully, and the other hand was holding the document book sent by Qin Bangping, and in front of him was sitting a somewhat restrained official.

Looking at the Chinese book in his hand, when he learned that Jianyu had been beheaded by more than 20,000 old and weak, although he knew that these people were of little use to Houjin, Zhu Youjian still smiled.

The killing of more than 20,000 old and weak people will be the biggest blow to Nurhachi's authority.

Now that Hetuara has been slaughtered, it needs to be garrisoned.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen suddenly raised his head, looked at the official in front of him and said:

"Lu Xiangsheng, if you are transferred to Hetuala, are you willing?"

The fledgling Lu Xiangsheng did not answer Zhu Youzhen's question at the first time, but continued:

"Although the Jianju suffered heavy losses, and the old and weak, women and children were slaughtered, they took away the artisans and the people, and burned the rice fields of Hetuala."

"If His Highness wants to transfer the subordinate to Hetuala, the subordinate is willing to go, but he needs to ask His Highness to move enough people and station a large army in Hetuala."

Lu Xiangsheng was very bold, in this case, as a prefect of Liaoyang, he made a request to Zhu Youzhen, who was the king of Qi, and Zhu Youzhen was not angry, but changed his tone:

"You are from Jiangnan, too close to the capital, there is always something bad, Lone knows that you don't want to be with the party, so I transferred you to Hetuala."

"With more than 100,000 acres of land cultivated by local slaves in Hetuala, it is not a problem to feed 50,000 people, and 10,000 soldiers and horses."

"Lonely relocation of 50,000 people, transfer three battalions of Liao soldiers, and then set Hetuala as Jianzhou County, garrison the third battalion of Jianzhou, how about you serve as the deputy envoy of Liaodong?"

According to the deputy envoy of Liaodong, this is the official position of Zheng Sipin, and Lu Xiangsheng has been the prefect of Liaoyang for less than a year, and he has jumped two levels in a row, which is unreasonable.

Lu Xiangsheng himself understands this truth, but he also understands that as long as Zhu Youzhen thinks about it, he can be promoted.

In the final analysis, how to write the course of the Battle of Fuliao and how to divide the military merits, these are all Zhu Youzhen's final words.

Zhu Youzhen said that if he made meritorious service in this battle, he would have made meritorious service.

Thinking of this, Lu Xiangsheng was silent for a few seconds and then said:

"If the troops are here, the subordinate will live up to His Highness!"

"Then you are ready to prepare, and I will be gone, and tell him that this battle is worth it." Zhu Youzhen got up immediately, and had no intention of staying in Liaoyang.

As for Lu Xiangsheng, when he saw Zhu Youzhen get up, he also got up and prepared to send him out of the city.

The two walked out of the yamen, and when they saw Lu Qin and the rest of the people standing at the door of the yamen.

"Your Highness, the last general deserves death......"

When Lu Qin saw Zhu Youzhen, he immediately knelt down on one knee with Wang Pet, whose head was wrapped in a white cloth, but Zhu Youzhen said calmly:

"In the matter of Weining Camp Fort, although you have a problem with the garrison, Hong Chengchou investigated after breaking through the Weining Camp Fort, and the soldiers and horses of your headquarters killed Jianlu, Liao Shang, and Bei Qiang, so it should be offset by the merits."

"After the end of the Fuliao War, your soldiers and horses will be dispatched by Wang Pet to follow Lu Xiangsheng to Hetuala, and you will be allowed to take a leave of absence for three months, and after three months, you will rush to Datong Mansion in Shanxi Province to control the eight battalions of soldiers and horses in Datong Mansion and resist the Tumut Department."

"The last general...... Ashamed......" Lu Qin wanted to speak and stopped, but in the end he could only sigh and be ashamed.

The transfer of the Datongfu to control the eight battalions of soldiers and horses is said to offset the merits and demerits, but in fact, some credit is still given to Lu Qin.

If the attitude of the previous six ministries and the cabinet is followed, Lu Qin is estimated to be swept to the end.

"Wang Chong, you are the general soldier of Jianzhou, and you are in charge of the three battalions of soldiers and horses in Jianzhou, and in the future, you will be controlled by Lu according to the deputy envoy."

Zhu Youzhen looked at Wang Pet, who was tied with thick gauze on his face, and his tone softened.

"The last will obey." Wang Chong immediately responded, but his tone was a little surprised, he probably didn't expect to be promoted.

Zhu Youzhen didn't say anything, and after bowing his head to the two, he took Lu Wenzhao and others, who had been waiting at the door for a long time, and drove towards Shenyang.

Lu Xiangsheng and his entourage went out of the city and sent them ten miles, and then they showed respect on horseback, and then beat the horse back to the city.

As for Zhu Youzhen, he was riding his horse towards Shenyang, while constantly thinking about the gains and losses of this battle.

In this battle, the Ming army suffered 30,000 casualties, while the Jin army lost nearly 40,000, and the number of real captives killed so far has exceeded 30,000, and the number of Ming army casualties has also reached 22,000.

From this point of view, the battle losses of the Ming army and the real captives were close to 1 to 1.4, and the Ming army was slightly superior.

This naturally does not mean that the current Ming army can easily beat the Jin army, but it shows the importance of artillery, cavalry, and infantry.

If there were no cavalry guns in this battle, and there were no more than 4,000 five-catty cannons and ten-catty cannons, the Ming army would definitely have more casualties than the Jin army, and it would be much more.

Zhu Youzhen was already very satisfied with such casualties on both sides, and his only regret was that he failed to leave Nurhachi and Huang Taiji.

Because it was too dark when Nurhachi was shelled and Huang Taiji was shot, the Ming army did not know that Nurhachi and Huang Taiji were directly broken legs and injured by an unknown gunner.

However, judging from the current loss of Houjin, even if Huang Taiji's personal ability is outstanding, it is just a problem of skin moss for Daming.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen's mood also improved, but he didn't know that Jin Jun's side had become a mess.

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Huifa City, the capital of the Haixi Jurchen Huifa Division, has now become the temporary capital of the Jin Kingdom.

Some seriously wounded soldiers and horses gathered in the city to recuperate, and after a big battle, the Jin army suffered far more casualties than the Ming army estimated.

Of the 40,000 horse infantry, less than 13,000 managed to break through, and the remaining 1,000 were missing, probably dying in an unknown place.

But if it breaks through 13,000, the Jin army can only be said to be injured and broken, and it will not reach the level of breaking an arm.

The problem is that on the way to Huifa City, there are more than 1,000 real captives who died due to their injuries, and more than 2,000 people who are disabled.

In other words, the Jin army actually lost 30,000 soldiers and horses in the first battle of Liao, and they were all young and middle-aged.

The death and maiming of these people was a great blow to the Jin Kingdom, and compared to this, it was Nurhachi himself who hit him even harder.

"The Great Khan hurt his legs, and I am afraid that I will not be able to go down to the ground in a year, and even if I go to the ground, I am afraid that it will be ...... in the future."

In the temporary palace of Nurhachi in Huifa City, a Liao doctor and craftsman sweated profusely in front of Mang Gurtai, Dege, Huerhan, and Dai Shan, who hurried from Tieling.

Nurhachi on the sickbed was much better than when he broke through, although he couldn't walk or sit up, he was at least able to think normally and give instructions.

"Stand down."

After watching the healer finish speaking, Nurhachi frowned and asked him to retreat, knowing that he was afraid that he would have to live on crutches for the rest of his life, and even if he was lying on the bed, no one would dare to disobey his orders.

The healer retreated, and only after he had retreated did Nurhachi speak:

"Tell me about the situation......

"Khan Ama, the Ming army is attacking the city of Fan, and the Yilu place at the gateway of Tieling, and the second brother is urging the strong men in Tieling and Kaiyuan to harvest grain."

Mang Gurtai was courteous, for fear that he would be condemned for leading his troops to support Hetuala.

He had his own thoughts, but Nurhachi could also see that he didn't poke it, but only knew it with a slight bow.

He set his eyes on Dai Shan's body, and his face was slightly displeased.

The reason is very simple, the prison country he wants is actually Huang Taiji, not Dai Shan.

It's just that Huang Taiji was injured in the first battle and can only lie in bed so far, so he let Dai Shan supervise the country.

As for Dai Shan, after seeing his own Khan Ama's eyes, he immediately stepped forward and said:

"The Ming army defeated Hetuala, but they did not continue to march, and the minister estimated that this time the Ming army only wanted to take Hetuala and Jiefan City, and then take away Tieling and Kaiyuan within the Great Wall."

"But even so, it is only more than 600 miles from Kaiyuan to Wuyewuwei, and without Hetuala, there is not much iron ore for us to mine and train weapons."

"The minister suggested that the Thorn Lu Wei be restored and built as a new capital, there is an iron mine on the east side of the Thorn Lu Wei, the terrain is also gentle, and there are more than 10,000 acres of cultivated land in the local area."

"The most important thing is that the Thorn Luwei is far enough away from the Ming court, eight hundred miles away, and the population of the Ming army in Liaodong is not enough to launch a large-scale expedition!"

"In addition, after taking the Thorn Luwei, it is close to the Horqin Department, this time we fought with the Ming army at the same time, the Tiger Rabbit Dun of the Chahar Department sent troops to attack the Horqin Department, if we don't make a statement, the Horqin Department may fall to the Tiger Rabbit Dun."

"In addition, the Thorn Luwei and the Wuye Wuwei are connected in a line, and if you advance, you can go to the Wuye Wuwei to attack Liaodong, and if you retreat, you can retreat to the grassland, or Saliwei, which is good for us."

Lin Dan Khan attacked Korqin, and most of the people in the palace had just learned about it.

They don't know that Lin Danhan sent troops because he received the information and lure provided by Zhu Youzhen, but even if they knew, it was estimated that they would not be able to respond.

However, I have to say that Dai Shan's idea is very constructive, first of all, the current Jin army has suffered heavy losses, and the Ming army has 300,000 troops in Liaodong, and the front cannot be defeated at all, and only by waiting for the Ming army to withdraw can it be possible to attack Liaodong.

Of course, more importantly, the artillery of the Ming army......

"The artillery of the Ming army is much more powerful than before, and there are too many of them, we must pay attention to artillery, and even imitate it."

Dai Shan emphasized this sentence, but the imitation of artillery is not so simple.

If the artillery was easy to imitate, then the Jin army would not have been suppressed by the artillery of the Ming army all the time.

So far, the most elite artillery in their hands is still dozens of Furlong cannons captured from the Ming army, and this is already a commodity that the Ming army is about to eliminate.

They can't even make a Fran machine, let alone the Yanshan General Cannon, which has no model.

As for the ordinary iron cannon they cast themselves, the range is only half a mile, how can they deal with the Ming army with such artillery?

"Artillery is not so easy to cast." When Nurhachi said this, he felt a faint pain in his leg.

"The minister will figure it out!" Dai Shan bowed his head and responded, he knew that if he didn't develop artillery, no matter how strong the Jin army was in the field, it would not be able to grab the artillery of the Ming army, and even if it could destroy the Ming army in the field, it would not be able to defeat the city.

"You have to learn artillery!"

"Alright, stand down, I'm tired."

Nurhachi didn't seem to want to say more, waved his hand and motioned for everyone to retreat, and the generals also withdrew from the temporary palace one after another.

However, after withdrawing, Hu Erhan and the others did not talk much about Dai Shan, but rushed to the place where Huang Taiji cultivated.

This scene was seen by Dai Shan, but he did not show joy and anger, but left the palace with his own people.

At the same time, Hu Erhan and others also came to the place where Huang Taiji cultivated, but Huang Taiji was a little embarrassed at the moment.

Although the arms and legs hit by the artillery scattered shells were not disabled, they were painful every time they moved.

The heavy injury to his waist made him unable to get out of bed, so he could only lie on the bed to meet Hu Erhan and them.

Hu Erhan, Yue Tuo, Zilharang and the other three sat on their chairs, and then talked about the arrangements made by Dai Shan as a prisoner just now, and asked:

"Lord Belle, what do you think of moving to Thorn Guard?"

Obviously, Hu Erhan and the others thought that what Dai Shan said was very right, maybe they were suppressed too much by the Ming army in this battle, and they just wanted a safe place now.

If it is really according to what Dai Shan said, the Ming army will no longer move troops after conquering Jiefan City, then this is a good time to move.

It's already July now, and in two months, the mountains will be covered with heavy snow, and the more than 200,000 people here in Huifa City need to face the threat of the Ming army from Jiefan City at all times.

Although there are tens of thousands of acres of cultivated land in Huifa City, it is only less than 400 miles away from Jiefan City, although there are more than ten stone forts along the way, but everyone has seen the power of the Ming artillery, and those stone forts cannot stop the Ming army's artillery at all.

That is, the Ming army had no intention of expedition, otherwise Huifa City would also be captured by the Ming army.

Huang Taiji also understood the generals' worries very well, so he said:

"Investigate the Thorn Lu City of Thorn Lu Wei and the Shangjing City leading to Wuye Wuwei Ula City, there are quite a few Haixi Jurchens who were entrenched in these places before, and the cultivated land can be directly cultivated and cultivated."

"Yes!" Hu Erhan responded, and Huang Taiji looked at Zierharang next to him and said:

"Zilharang, you and the second brother tell me my opinion, if the second brother agrees, then you apply to take the old and weak in the city to Ula City first, and I will leave after I recover from my injuries."

"Yes......" Zilharang responded, and Huang Taiji continued to speak:

"In this battle, the two white flags only escaped back three Niulu, the two yellow flags only escaped back twenty-one Niulu, and the two red flags only escaped fifteen Niulu."

"In addition to the two blue flag cattle records left, there are only forty-six left, and there are two yellow flags and ten cattle records that have not been dispatched, two red flags and ten cattle records, two white flags and five cattle records, and my Dajin only has one hundred and fourteen cattle records at the moment, and the number of soldiers and horses is more than 32,000 people."

"There are still more than 7,000 Han soldiers, 20,000 Mongols, and the total number of soldiers and horses is only 623."

Huang Taiji's words exposed Houjin's weak family background.

Originally, there were 120,000 Manchu Han and Mongolian soldiers, but now there are only more than 60,000 left, which is a broken blow to Houjin.

"Otherwise, if all the children over the age of thirteen are included in the cattle record, I will calculate that there should be about 10,000."

Hu Erhan spoke, but Huang Taiji shook his head and said:

"Thirteen-year-old children, if they can't wear armor to fight, they must be at least fifteen years old."

"Let's reclaim the Wuye Wuwei and the Thorn Luwei first."

After that, Huang Taiji raised his hand and signaled them to retreat, and the generals also dispersed when they saw this.

After they left, Huang Taiji gritted his teeth and was very uncomfortable.

Obviously, the pain caused by the stone bullet was unbearable.

"Master, General Fan asks to see."

At this time, someone outside the door spoke, and Huang Taiji immediately said when he heard this: "Please Mr. Fan come in......"

The voice fell, the door was opened, and Fan Wencheng also walked into the house, and after repeating the compilation, he spoke:

"Lord Belle's two white flags are damaged, why don't you show your skills to the grassland......"

"Huh?" Hearing Fan Wencheng's words, Huang Taiji turned his head to look at him, and Fan Wencheng also admonished:

"Daikin has suffered a setback this time, and the troops are already a little stretched, and the Ming army is gathering in Liaodong, and we can't get anything from Liaodong."

"In addition, Lord Belle, your two white flags are damaged, and the two red flags and the two yellow flags are also damaged, so in the future, the Great Khan should work with the prison state to fill the two yellow flags and the two red flags."

"Lord Belle, you don't have to fight with them, but the Tiger Rabbit Dun is attacking Horqin, and Lord Belle can send troops to the grassland after recovering from his injuries, annex Horqin and Transkhalkha, and then attack Lin Dan Khan and expel him."

"Once I take Horqin with Dajin, I will have 30,000 more men, and 30,000 men will be 30,000 soldiers and horses."

"My Iceberg Beauty Wife"

"In the past, Temujin relied on the Mongols to conquer a huge territory, and Kublai Khan also relied on foreign generals and soldiers and horses to defeat the Southern Song Dynasty."

"It's just that the descendants are incompetent after that, except for one Dayan Khan who briefly unified the steppe, the others are just idle people."

"If His Royal Highness conquers the grassland, there will be 100,000 people who control the strings, and they can attack any city of the Great Wall in the north of the Ming Court, why not?"

I have to say that Fan Wencheng's vision is really ruthless, after he saw the sharp artillery of the Ming army in this battle, he knew that it was impossible to defeat the Ming army in a frontal war.

It is better to take advantage of the fact that the Ming army does not have the strength of the expedition to instigate Huang Taiji to conquer the grassland.

At that time, every time the Ming army launched an expedition in the huge desert north, it would be a loss of national strength.

As long as the national strength of the Ming court is depleted to a certain extent, the internal contradictions will be highlighted, and then ......

Thinking of this, Fan Wencheng took the hot railway:

"Your Highness, for the Ming Court, must be shared internally and externally, and it will take their mental effort, and as long as there is internal turmoil, Daikin will have a chance to ......"

"......" Fan Wencheng's words are very much in line with Huang Taiji's political views.

He never thought that Dajin could win the Ming Dynasty alone, and he couldn't even enter the customs to occupy a piece of land for a long time.

In his opinion, a behemoth like Daming, as long as the resources are integrated, playing Dajin is just destroying the withering and decaying.

For example, this battle of Fuliao is the terrifying strength shown by the Ming Dynasty after slightly integrating resources.

The low administrative capacity was actually the reason why a great unified dynasty was unable to control the local area in the later period, and other natural and man-made disasters were not to be feared.

Thinking of this, Huang Taiji thought about what the two brothers Zhu Youzhen and Zhu Youxiao did, obviously once they succeeded in changing the law, not to mention Dajin, I am afraid that the entire grassland will return to the situation of "seeing the light and worshiping" during the Yongle period.

If Dajin doesn't do something in this short time, it will only be wiped out in one fell swoop by the Ming court's army......

"Mr. Fan's words, I take it to heart, let's have a good rest recently."

Huang Taiji squeezed out a smile on Fan Wencheng, and the sentence "sir" let Fan Wencheng know that his status in Huang Taiji's heart has improved again.

He didn't say anything else, but obediently stepped back.

Because he knew that when things came to this extent, it was impossible for a person like Huang Taiji not to understand what he should do right now.

As for what he thought, he was not wrong, after he left, Huang Taiji frowned and looked at the tent on the top of the bed.

It's just that what he is thinking about is not the conquest of the grassland, but about his own affairs.

This time, he was injured, but it was not only because he couldn't exert his strength, but also because he needed a cane.

"His Royal Highness's kidney water has been injured, although he can have normal intercourse, but I am afraid that he will ...... in the future in the heirs"

"......" recalled what the doctor had said to him a few days ago, and Huang Taiji's facial muscles twitched a few times.

"I already have three sons and one daughter, even if I can't give birth to an heir in the future, it doesn't matter, isn't Zhu Di of the Ming Court only three sons......"

Huang Taiji calmed down, took a deep breath and remembered Fan Wencheng's words.

Whether the Mongolians are good or not, Huang Taiji can feel it.

The bravery of the Mongols was no worse than that of the Jin army, and they were inferior because of the iron weapons sanctioned by the Ming court, which led to the inability to equip iron armor in large quantities.

Once they were given enough stomach and bean feed, the Mongols would show even more terrifying strength than the Jin army.

In the 43rd year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, when Nurhachi established the Eight Banners system, the Jin army had compiled a full 76 Mongolian cattle records, more than 20,000 people, and some Mongolians were compiled into the Jurchen cattle records.

These Mongolian cattle can also be recruited, and if Huang Taiji operates it properly, there may be a surprise.

"If I can really subdue Horqin, maybe I can use the system of eight banners to ask Khan Ama to set up a Mongolian Eight Banners ......."

Thinking of this, Huang Taiji narrowed his eyes, and then prepared to plan this matter.

As for the issue of power within the Jin Kingdom, he who only has eight Niu Lu at the moment, can't get involved at all, and now his body is also a problem.

Now, he only hopes that the power struggle between Mang Gurtai and Daishan will not bring Daikin a second harm......