"Fleeing north with food? That's impossible! ”

"I'd rather die in battle than flee north!"

"The Ming army just showed a little attitude, and we thought about running away, so what should we do if we really fight?"

"There's no way I'm going to escape!"

"Even if I stick to Doron, I won't run!"

As Zhu Youzhen expected, all the nobles of the Jin Kingdom were arguing at the moment, because when Huang Taiji learned that Zhu Youzhen was personally recruiting and that Shangzhi and the Eastern Army Governor's Mansion were intent on attacking, he actually proposed to raise the clan to flee north.

Not surprisingly, such a proposal was vetoed by more than seventy percent of the Jin nobles at the moment it was proposed.

What is the north like, they know in their hearts, with the current strength and number of people in the Jin country, I am afraid that half of the people will die on the road.

In the small Shangjing Imperial Palace, all the nobles of the Jin Kingdom were indignant, but in the face of them, Huang Taiji sat calmly in his place, while Nurhachi sat in a wheelchair like a candle before the wind.

"The migration is not so terrible, we have stored 600,000 stone rice and wheat at the moment, as well as more than 300,000 cattle and sheep, and we are moving north before the Ming army is not encircled, and everything is in time."

As a staunch promoter of Huang Taiji's policies, Zilharang responded loudly in the face of all the rebuttals of the Jin nobles, but such a response was only insulted:

"Zilharang, do you want us to go to the north to lie on the ice and snow?"

"More than 300,000 cattle and sheep, 600,000 stone rice and wheat seem to be a lot, but at most they are only enough to eat for half a year, even if they abandon Han craftsmen and Han soldiers, they can only eat for a year."

"What about a year from now? Are you sure we'll still have food in a year?! ”

"Shut your foul mouth!"

"Do you know how long the supply line of the Ming army is? How long can they go on an expedition? ”

The sound of invective sounded in the hall, and it was obvious that everyone was reluctant to move north, but at the same time, they also knew how much pressure the Ming army bringed.

Their only hope was that the long supply line would bring down the Ming army.

In this case, Huang Taiji grasped everyone's pain points, opened his eyes calmly, and asked everyone rhetorically:

"Do you know how many horses and horses the Ming army has at the moment?"

"Do you know how many troops the Ming army has?"

"Who are the generals of the Ming army, do you know?"

"Do you know how much grain baggage the Ming army has prepared?"

Huang Taiji's questions made everyone speechless, and he said calmly:

"My people know ......"

As he spoke, he looked at Fan Wencheng not far away, and Fan Wencheng stepped forward and said:

"The Ming army has mobilized 300,000 horses and horses in this war, and it is not the total number, I think there are many more."

"In this battle, the Ming army mobilized the 16 guards of Shangzhi and the 33rd battalion of the Eastern Army, with a total of 189,600 people, known as 200,000."

"In this battle, Zhu Youzhen, the king of Qi, sent 89,600 troops, and the generals had Cao Wenzhao, who destroyed the Duogan Mongols, Cao Bianjiao, who destroyed the Japanese Kou, as well as Sun Shoufa, Cao Meng, and Guan Fumin."

"The Eastern Army Governor's Mansion sent 100,000 troops, Xiong Tingbi as the supervisor, Sun Yingyuan as the general of the expedition to the north, under the left vanguard officer He Shixian, the right vanguard officer You Shigong, the rear army strategy Yuan Yingtai, the left army chief Zu Dashou, the right army chief Wu Xiang, the rear army chief Mao Wenlong, the Chinese army chief Zhao Shujiao ......"

"According to the news of the intervener, last year, Yingzhou transported 6 million stones of grain to Liaodong, and the grain collected in Liaodong was basically not shipped out."

"The food of the Ming army is about five million to eight million stones."

"The 190,000 soldiers and horses, and the 300,000 horses and horses, should be rationed to 500,000 people, and under the chewing of horses, 5 million stones of rice and wheat are enough for them to eat for eight to twelve months."

"In addition, according to the previous configuration of the Ming army, there were at least 3,000 artillery pieces participating in this battle, at least 50,000 cavalry, 100,000 horse infantry, and 40,000 gunners."

"The Ming army is fighting this battle, it wants to settle the situation in one battle and completely destroy my Dajin, you Belle Bezi must be guarded against......"

Fan Wencheng was silent when he opened his mouth, but it was not him who was silent, it was all the nobles of the Jin Kingdom.

According to Fan Wencheng's words, the Ming army had 50,000 cavalry, 100,000 horse infantry, 40,000 gunners, 2,000 artillery pieces, and 50,000 cavalry guns, 60,000 infantry guns, and the remaining 80,000 were short soldiers, and they still had eight to twelve months of supplies.

In comparison, the Jin State only had 30,000 Mongolian cavalry, 60,000 Jianzhou horse infantry, and 20,000 Han infantry gunners, a total of 110,000 troops, and less than 10,000 bird guns, 500 inferior iron cannons, and only enough food for the whole country to eat for seven months.

That is to say, in the case of pure war, the Jin State will run out of food in seven months, while the Ming army can hold out for eight to twelve months.

It may have been because he saw the gap in supplies between the two sides that Huang Taiji decided to move north.

"This is only the situation of the enemy and our army, but don't forget, what is the situation of the Eight Banners......"

Huang Taiji's sudden opening made everyone a little silent.

It is often difficult for small clans to regain their strength after being hit hard.

At the peak of the Eight Banners of Jianzhou, there were a total of 100,000 horses, but this was the case for men over the age of thirteen.

After many crusades against Liaodong and the blows of the Battle of Fuliao, in fact, after the Battle of Fuliao, there were less than 50,000 men over the age of 15 in the Jin army, and only more than 53,000 men over the age of 13.

Seven years have passed, and the Eight Banners of Jianzhou have finally recovered to 60,000 people, but in fact, nearly 20,000 of them have not fought a tough battle.

Whether it is the quality of individual soldiers or the quality of the legion, there is a big gap between the eight banners of the Jin Army and the eight banners of the Jin Army during the Battle of Salhu.

Although there are now 30,000 more Mongolian cavalry and 20,000 Han soldiers, the overall strength of the Jin State is not as good as that of the Jin State seven years ago.

Seven years ago, in the Jin Kingdom, 40,000 horse infantry were still defeated by the Ming army, and the combat power of the Ming army at that time was at the level of ordinary Ming troops except for the four cavalry guards.

But now, after the Ming army's years of burning and fighting, many nobles in the Jin Kingdom can feel that they are progressing.

In the face of the encirclement and suppression of a legion with 190,000 family levels, how long can Jin Guo hold out?

You must know that He Shixian, a madman, dared to rush out of the city against more than 20,000 Jin troops with 3,000 family dings, and right now, even He Shixian, he has tens of thousands of cavalry under him, and You Shigong is not bad.

As vanguard officers, the two will definitely pose a mortal threat to the defense line in the southern part of the Jin Kingdom.

And that's just the south, the biggest headache is the west.

Zhu Youzhen once again recruited in person, and this time the lineup is still luxurious, Cao Wenzhao They have fought with him and know his bravery.

Even if he doesn't have Duogan Camp in his hands at the moment, he has a more powerful uprightness.

As for Sun Shoufa and Cao Meng, they are also the names of old acquaintances, and the officials and Fumin also shined in the Battle of Hetao, and the west is almost all cavalry and Meng.

It just so happened that from Shangjing City to the west was an endless plain area, so without Huang Taiji's reminder, they could all think of how Zhu Youzhen would fight.

To put it bluntly, it is to divide the troops, divide the Shangzhi 12 infantry guards into two, part of them and the Shangzhi 4 cavalry guards, and the remaining part is used to defend the Heishui River and various mountain passes.

Jin Jun didn't have many chances, and Huang Taiji's proposal was already the best strategy to protect them.

Moving north......

As soon as they thought of these two words, all the nobles of the Jin Kingdom felt bitter in their mouths.

They have already moved north once, and they have finally settled down, and now they are moving north again, and they are moving to the far north, where birds don't, and they are not willing to ......

It's just that no matter how unwilling they are, they are helpless.

The Ming army had too many artillery pieces, and they failed to crack the Ming artillery, so Huang Taiji's strategy of encircling the Ming army with the Liangshan Fort was declared a failure.

Now they have no hole cards to play, basically open cards, and Zhu Youzhen has hole cards that they may not know.

"Let's move north......"

Dai Shan, who hadn't spoken for a long time, suddenly spoke, and when he opened his mouth, the court, which was still scolding, immediately began to fall.

"There is still a way to live, but if you don't move, there is no way to live......"

"Only the ...... moved north"

"Kitakari ......"

"Let's go hunting."

People who agreed began to stand up in piles, and even some people were scolding one second, and the next second they agreed.

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This scene is the same as the situation faced by Chongzhen in history, but the only regret is that Chongzhen does not have Huang Taiji's determination and responsibility.

Also facing danger, Huang Taiji wants to make a comeback, while Chongzhen wants to find someone to take the blame.

It was as if right now, after Huang Taiji determined the thoughts of many nobles, he immediately turned his head to look at Nurhachi.

Nurhachi was in poor spirits like a candle before the wind, and in the face of Huang Taiji's gaze, he rarely opened his eyes and glanced at the court.

"Someone has to stay...... I will take the old and weak to stay and break the queen, and you will take everyone to move north, including the Han craftsmen and the people of the Han Fourth Battalion. ”

"Khan Amma?!"

"No, Khan Ama!"

"If you don't go, how can we go?!"

Nurhachi's words were astonishing, and even though they caused uneasiness among everyone, especially Mang Gurtai and Azig, the reaction was the most intense.

Looking at the reluctant expressions on their faces, Nurhachi knew it very well in his heart.

They are not worried about their own death, but they are worried about the throne, but he will inherit the throne next.

"Huang Taiji, from today onwards, you will be the Great Khan of Dajin, and you will lead the northward migration of the clansmen."

"Time must be fast, no delay ......"

Nurhachi officially passed on the throne, and Huang Taiji hurriedly knelt down when he heard this: "The son of the minister has the order!" ”

The sudden succession stunned everyone, and only Dai Shan's face was calm.

He had long guessed that Huang Taiji would become the Great Khan of Dajin, because at the moment only he could escape the predicament with Dajin, and he himself actually supported Huang Taiji.

"Please make a name for the Great Khan......"

Dai Shan knelt down to Huang Taiji, this action made Yue Tuo and the others behind him stunned, and Fan Wencheng also hurriedly said:

"Great Khan, the era name can be named after Tiancong......"

"No need." Huang Taiji didn't bother with these, but stood up under Nurhachi's gaze: "I still take the sixteenth year of the Mandate of Heaven as the year name, if I can get through this year, it's not too late to change the country name." ”

As he spoke, he said to Nurhachi: "Respect Khan Ama as the Khan of Heaven, please show the Khan of Heaven, how we should deal with the attack of the Ming army now." ”

Huang Taiji knew very well in his heart that he was not Zhu Youzhen's opponent militarily, so he still wanted to ask Nurhachi to make a move.

It's a pity that Nurhachi is already old now, and when people get old, it is difficult to have a bright head.

Seventy-two-year-old Nurhachi faced Huang Taiji's inquiry, racked his brains and could only say: "Retreat to the northwest and hunt north along the north bank of the Heishui River." ”

"Leave the clan and the Han and Mongolian old and weak, I have calculated, they have 120,000 people, and they are stationed in various places, and you and the others retreat early, before the winter snow melts."

"Zhu Youzhen wouldn't have thought that we would retreat without a fight, plus there is still snow in the north, and when he finds out, you have already succeeded in the northern hunt."

"After going to the far north, go west, and then go south, it is best to go to the land in the river, and it is that Yelu Dashi escaped to the river to have a chance to continue the national ancestry."

"It's just that I can't be sure of the path from there, but you can try to form an alliance with the Tiger Rabbit Dun and them to move west."

"Lips and teeth are cold, if we perish, then Zhu Youzhen's next target is Mobei, although Hutudun is greedy for money and forgetful, he still has this vision."

Nurhachi couldn't think of a good way, at his age, it was rare for him to not have a bad head.

"Yes......" didn't get a good answer from Nurhachi's mouth, which made Huang Taiji feel a little uncomfortable in his heart, but his face remained calm, not wanting everyone to think that he had no choice.

To stay is to die, and the Dongzhen Kingdom of the Mengjin War is the best example.

Before that, there was Mo Nan Mo Bei to contain the Ming Dynasty, and now Mo Nan has been recovered by the Ming Dynasty, although Lin Dan Khan in Mo North has 60,000 or 70,000 rangers, but after all, it is not a climate.

How to migrate, Huang Taiji had an idea in his heart, so he said to Nurhachi:

"I will count the old and weak women and children on the same day, take the Menghan Eight Banners to hunt in the north, and leave five months' food for you Khan Amma."

"Worshiped by the retainers......"

After that, Huang Taiji knelt down and bowed to Nurhachi with sincerity, but Nurhachi glanced at him and then at everyone: "You guys stand down." ”

"Yes......" Hearing this, everyone retreated, and even Huang Taiji also withdrew from the hall after getting up.

It's just that when all of them withdrew, leaving only Nurhachi and two retinues in the temple, Nurhachi still unwillingly grabbed the gauntlets on both sides of the wheelchair.

How could he be willing to stay and die? It's just the bitter cold in the north, and in his current situation, it's a dead end.

Those who stayed behind would die, and few would be willing to stay, and Nurhachi knew this, so he chose to stay by himself knowing that he would die no matter how he went.

All the unwillingness finally turned into a sigh, which echoed in the hall.

Similarly, Huang Taiji, who walked out of the hall, immediately ordered the banner owners of the Eight Banners: "The banner owners have counted the old and weak in their headquarters, leaving the old and weak to defend the city to confuse the Ming army, and the women, children and men are preparing to hunt in the north." ”

"I need the exact number of people in ten days, and everyone will set off for the North Hunt in twenty days!"

"Yes!" Hearing Huang Taiji's military order, everyone agreed very happily at the moment.

No one wants to stay and die, and the window for them to migrate is only 40 days from the 10th of February to 20th of March.

In the past forty days, if they have not succeeded in the northern hunt, then after March 20, the snow in Nuergan will melt in large quantities, and the siege of the Ming army will only be between day and night.

For a time, the entire Jin country was mobilized, and men and women of all ethnic groups over the age of forty-five were asked to stay behind to defend the city to confuse the Ming army.

In just five days, the non-stop sentinels brought accurate information, and the number of people of all ethnic groups participating in the Northern Hunt was more than 194,000 Jurchens, more than 59,000 Han Chinese, and more than 76,000 Mongols, totaling nearly 330,000 people.

Far more than 120,000 people were left behind, and the number was more than 135,000.

In other words, the 135,000 Menghan Jurchens have all become outcasts.

Such a move naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of some of the Haixi, Donghai, and Savage Nuzhen who were Haixi, Donghai, and Savage Girls earlier, and for a while various villages raised their banners to rebel, but Huang Taiji had no time to take care of them at the moment.

After counting the number of people, he began to order that the banners that obeyed the orders of Shangjing should move closer to Shangjing, and the army would hunt north on the first day of March.

He left 200,000 stone rice for Nurhachi, and then began to have the Mongols drive cattle and sheep north, with grain carts following.

He doesn't worry about the sheaves because the snow melts after mid-March and there are sheaves to collect everywhere.

It seems that there is no problem with his arrangement, but in Liu Aita's internal response, the hidden Jinyi guard in Shangjing City rushed directly towards Taining City.

When Zhu Youzhen got the news, it was 28 February, and his location was in Taizhou County, Fuyu Prefecture, 800 miles away from Taining City, and 2,000 miles away from Alun County in the north.

In other words, there are still three days before Huang Taiji will lead people to flee north, and they have just learned.

"Have we repaired the city in the upper valley of the Heishui River?!"

Knowing that Huang Taiji was not even ready to fight, he wanted to try to escape while the snow was dry, Zhu Youzhen hurriedly stepped down from the carriage, crossed the Horqin grassland in this era, and walked in front of the commander of the Xiao cavalry guard who hurriedly opened the map.

The map was expanded, and with the topographic map, Zhu Youzhen quickly found the target.

The Ming army has a city directly under the Ming army in the northwest direction, called Ala Mountain City, the location is stuck between the valleys on the north bank of the Heilongjiang River, it is the location of Hailan Pao in the late Qing Dynasty, the Ming army stationed Shen Cewei here, 5,600 people and 8,000 people.

It also has sixteen stone forts under it, which are stuck in various Beishan mountain passes three hundred miles to the northeast, but each stone fort has only a hundred people.

Further north, it is not the city directly governed by the Ming army, but the city directly governed by the Beishan Jurchen of Nuergan.

This city is the city of the Timber River, and there are some of its subordinate stone forts in the mountain passes around it for three hundred miles, but each stone fort is stationed at most a hundred people.

Another more lethal point exists between Ala Mountain City and Demu River City, that is, the subordinate stone fort junction between the two, and there are about 400 miles of mountain roads that have not been obstructed by stone forts.

If Huang Taiji wanted to hunt north, he didn't need to attack Shibao, he could directly pass through the four hundred miles of mountains and forests, and the Ming army had no ability to stop it.

It's not that Zhu Youzhen didn't let people build the stone fort, but that the stone fort of the Ming army couldn't be repaired so quickly.

Transporting cement from Daning Province to the north, or from Liaodong and Beizhili to migrate the people to the north, trying to reach the location of Ala Mountain City, the length of the road is nearly 2,000 miles.

The Ming Dynasty has been steadily advancing northward since the end of sweeping the north in the sixth year of the Apocalypse, from Daning Mansion, Duoyan Mansion, to Kaiping Mansion, Taining Mansion, and Fuyu Mansion.

This process came little by little, and by the time someone in Taining Mansion could supply the Ming army, it was already the ninth year of the Apocalypse.

In other words, from the ninth year of the Apocalypse, the Ming army had the strength to build stone forts to the north.

In this way, in less than two years, Sun Shoufa also built more than 100 stone forts and some mountain towns responsible for the supply of stone forts, and cultivated arable land in the river valley near the mountain cities to ensure local food supply.

Similarly, Guo Sandai is also facing such a situation.

After careful calculation, he and Sun Shoufa only built stone forts in the east and west, and it took only about three years to build them, but they had already built more than 300 stone forts scattered in a straight line distance of 1,600 miles in the Beishan area of Nuergan.

This infrastructure capacity can also be fought in the history of the late Ming Dynasty, you must know that Sun Chengzong and they have been repairing for ten years, and they have only built more than 400 miles of Liaoxi Stone Fort.

Although there is a lack of four hundred miles of stone forts at the moment, it is impossible for Zhu Youzhen to blame them.

"Did Sun Shoufa and Cao Wenzhao get this news?"

Zhu Youzhen turned his head and asked the Jinyi Guard who came to deliver the message with a calm breath, and the other party also hurriedly responded: "As soon as they learned about it, General Cao ordered the cavalry of Tiance and Yulin to set off from Taining Mansion and gallop to the aid of Ala Mountain City first. ”

"In addition, General Sun ordered the general army of Cao Bianjiao, who was stationed in Alun County in the northernmost part, to command the two guards of Leopard Taowei and Yingyangwei to gallop to aid Ala Mountain City, and ordered the Shen Ce Guard of Ala Mountain City to deploy defense to the four hundred miles of mountain passes."

Jin Yiwei's return ended, but Zhu Youzhen kept frowning, he briefly measured the map with his hand and ruler, and then put away the ruler and said:

"1,600 people under Shen Cewei are stationed in the stone fort, and only 4,000 people can maneuver."

"Four thousand people guarding the four hundred miles of the mountain range can't be defended, let Shenyang's Jinyi Wei Feige pass a letter to Guo Sangdai, and ask him to send someone to command Shen Cewei to make Shen Chaofeng join forces to garrison the four hundred miles of mountain range."

"In addition, tell Cao Bianjiao that after arriving at Ala Mountain City with two guards, he ordered them to first support the Shen Cewei of the Four Hundred Miles Mountain Range, and let him take Tian Cewei and Yu Linwei to the south along the north bank of the Heishui River, and attack Jianyu head to end."

"Then pass the order to Jingcheng, Yidonghe City, You Shigong, Xiong Tingbi, and Sun Yingyuan of Jianzhou County."

"Command the three departments, those who are well prepared, there is no need to return, the army is on the Northern Expedition!"

Zhu Youzhen launched the Northern Expedition in a hurry, and there was no time to check whether Liu Aita's information was correct.

For him, Jianyu can't eat any of them, even if it's fake news, he has to go to the army.

Even if this news is nine percent false, as long as it is true, it is worth his troops.

Let Huang Taiji run away, then his arrangements in the past few years will be in vain.

"Your Highness, what about us?" Li Yi, the commander of the Xiao cavalry guard, asked Zhu Youzhen, because at the moment, they were carrying the Xiao cavalry guards of the four cavalry guards and thousands of artillery pieces, and they could not move fast.

If they had followed the road in a step-by-step manner, they would have estimated that it would be twenty days before they arrived in Arun County, and twenty days later, it would have been March 18.

"Leave 600 cavalry to defend the people, let them directly escort the artillery to Shangjing, and then order Cao Wenzhao to take Shenwuwei and Lu Longwei from Taining Mansion to the north to support Cao Bianjiao."

"For the rest of the soldiers and horses, let Sun Shoufa and Cao Meng lead the troops to attack Shangjing, and we will then arrive in Shangjing."

After that, Zhu Youzhen turned to look at the carriage: "Li Dingguo, do you want to go to the capital with Gu Ce, or do you want to go over slowly in the carriage?!" ”

As soon as Zhu Youzhen's voice fell, Li Dingguo jumped out of the carriage, tied the hem of his clothes between his belts, the sleeves of his hands were already tied, and the whole person was ready to move:

"Naturally, I will go to the capital with His Highness!"

When he said this, his eyes revealed an indescribable excitement, just like when Zhu Youzhen led the troops to quell the White Lotus Sect rebellion for the first time.

Seeing him like this, Zhu Youzhen also pulled up his clothes and tied them around his waist, turned to look at the vast northern grassland, and had an indescribable feeling in his heart.

It seems that the arrangement of many years is finally about to have an answer, so let his spirit that he has suppressed for all these years be rejuvenated, and his eyes seem to have crossed the vast northern grassland, and he saw the Shangjing City standing next to the Songhua River thousands of miles away:

"Then let's go to the capital first, and we'll meet Nurhachi, the broken crest dog, for a while!"