"I think we should immediately send an elite of 5,000 people to completely solve this Yu Ren. Yue Tuo, this kid must have underestimated the enemy, so he would be defeated. "Mang Gurtai is the first to go.

Nurhachi turned to Daishan. "What do you think?"

Dai Shan stood up, "Yue Tuo was defeated, and I have an unshirkable responsibility. But Yue Tuo, this child, I know very well. To say that he underestimated the enemy, that would never be. He has been fighting with me since he was thirteen years old, and no matter what kind of enemy he faces, he will quickly defeat the enemy with his strongest forces, and give full play to the advantages of our Jurchen cavalry.

This Yu Ren can eat a thousand of our elite cavalry, and there must be more than just a few thousand rabble. I suppose he had at least 30,000 soldiers. ”

The meaning of Dai Shan's words is obvious, it is to refute Mang Gurtai's accusation of Yue Tuo's personal command mistakes, and attribute the defeat to Yu Ren's strength.

Nurhachi, of course, understood the voices of his two sons. But he didn't comment on it, and turned his gaze to the Four Baylor Emperor Taiji.

Although Huang Taiji ranked fourth among the four major beylers, Nurhachi actually valued him the most.

"What does the eighth think?"

Huang Taiji stood up, glanced at Dai Shan first, and then said, "I think the key at the moment is not to discuss how to fight back against Yu Ren, let alone discuss the cause of Yue Tuo's defeat. The most important thing for us at the moment is to seize the opportunity to go east and conquer Shanhaiguan in one fell swoop.

Only by laying down the Shanhaiguan can we Jurchens really have a chance to compete with the Ming Dynasty. ”

Mang Gurtai laughed, "Old Eight, I think you are dizzy after two victories!" Do you know how big Daming is and how many people there are in Daming? Compete with Daming for the world, forget it! Our Jurchens will not exceed 300,000 when they are full. How many people did the Ming have? 130 million.

With our familiarity with the topography of Liaodong, it is okay to grab some of their sheep and cattle women. If you want to go to the gate to fight them for the world, wouldn't that be sending them to death? What's more, we don't know anything about the mountains and rivers in the Guannei, and if someone puts a pocket, our 100,000 people may be reimbursed. The loss of 100,000 yuan is just a drop in the bucket, if we lose 100,000, it will be wiped out. ”

When Nurhachi heard the words "extinguishing the cluster", the corners of his mouth twitched.

In fact, he also has the same mind as Huang Taiji. This kind of thinking didn't come from the beginning. Before, he really didn't have this in mind. Even when he released the Seven Hatreds and declared war on Daming, he didn't have the heart to fight for the world with Daming.

But with the victory of the war in the past few years, his ambition has also grown. He gradually felt that no one in the world could be his opponent and prevent him from entering Shanhaiguan East.

But Yue Tuo's fiasco made his originally firm heart begin to waver a little. Nurhachi knows Yu Ren's strength very well, although he claims to have 3,000 people, but in Nurhachi's eyes, their 3,000 men and horses are just a rabble, if you want to talk about combat effectiveness, he believes that these 3,000 people will definitely not be stronger than their Jurchen cavalry team of 200 people.

However, this Yu Ren relied on this team of 3,000 cavalry with a combat strength of 200 cavalry, but he ate all of Yue Tuo's 1,000 elite cavalry. This made Nurhachi also begin to believe Dai Shan's previous speculation: Yu Ren definitely has more than 3,000 people in his hands, and if he wants to eat them 1,000 elites, even if he is the elite division of the Ming Dynasty, he can't do it without 30,000 people. Could this really be a trick of the Ming army, wanting to use the east to attract their own army, and then concentrate their forces to fight their own lair from the west?

Although this thought came to his mind, Nurhachi still didn't believe it. The reason is actually very simple, first of all, it has not been two months since the loss of Zhenjiang Fort, even if Daming wanted to transfer troops there, it was not so fast; Secondly, the information he told him from the secret agents he planted inside the Ming Dynasty was that Yu Ren was not heavily used by the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and the soldiers and horses used to capture Zhenjiang here were mainly his own private forces.

Although Nurhachi began to doubt Yu Ren's true strength, he did not waver in his determination to advance eastward, but he did not want to say it himself. Therefore, he set his sights on Huang Taiji.

"Old eight, what do you think?"

Huang Taiji took a step forward and said loudly, "I don't think the fifth brother's words are right. Yes, the Han people are indeed hundreds of times more than us. However, they are like a flock of sheep on the land of Liaodong, and we are a pack of wolves. No matter how many sheep there are, they will eventually become food for wolves.

As for Yu Ren, there is no need to worry. It's not the first time we've fought against the Ming army. I've also thought about it, with their strength, the only way to annihilate our 1,000 elites is to lure our men and horses into a pre-designed trap, otherwise even 50,000 people can't do it. Therefore, I think that Yue Tuo will lose so badly, it must be because he fell into Yu Ren's trap.

And Yu Ren's trap can only be used in the Zhenjiang area he captured, and it is impossible to take this method to Liaoyang. So, I don't think we have to worry about the safety of Liaoyang at all. Because it was impossible for Yu Ren to dare to go to Liaoyang to find trouble.

And right now, Wang Huazhen's 100,000 men in the east have just been defeated by us, and the Ming army is in a cold state. At this time, it is the best time for us to break through the Shanhaiguan Pass and directly take the Ming sheep. Don't hesitate! ”

Mang Gultai sneered, "You're always so confident. Since you think that we Jurchens are wolves and Han people are sheep, why was Yue Tuo, the wolf, eaten by Yu Ren's sheep? ”

"It was just an accident. Yu Ren may indeed have some petty means. But he was not trusted by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise he would not have attacked Zhenjiang Fort with only a few hundred people. He only has a mere 3,000 rabble, no matter how capable he is, what can he do? Can he still fight Liaoyang?

When we break through the Shanhai Pass and drive the emperor of the Ming Dynasty out of Beijing, we will send another 5,000 iron cavalry back to Zhenjiang. At that time, the problems of western Liaoning will naturally be solved. If we were to return to our division now for the slightest disturbance made by this thief, wouldn't we be chasing their minds and missing out on the best fighter? ”

Nurhachi looked at Daishan. "What do you think?"

Dai Shan glanced at Huang Taiji. "I think what the eighth said is still reasonable. Although Yue Tuo was defeated by Yu Ren. But this Yu Ren would never dare to go to our Liaoyang. Even if he really had 50,000 people, he didn't dare to go to Liaoyang.

Shanhaiguan has always been high and deep, easy to defend and difficult to attack. At present, the Ming army is newly defeated, and the morale is completely lost, it is the best time for us to break through the Shanhaiguan, if we do not enter the army in time, and wait for the Ming army to slow down, if we want to attack the Shanhaiguan again, it will be difficult. ”

Nurhachi heard Daishan's words and finally made up his mind. "Okay, everyone will go back to the camp to prepare, and set off tomorrow and send troops to Shanhaiguan."

The Jurchen army advanced quickly to the east. It's a pity that they rested in Quang Ninh City for a few days, and they have already missed the best fighters.

By the time they left Guangning and set foot on the Liaodong Corridor, Xiong Tingbi had basically completed the task of clearing the wilderness. The Jurchen army had only been walking east for a day before stopping. On this day, they found nothing, and even firewood for the fire was not easy to find at night. And now it's the middle of winter, and it's freezing cold. The castles and village houses were deliberately torn down.

Although it was only one day, hundreds of people in the Jurchen cavalry had been frostbitten, and Shanhaiguan was still a hundred miles away.

On this day, Nurhachi sat on his horse and looked into the distance, only to see a desolation in the distance. His heart couldn't help but hesitate again.

"It is said that the Ming Dynasty is prosperous and rich, but this way to the east, why do we see that all we see is a barrenness. On this day, we walked nearly 100 miles, but we couldn't find a single sheep. If this continues, even if we capture Shanhaiguan and occupy the territory of the Han people, what is the use! These barren mountains and forests, what is the use of us asking for them! ”

When Huang Taiji heard this, he couldn't help but be anxious. "Father Khan. You must not be fooled by the tricks of the Han Chinese! They must have known that they couldn't defeat us, so they deliberately hid all the people and animals here. So that we thought that there was nothing ahead, so we took the initiative to retreat.

Father Khan, now is the best time to capture Shanhaiguan, and Shanhaiguan is the last pass in our army. Even if we capture Shanhaiguan and get nothing, we can send troops from here at any time in the future to loot whatever we want. ”

Before Huang Taiji's words were finished, Mang Gurtai jumped out. "Old eight, I said can you stop being so wishful thinking! You always think about how rich the Han people are. But we didn't see anything along the way. What about Guannai, can we still have the wealth of Liaodong? I don't think Beijing is necessarily bigger than Liaoyang. Not to mention anywhere else.

Can we really get what we want by breaking through Shanhaiguan? What's more, Shanhaiguan is not so easy to capture. We have already taken Quang Ninh City, and the hundreds of miles ahead of this are desolate, and it is useless to ask for it. I think it's better to return to Liaoyang earlier, so as not to cause our Jurchen warriors to be frostbitten. ”

Huang Taiji was about to retort, when suddenly a messenger from a distance rushed in.

"Report the Great Khan. The 100,000-strong army of the Han people has surrounded Liaoyang City. ”