Now Houjin's most powerful ones are the four major Baylors, namely the Great Baylor Daishan, the Second Baylor Amin, the Third Baylor Mang Gurtai, and the Fourth Baylor Huang Taiji.

Mang Gurtai has been abolished, it is difficult to even ride a horse, and he has lost the qualification to inherit the throne of Khan.

The second Bel Amin commanded the blue flag, with the help of his brother Zilharang, and was distinguished and ambitious. But judging from the relationship between relatives and relatives, he is Nurhachi's nephew, and there is basically no hope.

The Great Belle Dai is good at leading the red and inlaid red two flags, as well as his sons Yue Zhi, Shuo Zhi, Sakhalian and other people who can conquer and fight, and their strength is strong.

Moreover, since his father Chu Ying was killed, Dorobele Dudu has been following Dai Shan, and he is the only one. Now he is leading the blue flag, and he can be regarded as a person who acts as a benevolent.

Huang Taiji originally worked hard to perform, wanting to strive to bring Mang Gurtai's Zhenglan Banner under his own control in order to strengthen his own strength.

However, Nurhachi handed over the broken blue flag to Dudu, and the complete white flag to his younger son Dodor, and temporarily placed it under the command of his brother Azig.

In this way, there is an additional new force in the contenders for the throne.

The eldest concubine Abahai relied on Nurhachi's favor and won fifteen bulls for her second son Dorgon, while the eldest son Azig and the younger son Dordo shared a white flag.

But this emerging force has a glaring weakness, which is that it is too young. The eldest Azig was less than eighteen years old, and the youngest Dordor was only nine years old, and although he was loved by Nurhachi, he was difficult to convince the public.

As for Huang Taiji, he only has a white flag in his hand, he is not high in seniority, and his military exploits are not the greatest, but who is not interested in inheriting the throne, he is of course no exception.

Huang Taiji is good at making friends, and has a close relationship with Yue Xuan, Sakhalian, Zilharang and other small beylors. Some of the high-ranking generals in the Eight Banners also admired him.

But none of this matters, what matters is Nurhachi's attitude.

Once, Nurhachi once asked Huang Taiji seemingly casually: "Why did Jierharang, Dege, Yuetuo and others abandon their father and brother and only send you back to the house with Sibeile?" ”

This shows that Huang Taiji has been cultivating his own power early, and even Nurhachi can see it. The seemingly casual questioning actually revealed Nurhachi's vigilance.

Perhaps, this is also the reason why Nurhachi did not increase the force of Huang Taiji, but gave the blue flag to Du Du, and handed over the white flag to his younger son!

Huang Taiji also realized this and began to restrain himself. But as soon as this Nala Zhongming came out, he immediately aroused his alarm.

Maybe Father Khan will not be deceived by this little trick of division and disintegration, even after Shulhaqi was killed, Amin was not implicated, and was still promoted to one of the four major beylers, holding a banner of people, not to mention Huang Taiji's own son?

But can other contenders for the Khan position let go of this opportunity to attack, Huang Taiji thinks that even if it is not immediately, the hidden danger will exist for a long time, and he does not know when it will break out.

Frowning tightly, Huang Taiji paced back and forth in the room, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Ming Ting's conspiracy was too damaging, and it seemed that it was aimed at himself.

If you are still loyal to Yehenala and Zhongming, can you give it a more disgusting name of "Die-Loyal Ming", it is like making people eat flies.

Which bastard came up with a plan, if he caught you, he would definitely strangle you to death for an hour with his own hands to relieve the hatred in his heart.

Huang Taiji twitched twice on his face, and secretly gritted his teeth fiercely.

Before Luo Xiujin arrived, the captain of the personal guard came to report, and the sentry cavalry sent information that the Dongjiang Army had crossed the Yalu River and occupied the dangerous mountain fort; There are also activities of the Ming army on the Zhenjiang Fort River, which seems to have the intention of attacking.

Huang Taiji thought about it, waved his hand and ordered to continue to monitor and investigate, but he did not have any intention of dispatching troops.

The coastal area and the area along the river are too vast, and the Houjin simply does not have so many troops stationed to guard. Therefore, all the ten miles near the shore have been abandoned, leaving only a few sentry horses to spy and monitor.

And Huang Taiji and Du Du were stationed in Phoenix City and Kuandian respectively, and they did not come out immediately after hearing the alarm. If you hear the report and go out, it is estimated that you can only see the back of the Ming army boarding the ship and entering the sea, and you must not toss to death!

According to the tactics formulated by the Later Jin, it was to wait for the Ming army to penetrate deeply, and then use the garrisons in several inland places to use the advantage of mobility to carry out the attack.

To put it bluntly, Hou Jin still believed that field warfare was his advantage, and it was difficult for the Ming army to catch up. But in fact, the Ming army is trying to close the gap, and the speed will be beyond the expectations of the Later Jin army.

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Although Liaoshen was already the ruling center of the Later Jin, Jianzhou was still a place that it could not give up.

Because, the city of Hetuara has an extraordinary significance. Nurhachi is the throne of Khan, the founding number is Jin (known as Houjin in history), and the founding of the Yuan Mandate of Heaven is set here. After moving the capital to Liaoyang, he respected Hetuala as Xingjing.

To put it bluntly, the city of Hetuara is the land of the dragon of the Later Jin, and it cannot be abandoned for both political and psychological reasons.

The Dongjiang headquarters obviously saw this, and also gained experience from Mao Chenglu's long-distance raids, and began to move along the Yalu River to the north, attracting and restraining the attention of Du Du's department.

The occupation of the Dangerous Mountain Fort was a tentative action. Lessons learned from the advance of the Ming army in western Liaoning, the real purpose of the Dongjiang Army was Zhenjiang Fort.

Although Zhenjiang Fort had been demolished, just like Jinzhou and Dalinghe City, after receiving the support of a group of new artillery and martial arts artillery officers, Mao Wenlong personally led a group of men and horses to suddenly land at night and occupy Zhenjiang Fort.

If Jiannu came to attack, the heavy responsibility of holding Zhenjiang Fort would be handed over to the deputy general Chen Jisheng, and the garrison would be set at 3,000, and it would also be a dead soldier who would fight to the end and never retreat.

Now Dongjiang Town has been expanded, and the number of people in the Association has reached 8,000.

In addition, Zhenjiang Fort is not large, 8,000 people worked day and night, and it only took one day and one night to build the field fortifications around the fort. In addition, sufficient ammunition and weapons and equipment were brought into the fort.

After the work was completed, seeing that Jiannu was not dispatched, Mao Wenlong commanded the soldiers to build a ring of fortifications against the river.

According to the plan made in advance, this semi-circular riverside fortification is called the Great Array of the Moon.

That's right, the trench breastwall was used to replace the chariot, the grenadier and flintlock pistol were used instead of the strong bow and hard crossbow, and there was the firepower of the Jiangshang Naval Division behind the battle, which was the imitation of Liu Yuda's destruction of the Wei cavalry's cavalry.

However, the nearest part of the moon array and the ring fortifications of Zhenjiang Fort is only two miles apart, and artillery can be used to support each other, which has become the "horn trend" often mentioned in the war books.

The obsession with Zhenjiang Fort and even the Zhenjiang area made Mao Wenlong finally make up his mind and dare to have a face-to-face attack and kill contest with Jiannu.

"Jiannu abandoned the land of ten miles by the river, and even Zhenjiang Fort was not defended, so I am afraid that he will not attack." Chen Jisheng wanted to establish merit in the defense of Zhenjiang Fort, which was not as good as Ning Yuan's victory, and it also made Jiannu's head bleed.

Mao Wenlong held the telescope and looked around, and only put it down after a while, and said: "If he doesn't attack, we will continue to expand the occupied area and build this position that is held across the river to be unbreakable." ”

Gou Zhenhuai put down the binoculars, pointed ahead and said: "Jiannu's sentry is annoying, stay until night, send people to ambush, and come back tomorrow during the day, let them know that it is powerful." ”

"It's a clever plan." Mao Wenlong smiled and agreed.

Gou Zhenhuai smiled and said, "The news that the new Jianzhou commander Nala Zhongming is stationed in Tieshan should be known to Jiannu soon, right?" ”

Mao Wenlong nodded and said, "The news has been spread, and Jiannu may not pay attention to it, nor will it act rashly. ”

"It doesn't matter if you come to kill Nala Tadashi or not." Gou Zhenhuai sneered and said, "Just let Jiannu know that there is such a thing, the more the better." ”

"Imperial Court-" Chen Jisheng hesitated and said, "This move may not be useful, but it is a little more troublesome." ”

Mao Wenlong also felt redundant, and when he saw the old man speaking out on his behalf, he glanced at Chen Jisheng gratefully.

"It's just that more than 100 soldiers were sent to protect him, and it wasn't a trouble." Gou Zhenhuai smiled faintly and said, "I can't see the effect at the moment, and it's only for the short term." In the future, it may be of great use, beyond our expectations. ”

Mao Wenlong signaled Chen Jisheng not to ask again, and instead talked about the defense, which can be regarded as revealing the matter.

Gou Zhenhuai actually didn't understand everything, but he knew that this was the emperor's meaning, so he naturally tried his best to explain that it was very useful, and he didn't dare to doubt it a little.

As far as the current situation is concerned, according to Gou Zhenhuai's estimate, at most two years, as long as the imperial court can guarantee food, weapons, and ammunition, Pingliao is very sure. As for why he wanted to make a Nala Zhongming, he also felt that it was a little redundant.

Don't look at Houjin, who still occupies most of Liaodong, but a large area of territory has become a burden. It is really a limited number of troops, and it is difficult to effectively control it.

According to the output of Liaodong at that time, even if there was no war, just the siege and blockade could exhaust Houjin.

Of course, the emperor has already said that natural disasters are coming, and the timetable for Pingliao is only three years at most. Therefore, light consumption is definitely not possible.

"Field battles still depend on the vehicle formation." Chen Jisheng's words interrupted Gou Zhenhuai's thoughts, "Kong Youde and Zhang Pan have defeated Jiannu with this, and Qi Dashuai also has a law to follow." ”

Mao Wenlong stroked his beard and said thoughtfully: "I'm afraid it's not enough just to form a chariot formation, cavalry is indispensable." ”

Gou Zhenhuai didn't say a word, but the imperial court transferred a lot of war horses to the Dongjiang Army, and also formed a horse musketeer. But the cavalry that Mao Wenlong mentioned obviously did not refer to this.

Riding a horse and slashing, if you can fight against Jiannu, you can't train it in a short time. Perhaps, the Mongol tribes can help.

With the advance of the Ming army in western Liaoning, Hudun Rabbit also had to lead his troops back east, and wanted to use Yixian County as a place to receive a reward for silver and open a horse market.

The imperial court has not yet given a clear answer to this, and Gou Zhenhuai thinks it is a good thing. Lianmeng's resistance to Jin is an established strategy of the imperial court, and the return of the Chahar Department to the east can also cause a lot of pressure on the Houjin, right?

Moreover, the Chahar Department occupied the area north of Yixian, didn't it mean that the Ming army had defended the flanks of Jinzhou and Dalinghe, and saved a lot of worries about advancing eastward?

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The perspectives of thinking are different, and the conclusions drawn are also very different.

Xiong Tingbi also had a supportive attitude towards the return of the Chahar tribe to the east, and of course he would not have expected that Hudun Rabbit was not staring at Houjin, but the Khalkha tribe, and would strive to realize the dream of unifying the Mongolian tribes.

To be able to see through Hudun Rabbit's mind at a glance and anticipate the results after that, only Emperor Zhu Youxiao can do it. He was also worried about not replying, and wanted to find a way to circumvent it.

Historically, the Later Jin Dynasty seems to have stopped for several years after Sun Chengzong ruled Liaodong.

But in fact, Houjin conquered the Khalkha Department several times, obtained a large number of cattle and sheep, and with the assistance of the god of Hudun Rabbit, completely eliminated the pro-Ming Khalkha tribes and stabilized the rear.

And now the constant actions of the Ming army have restrained the forces of Houjin, making it difficult for them to draw their hands to attack the Khalkha Ministry.

The further eastward movement of the Chahar is likely to destabilize the current situation. or make the Khalkha Ministry of civil strife, and the people will throw themselves into Houjin; Or they did not dare to compete with Houjin, resulting in a gap in Yixian County, threatening the flanks of Jinzhou and Dalinghe.

Don't think that Hudun Rabbit has the ambition to unify Mongolia, he is a tough guy. Historically, he was very introverted against the Houjin, and he couldn't even send troops to reinforce the Khalkha Ministry that was hit by the Houjin.

Therefore, pinning hopes on the Chaha Department to become the barrier of the Ming army in western Liaoning is simply unreliable. In the battle with Houjin, even the Khalkha Department was stronger than Hudun Rabbit.

Zhu Youxiao's deeper plan was not to hope that the Khalkha Ministry would be able to be tough with the Houjin, but to hope that with the cooperation of the Ming army, he would join forces with the Khalkha Ministry to attack the pro-Houjin Korqin Ministry.

The night was dark, and Zhu Youxiao hadn't thought of a perfect solution. I was bored, so I simply walked out of the warm pavilion and strolled under the starlight.

Unconsciously, Zhu Youxiao had already walked to the military aircraft on the west side of the Qianqing Gate.

The candlelight in the room was bright, and the occasional figure flashed in front of the window, apparently busy with work.

"Which elder is on duty today?" Zhu Youxiao asked casually.

Wang Tiqian immediately stepped forward, bowed down and replied, "Back to the emperor, it is the Sun Pavilion Department on duty." ”

Teacher Sun, I'm old, and I still have to work the night shift.

Zhu Youxiao nodded and walked in.

A young Cheng Zhi hurriedly came out with a document in his hand, and was screamed by Wang Tiqian in a sharp voice, so that he didn't bump into the emperor.

"Long live forgiveness." Cheng Zhi was startled and hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty.

"Get up!" Zhu Youxiao's tone was calm, and he raised his hand weakly, "Go and get busy with you, I'll take a look at Master Sun." ”

At this time, Sun Chengzong in the inner room was already alarmed, got up and greeted him, followed by two undertakers.

Zhu Youxiao took a step forward, and before Sun Chengzong gave a complete salute, he said: "Master Sun is exempt." Let's wait for it to be flat! ”

"Hooray still alive?" Sun Chengzong insisted on giving half a salute, and stretched out his hand to let the emperor in, "But there is an important political matter to deal with?" ”

Zhu Youxiao smiled, walked into the inner room and sat down, and stretched out his hand to signal Teacher Sun to sit down as well. Looking at the thick pile of documents on the table, he couldn't help but sigh, "Master Sun is very old, and he is on duty at the military aircraft department, which is really hard. ”

Sun Chengzong arched his hand and said: "Weichen is older, but he doesn't need to sleep too much. The word hard work is really a long live fallacious praise. ”

Zhu Youxiao nodded, raised his eyes to look at the map of Liaodong hanging on the wall, and said slowly after a while: "Hudun Rabbit wants to return to the east, change Yi County to Horse City, it is really difficult for me to decide!" ”

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