In fact, Nurhachi is quite sober in judging the situation.

The Ming army became stronger and stronger, from relying on the city to taking the initiative to attack. Even if you don't count the sharpness of the weapons and equipment, such morale and spirit have already shocked Nurhachi.

Of course, Nurhachi is not yet at the point of despair. But in the face of the siege of the Ming army on all sides, pressing forward step by step, there was no way to reverse the situation.

There is a shortage of manpower, materials are tight, and there is still money, but it cannot be bought. Even if the Ming army just besieged but did not attack, such a situation, Houjin would not be able to hold out for much time.

As the Ming army's desire to attack became stronger and the buffer zone between the two sides disappeared, the Later Jin's hopes of obtaining supplies by quickly attacking the Mongol provinces or Korea were also frustrated.

Shrinking the defense zone was originally a helpless move, but now it has become a shrinkage, and the room for maneuver is getting smaller and smaller, but the situation is getting worse and worse.

The reasons are not difficult to find, isolation, lack of supplies, insufficient troops, these are the three points.

And the original hope took advantage of the depth of the Ming army and broke through each one, but it was obviously shattered by reality again. The Ming army did attack in separate ways, but the strength was quite strong, and it could be called a corps.

Wanting to defeat or eat tens of thousands of well-equipped and powerful Ming troops, Nurhachi weighed the stakes and believed that it would be difficult to succeed without concentrating the Eight Banners.

Even if it is against the slightly weaker Dongjiang Town, without the strength of the Six Banners, it is not a good chance of victory.

But the current situation is not as good as when the battle of Salhu, when there was only one place in Jianzhou, although the Ming army attacked by different routes, but the Houjin army poured out of the nest, and did not have to worry about the safety of the base area.

At present, Liaoshen is within the attack range of the Ming army, and Liaoxi and waterways all pose a threat to Liaoshen, so that the Houjin army must stay on defend.

What if you quit Liaoshen and return to Laochao Jianzhou?

It's not that Nurhachi didn't think about it, but it meant defeat, a heavy blow to the morale of the army and the people. The people's hearts are weak, can they still compete with the Ming Court in the future?

You know, even the Jurchens are not monolithic. Nurhachi was able to unify the Jurchen tribes after years of conquest.

The unified Jurchen tribes can be united, firstly, because of the military force of the Jianzhou Jurchens, and secondly, because they can reap the benefits of following Nurhachi to fight against the Ming State.

To put it bluntly, Houjin is a consortium of bandit groups, which also includes a lot of Mongols.

If it's not good, who will follow you, this is the simplest and most simple truth, how can Nurhachi not understand.

But what is the benefit now, the loss of troops and the lack of materials, who can't see it?

Therefore, Nurhachi had to mobilize and cobble together a group of men and horses that could defeat a certain Ming army. As long as the siege on all sides is broken, the situation will change.

At that time, the number of Jurchens should be about four or five hundred thousand, and Xiong Tingbi once said in the recital, "Today's slaves are changed to yuan, and the number of soldiers is 100,000."

According to the system of the Eight Banners, "the children of the Eight Banners are all soldiers", and those who do not have special circumstances are obliged to serve in the military.

Moreover, the Jurchens were almost all slave owners, and they each had domestic slaves, which could also be counted as military forces. "If there are four or five slaves in the family of a soldier, they all go with each other to rob property."

Therefore, it should still be accurate to set the total number of troops mobilized by Houjin at about 100,000. However, after successive defeats and attrition in the past few years, there are only about 50,000 or 60,000 people who are really brave enough to fight through the war.

In other words, the Eight Banners are still the backbone of Houjin, and each flag is more or less, and on average, it is about 7,000.

On the other hand, the Ming army's establishment of the mixed association has reached more than 8,000. Supplemented by sharp firearms, if you fight against a flag alone, you dare not say that you will win. Even if it is defeated, it is enough to break a few teeth of Jiannu.

And Liaoxi, Liaonan, and Liaodong, plus Dengzhen, Jinzhen, Jingying Flying Cavalry, and Naturalized Flying Cavalry, the total strength of the Ming army is no less than a dozen mixed associations, which is almost twice the elite of the Eight Banners.

As for the miscellaneous cards mobilized by the Later Jin side, that is, some Mongols and domestic slaves, who had a weak will to fight, and in terms of combat effectiveness, they were not the opponents of the Ming army.

Nurhachi is also clear about this. But now there is no way, we have reached the critical moment of life and death, and we must mobilize in order to turn the corner.

Frustrated, Nurhachi flipped through the information he had gathered. Some of this information came from inquiring, and some of it was deliberately disseminated by Ming spies.

"After Pingliao, soldiers and retirees can get 100 acres of land and tax exemption for five years; Liaomin 50 acres, one year exempt; The Liao people who participate in the transportation and other pre-support work will be given 100 acres of land and exempted from ...... for two years"

When Nurhachi saw this information, he couldn't help but gasp. Mobilization, the Ming Kingdom is also mobilizing, and the conditions prescribed, ordinary people will definitely be moved.

The so-called Liao people include the whole of the Ming army's ruling area and the Later Jin ruling area, with such favorable conditions, will the Liao people hope that the Later Jin army will win?

not only used the land to buy people's hearts, but also rewarded the Jurchens, the emperor of the Ming Kingdom was really willing to spend blood!

Nurhachi frowned, as if he saw the defeated Jurchens, being chased and killed by fierce people with hoes and sticks in the land of Liaodong.

The Liao people in the ruling area are already restless, and even the Han army will take advantage of the defeat to fight back, right?

Nurhachi believed that when the end of the road came, not only the Han Chinese, but also the unified Jurchen tribes would fall apart.

Yehnara, Hada, Huifa ...... It is not surprising that they flew separately when disaster came.

"Father Khan." Dai Shan suddenly spoke, interrupting Nurhachi's thoughts, "The big war is coming, do you want to move the old and weak women and children out of Liaoshen first?" ”

"No." Nurha's red eyes flashed, and he denied it without thinking, "If this is arranged, the hearts of the unfought soldiers will be confused. It is to put it to death and live later, how can it reserve a way back? If our army is defeated, the old and weak women and children will only be temporarily safe. ”

Dai Shan thought for a while, and said with his head bowed: "Father Khan said very much, I was confused. ”

Nurhachi groaned and said: "I intend to concentrate my forces and suddenly launch a surprise attack on the enemy army in southern Liaoning, what do you think?" ”

Dai Shan didn't think much about it, and said, "The child thinks so too. Although the enemy army in southern Liaoning is large, Liaoshen must defend it, and the great trouble that reaches the heart of the heart must be eliminated. ”

The words are very clear, Liao Shen will not give up, the old and weak women and children will not move, and the threat will not be too great if the Ming army in southern Liaoning is not defeated.

Moreover, the Ming army in southern Liaoning resisted the key point of the Later Jin ruling area, that is, the heart. If you don't eliminate it, it's hard to use troops in other directions.

Nurha's eyes narrowed, and she finally made up her mind. The decisive battle of Liaoshen was not fought in Liaoshen, and the Acropolis of Haizhou was a suitable battlefield.

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