In March, the earth warms up, the flowers in the south of the Yangtze River bloom, the ice and snow in Liaodong begin to melt, the spring is warm, the spring is blooming, the spring is strong, the fighting spirit is stronger, a great war between the Ming Dynasty and the Later Jin Dynasty is about to begin.

On the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the Liaodong Army, Guanning Army, Dongjiang Army and Qin Army that were originally stationed in Liaodong, Emperor Chongzheng Zhu Cijing was also preparing to bring the Tianxiong Army and the First Imperial Guard Army to personally lead the expedition. A total of 600,000 troops can be said to have gathered all the elite troops of the Ming Dynasty at this stage, just to defeat Jiannu and recover Liaodong and avenge the previous shame.

If an army of 600,000 will be dealt with by a tribe with a total population of more than one million, it is estimated that most people will think that the Later Jin Dynasty is over and the Ming Dynasty will easily take over Liaodong.

If you dare to despise the Later Jin so much, then be prepared to lose!

Looking back at the history of the late Ming Dynasty, you will find a very terrifying fact. A tribe with only 400,000 people at the time of the founding of the country took less than 30 years, and a total of less than 100,000 people died, completely defeating the Ming Dynasty with a population of over 100 million and an army of over 100 million!

This is an undeniable fact. From the Later Jin Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, it was like a cheater being opened. It magically defeated the Ming army again and again, and turned it into a fact.

Like the Battle of Sarhu when the Later Jin Dynasty rose, Yang Hao, the Liaodong governor of the Ming Dynasty, gathered 180,000 Ming troops, 20,000 Jurchen Yehe's troops, 20,000 Korean soldiers of the country, with a total of 220,000, claiming to be 470,000. At that time, the total population of the Later Jin Dynasty was less than 470,000. All the adult men who could fight were less than 100,000, but they actually won, and they won a great victory! Is it magical? In fact, it is not magical at all. The Ming army attacked in a split-road, and the Later Jin Dynasty only used one move to concentrate superior forces to defeat each one. It can only be said that they used tactics well, while the Ming army commander used tactics too trash.

Later, when he encountered a Ming army commander Sun Chengzong and others who were good at using tactics, he stopped. He attacked the Ningjin defense line for more than ten years, but he still couldn't catch it.

The generals of the Ming army after Sun Chengzong were like being possessed, and were played between the hands of the Later Jin and the later Qing Dynasty. Like the Battle of Songshan that determined the fate of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Huang Taiji only used two moves, one move to surround the point and attack the aid, surrounding the main force of the Liaodong Army in Jinzhou. The Ming army indeed gathered elite troops across the country to rescue. With one move to cut off grain, the more than 100,000 main force of the Ming army immediately became disintegrated and fell apart.

The Qing army entered the pass, and drove the tiger and wolf with one move. The surrendered Ming army and the remaining Ming army and the Southern Ming army behind were beaten to the point of urination. The Ming army that surrendered to the Later Jin Dynasty and even the troops of Mongolian divisions lost a lot, but the losses of the Jurchen divisions were almost negligible!

So when you look back on history, you can see that the Later Jin and the Qing Dynasty were both good at using tactics, good at preserving their strength, and good at defeating the strong with the weak, especially Huang Taiji, who said that he was good at strategy or tricks, in short, this lord of the Later Jin Dynasty was not simple. If he underestimated him, he would definitely be beaten to the point where he could not find the North.

Like this time, the Ming Dynasty gathered an army of 600,000. Just waited for the ice and snow to melt, then rushed to Liaodong and attacked Huanglong. Is Huang Taiji afraid? He is afraid, that's strange!

Not only was he not afraid, he thought it was a great opportunity. As long as the tactics were used properly, the Later Jin Dynasty would achieve a brilliant victory like the Sarhu Battle. With a Sarhu victory, the Later Jin Dynasty won thousands of miles of fertile land in Liaodong. If he wins this time, wouldn’t he be able to directly attack the Ming Dynasty’s capital!

Huang Taiji was full of desire for this battle, and he was ready for tactics. He first used a move to drive the tiger and swallow the wolf, and asked the Mongolian troops to entangle the main force of the Ming army, and then used a move to cut off the grain. He led the Later Jin cavalry to cut off the Ming army's grain, and the Ming army would be defeated!

The war was about to begin. First of all, it was naturally necessary to drive these tigers from various Mongolian tribes. Therefore, as soon as the ice and snow in Liaodong began to melt, Huang Taiji led his personal army to Chahar tribe to discuss the matter of "equal division of the land in Liaodong" with the leaders of the Mongolian tribes.

He went straight to the point and pretended to be generous: "Teachers, I, Huang Taiji, keep my word. Now the ice and snow in Liaodong have begun to melt. You can prepare to take over the land in Liaodong. All the land south of the Haizhou Wei and Dingliao Youwei Line belongs to you."

The leaders of Mongolian tribes look at me, and I look at you, their eyes are full of jokes. Do you think we don’t know anything? The Ming Dynasty gathered such an army to deal with you and want to deal with your Later Jin. You came here to trick us into being cannon fodder, and do you think we are fools?

Of course, if you can't say that, they have all been defeated by the Later Jin Dynasty and are considered vassals of the Later Jin Dynasty. If you dare to talk to the Lord of the Later Jin Dynasty, it will be easy for them to deal with the Ming Dynasty.

A leader pretended to be frightened and said, "Khan, so many Ming troops gathered in Liaodong. If we go to receive the land, wouldn't it be right to hit the gun?"

When Huang Taiji heard this, he looked stern and said coldly: "Then what you mean is that you don't want land, right? That's fine. Don't want the land I captured in the Later Jin Dynasty in the future. Even if we seize the entire Ming Dynasty, you can't even think about sharing a piece of land."

All the people sitting there were old people, and he couldn't arouse anyone at all. Another leader said sarcastically: "Da Khan, I heard that the Ming Dynasty had assembled a total of 600,000 troops. I wonder how many soldiers and horses are there in the Jurchen tribes now?"

Huang Taiji glanced at him disdainfully and sneered: "Is the 600,000 army terrible? Have you forgotten the Battle of Sarhu more than ten years ago? At that time, my Later Jin was so big and there were only a few people. The Ming Dynasty had a tangle of Yehe tribe. North Korea claimed to have 470,000 troops came to invade. What's the result? Everyone knows? The Yehe tribe has been destroyed by us, and North Korea has now become a vassal state of my Later Jin. The Ming Dynasty lost almost the entire Liaodong! After more than ten years of development, my Later Jin has more than twice as powerful as the 600,000 Ming army. It is time for the 600,000 Ming army to come. When our Later Jin destroys these 600,000 troops, the Ming Dynasty will have the same energy. Who else can compete with my Later Jin at that time? "

The leaders looked at each other in surprise and wonder, and their hearts were bulging. One of the leaders asked the biggest doubt: "Khan, according to what you said, I should have destroyed the Ming Dynasty long ago, why have I been in the past ten years but have no progress?"

Huang Taiji said angrily: "Yes, if it weren't for the old dog Sun Chengzong's constant reinforcement of his turtle shell, I, the Later Jin, would have destroyed the Ming Dynasty long ago. But now, their little emperor is not alive and will run out of the turtle shell to fight me. Humph, when he goes out of the wild, what can he do if he has a million Ming troops? My 100,000 cavalry of the Later Jin can make him annihilated! "

These leaders thought it was really the case. When they arrived in the wild, don’t tell the army. The Mongolian Iron Cavalry was not the opponent of the Iron Cavalry of the Later Jin. One of the leaders asked tentatively: "Khan, what do you mean is the Ming Dynasty dead this time? How vast is the Ming Dynasty? Can we destroy him?"

Huang Taiji asked back, "Is the Ming Dynasty's big big powerful? This big big big big big fat big? Hahahahaha."

Seeing that Huang Taiji was still intent on joking, the leaders finally let go of their questions and laughed with him.

Huang Taiji took the opportunity to say, "Now everyone, please rest assured, hurry up and gather the troops and go eat meat with Ben Da Khan."

Although that's the case, there was no way for them to be cannon fodder or to the gate. One of the leaders shamelessly suggested: "Let's take over the land of Liaodong before the Khan defeated the Ming army."

Huang Taiji sneered: "I don't have any strength to do and I want land, why should I give you land? You can stay here slowly. When I, the Later Jin Dynasty, have conquered the Ming Dynasty, don't blame me for not giving you a sip of soup at that time."

The leaders all showed hesitant expressions, and one of them said hesitantly: "Da Khan, this, this, we are not unwilling to do our best, but we have to go head-on to fight the 600,000 troops of the Ming Dynasty. We are really, really...."

Finally taking the bait, Huang Taiji was happy. He pretended to be unhappy and said, "If I gather all my troops to clean up the Ming army, there will be no one to guard the city. This way, you all go to defend the city to prevent the Ming army from attacking. You don't have to go to war and just stay in the city and watch. Are you always relieved now?"

The leaders all looked happy. They thought that it would be safe to stay in the city, so they went to see what they were going to be afraid of, so they were all willing to send troops.

Huang Taiji was afraid that they would be perfunctory, so he threw out another bait. In the future, the land was divided according to the head of the people, and the amount of land was divided by a soldier. In other words, whoever sent more troops this time would have more land divided by the country.

Now these leaders became more active, almost bringing all the knives and guns in the tribe. Anyway, they just stayed in the city and watched, and there was no danger, so they just thought it was a trip! They made a random move like this and even gathered more than 300,000 people. Of course, it is unknown how many people with real combat effectiveness can be.

Huang Taiji didn't care about them being just a fuss, but just asked their children and in-laws to lead them to guard the city lively, but he himself gathered all the Later Jin cavalry to prepare to cut off the Ming army's food.

Huang Taiji had almost prepared, so Zhu Cijiu was naturally not willing to fall behind. As soon as he heard that the ice and snow in Liaodong began to melt, he began to mobilize troops.

First, he transferred all the thieves and prisoners of Tianjin Guard to Zunhua and prepared to take them to Liaodong to build a city and open up land. The Tianjin Guard asked the original garrison station to guard the garrison. Anyway, it was just an empty city with only a city wall, so he was not afraid of others robbing it.

Then he asked Shi Kefa to lead the Second Corps of the Imperial Guards back to the capital, while the First Corps of the Imperial Guards were ready to go and prepare to take the imperial crusade with him.

The defense of Zunhua City was also arranged, so Lu Xiangsheng was asked to garrison the 50,000 defenders from all over the country that he had brought over, and the Tianxiong army would also follow him to fight in person.

Just as everything was ready, Zhu Cijiu just waited for the entire Liaodong ice and snow to melt and then headed north, but the secret spy of the Jinyiwei suddenly sent a secret letter from Sun Chengzong.

Zhu Cijiu opened it and saw that Sun Chengzong wrote in the letter:

I heard that the slave chief Huang Taiji has recruited more than 300,000 Mongolian troops to help. If they are allowed to complete the defense, it will take time for any city in Liaodong to be taken down. It will take a long time to go on, and I am afraid of a change. The emperor would not immediately order Mao Wenlong to lead the Dongjiang army to capture the Ding Liao Right Guard with a thunderous momentum. In this way, the cities in southern Liaodong will lose support and will be able to be taken down just now. This is the precursor to the battle in Liaodong, and our Ming Dynasty will definitely take it first.
Chapter completed!