Huang Taiji said: "Juniper has also been employed. This man is brave and dares to fight. We must be on guard. My ministers suggested sending people to build a city at Jiefan Mountain west of Sarhu to prevent the Ming army from approaching Hetuala from the west."

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Nurhachi was right, and at the same time he ordered the ministers of the Eight Banners to prepare to evacuate Hetuala. Nurhachi was extremely afraid of the Ming army's attack. "I will only go one way depending on how many ways he comes"

The policy was actually to leave a way out. Once the battle was unfavorable, Nurhachi planned to abandon Heala and lead the Eight Banners Army to retreat to Hurha. As long as the main cavalry was still there, there would be a chance to make a comeback.

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As the saying goes, you are afraid of beating a snake with a bamboo pole. After carefully observing and asking about the truth of Zhang Chengyin's defeat and the fall of Qinghe Fort, Yang Hao became deeply afraid of the combat power of the Eight Banners Army of the Later Jin Dynasty, and his confidence in victory was somewhat shaken.

He Shixian, the deputy commander-in-chief of Liaodong, also brought back several pieces of armor from the Jiannu Changjia Army this time. He tried to use muskets and bows to shoot, but it was difficult to effectively penetrate and kill the enemy. Of course, this kind of armor weighing hundreds of kilograms is not something ordinary sergeants can do.

To wear it, only a strong and powerful person can wear this heavy armor to fight, and there are many strong and powerful Jurchens.

On February 22, the Ministry of War responded and agreed to appoint Han Yuanshan as the commander-in-chief of the South Route Army, and at the same time urged Yang Hao to advance as soon as possible.

On the 29th, Fang Congzhe, the chief assistant of the cabinet, wrote a letter urging Yang Hao to send troops to attack. Huang Jiashan, the Minister of the Ministry of War, and Zhao Xingbang, the military officer, sent out red flags every two days to urge the battle, saying that the divisions had been short of pay for a long time and it would be advantageous to fight quickly.

Yang Hao could not be pushed, so he decided to set off on the fifth day of March. On March 11th, the four route armies went out at the same time, and on the 12th they jointly advanced in front of Erdaoguan.

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At this time, Nurhaci had also discovered that there were four armies in the Ming army. When he convened the ministers of Beile to discuss countermeasures, Beile Daishan believed that the leader of the Qinghe road was Li Rubai. Li Rubai was old and timid and would not dare to take the lead in going out. Therefore, there is no need to defend this road first. We can concentrate our forces to deal with the Shenyang and Fushun roads. The leader of this road is Jun Song. Jun Song is brave and foolhardy, and he likes to strive for glory. He will definitely advance alone. He can ambush and annihilate him in the Sarhu area. Of
Chapter completed!