A layer of snow has been sprinkled on the ground, and it is still falling, falling on hands and face.

Nurhaci shook the snow on his body, walked into the room, and took off his hat. Someone from behind him took it diligently, and then took the cloak that the old slave had thrown away.

Sitting in the chair in the middle, Nurhaci waved his hand and ordered: "Yangguli, sit down too!"

"King Xie Khan." Shumulu Yangguli was also a "founding father". He also married Nurhaci's daughter as his wife and was named Super League official, second only to Bele.

After pondering for a while, Nurhaci said slowly: "As far as you see, the Ming army that occupied half of the Jinzhou has stabilized its position and is difficult to break through?"

Yang Guli bowed and said, "I think it is better to attack fiercely. The Ming army relies on the benefits of fortifications and firearms, which will cause heavy casualties to our army."

Nurhaci nodded, sighed helplessly, and said, "It's like attacking Guangning City and Amin's defeat in Lushun Fort, we can't repeat the same mistake!"

Yangguli thought for a while and said, "Although the Ming army has strong defenses, it is still difficult to defeat our army in field battles."

Nurhaci smiled bitterly and said, "But they don't fight our army in the field, what if they can do?"

Nurhaci was very angry about Daishan's attack being frustrated and retreating to the Jinzhou Acropolis. The winter offensive was imminent, and the Ming army occupied the Belt and Road Initiative, which was a powerful restraint.

But he did not rush to punish him, but sent Yangguli and others to check. During this period, Nurhaci received news of the attack on the rear and rushed to send Sanbeilemanguertai to lead his army, but he was defeated.

Similarly, the blue flag led by Er Beile Amin had no chance, and Chen Jisheng, the troops of Dongjiang Army, also retreated early.

After this battle of harassment on all sides, Nurhaci was not only angry, but also discovered that the Ming army did not have the ability to confront the Later Jin army head-on.

In other words, blockade and siege, as well as restraint and consumption, are the strategic purpose of the Ming army.

Although he realized it, it did not mean that Nurhaci had a way to solve it, but instead made him feel very headache.

It is very simple. If the Later Jin Dynasty wanted to "govern the people and the country were rich", it could only plunder from the Ming Dynasty. This was also the national policy, or strategy formulated by Nurhaci.

It is difficult to grab now, mainly because the strategic contraction of the Ming army caused great difficulties in the Later Jin robber strategy.

Blockade, siege, and continuous harassment further exacerbate the difficulties in the financial and material supply of the Later Jin Dynasty.

Of course, if you want to support, you can definitely do it. No matter how short food and food are, you cannot starve all people to death. The land will produce more or less, and fishing and hunting will also gain.

But such support, or maintenance, comes at the cost of continuous decline. The Ming Dynasty and Mongolian tribes were all eyeing each other, waiting for the opportunity to pounce on them.

Therefore, without humans, animals and wealth, the alliance formed with the Mongolian tribes through marriage will fall apart; if they cannot grow and grow, for the Later Jin Dynasty, they are almost waiting to die.

Although the Later Jin Dynasty has repeatedly won battles since its rebellion against the Ming Dynasty, the overall strategic situation has not been optimistic. So far, only the Korqin tribe has officially formed an alliance.

Although Neikhalkha intermarried and vowed with the Later Jin Dynasty, he was slanderous and still exchanged the debt with the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, Nurhaci asked Neikhalk to cut off relations with Chahar, and also refused.

Not to mention the Chahar tribe, Lin Danhan took the silver from the Ming Dynasty and despised Nurhaci as the "lord of the 30,000 Jurchens in the water" and also seized Shuose Ubash, the envoy of the Later Jin Dynasty, which was full of hostility.

There is also the North Korea, which participated in the blockade of the Later Jin Dynasty. Although it is relatively weak, it has to attack and subdue. Nurhaci believes that the timing is wrong and not so easy.

First of all, although North Korea helped the Ming Dynasty, it has never sent troops to directly participate in the war since the Battle of Sarhu (the old slave released five thousand Korean prisoners back).

Now the Later Jin Dynasty is still struggling to deal with the Ming Dynasty, and the Mongolian tribes are restless. Attacking Korea is really a mess and adding enemies to itself.

Secondly, it is easy to defeat the North Korean army, and it is not too difficult to occupy a large area of ​​North Korean land, but it is not easy to surrender and it is even more difficult to digest.

The most important thing is that the Ming army can sit idly, obviously it is impossible. At least 20,000 troops will be dispatched. It will take two or three months to go back and forth. How to deal with it again?

Besides, if you don’t attack the Dongjiang Army, which is the most threatening, you will fight North Korea, right? How many materials can you grab in addition to the population?

Nurhaci has no idea how many times he has considered and weighed it. He thinks that if he wants to fight, he will be the Dongjiang Army first, and then North Korea.

Of course, there are more than one target of the winter attack. From the original Ningyuan and Juehua to Yizhou and Tieshan, which were occupied by the Dongjiang army, and now in Lushun, Liaoning, are three choices.

As for the goal of looting, the primary goal should be Ningyuan and Juehua; from the perspective of removing threats, it is Dongjiang and Lushun.

But it is not easy to attack Dongjiang. At most, it will drive the Dongjiang army from Yizhou and Tieshan to the island, which will not damage their foundation and will make a comeback.

Moreover, if you capture Yizhou and Tieshan, you cannot send troops to garrison, at least it is impossible to defend for a long time.

In Lushun, southern Liaoning, it should be possible to conquer the attack. However, according to the description of Amin, Daishan, and Yangguli, heavy casualties may be inevitable.

The key is that the actual significance of taking heavy casualties and reoccupied Lushun. It is originally abstaining from the defense, and if you take it back, you can garrison it for a long time?

Nurhaci gently stroked his forehead and found that Dongjiang and Lushun were a bit useless.

If it only occupys territory and cannot destroy or severely damage the Ming army, it will not fundamentally eliminate the threat of harassment and attacks.

In fact, Nurhaci's entanglement and distress, as well as the current situation of the Donglu, were not because of how clever Zhu Youxiao's plan was, but the result of a competition of national strength.

In history, during the years when Yuan Keli served in Fufu, he defeated the Later Jin army many times, and successively recovered strategic locations such as Lushun, Jinzhou, Fuzhou, Wanghai Fort and Hongzui Fort.

According to historical records, "The four guards have been empty, and all the slaves from more than 400 miles of the coast have been abandoned and dared not occupy them. The rest are just a thousand people who have captured you."

Even Nurhaci had no choice but to curl up with the Great Wall on the sea built by Yuan Keli, and he could only curl up and curl up, for many years.

If Yuan Keli could work for a few more years, if the Ming court continued to support Dongjiang Town with money and grain, if it weren't for investing a large amount of money and materials into the bottomless pit of Ningjin defense line...

If all these can be achieved, not to mention that they can successfully defeat Liao, at least they will greatly damage Jiannu's strength.

There is no if in history, but there are Zhu Youxiao, and Teacher Yuan, Xiong Dashouzui, Captain Mao, and other loyal and brave generals such as Xiang Zhang Pan, He Kegang, Jin Guofeng, and Yang Guozhu.

Therefore, the situation of the Donglu is more difficult than in history, and Nurhaci is even more troubled and even depressed and angry.

Yangguli wanted to share the worries of the Khan, but he had thought hard about countermeasures. In his opinion, temporary contraction, or luring the enemy into depth, was the best strategy.

The Later Jin army had an advantage in field battles, so we had to seize opportunities to play. The casualties of the attack were not something that the Later Jin army could bear.

"King King." Yangguli bowed: "By the view of a humble position, you can learn the Ming army's shrinking tactics to lure the enemy into depth, and then use thunder strikes. The iron cavalry rushes and fights unparalleled in the field. It is the leader of our army, and we will definitely defeat the advancing enemy."

Nurhaci pondered for a while, nodded slightly, and said, "It makes sense. Retreat as advance, without having to run away."

After pausing, Nurhaci said in a deep voice: "The Ming munitions are fierce, and I want to treat them with the same principles. We also have cannons and guns."

During the battles with the Ming army, the Later Jin army did seize a considerable number of artillery firearms. However, the artillery was an old general cannon, or a Franc, while the firearms were bird guns and three-eyed ones.

However, Nurhaci was not very clear about the performance gap. He didn't know that Ningyuan City had the farthest range and the most powerful Red Barbarian Cannon, and his target was finally determined.

Everyone knows that the Later Jin army is powerful in cavalry and shooting, and the hand-to-hand combat is extremely fierce, but few people know that they used artillery very early.

As early as when they attacked Liaoyang, the Later Jin army used artillery (seied). Of course, they could not compare with the current Ming army, whether in terms of performance, manufacturing ability, or artillery quality.

This is also due to Zhu Youxiao's decisive behavior, purchasing Red Cannons as quickly as possible, hiring artillery masters, hiring artillery coaches, and training artillery talents.

You can study, but you want to surpass it - hehe, go to dream!

If Zhu Yongxiao knew that Nurhaci was going to play with firearms, he would probably be rolling all over the ground with joy.

I don’t know what my cultural level is, what physics and chemistry are, do I know whether to throw slantally, and I still want to play high-tech?

Yangguli would not complain like Zhu Youxiao. When he heard the Khan said he wanted to use artillery firearms, he couldn't help but ask: "Khan wants to expand the Han army to join the army to fight?"

In December of the first year of Tianqi, Nurhaci announced the implementation of the "one hundred people have a hundred leaders" system among the Han people. In the second year, "divided into Hedong Nikan" was "one Han generals and officers were 4,000 men, three thousand men in deputy generals, two thousand men in guerrillas were each."

These Han people not only had to pay taxes and labor service, but also had the obligation to join the army. That is, "took twenty people to draw one person to join the army." Those who sent troops would be divided into horses and equipment. These twenty people were the Han soldiers in the Later Jin army.

These Han soldiers were transferred to the city, with their wives and children, which means hostages. Their main task was to garrison the city, and the weapons in their hands were strictly controlled.

According to historical records, "One hundred soldiers prepared ten cannons, eighty prepared long cannons; one hundred soldiers were willing to serve them privately." It can be seen that the Han soldiers mainly belonged to artillery and were used for urban defense.

Regarding Yangguli's question, Nurhaci said slowly: "In the past, Han soldiers were not used because they did not use firearms. Since Guangning was frustrated, the Ming army repeatedly used firearms to defend them. Since our arms were prepared, why not use them to win the whole situation?"

After pausing, Nurhaci added: "This is what Babeile suggested, what do you think?"

Yangguli hurriedly bowed and said, "If our army increases fire, it can break the other's defense, so that his troops cannot fight against our army."

Nurhaci nodded and said, "I have ordered my husband Tong Yangxing to select some of the Han soldiers who are skilled in firearms, conduct artillery and shooting guns, and use excellent equipment and skillful exercises as the key."

"King Khan wise." Yang Guli bowed and praised: "It is very appropriate to use Tong's prince to manage the Han soldiers."

Nurhaci waved his hand and said, "The current situation is unfavorable, so there is no need to hide it. We must launch an attack this winter to inspire people and intimidate the surrounding areas with victory."

Yanggulizhao agreed, and after hearing Lao Khan's advice, he got up and left and went to do the job.
Chapter completed!